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{{trope}}
{{quote|'''Player 1:''' Dude, where are you?
'''Player 2:''' [[Memetic Mutation|im in ur base, killing ur d00dz]]
|Overheard during a game of ''[[StarCraft]]''}}
Ah, the [[Heroes-R-Us]] HQ. For some heroes, it's the place they eat, sleep, and generally live their lives; for others, it's a great place to kick back, relax, and have wacky hijinks with their friends while on downtime; and for everyone, it's the perfect place to run to after a failed mission, or at least an especially difficult one. After all, you gotta have a place for your heroes' R&R, and what better place than your very safe and secure [[Home Base]], right?
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And if it gets destroyed while the heroes are out (or worse, despite their best efforts), have fun [[Watching Troy Burn]].
This situation is when [[The Mole]] frequently surfaces. You can also expect the story's [[Supporting Characters]] to have [[A Day in
Naturally, this is a great excuse to [[Trash the Set]]. If the attack succeeds and the base falls, it could create a [[Shocking Defeat Legacy]]. Compare with [[Die Hard
Often occurs at the beginning of videogames where you must fight [[Back From the Brink]].
If you are looking for a trope related to the ''phrase'' "All Your Base Are Belong To Us", see [[Zero Wing]]. Or try [[Good Bad Translation]], [[Blind Idiot Translation]], [[Memetic Mutation/Video Games|Video Game Memes]], or [[Intentional Engrish for Funny]].
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== Anime
* Happens rather often in the ''[[Mazinger Z|Mazinger]]'' saga, since several of the plans by the [[Big Bad]] involve attacking the Photoatomic Institute. The Photoatomic Research Institute from ''[[Mazinger Z]]'', the Fortress of Science of ''[[Great Mazinger]]'' and the Space Science Lab from ''[[UFO Robo Grendizer]]'' are preffered attack targets and often they get severely damaged, specially the first one. The worst damage the Institute suffered happened in the episode 34 from ''[[Mazinger Z]]'', when [[Robeast|Genocyder F9]] turned the place into smoking ruins. Great Mazinger's HQ was not destroyed in the anime, but in one of the [[Alternate Continuity|manga versions]] it was completely obliterated. The heroes were driven out of it and were forced to run away and lie low for a while.
** ''[[Mazinkaiser]]'' also features at least ''four'' attacks on the Institute, {{spoiler|which is finally destroyed in the General of Darkness movie.}}
* Occurs in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'''s third season during the two-parter "That Day, Riot Force Six". It ended with their base in ruins and [[Mission Control]] having to move somewhere else for the final battle.
* Happens in ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]!'''s first season, during the last episodes when the villain takes full conrol of the Tuatha de Danaan.
** In the yet unadapted novel ''Tsuzuku On My Own'' {{spoiler|most (presumable, all) Mythril bases get thoroughly trashed by Amalgam forces with their biggest and meanest [[Humongous Mecha|armslaves]]. Lots of people were killed and ''Danaan'' crew had to evacuate the Merida base in a hurry, without completing repairs and resupply of their sub.}} With Sosuke off-site, once again trying to save Kaname from kidnapping attempts and, now, [[Noble Demon|Leo's]] advances. {{spoiler|He fails.}} Unsurprisingly, the book ends on the biggest [[Cliff Hanger]] in the series.
* The Hanagumi lose their theater (which contains their secret base) in this manner near the end of the 26-episode ''[[Sakura Taisen]]'' anime.
* In ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]: Tokyo 2040'', the Knight Sabers are driven out of their headquarters when {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]] Galatea makes the Boomers begin the [[Robot War]]}}.
* Happens in ''[[
** This also happens ''twice'' in the original ''[[
** Also happens during the second season of ''[[
* Happens in ''[[Super Robot Wars]] [[Original Generation]]'' [[OVA]] (later gets carried over to OG Gaiden). An exhibition of new mecha series...nothing could go wrong with that. Except that those new mecha series [[
* A late episode of ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5]]'' featured NutsHouse, the store that serves as Pretty Cure's headquarters (and Coco, Nuts, and Milk's home), being turned into a [[Monster of the Week|Kowainaa]].
* Late in ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'', Quiche [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|kidnaps Ichigo]] and torments her with a vision of his fellow [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] members attacking her friends at Cafe Mew Mew. After Ao no Kishi bails her out and they run back to base, it turns out to be true.
** This is just begging to be [[I Read That As|misread.]] Hilariously.
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* Happens twice in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'': The attack of Zeruel, who makes it to [[The War Room|Central Dogma]] and gets close enough to stare the bridge crew in the face before Shinji's [[Foe-Tossing Charge]]; and, of course, the assault of the JSSDF from ''End of Evangelion''.
** And let's not forget the time Iruel pretty much took over Nerv's computer system and set the base to self-destruct before Ritsuko stops it with the single, free, uninfected MAGI system.
* [[Monster of the Week|EI-15]] in ''[[
** And then there's the time [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|seven of the Primevals]] infiltrated the GGG's Orbit Base through a 0.02mm hole in their force field...
* ''[[Voltron]]'': The Castle of Lions comes under attack multiple times in the course of the several series.
* Happens in ''[[Hellsing]]'' when the Valentine brothers, [[Psycho for Hire|Jan]] and [[Bishounen|Luke]], attack Hellsing HQ with their squad of ghouls. They kill most of the [[Mooks]], but Alucard and Walter dispatch them quite easily. It is then found out that they were members of an army of [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazi]] vampires who are planning to start World War 3 [[War for Fun
** Happens again with Zorin leading an attack on HQ when the Nazis arrive in London. This attack was far more successful, leaving the headquarters in ruins and bringing the Hellsing organization down to three members before being defeated.
* Happens to the ''Silvana'' in ''[[Last Exile]]'' for a while.
