History Main / StrangeSalute

* Another British comedy to feature the continual use of salutes is Garth Marenghi's ''{{Darkplace}}''. This [[SatireParodyPastiche spoof]] [[HorrorTropes horror]] 1980s television show contains the main protagonist, Dr Rick Dagless M.D., utilising dramatic salutes in several situations; for example, he salutes his fellow doctors after a successful mission or children patients after he's saved their lives.

* In ''MontyPython's Life of Brian'', members of the People's Front of Judea (Officials) salute each other by holding the right hand in a fist to the right temple, palm out.

* In the ''DoctorWho'' serial ''Paradise Towers'' the caretakers saluted by holding up their hand horizontally under their nose!

* In PowerRangersSPD, the SPD salute consists of clenching your right hand into a fist over your left shoulder, then drawing it over your heart.

* In the movie ''[[NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' (though not the novel), soldiers marching on parade and the Outer Party members at a frenzied "Two Minutes Hate" wave both clenched fists overhead with their wrists crossed. A very similar gesture is seen in ''PinkFloyd: TheWall'', but there the wrists are repeatedly banged together.

* [[XenaWarriorPrincess The TV series Xena: Warrior Princess]] has the traditional greeting/gesture of submission utilized when entering Amazon territory consisting of raising one's arms and crossing one's wrists above one's head, wrists inward. This is, presumably to attest to one's lack of access to weapons. [[WonderWoman William Moulton Marston]] might just have [[FreudWasRight something else to say]] about that, however. Additionally being as most characters we see performing the gesture are female--and [[BuxomIsBetter considering the orientation]] of [[MostCommonSuperPower many Amazon warriors...]] * display* might not have been excluded entirely from the equation, either, shall we say...

* Marching Band. Each band will have it own salute to go along with the theme of their performances.. These salutes are scored, along with the rest of the performance.

-->'''Sam:''' Sam Salute. That's not the gesture with the finger, is it?

-->--''{{Freefall}}''

* In the second ''PaperMario'' game, the X-Nauts salute by crossing their arms in an x over their chests.

* In {{Interstella5555}} aliens solider place closed fist over the heart.

* ''FinalFantasyX'' has the 'victory' sign for blitzballers, as Tidus knows..except it's really a prayer gesture when he gets to Spira. Hold hands before torso as if holding a blitzball, then bow. I don't remember if they said which version came first..
** I would think that the blitzball sign came first. If I remember right, Tidus acted as if that was the only use. My guess is that when [[spoiler: the ancient Zanarkanders unleashed Sin, that was the sign they made, so the PathOfInspiration adopted it to pray.]]

* In Moon Child, Sho, Kei and Toshi have a private friendship salute that involves placing their index and middle fingers at the bridge of their noses, sticking their thumbs out (sort of like a gun, but the fingers are more spread) and saluting in an outwards curve.

* {{Kickassia}} salute is flipping the bird and "up yours" both at the same time. [[IncrediblyLamePun Kick ass!]]

* In the StarTrekExpandedUniverse, the Kinshaya flare their wings as their version of a salute - this also serves to display the wing colours that signify family lineage, reinforcing the hierarchy in more ways than one.

* In the german movie ''DieWelle'' (The Wave) the salut of the titular student organisation was a sea-wave hand motion.

* Another British comedy to feature the continual use of salutes is Garth Marenghi's ''{{Darkplace}}''. This [[SatireParodyPastiche spoof]] [[HorrorTropes horror]] 1980s television show contains the main protagonist, Dr Rick Dagless M.D., utilising dramtic salutes in several situations; for example, he salutes his fellow doctors after a successful mission or children patients after he's saved their lives.

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* [[DoctorSteel Doctor Steel]] - In several of his propaganda posters, Dr. Steel is shown saluting with his fist over his heart, looking up and (usually) to his right (toward a better future?). This has become the [[RealLife real life]] ''de facto'' salute of his fan club, the Army of Toy Soldiers.
* {{Kickassia}} salute is flipping the bird and "up yours" both at the same time. [[IncrediblyLamePun Kick ass!]]

* The Polish army has a very specific two-finger salute, a one very similar to the one used by the Scouts, which was so exotic to some foreign officers during the WW2, that they had some of the troops arrested, thinking they were being mocked.

** Simmilarly used as the symbol of the winter god Ulric in {{Warhammer}}.

* The Young Pioneers in USSR saluted by rasing an inclined arm in front of their forehead (as if they tried to cover their eyes from sun but with an outstreched hand).

* [[XenaWarriorPrincess The TV series Xena: Warrior Princess]] has the traditional greeting/gesture of submission utilized when entering Amazon territory consisting of raising one's arms and crossing one's wrists above one's head, wrists inward. This is, presumably to attest to one's lack of access to weapons. [[WonderWoman William Moulton Marston]] might just have [[FreudWasRight something else to say]] about that, however. Additionally being as most characters we see performing the gesture are female--and [[BuxomIsBetter considering the orientation]] of [[MostCommonSuperPower many Amazon warriors...]] * display* might not have been excluded entirely from the equation, either, shall we say...

* [[XenaWarriorPrincess The TV series Xena: Warrior Princess]] has the traditional greeting/gesture of submission utilized when entering Amazon territory consisting of raising one's arms and crossing one's wrists above one's head. This is, presumably to attest to one's lack of access to weapons. [[WonderWoman William Moulton Marston]] might just have [[FreudWasRight something else to say]] about that, however. Additionally being as most characters we see performing the gesture are female--and [[BuxomIsBetter considering the orientation]] of [[MostCommonSuperPower many Amazon warriors...]] * display* might not have been excluded entirely from the equation, either, shall we say...