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* This was the primary reason behind the fall of the [[UsefulNotes/{Austria} Austro-Hungarian Empire]]. In a time when nations were becoming defined by a shared national identity, Austria-Hungary, whose territory encompassed many different ethnic groups, was becoming increasingly unstable as said groups became rife with nationalist sentiment, and Austria-Hungary found it increasingly difficult, if not impossible, to quell this sentiment and unify the empire under one nation. By the turn of the twentieth century, most European powers expected Austria-Hungary to collapse at any moment. The collapse ultimately did come during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, when its army had lots of trouble getting things done due to the fact that Hungarian troops had trouble collaborating with Czech soldiers, who in turn were struggling to understand the orders of the German-speaking Austrian high command. Needless to say, by the end of the war the empire had pretty much fallen apart, and these national divisions were confirmed by the Allied Powers following the treaties of St. Germain and Trianon in 1919 and 1920, respectively.
* The [[UsefulNotes/{Philippines} First Philippine Republic]] failed for reasons similar to the aforementioned Austria-Hungary, albeit the former's lifespan lasting far shorter. Though Philippine nationalists had declared the archipelago's independence from Spain in 1898 during the UsefulNotes/SpanishAmericanWar, the new republic's Spanish-speaking leadership soon found difficulty gaining popular support from the people, who had been separated by millennia of cultural and linguistic barriers, with most Philippine commoners speaking little to no Spanish. Thus, when the Americans came in to secure their claim of their newly-acquired colony, the disunified Philippine Republic, with its lack of a shared national identity among its people, was unable to unite against its foe. Attempts by the Philippine army to force its people to join them only further destroyed the republic's credibility, and by 1901 the republic had collapsed after less than three years of existence. Ultimately, it was the American colonization and nation-building efforts which eventually unified the Philippines under a single national identity.
* The [[UsefulNotes/{Philippines} First Philippine Republic]] failed for reasons similar to the aforementioned Austria-Hungary, albeit the former's lifespan lasting far shorter. Though Philippine nationalists had declared the archipelago's independence from Spain in 1898 during the UsefulNotes/SpanishAmericanWar, the new republic's Spanish-speaking leadership soon found difficulty gaining popular support from the people, who had been separated by millennia of cultural and linguistic barriers, with most Philippine commoners speaking little to no Spanish. Thus, when the Americans came in to secure their claim of their newly-acquired colony, the disunified Philippine Republic, with its lack of a shared national identity among its people, was unable to unite against its foe. Attempts by the Philippine army to force its people to join them only further destroyed the republic's credibility, and by 1901 the republic had collapsed after less than three years of existence. Ultimately, it was the American colonization and nation-building efforts which eventually unified the Philippines under a single national identity.
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** The two main [[AlternateTimeline alternate timelines]] that ended the setting emphasize this. In the End Times, the Order factions don't work together and spend most of the arc infighting (with the most notable examples being the High Elven and Bretonnian civil wars). The ultimate result is [[TheBadGuyWins Chaos and the Skaven destroying the planet]], with only [[FlingALightIntoTheFuture a handful of survivors making it to the new realms formed by the old world's destruction.]] In the Storm of Chaos, on the other hand, Order unites early on in the Conclave of Light and lays out a coherent plan of action; the High Elves use their navy to disrupt Chaos's northern flank and send an elite expeditionary force to help out on the mainland, the Empire unites fully under Emperor Karl Franz and integrates their commands with those of the Dwarfs, and the Bretonnians send their cavalry forces on crusades to the northeast to help out the Empire and Dwarfs. Even the otherwise isolationist [[HeroicNeutral Wood Elves]] send out forces to bushwhack particularly troublesome Norscan and Beastmen warbands, helping to secure Order's home front. Thus Archaon's invasion gets defeated before it even manage to take down one of the great powers; it the attack still does a lot of damage Out of universe, Josh Reynolds (who wrote most of the End Times novels) confirmed that if the humans, elves, and dwarfs had unified early on, the result would have been an early and anticlimactic victory for Order. In universe, Archaon himself acknowledges that he has little chance of victory if Order unites against him, hence why he focuses on sowing disunity.
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** The two main [[AlternateTimeline alternate timelines]] that ended the setting emphasize this. In the End Times, the Order factions don't work together and spend most of the arc infighting (with the most notable examples being the High Elven and Bretonnian civil wars). The ultimate result is [[TheBadGuyWins Chaos and the Skaven destroying the planet]], with only [[FlingALightIntoTheFuture a handful of survivors making it to the new realms formed by the old world's destruction.]] In the Storm of Chaos, on the other hand, Order unites early on in the Conclave of Light and lays out a coherent plan of action; the High Elves use their navy to disrupt Chaos's northern flank and send an elite expeditionary force to help out on the mainland, the Empire unites fully under Emperor Karl Franz and integrates their commands with those of the Dwarfs, and the Bretonnians send their cavalry forces on crusades to the northeast to help out the Empire and Dwarfs. Even the otherwise isolationist [[HeroicNeutral Wood Elves]] send out forces to bushwhack particularly troublesome Norscan and Beastmen warbands, helping to secure Order's home front. Thus Archaon's invasion gets defeated before it even manage to take down one of the great powers; it the attack still does a lot of damage but the world survives and rebuilds. Out of universe, Josh Reynolds (who wrote most of the End Times novels) confirmed that if the humans, elves, and dwarfs had unified early on, the result would have been an early and anticlimactic victory for Order. In universe, In-universe, Archaon himself acknowledges that he has little chance of victory if Order unites against him, hence why he focuses on sowing disunity.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' has this as a consistent theme. It's emphasized again and again that when Order unites, they beat Chaos. When Order falls to infighting, Chaos takes ground. For thousands of years after banishing the daemons, the great elven and dwarf empires held the world in such a state that Chaos was a marginal threat. This was only disrupted after the elves fell to civil war and the elves and dwarfs went to war themselves later over misunderstandings and pride. This gave Chaos the foothold they needed, but even after that, Chaos was never able to take on Order at their best and only made progress when the non-corrupted humans, elves, dwarfs, and lizardmen were fighting themselves or each other. Twelve successive [[TheAntichrist Everchosen]] led worldwide invasions, and twelve successive Everchosen were slain when Order got their act together. In the case of the second most recent, Asavar Kul's attacks in the Great War Against Chaos, his forces launched invasions of the Old World and Ulthuan while the Empire was in the middle of a civil war and the High Elves were in a dynastic struggle and being attacked by the Dark Elves. In both theaters, the old pattern played out: Chaos made early gains but were crushed when Order unified (the High Elves by combing the strength of their disparate kingdoms and later sending wizards to help the Empire, the Empire by combining the strength of their disparate electorates and drawing on forces from the Karaz Ankor Dwarfs, Kislevites, and High Elves), resulting an Order victory and the Realm of Chaos shrinking to below its pre-invasion size.
** The two main [[AlternateTimeline alternate timelines]] that ended the setting emphasize this. In the End Times, the Order factions don't work together and spend most of the arc infighting (with the most notable examples being the High Elven and Bretonnian civil wars). The ultimate result is [[TheBadGuyWins Chaos and the Skaven destroying the planet]], with only [[FlingALightIntoTheFuture a handful of survivors making it to the new realms formed by the old world's destruction.]] In the Storm of Chaos, on the other hand, Order unites early on in the Conclave of Light and lays out a coherent plan of action; the High Elves use their navy to disrupt Chaos's northern flank and send an elite expeditionary force to help out on the mainland, the Empire unites fully under Emperor Karl Franz and integrates their commands with those of the Dwarfs, and the Bretonnians send their cavalry forces on crusades to the northeast to help out the Empire and Dwarfs. Even the otherwise isolationist [[HeroicNeutral Wood Elves]] send out forces to bushwhack particularly troublesome Norscan and Beastmen warbands, helping to secure Order's home front. Thus Archaon's invasion gets defeated before it even manage to take down one of the great powers; it the attack still does a lot of damage Out of universe, Josh Reynolds (who wrote most of the End Times novels) confirmed that if the humans, elves, and dwarfs had unified early on, the result would have been an early and anticlimactic victory for Order. In universe, Archaon himself acknowledges that he has little chance of victory if Order unites against him, hence why he focuses on sowing disunity.
* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'' (the result of the aforementioned End Times timeline) continues this. In the Age of Myth, Sigmar united the gods and peoples of Order and delivered an unholy beatdown on Chaos, smashing every attempt they made to invade the Mortal Realms (late in the Age, the elven deities even managed to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu injure and imprison Slaanesh, one of the big four Chaos Gods]]). They then built prosperous civilizations within the Realms that eclipsed anything in the old world in both wealth and size, resulting in a thousands-year long golden age. The Age of Chaos, when Chaos forces managed to overwhelm much of the realms, was a direct result of the pantheon fragmenting and falling into their old habits. The titular Age of Sigmar is Order's counteroffensive, and it's made clear that only by sticking together can they prevail.
** The two main [[AlternateTimeline alternate timelines]] that ended the setting emphasize this. In the End Times, the Order factions don't work together and spend most of the arc infighting (with the most notable examples being the High Elven and Bretonnian civil wars). The ultimate result is [[TheBadGuyWins Chaos and the Skaven destroying the planet]], with only [[FlingALightIntoTheFuture a handful of survivors making it to the new realms formed by the old world's destruction.]] In the Storm of Chaos, on the other hand, Order unites early on in the Conclave of Light and lays out a coherent plan of action; the High Elves use their navy to disrupt Chaos's northern flank and send an elite expeditionary force to help out on the mainland, the Empire unites fully under Emperor Karl Franz and integrates their commands with those of the Dwarfs, and the Bretonnians send their cavalry forces on crusades to the northeast to help out the Empire and Dwarfs. Even the otherwise isolationist [[HeroicNeutral Wood Elves]] send out forces to bushwhack particularly troublesome Norscan and Beastmen warbands, helping to secure Order's home front. Thus Archaon's invasion gets defeated before it even manage to take down one of the great powers; it the attack still does a lot of damage Out of universe, Josh Reynolds (who wrote most of the End Times novels) confirmed that if the humans, elves, and dwarfs had unified early on, the result would have been an early and anticlimactic victory for Order. In universe, Archaon himself acknowledges that he has little chance of victory if Order unites against him, hence why he focuses on sowing disunity.
* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'' (the result of the aforementioned End Times timeline) continues this. In the Age of Myth, Sigmar united the gods and peoples of Order and delivered an unholy beatdown on Chaos, smashing every attempt they made to invade the Mortal Realms (late in the Age, the elven deities even managed to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu injure and imprison Slaanesh, one of the big four Chaos Gods]]). They then built prosperous civilizations within the Realms that eclipsed anything in the old world in both wealth and size, resulting in a thousands-year long golden age. The Age of Chaos, when Chaos forces managed to overwhelm much of the realms, was a direct result of the pantheon fragmenting and falling into their old habits. The titular Age of Sigmar is Order's counteroffensive, and it's made clear that only by sticking together can they prevail.
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII''. Five individuals are given StockSuperpowers and sent on TheQuest of vague nature, just like in so many PlayerParty-based [=RPGs=]. The problem is that two of them hate the third one's guts, the fourth has a hidden agenda, and the OnlySaneMan is appalled by the others so much, he decides to quit. None of them have the same idea of how to treat their new CursedWithAwesome status and go about their quest.
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII''. Five individuals are given StockSuperpowers superpowers and sent on TheQuest of vague nature, just like in so many PlayerParty-based [=RPGs=]. The problem is that two of them hate the third one's guts, the fourth has a hidden agenda, and the OnlySaneMan is appalled by the others so much, he decides to quit. None of them have the same idea of how to treat their new CursedWithAwesome status and go about their quest.
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* This is an old, old trope in professional wrestling in general and tag team wrestling in particular; teams that would present an invincible challenge so long as they maintained a united front being torn apart by infighting, power struggles, and personality conflicts, leading to their dismantlement.
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* ''Film/{{Ran}}'': Being an adaptation of ''Theatre/KingLear'' (for which see Theatre below), this is the basic problem. Lord Ichimonji uses the classic metaphor of three arrows in a bundle being harder to break than three arrows separately to demonstrate the importance of strength in unity. Saburo [[SubvertedTrope subverts this]] by using his knee to break the bundle, showing that even a united family can break under the right circumstances. Ironically, it is Saburo who tries the hardest to heed his father's advice, and is thwarted by his brothers' ambitions (and Lady Kaede's machinations).
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* ''Theatre/KingLear'' and its most famous adaptation, ''Film/{{Ran}}'', have this quarreling problem. The daughters of Lear/the sons of Lord Ichimonji don't learn the lesson and everything gets worse.
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* ''Theatre/KingLear'' and its most famous adaptation, ''Film/{{Ran}}'', have this quarreling problem. The daughters of Lear/the sons of Lord Ichimonji Lear don't learn the lesson and everything gets worse.
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Contrast WithFriendsLikeThese, where your ally is only your ally because the two of you happen to be fighting the same villain at the same time; this has deadly serious effects, and also can be carried out with perfect courtesy all around. Contrast EnemyMine, where someone who is usually an opponent is willing to work with you against a common enemy. Contrast SourSupporter, who will work for you, but just to let you know, he thinks you're insane. When TheHero and TheRival work for different organizations, InterserviceRivalry may be involved. Supertrope of WeAREStrugglingTogether and AHouseDivided. See also IgnoredEnemy, RebelliousRebel, HeadbuttingHeroes, LetsYouAndHimFight, WhoNeedsEnemies and NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering.
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Contrast WithFriendsLikeThese, where your ally is only your ally because the two of you happen to be fighting the same villain at the same time; this has deadly serious effects, and also can be carried out with perfect courtesy all around. Contrast EnemyMine, where someone who is usually an opponent is willing to work with you against a common enemy. Contrast SourSupporter, who will work for you, but just to let you know, he thinks you're insane. When TheHero and TheRival work for different organizations, InterserviceRivalry may be involved. Supertrope of WeAREStrugglingTogether WeAreStrugglingTogether and AHouseDivided. See also IgnoredEnemy, RebelliousRebel, HeadbuttingHeroes, LetsYouAndHimFight, WhoNeedsEnemies and NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering.
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* Firefall: Despite the fact that literally over 99% of the planet is covered in Melding (alien corruption used by the Chosen alien race) and humanity's populace has dwindled from ten billion to less than a million, you still kill about 4-12 humans per mission. On average. Between the Somalian Pirate look-alikes, the Black Hills gang, the Reaper Assassin's Guild, the Biker Buzzards (though, about a third of these guys are nice people), the android-loving Ophamin, and even some fucked up corrupt Accord Generals, the Accord and Ares have more than they can take. Even ARES teams will duke it out against each other and fill mass graves, especially over valuable resources like mineral-rich mining sites and high-value treasure maps. Luckily for humanity, the Chosen tribes have their own tribal wars in pursuit of total dominance over the rest of the Melding lands, so the EnemyCivilWar prevents total victory for the Chosen.
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* Firefall: ''VideoGame/{{Firefall}}'': Despite the fact that literally over 99% of the planet is covered in Melding (alien corruption used by the Chosen alien race) and humanity's populace has dwindled from ten billion to less than a million, you still kill about 4-12 humans per mission. On average. Between the Somalian Pirate look-alikes, the Black Hills gang, the Reaper Assassin's Guild, the Biker Buzzards (though, about a third of these guys are nice people), the android-loving Ophamin, and even some fucked up corrupt Accord Generals, the Accord and Ares have more than they can take. Even ARES teams will duke it out against each other and fill mass graves, especially over valuable resources like mineral-rich mining sites and high-value treasure maps. Luckily for humanity, the Chosen tribes have their own tribal wars in pursuit of total dominance over the rest of the Melding lands, so the EnemyCivilWar prevents total victory for the Chosen.
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** When Corbyn was succeeded by the more moderate Keir Starmer, ironically, the same thing seems to be happening, with the Pro-Corbyn people not seeing the irony. Many people who had been lifelong Labour voters proudly boasted that due to Starmer's leadership they would never vote Labour again and called on Corbyn to start a new Party, as if this would somehow help fight Right-Wing policies.
** Worse, disintegration of the United Kingdom as a result of Brexit remains a very real possibility. Polling strongly suggests that the Scots (who voted overwhelmingly to Remain in the 2016 referendum) would vote for independence in order to remain with the EU if May's successor were to successfully force a no deal Brexit through Parliament. In addition, Northern Ireland may decide to hold a referendum on unification, if only to avoid a return to a "hard" (policed) border between Norther Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. After a very hard Brexit which has left the United Kingdom in a ruinous economic state despite which many people in England refuse to admit how bad it has been and are continuing to cheer on the Conservatives Scottish Independence looks increasingly likely.
