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* ''VideoGame/StarShiftRebellion'': Bernard is hesitant to [[spoiler:expose Commodus's collusion with the ESA because this information would cause Canis Prime to be ravaged by a civil war between the various packs as each pack tries to install a new alpha. Unfortunately, his fears are proven true when Xena takes over Canis Prime by colluding with Novus Federation]].
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** It happens again with the defeat of Doflamingo at Luffy's hands. Since Doflamingo held the most power and influence in the black market underworld, his downfall had a negative backlash on all of his business dealings. As a result, the Revolutionaries won numerous wars in kingdoms that bought weapons from him. Even moreso, the pirates that had been buying weapons and Devil Fruits from him no longer had the means of acquiring their goods, let alone getting their money back. The most important of these buyers was one of the Four Emperors, Kaido, who regularly bought large amounts of Artificial Devil Fruits called [=SMILEs=] form Doflamingo in order to augment his troops. While being taken to Impel Down, Doflamingo [[{{Lampshade}} lampshades]] this, saying that he was the one keeping all the "monsters" in check and with him gone, the biggest war for supremacy of the sea would soon begin.

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** It happens again with the defeat of Doflamingo at Luffy's hands. Since Doflamingo held the most power and influence in the black market underworld, his downfall had a negative backlash on all of his business dealings. As a result, the Revolutionaries won numerous wars in kingdoms that bought weapons from him. Even moreso, the pirates that had been buying weapons and Devil Fruits from him no longer had the means of acquiring their goods, let alone getting their money back. The most important of these buyers was one of the Four Emperors, Kaido, who regularly bought large amounts of Artificial Devil Fruits called [=SMILEs=] form from Doflamingo in order to augment his troops. While being taken to Impel Down, Doflamingo [[{{Lampshade}} lampshades]] this, saying that he was the one keeping all the "monsters" in check and with him gone, the biggest war for supremacy of the sea would soon begin.
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** It happens again with the defeat of Doflamingo at Luffy's hands. Since Doflamingo held the most power and influence in the black market underworld, his downfall had a negative backlash on all of his business dealings. As a result, the Revolutionaries won numerous wars in kingdoms that bought weapons from him. Even moreso, the pirates that had been buying weapons and Devil Fruits from him no longer had the means of acquiring their goods, let alone getting their money back. The most important of these buyers was one of the Four Emperors, Kaido, who regularly bought large amounts of Artificial Devil Fruits called SMILEs form Doflamingo in order to augment his troops. While being taken to Impel Down, Doflamingo [[{{Lampshade}} lampshades]] this, saying that he was the one keeping all the "monsters" in check and with him gone, the biggest war for supremacy of the sea would soon begin.

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** It happens again with the defeat of Doflamingo at Luffy's hands. Since Doflamingo held the most power and influence in the black market underworld, his downfall had a negative backlash on all of his business dealings. As a result, the Revolutionaries won numerous wars in kingdoms that bought weapons from him. Even moreso, the pirates that had been buying weapons and Devil Fruits from him no longer had the means of acquiring their goods, let alone getting their money back. The most important of these buyers was one of the Four Emperors, Kaido, who regularly bought large amounts of Artificial Devil Fruits called SMILEs [=SMILEs=] form Doflamingo in order to augment his troops. While being taken to Impel Down, Doflamingo [[{{Lampshade}} lampshades]] this, saying that he was the one keeping all the "monsters" in check and with him gone, the biggest war for supremacy of the sea would soon begin.
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* ''Fanfic/CodePrime'': {{Defied|Trope}}. When Lelouch explains his backstory to the Autobots, some of them offer to groundbridge to Pendragon and blast his father, the Emperor, to pieces. Lelouch turns it down, because of how it would result in a power vacuum that the European Union and the Chinese Federation would take advantage of, which would result in innocent civilians being caught in the crossfire.
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* ''Literature/ShadowsOfTheEmpire: Evolution'': Xizor's death has left Black Sun in dissaray, having his lieutenants (called Vigos) fighting over who will lead this. Numerous innocent people have killed when caught in the crossfire during their street fights, which causes Han, Luke and Leia to attempt mediation so the violence will cease. Xizor's niece Savan incites the factions against each other with {{false flag operation}}s in hopes of taking over herself. [[spoiler:She's foiled by the end, with what becomes of Black Sun left unclear. Other material says Durga the Hutt, one Vigo, takes control before being killed himself.]]

