History Sandbox / GeneralWicker

#OedipusComplex: ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': Bruce's father Brian was an utter asshole who frequently abused his son while Rebecca adored Bruce, which only made Brian a JealousParent. When Rebecca tried to escape with Bruce, Brian killed his wife [[HarmfulToMinors right in front of little Bruce]], with the trauma spawning Bruce's "Hulk" personality. All of this was established via a fairly late {{retcon}}, but also nicely complements elements dating from the comic's very beginning, with Bruce's love interest Betty Ross doting over him and her father '''[[GeneralRipper General Ross]]''' antagonising him.

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#AxCrazy: See also...GeneralRipper

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#Roleplay.EquestriaChronicles: AxCrazy: [[SerialKiller Azure Blade]], Tanner, and [[GeneralRipper Hammer Fell]] are examples of this trope.

#VorkosiganSaga.TropesAToI: GeneralRipper: Stanis Metzov.
#WesternAnimation.ExoSquad: GeneralRipper: Also Captain Marcus.

#PretextForWar: (Fanfic/WhatAboutWitchQueen) The final reason for Arendelle and Weselton to go to war is scout shooting incident, which is a result of tensions building up to the point that two armies are less than a mile from each other. Schemers on both sides set the entire situation up (sending armies, choosing GeneralRipper to be one of the commanders) so it would end that way.

** The way the Visser uses his Andalite host's morphing power backs Jake up on this. The Animorphs themselves shapeshift into all manner of animals, both powerful and subtle. '''[[GeneralRipper Visser Three]]''', by contrast, exclusively uses it to turn into [[OneWingedAngel terrifying alien monsters.]]
** The Yeerk victory on the Hork-Bajir homeworld was this for the Andalite military, who failed to keep the planet or the Hork-Bajir from falling under Yeerk control. This is even after they resorted to [[spoiler:a SyntheticPlague that decimated the Hork-Bajir to keep them from falling into Yeerk hands]]. For his actions there, Alloran gained a GeneralRipper reputation, since he was TheScapegoat for the aforementioned atrocities when they failed to turn the tide (he ''was'' responsible for the [[spoiler:Hork-Bajir genocide]], but he was by no means the ''only'' one responsible).

#Fanfic.{{Conquest}}: Halsey. He's somewhat sympathetic, given that he's absolutely right that the Federation won't survive without his less-than-ideal methods, but he also starts the war in the first place, despite it being blatantly obvious that the Federation is going to lose very badly.
#Fanfic.FalloutEquestriaEmptyQuiver: [[spoiler: What little we see of Cerberus' seems to emphasize a very war-like attitude among their kind.]]

** [[spoiler: The Star Hunters, including '''[[GeneralRipper Moria]]''', who are willing at this point to destroy the Earth to kill Kirito and Yhmos, are disgusted by Project Alicization, seeing it as ultimate proof that HumansAreBastards deserving to be wiped out.]]
** Moria of the Star Hunters who is all out unpleasant, and the most willing to take drastic measures [[spoiler: culminating with him deciding to destroy the Earth and its inhabitants just to kill Kirito and Yhmos.]]

** [[spoiler: Edelgard]] thinks that they're a [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] who is using [[spoiler: Agartha]] to their own ends, and that they're a noble revolutionary who is reclaiming stolen land for their kingdom and 'saving' humanity from [[spoiler: the Nabateans]]. [[spoiler: Edelgard]] does succeed in starting a war of reunification, but their ruthlessness alienates their fellow students, their use of DirtyBusiness and [[spoiler: [[WasOnceAMan demonic beasts]]]] turn their people against them to the point of open revolt, [[spoiler: '''[[GeneralRipper Maximus Varley]]''', who she released under the assumption she could control him, attacks Hrym and slaughters hundreds of her own people]], and they repeatedly underestimate Claude and Dimitri even as they invade deeper and deeper into Adrestia. Finally, despite thinking that [[spoiler: she's TheStarscream to Thales]], they're actually just an UnwittingPawn whose actions have only served [[spoiler: Agartha's goal of destroying Fódlan.]] '''(Pothole on a character name)'''

