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* [[Captain Queeg]] of Herman Wouk's ''[[The Caine Mutiny]]'', and the movie and play (''The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial'') based on it, could almost be the [[Trope Namer]]. It is often used in media as an alternate name for this trope.

* ''[[Generation Kill]]'' has several: Captain America, Encino Man ("Echo Mike"), Sgt. Maj. "Fucking" Sixta, though he was only [[Genghis Gambit|acting that way]] to give the troops an outlet for their frustration, and even though he's an NCO, "Casey Kasem". (After the events of ''Generation Kill'' however, Kasem proved to be more akin to [[Sergeant Rock]] as a platoon sergeant when it came to combat.)

*** Fred differs from most Niedermeyers in that he is not a bad man, merely a ''very'' bad officer. He didn't want the promotion, and the stress drove him completely bonkers, convinced that if he can find out who is stealing sugar cubes (it's ''him'' doing it subconsciously) all the other problems will go away. He's incredibly relieved when Captain Carrot returns and he can be a sergeant again.

** Actually, nearly every general in the armies of the Sto Plains (which is the area in which Ankh-Morpork lies) counts as this, since their general battle strategy is to hurl their men at the enemy and receive "glorious casualties", since apparently the number of fallen men equals how great the battle was for them. If they actually win anything, that's a nice albeit unimportant bonus. They see the famous general Tacticus as a dishonorable military leader because he had the distinct tendency to win battles and wars and bring most of his soldiers back alive.

 

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