History Main / MarkOfShame

** The scarlet robe that Jesus was dressed in just prior to being made to wear the Crown of Thorns also had an intended purpose of shaming Him.

Bob's been discredited and disgraced, perhaps so badly that [[TheExile he can never go home again]]. In order to permanently label him as a failure, he's given an easily noticed marking of some sort, often on the {{fac|ialMarkings}}e, chest, back or hands. Popular methods include tattooing, branding, and scarring, although for a less painful method of application, Bob may just be forced to wear something on his clothing to identify him as an [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Arsonist, Murderer, Jaywalker]] or what have you. It's also entirely possible that a coincidental, accidental marking he had ''prior to'' or ''received during'' the disgrace he suffered will serve as a Mark Of Shame.

* In ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'', the "AD" scar on the back of Booker [=DeWitt=]'s hand is one of these. [[spoiler:They're the initials of his daughter, Anna. He gave himself the scar after selling her to pay off his gambling debts.]]

* ''ComicBook/JonahHex''. When his weapon broke during a sacred tomahawk battle due to sabotage by his opponent, Jonah drew a knife to continue the fight. This violated the laws of the tribe and, had Jonah not had an honorary relationship to the chief, he would have been killed. Instead he was branded with the Mark of the Demon by having a red-hot tomahawk pressed against his face.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' villain Draaga, introduced in ''ComicBook/SupermanExile'', wore a Superman shirt as a self-inflicted mark to remind himself of his lost to Superman.

* The film adaptation of ''Film/JonahHex'' has the title character being branded with the initials of his former commanding officer in the Confederate army, after being accused of treason. Hex then obliterates the brand by burning it with a red-hot tomahawk blade as per the comic, at the cost of his current FacialHorror.

* In the books, ''{{Franchise/Zorro}}'' cuts his ZorroMark into the cheeks of evil men he feels are beneath him to kill. Since everyone in Old California knows what that means, most of them vacate the territory post-haste.

* On ''Series/AdamRuinsEverything'', Adam shows that herpes sores (or even just the knowledge that one has herpes) has become this, even though herpes itself is not serious and 90% of the human population has it, because of hyper-awareness of [=STIs=] during the AIDS epidemic. Prior to then, herpes wasn't considered that big a deal. The only sexually-transmitted disease people are ''more'' ashamed of having than herpes is HIV.
* ''Series/{{Branded|1965}}'': Main protagonist Jason [=McCord=] (Chuck Connors) is (unjustly) dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Army for cowardice; his mark of shame is a broken saber.
* The classic ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E4TheVisitation The Visitation]]" features aliens called Tereleptils. The only one the TARDIS crew, and thus the audience, meets has a disfiguring facial scar that - apparently - marks him as a prisoner and a failure.
** It was never specified if this was intentionally done by the authorities, or merely the result of being sent to the uniquely dangerous prison/mine. Other criminal Tereleptils in the story without speaking roles did not have similar scars.

** It's revealed in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E5PlanetOfFire his final episode]] that [[spoiler: Turlough has one of these on his arm marking him as a political prisoner on Trion. His brother has the same mark, but grew up believing it made him TheChosenOne since that was how the locals of the planet he landed on regarded him.]]
* In ''Series/{{Lucifer|2016}}'' Cain is a walking, undying man still bearing his mark on his right arm. It is a full circle. He cannot die and has been trying a variety of means since the Bronze Age. In modern times, he hides it behind [[spoiler:a Marine Corp tattoo. It is effective as Lucifer, who was working with Cain's current identity for months, didn't recognize it at first. The mark, and the immortality, is lifted when Cain genuinely falls in love with a woman who he thinks could help him die but stops at consummating the relationship because it would be wrong to manipulate and hurt her]].
* On ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'', Piper [[BreakTheHaughty gets branded with a Swastika on her arm]]. Red and other white inmates turn it into a window.

-->-- ''Series/{{Branded}}''

* ''Series/{{Branded}}'': Main protagonist Jason [=McCord=] (Chuck Connors) is (unjustly) dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Army for cowardice; his mark of shame is a broken saber.

