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10	* In ''Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo: The Saxon Uprising'', the usurper [[spoiler:Axel Oxenstierna]] tries to create this as an excuse for cracking down on uptimer-inspired political movements threatening the status quo from prior to Grantville's arrival. However, the heroes see his goal and foil it by obeying the law, and keeping unrest to a minimum. This steals all of the usurper's thunder and neatly deprives him of a ''casus belli'' to seize power.
11	* In ''Literature/TheAliceNetwork'', one character may have been part of the French Resistance during UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo, but it's never confirmed, and we never see her in action.
12	%%* The titular characters of ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' are this, most obviously when the Yeerks [[spoiler:find out about their true identities]].
13	* ''Literature/ApprenticeAdept'': When the Hectare invade in, all of the Adepts/Citizens except Purple and Tan join together to form ThePlan, implemented by [[TykeBomb Nepe]] and [[VillainProtagonist Lysander]].
14	* ''Literature/Area51'': There's a human resistance against the Airlia which has, like them, existed on Earth for millennia [[spoiler: and even precedes it on other planets.]]
15	* ''Literature/ArrivalsFromTheDark'': In ''Dark Skies'', an alien race called the Dromi captures three remote human colonies. With the [[TheFederation Earth Federation]] busy fighting a desperate war against the very same vastly more numerous enemy, it takes two years before a task force can be dispatched to try to retake the strategically-unimportant planets. Intelligence about the number of alien occupiers turns out to be incorrect, and the task force is wiped out, with only a single survivor making it to the surface of the planet T'har (he's actually from that planet). Badly hurt, he's recovered by the planet's resistance forces, who heal him and explain what's been happening on the planet for the past two years. Many humans were killed either during the initial attack or during the attempt to round up the survivors, with the rest (those not still free) rounded up and used as slave labor. The resistance is based in two old mines far to the north of the main habitable zone (being cold-blooded, the Dromi don't like to venture there), making regular attacks against patrol squads, hoping to bleed the occupiers until they leave. The task force survivor explains that the Dromi don't think like that. To them, the soldiers they kill are CannonFodder, beneath notice. Besides, Dromi are {{Explosive Breeder}}s and can quickly replenish their numbers. He tries to equip them better by locating and opening the Arsenal, an old cache of military-grade equipment (e.g. weapons, transportation, rations, robots), in order to prepare the resistance for a single strike against the enemy base on this planet. [[spoiler:The strike succeeds only partly. The resistance manages to rescue the captives, but the attempt to kill the Dromi Patriarch doesn't have the desired effect. The only thing that saves them is TheCavalry]].
16	* The very originally named Resistance in ''Literature/TheBartimaeusTrilogy''. A slight subversion, as it turns out that, despite being an annoyance to the government, there are only a dozen of them and they're defeated rather easily when confronting a real danger. While one of the viewpoint characters is a member, another is a government magician hunting them down.
17	* The ''[[Literature/TheBible Bible]]'' features many stories in the Old Testament of Hebrew resistance fighters throwing off conquering invaders. It's what the Literature/BookOfJudges is about, making this trope OlderThanFeudalism. And in the Literature/BookOfRevelation, Satan mounts a resistance force against "the beloved city" at the end of the Millennium, which ends up [[CurbStompBattle being smoked by God]].
18	* In Creator/TimothyZahn's largely-unknown ''Literature/{{Blackcollar}}'' series, humanity has been [[CurbStompBattle curbstomped]] by the Ryqril, a very aggressive race whose idea of a war is to ''bomb entire worlds'' if that's what's needed to subjugate their enemies. Even the elite of the elite, the genetically-enhanced [[{{Ninja}} Blackcollar warriors]], couldn't stop the massacre. But when defeat is officially signed the Blackcollars don't take it very well, declare themselves LaResistance and embark in a long guerilla-like battle against their conquerors. They are ultimately forced to face the futility of their actions on the grand scale of things, and they more or less surrender and turn to a pathetic, sad life of drunkenly remembering the good old days. [[spoiler:This is, of course, merely a ruse to throw their enemies off their tracks; when the opportunity presents itself they go back to their former selves, and epic asskicking results. By themselves, they know they're no match for the Ryqril Empire, but they discover the existence of a secret stash of ''Nova''-class cruisers in a system's asteroid belt, originally placed there in order to strike at the enemy's rear. They manage to recover the cruisers, with some help from a race of aliens currently fighting a losing war against the Ryqril. The combination of the cruisers and the fact that their primary forces are currently busy at the front lines forces the Ryqril to give in to the fairly reasonable demands of the resistance. When one member questions the need to keep the demands reasonable, someone wiser points out that the Ryqril could easily curb-stomp their tiny fleet if they prove too much of a nuisance, even if it delays their next conquest by a short while]].
