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* In ''Anime/ReCutieHoney'' Natsuko produces [[ExtendedDisarming an absurdly huge pile of firearms]] when asked to do this, then tucks a spare pistol strapped to her thigh into her shoulder holster on the way out.
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** Word-for-word in the Platform/{{Steam}} version of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''. If you answer "Mia Fey" (who's your ''boss'') when the Judge asks the name of the defendant, Mia will go "Look, I have to leave. I have to go home. I'm... I'm expecting a delivery", and you get an achievement called "Please Turn In Your Badge".
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** Word-for-word in the Platform/{{Steam}} version of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''. If you answer "Mia Fey" (who's your ''boss'') when the Judge asks the name of the defendant, defendant in the first case, Mia will go [[INeedToGoIronMyDog "Look, I have to leave. I have to go home. I'm... I'm expecting a delivery", delivery"]], and you get an achievement called "Please Turn In Your Badge".
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* A non-police example in ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth 2'': Edgeworth surrenders his Prosecutor's Badge rather than let the (corrupt) head of the body that governs prosecutors take him off his current case.
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** Word-for-word in the Platform/{{Steam}} version of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''. If you answer "Mia Fey" (who's your ''boss'') when the Judge asks the name of the defendant, Mia will go "Look, I have to leave. I have to go home. I'm... I'm expecting a delivery", and you get an achievement called "Please Turn In Your Badge".
** A non-police example in ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth 2'': Edgeworth surrenders his Prosecutor's Badge rather than let the (corrupt) head of the body that governs prosecutors take him off his current case.
** Word-for-word in the Platform/{{Steam}} version of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''. If you answer "Mia Fey" (who's your ''boss'') when the Judge asks the name of the defendant, Mia will go "Look, I have to leave. I have to go home. I'm... I'm expecting a delivery", and you get an achievement called "Please Turn In Your Badge".
** A non-police example in ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth 2'': Edgeworth surrenders his Prosecutor's Badge rather than let the (corrupt) head of the body that governs prosecutors take him off his current case.
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* During [[UsefulNotes/TheSeventies the early 1970s]]; Chrysler Corporation's Dodge division ran a series of commercials featuring actor Joe Higgins as [[DeepSouth a Southern sheriff]] named J.W. Higgins[[note]]whose character was a possible influence on the Sheriff Buford T. Justice character played by Creator/JackieGleason in the ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit'' movies[[/note]]; sheriff of the fictitious "Scat City"[[note]]referencing Dodge's high-performance "Scat Pack" line of muscle cars[[/note]]. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elr5Oxlfqqo one 1971 ad]] promoting Dodge's "spring special" (typically promoting special features such as, in this instance, whitewall tires and an automatic transmission) for their Dart Swinger model; Higgins uses the trope name verbatim en route to having the deputy who drove up in the new car arrested for accepting a "special deal" (implying Higgins thinks the deputy [[DirtyCop took a bribe]]).
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* During [[UsefulNotes/TheSeventies the early 1970s]]; Chrysler Corporation's Dodge division ran a series of commercials featuring actor Joe Higgins as [[DeepSouth a Southern sheriff]] named J.W. Higgins[[note]]whose character was a possible influence on the Sheriff Buford T. Justice character played by Creator/JackieGleason in the ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit'' movies[[/note]]; sheriff of the fictitious "Scat City"[[note]]referencing Dodge's high-performance "Scat Pack" line of muscle cars[[/note]]. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elr5Oxlfqqo one 1971 ad]] promoting Dodge's "spring special" (typically promoting special features such as, in this instance, whitewall tires and an automatic transmission) for their Dart Swinger model; Higgins uses the trope name verbatim en route to having the deputy who drove up in the new car arrested for accepting a "special deal" (implying Higgins thinks the deputy [[DirtyCop took a bribe]]).
* ''Anime/TheBigO'': Dan Dastun [[ShamingTheMob shames]] the military police with a speech about them following Alex Rosewater's deranged leadership and then performs the InsigniaRipOffRitual. Later, the rest of the military police follows his example [[http://www.paradigm-city.com/scripts/article.php?a=ep26 and]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgy5w8jRxWA attacks]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR9hs-M3GTQ Alex]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amw3DwVXHGU Rosewater.]]
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* ''Anime/TheBigO'': Dan Dastun [[ShamingTheMob shames]] the military police with a speech about them following Alex Rosewater's deranged leadership and then performs the InsigniaRipOffRitual. Later, the rest of the military police follows his example [[http://www.paradigm-city.com/scripts/article.php?a=ep26 and]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgy5w8jRxWA attacks]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR9hs-M3GTQ Alex]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amw3DwVXHGU Rosewater.]]
