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* ''Film/AliensInTheAttic'':
** Sparks, the alien engineer, is constantly being bullied around by the three military members of the invasion squad while also questioning whether the humans deserve to be violently conquered.
** Tom is a mathlete and science fair competitor who favors learning about the aliens' capabilities and mission and taking the time to make practical weapons against them, while his cousin Jake, a paintball war games enthusiast, has a LeeroyJenkins attitude toward resistance at first. However, as the movie progresses, they develop into a BrainsAndBrawn team.
** Sparks, the alien engineer, is constantly being bullied around by the three military members of the invasion squad while also questioning whether the humans deserve to be violently conquered.
** Tom is a mathlete and science fair competitor who favors learning about the aliens' capabilities and mission and taking the time to make practical weapons against them, while his cousin Jake, a paintball war games enthusiast, has a LeeroyJenkins attitude toward resistance at first. However, as the movie progresses, they develop into a BrainsAndBrawn team.
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* With a MadScientist, he'd be delving into ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow (ForScience) against the military's advice and warnings against it. When the MadScientist eventually succeeds (or having its projects GoneHorriblyWrong or GoneHorriblyRight), and unleashes some unholy horror on the unsuspecting populace, the military has to go clean up the mess. The message is that ScienceIsBad. Alternatively, the scientist may be well-meaning but misguided, reveling too much on his scientific curiosity [[JustThinkOfThePotential and thinking on the benefits]] to not see the dangers.
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* With a MadScientist, he'd be delving into ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow (ForScience) against the military's advice and warnings against it. When the MadScientist eventually succeeds (or having its projects GoneHorriblyWrong or GoneHorriblyRight), and unleashes some unholy horror on the unsuspecting populace, the military has to go clean up the mess. The message is that ScienceIsBad. Alternatively, the scientist may be well-meaning but misguided, reveling too much on his scientific curiosity [[JustThinkOfThePotential and thinking on the benefits]] or [[AdmiringTheAbomination how awesome the threat to the world is]] to not see the dangers.
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* In a FirstContact scenario the scientist will most probably be the one who advises a peaceful, careful and thorough approach to meeting the aliens while the military man will offer nothing but varying degrees of GunboatDiplomacy, possibilities of starting an interstellar war be damned. In stories in which the scientist is the bad guy, they will usually go for a "[[TheyWouldCutYouUp vivisect first]], [[JustThinkOfThePotential mass-produce discoveries later]], [[IDidWhatIHadToDo apologize never]]" approach while the military man, while maybe trying to keep things under cover, will at least [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure listen to reason]] (especially if the alternative is an intergalactic war starting on his watch).
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* In a FirstContact scenario the scientist will most probably be the one who advises a peaceful, careful and thorough approach to meeting the aliens while the military man will offer nothing but varying degrees of GunboatDiplomacy, possibilities of starting an interstellar war be damned. In stories in which the scientist is the bad guy, they will usually go for a "[[TheyWouldCutYouUp vivisect first]], [[JustThinkOfThePotential mass-produce discoveries later]], [[IDidWhatIHadToDo apologize never]]" approach while the military man, while maybe trying to keep things under cover, will at least [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure listen to reason]] (especially if the alternative is an intergalactic war starting on his watch).
watch). If the aliens [[AliensAreBastards are a threat]], the scientist also is almost inevitably [[AdmiringTheAbomination too awed by seeing actual aliens in the flesh]] to notice the warning signs, and by then it's 50/50 about how the scientist will react (or [[SortingAlgorithmOfMortality if they survive]]).
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* ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'' has Agent Burns and Dr. Powell, who have differing opinions on whether to trust their new Decepticon buddies. Naturally, Burns is right to mistrust them, but there's a neat twist in that we're led to believe Burns will go down the road to FantasticRacism against ''all'' Transformers -- [[spoiler:instead, he acknowledges Bumblebee as an ally and salutes him at the end]].
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* ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'' has ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'': Agent Burns (soldier) and Dr. Powell, who have differing opinions on whether to trust their new Decepticon buddies. Naturally, Doctor Powell (scientist). Unusually for this trope, both off them are at least somewhat off the ball, being WrongGenreSavvy right from the start and remaining that way for much of the movie: Burns is right to mistrust them, but there's a neat twist in convinced that we're led he's in a standard ''Franchise/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' type AlienInvasion film and wants to believe Burns will go down the road to FantasticRacism against destroy ''all'' Transformers -- [[spoiler:instead, he acknowledges Bumblebee as an ally Cybertronians regardless of faction, while Powell seems to believe he's in a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' like universe and salutes him at has made FirstContact with an alien race whose technology will uplift humanity if they can only be convinced to share it. Also unusually for this trope, both eventually come to realize they're wrong. It helps that neither of them are actually the end]].main characters - that's Bumblebee, an alien refugee fleeing from a genocidal new regime, and Charlie Watson, a human teenager who becomes his friend.
* ''Film/{{Epoch}}'': Doctor Rand (scientist) and Captain Tower (soldier) are a classic example. The former wants to study the unknown object that just appeared while the latter is more concerned about it being a threat. Fortunately, both sides eventually find that there's something a lot worse than each other: [[SpiesAreDespicable spies]] and [[CorruptPolitician politicians]], namely the NSA operative that sets a nuke to destroy the Torus under orders from Washington, something both Rand and Tower recognize will almost certainly fail and will only piss off the unknown object more.
* ''Film/WildWildWest'': Artemus Gordon, U.S. Marshal, and James West, U.S. Army, are effectively a steampunk [=MacGyver=] and a steampunk James Bond. One is a GadgeteerGenius who DoesntLikeGuns, the other is a career soldier now in intelligence whose working style is described by his superior as "shoot first, shoot later, shoot some more, and then when everybody's dead maybe try to ask a question or two." Naturally, they don't take to each other at first. By the end, West has finally learned that there's something to Gordon's contraptions after all, while Gordon has finally started carrying (and using) a gun.
