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It is such a friendly, peaceful little place.
In spite of being surrounded by the big malevolent [[The Empire|empire]], and technically being at war with it, the village is not the least bit warlike or aggressive. Yet the empire keeps sending its great legions, and the little village keeps crushing them all as if they was simply swatting flies. Perhaps it is a [[Town with a Dark Secret]], or populated by [[Badass Crew
While the "village" can be some other form of small civilian community (a block in a city, for example), it must still be small and civilian. Military outposts do NOT count, and neither do entire cities or full sized countries. So, no, ''[[300]]'' is not an example.
While the "Empire" can be some other form of huge monolithic force (a megacorporation or international crime syndicate, for example), it must still be huge, powerful, prone to violence, and known for conquering all in its way. A single country, normal corporation or criminal gang will not do.
Compare [[Hidden Elf Village]], which stay independent through not getting detected instead of crushing all the hordes the empire sends against it. Also compare [[David Versus Goliath]]. Frequently caused by a [[Superweapon Surprise]].
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== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]'', Pig Sty Alley is this kind of village within a larger city dominated by criminal gangs.
* In ''[[Ip Man]]'', master Yip [[Training the Peaceful Villagers|trains his entire local village in wing chun]] to fight off bandits.
* In ''[[Star Wars]]'', the Ewoks are a sort of midget Teddy Bear take on this.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Although ''[[Asterix]]'' comics are one of the best-known examples of this trope, the video game adaptation for [[
* In ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic]] III'', the town of Fair Feather fills this role in the campaign mission "Guardian Angels". As the name implies, the reason for the town's survival is because Angels are guarding the town, which the player can recruit and promptly turn the whole mission into a cakewalk.
* In ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'', Goodsprings is one of these, if you decide to help them drive away the [[Bomb-Throwing Anarchists|Powder Gangers]].
** The Boomers are another
** In ''[[Fallout 3]]'', you can [[Training the Peaceful Villagers|train]] Big Town to be one.
* At the beginning of ''[[Shadow Hearts]] Covenant'', the village of Donremy, France fits this, because Yuri is there. Once Yuri is cursed and has to leave, it falls to the German advance.
* In [[Arcuz]], the titular village appears to be this, given the lack of other (visible) towns. The intro sequence seemingly hints that they were all destroyed.
== [[Literature]] ==
* For a time, Emond's Field in ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' became this trope, fighting off ''way'' more [[The Usual Adversaries|Trollocs]] than it had any right to using little more than skilled archers and a sheer stubborn refusal to lose.
* Pretty much the entire premise of the [[Redwall]] series.
* A science fiction story posits a scientist living on an island creating a population of small, intelligent creatures that live short lives in an ammonia environment in tanks in his lab. He communicates with them through a teletype connection (it's an old story). They make many great inventions for him because their generations are short in time, so many generations can work on a problem. The outside world wants them, so the navy is poised to attack him. He requires his creatures to build a completely impregnable shield around the island, which they do. The navy spends the rest of time bombarding the grey sphere, and he spends the rest of his days with his creatures. I forget the name of the story and the author. Can someone supply them please?
** "Microcosmic God" by Theodore Sturgeon, perhaps? This troper asked for an ID of one collection that it appeared in, on Usenet, some years ago.
* ''The Santaroga Barrier'' by [[Frank Herbert]]. A small, somewhat prosperous farming, cheese-making community... with but a few insignificant anomalies. Except no one who isn't a local can get any foothold, not even big corporations. And people who start looking too aggressively into what really isn't their business tend to end up in a fatal accident due to freakish coincidence of several apparently innocent random events and minor mistakes.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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== Web Original ==
* The village of Felton tries to be this in the [[
* ''[[Felarya]]'' has Safe Harbor, which has weathered a series of attacks by man-eating predators, hostile humans, and other ills. It owes its continued survival to Jade, a [[badass]] giantess who [[Curb Stomp Battle|absolutely destroys]] anything that threatens it.
== Real Life ==
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