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* For ''ComicBook/TheInhumans'', the fact that uprisings of [[SlaveRace the Alpha Primitives]] [[StatusQuoIsGod never seem to stick]] is because they're setups by Maximus to try and grab power.
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* For ''ComicBook/TheInhumans'', the fact that uprisings of [[SlaveRace the Alpha Primitives]] [[StatusQuoIsGod never seem to stick]] is because they're setups by Maximus to try and grab power.
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* During a mission in ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} II: Tides of Darkness'', a peasant revolt erupts in the township of Tyr's Hand while the Alliance is still fighting the Horde. It's later revealed that it was started by spies from Alterac, whose king had been working with the Horde the whole time.
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* During a mission in ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} II: Tides of Darkness'', a peasant revolt erupts in The Medici family is on the township receiving end of Tyr's Hand while one of these in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', and in fact, the Alliance is still fighting entire first third of the Horde. It's later game is focused on preventing it from overthrowing the ruling families of Tuscany and Florence. It comes to a grinding halt when Ezio kills and lynches one of the conspiracy heads, then tracks his masters to a Roman Forum in Tuscany and slaughters them. The Pazzi family were the ringleaders, acting on the order of one of the series villains, the Borgia Family.
* This is revealed to be the main crux of the Rapture Civil War in ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}'', with Atlas leading disgruntled renegades against Andrew Ryan and his ideals. Except thatit Atlas was started really [[spoiler:Frank Fontaine]] and said rebels were merely used as cannon fodder for [[spoiler:his]] planned takeover of the city. [[spoiler:And the player is his final key...]]
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening'', if you don't stop the nobles' conspiracy against you soon enough, then the peasant uprising turns out to have been orchestrated byspies them. Subverted if you do stop the conspiracy, as the peasants revolt on their own volition.
* The Sangheili [[CivilWar Blooding Years]] in ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' was initiated by [[GovernmentAgencyofFiction ONI]] selling equipment to a [[WarriorMonk Sangheili cult leader]] in order to destabilize Sanghelios. The result, [[ApocalypseHow/Class1 the displacement and/or death of 4 billion lives]] and the formation of [[TheRemnant a new Covenant]].
* Roleplayed fairly often in ''VideoGame/ImperiumNova'':
** For example: On the Capricorn server following the recent formation of Satraps, [[spoiler:the minor house Narcissus]] published a paper claiming that the new reforms would allow the Imperial Houses to treat planets as feudal fiefs (no duh), disband private shipping and security companies (already run by the Houses), and allow the 1% to run rampshod over the 99%. Ironically, that reform was intended to break up the stranglehold the major Houses had on the galaxy by giving each house one guaranteed seat on the senate.
* About 1/5 of the way through ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' you learn that the insurgents resisting The Damned 33rd are all being led by a CIA Ops Squad who apparently have the same mission as your squad: locate survivors within the city. Their aim in starting the rebellion is apparently to retake Dubai's water supply, which the 33rd are holding hostage to enforce marshal law upon the refugees. [[spoiler: Their real plan, which you find out much too late, is to ''destroy'' said water supply, dooming the entire city do die of dehydration in order to conceal the 33rd's atrocities fromAlterac, whose king had been working with the Horde rest of the whole time.world.]]
* This is revealed to be the main crux of the Rapture Civil War in ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}'', with Atlas leading disgruntled renegades against Andrew Ryan and his ideals. Except that
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening'', if you don't stop the nobles' conspiracy against you soon enough, then the peasant uprising turns out to have been orchestrated by
* The Sangheili [[CivilWar Blooding Years]] in ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' was initiated by [[GovernmentAgencyofFiction ONI]] selling equipment to a [[WarriorMonk Sangheili cult leader]] in order to destabilize Sanghelios. The result, [[ApocalypseHow/Class1 the displacement and/or death of 4 billion lives]] and the formation of [[TheRemnant a new Covenant]].
