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Therefore, while a certain amount of [[Badass]] is almost expected from higher ranks (that's why they got promoted, after all), Majors will likely take levels as the plot moves along, paving the way with [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Moments Of Awesome]], and becoming leaders in their own right.
More likely than not they will be a [[Blue Blood]] though oft times they will be [[An Officer and
If we're talking about naval officers, the equivalent in rank and awesomeness would be a [[Common Ranks|Lieutenant Commander]]. For [[Authority Tropes]] in general, the next step down is arguably [[Dean Bitterman]]. The next step up is [[Colonel Badass]].
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* Majors Elric and Armstrong in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''.
** Anybody who qualifies as a State Alchemist in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' starts at the rank of Major. [[Colonel Badass]] Mustang used to be this, and everybody's favourite [[Mad Bomber]] Kimblee was also this.
* Major Motoko Kusanagi from ''[[Ghost in
* The Major from ''[[Hellsing]]''.
** An interesting case in that, while he is not physically imposing or even skilled at combat, he becomes awesome through his sheer tactical brilliance, awesome speeches, and [[Magnificent Bastard]] status. For that reason, he's one of the most memorable things about the series!
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== Literature ==
* Nobody knows the first name of [[Catch
** Subverted by Major Major Major Major, in the same book, who is fairly incompetent and was promoted to major because a machine thought it would be funny that someone whose name was "Major Major Major" be ranked as a Major.
* Major Rawne from ''[[
** Major Broklaw from ''[[Ciaphas Cain]]'', the 2IC of the Valhallan 597th. He quickly develops into the gruff, responsible [[Blue Oni]] of the command staff and once called an Administratum meeting to order ''with his bolt pistol''.
* ''[[Sharpe]]'': Sharpe becomes a Major in ''Sharpe's Enemy''.
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* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|The Major]] from ''[[Daemon]]'' may be a [[Complete Monster]] but he is objectively pretty badass.
* [[Hand of Thrawn|Major Grodin Tierce]] spends most of his on-page time strategizing and trying to make the [[Big Bad Duumvirate|Big Bad Triumvirate]] hold together, but he does have a few very memorable action moments - and some of that strategy was damned impressive, too.
* In ''[[Rats, Bats, and Vats
== Live-Action TV ==
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* Major Charles Emerson Winchester III from ''[[MASH]]'' might be a stuffed shirt and a bit of a prig, but in the operating room he was generally considered a medical [[Badass]]. Hawkeye once even acknowledged (though not to the man's face) that Winchester was the most talented surgeon at the 4077.
* Major Margaret Houlihan, also of ''[[MASH]]'' , was a Nursing [[Badass]] throughout -- even in the beginning of the series, when she was almost a [[Battleaxe Nurse]], no one ever questioned her competence. Her fellow Major Frank Burns, on the other hand, was a total aversion of this trope.
* Major Kira Nerys on ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
* Major Briggs from ''[[Twin Peaks]]''.
* Samantha Carter is a Major for most of her time on ''[[Stargate SG
* Major John Sheppard in Season 1 of ''[[
* Major Zod, [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Smallville]]'''s 9th Season.
** Though he does promote himself to [[Four-Star Badass|General]] in the last few episodes of the season.
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== Videogames ==
* [[Blaz Blue]]'s Jin Kisaragi is a Major of the NOL armed forces. {{spoiler|Well, before the NOL tries to kill him off and he defects, anyway.}}
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]]'' has Major Ocelot.
* Major Jackson "Jax" Briggs from ''[[Mortal Kombat]]''.
* Major Burrows from ''[[
* The Agressors from Super Robot Wars Original Generation. They were the guys who ''invented'' mecha combat in that universe:
** Sanger Zomvolt, the '''[[Red Baron|Sword That Smites Evil!]]''', the walking living embodiment of Badass;
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** Gilliam Jaeger, a dimension-hopping Intelligence Officer;
** And last but not least, Kai Kitamura, a [[Badass Normal]] [[Team Dad]] with an awesome 'stach, who regularly punches out Cthulhu using a mass-production mecha.
* Lieutenant Commander Shepard of the [[Space Navy|Systems Alliance Navy]] from [[
** As of ''[[
** {{spoiler|Ashley Williams}} is also a Lieutenant Commander by game 3.
** Also promoted to Major as of ''[[
** Remember "Big Ben" from the third game's first trailer? He turns up during the endgame as one of Anderson's right-hand soldiers, where we learn his name is Major Coates.
* Majors Strickland and Laurence Barnes from ''[[Crysis (
* Rosch from ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Major Glory of the [[
* Major [[Ms. Marvel|Carol Danvers]] in ''[[
* Major Monogram from ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''.
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* Commandant Pat Quinlan (the Irish Army uses 'commandant' instead of 'major' for the rank) who commanded the Irish regiment at the [[wikipedia:Siege of Jadotville|Siege of Jadotville]].
* Invoked by Nikita Khrushchev upon [[Yuri Gagarin]], who was just a First Lieutenant when he was being hurled into space. Khrushchev decided that that rank was not awesome enough for the first man in space, so he forced an immediate promotion to Major against all military regulations by the time Gagarin landed.
* [[wikipedia:Richard Winters|Major Richard D. Winters]], a real-life [[Badass]] (though he'd be the last person to call himself that) and the man most people in E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division would cite as their inspiration. See [[Band of Brothers (TV series)|Band of Brothers]] for more information.
== Other ==
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