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* ''Literature/ShadowsOfTheEmpire: Evolution'': Xizor's death has left Black Sun in dissaray, disarray, having his lieutenants (called Vigos) fighting over who will lead this. Numerous innocent people have been killed when caught in the crossfire during their street fights, which causes Han, Luke and Leia to attempt mediation so the violence will cease. Xizor's niece Savan incites the factions against each other with {{false flag operation}}s in hopes of taking over herself. [[spoiler:She's foiled by the end, with what becomes of Black Sun left unclear. Other material says Durga the Hutt, one Vigo, takes control before being killed himself.]]
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* ''Literature/ShadowsOfTheEmpire: Evolution'': Xizor's death has left Black Sun in dissaray, having his lieutenants (called Vigos) fighting over who will lead this. Numerous innocent people have killed when caught in the crossfire during their street fights, which causes Han, Luke and Leia to attempt mediation so the violence will cease. Xizor's niece Savan incites the factions against each other with {{false flag operation}}s in hopes of taking over herself. [[spoiler:She's foiled by the end, with what becomes of Black Sun left unclear. Other material says Durga the Hutt, one Vigo, takes control before being killed himself.]]
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** Three and a half years later, another massive hole opened in the main event scene: Wrestling/RomanReigns, the then-Universal Champion, was forced to relinquish the title...because his ''[[WhamLine leukemia returned]]''. On top of being the first time in the entire history of the company that someone that high-up the card had to go on hiatus under such circumstances, the company basically had to treat the situation as if he just ''retired'' because there was no way they could determine a possible time frame for a return ([[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome if he ever returns]]). This was detrimental to the company for several reasons: Reigns had been built up for the past few years as Wrestling/JohnCena's successor, and the number of potential stars that could take his place in a reasonable time frame could be counted on one hand -- and thanks to the brand split, they were all spread out between both shows. WWE was forced to push up Wrestling/DeanAmbrose's FaceHeelTurn to the ''same night'' Reigns relinquished the title just so they could push him and Wrestling/SethRollins back up to the main event as the new top heel and top face. That was because around the same time, another injury epidemic hit the company and took out several wrestlers that could move up the card -- Ambrose and Rollins were two of the four remaining established main event talent on RAW after Reigns' departure.

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** Three and a half years later, another massive hole opened in the main event scene: Wrestling/RomanReigns, the then-Universal Champion, was forced to relinquish the title...because his ''[[WhamLine leukemia returned]]''. On top of being the first time in the entire history of the company that someone that high-up the card had to go on hiatus under such circumstances, the company basically had to treat the situation as if he just ''retired'' because there was no way they could determine a possible time frame for a return ([[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome if (if he ever returns]]).returns). This was detrimental to the company for several reasons: Reigns had been built up for the past few years as Wrestling/JohnCena's successor, and the number of potential stars that could take his place in a reasonable time frame could be counted on one hand -- and thanks to the brand split, they were all spread out between both shows. WWE was forced to push up Wrestling/DeanAmbrose's FaceHeelTurn to the ''same night'' Reigns relinquished the title just so they could push him and Wrestling/SethRollins back up to the main event as the new top heel and top face. That was because around the same time, another injury epidemic hit the company and took out several wrestlers that could move up the card -- Ambrose and Rollins were two of the four remaining established main event talent on RAW after Reigns' departure.
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* Happens in ''Series/Charmed1998'' after the Source is killed ([[DeaderThanDead for the third and final time]]). At first there is an orderly succession, but it rapidly breaks down and increasingly-mediocre contenders appear as {{Big Bad}}s each season thereafter.

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* Happens in ''Series/Charmed1998'' after the Source is killed ([[DeaderThanDead for the third and final time]]). At first there is an orderly succession, but it rapidly breaks down and increasingly-mediocre contenders appear as {{Big Bad}}s each season thereafter. By the time of the GrandFinale, pretty much all of the upper echelon of the Underworld has been wiped out either by the heroes or in-fighting, with some younger demons admitting to the Charmed Ones that it'll take a generation for them to rebuild themselves back up to what they were before (conveniently just in time for the Charmed Ones' own kids to have come of age and start fighting evil themselves).
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* ''Fanfic/TheWillOfTheEmpire'': As in canon, one of these starts to break out with the death of Emperor Palpatine, but this time around Darth Vader conspires to fill this and minimize a SuccessionCrisis as much as possible -- namely, by declaring himself Palpatine's heir and Luke his own, and tasking Admiral Piett with ensuring his ascension. Piett is aided in this by the Imperial leadership all turning on each other almost as much as they're focused on trying to kill Luke.
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** In general, a power vacuum has been taking place for the Hive ever since the death of Oryx, the Taken King. Certain other powerful Hive, such as Alak-Hul, and even intelligent Taken, such as Malok, attempted to fill the void, only to be killed off by the Guardians. In ''Destiny 2'', [[spoiler: Savathun effectively managed to place herself at the head of the Hive, using Quria, Blade Transform, a Taken Vex Axis Mind given to her by Oryx, to take control of the Taken for herself. While her sister Xivu Arath remains a major player in the struggle, Savathun, through her cunning, managed to keep ahead of her. Then, in "Season of Arrivals", Savathun rebelled against the Deep or rather, its true master, the Witness, by attempting to prevent it from making contact with the Guardians. When that failed, Savathun was branded as a heretic by the rest of the Hive forcing her into exile. With Savathun gone, the power vacuum officially came to an end as Xivu Arath soon became the only remaining Hive god bound to the Deep. "Season Of The Lost" cemented this with Xivu being given control of the Taken.]]