19	* In the ''Literature/{{Bolo}}'' novel ''The Road to Damascus'', a resistance against a corrupt planetary government is put up against a Bolo, faring better against it than one would expect, due in part to the wife of the Bolo's former commander advising them on how to conduct guerilla warfare against a [[TankGoodness supertank]] that nominally requires ''another'' supertank to stop.
20	* ''Literature/TheBookOfMormon'': In the middle of a war, the Nephite logistics are crippled by an uprising that takes over the capital with the intent of abolishing democracy and establishing a monarch. Ironically, when Captain Moroni encounters the supply problems but doesn't know the cause, he assumes that the leaders are becoming corrupt and lazy, and considers stirring up La Resistance against them if that's what it takes to fix the issue. (Once he learns the truth, he returns and quickly curb-stomps the rebels.)
21	* In the ''Literature/{{Bounders}}'' series, the Wackies are a Gulagan movement that resists the domination of Earth Force over the planet. [[spoiler:By ''The Heroes Return'', they finally manage to expel Earth Force from the planet, and Gulaga becomes a major hub for the galaxy's anti-Earth Force movement. When Jasper returns from the spacetime rift in ''The Heroes Return'', he learns that Marco and Addy have both joined the movement. Jasper ultimately decides to join as well.]]
22	* ''Literature/TheBrotherhoodOfTheConch'': In the city of Coal, which Anand and Nisha visit in ''Shadowland'', magic has been banned, and magical objects are destroyed by machines that extract all the magic and convert it to electricity. Magicians live in scattered groups in the slums, occasionally attempting to break into the domes where the rich live and destroy the AntiMagic technology.
23	* In ''Literature/ChristianNation'', the Secular Bloc States, which were formed in protest of the United States President Steve Jordan enforcing the Fifty Blessings to be the law of the land, were this right up to the Civil War. After that, it's the Free Minds movement, the only HopeSpot left for the return of democracy and freedom.
24	%%* Exists in David Wingrove's ''Literature/ChungKuo''.
25	* A darker variety comes into play in the third act of ''Literature/AClockworkOrange'', after Alex is released from his ColdBloodedTorture at the hands of the government; the rebels attempt ([[spoiler: nearly successfully]]) to [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide drive him to suicide]]]] by taking advantage of his BrainwashedAndCrazy state.
26	* In the Sonmi-451 storyline of ''Literature/CloudAtlas'', the corpocratic nation of Nea So Copros (formerly Korea) is opposed by a rebellion called Union. Toyed with, in that [[spoiler:Union is actually an arm of Unanimity, the Nea So Copros government. Union was established to attract people who would want to rebel against Unanimity, so they could be discretely die in the line of duty, as well as provide a faceless enemy for Unanimity to blame for every problem the people may have.]]
27	* ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'':
28	** In ''Literature/TheHourOfTheDragon'', resistance continues after Conan is driven from the throne; his survival lends it new strength, and when he recovers the Heart of Ahriman, it overwhelms his enemies.
29	** In "Literature/AWitchShallBeBorn", Taramis' subjects are baffled by the [[FakeKing Fake Queen]], but struggle, and when one of them penetrates the secret, they are immediately out to rescue her.
30	%%** In ''Literature/RoguesInTheHouse'', there are "Petreus and his ardent young nationalists".
31	* ''Literature/DeathToTheFrench'': Portuguese Guerillas. Dodd joins up with locals to assault the French while trapped behind enemy lines.
32	* ''Literature/TheCrimsonShadow'': Starting from a small band of rebels led by Luthien, and then growing into a whole army which fights for Eriador's freedom.
33	%%* The protagonists of Jennifer Fallon's ''Literature/DemonChild'' series are blackmailed into joining LaResistance.
