History Main / Warhawk

** Londo Molari wanted the Centuri to be "great again" and to punish the Narn, his alliance with the Shadows helpf up Lord Refa in a position of power.
** G'kar was a WarHawk until the Centuri occupation and events caused him to become more spirtual.

** The Maquis style themselves as TheResistance and believe that war with the Cardassans is inevitable, and thus wage their own war against them while trying to draw the Federation into it. Instead, they chase the Cardassans into the arms of the Dominion and are wiped out.

** Obara and Tyene Sand both want war with the Lannister's after [[spoiler:their father dies in a duel with Ser Gregor Clegane]]. Their proposed wars differ significantly though: Obara wants to invade the Reach and burn Oldtown as a start, while Tyene prefers starting a defensive war by crowning Myrcella Baratheon queen and forcing the Lannister's to try invading Dorne. They stir up discontent among the commonfolk and nobility to try to force their uncle Prince Doran to go along with one of their plans.

** Dorothy Catalonia of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' is a subversion. At first she appears to fascinated by war to the point of obsession. She is a vocal proponent to conflict, frequently clashing in views with [[ActualPacifist Relena Peacecraft]]. In truth, she's been traumatized by the horrors of war, and her warmongering is merely a [[BeneathTheMask façade to hide her insecurities]].

** The Klingons [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy have this as their hat]], as Worf points out, the Empire feels it's gone soft. Gowron launched the invasion of Cardassia on the advice of his chief WarHawk General Martok [[Spoiler: who's really a changeling]].

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' has two tragic examples of War Hawks causing a lot of trouble and destruction:

* Simiar to DS9, BabylonFive had several:

''Since this trope could naturally lead to some rather heated political debates, NoRealLifeExamplesPlease.''

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** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Ali Al-Saachez]] is a warmongering BloodKnight who incites conflict for no reason than that he enjoys fighting. Before the events of the series, he managed to gather a number of young children into a terrorist organization by wearing the mask of a prophet. To prove their loyalty to 'God' these children were tasked to murder their own parents as an initiation. They were then sent to fight in a hopeless battle in which many were killed. During the series Ali is one of the most vocal supporters of the conflicts that occur throughout the story.

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* There are a few examples in the ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' series.
** Lord "Bronze" Yohn Royce is the most prominent supporter of The Vale entering The War of the Five Kings on the side of Robb Stark. He and his supporters are constantly rebuffed by the isolationist Lady Lysa Arryn, who refuses to support her nephew Robb or involve The Vale in the war at all. [[spoiler:It is later revealed that Petyr Baelish influenced Lysa into ignoring Yohn and his supporters in order to leave The Vale's army intact for his own plans]].
** Obara and Tyene Sand both want war with the Lannister's after [[spoiler:their father dies in a duel with Ser Gregor Clegane]]. Their proposed wars differ significantly though: Obara wants to invade the Reach and burn Oldtown as a start, while Tyene prefers starting a defensive war by crowning Myrcella Baratheon queen and forcing the Lannister's to try invading Dorne. They stir up discontent among the commonfolk and nobility to try to force their uncle Prince Doran to go along with one of their plans.
* Octavian in ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' is the most vocal in Camp Jupiter about going to war against the Greek demigods, [[spoiler: and when Leo, possessed by an eidolon, starts firing on the camp, thereby giving him a reason, Octavian eagerly jumps on it and whips the Romans into a war frenzy]].
* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' often has the protagonists acting as examples of heroic War Hawks, especially in ''The Two Towers'' in which Gandalf must convince Théoden to prepare for an imminent invasion by Saruman and Merry and Pippin must convince Treebeard to join in the war.

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''Series/MythQuest'': Strong Bear was in favour of continuing the Nez Perce's war with the Blackfoot, despite the fact that the Nez Perce were vastly outnumbered and severely decimated. He manages to sabotage the peace talks for a brief period of time.

* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', Hrongar, the younger brother of Jarl Balgruuf the Greater of Whiterun, is constantly agitating for the city to enter the CivilWar on the side of the Empire. Jarl Balgruuf can even be overheard telling Hrongar to stop pestering him with his war-mongering.

NotToBeConfusedWith the video game ''VideoGame/{{Warhawk}}'', or a hawk or another BigBadassBirdOfPrey that is used in combat.

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The first ''Warhawk'' game was a futuristic combat flight-sim game for the PS1. Made by Singletrac of ''TwistedMetal'' fame.

!!This game provides examples of:
* AllUpToYou: The two pilots even [[LampshadeHanging complain about it]] during the cutscenes.
* AppliedPhlebotinum: Red mercury.
* BattleshipRaid: The third level.
* ChargedAttack: The Plasma cannon, though you'll eventually waste ammo if you hold on it too much.
* FullMotionVideo: The cutscenes are mostly live-action.
* HaveANiceDeath: Several times over. In one case, the villain laughs so hard at your failure that he chokes to death.
* ItsAWonderfulFailure: Getting a GameOver will show a ScrollingText (different depending on which level you lost your last life in) emphasizing how much you cocked up.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: The swarmers, which are curiously less powerful than the single lock-on missiles.
* SmartBomb: The rare Doomsday pickup.
* SubsystemDamage: Each sides of the Warhawk has its own shielding and parts such as the wings or the radar can be destroyed, with appropriate effect.
* TheCameo: A Warhawk appears as the final boss of ''TwistedMetal: Black''.