* This is commonly considered a weakness of the Democratic Party compared to the Republican Party in United States politics: the Democrats are a big tent party with a lot of wings that are both distinct and distrustful of each other. A leader of the Democratic party needs to be able to operate with the Blue Dog, Progessive, and other wings to push policies along and minimize defections. The party, however, is generally able to get things passed and stand in unison when it needs to. The party is even able to ''weaponize'' their fractious nature at times: at many times candidates are able to run not just against Republicans, but against their own leadership in Washington, and the leadership (usually Pelosi as this is most common in House races) even encourages it.
** Worse, disintegration of the United Kingdom as a result of Brexit remains a very real possibility. Polling strongly suggests that the Scots (who voted overwhelmingly to Remain in the 2016 referendum) would vote for independence in order to remain with the EU if May's successor were to successfully force a no deal Brexit through Parliament. In addition, Northern Ireland may decide to hold a referendum on unification, if only to avoid a return to a "hard" (policed) border between Norther Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. After a very hard Brexit which has left the United Kingdom in a ruinous economic state despite which many people in England refuse to admit how bad it has been and are continuing to cheer on the Conservatives Scottish Independence looks increasingly likely.
* This is commonly considered a weakness of the Democratic Party compared to the Republican Party in United States politics: the Democrats are a big tent party with a lot of wings that are both distinct and distrustful of each other. A leader of the Democratic party needs to be able to operate with the Blue Dog, Progessive, and other wings to push policies along and minimize defections. The party, however, is generally able to get things passed and stand in unison when it needs to. The party is even able to ''weaponize'' their fractious nature at times: at many times candidates are able to run not just against Republicans, but against their own leadership in Washington, and the leadership (usually Pelosi as this is most common in House races) even encourages it.
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** When Corbyn was succeeded by the more moderate Keir Starmer, ironically, the same thing seems to be happening, with the Pro-Corbyn people not seeing the irony. Many people who had been lifelong Labour voters proudly boasted that due to Starmer's leadership they would never vote Labour again and called on Corbyn to start a new Party, as if this would somehow help fight Right-Wing policies.
policies, without seeing the problem of more in a FPTP system.
** Worse, disintegration of the United Kingdom as a result of Brexit remains a very real possibility. Polling strongly suggests that the Scots (who voted overwhelmingly to Remain in the 2016 referendum) would vote for independence in order to remain with the EU if May's successor were to successfully force a no deal Brexit through Parliament. In addition, Northern Ireland may decide to hold a referendum on unification, if only to avoid a return to a "hard" (policed) border between Norther Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. After a very hard Brexit which has left the United Kingdom in a ruinous economic state despite which many people in England refuse to admit how bad it has been and are continuing to cheer on theConservatives Conservatives, with Boris Johnson remaining high in the Polls, Scottish Independence looks increasingly likely.
* This is commonly considered a weakness of the Democratic Party compared to the Republican Party in United States politics: the Democrats are a big tent party with a lot of wings that are both distinct and distrustful of each other. A leader of the Democratic party needs to be able to operate with the Blue Dog,Progessive, Progressive, and other wings to push policies along and minimize defections. The party, however, is generally able to get things passed and stand in unison when it needs to. The party is even able to ''weaponize'' their fractious nature at times: at many times candidates are able to run not just against Republicans, but against their own leadership in Washington, and the leadership (usually Pelosi as this is most common in House races) even encourages it. \n
** Worse, disintegration of the United Kingdom as a result of Brexit remains a very real possibility. Polling strongly suggests that the Scots (who voted overwhelmingly to Remain in the 2016 referendum) would vote for independence in order to remain with the EU if May's successor were to successfully force a no deal Brexit through Parliament. In addition, Northern Ireland may decide to hold a referendum on unification, if only to avoid a return to a "hard" (policed) border between Norther Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. After a very hard Brexit which has left the United Kingdom in a ruinous economic state despite which many people in England refuse to admit how bad it has been and are continuing to cheer on the
* This is commonly considered a weakness of the Democratic Party compared to the Republican Party in United States politics: the Democrats are a big tent party with a lot of wings that are both distinct and distrustful of each other. A leader of the Democratic party needs to be able to operate with the Blue Dog,
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* This happened to the forces of evil in ''TabletopGame/Dragonlance'' during the War Of The Lance. After the Heroes of the Lance banish [[BigBad Takhisis]], the Dragonarmies disintegrate into five mutually hostile factions. In the original Chronicles trilogy, the CoDragons are more interested in fighting each other to get the Crown of Power and become the new Dragon Emperor after Tanis and Raistlin kill Ariakas than they are in stopping Caramon, Tika and Tasslehoff from getting Berem to the Foundation Stone so he can do the banishment.
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* This happened to the forces of evil in ''TabletopGame/Dragonlance'' ''{{TabletopGame/Dragonlance}}'' during the War Of The Lance. After the Heroes of the Lance banish [[BigBad Takhisis]], the Dragonarmies disintegrate into five mutually hostile factions.factions, making it much easier for the forces of good to fight them. In the original Chronicles trilogy, the CoDragons are more interested in fighting each other to get the Crown of Power and become the new Dragon Emperor after Tanis and Raistlin kill Ariakas than they are in stopping Caramon, Tika and Tasslehoff from getting Berem to the Foundation Stone so he can do the banishment.
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* This happened to the forces of evil in ''TabletopGame/Dragonlance'' during the War Of The Lance. After the Heroes of the Lance banish [[BigBad Takhisis]], the Dragonarmies disintegrate into five mutually hostile factions. In the original Chronicles trilogy, the CoDragons are more interested in fighting each other to get the Crown of Power and become the new Dragon Emperor after Tanis and Raistlin kill Ariakas than they are in stopping Caramon, Tika and Tasslehoff from getting Berem to the Foundation Stone so he can do the banishment.
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** Worse, disintegration of the United Kingdom as a result of Brexit remains a very real possibility. Polling strongly suggests that the Scots (who voted overwhelmingly to Remain in the 2016 referendum) would vote for independence in order to remain with the EU if May's successor were to successfully force a no deal Brexit through Parliament. In addition, Northern Ireland may decide to hold a referendum on unification, if only to avoid a return to a "hard" (policed) border between Norther Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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** Ultimately the UK left with a deal... though on very bad terms and in a much worse position. Factions within the Labour Party so disliked Corbyn they sabotaged his hopes by attacking him. Some MPs broke away to form a new Party, Change UK... which basically collapsed after winning no seats in the 2019 election. The vote was split in many constituencies between Labour and Lib Dem, enabling Tories to win the seats, the Lib Dem Leader Jo Swinson spending a lot of time attacking Labour and Corbyn and assuming people would naturally vote Lib Dem instead.
**When Corbyn was succeeded by the more moderate Keir Starmer, ironically, the same thing seems to be happening, with the Pro-Corbyn people not seeing the irony. Many people who had been lifelong Labour voters proudly boasted that due to Starmer's leadership they would never vote Labour again and called on Corbyn to start a new Party, as if this would somehow help fight Right-Wing policies.
** Worse, disintegration of the United Kingdom as a result of Brexit remains a very real possibility. Polling strongly suggests that the Scots (who voted overwhelmingly to Remain in the 2016 referendum) would vote for independence in order to remain with the EU if May's successor were to successfully force a no deal Brexit through Parliament. In addition, Northern Ireland may decide to hold a referendum on unification, if only to avoid a return to a "hard" (policed) border between Norther Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. After a very hard Brexit which has left the United Kingdom in a ruinous economic state despite which many people in England refuse to admit how bad it has been and are continuing to cheer on the Conservatives Scottish Independence looks increasingly likely.
**When Corbyn was succeeded by the more moderate Keir Starmer, ironically, the same thing seems to be happening, with the Pro-Corbyn people not seeing the irony. Many people who had been lifelong Labour voters proudly boasted that due to Starmer's leadership they would never vote Labour again and called on Corbyn to start a new Party, as if this would somehow help fight Right-Wing policies.
** Worse, disintegration of the United Kingdom as a result of Brexit remains a very real possibility. Polling strongly suggests that the Scots (who voted overwhelmingly to Remain in the 2016 referendum) would vote for independence in order to remain with the EU if May's successor were to successfully force a no deal Brexit through Parliament. In addition, Northern Ireland may decide to hold a referendum on unification, if only to avoid a return to a "hard" (policed) border between Norther Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. After a very hard Brexit which has left the United Kingdom in a ruinous economic state despite which many people in England refuse to admit how bad it has been and are continuing to cheer on the Conservatives Scottish Independence looks increasingly likely.
