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* ''[[Godzilla]]''. So much so that the absence of this trope is one of the (many) reasons the American Remake is considered [[Canon Dis Continuity]].
* Subverted in ''[[Independence Day]]'', after dropping a nuke [[Nuke'Em|on the invader ship]] which has taken over the city of Houston (and basically nuking anything of the city that is left), the Secretary of Defense thinks that using another nuke on another American city might still work even though the first one failed utterly. The President overrules him, e.g. it was worth trying once, but obviously if it didn't do anything the first time, subsequent attempts would be pointless.
* In the film ''[[Evolution (
** Tell someone that a weapon will make the threat of the week stronger and that's the first thing they'll try to kill it with.
** The general never finds out about the fire thing before detonating the napalm. They try to call him, but he refuses to pick up the phone.
* In ''[[Transformers (
** The sequel shows NEST developing pretty effective tactics that allow humans to take out Decepticons ''with assault rifles'' (presumably, with armor-piercing ammo) without Autobot assistance. Sniper rifles also prove surprisingly effective at taking out their [[Go for
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** Basically the aliens want to turn all life on Earth and everywhere else into [[Organic Technology]] slaves. Most races are pacifists and kill themselves rather than be used. Humans being [[Humanity Is Superior|awesome]] [[Humans Are Bastards|bastards]] decide to do as much damage to the aliens as possible and exterminate all life on Earth in the process out of spite.
** The British [[General Ripper]] Expy gives this [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] speech, "They are going to learn that we won't roll over and die like the [[Actual Pacifist|Echo's]]. We are going to fight. And even if we lose we'll make damn sure that they don't win." I was never so [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|proud to be a human.]]
* The WWI [[
** The reality is a awful lot more complicated than that. While there were some terrible blunders early in the war, and when the Americans first arrived, both sides were constantly innovating and trying new things to break the stalemate, such as climbing out of the trenches and walking very slowly towards the enemy, ''behind one of your tanks''.
* [[Babylon
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* The ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' series's titular [[One-Man Army]], Jak, is constantly laying the smackdown on hordes of Krimzon Guards, Metal Heads, and pretty much anything that moves in a vaguely threatening way. And no matter what, they just keep coming.
* Averted slightly in ''[[Universe At War]].'' While humanity is never shown as being capable of bringing down a Hierarchy walker by themselves, human tanks, fighters, and trained infantry are shown to be perfectly capable of killing Hierarchy ground troops, albeit with heavy casualties. When Earth finally manages to launch a nuke against a Hierachy ship, it's implied that it does decent damage, and a high-ranking Hierarchy commander considers it a humbling lesson.
* Given that [[Prototype (
** In the early game, at least, when you've got barely enough health to trash a few tanks, the military is a mild annoyance. Maybe they're hoping to be a critical annoyance at exactly the right time? Those [[Goddamn Bats|strike teams]] do a good job of it, at least...
** Helicopters, tanks, rocket launchers, and grenade launchers are at least vaguely dangerous, in the sense that they could hypothetically kill Alex. A better example would be the guys shooting regular bullets.
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