History Main / AsLongAsThereIsOneMan

* The narrator of the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon "Buckaroo Bugs" tells us there is one many and one man alone who can defeat the Masked Marauder (Bugs Bunny) who has been raiding their victory garden. Unfortunately for the townsfolk, that man is the dimbulb Red Hot Ryder.

* ''Podcast/BehindTheBastards'' generally have a rather cynical view, being about the worst people in history, but the episode about the Business Plot surprisingly ends with Robert acknowledging this trope. The plot was orchestrated by America's wealthiest man to turn the country into a corporocracy with a man named Smedley Butler as their PuppetKing. Smedley, it should be noted, was himself fairly conservative, and a veteran of the military, not to mention highly respected which was why the conspirators approached him. As soon as he had heard them out, Smedley went straight to the government and reported them for treason. In this case, it truly was just one man who saved America from tyranny through nothing but dedication to democracy. One historian is quoted as saying that Smedley Butler was the only man in the country with the charisma and popularity to become dictator... and, luckly, also the only man with the moral fiber to refuse.

* ''Podcast/BehindTheBastards'' generally have a rather cynical view, being about the worst people in history, but the episode about the Business Plot surprisingly ends with Robert acknowledging this trope. The plot was orchestrated by America's wealthiest man to turn the country into a corporocracy with a man named Smedley Butler as their PuppetKing. Smedley, it should be noted, was himself fairly conservative, and a veteran of the military, not to mention highly respected which was why the conspirators approached him. As soon as he had heard them out, Butler went straight to the government and reported them for treason. In this case, it truly was just one man who saved America from tyranny through nothing but dedication to democracy.

'''mientras quede un milciano''' -- but while one militiamen remains\\

** And modern Scots will happily point out that despite appearances, they never were "brought under English rule" as such: The Act of Union was an alliance the Scots entered into ''voluntarily'', if reluctantly, after the ''Scottish'' monarchy took control of the ''English'' throne, and when the balance of power began to shift to their disadvantage in TheEighties the end result was a nationalist movement popular enough to lobby for and eventually receive some significant concessions.

* This trope kicks off the four-parter "Beyond Good And Evil" in ''WesternAnimation/XMen'', when Apocalypse defeats Cable in the year 3999, and steals his time-travelling device. As Apocalypse is about to rid himself of his mortal enemy, Cable cries that more like him will continue opposing him, and "the world can't stomach his evil forever". Apocalypse scoffs at his outburst, [[AboveGoodAndEvil considering himself to be above his moral sensibilities]]... but then briefly muses on the prospect of having to face guys like Cable, as he had previously done many times [[WhoWantsToLiveForever in his extremely long lifetime]] to be a FateWorseThanDeath. After refusing to accept this to be true, a time-travelling mishap brings him to the "Axis of Time", and he attempts to remake the universe in his own image. Interestingly, it turns out that Apocalypse himself is also [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil indestructible as an avatar of evil]] -- he can only be [[SealedEvilInACan sealed away temporarily]].

* ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'': At the end of the next-to-last mission, the [[CulturePolice music-hating Rhombulans]] zap the Agents with a petrification ray, [[TakenForGranite turning them into statues]]. As all the people whom the Agents helped during the course of the game mourn, one of them, Lucy (the little girl who was the focus of the "sad" mission), starts [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve clapping her hands and chanting]]. The other people join in, reviving the Agents to the tune of "[[Music/TheRollingStones Jumpin' Jack Flash]]".

* In ''VideoGame/LiveALive'', this is [[spoiler:deconstructed horribly. Branded a traitor, his king and his mentor dead, his life ruined by his former best friend, Oersted continuously tells himself that as long as one person believes in him, he can continue to fight. Then it turns out that even she (Alicia) lost faith in him. He doesn't take it [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds well]].]]

-->'''Master Roshi:''' But don't... think... you're safe yet, Piccolo. Someday... someone will take my place... and be strong enough... to rid the world of you. This, I truly believe- (''collapses, and dies'')

-->'''Future Gohan:''' "You know you can't win! You can't destroy what I really am! Even if you manage to kill this body, someone even stronger would surface and take my place! Not one death will go unaccounted for, not one!"

** And modern Scots will happily point out that despite appearances, they never were "brought under English rule" as such: The Act of Union was an alliance the Scots entered into ''voluntarily'', if reluctantly, and when the balance of power began to shift to their disadvantage in TheEighties the end result was a nationalist movement popular enough to lobby for and eventually receive some significant concessions.