* Going from mere 'mark' right into a combination of BodyHorror and AnArmAndALeg, 'Empurata' from ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' consists of the victim having their face and hands cut off and replaced by a CyberCyclops mono-eye sensor and crude claw-like hands. The Senate originally insisted that this was only done to criminals - but that was just to add to the prejudice against those who had it forced upon them. It was actually done to anybody who ticked them off too much.

* Lots of games have dubious [[AchievementMockery "achievements"]] that might make you look like a sex pervert should anyone see your game card. (Keep in mind that because an achievement is considered a reward, it can never be deleted.) Examples:
** In ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'', the "I Swear I Did it By Mistake!" achievement is gained by looking up Juliet's skirt. (Clearly, she doesn't believe that. You get 10 Gs, but is the shame worth it?)
** In ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'', the "View of the Valley" achievement is gained by staring too long at a girl's bust. (Note that a lot of the female characters here have a ''lot'' of cleavage. This one is worth 20 Gs.)
** Tip a virtual stripper who takes her top off in ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'', and you'll get the 10G achievement "Shake it Baby".
** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', the Snake Beater achievement is a 10G achievement for Snake getting caught, uhm, stimulating himself, and let's leave it at that.
** ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' has "What Are You Doing?" for attempting to look up 2B's skirt ten times and "Not That I Mind..." for [[ClothingDamage destroying 9S' shorts]], then making him run around in his underwear for an hour.
** In the remake of ''VideoGame/{{Nier}}'', during the Ending E path [[spoiler:attempting to look up Kaine's skirt will cause her to kick the camera away. Doing it 10 times will cause her to outright ''kill the player'']].
** In ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'', the name of the achievement you get for looking at a sexy gravure videos is "I Did It for the Achievement...". Did you really?
** The ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy'' series features a [[AchievementSystem medal]] (titled "Pervert" in [[VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy3 EBF3]], [[VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy EBF4]] and the [[CompilationRerelease Epic Battle Fantasy Collection]] rerelease of [[VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy1 EBF1]], and "Squishy" in [[VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy5 EBF5]]) earned by clicking on Natalie's breasts repeatedly. [=EBF5's=] version downplays this somewhat -- several other in-game objects will give you the medal when clicked, and [[AdjustableCensorship turning off the "Cleavage" filter]] changes the medal's icon from a closeup of Natalie's breasts to a blue elephant (a ShoutOut to ''Creator/{{jmtb02}}'').
* ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive 4'' has an achievement that doesn't have to do anything with sex, but you get it if you lose 20 matches in a row. This one isn't worth any Gs, and it doesn't even have a cool title, it's just called "20 Consecutive Losses in [=DOA4=]" to show how much you ''suck''.
* In ''VideoGame/Fallout2'', the player character has the option to join the Slaver faction, but doing requires to be branded with a very distinctive tattoo on their forehead to easily identify them as a Slaver, meaning that pretty much everyone who isn't a Slaver treats them with scorn.
* In the dwarven society in the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' series, the Casteless, those not born into a caste or who had their caste stripped from them, are marked with a face brand and shunned by many of higher castes, who consider their doing any work reserved for other castes to be an insult to the caste and the Stone.
* The Abomination from ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'' has the ability to [[HulkingOut transform into a powerful, aggressive Beast]], and is marked with a series of scars in the shape of the letter "A" on his forehead.