* In ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
** Yes, it did. The two-part "Invasion of Space Center" was a revamp of those episodes. However, since the show had added 7-Zark-7, they had to explain why the robot wasn't destroyed or even threatened by separating Center Neptune into two parts: Space Center and Research Center.
* In ''[[Ghost in
* The original ''[[Getter Robo]]'' series had the lab destroyed by the Dinosaur Empire just before the final episode.
* Subverted in [[Naruto]] on at least ''three'' different occasions:
** The Orochimaru/Sunagakure attack on Konohagakure during the Chunin Exams arc. After fending off these enemies, the residents of Konohagakure simply rebuild.
** The Team 7 attack on Orochimaru's base during the Sasuke/Sai arc. Orochimaru simply relocates to a different base.
** {{spoiler|Pain's attack on Konohagakure in which he [[Screw the Rules, I Have
* ''[[Argento Soma]]''
* In Part 3 of the five-part finale of the [[Kirby:
* Both ''[[Gravion]]'' and ''[[Goddannar]]'' had episodes where a piece of a destroyed [[Robeast]] hitched a ride on the heroes' mecha and started to grow and/or multiply inside their base.
==
* Interesting subversion of this in [[Kurt Busiek]]'s ''[[Astro City]]'', during the "Tarnished Angel" story arc. The protagonist, a minor-league supervillain trying to go straight, has to stage an attack on the Honor Guard's floating home base. (Honor Guard is the AC version of the JLA). He's not trying to blow it up,
* The Xavier Institute of the ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' has been
** So often in fact that it's been outright abandoned at least twice. This just leads to their San Francisco island/Outback village/giant downtown spaceship/mystic lighthouse getting trashed instead.
* Played with at the end of ''[[Batman
** Used for ironic purposes in ''[[Batman: No Man's Land
** Played straight in ''[[Grant Morrisons Batman|Batman: RIP]].''
* In addition to the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] mansion, the HQ of the ''[[Fantastic Four]]'' gets blown up real good on a pretty regular basis (and invaded from the Negative Zone and other fun stuff). It's a downside of not having a secret identity and having your base be a well-known landmark and tourist destination. They usually rebuild it quickly with improvements, but sometimes there are lasting effects: during John Byrne's run on the book, he had Annihilus attack and trash the place while Alicia and Franklin were at home. Franklin's [[New Powers
** Recently,{{when}} Reed has gotten [[Genre Savvy]] about this and designed the Baxter Building to be able to rebuilt itself after an attack.
** This gets taken even further in ''[[Twisted
*** He has actually tried that in his second appearance in comics. A Doom imposter later succeeded.
* [[Captain America (comics)|Captain America]] wasn't pleased either in the aftermath of the ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Avengers]]'' storyline "Under Siege", where supervillain Baron Zemo and the [[Legion of Doom|Masters of Evil]] succeed in taking over the team's headquarters.
** Considering the fact that the Masters not only injured fellow Avenger Hercules, as well as faithful butler Jarvis, but Zemo tried (in vain) to break Cap's spirit by destroying his personal effects, which included the ''only'' photo of his deceased mother Sarah, as well as his original triangular-shaped shield, his reaction is probably justified.
** As a result of this attack, the Avengers ended up moving their base to an artificial island named, naturally, Avengers Island. The fact it's mentioned on this page can probably tell you what happened to it.
** The [[
* [[Doctor Strange]]'s Sanctum Sanctorum is similarly imperiled on a regular basis (once while it was serving as the headquarters of the New Avengers). He always comes back to it.
* The Second Titans Tower, home base of the [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]], was designed to address this problem with the whole above ground building being a hologram to attract enemies intending mayhem.
* A defining moment in the original ''[[
* Occurs twice in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (
** Tends to happen a lot with Flynn's run. The [[Evil Twin
** Then Eggman launches an attack with the Death Egg Mrk. II, which is temporarily interrupted by the [[Cosmic Retcon]] of the ''Genesis'' arc, and resumes once the retcon is undone. This includes releasing the [[Attack of the
*** And just when they're recovering from ''this'', the [[Feathered Fiend|Battle Bird Armada]] attacks the city and {{spoiler|destroys the royal palace}}.
* This has happened to the [[Justice League]] satellite a number of times. At one point, the writers had to promise to not destroy it anymore unless they rebuilt it first.
== Fan
* [[Dungeon Keeper Ami
* ''[[
* ''[[
** First, like in canon, the HIVE trio attacks the tower after [[Disney Death|supposedly]] killing Robin and temporarily take it from the Titans.
** Later, during a three-pronged attack on the city, Midnight sends a couple dozen [[Mecha
** Though we don't see it, Mad Mod somehow manages to infiltrate the tower and kidnap the Titans for his "school".
* ''[[
** Drago later breaks into Section 13 (apparently through [[Air Vent Passageway|the air vents]], which he calls a cliche) in an attempt to steal the Talismans. Fortunately, [[Future Badass|Karasu]] also breaks in, and keeps him distracted long enough for the heroes to show up and scare him off.
* ''[[
** [[Blood Knight|Nihilus]] attacking Ponyville in her initial assault on the Mane Six.
** {{spoiler|The [[Mooks|Puppets]] and [[Les Collaborateurs|Royal Army]] attacking the [[La Résistance|Loyalist]] base in the Canterlot undercity.}}
** [[Evil Matriarch|Terra]] attacking Ponyville ''again'' as a means of [[Revenge
==
* ''[[Star Wars]]'': The famous battle of [[Single Biome Planet|Hoth]] in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'', one of the last permanent bases that the Rebel Alliance had before the Empire discovered it, necessitating a complete evacuation.
** The [[Face Heel Turn|newly-minted]] Darth Vader pulled this on the Jedi Temple in a very [[Tear Jerker|heart-rending]] scene in ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]''.
