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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"Come on, you sons of bitches! You wanna live forever?"''|'''[[Semper Fi|Marine]] Gunnery Sergeant Dan Daly''' <ref>echoing [[Frederick the Great
|King Frederick II of Prussia]] in the [[Seven Years' War|battle of Torgau]], 3 November 1760: "Racker, wollt ihr ewig leben?" (Scoundrels, do you want to live forever?)</ref> during [[World War I]].}}
In most wartime shows that focus on [[Ace Pilot]]s and other [[Military Maverick]]s, there will be a point when these are contrasted to "normal" foot soldiers who [[Redshirt Army|wear red shirts for standard issue uniform]]. They have weak weaponry, little to no armor, their only strength are their numbers, and their only available tactic is [[Zerg Rush]]. And, of course, they [[Anyone Can Die|die]] [[Everybody's Dead, Dave|en]] [[Kill'Em All|masse]]. It is the latter fact that almost certainly gonna cause [[Interservice Rivalry|tension between them and said ace pilots and mavericks]] (who, at the very least, receive [[Plot Armor]], if not better equipment and training), ranging from alienation to open enmity.
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[[I Thought It Meant|For the classic video game named]] ''Cannon Fodder'', [[Cannon Fodder (series)|see here]]. Not to be confused the the [[Punny Name|punny trope]] [[Canon Fodder]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* During the joint infantry-air operation in ''[[Simoun]]'', the [[Ace Pilot]] Floe grows close to a simple rifleman, only to painfully discover the enormous gap between them.
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** Pretty much the whole of ANBU. Exceptions are named people such as Kakashi (former member), Tenzo/Yamato, Ibiki, Anko, Aoba, as well as Danzo, Sai, Fu and Torune from the Root.
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* This is referenced by name in ''[[Oh God, Not Again|Oh God Not Again]]'' by the Sorting Hat. He was describing the Gryffindors.
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* According to [[The Other Wiki]], the first documented use of the term "cannon fodder" appears in an [[Napoleon Bonaparte|anti-Napoleonic]] pamphlet by French writer François-René de Chateaubriand, [[Napoleonic Wars|published in 1814]]. In it, Chateaubriand lambasted Napoleon's battle strategy, particularly his treatment of new recruits: "the contempt for the lives of men and for France herself has come to the point of calling the conscripts [[New Meat|'the raw material']] and [[Trope Namer|'the cannon fodder']]."
* The ugly truth is that this has been the purpose of infantry since WWI in conventional warfare. While some armies have embraced it and some haven't, ultimately the infantry's job is to go first and locate targets for the artillery, aircraft, and armored vehicles. That this is frequently accomplished by losing a few of them to fire from a concealed position is an unfortunate inevitability.
* A detailed description is given in the military history
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