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* ''Anime/TheBigO'': Dan Dastun [[ShamingTheMob shames]] A ''magical girl'' version happens in ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'', when Mana goes to plunge into the military police with DespairEventHorizon after [[DarkMagicalGirl Regina]] ends up BrainwashedAndCrazy, [[HeelFaceDoorSlam putting a speech about them following Alex Rosewater's deranged leadership stop to her attempt at turning good]], [[SixthRanger Cure Ace]] ends up snatching away her TransformationTrinket and then performs the InsigniaRipOffRitual. Later, the rest of the military police follows his example [[http://www.paradigm-city.com/scripts/article.php?a=ep26 and]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgy5w8jRxWA attacks]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR9hs-M3GTQ Alex]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amw3DwVXHGU Rosewater.]]keeps it until she can find her drive again.
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* A ''magical girl'' version happens in ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'', when Mana goes to plunge into the DespairEventHorizon after [[DarkMagicalGirl Regina]] ends up BrainwashedAndCrazy, [[HeelFaceDoorSlam putting a stop to her attempt at turning good]], [[SixthRanger Cure Ace]] ends up snatching away her TransformationTrinket and keeps it until she can find her drive again.
* In ''Fanfic/AbsolutePowerSucksAbsolutely'', Maxime revokes his own League membership while visiting Kahndaq to avoid the international incident that a foreign power "invading" another country would cause.
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* DCI Jack Spratt of Creator/JasperFforde's ''Literature/NurseryCrime'' series is stated in the book-within-a-book ''Bumper Book of Berkshire Records'' to have been suspended over 262 times in his career, only one of which led to higher action (a reprimand).
* Halt from John Flanagan's ''Literature/RangersApprentice'' deliberately creates a situation where he'll get banished from the Kingdom so he can save his apprentice only to get misty-eyed when he must turn in his [[strike:ranger badge]] oak leaf necklace to the authorities as well.
* Halt from John Flanagan's ''Literature/RangersApprentice'' deliberately creates a situation where he'll get banished from the Kingdom so he can save his apprentice only to get misty-eyed when he must turn in his [[strike:ranger badge]] oak leaf necklace to the authorities as well.
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* DCI Jack Spratt of Creator/JasperFforde's ''Literature/NurseryCrime'' series is stated The Isaacsons in ''Literature/TheAlienist'' are on a "special assignment" leave from the book-within-a-book ''Bumper Book of Berkshire Records'' NYPD.
* In ''Literature/ApparatusInfernum'', the powers that be want a quicker result than the protagonists are providing, and since Mikani isn't inclined to be taken off the case quietly, Gunwood orders him to take a few days off (upgraded to a week thanks to Mikani not knowing when to keep quiet). They aren't made to ''literally'' hand over their badges, but it plays out much the same.
* ''Literature/{{Brotherband}}'' has Hal and his Herons placed in this position when they lose the Andomal. [[spoiler: Their badges are the only thing that they hand in, taking the other possessions that should have beensuspended handed in and [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight using them to instead hunt down the Andomal.]]]]
* Creator/ChinaMieville's "The City and The City" inverts this: [[spoiler:You absolutely expect that the Inspector will clash with the ominous, all-powerful Breach and gets drawn off the case. Nope. He WANTS to hand over262 times in his career, this political stinking case to Breach, but the crime was so carefully perpetrated that Breach, who is specialized only on Breaches, duh, has no rights to take over.]]
* Luke Skywalker does this in a sense to one ofwhich led his Jedi Knights in the ''Literature/DarkNestTrilogy''. Alema Rar lost her twin sister to higher action (a reprimand).
* Halta Jedi-killing voxyn back in ''[[Literature/NewJediOrder Star By Star]]'' and has now become deeply involved with the Killiks, and has pretty much fallen to the DarkSide. Luke takes her lightsaber from John Flanagan's ''Literature/RangersApprentice'' deliberately creates her and removes the crystal, disabling it. Alema insists she'll just build a situation where new one, and Luke tells her he'll get banished from do the Kingdom so same to that one, and the one after.