* Roleplayed fairly often in ''VideoGame/ImperiumNova'':
** For example: On the Capricorn server following the recent formation of Satraps, [[spoiler:the minor house Narcissus]] published a paper claiming that the new reforms would allow the Imperial Houses to treat planets as feudal fiefs (no duh), disband private shipping and security companies (already run by the Houses), and allow the 1% to run rampshod over the 99%. Ironically, that reform was intended to break up the stranglehold the major Houses had on the galaxy by giving each house one guaranteed seat on the senate.
* About 1/5 of the way through ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' you learn that the insurgents resisting The Damned 33rd are all being led by a CIA Ops Squad who apparently have the same mission as your squad: locate survivors within the city. Their aim in starting the rebellion is apparently to retake Dubai's water supply, which the 33rd are holding hostage to enforce marshal law upon the refugees. [[spoiler: Their real plan, which you find out much too late, is to ''destroy'' said water supply, dooming the entire city do die of dehydration in order to conceal the 33rd's atrocities from
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* Inverted in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld''. The Vanguard is formed after the unification of the two worlds, as a way for the Sylvaranti to oppose and resist their status as second-class citizens to the Tethe-Allans, and their systematic oppression by the Church of Martel and the protagonist of the [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia previous game]], Lloyd Irving. Later, it is revealed that [[spoiler:the travesties carried out by the "church" are actually being staged by the Vanguard as a way to generate grassroots support.]]
* Roleplayed fairly often in ''VideoGame/ImperiumNova'':
** For example: On the Capricorn server following the recent formation of Satraps, [[spoiler:the minor house Narcissus]] published a paper claiming that the new reforms would allow the Imperial Houses to treat planets as feudal fiefs (no duh), disband private shipping and security companies (already run by the Houses), and allow the 1% to run rampshod over the 99%. Ironically, that reform was intended to break up the stranglehold the major Houses had on the galaxy by giving each house one guaranteed seat on the senate.
* In ''Videogame/SuikodenV'', [[spoiler:the Lordlake uprising turns out to have been manipulated by Lord Barrows so he could distract the royal family long enough to steal the Dawn Rune.]]
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening'', if you don't stop the nobles' conspiracy against you soon enough, then the peasant uprising turns out to have been orchestrated by them. Subverted if you do stop the conspiracy, as the peasants revolt on their own volition.
* This is revealed to be the main crux of the Rapture Civil War in ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}'', with Atlas leading disgruntled renegades against Andrew Ryan and his ideals. Except that Atlas was really [[spoiler:Frank Fontaine]] and said rebels were merely used as cannon fodder for [[spoiler:his]] planned takeover of the city. [[spoiler:And the player is his final key...]]
* About 1/5 of the way through ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' you learn that the insurgents resisting The Damned 33rd are all being led by a CIA Ops Squad who apparently have the same mission as your squad: locate survivors within the city. Their aim in starting the rebellion is apparently to retake Dubai's water supply, which the 33rd are holding hostage to enforce marshal law upon the refugees. [[spoiler: Their real plan, which you find out much too late, is to ''destroy'' said water supply, dooming the entire city do die of dehydration in order to conceal the 33rd's atrocities from the rest of the world.]]
* The Sangheili [[CivilWar Blooding Years]] in ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' was initiated by [[GovernmentAgencyofFiction ONI]] selling equipment to a [[WarriorMonk Sangheili cult leader]] in order to destabilize Sanghelios. The result, [[ApocalypseHow/Class1 the displacement and/or death of 4 billion lives]] and the formation of [[TheRemnant a new Covenant]].
* The Medici family is on the receiving end of one of these in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', and in fact, the entire first third of the game is focused on preventing it from overthrowing the ruling families of Tuscany and Florence. It comes to a grinding halt when Ezio kills and lynches one of the conspiracy heads, then tracks his masters to a Roman Forum in Tuscany and slaughters them. The Pazzi family were the ringleaders, acting on the order of one of the series villains, the Borgia Family.
* Roleplayed fairly often in ''VideoGame/ImperiumNova'':
** For example: On the Capricorn server following the recent formation of Satraps, [[spoiler:the minor house Narcissus]] published a paper claiming that the new reforms would allow the Imperial Houses to treat planets as feudal fiefs (no duh), disband private shipping and security companies (already run by the Houses), and allow the 1% to run rampshod over the 99%. Ironically, that reform was intended to break up the stranglehold the major Houses had on the galaxy by giving each house one guaranteed seat on the senate.
