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** Possibly an InvokedTrope, as by that point Vetinari was counting on Vimes doing what he does: getting the job done, and along the way irritating a lot of important (and [[SmugSnake self-important]]) people and throwing them off their stride, thus hopefully keeping everyone on their toes.
*** Possibly? No possibly about it.
--->'''Drumknott:''' The thought occurs, sir, that if Commander Vimes did not exist you would have had to invent him.
--->'''Lord Vetinari:''' You know, Drumknott, I rather think I did.

* {{The X-Files}} Mulder and Scully spend quite a lot of time getting ripped out by someone of higher authority, no matter how many people they've saved from some unholy paranormal entity.

* In Fanfic/RulesoftheGame, Harry is given a dressing down by Snape for directly disobeying orders, throwing his' friends into danger, and saving Professor Snape.

* In Fanfic/MGLNCrisis, Hayate dresses down Arisa and Suzuka for taking the golem into combat, and after silencing their protests, congratulates them for their heroism.

* The backstory for two of the characters in ''[[HumanxCommonwealth The Tar-Aiym Krang]]'' was that they faked a malfunction aboard their ship in order to attack AAnn forces which were about to invade and enslave/depopulate a world the Commonwealth wasn't officially bound to protect. At their court martial:

-->'''Miss Schlowski''': Now Mr. Kimble, I have checked, and there's ''no record'' of you teaching anywhere in Florida, or in the US, for that matter. Now, let's see... I thought that introducing a ferret to the class was a terrible idea, but the children see to ''[[RidiculouslyCuteCritter like it]]''. I thought that the whistle and drills were ''outrageous''--

* To [[spoiler: prevent a war]], the girls of the [[SoraNoWoto 1121st Helvetian Tank Platoon]] go on a treason spree, including [[spoiler: hiding an enemy soldier, mutiny, holding a superior officer prisoner, hijacking a [[LostTechnology spider-tank]], and cutting a path through their own forces with it]]. That they were {{Military Moonshiner}}s would have been enough to get them into trouble...

* As seen below, the latest Star Trek novel ('Before Dishonor') had [[spoiler:several original characters, including a Vulcan, stage a mutiny after Picard ignored the Admirals yet again. They were...forgiven. So, yeah]].

* After disobeying orders in Rainbow Six Vegas 2 in order to take down the [[BigBad Big Bad]], your superior pretty much plays the trope straight over radio. He ends it by disguising a promotion as a firing.

-->'''Miss Schlowski''': Now Mr. Kimble, I have checked, and there's ''no records'' about you teaching anywhere in Florida, or in US, for that matters. Now, let's see... I think that introducing ferret to them is a terrible idea, but they ''[[RidiculouslyCuteCritter like it]]''. I think that the drill technique is ''outrageous''--

-->'''Miss Schlowski''': WAIT until I finish. Now, I think that the drill technique is ''outrageous''... but ''[[SternTeacher it works.]]'' Now, I don't know what kind of cop you are, Mr. Kimble, but you are a ''really great teacher''. Now. I want you to answer one more question, and don't lie. What did it feel like to hit that son of a bitch?

-->Chief: Didn't you cause about a bazillion dollars worth of damage? And I sure as hell ain't covering for you! I don't give a damn how sexy you look floating down in your little pants! And as for the rest of you...I just want to say how very proud I am of all of you. Undercover Brother, the world is safe once again thanks to you.

** Such an epic quote, Disney felt it was all that was needed for the film's first trailer.

* In one of the books in the XWingSeries, Aaron Allson's Wraith Squadron, a couple of the pilots get one of these after pulling off a brilliantly executed plan, drawing off a Star Destroyer with just two X-Wings and 2 A-Wings, saving an entire evacuation. But they went against orders, and did an open broadcast against the enemy taunting him, and nearly got themselves killed. Wedge says that he should split the difference and hammer a medal into each of their skulls.

* The first ''{{Patlabor}}'' OVA had a episode were after causing the usual property damage SVU 2's Chief Gotoh yells at the team telling them this isn't Great Mazinger or some anime about an autistic kid and sends them back to training.

