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'''English Commander:''' I beg your pardon sire, but... won't we hit our own troops?<br />

'''Longshanks:''' (''pretending surprise'') ...Yes. But we'll hit theirs as well. [[Trope Namer|We have reserves.]] Attack!|''[[Braveheart]]''}}

 

There are a lot of ways to have a character [[Kick the Dog]]. In a war movie or battle sequence, if you want to show that a general, king, or [[Armchair Military|commander]] is evil (really evil, not a [[Punch Clock Villain]] and way beyond a [[Designated Villain]]), all you have to do is show his casual and/or utter disregard for the lives of his own troops by [[Suicide Mission|either knowingly ordering them into certain slaughter or giving an order that ensures their slaughter]]. Retreat is, of course, forbidden; he expects [[Attack Attack Attack]] without a second thought, and a [[Last Stand]] before retreat. (And he usually does it from perfect safety.) [[General Failure]] will often upgrade this from a last resort to his preferred tactic.

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