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* Team Dai-Gurren from ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''. Not only do they rebel against Lord Genome and his forces, but also the {{spoiler|millennia-long reign of the [[Cosmic Horror]] Anti-Spirals}}.
* The People's Army in ''[[Glass Fleet]]'' serves as La Resistance against [[The Empire|the Holy Empire]].
* Kenji of ''[[
* Tends to show up in Leijiverse a lot, particularly in Arcadia of my Youth and Space Symphony Maetel.
* ''[[Code Geass]]'' is a prime time example of the useless-and-only-an-annoyance-kind of La Résistance until [[Magnificent Bastard|Lelouch]] turns them from a bunch of butthurt kids playing guerilla against the [[The Empire|Britannian Empire]] to a fully organized and highly deadly army with victory after victory as its signature (that doesn't mean they're error-free, as we painfully find out in {{spoiler|the Euphemia Massacre Incident and the following Black Rebellion}}).
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* [[Hero|Otonashi]] from ''[[Angel Beats!]]'' if you consider a bunch of dead highschoolers ''La Résistance'' and if you consider [[One-Man Army|Angel]] an empire.
* ''[[Saint Seiya]]'': The Bronze Saints during the Sanctuary Arc.
* [[Lupin III:
* In ''[[Saint Beast]]'', the rebellion against Zeus is lead by the six Saint Beasts until four of them end up [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] leading to its failure and Judas and Luca taking the fall for it.
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* ''[[Amulet]]'' has the unoriginally named "The Resistance", staffed by [[Funny Animal]]s.
* The also unoriginally named ''The Resistance'' (an army of comic-book fans, otakus, geeks, gamers, nerds, roleplayers, etc.) in the spanish comic-book [[Fanhunter]]
* {{spoiler|Subverted with}} Alpha Trion's group in ''[[Transformers:
* A major [[Story Arc]] in ''[[Strontium Dog]]'' follows a young Johnny joining the [[Mutant]] resistance against the [[Fantastic Racism|violently anti-mutant]] government.
* [[Judge Dredd]] has personally led resistances on a number of occasions, such as against [[The Caligula|Chief Judge Cal]] ("The Day the Law Died"), the East-Meg occupational army ("Apocalypse War") and the Dark Judges ("Necropolis").
* There's a few of these brewing against [[Mega Corp|Armtech]] in [[Last Man Standing (graphic novel)|Last Man Standing]].
* The Picaros from the eponymous [[Tintin]] adventure. Tintin demands that their revolution will not see a drop of blood shed, much to the humorous consternation of many involved. {{spoiler|Including the dictator being overthrown.}}
* The Undergrounder rebels from ''[[Megalex]]''.
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* In the [[Legacy of the Force]] series, the galactic government that replaced [[The Empire]]<ref>Well, the [[Spiritual Successor]] of the government that replaced [[The Empire]], but let's not quibble. Much.</ref> has become another [[The Empire]], complete with another Vader. The inevitable result is a fresh La Résistance, with plenty of reference made to the circularity. (Especially because the new La Résistance has many of the same central people as the original.)
* Played straight as an arrow by [[Robert A. Heinlein]] in ''[[The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress]]''. The protagonist joins an ragtag resistance movement big on talk and small on action. He helps reorganize it along rational lines. A revolution is then planned, plotted, fought and won, all without any significant internal splintering, and Luna gains independence from the evil Earthling overlords. The End. (It does help that the [[Instant AI, Just Add Water|sentient central computer]] that controls Luna's entire infrastructure sides with La Résistance).
* In [[Graham McNeill]]'s [[Warhammer
* [[The Bible]] features many stories in the Old Testament of Hebrew resistance fighters throwing off conquering invaders. It's pretty much what the entire book of Judges is about, making this trope [[Older Than Feudalism]].
** In the book of Revelation, Satan mounts a resistance force against "the beloved city" at the end of the Millennium, which ends up [[Curb Stomp Battle|being smoked by God,]]
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* Parodied in ''[[Andromeda]]'' when Harper makes contact with a resistance group on Earth, fighting the oppressive tyrants, led by his cousin. He almost leaves in disgust when he finds out it's just small band of misfits instead of a planetwide network.
