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{{quote|'''Aral Vorkosigan:''' ''Clay, boy. Only clay. Not fit to receive so golden a sacrifice.''}}
* Invoked in [[Sandy Mitchell]]'s [[Ciaphas Cain]] novel ''The Traitor's Hand''. Cain engaged in a conflict with Chaos forces that were chasing a praetor; the praetor filled him on the danger and was injured. Later, he met a PDF general, his father, and praised his son's courage to him, manifestly inspiring paternal pride. He heard afterwards that the general had objected to his son's going into the praetors, and the incident brought about a reconciliation.
* In William King's [[Warhammer 4000040,000]] [[Space Wolf]] novel ''Grey Hunters'', after Ragnar's [[Field Promotion]], the gravely wounded Hakon gives him some warnings about tendencies which might undermine him, and then
{{quote|''Despite what I just said, I wanted to tell you that I was proud of you. You were the best batch of aspirants I ever trained at Russvik. Maybe the best I ever saw. See to it that you live up to that.''}}
* In [[Graham McNeill]]'s [[Warhammer 4000040,000]] [[Ultramarines (novel)|Ultramarines]] novel ''Warriors of Ultramar'', after their first battle, Learchus praises the soldiers he had put through [[Training Fromfrom Hell]]: "I am so proud of you." When one says it was his training, he [[Think Nothing of It|sloughs off the credit]], declaring the greatness had been in them, he had merely brought it out. "You are warriors of Ultramar, and I am proud to call you brothers." (He had, in fact, planned on doing this, for morale: when a captain had complaining that the men thought he was showing off in training, he explained that he had been, so they would know what a great warrior he was, and when it came time for him to praise them, it would mean much to them.)
** In ''Dead Sky Black Sun'', after the climactic battle, the Lord of the Unfleshed solicits praise from Uriel: "Emperor happy?" Uriel looks at the damage and assures them that they made the Emperor very happy with their work.
*** Earlier, Uriel had seen a once-possible future that involved a fine son whom he would have been proud of; he regrets it, but does not let that stop him.
* In [[Graham McNeill]]'s [[Warhammer 4000040,000]] novel ''Storm of Iron'', {{spoiler|Leonid}} speaks to praise the troops and encourage them. One assures him they won't let him down, and {{spoiler|Leonid}} says that he knows it, and he's damned proud of them.
* In [[Graham McNeill]]'s [[Warhammer 4000040,000]] (again) [[Horus Heresy]] novel ''False Gods'', when Horus sees how Maggard fought against [[Zombie Apocalypse|the walking corpses]], he admires his [[Cool Sword|Kirlian blade]] but his skill as well, telling him that he should feel proud of himself. Overwhelmed, Maggard sinks to his knees before him, and when Horus tells him that that is inappropriate for so great a warrior, he has Maggard's complete loyalty. (Somewhat assisted by how House Carpinus treated him -- [[Nice to the Waiter|taking out his vocal cords so he can not speak inappropriately in his mistress's presence]].)
** In Matt Farrer's "After Desh'ea" (in ''Tales of Heresy''), Kharne tells Angron of how the Emperor [[Meaningful Rename|named them the War Hounds]] and that they were proud of it and hoped that he would be proud of that, too.
* At the end of ''[[The Graveyard Book]]'', Bod thinks he hears his mother's voice telling him she's proud of him.
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* In [[John C. Wright]]'s ''[[Chronicles of Chaos|The Orphans of Chaos]]'', after Quentin stands off the {{spoiler|Lamia}}, Boggins tells him how proud he is and what a pity it is that Quentin will not remember.
* In [[Jasper Fforde]]'s ''[[Thursday Next|Lost In A Good Book]]'', when Landen is eradicated, Thursday assures his parents that they would have been proud of him.
* In ''[[Warcraft]]'' ''[[Warcraft: Lord of the Clans]]'', after Thrall mortally wounds him Blackmoore tells Thrall that he is everything he wanted Thrall to become and that he is proud of him. Thrall is understandably upset since Blackmoore made his youth a living hell and had just murdered his beloved foster sister Taretha. Hearing the bastard ''approve'' of Thrall denied him any satisfaction from killing him.
* In [[Jack Campbell]]'s ''[[The Lost Fleet]]'' book ''Dreadnaught'', Captain Desjani smiles as she watches Geary watch the fleet go into formation, and explains that he's obviously so proud of them.
* In [[Gene Stratton Porter]]'s ''[[Freckles]]'', Freckles gets it second-hand from his [[Parental Substitute]]; Angel tells him of it.
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* ''I am so proud of you'', part of the ''Everything Will Be OK'' film cycle by [[Don Hertzfeldt]], plays around with this.
* Played with on [[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]], when Bart, whacked out on way too <s> Ritalin</s> Focusyn, hijacks a tank a runs a muck around town.
{{quote|'''[[The Bully|Nelson]]''': You've raised the bar for all of us, Simpson; and I thank you. *bows*
'''Bart''': Wow! Praise from Caesar!
'''Nelson''': Huh?! }}
* Goliath has a moment of this when he finally [["Well Done, Son" Guy|acknowledges Angela as his daughter]]. Note that the lack of acknowledgment wasn't because he ever disapproved of her personally, but because ''[[Gargoyles]]'' traditionally didn't keep track of who laid which eggs.
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