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* ''Literature/XWingSeries: Wraith Squadron'' is ''just'' departing their base at Folor to begin a training mission, but this is interrupted by the arrival of an Imperial Star Destroyer under the flag of Admiral Trigit. They're forced to evacuate the base, and to scramble against the fighters sent by the Star Destroyer. After Folor base is successfully evacuated, they continue the training mission they'd started...and end up falling into a trap set by Trigit, which ends up putting them on a full-fledged infiltration mission before the squadron is declared fully operational.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'': Mushu writes a fake urgent letter that causes the troops to move out before they've technically finished their training. Unfortunately, when the troops get out to the pass where the General was, their need turns out to be heartbreakingly real [[spoiler:when they find the imperial army massacred meaning they are China's last line of defense against the Huns]].

* Averted in ''Film/TheLastSamurai''. The Imperial army is sent to fight the rebels against the advice of the protagonist who says they're not properly trained yet, and get defeated. Of course the movie is centered around Tom Cruise's character, not the RedshirtArmy.

The opposite of TrainingAccident - people in training for something (usually military), get pushed into a real situation [[IncompletelyTrained before they're supposed to be ready]]. They usually triumph.

* The plot of ''LightNovel/StarshipOperators'' centers around this.

* ''Anime/MyHeroAcademia'' had a whole arc surrounding this. The students of Class 1A visit to a training facility, but as the go awry, the League of Villains has shown up to defeat All-Might. It is up to the student to defeat the members and get the [[BigBad Big Bads]], doing a remarkable job while at it. Mid-arc, All-Might comes to rescue the students and defeat the villains.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'': Mushu writes a fake urgent letter that causes the troops to move out before they've technically finished their training. Unfortunately, when the troops get out to the pass where the General was, their need turns out to be heartbreakingly real.

Not related to RealityEnsues.

* ''Film/SeventyOne'': When the soldiers arrive in the west Belfast neighbourhood to assist the RUC, they find it funny when the local children throw water balloons (filled with urine) and verbal abuse at them. They realise how dangerous their assignment is when the angry mob becomes violent.

* ''Film/XXx''. Xander Cage gets chucked out the back of a plane into the middle of a drug war, hung from a roof and threatened with a machete, and he's wisecracking along thinking this is all just another test... then realising the blood on the machete is real... [[spoiler: then finding out that it WAS real, but it was STILL a test...]]

* The ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' graphic novel ''Imperius Dictatio'' starts this way. During a routine patrol mission a titan's princeps (main pilot) dies of old age, leaving the giant warmachine immobilised a minute away from a combat engagement. Since the role requires a set of plug implants to connect the user's brain to the machine, none of the crew members can replace him. Fortunately, there is a princeps cadet on board, added to the crew to see the titan at work...

* The ''Literature/SeafortSaga'' series uses this multiple times. In the first book a midshipman has to [[YouAreInCommandNow take over]] as ship captain when all other officers die. In another book cadets are sent on a SuicideMission because there is noone else available.

* ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'' has a variation of this in its tutorial: After being [[HumanPopsicle woken up from cryosleep]] on a ship which is in the middle of being attacked, the Chief is only just able to get his PoweredArmor calibrated before being told to go to the bridge, with the captain ordering him to skip the rest of the tests. That said, Chief is already an experienced veteran, so none of this phases him at all.

* The plot of ''Anime/StarshipOperators'' centers around this.

* ''Anime/MyHeroAcademia'' had a whole arc surrounding this. The students of Class 1A visit to a training facility, but as the go awry, the League of Villains has shown up to defeat All-Might. It is up to the student to defeat the members and get the [[BigBad]]s, doing a remarkable job while at it. Mid-arc, All-Might comes to rescue the students and defeat the villains.

* ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'': Mushu writes a fake urgent letter that causes the troops to move out before they've technically finished their training. Unfortunately, when the troops get out to the pass where the General was, their need turns out to be heartbreakingly real.

* The plot of ''Anime/StarshipOperators'' centers
around this.

* ''Anime/MyHeroAcademia
had a whole arc surrounding this. The students of Class 1A visit to a training facility, but as the go awry, the League of Villains has shown up to defeat All-Might. It is up to the student to defeat the members and get the [[BigBad]]s, doing a remarkable job while at it. Mid-arc, All-Might comes to rescue the students and defeat the villains.

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''Anime/MyHeroAcademia

* The plot of ''Anime/StarshipOperators'' centers around this.

The opposite of TrainingAccident - people in training for something (usually military), get pushed into a real situation before they're supposed to be ready. They usually triumph.

* In the pilot episode of ''Franchise/{{Emergency}}'', Gage and [=DeSoto=] were not yet allowed to set up [=IVs=] or do many other normal tasks. Then Dixie ends up one of the casualties, and there's no one else to give her treatment ....

** ''Film/StarTrek'' had cadets and teachers pressed into service because the Federation Armada wasn't able to respond to a distress call from Vulcan.