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{{trope}}
{{quote|"Here's the beer. Here's the entertainment. Now have fun. That's an Order!"
|'''Jean Rasczak''', ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]''}}
A [[Stock Phrase]]: Someone in command orders a subordinate to do something, and adds, "That's an order." It may be to overrule objection or to show seriousness. It may be worded differently (for example: "I wasn't asking"), but it's always to make clear that he's in charge and what he says goes.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[Black Butler (anime)|Black Butler]]'' Ciel to Sebastian when Ciel really means it: "This is an order." (Or "I command you," according to a different translation.) This may or may not make the order have a supernatural power of compulsion.
== Comic Books ==
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== Fan
* Played for angst in the ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers|Galaxy Rangers]]'' fic "Chrysalis". The Rangers are captured, and the other three believe Zach is dead, leaving Doc in charge. Doc is normally the [[Deadpan Snarker]] and wants nothing to do with command. After Niko is taken away and tortured, she is dumped back in the cell, and Doc uses this line on her to try and make sure she doesn't fall asleep and never wake up again.
* Adds a drop of humor to what might otherwise be a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] in the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' fic "[[Elemental Chess Trilogy|Brilliancy]]." During a subtly emotional reunion between two military spouses, the higher-ranked one issues the directive "[[Please Don't Leave Me|Never leave me again]]," which is followed with "That's an Order."
* Happens a couple of times in ''[[Tiberium Wars]]''. The first is when Commander Karrde is taking control of the battalion of GDI troops around the Pentagon, and has to verbally browbeat their commanding officer into following his orders. Later, when Nod Commander Rawne ends up at the research facility in Brazil, the local Black Hand general (who outranks him) refuses to take Rawne's advice to evacuate, and when Rawne presses him he emphatically tells him to shut up and take command of the garrison instead of questioning his orders in front of the command staff.
* In [http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/dw2-12.shtml chapter 12] of of ''[[Drunkard's Walk]] II'', Douglas Sangnoir's commanding officer -- a [[Power of the Storm|weather-controlling super]] codenamed "Wetter Hexe" -- tells him to stand down from a confrontation, and bellows "That's an order, Mister!", with the thunder from the storm she's currently causing echoing her voice word-for-word.
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* ''[[Lost in Space]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Minority Report]]''
* ''[[Mission: Impossible (film)| Impossible]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: Curse of the Black Pearl''. Norrington orders Governor Swann to barricade himself in Norrington's office. "That's an order, ''sir''!"
* ''Ride a Wild Pony''
* ''Shackleton''
* ''Soldier's Girl''
* ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]''
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003]]: [[Turtles Forever]]''
* ''[[The Departed]]''
* ''[[Dirty Harry]]'' and ''[[The Enforcer]]''
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* ''The Honeymoon Machine''
* ''The Lives of a Bengal Lancer''
* ''[[The Manchurian Candidate (novel)|The Manchurian Candidate]]''
* ''The Quickie''
* ''[[The Searchers]]''
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* ''Langt fra Las Vegas'' ("Show me your boobs! That's an order!")
* ''[[Lost in Space]]'' episode "Return from Outer Space"
* ''[[
** ''Henry, Please Come Home''
{{quote|'''Burns:''' Take it out of here; that's an order.}}
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* [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]:
** ''The Mind's Eye'' has a memorable one: the audience knows Data has an excellent reason for this, but Worf doesn't:
{{quote|'''Data:''' Take [[Manchurian Agent|Commander LaForge]] into custody immediately.
'''Worf:''' Sir?
'''Data:''' That is an order. }}
** The actual trope title is in [http://tinyurl.com/3m8tr8y 14 episodes], "that is an order" in [http://tinyurl.com/3lfalm6 six].
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* ''[[Halo]]''
* ''X Fire''
* In ''[[Deus Ex
* In ''[[Modern Warfare]] 2'', General Shepherd says this to {{spoiler|Price}} while telling him to stand down, when the latter shows him {{spoiler|his plan to hijack a Russian nuclear missile sub}}.
* ''[[Metroid]] Fusion'', as Adam orders Samus to {{spoiler|destroy SR-338}}: "That's an order! {{spoiler|[[Something Only They Would Say|Any objections, lady?]]}}"
== Webcomics ==
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* [[SpongeBob SquarePants|Mr. Krabs]] sometimes tells his employees that something is an order.
* ''[[The New Adventures of Superman]]'' episode "The Force Phantom". The "force creature" attacking Superman is powered by a generator on the Deimosian ship. The Deimosian captain orders that the generator be turned up to deliver more power. When his lieutenant objects the captain says "That is an order!"
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Commander Zhao is requesting use of the Yu Yan Archers, an elite Fire Nation sniper unit, to capture the Avatar, but their commander is stonewalling him, claiming that the archers are too valuable to send after just one person. Cue the arrival of a messenger hawk with a letter for Zhao...
{{quote|'''Zhao''': It appears I've been promoted to Admiral. My request is now an order.}}
* 1973/74 ''[[Superfriends]]'' episode "The Power Pirate". When the cruise ship ''Queen Victoria'' is in danger of washing up on the rocks Aquaman signals them to drop anchor. The captain orders that the anchors be dropped and his subordinate says that they'll never hold. The captain says firmly "That's an order!"
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[[Category:Military and Warfare Tropes]]
[[Category:Stock Phrases]]
▲[[Category:Thats An Order]]
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