* In ''Videogame/SuikodenV'', [[spoiler:the Lordlake uprising turns out to have been manipulated by Lord Barrows so he could distract the royal family long enough to steal the Dawn Rune.]]
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening'', if you don't stop the nobles' conspiracy against you soon enough, then the peasant uprising turns out to have been orchestrated by them. Subverted if you do stop the conspiracy, as the peasants revolt on their own volition.
* This is revealed to be the main crux of the Rapture Civil War in ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}'', with Atlas leading disgruntled renegades against Andrew Ryan and his ideals. Except that Atlas was really [[spoiler:Frank Fontaine]] and said rebels were merely used as cannon fodder for [[spoiler:his]] planned takeover of the city. [[spoiler:And the player is his final key...]]
* About 1/5 of the way through ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' you learn that the insurgents resisting The Damned 33rd are all being led by a CIA Ops Squad who apparently have the same mission as your squad: locate survivors within the city. Their aim in starting the rebellion is apparently to retake Dubai's water supply, which the 33rd are holding hostage to enforce marshal law upon the refugees. [[spoiler: Their real plan, which you find out much too late, is to ''destroy'' said water supply, dooming the entire city do die of dehydration in order to conceal the 33rd's atrocities from the rest of the world.]]
* The Sangheili [[CivilWar Blooding Years]] in ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' was initiated by [[GovernmentAgencyofFiction ONI]] selling equipment to a [[WarriorMonk Sangheili cult leader]] in order to destabilize Sanghelios. The result, [[ApocalypseHow/Class1 the displacement and/or death of 4 billion lives]] and the formation of [[TheRemnant a new Covenant]].
* The Medici family is on the receiving end of one of these in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', and in fact, the entire first third of the game is focused on preventing it from overthrowing the ruling families of Tuscany and Florence. It comes to a grinding halt when Ezio kills and lynches one of the conspiracy heads, then tracks his masters to a Roman Forum in Tuscany and slaughters them. The Pazzi family were the ringleaders, acting on the order of one of the series villains, the Borgia Family.
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* In ''Videogame/SuikodenV'', Queen Arsthat ''incinerated'' Lordlake with the Sun Rune after a failed uprising, executing Lord Rovere and leaving the once prosperous farmland scorched and barren. Later, it's revealed that Lord Rovere was framed -- he was actually trying to ''prevent'' an uprising, but [[spoiler:the Barows stoked the flames and staged a fake uprising, with Lord Barows stealing the Dawn Rune while the royal family was distracted]].
* Inverted in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld''. The Vanguard is formed after the unification of the two worlds, as a way for the Sylvaranti to oppose and resist their status as second-class citizens to the Tethe-Allans, and their systematic oppression by the Church of Martel and the protagonist of the [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia previous game]], Lloyd Irving. Later, it is revealed that [[spoiler:the travesties carried out by the "church" are actually being staged by the Vanguard as a way to generate grassrootssupport.]]
support]].
*Roleplayed fairly often During a mission in ''VideoGame/ImperiumNova'':
** For example: On the Capricorn server following the recent formation''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} II: Tides of Satraps, [[spoiler:the minor house Narcissus]] published Darkness'', a paper claiming that the new reforms would allow the Imperial Houses to treat planets as feudal fiefs (no duh), disband private shipping and security companies (already run by the Houses), and allow the 1% to run rampshod over the 99%. Ironically, that reform was intended to break up the stranglehold the major Houses had on the galaxy by giving each house one guaranteed seat on the senate.
* In ''Videogame/SuikodenV'', [[spoiler:the Lordlake uprising turns out to have been manipulated by Lord Barrows so he could distract the royal family long enough to steal the Dawn Rune.]]
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening'', if you don't stop the nobles' conspiracy against you soon enough, then thepeasant uprising turns out to have been orchestrated by them. Subverted if you do stop the conspiracy, as the peasants revolt on their own volition.