* Subverted in Liz Williams' Literature/DetectiveInspectorChen novel ''Snake Agent''. About halfway through, Chen has a meeting with DaChief, who tells him explicitly that hecan save his apprentice is ''not'' going to take Chen off the case, because he knows full well that Chen is the only person able and willing to get misty-eyed when he must turn in his [[strike:ranger badge]] oak leaf necklace handle it. (The scene also features Chen uttering the words "Go to Hell, sir" -- as a literal and truthful response to the authorities as well.question "What do you intend to do next?")
* In ''Literature/ApparatusInfernum'', the powers that be want a quicker result than the protagonists are providing, and since Mikani isn't inclined to be taken off the case quietly, Gunwood orders him to take a few days off (upgraded to a week thanks to Mikani not knowing when to keep quiet). They aren't made to ''literally'' hand over their badges, but it plays out much the same.
* ''Literature/{{Brotherband}}'' has Hal and his Herons placed in this position when they lose the Andomal. [[spoiler: Their badges are the only thing that they hand in, taking the other possessions that should have been
* Creator/ChinaMieville's "The City and The City" inverts this: [[spoiler:You absolutely expect that the Inspector will clash with the ominous, all-powerful Breach and gets drawn off the case. Nope. He WANTS to hand over
* Luke Skywalker does this in a sense to one of
* Halt
* Subverted in Liz Williams' Literature/DetectiveInspectorChen novel ''Snake Agent''. About halfway through, Chen has a meeting with DaChief, who tells him explicitly that he
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Throughout the series, [[ActionGirl Murphy]] has been taking blows to her career in order to help Harry fight various monsters. She finally gets fired at the end of ''Literature/{{Changes}}.'' In the novella ''Aftermath'' and in ''Literature/GhostStory'', she keeps fighting monsters anyway.
* ''Literature/InDeath'': When Eve is called out for getting personally involved with Roarke in spite of the latter being a suspect of a murder she's investigating, she tells Whitney he'll have to take her badge if he pulls her off the case. He refuses. She declares that, if she turns out to be wrong about Roarke being innocent, her superiors won't have to ask for her badge.
* DCI Jack Spratt of Creator/JasperFforde's ''Literature/NurseryCrime'' series is stated in the book-within-a-book ''Bumper Book of Berkshire Records'' to have been suspended over 262 times in his career, only one of which led to higher action (a reprimand).
* Halt from John Flanagan's ''Literature/RangersApprentice'' deliberately creates a situation where he'll get banished from the Kingdom so he can save his apprentice only to get misty-eyed when he must turn in his [[strike:ranger badge]] oak leaf necklace to the authorities as well.
* ''Literature/InDeath'': When Eve is called out for getting personally involved with Roarke in spite of the latter being a suspect of a murder she's investigating, she tells Whitney he'll have to take her badge if he pulls her off the case. He refuses. She declares that, if she turns out to be wrong about Roarke being innocent, her superiors won't have to ask for her badge.
* DCI Jack Spratt of Creator/JasperFforde's ''Literature/NurseryCrime'' series is stated in the book-within-a-book ''Bumper Book of Berkshire Records'' to have been suspended over 262 times in his career, only one of which led to higher action (a reprimand).
* Halt from John Flanagan's ''Literature/RangersApprentice'' deliberately creates a situation where he'll get banished from the Kingdom so he can save his apprentice only to get misty-eyed when he must turn in his [[strike:ranger badge]] oak leaf necklace to the authorities as well.
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* Subverted in Liz Williams' Literature/DetectiveInspectorChen novel ''Snake Agent''. About halfway through, Chen has a meeting with DaChief, who tells him explicitly that he is ''not'' going to take Chen off the case, because he knows full well that Chen is the only person able and willing to handle it. (The scene also features Chen uttering the words "Go to Hell, sir" -- as a literal and truthful response to the question "What do you intend to do next?")
* Meyer Landsman of ''Literature/TheYiddishPolicemensUnion'' is ordered to turn in his badge and gun as a result of his CowboyCop methods. When he still goes investigating the case, he uses [[TitleDrop his membership card in the titular union]] to justify his questioning.
* In the Creator/DaleBrown novel ''Warrior Class'', Terrill Samson asks Patrick [=McLanahan=] and David Luger to resign after [[NoOneGetsLeftBehind they take part in a rescue mission]] against his orders.
* The Isaacsons in ''Literature/TheAlienist'' are on a "special assignment" leave from the NYPD.
* Meyer Landsman of ''Literature/TheYiddishPolicemensUnion'' is ordered to turn in his badge and gun as a result of his CowboyCop methods. When he still goes investigating the case, he uses [[TitleDrop his membership card in the titular union]] to justify his questioning.