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* Thanks to an EvilPlan by the villain of the SchoolFestival arc in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', lead Negi was being held responsible for TheUnmasquedWorld, with his TrueCompanions being hunted as accomplices. This had the re-grouped friends fighting far better-trained mage teachers and students employed by the school is guards with [[DistressedDude Negi taken prisoner]]. They ultimately succeeded in [[RescueArc rescuing the lead]], though not without tremendous hinderance and generally having life made a little harder.
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* Thanks to an EvilPlan by the villain of the SchoolFestival arc in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', lead Negi was being held responsible for TheUnmasquedWorld, with his TrueCompanions being hunted as accomplices. This had the re-grouped friends fighting far better-trained mage teachers and students employed by the school is guards with [[DistressedDude Negi taken prisoner]]. They ultimately succeeded in [[RescueArc rescuing the lead]], though not without tremendous hinderance and generally having life made a little harder.
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* Cosmo Entelechia and Ala Alba are both trying to save the magic world in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima''. The problem is that the former doesn't believe in the latter's plan, which has a more optimistic solution. Which is honestly justified considering the situation and who is informing them of it.
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* Cosmo Entelechia and Ala Alba are both trying to save the magic world in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima''.''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi''. The problem is that the former doesn't believe in the latter's plan, which has a more optimistic solution. Which is honestly justified considering the situation and who is informing them of it.
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* ''FanFic/ABrighterDark'': Ryoma becomes so focused on the war with Nohr that he completely ignores the opinions of the ObstructiveBureaucrat shoguns that run the different provinces of Hoshido. While this appears to be an awesome moment at first, Ryoma realizes that dismissing nobles of high status isn't such a good idea when you need their assistance in fighting a war, and they eventually break away from Hoshido all together to fight the war on his own.
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* ''Film/HighNoon''. Kane's deputy refuses to help him unless Kane agrees to the deputy becoming his successor.
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** In his Inquisitor series -- both ''{{Literature/Eisenhorn}}'' ''Literature/{{Eisenhorn}}'' and ''Literature/{{Ravenor}}'' -- the inquisitors in question spend as much time resisting the Inquisition as they do the forces of Chaos.
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* In William King's ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' Literature/SpaceWolf novel ''Grey Hunters'', Trainor recounts the infighting between the separate factions on Gram. Among the Space Wolves themselves, political conflict is enough to make Ragnar think of this, though it does not actually affect their ability to fight (to be just to Ragnar, yes; to fight, no). And when Ragnar has retrieved Trainor and his men, [[InterserviceRivalry the Inquisition tries to keep them as prisoners; the Space Wolves refuse]].
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* In William King's ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' Literature/SpaceWolf novel ''Grey Hunters'', Trainor recounts the infighting between the separate factions on Gram. Among the Space Wolves themselves, political conflict is enough to make Ragnar think of this, though it does not actually affect their ability to fight (to be just to Ragnar, yes; to fight, no). And when Ragnar has retrieved Trainor and his men, [[InterserviceRivalry the Inquisition tries to keep them as prisoners; the Space Wolves refuse]].
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* In Creator/GrahamMcNeill's ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' Literature/{{Ultramarines}} novel ''Nightbringer'', the cartels are neck-deep in pointless fighting with each other, despite constant Dark Eldar {{Pirate}} raids and bomb-setting {{Cult}}s attacking the cartels simultaneously.
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* In Creator/GrahamMcNeill's ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' Literature/{{Ultramarines}} novel ''Nightbringer'', the cartels are neck-deep in pointless fighting with each other, despite constant Dark Eldar {{Pirate}} raids and bomb-setting {{Cult}}s attacking the cartels simultaneously.
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* In Creator/GrahamMcNeill's ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' novel ''Storm of Iron'', the Warsmith deliberately cultivates rivalries in his underlings (using such things as Honsou's MixedAncestry), in order to spur them to greater heights and keep them too busy to betray him.
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* In Creator/GrahamMcNeill's ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' novel ''Storm of Iron'', the Warsmith deliberately cultivates rivalries in his underlings (using such things as Honsou's MixedAncestry), in order to spur them to greater heights and keep them too busy to betray him.
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* In Creator/BenCounter's ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' Literature/HorusHeresy novel ''Galaxy in Flames'', [[spoiler:Lucius]], [[GreenEyedMonster envious]] about authority that he doesn't have, complains that [[spoiler:Tarvitz]] is giving him orders while they are under attack [[spoiler:by superior Imperial forces]]. This attitude leads to [[spoiler:[[TurnCoat his betraying them to Horus's forces]]]].
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* In Creator/BenCounter's ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' Literature/HorusHeresy novel ''Galaxy in Flames'', [[spoiler:Lucius]], [[GreenEyedMonster envious]] about authority that he doesn't have, complains that [[spoiler:Tarvitz]] is giving him orders while they are under attack [[spoiler:by superior Imperial forces]]. This attitude leads to [[spoiler:[[TurnCoat his betraying them to Horus's forces]]]].
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* In Creator/JamesSwallow's ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' Literature/BloodAngels novel ''Deus Sanguinius'', at the climax, a Blood Angel explicitly declares that another Blood Angel ship is more of a danger than a Chaos ship.
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* In Creator/JamesSwallow's ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' Literature/BloodAngels novel ''Deus Sanguinius'', at the climax, a Blood Angel explicitly declares that another Blood Angel ship is more of a danger than a Chaos ship.
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* In Nick Kyme's novel for TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} ''[[Literature/{{Salamanders}} Salamander]]'', although the Marines Malevolent have played TheCavalry, and they and the Salamanders are still on enemy territory, tension and sniping arise almost immediately on their meeting.
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* In Nick Kyme's novel for TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} ''[[Literature/{{Salamanders}} Salamander]]'', TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 ''Literature/{{Salamander|s}}'', although the Marines Malevolent have played TheCavalry, and they and the Salamanders are still on enemy territory, tension and sniping arise almost immediately on their meeting.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' takes this to insane levels (look at how many Literature examples it has on this page!). A relevant Imperial propaganda piece states that 'There is no innocence, only shades of guilt.' ''Everyone'' is held in the darkest suspicion of heretical thought, ''entire worlds'' are lost while organizations bicker over their jurisdiction. The only person above reproach is named the Immortal God Emperor of Mankind and he might be ''dead''.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' takes this to insane levels (look at how many Literature examples it has on this page!). A relevant Imperial propaganda piece states that 'There is no innocence, only shades of guilt.' ''Everyone'' is held in the darkest suspicion of heretical thought, ''entire worlds'' are lost while organizations bicker over their jurisdiction. The only person above reproach is named the Immortal God Emperor of Mankind and he might be ''dead''.
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* [[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Arcueid]] seems to have little issue with cooperating with the Church when necessary. They, on the other hand, feel differently as she's technically a vampire as well. Fortunately, she's essentially indestructible so they decided 'Fuck it' and agreed to work with her on occasion. That's mostly [[AllThereInTheManual background material]] due to our only seeing sane Church members, but Ciel and Arcueid also have a funny tendency to start fighting to the death when differences arise. And they're ''[[WordOfGod friends]]''.
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* [[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Arcueid]] ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'': Arcueid seems to have little issue with cooperating with the Church when necessary. They, on the other hand, feel differently as she's technically a vampire as well. Fortunately, she's essentially indestructible so they decided 'Fuck it' and agreed to work with her on occasion. That's mostly [[AllThereInTheManual background material]] due to our only seeing sane Church members, but Ciel and Arcueid also have a funny tendency to start fighting to the death when differences arise. And they're ''[[WordOfGod friends]]''.
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* Yet another ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' example is in the ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'' series, which contains ''five'' different campaigns (so far) in which everyone would much rather kill everyone else than work together to defeat the [[TheUsualAdversaries Orks]], [[RobotWar Necrons]], [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Tyranids]], and/or [[TheLegionsOfHell Chaos]] that are rampaging everywhere. This ranges from ''Winter Assault'', in which the Imperial Guard and Eldar briefly ally before arbitrarily betraying each other, to ''Soulstorm'', in which three different divisions ''of the same faction'' are pounding at each other.