** The Trade Federation briefly takes over Amadala's court in ''[[The Phantom Menace]]'' as well.
* In ''[[
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* Variation: In the live-action ''[[
* Typically the enemy mooks burst into the heroes base and attack the [[Red Shirt
* The final showdown of [[John Woo]]'s ''[[The Killer]]'' has the bad guys [[The Siege|launching an assault]] upon the church that served as the title character's primary place of refuge and peace. And just to drive home the point that the church is no longer a sanctuary for him or his love interest, at one point during the shootout, one of the bad guys uses a shotgun to [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|blow the church's centerpiece, the statue of Mary, to smithereens]].
* [[Blade (
** The feat was zig-zagged in ''[[Blade (
* [[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: Captain Jack Sparrow spends half his time getting back or stopping people from stealing his beloved ship, the ''Black Pearl''.
* In the [[
** In ''[[X
* The opening of the 1995 Ian McKellen version of ''Richard III'' begins with a commando attack on the King's headquarters led by Richard of Gloucester, prefaced by an anachronistic Soviet tank crashing through the wall.
* Happens early on in ''[[Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow]]''
* ''[[Dune]]'', including a Mole.
* ''[[
** And ''[[Batman Begins]]''. Ra's al Ghul and his men walk right into the manor as guests of one of Bruce's social events. When he realizes who they are, he's quick to get everyone else out. Good thing, too, as they burn the house down immediately after.
** In ''[[The Dark Knight]]'', the Joker and his henchmen invade Bruce Wayne's penthouse. The trailer for ''[[The Dark Knight Rises]]'' also sees Bane and his men ransacking Wayne Manor so apparently Christopher Nolan loves doing this to Batman.
* In the film ''Battle of Britain'', based on actual events, the British air forces have a HQ which controls all fighter squadrons that gets hit and almost destroyed.
* ''[[The Last Starfighter]]'' the Starfighter base is destroyed by an attack killing all the Starfighters except Alex, who had returned to Earth
* In ''[[Get Smart (
* ''[[G.I. Joe:
* ''[[Men in Black (
* Happens in ''[[Independence Day]]'', the aliens take out every major military base in the second day of their invasion, including NATO's headquarters, the president then assumes command and control in Area51, which is a safe haven because of its top secret nature.
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* All of House Atreides base were belong to House Harkonnen in Frank Herbert's sci-fi novel ''[[Dune]]'', with the Harkonnens using [[The Mole]] and other treachery to open a gap in the base's defense and attack under cover of night, with imperial troops on loan.
* This happens in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' when {{spoiler|Theon takes Winterfell}}.
* The last half of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (
** Also happened at the end of ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (novel)|Harry Potter and the
** Played straight in-universe when [[Fan Nickname|Voldy]] {{spoiler|takes over the Ministry.}}
* The siege of Troy, told from the perspective of the Trojans in the Aeneid, is an example of this trope, while it is an example of [[Storming the Castle]], as told from the Greek perspective in the Illiad.
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* The Yuuzhan Vong captured Coruscant in ''[[New Jedi Order|Star by Star]]''.
* During the [[Trauma Conga Line]] that was ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' book ''Changes'', {{spoiler|this happens ''twice''. First his office building is revealed to have been bought by Red Court vampires years ago, who have inserted explosives into the walls ([[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|and put up the rent]]) and proceed to blow it up. Then they firebomb his home. Also, he's seriously injured rescuing his neighbors.}}
* Happens twice in the ''[[Percy Jackson
* The [[Halo]] novels use the code "blood arrow" to indicate that all friendly positions on a planet have been overrun.
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** At the end of ''[[Power Rangers Turbo]]'', Divatox and her Piranhatrons launched an all-out assault upon the Power Chamber and ended up destroying it, but got recalled by Dark Specter, who had captured Zordon, before she could take over the planet, prompting the Rangers to pursue her into space and kick off ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]''.
** After that, "villains attacking the base" became a staple of the [[Grand Finale]]. ''Lightspeed Rescue'', ''Time Force'', ''Ninja Storm'', and ''Dino Thunder'' all include scenes of the Rangers' base (and, in some cases, home) being spectacularly destroyed. ''Lost Galaxy'' played with the format by having the heroes purposefully self destruct their spaceship base to deter their enemies.
** In the [[Non
** The series in which the Rangers' base is invaded but survives, we must add in ''Lost Galaxy'' (ship destroyed as well as most of station, but city dome of station gets relatively gentle landing), ''Wild Force'', ''SPD'', ''Mystic Force'', and ''Operation Overdrive''. That leaves ''Space'', the ship ''did'' get invaded once during ''Space'', just not in the finale.
*** ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]'' has this during the crossover with the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]. It happens early in the season so it is often overlooked.
** Inverted in ''Jungle Fury:'' Casey [[Storming the Castle|gate-crashed the villain's hideout]], beat the [[Big Bad]] out of his host body and then dragged said host body out. The Ranger's base, situated in a Pizza Parlor, is left untouched.
** ''[[
** Only ''[[Power Rangers
* One of the cooler episodes of ''[[The Sentinel (TV series)|The Sentinel]]'' involved the Cascade police station being taken over and held hostage.
* Every incarnation of ''[[
** One ''Original Series'' episode had an escaped prisoner (who turned out to be something else entirely) hiding in a crate of medical supplies, and ''making it all the way to the bridge without getting caught''. It's a good thing the ''mentally unstable'' prisoner hadn't decided to shoot Kirk with his phaser.
** Also, Khan took over the ship in "[[Star Trek
** One season of ''[[Deep Space Nine]]'' had the station being occupied by the Dominion. Gul Dukat seemed happy to get his office back, though, since from where the Cardassians sit (or at least Gul Dukat sits), the Federation pulled an All Your Base on ''them.''
*** Also, this trope was ''inverted'' in a third season episode of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
** The Borg pulled a "All Your Captain Are Belong To Us" by assimilating Picard, then shortly having the Borgified Picard send a message that "You have no chance to resist; make your time" to the ''Enterprise''.
