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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', Fairy World gets taken over by their bureaucratic and business-oriented cousins the pixies. Everything becomes boring and corporate (and buried in paperwork!), and the pixes try to make everyone StopHavingFunGuys.

* In the season 1 finale of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' "Apprentice", after seemingly killing the Titans [[Characters/{{Deathstroke}} Slade]] has his army of MechaMooks marching victory laps through the streets of Jump City [[SupermanStaysOutOfGotham with Batman and the rest of the Justice League conveniently not noticing]]. His victory is short-lived as the Titans [[HeroicSecondWind quickly regroup to save the day]].

This trope is when ThoseWackyNazis, DirtyCommunists, {{Mega Corp}}s, PrivateMilitaryContractors or [[ANaziByAnyOtherName people who look and act suspiciously similar to]] either of them ([[CommieNazis or both of them]]) take over the protagonist's country or hometown, often but not always as the result of a [[WarComesHome war in which they invaded your hometown]] ''[[OhCrap and won]]''. Communism is a less common (and now even rarer) target for this now, thanks to the end of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar and [[WhyWeAreBummedCommunismFell such]], [[CapitalismIsBad being replaced by Capitalism]] and [[OneNationUnderCopyright Corporatism]] in the coming age, especially in CyberPunk settings.

* ''Power Play'' (1978) is a British-Canadian film inspired by the non-fiction strategy book ''Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook'' by Edward N. Luttwak. A group of military officers angry at the corruption and repression of an unnamed European government plan to take over the country.

* In ''Music/TwentyOneTwelve'' by Music/{{Rush}}, the Solar System is run by a fascist theocracy called the Solar Federation.

* A complicated example appears in ''Literature/{{Reds}}''. Given how divided the United States had become between the left and right, the Great Depression proves to be more than the republic could handle. When the [[DirtyCommunists Workers' Communist Party]] wins a landslide election victory, the panicked establishment sees no way out but a military junta. With the constitution suspended, the Army mobilized to put down opposition, and [[ANaziByAnyOtherName KKK death squads]] murdering anyone who gets in the way, it was only a matter of time before the left took up arms as well. From the perspective of the average modern reader, neither outcome is desirable. Surprisingly, however, [[EarnYourHappyEnding it all works out pretty well in the end.]]

* The DistantPrologue of ''VideoGame/{{Reunion}}''. Humans built a lasting Utopia, but in 2616 it ended with a sudden uprising, [[spoiler:organized by a mind-controlling alien]]. You play for loyalists, who fled to an unknown star system. When you find Earth in 2930 or later, it's still controlled by the same regime.

** The "ComicBook/ACrookedWorld" arc starts in an alternate world where the UK is ruled by a fascist, far-right government, then shows history repeating itself in the story's usual world, fuelled by the powers of a reality-warping mutant. Captain Britain is tasked with stopping it.

* About every other ''ComicBook/CaptainBritain'' storyline seemed to involve an alternate version of the United Kingdom which had been taken over by Nazis.

This trope is when ThoseWackyNazis, DirtyCommunists, {{Mega Corp}}s, PrivateMilitaryContractors or [[ANaziByAnyOtherName people who look and act suspiciously similar to]] either of them ([[CommieNazis or both of them]]) take over the protagonist's country or hometown, often but not always as the result of a [[WarComesHome war in which they invaded your hometown and won]]. Communism is a less common (and now even rarer) target for this now, thanks to the end of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar and [[WhyWeAreBummedCommunismFell such]], [[CapitalismIsBad being replaced by Capitalism]] and [[OneNationUnderCopyright Corporatism]] in the coming age, especially in CyberPunk settings.

This trope is when ThoseWackyNazis, DirtyCommunists, {{Mega Corp}}s, PrivateMilitaryContractors or [[ANaziByAnyOtherName people who look and act suspiciously similar to]] either of them ([[CommieNazis or both of them]]) take over the protagonist's country or hometown. Communism is a less common (and now even rarer) target for this now, thanks to the end of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar and [[WhyWeAreBummedCommunismFell such]], [[CapitalismIsBad being replaced by Capitalism]] and [[OneNationUnderCopyright Corporatism]] in the coming age, especially in CyberPunk settings.

* ''1990'' was a BBC series from TheSeventies in which Britain, after an economic collapse, is run by the Home Office's Public Control Department, a VastBureaucracy that maintains control by strict rationing and Adult Rehabilitation Centres to 'cure' dissidents.

* ''1990'' was a BBC series from TheSeventies in which Britain, after an economic collapse, is run by the Home Office's Public Control Department, a VastBureaucracy that maintains control by strict rationing and "Adult Rehabilitation Centres" to 'cure' dissidents.

* ''1990'' was a BBC series from TheSeventies in which Britain, after an economic collapse, is controlled by the Home Office's Public Control Department, a VastBureaucracy that maintains control by strict rationing and "Adult Rehabilitation Centres" to 'cure' dissidents.

* ''1990'' was a BBC series from TheSeventies in which Britain, after an economic collapse, is controlled by the Home Office's Public Control Department, a VastBureaucracy

This trope is when ThoseWackyNazis, DirtyCommunists, {{Mega Corp}}s, PrivateMilitaryContractors or [[ANaziByAnyOtherName people who look and act suspiciously similar to]] either of them ([[CommieNazis or both of them]]) take over the protagonist's country or hometown. Communism is a less common (and now even rarer) target for this now, thanks to TheGreatPoliticsMessUp and [[WhyWeAreBummedCommunismFell such]], [[CapitalismIsBad being replaced by Capitalism]] and [[OneNationUnderCopyright Corporatism]] in the coming age, especially in CyberPunk settings.

* An [[MadeForTVMovie after-school special]] called ''Film/TheWave1981'' (and its {{novelization}}) has this happen successfully in a HighSchool as part of a social experiment conducted by [[PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher a history teacher]]. It was remade in 2008 by the Germans as ''Film/DieWelle''. Fun fact: the movie and book were BasedOnATrueStory.

* The German movie ''Film/DieWelle'' (a remake of ''Film/TheWave1981'') has this happen in a high school.

* An [[MadeForTVMovie after-school special]] called ''Film/TheWave'' (and its {{novelization}}) has this happen successfully in a HighSchool as part of a social experiment conducted by [[PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher a history teacher]]. It was remade in 2008 by the Germans as ''Film/DieWelle''. Fun fact: the movie and book were BasedOnATrueStory.

* The German movie ''Film/DieWelle'' (a remake of ''Film/TheWave'') has this happen in a high school.

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* The inhabitants of UsefulNotes/TheWeimarRepublic could tell you a thing or two about this trope.
* As of 2021, multiple democratic countries are being challenged by far-right admirers of ThoseWackyNazis who want power, and several countries have brought in governments that seem to be enacting this trope.
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* The inhabitants of [[UsefulNotes/TheWeimarRepublic]] could tell you a thing or two about this trope.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter''. The Death Eaters in Book 7, although in TheFilmOfTheBook of Book 5, Cornelius Fudge's ministry had some elements of a cult-of-personality.

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* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': Gul Dukat takes control of the Cardassian government and arranges Cardassia's membership of the Dominion before then attempting to justify his actions to both the Cardassian people and the rest of the Alpha Quadrant. His leadership of Cardassia is ''only'' a disaster for the Alpha Quadrant; for Cardassia itself, it's a catastrophe of apocalyptic proportions. [[spoiler: When the Cardassian people revolt against the Dominion with Bajoran and Federation help, the Dominion commits genocide, killing over eight hundred million civilians; Cardassian history will ''not'' remember Dukat's leadership fondly]].