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* Yet another ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' example is in the ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'' series, which contains ''five'' different campaigns (so far) in which everyone would much rather kill everyone else than work together to defeat the [[TheUsualAdversaries Orks]], [[RobotWar Necrons]], [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Tyranids]], and/or [[TheLegionsOfHell Chaos]] that are rampaging everywhere. This ranges from ''Winter Assault'', in which the Imperial Guard and Eldar briefly ally before arbitrarily betraying each other, to ''Soulstorm'', in which three different divisions ''of the same faction'' are pounding at each other.
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* ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors''. Suffice it to say, that isn't how the nonary game was supposed to {{e|verybodysDeadDave}}nd.
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* ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors''. ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'': Suffice it to say, that isn't how the nonary game was supposed to {{e|verybodysDeadDave}}nd.
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* Parodied in a ''VideoGame/{{Lineage 2}}'' comic where an orc father tries to teach his quarreling sons this lesson using the "bundle of arrows" analogy... but is stronger than he thinks and easily breaks the united spears. He makes the best of it and converts it into a lesson in the importance of overwhelming strength.
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* Parodied in a ''VideoGame/{{Lineage 2}}'' ''VideoGame/Lineage2'' comic where an orc father tries to teach his quarreling sons this lesson using the "bundle of arrows" analogy... but is stronger than he thinks and easily breaks the united spears. He makes the best of it and converts it into a lesson in the importance of overwhelming strength.
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* In ''Videogame/StarTrekOnline'', [[spoiler:all of the Iconians' schemes were attempts to prevent the races of the galaxy from becoming an alliance. They were defeated by an alliance in ages past, and they do not want history to repeat itself.]]
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* In ''Videogame/StarTrekOnline'', ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'', [[spoiler:all of the Iconians' schemes were attempts to prevent the races of the galaxy from becoming an alliance. They were defeated by an alliance in ages past, and they do not want history to repeat itself.]]
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* Discussed thoroughly in ''Film/{{Exam}}''. Because the characters can't decide whether they're supposed to act as a group to achieve a goal that they can't achieve alone or they're meant to pull the carpet out from under each other, they keep debating this theme. Black and Blonde are the ones that most advocate this idea.
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* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' has an oddity in the way it handles loyalty and enmity, which can result in what Toady calls the "civil war bug" and the fandom calls a "loyalty cascade". Normally, your dwarves are loyal to both your fortress and your starting civilization, because your fort is clearly meant to be an extension of that civilization. Any creature which attacks another creature with intent to kill becomes an enemy of all its victim's factions. So far, this is all very logical and intuitive. However, the dwarven caravan are members of your civilization and ''not'' your fort. This, too, seems the logical choice -- but it opens up the possibility of one of your dwarves attacking a member of the caravan, resulting in them simultaneously being loyal to your fort yet an enemy to your civilization. Then, any of your dwarves who attacks one of these "separatist" dwarves will become an enemy of ''their'' factions -- making them "loyalist" enemies of your fort and allies of your civilization. This can result in rapidly-spreading divided loyalties, up to a full-blown all-fort civil war -- to the point that a bugged dwarf killing an ordinary citizen is a ''relief'', because it makes them an enemy of both factions and no longer able to spread the cascade. Other possible triggers for loyalty cascades include attempting to train captured enemy mounts and sending your military after a berserk or werebeast dwarf.
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* Throughout ''Fanfic/CodePrimeR1Rebellion'', the Britannians and Decepticons, despite being nominally aligned together, tend to argue to hell and back and attempt to one up each other. This comes to a head in Chapter 22, ''[[MeaningfulName Divided They Fall]]'', where Airachnid ends up trapping Cornelia and Starscream in half of the wreck of the Harbinger so that she can claim the immobilizer. Not only do the Autobots and Black Knights get away with the weapon (in part because Airachnid immobilized all of her allies ''in addition to the Autobots and Black Knighs'', [[spoiler:Lelouch was able to use his Geass on Cornelia to obtain information on all of Britannia's military operations in Japan]].
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* Throughout ''Fanfic/CodePrimeR1Rebellion'', ''Fanfic/CodePrime'', the Britannians and Decepticons, despite being nominally aligned together, tend to argue to hell and back and attempt to one up each other. This comes to a head in Chapter 22, ''[[MeaningfulName Divided They Fall]]'', where Airachnid ends up trapping Cornelia and Starscream in half of the wreck of the Harbinger so that she can claim the immobilizer. Not only do the Autobots and Black Knights get away with the weapon (in part because Airachnid immobilized all of her allies ''in addition to the Autobots and Black Knighs'', Knights''), [[spoiler:Lelouch was able to use his Geass on Cornelia to obtain information on all of Britannia's military operations in Japan]].Japan]]. Megatron smacks some heads after this and threatens any Con who refuses to properly work together for their greater agenda, which miraculously works, though their relationship with Britannia doesn't get any better [[spoiler: and ultimately the Decepticons [[EvilerThanThou overthrow and conquer the Britannian Empire]]]].
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* At least twice in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', [[TheRival Vegeta]] would deliberately allow the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Universe-Destroying Abomination Of The Week]] to [[OneWingedAngel power up]] so he could have a "worthy" opponent to fight --even going as far as to battle his own allies to let it happen. First, he did it in the Cell Saga, where he stood back while Cell attained his "Perfect" body, then battled Trunks, his own son, when the latter tried to stop it. In a later arc, when he and the other Z fighters raced to avoid the awakening of Majin Buu, he let the magician Babi Di empower him with a malevolent sigil, and forced Goku to battle him instead of helping save the world. Gohan and the Kaio-Shin were left to try to stop Buu on their own. Naturally, they failed, since Buu absorbed the BattleAura shed by Vegeta and Goku in their duel.
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* At least twice in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', [[TheRival Vegeta]] would deliberately allow the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Universe-Destroying Abomination Of The Week]] to [[OneWingedAngel power up]] so he could have a "worthy" opponent to fight --even going as far as to battle his own allies to let it happen. First, he did it in the Cell Saga, where he stood back while Cell attained his "Perfect" body, then battled Trunks, his own son, when the latter tried to stop it. In a later arc, when he and the other Z fighters raced to avoid the awakening of Majin Buu, he let the magician Babi Di Babidi empower him with a malevolent sigil, and forced Goku to battle him instead of helping save the world. Gohan and the Kaio-Shin were left to try to stop Buu on their own. Naturally, they failed, since Buu absorbed the BattleAura shed by Vegeta and Goku in their duel.
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** When they finally attacked the empire openly, their invasion was driven back by the combined might of the Imperial Legion, Skyrim's Nord militias, and Hammerfell's Redguard warriors defeating them on separate fronts. Yet because [[PyrrhicVictory the war had been so costly for the Empire]], the Dominion were able to force a "peace treaty", the White Gold Concordat, that was heavily skewed to their interests, in particular agreeing that the Empire would relinquish territory in southern Hammerfell that the Redguards were still holding. Rather than accept this and yield to the Dominion, the Redguards chose to secede from the Empire and the Concordat, and continue to hold off the elven invaders themselves. Though the Dominion was eventually driven out of Hammerfell as well, it's thought by many that that forcing this issue and fracturing the Empire further was [[XanatosGambit what the Thalmor had wanted all along]].
** Finally, another key concession in the Concordat was renouncing the man-turned-God Talos from the Empire's pantheon. As the Nords of Skyrim deeply revere Talos, and already hold mutual animosity and suspicion towards elves, seeing the Empire renounce their venerated hero for the sake of elven interests is taken by many Nords as a sign of cowardice and surrender, turning a good portion of the once- totally loyal province of Skyrim sour to the Imperials. The Thalmor at this time had also [[spoiler:captured a skilled Nordic aristocrat-turned-soldier, one who would become a natural champion and leader for the Nordic people, and subtly manipulated him toward an anti-Imperial secessionist agenda]], laying the groundwork for the Skyrim CivilWar, the outcome of which could potentially fatally shatter the Empire and leave both sides weakened for an inevitable second invasion.
** Finally, another key concession in the Concordat was renouncing the man-turned-God Talos from the Empire's pantheon. As the Nords of Skyrim deeply revere Talos, and already hold mutual animosity and suspicion towards elves, seeing the Empire renounce their venerated hero for the sake of elven interests is taken by many Nords as a sign of cowardice and surrender, turning a good portion of the once- totally loyal province of Skyrim sour to the Imperials. The Thalmor at this time had also [[spoiler:captured a skilled Nordic aristocrat-turned-soldier, one who would become a natural champion and leader for the Nordic people, and subtly manipulated him toward an anti-Imperial secessionist agenda]], laying the groundwork for the Skyrim CivilWar, the outcome of which could potentially fatally shatter the Empire and leave both sides weakened for an inevitable second invasion.
