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-->-- ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine''

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-->-- ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine''''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine''

->''"I'm sorry about your friend. But I think the better part of him died in Kandahar."''
-->--[[SociopathicSoldier Colton]] [[ProfessionalKiller Rhodes]], ''Series/{{Justified}}''
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-->'''Soldier:''' You know, Captain, we drove through this whole city to find you. We... we saw things. If you don't mind me asking, what was it like? How did you survive all this?\\

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-->'''Soldier:''' ->'''Soldier:''' You know, Captain, we drove through this whole city to find you. We... we saw things. If you don't mind me asking, what was it like? How did you survive all this?\\
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-->-- '''{{Supernatural}}'''

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-->-- '''{{Supernatural}}''''''{{Supernatural}}'''

-->'''Soldier:''' You know, Captain, we drove through this whole city to find you. We... we saw things. If you don't mind me asking, what was it like? How did you survive all this?\\
'''Walker:''' ...Who said I did?
-->-- ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine''
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-->-- '''{{Supernatural}}''

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-->-- '''{{Supernatural}}'''''{{Supernatural}}'''
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->'''Rufus:''' Folks like us, there ain't no happy ending. We all got it coming.
->'''Dean:''' Well ain't you a bucket of sunshine.
->'''Rufus:''' I'm what you've got to look forward to if you survive.
-->-- '''{{Supernatural}}''
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-> '''John Rambo''': ''Back there I could fly a gunship, I could drive a tank. I was in charge of million dollars of equipment. Back here I couldn't get a job'' '''''Parking cars!'''''

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-> '''John Rambo''': ''Back there I could fly a gunship, I could drive a tank. I was in charge of million dollars of equipment. Back here I couldn't get a job'' '''''Parking '''''parking cars!'''''
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->'''[[{{Franchise/Rambo}} John Rambo]]''': ''Nothing is over! Nothing! You just don't turn it off! [[TheVietnamWar It wasn't my war!]] You asked me, I didn't ask you! And I did what I had to do to win, but somebody wouldn't let us win! And I come back to the world, and I see all those maggots at the airport, protesting me, spitting; throwing stuff and calling me a baby killer and all kinds of vile crap. Who are they to protest me for, huh?! Who are they?! Unless they've been me and been there, and know what the hell they're yelling about?!''
-> '''Col. Trautman''': ''It was a bad time for all us, Johnny. It's all in the past now!''
-> '''John Rambo''': '''''For you!''''' ''For me, civilian life is nothing! In the field we have a code of honor: you watch my back, I watch yours. Back here is nothing!''
-> '''Col. Trautman''': ''You're the last of an elite group. [[SuicideByCop Don't end it like this]].''
-> '''John Rambo''': ''Back there I could fly a gunship, I could drive a tank. I was in charge of million dollars of equipment. Back here I couldn't get a job'' '''''Parking cars!'''''
-->-- ''First Blood''
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-->--''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', "In Country...club"

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-->--''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', "In Country...club"Club"
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->'''Doctor:''' Your son appears to suffering from PTSD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
->'''Stan:''' But doctor, that's impossible. He was only in a reenactment.
->'''Doctor:''' Oh, then it must be PTWRSD, Post-Traumatic War Reenactment Stress Disorder.
->'''Stan:''' Is that a thing?
->'''Doctor:''' I've never heard of it.
-->--''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', "In Country...club"
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->-- '''Annie Walker''', ''CovertAffairs''

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->-- '''Annie Walker''', ''CovertAffairs''
''Series/{{Covert Affairs}}''
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[[DrowningHisSorrows You can drink and forget and be glad,]]\\

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[[DrowningHisSorrows [[DrowningMySorrows You can drink and forget and be glad,]]\\
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->''There's only so much fight in a person, only so much death you can take.''
->--'''Commander Shepard''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''
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->-- '''Wilfred Owen''', ''Mental Cases''

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->-- '''Wilfred Owen''', ''Mental Cases''
"Mental Cases"



->--'''Creator/SiegfriedSassoon'''

->'''The Chief''': "''Is it possible that you were living out a war flashback, Sarge?''"
->'''Sarge''': "''Aye.''"
->'''The Chief''': "''Let's go ahead and say that's what happened.''"
->'''Sarge''': "''It would explain a lot.''"
-->-- '''AgentsOfCracked'''

