Line #12 PlayingWith/TheNeidermeyer


1	'''Basic Trope''': A JerkAss military leader hated by his own men.
2	* '''Straight''': Lt. Kilroy of A Company earns the scorn of his men for being a stuck-up thug.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** 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!''
5	** Lt. Kilroy of A Company is such a blowhard GungHolierThanThou putz that [[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]], whatever comes first) they not only refuse to cover it up [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing but instead they party]].
6	* '''Downplayed''': The men don't like Lt. Kilroy as much as the old Lt.
7	** Lt. Kilroy is a {{Jerkass}} and a GloryHound, but he still fights alongside everyone, so he's not a coward.
8	* '''Justified''':
9	** 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.
10	** Lt. Kilroy's the best man qualified, even if he isn't a nice guy.
11	* '''Inverted''': Lt. Kilroy of A Company is a nice guy, but his men are jerks.
12	* '''Subverted''':
13	** Lt. Kilroy's actually a tough and fair SergeantRock
14	** The men are slackers who don't recognize sound discipline when they see it.
15	* '''Double Subverted''':
16	** ...Who brags constantly about [[GloryHound how A Company is going to make him famous]].
17	** 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.]]
18	* '''Parodied''': Lt. Kilroy is so tough and unfair that the entire A Company is slaughtered on its first mission.
19	* '''Zig Zagged''': Lt. Kilroy switches from tough and fair to just plain tough each day.
20	* '''Averted''': Lt. Kilroy is a good guy, no strings attached.
21	* '''Enforced''':
22	** Lt. Kilroy is based on the author's experiences of being in the military, and his commander was quite sadistic and often relentlessly so.
23	** Lt. Kilroy is put in to contrast him with Lt. Rock, who is AFatherToHisMen and is generally the good side of military command, and needed somebody to balance him out.
24	** Lt. Kilroy is made to help deliver the message that WarIsHell, being not only a TheNeidermeyer but also a GeneralRipper, to show bad sorts of military commanders in bad situations.
25	* '''Lampshaded''': "If I ain't that tough maggots, [[PunctuatedForEmphasis You! Can! Never! Be! Real Men!]]."
26	* '''Invoked''': The military high brass purposefully places Lt. Kilroy, the drunkard, illiterate thug "with an F in public relations" into A Company just to see the fur fly.
27	* '''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.
28	* '''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.
29	* '''Defied''': Lt. Kilroy is fragged once he makes his Neidermeyer tendencies known; or, he's humbled by the A Company and changes his ways.
30	* '''Discussed''': "Does that guy expect to be followed with ''that'' attitude?!"
31	* '''Conversed''': "I see the writer's a fan of ''Film/MutinyOnTheBounty''."
32	* '''Deconstructed''':
33	** A Company is so sick of Lt. Kilroy and his tactics that they defect to the enemy.
34	** The troops hate Lt. Kilroy so much that [[UnfriendlyFire they shoot him during the middle of a battle, and then blame the enemy]].
35	** 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.
36	* '''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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38	Back to TheNeidermeyer, you weak, worthless sacks of shit! This is ''my'' show!
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40	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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42	%%* '''Implied''': ???
43	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
44	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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