34	* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
35	** The revolutionary cell "The Red Army" in ''Literature/InterestingTimes'' is far too polite to do anything other than put up slightly incendiary posters. Rincewind, the CowardlyLion hero, subverts the "Hero becomes its champion" aspect: not only does he make it clear he wants ''nothing'' to do with them, he points out how they're far more likely to get themselves killed than they are to change anything and that a coup isn't going to affect the life of the average peasant anyway. It probably counts as a subversion, since [[spoiler:it is [[RunningBothSides organized by the main villain]]. He discovers this is harder than it sounds]].
36	** ''Literature/{{Night Watch\|Discworld}}'' contains a very interesting take on LaResistance -- initially it's pretty standard, with a small portion of the city taking up arms and building barricades against the corrupt government. But as the barricades expand, a character brings up the interesting point of what would happen should the barricades and the ranks of LaResistance expand until they contained a larger portion of the city than the entrenched government. It never quite happens, but it's still an intriguing thought.
37	* ''Literature/DonCamillo'': Both the titular priest and his SitcomArchNemesis, the Communist mayor Peppone, were involved in ''La Guerra Clandestina'', Peppone as an anti-fascist partisan and Don Camillo as either a partisan or an active supporter, depending on the story. The author rather pointedly refuses to romanticize the actions of the partisans, and points out that while Peppone's band were largely honorable (they did hide about 10 million lire in loot stolen from the fascists from the Allies, which they later used for various public works in the region, and they did steal some chickens and a barrel of wine on VE-day, but that's it) other bands were not, and used the war as a pretext for extortion, terrorizing the countryside and settling old scores.
38	* Steven Brust's ''Literature/{{Dragaera}}'': ''Literature/{{Teckla}}'' and ''Literature/{{Phoenix}}'' have Cawti involved in [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything a resistance movement of the lower classes]]. In fact, Dragaeran society, which goes through a pre-determined cycle of leadership, is designed to have a period of time in which the peasant Tecklas rise up and convert the Empire into a Republic. Vlad is upset because this particular resistance movement isn't occurring during the correct time in the cycle, and thus he believes it is doomed to fail.
39	* ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'': In ''Dragons of the Hourglass Mage'', [[spoiler:Raistlin works with a secretive group within Neraka working to bring down the Dark Queen Takhisis, called the Hidden Light]].
40	* ''Literature/TheEmpiriumTrilogy'': Red Crown is a rebel group whose main goal is fighting back and eventually taking down the Undying Empire. It originally started as push back against Merovec for taking the Celdarian throne while King Audric was still alive.
41	* The Varden in ''Literature/{{Eragon}}''. Then again, the entire story is ''Franchise/StarWars'' re-recycled in a fantasy setting, so that wasn't much of a surprise.
42	* In ''Literature/EveOfMan'', the Freevers seek to free Eve from the tower and EPO.
43	* In ''Literature/TheGanymedeTakeover'', the last-remaining resistance to the alien occupiers consists of a Black Muslim guerrilla movement in the hills of Tennessee, and a secret organisation operating under the auspices of the World Psychiatric Association.
44	* ''Literature/TheGauntlet2017'' has the League of Extraordinary Resistance, led by Henrietta Peel, which is made up entirely of intelligent lizards. They work to try to dismantle the game from the inside and free everyone trapped there.
45	* ''Literature/{{Gearbreakers}}'': The Gearbreakers rebel against the empire of Godolia, specializing in destroying their HumongousMecha from the inside.
46	* ''Literature/GrentsFall'' has so many rebellions against King Osbert you can call them Les Resistances. %%* Mayday in ''Literature/TheHandmaidsTale''.
47	* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', we have the Order of the Phoenix, LaResistance group against Voldemort, and Dumbledore's Army, the student group created [[TyrantTakesTheHelm against]] [[Characters/HarryPotter Umbridge]] originally to study Defence Against the Dark Arts, which later becomes a true resistance group against [[spoiler:the Death Eaters that control Hogwarts]].
48	* Both played straight and inverted in ''Literature/AHerosWar'':
49	** Despite Cato's best efforts, the rapid implementation of an industrial revolution causes upheaval and dissatisfaction, as many farmers find themselves out of work (since improved equipment allows a relatively few farmers to produce enough for everyone) and some types of skilled craftsmen are replaced by factory processes. As a result, Chancellor Minmay faces a carefully planned riot. [[spoiler:He saw it coming, however, and used his own contacts to trigger it before the organisers were fully prepared.]]
