History Main / LaResistance

[[VillainWorld Wherever]] TheEmpire is, you'll always find La Résistance: A RagtagBunchOfMisfits using ThePowerOfLove and [[ThePowerOfFriendship Friendship]] to fight against a tyrannical rule, often to help put the GovernmentInExile back into power. Always underdogs, they fight using guerrilla warfare and by [[RabbleRouser raising the rabble]] of the people by [[VoiceOfTheResistance revealing unpleasant truths]] about TheEmpire they've been trying to hide, causing the oppressed peoples to shake off the yokes of their tyrant rulers. Usually led by a RebelLeader and armed via VehicularTurnabout. Expect them to be opposed by LesCollaborateurs.

* Film/TheResistanceBanker shows both a more traditional version of this trope, but focuses on the people financing. These are the Dutch financial elite financing their activities. Instead of attacking Nazis or sabotaging railroads, a lot of what they do is talking to other rich people in restaurants, salons or swimming pool.

* ''Film/{{Hero}}'': Only a small group of five elite assassins is actually seen, but apparently assassins from the other conquered Kingdoms try to kill the [[TheEmpire emperor]] every other week.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
%%** The Boys Next Door are organization that fought against the tyranny of girls in a dystopian future.
%%** Another episode has the Kids Next Door go to an AlternateUniverse where the Delightful Children from Down the Lane serve as this for the {{Evil Counterpart}}s of the KND.

* In ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil'', with the Justice Leagues missing, pockets of remaining superheroes are trying to fight back. The ComicBook/TeenTitans are one group, with the main event series following Lex Luthor's newly minted Legion of Doom.

* ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'': The French partisans (and their counterparts from the rest of Occupied Europe). Their singing of "La Marseillaise" (which provides the page quote).

** One of the escapees is eventually aided by members of the French Resistance who protect him from a drive-by shooting of Nazi officers and help him make his way to Spain.

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* The SSS from ''Anime/AngelBeats'' is comprised by a bunch of dead highschoolers who are rebelling against, not an empire, but God himself for [[DarkAndTroubledPast the bad crap that had happened in their lives]].

* The Dorssian Royalists in ''Anime/ValvraveTheLiberator''. There was a coup ten years prior in which a military dictatorship imprisoned - but didn't kill - most of the centuries-old royal dynasty, who were beloved by the people. L-elf and A-drei, a former prince, are planning their own revolution to restore the royal family. Later, it's revealed that [[spoiler: Kriemhild]] is also working with a Royalist faction. It's notable that the Chancellor of the military federation wears the crown and facial markings of the royalty - possibly indicating that those symbols are really still that powerful even after the coup.

* ''Anime/RomeoXJuliet'' has the followers of the overthrown regime of the Capulets, fighting against the usurper Lord Montague. Not quite as Shakespeare wrote it, but it's more of an homage to Shakespeare's favorite tropes in general than an adaptation - Juliet is a SweetPollyOliver vigilante, for one.

