Canned Orders Over Loudspeaker: Difference between revisions

M*A*S*H pothole
(M*A*S*H pothole)
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{{quote|[[Trope Namer|Canned orders over loudspeaker?]] [[Lampshade Hanging|Classy.]]|'''Zaeed Massani''', ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''}}
|'''Zaeed Massani''', ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''}}
 
One of the sure symptoms of fascism in the media is TV screens, radios and loudspeakers (occasionally [[Loudspeaker Truck|mounted on vehicles]]) blaring propaganda and messages from the Glorious Leader reminding his subjects to obey. [[La Résistance]] may or may not get the chance to [[Hollywood Hacking|hack into the system]] and [[Voice of the Resistance|broadcast something more uplifting]].
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{{quote|'''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000|Mike]]:''' Yeah, ''right''. }}
* This always seems to be happening on the [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Cardassian]] [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens|Homeworld]]
* [[Tropes Are Flexible|Non-villainous example]] in ''[[MASHM*A*S*H (television)|M*A*S*H]]'', via [[Communications Officer|Radar's]] various loudspeaker announcements.
** This also happens in the 1970 film, to the point where it's even employed inas place ofthe closing credits!
 
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