History PlayingWith / AFatherToHisMen

** They see him as a father figure because he is middle aged and he treats the 18 year old soldiers like his sons.
** Captain Alex is respected by the soldiers as he understands them; he came Main/UpThroughTheRanks.

** Captain Alex is Main/TheNeidermeyer.

* '''Enforced''': The movie's shot in wartime. To persuade young men to join the army, every single Captain on the heroic side is portrayed as a father to his men.

* '''Implied''': When asked if he has any family, Charlie recalls his time serving in the army.

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** They see him as a father figure because he is middle aged and he treat the 18 year old soldiers as his sons.

** "Captain Alex is like a father to us!" "Yeah, he's a mean drunk who beats us every time we disobey him, [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood just like our real dads back home]]!"

* '''Implied''': When asked if he has any family, Charlie recalls his times serving in the army.

** Captain Alex is killed while personally leading his men in an assault during an ambush, which devastates his soldiers.

** They see him as a father figure because he is older than them and he treats them as his sons.

** Captain Alex is weak and ineffectual. He sees all his (much more competent) sergeants and lieutenants as fathers.

** "Captain Alex is like a father to us!" "Yeah, he's a drunk who beats us every time we disobey him, [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood just like our real dads back home]]!"

* '''Averted''': None of Captain Alex's soldiers like him.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Lucky you. The leader of your company is an excellent guy. A father figure of sorts, so to say."

* '''Exploited''': Charlie, a homeless orphan looking for a ParentalSubstitute or at least a mentor, joins the army because he hears about the legendary Alex.

* '''Implied''': When asked if he has any family, Charlie recalls his times at the army.

** Caring so much for his men, Captain Alex gets devastated by each death in his army. His mental state deteriorates rapidly due to his losses in any war, [[TheAlcoholic resorting to drinking,]] [[DrivenToSuicide if not worse.]]
** Captain Alex is killed while personally leading his men in an assault, which devastates his soldiers.
* '''Logical Extreme''': Alex's troops are his literal children.

* '''Straight''': All of Commander Alex's soldiers see him as a father figure.
* '''Exaggerated''': Commander Alex's soldiers begin to actually believe that Commander Alex is their dad and even begins to call him as such.
* '''Downplayed''': Commander Alex has a mentor relationship with most of his men, and they all look up to him, but it's mostly professional.

** Commander Alex's soldiers see him as a father figure because they miss their dads back home.
** They see him as a father figure because he treats them as his sons.

** [[TeamDad Commander Alex sees all his soldiers as sons]].
** Commander Alex is weak and ineffectual. He sees all his (much more competent) soldiers as fathers.

* '''Gender Inverted''': Commander Alice's soldiers seen her as a motherly figure.

** Commander Alex reads his soldiers a bedtime story every night, complete with milk and cookies.
** "Commander Alex is like a father to us!" "Yeah, he's a drunk who beats us every time we disobey him, [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood just like our real dads back home]]!"
* '''Zig Zagged''': Commander Alex is viewed in different ways by different soldiers. Some see him as a father figure while others don't.
* '''Averted''': None of Commander Alex's soldiers like him.
* '''Enforced''': The movie's shot in wartime. To persuade young men to join the army, every single commander on the heroic side is portrayed as a father to his men.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Lucky you. The leader of your squad is an excellent guy. A father figure of sorts, so to say."

* '''Exploited''': Charlie, a homeless orphan looking for a ParentalSubstitute or at least a mentor, joins the military because he hears about the legendary Alex.
* '''Defied''': A few of Commander Alex's soldiers decide that Commander Bob is more of a father figure to them then Commander Alex is.
* '''Discussed''': "Man, Commander Alex's soldiers sure do love him." "Yeah, I think they see him as a father figure or something."
* '''Conversed''': "Those soldiers are acting like Commander Alex is their dad!"

** Commander Alex sacrifices himself to spare his subordinates from having to deal with immoral operations, his death inadvertently started his subordinates' SanitySlippage.
** The attachments Commander Alex has to his men mean that TheChainsOfCommanding fall on him all the harder.

** Until his friend Commander Bob takes his place, and everything gradually goes back to normal.

** Commander Alex is a father figure to his men in the war, while his own little children back at home suffer from ParentalAbandonment and begin to resent him.
** Caring so much for his men, Commander Alex gets devastated by each death in his army. His mental state deteriorates rapidly due to his losses in any war, [[TheAlcoholic resorting to drinking,]] [[DrivenToSuicide if not worse.]]

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* '''Exaggerated''':
** Commander Alex's soldiers begin to actually believe that Commander Alex is their dad and even begins to call him as such.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Commander Alex's soldiers begin to actually believe that Commander Alex is their dad and even begins to call him as such.

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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

* '''Double Subverted''': Until CharacterDevelopment kicks in, at least.

* '''Played For Drama''': Commander Alex is a father figure to his men in the war, while his own little children back at home suffer from ParentalAbandonment and begin to resent him.

* '''Discussed''': "Man, Commander Alex's soldiers sure do love him." "Yeah, I think they seem him as a father figure or something."

* '''Inverted''': [[TeamDad Commander Alex sees all his soldiers as sons]].

** Until his RightHandMan Commander Bob takes his place, and everything gradually goes back to normal.

* '''Downplayed''': Commander Alex has a mentor relationship with most of his men, and they all look up to him, but its mostly professional

* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???

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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''': Commander Alex sacrifices himself to spare his subordinates from having to deal with immoral operations, his death inadvertently started his subordinates' SanitySlippage.

%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???

* '''Parodied''': Commander Alex reads his soldiers a bedtime story every night, complete with milk and cookies.

* '''Zig Zagged''':

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

* '''Double Subverted''': ???

* '''Justified''': Commander Alex's soldiers see him as a father figure because they miss their dads back home.

* '''Parodied''': ????

* '''Subverted''': ???

* '''Implied''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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