* ''Franchise/LupinIII'' runs into these a few times.
** In ''[[Anime/LupinIIIMysteryOfTheHemingwayPapers The Hemingway Papers]]'', Lupin finds himself searching for a lost treasure on the island of Colcaca, where a bunch of prospectors and mercenaries have taken over the island and started a war amongst themselves. The native islanders formed The Scorpions, a guerrilla force dedicated to liberating their home. Unfortunately, they were found out and [[CurbStompBattle the result]] [[KillEmAll wasn't pretty]]. Only one member survived, this story's GirlOfTheWeek.
** In ''[[Anime/LupinIIITheSecretOfTwilightGemini The Secret of Twilight Gemini]]'': After more than three hundred years of civil war, the remnants of the Geltic Tribe continue to fight the oppression of the Igo Tribe, who drove them from their ancestral home. [[PluckyGirl Lara]] and her friend, Zora, lead them in the quest to unify their people and reclaim their homeland. With help from [[GentlemanThief Lupin]], of course.
* Kenji of ''Manga/TwentiethCenturyBoys'' form a resistance out of a [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits Ragtag Bunch Of Middle-Aged School Pals]]. A move eventually followed by his niece, Kanna, which takes the original (and now [[TookALevelInBadass leveled up]]) members and throws in the part of the Chinese Mafia.
* In ''Manga/DeathNote'', the Anti-Kira Taskforce gradually becomes this as Kira's rule spreads and gains support, especially after the US of A stops opposing him.
* ''Anime/KillLaKill'' has Nudist Beach, which live up to the name by being clothed in nothing but strategically placed belts and pouches. They fight against [[ItMakesSenseInContext the usage of clothing for oppression.]]
* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'':
** The [[spoiler:entire Survey Corps]] begins a rebellion against the GovernmentConspiracy while the rest of the military either opposes them or [[BystanderSyndrome stays out of the mess]]. [[spoiler: After an EngineeredPublicConfession, whereby the Monarchy orders Wall Sina sealed after Wall Rose apparently fell and [[MoralEventHorizon dooming a half of the remaining human population]], the other two military branches quickly join them.]]
** [[spoiler: The Eldian Restorationist movement, an underground resistance working with the mysterious [[TheMole Owl]] to overthrow Marley's government and restore the Eldian kingdom. Grisha Yeager was a member of this organization, and attempted to use his own son to infiltrate the government's TykeBomb program. It backfired horribly, with young Zeke betraying the group by reporting them to the SecretPolice. The entire organization was arrested, tortured, and then transformed into mindless Titans as punishment for their actions. Only Grisha survived, after the Owl revealed himself and rescued him]].
* ''Anime/InazumaEleven'' Go! features "The Resistance", a group fighting against Fifth Sector who rule over the JHS soccer world with an iron fist, fixing matches and taking away "real soccer". The Resistance is based at Teikoku and existed before Raimon began their solo fight against Fifth Sector, although Raimon join The Resistance after they beat Teikoku in Holy Road.
* In ''Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner'', eventually [[spoiler: the Gradosian Empire transforms Earth into a VichyEarth]]. therefore, [[spoiler: Eiji and his friends become this towards Grados and its leaders, Gresco and ''specially'' specially Ruu-Kain.]] This includes [[spoiler: Eiji returning to his friends's sides with Layzner after being MIA, David and Simone as a BattleCouple and resistance leaders, Anna as an ActionSurvivor bordering on MessianicArchetype, Roanne as TheMole, Arthur ''trying'' to be TheMole, Julia as a GuileHeroine and ActualPacifist...]]
* Harato's militia in ''Manga/TheLegendOfMotherSarah'' is composed mainly of resistance fighters whose main goal is to overthrow the military oligarchs of Mother Earth and Epoch in order to end the FalseDichotomy both factions propose in regards to what to do with Earth's future.

* In the Spanish comic book ''ComicBook/{{Fanhunter}}'' also, the unoriginally named ''The Resistance'' (an army of comic-book fans, otakus, geeks, gamers, nerds, roleplayers, etc.).
* The Prodigals in ''ComicBook/KillShakespeare'' who are trying to take down Richard III.
* There's a few of these brewing against [[MegaCorp Armtech]] in ''ComicBook/LastManStanding''.

* ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel1977'' has a resistance on Solay, trying to topple a pro-Empire king. They call on the Rebel Alliance for help after Endor, but it turns out the head of the resistance had secretly also been pro-Empire - soon after the king is deposed, the Imperial fleet comes in and imposes martial law, controlling the system directly.
* The Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse ''ComicBook/{{Legacy}}'' series, set over 130 years after the original trilogy, has the Sith taking over the galaxy again and the two governments they overthrew, the Galactic Alliance and the Fel Empire, forming two separate resistance movements that initially don't trust each other for fairly obvious reasons.
* The Undergrounder rebels from ''ComicBook/{{Megalex}}''.
* Played with interestingly in the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' graphic novel ''The Modala Imperative''. Captain Kirk and Spock help the resistance on the planet Modala break up a vicious dictatorship; a hundred years later, the ''Next Generation'' crew arrive to help celebrate the anniversary of the original coup and discover the erstwhile rebel leaders are now beating back an uprising themselves. Then suddenly ''everyone'' must put aside their differences when the ''real'' BigBad beams in - the Ferengi, who had sold the original dictatorship their weapons and have now come to collect from the current rulers.
** Also in the current comic book series "Year 4", continuing where the original series ended, the rebels attack with the crew present (and later kidnap Kirk) in order to get the Federation to intervene in their conflict...at the same time as the ''government'' tries to blow up the ''Enterprise'', to get the Federation to intervene in their conflict.
* A major StoryArc in ''ComicBook/StrontiumDog'' follows a young Johnny joining the {{mutant}} resistance against the [[FantasticRacism violently anti-mutant]] government.
* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'':
** Judge Dredd has personally led resistances on a number of occasions, such as against [[TheCaligula Chief Judge Cal]] ("The Day the Law Died"), the East-Meg occupational army ("Apocalypse War") and the Dark Judges ("Necropolis").
** The Dark Judges used to have their own anti-Judge resistance to deal with when they [[AllCrimesAreEqual made everything punishable by death]] on their homeworld.
* The Picaros from the eponymous ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'' adventure. Tintin demands that their revolution will not see a drop of blood shed, much to the humorous consternation of many involved. [[spoiler:Including the dictator being overthrown.]]
* [[spoiler:Subverted with]] Alpha Trion's group in ''ComicBook/TransformersTransTech''.[[spoiler: Turns out it's a cover for a [[ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass sinister plot]] involving the GrandTheftMe of [=TransTech=] bodies]].

* Magneto's ''ComicBook/XMen'' during the ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse is this to a T.
* In ''ComicBook/TheMovement'', the emponymous organization is against the [[DirtyCop corrupt local police department]]. Having superpowered teens and the disenfranchised on their side also helps.

* ''ComicBook/SerenityLeavesOnTheWind'': The New Resistance, an anti-Alliance grassroots organization founded after the Miranda revelations. [[spoiler:Actually funded and organized by Alliance black ops as a trap for would-be rebels, who are then slaughtered, but for the ones who came with ''Serenity'', in a round of raids on their meeting sites.]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Sojourn}}'': Arwyn and Gareth meet one in Ankar.
* The Two-Fours of ''ComicBook/WeStandOnGuard'' are this to the United States' TheEmpire. The crew includes a former police chief, an actor, and a teenaged survivalist.
* Pocket Universe ComicBook/LexLuthor's team of human survivors on his home world, which includes Pete Ross, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, Bruce Wayne, Hal Jordan, and Oliver Queen, in ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlSaga'' in the Franchise/{{Superman}} comic book titles in 1988. Their many enemy is the Phantom Zone criminals that Lex Luthor accidentally let loose to destroy the Pocket Universe Earth by turning it into a lifeless husk.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': The "Gremlins" lead a SlaveRevolt turned revolution against the Ytirflirk Empire. Strangly for a superhero comic this pretty much happens off-screen and is only known because one of the revolutionaries gets stuck on earth for a few years and hangs around ComicBook/SteveTrevor for most of that time.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Wonder Woman becomes the figurehead and leader of a resistance in the Sangtee Empire that achieves its goal of forcing the abolition of slavery and the legalization of female citizens in the Empire. There were fractured ineffectual revolts and uprisings before but they never achieved anything before Wondy showed up and took charge.
* ''ComicBook/CodeNameGravedigger'': In ''Men of War'' #10, Gravedigger's plane crashes behind enemy lines in Germany. He is rescued by a Jewish resistance cell [[ChildSoldiers consisting mainly of children]]. These children become his companions for the next several issues.
* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' expands on the Saturday Morning cartoon by establishing other Freedom Fighter groups outside of the Knothole Freedom Fighters.
* ''ComicBook/OzCaliber'': Fighting a guerilla war against the occupying forces of Ruggedo the Nome King and Mombie the witch are the Freedom Fighters of Oz: [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits Jack Pumpkinhead, the Sawhorse, Amber Ombi (Ombi Ambi's nephew), General Jinjur, Hektor Hammerhead and the Wogglebug]].