50	** On the other hand, the fact that no one is starving and many new jobs are appearing means that when a jealous neighbour tries to invade, there are widespread loyalist uprisings, with the Duport knights encountering unexpected push-back from peasants armed with the magical equipment that Minmay has taught them to make.
51	* ''Literature/TheHistoryOfTheGalaxy'' has the Free Colonies doing their damndest to keep the [[TheEmpire Earth Alliance]] from subjugating them in order to offload the excess population from the overcrowded homeworld (mainly the undesirables, whom the colonists wouldn't be willing to accept under normal circumstances). The Alliance has a powerful war machine with advanced technology, while the colonists have only relatively recently [[LostColony rediscovered one another]] and have only been emboldened by the Alliance's OrbitalBombardment of the planet Dabog, which continues to stand as the silent, radioactive symbol of defiance. A good number of books are dedicated to the war, which lasts for half a century, and the technical advanced brought about because of it. By the end of the war, the Alliance is defeated, the core colonies become industrial and scientific powerhouses and form the [[TheFederation Confederacy of Suns]]. Centuries later, Earth is largely abandoned, home to only a few million people, and the once-urbanized landscape is a lush jungle.
52	* ''Literature/HonorHarrington'':
53	** Subverted and deconstructed to hell and back with the Havenite Revolutions, Civil Wars, and Resistance Movements (please note that is ''plural'' on purpose), which are based on the French Revolution, and if you have even the tiniest bit of knowledge about that era of European history you should be able to guess that things get very ugly and very bloody very quickly. The closest thing this series has to this trope being played straight is Haven's April Tribunal, a cell of the otherwise-bloody Citizens' Rights Union which scrupulously avoided civilian casualties. The Tribunal ultimately succeeds entirely when one of its former brigade commanders becomes President of [[spoiler:the restored Republic]], but even then, it takes a ''lot'' of bloodshed to make it happen.
54	** Played straighter in later books with the various resistance movement fighting against the Office of Frontier Security (or more accurately despotic local regimes supported by OFS). While they aren't all perfect most of them are genuinely seeking a better government for their planet.
55	** Steve Westman of Montana almost plays this perfectly straight being a genuinely honorable freedom fighter standing up against the Empire that wants to annex his homeworld. The only problem is that the Empire he is fighting are actually [[TheFederation the good guys]] rather than TheEmpire. Fortunately he ends up agreeing to surrender and receives a full pardon.
56	* The cast of ''Literature/TheHourBeforeMorning'' are involved in a particularly scattered version, local groups in for the long haul, fighting against a vast and well-established empire.
57	* Katniss Everdeen and a group of teens in ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' turn into this by the end of ''Literature/CatchingFire'' and most of ''Literature/{{Mockingjay}}'' along with [[spoiler:District 13]], with Katniss ending up the mouthpiece of the rebellion.
58	* ''Literature/{{Hurog}}'': In ''Dragon Blood'', there is a kind of conspiracy against high king Jakoven. The book starts with [[spoiler:Tisala]] being tortured for information by the king's torturer (yes, this is apparently a respectable office). As heroes usually do, she escapes, and collects allies for the revolution ... or rather, meets people who hate Jakoven just as much as she does. After she strikes a deal with the protagonists to get the HiddenBackupPrince out of the mental asylum where he's unjustly imprisoned, things happen rather quickly. [[spoiler:In the end, the revolution is a relatively unbloody one, in which only Jakoven, his AxCrazy court magician and some guards are killed. The aftermath is not described, but it can be assumed that, with Jakoven death, most people will just accept his brother as rightful heir to the throne.]]
59	* The Kzarchians and the UF Marines make up the forces working against the pirates, who have staged an ''Literature/InvasionOfKzarch''.
60	* In ''Literature/ItCantHappenHere'', Trowbridge leads a resistance movement against the Windrip regime after fleeing to Canada. Lorinda, Doremus, and several members of the Jessop household disseminate forbidden news that they receive from Canada. [[spoiler: At the end of the novel, a full-blown rebellion against the now-Haik regime has erupted across the country]].