* In the Creator/DaleBrown novel ''Warrior Class'', Terrill Samson asks Patrick [=McLanahan=] and David Luger to resign after [[NoOneGetsLeftBehind they take part in a rescue mission]] against his orders.
* The Isaacsons in ''Literature/TheAlienist'' are on a "special assignment" leave from the NYPD.
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* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Throughout the series, [[ActionGirl Murphy]] has been taking blows to her career in order to help Harry fight various monsters. She finally gets fired at the end of ''Literature/{{Changes}}.'' In the novella ''Aftermath'' and in ''Literature/GhostStory'', she keeps fighting monsters anyway.
* ''China Mieville'' ("The City and The City") inverts this: [[spoiler:You absolutely expect that the Inspector will clash with the ominous, all-powerful Breach and gets drawn off the case. Nope. He WANTS to hand over this political stinking case to Breach, but the crime was so carefully perpetrated that Breach, who is specialized only on Breaches, duh, has no rights to take over.]]
* ''Literature/{{Brotherband}}'' has Hal and his Herons placed in this position when they lose the Andomal. [[spoiler: Their badges are the only thing that they hand in, taking the other possessions that should have been handed in and [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight using them to instead hunt down the Andomal.]]]]
* In ''Literature/ApparatusInfernum'', the powers that be want a quicker result than the protagonists are providing, and since Mikani isn't inclined to be taken off the case quietly, Gunwood orders him to take a few days off (upgraded to a week thanks to Mikani not knowing when to keep quiet). They aren't made to ''literally'' hand over their badges, but it plays out much the same.
* ''China Mieville'' ("The City and The City") inverts this: [[spoiler:You absolutely expect that the Inspector will clash with the ominous, all-powerful Breach and gets drawn off the case. Nope. He WANTS to hand over this political stinking case to Breach, but the crime was so carefully perpetrated that Breach, who is specialized only on Breaches, duh, has no rights to take over.]]
* ''Literature/{{Brotherband}}'' has Hal and his Herons placed in this position when they lose the Andomal. [[spoiler: Their badges are the only thing that they hand in, taking the other possessions that should have been handed in and [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight using them to instead hunt down the Andomal.]]]]
* In ''Literature/ApparatusInfernum'', the powers that be want a quicker result than the protagonists are providing, and since Mikani isn't inclined to be taken off the case quietly, Gunwood orders him to take a few days off (upgraded to a week thanks to Mikani not knowing when to keep quiet). They aren't made to ''literally'' hand over their badges, but it plays out much the same.
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* ''Literature/InDeath'': When Eve is called out for getting personally involved with Roarke in spite of the latter being a suspect of a murder she's investigating, she tells Whitney he'll have to take her badge if he pulls her off the case. He refuses. She declares that, if she turns out to be wrong about Roarke being innocent, her superiors won't have to ask for her badge.
* Luke Skywalker does this in a sense to one of his Jedi Knights in the ''Literature/DarkNestTrilogy''. Alema Rar lost her twin sister to a Jedi-killing voxyn back in ''[[Literature/NewJediOrder Star By Star]]'' and has now become deeply involved with the Killiks, and has pretty much fallen to the DarkSide. Luke takes her lightsaber from her and removes the crystal, disabling it. Alema insists she'll just build a new one, and Luke tells her he'll do the same to that one, and the one after.
* Luke Skywalker does this in a sense to one of his Jedi Knights in the ''Literature/DarkNestTrilogy''. Alema Rar lost her twin sister to a Jedi-killing voxyn back in ''[[Literature/NewJediOrder Star By Star]]'' and has now become deeply involved with the Killiks, and has pretty much fallen to the DarkSide. Luke takes her lightsaber from her and removes the crystal, disabling it. Alema insists she'll just build a new one, and Luke tells her he'll do the same to that one, and the one after.
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* ''Literature/InDeath'': When Eve is called out for getting personally involved with Roarke in spite of In the latter being a suspect of a murder she's investigating, she tells Whitney he'll have Creator/DaleBrown novel ''Warrior Class'', Terrill Samson asks Patrick [=McLanahan=] and David Luger to resign after [[NoOneGetsLeftBehind they take her part in a rescue mission]] against his orders.
* Meyer Landsman of ''Literature/TheYiddishPolicemensUnion'' is ordered to turn in his badgeif he pulls her off the case. He refuses. She declares that, if she turns out to be wrong about Roarke being innocent, her superiors won't have to ask for her badge.
