History Main / AttackOnOneIsAnAttackOnAll

** These good intentions were strained twice in TheSeventies, when NATO was forced to ask what would happen if two of is member states were dragged into a shooting war... ''with each other''. Iceland and Britain exchanged shots in a disagreement over fishing rights. Then, more seriously, Greece and Turkey ended up on the brink of all-out war over Cyprus. as a politician pointed out at the time, it makes the all-for-one principle a little bit less clear cut, as well as bloody embarrassing. [[note]]The Warsaw Pact had its woes too, with a long-time simmering mutual hatred between Hungary and Rumania[[/note]]

-->'''Bystander 1:''' You mess with Spider, you mess with New York!\\

* In ''Film/SpiderMan1'', the Green Goblin tries to force Spidey into making a SadisticChoice - save his LoveInterest, or a bunch of school children? What Goblin doesn't expect is for all the people on the bridge to try to help Spidey by pelting him with various objects. Over the din, one man's voice can be heard shouting:
-->"This is New York! You mess with one of us, you mess with ''all'' of us!"

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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 actualy hired to kidnap [[TheChick Lucy]] they make sure that no one can get near her, despite the threat of [[WeaponofMassDestruction annihilation]].]]

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* ''Series/ChicagoPD'': Demonstrated several times. Messing with anyone on the Intelligence Unit or anyone related to anyone on the Intelligence Unit is ''extremely'' ill-advised.

-->"G'mork. You forgot that I too am one of the creatures of Fantastica. And that to fight against Fantastica is to fight against me. That makes you my enemy, and I've outsmarted you."

* The Industrial Workers of the World labor union's slogan was "An injury to one is an injury to all." This slogan has since become one of the defining slogans of the worker's movement around the world. Marxism teaches that this is not just a moral position, but a practical concern. The conditions of the worst off workers will be used to lower the conditions of the entire class. If the bosses can get away with paying one group of workers like shit, they will force every other section of the class to accept these same low wages.

-->-- '''Series/DoctorWho''', ''Cold War''

* In ''{{Series/CSI NY}}'' "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.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In the episode ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E8ColdWar Cold War]]'', the Doctor remarks that this is the Martian warrior code and the Ice Warrior general Skaldak later echoes the same. Skaldak sees his capture and imprisonment on the Russian submarine as an attack on the entire Ice Warrior race, and so intends to annihilate humanity as retribution.

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

Heroic variants are likely to be seen among TrueCompanions or other close groups. This might absolutely confuse the villains, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood who can't figure out why someone they never messed with wants to attack them.]]

* The Changelings of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' share experiences through the Great Link so anything that happens to one is literally experienced by all.

* ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993'': Girard ends up being chased by the entire musketeer force at the end of the film when he threatens D'Artagnan.

* ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory'': Seen with Gaya, the dark princess of Spook City and the Land of Ghosts. She turns on the G'mork when he arrives searching for Atreyu, because he lets slip his true mission to bring about Fantastica's destruction. While it's implied Gaya is an evil or at least foul Fantastican, she nevertheless defends her world against the G'mork.

Heroic variants are likely to be seen among TrueCompanions or other close groups.

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