Where does the movie Soldier fit in?
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Soldier
Spoilers, but they replace the soldiers with new, younger soldiers. It's a mix between mandatory retirement and resignation not accepted. Mandatory retirement not accepted? Though, the movie does rely on a massive coincidence, the retiree (literally thrown out with the trash, mistaken for dead)might not have gone after them if they hadnt decided to do some civilian murdering practise on the same trash planet, with the new soldiers. The old soldiers arent happy with being replaced, but being trained from birth, they dont openly protest or show emotion about it.
Here's an example: In the anime Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, this trope is in effect with the organization Galactor. In one episode, a girl who works for Galactor only because her parents and siblings also work for the organization wants to leave and is told that if she can capture and kill all five members of the Science Ninja Team, she can leave. Naturally, she fails and after begging Berg Katse for another chance, he shoots her and asks her if she really thought she could leave Galactor alive.
Discussion brought over from You Can Never Leave:
You can never leave launched as You Can Never Leave: From YKTTW
Rogue7: Argh, this page is begging for a "Hotel California" quote, but I know the general consensus is against two-quote pages, and the one up fits fine. Submitted for your consideration: "Relax said the nightman/we are programmed to receive/you can check out any time you like/ but you can never leave"
Gemmifer: Does anyone know what the song is about? If it's meaning might include such instances then I'm for adding it, I really like that line.
MissHap: I think the point of the song was that people didn't know what it was about. A hotel, of course, but there was disagreement about what the hotel represented.
Scifantasy: I thought the title already was a "Hotel California" reference, but that could just be me.
Rogue7: Possibly, but it's not mentioned anywhere in the article.
Anonymous Mc Cartney Fan: I believe this song is about showbiz, Hollywood-style.
Paul McCartney, in the 1990s, when explaining why he was still making music, said that you couldn't just stop being a star; you can only become a retired star, and that just makes some fans want to hunt you down more. I believe that the Eagles came to this conclusion by 1977...
Moving some Natter here.
- Wedge and Tycho keep trying to retire and getting called back by the next Really Big Galactic Crisis. They're getting older. This troper is starting to worry that they'll be killed off to show that the next one is Big And Serious, Really. Just like all the ones since the Vong war.
- This is not an unreasonable fear given Pellaeon's death. The man was something like 90 years old for crying out loud!
- What? What?! Argh! I knew I was right to stop after the Dark Nest Trilogy! Damn it, he was awesome!
- That being the case and out of respect to his memory, we won't tell you who killed him. Because it was really really stupid.
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