* Thiserupts in the township of Tyr's Hand while the Alliance is still fighting the Horde. It's later revealed to be the main crux of the Rapture Civil War in ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}'', that it was started by spies from Alterac, whose king had been working with Atlas leading disgruntled renegades against Andrew Ryan and his ideals. Except that Atlas was really [[spoiler:Frank Fontaine]] and said rebels were merely used as cannon fodder for [[spoiler:his]] planned takeover of the city. [[spoiler:And Horde the player is his final key...]]
* About 1/5 of the way through ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' you learn that the insurgents resisting The Damned 33rd are all being led by a CIA Ops Squad who apparently have the same mission as your squad: locate survivors within the city. Their aim in starting the rebellion is apparently to retake Dubai's water supply, which the 33rd are holding hostage to enforce marshal law upon the refugees. [[spoiler: Their real plan, which you find out much too late, is to ''destroy'' said water supply, dooming the entire city do die of dehydration in order to conceal the 33rd's atrocities from the rest of the world.]]
* The Sangheili [[CivilWar Blooding Years]] in ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' was initiated by [[GovernmentAgencyofFiction ONI]] selling equipment to a [[WarriorMonk Sangheili cult leader]] in order to destabilize Sanghelios. The result, [[ApocalypseHow/Class1 the displacement and/or death of 4 billion lives]] and the formation of [[TheRemnant a new Covenant]].
* The Medici family is on the receiving end of one of these in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', and in fact, the entire first third of the game is focused on preventing it from overthrowing the ruling families of Tuscany and Florence. It comes to a grinding halt when Ezio kills and lynches one of the conspiracy heads, then tracks his masters to a Roman Forum in Tuscany and slaughters them. The Pazzi family were the ringleaders, acting on the order of one of the series villains, the Borgia Family.whole time.
* Inverted in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld''. The Vanguard is formed after the unification of the two worlds, as a way for the Sylvaranti to oppose and resist their status as second-class citizens to the Tethe-Allans, and their systematic oppression by the Church of Martel and the protagonist of the [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia previous game]], Lloyd Irving. Later, it is revealed that [[spoiler:the travesties carried out by the "church" are actually being staged by the Vanguard as a way to generate grassroots
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* In ''Videogame/SuikodenV'', [[spoiler:the Lordlake uprising turns out to have been manipulated by Lord Barrows so he could distract the royal family long enough to steal the Dawn Rune.]]
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening'', if you don't stop the nobles' conspiracy against you soon enough, then the
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* About 1/5 of the way through ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' you learn that the insurgents resisting The Damned 33rd are all being led by a CIA Ops Squad who apparently have the same mission as your squad: locate survivors within the city. Their aim in starting the rebellion is apparently to retake Dubai's water supply, which the 33rd are holding hostage to enforce marshal law upon the refugees. [[spoiler: Their real plan, which you find out much too late, is to ''destroy'' said water supply, dooming the entire city do die of dehydration in order to conceal the 33rd's atrocities from the rest of the world.]]
* The Sangheili [[CivilWar Blooding Years]] in ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' was initiated by [[GovernmentAgencyofFiction ONI]] selling equipment to a [[WarriorMonk Sangheili cult leader]] in order to destabilize Sanghelios. The result, [[ApocalypseHow/Class1 the displacement and/or death of 4 billion lives]] and the formation of [[TheRemnant a new Covenant]].
* The Medici family is on the receiving end of one of these in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', and in fact, the entire first third of the game is focused on preventing it from overthrowing the ruling families of Tuscany and Florence. It comes to a grinding halt when Ezio kills and lynches one of the conspiracy heads, then tracks his masters to a Roman Forum in Tuscany and slaughters them. The Pazzi family were the ringleaders, acting on the order of one of the series villains, the Borgia Family.
* In ''[[Webcomic/FeliciaSorceressOfKatara Champion of Katara]]'', [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/cpam/championofkatara/series.php?view=single&ID=141897 "Clancy the Darned"]] started a war between Katara and Dogonia, claiming a populist uprising along with general chaos.