** First [[spoiler:she loses [[TheSiege the Battle for Garreg Mach]] despite having heavy advantages, when TheCavalry arrives.]] Secondly, thanks to [[spoiler:Atra and Glenn, [[NumberTwo Rodrigue]] is forewarned about [[TheMole Cornelia's]] presence in Faerghus's court and manages to capture her beforehand]]; the students also [[spoiler:warn their Lord parents about upcoming conflict, so both kingdoms are better prepared for war than she planned.]] Then their attempt to [[spoiler: assassinate Dimitri and Rodrigue to [[FalseFlagOperation tear apart the alliance between Faerghus and the Leicester Alliance]] fails due to Acheron botching it, Byleth's divine pulse abilities, and Claude keeping the army from panicking and strategizing a victory against bad odds.]] As the allied army begins to march [[spoiler: into Adrestia proper, Edelgard attempts to trap them in Fort Merceus and uses [[FantasticNuke the Javelins of Light]] in an attempt to wipe out the army's leaders - however, [[TimeMaster Byleth]] sees the attack coming and evacuates the fort in time, meaning she only succeeded in [[FriendlyFire killing her own troops and destroying her most defensible fortress.]]]] As Dimitri, Claude and Byleth continue to win victory after victory, [[spoiler: information about the javelins and [[WasOnceAMan demonic beasts]] starts spreading through the common people via Imperial soldiers who [[KnightInShiningArmor Dimitri]] spared.]] This leads to [[spoiler:a protest in Enbarr; when Edelgard tries to [[{{Hypocrite}} lie her way out]], they call her out on it and a riot is triggered when one of her guards stabs a young boy who'd thrown a brick at her.]] This triggers further unrest, riots and desertion from their army (with those who stay in the guard often apathetic to stopping it), [[spoiler: making her desperate enough to let '''[[GeneralRipper Maximus Varley]]''' out of house arrest and order him to quell the riots. As soon as he's out of reach of any of her loyal men, Maximus promptly usurps Ferdinand's authority and leads a bloody suppression in Hrym that results in massive civilian casualties, Ferdinand's defection, and turns all but her most fanatical loyalists against her.]] '''(Pothole on a character name)'''

** General Friedrichs, the fanatic GeneralRipper who sends his men on an insane last attack fifteen minutes before the Armistice, is totally bald.

#Film.SantaClausConquersTheMartians: Mars' child portion of their civilization has becomes this, according to Chochem. Their knowledge is fed directly into their brain by machines, but are distracted by Earth television broadcasts because of how uninteresting and fun-lacking their culture is. To bring some into their lives, a few martian explorers travel to Earth and kidnap Santa Claus. Voldar, one of them, is more of a GeneralRipper and a traditionalist, thinking that this would undermine their glory.

** No one's too upset when Starro takes over [[spoiler:'''[[GeneralRipper General]]''' [[AxCrazy Suarez]]]] and turns him into a mindless MouthOfSauron.
** '''[[GeneralRipper General Suarez]]''' is a violent sadist with a penchant for brutal torture. [[spoiler:After becoming President, he immediately starts making plans to use Starro to destroy countless nations as a show of force.]]

#PonyPOVSeries.TropesQToZ (WeirdnessMagnet): Shining Armor in his own Arc. So far he's attracted the attention of an insane GeneralRipper and SuperSoldier ...

#YMMV.TheSaviorKingTheMasterTacticianAndTheQueenOfLiberation (MoralEventHorizon): [[spoiler:Edelgard]] has a number of moments that might qualify; including using the Demonic Beasts despite knowing their origin and starting a massive war out of the belief that [[spoiler:she]] alone can save Fódlan. Claude personally believes that [[spoiler:Edelgard]] crossed the line [[spoiler:when she unleashed '''[[GeneralRipper Maximus]]''' [[AbusiveParents Varley]] on the city of Hrym because they were fed up with her lies and refusing to cooperate with her any further]].