61	* ''Literature/JoelSuzuki'': In ''Legend of the Loudstone'', the protagonists travel to Mono Realm, which was formerly known as Six States before the despotic Uniter took over the whole region and publicly executed anyone who resisted. The protagonists discover a resistance movement of people who want to overthrow the Uniter, and agree to help them in exchange for help [[spoiler:defeating the escaped Spectraland criminal Marshall, although the two goals turn out to be the same after Marshall turns out to be in league with the Uniter]].
62	%%* The Zealots in ''Literature/TheKingdomAndTheCrown'' against UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire.
63	* ''Literature/TheLastDaysofNewParis'' has the actual French resistance still holding out in Paris against the Nazis in 1950, aided by surrealist artists who now have powers to create powerful [[ArtInitiatesLife living art]].
64	* ''Literature/LeftBehind'':
65	** The Tribulation Force becomes this as they oppose Nicolae Carpathia and his Global Community during the Tribulation, earning the pejorative "Judah-ite" once the converted rabbi Tsion Ben-Judah becomes the main mouthpiece of the resistance.
66	** In ''Kingdom Come'', it is the Other Light, who basically see GodIsEvil because He won't let "naturals" in the Millennial Kingdom [[DeathsHourglass live past 100 years of age]] as unbelievers, and end up passing their teachings to the next generation of converts so that the generations that does [[FinalBattle get to confront God and Jesus at the end of the Millennium]] will be "assured victory" when [[SealedEvilInACan Satan is released]]. [[CurbStompBattle Unfortunately for them]], [[YouCantFightFate it doesn't go as they hoped]]. One of the Other Light members [[AttemptedRape tried to rape a female "glorified"]] in the hope of siring a child that may be able to live past 100 years of age without becoming a believer. God foiled the attempt by having the would-be rapist die in her arms and then incinerated. Given that [[ImmortalProcreationClause "glorifieds" are not able to sire or have children]], this would have proved to be pointless.
67	* In the ''Literature/LegendsOfDune'' trilogy, the League of Nobles and, later, the Butlerian Jihad act as LaResistance to the [[HumongousMecha Titans]] and the [[RobotWar Thinking Machines]].
68	%%* All of the main characters of ''Literature/TheLeonardRegime'' demonstrate this trope.
69	* Some of the characters in Edward Rutherford's ''London'' get involved in this trope in the years following the Norman Conquest, trying to foment unrest that will leave it open to another Danish invasion and put a second King Canute on the British throne. True to history, they fail miserably.
70	* ''Literature/{{Matched}}'': In the sequel, ''Crossed'', the Rising is a resistance against The Society that runs the country.
71	* ''Literature/MermaidsOfErianaKwai'': In ''Ice Crypt'', Lysi falls in with a group of mermen who are plotting to assassinate the tyrannical king Adaro and stop his invasions of other undersea countries.
72	* ''Literature/Metro2033'' has [[OverlyLongName "The First International Red Fighting Brigade of the Moscow Metropolitan in the name of Ernesto Che Guevara"]], who oppose and generally {{Troll}} the Fourth Reich. They also [[spoiler:save Artyom [[ComeWithmeIfYouWantToLive from being hanged]]]].
73	* In ''Literature/LesMiserables'', Les Amis de l'ABC (whose name has "the friends of the downtrodden" as a second meaning).
74	* The peasant revolution in ''Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy'' is so inept that their greatest victory in decades is taking out one enemy garrison before being wiped out.
75	* Played straight as an arrow in ''Literature/TheMoonIsAHarshMistress''. The protagonist joins a ragtag resistance movement big on talk and small on action. He helps reorganize it along rational lines. A revolution is then planned, plotted, fought and won, all without any significant internal splintering, and Luna gains independence from the evil Earthling overlords. The End. (It does help that the [[InstantAIJustAddWater sentient central computer]] that controls Luna's entire infrastructure sides with La Resistance.)
76	* ''Literature/NightfallSeries'': The small group of surviving humans fighting against the vampire oppressors even calls itself 'The Resistance'.
77	* In ''Literature/TheNightOfTheTriffids'', a group with bases somewhere in the East Coast and in the Great Lakes is opposed to the semi-fascistic New York regime.
