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* [[Woody Allen]]'s ''[[Bananas]]'' parodies this; upon taking power, the leader of the revolution immediately starts making a series of ridiculous decrees. His underlings get rid of him and [[Mighty Whitey|make Woody Allen dictator]].
* ''[[Duck You Sucker]]'': A [[Sergio Leone]] [[Spaghetti Western]] -- also known as ''[[A Fistful of Dynamite]]''. The story focuses on an ex-IRB demolitions expert who goes to help the revolution in Mexico. His accomplice, a bandit named Juan, has a much more cynical outlook on revolutions:
{{quote| '''Juan:''' I know what I am talking about when I am talking about the revolutions. The people who read the books go to the people who can't read the books, the poor people, and say, "We have to have a change." So, the poor people make the change, ah? And then, the people who read the books, they all sit around the big polished tables, and they talk and talk and talk and eat and eat and eat, eh? But what has happened to the poor people? They're dead! That's your revolution. Shhh... So, please, don't tell me about revolutions! And what happens afterwards? The same fucking thing starts all over again!}}
* ''[[Land of the Blind]]'' - [[La Résistance]], after taking power, become just as bad or worse, prompting a restoration of the old regime.
* ''[[Lord of War]]'': [[Discussed]] by Yuri Orlov. "I guess they [African militants] can't own up to what they usually are: a federation of worse oppressors than the last bunch of oppressors. Often, the most barbaric atrocities occur when both combatants proclaim themselves freedom-fighters."
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* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'': The Cylons, after Season 2's "Downloaded."
* ''[[Young Indiana Jones]]'': The History of Mexico from about 1860 to 1930, as summed up in the second episode:
{{quote| '''Old farmer''': Listen, years ago I rode with [[wikipedia:Benito Juarez|Juárez]] against [[wikipedia:Maximilian I of Mexico|Emperor Maximilian]]. I lost many chickens but I thought it was worth it to be free. When [[wikipedia:Porfirio Diaz|Porfirio]] became President, I supported him – but he stole my chickens. Then came [[wikipedia:Victoriano Huerta|Huerta]] and he stole my chickens. Then it was [[wikipedia:Venustiano Carranza|Carranza]]’s term, and he stole my chickens too. Now comes [[wikipedia:Pancho villa|Pancho Villa]] to liberate me and the first thing he does is steal my chickens!...What makes one different from the others? My chickens don’t know. All over the world revolutions come and go. Presidents rise and fall. They all steal your chickens. The only thing to change is the name of the man who takes them.}}
* The title character of ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'' used her magic to turn the [[Alpha Bitch]] Libby into [[Karmic Transformation|the kind of awkward nerd Libby always mocked]], but Libby-the-nerd adapted far better than Sabrina imagined she would and led the school geeks to social power, and they became just as vicious as the cheerleaders and jocks were.
{{quote| '''Libby:''' Let me tell you about power - how to get it, how to keep it.}}
 
 
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** ''Red Faction II'' has this in a single game. You play as a member of a nano-enhanced squad created by the tyrant Sopot, whom he later tries to kill. You fight on the side of the Red Faction to depose Sopot, which you end up doing by locking him in with a launching missile. Then you come back to the Red Faction HQ to see your commander killing the entire leadership of [[La Résistance]], declaring himself the new chancellor. Before you can say anything, he declares you a traitor for no good reason, forcing you to fight him for the rest of the game. If anything, he's even worse than Sopot.
* ''[[Armored Core]]: For Answer'':
{{quote| The leader of the reactionary force called ORCA is named [[Meaningful Name|Maximilian Thermidore]]. He aims to secure humanity's future by destroying the assault cells which prevent humans from leaving Earth. Willing to [[Utopia Justifies the Means|sacrifice millions of lives to achieve his goals]] he proves as brutal as the regime he is fighting against. He pilots the NEXT Unsung and holds rank one both within ORCA and within Collard. However, his methods, his targets, and his ideology are all different from the corporations, making him not exactly a perfect example of this trope.}}
* ''[[The Ninja Warriors Again]]'' ends on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLqm5fZP5pI#t=03m34s this] depressing note:
{{quote| Bangar was defeated by the three androids. It was a great victory for the opposition force. A few months later Mulk became the new president and created a fresh government. ... The development of the androids progressed, and these powerful weapons of Mulk's new government became far stronger than Bangar's old forces. The people seeing this said "History repeats itself."}}
* ''[[Baldur's Gate|Baldur's Gate 2]]'' has Mazzy Fentan telling a tale about this kind of revolution to [[Rebellious Princess]] Nalia in an attempt to curb her idealism about revolutions towards the noble class of Amn.
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'': About midways through the game, John Marston, the [[Player Character]], travels to the unruly Northern Mexico, and soon realizes that he must help the ambitious [[Rebel Leader]] Abraham Reyes and his army with overthrown the dictatorial local government in order to further his own goals. In the epilogue, {{spoiler|Reyes moves on to attack Mexico City and manages to overthrow the president, after which he becomes a tyrant and doesn't change Mexico for the better in the slightest, which really is not that surprising, considering that he was already an egomaniac obsessed with personal glory when John met him.}}
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