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== This comic book contains the following tropes: == |
== This comic book contains the following tropes: == |
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* [[Aussies With Artillery]]: Stories about [[Only Known |
* [[Aussies With Artillery]]: Stories about [[Only Known by Their Nickname|Anzacs]] have long been a favourite for ''Commando'' readers; kind of an [[Ensemble Darkhorse]], but for an entire armed force. |
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* [[Break Out the Museum Piece]]: In ''Charlie's Tank'', a group of plucky British soldiers trapped in occupied France liberate a World War I tank from a museum and use it to escape the Nazis. |
* [[Break Out the Museum Piece]]: In ''Charlie's Tank'', a group of plucky British soldiers trapped in occupied France liberate a World War I tank from a museum and use it to escape the Nazis. |
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* [[BLAM Episode]]: At least two issues have involved [[Time Travel]]. No, really. |
* [[BLAM Episode]]: At least two issues have involved [[Time Travel]]. No, really. |
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** And at one point, His Majesty's Armed Forces [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja|fought ninjas]]. |
** And at one point, His Majesty's Armed Forces [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja|fought ninjas]]. |
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* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Quite a few mavericks and [[I Work Alone|lone wolves]] appear in ''Commando'', and more often than not they're left to get on with things because [[Crazy Awesome|they're that good at what they do]], [[The Wonka|any eccentricities]] are overlooked. |
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Quite a few mavericks and [[I Work Alone|lone wolves]] appear in ''Commando'', and more often than not they're left to get on with things because [[Crazy Awesome|they're that good at what they do]], [[The Wonka|any eccentricities]] are overlooked. |
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* [[Depending on the Writer]]: Can often mean the difference between, for example, US troops being [[America Saves the Day|a bunch of okay guys who want to help others live as free as they do]] or [[Eagle Land|stupid Yanks who think they can whatever they want]], whether [[The Big Guy]] is a [[Gentle Giant]] or a [[Boisterous Bruiser]], or whether or not [[All Germans Are Nazis]]. |
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* [[General Failure]]: One of these usually turns up - often on the British side. The reason they're allowed to be a [[Bad Boss]] is because [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections|he's got a relative who's high-up in the ranks]]. |
* [[General Failure]]: One of these usually turns up - often on the British side. The reason they're allowed to be a [[Bad Boss]] is because [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections|he's got a relative who's high-up in the ranks]]. |
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** One issue decided to play it [[Up to Eleven]], and have a stupid Italian officer whose uncle was '''''[[Benito Mussolini]]'''''. |
** One issue decided to play it [[Up to Eleven]], and have a stupid Italian officer whose uncle was '''''[[Benito Mussolini]]'''''. |
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** The most recently-set issues were about a cell of [[Western Terrorists]] taking over an oil rig in [[The Nineties|1990]] and [[Turn of the Millennium|2008's]] #4123: ''Nightmare Holiday''; set in the same year, it deals with a Japanese civilian fleeing North Korean troops after 30 years of imprisonment. |
** The most recently-set issues were about a cell of [[Western Terrorists]] taking over an oil rig in [[The Nineties|1990]] and [[Turn of the Millennium|2008's]] #4123: ''Nightmare Holiday''; set in the same year, it deals with a Japanese civilian fleeing North Korean troops after 30 years of imprisonment. |
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*** There's another contender - #4404, ''Misfit Squad'', a story that partly takes place in 2011. |
*** There's another contender - #4404, ''Misfit Squad'', a story that partly takes place in 2011. |
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* [[Yellow Peril]]: With the success of ''[[The Bridge |
* [[Yellow Peril]]: With the success of ''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]'', this became more popular during [[The Seventies]], and considerably less so afterwards, thanks to a healthy dose of [[Values Dissonance]]. in fact, the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy seem to have disappeared altogether from modern ''Commando'' issues. |
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** Not counting reprints, the last time was ''probably'' in [[The Nineties|1993]]. And even then, it was mostly about a Japanese-American being [[The Mole]] for the Allies. |
** Not counting reprints, the last time was ''probably'' in [[The Nineties|1993]]. And even then, it was mostly about a Japanese-American being [[The Mole]] for the Allies. |
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*** ''#4002 Borneo Prince'' and ''#4003 Island Of Terror!'' are both from 2007. Both involve the Japanese. |
*** ''#4002 Borneo Prince'' and ''#4003 Island Of Terror!'' are both from 2007. Both involve the Japanese. |