78	* Subverted with the Brotherhood in ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', in that it is implied to be [[spoiler:a trap set by the Party to capture dissidents]].
79	* In ''Literature/TheOsmerianConflict'', the Iron Wing is the name given to the Generian Resistance that is fighting against the UTSF.
80	* Played with in ''Literature/ThePoisonwoodBible'': [[spoiler: Anatole]], now the husband of [[spoiler: Leah]], becomes a part of the anti-Mobutu resistance, and is portrayed as heroic for it. It's made clear, however, that not everyone in LaResistance is so heroic; for example, a more violent faction of it kills [[spoiler: Pascal]].
81	%%* [[spoiler:The Nexus]] from ''Literature/ThePowerOfFive''.
82	* In ''The Saga of the Borderlands'', of the argentine writer Liliana Bodoc, [[BigBad Misaianes, the Son of Death]], has expanded her cruel empire to almost the entire territory of the Ancient Lands, but there is still a resistance. The Boreos, great navigators and fierce warriors, fight their dominion from their islands, and there are magicians who silently act against Misaianes.
83	* ''Literature/{{Safehold}}'' has the [[spoiler:Fist of God, also known as Helm Cleaver]], which operates in Zion and employs assassination to bring corrupt and depraved vicars to justice.
84	* The commoners during the French Revolution were essentially a massive version of this... and in this way, they're the bad guys in ''Literature/TheScarletPimpernel''.
85	* The Wizards in ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'' secretly plot the overthrow of the Supreme Custodian and the return of Princess Jenna Heap. It doesn't all go according to plan.
86	* ''Literature/ShadesChildren'': Shade and his ChildSoldiers fight the evil Overlords to get rid of them.
87	* ''Literature/ShatterTheSky'': There is an organized rebellion within the empire called the Dragons it turns out, with Sev part of it, aiming to overthrow Emperor Rafael.
88	* The French novella ''[[Literature/LeSilenceDeLaMer Le Silence de la Mer]]'', which was written in 1942 by a member of the TropeNamer. At the end of the story, [[spoiler: the niece joins the French Resistance]].
89	* ''Literature/TheSilerianTrilogy'': The Alliance is explicitly this, while the Honored Society resists the Valdani for selfish reasons, with the ''shallaheen'' rebels also qualifying. Things get fractious when they attempt to resist the Valdani together, and even worse after they leave.
90	* Creator/JohnLeCarre's ''Smiley's People'' has the plot originally driven by exile groups from the Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania fighting against the Soviet Union. Since it is set in the late 1970's they are implied to be aging and, in the eyes of British Intelligence (but not Smiley's), largely ineffectual.
91	* Matteo, Ruth, Asher, Otto, Eliza, and Panga in ''Literature/SomeoneElsesWar'' make up the core group trying to dismantle the LRA and send all the captive ChildSoldiers home.
92	* Villainous example: the Sons of the Harpy in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' are a group of [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters thugs]] who make life difficult for Daenarys and her army of freed slaves in Meereen, much like their historical inspiration, the UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan.
93	** A more "[[BlackAndGreyMorality heroic]]" example: After [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating the Boltons]] become the Wardens of the North by betraying [[UniversallyBelovedLeader House Stark]], most of the [[UndyingLoyalty Northern families]] begin to conspire against them to oust them and put a Stark, ''any'' Stark, back in the position.
94	%%* ''Literature/SpiralArm'': The Loyalists in ''The January Dancer''.
95	* ''Literature/SplitHeirs'': The Black Weasel's Bold Bush-dwellers are meant to be this, but become simply bandits preying on Gorgarian merchants, lacking any possible means to end their occupation.
96	* In ''Literature/TheStarsLikeDust'', an underground movement is seeking to overthrow the rule of the interstellar empire of the Tyranni over the Nebular Kingdoms (a group of planets conquered by the Tyranni several generations before the action of the book begins). The protagonists are on a quest to find "the rebellion world" that is the secret center of this resistance movement.
97	* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'':
98	** In the ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce'' series, the galactic government that replaced TheEmpire[[note]]Well, the SpiritualSuccessor of the government that replaced TheEmpire, but let's not quibble. Much.[[/note]] has become another [[TheEmpire Empire]], complete with another Vader. The inevitable result is a fresh La Résistance, with plenty of reference made to the circularity. (Especially because the new La Résistance has many of the same central people as the original.)
