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Author: eowynjedi

Jun 11th 2013 at 10:25:15 AM

Live Action TV:
* Happens in various ''Franchise/StarTrek'' series:
** Members of ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]]''' crew go from lieutenant, commander, etcetera to captaincy in the interval between series and movies.
** Commander Riker's refusal to advance upwards is discussed more than once ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]''. He would rather remain first officer of the flagship than captain of an unknown vessel, but he finally takes the promotion as of ''[[Film/StarTrekNemesis Nemesis]]''.
** Nog of ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space 9]]'' is one of the most-promoted characters in the franchise--some of it due to the TimeyWimeyBall and circumstances of war, but his advancement from cadet to lieutenant by the end of the series does stick. He is personally quite conscious of his career, too.

Video Games:
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' uses this as a gameplay mechanic. Although Squall becomes commander of Garden on Disc 2, his pay grade is determined by things that the player does. Dawdling around the world map for too long can get you demoted a rank, but you can also raise it by taking a written test.

Theater:
* This is the plot of ''HowToSucceedInBusinessWithoutReallyTrying'', with the protagonist going from a window cleaner to a corner office through trickery, [[BatmanGambit Batman Gambits]], and general guile.