History Main / ShockingDefeatLegacy

And if they miraculously get past that they'll have to get past the massive ground forces consisting of {{Terminator}} units made of adamantium, [[{{Halo}} Spartan super soldiers]], super advanced EliteMooks, [[SpaceMarine Space Marines]], all of the planet's super advanced hi-tech Army, telekinetic Samurai Cyborgs, super humans, hi-tech space ninjas, SuperSentai squads, An AmazonBrigade of genetically/technologically enhanced female bad asses, [[TekkamanBlade Teknomen]], and a wide assortment of [[MilitaryMashupMachine Military Mashup machines]] and Mechas.

Usually overlaps with HopelessWar, RememberTheAlamo, and LastStand..

* When the Red Sox finally beat the Yankees.

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For the victors it could overlap with PyrrhicVictory, and WasItWorthIt.

* For the European colonial powers in general, and the UK in particular, the [[http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/fall_of_singapore.htm Fall of Singapore]] in WW2.

* The Battle of Wolf 359 from ''{{StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG}}''
** The loss of Betazed in the ''DeepSpaceNine'' series to the Dominion, and the destruction of Vulcan in the 2009 film too

* In ''WorldOfWarcraft'' there are numerous examples of this, as well as a couple of subversions, but given the name of the game, that's hardly surprising. There is the War of the Ancients which led to the destruction of the Keldorei kingdom and the world splitting apart, well the one continent, anyway. Then the Orcs almost complete annihilation of the Draenei on Draenor. After which, said orcs go on to sack the human city of Stormwind. Later, they go on to enslave the Red Dragon Flight, with which, they almost reduce Quel'Thalas to burning ash. Later, the Kaldorei give up their immortality by blowing up the WorldTree to kill Archimonde. Not long after that, they lose their beloved beloved demigod, Cenarius in a battle with Grom Hellscream. I haven't even gotten to the third war in which Arthas ends up killing every man, woman, and child in Stratholme. This is ''before'' he goes over to the dark side. After that, he kills his father, several paladins, including another father figure, Uther, then sacks Quel'Thalas and Silvermoon City to use the Sunwell, which he then blows up. Oh yeah, at the end of this war, Kil'Jaeden comes around to completely demolish Dalaran. Did I mention there were a lot of examples in this? [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CaptainObvious I think I did.]]

And if they miraculously get past that they'll have to get past the massive ground forces consisting of {{Terminator}} units made of adamantium, [[{{Halo}} Spartan super soldiers]], super advanced EliteMooks, [[SpaceMarine Space Marines]], all of the planet's super advanced hi-tech Army, telekinetic Samurai Cyborgs, super humans, hi-tech space ninjas, SuperSentai squads, An AmazonBrigade of genetically/technologically enhanced female bad asses, and a wide assortment of [[MilitaryMashupMachine Military Mashup machines]] and Mechas.

And if they miraculously get past that they'll have to get past the massive ground forces consisting of {{Terminator}} units made of adamantium, [[{{Halo}} Spartan super soldiers]], super advanced EliteMooks, [[SpaceMarine Space Marines]], all of the planet's super advanced hi-tech Army, telekinetic Samurai Cyborgs, super humans, hi-tech space ninjas, SuperSentai squads, An AmazonBrigade of genetically/technologically enhanced female bad asses, and a wide assortment of [[MilitaryMashupMachine Military Mashup machines]] and Mechas. But in the end, said planet falls, sending a chilling wave down the spines of TheFederation. Sometimes it could be a turning point in the war, but not always. A faction can suffer these defeats and not necessarily be defeated.

But it's still a crippling loss that'll at least slow them down significantly. Sometimes these defeats are due to [[FailedASpotCheck surprise attacks]]. Could end up as a PyrrhicVictory for the attackers. Sometimes it's described as a NoodleIncident in some stories. This is usually TheWorfEffect, but for battles/wars (or even sports) instead of individuals. Usually to show how high the stakes is.

In fiction (and in RealLife) during a great war there's a certain strategic loss that is very significant to the point of being demoralizing, shocking, and Iconic in universe. One faction might be fighting a intergalactic war with ScaryDogmaticAliens, But there's one place in the galaxy that has no chance in hell of falling at the hands of the enemy. Perhaps it's a planet that's fortified by surrounding KillSat, a squadron of [[StarWars Sun Crushers]],and a armada of [[EVEOnline Titan-class motherships]], guarded by battalions of {{Voltron}}s and other CombiningMecha, [[RoboTech [=SDF=] fleets and Valkyries]]. And if they miraculously get past that they'll have to get past the massive ground forces consisting of {{Terminator}} units made of adamantium, [[{{Halo}} Spartan super soldiers]], super advanced EliteMooks, [[SpaceMarine Space Marines]], all of the planet's super advanced hi-tech Army, telekinetic Samurai Cyborgs, super humans, hi-tech space ninjas, SuperSentai squads, An AmazonBrigade of genetically/technologically enhanced female bad asses, and a wide assortment of [[MilitaryMashupMachine Military Mashup machines]] and Mechas. But in the end, said planet falls, sending a chilling wave down the spines of TheFederation. Sometimes it could be a turning point in the war, but not always. A faction can suffer these defeats and not necessarily be defeated. But it's still a crippling loss that'll at least slow them down significantly. Sometimes these defeats are due to [[FailedASpotCheck surprise attacks]]. Could end up as a PyrrhicVictory for the attackers. Sometimes it's described as a NoodleIncident in some stories. This is usually TheWorfEffect, but for battles/wars (or even sports) instead of individuals. Usually to show how high the stakes is.