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** In general, a power vacuum has been taking place for the Hive ever since the death of Oryx, the Taken King. Certain other powerful Hive, such as Alak-Hul, and even intelligent Taken, such as Malok, attempted to fill the void, only to be killed off by the Guardians. In ''Destiny 2'', [[spoiler: Savathun effectively managed to place herself at the head of the Hive, using Quria, Blade Transform, a Taken Vex Axis Mind given to her by Oryx, to take control of the Taken for herself. While her sister Xivu Arath remains a major player in the struggle, Savathun, through her cunning, managed to keep ahead of her. Then, in "Season of Arrivals", Savathun rebelled against the Deep Deep, or rather, its true master, the Witness, by attempting to prevent it from making contact with the Guardians. When that failed, Savathun was branded as a heretic by the rest of the Hive Hive, forcing her into exile. With Savathun gone, the power vacuum officially came to an end as Xivu Arath soon became the only remaining Hive god bound to the Deep. "Season Of The Lost" cemented this with Xivu being given control of the Taken.]]
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** In general, a power vacuum has been taking place for the Hive ever since the death of Oryx, the Taken King. Certain other powerful Hive, such as Alak-Hul, and even intelligent Taken, such as Malok, attempted to fill the void, only to be killed off by the Guardians. In ''Destiny 2'', [[Savathun effectively managed to place herself at the head of the Hive, using Quria, Blade Transform, a Taken Vex Axis Mind given to her by Oryx, to take control of the Taken for herself. While her sister Xivu Arath remains a major player in the struggle, Savathun, through her cunning, managed to keep ahead of her. Then, in "Season of Arrivals", Savathun rebelled against the Deep or rather, its true master, the Witness, by attempting to prevent it from making contact with the Guardians. When that failed, Savathun was branded as a heretic by the rest of the Hive forcing her into exile. With Savathun gone, the power vacuum officially came to an end as Xivu Arath soon became the only remaining Hive god bound to the Deep. "Season Of The Lost" cemented this with Xivu being given control of the Taken.]]

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** In general, a power vacuum has been taking place for the Hive ever since the death of Oryx, the Taken King. Certain other powerful Hive, such as Alak-Hul, and even intelligent Taken, such as Malok, attempted to fill the void, only to be killed off by the Guardians. In ''Destiny 2'', [[Savathun [[spoiler: Savathun effectively managed to place herself at the head of the Hive, using Quria, Blade Transform, a Taken Vex Axis Mind given to her by Oryx, to take control of the Taken for herself. While her sister Xivu Arath remains a major player in the struggle, Savathun, through her cunning, managed to keep ahead of her. Then, in "Season of Arrivals", Savathun rebelled against the Deep or rather, its true master, the Witness, by attempting to prevent it from making contact with the Guardians. When that failed, Savathun was branded as a heretic by the rest of the Hive forcing her into exile. With Savathun gone, the power vacuum officially came to an end as Xivu Arath soon became the only remaining Hive god bound to the Deep. "Season Of The Lost" cemented this with Xivu being given control of the Taken.]]
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** In general, a power vacuum has been taking place for the Hive ever since the death of Oryx, the Taken King. Certain other powerful Hive, such as Alak-Hul, and even intelligent Taken, such as Malok, attempted to fill the void, only to be killed off by the Guardians. In ''Destiny 2'', [[Savathun effectively managed to place herself at the head of the Hive, using Quria, Blade Transform, a Taken Vex Axis Mind given to her by Oryx, to take control of the Taken for herself. While her sister Xivu Arath remains a major player in the struggle, Savathun, through her cunning, managed to keep ahead of her. Then, in "Season of Arrivals", Savathun rebelled against the Deep or rather, its true master, the Witness, by attempting to prevent it from making contact with the Guardians. When that failed, Savathun was branded as a heretic by the rest of the Hive forcing her into exile. With Savathun gone, the power vacuum officially came to an end as Xivu Arath soon became the only remaining Hive god bound to the Deep. "Season Of The Lost" cemented this with Xivu being given control of the Taken.]]
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* In ''VideoGame/Destiny2'', [[spoiler: the "Shadowkeep" storyline shows that the Hidden Swarm, the Hive sect Crota commanded, have fallen into this. With their leader Crota, as well as his father Oryx and all of Oryx's Court slain by the Guardians, the Hidden Swarm retreated into hiding beneath the Hellmouth on the Moon. Many of the Swarm, still devoted to [[ReligionOfEvil the Sword Logic,]] decided that what had to be done now was to decide a new leader, [[KlingonPromotion with violence.]] As such, aspiring Hive soldiers engaged in gladiatorial combat in the Pit at the bottom of the Hellmouth, vying for leadership of the Swarm. Hashladun, Crota's daughter, observed what was happening with disgust, recognizing that they were only digging themselves deeper this way. Not to mention, the Guardians had already taken out all their best warriors, so the "champion" determined by this slaughter wouldn't be anyone extraordinary anyway.]]
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* ''VideoGame/ShaunWhiteSkateboarding'' discusses this and subverts it in the ending. Resistance leader Jonah brags that he will take control in the Ministry's absence and calls you a bunch of idiots for falling for it... before joking that he was kidding and everything's fine.