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* In ''[[Webcomic/FeliciaSorceressOfKatara Champion of Katara]]'', [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/cpam/championofkatara/series.php?view=single&ID=141897 "Clancy the Darned"]] started a war between Katara and Dogonia, claiming a populist uprising along with general chaos.
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* In ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' a supposed peasant uprising in Melromarc was quickly found to be reliant on {{brainwashed}} people being manipulated behind the scenes by [[spoiler:Malty, the Church of Three Heroes, and Itsuki's former companions]] who were also working in cahoots with various nobles.
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* In ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' a supposed peasant uprising in Melromarc was quickly found to be reliant on {{brainwashed}} people being manipulated behind the scenes by [[spoiler:Malty, the Church of Three Heroes, and Itsuki's former companions]] who were also working in cahoots with various nobles.
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* The Knights of Jove conspirators in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' claim they are trying to reinstate the rightful Storm King for the sake of Europa. Really they're just a bunch of scheming nobles who resent Baron Wulfenbach (some of whom happen to think they'd ''personally'' make a ''great'' new Storm King)
* In ''[[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/cpam/championofkatara/series.php Champion of Katara]]'', [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/cpam/championofkatara/series.php?view=single&ID=141897 "Clancy the Darned"]] started a war between Katara and Dogonia, claiming a populist uprising along with general chaos.
* In ''[[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/cpam/championofkatara/series.php Champion of Katara]]'', [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/cpam/championofkatara/series.php?view=single&ID=141897 "Clancy the Darned"]] started a war between Katara and Dogonia, claiming a populist uprising along with general chaos.
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* The Knights of Jove conspirators in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' claim they are trying to reinstate the rightful Storm King for the sake of Europa. Really they're just a bunch of scheming nobles who resent Baron Wulfenbach (some of whom happen to think they'd ''personally'' make a ''great'' new Storm King)
King). Furthermore they started their revolt by editing a recording of the heroine into saying that the Baron was the mysterious figure who devastated Europe 18 years ago and projected it over a city of mind-controlled people and commanded them to fight the Baron’s forces so it looked like a popular uprising.
* In''[[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/cpam/championofkatara/series.php ''[[Webcomic/FeliciaSorceressOfKatara Champion of Katara]]'', [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/cpam/championofkatara/series.php?view=single&ID=141897 "Clancy the Darned"]] started a war between Katara and Dogonia, claiming a populist uprising along with general chaos.
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* In the second season of ''Series/AlteredCarbon'' [[spoiler:Joshua Kemp's insurgency on Harlan's World turns out to be funded by Danica Harlan herself in order to drive up the price of stack alloy.]]
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* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Is implied that [[EvilChancellor Pharazôn]] is preparing one by stoking of anti-elvish sentiment in Númenor, and he might be using Tamar as an AgentProvocateur among the citizens and stir up a mutiny against Queen Miriel to gain popularity for himself. They are seen talking to each other in the day Galadriel and Halbrand arrived in Numenor, and later, when Tamar is agitating the people against the queen, Pharazôn strategically makes his presence and calms down the spirits.
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* ''Fanfic/GuardiansWizardsAndKungFuFighters'': Both Nerissa and Cedric had roles in starting and stirring up the rebellion for their own agendas.
* ''Fanfic/{{Kage}}'': This story gives details on how Nerissa was involved in Phobos' rise to power and the rebellion against him.
* ''Fanfic/{{Kage}}'': This story gives details on how Nerissa was involved in Phobos' rise to power and the rebellion against him.
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** It's implied that The Party is actually behind the counter-revolutionary group known as "the Brotherhood", having staged the uprising itself in order to weed out dissidents... dissidents that they themselves recruited and molded.
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** It's implied that The Party is actually behind the counter-revolutionary group known as "the Brotherhood", having staged the uprising itself in order to weed out dissidents... dissidents that they themselves recruited and molded.molded from otherwise-loyal citizens.
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** It's implied that The Party is actually behind the counter-revolutionary group known as "the Brotherhood", having staged the uprising itself in order to weed out dissidents.
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* ''Manga/OnePiece'': In an effort to take over the kingdom of Alabasta, the organization Baroque Works uses the illegal substance Dance Powder to cause a drought and frames the king for doing so, sparking a rebellion.