*** ...and they took over the ''Enterprise'', or at least part of it, in ''First Contact''.
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*** The crew members under the control of the [[Lotus Eater Machine]] tried to keep Seven and the Doctor from keeping them from flying straight down the monster's throat. They were still in control of the ship, but they were definitely [[Not Himself|Not Themselves]].
*** The second season finale had the Kazon-Nistrim taking over the ship outright and stranding the crew on a nearby planet, leaving their only chance to take it back in the hands of Tom Paris, Lon Suder, and the Doctor.
*** The Doctor (can you tell he finds himself in a ''lot'' of [[Die Hard
** And in ''Enterprise'', we can't forget the numerous times the Suliban have been able to get in and out right under their noses. They're a slippery bunch indeed. They also had to deal with the Borg once.
*** And the Ferengi.
* A regular occurrence on ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', to the point where it is subverted in a later season: the final test for prospective team members is a simulated [[
* In what is possibly the silliest usage of this one, the ''[[
** And in ''Children of Earth'', {{spoiler|the base (along with Jack) is completely blown up. Jack does better in the long run.}}
*** Also in ''Children of Earth'': the government has Thames House, a super-secure building designed to withstand all sorts of attacks by closing down completely. Cool, eh? {{spoiler|Except if you invite the enemy in, and they proceed to use these very characteristics to kill everyone in the building, just to make a point.}}
** In "End of Days", as part of a plan to release a giant demon, Bilis infiltrates the base's holding cells to kill Rhys.
* The third season of the current incarnation of ''[[
** The 1996 movie also shows the TARDIS being overtaken by The Master and his accomplice.
* In season 7 of ''[[
** This is also what Adam did to The Initiative in season 4.
** Played with using {{spoiler|the Watchers' Council}}---their headquarters are attacked right as {{spoiler|Quentin Travers}} is announcing their plans to go to Sunnydale and help Buffy fight the First.
** For the first three seasons, the school library was where they always went to research, train, and plan for the upcoming confrontation with evil. Being (1) public space, and (2) the location of the [[Weirdness Magnet|Hellmouth]], bad guys came there looking for a fight pretty frequently.
*** Got one of the more low-key, if still very creepy, uses of this trope in the third season finale. The [[Main Characters]] are all gathered in the library, discussing how they should bring down the Mayor (the latest [[Big Bad]]), when, [[Speak of the Devil]], he comes in through the front door, not to attack them or interrupt their plans in anyway, just to see how they're doing and deliver a few threats while he's in the neighborhood.
* Hard not to spoiler this simply by writing the show, but in ''[[
** Inverted in the final season of ''Angel'', in a case of "All your Us are belong to our Base" -- {{spoiler|the Angel scooby gang ends up working ''for'' the bad guy law firm and setting up shop in their office building.}}
*** And one episode plays it straight, with Wolfram and Hart being invaded by cyborgs.
** Lampshaded late in Season 5.
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'''Harmony:''' ''(shrugs)'' OK, but you know how that never works?
'''Angel:''' Harmony!
'''Harmony:''' On it. }}
* Modified in the new ''[[Battlestar Galactica
** Season 2 begins with a Cylon boarding party attempting to take over the ''Galactica'', and in season 4, {{spoiler|Gaeta's mutiny succeeds in doing just that, giving Adama and Tigh a [[
** Played straight with New Caprica, where it's all your ''planet'' are belong to us.
* Multiple examples on ''[[
* ''[[
* A heartbreaking example in ''[[Captain Power and
* In one episode in season one of ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'', SD-6 headquarters is taken over by a team of baddies led by a guest starring Quentin Tarantino.
** Also in season 5. APO HQ is bombed by The Mole/Magnificent Bastard, Sloane.
* This happens too often in ''[[
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* At the end of Episode 11 of Season 4 of "[[Dexter]]", the Trinity Killer casually walks into Miami Metro Homicide, peruses the evidence being collected to catch him with bemused glee, and confronts Dexter in his lab, learning his real name and violating a space Dexter considered safe.
** On a smaller scale than is usual for this trope, Dexter pulls this most episodes with his victim of the week: Taking control of a place they had felt secure, sometimes only symbolically by putting up tokens of their criminal life and asserting dominance, other times literally taking control of their home base (a scrap yard, a cabin in the everglades, a shrink's office, etc.)
* In ''[[Flashpoint (TV series)|Flashpoint]]'', an old sergeant of the team came by to visit. Only to take someone hostage when things didn't go like he planned.
* ''[[
** In ''Babylon Squared'', Sinclair experiences a flash forward of {{spoiler|the Shadows}} invading B5 (this was later [[Ret Conned]] to be what would have happened if Sinclair had stayed on B5 instead of becoming the Minbari Ambassador).
*** Disputable that this was a 'retcon.' Word of God has stated the destruction of B5 was 'always' the intended endpoint of the series. And Sinclair was {{spoiler|always going to become Valen.}}
** In ''Severed Dreams'', {{spoiler|Earthforce}} likewise boards the station in what becomes a very bloody struggle between them and station security.
** ''A View From The Gallery'', which follows two random maintenance personnel [[Day in
* Attempted in ''[[
* Done twice in ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'', when Morgana takes over the castle of Camelot.
* [[Kamen Rider Dragon Knight]] - Tired of being subtle, Wrath and Strike go to the bookstore, hold Lacey and Trent hostage, and then tear the place to pieces in a knock down, drag out fight with Len and Kase. (Technically, the bookstore isn't an offical base but it is treated as one by the four good Kamen Riders (Len, Kase, Kit and Kase)
** also suffered minor damage when Kit, Len and Chris nearly fought with Axe and Spear in the bookstore in an earlier episode, but at the end of the series, it was replaced by a better and bigger bookstore.