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* In ''Fanfic/TheBridge'', after Xenilla and Destroyah were transported to Equestria, various evil kaiju scramble to assume leadership of their faction, the Mutations. ''[[Fanfic/TheBridgeHumanitysStand Humanity's Stand]]'' focuses a bit on this, and on the human Global Defense Force and good kaiju of Godzilla's Terran Defender faction taking advantage of this to try and wipe them out for good. The latter story also shows that while the GDF/Terran Defender alliance is dealing with the Mutations, the kaiju-worshiping ApocalypseCult the Red Dawn emerges as the new primary threat to the world.

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* In ''Fanfic/TheBridge'', after ''Fanfic/TheBridge'': After Xenilla and Destroyah were transported to Equestria, various evil kaiju scramble to assume leadership of their faction, the Mutations. ''[[Fanfic/TheBridgeHumanitysStand Humanity's Stand]]'' focuses a bit on this, and on the human Global Defense Force and good kaiju of Godzilla's Terran Defender faction taking advantage of this to try and wipe them out for good. The latter story also shows that while the GDF/Terran Defender alliance is dealing with the Mutations, the kaiju-worshiping ApocalypseCult the Red Dawn emerges as the new primary threat to the world.



* In ''Fanfic/GuardiansWizardsAndKungFuFighters'', it's shown that after Valmont's downfall, the American branch of the Dark Hand collapsed into infighting, with every mid-level administrator fighting to fill Valmont's spot. As the story starts, Bartholomew Chang (the head of the Dark Hand's Asian branch) has come to the States to restore order.
** Section 13 later tries to take advantage of this trope when they make their move against Chang, planning to have [[spoiler: Harold Hale]], a Dark Hand MiddleManagementMook they've [[HeelFaceTurn flipped]], take over in the resulting chaos and become their MoleInCharge. [[spoiler: It works, except Harold [[DoubleAgent was playing them all along]] and everything that happened was a [[BatmanGambit plan]] to solidify his place as the North American branch leader.]]

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* In ''Fanfic/GuardiansWizardsAndKungFuFighters'', it's ''Fanfic/GuardiansWizardsAndKungFuFighters'': It's shown that after Valmont's downfall, the American branch of the Dark Hand collapsed into infighting, with every mid-level administrator fighting to fill Valmont's spot. As the story starts, Bartholomew Chang (the head of the Dark Hand's Asian branch) has come to the States to restore order.
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order. Section 13 later tries to take advantage of this trope when they make their move against Chang, planning to have [[spoiler: Harold Hale]], a Dark Hand MiddleManagementMook they've [[HeelFaceTurn flipped]], take over in the resulting chaos and become their MoleInCharge. [[spoiler: It works, except Harold [[DoubleAgent was playing them all along]] and everything that happened was a [[BatmanGambit plan]] to solidify his place as the North American branch leader.]]



* In ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'', it's revealed that Daolon Wong was the Darkest Mage, a sort of [[TheArchMage arch mage]] for {{Evil Sorcerer}}s. Following his [[DePower loss of power]] at the end of Season 3 [[spoiler:and his death in-story]], the spot is now open, and a couple of subplots focus on the villains trying to gain power to assume the role Wong left behind.
* ''FanFic/QueenOfShadows'': Following [[spoiler: [[DragonInChief Hiruzen]] being [[SealedEvilInACan sealed]]]], the remainder of the [[CoDragons Circle of Generals]], and the [[TheEmpire Shadowkhan Empire]] as a whole, are thrown into total disarray, with no idea how to move forward, especially how to appoint a successor.

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* In ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'', it's ''Fanfic/TheOopsCycle'': When a Demon Prince is redeemed, his servants quickly end up crabbucketing themselves to succeed him; in particular, Saminga's former servants do such a good job of killing each other over the Word of Death that he barely needs to act against them. Subverted with Malphas, though, as his entire faction's power structure collapses once he leaves.
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revealed that Daolon Wong was the Darkest Mage, a sort of [[TheArchMage arch mage]] for {{Evil Sorcerer}}s. Following his [[DePower loss of power]] at the end of Season 3 [[spoiler:and his death in-story]], the spot is now open, and a couple of subplots focus on the villains trying to gain power to assume the role Wong left behind.
* ''FanFic/QueenOfShadows'': ''Fanfic/QueenOfShadows'': Following [[spoiler: [[DragonInChief Hiruzen]] being [[SealedEvilInACan sealed]]]], the remainder of the [[CoDragons Circle of Generals]], and the [[TheEmpire Shadowkhan Empire]] as a whole, are thrown into total disarray, with no idea how to move forward, especially how to appoint a successor.
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* The future of the ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' second season was a peaceful utopia thanks to the Legion having defeated all evil and brought peace. When a new evil finally did show up in the form of Imperiex, no-one was prepared and he easily conquered most of the universe.

