Proud Warrior Race Guy: Difference between revisions

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[[File:worf01.jpg|link=Star Trek: The Next Generation|frame|Today is a good day to die.]]

{{quote|"''You ask a krogan if he'd rather find a cure for the [[Depopulation Bomb|genophage]], or [[Hired Guns|fight for credits]], and [[Blood Knight|he'll choose fighting — every time]]. [[Planet of Hats|It's just who we are]], [[Player Character|Shepard]]. [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much|I can't change that]]. No one can.''"|'''[[The Big Guy|Urdnot Wrex]]''', ''[[Mass Effect]]''}}

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== Anime and Manga ==

* The Saiyans (Vegeta, Goku, Gohan, Trunks, Goten and several others) from ''[[Dragon Ball|Dragonball Z]]'', ''Dragonball GT'' and associated movies, though only Vegeta and the others raised in his culture really have the personality. The other Saiyans still tend to enjoy fighting and getting stronger, usually just for fun.

* [[Broken Bird|Pai]] [[Hot Amazon|Thunder]] from ''[[Dangaioh]]'' initially refuses to team with [[Naive Everygirl]] Mia Alice because she is not warrior-like. As it turns out, Pai is genetically predisposed to violence, {{spoiler|because she is really Barius, the daughter of pirate warlord The Banker. Once her father tries to force her kill one of her classmates and Mia bails her out, she accepts Mia's leadership}}

* Interestingly inverted in ''[[Princess Mononoke]]''; although Ashitaka does come from a tribe of historical proud warrior race guys, by now they just want to be left alone, and he only fights when he has to, or when his curse makes him. It's actually San, who was [[Raised by Wolves]], who's the berserker type.

== Comic Books ==

* Nolan and the other Viltrumites from ''[[Invincible]]'' are this. The whole Viltrumite race is basically what would happen if Spartans had Superman-like superpowers.

* The Castaka clan in ''[[The Metabarons]]'' are dedicated to a bushido-like code and will kill or be killed for honor. They also favor primitive weapons like swords and double-barreled pistols, especially for ritual combat.

== Film ==

** This doesn't mean they are unreasonable, however. The Ukkumbian bomborokki is one of the most popular strong drinks in the world, and the locals are proud of it. Unfortunately, the rules of pirate honour prohibit them from trading. But they aren't prohibited from being robbed by a superior force... thus it's common for major brewers to regularly "happen to" go into sea on a heavily loaded small ship, which coincidentally "happens to" be intercepted by a foreign merchant, who while taking the cargo "happen to" accidentally lose a big full purse. Which he will always do, due to desire to have a deal the next time and also sight a few fast shikkas sailing nearby, loaded with friends and relatives of the poor brewer. They in turn won't rob the merchant because then other merchants may be afraid to come the next time and be so "absent-minded" with their money. Trade? What trade? This doesn't happen with other goods, but many well-respected captains participate in some sort of a maritime escort service (which they presumably present as protection racket or ransom).

* Worf from ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', as well as just about every Klingon ever to appear on the series (exception made for Worf's son Alexander).

** Worf himself is actually himself a kind of subversion. While most Klingon warriors are even more obsessed about battles and glory, Worf is widely considered to be the most uptight, traditional, and humorless Klingon alive. Most other Klingons are much more easygoing and rarely feel bound to follow traditions, and while they still tend to be rough and proud, they can actually quite fun and welcoming people to be around.

*** Though not considered canon, [[Fan Wank|many B5 fans think the Warrior Caste, like the Clarke Administration and Emperor Cartagia's government, had been infiltrated and influenced by the Shadows]]. Even if this wasn't the case, long-standing tensions between the two castes, exacerbated by the Grey Council's controversial decision to end the war with Earth without telling the warrior caste why they were ordered to surrender at the eve of victory, go a long way toward explaining the Warrior Caste's behavior during the Shadow crisis: they felt betrayed and manipulated by the Religious Caste, and weren't about to let the same thing happen again. Instead, they focused on trying to wrestle political power away from the Religious Caste, and started a Minbari civil war in the process.

* Ziva David in ''[[NCIS]]'' would probably count though she is probably somewhat hyperbolic: [[Real Life]] [[Badass Israeli]] s, even Mossad assassins are probably not that flamboyant or as vain about their skills.

== Music ==

* The Barbarian in [[Ayreon]]'s ''Into the Electric Castle'' fits this trope perfectly. He constantly brags about the battles he's fought and {{spoiler|dies when his pride drives him to go through the Sparkly Door of Death.}}

* [[Norse Mythology|Valhala]], basically warrior heaven. Guess the occupants.

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

** A lot of other cultures, including many icewalkers and the entire population of Harborhead, would also qualify.

* [[Cyrano De Bergerac]] presents [[Truth in Television]]: for centuries, the Gascons have had this reputation among the French, and at the [[The Cavalier Years]] they were [[Impoverished Patrician]]s that sought battle and bloodshed because his culture teaches that [[Martyrdom Culture|dying in battle is the greatest source of personal honor]] and [[Glory Seeker]]. In the play, all the cadets are Gascons, all of them are poor (except [[No True Scotsman|De Guiche]]) because they don't plan for the future (they are going to die young), and very "proud" in the usual sense ("psychotically violent"). This trope is ''deconstructed'' because the very traits that make the Gascons ''great warriors'' make them ''poor soldiers'': they don't approve of the use of spies or subterfuges in war, and they don’t want to learn such things like how to use a cannon because they prefer the sword. In literature, authors like [[Alexandre Dumas]] (''[[The Three Musketeers (novel)|The Three Musketeers]]'') and Cervantes (''[[Don Quixote]]'') have recognized Gascuña as home of great warriors… or if you wish, [[Heroic Sociopath]]s. This [https://web.archive.org/web/20160412075249/http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924028418501/cu31924028418501_djvu.txt article in English (A cadet of Gascony)]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130621201145/http://infokrisis.blogia.com/2006/053001-cyrano-de-bergerac-y-la-tradicion-heroica-de-los-mosqueteros.php and this other in Spanish (Los mosqueteros como herederos de Esparta)]

** Cyrano himself, however, is a literal [[Warrior Poet]].

** Over in Polaris space, the Nil'kemorya, the Polaran military caste, are Proud Soldier Race Guys.

* Soldiers are portrayed as a Proud Warrior Race in ''[[Metal Gear]]''. Much of the conflict in the series comes from soldiers deciding that modern politics have neutered warfare and to raise soldiers to a ruling class once again.

== [[Web Comics]] ==

== [[Web Original]] ==

* The ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'' features the Xorn, who invaded Earth in 1985, slaughtered nearly a billion people worldwide, introduced alien animals and plants to earth's ecology, and left behind tens of thousands of slaves from other races, all of whom were stuck with no way home when the invasion was defeated.

== [[Western Animation]] ==

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