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== Video Games ==
* The name of this trope comes from the intro of ''[[Zero Wing]]'', which begins with an organization (or person?) known as "CATS" taking over the bases of the player's organization and attacking the ship the player is stationed in. The [[Good Bad Translation|badly translated]] line became an [[Memetic Mutation|Internet meme]] in late 2000 after a flash animation used it.
** ''[[Zero Wing]]'' is still one of the most popular games among the emulation community, despite being neither spectacularly good nor spectacularly bad; just [[Watch It for
* The Base Defense in the ''[[X-COM]]'' series is one of the more harrowing missions there is, especially if you didn't properly design your base. Not only does failing or quitting that mission mean you've lost the base (and if that was your last one, the game as well), but you lose any facility that was heavily damaged in the firefight as well.
** Don't forget that you're often fighting [[Demonic Spiders|terror units]], who, with the exception of the Muton and Floater ones, are fearsome opponents, and have a battleship load of supporting aliens. You would not believe how much [[Mind Control|psionics]] are used in some of those. And they have [[BFG|blaster bombs]].
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* Partly subverted in ''[[Suikoden V]]''. where letting the enemy succeed in invading your base without any resistance is the correct choice, as it's part of a [[Batman Gambit]] by [[The Strategist]] to wipe them out with minimal losses.
** Also played...mostly straight at the game's beginning, where, after one extended playable flashback and a few missions about the kingdom, the heroes return to Sol Falena's palace, only for it to be {{spoiler|attacked by the Godwin family and their ninjas.}} A possible subversion occurs, however, in that not only did the heroes {{spoiler|suspect something was coming and prepare for it (including by dosing themselves with antidotes before the feast because they knew full well there'd be sleeping drugs in the food), but actually looked like they were going to win against the attack. But then the Queen's mad with power moment got out of control, as she went from vaporising the attacking ninjas to reflexively vaporising her ''husband''}}...Things just went more and more wrong from there.
* While most games in the ''[[Mega Man (
** Dr. Light's lab in ''[[
** The first ''[[
** And so does ''[[
* The PC game ''[[No One Lives Forever]] 2'' features a sneak attack on the good guy base...by [[Enemy Mime|mimes]]. With guns.
* The video game adaptation of ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]'' has [[James Bond]] fighting terrorists that invaded the [[MI 6]] headquarters, even though this never happened in the movie (the HQ was attacked by a remote bomb, but of course you can't shoot that so that makes for bad gameplay).
** Bizarrely they did do this in the next film but it was a VR simulation.
* The N64 game ''[[Perfect Dark]]'' features a level where once again, the enemy sneak-attacks the good guy HQ.
* Happens in ''[[Freedom Fighters (
** For what it's worth, the main plot of Freedom Fighters is that Russians pull a Sneak Attack Coup on New York City, and the actual game is you in a Die Hard situation.
* The first hour or so of ''[[Metroid Prime]] 3'' consists of a Space Pirate attack on both the ship you're on, and the base on the planet you're orbiting.
* Occurs in the ''[[Command
** Can also ''literally'' happen in
*** And, of course, [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xIRPcICB-iY All Your Base Are Belong To George Takei.]
* This occurs in one of the later Gamma Campaign missions of ''[[Warzone 2100]]''. NEXUS, the [[Big Bad]] intruder virus created by disgruntled [[Mad Scientist]] Dr. Reed hacks into the Project's Synaptic Links(which were also developed by Reed) and begins taking control of the player's units and structures.
* The second level of ''[[Halo 3]]'' is a textbook example of this, and in true [[Bungie]] fashion you traverse the majority of the base three times. Still fun though.
** Also happens in ''[[Halo]]'' and ''[[Halo 2]]'', with the ''Pillar of Autumn'' and the ''Cairo'' defense station, respectively.
** In fact, the two examples of ''[[Halo 2]]'' and ''[[Halo 3]]'' are just smaller battles in the greater
*** Also happens with Sword Base in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' twice before the planet itself is glassed. And you do get [[Somebody Set Up Us the Bomb|set up the bomb]] the second time.
** Bungie's earlier ''[[Marathon
*** ...which is then belonged to walking bombs disguised as humans.
* Both ''[[
* ''[[Mass Effect 1]]'' had an interesting twist on
** ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' had another variation: {{spoiler|1=All Your Ship Are Belong To Us. Twice. And the first one completely ''destroyed'' the original ''Normandy'', and the second almost completely wiped out the crew of the ''Normandy SR2''.}}
*** The final outcome, depending on your last decision, is either {{spoiler|All Your Collector Base Are Destroyed By Shepard}}, or {{spoiler|All Your Collector Base Are Belong To Cerberus}}.
** And now, to complete the trifecta, ''[[
*** And later in the game {{spoiler|All Your Citadel Are Belong To The Reapers. Again.}}
* ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' has an entire quest arc dedicated to such antics: should you choose to aid the City Watch, it falls to you and your compadres to expel sundry unsavory characters from the Docks district. If it were anything other than ''your own city'' it would be more like [[Storming the Castle]].
** And then there is the scene in between acts 1 and 2 where the Githyanki storm the Sunken Flagon and {{spoiler|kidnap Shandra (again)}}
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* ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' has assault on Crossroad Keep.
* The last mission in ''[[Soldier of Fortune]] II: Double Helix'' takes place at the Shop HQ, which has been taken over by the main terrorist organization.
* Irrational Games' ''[[Freedom Force]]'' features giant robots attempting to destroy the Freedom Fortress, and a successful invasion of [[Big Creepy
* For the first half of ''[[Silent Hill 4]]'' your apartment is a haven where you can heal and rearm. In the second half of the game {{spoiler|it is overrun by ghosts who can hurt you by proximity, and who will contribute to giving you a worse game ending if you don't clear them out.}}
* ''[[
** In ''[[
** In ''[[
** In ''[[
** The Al-Bhed's Home in ''[[
* In ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (
** KOTOR 1, {{spoiler|the Jedi Enclave on Dantooine is razed by Darth Malak's forces after you complete three planets}}.
* In ''[[
** Not to mention the big plot points where the Zerg take over, oh, let's see: Chau Sara (to start the game), Mar Sara, Tarsonis, Aiur, Char, ...
