History Main / CorporateWarfare

* Pepsi briefly owned one of the largest navies in the world. Subverted though, despite all the jokes about the company attempting to finally win the cola wars. The Soviet Union decided to finally give up on its many failed attempts to make a cola that could compete with Coca Cola and just buy some Coke's major stateside competitor, Pepsi. Only Soviet currency was almost completely worthless internationally so the USSR and Pepsi had to barter. The agreement is that the Soviet Union would give Pepsi Russian Vodka, which at the time had been attributed almost mystical properties stateside similar to Cuban cigars now, and in exchange the Pepsi company would provide its signature beverage for the Soviet proletariat to enjoy. It worked well for a while and [[TeethClenchedTeamwork Pepsi and the USSR made a surprisingly effective team.]] However several factors, including the UsefulNotes/SovietInvasionOfAfghanistan and other Vodka's made outside of Russia increasing in quality, suddenly global demand for Russian Vodka became a lot less. Instead the Soviet Union started trading off old warships it didn't need to Pepsi for their scrap metal value. Pepsi did scrap them, but it hasn't stopped rumors that Pepsi still has a ballistic missile submarine hidden somewhere just in case.

* ''Film/{{Toys}}: Early on it is mentioned that there is the threat of spies at the toy factory (to the visible excitement of the general whose just inherited the place) but nothing else comes of this. General Zevo hires his son to assist with security in a covert ops style, and begins building war robots to use as security through the factory while also trying to convert it to making weapons.

* ''Literature/AgentG'' includes an organization called the International Refugee Society. It provides the world's richest corporations assassination, espionage, and sabotage services. The Society uses cybernetic assassins to make sure its patrons remain the richest corporations in the world as well as the governments that support them. This is arguably unnecessary because they already have access to technology far in advance of what is available to the public.

* In ''[[FanFic/SovereignGFCOrigins Origins]]'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[=/=]''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, the corporations who operate on Pandora and elsewhere are perpetually living this trope--an UngovernableGalaxy where only the [[TheSocialDarwinist "strong" survive]]. Some aspects of this include a member of the Jakobs family sleeping with the CEO of another company in order to sabotage them, companies manipulating each other's stock prices, corporate espionage, and of course the mandatory PrivateMilitaryContractor army (though one decided to go for [[CloneArmy clones]] instead).

* WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo: The episode ''Recipe for Disaster'' has several ClassyCatBurgular ties breaking into the Scooby Snack factory through the skylight and sliding down on ropes to look around for the secret recipe.

* Medieval equivalent: In ''VideoGame/CrusaderKings II: The Republic'' Patrician families can go to war over trade posts, or attempt to seize cities and counties where they've built posts.

* ''Film/{{Toys}}: Early on it is mentioned that there is the threat of spies at the toy factory (to the visible excitement of the general whose just inherited the place) but nothing else comes of this.

* ''Film/{{Congo}}'' by Creator/MichaelCrichton. Although they don't engage in open warfare, the corporations racing to discover the lost city of Zinj engage in constant espionage and sabotage to hinder each other's efforts, in what's essentially a corporate version of the ColdWar.

* Played with in the ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' series. In the first game, it seems like a case of non-corporate individuals rebelling against an overpowering megacorp (Atlas), [[spoiler:until you realize that the main characters are being manipulated by another megacorp (Hyperion).]] A conflict between Dahl and Atlas in the backstory is one of the main reasons why Pandora is such a CrapsackWorld. [[Videogame/BorderlandsThePreSequel The Pre-Sequel]] plays it the straightest, with the core conflict between Dahl and Hyperion, though in this case it is a rogue Dahl fleet. The Pre-Sequel even makes mention of a [[GreatOffscreenWar "Corporate War"]] sparked by Hyperion that destroyed the central government of the galaxy, causing each of the corporations to be superpowers in their own right.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}} 2020'' is a prime example, featuring a full-scale Corporate War between two of the biggest megacorps as a world-changing event.

* Played with in the ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' series. In the first game, it seems like a case of non-corporate individuals rebelling against an overpowering megacorp (Atlas), [[spoiler:until you realize that the main characters are being manipulated by another megacorp (Hyperion).]] A conflict between Dahl and Atlas in the backstory is one of the main reasons why Pandora is such a CrapsackWorld. [[Videogame/BorderlandsThePreSequel The Pre-Sequel]] plays it the straightest, with the core conflict between Dahl and Hyperion, though in this case it is a rogue Dahl fleet. The Pre-Sequel even makes mention of a "Corporate War" sparked by Hyperion that destroyed the central government of the galaxy, causing each of the corporations to be superpowers in their own right.

* In John Van Stry's ''Literature/ChildrenOfSteel'' series, wars between corporations over mines in distant systems aren't rare. Freighter crews (comprised mainly of indentured [[PettingZooPeople animorphs]]) are trained in combat and ships are easily converted into troop transports. A couple books are partially about a war between an alliance of corporations and a multi-system extremist group that hates animorphs.