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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'': The entire Kree empire feels this way about any upstart race that would dare to resist them when they come to conquer. The first encounter with the Kree is just with one of their sentry robots which the Avengers have a tough time destroying. They meet a Kree officer who's much kinder and [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch friendlier]] than his brethren, who tells them they've doomed themselves because just destroying the probe will bring the full weight of the Kree empire to Earth. Future encounters with the Kree show them to be just as arrogant and self-entitled as they're described. Their entire race takes it as a personal slight when the Avengers beat their champion and send them packing in their first proper invasion attempt.



* In the pilot episode of ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries'', agent J accidentally kills a Skraaldian in a sewer. The Skraaldian race have a HiveMind and so their entire race marks J for death and tries to kill him in retribution. J only gets off when ([[DecoyGetaway a friend pretending to be]]) K show them a tissue he just blew his nose with, which is considered such a great insult that they forgot about J.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'': The entire Kree empire feels this way about any upstart race that would dare to resist them when they come to conquer. The first encounter with the Kree is just with one of their sentry robots which the Avengers have a tough time destroying. They meet a Kree officer who's much kinder and [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch friendlier]] than his brethren, who tells them they've doomed themselves because just destroying the probe will bring the full weight of the Kree empire to Earth. Future encounters with the Kree show them to be just as arrogant and self-entitled as they're described. Their entire race takes it as a personal slight when the Avengers beat their champion and send them packing in their first proper invasion attempt.

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* In the pilot episode of ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries'', agent Agent J accidentally kills a Skraaldian in a sewer. The Skraaldian race have a HiveMind and so their entire race marks J for death and tries to kill him in retribution. J only gets off when ([[DecoyGetaway a friend pretending to be]]) K show them a tissue he just blew his nose with, which is considered such a great insult that they forgot about J.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'': The entire Kree empire feels this way about any upstart race that would dare to resist them when they come to conquer. The first encounter with the Kree is just with one of their sentry robots which the Avengers have a tough time destroying. They meet a Kree officer who's much kinder and [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch friendlier]] than his brethren, who tells them they've doomed themselves because just destroying the probe will bring the full weight of the Kree empire to Earth. Future encounters with the Kree show them to be just as arrogant and self-entitled as they're described. Their entire race takes it as a personal slight when the Avengers beat their champion and send them packing in their first proper invasion attempt.
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* In ''{{Series/CSINY}}'' "Heroes," Mac says it right out. "You attack one, you attack us all." He initially meant the Marines as his case was that of a dead Marine, but it took on a double meaning when their former colleague Aiden was found as the episode's second victim.


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* In ''{{Series/CSINY}}'' "Heroes," Mac says it right out. "You attack one, you attack us all." He initially meant the Marines as his case was that of a dead Marine, but it took on a double meaning when their former colleague Aiden was found as the episode's second victim.

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* In ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'', this is the Whistler sisters' response to a threat to their sisters-in-law, the princesses. As Eldest says, "We Whistlers have an unbreakable rule — you mess with one of us, you mess with us all!" This is said while at least a dozen rifles, in the hands of experts, are being aimed at the offenders.



* ''Literature/GentlemanBastard'': The Bondsmagi are {{Super Supremacist}}s with one rule for non-mages: they [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers do whatever they want]], and answer any harm to a Bondsmage with ''[[AndYourLittleDogToo ruthless]]'' DisproportionateRetribution.
* ''Literature/JudgeDee'' uses a loophole that works like this: attacking an Imperial judge (in this case, trapping him under a giant bell to suffocate) is attacking the Imperial system, and therefore a crime against the state, allowing him to sentence a criminal before he can use his money and connections to get his case transferred. He even says it's following the letter rather than the spirit of the law, but it works.