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* The future of the ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes2006'' second season was a peaceful utopia thanks to the Legion having defeated all evil and brought peace. When a new evil finally did show up in the form of Imperiex, no-one was prepared and he easily conquered most of the universe.
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** It happens again with the defeat of Doflamingo at Luffy's hands. Since Doflamingo held the most power and influence in the black market underworld, his downfall had a negative backlash on all of his business dealings. As a result, the Revolutionaries won numerous wars in kingdoms that bought weapons from him. Even moreso, the pirates that had been buying weapons and Devil Fruits from him no longer had the means of acquiring their goods. The most important of these buyers was one of the Four Emperors, Kaido, who regularly bought large amounts of Artificial Devil Fruits called SMILEs form Doflamingo in order to augment his troops. While being taken to Impel Down, Doflamingo [[{{Lampshade}} lampshades]] this, saying that he was the one keeping all the "monsters" in check and with him gone, the biggest war for supremacy of the sea would soon begin.

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** It happens again with the defeat of Doflamingo at Luffy's hands. Since Doflamingo held the most power and influence in the black market underworld, his downfall had a negative backlash on all of his business dealings. As a result, the Revolutionaries won numerous wars in kingdoms that bought weapons from him. Even moreso, the pirates that had been buying weapons and Devil Fruits from him no longer had the means of acquiring their goods.goods, let alone getting their money back. The most important of these buyers was one of the Four Emperors, Kaido, who regularly bought large amounts of Artificial Devil Fruits called SMILEs form Doflamingo in order to augment his troops. While being taken to Impel Down, Doflamingo [[{{Lampshade}} lampshades]] this, saying that he was the one keeping all the "monsters" in check and with him gone, the biggest war for supremacy of the sea would soon begin.
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* After the Tartaros arc in ''Manga/FairyTail'', the void left in the wake of the Balam Alliance of dark guilds' downfall is filled by the Avatar {{Cult}}, a ReligionOfEvil who worships Zeref and wishes to offer the world to him. [[spoiler:They prove to be {{Inadequate Inheritor}}s who were easily curb-stomped by a [[TrainingFromHell fresh-from-training]] and [[PuttingTheBandBackTogether reunited]] Fairy Tail team.]]

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* After the Tartaros arc in ''Manga/FairyTail'', the void left in the wake of the Balam Alliance of dark guilds' downfall is filled by the Avatar {{Cult}}, a ReligionOfEvil who worships Zeref and wishes to offer the world to him. [[spoiler:They prove to be {{Inadequate Inheritor}}s who were easily curb-stomped by a [[TrainingFromHell fresh-from-training]] and [[PuttingTheBandBackTogether reunited]] Fairy Tail team.Tail.]]



* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', this happens when the BigBad All For One is defeated by [[BigGood All Might]] following their second confrontation. Following the reveal of his existence to the public and subsequent imprisonment, various criminal organizations try to use this opportunity to gain control of Japan's underworld. As a result, The League of Villains, led by All For One's protege Tomura Shigaraki, come to blows with all manner of criminals and ne'er-do-wells in their efforts to tear down society; from the [[{{Yakuza}} Shie Hassaikai]] trying to resurrect the Yakuza style criminal that had fallen out of prominence with the rise of Heroes, to the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters Meta Liberation Army]] who want to overthrow current regulations regarding the usage of Quirks so that people can use them without any restrictions or regards to potential damage.

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* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', this happens when the BigBad All For One is defeated by [[BigGood All Might]] following their second confrontation. Following the reveal of his existence to the public and subsequent imprisonment, various criminal organizations try to use this opportunity to gain control of Japan's underworld. As a result, The League of Villains, led by All For One's protege Tomura Shigaraki, come to blows with all manner of criminals and ne'er-do-wells in their efforts to tear down society; from the [[{{Yakuza}} Shie Hassaikai]] trying to resurrect the Yakuza style criminal Yakuza-style crime that had fallen out of prominence with the rise of Heroes, to the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters Meta Liberation Army]] who want to overthrow current regulations regarding the usage of Quirks so that people can use them without any restrictions or regards to potential damage.



