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* This happens ''twice'' in [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]: {{spoiler|the Fire Nation ultimately wins the war at the end of the second season, forcing Aang and his friends into hiding on enemy territory. Later in season 3, the few remaining pockets of resistance unite for a surprise counter-attack on the Fire Nation capital; it fails, costing the Avatar most of his remaining allies.}}

** Frankly,the whole premise of the show runs on this trope, the Fire Nation have pretty much won the war at the beginning,it isn't until Aang is rescued from the iceberg that any credible threat arrives

* ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers|Galaxy Rangers]]'' episode "Shoot Out." The Queen has three Rangers in chains, displaying them like a trophy. The fourth is competing for his life in a [[Blood Sport]] where the Queen's new champion has shot and wounded him. The animation where she's on her feet cheering while her captives look on in dismay is wonderfully done.

* [[Transformers Cybertron]] uses this. {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Galvatron]] has the [[MacGuffin]]s in his hands. He knocks out ''[[Physical God|Primus himself]]'', and is on the verge of achieving his desire of [[A God Am I|godhood]]. The universe is literally minutes from being consumed by the Unicron Singularity, leaving Galvatron to remake things in his own image. The Autobot leaders - Optimus Prime, Override, Scourge, Evac, and Metroplex - manage to kick his aft by combining their Cyber Key attacks (leading to him having the following [[Oh Crap]] moment: "[[Gosh Dang It to Heck|Uh-oh.]]", which works beautifully as delivered by [[David Kaye]]). But he's not through yet. Galvatron, in a last act of spite, pitches the Omega Lock and Cyber Planet Keys into the Unicron Singularity. If he can't win, nobody will. But even this fails. Override, Scourge, Evac, and Metroplex recover the keys, and Optimus Prime snatches the lock back from the jaws of the event horizon. The lock and keys couple to Primus' body, fully reconnecting his spark and bringing him back to full power. He uses the massive starship ''Ark'' to channel his power as a [[Wave Motion Gun]], firing it at the Unicron Singularity. The unnatural black hole of doom shudders, contorts, and disappears.}} His work done for now, Primus transforms back into Cybertron. But not as it had been, chewed up by the hell of war. It is reborn as a paradise for humans and Transformers alike. Just goes to show, the closer to ultimate victory you are, the harder you fall when it's snatched away.