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* Played with in the second ''Avernum'' game: the Empire-Avernum War is interrupted by the Vahnatai, who start out as "neutral" in the sense that they're targeting ''all'' humans due to the theft of their revered Crystal Souls. When Imperial involvement in the theft is exposed - and, more importantly, when your party clears the Avernites of any wrong-doing - the Vahnatai side with your people against the Empire.
** Subverted in the third and fourth games, when {{spoiler|Rentar-Ihrno continues to seek vengeance against first the Empire and then Avernum, despite the majority of the Vahnatai preferring to remain neutral.}}
* In [[World of Warcraft]]: Cataclysm, the new playable races, the [[Our Werewolves Are Different|worgen]] on the Alliance side, and the [[Our Goblins Are
** The novel ''Wolfheart'' shows that the process of the worgen becoming part of the Alliance is far from smooth. Namely, most of the Alliance members approved... except for King Varian Wrynn of Stormwind, the strongest member of the Alliance. Varian isn't so much opposed to the animalistic nature of the worgen as to the fact that they left the Alliance when the Alliance needed them. Later on, Varian and King Greymane reconcile their differences, and Varian leads the worgen in a charge the utterly devastates the Horde, which is in the process of curb-stomping the night elves.
** In the forthcoming ''Mists of Pandaria'' expansion, {{spoiler|Jaina Proudmoore}} looks set to go down this path after {{spoiler|her home base, Theramore Isle, gets attacked by Garrosh's forces}}.
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** This serves as an allegory for pretty much the entirety of the occupation. The insurgents have had much, ''much'' less concern for innocent life, detonating devices in near schools, restaurants, and other public places. This has led to a lot of the civilians siding with the occupation forces.
* Really, this trope has pretty much been America's [[Planet of Hats|Hat]]. Examples:
** The U.S. sat out the Cuban rebellion against Spain for about fifteen years until the ''USS Maine'' blew up in Havana Harbor, which got the U.S. into [[
** The U.S. stayed neutral in [[World War One]] until it looked like German victory was imminent ''and'' the Germans were caught attempting to form an offensive alliance with Mexico against the United States.
** The U.S. didn't really start to help the Allies in [[World War Two]] until after the fall of France, and did not get into the war until after Pearl Harbor, and did not declare war against Germany until after Germany declared war against the U.S.
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