** In an early bit of filler, it's shown that after Buggy was separated from his crew by his first defeat by Luffy, they assumed he was dead. His CoDragons Cabaji and Mohji proceeded to argue over who should take over as captain and fought a duel to settle it... which lasted so long that Mohji's pet lion fell asleep, and knocked them both out while sleepwalking during a dream of being captain himself, so he won by default. Of course, this didn't last long before the crew was captured by a CannibalClan, and then rescued by the returning Buggy, who took his post back.
** The death of Whitebeard at the end of the Summit War saw a new Great age of Piracy erupt even wilder than the one started by Roger's execution. This is especially noticeable in the New World where the death of one of the Four Emperors led to hordes of pirates fighting one another over the course of the [[TimeSkip two-year timeskip]] in an attempt to take his place.
** It happens again with the defeat of Doflamingo at Luffy's hands. Since Doflamingo held the most power and influence in the black market underworld, his downfall had a negative backlash on all of his business dealings. As a result, the Revolutionaries won numerous wars in kingdoms that bought weapons from him. Even moreso, the pirates that had been buying weapons and Devil Fruits from him, no longer had the means of acquiring their goods. The most important of these buyers was one of the Four Emperors, Kaido, who regularly bought large amounts of Artificial Devil Fruits called Smiles form Doflamingo in order to augment his troops. While being taken to Impel Down, Doglamingo [[{{Lampshade}} lampshades]] this, saying that he was the one keeping all the "monsters" in check and with him gone, the biggest war for supremacy of the sea would soon begin.
** [[spoiler: The previous incidents all pale in comparison to the end of the Wano Country arc, where Kaido and Big Mom, two of the Four Emperors, are toppled by Luffy, Kid, and Law. The result is pretty much the same thing that happened with Whitebeard but now doubled. At the same time, the Seven Warlords of the Sea are dissolved and forced back into being regular pirates and relentlessly hunted by the Marines. As a result of these events, along with Luffy and ''Buggy'' filling the vacant Emperor titles (while the latter is involved with a group that is putting bounties out on Marines), it creates a massive shift in the balance of power which completely changes the world and plunges it into a level of unprecedented chaos]].

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** In an early bit the first Cover story of filler, the series, it's shown that after Buggy was separated from his crew by his first defeat by Luffy, they assumed he was dead. His CoDragons Cabaji and Mohji proceeded to argue over who should take over as captain and fought a duel to settle it... which lasted so long that Mohji's pet lion fell asleep, and knocked them both out while sleepwalking during a dream of being captain himself, so he won by default. Of course, this didn't last long before the crew was captured by a CannibalClan, and then rescued by the returning Buggy, who took his post back.
** The death of Whitebeard at the end of the Summit War saw a new Great age of Piracy erupt even wilder than the one started by Roger's execution. This is especially noticeable in the New World where the death of one of the Four Emperors led to hordes of pirates fighting one another over the course of the [[TimeSkip two-year timeskip]] in an attempt to take his place.
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** It happens again with the defeat of Doflamingo at Luffy's hands. Since Doflamingo held the most power and influence in the black market underworld, his downfall had a negative backlash on all of his business dealings. As a result, the Revolutionaries won numerous wars in kingdoms that bought weapons from him. Even moreso, the pirates that had been buying weapons and Devil Fruits from him, him no longer had the means of acquiring their goods. The most important of these buyers was one of the Four Emperors, Kaido, who regularly bought large amounts of Artificial Devil Fruits called Smiles SMILEs form Doflamingo in order to augment his troops. While being taken to Impel Down, Doglamingo Doflamingo [[{{Lampshade}} lampshades]] this, saying that he was the one keeping all the "monsters" in check and with him gone, the biggest war for supremacy of the sea would soon begin.
** [[spoiler: The previous incidents all pale in comparison to the end of the Wano Country arc, where Kaido and Big Mom, two of the Four Emperors, are toppled by Luffy, Kid, and Law. The result is pretty much the same thing that happened with Whitebeard but now doubled. At the same time, the Seven Warlords of the Sea are dissolved and forced back into being regular pirates and relentlessly hunted by the Marines. As a result of these events, along with Luffy and ''Buggy'' filling the vacant Emperor titles (while the latter is involved with a group that is putting bounties out on Marines), it creates a massive shift in the balance of power which completely changes the world and plunges it into a level of unprecedented chaos]].
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*** And as it turns out, this was a prelude to an injury ''epidemic'', when members of the main roster started dropping like flies while others were rumored to be working more hurt than usual. [[Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli Cesaro]], Wrestling/SinCara, and Wrestling/WadeBarrett were also out by the end of the year. Within two weeks of his return from his time off, Cena was injured too, and by the end of January, so were Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} and Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio. Three weeks before '''Mania'', the injury bug struck Wrestling/BrayWyatt's back and Wrestling/AdrianNeville's ankle. Not even the ''divas'' were immune -- [[Wrestling/BellaTwins Nikki Bella]] took time off to deal with a back/neck injury that turned out to be potentially career-ending, and Wrestling/{{Naomi}} was also put on the shelf (briefly) thanks to injury. Even [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT]] got in on the act: [[Characters/{{WWENXT}} Tye Dillinger]] was injured at a house show during a match with Wrestling/SamiZayn (who had just ''come back'' from injury), and NXT Champion Wrestling/FinnBalor suffered an ankle injury at another house show about a week or so later during his match with Wrestling/SamoaJoe. There is some perverse irony in the fact that the injury bug struck during the road to the company's biggest show of the year.

