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== Film ==
* Colonel Quaritch in [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/[Avatar (Film)|Avatar]] shoots at anyone who non-lethally leaves his faction, and he goes on a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] against the protagonist after his plans have been completely foiled.
* Averted in ''[[Pearl Harbor]]'', where the Japanese Admiral chooses to withdraw the next wave of attack after the mission is successful.
* Colonel Kurtz in ''[[Apocalypse Now]]''
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== Literature ==
* Anyone with the rank of Colonel or above in ''[[Catch Twenty Two]]''
* [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Queeg:Captain Queeg|Captain Queeg]] in ''[[The Caine Mutiny]]'', both the original novel and the [[Film of the Book]]. His bizarre behavior eventually causes a subordinate to relieve him of command.
* Captain Sawyer from the ''[[Horatio Hornblower]]'' books.
* General Patton in [[Harry Turtledove]]'s [[Timeline-191]] series
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