* From the point of view of Dellyn Goblinslayer of ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'', the slurs he carves on his victims' foreheads are this. Everyone who actually cares about him accepts [[spoiler:Fumbles]] without mentioning it, though.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', people banished from the [[BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats Stonecutters]] have to walk home naked, dragging the Stone of Shame behind them. Then parodied when Homer is revealed to be TheChosenOne, which causes the Stonecutters to remove the Stone of Shame, and attach the Stone of Triumph, which is completely identical to the first stone except that it's bigger.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'', [[EvilSorcerer Lord Viren]] is given control over the kingdom of Katolis under the condition that any soldiers who do not wish to take part in the coming war with the elven[=/=]dragon land of Xadia be allowed to do so freely. He ends up standing by his word, but shames those who do set their weapons down as "cowards" in front of the other soldiers and forces them to bear the symbol of a weak link in a chain. [[spoiler:This comes back to bite him at the end of season 3 when the deserters show up as part of a human-Xadian alliance fighting against Viren's invading force. When they do, [[AppropriatedAppellation they fight under the banner of the symbol that he forced on them]], but instead of representing the weak links of a chain, it symbolizes [[InsultBackfire breaking the chains of tyranny]].]]
* When ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' adapted part of ''Superman: Exile'' for "War World", it also adapted the character of Draaga and his self-inflicted case of this -- only instead of merely wearing a Superman shirt, he self-inflicted [[AScarToRemember a burn of an "S" on his chest]].

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* Kurei in ''Manga/FlameOfRecca'' has a self inflicted one of these.
* Yzak's scar from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed''. He recieved it after a failed battle against the protagonist, Kira Yamato. He kept the scar to remind him of the humiliation, until he settled the score. [[spoiler: He got it removed in the sequel, after making peace with Kira.]]
* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', present in one of the series’ most powerful demons’ backstory: Akaza the Upper Rank-3 of the Twelve Kizuki, he lived a tragic life, but he still brought a extensive criminal record on himself even if his intentions were good, centuries ago criminals on Edo, Japan, were branded with stripe marks over their arms to show everyone a criminal was a among them, as a human his marks were small and few, however, Akaza's demonic transformation became a direct symbol of his further moral descent, his demon body then formed stripes all over his body, as to signify he became a bigger branded criminal than he ever could as a human.
* Mugen from ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' has two blue rings tattooed around each wrist and a single blue ring tattooed around and just above each ankle. This shows that he has served time in prison.

* In ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' Jeanne Valois is firebranded with the letter "V" (for "voleur", thief) on both shoulders after being convicted for her crimes. TruthInTelevision: Until 1832 French criminals convicted for some crimes were firebranded with a symbol or letter signifying their crime or conviction, the most well-known fictional example being [[Literature/TheThreeMusketeers Milady de Winter]]'s ''fleur-de-lys''... [[SubvertedTrope that was actually applied illegally, as, while guilty, she had not been convicted of her crimes yet]].
* Mello from ''Manga/DeathNote'' views his burn scar as this, because [[spoiler: Kira had gotten a hold of his real name]], and he was cornered by the Japanese police (in L.A.), which he viewed as failures...and then [[BungledSuicide he actually survived his act of blowing up the building to get away.]]
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' borrows directly from a particularly [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust dark period]] of human history. [[spoiler: Eldians living in the nation of Marley are required to wear an armband with a star on it, donating their "cursed" lineage. The sentence for failing to wear it outside their home is being arrested and turned into a mindless Titan]].

* In the Creator/GailSimone written ''ComicBook/RedSonja'' reboot, she gets one on her face for contracting the plague. Sonja removes the mark when she is later cured.
* In ''ComicBook/TheScorpion'', the bishop of Armando's hometown had all of the prostitutes branded with a 'P' so that respectable citizens will know what they are.
* Similar to the ''Zorro'' example below, when the people of Bengalla see a skull mark on someone's chin, they know that this is someone who has earned [[ComicStrip/ThePhantom The Phantom's]] wrath.
* In Bishop's BadFuture in ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics, the FantasticRacism authorities brand mutants with an M over the eye. Besides Bishop, other main characters who've had it done to them include [[ComicBook/XFactor Jamie Madrox and Layla Miller]]. When it's done to Jamie and Layla, it's revealed that it's no ordinary tattoo or brand. It's actually a ''retrovirus'' that alters their skin pigmentation to make the M appear. This ensures that the M will ''never'' go away.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' villain Draaga, introduced in ''ComicBook/SupermanExile'', wore a Superman shirt as a self-inflicted mark to remind himself of his lost to Superman.

