History Main / InThatOrder

* The beginning of ''[[TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Mostly Harmless]]'' claims the following.

* The beginning of ''[[TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Mostly Harmless]]'' claims the follwing.

* A play on the ''SchlockMercenary'' example specifically, rather than a general example in and of itself: {{Warhammer Online}} has a powerful (for its level) health potion with the description "Next time, pillage ''before'' you burn".

* In ''SchlockMercenary'', maxim one of ''[[BigBookOfWar The Seventy Maxims of Highly Effective Mercenaries]]'' is, "Pillage, ''then'' burn."

* A play on the Schlock Mercenary example specifically, rather than a general example in and of itself: {{Warhammer Online}} has a powerful (for its level) health potion with the description "Next time, pillage ''before'' you burn".

* In [[TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal]] this is referenced in the following exchange

* In ''TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' this is referenced in the following exchange

* The ''{{Firefly}}'' quote above, obviously.

* In Money Train, Wesley Snipes' and Woody Harrelson's characters get chewed out by their unhealthily aggressive supervisor for misconduct. Patterson (the supervisor) claims that if they screw up again, he's going to "fuck them dead". W & W then discuss and try to figure out if he meant fucking them before, or after they're dead. They come to the conclusion that either way is unpleasant. Later in the film, Wesley makes a point that they need to stay one step ahead of "that necrophiliac Patterson".

** In ''SchlockMercenary'', rule one of ''[[BigBookOfWar The Seventy Maxims of Highly Effective Mercenaries]]'' is, "Pillage, ''then'' burn."
*** A play on the above, rather than an example in itself: {{Warhammer Online}} has a powerful (for its level) health potion with the description "Next time, pillage ''before'' you burn".

* '''[[SchlockMercenary Maxim #1:]]''' Pillage, ''then'' burn.

* '''[[SchlockMercenary Rule #1:]]''' Pillage, ''then'' burn.

** In ''SchlockMercenary'', rule one of ''[[BigBookOfWar The Seven Maxims of Highly Effective Mercenaries]]'' is, "Pillage, ''then'' burn."

* From the British run of ''[[Whose Line is it Anyway?]]'', whilst doing a scene in the style of Greek tragedy:

* The beginning of ''[[TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Mostly Harmless]]'' claims that things happen, cause other things to happen, and cause themselves to happen again... but not necessarily in chronological order.

* From the British run of ''{{Whose Line is it Anyway?}}'', whilst doing a scene in the style of Greek tragedy:

** Relatedly, a joke this troper came across in I-don't-remember-where: "Give up, or we'll burn your women, steal your village and rape your horses!"

** In ''SchlockMercenary'', rule one of ''[[BigBookOfWar The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates]]'' is, "Pillage, ''then'' burn."

Can be combined with ArsonmurderAndJaywalking, if the "final" punishment would be pretty inconsequential following the others.

* Used for parody in ''TheHorseAndHisBoy'', when [[TheDitz Lasaraleen]] threatens to beat her servants to death, burn them alive, and keep them on bread and water for three weeks-rather ineffectual punishments if done in that order.