#ComicBook.VagrantQueen: Lazaro was one of the nastier and more vicious members of the rebellion, and now that he's a Commander in the Admiralty, he's become obsessed with killing Elida in order to ensure that her family never retakes the throne.

** In an interlude, Edelgard describes Count Varley as such. [[spoiler:Not that it stops her from unleashing him to suppress her rioting citizens.]]

** After the French and German delegations sign the treaty that officiates that the ceasefire will begin at 11:00 am, on November 11, 1918, General Friedrichs is furious that Germany accepted defeat. In a last ditch effort to recapture some land from the French and spite the "social Democrats" that he believes will "ruin mankind", he orders his men to march towards no-man's land and achieve at least one last victory in the hours before the war officially ends, and orders any soldier who refuses to fight to be executed as a deserter and a traitor.

** Suarez is a sadistic brute who loves torture a little too much.
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** [[spoiler: Edelgard]] thinks that they're a [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] who is using [[spoiler: Agartha]] to their own ends, and that they're a noble revolutionary who is reclaiming stolen land for their kingdom and 'saving' humanity from [[spoiler: the Nabateans]]. [[spoiler: Edelgard]] does succeed in starting a war of reunification, but their ruthlessness alienates their fellow students, their use of DirtyBusiness and [[spoiler: [[WasOnceAMan demonic beasts]]]] turn their people against them to the point of open revolt, [[spoiler: '''[[GeneralRipper Maximus Varley]]''', who she released under the assumption she could control him, attacks Hrym and slaughters hundreds of her own people]], and they repeatedly underestimate Claude and Dimitri even as they invade deeper and deeper into Adrestia. Finally, despite thinking that [[spoiler: she's TheStarscream to Thales]], they're actually just an UnwittingPawn whose actions have only served [[spoiler: Agartha's goal of destroying Fódlan.]] '''Pothole on a character name'''

** First [[spoiler:she loses [[TheSiege the Battle for Garreg Mach]] despite having heavy advantages, when TheCavalry arrives.]] Secondly, thanks to [[spoiler:Atra and Glenn, [[NumberTwo Rodrigue]] is forewarned about [[TheMole Cornelia's]] presence in Faerghus's court and manages to capture her beforehand]]; the students also [[spoiler:warn their Lord parents about upcoming conflict, so both kingdoms are better prepared for war than she planned.]] Then their attempt to [[spoiler: assassinate Dimitri and Rodrigue to [[FalseFlagOperation tear apart the alliance between Faerghus and the Leicester Alliance]] fails due to Acheron botching it, Byleth's divine pulse abilities, and Claude keeping the army from panicking and strategizing a victory against bad odds.]] As the allied army begins to march [[spoiler: into Adrestia proper, Edelgard attempts to trap them in Fort Merceus and uses [[FantasticNuke the Javelins of Light]] in an attempt to wipe out the army's leaders - however, [[TimeMaster Byleth]] sees the attack coming and evacuates the fort in time, meaning she only succeeded in [[FriendlyFire killing her own troops and destroying her most defensible fortress.]]]] As Dimitri, Claude and Byleth continue to win victory after victory, [[spoiler: information about the javelins and [[WasOnceAMan demonic beasts]] starts spreading through the common people via Imperial soldiers who [[KnightInShiningArmor Dimitri]] spared.]] This leads to [[spoiler:a protest in Enbarr; when Edelgard tries to [[{{Hypocrite}} lie her way out]], they call her out on it and a riot is triggered when one of her guards stabs a young boy who'd thrown a brick at her.]] This triggers further unrest, riots and desertion from their army (with those who stay in the guard often apathetic to stopping it), [[spoiler: making her desperate enough to let '''[[GeneralRipper Maximus Varley]]''' out of house arrest and order him to quell the riots. As soon as he's out of reach of any of her loyal men, Maximus promptly usurps Ferdinand's authority and leads a bloody suppression in Hrym that results in massive civilian casualties, Ferdinand's defection, and turns all but her most fanatical loyalists against her.]] '''Pothole on a character name'''