* In ''Fanfic/ZeroNoTsukaimaSaitoTheOnmyoji'', Karin slashes [[spoiler:Wardes]] across the face after defeating him in a duel, saying the resulting scar will serve as a "mark of [his] betrayal".
* In ''Fanfic/StarWarsTheSithZero'', Louise [[spoiler:is branded with the word 'Zero' down her upper left arm. 'Zero' is an insult used by her peers in her previous world to describe both her magic and physical features. Made worse when it becomes synonymous with 'Slave' to her]].

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* In ''Literature/TheScarletLetter'', the red letter "A" the main character is required to wear on her clothes labels her an adulterer in the Puritan community where she lives. Of course, she shocks the townspeople by [[InsultBackfire making it big and elaborate with gold trim]].
* ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers''. In her youth, Milady de Winter was branded on the shoulder for thievery. In the tale she spins for Felton, she claims that Buckingham raped her then branded her so as to discredit any attempt at reporting his crime.
* In the ''Literature/{{Gor}}'' novels, slaves are branded so other people will know what they are.
* In the Creator/RobertSilverberg short story "To See The Invisible Man", a man is punished for "coldness" by having a mark affixed to his forehead so everyone else will know to shun him. Later made into a ''[[Series/TheTwilightZone1985 New Twilight Zone]]'' episode.

* In the books, {{Franchise/Zorro}} cuts his ZorroMark into the cheeks of evil men he feels are beneath him to kill. Since everyone in Old California knows what that means, most of them vacate the territory post-haste.
* In the ''Literature/KnightAndRogueSeries'' by Creator/HilariBell, Michael is declared "unredeemed", which basically means that he's committed a crime and hasn't atoned for it in the eyes of the law. Unredeemed people have broken circles tattooed on their wrists, which any local official knows to check for. Michael's actual offense isn't very terrible--he's a LawfulGood hero who got himself in trouble via HonorBeforeReason--but the tattoos make for instant HeroWithBadPublicity.
* Raven's tattoo, "POOR IMPULSE CONTROL", was supposed to be this in ''Literature/SnowCrash''. It didn't end up working out that way.
* Fade's brand of cowardice in ''Literature/CodexAlera''. It's the Legions' mark for soldiers who run from battle, [[spoiler:and he has it because nobody would go looking for Araris Valerian behind the face of a [[ObfuscatingStupidity brain-damaged]], cowardly slave. And because Araris [[FailureKnight thinks]] [[MyGreatestFailure he did just that]]...]]

* ''Literature/MillenniumSeries'': In ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'', Lisbeth Salander tattoos her own personal mark of shame all across Nils Bjurman's stomach and makes it perfectly clear that she will ruin him if he tries to have it removed.
* "The Mischievous Dog," a Middle Ages fable where the title character--a young, attention-seeking mongrel--sneaks up on people and bites their legs. The trope comes into play when the dog's master (aware of his pet's misbehavior, and having been unsuccessful with previous efforts to correct the dog's actions) places a collar with a bell around its neck. The dog thinks at first it is some sort of prize or reward for being a good dog, or at the very least by a liberal-minded pet owner who "just woves his pet" ... until a wise, elderly dog. aware of the reason for the collar, takes the youngster aside and tersely informs him the real reason for the collar ... it is not a gift but a mark of shame, to get people and/or other dogs to be wary of this ill-mannered mutt. (The fable ends there, with the "Notoriety is often mistaken for fame" moral, but it is presumed the dog is brought to earth in swift fashion.)

* In the 'Thule'-trilogy by Dutch children's author Thea Beckman, in the idyllic society of Thule (post-world war three Greenland), criminals are branded with a colored circle on a highly visible place. Anyone with such a circle would be ostracized by society, shunned by his friends, thrown out by his family, unable to get anyone to speak to him any more than the bare minimum. The circles would fade after a few years. Both the color of the circle as well as how long it would take to fade depended on the nature of the crime. For murder, a black circle would last seven years, as the people of Thule believe even the most heineous crime is forgiven after seven years.

