Lieutenant Jean Rasczak in Starship Troopers
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Lieutenant Jean Rasczak is a hardened, one-armed veteran and charismatic teacher-turned-mobile infantry commander who mentors Johnny Rico and embodies the film’s militaristic ethos in Starship Troopers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lieutenant Jean Rasczak in Starship Troopers canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5916879 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Lieutenant Jean Rasczak in Starship Troopers Context triple: [Michael Ironside, characterPlayed, Lieutenant Jean Rasczak in Starship Troopers]
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Master Sergeant Farell in Edge of Tomorrow
Master Sergeant Farell in Edge of Tomorrow is a tough, sardonic U.S. Army NCO who oversees the misfit combat squad into which Tom Cruise’s character is thrust in the film’s alien-invasion time-loop scenario.
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Snake Plissken
Snake Plissken is a hardened, one-eyed antihero and former Special Forces soldier turned outlaw from John Carpenter’s dystopian action films "Escape from New York" and "Escape from L.A."
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Corporal Henderson in Saving Private Ryan
Corporal Henderson is a minor U.S. Army soldier character in the World War II film "Saving Private Ryan," portrayed by actor Max Martini.
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Lieutenant Starck
Lieutenant Starck is a key crew member and officer aboard the rescue vessel Lewis and Clark in the 1997 science fiction horror film "Event Horizon."
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Commander John Koenig in "Space: 1999"
Commander John Koenig is the steadfast and morally driven leader of Moonbase Alpha in the 1970s British science fiction television series "Space: 1999."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lieutenant Jean Rasczak in Starship Troopers Target entity description: Lieutenant Jean Rasczak is a hardened, one-armed veteran and charismatic teacher-turned-mobile infantry commander who mentors Johnny Rico and embodies the film’s militaristic ethos in Starship Troopers.
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A.
Master Sergeant Farell in Edge of Tomorrow
Master Sergeant Farell in Edge of Tomorrow is a tough, sardonic U.S. Army NCO who oversees the misfit combat squad into which Tom Cruise’s character is thrust in the film’s alien-invasion time-loop scenario.
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B.
Snake Plissken
Snake Plissken is a hardened, one-eyed antihero and former Special Forces soldier turned outlaw from John Carpenter’s dystopian action films "Escape from New York" and "Escape from L.A."
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C.
Corporal Henderson in Saving Private Ryan
Corporal Henderson is a minor U.S. Army soldier character in the World War II film "Saving Private Ryan," portrayed by actor Max Martini.
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D.
Lieutenant Starck
Lieutenant Starck is a key crew member and officer aboard the rescue vessel Lewis and Clark in the 1997 science fiction horror film "Event Horizon."
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E.
Commander John Koenig in "Space: 1999"
Commander John Koenig is the steadfast and morally driven leader of Moonbase Alpha in the 1970s British science fiction television series "Space: 1999."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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military officer ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Mobile Infantry
NERFINISHED
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Terran Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alignment | Terran Federation military ideology ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Starship Troopers (1997 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Jean V. Dubois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | Starship Troopers (1959 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in action by Arachnids ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
authoritative
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charismatic leader ⓘ hardened veteran ⓘ pragmatic ⓘ |
| commands |
Ace Levy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dizzy NERFINISHED ⓘ Rico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Edward Neumeier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paul Verhoeven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathContext | Klendathu campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| famousLine |
"Come on you apes, you wanna live forever?"
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"Figuring things out for yourself is the only freedom anyone really has." ⓘ "Naked force has resolved more conflicts in history than any other factor." ⓘ |
| filmGenreContext | military science fiction ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalDisability | missing right arm ⓘ |
| homeMedium | live-action film ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| laterRank | Lieutenant Colonel ⓘ |
| leadsUnit | Rasczak's Roughnecks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Mobile Infantry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | Terran Federation citizen ⓘ |
| notableAction |
orders mercy killing of a trooper captured by Arachnids
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rescues survivors at Whiskey Outpost ⓘ |
| occupation | Mobile Infantry officer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Michael Ironside NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rank | Lieutenant ⓘ |
| roleInStory |
ideological mouthpiece for militaristic ethos
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mentor to Johnny Rico ⓘ platoon commander ⓘ |
| setting | interstellar war against Arachnids ⓘ |
| teacherOf |
Carl Jenkins
NERFINISHED
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Dizzy Flores NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny Rico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teachesSubject | History and Moral Philosophy ⓘ |
| weaponOfChoice | Morita assault rifle ⓘ |
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Subject: Lieutenant Jean Rasczak in Starship Troopers Description of subject: Lieutenant Jean Rasczak is a hardened, one-armed veteran and charismatic teacher-turned-mobile infantry commander who mentors Johnny Rico and embodies the film’s militaristic ethos in Starship Troopers.
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