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** Bob's warriors are robots, or undead, or some other manner of unfeeling killing machine. They simply march toward the enemy in unending, unerring lines, stepping over the bodies of their fellows as each one that falls is replaced by ten more. The sense of hopelessness this engenders in their opposition is overwhelming.

* '''Exaggerated''': General Bob is willing to depopulate his entire nation in order to win a single battle.

** General Bob always risks his own life to save his soldier and makes sure that [[NoOneGetsLeftBehind no one gets left behind on the field]].

** General Bob always risks his own life to save his soldier and makes sure that NoOneGetsLeftBehind.

* '''Inverted''': [[AFatherToHisMen General Bob cares so much about his soldiers that he would rather lose the war than see them killed]].

** The soldiers in question are clones(like in Star Wars), Robots(again, like in star wars), zombies or other creatures that aren't really alive or sentient in the correct sense of the term(MAYBE except for clones, depending on the setting) and can be easily mass-produced, wich means that even if Bob sacrifices 50% of his entire army, he could easily replace them in no time.

** General Bob is uncaring about the deaths of his men because he is TheStoic.

* '''Downplayed''': General Bob accepts some casualties, understanding that it's unavoidable.

** General Bob is uncaring about the deaths of him men because he is TheStoic.

'''Basic Trope''': A character doesn't care if his[=/=]her underlings die, since he/she can easily replace them.

** [[GodzillaThreshold It's either this or the End of Everything.]]

** General Bob's soldiers are MechaMooks that can be [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman replaced quickly and cheaply.]]
* '''Inverted''': [[AFatherToHisMen General Bob cares so much about his soldiers that he would rather lose the war than see them killed.]]

** General Bob initially appears to not care when his soldiers die, but is later shown [[DrowningMySorrows drowning his sorrows]], suffering from BadDreams, or otherwise [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone mourning the deaths of his men.]]
* '''Double Subverted''': ...but then it turns he was [[GeneralRipper just pretending to mourn them so people would stop criticizing him for being too callous.]]
* '''Parodied''': General Bob sacrifices a million soldiers [[MustHaveCaffeine just to get himself a cup of coffee,]] and then sends a million more out [[SillyReasonForWar because he doesn't have any cream for his coffee.]]
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob [[GeneralRipper doesn't particularly care about the lives of his men,]] but he's also [[TheAce a skilled enough commander]] that [[MaryTzu he can make it through battles without taking heavy casualties anyway.]]

* '''Discussed''': "The General really doesn't care how many of his own soldiers die [[GloryHound as long he gets to proclaim victory at the end of the battle."]]

* '''Implied''': In the [[FreezeFrameBonus background in a few scenes,]] you can see computer screens displaying the army's total strength, which is plummeting rapidly.

** General Bob's callousness results in morale plummeting to rock bottom, and most of his soldiers desert or defect. This eventually results in either General Bob being court-martialed or one of his former troops [[KarmicDeath killing him]] [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal for such cruelty]]

Back to WeHaveReserves, men, [[SelfDemonstratingArticle and I don't care how many of you die to get us there!]]

* '''Implied''': In the [[FreezeFrameBonus background in a few scenes,]] you can see computer screens displaying the army's total strength, which is plummeting rapidly.

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

** General Bob's soldiers are MechaMooks that can be replaced quickly and cheaply.

** General Bob initially appears to not care when his soldiers die, but is later shown [[DrowningMySorrows drowning his sorrows]], suffering from BadDreams, or otherwise mourning the deaths of his men.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...but then it turns he was just pretending to mourn them so people would stop criticizing him for being too callous.
* '''Parodied''': General Bob sacrifices a million soldiers just to get himself a cup of coffee, and then sends a million more out because he doesn't have any cream for his coffee.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': General Bob does not treat his men as completely expendable. This may or may not necessarily entail being AFatherToHisMen.

* '''Discussed''': "The General really doesn't care how many of his own soldiers die, as long he gets to proclaim victory at the end of the battle."

Back to WeHaveReserves

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

** It's either this or the End of Everything.

'''Basic Trope''': A character doesn't care if his[=/=]her underlings die, since he can easily replace them.

** General Bob's callousness results in morale plummeting to rock bottom, and most of his soldiers desert or defect.
*** The above eventually results in either General Bob being court-martialed or one of his former troops [[KarmicDeath killing him]] [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal for such cruelty]]

* '''Justified''': It's either this or the End of Everything.

* '''Exploited''': Bob's enemies continually encourage his men to desert, and they're only too willing to accept the offer; after all, it's not like they could be treated any worse as POWs than they are as soldiers.

* '''Downplayed''': General accepts some casualties, understanding that its unavoidable.
* '''Justified''': Its either this or the End of Everything.

** General Bob starts with this attitude, but once he sees that WarIsHell he starts to care far more about his men.

* '''Double Subverted''': ... but then it turns he was just pretending to mourn them so people would stop criticizing him for being too callous.

* '''Averted''': General Bob does not treat his men as completely expendable. This may or may not necessarily entail being AFatherToHisMen

* '''Exploited''': Bob's enemies are continually encourage his men to desert, and they're only too willing to accept the offer; after all, it's not like they could be treated any worse as POWs than they are as soldiers.

* '''Straight''': General Bob orders his soldiers to charge a heavily fortified location, knowing that they will certainly all die.

* '''Straight''': General Bob callously orders soldiers into certain death.

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

* '''Subverted''': General Bob initially appears to not care when his soldiers die, but is later shown [[DrowningMySorrows drowning his sorrows]], suffering from BadDreams, or otherwise mourning the deaths of his men.

* '''Enforced''':

* '''Defied''': General Bob starts with this attitude but once he sees that WarIsHell he starts to care far more about his men.

* '''Enforced''': The Evil Empire teaches its officers to see their soldiers as expendable.

* '''Invoked''': An EvilChancellor deliberately places General Bob in command of the army to kill off the soldiers loyal to the King.

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

'''Basic Trope''': General Bob doesn't care if his soldiers die, since he can easily replace them.

* '''Deconstructed''':
** General Bob's willingness to let his army take massive casualties results in his nation running out of fighting men and costing them the war.
** General Bob's callousness results in morale plummeting to rock bottom, and most of his soldiers desert or defect.
* '''Reconstructed''': General Bob's tactics, costly though they are, are demoralizing enough to the enemy that they [[PeaceConference sue for peace]], preventing the war from dragging on and killing ''more'' people on both sides.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ?

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* '''Justified''': General Bob is uncaring about the deaths of him men because he is TheStoic.

* '''Deconstructed''': General Bob's willingness to let his army take massive casualties results in his nation running out of fighting men and costing them the war.

* '''Inverted''': General Bob cares so much about his soldiers that he would rather lose the war than see them killed.
* '''Subverted''': General Bob initially appears to not care when his soldiers die, but is later shown [[DrowningMySorrows Drowning His Sorrows]], suffering from BadDreams, or otherwise mourning the deaths of his men.

* '''Averted''': General Bob is AFatherToHisMen.