History PlayingWith / PunishmentDetail

* '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob is assigned menial tasks as punishment by his superior Alice. Then she finds out [[{{Nepotism}} he is related to Charlie,]] ''[[{{Nepotism}} her]]'' [[{{Nepotism}} superior, so she starts treating him nicely.]] But her preferential treatment is found out and she is judged and replaced by a new commander; Bob's new commander resumes giving Bob menial tasks, until Charlie finds out and tells him to be nice with Bob. But Bob turns out not to be his relative so...

* '''Reconstructed''': Which saves him of dying at the hands of the enemy, who win a CurbStompBattle, so he can fight them in the future.

* '''Straight''': After going AWOL for a few hours, Bob gets assigned to latrine duty for a month.

* '''Justified''': Giving Bob an unpleasant task as a punishment disciplines Bob and gets an unpleasant but necessary task taken care of.

* '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob is assigned menial tasks as punishment by his superior Alice. Then she finds out [[{{Nepotism}} he is related to Charlie,]] ''[[{{Nepotism}} her]]'' [[{{Nepotism}} superior, so she starts treating him nicely]]. But her preferential treatment is found out and she is judged and replaced by a new commander; Bob's new commander resumes giving Bob menial tasks, until Charlie finds out and tell him to be nice with Bob. But turns out Bob isn't his relative so...

* '''Conversed''': A veteran character watches the scene and comments on how true to life it may or may not be.

* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob tries a number of wacky methods to try and make his boring and incredibly unpleasant job less intolerable.

%%* '''Implied''': ???

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

* '''Played for Drama''': Bob constantly being subjected to the nastiest, most degrading jobs as punishment for his lax attitude towards following the rules, which slowly wears him down and breaks his will.

'''Basic Trope''': Bob is a bad soldier, so his superiors always gives him the nasty jobs

* '''Justified''': Giving Bob an unpleasant task as a punishment disciplines Bob, gets an unpleasant but necessary task taken care of.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': Bob actually enjoys latrine duty more than his normal duties, making the punishment worthless.
* '''Double Subverted''': Turns out, he was just pretending to enjoy it so his superiors would decide that there was no point in trying to punish him with latrine duty.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob is assigned menial tasks as punishment by his superior Alice. Until she finds out he is the relative of Charlie, ''her'' superior, so she starts treating him nicely. But her differential treatment is found out and she is judged and replaced by a new commander; Bob's new commander resumes giving Bob menial tasks, until Charlie finds out and tell him to be nice with Bob. But turns out Bob isn't his relative so...
* '''Averted''': Discipline is either non-existant, or uses some other method of punishment for misbehavior like ATasteOfTheLash.
* '''Enforced''': The show is aimed at under-12s and needs to show them that you can't act up with impunity.
* '''Lampshaded''': "One would think the army could paid a few janitors".

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

-->'''Lt. Alex''': "You disobeyed my orders!"\\
'''Bob''': "Let me guess, I'm on latrine duty again?"

* '''Deconstructed''': The base is attacked while Bob is cleaning toilets so he isn't able to act in defense of the base.
* '''Reconstructed''': Which saves him of dying in the hands of the enemy so he can fight them in the future.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob tries a number of wacky methods to try and make his boring and incredibly unpleasant job less intolerable.
* '''Played For Drama''': Bob constantly being subjected to the nastiest, most degrading jobs as punishment for his lax attitude towards following the rules slowly wears him down and breaks his will.

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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's punishment is to clean an entire city's sewer system by himself. With a toothbrush.

* '''Exploited''': "Emperor Evulz, this is Field Marshal Ruthless. I need people to clear landmines by [[WeHaveReserves walk over them.]] Could you send me some of those heroic dissidents you are persecuting?"

* '''Exploited''': "Emperor Evulz, this is Field Marshal Ruthless. I need people to [[WeHaveReserves walk over landmines.]] Could you send me some of those heroic dissidents you are persecuting?"

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': ???

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

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

* '''Deconstructed''': The base is attacked while Bob is cleaning toilets so he isn't able to act in defense of the base.
* '''Reconstructed''': Which saves him of dying in the hands of the enemy so he can fight them in the future.

* '''Discussed''':
-->'''Lt. Alex:' "You disobeyed my orders."
-->'''Bob:' "Let me guess, I'm on latrine duty again?"
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob tries a number of wacky methods to try and make his boring and incredibly unpleasant job less intolerable

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* '''Deconstructed''': ?
* '''Reconstructed''': ?
* '''Zig Zagged''': ?

* '''Lampshaded''':