Tyrant Takes the Helm: Difference between revisions

** In a way its more or less Karma catching up to the girls for mistreating Keitaro (despite the fact that they all eventually got along.)

* ''[[.hack|.hack//Legend Of the Twilight]]'' had the Cerulean Knights taking over after Balmug is fired from System Administration. They ruthlessly hunt down gamers even remotely accused of hacking or of minor offenses (changing the color of the avatar's clothes etc)

* Averted on [[Naruto]]. When Danzo {{spoiler|is appointed acting Hokage after the Pain's Invasion Arc, he consciously avoids making decisions that would make him unpopular with the populace.}}

* Gouda, the [[Big Bad]] of the second season of ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]'' is a pretty good example of this, coming in and working to undermine Section 9 and turn them into his lackeys.

* In ''[[Heavyweights]]'', Camp Hope is taken over by Tony Perkus, a fitness fanatic who systematically removes everything fun about the camp and runs the campers ragged with unreasonably harsh exercise programs.

* The plot of the ''[[Dead Like Me]]'' movie is initially driven by the disappearance of Rube in a mysterious fire and the arrival of his shady [[Smug Snake]] replacement who encourages the Reapers to feel free to abuse their powers and cut corners on the job. A bit of a subversion in this case as the hard-nosed by-the-book leader is replaced with a much more laid back one, but it ends up playing out much the same as the Reapers begin to realize the consequences of their irresponsibility (both for themselves and the people around them).

* This is pretty much what the Emperor does in ''[[Star Wars]]''. He claims that the current chancellor is unable to handle the crisis at hand and becomes his replacement. He then starts to restructure the Republic into an Empire, for the good of the people and peace in the galaxy. The important difference is that he was the one who created the crisis in the first place.

 

== Radio ==

* Remley pulls this ''[[The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show]]'' after he signs his name to Phil's employment contract, but it's played humorously. It doesn't last long:

'''Band members:''' Heil, Remley! Heil, Remley! Heil, Remley! }}

 

* Valtome from ''[[Fire Emblem]]: Radiant Dawn'' was a tyrant of the [[Smug Snake]] variety, and a bit of an odd example given the fact that the old leader was still there; he just was forced to [[Ambiguously Gay|follow Valtome's orders]]. Which included, among other things, sending a significant number of his men into a deathtrap to hunt for corpses. Oh, and [[Moral Event Horizon|sending his personal army to attack Queen Elincia, who had just achieved a ceasefire by willingly disarming herself]].

* In ''[[Fable III]]'', if you're an evil player this is what happens when you usurp your older brother Logan as King. You can be just as bad or even worse of a tyrant than him.

** The point in ''Starcraft'' is not that Mengsk is worse than the government he overthrew, but that he is just as bad: that the only thing changed between the Confederacy and the Dominion was the label. Well, and he has a [[It's Personal|personal grudge against Raynor]].

* His dad was certainly not a charmer, but Rufus Shinra of ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' made it quite clear from his [[New Era Speech]] ('The old man ruled through money, I'll rule through fear') that he was going to be worse. Although {{spoiler|President Shinra destroyed an entire sector of his city, killing untold numbers, just to wipe out a terrorist hideout. Rufus 'died' defending the same city from WEAPON and then resurfaced alive and repentant, if still manipulative, in Advent Children}} ...YourMileageMayVary on whether he was actually worse or not.

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