*** [[My Friends and Zoidberg|And Antiga]]. ([[Throwaway Country|Nobody remembers Antiga...]]) Not to mention the Jacobs Installation (All Your Base's Secret Intel Is Belong To Us), the ''Amerigo'' (All Your [[Cool Ship|Spaceship's]] More Secret Intel Is Belong To Kerrigan), and one incident in the novels where Raynor shipjacks General Duke himself, ending up with the ''Hyperion''.
** The eminently quotable Michael Liberty had this to say about this state of affairs:
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* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' rewards players for successfully [[Storming the Castle|attacking the opposite faction's capitol]] cities and killing their leaders. Opposite faction players will generally organize a defense, resulting in an epic battle.
* ''[[
** Come to think of it, this happens before hand when you liberate it from the bleedin' Trolls.
** PC Mage also gets one of these, thanks to Amn's Mage-hating society.
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* ''[[Ace Combat]] 5'' the neccesary-to-spoiler-tag scene where your new base is {{spoiler|sunk by two sub-launched missiles.}} Before that, the first three levels of the game are the build-up to and execution of an attack on your first base. Later on, the bad guys (who weren't actually bad) also attempt a seaborne invasion.
** ''Zero'' tops this with the {{spoiler|XB-0, a Belkan superweapon}} attacking and disabling your base
* In the final SWAT mission of ''SWAT 2'', the game's [[Western Terrorists]] have invaded Metro Station, killing one of the major NPCs [[Cutscene Incompetence|during a cutscene]] and putting the [[Non
* ''[[Tenchu]]''. The Azuma village in part 2. Gohda castle got torched in parts 2 and 4.
* At the beginning of ''[[The Witcher]]'', the witchers' castle is attacked by bandits. While they get their asses kicked, they do manage to steal the [[Plot Coupon|secret witcher-making potion]].
* [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] in the penultimate scenario of [[Super Robot Wars Z]]. You've just taken over the [[Big Bad]]'s {{spoiler|[[The Dragon|Dragon's]]}} [[Evil Tower of Ominousness]] in the previous mission, and now you have to fight off the forces sent to take it back.
* Fawful really goes all the way in ''[[
* Allowing the enemy to reach your starting stronghold in the [[Ogre Battle]] games is an instant [[Game Over]].
** Not so much in the ''March of the Black Queen'' - you lose the level and take a big reputation hit, but you can try again with no other consequences. The only [[Game Over]] condition is [[We Cannot Go
* No mention of ''[[Boktai
* One of the final missions in ''[[Dungeon Keeper]]'' 2's campaign has an interesting version. You are set up against the goodly King's right-hand man Lord Pureheart and his map-spanning fortress with an overpowering number of guards and other heroes only a single alarm away from your Dungeon Heart. Your base is tucked in a very meager niche of diggable rock to prevent traditional means of building up power and your resources in general are limited. The correct strategy is to slowly and quietly block off (with the help of the just-unlocked Secret Door) and take over the castle, starting from the outlying torture dungeons and storerooms while picking off and converting the patrolling guardsmen to your side one at a time. Ideally, after the entire castle has been silently subverted, the siege ends with the former heroes launching a massive attack into the Lord's throne room at the very core of the castle. Surprise!
* ''[[Red Faction|Red Faction: Guerrilla]]'': In the middle of a missions the game pulls a swerve: without warning the mission is aborted and you have to race to save a safehouse from a full-on assault. The safehouse is wrecked and your commander is killed.
* Hyrule Castle has been taken over by the forces of evil a total of 4 times yet, twice by [[Big Bad|Ganondorf]], once by ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
** Not to mention {{spoiler|the [[Big Bad]] being an insider}} in [[Spirit Tracks]].
* In ''[[Dead Rising]],'' the zombies start to encroach on your safe zones, appearing in the warehouse and elevator in greater numbers as the game proceeds. {{spoiler|Following the main plot missions will eventually lead to commandos taking over the mall and your original safe room. Though Frank inverts this by taking over the ''enemy's'' secret hiding place and hiding there for the remainder of the game.}}
* In ''[[Super Robot Wars Compact]]'', [[Mobile Suit Gundam
* [[Oni]] has this happen in its 6th chapter, just after losing [[Big Bad|Muro]]'s trail in chapter 5.
* In the endgame of ''[[Dragon Age]]'' ''Origins'', {{spoiler|the Darkspawn attack Redcliffe and Denerim. You get to Redcliffe just in time to save the castle and everyone in it. Denerim isn't so lucky. By the time your forces get there, the Darkspawn have already established a foothold in the burning city and presumably killed everyone who couldn't escape in time.}}
* In several of the ''[[
* ''[[Mechwarrior]] 4: Black Knight'' features a nasty one. While you're out on patrol after taking a big bite out of the enemy war machine, [[Card-Carrying Villain|House Steiner]] betrays your mercenary outfit and launches a surprise attack on the base. In the ensuing chaos, [[Colonel Badass]] and [[Mission Control]] are both killed, many survivors are taken prisoner, and you pretty much only make it out of there with a few civilian trucks plus whatever gear your [[Humongous Mecha]] squad had equipped at the time.
** Theoretically any mission in ''Mechwarrior 3'' can become this if you position your Mobile Field Base too close to the bad guys.
* Chapter 1 of ''[[
* [[Samurai Warriors]]: The first game in particular had castle sieges, parts of the game where you infiltrate the enemy stronghold and kill the enemy. This was not a popular gameplay mechanic and so the castles became part of the main war map itself, and depending on whose story battle you were following you had to either invade or repel an invasion on your home fortress. The most iconic of this is the siege of Honnoji, in which Mitsuhide Akechi turns against [[Oda Nobunaga]],
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Duke Nukem]]: Zero Hour'', the [[Player Headquarters]] is invaded by the aliens in the [[Bad Future]].
