these are no simple gestures welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten fictional
salutes in movies and TV how do you know
all that we’ve been intercepting
interstellar transmissions for years for
this list we’re defining salutes as a
standardized gesture or greeting between
more than two people
this means no secret handshakes at least
between a pair of friends we’ll be
ranking our entries based on the salutes
visual appeal complexity and recognition
in pop culture never give up never
surrender
number 10 hail skroob Spaceballs what
did somebody tell me mass is so big
Spaceballs has its fair share of
irreverent humor and the president’s
group salute is no exception
presidents crew salute although it
starts off like the universal way to
tell someone to go screw themselves the
twist into a dainty wave is classic Mel
Brooks humor chip is too big if I walk
the move you’ll be over then again given
scoob’s preferred undercovers activity
the vulgarity of this salute definitely
makes sense second screw what is it if
you’re in a room full of people hailing
the president of Planet spaceball then
you’re clearly surrounded by assholes
president skroob salute number nine
Zoltan dude where’s my car we’ve been
sent by our wise and powerful leader can
the two moronic protagonists of dude
where’s my car come across an assortment
of bizarre characters in their travels
including some bubble wrap wearing UFO
cultists that follow a charismatic
leader Zoltan soon we will leave this
lame planet and fly through outer space
with cool aliens who like us to salute
him the cultists formed the letter Z
with their hands and say his name the
heroes become a bit too enthusiastic
about imitating them however and are
soon discovered okay
that’s them they knock this out and
stole our spacesuits what may surprise
you is that a real-life baseball team
adopted this salute because they thought
it was dumb trust no one except for us
beginning in 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates
used Zoltan to congratulate one another
silently fans soon started doing it too
and they even succeeded in getting the
actor who played Zoltan to deliver a
first pitch number eight by grabthar’s
hammer Galaxy Quest how did I come to
this not again played by Alan Rickman
Alexander Dane is a trained
Shakespearean actor who’s best known for
portraying dr. Lazarus the alien crew
member on the Star Trek pastiche Galaxy
Quest our grub stars hammer we live to
tell the tale existence registered
functional Jane’s entire career has been
defined by an infuriating salute and an
even more infuriating catchphrase by
grabthar’s hammer water savings he
absolutely loves his fans that
constantly bombard him with the immortal
line by grabthar’s hammer by the sons of
war van I shall avenge you after
becoming involved in a real life space
adventure and an alien fan dies in his
arms however Dayne utters the line with
complete sincerity
by the sons of morvin you shall be
avenged
well that was an unexpected tearjerker
first let’s give it line number seven
fire nation salute Avatar The Last
Airbender and The Legend of Korra or as
they say in the Fire Nation stay flamin
the militaristic Fire Nation salute is
meant to resemble a tear shaped flame
which is also the lands official emblem
forgive my brother we’re just really
honored to meet you sir it’s a pleasure
to meet you as well
the fist placed below a straight palm is
in keeping with the nation’s emphasis on
honor representative of prostrating
oneself before a superior my hands I
fight for Fire the gesture is used
everywhere from the military to the
schools though the latter is probably in
preparation for the former no offense to
the Fire Nation but we’re for team
avatar all the way number six
nanu-nanu Mork and Mindy D D and E
dedicated diligent and efficient no no
while some might draw comparisons to a
certain other television alien salute
that also involves splitting your
fingers apart nanu nanu is as unique as
the Orkin who first introduced it to us
Mork from ork played by a young Robin
Williams first demonstrated the Orkin
gesture on his date with Laverne who
would i rana Clee also get her own
spin-off from Happy Days yeah well you
know I gotta go now be cooked to super
juice crown Melanie Oh humor nanu nanu
can be used both to greet people and bid
them goodbye similar to Hawaii’s Aloha I
am Mork from ork no no no in that sense
maybe organs and earthlings are more
similar than we realized
see you next week no new Nando number
five hail Hydra the Marvel Cinematic
Universe if they cut off one head
two more shall take its place hail Hydra
whether they’re spelling it with an e or
an A
hail Hydra is the salute used by shields
rival organization among its own members
hail Hydra
the original salute came to prominence
during the Second World War
where the Nazi group under Red Skull
added another arm and two fists to the
usual salute of the Third Reich
my apologies doctor that we both knew
Hydra could grow no further in Hitler’s
shadow modern members however usually
salute verbally to affirm their loyalty
hail Hydra
after all it’s not something you want to
go around bragging about number 4 the
district 12 sign the hunger games
healthy hunger game
and maybe arms the door
although a sign made by holding your
three middle fingers together isn’t
exactly originals Boy Scouts anyone the
one used by Katniss Everdeen and the
other residents of district 12 does have
a rich history and meaning behind it I’m
sorry the gesture was an out of fashion
salute scene sometimes at funerals but
it evolved into a more general way of
showing respect
after Katniss uses it during the games
take that President Snow in real life
