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== Anime and Manga ==
* This trope is an extremely common in post-war Japan. The sad truth is that it was [[Truth in Television]] during Japan's imperialist age, and as a result Japan neutered its military and constitutionally forbade offensive warfare. Most Anime and Manga reflect this mentality by portraying the government in general and military in particular in an extremely negative light.
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* The Red Ribbon Army in ''[[Dragon Ball]]''.
* The military in [[Genesis of Aquarion]] performs some pretty nasty experiments on Dark Angels they capture.
* The American military in [[Blood
* The Golan/God's Army in ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'', [[Complete Monster|oh so very much]].
* The JSSDF in [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|EndofEvangelion]]
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** [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] with the Ancient Minister and his R.O.B. Squad. While they do side with the Subspace Army initially, it becomes clear as the plot is revealed that {{spoiler|they are being forced into doing so. The villains (Ganondorf, Bowser, and Wario) under the guidance of Tabuu, have essentially enslaved them, and the Ancient Minister joins the heroes as R.O.B. for the rest of the game, essentially making him and his kind Tragic [[Anti-Villain|Anti Villains]].}}
* In ''[[Metal Walker]]'', this happens in the backstory. In contrast to the peaceful Professor Eriko, Professor Xenon wanted to use Cores for military purposes. Cue an explosion and a ruined landscape.
*''[[Lab of the Dead]]'': While the military is not universally evil (indeed, the player sympathizes with a soldier who committed suicide, since the world is overrun with zombies), the general he is with blames science for the world’s problems, even though it was in fact the military that had caused it. A scientist helped design the virus, but she was the first one to realize there was something seriously wrong with what they were making. But the military simply did not do the right thing. And the whole world suffered for it.
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