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* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': Between chapters 23 to 26, Eostia has to contend with an uprising that publicly denounces Celestine as a false [[GodEmperor goddess]], exhorts men to join the [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores Black Dogs]], and demands submission under the will of the self-proclaimed "King" Vault. The uprising is later revealed to be sponsored by [[SinisterMinister Archbishop Grishom]] of TheChurch (the "fall guy"), [[AristocratsAreEvil House Mandeville]], and their cronies.
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* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': Between chapters 23 to 26, Eostia has to contend with an uprising that publicly denounces Celestine as a false [[GodEmperor goddess]], exhorts men to join the [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores Black Dogs]], and demands submission under the will of the self-proclaimed "King" Vault. The uprising is later revealed to be sponsored by [[SinisterMinister Archbishop Grishom]] of TheChurch (the "fall guy"), [[AristocratsAreEvil House Mandeville]], and their cronies.
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* For ''ComicBook/TheInhumans'', the fact that uprisings of [[SlaveRace the Alpha Primitives]] [[StatusQuoIsGod never seem to stick]] is because they're setups by Maximus to try and grab power.
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* In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequels, it transpires that [[spoiler:Palpatine/Sidious]] was RunningBothSides in the Clone Wars.
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* In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequels, it transpires prequel trilogy, corruption and dysfunction in the Republic prompts a Separatist movement that [[spoiler:Palpatine/Sidious]] was leads to about half of its member systems, particularly rimward ones, to attempt to secede and form their own government called the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Unfortunately, not only is the lion's share of the Seps' fighting power provided by the same {{megacorp}}orations that are largely responsible for the Republic's dysfunction in the first place, [[spoiler:but the Sith are secretly RunningBothSides in as the Clone Wars.culmination of a long-term plan to overthrow the Republic and destroy the Jedi Order: Darth Sidious is publicly Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine, while his apprentice Darth Tyranus is publicly CIS head of state Count Dooku of Serenno]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' the Equalists seek to end all bending, their leader, Amon, has the power to remove someone's bending abilities permanently and claims that his family was murdered by firebenders who also scarred his face. [[spoiler:Turns out, he's actually a bloodbender and the son of an infamous gangster, and his "scars" are just makeup. It would lead one to question if all that bloodbending turned him into an insane, revenge-driven maniac. However, WordOfGod states that his anti-bending rhetoric is fully sincere, making him more of a BoomerangBigot]].
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-->-- '''Vilfredo Pareto''' (who would dub this phenomenon [[FullCircleRevolution "Circulation Of Elites"]]), ''Manual of Political Economy'' (1906)
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* This is revealed to be the main crux of the Rapture Civil War in ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock|1}}'', with Atlas leading disgruntled renegades against Andrew Ryan and his ideals. Except that Atlas was really [[spoiler:Frank Fontaine]] and said rebels were merely used as cannon fodder for [[spoiler:his]] planned takeover of the city. [[spoiler:And the player is his final key...]]
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* This is revealed to be the main crux of the Rapture Civil War in ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock|1}}'', ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}'', with Atlas leading disgruntled renegades against Andrew Ryan and his ideals. Except that Atlas was really [[spoiler:Frank Fontaine]] and said rebels were merely used as cannon fodder for [[spoiler:his]] planned takeover of the city. [[spoiler:And the player is his final key...]]
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* In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequels, it transpires that [[spoiler:Palpatine/Sidious]] was behind both sides of the Clone Wars.
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* ''Webcomic/DragonMango'' features a rare ''heroic'' example. The underdwellers of Square One are overcrowded, stuck eating [[FutureFoodIsArtificial Recyke]], and are deliberately being irradiated with chaos magic [[spoiler:by the rulers of Square One so that they can use them as sacrifices to let the city be PoweredByAForsakenChild]]. As much as they would like to rebel, they are far too beaten down to offer any resistance. As such, sympathetic members of Square One's middle management spread false rumors of a brewing rebellion in an attempt to convince Square One's rulers to stop creating more radiation leaks. When that doesn't work, they quietly sponsor a ''real'' uprising.