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** When they finally attacked the empire openly, their invasion was driven back by the combined might of the Imperial Legion, Skyrim's Nord militias, and Hammerfell's Redguard warriors defeating them on separate fronts. Yet because [[PyrrhicVictory the war had been so costly for the Empire]], the Dominion were able to force a "peace treaty", known as the White Gold Concordat, that was heavily skewed to their interests, in particular agreeing that the Empire would relinquish territory in southern Hammerfell that the Redguards were still holding. Rather than accept this and yield to the Dominion, the Redguards chose to secede from the Empire and the Concordat, and continue to hold off the elven invaders themselves. Though the Dominion was eventually driven out of Hammerfell as well, it's thought by many that that forcing this issue and fracturing the Empire further was [[XanatosGambit what the Thalmor had wanted all along]].
** Finally, another key concession in the Concordat was renouncing theman-turned-God man-turned-deity Talos from the Empire's pantheon. As the Nords of Skyrim deeply revere Talos, and already hold mutual animosity and suspicion towards elves, seeing the Empire renounce their venerated hero for the sake of elven interests is taken by many Nords as a sign of cowardice and surrender, surrendering, turning a good portion of the once- totally once-totally loyal province of Skyrim sour to towards the Imperials. The Thalmor at this time had also [[spoiler:captured a skilled Nordic aristocrat-turned-soldier, one who would naturally become a natural strong leader and champion and leader for the Nordic people, and subtly manipulated him toward into developing an anti-Imperial secessionist agenda]], laying agenda of his own]], planting the groundwork seeds for the Skyrim CivilWar, CivilWar within the main game, the outcome of which could potentially fatally shatter what's left of [[VestigialEmpire the Empire Empire]] and leave both sides weakened for an inevitable second invasion.
** Finally, another key concession in the Concordat was renouncing the
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** When they finally attacked the empire openly, their invasion was driven back by the combined might of the Imperial Legion, Skyrim's Nord militias, and Hammerfell's Redguard warriors defeating them on separate fronts. Yet because [[PhyrricVictory the war had been so costly for the Empire]], the Dominion were able to force a "peace treaty", the White Gold Concordat, that was heavily skewed to their interests, in particular agreeing that the Empire would relinquish territory in southern Hammerfell that the Redguards were still holding. Rather than accept this and yield to the Dominion, the Redguards chose to secede from the Empire and the Concordat, and continue to hold off the elven invaders themselves. Though the Dominion was eventually driven out of Hammerfell as well, it's thought by many that that forcing this issue and fracturing the Empire further was [[XanatosGambit what the Thalmor had wanted all along]].
** Finally, another key concession in the Concordat was renouncing the man-turned-God Talos from the Empire's pantheon. As the Nords of Skyrim deeply revere Talos, and already hold mutual animosity and suspicion towards elves, seeing the Empire renounce their venerated hero for the sake of elven interests is taken by many Nords as a sign of cowardice and surrender, turning a good portion of the once- totally loyal province of Skyrim sour to the Imperials. The Thalmor at this time had also [[spoiler:captured a skilled Nordic aristocrat-turned-soldier, one who would become a natural champion and leader for the Nordic people, and subtly manipulated him toward becoming an anti-Imperial secessionist]], laying the groundwork for the Skyrim CivilWar, the outcome of which could potentially shatter the Empire fatally.
** Finally, another key concession in the Concordat was renouncing the man-turned-God Talos from the Empire's pantheon. As the Nords of Skyrim deeply revere Talos, and already hold mutual animosity and suspicion towards elves, seeing the Empire renounce their venerated hero for the sake of elven interests is taken by many Nords as a sign of cowardice and surrender, turning a good portion of the once- totally loyal province of Skyrim sour to the Imperials. The Thalmor at this time had also [[spoiler:captured a skilled Nordic aristocrat-turned-soldier, one who would become a natural champion and leader for the Nordic people, and subtly manipulated him toward becoming an anti-Imperial secessionist]], laying the groundwork for the Skyrim CivilWar, the outcome of which could potentially shatter the Empire fatally.
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** When they finally attacked the empire openly, their invasion was driven back by the combined might of the Imperial Legion, Skyrim's Nord militias, and Hammerfell's Redguard warriors defeating them on separate fronts. Yet because [[PhyrricVictory [[PyrrhicVictory the war had been so costly for the Empire]], the Dominion were able to force a "peace treaty", the White Gold Concordat, that was heavily skewed to their interests, in particular agreeing that the Empire would relinquish territory in southern Hammerfell that the Redguards were still holding. Rather than accept this and yield to the Dominion, the Redguards chose to secede from the Empire and the Concordat, and continue to hold off the elven invaders themselves. Though the Dominion was eventually driven out of Hammerfell as well, it's thought by many that that forcing this issue and fracturing the Empire further was [[XanatosGambit what the Thalmor had wanted all along]].
** Finally, another key concession in the Concordat was renouncing the man-turned-God Talos from the Empire's pantheon. As the Nords of Skyrim deeply revere Talos, and already hold mutual animosity and suspicion towards elves, seeing the Empire renounce their venerated hero for the sake of elven interests is taken by many Nords as a sign of cowardice and surrender, turning a good portion of the once- totally loyal province of Skyrim sour to the Imperials. The Thalmor at this time had also [[spoiler:captured a skilled Nordic aristocrat-turned-soldier, one who would become a natural champion and leader for the Nordic people, and subtly manipulated him towardbecoming an anti-Imperial secessionist]], secessionist agenda]], laying the groundwork for the Skyrim CivilWar, the outcome of which could potentially fatally shatter the Empire fatally.and leave both sides weakened for an inevitable second invasion.
** Finally, another key concession in the Concordat was renouncing the man-turned-God Talos from the Empire's pantheon. As the Nords of Skyrim deeply revere Talos, and already hold mutual animosity and suspicion towards elves, seeing the Empire renounce their venerated hero for the sake of elven interests is taken by many Nords as a sign of cowardice and surrender, turning a good portion of the once- totally loyal province of Skyrim sour to the Imperials. The Thalmor at this time had also [[spoiler:captured a skilled Nordic aristocrat-turned-soldier, one who would become a natural champion and leader for the Nordic people, and subtly manipulated him toward
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* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'': Exploiting, and even inducing, these kinds of political fractures is a favored tactic of [[ANaziByAnyOtherName the Thalmor]] in their long-term war of attrition against the Empire:
** After taking over their own province of Alinor, seceding and annexing the provinces Valenwood and Elsweyr to create The Aldmeri Dominion, the Thalmor manipulated the centuries of racial strife between the Argonians of Black Marsh and the Dunmer of Morrowind to provoke the former into warring with the latter while [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown they're still reeling from]] [[ColonyDrop a much bigger crisis]], causing the Empire to withdraw from both provinces and leading to Morrowind and Argonia's independence.
** When they finally attacked the empire openly, their invasion was driven back by the combined might of the Imperial Legion, Skyrim's Nord militias, and Hammerfell's Redguard warriors defeating them on separate fronts. Yet because [[PhyrricVictory the war had been so costly for the Empire]], the Dominion were able to force a "peace treaty", the White Gold Concordat, that was heavily skewed to their interests, in particular agreeing that the Empire would relinquish territory in southern Hammerfell that the Redguards were still holding. Rather than accept this and yield to the Dominion, the Redguards chose to secede from the Empire and the Concordat, and continue to hold off the elven invaders themselves. Though the Dominion was eventually driven out of Hammerfell as well, it's thought by many that that forcing this issue and fracturing the Empire further was [[XanatosGambit what the Thalmor had wanted all along]].
** Finally, another key concession in the Concordat was renouncing the man-turned-God Talos from the Empire's pantheon. As the Nords of Skyrim deeply revere Talos, and already hold mutual animosity and suspicion towards elves, seeing the Empire renounce their venerated hero for the sake of elven interests is taken by many Nords as a sign of cowardice and surrender, turning a good portion of the once- totally loyal province of Skyrim sour to the Imperials. The Thalmor at this time had also [[spoiler:captured a skilled Nordic aristocrat-turned-soldier, one who would become a natural champion and leader for the Nordic people, and subtly manipulated him toward becoming an anti-Imperial secessionist]], laying the groundwork for the Skyrim CivilWar, the outcome of which could potentially shatter the Empire fatally.
