Mission Briefing: Difference between revisions

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* In [[The DCU]], ''[[Suicide Squad]]'' missions would usually start with a mission briefing delivered by Amanda Waller.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* In ''[[Toy Story]]'', Woody outlines the toys' attack on Sid, using a model built from dominoes and other objects from Sid's room.

* ''[[Robin Hood]]: Prince of Thieves'', with Kevin Costner explaining how he's going to rescue the prisoners as they're being hanged.

* ''[[Back to The Future]]'' The Doc Brown of 1955 builds an elaborate model of Hill Valley to explain to Marty how he's going to get him back to 1985.

 

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

{{quote| "Your mission, Jim, should you decide to accept it, is to ____________. As always, should you or any of your IM Force be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This tape will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Jim."}}

** Parody example: An episode of ''Get Smart'' has Agent Smart's message briefing delivered via tape:

{{quote| "That is your mission, should you choose to accept it. Should you choose not to accept it, then you're fired."}}

{{quote| "If you or any of your team are caught or killed, I don't wanna know your butt. You're sad losers. This tape will self-destruct NOW!"}}

** As far as SG-1 is concerned, this is protocol, since it is a military organization, which holds briefings before and debriefings after operations. Atlantis probably follows the same protocols since most of its personnel are in the air force.

* ''[[Dog the Bounty Hunter]]'' has the team gather for these before going after bail jumpers to review the relevant information on them.

== [[Video Games]] ==

* The game ''[[Far Cry]] 2'' notably has no actual mission briefing of sorts, however, after the first five minutes (or so) of cinematic gameplay, you end up in a bed unable to move, where you are confronted by the [[Big Bad]], who ''reads your mission objectives to you''.

* Almost every mission in the ''[[Ace Combat]]'' games is prefaced with a briefing, usually with a wire-grid map with marked targets in the PS2 titles. If the map is blank, [[Genre Savvy|that is a very very bad sign]].

{{quote| '''Halcyon:''' I thought so. Now, let's look at your patrol plan, Maverick. It's a simple three-point route, with a few asteroids near Nav 2. Keep alert. We really don?t know what to expect out there, but we know we're in hairball territory. Just fly your route and get back with a report--and if Maniac gives you any static, you have my permission to shoot him to pieces.<br />

'''Maverick:''' Should I use missiles, sir, or ship's guns?<br />

'''Maniac:''' What?!<br />

'''Halcyon:''' Squadron dismissed. }}

* The ''[[Command and Conquer]]'' series used full-screen FMV briefings from the onset, with occasional twists: during the GDI campaign of ''[[Command and Conquer Tiberium|Tiberian Dawn]]'' one of your objectives gets [[Lost in Transmission]], while over the first half of the Brotherhood of Nod campaign your intelligence [[The Uriah Gambit|grows increasingly inaccurate]].

** ''Tiberian Sun'' was a departure in that the FMVs depicted someone ''else'' receiving a briefing. To help make up for this, the following map screen gave the player additional information as well as the option to complete side missions that affected the main mission.

** The first ''[[Command and Conquer Generals|Generals]]'' game didn't put much effort into its briefings, only giving you a voice-over as you stared at a map while the level loaded. Its ''Zero Hour'' expansion mixed things up with news reports that described what was going on, followed by instructions from your [[Mission Control]] once the level started.

* The ''[[Naval Ops]]'' series has a briefing before each mission that lays out your objectives, likely enemies, and suggested armament.

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "War Is the H-Word," Earth declares war on Spheron I, a planet that commanding general Zapp Brannigan describes in a briefing as devoid of any natural resources and possessing no strategic value. Zapp Brannigan briefs the troops in front of a large Earth Government flag, a parody of the opening scene of the movie ''Patton''. Richard Nixon's Head also joins in.

* The Houndcats ripped . . . um, alluded to the Mission Impossible briefings at the start of every episode.

* [[Inspector Gadget]]. Proof that the Chief is a masochist.