* ''Literature/JudgeDee'' uses a loophole that works like this: attacking an Imperial judge (in this case, trapping him under a giant bell to suffocate) is attacking the Imperial system, and therefore a crime against the state, allowing him to sentence a criminal before he can use his money and connections to get his case transferred. He even says it's following the letter rather than the spirit of the law, but it works.
* In ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'', this is the Whistler sisters' response to a threat to their sisters-in-law, the princesses. As Eldest says, "We Whistlers have an unbreakable rule — you mess with one of us, you mess with us all!" This is said while at least a dozen rifles, in the hands of experts, are being aimed at the offenders.
* ''Literature/GentlemanBastard'': The Bondsmagi are {{Super Supremacist}}s with one rule for non-mages: they [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers do whatever they want]], and answer any harm to a Bondsmage with ''[[AndYourLittleDogToo ruthless]]'' DisproportionateRetribution.

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* ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993'': Girard ends up being chased by the entire musketeer force at the end of the film when he threatens D'Artagnan; After all, their motto starts with ''"All for one."''
* ''{{Film/Thor}}'': After the frost giant attack on Asgard's treasure room that was easily repelled by the Destroyer, Thor calls it a declaration of War against Asgard while Odin dismisses it as the rash actions of a few individuals who paid for it with their lives.
* ''{{Film/Watchmen}}'': Rorschach says that the murder of the Comedian is an attack on all costumed vigilantes, retired or otherwise.


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* ''{{Film/Thor}}'': After the frost giant attack on Asgard's treasure room that was easily repelled by the Destroyer, Thor calls it a declaration of War against Asgard while Odin dismisses it as the rash actions of a few individuals who paid for it with their lives.
* ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993'': Girard ends up being chased by the entire musketeer force at the end of the film when he threatens D'Artagnan; After all, their motto starts with ''"All for one."''
* ''{{Film/Watchmen}}'': Rorschach says that the murder of the Comedian is an attack on all costumed vigilantes, retired or otherwise.
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** This is a big reason for Canada's strained relationship with NATO in the 2020's. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has slashed the military's budget to the point they no longer meet NATO's spending budget and are thus seen as a [[TheLoad weak link]]: Canada benefits from Article 5 as they'll be defended by other nations if they are invaded, but Canada can't ''contribute'' to Article 5 on behalf of those other nations if ''they'' are invaded.

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** If you happen to [[SavageSetpiece hit a zombified piglin]] (or zombie pigmen as they're called in older versions), then every other zombified piglin in the area will ZergRush you until you are dead.

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** If you happen to [[SavageSetpiece hit a zombified piglin]] (or zombie pigmen as they're called in older versions), then every other zombified piglin in the area will ZergRush you until you are dead. Hitting a normal piglin that was previously pacified by wearing gold armour will also provoke the same response from them.
** Wolves, bees, and dolphins are all normally neutral (and in the dolphins' case, friendly), but will turn hostile and attack you if struck, or if you strike another of their kind nearby (a common possibility, as they all very frequently spawn in groups).
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* VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2: The Van der Linde gang believes this strongly. The loyalty that the gang members show each other is what [[ALighterShadeOfBlack sets them apart]] from the other outlaw gangs like the O'Driscolls who abandon members left and right. [[spoiler: One of the major signs of Dutch's increasing villainy is that he is unconcerned about the possibility of the government executing John Marston.]]

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* VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2: ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'': The Van der Linde gang believes this strongly. The loyalty that the gang members show each other is what [[ALighterShadeOfBlack sets them apart]] from the other outlaw gangs like the O'Driscolls who abandon members left and right. [[spoiler: One of the major signs of Dutch's increasing villainy is that he is unconcerned about the possibility of the government executing John Marston.]]

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* VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}: If the player kills an Illager captain, who carries an Ominous Banner and can be found in outposts or patrols, they will receive a bad omen status effect that will start a [[RapePillageAndBurn raid]] should they enter a village. Considering it is the only way to procure a bad omen, it’s not hard to think that the resulting raid is a retaliatory strike for your assault on them earlier.

