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** Lt. Kilroy of A Company is such a blowhard GungHolierThanThou putz that [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating the entire base, army and/or country hates his guts]] and when he gets killed by the enemy (or they finally decide to kill him, whatever comes first) they not only refuse to cover it up [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing but instead they party]].

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** Lt. Kilroy of A Company is such a blowhard GungHolierThanThou putz that [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating [[HatedByAll the entire base, army and/or country hates his guts]] and when he gets killed by the enemy (or [[UnfriendlyFire they finally decide to kill him, him]], whatever comes first) they not only refuse to cover it up [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing but instead they party]].
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* '''Implied''': An early scene sees A Company marching behind Lt. Kilroy, in immaculate uniforms and perfect drill motions, but every single soldier on the line is giving Kilroy's back a DeathGlare.

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* '''Implied''': An early scene sees A Company marching behind Lt. Kilroy, in immaculate uniforms and perfect drill motions, but every single soldier on the line is giving Kilroy's back a DeathGlare. Kilroy, of course, is utterly oblivious and content in his leadership.
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* '''Implied''': An early scene sees A Company marching behind Lt. Kilroy, in immaculate uniforms and perfect drill motions, but every single soldier on the line is giving Kilroy's back a DeathGlare.
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* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ???"I see the writer's a fan of ''Film/MutinyOnTheBounty''."
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* '''Exploited''': ???[[GeneralRipper General Bligh]] waits until Lt. Kilroy has worked over the men for a little while in order to barge in and take over, expecting that showing just a tiny bit more compassion and common sense will be enough to win over the men without having to do much work.
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** Lt. Kilroy is a {{Jerkass}} and a GloryHound, but he still fights alongside everyone, so he's not a coward.
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** Lt. Kilroy of A Company is such a blowhard GungHolierThanThou putz that [[ZeroPercentApprovalPercentage the entire base, army and/or country hates his guts]] and when he gets killed by the enemy (or they finally decide to kill him, whatever comes first) they not only refuse to cover it up [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing but instead they party]].

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** Lt. Kilroy of A Company is such a blowhard GungHolierThanThou putz that [[ZeroPercentApprovalPercentage [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating the entire base, army and/or country hates his guts]] and when he gets killed by the enemy (or they finally decide to kill him, whatever comes first) they not only refuse to cover it up [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing but instead they party]].

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* '''Exaggerated''': Lt. Kilroy of A Company earns the scorn of his men for being a stuck-up thug ''whose idea of basic training is to drop his men into an actual warzone without much aid!''

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Lt. Kilroy of A Company earns the scorn of his men for being a stuck-up thug ''whose idea of basic training is to drop his men into an actual warzone without much aid!''aid!''
** Lt. Kilroy of A Company is such a blowhard GungHolierThanThou putz that [[ZeroPercentApprovalPercentage the entire base, army and/or country hates his guts]] and when he gets killed by the enemy (or they finally decide to kill him, whatever comes first) they not only refuse to cover it up [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing but instead they party]].



* '''Double Subverted''': ...Who brags constantly about [[GloryHound how A Company is going to make him famous]].

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* '''Double Subverted''': ...Subverted''':
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Who brags constantly about [[GloryHound how A Company is going to make him famous]].famous]].
** Even then, they can recognize an incompetent asshole of a leader when they see one [[EveryoneHasStandards and there's no way in Hell they are going to follow Kilroy's lead.]]
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** A Company eventually discovers that Lt. Kilroy was once a good man, but prolonged trauma during the war twisted him into the psychotic jerkass he is today.
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** Lt. Kilroy is made to help deliver the message that WarIsHell, being not only a NeiderMeyer but also a GeneralRipper, to show bad sorts of military commanders in bad situations.

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** Lt. Kilroy is made to help deliver the message that WarIsHell, being not only a NeiderMeyer TheNeidermeyer but also a GeneralRipper, to show bad sorts of military commanders in bad situations.

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* '''Justified''': Lt. Kilroy's the only man qualified, or his placement in A Company is part of a SecretTestOfCharacter by the high brass for the men.

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Lt. Kilroy's the only man qualified, or his placement in A Company is part of a SecretTestOfCharacter by the high brass for the men.
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** Lt. Kilroy's the best man qualified, even if he isn't a nice guy.

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* '''Enforced''': The Evil Empire teaches its officers to act this way.

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* '''Enforced''': The Evil Empire teaches its officers '''Enforced''':
** Lt. Kilroy is based on the author's experiences of being in the military, and his commander was quite sadistic and often relentlessly so.
** Lt. Kilroy is put in
to act this way.contrast him with Lt. Rock, who is AFatherToHisMen and is generally the good side of military command, and needed somebody to balance him out.
** Lt. Kilroy is made to help deliver the message that WarIsHell, being not only a NeiderMeyer but also a GeneralRipper, to show bad sorts of military commanders in bad situations.
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** The troops hate Lt. Kilroy so much that they shoot him during the middle of a battle, and then blame the enemy.

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** The troops hate Lt. Kilroy so much that [[UnfriendlyFire they shoot him during the middle of a battle, and then blame the enemy.enemy]].
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???The men don't like Lt. Kilroy as much as the old Lt.

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



* '''Subverted''': Lt. Kilroy's actually a tough and fair SergeantRock

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Lt. Kilroy's actually a tough and fair SergeantRock



* '''Deconstructed''': A Company is so sick of Lt. Kilroy and his tactics that they defect to the enemy.
** The troops hate Lt. Kilroy so much that they shoot him during the middle of a battle, and then blame the enemy.
* '''Reconstructed''': Only to realize that while Kilroy was bad news, their new leader GeneralRipper is ''far'' worse. They quickly fall back into line with Kilroy.



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* '''Deconstructed''':
** A Company is so sick of Lt. Kilroy and his tactics that they defect to the enemy.
** The troops hate Lt. Kilroy so much that they shoot him during the middle of a battle, and then blame the enemy.
* '''Reconstructed''': Only to realize that while Kilroy was bad news, their new leader GeneralRipper is ''far'' worse. They quickly fall back into line with Kilroy.



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* '''Lampshaded''': "If I ain't that tough maggots, [[ThisIsSparta You! Can! Never! Be! Real Men!]]."

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* '''Lampshaded''': "If I ain't that tough maggots, [[ThisIsSparta [[PunctuatedForEmphasis You! Can! Never! Be! Real Men!]]."
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** The troops hate Lt. Kilroy so much that they shoot him during the middle of a battle, and then blames the enemy.

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** The troops hate Lt. Kilroy so much that they shoot him during the middle of a battle, and then blames blame the enemy.
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** The troops hate Lt. Kilroy so much that they shoot him during the middle of a battle, and then blames the enemy.
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* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???The Evil Empire teaches its officers to act this way.
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Back to TheNeidermeyer, you weak, worthless sacks of shit! This is my show!

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Back to TheNeidermeyer, you weak, worthless sacks of shit! This is my ''my'' show!
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Back to TheNeidermeyer

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Back to TheNeidermeyerTheNeidermeyer, you weak, worthless sacks of shit! This is my show!

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