History Main / GloryHound

* Pyro in ''TransformersLastStandOfTheWreckers'' - he refuses to take a particular HeroicSacrifice because it's ''not cool enough'' for his tastes, and insists that [[TheWoobie Ironfist]] [[KickTheDog make the sacrifice instead]]. [[spoiler:He later reconsiders and says just dying for your friends is good enough. He does.]]

* In the film ''Patton'', the titular character admitted that [[IAmTheTrope he was this trope]].

* Barnaby Brooks Jr. from ''TigerAndBunny'' appears to be a GloryHound at first, but it turns out that his PunchClockHero tendencies have a more complex reason than that. [[spoiler:Specifically, the head of his sponsoring company, Maverick, has been Barnaby's mentor since he was orphaned at the age of four - and has used the opportunity to raise a hero who won't complain about compromising his morality for the sake of appealing to the masses.]]

* Barnaby Brooks Jr. from ''TigerAndBunny'' appears to be a GloryHound at first, but it turns out that his PunchClockHero tendencies have a bit more of a complex reason than that. [[spoiler:Specifically, the head of his sponsoring company, Mr. Maverick, has been Barnaby's ParentalSubstitute since his parents were murdered when he was four, and he's used the opportunity to raise himself to raise a hero that won't complain about compromising his morality for the show's sake.]]

* Barnaby Brooks Jr. from ''TigerAndBunny'' appears to be a GloryHound at first, but it turns out that his PunchClockHero tendencies have a bit more of a complex reason than that. [[spoiler:Specifically, the head of his sponsoring company, Mr. Maverick, has been Barnaby's ParentalSubstitute since his parents were murdered when he was four, and has something of a hold on his psyche for good or for ill.]]

Inverse of AFatherToHisMen. The FairWeatherMentor is often this. See also FakeUltimateHero.

* Steele in the movie ''{{Balto}}'' is a ''literal'' glory hound.

* General Lee Oliver of ''FalloutNewVegas'', whose strategy against Caesar's Legion is for an straight attack at Hoover Dam, hoping that it'll be big and glorious enough to outshine Chief Hanlon's more tactical defeat of Joshua Graham.

* Pyro in ''TransformersLastStandOfTheWreckers'' - he refuses to take a particular HeroicSacrifice because it's ''not cool enough'' for his tastes, and insists that [[TheWoobie Ironfist]] [[KickTheDog make the sacrifice instead]].

* Barnaby Brooks Jr. from ''TigerAndBunny'' appears to be a GloryHound at first, but it turns out that his PunchClockHero tendencies have a bit more of a complex reason than that. [[spoiler:Specifically, the head of his sponsoring company, Mr. Maverick, has been his ParentalSubstitute since his parents were murdered when Barnaby was four, and has something of a hold on his psyche for good or for ill.]]

** The [[FullmetalAlchemist manga version]] shows us something very similar with [[WeHaveReserves Hughes' commander]] in the Ishval War. [[spoiler: [[ColonelBadAss Basque Grand]]]]"accidentally" shoots him for this.

* Colonel Archer from ''FullmetalAlchemist'' is most definitely this. Sending his soldiers to their doom and being most unreasonable as Lior is "His opportunity to be a war hero".
** The manga version shows us something very similar with [[WeHaveReserves Hughes' commander]] in the Ishval War. [[spoiler: [[ColonelBadAss Basque Grand]]]]"accidentally" shoots him for this.

* AstroCity: In the ''Tarnished Angel'' arc, Steeljack discovered that [[spoiler:the villain was a disgraced superhero who was out to kill small-bit villains to restore his name]].

* In the Punisher MAX storyline, Mother Russia, the 'making of' eight generals was going to be getting a contagious virus from a Russian silo. To help keep Russia's attention from this, they [[spoiler: had terrorists hijack a plane to crash into the Kremlin, only for it to be blown up by Russia's air defence. This also killed the innocent passengers aboard. Even worse is that they all cheer in victory when the plane gets blown up]]. Despite Nick Fury calling them out, not one of them shows a sign of remorse.

* In one episode of {{MASH}}, Hawkeye persuades a GloryHound that his stomach problem is appendicitis. This allows him to operate and take him out of the line of battle for a while -- though it ends with the grim Aesop that this will not stop the war.
* Arnold Rimmer of RedDwarf longs to be an army general, yet when he gets his chance in Meltdown, while he ends up winning the battle, he ends up killing not just the enemy, but his own soldiers. Since he and Kryten are the only ones who survive, he declares it a victory.

* Gail from FrontMission is also one, a skilled Wanzer pilot who "pay for glory with the blood of his own men" by Hell's Wall leader Greg, he becomes Kevin's rival in the game.

* Most paladins in role playing games tend towards this too.
** Even though it goes against their alignment.
* Ratchet from RatchetAndClank is a bit like this. His main motivation is the fame and fortune that comes from his adventures. But by game three, he has become jaded when Clank gets his own secret agent series that has Ratchet as his chauffeur, constantly annoyed that Qwark and Clank keep getting credit for his work.

* Zapp Brannigan from {{Futurama}}.
** Zapp will not hesitate to throw wave after wave of his own men to their deaths to merely force killbots to shut down by reaching their pre-programmed kill limits, or command a battle fleet in a dangerous space battle remotely from the New New York Appleby's.

** Miles himself runs dangerously close to this trope; while he runs his people well and ensures that the Dendarii are incredibly useful as a covert operations force, '''his own mother''' speculates that he does so only so that he can keep being the dashing, dazzling Admiral Naismith, and not the crippled, unregarded Lieutenant Vorkosigan.

*** Justified in this case, as a defeat would lead to the campaign being disavowed by their government to save face, and the commanders facing (likely fatal) punishment for their "unauthorized" actions.

* In the film ''Patton'', the titular character admitted that he was this trope.

* Two perfect examples in Norman Mailer's acclaimed book, '''The Naked and the Dead'''. Sergeant Croft and General Cummings both fit this role, though Croft is the foul-playing war-lover, whereas Cummings is part of the ArmchairMilitary. Cummings believed war can be calculated with a formula, whereas Croft is just bloodthirsty. Either way, they're both out for glory regardless of the cost, and both attempt to send Lieutenant Hearn, one of the protagonists, to his death. [[spoiler:They are successful. Cummings assigns Hearn to Croft's squad, and Croft sends Hearn ahead to lead the group, and he gets killed in an ambush due to his lack of battlefield experience.]]

* The main characters in ''ThreeHundred'' are determined to find glory and to die in battle. This is why they lose.