** Of course, his cousin's message at the end of the episode ({{spoiler|even though he himself is killed}}) results in multiple uprisings on Nietzschean-held worlds.
* ''[[V (TV series)|V]]: The Miniseries''- Alien fascists invade and humanity fights back... those who don't collaborate or do nothing, anyway.
* Nine out of ten episodes of ''[[Sliders]]'' had the gang sliding into a world that had serious societal problems, running afoul of the authorities that benefit from them, and joining the local resistance to set things right. Sometimes they would be the ones to ''start'' the resistance.
* The crew of ''[[Firefly|Serenity]]'' turn into this during the movie.
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== Video Games ==
* In all of Paradoxes grand strategy games you face the problem of revolution and rebellion, most notably by taking someone elses land and enforcing your rule on them but revolts can happen in your own country if you push the people to far.
* The last Free Radical Design game, ''HAZE'' ([[
* Every single ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' game that had an evil [[The Empire|Empire]] has a La Résistance. Examples: ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'' with the Wild Rose Rebellion against the Palamecian Empire, ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'' with the <s>Insurgence</s> Resistance against the Archadian Empire, The Returners in ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', AVALANCHE in ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'', The Forest Owls in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'', N.O.R.A (No Obligation, Rules, or Authority) from ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'', [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|the name pretty much speaks for itself]].
** Subverted in ''[[Bahamut Lagoon]]'' (a Squaresoft RPG, much like ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' that while not called "Final Fantasy", certainly shares many similarities). The player characters are part of a resistance group, but as the game progresses, it seems that the Empire may not be all that evil, and a larger plot emerges. It is specifically mocked when another resistance group called "The Freedom Revolutionaries" is introduced, whose avowed purpose is to be cool and meet girls.
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* While mostly backup for the Hero, the cunningly-titled Group from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'' fall under this category. Starring [[Master Swordsman]] Rusl, [[Action Girl]] Ashei, [[Cool Old Guy]] Auru, [[Badass Bookworm]] Shad, [[The Bartender]] Telma, and Bartender Telma's [[Right-Hand-Cat|cat]], Louise, they're essential to the game. Also, [[The Legend of Zelda/Awesome|Hyrulean bazooka]].
* ''[[Ace Combat]]'' games often have a resistance movement on the ground aiding your efforts in the air.
* ''[[
** In the novel ''StarCraft: Ghost: Nova'', the titular characters wealthy parents are murdered by another resistance group, opposed to the Confederacy. Her first task as a Ghost operative under the Mengsk regime is to eliminate the cell that ordered her parents' murders. Apparently, after ascending to the throne, Mengsk becomes even more ruthless to various resistance groups than the people he overthrew.
* ''[[Guild Wars]]'' has a couple of these groups. Prophecies has the Shining blade; Nightfall has various groups in Kourna joining together in one of these; Eye of the north has the ebon vanguard. Players join these groups at different times in the storylines.
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* ''[[Home Front]]'' has you being "recruited" into the titular resistance (or the ''home front'') in the first level, right before the fighting starts. Not that you had a choice anyway, since the North Koreans weren't too keen on giving those.
* In the original ''[[Making History]]'' Gold edition, resistance fighters will spring up and retake undefended regions in occupied territory. In the sequel, they'll rise up and try to fight a government that is doing poorly, or that they feel should not control their ethnic, national, or religious group.
* ''[[
* ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]]'' revolves around [[Almighty Janitor|Prinny Instructor]] Valvatorez forming a resistance party to overthrow [[The Government|The Corrupternment]] because their most recent policy [[Disproportionate Retribution|makes it hard for him to give the Prinnies that bonus he promised them]].
* ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' has The Renegades, a group of half-elven [[Defector From Decadence|Defectors From Decadence]] who oppose the Desians that enslave and torture humans {{spoiler|and the Cruxis, who control both the Desians and the [[Path of Inspiration|Church Of Martel]].}}
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