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* This is how Saika Magoichi's revenge (for the razing of the Saika village) [[Gone Horribly Wrong|goes horribly wrong]] in his ''[[Samurai Warriors]] 2'' story; after he {{spoiler|shoots and kills Oda Nobunaga}}, he comes across a number of peasants beset by raiders who've found out already that {{spoiler|Nobunaga}} is gone; later {{spoiler|Fuuma Kotarou}} reveals that he released the news specifically to accelerate/cause the power vacuum that {{spoiler|Nobunaga}} had been preventing.
* Much of the Undead plotline in ''[[Warcraft]] III: The Frozen Throne'' follows Arthas, Sylvanas, and the Dreadlords fighting over who controls the Scourge now that the Burning Legion has been defeated.
* At the end of ''[[World of Warcraft|World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King]]'', much effort is spent [[Averted Trope|averting this]]., Thewith the players [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|beatdefeating the aforementioned Arthas in his Lich King form]]. Turns out this is a [[Oh Crap|really bad idea]], as all the undead he controlled are now free to [[Apocalypse How|kill everything]], so someone must [[Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu|become the Lich King]] and [[And I Must Scream|sit on the Frozen Throne forever]]. The only [[Hand Wave]] given to why exactly the Scourge would be more powerful without its leader, how it could just take over the world by running rampant even after most of its operations and command structures have been taken apart in earlier quests, is that the small part of Arthas that is still human may have been holding him back - which should mean all those dire plans of his that everyone has been fighting have actually been deliberately useless stalling. It's [[Plot Hole|not very convincing]] if you [[Fridge Logic|think about it]].
* The backstory to ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]'' focuses on this. After LinkGanondorf slayedwas Ganondorfbanished in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'', there was a notable hole in the position of "resident [[Big Bad]]". Not content with keeping it empty, Ganondorf returned and took over thanks to another position that was noticeably empty: [[The Hero]].
* ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'' had this happen twice: Oda Nobunaga's death at the hands of Akechi Mitsuhide led to the rise of Hideyoshi, whose death at the hands of Tokugawa Ieyasu led to the rise of Ishida Mitsunari.
* Implied to be a force at play in the ''Awakening'' expansion to ''[[Dragon Age Origins]], Awakening.''. [[The Chessemaster|The Architect]] existed before the Blight, but was unable to attempt to "awaken" other [[Hive Mind|Darkspawn]] until the Archdemon arose and commanded them to the surface. However, while the Archdemon lived, it essentially put out interference, keeping the Architect's plans from bearing fruit. It was only after the Archdemon's death—a time that should have sent the Darkspawn back underground—that the Architect was able to begin his mission. Within a few years of the start of the Blight, his schemes have snowballed to the point that one NPC mentions that the Darkspawn army is greater than or equal to a Blight's strength—something unheard of in the world previously.
** The Architect also created his own rival the Mother, a Broodmother that did not appreciate her newfound "freedom" since she believes that existence without the song of the Old Gods is unbearable. The plotline of ''Awakening'' is about the Warden Commander getting dragged into their [[Enemy Civil War]].
* Stated to be the fate of Caesar's Legion in ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' if Caesar dies and [[The Dragon|Legate Lanius]] doesn't. Without a strong leader to hold the Legion together, it crumbles back into the warring tribes that it was forged from. This is a problem, as the Legion was definitely a lesser evil, owing to the safety and discipline it brought to the formerly anarchic lands of Arizona.
 
 
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