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== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[The Green Mile]]'' has the warden Percy Wetmore, who tries to carry out the traditional callout as he leads John Coffey to his cell in E block. The protagonist and supervisor tells him to shut up - by the time the story is set the phrase is becoming deprecated so it established Percy's character as a [[Jerkass]] and a later villain.
* The title of the book and subsequent film and stage adaptation ''[[
* In [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s ''[[The Jungle Book (novel)|The Jungle Book]]'' a wolf who loses a challenge is called the Dead Wolf as long as he remains alive, "which is not long as a rule".
* Literally the title of a [[Warhammer 40,000]] novel, showcasing the [[Crapsack World|incredibly dour]] [[Putting on the Reich|Death Korps of Krieg]] as they battle the [[Implacable Man|implacable Necrons]]. The title comes from the fact that the [[We Have Reserves|Kriegers have no moral compunction against sacrificing their own men to kill the enemy]], and are all drilled to have no dreams, aspirations, or visions of the future beyond service in the [[Redshirt Army|Imperial Guard]]—and their inevitable death. [[Uncanny Valley|They are so cold and emotionless]] as to creep out their fellow Guardsmen.
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