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Author: FrodoGoofballCoTV

Jan 23rd 2012 at 11:48:23 PM

Not sure if these really count:

[[AC: {{Anime}} and {{Manga}}:]]
* In ''GallForce: Earth Chapter'', Sandy (whose rank is not mentioned, and may in fact be a civilian) commands a unit consisting of a dozen or so named characters and at least several unnamed ones, three light tanks, and an armored personnel carrier.  Nominally that would make her a lieutenant.  However, her subordinates include Lamidia (A major in the Mars Defense Force) and Captain Varji of the MDF Navy, the latter of whom commands a single 2-man tank.  {{Justified}} in that the resistance forces are fighting a desperate battle, and one could make the arguement Lamidia and Varji are [=POWs=] recruited via an EnemyMine situation.

[[AC: {{Literature}}:]]
* [[TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Frank L. Baum]] seemed to like playing this trope for laughs.  It may be that in [[{{Cloudcuckooland}} Oz]], this is the normal state of formal militaries.
** In ''The Tik-Tok Man of Oz'', Queen Ann's army has a number of officers but only one enlisted man, Private Files.  After Files resigns to avoid being commanded to perform an illegal order, Ann enlists Tik-Tok to replace him.
** In ''Ozma of Oz'', Ozma forms an army composed of 8 generals, 6 colonels, 7 majors, 5 captains, and one private named Omby Amby.  Amby is later promoted to the rank of "Captain General".