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Most of the examples are set in [[World War I]] or in the [[Banana Republic]], but they can occur at other times too.
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== Anime ==
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== Literature ==
* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s [[Gaunt's Ghosts]] novel ''The Guns Of Tanith'', when Caffran is convicted of rape and murder, he is sentenced to be shot at dawn. (Fortunately, Gaunt hears of it before then and dredges up more evidence, resulting in a second trial and acquittal.)
* In ''[[Discworld/Jingo|Jingo]]'', Lord Vetinari tries, through subtle hints, to get through to Sergeant Colon what will happen if they are discovered as being from Ankh-Morpork in Klatch. "A nice sunny wall and a cigarette" is mentioned. It doesn't take... at first.
* In [[Voltaire]]'s ''[[Candide]]'', the main character witnesses a British officer being executed by firing squad and comments:
{{quote|"In this country, it is wise to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others [''pour encourager les autres'']"}}
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* In [[Seven Men of Gascony]] one of [[The Squad]] is caught deserting. His final request is that his mates volunteer to do the deed because he wanted men who knew how to shoot to do the job.
== [[Live
* ''[[Blackadder]] Goes Forth''
* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story "The War Games" has the Second Doctor in a [[World War I]] re-creation sentenced to death by firing squad.
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* One episode of [[Monty Python's Flying Circus]] features the Soviets trying to execute a guy via the firing squad. [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy|The firing squad misses]]. [[What an Idiot!|Repeatedly]].
* A common sketch on ''[[You Can't Do That on Television]]'' has one of the kids apparently in front of a firing squad in some [[Banana Republic]]. Many sketches end with the commander getting shot instead.
* One episode of ''[[Get Smart]]'' played with this, where Max was put up against a wall and soldiers who always obeyed orders were arrayed in front of him, with the officer giving the orders behind the soldiers. [[Genre Savvy]] readers can tell how well that went:
{{quote|'''Officer:''' Ready... Aim...
'''Max:''' About Face!
'''Officer:''' Fire!}}
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== Real Life ==
* Formerly a popular way for executing people, it has since fallen out of practice for its cruelty and/or [[Squick]]
** The latest usage of this, to this troper's knowledge, was by Romanian Communist dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu up until he was overthrown in the late 80's.
*** Ironically enough, latest usage (in Romania) goes to him too, although on the receiving side: he and her wife were the last people to be executed, just two weeks before the abolition of capital punishment.
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