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** ''VideoGame/Destiny2'': In the "Alliance" cutscene of Season of the Risen, [[BenevolentDictator Empress Caiatl]] quotes the book, to Lord Saladin's surprise.
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** Music/WillWood: The protagonist of "The Main Character" is a {{narcissist}} who [[{{Jerkass}} harasses people who don't agree with him]]. At one point, he declares that "oh man, Sun Tzu would love" his actions -- even though Tzu clearly wouldn't, hinting that the protagonist knew he wrote a book on war but didn't read past the cover.
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** ''LetsPlay/{{Technoblade}}'' had a tendency to do this a bunch, especially during the Potato War videos.
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** ''LetsPlay/{{Technoblade}}'' ''WebVideo/{{Technoblade}}'' had a tendency to do this a bunch, especially during the Potato War videos.
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* {{Trope Namer|s}}: For MaryTzu and ToWinWithoutFighting.
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** ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': In ''Meet the Soldier'', Soldier quotes the book, followed by a bizarre ramble in which he claims Sun Tzu invented fighting and used his "fight money" to buy and then beat up two of every animal on Earth which is why when there are a lot of animals together it's called a "tzu"... Unless it's a farm.
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** ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': In ''Meet the Soldier'', the Soldier quotes the book, followed by a bizarre ramble in which he claims Sun Tzu invented fighting, perfected his technique to become the best fighter in the world, used the money he made from winning professional fighting and used his "fight money" matches to buy [[NoahsStoryArc two of every animal, herded them all onto a boat]], and then beat up two of every animal on Earth which them all up. Which is why when there are a lot place with a bunch of different animals together it's in it is now called a "tzu"... Unless "[[FunWithHomophones Tzu]]".[[note]]Unless it's a farm.[[/note]]
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** Music/VNVNation's "Art of Conflict" directly quotes it.
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** ''LetsPlay/{{Technoblade}}'' has a tendency to do this a bunch, especially during the Potato War videos.
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** ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': In ''Meet the Soldier'', Soldier quotes the book, followed by a bizarre ramble in which he claims Sun Tzu invented fighting and used his "fight money" to buy and then beat up two of every animal on Earth which is why when there are a lot of animals together it's called a "tzu".
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** ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': In ''Meet the Soldier'', Soldier quotes the book, followed by a bizarre ramble in which he claims Sun Tzu invented fighting and used his "fight money" to buy and then beat up two of every animal on Earth which is why when there are a lot of animals together it's called a "tzu"."tzu"... Unless it's a farm.
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** ''Manga/{{JoJos Bizarre Adventure Battle Tendency}}'' sees Joseph quote ''The Art of War'' during his fight with Esidisi. Esidisi, an immortal Aztec vampire known as a Pillar Man, turns out to know it as well, having met the man himself in person.
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** ''Manga/{{JoJos Bizarre Adventure Battle Tendency}}'' sees Joseph [[TheHero Joseph]] quote ''The Art of War'' during his fight with Esidisi. Esidisi, an immortal Aztec vampire known as a {{Mayincatec}} [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Pillar Man, Man]], turns out to know it as well, [[BeenThereShapedHistory having met the man himself in person.person]].
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** ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': In ''Meet the Soldier'', Soldier quotes the book, followed by a bizarre ramble in which he claims Sun Tzu invented fighting and used his "fight money" to buy and then beat up two of every animal on Earth.Earth which is why when there are a lot of animals together it's called a "tzu".
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** ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency'' ''Manga/{{JoJos Bizarre Adventure Battle Tendency}}'' sees Joseph quote ''The Art of War'' during his fight with Esidisi. Esidisi, an immortal Aztec vampire known as a Pillar Man, turns out to know it as well, having met the man himself in person.
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** In ''VideoGame/GhostOfTsushima'', when Jin reads a note left in a Mongol camp, Ryuzo asks how he learned to read Chinese. Jin responds that it was because his uncle made him read ''The Art of War.''
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** In ''VideoGame/GhostOfTsushima'', when Jin reads a note left in a Mongol camp, Ryuzo asks how he learned to read Chinese. Jin responds that it was because his uncle made him learn it to be able to read ''The Art of War.''
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** ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': in Meet the Soldier, Soldier quotes the book during his speech to his “army”.
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** In ''Film/{{Battleship}}'', Alex brags that his plan to drift the battleship to fight the aliens was inspired by ''The Art of War''. His Japanese counterpart Nagata immediately points out that he completely misunderstood the text.
** In ''VideoGame/GhostOfTsushima'', when Jin reads a note left in a Mongol camp, Ryuzo asks how he learned to read Chinese. Jin responds that it was because his uncle made him read ''The Art of War.''
** In ''VideoGame/GhostOfTsushima'', when Jin reads a note left in a Mongol camp, Ryuzo asks how he learned to read Chinese. Jin responds that it was because his uncle made him read ''The Art of War.''
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** {{VideoGame/TeamFortress2}}: in Meet the Soldier, Soldier quotes the book during his speech to his “army”.
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** In ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'''s "Affliction", Reed paraphrases Sun Tzu to a captive Klingon.
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** Music/{{Sabaton}} based their fourth album on ''The Art of War'', with each of thirteen tracks based on a chapter and often quoting the text.
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** Music/{{Sabaton}} based their fourth album on ''The Art of War'', with each of thirteen tracks based on a chapter and often quoting the text.Lionel Giles translation (the audio is borrowed from [[https://librivox.org/the-art-of-war-by-sun-tzu/ the LibriVox audiobook]]).
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** ''Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri'' features a secret project, The Hunter-Seeker Algorithm. Upon completing the project, the cutscene features a quote from this book about discerning the enemy's composition while remaining formless and concealing one's own forces.
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** ''Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri'' ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri'' features a secret project, The Hunter-Seeker Algorithm. Upon completing the project, the cutscene features a quote from this book about discerning the enemy's composition while remaining formless and concealing one's own forces.forces.
** Saru quotes from chapter six of ''The Art of War'' in the season two finale of ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery''.
** Saru quotes from chapter six of ''The Art of War'' in the season two finale of ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery''.
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** Sid ''Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Centauri'' features a secret project, The Hunter-Seeker Algorithm. Upon completing the project, the cutscene features a quote from this book about discerning the enemy's composition while remaining formless and concealing one's own forces.
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** Gustave Graves briefly quotes from the third chapter in ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' [[spoiler:to convince General Moon that he's really his son Colonel Tan-Sun Moon]].
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** Music/{{Sabaton}} based their fourth album on ''The Art of War'', with each of thirteen tracks based on a chapter and often quoting thetext.text.
** ''Literature/{{Rihannsu}}: The Empty Chair'' has Leonard "Bones" [=McCoy=] disparage the book as repetitive and overrated compared to the works of Creator/{{Confucius}}.
** Music/{{Sabaton}} based their fourth album on ''The Art of War'', with each of thirteen tracks based on a chapter and often quoting the
** ''Literature/{{Rihannsu}}: The Empty Chair'' has Leonard "Bones" [=McCoy=] disparage the book as repetitive and overrated compared to the works of Creator/{{Confucius}}.
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* {{Trope Namer|s}}: For MaryTzu and ToWinWithoutFighting.