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* '''Averted''': ???

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* '''Averted''': ???They are equally as polite or rude as each other.

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* '''Inverted''': Captain Rough is a bloodthirsty, foul-mouthed brute who earned his command via KlingonPromotion. Sergeant Smooth is a likable FatherToHisMen.

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Captain Rough is a bloodthirsty, foul-mouthed brute who earned his command via KlingonPromotion. Sergeant Smooth is a likable FatherToHisMen.FatherToHisMen.
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* '''Played For Drama''': Sergeant Rough starts abusing his authority over the soldiers, completely compromising the unit's effectiveness. When Captain Smooth tries to discipline him, it turns out that Rough no longer respects the captain, and the chain of command collapses.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Drama''':
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Sergeant Rough starts abusing his authority over the soldiers, completely compromising the unit's effectiveness. When Captain Smooth tries to discipline him, it turns out that Rough no longer respects the captain, and the chain of command collapses.collapses.
** Captain Smooth is very much aware of how brutal Sergeant Rough is, and delegates such tasks to him, because dirty work is beneath him.
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* '''Inverted''': [[IronicName Captain Smooth]] is a bloodthirsty, foul-mouthed brute who earned his command via KlingonPromotion. The sarge is a likable FatherToHisMen.

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* '''Inverted''': [[IronicName Captain Smooth]] Rough is a bloodthirsty, foul-mouthed brute who earned his command via KlingonPromotion. The sarge Sergeant Smooth is a likable FatherToHisMen.



** Rough gets a promotion to a higher rank and immediately acts like a soft-spoken gentleman, while Private Tough, who's pretty likable turns into a DrillSergeantNasty the second he gets promoted.

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** Rough gets a promotion to a higher rank and immediately acts like a soft-spoken gentleman, while Private Tough, who's pretty likable likable, turns into a DrillSergeantNasty the second he gets promoted.

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* '''Implied''': The soldiers get visibly nervous when they see Sergeant Rough coming, but they're calmer near Captain Smooth.



* '''Played For Drama''': Sergeant Rough starts abusing his authority over the soldiers, completely compromising the unit's effectiveness. When Captain Smooth tries to discipline him, it turns out that Rough no longer respects the captain, and the chain of command collapses.



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"Captains always kind, sergeants always mean. I've been under four sergeants and two captains, and it's been the same every time. This is getting ridiculous!"
* '''Conversed''': ???AliceAndBob are watching a TV show with a military setting. As Sgt. Rough berates [[NewMeat Newbie Meat]] for the third time in ten minutes, Alice complains about how all the shows like this have mean sergeants and kind captains. "What happened back when Smooth was a sergeant, I'd like to know?"
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* '''Defied''': "If any of you little worms have got a problem with my leadership style... If any of you think me and the cap are playing GoodCopBadCop with you, you should know... ''I'm the '''nice''' one!''

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* '''Defied''': "If any of you little worms have got a problem with my leadership style... If any of you think me and the cap are playing GoodCopBadCop with you, you should know... ''I'm the '''nice''' one!''one!''"
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* '''Inverted''': [[IronicName Captain Smooth]] is a bloodthirsty, foul-mouthed brute who earned his command via FieldPromotion. The sarge is a likable FatherToHisMen.

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* '''Inverted''': [[IronicName Captain Smooth]] is a bloodthirsty, foul-mouthed brute who earned his command via FieldPromotion.KlingonPromotion. The sarge is a likable FatherToHisMen.
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* '''Enforced''': "We want the Captain to be AnOfficerAndAGentleman, but that doesn't really work in the TrainingFromHell scenes, and might come across as ineffectual in action sequences. Let's make his underling more in-your-face."

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* '''Enforced''': "We want the Captain to be AnOfficerAndAGentleman, an OfficerAndAGentleman, but that doesn't really work in the TrainingFromHell scenes, and might come across as ineffectual in action sequences. Let's make his underling more in-your-face."
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'''Basic Trope''': The overall boss is AnOfficerAndAGentleman, his subordinate is SergeantRock.