** After taking over their own province of Alinor, seceding and annexing the provinces Valenwood and Elsweyr to create The Aldmeri Dominion, the Thalmor manipulated the centuries of racial strife between the Argonians of Black Marsh and the Dunmer of Morrowind to provoke the former into warring with the latter while [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown they're still reeling from]] [[ColonyDrop a much bigger crisis]], causing the Empire to withdraw from both provinces and leading to Morrowind and Argonia's independence.
** When they finally attacked the empire openly, their invasion was driven back by the combined might of the Imperial Legion, Skyrim's Nord militias, and Hammerfell's Redguard warriors defeating them on separate fronts. Yet because [[PhyrricVictory the war had been so costly for the Empire]], the Dominion were able to force a "peace treaty", the White Gold Concordat, that was heavily skewed to their interests, in particular agreeing that the Empire would relinquish territory in southern Hammerfell that the Redguards were still holding. Rather than accept this and yield to the Dominion, the Redguards chose to secede from the Empire and the Concordat, and continue to hold off the elven invaders themselves. Though the Dominion was eventually driven out of Hammerfell as well, it's thought by many that that forcing this issue and fracturing the Empire further was [[XanatosGambit what the Thalmor had wanted all along]].
** Finally, another key concession in the Concordat was renouncing the man-turned-God Talos from the Empire's pantheon. As the Nords of Skyrim deeply revere Talos, and already hold mutual animosity and suspicion towards elves, seeing the Empire renounce their venerated hero for the sake of elven interests is taken by many Nords as a sign of cowardice and surrender, turning a good portion of the once- totally loyal province of Skyrim sour to the Imperials. The Thalmor at this time had also [[spoiler:captured a skilled Nordic aristocrat-turned-soldier, one who would become a natural champion and leader for the Nordic people, and subtly manipulated him toward becoming an anti-Imperial secessionist]], laying the groundwork for the Skyrim CivilWar, the outcome of which could potentially shatter the Empire fatally.
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* This is commonly considered a weakness of the Democratic Party compared to the Republican Party in United States politics: the Democrats are a big tent party with a lot of wings that are both distinct and distrustful of each other. A leader of the Democratic party needs to be able to operate with the Blue Dog, Progessive, and other wings to push policies along and minimize defections. The party, however, is generally able to get things passed and stand in unison when it needs to. The party is even able to ''weaponize'' their fractious nature at times: at many times candidates are able to run not just against Republicans, but against their own leadership in Washington, and the leadership (usually Pelosi as this is most common in House races) even encourages it.
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* The main character of ''VideoGame/GhostOfTsushima'', Jin Sakai, believes this. He chastises fellow warriors for pursuing petty vendettas instead of banding together to fight off the current Mongol invasion, stating that this infighting is only helping the Mongols.
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* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', Volume 7 ends this way. After defeating Tyrian and Watts, the heroes discover that [[spoiler:Cinder]] has infiltrated Atlas Academy, most likely to hunt down the Winter Maiden, and that [[BigBad Salem]] is on her way to Atlas with an army of Grimm in tow. The next course of action? Ironwood decides to turn on Ruby’s group for keeping vital information from him and going against his orders, and has the Ace-Ops (sans Clover) take down Team RWBY, as well as sending all other personel after Jaune, Nora, Ren, Qrow, and Oscar. When the latter attempts to confront the General and try to restore peace, Ironwood responds by [[spoiler:shooting Oscar, a boy in his early teens, off a cliff. (Thankfully, due to the intervention of [[BigGood Ozpin]], he survives.)]] What are the results of these extreme actions?
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* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', This is what [[BigBad Salem]] is relying on, as she sends her followers into the different Kingdoms to divide them against each other, to ensure that they can never unite against her, which is what [[BigGood Ozpin]] is trying to accomplish.
** Volume 7 ends this way. After defeating Tyrian and Watts, the heroes discover that [[spoiler:Cinder]] has infiltrated Atlas Academy, most likely to hunt down the Winter Maiden, and that [[BigBad Salem]] is on her way to Atlas with an army of Grimm in tow. The next course of action? Ironwood decides to turn onRuby’s group [[spoiler:Ruby’s group]] for keeping vital information from him and going against his orders, and has the Ace-Ops (sans Clover) take down Team [[spoiler:Team RWBY, as well as sending all other personel after Jaune, Nora, Ren, Qrow, and Oscar. Oscar.]] When the latter attempts to confront the General and try to restore peace, Ironwood responds by [[spoiler:shooting Oscar, a boy in his early teens, off a cliff. (Thankfully, due to the intervention of [[BigGood Ozpin]], he survives.)]] What are the results of these extreme actions? Well, [[spoiler:thanks to their own in-fighting, the Ace Ops are brutally beaten down by Team RWBY, [[MasterOfIllusions Neo]] takes advantage of the confusion and steals the [[MacGuffin Relic of Knowledge]] from Team JNR + Oscar, Winter’s attempt to obtain the Winter Maiden Powers was thwarted by Cinder’s attack, and they end up going to Penny instead, who decides to switch sides and join Ruby due to Ironwood’s cold methods, and finally, The Ace Ops Leader, Clover, is brutally murdered by Tyrian, who took advantage of the confusion to escape and frame Qrow for the deed.]] Now, the heroes are divided and in worse shape than ever- just in time for [[spoiler:Salem to arrive and finish them off.]]
*** On a smaller scale, The Ace Ops continuously bicker with each other without Clover’s leadership, which is what allows the much more united [[spoiler:Team RWBY]] to defeat them in battle in the 12th Episode of Volume 7.
** Volume 7 ends this way. After defeating Tyrian and Watts, the heroes discover that [[spoiler:Cinder]] has infiltrated Atlas Academy, most likely to hunt down the Winter Maiden, and that [[BigBad Salem]] is on her way to Atlas with an army of Grimm in tow. The next course of action? Ironwood decides to turn on
*** On a smaller scale, The Ace Ops continuously bicker with each other without Clover’s leadership, which is what allows the much more united [[spoiler:Team RWBY]] to defeat them in battle in the 12th Episode of Volume 7.
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* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', Volume 7 ends this way. After defeating Tyrian and Watts, the heroes discover that [[spoiler:Cinder]] has infiltrated Atlas Academy, most likely to hunt down the Winter Maiden, and that [[BigBad Salem]] is on her way to Atlas with an army of Grimm in tow. The next course of action? Ironwood decides to turn on Ruby’s group for keeping vital information from him and going against his orders, and has the Ace-Ops (sans Clover) take down Team RWBY, as well as sending all other personel after Jaune, Nora, Ren, Qrow, and Oscar. When the latter attempts to confront the General and try to restore peace, Ironwood responds by [[spoiler:shooting Oscar, a boy in his early teens, off a cliff. (Thankfully, due to the intervention of [[BigGood Ozpin]], he survives.)]] What are the results of these extreme actions?
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**''Film/TheLastJedi'' Does this too: Holdo's [[PoorCommunicationKills lack of communication]] with the Resistance results in the entire crew distrusting her, leading to Poe setting off a chain of events that [[spoiler:indirectly destroy the majority of the Resistance.]]
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* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', Lelouch and Suzaku want to end Britannia's tyranny. They also happen to be best friends. Unfortunately, Lelouch uses ruthless tactics to get results for the Japanese, while Suzaku believes that Britannia can be reformed with patience. Lelouch's best schemes are too often foiled by Suzaku's ace piloting at the worst possible times, and Suzaku is being used as a pawn by Britannia's corrupt nobility. Eventually, [[spoiler:Lelouch is expelled from the Black Knights due to a brutally effective frame-up / exposition combo ploy by Schneizel. Meanwhile, Suzaku realizes he effectively became the very Britannian nobility he spent his whole life opposing and defects to Lelouch. Schneizel believes that two bitter rivals teaming up will still be a fractured allegiance that can be defeated with sufficiently large warheads. He's dead wrong.]]
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* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', Lelouch and Suzaku want to end Britannia's tyranny. They also happen to be best friends. Unfortunately, Lelouch uses ruthless tactics to get results for the Japanese, while Suzaku believes that Britannia can be reformed with patience. Lelouch's best schemes are too often foiled by Suzaku's ace piloting at the worst possible times, and Suzaku is being used as a pawn by Britannia's corrupt nobility. Eventually, [[spoiler:Lelouch is expelled from the Black Knights due to a brutally effective frame-up / exposition combo ploy by Schneizel. Meanwhile, Suzaku realizes he effectively became the very Britannian nobility he spent his whole life opposing and defects to Lelouch. Schneizel believes that two bitter rivals teaming up will still be a fractured allegiance that can be defeated with sufficiently large warheads.the combined forces of Britannia's warhead science division and the Black Knights. He's dead wrong.]]