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*** And as it turns out, this was a prelude to an injury ''epidemic'', when members of the main roster started dropping like flies while others were rumored to be working more hurt than usual. [[Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli Cesaro]], Wrestling/SinCara, and Wrestling/WadeBarrett were also out by the end of the year. Within two weeks of his return from his time off, Cena was injured too, and by the end of January, so were Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} and Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio. Three weeks before '''Mania'', the injury bug struck Wrestling/BrayWyatt's back and Wrestling/AdrianNeville's ankle. Not even the ''divas'' were immune -- [[Wrestling/BellaTwins Nikki Bella]] took time off to deal with a back/neck injury that turned out to be potentially career-ending, and Wrestling/{{Naomi}} Wrestling/{{Naomi|Wrestler}} was also put on the shelf (briefly) thanks to injury. Even [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT]] got in on the act: [[Characters/{{WWENXT}} Tye Dillinger]] was injured at a house show during a match with Wrestling/SamiZayn (who had just ''come back'' from injury), and NXT Champion Wrestling/FinnBalor suffered an ankle injury at another house show about a week or so later during his match with Wrestling/SamoaJoe. There is some perverse irony in the fact that the injury bug struck during the road to the company's biggest show of the year.
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* In the ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' universe, when Parker helps to take down ComicBook/TheKingpin, it almost immediately turns worse, as less-refined, less-humane, and less-subtle underbosses scramble to take the top spot Kingpin used to occupy.

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* In the ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' universe, when Parker ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': When Spider-Man helps to take down ComicBook/TheKingpin, it almost immediately turns worse, as less-refined, less-humane, and less-subtle underbosses scramble to take the top spot Kingpin used to occupy.
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* ''VideoGame/TheAscent'': The premise of the story is that The Ascent CyberPunk MegaCorp failed under mysterious circumstances and the PlayerCharacter is under IndenturedServitude to work for some of the unscrupulous groups warring over the scraps.
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* After Shredder died in the 2000s ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2003}}'', our shelled heroes had to contend with a literal city at war in the second season, with TheMafia, the Foot Clan, and the Purple Dragons fighting to take control of Shredder's empire. In that case, [[spoiler: Shredder's adopted daughter, Karai, became the new Shredder]]. In Season 4, the series was left with no central villain since the Utrom Shredder, Ch'rell had been exiled to a frozen asteroid by the end of the third season finale. This left the turtles free to take part in a variety of adventures in this Shredder-less fourth season (Karai did take up Shredder's mantle, but was defeated quite decisively in a duel with Leonardo). The power vacuum was filled again in the fifth season when the ancient Demon Shredder was resurrected again. Note that Leonardo mentions this trope almost word for word to justify aiding the leader of a former enemy faction just to get some order back in the city.

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* After Shredder died in the 2000s ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2003}}'', our shelled heroes had to contend with a literal city at war in the second season, with TheMafia, the Foot Clan, and the Purple Dragons fighting to take control of Shredder's empire. In that case, [[spoiler: Shredder's adopted daughter, Karai, became the new Shredder]]. In Season 4, the series was left with no central villain since the Utrom Shredder, Ch'rell Ch'rell, had been exiled to a frozen asteroid by the end of the third season finale. This left the turtles free to take part in a variety of adventures in this Shredder-less fourth season season. (Karai did take up Shredder's mantle, but was defeated quite decisively in a duel with Leonardo). Leonardo.) The power vacuum was filled again in the fifth season when the ancient Demon Shredder was resurrected again. Note that Leonardo mentions this trope almost word for word to justify aiding the leader of a former enemy faction just to get some order back in the city.
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** [[spoiler: The previous incidents all pale in comparison to the end of the Wano Country arc, where Kaido and Big Mom, two of the Four Emperors, are toppled by Luffy, Kidd, and Law. The result is pretty much the same thing that happened with Whitebeard but now doubled. At the same time, the Seven Warlords of the Sea are dissolved and forced back into being regular pirates and relentlesly hunted by the Marines. As a result of these events, along with Luffy and ''Buggy'' filling the vacant Emperor titles (while the latter is involved with a group that is putting bounties out on Marines), it creates a massive shift in the balance of power which completely changes the world and plunges it into a level of unprecedented chaos]].

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** [[spoiler: The previous incidents all pale in comparison to the end of the Wano Country arc, where Kaido and Big Mom, two of the Four Emperors, are toppled by Luffy, Kidd, Kid, and Law. The result is pretty much the same thing that happened with Whitebeard but now doubled. At the same time, the Seven Warlords of the Sea are dissolved and forced back into being regular pirates and relentlesly relentlessly hunted by the Marines. As a result of these events, along with Luffy and ''Buggy'' filling the vacant Emperor titles (while the latter is involved with a group that is putting bounties out on Marines), it creates a massive shift in the balance of power which completely changes the world and plunges it into a level of unprecedented chaos]].
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* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'': One of Swain's taunts has him warn Kindred that this could happen in Noxus should they take him.
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** The death of Whitebeard at the end of the Summit War saw a new Great age of Piracy erupt even wilder than the one started by Roger's execution. This is especially noticeable in the New World where the Death of one of the Four Emperors led to hordes of pirates fighting one another over the course of the [[TimeSkip two-year timeskip]] in an attempt to take his place.

