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== Anime and Manga ==

** More like Rei Ayanami. With Shinji, he knows that Unit 01 will most probably allow him to win (''"Ikari, are you truly satisfied with this?"'' '''*smirk*''') And if he fails, there is {{spoiler|[[Kick the Dog|the Dummy System]]}}. and concerning Rei, he cares about her (in his own twisted way) more than she cares about herself...

*** Played straight with other pilots though. In the Unit 03 incident where he casually orders it destroyed with the pilot {{spoiler|Touji in series, Asuka in the Rebuild films}} still inside, and acitvates the Dummy system when Shinji won't do it {{spoiler|and based on his comments about needing Shinji and Rei together in Rebuild, it's hinted he deliberately took the chance to elminate Asuka, so she wouldn't become a unknown extra factor in his plans.}}.

* In the fantasy series ''[[The Death Gate Cycle]]'' one of [[Career Killers|assassin]] Hugh The Hand's jobs was to kill a mercenary captain who tended to take all the money his company was paid for a job, then order them into situations where as many of them died as possible so he wouldn't have to split the pay.

** Hugh was also hired to kill a human army captain that had repeatedly over the course of his career sent many men to their deaths while he ran away. While doing this again, Hugh caught him and listed the names of everyone who had wanted him dead before killing the man.

{{quote|Scum. That's what he called his own soldiers. It's like that bloody civilized game you showed us, Teach! The prawns [sic] are just there to get slaughtered while the king hangs around at the back!}}

** Lord Rust seems to have studied in Hong's class. See what happens with any army he's entrusted to, though his tactics seem to be born from [[Upper Class Twit|blatant stupidity]], rather than malice. One would imagine an army commanded by the troll Sgt Detritus would be more effective, if only because Detritus would lead from the front and scare everyone away.

** The yardstick for measuring ''any'' General in ''[[Discworld]]'' seems to be "massive casualties." While having those casualties coming from the enemy is preferred, having most of them come from your own troops is still perfectly acceptable.

*** Conversely, Generals who manage to achieve victory with relatively few casualties are looked down upon as somehow not playing by the rules.

 

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