* This happens ''twice'' in [[Bastion]]. The first time is when {{spoiler|Zulf learns the origin of the Calamity and [[Face Heel Turn|goes on a rampage in the Bastion before leaving]].}} The second is when {{spoiler|he sends his fellow Ura to invade the Bastion}} near the end of the game.
* ''[[
* ''[[
** ''[[Assassin's Creed
** ''[[
** ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
* Happens in [[Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds
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** The Martians actually do this twice. The first time (a direct assault on London, shown during the intro movies) it backfires because they underestimate the humans' firepower. They then change their landing site to Scotland, which works much better - whichever side you play the campaign as, the Martians ''will'' be in control of most of Scotland by the end of the first week or two.
* Twice at the beginning of ''[[Deus Ex: Invisible War
* ''[[
* At the beginning of ''[[Space Quest]] I'', Roger's ship is captured by the Sariens, [[Everybody's Dead, Dave|all crew members killed except for him]], the [[Solar CPR|Star Generator]] stolen, and the [[Self-Destruct Mechanism]] activated.
* Towards the end of ''[[Lust Grimm]]'', succubi invade the village of Back Cover. You defeat their leader while the villager's leader Herman performs a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to get rid of the remaining succubi.
== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' Aylee does this ''twice'' during her [[Face Heel Turn]]. First she turns the apartment building where the [[Main Characters]] all lived into the headquarters/fortress for her company (a subsidiary of [[Big Bad|Hereti-Corp]]). Then, as soon as the cast finds a new place to live, she shows up at their Halloween party, [[Moral Event Horizon|injects every person there with a paralyzing toxin, and taunts them with how helpless they are against her]].
* In ''[[Ciem Webcomic Series|Ciem]]'', Candi and Denny's house gets blown up. That was ''his'' house. Candi's lakeside house was ''almost'' subject to this trope, but the invasion failed. But since Candi no longer had her other house when Denny's was blown up, she was forced to have to buy yet another house. ''That one'' stays up. Averted for Ploribus' / [[Ultimate Universe|Darius]]' base, though Dirbine / Evansville [[Doomed Hometown|is pretty much trashed]] by the time of ''Ciem 3'' / ''Condemnation''. [[Storming the Castle|Inverted]] in ''Ciem 3''.
* ''[[
** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0825.html Later in the comic] (warning: spoilers!), Redcloak's forces have also managed to crush the {{spoiler|resistance in Azure City, killing every member of the resistance except for Niu and destroying their mountain base}}.
== Web Original ==
* In ''[[
* [[Whateley Universe|Whateley Academy]] has had its (in)famous Halloween attack. No students actually died, but this was primarily due to most of them being incapacitated right from the start and the attackers being under orders not to actually kill any students except their assigned targets anyway; the campus security forces weren't as lucky.
* The [[Protectors of the Plot Continuum|PPC]]'s headquarters has been invaded repeatedly, though the 2006 attack and prelude to the 2008 invasion were the only ones that had any real success.
* When [[Ancient Conspiracy|Tarot]] attacked the sattelite base of the [[Global Guardians PBEM Universe|Global Guardians]] in force, it resulted in the near death of two Guardians, two civilian contractors who were onboard, broke the base into pieces, and knocked those pieces out of orbit. The parts of the base that didn't burn up on re-entry crashed into the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
* The [[Anti Cliche and Mary Sue Elimination Society]]'s base of operations, the [[Library of Babel|Library]] [[Inn Between the Worlds|Arcanium]], is taken over by the Sues in "Insert Red Skies Twilight Here".
* The season 2 finale of ''[[
* ''[[The Gungan Council]]'' has Naboo being the headquarters of the Jedi. This makes it a frequent target for attack, with the most prolific one being the year-long "Theed Under Attack."
* In [[Greek Ninja]], Ariadnio, the school Sasha Hunter is attending, is invaded. In the battle between the opposing forces that follows, her teacher is killed and thus, the story begins.
== Western Animation ==
* Happened a few times in the ''[[Justice League]]'' series. From the dream invasion by Dr. Destiny to the C.A.D.M.U.S. attack led by Galatea, the Supergirl clone.
** They use the Batcave as a back up base and that was also raided at one point.
* H.I.V.E. took over the ''[[Teen Titans (
** Befittingly, the Titans East's base would later be taken over in their debut episode.
** ''[[Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo]]'' movie started with a supervillain blatantly assaulting the Titans Tower with explosives.
* ''[[
** Later, Rampage {{spoiler|''destroys'' it, by '''shoving it off a waterfall''}}, forcing the Maximals to find a new base.
* In ''[[
** Earlier in the series, Aang, Katara and Sokka arrive at the city of Omashu only to discover that it has fallen to the Fire Nation.
** More true to the trope is the Siege of the North, when the Northern Water Tribe, secure for generations, was subjected to a massive assault when the Fire Nation learned Aang was there.
*** Although in that case, they successfully defended themselves. Having a giant koi fish fight for them certainly helped.
* Happened to the ''[[
* In the ''[[Kim Possible]]'' episode "Ill Suited", Kim and Ron are eating at Bueno Nacho when Professor Dementor attacks. Notable because Dementor says the following line: "[[Shout
** Let's not forget "So The Drama", where Drakken took over the Bueno Nacho corporation...
** And that in both the movie and the grand finale her house gets totalled.
* Also occurred in ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' when the hero's [[Local Hangout]] were violently invaded by the Guys in White by order of [[Big Bad|Vlad]] who bought the franchise briefly to torment Danny.
