Live-Action Film
"What's the matter, officer? I'll tell you what's the matter. It's a little insurance policy called 'Directive 4', my little contribution to your psychological profile. Any attempt to arrest a senior officer of OCP results in shutdown. What did you think? That you were an ordinary police officer? You're our product, and we can't very well have our products turning against us, can we?
— Richard "Dick" Jones, RoboCop (1987)
Video Games
Marine: Give me the damn access codes before I BLOW AN AGGRESSION INHIBITOR!
Civilian: I ain't tellin' you nothing!
[Marines shoot two civilians]
Civilian: Wait, I'll tell you! It's... "Farnham".
Computer: Access code accepted.
Marine: Thanks...
[Marines shoot the civilian anyway]
Marine: Uh... Oops? Heheh.
Civilian: I ain't tellin' you nothing!
[Marines shoot two civilians]
Civilian: Wait, I'll tell you! It's... "Farnham".
Computer: Access code accepted.
Marine: Thanks...
[Marines shoot the civilian anyway]
Marine: Uh... Oops? Heheh.
— StarCraft: Brood War, "Patriot's Blood" mission
Webcomics
Henri: What is it that disturbs you about orders?
Florence: They're terrifying! If you ordered me to chew my fingers off, I'd do it! If I'm ordered to destroy all the turtles in the world, I would carry the order out!
Henri: Safeguards would… no, it's not hurting humans. It is an order. Nuts. You would do it.
Florence: If you have a system set up where a single person can cause an extinction level event, it's time to re-examine that system.
Florence: They're terrifying! If you ordered me to chew my fingers off, I'd do it! If I'm ordered to destroy all the turtles in the world, I would carry the order out!
Henri: Safeguards would… no, it's not hurting humans. It is an order. Nuts. You would do it.
Florence: If you have a system set up where a single person can cause an extinction level event, it's time to re-examine that system.
