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Named after the Reign of Terror in [[The French Revolution]], when the guillotine was used and overused against many people.
Compare and contrast with [[Full-Circle Revolution]] which has virtually no change in the way things are governed after the revolution. These revolutions are
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== [[Film]] ==
* The Norsefire party in ''[[V for Vendetta]]'' engineered this, first through fear-mongering and inducing xenophobia in the populace, then by the spread of a horrific virus to throw everything into a panic, and then, when they had gained power, by means of a Gestapo-like organization devoted to removing any citizens who posed the slightest threat to the government. The whole plot is a [[Satire, Parody, Pastiche|pastiche]] of the [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazi reign]].
* In the Woody Allan film, ''[[Bananas]]'', the rebels overthrow the evil Central American dictatorship. Then the new leader goes batshit insane and starts his
== [[Literature]] ==
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*** It's left up to the audience to decide whether the mirror was really cursed or if it was all part of the dictator's paranoia.
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'' "Collaborators"
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' did an episode set during [[The French Revolution]] that was actually titled "
* As did ''[[The Time Tunnel]]'' .
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