99	** In ''Literature/DarkLordTheRiseOfDarthVader'', the Wookiees of Kashyyyk are well aware of the nature of TheEmpire, and equally aware that they will be targeted sooner or later. When the Empire does appear (using a fugitive group of Jedi as a scapegoat), the Wookiees immediately flee into the dense forests, ready to organize into guerrilla groups and outlast the Empire on their own turf.
100	* ''Literature/TheStolenThrone'' takes place a few decades prior to ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', set during the [[TheEmpire Orlesian]] occupation of [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Ferelden]]. The rebels are led by Queen Moira Theirin, the rightful ruler of Ferelden, after her father was forced to abdicate to [[TheCaligula Meghren]], the usurper king. The novel starts with Moira being ambushed and killed by nobles seeking to curry favor with the usurper, with her young son Maric barely escaping with his life. After a short while, Maric manages to meet up with a boy named Loghain Mac Tir, whose father performs a HeroicSacrifice to save Maric's life, still loyal to the Theirin line. Eventually, the two grow closer as friends, with Loghain becoming one of the generals of the growing rebel army. Unfortunately, the army is nearly wiped out thanks to a traitor, but the rebellion succeeds in the end, pushing the Orlesians out. Maric is crowned king, and he grants Loghain the noble title of Teyrn.
101	* In the first ''Literature/TalesFromNetheredge'' story, ''Bright Flame'', the Thunder Rebellion work to undermine Calisto Empire's oppressive regime.
102	* In ''Literature/ThisImmortal'', Radpol used to be this when it was founded and led by Konstantin Karaghiosis. Their aim was to prevent the [[GovernmentInExile Earth government]] from selling Earth's entire habitable area to the Vegans for resort building, to regain Earth's autonomy and to incite the humans living on Taler to return and help rebuild Earth -- something that came to be called the Returnist movement. They were, however, not above [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters using heavy artillery and even nukes to achieve that goal]].
103	* The undertreated members in ''Literature/ThisPerfectDay'' quickly discard the notion of actually trying to overthrow the oppressive supercomputer that runs their society, and content themselves with smoking and having illicit sex in empty museums in the middle of the night. The islanders occasionally send terrorist strike teams to attack UNICOMP, but these all fail thanks to an extensive system of [[TheMole shepherds]] who join all such strike teams and ensure they get caught. Our hero, Chip, eventually gets suborned into the secret ruling circle, and forms a one-man La Resistance inside their circle of power, finally managing to destroy the computer and free mankind.
104	* ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'' has several over the three ages.
105	** ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' can provide with the following:
106	*** The band of Barahir, being the last remnant of the Dorthonion chiefdom.
107	*** The band of Androg, in time led by Túrin, who also stirs up the slaves of Dor-Lómin (who wow to fight on).
108	*** At the end of the first age, it seems the remnants of the fallen elven kingdoms all go into full LaResistance mode under the leadership of Cirdan and Eärendil (the elven band of Annael, who fosters Tuor, also counts here).
109	*** During the Second Age, the "elf-friends" of Númenor gradually got more and more resistance-like, until Sauron arrived, and the house of Amandil and his son Elendil, with followers, followed the pattern to a T.
110	** In ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', passive resistance is in place all over the Shire during the reign of Saruman, and pockets of active resistance are mentioned: Fredegar Bolger led a band of resistance hobbits until they were taken, and Paladin Took fortified the whole of Tookland against the ruffians. [[BigDamnHeroes When Frodo and friends arrived]], the oppression was finally toppled.
111	* ''Literature/ToTheStars'': Many of the colonies decide they've had enough of Earth's tyrannical rule in ''Starworld''. They band together, along with a number of fleet officers. In fact, the admirals commanding both fleets in the key space battle used to be good friends. It ends up being a CurbStompBattle, in which the rebels obliterate Earth's fleet using a new weapon ([[spoiler:mass drivers]]). Then they attack Earth's orbital defenses, while Israeli forces storm the Mojave spaceport in a well-coordinated attack.