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->--'''Creator/SiegfriedSassoon'''

->-- '''Creator/SiegfriedSassoon'''

->'''The Chief''': "''Is Is it possible that you were living out a war flashback, Sarge?''"
Sarge?
->'''Sarge''': "''Aye.''"
Aye.
->'''The Chief''': "''Let's Let's go ahead and say that's what happened.''"
happened.
->'''Sarge''': "''It It would explain a lot.''"
-->-- '''AgentsOfCracked'''
lot.
->-- ''WebVideo/AgentsOfCracked''



->''And so I sit here at this [[DrowningMySorrows bar]]''
->''I'm not a hero, I'm not a movie star''
->''I've got my beer, I've got my stories to tell''
->''But they won't tell you what it's like in [[WarIsHell hell]]''
->''Red flowers bursting down below us''
->''Those people didn't even know us''
->''We didn't know if we would live or die,''
->''We didn't know if it was wrong or right''
->''We didn't know if we would live or die,''
->''I bombed Korea every night''
-->-- '''Music/{{Cake}}''', ''I Bombed Korea''

-> ''We are not youth any longer. We don't want to take the world by storm. We are fleeing. We fly from ourselves. From our life. We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces. The first bomb, the first explosion, burst in our hearts. We are cut off from activity, from striving, from progress. We believe in such things no longer, we believe in the war.''
-->--'''Paul Bäumer''', ''Literature/AllQuietOnTheWesternFront''

-> ''There's only so much fight in a person, only so much death you can take.''
-->--'''Commander Shepard''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''

-->''When does it stop--the ringing in your ears?''
-->--'''Annie Walker''', ''CovertAffairs''

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->''And so I sit here at this [[DrowningMySorrows bar]]''
->''I'm
bar]]'' \\
''I'm
not a hero, I'm not a movie star''
->''I've
star'' \\
''I've
got my beer, I've got my stories to tell''
->''But
tell'' \\
''But
they won't tell you what it's like in [[WarIsHell hell]]''
->''Red
hell]]'' \\
''Red
flowers bursting down below us''
->''Those
us'' \\
''Those
people didn't even know us''
->''We
us'' \\
''We
didn't know if we would live or die,''
->''We
die,'' \\
''We
didn't know if it was wrong or right''
->''We
right'' \\
''We
didn't know if we would live or die,''
->''I
die,'' \\
''I
bombed Korea every night''
-->-- ->-- '''Music/{{Cake}}''', ''I "I Bombed Korea''

-> ''We
Korea"

->''We
are not youth any longer. We don't want to take the world by storm. We are fleeing. We fly from ourselves. From our life. We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces. The first bomb, the first explosion, burst in our hearts. We are cut off from activity, from striving, from progress. We believe in such things no longer, we believe in the war.''
-->--'''Paul ->-- '''Paul Bäumer''', ''Literature/AllQuietOnTheWesternFront''

-> ''There's ->''There's only so much fight in a person, only so much death you can take.''
-->--'''Commander ->--'''Commander Shepard''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''

-->''When ->''When does it stop--the ringing in your ears?''
-->--'''Annie ->-- '''Annie Walker''', ''CovertAffairs''



-->--'''Maximilian''', ''AnarchyReigns''

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-->--'''Maximilian''', ->-- '''Maximilian''', ''AnarchyReigns''
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->-- '''Varok Saurfang''', WorldOfWarcraft

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->-- '''Varok Saurfang''', WorldOfWarcraft
''WorldOfWarcraft''



->--'''SiegfriedSassoon'''

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->--'''SiegfriedSassoon'''
->--'''Creator/SiegfriedSassoon'''
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-> ''The people I killed, Leo...they're not comin' back. What's left for ME!?''

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-> ''The people I killed, Leo...killed...they're not comin' back.back, Leo. What's left for ME!?''