it’s also a handy way of identifying
fellow fans of the series here to fight
with us I am
I will
number three Rimmer salutes Red Dwarf
my captain sir throughout this sci-fi
comedy series Arnold Rimmer provides
various takes on the classic military
gesture River is a salute ever going to
end
a consummate sucka Rimmer is always out
to please authority and his salutation
is as over-the-top pretentious and
long-winded as the man himself
Admiral Rimmer sir Field Marshal Clifton
sends his compliments and wonders if
you’d care to join him for Putin cigars
the salutes longest iteration is
especially hilarious taking which should
be a simple hand motion and practically
turning it into a dance the red dwarfs
resident brown noser may be ridiculous
but we love to imitate him just the same
perhaps you could help me mr. Rimmer why
certainly perhaps we can talk about my
theory on backwards universes number two
the high commander salute third Rock
from the Sun hello is this any way to
greet your supreme leader incoming
message from the big giant head third
rocks resident aliens have salutes as
wacky as they come I am the high
commander and this is my salute our pick
for this list has to go to the one
reserved for the high commander himself
dick Solomon welcome all great and
glorious leader whose presence in which
we your humble and insignificant
subordinates are barely worthy of
basking right essentially a facepalm
with a twist the alien leader pulls it
off without batting an eye and certainly
with more dignity than we can on the
other hand he doesn’t have much hair to
mess up but that’s never kept dick from
having self-confidence
I think someone owes me an apology
before we salute our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions this is
a genuine salute soldiers together we
give our hearts thank you look at that
be seeing you hello great ACK hey Ronna
Duke
whoa you made the international sign of
the donut number one the Vulcan salute
the Star Trek franchise live long to POW
and prosper could it be anything else
sure some of the hardcore Star Trek fans
are probably shouting Kapaa at their
screens right now haha not everyone
speaks Klingon however and the Vulcan
salute is much more ingrained in the
public consciousness its origins in the
Star Trek universe have yet to be
revealed although we think it’s a
tribute to the pointy-ears f1 transfer
in the real world
the late great Leonard Nimoy developed
it live long and prosper
the actor who made mr. Spock a
pop-culture icon based it off a Jewish
hand gesture he learned in his youth as
well as Winston Churchill’s victory sign
live long and prosper mr. Nimoy peace do
you agree with our list what’s your
favorite made-up salute I hate to tell
you but you’ve been serving Hydra all
along
for more signaling top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com know
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten fictional
salutes in movies and TV how do you know
all that we’ve been intercepting
interstellar transmissions for years for
this list we’re defining salutes as a
standardized gesture or greeting between
more than two people
this means no secret handshakes at least
between a pair of friends we’ll be
ranking our entries based on the salutes
visual appeal complexity and recognition
in pop culture never give up never
surrender
number 10 hail skroob Spaceballs what
did somebody tell me mass is so big
Spaceballs has its fair share of
irreverent humor and the president’s
group salute is no exception
presidents crew salute although it
starts off like the universal way to
tell someone to go screw themselves the
twist into a dainty wave is classic Mel
Brooks humor chip is too big if I walk
the move you’ll be over then again given
scoob’s preferred undercovers activity
the vulgarity of this salute definitely
makes sense second screw what is it if
you’re in a room full of people hailing
the president of Planet spaceball then
you’re clearly surrounded by assholes
president skroob salute number nine
Zoltan dude where’s my car we’ve been
sent by our wise and powerful leader can
the two moronic protagonists of dude
where’s my car come across an assortment
of bizarre characters in their travels
including some bubble wrap wearing UFO
cultists that follow a charismatic
leader Zoltan soon we will leave this
lame planet and fly through outer space
with cool aliens who like us to salute
him the cultists formed the letter Z
with their hands and say his name the
heroes become a bit too enthusiastic
about imitating them however and are
soon discovered okay
that’s them they knock this out and
stole our spacesuits what may surprise
you is that a real-life baseball team
adopted this salute because they thought
it was dumb trust no one except for us
beginning in 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates
used Zoltan to congratulate one another
silently fans soon started doing it too
and they even succeeded in getting the
actor who played Zoltan to deliver a
first pitch number eight by grabthar’s
hammer Galaxy Quest how did I come to
this not again played by Alan Rickman
Alexander Dane is a trained
Shakespearean actor who’s best known for
portraying dr. Lazarus the alien crew
member on the Star Trek pastiche Galaxy
Quest our grub stars hammer we live to
tell the tale existence registered
functional Jane’s entire career has been
defined by an infuriating salute and an
even more infuriating catchphrase by
grabthar’s hammer water savings he
absolutely loves his fans that
constantly bombard him with the immortal
line by grabthar’s hammer by the sons of
war van I shall avenge you after
becoming involved in a real life space
adventure and an alien fan dies in his