** [[spoiler: Edelgard]] thinks that they're a [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] who is using [[spoiler: Agartha]] to their own ends, and that they're a noble revolutionary who is reclaiming stolen land for their kingdom and 'saving' humanity from [[spoiler: the Nabateans]]. [[spoiler: Edelgard]] does succeed in starting a war of reunification, but their ruthlessness alienates their fellow students, their use of DirtyBusiness and [[spoiler: [[WasOnceAMan demonic beasts]]]] turn their people against them to the point of open revolt, [[spoiler: '''[[GeneralRipper Maximus Varley]]''', who she released under the assumption she could control him, attacks Hrym and slaughters hundreds of her own people]], and they repeatedly underestimate Claude and Dimitri even as they invade deeper and deeper into Adrestia. Finally, despite thinking that [[spoiler: she's TheStarscream to Thales]], they're actually just an UnwittingPawn whose actions have only served [[spoiler: Agartha's goal of destroying Fódlan.]]

** First [[spoiler:she loses [[TheSiege the Battle for Garreg Mach]] despite having heavy advantages, when TheCavalry arrives.]] Secondly, thanks to [[spoiler:Atra and Glenn, [[NumberTwo Rodrigue]] is forewarned about [[TheMole Cornelia's]] presence in Faerghus's court and manages to capture her beforehand]]; the students also [[spoiler:warn their Lord parents about upcoming conflict, so both kingdoms are better prepared for war than she planned.]] Then their attempt to [[spoiler: assassinate Dimitri and Rodrigue to [[FalseFlagOperation tear apart the alliance between Faerghus and the Leicester Alliance]] fails due to Acheron botching it, Byleth's divine pulse abilities, and Claude keeping the army from panicking and strategizing a victory against bad odds.]] As the allied army begins to march [[spoiler: into Adrestia proper, Edelgard attempts to trap them in Fort Merceus and uses [[FantasticNuke the Javelins of Light]] in an attempt to wipe out the army's leaders - however, [[TimeMaster Byleth]] sees the attack coming and evacuates the fort in time, meaning she only succeeded in [[FriendlyFire killing her own troops and destroying her most defensible fortress.]]]] As Dimitri, Claude and Byleth continue to win victory after victory, [[spoiler: information about the javelins and [[WasOnceAMan demonic beasts]] starts spreading through the common people via Imperial soldiers who [[KnightInShiningArmor Dimitri]] spared.]] This leads to [[spoiler:a protest in Enbarr; when Edelgard tries to [[{{Hypocrite}} lie her way out]], they call her out on it and a riot is triggered when one of her guards stabs a young boy who'd thrown a brick at her.]] This triggers further unrest, riots and desertion from their army (with those who stay in the guard often apathetic to stopping it), [[spoiler: making her desperate enough to let '''[[GeneralRipper Maximus Varley]]''' out of house arrest and order him to quell the riots. As soon as he's out of reach of any of her loyal men, Maximus promptly usurps Ferdinand's authority and leads a bloody suppression in Hrym that results in massive civilian casualties, Ferdinand's defection, and turns all but her most fanatical loyalists against her.]]

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#ContrastingSequelAntagonist: ''Skull Island: The Birth of Kong'': In this Franchise/MonsterVerse graphic novel which serves as a direct sequel to ''Film/KongSkullIsland'', [[Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandExpedition Riccio]] is a CSA to Preston Packard from the movie. Both men suffer SanitySlippage after coming to the island which leads to them endangering all the other humans for their own selfish agenda; but whereas Packard was an unstable military man using vengeance and military duty to his country's people as a warped excuse for his [[GeneralRipper obsession with killing Kong]], Riccio instead is a mythographer who takes revering Kong as a holy deity to a thoroughly insane degree. Also, Packard was ultimately reliant on the support of his squad to pose as much of a threat to the island's balance and the remaining cast as he did, whereas Riccio causes a lot more damage after he strikes out on his own than before.
#CorruptCorporateExecutive: ''[[FanFic/JusticeLeagueOfEquestria Mare of Steel]]'' has Alexander Silversmith (basically ComicBook/LexLuthor as a pony); his first appearance has him arranging a bombing to destroy the facilities of one of his competitors, and he is powerful enough that when Rainbow Dash/Supermare foils his plot, he passes it off as third party zealots trying to frame him and stall the economy. And that's ''before'' he puts his resources to work helping [[GeneralRipper Steel Wing]]'s campaign against Supermare, or helping ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} build a bomb capable of destroying Cloudsdale as part of a SadisticChoice designed to [[BreakTheCutie break Rainbow Dash's will]]. [[spoiler:[[KarmaHoudini Neither of which he's punished for in the story]].]]

