History PlayingWith / GeneralFailure

* '''Played For Drama''': Gen. Millhouse [[WeHaveReserves callously throws his troops at the enemy]], resulting in mass casualties on both sides.

* '''Exaggerated''': Gen. Millhouse of Company D is best known for never winning a battle, because he refuses to keep a clock; thus, he's either too early or too late to spring a surprise attack on his enemy.

* '''Straight''': Gen. Millhouse of Company D is best known for never winning a battle due to his inability to keep his secret plans secret.
* '''Exaggerated''': Gen. Millhouse of Company D is best known for never winning a battle because he refuses to keep a clock; thus, he's either too early or too late to spring a surprise attack on his enemy.
* '''Downplayed''': Gen. Millhouse of Company D is known for being a decent general. Unfortunately, his battles are all fought against MartyTzu type generals, who often seem to know his plan before he came up with it.
* '''Justified''':

** Gen. Millhouse's side suffered horrible losses previously and needed to fill gaps in its command structure, resulting in Millhouse undergoing YouAreInCommandNow. However good he was in handling small unit tactics or even field-level strategy, high command is a whole different ballgame, one he's not up to handling.

** who's a ModernMajorGeneral; he can [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking fight better than his subordinates]], but is completely incompetent at commanding an army.

** Gen. Millhouse gets high on a daily basis, frequently plots improbable strategies, and plays Russian Roulette because he thinks it's a fun game.

* '''Conversed''': "How did the supposedly-invincible Company D end up with such an idiot commanding officer?"
* '''Implied''': In the strategy game ''Tropian wars'', your first few missions as a commander have you taking over for Millhouse. As you get further into he game, the player learns strategy and only then can realize what a mess the troops were in during the first level.

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* '''Downplayed''':
** Gen. Millhouse of Company D is known for being a decent general. Unfortunately, his battles are all fought against MartyTzu type generals, who often seem to know his plan before he came up with it.
** Gen. Millhouse is the general that the PlayerCharacter fights in an RTS. His [[ArtificialBrilliance A.I is very good]], but since the PlayerCharacter can [[SaveScumming reload every loss]] until he wins, FailureIsTheOnlyOption for Gen. Millhouse.

* '''Played For Drama''': Gen. Millhouse's [[WeHaveReserves callously throws his troops at the enemy]], resulting in mass casualties on both sides.

* '''Played For Drama''': Gen. Millhouse's combination of [[ZergRush poor planning]] and [[GeneralRipper ruthlessness]] cause many lives to be lost.

** Gen. Millhouse's side suffered horrible losses previously and needed to fill gaps in its command structure, resulting in Millhouse undergoing YouAreInCommandNow. However good he was in handling small units, high command is a whole different ballgame, one he's not up to handling.

* '''Justified''': His placement on Company D is part of a {{plan}} of some kind.

** Gen. Millhouse of Company D is known for being a decent general. unfortunately, his battles are all fought against MartyTzu type generals, who often seem to know his plan before he came up with it.
** Gen. Millhouse is the general that the PlayerCharacter fights in an RTS. His [[ArtificialBrilliance A.I is very good]] but since the PlayerCharacter can [[SaveScumming reload every loss]] until he wins, FailureIsTheOnlyOption for Gen. Millhouse.

** who's a ModernMajorGeneral, he can [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking fight better than his subordinates]] but is completely incompetent at commanding an army.

** Gen. Millhouse gets high on a daily basis, frequently plots improbable strategies and plays Russian Roulette because he thinks it's a fun game.

* '''Implied''': In the strategy game ''Tropian wars'', your first few missions as a commander have you taking over for Millhouse. As you get further int he game, the player learns strategy and only then can realize what a mess the troops were in during the first level.

* '''Implied''': In the strategy game ''Tropian wars'', your first few missions as a commander have you taking over for Millhouse. As you get further int he game, the player learns strategy and only then can realize what a mess the troops were in during the first level.
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': Millhouse never has a significant improvement. When it seems he may be using better tactics, he ends up wasting the opportunity he made and loses yet another battle.
* '''Played For Laughs''': It's not that Millhouse is bad, it's that it's impossible for him to win a battle, but everything gets pinned on him, including soldiers taking breaks, defying orders, or incredibly random items like a plane suddenly crashing on an allied building.

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* '''Double Subverted''': with more emphasis on moron.

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* '''Downplayed''': Gen. Millhouse of Company D is known for being a decent general. unfortunately, his battles are all fought against MartyTzu type generals, who often seem to know his plan before he came up with it.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Gen. Millhouse's stupidity gets his men and everyone around him into deep trouble, and he's called out for his idiocy before he's stripped of command...
* '''Reconstructed''': ...But that was actually part of ThePlan to win the war in the first place...

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* '''Inverted''': Gen. Millhouse is actually the brightest general on the whole army.

* '''Parodied''': Gen. Millhouse gets high on a daily basis, frequently plots improbable strategies and plays Russian Roulette because he thinks it's a fun game.

* '''Justified''': His placement on Company D is part of a XanatosGambit.

* '''Reconstructed''': ...But that was actually part of his XanatosGambit to win the war in the first place...

* '''Conversed''': Gen. Millhouse is actually the ''only'' competent general in the entire army.

* '''Double Subverted''': …with more emphasis on moron.

* '''Discussed''': “What planet is that Gen. Millhouse from?!"

* '''Inverted''': Gen. Millhouse is actually [[EvilGenius the brightest general on the whole army]].

* '''Inverted''': Gen. Millhouse is actually [[MartyTzu the brightest general on the whole army]].

* '''Invoked''': "Don't assign Millhouse to lead this operation! That idiot might as well be working for the enemy!"

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* '''Conversed''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''': Gen. Millhouse's stupidity gets his men and everyone around him into deep trouble, and he's called out for his idiocy before he's stripped of command.
* '''Reconstructed''': ???