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* In the ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' series, students of Madame Ko's Personal Protection Academy are given a blue diamond tattoo as part of their graduation, marking them as the finest bodyguards in the world.

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* In the ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' series, students ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'':
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-->''A gaming sort, the city slicker says, "Sure."''
-->''"You're a consultant," says the farmer.''

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-->''A gaming sort, the city slicker says, "Sure."''
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* In Creator/JamesMichener's ''Chesapeake'', Hiram Cater (who is black) is hitchhiking in the southern US in the late 1960s/ early 1970s and is surprised when a white truck driver stops and gives him a lift. The driver says that he has a son serving in Vietnam, and saw that the way Hiram was standing at "parade rest" on the side of the road made it evident that he had also served in the military. Hiram had served in the Marine Corps in the 1950s.

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* In Creator/JamesMichener's ''Chesapeake'', ''Literature/{{Chesapeake}}'', Hiram Cater (who is black) is hitchhiking in the southern US in the late 1960s/ early 1970s and is surprised when a white truck driver stops and gives him a lift. The driver says that he has a son serving in Vietnam, and saw that the way Hiram was standing at "parade rest" on the side of the road made it evident that he had also served in the military. Hiram had served in the Marine Corps in the 1950s.
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* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''. In "Blood Ties", Sara Lance shakes hands with a banker and realises the hand has the calluses of a MasterSwordsman. Unfortunately Sara has the same calluses on her own hand...

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* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''. In "Blood Ties", Sara Lance shakes hands with a banker and realises the hand has the calluses of a MasterSwordsman. Unfortunately Unfortunately, Sara has the same calluses on her own hand...
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* One business computing textbook had an example of a veterinary surgery running software that was hastily adapted from software intended for a garage. It would, for example, send out letters reminding owners to bring in their pet for its annual service.
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Legitimate Businessmen's Social Club is renamed Totally Not a Criminal Front as per TRS.


* Variant: after witnessing Henry's [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections inexplicable connections]] in ''Film/{{Goodfellas}},'' Karen has to ask what he does for a living; Henry claims to be in construction, but a quick feel of Henry's smooth, unmuscled hands reveals this to be a pretty obvious lie. His next excuse? "[[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub I'm a union delegate]]."

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* Variant: after witnessing Henry's [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections inexplicable connections]] in ''Film/{{Goodfellas}},'' Karen has to ask what he does for a living; Henry claims to be in construction, but a quick feel of Henry's smooth, unmuscled hands reveals this to be a pretty obvious lie. His next excuse? "[[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub I'm "I'm a union delegate]].delegate."

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* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'': Up until the 1200's, part of the initiation ceremony for the Assassins Brotherhood was to sever the left ring finger of the novice Assassin. This was done because the hidden blade the Assassins used essentially replaced the ring finger, and not severing it in the initiation ran the risk of the Assassin injuring and exposing themselves in the field as [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins Bayek]] did. One Assassin Mentor, [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI Altaïr]], saw the obvious weakness in having a ritually severed finger and redesigned the hidden blade to work without doing so. [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII Some sects]] replaced finger severing with branding the Assassin symbol onto the left ring finger, [[Film/AssassinsCreed2016 more conservative sects]] continued severing a finger, [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate some]] replaced the scars with rings, [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag and]] [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue so]][[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII me]] [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity more]] dropped the practice entirely.

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* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'': Up until the 1200's, 1200s, part of the initiation ceremony for the Assassins Brotherhood was to sever the left ring finger of the novice Assassin. This was done because the hidden blade the Assassins used essentially replaced the ring finger, and not severing it in the initiation ran the risk of the Assassin injuring and exposing themselves in the field as [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins Bayek]] did. One Assassin Mentor, [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI Altaïr]], saw the obvious weakness in having a ritually severed finger and redesigned the hidden blade to work without doing so. [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII Some sects]] replaced finger severing with branding the Assassin symbol onto the left ring finger, [[Film/AssassinsCreed2016 more conservative sects]] continued severing a finger, [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate some]] replaced the scars with rings, [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag and]] [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue so]][[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII me]] [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity more]] dropped the practice entirely. (Just to add to this, Bayek had only severed his finger in the process of getting to a target, and was disturbed when the group he founded started ''willingly'' cutting off their fingers. And the only reason Bayek's finger wound up sliced off was because, as ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey'' shows, he was wearing his blade the wrong way around.)


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* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks:'' Inverted when Boimler and some ''Titan'' crewmembers try infiltrating a mine overrun by Pakleds. A miner is instantly able to realize Boimler's Starfleet and not a miner because his hands are "super soft and squishy".

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