* Luke Skywalker does this inand gun as a sense to one result of his Jedi Knights CowboyCop methods. When he still goes investigating the case, he uses [[TitleDrop his membership card in the ''Literature/DarkNestTrilogy''. Alema Rar lost her twin sister titular union]] to a Jedi-killing voxyn back in ''[[Literature/NewJediOrder Star By Star]]'' and has now become deeply involved with the Killiks, and has pretty much fallen to the DarkSide. Luke takes her lightsaber from her and removes the crystal, disabling it. Alema insists she'll just build a new one, and Luke tells her he'll do the same to that one, and the one after.justify his questioning.
* Meyer Landsman of ''Literature/TheYiddishPolicemensUnion'' is ordered to turn in his badge
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* ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage''. [[ExcusePlot What little the story has]] is about a city being ran amok with a nebulous [[TheSyndicate Crime Syndicate]] that even the police force has been corrupted. At the very least, there are three cops that won't stand for this bullshit so they quit the police force and decided that the best to solution is to enter the streets of rage and starts whooping the asses of the criminals, from the lowest of mooks to the head honcho of the syndicate. Who are they? Axel Stone, Adam Hunter and Blaze Fielding. Our heroes, ladies and gentlemen.
* ''VideoGame/{{Jazzpunk}}'': At some point you're ordered to turn in your badge, and your gun. [[spoiler:And your other gun. And your other badge. And your badgegun. And your gunbadge.]]
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* ''VideoGame/{{Jazzpunk}}'': ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage''. [[ExcusePlot What little the story has]] is about a city being ran amok with a nebulous [[TheSyndicate Crime Syndicate]] that even the police force has been corrupted. At some point you're ordered to turn in your badge, the very least, there are three cops that won't stand for this bullshit so they quit the police force and your gun. [[spoiler:And your other gun. And your other badge. And your badgegun. And your gunbadge.]]decided that the best to solution is to enter the streets of rage and starts whooping the asses of the criminals, from the lowest of mooks to the head honcho of the syndicate. Who are they? Axel Stone, Adam Hunter and Blaze Fielding. Our heroes, ladies and gentlemen.
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The first thing the cop does upon leaving the office is ignore this directive and finishes tracking the perp down. Sometimes, it's because he's a CowboyCop. Other times, ItsPersonal. The cop calls in favors from buddies in the force and in other law enforcement agencies ("Can ya look one thing up for me, pal?"). When the bad guy is eventually caught, the cop's boss rarely reprimands the rogue cop and sometimes even admits he was wrong. There won't even be a [[ArsonMurderAndLifesaving [=McCloud=] Speech]] about all the regulations the cop broke on this excursion, not the least of which being ignoring an order -- probably because he technically wasn't acting as a cop, but merely [[VigilanteMan breaking the law as a regular citizen...]]
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The first thing the cop does upon leaving the office is ignore this directive and finishes tracking the perp down. Sometimes, it's because he's he is a CowboyCop. Other times, ItsPersonal. The cop calls in favors from buddies in the force and in other law enforcement agencies ("Can ya look one thing up for me, pal?"). When the bad guy is eventually caught, the cop's boss rarely reprimands the rogue cop and sometimes even admits he was wrong. There won't even be a [[ArsonMurderAndLifesaving [=McCloud=] Speech]] about all the regulations the cop broke on this excursion, not the least of which being ignoring an order -- probably because he technically wasn't acting as a cop, but merely [[VigilanteMan breaking the law as a regular citizen...]]
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That cop has always been a loose cannon, but this time he's stepped over the line. He is ordered by [[DaChief his boss]] to turn in his badge and gun, and then go home on an extended "vacation." This is sometimes accompanied by an InsigniaRipOffRitual.
The cop ignores this directive and finishes tracking the perp down. Sometimes, it's because he's a CowboyCop. Other times, ItsPersonal. When the bad guy is eventually caught, the cop's boss never reprimands the rogue cop and sometimes even admits he was wrong. There won't even be a [[ArsonMurderAndLifesaving [=McCloud=] Speech]] about all the regulations the cop broke on this excursion, not the least of which being ignoring an order -- probably because he technically wasn't acting as a cop, but merely [[VigilanteMan breaking the law as a regular citizen...]]