arms however Dayne utters the line with
complete sincerity
by the sons of morvin you shall be
avenged
well that was an unexpected tearjerker
first let’s give it line number seven
fire nation salute Avatar The Last
Airbender and The Legend of Korra or as
they say in the Fire Nation stay flamin
the militaristic Fire Nation salute is
meant to resemble a tear shaped flame
which is also the lands official emblem
forgive my brother we’re just really
honored to meet you sir it’s a pleasure
to meet you as well
the fist placed below a straight palm is
in keeping with the nation’s emphasis on
honor representative of prostrating
oneself before a superior my hands I
fight for Fire the gesture is used
everywhere from the military to the
schools though the latter is probably in
preparation for the former no offense to
the Fire Nation but we’re for team
avatar all the way number six
nanu-nanu Mork and Mindy D D and E
dedicated diligent and efficient no no
while some might draw comparisons to a
certain other television alien salute
that also involves splitting your
fingers apart nanu nanu is as unique as
the Orkin who first introduced it to us
Mork from ork played by a young Robin
Williams first demonstrated the Orkin
gesture on his date with Laverne who
would i rana Clee also get her own
spin-off from Happy Days yeah well you
know I gotta go now be cooked to super
juice crown Melanie Oh humor nanu nanu
can be used both to greet people and bid
them goodbye similar to Hawaii’s Aloha I
am Mork from ork no no no in that sense
maybe organs and earthlings are more
similar than we realized
see you next week no new Nando number
five hail Hydra the Marvel Cinematic
Universe if they cut off one head
two more shall take its place hail Hydra
whether they’re spelling it with an e or
an A
hail Hydra is the salute used by shields
rival organization among its own members
hail Hydra
the original salute came to prominence
during the Second World War
where the Nazi group under Red Skull
added another arm and two fists to the
usual salute of the Third Reich
my apologies doctor that we both knew
Hydra could grow no further in Hitler’s
shadow modern members however usually
salute verbally to affirm their loyalty
hail Hydra
after all it’s not something you want to
go around bragging about number 4 the
district 12 sign the hunger games
healthy hunger game
and maybe arms the door
although a sign made by holding your
three middle fingers together isn’t
exactly originals Boy Scouts anyone the
one used by Katniss Everdeen and the
other residents of district 12 does have
a rich history and meaning behind it I’m
sorry the gesture was an out of fashion
salute scene sometimes at funerals but
it evolved into a more general way of
showing respect
after Katniss uses it during the games
take that President Snow in real life
it’s also a handy way of identifying
fellow fans of the series here to fight
with us I am
I will
number three Rimmer salutes Red Dwarf
my captain sir throughout this sci-fi
comedy series Arnold Rimmer provides
various takes on the classic military
gesture River is a salute ever going to
end
a consummate sucka Rimmer is always out
to please authority and his salutation
is as over-the-top pretentious and
long-winded as the man himself
Admiral Rimmer sir Field Marshal Clifton
sends his compliments and wonders if
you’d care to join him for Putin cigars
the salutes longest iteration is
especially hilarious taking which should
be a simple hand motion and practically
turning it into a dance the red dwarfs
resident brown noser may be ridiculous
but we love to imitate him just the same
perhaps you could help me mr. Rimmer why
certainly perhaps we can talk about my
theory on backwards universes number two
the high commander salute third Rock
from the Sun hello is this any way to
greet your supreme leader incoming
message from the big giant head third
rocks resident aliens have salutes as
wacky as they come I am the high
commander and this is my salute our pick
for this list has to go to the one
reserved for the high commander himself
dick Solomon welcome all great and
glorious leader whose presence in which
we your humble and insignificant
subordinates are barely worthy of
basking right essentially a facepalm
with a twist the alien leader pulls it
off without batting an eye and certainly
with more dignity than we can on the
other hand he doesn’t have much hair to
mess up but that’s never kept dick from
having self-confidence
I think someone owes me an apology
before we salute our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions this is
a genuine salute soldiers together we
give our hearts thank you look at that
be seeing you hello great ACK hey Ronna
Duke
whoa you made the international sign of
the donut number one the Vulcan salute
the Star Trek franchise live long to POW
and prosper could it be anything else
sure some of the hardcore Star Trek fans
are probably shouting Kapaa at their
screens right now haha not everyone
speaks Klingon however and the Vulcan
salute is much more ingrained in the
public consciousness its origins in the
Star Trek universe have yet to be
revealed although we think it’s a
tribute to the pointy-ears f1 transfer
in the real world
the late great Leonard Nimoy developed
it live long and prosper
the actor who made mr. Spock a
pop-culture icon based it off a Jewish
hand gesture he learned in his youth as
well as Winston Churchill’s victory sign
live long and prosper mr. Nimoy peace do
you agree with our list what’s your
favorite made-up salute I hate to tell
you but you’ve been serving Hydra all
along
for more signaling top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com know
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