* ''Series/MacGyver1985'': [=MacGyver=] is quite possibly the patron saint of [[ScienceHero Science Heroes]], as well as being someone who [[DoesntLikeGuns never uses guns]] and [[ThouShaltNotKill never kills people]]. As a result, he'll end up butting heads with the military from time to time, especially in scenarios where it wants to [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill use as much raw force as possible]] to resolve a problem, and Mac has to race against the clock to resolve it first or at least remove the people who are about to become collateral damage. The pilot episode is an example of this: a government research lab is sent into lockdown after an explosion causes an acid leak, the military plans to bomb the place to eradicate any dangerous materials before they have a chance to spread, leaving Mac with a very short window in which he's supposed to force his way into the lab and rescue any scientists who may have survived.
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* ''Series/StargateSG1'': In a given crisis, the scientists want to either make contact (if it's an alien species) or at least be given the opportunity to find a solution to the problem which will be thorough in getting rid of said problem, while the military wants to go in guns blazing and shoot/nuke the problem as dead as they can, even if 1) it's a useless war (in the case of alien species) and/or 2) it will create massive collateral damage. Eventually, the series also becomes Military Man vs. Military Man, that of the Military Man (who is a series regular) who knows that the scientists are very effective and wish to give them a chance and the Military Man (who is a guest star -- even if he was a "regular" in another show of the franchise) who (in comparison) is ''absurdly'' GungHolierThanThou and is willing to label anything bad that happens as "IDidWhatIHadToDo".
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* ''Series/StargateSG1'': In a any given crisis, the scientists want to either make contact (if it's an alien species) or at least be given the opportunity to find a solution to the problem which will be thorough in getting rid of said problem, while the military wants is more prone to considering the worst-case scenario, viewing the unknown as a threat, and being willing to go in guns blazing and shoot/nuke the problem as dead as they can, can. This is best embodied in the main cast by Jack O'Neill on the soldier side and Daniel Jackson on the scientist side (Samantha Carter, an astrophysicist and career Air Force officer, is both, while Teal'c, a defector from an alien army [[SoldierVsWarrior that tends more towards Warrior than Soldier]], is arguably neither).
** Given how long the show lasts, the issue is treated with a lot more nuance than is often the case. Each side's preferred approach is correct in certain situations, but unsuited to others. ''Enemy Mine'' is an episode that vindicates the scientists, as the SG-11 commander and the Pentagon brass are too eager to move into a planet with a valuable mineral deposit without regard to signs of a native population, despite repeated warnings from Daniel and others, and end up on the verge of war with an enemy far more numerous and better armed than they'd realized. ''Prodigy'' is an episode that vindicates the soldiers, as Carter and a younger counterpart of hers are left arguing about whether a dangerous natural phenomenon on an alien planet will pass in a few hours or only become worse, until O'Neill cuts the argument short to say that it doesn't matter who's right, because he can't afford to risk the latter scenario. Ultimately, each "side" is acutely aware of how important the other one is, even if1) it's a useless war (in its methods and thought processes can be frustrating as hell.
** Unlike most examples of this trope, thecase of alien species) and/or 2) it will create massive collateral damage. Eventually, science in the series also equation is often ''social'' science; Daniel Jackson is an archaeologist by trade, who quickly becomes Military Man vs. Military Man, a de facto anthropologist as well as the team diplomat. Hence, the preference for first contact and diplomatic solutions, though he's well aware that of the Military Man (who is a series regular) who knows that the scientists are very effective not all problems can be solved peacefully and wish to give them a chance and the Military Man (who is a guest star -- even if he was a "regular" in another show of the franchise) who (in comparison) is ''absurdly'' GungHolierThanThou and is ultimately just as willing to label anything bad that happens fight for his principles (and his homeworld) as "IDidWhatIHadToDo".the soldiers.
** Finally, this trope often branches out into Soldier vs Soldier and Scientist vs Scientist, as the more sensible versions of both roles (especially if they're members of the main cast) will often butt heads with more stubborn and narrow-minded versions of themselves (especially among guest stars). Colonel Makepeace, Doctor Lee, and Doctor Rothman especially can all be considered counterparts to O'Neill, Carter, and Jackson respectively, who have more of their worse traits and fewer of their good ones.
** Given how long the show lasts, the issue is treated with a lot more nuance than is often the case. Each side's preferred approach is correct in certain situations, but unsuited to others. ''Enemy Mine'' is an episode that vindicates the scientists, as the SG-11 commander and the Pentagon brass are too eager to move into a planet with a valuable mineral deposit without regard to signs of a native population, despite repeated warnings from Daniel and others, and end up on the verge of war with an enemy far more numerous and better armed than they'd realized. ''Prodigy'' is an episode that vindicates the soldiers, as Carter and a younger counterpart of hers are left arguing about whether a dangerous natural phenomenon on an alien planet will pass in a few hours or only become worse, until O'Neill cuts the argument short to say that it doesn't matter who's right, because he can't afford to risk the latter scenario. Ultimately, each "side" is acutely aware of how important the other one is, even if
** Unlike most examples of this trope, the
** Finally, this trope often branches out into Soldier vs Soldier and Scientist vs Scientist, as the more sensible versions of both roles (especially if they're members of the main cast) will often butt heads with more stubborn and narrow-minded versions of themselves (especially among guest stars). Colonel Makepeace, Doctor Lee, and Doctor Rothman especially can all be considered counterparts to O'Neill, Carter, and Jackson respectively, who have more of their worse traits and fewer of their good ones.
