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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Now and Then, Here and There]]'' ([[Necessarily Evil|played]] [[Shell-Shocked Veteran|for]] [[Child Soldiers|drama]])
{{quote|'''Shu''': You can't do this! This is not right!
'''Nabuca''': Never mind right or wrong! An order is an order! }}
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== Comics ==
* Invoking this backfires spectacularly for one [[Mooks]] in ''[[Lucifer (comics)|Lucifer]]'', where Lucifer must somehow find the red stone at the bottom of a cauldron of molten lead guarded by a Big Nameless Shinto Monster:
{{quote|'''[[Mook|Big Nameless Shinto Monster]]''': "You must choose, and I must enact your fate."
'''Lucifer''': Fate's a ''slippery'' sort of concept, though, isn't it. I mean, most of the time it's just an excuse for doing what you ''want'' to do anyway." (Empties kettle of molten lead over Shinto Monster).
'''Big Nameless Shinto Monster''': Nuuuh! It burns! It BURNS!
'''Lucifer''': Well, that's what happens when you play with fire. Here we are. The red stone, I think you said." }}
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{{quote|'''Sam Daniels''': If you think I'm lying, drop the bomb. If you think I'm crazy, drop the bomb. But don't drop the bomb just because you're following orders! }}
* In ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'', Bond has this conversation after subduing an assassin who has just killed Paris Carver;
{{quote|'''Dr. Kaufmann''': Wait! I'm just a [[Punch Clock Villain|professional doing a job!]]
'''Bond''': [[Bond One-Liner|Me too]]. '''[[Boom! Headshot!|*BANG*]]''' }}
** Considering that by all accounts Kaufmann is a sadist who likes whipping out [[Cold-Blooded Torture]] without any justification, this comes off more as a futile attempt to say ''something'' that will spare his pathetic life.
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'''The Doctor''': And with that sentence, you just lost the right to even talk to me. Now back off! }}
* An episode of ''[[JAG]]'' (season 9) involves a Marine who disobeyed an order to "treat everyone as hostile" during the invasion of Iraq, freezing when confronted with a 10-year-old kid, who then exposed his squad's position, leading to the deaths of two Marines. He's accused of dereliction of duty and the "duty to obey unlawful orders" is discussed. {{spoiler|At a pre-trial hearing, the judge feels he isn't guilty of dereliction of duty, but there is a change for insubordination, which he pleads guilty to}}.
* Used in ''[[V (TV series)|V]]'', by humans to justify working for the visitors. One woman is called out on this, being told that the same excuse was used at the Nuremberg Trials.
* Invoked in an episode of ''[[CSI]]'': during a murder investigation, Catherine uncovers that while their main suspect isn't guilty of the crime, he is hiding his past as a sex offender (turns out he's really a decent guy that made a stupid mistake, and is trying to start his life over). Although cleared of the murder charge, the man's life is effectively ruined by the revelation. At the end of the episode he confronts Catherine angrily, and she replies "I was just doing my job." He denounces her as a "Blonde Nazi Bitch" and leaves.
* Used in ''[[Rome]]'', in a situation which actually turns out to be for the better.
{{quote|'''Centurion [[The Stoic|Lucius Vorenus]]:''' Pullo, report to Princess Cleopatra and do whatever she tells you.
*Cue a prolonged bout of vigorous and noisy sex.*
'''Legionary [[Boisterous Bruiser|Titus Pullo]]:''' Gods, that was something, let me tell you.
'''Vorenus:''' I don't want to hear about it. If you're wise, [[Let Us Never Speak of This Again|you'll never speak of this again]].
'''Pullo:''' Why? I was only obeying orders. Bloody good orders, too. }}
* Nancy Cartwright in ''[[Life On Mars]]'' uses this defence - not necessarily as an excuse but as an admission of complicity in the death of Billy Kemble - in this way in the penultimate episode of series 1.
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