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The '''War Arc''' is a story arc that concerns two or more large-scale factions (city-sized at least) in conflict with one another, with the protagonists being involved somehow. The scale will usually be very epic, with politics usually playing a role. Expect to see a [[Big Badass Battle Sequence]].

* The Whitebeard War saga in ''[[One Piece]]'', especially the Marineford arc, where dozens of incredibly powerful characters from throughout the series clash in a massive conflict between pirates and the government. Interestingly, this one doubles as a [[Rescue Arc]], as the pirates storm marine headquarters to save their comrade {{spoiler|Ace}} from a public execution.<br /><br />It's also unusual among both war and rescue arcs for a couple of big reasons: almost none of the main cast are present (the protagonist is there, but none of his [[True Companions]]) the hero is actually one of the weaker people on the battlefield, and {{spoiler|the antagonists win the war. The rescue also fails, with the character they're trying to rescue getting killed.}}

** Since most arcs in One Piece involve the Straw Hats arriving at a new location and getting involved in local conflicts between various factions, war arcs are actually pretty common. Notable examples include Alabasta and Skypiea.

** The second half of the series is building up towards another [[War Arc]], between the Shinigami and the Vandenreich.

* ''[[Mass Effect]]'' has the conflict with [[The Dragon|Saren]] and the geth in the first game. Notable battles include Saren's attack on Eden Prime (the prologue), the geth besieging the human planet-colony of Feros, the brawl on Saren's headquarters at [[Wham! Episode|Virmire]], a side-quest that has [[The Hero]] attacking several bases to prevent the geth from launching an invasion, and [[Big Badass Battle Sequence|the Battle of the Citadel]] as the finale.

** The second game, notably, avoids this from the main plotline, but the possibility of a second war between the geth and quarians is addressed several times. Additionally, the [[Enemy Civil War]] between the [[True Neutral]] geth and the [[Always ChaoticExclusively Evil]] heretic geth is brought to light, but we never see the actual fighting take place, and we can end it for good during the [[Sixth Ranger]]'s loyalty mission.

* ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'' has the "war" between the ''vastly'' incompetent or undesirable Reds and Blues, but we barely see any sort of firefights between them (Battle Creek flag zealots notwithstanding), and it's actually just a training scenario used by [[Super Soldier|Super Soldiers]]s; the last detail is kept secret from the Reds and Blues themselves.