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== [[Anime]] |
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == |
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* In ''[[The World God Only Knows]]'' lack of numbers is the reason that a third class devil like Elsie gets trained and sent to Earth to capture loose spirits; a job previously reserved for the best of the best. |
* In ''[[The World God Only Knows]]'' lack of numbers is the reason that a third class devil like Elsie gets trained and sent to Earth to capture loose spirits; a job previously reserved for the best of the best. |
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== [[Literature]] == |
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* ''[[Monstrous Regiment]]'', by virtue of the fact that there was hardly anybody left ''to'' recruit by the time of the story. |
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* Happens in ''[[Under the Dome]]'' by [[Stephen King]]. After the town is cut-off from the outside world via [[Some Kind of Force Field]], the town's leaders make the decision to deputize some young adults in order to beef up the police force. These young adults? The town selectman's [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|sociopathic son and his delinquent friends]]. |
* Happens in ''[[Under the Dome]]'' by [[Stephen King]]. After the town is cut-off from the outside world via [[Some Kind of Force Field]], the town's leaders make the decision to deputize some young adults in order to beef up the police force. These young adults? The town selectman's [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|sociopathic son and his delinquent friends]]. |
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* The Manticorian Navy in ''[[Honor Harrington]]'' has been quietly lowering its standards with regards to re-enlistees in preparation for the war with Haven, resulting in troublemakers like Randy Steilman being kept in the service. |
* The Manticorian Navy in ''[[Honor Harrington]]'' has been quietly lowering its standards with regards to re-enlistees in preparation for the war with Haven, resulting in troublemakers like Randy Steilman being kept in the service. |
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