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Anime and Manga
Colonel Grand: Commodore Fesler, an interesting statistic — did you know that half of all officer deaths on the battlefield are the result of assassination by subordinates? [BLAM]
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Maes Hughes ...Stray bullet?
Amestrian Soldier: Stray bullet it is.
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Maes Hughes ...Stray bullet?
Amestrian Soldier: Stray bullet it is.
Sky-Byte: Megatron?! It's me! Sky-Byte! Don't shoot!
Megatron: I can't hear you, Autobot, but if you're begging for mercy, request denied! Hahaha! [opens fires on him]
Sky-Byte: Waaaaait! [buried by rocks] Ooof. The rocky path is sometimes unavoidable...
Megatron: I can't hear you, Autobot, but if you're begging for mercy, request denied! Hahaha! [opens fires on him]
Sky-Byte: Waaaaait! [buried by rocks] Ooof. The rocky path is sometimes unavoidable...
— Transformers: Robots in Disguise, "Skid-Z's Choice"
Literature
I've found that by-the-book commissars tend to die heroically for the Emperor, even when the enemy is suspiciously far away.
— Commissar Ciaphas Cain
Live-Action TV
"We've killed officers in blue coats, officers in red coats, even officers in white coats; because I don't care what army an officer fights for, or what colour coat he wears, or what king he serves. A bad officer is better off dead, and a good soldier had better learn how to kill him."
— Major Richard Sharpe lays it out to a troop of new recruits, while their officer in a white coat watches on, Sharpe
Music
Killed by his own or by his foes?
Turned the tide!
Three hundred years, still no one knows.
The secret remains!
Turned the tide!
Three hundred years, still no one knows.
The secret remains!
— Sabaton, "Long Live the King"
Tabletop Games
Oops, Sorry Sir: Deathworld veterans resent strangers telling them what to do or threatening their friends, so Commissars have a very difficult time maintaining control. They also suffer a disproportionately high number of 'accidents' when serving with Deathworld troops. Roll a D6 for each Commissar before setting them up (roll for models in reserve when they deploy on the table). On a roll of 1, the Commissar has met with an unfortunate accident and cannot be used.
— Warhammer 40,000, Codex: Catachans
Video Games
Lord-General Castor: You are to be commended on your performance these past few days. Which is why I'm putting you in for a medal... and not having you shot for insubordination.
Sergeant-Major Merrick: Thank you, sir. And you've turned out to be a good commander. Which is why I didn't shoot you for incompetence...
Castor: What was that?
Merrick: I said I was shocked by your competence, sir.
Castor: Ah... that's what I thought you said. Carry on, Sergeant-Major. Carry on.
Sergeant-Major Merrick: Thank you, sir. And you've turned out to be a good commander. Which is why I didn't shoot you for incompetence...
Castor: What was that?
Merrick: I said I was shocked by your competence, sir.
Castor: Ah... that's what I thought you said. Carry on, Sergeant-Major. Carry on.
— Dawn of War 2: Retribution
"Our father is not here to protect his lapdog. We'll tell him you were murdered by some remaining Hoshidan rebels. How tragic."
— Xander, Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest
Kerillian: Do you not miss the army life, Sergeant? Comrades-in-arms, instead of... us?
Markus: Don't miss the marching. Or the officers. This isn't bad.
Kerillian: Even with One-Eye giving the orders?
Markus: I've known worse than him. Might've eased one or two along their way, if you follow.
Kerillian: [laughs] Wouldn't have thought you had it in you, Kruber.
Markus: Don't miss the marching. Or the officers. This isn't bad.
Kerillian: Even with One-Eye giving the orders?
Markus: I've known worse than him. Might've eased one or two along their way, if you follow.
Kerillian: [laughs] Wouldn't have thought you had it in you, Kruber.
Web Video
"I don't even think he was aiming for me. I was just the excuse!"
— Gordon Freeman, after seeing a Marine accidentally kill two of his squadmates with a grenade launcher, Freeman's Mind