In fiction (and in RealLife) during a great war there's a certain strategic loss that is very significant to the point of being demoralizing, shocking, and Iconic in universe. One faction might be fighting a intergalactic war with ScaryDogmaticAliens, But there's one place in the galaxy that has no chance in hell of falling at the hands of the enemy. Perhaps it's a planet that's fortified by surrounding KillSat, a squadron of [[StarWars Sun Crushers]],and a armada of [[EVEOnline Titan-class motherships]], guarded by battalions of {{Voltron}}s and other CombiningMecha, [[RoboTech [=SDF=] fleets and Valkyries]]. And if they miraculously get past that they'll have to get past the massive ground forces consisting of {{Terminator}} units made of adamantium, [[{{Halo}} Spartan super soldiers]], super advanced EliteMooks, [[SpaceMarine Space Marines]], all of the planet's super advanced hi-tech Army, telekinetic Samurai Cyborgs, super humans, hi-tech space ninjas, SuperSentai squads, An AmazonBrigade of genetically/technologically enhanced female bad asses, and a wide assortment of [[MilitaryMashupMachine Military Mashup machines]] and Mechas. But in the end, said planet falls, sending a chilling wave down the spines of TheFederation. Sometimes it could be a turning point in the war, but not always. A faction can suffer these defeats and not necessarily be defeated. But it's still a crippling loss that'll at least slow them down significantly. Sometimes these defeats are due to [[FailedASpotCheck surprise attacks]]. Could end up as a PyrrhicVictory for the attackers. Sometimes it's described as a NoodleIncident in some stories. This is usually TheWorfEffect, but for battles/wars instead of individuals. Usually to show how high the stakes is.

* The [[WorldWarZ Battle Of Yonkers]].

In fiction (and in RealLife) during a great war there's a certain strategic loss that is very significant to the point of being demoralizing, shocking, and Iconic in universe. One faction might be fighting a intergalactic war with ScaryDogmaticAliens, But there's one place in the galaxy that has no chance in hell of falling at the hands of the enemy. Perhaps it's a planet that's fortified by surrounding KillSat, a squadron of [[StarWars Sun Crushers]],and a armada of [[EVEOnline Titan-class motherships]], guarded by battalions of {{Voltron}}s and other CombiningMecha, [[RoboTech [=SDF=] fleets and Valkyries]]. And if they miraculously get past that they'll have to get past the massive ground forces consisting of {{Terminator}} units made of adamantium, [[{{Halo}} Spartan super soldiers]], super advanced EliteMooks, [[SpaceMarine Space Marines]], Samurai Cyborgs, super humans, hi-tech space ninjas, and a wide assortment of [[MilitaryMashupMachine Military Mashup machines]]. But in the end, said planet falls, sending a chilling wave down the spines of TheFederation. Sometimes it could be a turning point in the war, but not always. A faction can suffer these defeats and not necessarily be defeated. But it's still a crippling loss that'll at least slow them down significantly. Sometimes these defeats are due to [[FailedASpotCheck surprise attacks]]. Could end up as a PyrrhicVictory for the attackers. Sometimes it's described as a NoodleIncident in some stories. This is usually TheWorfEffect, but for battles/wars instead of individuals. Usually to show how high the stakes is.

In fiction (and in RealLife) during a great war there's a certain strategic loss that is very significant to the point of being demoralizing, shocking, and Iconic in universe. One faction might be fighting a intergalactic war with ScaryDogmaticAliens, But there's one place in the galaxy that has no chance in hell of falling at the hands of the enemy. Perhaps it's a planet that's fortified by surrounding KillSat, a squadron of [[StarWars Sun Crushers]],and a fleet of [[EVEOnline Titan-class motherships]], guarded by battalions of {{Voltron}}s, [[RoboTech [=SDF=] fleets and Valkyries]]. But in the end, said planet falls, sending a chilling wave down the spines of TheFederation. Sometimes it could be a turning point in the war, but not always. A faction can suffer these defeats and not necessarily be defeated. But it's still a crippling loss that'll at least slow them down significantly. Sometimes these defeats are due to [[FailedASpotCheck surprise attacks]]. Sometimes it's described as a NoodleIncident in some stories. This is usually TheWorfEffect, but for battles/wars instead of individuals. Usually to show how high the stakes is.

** Not the best example, since the siege failed but didn't even slow the Fire Nation's progress. More appropriate examples would be the conquest of Omashu and Azula's coup in Ba Sing Se during the second season: the latter was particularly significant as Ba Sing Se was the last free city in the world.

* [[{{NapoleonBonaparte}} Waterloo]] - So famous it's practically a verb for defeat.

*** In addition to the 500 ships The Covenant lost, they also lost 90% of ''The Fleet Of Particular Justice'' trying to destroy Reach. And what was left was utterly annihilated by the destruction of the aforementioned ''Installation 04''. The prophets was so shocked and annoyed they gave Thel 'Vadamee a ''Promotion Demotion''.

*** In addition to the 500 ships The Covenant lost, they also lost 90% of ''The Fleet Of Particular Justice'' trying to destroy Reach. And what was left was utterly annihilated by the destruction of the aforementioned ''Installation 04''. The prophets was so shocked and annoyed they gave Thel 'Vadamee a ''PromotionDemotion''.

*** In addition to the 500 ships The Covenant lost, they also lost 90% of ''The Fleet Of Particular Justice'' trying to destroy Reach. And was was left was utterly annihilated by the destruction of the aforementioned ''Installation 04''. The prophets was so shocked and annoyed they gave Thel 'Vadamee a ''PromotionDemotion''.