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* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', Lelouch and Suzaku want to make the world better. They also happen to be best friends. Unfortunately, Lelouch's best plans are too often foiled by Suzaku at the worst possible time, and Suzaku by himself is being used as a pawn by Britannia. Eventually [[spoiler:Lelouch is expelled from the Black Knights due to a brutally effective ploy by Schneizel. Suzaku realizes what a {{jerkass}} he is being and that his plan simply won't work. Nuking a city and killing 30 million people on accident will do that to you, apparently. He finally decides to team up with the now isolated Lelouch.]]
** Also, the Black Knights leaving the JLF to die. ''[[Manga/CodeGeassNightmareOfNunnally Nightmare of Nunnally]]'' takes this one step further into Zero ''and'' Kyoto flatly selling them out. They were too unpredictable.
** Also, the Black Knights leaving the JLF to die. ''[[Manga/CodeGeassNightmareOfNunnally Nightmare of Nunnally]]'' takes this one step further into Zero ''and'' Kyoto flatly selling them out. They were too unpredictable.
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* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', Lelouch and Suzaku want to make the world better.end Britannia's tyranny. They also happen to be best friends. Unfortunately, Lelouch uses ruthless tactics to get results for the Japanese, while Suzaku believes that Britannia can be reformed with patience. Lelouch's best plans schemes are too often foiled by Suzaku Suzaku's ace piloting at the worst possible time, times, and Suzaku by himself is being used as a pawn by Britannia. Eventually Britannia's corrupt nobility. Eventually, [[spoiler:Lelouch is expelled from the Black Knights due to a brutally effective frame-up / exposition combo ploy by Schneizel. Meanwhile, Suzaku realizes what a {{jerkass}} he is being effectively became the very Britannian nobility he spent his whole life opposing and defects to Lelouch. Schneizel believes that his plan simply won't work. Nuking a city and killing 30 million people on accident two bitter rivals teaming up will do still be a fractured allegiance that to you, apparently. He finally decides to team up can be defeated with the now isolated Lelouch.sufficiently large warheads. He's dead wrong.]]
** Also, the Black Knights leaving the JLF todie. die[[note]]The JLF were generally composed of honor-obsessed suicide soldiers and former Japanese nobility seeking to reclaim their dominion. Lelouch decided the corruption wasn't worth the team-up, especially since they were going to murder a Japanese-sympathetic Britannian princess on her race alone[[/note]]. ''[[Manga/CodeGeassNightmareOfNunnally Nightmare of Nunnally]]'' takes this one step further into Zero ''and'' Kyoto flatly selling them out. They were too unpredictable.out.
** Britannia made a back-deal with the Chinese Federation's leaders to assimilate them into their empire, but quickly reneged on the deal once it became apparent that the whole country was in a complete anarchic riot. This rational act eventually leads to the total collapse of Britannia, because they unwittingly left one of their key assets in China undefended[[note]]Specifically, the Geass Society that secretly manipulated the entire world with empowered child assassins. If V.V. had survived, the final confrontation between Lelouch and Charles could have gone very differently[[/note]].
** Also, the Black Knights leaving the JLF to
** Britannia made a back-deal with the Chinese Federation's leaders to assimilate them into their empire, but quickly reneged on the deal once it became apparent that the whole country was in a complete anarchic riot. This rational act eventually leads to the total collapse of Britannia, because they unwittingly left one of their key assets in China undefended[[note]]Specifically, the Geass Society that secretly manipulated the entire world with empowered child assassins. If V.V. had survived, the final confrontation between Lelouch and Charles could have gone very differently[[/note]].
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* Throughout ''Fanfic/CodePrimeR1Rebellion'', the Britannians and Decepticons, despite being nominally aligned together, tend to argue to hell and back and attempt to one up each other. This comes to a head in Chapter 22, ''[[MeaningfulName Divided They Fall]]'', where Airachnid ends up trapping Cornelia and Starscream in half of the wreck of the Harbinger so that she can claim the immobilizer. Not only do the Autobots and Black Knights get away with the weapon (in part because Airachnid immobilized all of her allies ''in addition to the Autobots and Black Knighs'', [[spoiler:Lelouch was able to use his Geass on Cornelia to obtain information on all of Britannia's military operations in Japan]].
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* In Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Discworld/NightWatch'' Ned Coates fits this trope, at least in the scene where [[spoiler:he tries to convince the members of the Watch not to follow Vimes, warning them that they'll all be killed. The kicker is that, since Vimes is from the future, he knows that Ned is almost certainly correct (he can't be 100% sure, because of quantum).]]
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* In Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Discworld/NightWatch'' ''Literature/{{Night Watch|Discworld}}'' Ned Coates fits this trope, at least in the scene where [[spoiler:he tries to convince the members of the Watch not to follow Vimes, warning them that they'll all be killed. The kicker is that, since Vimes is from the future, he knows that Ned is almost certainly correct (he can't be 100% sure, because of quantum).]]
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* Team Wrestling/LuchaUnderground was divided in Wrestling/{{AAA}}'s 2015 ''[[TournamentArc Lucha Libre World Cup]]'', with [[Wrestling/JohnMorrison Johnny Mundo]] throwing his lot in with Wrestling/{{TNA}} wrestlers Wrestling/MattHardy and [[Wrestling/KenAnderson Mr. Anderson]] while Brian Cage teamed with Wrestling/RingOfHonor representatives Moose and ACH. Team Lucha Underground/ROH and Team Lucha Underground/TNA came in third and second place, both eliminated by the first place DreamTeam. At the 2016 cup Mundo and Cage teamed with Wrestling/ChavoGuerreroJr as a united Team Lucha Underground and managed to win first place.
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* Team Wrestling/LuchaUnderground was divided in Wrestling/{{AAA}}'s 2015 ''[[TournamentArc Lucha Libre World Cup]]'', with [[Wrestling/JohnMorrison Johnny Mundo]] throwing his lot in with Wrestling/{{TNA}} wrestlers Wrestling/MattHardy and [[Wrestling/KenAnderson Mr. Anderson]] while Brian Cage teamed with Wrestling/RingOfHonor representatives Moose [[Wrestling/QuinnOjinnaka Moose]] and ACH. Team Lucha Underground/ROH and Team Lucha Underground/TNA came in third and second place, both eliminated by the first place DreamTeam. At the 2016 cup Mundo and Cage teamed with Wrestling/ChavoGuerreroJr as a united Team Lucha Underground and managed to win first place.
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* Alas, Martinez hadn't learned her lesson. After beating out Velez for a singles title shot she rejected Velez's offer to help her win the belt and told Velez to stay out of New York. Thus no one was in position to stop Kay when she got fed up with wrestling and bashed Martinez over the head with the championship belt.[[/folder]]
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* Taya Valkyrie has never treated Ivelisse Velez well, but her behavior never had a negative impact on her team, Perros Del Mal, because Velez was too brief and minor a member to matter. Not so in Wrestling/LuchaUnderground, where [[Wrestling/KarleePerez Catrina]] used her distaste for Velez to sow discord among Velez's team with The Son Of Havok after Valkyrie's boyfriend Johnny Mundo was chosen as their substitute for the injured Angelico. For added measure, Catrina also went about seducing Velez's boyfriend [[Wrestling/SamiCallihan Jeremiah Crane]], making the unit that much more disfunctional. While Velez would confront, challenge and defeat Catrina in a match, Catrina seemed to successfully put an end to "[[FanNickName Team Havoc]]" for good, as Havoc and Velez wound up forming new trios apart from each other that were not as successful as the original.
* Alas, Martinez hadn't learned her lesson. After beating out Velez for a singles title shot she rejected Velez's offer to help her win the belt and told Velez to stay out of New York. Thus no one was in position to stop Kay when she got fed up with wrestling and bashed Mercedes Martinez over the head with the championship belt.[[/folder]]
* Alas, Martinez hadn't learned her lesson. After beating out Velez for a singles title shot she rejected Velez's offer to help her win the belt and told Velez to stay out of New York. Thus no one was in position to stop Kay when she got fed up with wrestling and bashed Mercedes Martinez over the head with the championship belt.[[/folder]]
