1 | '''Basic Trope''': An incompetent military commander of the highest order. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Gen. Millhouse of Company D is best known for never winning a battle, due to his inability to keep his secret plans secret. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** 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. |
5 | ** Gen. Millhouse of Company D ''doesn't understand the concept of winning or losing''. |
6 | * '''Downplayed''': Gen. Millhouse of Company D is known for being a decent general. Unfortunately, his battles are all fought against [[OvershadowedByAwesome hyper-competent foes]], who often seem to know his plan before he came up with it. |
7 | * '''Justified''': |
8 | ** His placement on Company D is part of a {{plan}} of some kind. |
9 | ** 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. |
10 | ** He's in a high position because of his [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections who his friends and/or family are]], not because of his skills or experience. |
11 | ** Gen. Millhouse should have retired in 1995, now he's just a ScatterbrainedSenior. |
12 | ** Gen. Millhouse's tactics are outdated and being a firm believer in OlderIsBetter, he refuses to keep up with the times. |
13 | * '''Inverted''': |
14 | ** [[FourStarBadass Gen. Millhouse is actually the brightest general on the whole army.]] |
15 | ** SurroundedByIdiots |
16 | ** AlmightyJanitor |
17 | * '''Subverted''': Gen. Millhouse is just a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass... |
18 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
19 | ** ...with more emphasis on moron. |
20 | ** ...who's a ModernMajorGeneral; he can [[RankScalesWithAsskicking fight better than his subordinates]] but is completely incompetent at commanding an army. |
21 | ** (from Averted) Brightest doesn't say a lot when [[ImprobablyLowIQ Company D's IQ totals 55]]. |
22 | ** … or when the whole army's IQ is in that range. |
23 | * '''Parodied''': |
24 | ** Gen. Millhouse gets high on a daily basis, frequently plots improbable strategies, and plays RussianRoulette because he thinks it's a fun game. |
25 | ** (At security monitor) "I keep clicking on the tank, but it won't answer! I think the game's broken, man!" |
26 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Gen. Millhouse is a mad man one day, a bright one the next. |
27 | * '''Averted''': Gen. Millhouse is the brightest man on Company D, period. |
28 | * '''Enforced''': "Let's show them all what not to do in a war! Make one general a total dunce!" |
29 | * '''Lampshaded''': "I wonder how somebody that incompetent became an officer." |
30 | * '''Invoked''': "Don't assign Millhouse to lead this operation! That idiot might as well be working for the enemy!" Guess what they're gonna do. |
31 | * '''Exploited''': [[TheMole General Mohl]], who actually works for the enemy, deliberately assigns General Millhouse to the strategically important Company D just before a major attack. |
32 | * '''Defied''': Gen. Millhouse is stripped of his command once it's apparent how stupid he is. |
33 | * '''Discussed''': "What planet is that Gen. Millhouse from?!" |
34 | * '''Conversed''': "How did the supposedly invincible Company D end up with such an idiot commanding officer?" |
35 | * '''Implied''': |
36 | ** In the strategy game ''Tropian Wars'', your first few missions as a commander have you taking over for Millhouse. As you get further into the game, the player learns strategy and only then can realize what a mess the troops were in during the first level. |
37 | ** Gen. Millhouse is only seen in command once and that is before the Troperian Forces [[CurbStompBattle get stomped]]. |
38 | * '''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 or court martialed. |
39 | * '''Reconstructed''': ...But that was actually part of ThePlan to win the war in the first place... |
40 | * '''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. |
41 | * '''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. |
42 | * '''Played For Drama''': |
43 | ** Gen. Millhouse [[WeHaveReserves callously throws his troops at the enemy]], resulting in mass casualties on both sides. |
44 | ** Gen. Millhouse [[TheMole is a traitor]] who is intentionally sabotaging the war effort by being so incompetent. |
45 | * '''Played For Horror''': Gen. Millhouse is not a bad general and tries his best; unfortunately, the surroundings he works in are a Kafkaesque hell where [[FinaglesLaw nothing ever goes right]], and Millhouse is eventually stripped of command after one too many of his soldiers [[DiabolusExMachina die to random strokes of misfortune]] [[HeroicBSOD and he suffers a nervous breakdown]]. |
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