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* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', when the Black Knights discover that Zero is Lelouch vi Brittannia, exiled prince of TheEmpire that they are fighting, they come to the conclusion that he was just using them. [[spoiler:They're actually wrong, but since he has a death wish at that point, he does not refute them]].

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* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', when the Black Knights discover that their mysterious masked leader Zero is Lelouch vi Brittannia, exiled prince of TheEmpire that they are fighting, they come to the conclusion that he was just using them. [[spoiler:They're actually wrong, but since he has a death wish at that point, he does not refute them]].

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* The ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' story "The Phoenix on the Sword" features just such an uprising. Of the "Rebel Four," only the poet Rinaldo has no ulterior motives for supporting the assassination plot against Conan, with his reason for hating Conan, according to Ascalante, being that "poets always hate those in power." All of them are being manipulated by Ascalante, a schemer who wants the throne of Aquilonia for himself.

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* The first ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' story "The Phoenix on the Sword" story, "Literature/ThePhoenixOnTheSword", features just such an uprising. Of the "Rebel Four," Four", only the poet Rinaldo has no ulterior motives for supporting the assassination plot against Conan, with his reason for hating Conan, according to Ascalante, [[TheChessmaster Ascalante]], being that "poets always hate those in power." All of them are being manipulated by Ascalante, a schemer who wants the throne of Aquilonia for himself.
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Subtrope of TheCoup. Compare and contrast with NotInThisForYourRevolution, when the lower-ranking members of the revolution are only in it for selfish reasons, and ResistanceAsPlanned, where the King/Emperor/President is bankrolling LaResistance directly. A MilitaryCoup is when the armed forces (or elements of them) take down a regime, and may sometimes result as a response to the astroturfed revolution.

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Subtrope of TheCoup. Compare and contrast with NotInThisForYourRevolution, when the lower-ranking members of the revolution are only in it for selfish reasons, and ResistanceAsPlanned, where the King/Emperor/President is bankrolling LaResistance directly. A MilitaryCoup is when the armed forces (or elements of them) take down a regime, and may sometimes result as a response to the astroturfed revolution.
revolution. Also compare TheManIsStickingItToTheMan, in which a [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate entity/entities]], often represented by a hypothetical singleton known simply as 'The Man', profits off of negative sentiment ''towards The Man themselves''.
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