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'''Tall:''' Fine! Fine! Now what about those reinforcements! |
'''Tall:''' Fine! Fine! Now what about those reinforcements! |
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'''Staros:''' My company alone cannot take that position, sir. |
'''Staros:''' My company alone cannot take that position, sir. |
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'''Tall:''' You’re not going to take your men into the jungle to avoid a god damned fight. Now do you hear me, Staros! [[Attack! Attack! Attack!|I want you to attack. I want you to attack right now with every man at your disposal. Now attack, Staros!]] |
'''Tall:''' You’re not going to take your men into the jungle to avoid a god damned fight. Now do you hear me, Staros! [[Attack! Attack! Attack!|I want you to attack. I want you to attack right now with every man at your disposal. Now attack, Staros!]] |
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'''Tall:''' It's never necessary to tell me that you think I'm right. We'll just... assume it. |
'''Tall:''' It's never necessary to tell me that you think I'm right. We'll just... assume it. |
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'''Staros:''' We need some water... the men are passing out. |
'''Staros:''' We need some water... the men are passing out. |
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'''Tall:''' The only time you should start worrying about a soldier is when they stop bitchin'. }} |
'''Tall:''' The only time you should start worrying about a soldier is when they stop bitchin'. }} |
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* In ''[[Paths of Glory]]'', General Mireau sends a division on a suicide mission to attack a heavily fortified German position just for the possibility of getting himself a promotion. After the attack fails, he blames the soldiers and orders random soldiers from the division to be executed for cowardice. |
* In ''[[Paths of Glory]]'', General Mireau sends a division on a suicide mission to attack a heavily fortified German position just for the possibility of getting himself a promotion. After the attack fails, he blames the soldiers and orders random soldiers from the division to be executed for cowardice. |
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** When walking very slowly towards the enemy, British soldiers were commonly marching behind a firewall of artillery that typically exterminated everyone trying to pop up and hurt them. When they lost the protection of that barrage (muddy ground and other unexpected holdups) is when things frequently went bad. ''Blackadder'' is wonderful satire, but has done terrible things for the understanding of Great War history. |
** When walking very slowly towards the enemy, British soldiers were commonly marching behind a firewall of artillery that typically exterminated everyone trying to pop up and hurt them. When they lost the protection of that barrage (muddy ground and other unexpected holdups) is when things frequently went bad. ''Blackadder'' is wonderful satire, but has done terrible things for the understanding of Great War history. |
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* ''[[Generation Kill]]'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhGIFLWadEU "Follow My TRACERS!"] |
* ''[[Generation Kill]]'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhGIFLWadEU "Follow My TRACERS!"] |
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{{quote|'''Marine #1:''' He's got his fucking bayonet out. [[Leeroy Jenkins|Doing his Rambo thing]]. |
{{quote|'''Marine #1:''' He's got his fucking bayonet out. [[Leeroy Jenkins|Doing his Rambo thing]]. |
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'''Captain America:''' FOLLOW MY TRACERS! |
'''Captain America:''' FOLLOW MY TRACERS! |
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'''Marine #2:''' He's shooting at scraps of metal. |
'''Marine #2:''' He's shooting at scraps of metal. |
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'''Marine #3:''' Can you believe that fucking retard is in charge of people? |
'''Marine #3:''' Can you believe that fucking retard is in charge of people? |
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'''Captain America:''' Engage those buildings! |
'''Captain America:''' Engage those buildings! |
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'''Marine #4:''' Sir, that's more than 3,000 meters away. Range of my .50 is 1830. |
'''Marine #4:''' Sir, that's more than 3,000 meters away. Range of my .50 is 1830. |
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'''Captain America:''' Move into position! [[Attack! Attack! Attack!|Engage! ENGAGE!]] }} |
'''Captain America:''' Move into position! [[Attack! Attack! Attack!|Engage! ENGAGE!]] }} |
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** It's worth noting the HBO adaptation of ''Generation Kill'', discussed above, for how its portrayal of Captain America is a flagrant (but accounting for production times, probably coincidental) [[Expy]] of Captain Bannon from ''[[World in Conflict]]'', below. Though it isn't saying much, Encino Man loses the tiny amount of sympathy he ''may'' have had in the book, with the actor playing him nailing the concept of the nickname perfectly; a man who's problem isn't lack of experience so much as lack of basic common sense. |
** It's worth noting the HBO adaptation of ''Generation Kill'', discussed above, for how its portrayal of Captain America is a flagrant (but accounting for production times, probably coincidental) [[Expy]] of Captain Bannon from ''[[World in Conflict]]'', below. Though it isn't saying much, Encino Man loses the tiny amount of sympathy he ''may'' have had in the book, with the actor playing him nailing the concept of the nickname perfectly; a man who's problem isn't lack of experience so much as lack of basic common sense. |
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== [[Web Comics]] == |
== [[Web Comics]] == |
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* The [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens|Bleen]] leadership tends to operate like this, [[You Have Failed Me|not being used to setbacks]]. |
* The [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens|Bleen]] leadership tends to operate like this, [[You Have Failed Me|not being used to setbacks]]. |
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{{quote|'''[[The Emperor]]:''' Tell me how your [[Alien Invasion|invasion fleet]] came to be destroyed by a group of [[Puny Earthlings|inferior monkeys]] |
{{quote|'''[[The Emperor]]:''' Tell me how your [[Alien Invasion|invasion fleet]] came to be destroyed by a group of [[Puny Earthlings|inferior monkeys]] |
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'''Bleen soldier:''' Your eminence, the hu-mons have perverted our [[Artificial Gravity|repulsor technology]] into [[Wave Motion Gun|a devestating weapon]]. |
'''Bleen soldier:''' Your eminence, the hu-mons have perverted our [[Artificial Gravity|repulsor technology]] into [[Wave Motion Gun|a devestating weapon]]. |
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'''The Emperor:''' Yet you did nothing to punish them for this? |
'''The Emperor:''' Yet you did nothing to punish them for this? |
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'''Bleen soldier:''' Um... Excuse me? We were... I dunno, occupied. |
'''Bleen soldier:''' Um... Excuse me? We were... I dunno, occupied. |
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'''The Emperor:''' Occupied? [[Hold Your Hippogriffs|What on Bleen]] were you doing other than [[Attack! Attack! Attack!|advancing the mighty flag of your sovereign]]. |
'''The Emperor:''' Occupied? [[Hold Your Hippogriffs|What on Bleen]] were you doing other than [[Attack! Attack! Attack!|advancing the mighty flag of your sovereign]]. |
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'''Bleen soldier:''' [[Deadpan Snarker|Screaming? Praying? ...fighting over the escape pods? The usual.]] }} |
'''Bleen soldier:''' [[Deadpan Snarker|Screaming? Praying? ...fighting over the escape pods? The usual.]] }} |
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