Category:Military and Warfare Tropes
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“War is the father of us all, King of all. Some it makes gods, some it makes men, some it makes slaves, some free.”
—Heraclitus
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War stories are not quite as convention-laden as The Western or Commedia Dell'Arte, but it is a near thing. And The Army is frequently featured in such stories for some reason... Here are some things you may rely on.
Subcategories
This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
Pages in category "Military and Warfare Tropes"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 410 total.
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- Abwehr
- Ace Pilot
- Aggressive Negotiations
- Air-Launched Weapons
- Airstrike Impossible
- Alien Invasion
- Always on Duty
- Amazon Brigade
- The American Civil War
- The American Revolution
- Anglo-Dutch Wars
- Anglo-Zulu War
- Ant War
- Anti-Air
- Anti-Cavalry
- Anti-Mutiny
- Apocalypse Wow
- Arab-Israeli Conflict
- Armchair Military
- Armed Farces
- Armies Are Evil
- Arms Dealer
- Arms Fair
- Army of the Ages
- Army of the Dead
- Army of Thieves and Whores
- Artistic License Military
- Attack Drone
- Attack Pattern Alpha
- Austro-Prussian War
- Authority Equals Asskicking
- Awesome Personnel Carrier
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C
- Cadre of Foreign Bodyguards
- Call That a Formation
- Camp Follower
- Cannon Fodder
- Captain Smooth and Sergeant Rough
- The Captain
- Cavalry Officer
- Chaco War
- Child Soldiers
- Chincha Islands War
- Church Militant
- Civil War
- Cold Sniper
- Cold War
- Colonel Badass
- Colonel Kilgore
- Coming in Hot
- Command Roster
- A Commander Is You
- Commanding Coolness
- Common Military Units
- Common Ranks
- Communications Officer
- Congo Wars
- Conscription
- Consummate Professional
- Corporal Punishment
- Crimean War
- The Crusades
- Cultured Warrior
- Cunning Linguist
- Curb Stomp Battle
- Custom Uniform
D
- Dad the Veteran
- Danger Deadpan
- Dangerous Deserter
- Dawn Attack
- "Dear John" Letter
- Death From Above
- Death Notification
- Decisive Battle
- Defensive Feint Trap
- Delaying Action
- Deployable Cover
- Desk Jockey
- Do a Barrel Roll
- Do-Anything Soldier
- Doom Troops
- Doomsday Device
- Draft Dodging
- Dress-Coded for Your Convenience
- Drill Sergeant Nasty
- Drop Pod
- During the War
- Dutch-Portuguese War
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F
- The Falklands War
- Fall of Constantinople
- Fantastic Armed Forces
- Fantastic Rank System
- Fast Roping
- Father Neptune
- A Father to His Men
- Feed the Mole
- Feuding Families
- Field Promotion
- Fielding Old Men and Boys
- Fighting For a Homeland
- First Sino-Japanese War
- Flaunting Your Fleets
- The Football War
- Forever War
- Four-Star Badass
- Franco-Prussian War
- Friend or Foe?
- Friendly Sniper
G
- Gender Is No Object
- General Failure
- General Ripper
- The General's Daughter
- Geo Effects
- Gideon Ploy
- Glamorous Wartime Singer
- Glory Hound
- Glory Seeker
- Going Down with the Ship
- Good-Looking Privates
- Got Volunteered
- Government in Exile
- Great Northern War
- Great Offscreen War
- Great Wall
- Greater Need Than Mine
- Greco-Persian Wars
- Guilt-Free Extermination War
- Gulf War
- Gunboat Diplomacy
- Gundamjack
- Gung-Holier Than Thou
- Guy in Back