History Main / TwentyOneGunSalute

* ''Series/TheCrown2016''. During the royal Commonwealth tour at a time when Britain was still a major naval power, fifteen A-class destroyers of the Mediterranean fleet greet the Britannia arriving at Gibraltar. It's also a show of strength at a time when threats have been made to the Queen's person by those who would rather see Gibraltar ruled by Spain.

* ''Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam'': When the Zanscare Empire [[YouHaveFailedMe executes]] [[spoiler:Fuala]] via [[ThrownOutTheAirlock deep space ejection]], they're given a rifle salute as a minor condolence for accepting their sentence (rather than being forcibly beheaded). Since this is done in a space ship, the rifles dry-fire instead of using blanks.

* ''Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam'': When the Zanscare Empire [[YouHaveFailedMe executes]] [[spoiler:Fuala]] via [[ThrownOutTheAirlock deep space ejection]], they're given a rifle salute as a minor condolence for accepting their sentence (rather than being forcibly beheaded). Since this is done a space ship, the rifles don't even have blanks, they simply dry-fire.

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* It is mentioned that rifles were fired at the funeral of [[spoiler:Captain George Stacy]] in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan''
* ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice''. During the BurialAtSea of Film/JamesBond at the beginning of the movie, several sailors fire rifles as a salute.
* The movie version of ''Film/ClearAndPresentDanger'' cuts between Admiral Greer's funeral and the ambush of the special forces team. It comes to a head as the three volleys are fired at the funeral, cut against the distress calls and machine gun fire of the battle.

* Billy Glenn in ''Film/MarsAttacks'' is laid to rest after the Martians' attack.
* Parodied in ''Film/HotShots''. Dead Meat is given one at his funeral and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Admiral Benson]], thinking that he's under attack, pulls out a sidearm and ''returns fire''.

* The centaurs of the dark forest near Literature/HarryPotter's Hogwarts fire off a volley of arrows in honor of [[spoiler:Dumbledore, at his funeral]].
* A version of this appears in ''Missee Lee'' from Arthur Ransome's Literature/SwallowsAndAmazons series, with gongs instead of guns. Taicoons Chang and Wu are saluted with ten strokes of the gong; Missee Lee herself, being the overall chief, is saluted with 21 strokes.

* ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'': When [[spoiler:Fizban]] is informed that he died in the previous book, he asks if he received a twenty one gun salute because he always wanted one. Tasslehoff has no idea what he's talking about, [[MedievalStasis guns don't exist on Ansalon.]]

* Late in the 1982 miniseries ''The Blue and the Gray'', the surviving members of the Geyser family are holding a funeral for two of the sons, one of whom died protecting the family farm alongside Confederate troops. A detachment of those troops arrives and their commanding officer offers to fire a volley in gratitude for the family's assistance at the battle. The father is reluctant to accept, but the mother interrupts him: "Fire your volley, Lieutenant. I'm sure the boys will hear it." The soldiers proceed with the volley.

* One episode of ''Series/TheWestWing'' featured a military funeral complete with 3-volley salute for a homeless Korean War Veteran. UsefulNotes/ThePentagon granted the show rare permission to film at Arlington National Cemetery for the episode, with real military personnel performing the role of the honor guard and chaplain. Toby, the White House staffer who arranged the funeral, does a ThreeVolleyFlinch; it's possible it was not scripted.
* A fourth-season episode of ''Series/WhiteCollar'' featured a criminal who disappeared following conviction and the forfeiture of illegally gained assets and was presumed dead. His will required a 21-gun salute at his funeral.

* One episode of ''Series/TheATeam'' has the A-Team step in to give a funeral for one of their old military buddies who had tangled with the Villains of the Week. With Hannibal calling the orders, the other three fire their rifles several times in salute.

* In ''Series/HomeImprovement'', Tim Taylor sets up a 21-nail-gun salute to the late Binford. As is to be expected from the show, the last row of nail guns doesn't exactly work correctly, and HilarityEnsues.

* Referenced in the title and chorus of the song "21 Guns" by Music/GreenDay.

* In some ''VideoGame/WingCommander'' games, the death of your character or one of your wingmen will be followed by a cutscene of their funeral, with a 21 laser rifle salute.

* The second mission of ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare'' starts with Mitchell attending a funeral for his squadmate Will, who died in the previous mission. A 21-gun salute can be heard in the background as Will's father Jonathan talks to Mitchell off to the side, trying to convince him to join his group, the Atlas Corporation. The third and final volley of the salute acts as an auditory MatchCut into Mitchell's first training mission with Atlas: a rescue mission at Camp David on a stormy night.

* In ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe2'', Gru honours Dr. Nefario's years of service with a [[http://youtu.be/KO9E9oC0Nx0 21 fart gun salute]] (although one of the minions makes it 22).

* In an episode of ''{{Series/Bones}}'' Booth takes part in a 21 gun salute at [[AttendingYourOwnFuneral his own funeral]], which was staged in order to catch a perp who said that Booth would never see him again except at his (Booth's) funeral. Since Booth had gotten shot by a StalkerWithACrush at the end of the previous episode the FBI decided to use it.

* An episode of ''Series/MagnumPI'' showed this at his father's funeral.

* Queen Elizabeth II had this as part of her Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

* Several gun salutes took place in England as Charles III was formally declared king after Elizabeth II's death. The salute in Hyde Park was 41 guns, while the Tower of London had a 62 gun salute.

* ''WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck'' uses 21 cannons to celebrate a victory over ''WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales''. When he pulls the 21 cords to make the cannons shoots, he accidentally points them to make him their new target.

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* In season 5 of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', Sarge is given an impromptu funeral and asks for one of these. That task was delegated to Grif, who took it too literally thinking it required exactly twenty-one guns and failed to provide.
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