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If the player kills an Illager captain, who carries an Ominous Banner and can be found in outposts or patrols, they will receive a bad omen status effect that will start a [[RapePillageAndBurn raid]] should they enter a village. Considering it is the only way to procure a bad omen, it’s not hard to think that the resulting raid is a retaliatory strike for your assault on them earlier.earlier.
** If you happen to [[SavageSetpiece hit a zombified piglin]] (or zombie pigmen as they're called in older versions), then every other zombified piglin in the area will ZergRush you until you are dead.
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* VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}: If the player kills an Illager captain, who carries an Ominous Banner and can be found in outposts or patrols, they will receive a bad omen status effect that will start a [[RapePillageBurn raid]] should they enter a village. Considering it is the only way to procure a bad omen, it’s not hard to think that the resulting raid is a retaliatory strike for your assault on them earlier.

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* VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}: If the player kills an Illager captain, who carries an Ominous Banner and can be found in outposts or patrols, they will receive a bad omen status effect that will start a [[RapePillageBurn [[RapePillageAndBurn raid]] should they enter a village. Considering it is the only way to procure a bad omen, it’s not hard to think that the resulting raid is a retaliatory strike for your assault on them earlier.
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** Article 5 came under the spotlight once again when UsefulNotes/{{the New|Russia}} UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} launched a full scale invasion of UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} in 2022. Many lament that the latter country was prevented from joining NATO as soon as 2008, which gave UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin much leeway, while the opposite likely would have prevented said invasion (and likely the 2014 annexation of Crimea and war in Donbas).

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** Article 5 came under the spotlight once again when UsefulNotes/{{the New|Russia}} UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} launched a full scale invasion of UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} in 2022. Many lament that the latter country was prevented from joining NATO as soon as 2008, which gave UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin much leeway, leeway to invade, while the opposite likely would have prevented said invasion (and likely the 2014 annexation of Crimea and war in Donbas).
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** If anyone defeats a member of the Charlotte Family, expect the Big Mom Pirates to retaliate against the perpetrator with everything they have.

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** Whitebeard is such a PapaWolf to his subordinates that [[ThisMeansWar he's willing to go to an all-out war if one of them gets in danger]]. This is pretty much what started the Marineford arc.


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** After the Franky Family beats up Usopp and steals the case of money he was carrying, Luffy, Zoro, Sanji and Chopper march into their house and beat up everyone inside, before collapsing the entire building.
--->"Don't leave a single bone unbroken."
** Whitebeard is such a PapaWolf to his subordinates that [[ThisMeansWar he's willing to go to an all-out war if one of them gets in danger]]. This is pretty much what started the Marineford arc.

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* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'': The people of Meteor City live by the adage "We will accept anything you give us, but please don't take anything away from us." They are extreme about that, as society at large found out the hard way when a Meteor City resident was arrested and sent to prison, which the people of Meteor City treated as a declaration of war. The incident prompted a large number of suicide bombers to simultaneously kill the entire court staff, all of the jury members, and all of the attorneys involved in the case. That being said, this was most likely orchestrated by [[spoiler:Meteor City's head elder, who has the superpower to [[MadeOfExplodium turn any surface or object explosive]], including people, without them realizing it. That power has since been [[PowerParasite stolen]] by someone else]].



* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'': The people of Meteor City live by the adage "We will accept anything you give us, but please don't take anything away from us." They are extreme about that, as society at large found out the hard way when a Meteor City resident was arrested and sent to prison, which the people of Meteor City treated as a declaration of war. The incident prompted a large number of suicide bombers to simultaneously kill the entire court staff, all of the jury members, and all of the attorneys involved in the case. That being said, this was most likely orchestrated by [[spoiler:Meteor City's head elder, who has the superpower to [[MadeOfExplodium turn any surface or object explosive]], including people, without them realizing it. That power has since been [[PowerParasite stolen]] by someone else]].
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** Laxus makes sure to personally [[CurbStompBattle curbstomp Team Raven Tail]] after they spend all of their screentime [[EvilIsPetty harassing and humiliating his guildmates every chance they get]] (except Kurohebi; Laxus beat him up simply becasue he didn't understand him).
** Hostilities between Fairy Tail and Sabertooth ''very nearly'' come to a head after [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown Minerva brutalizes Lucy]] during the fourth day of the [[TournamentArc Grand Magic Games]]. And with most of the other participating guilds being on friendly relations with Fairy Tail, had a fight started then and there things would've gotten messy ''fast''. Fortunately, Fairy Tail settles for the bloodless alternative and crushes Sabertooth in the remaining events.

