Phony Veteran: Difference between revisions

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The [[Phony Veteran]] is a character who either lies outright about having any military service or greatly exaggerates their rank or achievements. Often, they will at best act as a [[Hero of Another Story]], but are liable to being more of [[The Neidermeyer]] or a [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]], ordering others around based upon their (fake) expertise and credentials. Others try to excuse their vicious or self-centered behavior with the claim that they are the [[Shell Shocked Veteran]].

The [[Phony Veteran]] is a character who either lies outright about having any military service or greatly exaggerates their rank or achievements. Often, they will at best act as a [[Hero of Another Story]], but are liable to being more of [[The Neidermeyer]] or a [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]], ordering others around based upon their (fake) expertise and credentials. Others try to excuse their vicious or self-centered behavior with the claim that they are the [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]].

It's worth noting, that in the United States at least, laws have started to be passed making this behavior illegal.

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'''[[No Real Life Examples Please]]'''

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

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{{quote| '''Man''': Did he?<br />

'''Eddie''': Oh yeah, he tripped over the coffee table trying to switch channels. }}

** In "Parade", his attempt to cop off with a barmaid by using his Falklands story is ruined by Eddie ("This is all a load of bollocks") and an [[I Am One of Those Too]] encounter with a real disabled Falklands veteran ("I don't believe a word of this. In fact I don't believe it so much I'm gonna smash your face in!")

** In "Parade", his attempt to cop off with a barmaid by using his Falklands story is ruined by Eddie ("This is all a load of bollocks") and an [[I Am One of Those, Too]] encounter with a real disabled Falklands veteran ("I don't believe a word of this. In fact I don't believe it so much I'm gonna smash your face in!")

** In the second Bottom Live stage show, he claims in a letter to the Queen to be an "Old soldier who during the war fought a desperate rearguard action in Burma."

{{quote| '''Eddie''': Ah, yes by 'war' I assume you mean Operation Desert Storm, by 'Burma', the Star of Burma kebab and peep show on the Uxbridge road in which you spent the entire conflict, and by 'desperate rearguard action' I take it you are referring to the time you accidentally went into the same cubicle as Mad Quentin Trousers-Down Pervy O'Blimey.<br />

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== [[Theatre]] ==

* [[Older Than Steam]]: Il Capitano from the [[Commedia Dell Arte]] plays is a braggart who tells wild tales of combat glory but [[Dirty Coward|runs from danger]] at a moment's notice.

* [[Older Than Steam]]: Il Capitano from the [[Commedia Dell'Arte]] plays is a braggart who tells wild tales of combat glory but [[Dirty Coward|runs from danger]] at a moment's notice.

== [[Video Games]] ==