History PlayingWith / HumansAreWarriors

** Humans are considered a cyclic between this and HumansAreDiplomats. They are violent when they feel threatened but tend to burn themselves out on long term conflicts or it [[KnowWhenToFoldEm will lead to certain and complete destruction]].

** A politician from a conquered alien race cunningly convinces TheEmperor to add to his glory by attacking a newly discovered race called...humans.

** An alien invasion lands near a school and tries to TakeOverTheWorld. The [[BadassBookworm chess-club geeks]] go over and brutally slaughter thousands of them in one hour. The [[LovableJock jocks]] stand aside to let the geeks enjoy themselves. Then the geeks politely get out of the way and the jocks have their turn. The [[ActionGirl cheerleaders]] in the meantime swarm around the alien's flanks, grabbing a number of them and strangling them with their pom-poms. Someone suggests calling the police, but everyone agrees that, this would be unsporting and the whole school was enjoying the slaughter way to much to end it. Then the [[BadassTeacher teacher]] decides that he has had enough of the aliens interrupting his class so he goes up to the alien army [[OneManArmy kills every one of the aliens personally]] and says to his students, "Ok you've [[BloodKnight had your fun]], now get back to work. We have a test tomorrow."

** The humans we see are [[ProudWarriorRace from]] [[BarbarianTribe a tribe]] that starts [[TheSpartanWay training at war]] when they are [[ChildSoldiers five]], regularly prays to a WarGod to bring them {{Plunder}}, wears necklaces made of the [[CreepySouvenir body parts]] of their victims, regularly attends rites of [[CannibalTribe ritual cannibalism]] of slain enemies and [[VirginSacrifice sacrifice of captured virgins]]. All other humans despise them [[UpToEleven for their pacifism]].

** Humans aren't the ''greatest'' warriors in the galaxy, but [[HumansAreAverage balanced with non-martial skills]], they give the local ProudWarriorRace pause.

** The humans' war-mongering ways cause the other races to gang up against humanity, attempting to wipe all humans out once and for all.

** ** Despite all their talk about "thousands of years of war", humans seem outmatched by TheEmpire... at first. TheEmpire expected humanity to fold after a short, harsh blitzkrieg; we don't, and are better able to keep fighting the long, brutal war that follows.

* '''Subverted''': Humans are fighting a war against an alien race, but try to establish peace talks.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...Only to unleash a surprise attack on the unsuspecting enemy.

** Humans are the {{Martial Pacifist}}s of the galaxy; they consider war a last resort, but they're still better at it than anyone else in TheFederation.

** Humans are the MartialPacifists of the galaxy; they consider war a last resort, but they're still pretty good at it.

* '''Downplayed''': Every species fights, but humans are better at it.

** The humans we see are [[ProudWarriorRace from]] [[BarbarianTribe a tribe]] that starts [[TheSpartanWay training at war]] when they are [[ChildSoldiers five]], regularly prays to a WarGod to bring them {{Plunder}}, wears necklaces made of the [[CreepySouvenir body parts]] of their victims, regularly attends rites of [[CannibalTribe ritual cannibalism]] of slain enemies and [[VirginSacrifice sacrifice of captured virgins]]. All other humans despise them [[UpToEleven for their pacifism.]]

** [[HadToBeSharp Humans have been killing each other for thousands if not millions of years.]]

* '''Zig Zagged''': At first, it seems that all humans do is fight with other races. But then, we see that those humans are actually a band of outcasts; the rest of humanity are [[ActualPacifist pacifists]]. Unfortunately, the entirety of the pacifists are killed off, meaning that the warring humans are the only humans left.

** Just because humans are very good at war doesn't mean that they enjoy it. While humans are the best overall from smart tacticians, disciplined soldiers, and being eminently practical and [[TheUnfettered willing to do whatever it takes to win]] doing so comes with a steep psychological cost. PTSD and survivor's guilt abound among victorious humans. [[ProudWarriorRace Obligate carnivore descended aliens]] don't have that problem, giving them one major advantage over humans.

** Humans TakeOverTheWorld in the face of other [[ProudWarriorRace ferocious races]], enslave other races and hold rule over the world by force...[[TruthInTelevision Oh, wait.]]

** The Humans are GenreSavvy enough to realize this trope and pretty soon they start a war of conquest through the universe, leaving much death and destruction behind them.

* '''Enforced''': "How can we make humans BadAss?" "Let's make them always want to kick ass!!!"

* '''Invoked''': The PerfectPacifistPeople can't fight themselves so they recruit humans as mercenaries.

* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

** The humans we see are [[ProudWarriorRace from]] [[BarbarianTribe a tribe]] that starts [[TheSpartanWay training at war]] when they are [[ChildSoldiers five]], regularly prays to a WarGod to bring them {{Plunder}}, wears necklaces made of the [[CreepySouvenir body parts]] of their victims, and attends rites of ritual cannibalism and the [[VirginSacrifice sacrifice of captured virgins]]. All other humans despise them [[UpToEleven for their pacifism.]]

** The humans we see are [[ProudWarriorRace from]] [[BarbarianTribe a tribe]] that starts [[TheSpartanWay training at war]] when they are [[ChildSoldiers five]], regularly prays to a WarGod to bring them {{Plunder}}, wears necklaces made of the [[CreepySouvenir body parts]] of their victims, and attends rites of ritual cannibalism. Other humans despise them [[UpToEleven for their pacifism.]]

** The humans we see are from a tribe that starts training at war when they are five, regularly prays to a WarGod to bring them {{Plunder}}, wears necklaces made of the [[CreepySouvenir body parts]] of their victims, and attends rites of ritual cannibalism. Other humans despise them [[UpToEleven for their pacifism.]]

* '''Invoked''': The PerfectPacifistPeople recruit humans as mercenaries.

* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Justified''': [[HadToBeSharp Humans have been killing each other for thousands if not millions of years.]]

** The humans we see start training at war when they are five, regularly pray to a WarGod to bring them {{Plunder}}, wear necklaces made of the [[CreepySouvenir body parts]] of their victims, and attend rites of ritual cannibalism. Other humans despise them [[UpToEleven for their pacifism.]]

** The humans we see start training at war when they are five, regularly pray to a WarGod to bring them {{Plunder}}, wear necklaces made of the [[BattleTrophy body parts]] of their victims, and attend rites of ritual cannibalism. Other humans despise them [[UpToEleven for their pacifism.]]