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Asok, the company isn't growing and no one is quitting in this economy. Your only hope of promotion is if a senior engineer died.

—Dilbert

I shall kill the president... thereby becoming the president...

—Frans, The Adventures of Dr. McNinja

To be king, Numsgil did in Blog, who did in Unkful, who did in Viddle, who did in Loll, who did in Alrok...

—Goblin King flavour text, Magic the Gathering

Hell, anything happens to me, everyone gets an instant promotion!

—John Sheridan, Babylon 5

-The new head of Sam's old company, who intends to become president by killing the old one because that's how politics work

—From Yahtzee's review of Splinter Cell: Conviction

Crime code 143: Killing a person outside of the Unseen University using magic. (Inside the UU, this is known as promotion.)

—The Ankh Morpork City Watch Diary

Krogan researcher: My predecessor said no one would understand the true worth of my work. As I pulled my blade from his chest, I knew he was telling the truth.

Commander Shephard: Not exactly what I would call effective academic pier review.

—Mass Effect 2

"there will be no promotion unless somebody dies, and even then only if we can't bring them back as a zombie"

—Hermes from Futurama

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-{{quote|Asok, the company isn't growing and no one is quitting in this economy. Your only hope of promotion is if a senior engineer died. |'''[[Dilbert (Comic Strip)|Dilbert]]'''}}
+{{quote|Asok, the company isn't growing and no one is quitting in this economy. Your only hope of promotion is if a senior engineer died. |'''[[Dilbert]]'''}}
-{{quote|I shall '''kill''' the president... thereby '''becoming''' the president...|'''Frans''', ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (Webcomic)|The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]''}}
+{{quote|I shall '''kill''' the president... thereby '''becoming''' the president...|'''Frans''', ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]''}}
-{{quote|''To be king, Numsgil did in Blog, who did in Unkful, who did in Viddle, who did in Loll, who did in Alrok...''|[http://magiccards.info/10e/en/207.html Goblin King] flavour text, ''[[Magic the Gathering (Tabletop Game)|Magic the Gathering]]''}}
+{{quote|''To be king, Numsgil did in Blog, who did in Unkful, who did in Viddle, who did in Loll, who did in Alrok...''|[http://magiccards.info/10e/en/207.html Goblin King] flavour text, ''[[Magic: The Gathering|Magic the Gathering]]''}}
-{{quote|''Hell, anything happens to me, everyone gets an instant promotion!''|'''John Sheridan''', ''[[Babylon Five]]''}}
+{{quote|''Hell, anything happens to me, everyone gets an instant promotion!''|'''John Sheridan''', ''[[Babylon 5]]''}}
-{{quote|-''The new head of Sam's old company, who intends to become president by killing the old one because that's how politics work''|'''[[Zero Punctuation (Web Animation)|From Yahtzee's review of Splinter Cell: Conviction]]'''}}
+{{quote|-''The new head of Sam's old company, who intends to become president by killing the old one because that's how politics work''|'''[[Zero Punctuation|From Yahtzee's review of Splinter Cell: Conviction]]'''}}
 {{quote|''Crime code 143: Killing a person outside of the Unseen University using magic. (Inside the UU, this is known as promotion.)''|''The Ankh Morpork City Watch Diary''}}
 {{quote|'''[[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Krogan researcher]]''': ''My predecessor said no one would understand the true worth of my work. As I pulled my blade from his chest, I knew he was telling the truth.''<br />
-'''[[Player Character|Commander Shephard]]''': ''[[Deadpan Snarker|Not exactly what I would call effective academic pier review.]]''|''[[Mass Effect 2 (Video Game)|Mass Effect 2]]''}}
+'''[[Player Character|Commander Shephard]]''': ''[[Deadpan Snarker|Not exactly what I would call effective academic pier review.]]''|''[[Mass Effect 2]]''}}
-{{quote|''"there will be no promotion unless somebody dies, and even then only if we can't bring them back as a zombie"''|''Hermes from [[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]''}}
+{{quote|''"there will be no promotion unless somebody dies, and even then only if we can't bring them back as a zombie"''|''Hermes from [[Futurama]]''}}
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