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== [[Film]] ==
* This is the premise of the ''[[Mad Max]]'' films. With water and food in short supply, society has broken down into factions that attack either for their resources, or because of grudges.
* ''[[The Dark Knight (film)|The Dark Knight]]'''s take on the Joker has him believe in this. He causes chaos in Gotham City just because he finds it funny, and admits after grappling with Batman that it's more fun to keep him alive. Joker tells a hospitalized Harvey Dent that when you introduce a little bit of anarchy or chaos, you get total disruption. {{spoiler|While Joker succeeds in corrupting Harvey Dent, he's proven wrong with the two boats, where neither will blow up the other. As Batman points out, not everyone thinks like the Joker.}}
== [[Literature]] ==
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* ''[[Recess]]'': Any episode that shows Finster distracted or otherwise incapacitated will lead to this trope. We find out that Ms. Finster doesn't ''want'' to be a mean teacher punishing the kids; she has to be the bad guy or they will run roughshod over her. Even the kindergartners, who don't listen to their own teacher, have a healthy respect for her.
** "Finster in Love" has the gang scheme to pair up Hank with Finster after realizing they have sparks, and Ms. Finster is nicer in Hank's presence. It ends up [[Gone Horribly Right]]; Finster is ''so'' in love that the kindergartners, fifth graders and everyone else run rampant. Even King Bob gets dethroned. The gang is forced to show Ms. Finster what is happening; Hank also admits he's been neglecting his janitorial duties. They part amicably, so they can focus on their jobs.
** Zigzagged in "Omega Kids"; the whole student body minus the main 6 gets sick from food poisoning, and Miss Finster goes from house-to-house to offer assistance to their parents. This leaves T.J. and his friends free to do whatever they want on the playground, and they take advantage of it, albeit by using the swings and jungle gym without waiting in line, and T.J. wears King Bob's hat. By the second day, however, they get bored; there aren't enough kids to play kickball, and it's no fun to mess with the Ashleys if they aren't there to scream.
** "The Fuss Over Finster" features Ms. Finster injuring her ankle after the candy that she confiscates spills out of her bag and cause her to slip. While T.J. comes up with a plan to steal the candy back, Gus reveals they didn't need it: Finster can't enforce order while walking on crutches and shouting at the kids, who are much faster than her. Randall is no help, and chaos returns to the playground. Seeing how overwhelmed she is, T.J. feels guilty and organizes a playground-wide truce, including the kindergartners, until Ms. Finster's ankle recovers. He tells Finster that it will be back to business when she heals up.
* ''[[Futurama]]'': In "A Farewell to Arms," the gang finds an ancient Martian pyramid and calendar saying the world will end in 3012, with a solar flare aimed at Earth. No regular electronics work, only a stone spaceship. When President Nixon gets wind of it, a Choose-Matron decides who will take the ship to Mars and who will stay behind. After the ship leaves, Earth falls to looting and anarchy, with Bender enjoying it.
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