#DeusExNukina: In ''Film/MarsAttacks'': [[GeneralRipper General Decker]] insists using a nuclear missiles to blow up the Martian's head ship. When the president is at his lowest, out of desperation, he agrees to finally shoot them. [[spoiler: The Martians use a bizarre machine that absorbs the explosion into a balloon, brings it back to the ship and the Martian emperor ''inhales the nuclear explosion'' which makes his voice [[HeliumSpeech sound funny]].]] [[GeniusBonus H-bombs fuse hydrogen into helium. He inhales the helium]].

#MalignedMixedMarriage: In ''VideoGame/SupremeCommander2'', Maddox is a [=UEF=] Commander married to woman from the Illuminate. His parents disowned him, and died before they could reconcile. His commander [[GeneralRipper Colonel Rodgers]] despised it, as he hates anyone not [=UEF=], and was planning to attack the Illuminate on the planet she is in.
#OedipusComplex: ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': Bruce's father Brian was an utter asshole who frequently abused his son while Rebecca adored Bruce, which only made Brian a JealousParent. When Rebecca tried to escape with Bruce, Brian killed his wife [[HarmfulToMinors right in front of little Bruce]], with the trauma spawning Bruce's "Hulk" personality. All of this was established via a fairly late {{retcon}}, but also nicely complements elements dating from the comic's very beginning, with Bruce's love interest Betty Ross doting over him and her father [[GeneralRipper General Ross]] antagonising him.
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# Characters.ApocalypseNow (Kurtz): GeneralRipper: A DeconstructedCharacterArchetype. He's a highly decorated officer (one scene has Captain Willard going over his dossier and marveling at Kurtz's accomplishments) who one day just snapped and went native, becoming as much a cult leader as a soldier, taking his orders from only the jungle as Willard says. However, Kurtz is a unique example, being quite aware that he is in fact a General Ripper. He thinks that if America wants to win the Vietnam War, it cannot afford to "play fair" - it needs "Rippers" to do the dirty work and is acting hypocritically by pretending that the war can be won "cleanly" with nothing but a technological advantage over the enemy. He basically gives his superiors two choices: either get the hell out of 'Nam, or to embrace their savagery like he has. His final actions indicate that he prefers they choose the first option, or at least doesn't believe they can afford to choose the second.
-->'''Willard:''' "Never get out of the boat." Absolutely goddamn right. Unless you were goin' all the way.
# Film.HouseOfGhosts: GeneralRipper: General Castle.
# Recap.TheEmiyaClanParadoxSun: GeneralRipper: The Gallian High Command when it comes to the Militia. Most of the Imperials.

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# Characters.ApocalypseNow: GeneralRipper: A DeconstructedCharacterArchetype. He's a highly decorated officer (one scene has Captain Willard going over his dossier and marveling at Kurtz's accomplishments) who one day just snapped and went native, becoming as much a cult leader as a soldier, taking his orders from only the jungle as Willard says. However, Kurtz is a unique example, being quite aware that he is in fact a General Ripper. He thinks that if America wants to win the Vietnam War, it cannot afford to "play fair" - it needs "Rippers" to do the dirty work and is acting hypocritically by pretending that the war can be won "cleanly" with nothing but a technological advantage over the enemy. He basically gives his superiors two choices: either get the hell out of 'Nam, or to embrace their savagery like he has. His final actions indicate that he prefers they choose the first option, or at least doesn't believe they can afford to choose the second.