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1	->''Now you men will only be risking your lives, whilst I will be risking an almost certain [[PlotArmor Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.]]''
2	-->-- '''Hedley Lamaar''', ''Film/BlazingSaddles''
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4	->''Observe their troops. Thin fabrics. Exposed skin. Feeble weapons. These are toy soldiers. The playthings of children!''
5	-->-- '''General Staal''' observing UNIT forces shortly before [[SubvertedTrope losing to them]], ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Sontaran Stratagem"
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7	->''To each of us falls a task, and all the Emperor requires of us Guardsmen is that we stand the line, and we die fighting. It is what we do best: We die standing.''
8	-->-- '''General Sturnn''', ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar: Winter Assault''
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10	->'''General Castor:''' Sergeant Major, the [[EarthShatteringKaboom destruction]] of Typhon was inevitable. [[EverythingTryingToKillYou Between the Eldar, Orks and Tyranids]], there was no saving that world. At worst I helped speed its demise - and at a time when there were [[AMillionIsAStatistic relatively few]] men on the planet.
11	->'''Merrick:''' Few...? '''FEW?!''' There were '''THOUSANDS''' of Guardsmen on Typhon! Good men, serving the Emperor, and you let then all die!
12	->'''Castor:''' Merrick, a Guardsman's ''life'' is to die. My job has always been to send them to places where they ''can'' die. [[WeHaveReserves I'm not afraid to spend them]], but I never ''waste'' them.
13	-->-- ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar 2: Retribution''
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15	->''Men, you're lucky men. Soon, you'll all be fighting for your planet. Many of you will be dying for your planet. A few of you will be forced through a fine mesh screen for your planet. They will be the luckiest of all.''
16	-->-- '''Zapp Brannigan''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''
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18	->'''Magnus''': You're the only member of [[BigGood Palutena's]] army who can carry his own weight. Don't even get me started on the centurions. Yeah, there's a ton of them, but they're all pretty flimsy.\
19	'''Pit''': They're grunts. What do you expect? [[JustifiedTrope There's no incentive for them to toughen up]] - [[DeathIsCheap they get revived when they die]].
20	-->-- ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''
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22	->'''Mercenary #1:''' Why did s/he say "Slow him/her down"? We're allowed to kill Shepard if we have to, right?\
23	'''Mercenary #2:''' S/he said slow him/her down because s/he thinks we're cannon fodder.\
24	'''Mercenary #1:''' [[OhCrap Oh. Well...shit.]]
25	-->--''VideoGame/MassEffect3: Citadel'' DLC
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27	->''The Mobile Infantry is a group of jarheads who wear plastic armor with morale that would shatter if they saw the Sharks from ''Theatre/WestSideStory'' approaching.''
28	-->-- '''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Noah Antwiler]]''' [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/starship-troopers/ on]] ''Film/StarshipTroopers''
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30	->''The goal of the Imperial Guard is to clog the enemy's barrels with dead bodies.''
31	-->-- Anonymous ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' player at the Newcastle Games Workshop establishment, while painting an Imperial Guard [[MiniMecha Sentinel]]
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33	->''Last time I had a hot meal was five days ago. Since then my entire platoon has been wiped out. That's why you're here. You're just a bunch of guys in line to get shot so they can bring in a bunch of other guys. See how that works?''
34	-->-- '''Sgt. David Manning''', ''Film/WhenTrumpetsFade''
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36	->''A small team of ethnically-diverse archaeologists who all seem to be wearing digital clocks on their heads counting down to the point where they are unwittingly [[CollateralAngst made part of someone elses' character development]].''
37	-->-- '''Yahtzee Croshaw''' on [[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 Lara Croft]]'s support team, ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' [[note]][[BlackDudeDiesFirst The black dude's readout is nearly at zero.]][[/note]]
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39	->'''Chris:''' The vampires complain about how they'll be just as vulnerable as the Reapers in the daylight, and Blade just straight up tells them, "Let's be real: You're probably all going to die. [[BrutalHonesty Oh well!]]"\
40	'''David:''' A list of fucks Blade gives: { }\
41	'''Chris:''' He is seriously a terrible leader.\
42	'''David:''' That's because he's not trying to lead anything. Obviously Blade's best-case scenario at this point is that everyone dies except Nyssa, and then they go off and have tons of vampire babies.
43	-->-- '''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/blade-ii-review/ on]] ''Film/BladeII''
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45	->"That monster's eating our soldiers faster than we can clone them."
46	-->-- '''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace'''
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48	->'''Setup:''' What happens when a Storm Trooper fights a Redshirt?\
49	'''Punchline:''' The Stormtrooper misses and the Redshirt dies anyway.
50	-->--Classic Nerd Joke
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52	->'''Obi-Wan:''' Okay, when we get to Utapau, I'll go in to scout the situation.\
53	'''Clone Trooper:''' Yes sir! Although, we could go in early and see if it's a trap.\
54	'''Obi-Wan:''' That's...very nice of you. But don’t worry. I'm '''sure''' it's a trap.\
55	'''Clone Trooper:''' We could go in first and trigger the trap.\
56	'''Obi-Wan:''' You guys need a union.
57	-->--''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'', [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0520.html Episode 520, "Entrapment"]]
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59	->Moctezuma sent out hundreds of our elite cuauhlocelotl and cuauchicqueh warriors, our eagle-jaguars and Shorn Ones, blessed by the priests and given the finest swords and spears, adorned with the finest feathers. Many of our people gathered to look at them as they organized, and were full of pride and triumph. They saw Aztec warriors equal to non, a dread force fit to hunt down our enemies and leave none standing. They saw hope in its entirety, and an end to doubt and fear.
60	->[[CosmicHorrorStory I saw only the walking dead]].
61	-->--''Literature/{{Quetzacthulhu}}'', by Set Sytes
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