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'''Basic Tropes''': Tension and differences between revolutionary movements affects their ability to effectively engage with the [[Evil Overlord]].
* '''Straight''': There are several different revolutionary movements dedicated to overthrowing the [[Evil Overlord]], but their suspicion of and tensions with each other lead to friction and on many occasions a lack of cooperation.
* '''Exaggerated''': The revolutionary movements spend more time fighting against each other than they do against the [[Evil Overlord]].
* '''Justified''': There are valid and genuine differences in philosophy, approach and beliefs between revolutionary movements.
** The heroes don't want a [[So What Do We Do Now?]] ending.
* '''Inverted''': A tightly-knit group of revolutionaries are pitted against several dominant yet fractious groups of oppressors. 
* '''Subverted''': The revolutionaries appear to be divided, but it's a plot to lull the [[Evil Overlord]] into a false sense of security.
* '''Doubly Subverted''': Genuine differences do exist, and the cracks between the groups begin to widen.
* '''Parodied''': The differences between the numerous revolutionary groups and their philosophies, aims and objectives are all but imperceptible, except for certain trivial differences which provoke bitter and over-the-top rivalry.
* '''Deconstructed''': The squabbling between the resistance groups represents a significant failure to effectively challenge the [[Evil Overlord]], and suggests that they are [[Not So Different]], since they are ultimately more occupied with relatively trivial differences between each other rather than pulling together to do the right thing.
* '''Reconstructed''': Whilst some of the resistance groups actually are [[Not So Different]] from the [[Evil Overlord]], there are genuinely decent people who oppose both the [[Evil Overlord]] and those opponents who would be just like him.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The allegiances, tensions and issues between the revolutionary movements and the [[Evil Overlord]] keep shifting; at one point they're locked in bitter rivalry with each other, at another they're happily working alongside each other, at another they're uneasy allies.
* '''Averted''': We only see or hear of one relative unified movement against the [[Evil Overlord]].
* '''Enforced''': "Having one unified opposition to our [[Evil Overlord]] makes it a bit easy for the resistance to overthrow him. It'd be a lot more difficult if the resistance was fractured."
* '''Lampshaded''': "I swear, we spend more time fighting against each other than we do against the person we're ''supposed'' to be fighting!"
* '''Invoked''': The [[Evil Overlord]] has arranged for [[The Mole|The Moles]] to infiltrate the resistance and spread the seeds of discontent and disharmony between them, causing the movements to fracture.
* '''Defied''': The leaders of the various factions of the resistance from the outset pledge to put aside their differences until the [[Evil Overlord]] is overthrown, forming a single movement with that in mind.
* '''Discussed''': "I see the People's Revolutionary Party, the Revolutionary Party of the People and the Party of Revolutionary Peoples are up in arms against each other again."
* '''Conversed''': "You'd think the rebels in this story would realize they'd be able to overthrow the [[Evil Overlord]] if they just worked together, but apparently not..."
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