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-->'''Annie Walker''', ''CovertAffairs''

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-->'''Annie -->--'''Annie Walker''', ''CovertAffairs''''CovertAffairs''

-> ''The people I killed, Leo...they're not comin' back. What's left for ME!?''
-->--'''Maximilian''', ''AnarchyReigns''
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[[DrowningYourSorrowsYou can drink and forget and be glad,]]\\

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[[DrowningYourSorrowsYou [[DrowningHisSorrows You can drink and forget and be glad,]]\\

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->''"—These are men whose minds the Dead have ravished.\\

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->''"—These are men whose minds the Dead have ravished.\\


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->''"Do they matter--[[FlashbackNightmare those dreams in the pit?]]\\
[[DrowningYourSorrowsYou can drink and forget and be glad,]]\\
And people won't say that you’re mad;\\
For they know that you've fought for your country,\\
And no one will worry a bit."''
->--'''SiegfriedSassoon'''

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->-- '''Garibaldi''', ''[[BabylonFive Babylon 5]] -- "Infection"''

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->-- '''Garibaldi''', ''[[BabylonFive ''[[Series/BabylonFive Babylon 5]] -- "Infection"''



->-- '''Zoe Washburne''',{{Firefly}}

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->-- '''Zoe Washburne''',{{Firefly}}
Washburne''', Series/{{Firefly}}



->-- '''[[ThematicThemeTune The Ballad of Serenity]]''',{{Firefly}}

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->-- '''[[ThematicThemeTune The Ballad of Serenity]]''',{{Firefly}}
Serenity]]''', Series/{{Firefly}}



->''"—These are men whose minds the Dead have ravished.\\

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->''"—These are men whose minds the Dead have ravished.\\




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-->-'''AgentsOfCracked'''

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-->-'''AgentsOfCracked'''-->-- '''AgentsOfCracked'''
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->'''The Chief''': "''Is it possible you've been living out a war flashback?''"

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->'''The Chief''': "''Is it possible you've been that you were living out a war flashback?''"flashback, Sarge?''"



->'''The Chief''': "''I'm gonna go ahead and say that's what happened.''"
->'''Sarge''': "''It would explain a lot, sir.''"

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->'''The Chief''': "''I'm gonna "''Let's go ahead and say that's what happened.''"
->'''Sarge''': "''It would explain a lot, sir.lot.''"
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-->''When does it stop-the ringing in your ears?''
-->Annie Walker, CovertAffairs

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-->''When does it stop-the stop--the ringing in your ears?''
-->Annie Walker, CovertAffairs
-->'''Annie Walker''', ''CovertAffairs''
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-->''When does it stop-the ringing in your ears?''
-->Annie Walker, CovertAffairs
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-> ''There's only so much fight in a person, only so much death you can take.''
-->--'''Commander Shepard''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''
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-->--'''Paul Bäumer''', ''AllQuietOnTheWesternFront''

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-->--'''Paul Bäumer''', ''AllQuietOnTheWesternFront''
''Literature/AllQuietOnTheWesternFront''
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-->-- '''Cake''', ''I Bombed Korea''

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-->-- '''Cake''', '''Music/{{Cake}}''', ''I Bombed Korea''
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-> ''We are not youth any longer. We don't want to take the world by storm. We are fleeing. We fly from ourselves. From our life. We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces. The first bomb, the first explosion, burst in our hearts. We are cut off from activity, from striving, from progress. We believe in such things no longer, we believe in the war.''
-->--'''Paul Bäumer''', ''AllQuietOnTheWesternFront''
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->''And so I sit here at this [[DrowningMySorrows bar]]''
->''I'm not a hero, I'm not a movie star''
->''I've got my beer, I've got my stories to tell''
->''But they won't tell you what it's like in [[WarIsHell hell]]''
->''Red flowers bursting down below us''
->''Those people didn't even know us''
->''We didn't know if we would live or die,''
->''We didn't know if it was wrong or right''
->''We didn't know if we would live or die,''
->''I bombed Korea every night''
-->-- '''Cake''', ''I Bombed Korea''
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-->'''AgentsOfCracked'''

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-->'''AgentsOfCracked'''-->-'''AgentsOfCracked'''
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->'''The Chief''': "''Is it possible you've been living out a war flashback?''"
->'''Sarge''': "''Aye.''"
->'''The Chief''': "''I'm gonna go ahead and say that's what happened.''"
->'''Sarge''': "''It would explain a lot, sir.''"
-->'''AgentsOfCracked'''

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