* ''Literature/CasinoRoyale'' - while Literature/JamesBond is tied down to a chair, a SMERSH agent kills his captor Le Chiffre, and with a knife cuts the Russian letter 'S' for 'spy' into the back of Bond's hand. The incriminating scar is later mostly fixed with skin grafts.

* In the ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' series, warriors in the Andalite (centaur-like alien) military who commit an infraction may be punished by having the fur along their flanks trimmed in a specific manner to declare their shame. Unlike most examples, this isn't permanent and it isn't meant to be; when the warrior's fur grows back in, he is considered to have served his sentence. Although fur grows back through morphing, it's explained that the Andalites rarely use morphs in battle the way the main cast do, being mostly used for infiltration or escape.
** More serious crimes (or losing a formal challenge) can be punished by cutting off the offender's tail blade. It's unknown if they also deactivate their morphing power as well, or if Andalite society places HonorBeforeReason so much that they don't have to.
* In ''Literature/SurvivorDogs'', traitorous dogs are given noticeable scars so that they'll forever be recognized for their misdeeds.
* In ''Literature/{{Flawed}}'', anyone considered Flawed gets at least one brand, in a spot that symbolizes their specific flaw. With the exception of brands on the feet or tongue, all brands must be publicly visible at all times.
* ''Literature/Harmony2016'': When Tilly and Iris seriously misbehave, they have to wear signs around their necks describing their offense. Every time a guest camper walks by, they have to read the signs out loud.

* ''Literature/{{Deeplight}}'': Serious criminals in the Myriad have slits cut in their ears. Once someone has three slits, getting caught law-breaking again will earn them an automatic trip to the gallows.

* On ''Series/AdamRuinsEverything'', Adam shows that herpes sores (or even just the knowledge that one has herpes) has become this, even though herpes itself is not serious and 90% of the human population has it, because of hyper-awareness of [=STIs=] during the AIDS epidemic. Prior to then, herpes wasn't considered that big a deal. The only sexually-transmitted disease people are ''more'' ashamed of having than herpes is HIV.
* In ''Series/{{Lucifer|2016}}'' Cain is a walking, undying man still bearing his mark on his right arm. It is a full circle. He cannot die and has been trying a variety of means since the Bronze Age. In modern times, he hides it behind [[spoiler:a Marine Corp tattoo. It is effective as Lucifer, who was working with Cain's current identity for months, didn't recognize it at first. The mark, and the immortality, is lifted when Cain genuinely falls in love with a woman who he thinks could help him die but stops at consummating the relationship because it would be wrong to manipulate and hurt her]].
* On ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'', Piper [[BreakTheHaughty gets branded with a Swastika on her arm]]. Red and other white inmates turn it into a window.

* Kratos's characteristic pale white skin in ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' is a reminder of his lowest point and most heinous act. His natural skin tone is rather tan, but [[spoiler: after he killed his wife and daughter in a blind rage, an oracle cursed their ashes to be forever grafted to his skin to remind him of the deed]]. The mark remains after [[spoiler:he ascends to godhood]], and [[VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4 several centuries and a new cosmology]] later, his skin still remains ghostly white.

* In ''VideoGame/DantesInferno'', the cross Dante sews onto his own chest details all his sins.
* Kimahri's broken horn in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' serves as one of these.
* The non-lethal option in ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' for removing the High Overseer involves branding him with a heretic's mark on his face. This pretty much dooms him; [[HoistByHisOwnPetard by his own decree]], it is literally a crime to give food or shelter to a marked heretic.
* In ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'', the "AD" scar on the back of Booker [=DeWitt=]'s hand is one of these. [[spoiler:They're the initials of his daughter, Anna. He gave himself the scar after selling her to pay off his gambling debts.]]
* If you steal from the shopkeeper in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'', Link's name is [[PermanentlyMissableContent permanently]] changed to THIEF.

* In the military, the most severe mark of shame is a '''dishonorable discharge''', a distinction given to servicemen convicted of the most heinous or reprehensible acts, such as assault, murder, desertion, sexual assault, robbery and so forth. These are handed down after the officer is court-martialed. Not only does this individual lose all military benefits, it is a mark of shame that has lifelong effects, as they lose gun ownership rights, often are denied employment in many jobs and are ostracized by many social and civic circles.