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* ''Manga/FairyTail'': The ''Fairy Tail'' Guild itself. Hurting ''any'' of their members is the same as declaring war. The best example is the Phantom Lord arc. The Phantoms trash their guild hall? They turn the other cheek. [[spoiler: [[KickTheDog Attack some of their weaker members and crucify them on a tree?]]]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Nice knowing ya.]] And when it turns out [[spoiler: they were actually hired to kidnap Lucy, they make sure that no one can get near her, despite the threat of [[WeaponofMassDestruction annihilation]].]]

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* ''Manga/FairyTail'': The ''Fairy Tail'' Guild itself. Hurting ''any'' of their members is the same as declaring war. war.
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The best example is the Phantom Lord arc. The Phantoms trash their guild hall? They turn the other cheek. [[spoiler: [[KickTheDog Attack some of their weaker members and crucify them on a tree?]]]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Nice knowing ya.]] And when it turns out [[spoiler: they were actually hired to kidnap Lucy, they make sure that no one can get near her, despite the threat of [[WeaponofMassDestruction annihilation]].]]]]
** Grimoire Heart's attack on Tenrou Island very nearly results in the Dark Guild being wiped out. Their forces are certainly crippled enough that later on they are no longer considered a threat.
** [[LoanShark Twilight Ogre]] spends [[TimeSkip seven years]] harassing the guild members who [[spoiler:weren't trapped in the time bubble at Tenrou Island]]. One of the first things [[PapaWolf Makarov]] does upon learning of this is grab [[OneWomanArmy Erza]] and [[BewareTheNiceOnes Mirajane]] and pay them a visit to [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown recalculate their debts]].
** After Tartaros starts [[spoiler:[[HeKnowsTooMuch assassinating]] former Magic Council members]], and Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe are injured in the crossfire, Fairy Tail immediately [[ThisMeansWar declares war on Tartaros]]... [[spoiler:just as Tartaros [[TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive covertly reaches Magnolia]] in order to destroy Fairy Tail's guild hall while everyone is still inside]].
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* In the pilot episode of ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'', agent J accidentally kills a Skraaldian in a sewer. The Skraaldian race have a HiveMind and so their entire race marks J for death and tries to kill him in retribution. J only gets off when ([[DecoyGetaway a friend pretending to be]]) K show them a tissue he just blew his nose with, which is considered such a great insult that they forgot about J.

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* In the pilot episode of ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'', ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries'', agent J accidentally kills a Skraaldian in a sewer. The Skraaldian race have a HiveMind and so their entire race marks J for death and tries to kill him in retribution. J only gets off when ([[DecoyGetaway a friend pretending to be]]) K show them a tissue he just blew his nose with, which is considered such a great insult that they forgot about J.

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* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', if you mess with a member of the [[TheDreaded Heterodyne family]], you [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070702 mess with Mechanicsburg]]. And there is a ''very good reason'' why Mechanicsburg was never conquered by any invading army.

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you mess with a member of the [[TheDreaded Heterodyne family]], you [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070702 mess with Mechanicsburg]]. And there is a ''very good reason'' why Mechanicsburg was never conquered by any invading army.army.
** [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20220926 This courtesy extends to Franz]], the dragon of Mechanicsburg.
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* VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2: The Van der Linde gang believes this strongly. The loyalty that the gang members show each other is what [[ALighterShadeOfBlack sets them apart]] from the other outlaw gangs like the O'Driscolls who abandon members left and right. [[spoiler: One of the major signs of Dutch's increasing villainy is that he is unconcerned about the possibility of the government executing John Marston.]]
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* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', if you mess with a member of the [[TheDreaded Heterodyne family]], you [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070702 mess with Mechanicsburg]]. And there is a ''very good reason'' why Mechanicsburg was never conquered by any invading army.

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