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The second ''Warhawk'' game was a ContinuityReboot of the series on the {{PlayStation 3}}, also titled simply ''{{Warhawk}}''.

The game is reimagined as a ThirdPersonShooter with heavy use of vehicles. Single player gameplay was abandoned entirely in favor of fine-tuning online multiplayer for up to 32 players.

Like ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', the game eschews realism in favor of RuleOfFun and RuleOfCool.

Three expansion packs are available: ''Operation Broken Mirror'', ''Operation Omega Dawn'' and ''Operation Fallen Star''

Warhawk is recieving a SpiritualSuccessor in ''{{Starhawk}}'', which features robots that transform into jets and a strategic system that can be described as 'trigger-happy construction', where the player can call down vehicle spawn points, bunkers, turrets, etc to drop down like lightning on the location of your choosing.

!!This game provides examples of:
* ArrowCam: A remote-controlled missile that boasts a thrust boost to make the rocket go faster.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Chernovan uniforms and vehicles are all grey and white. Eucadian uniforms and vehicles are all earth tones.
* CosmeticallyDifferentSides: Eucadian and Chernovan vehicles have their own distinctive models (and names in case of the Warhawk and Nemesis), but both handle identically.
* CosmeticAward: To keep balance, the only thing players can unlock is a difference in uniform and boost in medal-count. Some clothes are even just previous clothes with the option to change the color of certain aspects.
* CrewOfOne: It only takes one player to both drive a tank and operate its main gun. Averted with the 4x4, which takes a second player to man the machine gun.
* DoubleKnockout: Most knife/wrench battles result in these, due to the melee weapons' comically huge range. In many cases dueling knife fighters will slump dead at each others' feet at the same time. Sometimes, it will be a triple knock out if one opponent stands out enough to gain the vengeful attention of two other knife-wielders.
* ExcusePlot: The Eucadian (blue) and Chernovan (red) armies are perpetually at war.
* ExpansionPack
* HyperspaceArsenal: An infantryman can carry an entire arsenal including a machine gun, missile launcher, sniper rifle, binoculars, two types of land mines, a knife, a wrench, a flame thrower, a pistol, grenades, and ammo for everything. Additionally, if a player is killed they drop it all in a huge backpack about as big as a person which can be absorbed by anyone who gets near it.
* JetPack: Added to the game in the ''Fallen Star'' add-on.
* KillItWithFire: The flame-thrower, which is perfect for taking down tanks. Once you're under the barrel, you can take it out in seconds. Its the go-to weapon in close quarters.
* KillSat: Those seeking an advantage-by-distance from the binoculars will be thoroughly satisfied.
* MadeOfExplodium: All vehicles, stationary guns, and jetpacks. Most objects lying around seem to just be hazards for shoot-outs. see StuffBlowingUp.
* MagicTool: The field wrench repairs friendly vehicles, destroys enemy vehicles, bludgeons infantrymen to death, and "disassemble" stationary jeeps, enemy tanks, and even damaged, low-flying planes all with the same animation. Because soldiers are small and easy to overlook, and the wrench lops off vehicle durability at a prodigious rate, this can lead to startling deaths for vehicle drivers in cramped, cover-rich areas. There's even a trophy to be earned for wrenching a tank to death.
* MedalOfDishonor: You earn PSN trophies for such dubious feats as stepping on 5 land mines, flying into your own aerial mine, or somehow having your plane destroyed by an airstrike.
* MythologyGag: One of the music tracks is called "Red Mercury". The Red Mercury substance is a plot point of the original game
* PGExplosives: Explosions send bodies flying. They do not gib them.
* StuffBlowingUp: Every vehicle explodes in a massive cloud of smoke and debris when its health runs out, even if it was from hitting it with a wrench. Vehicles will also explode if simply left unattended for a minute so that they can respawn at a team's base.
* SuperSpeed - players can use the boosters just fine without being airborne and will still use the running animation as long as they're on the ground.
* UniversalDriversLicense: Any player can operate a Tank, 4x4, Warhawk, Dropship, APC and Jetpack, and have no difficulty using captured enemy vehicles.

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* MagicTool: The field wrench repairs friendly vehicles, destroys enemy vehicles, and bludgeons infantrymen to death all with the same animation.
** For CrazyAwesome, the wrench can "disassemble" stationary jeeps, enemy tanks, and even damaged, low-flying planes. Because soldiers are small and easy to overlook, and the wrench lops off vehicle durability at a prodigious rate, this can lead to startling deaths for vehicle drivers in cramped, cover-rich areas.
*** There's even a [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome trophy to be earned for wrenching a tank to death.]]

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Like ''TeamFortress2'', the game eschews realism in favor of RuleOfFun and RuleOfCool.

* ArrowCam

* TheCameo: A Warhawk appears as the final boss of ''TwistedMetal: Black''.

* YouShallBeAsimilated: Downed players drop weapon packs, which give you their weapons, ammo, and a bit of health.

* CosmeticReward: To keep balance, the only thing players can unlock is a difference in uniform and boost in medal-count. Some clothes are even just previous clothes with the option to change the color of certain aspects.

*DoubleKnockout: Most knife/wrench battles result in these, due to the melee weapons' comically huge range. In many cases dueling knife fighters will slump dead at each others' feet at the same time.

*MadeOfExplodium: All vehicles, see StuffBlowingUp.