History Main / DoomTroops

* Hitler's Waffen SS is the UrExample and TropeCodifier.

* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'s'' Iscariot Organization soldiers, who dress like klansmen.

** Their predecessors, the Separatist battle droids, were made in the likeness of alien skeletons. However, their stupidity and incompetence made them fail as DoomTroops utterly and completely.

-->-- ''[[Warhammer40K Warhammer 40,000]]''

* ANBU in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' were supposed to be this. They are masked, nameless elites who carry out assassination missions and who hunt down rogue ninjas and dispose of their bodies to keep village secrets. However, they're more of an example of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness and don't really serve this trope after the arc that introduces them.

* Hammer Empire soldiers from ''DangerGirl'' are ominous enough, and Major Maxim is pretty much what they'd be like if [[HerrDoktor Doctor]] [[TheVonTropeFamily Von]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromVeryFast Kripplor]]'s SuperSerum worked on anyone else.

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* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' gives us two examples, the Death Corps of Kreig for TheEmpire and all the SpaceMarine chapters (both good and evil; it's explicitly stated that they eschew camouflage in favor of scariness).

* ''TabletopGameMutantChronicles'' {{Lampshades}} this, one unit available to most factions is the Doom Trooper. Special mention goes to the Dark Legion.

* ''TableTopGameMutantChronicles'' {{Lampshades}} this, one unit available to most factions is the Doom Trooper. Special mention goes to the Dark Legion.

* [[GasMaskLongcoat Protect Gear]] troopers from ''JinRoh'' (They're based on SS troops).
* ''{{Hellsing}}'s'' Iscariot Organization soldiers, who dress like klansmen.
* ANBU in ''{{Naruto}}'' were supposed to be this. They are masked, nameless elites who carry out assassination missions and who hunt down rogue ninjas and dispose of their bodies to keep village secrets. However, they're more of an example of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness and don't really serve this trope after the arc that introduces them.

* The riot police from ''{{Transmetropolitan}}'' have strong shades of this, what with having '''Submit Now''' emblazoned on their shields and taking PoliceBrutality to a whole new level. .

* While Imperial stormtroopers from ''StarWars'' are generally considered to be just Mooks, in-universe they`re greatly feared. In fact, the reason they're armored in white is to conjure up mental images of bleached bones.

* Some might say the Snatchers and Death Eaters from ''HarryPotter'', but there's some FanWank over this...
* The Blood Pact from ''GauntsGhosts''.
* Imperial Sardaukar from {{Dune}}. Later, the Fremen become this for Paul.

* The narrator of ''{{Hammerfall}}'s'' "Any Means Neccessary".

* ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' gives us two examples, the Death Corps of Kreig for TheEmpire and all the SpaceMarine chapters (both good and evil; it's explicitly stated that they eschew camouflage in favor of scariness).
* ''MutantChronicles'' {{Lampshades}} this, one unit available to most factions is the Doom Trooper. Special mention goes to the Dark Legion.

* Blackwatch soldiers from ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}''. Possible infectees are shown no mercy.

* The [[ExpendableClone Replica]] in {{FEAR}}. They're designed from the ground up to be implacable, fearless shock troops, and their armor makes them look greatly intimidating, especially when compared with ATC's baseline human soldiers.

* The [[DisposeableClone Replica]] in {{FEAR}}. They're designed from the ground up to be implacable, fearless shock troops, and their armor makes them look greatly intimidating, especially when compared with ATC's baseline human soldiers.

* The [[DisposableClone Replica]] in {{FEAR}}. They're designed from the ground up to be implacable, fearless shock troops, and their armor makes them look greatly intimidating, especially when compared with ATC's baseline human soldiers.

* The movie SS Doomtrooper (which directly inspired the ''{{Ubersoldat}}'' videogame) had a SuperSoldier prototype [[AptlyNamed meant to be one of these]]. [[PhlebotinumRebel He'd have preferred to stay dead and breaks out]].

You can tell by looking at them, these are no ordinary {{Mooks}}. Every aspect of them is designed for maximum intimidation; their jackboots strike the ground with a despair-inducing ''tromp'' and their [[VaderBreath loud breathing]] sends chills up the enemy's spines. Their uniforms are black, possibly emblazoned with skulls. Enemy soldiers would rather surrender than fight them, but they are trained to show no mercy. Every action they take is meant to induce MookHorrorShow in the RedShirtArmy and civilian populace.

* Protect Gear troopers from ''JinRoh'' (They're based on SS troops).

* Imperial Sardaukar from {{Dune}}.

* Blackwatch soldiers from ''{{Prototype}}''. Possible infectees are shown no mercy.

* ''Fanfic/TiberiumWars'' presents the [[WarriorMonk Black Hand]] as these; when a GDI infantry squad encounters a squad, the corporal in command completely flips out in terror at the sight. Later on, when a Black hand unit ambushes a GDO convoy, the mere ''sight'' of the Hands is enough to terrify a GDI officer into paralysis.

* some might say the Snatchers and Death Eaters from ''HarryPotter'', but there's some FanWank over this...

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* G.E.F. SpaceMarines from ''{{Zap}}''.

* Blacklight soldiers from ''{{Prototype}}''.

* ''{{Warhammer40000}}'' gives us two examples, the Death Corps of Kreig for TheEmpire and all the SpaceMarine chapters (good and evil).

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