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* In the animated movie ''BattleForTerra'', humans have been forced into exile on a single ark ship by the destruction of all inhabitable planets in the Sol system (at the time: Earth Mars and Venus). When they discover a new planet that might support life, which they baptize Terra, there are a few problems. First, the atmosphere is unbreathable by humans. This can be solved with a [[AppliedPhlebotinum terraforming device]] that can replace the atmosphere of the entire world. The other problem? It's inhabited by a race of peaceful flying creatures who [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas live in harmony with nature]] and use only muscle-powered vehicles. Since the situation on the ark ship is desperate, the military commander wants to attack the peaceful aliens. The catch? [[spoiler: They used to be just like us until they almost obliterated themselves, and they buried all their high-tech weaponry. It all comes out when the humans attack. Surprise! Okay, it's not perfect, and in response, the humans send down a lot more troops, nearly kicking their collective asses if not for the sacrifice of a human hero, but it was harder than they thought it would be.]]

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* In the animated movie ''WesternAnimation/BattleForTerra'', humans have been forced into exile on a single ark ship by the destruction of all inhabitable planets in the Sol system (at the time: Earth Mars and Venus). When they discover a new planet that might support life, which they baptize Terra, there are a few problems. First, the atmosphere is unbreathable by humans. This can be solved with a [[AppliedPhlebotinum terraforming device]] that can replace the atmosphere of the entire world. The other problem? It's inhabited by a race of peaceful flying creatures who [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas live in harmony with nature]] and use only muscle-powered vehicles. Since the situation on the ark ship is desperate, the military commander wants to attack the peaceful aliens. The catch? [[spoiler: They used to be just like us until they almost obliterated themselves, and they buried all their high-tech weaponry. It all comes out when the humans attack. Surprise! Okay, it's not perfect, and in response, the humans send down a lot more troops, nearly kicking their collective asses if not for the sacrifice of a human hero, but it was harder than they thought it would be.]]

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* The UnitedStates lived by the "gigantic industrial base" conversion part of this trope from the late 19th century through to WorldWar2. Though the US always had tiny standing military forces relatively to just about everybody else, they remained small even as the country developed into a local, then regional, and eventually global power. This is because after around about the 1850s, the country's geography and economy began to serve as its greatest defensive assets. That is to say the US was a relatively large country quite far removed from any potential threats, one that began to develop a prosperous and largely insular economy with decent infrastructure to boot. After the mid-19th century an embargo or blockade began to be of limited effectiveness because the (north of the, at any rate) country was its own greatest customer, and an invasion would be tricky for reasons which are also rather obvious. The US was not unique in its ability to make use of female labour or in terms of the convertability of its factories, but it was the sheer size of the country's burgeoning population and well-developed industrial base that allowed them to pull this economic trick off so dramatically in the course of WorldWarTwo. [[/folder]]

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