The cop ignores this directive and finishes tracking the perp down. Sometimes, it's because he's a CowboyCop. Other times, ItsPersonal. When the bad guy is eventually caught, the cop's boss never reprimands the rogue cop and sometimes even admits he was wrong. There won't even be a [[ArsonMurderAndLifesaving [=McCloud=] Speech]] about all the regulations the cop broke on this excursion, not the least of which being ignoring an order -- probably because he technically wasn't acting as a cop, but merely [[VigilanteMan breaking the law as a regular citizen...]]
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That cop has always been a loose cannon, but this time he's stepped over the line. He is ordered by [[DaChief his boss]] to turn in his badge and gun, and then go home on an extended "vacation." This is sometimes accompanied by an InsigniaRipOffRitual.
InsigniaRipOffRitual. The chief tells the officer not to pursue the case independently.
The first thing the copignores does upon leaving the office is ignore this directive and finishes tracking the perp down. Sometimes, it's because he's a CowboyCop. Other times, ItsPersonal. The cop calls in favors from buddies in the force and in other law enforcement agencies ("Can ya look one thing up for me, pal?"). When the bad guy is eventually caught, the cop's boss never rarely reprimands the rogue cop and sometimes even admits he was wrong. There won't even be a [[ArsonMurderAndLifesaving [=McCloud=] Speech]] about all the regulations the cop broke on this excursion, not the least of which being ignoring an order -- probably because he technically wasn't acting as a cop, but merely [[VigilanteMan breaking the law as a regular citizen...]]
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A possible variation involves the following: the cop was never actually off the force but was merely pretending to be, with his superiors' knowledge, to fool a bad guy, sometimes another cop (see FakeDefector, which is a case of NotHimself).
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A possible variation involves the following: the cop was never actually off the force but was merely pretending to be, with his superiors' knowledge, to fool a bad guy, sometimes another cop (see FakeDefector, which is a case of NotHimself).
NotHimself). See TakenOffTheCase for a milder version of this trope.
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* ''Anime/TheBigO'': Dan Dastun [[ShamingTheMob shames]] the military police with a speech about them following Alex Rosewater’s deranged leadership and then performs the InsigniaRipOffRitual. Later, the rest of the military police follows his example [[http://www.paradigm-city.com/scripts/article.php?a=ep26 and]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgy5w8jRxWA attacks]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR9hs-M3GTQ Alex]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amw3DwVXHGU Rosewater.]]
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* ''Anime/TheBigO'': Dan Dastun [[ShamingTheMob shames]] the military police with a speech about them following Alex Rosewater’s Rosewater's deranged leadership and then performs the InsigniaRipOffRitual. Later, the rest of the military police follows his example [[http://www.paradigm-city.com/scripts/article.php?a=ep26 and]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgy5w8jRxWA attacks]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR9hs-M3GTQ Alex]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amw3DwVXHGU Rosewater.]]
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* Luke Skywalker does this in a sense to one of his Jedi Knights in the ''Literature/DarkNestTrilogy''. Alema Rar lost her twin sister to a Jedi-killing voxyn back in ''[[Literature/NewJediOrder Star By Star]]'' and has now become deeply involved with the Killiks, and has pretty much fallen to the dark side. Luke takes her lightsaber from her and removes the crystal, disabling it. Alema insists she'll just build a new one, and Luke tells her he'll do the same to that one, and the one after.
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* Luke Skywalker does this in a sense to one of his Jedi Knights in the ''Literature/DarkNestTrilogy''. Alema Rar lost her twin sister to a Jedi-killing voxyn back in ''[[Literature/NewJediOrder Star By Star]]'' and has now become deeply involved with the Killiks, and has pretty much fallen to the dark side.DarkSide. Luke takes her lightsaber from her and removes the crystal, disabling it. Alema insists she'll just build a new one, and Luke tells her he'll do the same to that one, and the one after.
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* A {{flashback}} in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'' shows the Jedi Council commanding [[PlayerCharacter the Jedi Exile]] (canonically a woman named Meetra Surik) to turn in her lightsaber for acts she committed while fighting under Revan in the war with the Mandalorians. The Exile defiantly stabs her lightsaber into a stone plinth in the center of the chamber before storming out.
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* A {{flashback}} in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'' shows the Jedi Council commanding [[PlayerCharacter the Jedi Exile]] (canonically a woman named Meetra Surik) to turn in her lightsaber for acts she committed while fighting under Revan in the war with the Mandalorians. The Exile [[InsigniaRipOffRitual defiantly stabs her lightsaber into a stone plinth in the center of the chamber before storming out.]]
