History Main / ThatsAnOrder

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls''. In hopes of fostering solidarity and support from the nobility, as well as to look for anything suspicious, [[TheHighQueen Celestine]] orders Kyril, a [[spoiler:[[HumanoidAbomination humanoid]]]] BlackKnight, to attend a party. [[RefugeInAudacity It works]].
** She would later pull this off ''again'' by asking him whether she has to order him to come to her chambers for tea. [[RefugeInAudacity It also works]].

%%* ''Anime/TransformersArmada''

* PlayedForDrama in ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/90939/shell-shock Shell Shock,]]'' where the NewMeat is forced to kill a defense fleeing enemy soldier under threat of death if she doesn't do it.

* A comedic variation in the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' fic ''Fanfic/TheTranslationInBlood''. Commander Shepard is trying to figure out why a whole bunch of supplies have been diverted to the ''Normandy'' SR-2 and eventually goes to her mother, Rear Admiral Hannah Shepard.
--> '''Hannah:''' Leave it be. I know what's happening. Think of it as a gift, there's nothing malicious behind it. Alright?\\
'''Shepard:''' ''(grumbles something unintelligible)''\\
'''Hannah:''' ''(in her "giving orders" voice)'' You want to ''repeat'' that, soldier?\\
'''Shepard:''' ''(snaps to attention)'' No ma'am. ''({{beat}})'' Hey, that's cheating.

* In ''Fanfic/YandereSumia'', [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Cordelia]], having killed [[{{Yandere}} Sumia]] in revenge for [[IfICantHaveYou her murdering Chrom]], adopts Chrom and Maribelle's daughter Lucina, and after dying her hair and renaming her Severa, raises her as her own. Years later, Cordelia tells "Severa" to go back in time to prevent Chrom's death, but Severa refuses. Cordelia is ''not'' happy.
-->"What I said is NOT a request. IT'S A FUCKING ORDER, YOU HORRIBLE FUCKING DAUGHTER OF MINE!"

-->'''Captain Janeway:''' "Unhand me, you tinpot tarantula--that's an order!"\\

* ''Literature/BridgetJones' Diary'': As Bridget Jones, Daniel orders Bridget to tell him about girls teaching her French kissing, whether it is true or not.

%%* ''Literature/BridgetJones' Diary''

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* ''Film/BattleOfTheBulge''. During the climactic tank battle, Guffy's tank loses its main gun. His commander tells him to get back to the assembly area. Guffy refuses, insisting that he can ram the German tanks. His commander again tells him to retreat, this time adding "That's an order!"

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* PlayedForDrama in [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/90939/shell-shock Shell Shock,]] where the NewMeat is forced to kill a defense fleeing enemy soldier under threat of death if she doesn't do it.

* A comedic variation in the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' fic ''FanFic/TheTranslationInBlood''. Commander Shepard is trying to figure out why a whole bunch of supplies have been diverted to the ''Normandy'' SR-2 and eventually goes to her mother, Rear Admiral Hannah Shepard.

%%* ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles: WesternAnimation/TurtlesForever''

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[WebComic/FreeFall You could have phrased that better...]]]]

%%* ''Film/BicentennialMan''

* The owner’s representative of the company preparing to scrap the ''Poseidon'' does this when the captain won’t run the ship at full ahead in ‘’ Film/ThePoseidonAdventure''. He says he ordered it and starts talking about his legal right to have the captain relieved of command.

* 1973/74 ''{{WesternAnimation/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!"

* In ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'', Sam tricks the mayor into giving one of these to a bunch of [=AIs=] wielding pies (ItMakesSenseInContext) to [[PieInTheFace hit her with a pie]]. Although not ThreeLawsCompliant, [=AIs=] using Dr. Bowman's neural architecture come with built-in Human Safeguards, and thus ''have'' to obey a Direct Order from anyone authorized to give them.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'', Sam tricks the mayor into giving one of these to a bunch of [=AIs=] wielding pies (ItMakesSenseInContext) to [[PieInTheFace hit her with a pie]]. Although not ThreeLawsCompliant, [=AIs=] using Dr. Bowman's neural architecture do try to obey human orders when possible.

* ''Discworld/RaisingSteam'': Unnerved by a golem horse's [[MoodyMount un-horselike]] perfect obedience, Moist orders it to go frolic in a field. It does so, and Vetinari says it later reported to the palace stables saying "give me livery or give me death!".

* Several episodes of ''Series/StargateSG1'' and, more rarely, ''Series/StargateAtlantis''. Generally only used with civilians (who will occasionally point out that they don't ''actually'' have to do what the military leaders tell them to) or with soldiers when being ordered to retreat and/or leave their leader behind.

* Mac uses this in ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' to convince a mentally unstable man who believed he was a Marine to secure his weapon. Mac played into the man's delusion and pretended to be the guys superior giving him an order to secure his weapon.

* ''Series/ForAllMankind''. The Apollo 11 lunar module has apparently suffered a fatal crashlanding, but the lone astronaut orbiting above in the command module refuses to return to Earth. Wernher von Braun insists they make it an order, but it's pointed out they've no means of enforcing that order on a man who is 200,000 miles away. This is shown in a later episode when Apollo 24 is [[ColdEquation ordered not to rescue their commander]] who is [[DramaticSpaceDrifting adrift in space]], but do so anyway even though they risk being stranded in space themselves.