History Main / DefiantStoneThrow

* In the Swedish version of ''{{Chess}}'', a flashback to the 1956 Budapest Revolution shows Hungarians throwing rocks at an approaching Soviet tank.

* In the Prisoner of War film Main/Stalag17, the Commadant of the camp is standing on some boards to keep his boots nice and clean during the morning speech after [[spoiler:two prisoners were killed trying to escape.]] While the Commadant was speaking ill of them and in a condescending tone how he will show how nice he is after this "incident" by letting the men have warm baths for lice, a Christmas Tree, and there might even be snow, one prisoner throws not a stone but an ocarina from another prisoner into the mud puddle to dirty the Commadant's boots.

->'''Loki:''' There are no men like me.

* In ''TheBlackMagicianTrilogy'' when the affluent magicians go out into the town people will throw stones at them non stop. Since they can just put up a magical barrier this isn't a problem... until the main character's natural ability shows itself by throwing a stone ''through'' that barrier with no problem.

* In ''Film/TheAvengers'' an older German refused to bow to Loki, saying he remembered the pettiness of those who force others into submission.

So the villain is going on an [[EvilGloating evil speech]] about how now everyone must despair and obey or die... Only to get a rock to the head from a {{Muggle}} or InnocentBystander. Rather than be paralyzed with fear, the meekest make a very brave, but mostly harmless gesture of defiance against a dangerous foe who they have every reason not to piss off. For extra trope points, it'll be a child, old person, or someone who is completely unintimidating. For double bonus points, it will be someone previously shown to dislike the hero or badmouth them.

* In ''Anime/TheTwelveKingdoms'': Shoukei throws a rock at a guard in protest of a particularly horrific public execution, leading to her being pursued through the city streets. The event becomes significant later, as it puts her in touch with Yoko and [[spoiler:a group of mercenary resistance fighters.]] This is made even more significant in her CharacterDevelopment as Shoukei's father, a tyrant, had a woman's son executed for ''doing the exact same thing''. When the boy's mother told Shoukei this, she defended her father (it probably didn't help that she was in denial and being beaten by said mother).

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' two-parter "Apokolips... Now!", Dan Turpin calls for resistance against {{Darkseid}}, after the latter defeats the Man of Steel and proclaims Earth his dominion.

* The anonymous man who stood in front of a column of Chinese Type 59 tanks the morning after the Chinese military forcibly removed protestors from in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 5, 1989. The Other Wiki discusses that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man here]].

* In the first AssassinsCreed game, there are beggar women that constantly move around in front of you while pleading for coins. Attempts to escape them by climbing a nearby wall causes them to pelt Altair with rocks until he either climbs out of view or falls to the ground again so they can resume pestering him.

So the SuperVillain is [[LargeHam hamming it up]], and starts an [[EvilGloating evil speech]] about how now everyone must despair and obey or die... Only to get a rock to the head from a {{Muggle}} or InnocentBystander. Rather than be paralyzed with fear, the meekest make a very brave but mostly harmless gesture of defiance against a dangerous foe who they have every reason not to piss off. For extra trope points, it'll be a child, old person, or someone who is completely unintimidating. For double bonus points, it will be someone previously shown to dislike the hero or badmouth them.

->'''Loki:''' [[KneelBeforeZod Kneel before me.]] I said... KNEEL! Is not this simpler? Is this not your natural state? It's the unspoken truth of humanity that you crave subjugation. The bright lure of [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill freedom diminishes your life's joy]] in a mad scramble for power. For identity. You were made to be ruled. In the end, [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans you will always kneel.]]

->'''Loki:''' [[AGodAmI There are no men like me.]]
->'''German Old Man:''' There are always men like you.

* At the end of ''Film/{{Matilda}}'', the children all start throwing trash at the defeated Trunchbull.

* {{Scryed}} done by a little kid against a teenager with super powers fits the spirit of the trope but its also done to show the teen's {{hidden depths}}

* ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'' has an astonishing double bonus. Pre-teen girl Marlene (?) tosses a Materia Orb at Yazoo to stop him from finishing off Tifa once he KOs her. It works, but only because the Materia is fully powered and what the setting's magic runs on.

* ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'' has an astonishing double bonus. Pre-teen girl Marlene (?) tosses a Materia Orb at Yazoo to stop him fro finishing Tifa once he KO's her. It works, but only because the Materia is fully powered and what the setting's magic runs on.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has this in the first season episode "Imprisoned". Earthbenders are being kept prisoner in an ocean rig / TailorMadePrison devoid of all stone and earth to keep them from [[DishingOutDirt Earthbending]]. After Aang and then Katara give an inspirational speech, no one acts because of their broken spirits. However Haru tosses the first stone in defiance and soon all the Earthbenders rise up to resist. And since Aang and co had previously supplied a huge pile of coal for them to Earthbend, [[DishingOutDirt things got very dirty very fast]] for their captors.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' has one second season episode show this prominently. The {{Muggles}} in a subway car spend most of the episode berating CaptainAmerica for betraying humanity (it was a Skrull) ''as [[UngratefulBastard he is leading them to safety]]''. However, by the end when he's about to fall to the Serpent Society (who've pretty much said they want to kill the muggles) they [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming all pelt the villains]] and distract them enough with supportive cries to give Cap a chance.

* Subverted in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' that had Megabyte threaten a group of binomes with assimilation into his viral forces, but a Picard-{{Expy}} binome refused with a line out of the ''StarTrek'' movies. Megabyte promptly vaporizes him and all the other binomes surrendered.

* In ''TheTwelveKingdoms'': Shoukei throws a rock at a guard in protest of a particularly horrific public execution, leading to her being pursued through the city streets. The event becomes significant later, as it puts her in touch with Yoko and [[spoiler:a group of mercenary resistance fighters.]] This is made even more significant in her CharacterDevelopment as Shoukei's father, a tyrant, had a woman's son executed for ''doing the exact same thing''. When the boy's mother told Shoukei this, she defended her father (it probably didn't help that she was in denial and being beaten by said mother).

* ''FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'' has an astonishing double bonus. Pre-teen girl Marlene (?) tosses a Materia Orb at Yazoo to stop him fro finishing Tifa once he KO's her. It works, but only because the Materia is fully powered and what the setting's magic runs on.

* Mentioned several times in ''{{Discworld}}'':

* In ''HomestarRunner'', the Strong Bad Email "disconnected" parodies this with Strong Bad's headless body throwing rocks from a box labeled "Riot Rocks."

* In the ''SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' two-parter "Apokolips... Now!", Dan Turpin calls for resistance against {{Darkseid}}, after the latter defeats the Man of Steel and proclaims Earth his dominion.

* [[color:red:(Please confirm)]] In ''{{Film/Watchmen}}'' this happens during one of the crowd scenes, either with Dr. Manhattan or the Comedian.

* In ''TheTwelveKingdoms'': Shuurei throws a rock at a guard in protest of a particularly horrific public execution, leading to her being pursued through the city streets. The event becomes significant later, as it puts her in touch with Yoko and [[spoiler:a group of mercenary resistance fighters.]] This is made even more significant in her CharacterDevelopment as Shuurei's father, a tyrant, had a woman's son executed for ''doing the exact same thing''. When the boy's mother told Shuurei this, she defended her father (it probably didn't help that she was in denial and being beaten by said mother).