112	* ''Literature/TrashOfTheCountsFamily'' has two: one movement in [[TheMagocracy the Whipper Kingdom]], which has already managed to incite a civil war at the beginning of the series, and one in [[TheEmpire the Mogoru Empire]], which only starts to come to life in the middle of the series.
113	* The ''Literature/TrickstersDuet'' focuses on the native resistance group in the Copper Isles, who are also waiting for favorable conditions from TheProphecy and their patron god to overthrow the oppressive luarin government.
114	* The main protagonists of ''Literature/TheTripods'' are this, there's a group in the White Mountains of Switzerland and one mentioned as being in the Rockies in the US.
115	* The Resistors in ''Literature/UnderAlienStars'' are a bunch of loosely affiliated cells acting as this under the Tsorian Occupation of Earth. Played interestingly in that, while they're never presented as wrong, their activities actually have detrimental effects as well as positive ones, such as undermining attempts by the more moderate Tsorians (including the military commander of the occupation force) to get Earth upgraded from client state to full member of the Empire.
116	* ''Literature/TheUnwomanlyFaceOfWar'': Some accounts come from women who joined the partisans in Alexievich's native UsefulNotes/{{Belarus}}. Many of them died, many others were not even rewarded for their efforts.
117	* ''Literature/VictoriaANovelOf4thGenerationWar'' features the Christian Marines, a New England militia of right-wing military veterans, and their allies struggling against the corrupt and oppressive federal government in a dystopian near-future America.
118	* The ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'' offers three examples:
119	** The backstory of Barrayar includes occupation by [[TheEmpire the Cetegandan Empire]], with General Count Piotr Vorkosigan as a resistance leader and hero. In one book, Miles discovers a collection of [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized Cetegandan scalps]] presented to the General by his men. "Can't throw them away: they're presents."
120	** The Vorkosigans slipped straight back into LaResistance mode during the early stages of Vordarian's Pretendership.
121	** In the short story "Literature/TheBordersOfInfinity", Miles has been dropped into a Cetagandan [=POW=] camp in order to find the man who, in his boss's words, is just the right person to give LaResistance of the Cetaganda-occupied Marilac "a shot in the arm." Unfortunately, he finds the man just in time for him to die. So he breaks out the entire prison camp ''en masse''. Ten thousand new recruits with plenty of reason to hate the oppressors? That'll do. We learn in a later book that Cetaganda pulled out of Marilac entirely.
122	* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'':
123	** ''Literature/GauntsGhosts'':
124	*** In ''Traitor General'', Gaunt and his team join with the Gereon resistance to carry out their mission and, because of their sacrifices, stay to help reorganize and strengthen them after it is done. They are briefly reunited in ''The Armor of Contempt'', but the Inquisition comes down hard on the resistance, and they vanish. Gaunt declares he will not help them find them again.
125	*** The Nightgane partisans are a double example. They are descendants of Gereon colonists who rebelled against the Imperial rule and waged guerrilla war for centuries before the Chaos invasion. They eventually merge with the loyalist resistance in fight against the occupying forces.
126	** In the ''Literature/{{Ultramarines}}'' novel ''The Killing Ground'', the Sons of Salinas. The Imperial forces had invaded their planet as if it had been Chaos-tainted, and they are fighting back.
127	%%** In Andy Hoare's ''Literature/WhiteScars'' novel ''Hunt for Voldorius'', on Quintus.
128	* ''Literature/Wasp1957'' involves a man named James Mowry being sent to a hostile alien world in order to cause dissent and chaos and prepare it for an imminent invasion by [[PlanetTerra Terran]] forces. Mowry's primary task is to make it appear as if LaResistance exists in the form of ''Dirac Angestun Gesept'' (the Sirian Freedom Party) in order to distract the government and the StateSec with fighting a nonexistent enemy. This involves planting stickers with propaganda, spreading rumor, taking out government and Kaitempi officials followed by sending threatening letters signed by the D.A.G., and placing fake wire taps on government buildings to build up paranoia. By this point, the Kaitempi is convinced La Resistance is real and a major threat to Imperial stability.
129	* In the Creator/DaleBrown novel ''Wings of Fire'', the Night Stalkers receive help from the Sanusi Brotherhood, led by usurped Libyan king Sayyid Muhammad ibn al-Hasan as-Sanusi and fighting against the current Libyan dictator.
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Context LaResistance / Literature