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Subtrope of TheCoup. Compare and contrast with 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.
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* The Set of ''Literature/WaxAndWayne'' are a criminal conspiracy run by aristocrats who try to seize power by emulating the revolutionaries of [[Literature/{{Mistborn}} the previous trilogy]]. In addition to hiring out [[EmotionControl Soothers and Rioters]] in crowds, they also make the lives of the common people worse.
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A subtrope of TheCoup. Compare and contrast with 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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* In ''Discworld/NightWatch'', the rebellion against Lord Winder is actually being subtly masterminded by [[spoiler:Madam Meserole]], and revolutionaries like Reg Shoe don't really have anything to do with it. Most of the 'rebel' activity is actually neutral civilians building barricades to hide behind until the fighting stops, the leadership is just too oblivious to figure this out.
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* In ''Discworld/NightWatch'', ''Literature/{{Night Watch|Discworld}}'', the rebellion against Lord Winder is actually being subtly masterminded by [[spoiler:Madam Meserole]], and revolutionaries like Reg Shoe don't really have anything to do with it. Most of the 'rebel' activity is actually neutral civilians building barricades to hide behind until the fighting stops, the leadership is just too oblivious to figure this out.
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* In the ''Film/StarWars'' prequels, it transpires that [[spoiler:Palpatine/Sidious]] was behind both sides of the Clone Wars.
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* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', Genestealer cults often do that, usually by RunningBothSides, to "soften up" a world for the upcoming Tyranid invasion.
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* In ''Franchise/StarWars'': ''VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed'', the Empire tries much the same strategy as the above 1984 example, staging a revolution to draw out dissidents into the open. Unfortunately for them, TheMole [[BecomingTheMask becomes the mask]] and the fake revolution becomes a real one.
--> '''Emperor Palpatine''': You must be relentless, Lord Vader. If even a single rebel survives, this Rebellion that we unwittingly made... will be our undoing.
* Inverted in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld''. The Vanguard is formed after the unification of the two worlds, as a way for the Sylvaranti to oppose and resist their status as second-class citizens to the Tethe-Allans, and their systematic oppression by the Church of Martel and the protagonist of the [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia previous game]], Lloyd Irving. Later, it is revealed that [[spoiler:the travesties carried out by the "church" are actually being staged by the Vanguard as a way to generate grassroots support]]
* Roleplayed fairly often in ''VideoGame/ImperiumNova''
--> '''Emperor Palpatine''': You must be relentless, Lord Vader. If even a single rebel survives, this Rebellion that we unwittingly made... will be our undoing.
* Inverted in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld''. The Vanguard is formed after the unification of the two worlds, as a way for the Sylvaranti to oppose and resist their status as second-class citizens to the Tethe-Allans, and their systematic oppression by the Church of Martel and the protagonist of the [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia previous game]], Lloyd Irving. Later, it is revealed that [[spoiler:the travesties carried out by the "church" are actually being staged by the Vanguard as a way to generate grassroots support]]
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* In ''Franchise/StarWars'': ''VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed'', the Empire tries much the same strategy as the above 1984 ''1984'' example, staging a revolution to draw out dissidents into the open. Unfortunately for them, TheMole [[BecomingTheMask becomes the mask]] and the fake revolution becomes a real one.
--> '''Emperor -->'''Emperor Palpatine''': You must be relentless, Lord Vader. If even a single rebel survives, this Rebellion that we unwittingly made... will be our undoing.
