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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:~~stickorder_9764~~stickorder 9764.jpg\|link=Order of the Stick\|~~right~~frame]] {{quote\|You want to be afraid of somebody, be afraid of ME!~~\| Block Warlord\|[[Judge Dredd (film)]]}}~~ \| Block Warlord\|[[Judge Dredd (film)]]}} When you think someone on your side may give in to the other side out of fear, trying to [[Title Drop\|outscare the enemy]] might be a way to counteract this. Line 10 ⟶ 11: {{examples}} == [[Comic Books]] == * One ''[[Punisher]]'' story has a bunch of Mooks fleeing their increasingly unhinged boss, on the grounds that while he ''might'' be able to get them out of this situation, the Punisher ''will'' kill them. Line 22: == [[Literature]] == * Various [[Discworld]] novels deal with this theme. There's a line in ''[[~~Discworld/Jingo\|~~Jingo]]'' where Vimes pretty much says this to a less-than-loyal sailor regarding a dangerous beach. * Also in ''~~[[Discworld/~~Jingo~~\|Jingo]]~~'' is Colon being motivated to go through with the spy mission by the fact that his fear of Vetinari is stronger than his fear of the dangers of the mission. In ''[[~~Discworld/Lords and Ladies\|~~Lords and Ladies]]'' Nanny Ogg rallies the villagers against the invading elves by pointing out that when they march off to face them, she'll be following on behind a little...just in case. {{quote\|"Well," she said, "it's like this. If you go out there you may have to face elves. But if you stops here, you ''definitely'' have to face me. Now, elves is worse than me, I'll admit. But I'm persistent."}} In ''[[~~Discworld/Interesting Times\|~~Interesting Times]]'' Cohen the Barbarian tries this, but without success - the villain in this case has quite a nasty reputation: {{quote\|[The Lord Chamberlain] risked looking up and found the point of Cohen's sword just in front of his eyes. "Yeah, but right now who're you more frightened of? Me or this Lord Hong?" Line 32: Cohen raised an eyebrow. "Really? I'm impressed." }} * In the [[Gaunt's Ghosts]] novel ''His Last Command'', Gaunt tells some soldiers that he could tell them he was more frightening than the enemy. * ''Marauders of [[Gor]]''. The alien Kurii have commandeered the [[Beautiful Slave Girl~~\|Beautiful Slave Girls~~]]s of the Torvalslanders along with other livestock. The slave girls are terrified of the Kurii, but are given orders by their masters, which they obey. {{quote\|We would soon see if such feared sleen and Kurii more, or Gorean males, their masters. If they did not obey, they would be slain. As slaves, they were commanded; as slaves, did they fail to comply, they would be put to death. They had no choice. They would obey.}} * In ''[[Harry Potter and ~~The~~the Goblet of Fire (novel)\|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', a group of Death Eaters run amok at the Quidditch World Cup as the Ministry tries in vain to control them. The riot only ends once an unknown person conjures the symbol of Voldemort, from which the Death Eaters immediately retreat. They're more afraid of the punishment they'll get for denouncing Voldemort when he lost his power than they are of the Ministry. == [[Tabletop Games]] == * ''[[Warhammer ~~40000~~40,000]]'': Part of the Commissar's job is to embody this. Possible death at the hands of of reality-defying abominations or a [[Horde of Alien Locusts]] may be terrifying, but ''certain'' death for cowardice is a big motivator. Valhallan Ice Warriors: "I don't know what effect they have on the enemy, but by the Emperor, they terrify me." Said by their commanding general no less. * ''[[Warhammer ~~40000~~40,000]]'' rpg [[Black Crusade]] has a rule for this. If your minions are up against a ''fear''-causing foe, you can try to terrify them into attacking anyway because you happen to be the scarier threat. * In ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'', one version of the "Raging Goblin" card (the Exodus one) has this in the flavour text: "Volrath has bred them to fear only him. Are they charging to battle or merely fleeing his wrath?" Line 65: * [[Truth in Television]], but it can be inverted when one is afraid of one's underlings. There's a probably apocryphal quote attributed to the Duke of Wellington to the effect that the French would have to be terrified of his troops, since he certainly was. * [[Josef Stalin]] is quoted as saying ''"in the Soviet Army it takes more courage to retreat than to advance."'' * A subtle version of this was the practice in times past of putting people from the same district in the same regiment. There were all sorts of reasons for this, the obvious one being to allow people to fight beside their friends<ref>This policy is not as common today because in a full scale war one battle could leave several villages practically genocided.</ref>. But one reason obviously not mentioned though equally obviously thought about ''a lot'' was that someone who ran would be remembered in civilian life and [[Fate Worse Than Death\|never allowed to forget.]] {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Outscare the Enemy~~{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Fear Tropes]] ▲[[Category:Outscare the Enemy]]