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** The death of Whitebeard at the end of the Summit War saw a new Great age of Piracy erupt even wilder than the one started by Roger's execution. This is especially noticeable in the New World where the Death death of one of the Four Emperors led to hordes of pirates fighting one another over the course of the [[TimeSkip two-year timeskip]] in an attempt to take his place.



** [[spoiler: The previous incidents all pale in comparison to the end of the Wano Country arc, where Kaido and Big Mom, two of the Four Emperors, are toppled by Luffy, Kidd, and Law. The result in pretty much the same thing that happened with Whitebeard but now doubled. At the same time, the Seven Warlords of the Sea are dissolved and forced back into being regular pirates and relentlesly hunted by the Marines. As a result of these events, along with Luffy and ''Buggy'' filling the vacant Emperor titles (while the latter is involved with a group that is putting bounties out on Marines), it creates a massive shift in the balance of power which completely changes the world and plunges it into a level of unprecedented chaos]].

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** [[spoiler: The previous incidents all pale in comparison to the end of the Wano Country arc, where Kaido and Big Mom, two of the Four Emperors, are toppled by Luffy, Kidd, and Law. The result in is pretty much the same thing that happened with Whitebeard but now doubled. At the same time, the Seven Warlords of the Sea are dissolved and forced back into being regular pirates and relentlesly hunted by the Marines. As a result of these events, along with Luffy and ''Buggy'' filling the vacant Emperor titles (while the latter is involved with a group that is putting bounties out on Marines), it creates a massive shift in the balance of power which completely changes the world and plunges it into a level of unprecedented chaos]].
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** It happens again with the defeat of Doflamingo at Luffy's hands. Since Doflamingo held the most power and influence in the black market underworld, his downfall had a negative backlash on all of his business dealings. As a result, the Revolutionaries won numerous wars in kingdoms that bought weapons from him. Even moreso, the pirates that had been buying weapons and Devil Fruits from him, no longer had the manes of aquiring their goods. The most important of these was one of the Four Emporers, Kaido, who regularly bought large amounts of Artificial Devil Fruits called Smiles form Doflamingo in order to augment his troops. while being taken to Impel Down, Doglamingo lampshaded this, saying that he was the one keeping all the 'monsters' in check, and with him gone, the biggest war for supremacy of the sea would soon begin; he's even eager to watch the chaos from the sidelines.
** [[spoiler: The previous incidents all pale in comparison to the end of the Wano Country arc, where Kaido and Big Mom, two of the Four Emperors, are toppled by Luffy, Kidd, and Law. The result in pretty much the same thing that happened with Whitebeard but times two. At the same time, the Seven Warlords of the Sea are dissolved and forced back into being regular pirates and relentlesly hunted by the Marines. As a result of these events, along with Luffy and ''Buggy'' filling the vacant Emperor titles (while the latter is involved with a group that is putting bounties out on Marines), it creates a massive shift in the balance of power which completely changes the world and plunges it into a level of unprecedented chaos]].

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** It happens again with the defeat of Doflamingo at Luffy's hands. Since Doflamingo held the most power and influence in the black market underworld, his downfall had a negative backlash on all of his business dealings. As a result, the Revolutionaries won numerous wars in kingdoms that bought weapons from him. Even moreso, the pirates that had been buying weapons and Devil Fruits from him, no longer had the manes means of aquiring acquiring their goods. The most important of these buyers was one of the Four Emporers, Emperors, Kaido, who regularly bought large amounts of Artificial Devil Fruits called Smiles form Doflamingo in order to augment his troops. while While being taken to Impel Down, Doglamingo lampshaded [[{{Lampshade}} lampshades]] this, saying that he was the one keeping all the 'monsters' "monsters" in check, check and with him gone, the biggest war for supremacy of the sea would soon begin; he's even eager to watch the chaos from the sidelines.
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** [[spoiler: The previous incidents all pale in comparison to the end of the Wano Country arc, where Kaido and Big Mom, two of the Four Emperors, are toppled by Luffy, Kidd, and Law. The result in pretty much the same thing that happened with Whitebeard but times two.now doubled. At the same time, the Seven Warlords of the Sea are dissolved and forced back into being regular pirates and relentlesly hunted by the Marines. As a result of these events, along with Luffy and ''Buggy'' filling the vacant Emperor titles (while the latter is involved with a group that is putting bounties out on Marines), it creates a massive shift in the balance of power which completely changes the world and plunges it into a level of unprecedented chaos]].

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