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Author: CrypticMirror

Jun 5th 2014 at 9:25:04 AM

* In ''Film/CarryOnSergeant'' both Terrence Longdon and Kenneth Williams' characters were examples of these, albeit in different ways. 
** Longdon's character coming from a traditional upper class background with the stereotypical easy air of command, to the point he was initially mistaken for an officer candidate when he arrived to start his national service. 
** William's character was a snotty university graduate who spent most of his time sneering at common soldiers and had failed to dodge his national service so ending up in the ranks.

* ''Series/DadsArmy'': Sergeant Wilson behaved very much like the cool, calm, collected, and softly spoken officer (in contrast to the order barking martinet that was Captain Mainwaring) in his WW2 Home Guard duties, however this was eventually explained as him actually having been an officer in the First World War.

* Played with in ''Series/RedDwarf'' as Rimmer sees himself as being one of these, being held down by commanding officers who don't recognise his inherent officer qualities. Trouble is they recognise them, or rather lack thereof, all too well.