Drill Sergeant Nasty: Difference between revisions

'''Algren:''' Well done, Sergeant.

'''Gant:''' Once you know the lingo, sir, everything falls into place. }}

 

=== You call this ''Literature''?! ===

** Sergeant Detritus in the City Watch, who is implied to be in charge of training the watchmen by shouting. A lot. And when a troll that other trolls don't mess with yells, you and everyone within a few blocks listen... but again, he's just doing his job. Vimes reflects you need someone like Detritus yelling at coppers about honor and serving the public trust for a few weeks before you hand them over to the street monsters who teach the dirty tricks.

{{quote|'''Detritus:''' Only... two things come from Slice Mountain. Rocks an'... other kindsa rocks!}}

* Corporal Himmelstoss of ''[[All Quiet on the Western Front]]'', possibly one of the earliest examples of the trope (it was written by a German veteran of [[World War I]] shortly after said war). A coward who dreads going to the front, his troops get their revenge.

** Himmelstoss is redeemed later in the book, when one character meets him again after he's been wounded and placed on light duty with supply. Himmelstoss is there as the supply sergeant, and has after [[Going to See the Elephant|seeing the elephant]] and realising what the characters go through, turned into Sergeant Friendly, getting the character good food and even sneaking him some goodies on the side.

=== You call this ''Professional Wrestling''?! ===

* Most of the trainers in ''[[WWE Tough Enough]]'' adopt this persona during the show. But most notably [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] in Season 5, Kurt Angle in Season 4, Bill [[De Mott]] in Seasons 3 and 5, [[Bob Holly|Hardcore Holly]] in Season 2 and Tazz in the original season.

* [[WCW]] had [https://web.archive.org/web/20071102084957/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/c/craig-pittman.html Sgt. Craig "Pitbull" Pittman]; while not actually ''billed'' as a drill sergeant like Slaughter was, his appearance and demeanor ("The beatings will continue until morale improves") fit the trope perfectly.

 

 

 

=== You call this a ''Web Comic''?! ===

* When Tessa from ''[[SSDD]]'' starts service with the CORE she is initially assigned a drill sergeant who will literally rip your ears off if you give him lip (and outright states that most of the conscripts will be used as [[Cannon Fodder]]). When she joins the [[Super Soldier|"special forces"]] she gets [[Veteran Instructor|Corporal Drey]], who is slightly more agreeable.

* In addition to the comic with the above quote in ''[[Penny Arcade]]'', the series features [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2001/10/24/ a strip] where Frank adopts a traditional Drill Sergeant Nasty manner when training the employees in how to sell video games in the holiday season.

** The commander of a squad of security for Dr. Venture's yard sale invokes the trope - though he seems a bit obsessive about putting his men in dresses.

** "Two Ton" 21 took to this.

** Beachhead in ''GI Joe'', who aside from being an ''Army Ranger'' Drill Sergeant Nasty, is, in the most recent revision of the universe, also called upon by the armed forces to train Marine, Delta Force, SEAL, and on special occasions Force Recon soldiers. This is ''before'' he joins GI Joe. Do not cross Beachhead. [[Merchandise-Driven|His toy]] is one of the few non-ninja good guys who comes with a mask that's ''not'' removable.

*** In [[The Movie]], Beachhead is put in charge of a squad of "Rawhides", new recruits still wet behind the ears. The General even points out that he's not worried about the Rawhides surviving combat because "first they need to survive Beachhead." He bawls them out in full Drill Sergeant Nasty mode, wanting a "stone cold righteous attention!". Shockingly, he lets one of the recruits get away with calling him "sweetheart" with only a mild admonishing. He is also unimpressed with the Rawhides' creative ways of beating his tests (using a drainpipe to sneak past an obstacle course, using a dog to sniff out a practice bomb), calling them reckless and holding them back from battle (where such thinking could easily get them killed).

** The graduation ceremony for Homer's bodyguard class featured the Sergeant telling them they were worthless maggots, but passed anyway because their cheques cleared.

** Homer met another one while in the Army (G.I. D'oh). The first one was in the Navy.

* In ''[[Transformers Animated]]'', established [[Jerkass]] Sentinel Prime is revealed to have been a drill sergeant back when he was Sentinel Minor. However, this was less because he wanted to make them stronger and more because he just hated being a drill sergeant.

* ''[[The Boondocks]]'' had this played out during an episode where after a bully stole Riley's chain, it was revealed one of his various feats was being unfazed to one of the DIs and then sending a chair in his direction.

* ''[[Animaniacs]]'': Yakko, Wakko and Dot run afoul of one after accidentally joining the army in "Boot Camping".

* ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' has recurring character Sergeant Doberman.

 

=== You call this ''Real Life''?! ===

* Coach Schneider from ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street]] 2: Freddy's Revenge''. Adding the spicy new ingredient of "homophobia" to the already-potent Drill Sergeant Nasty recipe, Schneider is a frequenter of leather bars who likes nothing better than forcing adolescent boys to do endless push-ups and run laps around the gym in the dead of night. He's eventually {{spoiler|tied up in the showers, whipped on his bare buttocks with towels, then clawed to death by Freddy Krueger}}.

* [[R. Lee Ermey]] plays an actual coach in ''[[Saving Silverman]]''.

 

=== I've read ''Literature'' that's more exciting than you! ===

* Alberich from ''[[Heralds of Valdemar]]'' has to put on the Drill Sergeant Nasty role on a regular basis, as part of his job as Weaponsmaster.

** Worth noting is that he's only like this when he's actively training people. He's fully capable of advising and counselling when needed.

* In [[Horatio Hornblower]] a chief is once shown flogging a man with a knotted rope, for being the last up when the all hands is called. He simply follows the sailors along and randomly picks the last man even though mathematically there has to be someone last.

 

=== I've seen ''Live-Action TV'' that's less brainless than you! ===

* Ken has taken up this role in some ''[[No Need for Bushido]]'' strips.

** "You in the back! You're not kicking enough ass!"

* Jim Beard Sprynter, the gym teacher for the [[All-Ghouls School]] in ''[[Eerie Cuties]]'', is this (besides being a [[Ghost Pirate]]).

 

'''Kurt:''' Our prayers have been answered! }}

** One episode also has an actual Drill Sergeant Nasty teach them Survival training who forced them (by them, we mean the ''teenaged'' X-Men, Brotherhood, and their ''Human'' student friends) to do inhumane courses designed for Military training. They chose him over Logan's sessions, leading to many one-liner jokes by the Professor.

* [[Lampshaded]] in the ''[[Daria]]'' episode "Fat Like Me". Sandi is swimming to try to lose weight and Quinn is helping her:

{{quote|'''Quinn''': Did Cleopatra rest when she was inventing mascara? Did Neferiti rest when she was posing for statues? Did Helen of Troy rest when she was doing whatever it was she did? Beauty never rests! Now, swim, you cow, swim!

 

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