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== Live Action TV ==

* In the ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)|~~Doctor Who]]'' episode "The Beast Below", {{spoiler|England, Wales and Northern Ireland (Scotland as mentioned in the episode built their own ship) are being carried through space on a star whale which they torture to control the speed - they know they can't justify their actions, but they're afraid that freeing the whale will destroy the ship. Thank goodness for Amy Pond, really.}}

* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "The Beast Below", {{spoiler|England, Wales and Northern Ireland (Scotland as mentioned in the episode built their own ship) are being carried through space on a star whale which they torture to control the speed - they know they can't justify their actions, but they're afraid that freeing the whale will destroy the ship. Thank goodness for Amy Pond, really.}}

** There's also the fact that {{spoiler|they feed anyone who finds out the truth and disagrees with it to the whale}}. Or simply someone who doesn't do his homework. Luckily, {{spoiler|the whale won't eat children}}.

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* In ''[[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Chrono Trigger]]'', the highly magical floating continent of Zeal has a dark secret ---all of its magic comes from {{spoiler|Lavos}}

* In ''[[Grandia II (Video Game)|Grandia II]]'', Roan finds out that his people are {{spoiler|the game's equivalent of Satan-worshipers,}} and decides they {{spoiler|might as well be the best damned Satan-worshipers they can be, despite their end goal of killing him}}.

* In ''[[Mega Man Zero]]'', unknown to the human residents of [[The Empire|Neo Arcadia]], their utopia comes at a price: the '''[[Deadly Euphemism|retirement]]''' of their fellow (innocent) [[Ridiculously Human Robots|Reploid]] citizens, courtesy of their supposedly [[The Messiah|messianic]] leader, {{spoiler|Copy-}}X.

* In ''[[Mega Man Zero]]'', unknown to the human residents of [[The Empire|Neo Arcadia]], their utopia comes at a price: the '''[[Deadly Euphemism|retirement]]''' of their fellow (innocent) [[Ridiculously-Human Robots|Reploid]] citizens, courtesy of their supposedly [[The Messiah|messianic]] leader, {{spoiler|Copy-}}X.

* The [[Jade Empire]]. Rain only falls because {{spoiler|the Emperor and his family mortally wounded but did not kill the Water Dragon. As she is a goddess, if she is not killed she will simply live on, never reincarnating}}. Oh, and Emperor Sun Hai {{spoiler|should have died a long time ago but is using the power of the Water Dragon to keep himself alive.}} Oh, and {{spoiler|this was all caused by the emperor's brother, Sun Li, who's basically planning to bring about a perfect totalitarian state}}.

* In Mass Effect 3, it is revealed that the Asari, who didn't become galactic top dog by being wisest and smartest, {{spoiler|but by having a working Prothean beacon. It turns out, their entire religion is actually fake cover cover for said beacon. If you have DLC character, he also confirms that Protheans actively interfered with Asari evolution to make them what they are. Liara doesn't take these revelations well.}}

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