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'''Basic Trope''': The overall boss is AnOfficerAndAGentleman, an OfficerAndAGentleman, his subordinate is SergeantRock.

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* '''Justified''': Capt. Smooth is in charge of strategising and relaying commands to the sergeant. Rough is in charge of keeping an entire squad of soldiers disciplined and doing what they're supposed to.
* '''Inverted''': [[IronicName Captain Smooth]] is a bloodthirsty, foul-mouthed brute who earned his command via FieldPromotion. The sarge is a likeable FatherToHisMen.

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* '''Justified''': Capt. Smooth is in charge of strategising strategizing and relaying commands to the sergeant. Rough is in charge of keeping an entire squad of soldiers disciplined and doing what they're supposed to.
* '''Inverted''': [[IronicName Captain Smooth]] is a bloodthirsty, foul-mouthed brute who earned his command via FieldPromotion. The sarge is a likeable likable FatherToHisMen.



* '''Parodied''': In a montage where each officer passes on a piece of bad news to his superior, we see that the Rough-Smooth-Rough-Smooth juxtaposition repeats itself all the way up the chain of command.
** Rough gets a promotion to a higher rank and immediately acts like a soft-spoken gentleman, while Private Tough, who's pretty likeable turns into a DrillSergeantNasty the second he gets promoted.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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In a montage where each officer passes on a piece of bad news to his superior, we see that the Rough-Smooth-Rough-Smooth juxtaposition repeats itself all the way up the chain of command.
** Rough gets a promotion to a higher rank and immediately acts like a soft-spoken gentleman, while Private Tough, who's pretty likeable likable turns into a DrillSergeantNasty the second he gets promoted.



* '''Enforced''': "We want the Captain to be AnOfficerAndAGentleman, but that doesn't really work in the TrainingFromHell scenes, and might come across as ineffectuality in action sequences. Let's make his underling more in-your-face."

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* '''Enforced''': "We want the Captain to be AnOfficerAndAGentleman, but that doesn't really work in the TrainingFromHell scenes, and might come across as ineffectuality ineffectual in action sequences. Let's make his underling more in-your-face."



* '''Deconstructed''': The men resent the sergeant all the more for seeing their captain as such a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, and the resentment builds to an incident of UnfriendlyFire. The captain, for whom [[InvokedTrope this trope is a favoured mode of command]], simply appoints Sergeant Tough to take his place.

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* '''Deconstructed''': The men resent the sergeant all the more for seeing their captain as such a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, and the resentment builds to an incident of UnfriendlyFire. The captain, for whom [[InvokedTrope this trope is a favoured favored mode of command]], simply appoints Sergeant Tough to take his place.
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** Rough gets a promotion to a higher rank and immediately acts like a soft-spoken gentleman, while Private Tough, who's pretty likeable turns into a DrillSergeantNasty the second he gets promoted.

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* '''Parodied''': In a montage where each officer passes on a piece of bad news to his superior, we see that the Rough-Smooth-Rough-Smooth juxtaposition repeats itself all the way up the chain of command.
* '''Deconstructed''': The men resent the sergeant all the more for seeing their captain as such a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, and the resentment builds to an incident of UnfriendlyFire. The captain, for whom [[InvokedTrope this trope is a favoured mode of command]], simply appoints Sergeant Tough to take his place.
* '''Reconstructed''': Sergeant Tough is better at keeping his brash treatment of the men to limits that won't cause them to hate him. He's still unpolished and comes down harshly on insubordination, but he's also affable and fair.

