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** Human beings themselves, along with other mutated hominids, can be considered a Superweapon Surprise, seeings as they can, if they ingest enough Tree of Life, transform into Protectors, the (presumed to be lost) third developmental phase which features heightened intelligence, superhuman strength, increased pain tolerance, biological immortality, and an uncontrollable compulsion to protect members of their respective species. The entire human population of one planet was converted into Protectors in order to save Earth from the impending invasion of the Pak.

* [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s ''[[The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress]]'' features the Moon colonists rebelling against the controlling Terran government. Earth laughs; the moon doesn't have the military capability to keep out Terran police. The Moon demonstrates that the launchers it uses to send grain shipments to Earth can also be used to [[Colony Drop|drop big rocks on major cities]]. Also, converted mining lasers make reasonably good point-defence guns when properly cradled and controlled by a sapient super-computer.

* Seen again in Heinlein's [[Young Adult]] novel ''[[Space Cadet (novel)|Space Cadet]]''. The Venusians are supposedly primitive, so a [[Jerkass]] [[Poor Little Rich Kid]] thinks he can push them around to get mining rights. It turns out that the "primitive" Venusians are very good at chemistry, and use a powerful acid to burn into his ship and kill his crew. Later the Space Patrol is astonished when the Venusians synthesize fuel for their rocket. "They can do ''anything''!"

** Except play a harmonica.

* In [[Vladimir Vasilyev]]'s ''Antarctic Online'', the entire continent of Antarctic swaps places with a bunch of island chains near the equator. The book deals with the consequences of the frozen continent suddenly becoming much a more favorable piece of real estate (even if it will take a few millennia to melt) for the world powers. A bunch of drunk antarctic researchers send out a radio message declaring independence, calling for the creation of the Free Antarctic nation. Despite half of the world supporting them (as they agree, it's not the half that matters), Antarctic finds itself blockaded by the US Navy and, eventually, outright invaded in a "peacekeeping action". Earlier, the Antarcticans start claiming that they have found an alien device in the melting ice that appears to be some sort of FTL drive that works by swapping two locations. They threaten to use it in the event of an invasion. Turns out it's just a bluff, which no one seems to be buying. Then, in the middle of the invasion, an American destroyer disappears and reappears in orbit. The President couldn't sign the order to pull out troops fast enough. It turns out that an Antarctican found a glowing orb with strange symbols on it buried in ice. Then he tripped and dropped it on the floor. The result was Antarctic moving to its new home. After using it to secure the sovereignty of the Free Antarctic nation, he buries it where no one will ever find it.

 

* Earth does this again in ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Namely, they pull out a Death Star-like huge laser and shoot the Sycorax. Much to the Doctor's dismay, it was a shot in the back as they were ''fleeing''.

 

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** Oh, and they're all ''on the same side''. So basically if you're serious about messing with Earth, you're facing ''all of the above''.

* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'': Oh, look at these puny Lilim (AKA humans). They are so much smaller than us [[Our Angels Are Different|Angels]] born from Adam. They can't even generate a useful AT-field. So what if a small number of them know that we're coming, they have nothing to defend against us except for explosives that can't penetrate out AT-field. Oh, what's this giant purple humanoid thingy? An Angel wannabe? Oh, look, it can't even walk properly! I'll just punch through the eye; that was easy.....Huh? It's still mov- '''[[Oh Crap|OH CRAAAA]]AAA[[Gory Discretion Shot|AAAA-]]'''

* In the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''/''[[Doctor Who]]'' crossover ''[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-19093/Meshakhad+%20The+%20Impossible+%20War.htm The Impossible War]'', the Daleks invade modern-day Earth. As expected, human technology is woefully inadequate. Human ''magic'' on the other hand...

* In the ''[[Mass Effect]]''/''[[Command & Conquer]]'' crossover ''[[Renegade (fanfic)|Renegade]]'', the Turian Hierarchy invaded the human colony world of Shanxi just like the did in the canon timeline. However, Shanxi is held by the Global Defense Initiative, and the turians catch a face full of ion cannons, rapid-fabrication technology, and [[Tank Goodness|house-sized tanks of "fuck you"]].

 

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