* A variation appears in proper English in the ''[[Static Shock]]'' episode "A League of Their Own" (part one). After Static blasts down the buzzsaw-handed cleaning robot, Brainiac says "You only delay the inevitable. ''All of this base will soon belong to me.''"
* [[Codename: Kids Next Door
* Happens several times on ''[[
* Happens all the time on ''[[
* In one of the rare moments in ''[[Transformers Armada]]'' where he wasn't holding the [[Idiot Ball]] or having the Autobots' newest gimmick ruin his plans, Thrust managed to {{spoiler|draw the Autobots out to the battlefield, see that none of them had the Requiem Blaster, and then invade the now-unguarded Autobot base to steal the blaster while leaving Starscream as sacrificial decoy.}} It worked, but Starscream wasn't happy about it.
* Aside from the adaptation of the comic book story referenced above, the second ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003
* Happens in the ''Hunter's Moon'' arc of ''[[
* Between Season 2 of ''[[Transformers Generation
* Occurs in the first season finale of [[Generator Rex]]. {{spoiler|Van Kleiss and his henchmen hijack the [[Airborne Aircraft Carrier|keep]], and [[Ramming Always Works|ram it]] into Providence Headquarters, then go to town on the place. Predictably, dozens of [[Red Shirts]] die in this episode.}}
* In the ''[[DC Super Friends]]'' short, Joker takes over the Hall Of Justice with help from Gorilla Grodd and Mr. Freeze.
* In the second season finale of ''[[
* In the ''[[
== Real Life ==
* Any number of real military forces have had this happen to them. Either because of surprise or defeats on the battlefield, the defenders find themselves fighting in their own front yard. At the end of the war, this may be combined with a [[Bolivian Army Ending]] for the losing side. Can also happen at the ''beginning'' of a war.
** Perhaps the most famous example of an opening
** Doolittle Raid. Two U.S. carriers launched a small fleet of bombers that firebombed Tokyo in early 1942. Tactically, the raid was not too important as nothing important was damaged and over half the bombers were lost, but it did a fantastic job of boosting U.S. morale and lowering Japanese morale in the capital city, in addition to forcing the Japanese to hold back many of their forces to defend the Home Islands from further attacks.
** Kind of the point actually. Firebombing Tokyo made the Japanese realize that their "Sacred" nation was vulnerable to attack, made them divert resources to protect space the allies had no real immidiate interest in and weakened them on other fronts, making them easier to defeat in battle.
* Another (in)famous example is the Tet Offensive of 1968, where a massive sneak attack managed to breach the perimeter at some of the "safest" places in Vietnam.
** And ended in the complete destruction of the Viet Cong as a cohesive fighting force. Although a surprise, and political turning point, the attack was not a military success.
* Second Ypres - the Germans almost, ''almost'' got through the British defenses with the help of poison gas. It came down to second-line troops attacking German Guards regiments, convincing the Germans that the British were still strong and causing them to back down). A captured German officer, asked what stood between his force and success, was told "Divisional headquarters." A small cluster of administrative staff, whose job is normally to plan battles and order supplies, were the last line of defense.
* The Battle of the Alamo in 1836.
* The Netherlands in World War II. In 3 days, when the first defenses reached the border, the German forces were already in the middle of the country. This happened mostly because the classic Dutch strategy of ''flooding part of the countryside'' provides an excellent defense against land-based troops - but the Germans had paratroopers. Oops.
** Similar the invasion of Denmark during which German forces crossed the border in the early morning and paratroopers took control of the Danish air bases. Some hours later German bombers dropped leaflets over Copenhagen, which pretty much said "All your base are belong to us!", and by noon the government had surrendered. The trope was played even more straight with the simultaneous invasion of Norway. Oslo's impressive naval defenses kept the German navy at bay for long enough to secure the kings escape into exile. Once he was safely away, the troops surrendered. [[La Résistance|Or retreated into hiding.]]
* The Fall of Constantinople, which finally ended the reign of the Byzantine Empire. Oddly, the Ottomans won when [[Idiot Ball|someone forgot to lock one of the city gates.]]
* [[Four
* Sometimes All Your Base can be an advantage: at one point during the Seven Years War, the Austrian army took advantage of the Prussian army's absence fighting the French to capture the province of Silesia. When the Prussians eventually responded it was to discover they were outnumbered 2:1 on a battlefield of the Austrians' choosing. Unfortunately, the site they had chosen near Leuthen happened to be the Prussian Army's peacetime training ground, and the resulting familiarity with the terrain made the [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Prussian victory]] almost hilariously [[Curb Stomp Battle|one-sided]].
** And then the Austrians did the same thing to Napoleon on the Marchfeld.
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* This has happened to Poland too many times to list, especially Krakow. There's a reason it's considered [[The Chew Toy]] in European history.
* In retaliation for the destruction of York (now Toronto) in the War of 1812, the British invaded and burned Washington. This is seen as both a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] and [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] in Canada because, well, [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|it's Canadians invading another country]].
* It should be pointed out that it was not by the Canadians who burnt Washington, but rather the professional British army, not Canadian militia
* During [[World War II]] the Royal Navy pulled one on the Italian navy with a torpedo plane assault on the Italian fleet in Taranto's harbour, disabling three battleships and showing to the world that the raid on Pearl Harbor was possible (both Taranto and Pearl Harbor having water shallow enough that the use of aircraft-launched torpedoes was thought impossible).
* During [[World War I]] Italy had Gabriele D'Annunzio, who pulled it ''twice'': first time he led a torpedo boat raid on the Austrian fleet in the harbour of Bakar and left a mocking message (it doesn't count as the [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] both because the Austrians [[Crazy Prepared|placed torpedo nets to further protect their ships]] and later an Italian torpedo boat would sink the Austrian flagship after ''accidentally'' meeting it on patrol), and then he led a flight over Vienna to drop propaganda leaflets just prove they could bomb the enemy capital if they just wished so (cue [[Oh Crap]] for Vienna's people).
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