-->-- ''Branded''

* When ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' adapted part of ''Superman: Exile'' for "War World", it also adapted the character of Draaga and his self-inflicted case of this -- only instead of merely wearing a Superman shirt to a self-infliction [[AScarToRemember burn of an "S" on his chest]].

* Kratos's characteristic pale white skin in ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' is a perpetual reminder of his betrayal: [[spoiler: the ashes of his wife and child, whom he murdered in a blind rage, were grafted onto his skin]]. Even after [[spoiler:ascending to godhood]] they remain stuck to him. [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4 Centuries later]], the ashes are '''still''' bound to him, so they serve as a reminder of his bloody regret.]]

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsThirdEdition'' has few spells, mostly divine magic, putting a magical mark on a subject:

** The ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy'' series features a [[AchievementSystem medal]] (titled "Pervert" in [[VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy3 EBF3]], [[VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy EBF4]] and the [[CompilationRerelease Epic Battle Fantasy Collection]] rerelease of [[VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy1 EBF1]], and "Squishy" in [[VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy5 EBF5]]) earned by clicking on Natalie's breasts repeatedly. [=EBF5's=] version downplays this somewhat - several other in-game objects will give you the medal when clicked, and [[AdjustableCensorship turning off the "Cleavage" filter]] changes the medal's icon from a closeup of Natalie's breasts to a blue elephant (a ShoutOut to ''Creator/{{jmtb02}}'').

* In ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', there were criminal marks, special tattoos applied to a criminal's face after conviction that would not only identify them as criminals, but let the police track an escaped convict or one who had violated probation or parole. [[InformedAbility Supposedly.]] The only time the viewers saw them try to track someone using these marks, the quarry eluded them by jamming the signal or having someone else do it; indeed, it seemed even someone with rudimentary skills in hacking was able override it and render these marks worthless, making one wonder who was in charge of their computers. (Of course, in this setting, most [[TheBadGuysAreCops police were]] ''[[TheBadGuysAreCops worse]]'' [[TheBadGuysAreCops than useless.]] Criminals who weren't from Satellite and got these marks originally are forced to hang out there since they're no longer welcome in the city.

* When ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' adapted part of ''Superman: Exile'' for "War World", it also adapted the character of Draaga, only it changed his self-inflicted mark of wearing a Superman shirt to a self-infliction [[AScarToRemember burn of an "S" on his chest]].

** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', the Snake Beater achievement is a 10G achievement for Snake getting caught, uhm, [[ADateWithRosiePalms stimulating himself]], and let's leave it at that.

* The Mark of Cain, the First Murderer, from Literature/TheBible, is often misunderstood as this. In reality, God gave Cain the mark after he was sent away from God's people "so that no one who found him would kill him." (Genesis 4). It was a mitigation of the punishment.

Often overlaps with AScarToRemember, though that trope focuses on the express purpose of {{sadist}}ic [[CreepySouvenir commemoration]], instead of possible sociological effects. If Bob receives the mark after making a DealWithTheDevil, but it's still treated as a shameful, disgraceful thing, this can overlap with MarkOfTheBeast. See also MedalOfDishonor for the "forced to wear" version. In keeping with GodwinsLaw, the character inflicting this punishment may be ANaziByAnyOtherName, as ThoseWackyNazis infamously forced [[UsefulNotes/{{Judaism}} Jews]] to identify themselves with yellow badges shaped like the Star of David, and eventually took to identifying prisoners in [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust concentration camps]] with similar badges[[note]]the aforementioned yellow stars for Jewish prisoners, [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience color-coded]] upside-down triangles for other prisoners, and [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs color-coded triangles placed on top of upward-pointing yellow triangles (forming a Star of David) for Jewish prisoners who also fell into other "undesirable" categories]][[/note]] and [[YouAreNumberSix tattooed numbers]].