Awakening the Sleeping Giant: Difference between revisions

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* After: When the neutral party enters the conflict, it [[Game Breaker|drastically alters the balance of power]].

A [[Sub Trope]] of [[Neutral No Longer]] and related to [[Heroic Neutral]]. May serve as a [[Deus Ex Machina]] and/or [[Game Breaker]]. Compare [[Default to Good]]. If the entity is an individual, then they won the [[Superpower Lottery]].

A [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Neutral No Longer]] and related to [[Heroic Neutral]]. May serve as a [[Deus Ex Machina]] and/or [[Game Breaker]]. Compare [[Default to Good]]. If the entity is an individual, then they won the [[Superpower Lottery]].

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*** Might be a subversion, however, as Kane knew it as well but was counting on a massive GDI counterattack to fulfill his master plan.

* In [[Final Fantasy VI (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VI]], the Evil Empire wakes up the sleeping magic creatures. They aren't happy about this.

** Along that same line, in [[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|VII]] humanity finally pisses of Mother Nature enough that she awakens the Weapons, literal sleeping giants. There is no [[~~Gaias~~ Vengeance|vengeance like a Gaia scorned]].

** Along that same line, in [[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|VII]] humanity finally pisses of Mother Nature enough that she awakens the Weapons, literal sleeping giants. There is no [[Gaia's Vengeance|vengeance like a Gaia scorned]].

* Yukari Yakumo of ''[[Touhou (Video Game)|Touhou]]'' is a powerful [[Reality Warper]] who's normally too lazy to get involved in anything. However, in ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'', [[Light Is Not Good|Tenshi Hinanai]] destroys and then subverts the Hakurei shrine, putting Yukari's precious Gensokyo Barrier in jeopardy. When Yukari finally catches her, we see for the first time just what Yukari looks like when she's truly angry.

** Gensokyo has too many Sleeping Giants for its own good. It's strongly implied that shall Reimu ''ever'' fail in protecting the border ([[Boring Invincible Hero|which is saying a lot]]), the dragon of Gensokyo will swoop down to deal with whatever problem there is. And it's not your standard fire-breathing Western fantasy dragon either: this dragon, when he/she/it appeared once in the past, fill the entire sky with his/her/its body. His/her/its presence alone cause extreme rain, enough to flood the entire Gensokyo. The dragon might be ''Gensokyo itself''.

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* [[Played Straight]] and [[Discussed]] in the ''[[Thundercats 2011 (Western Animation)|Thundercats (2011)]]'' episode "Between Brothers" when the usualy pacifist Elephants, previously [[Obstructive Code of Conduct|constrained]] by a need to meditate on their every dilemma, decide to enter the fight against the [[Lizard Folk|Lizards]]:

{{quote| '''[[Keet|Wilykit]]''': You just woke a village of [[Shout Out|sleeping giants]]!<br />

{{quote| '''[[Keet|Wilykit]]''': You just woke a village of [[Shout-Out|sleeping giants]]!<br />

'''[[Reptiles Are Abhorrent|Ssslithe]]''': The elephants... [[This Cannot Be!|the elephants never fight]]!<br />

'''[[Gentle Giant|Anet]]''': Only rarely. But when we do, [[Beware the Nice Ones|we fight to win]]! }}

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