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* '''Parodied''': In a montage where each officer passes on a piece of bad news to his superior, we see that the Rough-Smooth-Rough-Smooth juxtaposition repeats itself all the way up the chain of command. \n* '''Deconstructed''': The men resent the sergeant all the more for seeing their captain as such a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, and the resentment builds to an incident of UnfriendlyFire. The captain, for whom [[InvokedTrope this trope is a favoured mode of command]], simply appoints Sergeant Tough to take his place.\n* '''Reconstructed''': Sergeant Tough is better at keeping his brash treatment of the men to limits that won't cause them to hate him. He's still unpolished and comes down harshly on insubordination, but he's also affable and fair.



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* '''Played For Laughs''': The officers are essentially a BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine.

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* '''Deconstructed''': The men resent the sergeant all the more for seeing their captain as such a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, and the resentment builds to an incident of UnfriendlyFire. The captain, for whom [[InvokedTrope this trope is a favoured mode of command]], simply appoints Sergeant Tough to take his place.
* '''Reconstructed''': Sergeant Tough is better at keeping his brash treatment of the men to limits that won't cause them to hate him. He's still unpolished and comes down harshly on insubordination, but he's also affable and fair.
* '''Played For Laughs''': The officers are essentially a BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine.






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* '''Subverted''': The neat, softly-spoken captain relates his orders to the sergeant, who... turns out to be even smoother.

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The neat, softly-spoken captain relates his orders to the sergeant, who... turns out to be even smoother.

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** Once you get to know them, the captain is a SoftSpokenSadist while the sergeant is a BoisterousBruiser.



* '''Parodied''': The Rough-Smooth-Rough-Smooth juxtaposition repeats itself all the way up the chain of command.

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* '''Parodied''': The In a montage where each officer passes on a piece of bad news to his superior, we see that the Rough-Smooth-Rough-Smooth juxtaposition repeats itself all the way up the chain of command.command.



* '''Reconstructed''': Sergeant Tough is better at keeping his brash treatment of the men to limits that won't cause them to hate him.

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* '''Reconstructed''': Sergeant Tough is better at keeping his brash treatment of the men to limits that won't cause them to hate him. He's still unpolished and comes down harshly on insubordination, but he's also affable and fair.



* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???"We want the Captain to be AnOfficerAndAGentleman, but that doesn't really work in the TrainingFromHell scenes, and might come across as ineffectuality in action sequences. Let's make his underling more in-your-face."



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* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???
A private jumps at an opportunity to work directly for the captain, hoping he'll have to spend less time in the presence of the sergeant.
* '''Defied''': ???"If any of you little worms have got a problem with my leadership style... If any of you think me and the cap are playing GoodCopBadCop with you, you should know... ''I'm the '''nice''' one!''
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???At first the captain is the rough one and the sergeant the kind one, but after the sergeant blackmails the captain into being compliant, the sergeant's sadistic urges go unchecked. Ultimately, the sergeant discovers that his original method produced better results and returns to it.



* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???Upon meeting the sergeant, one of the unfortunate soldiers complains, "Why is it that all the good captains have such scary sergeants?"
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* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Double Subverted''': ???In front of Captain Smooth, Sgt. Rough emulates his calm captain, but as soon as he's gone it turns out the sarge is just another DrillSergeantNasty.
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* '''Downplayed''': Smooth is softer-spoken and friendlier than Rough.

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* '''Downplayed''': Smooth is often softer-spoken and friendlier than Rough.Rough, but both are capable and respected.
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"Sergeant, take the men back to CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough, please."
"You heard the Captain! Now saddle up, you maggots! Double time! Move it move it move it!"

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"Sergeant, take direct the men back to CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough, please."
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'''''"You
heard the Captain! Now saddle up, you maggots! Double time! Move it move it move it!"it!"'''''
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"You heard the LT! Now saddle up, you maggots! Double time! Move it move it move it!"

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"You heard the LT! Captain! Now saddle up, you maggots! Double time! Move it move it move it!"

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Back to CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough.

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Back "Sergeant, take the men back to CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough.CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough, please."
"You heard the LT! Now saddle up, you maggots! Double time! Move it move it move it!"

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