* Inverted in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld''. The Vanguard is formed after the unification of the two worlds, as a way for the Sylvaranti to oppose and resist their status as second-class citizens to the Tethe-Allans, and their systematic oppression by the Church of Martel and the protagonist of the [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia previous game]], Lloyd Irving. Later, it is revealed that [[spoiler:the travesties carried out by the "church" are actually being staged by the Vanguard as a way to generate grassrootssupport]]
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* Inverted in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld''. The Vanguard is formed after the unification of the two worlds, as a way for the Sylvaranti to oppose and resist their status as second-class citizens to the Tethe-Allans, and their systematic oppression by the Church of Martel and the protagonist of the [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia previous game]], Lloyd Irving. Later, it is revealed that [[spoiler:the travesties carried out by the "church" are actually being staged by the Vanguard as a way to generate grassroots
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* The Medici family is on the receiving end of one of these in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed2'' and, in fact, the entire first third of the game is focused on preventing it from overthrowing the ruling families of Toscana and Firenze. It comes to a grinding halt when Ezio kills and lynches one of the co-conspirator heads, then tracks his masters to a Roman Forum in Toscana and slaughters them. The family de'Pazzi were the ringleaders, acting on the order of one of the series villains, the Borgia Family.
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* The Medici family is on the receiving end of one of these in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed2'' and, ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', and in fact, the entire first third of the game is focused on preventing it from overthrowing the ruling families of Toscana Tuscany and Firenze. Florence. It comes to a grinding halt when Ezio kills and lynches one of the co-conspirator conspiracy heads, then tracks his masters to a Roman Forum in Toscana Tuscany and slaughters them. The Pazzi family de'Pazzi were the ringleaders, acting on the order of one of the series villains, the Borgia Family.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' the Equalists seek to end all bending, their leader, Amon, has the power to remove someone's bending abilities permanently and claims that his family was murdered by firebenders who also scarred his face. [[spoiler: Turns out, he's actually a bloodbender and the son of an infamous gangster, and his "scars" are just makeup. It would lead one to question if all that bloodbending turned him into an insane, revenge-driven maniac. However, WordOfGod states that his anti-bending rhetoric is fully sincere, making him more of a BoomerangBigot]].
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-->-- '''Vilfredo Pareto''' (who would dub this phenomenon [[FullCircleRevolution "Circulation Of Elites"]]), ''Manual of Political Economy'' (1906).
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** Chaos cults also sometimes act in a similar manner; what on the outside appears as a popular uprising against Imperial tyranny can actually be a smokescreen for, say, a coven of psykers who are using the time to summon Daemons or soften the world up for a Chaos invasion force. In fact, Daemons are naturally drawn to the chaos and suffering caused by the civil war on the planet.
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planet. Sometimes the cults have nothing to do with the uprising and just use the conflict as cover for their own activities, but once the Inquisition learns that Chaos is active on the planet, the uprising gets labelled as being staged by heretics even though the revolutionaries have nothing to do with the cults.
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* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Tarquin's former adventuring party are now working as the {{Evil Chancellor}}s to several bordering city-states, with puppet rulers installed as figureheads. Any time one of these regimes gets unpopular enough, they allow a revolution to foment and topple the figurehead with help from their neighbouring "rivals", and they install a new puppet under a new name, but with the same ManBehindTheMan (or, if people are too suspicious to buy that, two of the chancellors just swap places with each other). This setup has allowed them to hold positions of power over most of the continent for decades despite apparent political instability.
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* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Tarquin's former adventuring party are now working as the {{Evil Chancellor}}s to several bordering city-states, with puppet rulers installed as figureheads. Any time one of these regimes gets unpopular enough, they allow a revolution to foment and topple the figurehead with help from their neighbouring "rivals", and they install a new puppet under a new name, but with the same ManBehindTheMan (or, [[TheManBehindTheMan Man Behind The Man]](or, if people are too suspicious to buy that, two of the chancellors just swap places with each other). This setup has allowed them to hold positions of power over most of the continent for decades despite apparent political instability.
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* The "Vengeance" organization in the Franchise/StarWars Literature/HandOfThrawn duology is ostensibly a massive grassroots organization, with a huge membership scattered across multiple important worlds. In fact, it's all masterminded by about half a dozen [[StateSec Imperial Intelligence]] agents, which the heroes eventually catch on to.
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* The "Vengeance" organization in the Franchise/StarWars Literature/HandOfThrawn ''Franchise/StarWars: Literature/HandOfThrawn'' duology is ostensibly a massive grassroots organization, with a huge membership scattered across multiple important worlds. In fact, it's all masterminded by about half a dozen [[StateSec Imperial Intelligence]] agents, which the heroes eventually catch on to.