* Subversion: The beginning of the AdventureGame ''SpaceQuest VI'' features the hero, Roger Wilco, stripped of the rank (and uniform) of [[TheCaptain starship captain]] for everything he did in the last game; the recognition of him saving the universe in the bargain is only enough to [[ResetButton return]] him to his iconic position of janitor.

* In WingCommander 2, Admiral Tolwyn gives you one in the ending.

* The quote from Mulan was used after the Shan Yu battle in The Land of Dragons in KingdomHearts II.
* Essentially the entire plot of Trauma Team is this. The main character killed many in a terrorist attack but is apparently the best surgeon in the world and thus he is allowed to perform surgery in exchange for a reduced sentence. Also, he has amnesia from the attack so he doesn't remember killing people.

* At the end of one of the ''HarryPotter'' books, Harry gets this speech from Dumbledore. At first, it seems that Harry might actually get expelled, but he gets bonus house points for Gryffindor instead, and they win the House Cup.

* To [[spoiler: prevent a war]], the girls of the [[SoraNoWoto 1121st Helvetian Tank Platoon]] go on a treasonous spree, including [[spoiler: hiding an enemy soldier, mutiny, holding a superior officer prisoner, hijacking a [[LostTechnology spider-tank]] and cutting a path through their own forces with it]]. That they were {{Military Moonshiner}}s would have been enough to get them into trouble...

-->'''Proctor''': Well, let's see here Mr. Samson. On the driving portion you totaled every car but the one you were driving. On the pistol range you ''refused to use a gun'', and?heh heh, here's my favorite?on the written you drew the little guy with wings from the Led Zeppelin records.

-->'''Tolwyn''': Blair! You have a lot to answer for, pilot! Disobeying orders, dereliction of duty, theft of Navy property, endangerment of personnel… Nice work… Colonel Blair. I never thought I’d say this, but I’m proud to serve with you on this ship, Maverick.\\

* Being as it is based on BuddyCopMovies, {{TheGoodGuys}} uses this at least twice an episode.

* Used at the end of ''{{Mulan}}'', with the Chinese Emperor himself giving the talk to the title character.
** Such an epic quote, Disney felt it was all that was needed for the film's first trailor.

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** This is a subversion, as Diel actually thinks Carter screwed up royally, which he did, and invokes the trope solely to trick Carter into accepting a humiliating assignment.

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-->'''Emperor''': I've heard a great deal about you, Fa Mulan. You stole your father's armor, ran away from home, impersonated a soldier, deceived your commanding officer, dishonored the Chinese Army, destroyed my palace, and... you have saved us all.
-->--{{Mulan}}

-->{{Mulan}}

-->'''Emperor''': I've heard a great deal about you, Fa Mulan. You stole your father's armor, ran away from home, impersonated a soldier, deceived your commanding officer, dishonored the Chinese Army, destroyed my palace, and... you have saved us all.

* Disney's {{Mulan}}.
-->'''The Emperor''': You stole your father's armor, ran away from home, impersonated a soldier, deceived your commanding officer, dishonored the Chinese army, destroyed my palace, ''and''...you have saved us all.

* Parodied in ''SouthPark''. The boys set up a joke detective agency and a police captain, seemingly going along with the gag, agrees to let him "work" as real detectives. He then immediately turns serious and sends them after genuine criminals, namely to bust a drug ring. The boys unhappily go along, and unintentionally provoke the drug runners, as well as crooked cops, to panic and kill themselves (repeatedly). The captain reprimands them each for their bloodbath results, but always ends with something like "But dammit, you get the job done!" The boys, for their part, think real police work sucks, and just want to go home.

** This is a subversion, as Diel actually thinks Carter screwed up royally, and invokes the trope solely to trick Carter into accepting a humiliating assignment.

* Averted entirely in ''LifeOnMars''. Despite two whole seasons of continually bending (and breaking) the rules, DCI Gene Hunt never gets hauled over the coals by his superiors. Of course, he's saddled with DI Sam Tyler for the entire series, so this from a superior would be kind of redundant.