* ''Animation/SkyBlue'': A spontaneous rebellion forms around Shua after one of them is killed by Ecoban soldiers. They end up being instrumental to Dr. Noah's plan.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension'': The alternate dimension versions of Candace, Buford, Baljeet (sorry, ''Dr.'' Baljeet), Isabella and the Fireside Girls, and later, Phineas and Ferb, are members of the Resistance against the alternate dimension version of Doofenshmirtz.

* The Czech Resistance against the Nazi occupiers is one of the main focal points of ''Film/HangmenAlsoDie'', being responsible for the assassination of UsefulNotes/ReinhardHeydrich in this version of history.[[note]]The assassination of Heydrich was carried out on May 27, 1942 (though he didn't die of his injuries until June 4), and the film was released on March 27, 1943 — less than a year later. Because the film was made so shortly after the real events, and WWII was still ongoing, the details were not known to the filmmakers. Hence, the film is VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory.[[/note]]

** ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', set three decades after the original trilogy, introduces a group called "The Resistance", a scrappy insurgency who fight [[TheRemnant the First Order]]. The Resistance has the unofficial support of [[TheRepublic the New Republic]] (the government born out of the Rebel Alliance), who won't commit to open war with the First Order. The Resistance is technically an aversion - it exists not as a resistance movement as such, but as a [[PrivateMilitaryContractors private military]] operated by Leia Organa.

* Li Jundong from ''Film/WhenTaekwondoStrikes'' leads a Korean resistance movement against the Japanese colonizers. His followers live in a group of huts in the countryside, where he trains them in Taekwondo and sends them on important missions.

* ''Radio/JourneyIntoSpace'': In ''The World in Peril'', Paddy Flynn tells the ''Discovery'' crew and Frank Rogers that he is the leader of a resistance against the Martians. He composed a rebel song, "Literature/TheGreenHillsOfEarth", that he and the other resistance members sing on a regular basis. However, Paddy later admits that the so-called rebellion had been mostly talk and that he had never intended to take direct action against the Martians.

* ''TabletopGame/PsionicsTheNextStageInHumanEvolution'': The Zodiac Order and they play this image up to new recruits and hangers-on. They're an underground organization of disenfranchised espers (primarily young espers) living on the fringes of society that actively fight against the government to bring in a new world where they'll be free.

* In ''TabletopGame/GiantGuardianGeneration'', the Revolutionary United Front has taken up arms against the [[VichyEarth Outsider-led]] United Earth Federation. Curiously, although they're outnumbered, the RUF appears to have the technological edge of better [[HumongousMecha Gears]] and the AI-controlled [[CoolShip Mobile Battleship Wagner]].
* The ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}'' scenario'' [[http://www.blackwyrm.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=151 The Sands of Time]]'' features an extradimensional species, the Orisha, who are [[spoiler:ruled by a theocracy set up by one of the scenario's villains]]. There is also a rebel movement of heretics, though not too surprisingly, they're a little nuts. Still, they heretics ''are'' a resistance force who can help the [=PCs=] against the evil government of their world.
* ''TabletopGame/TheResistance'' is all about this. Some players (randomly chosen) are the Resistance, and some are TheMole. The aim of the resistance is to accomplish at least three out of five missions. The aim of the traitors is to sabotage at least three out of five missions.
* The ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' card [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Huge_Revolution Huge Revolution]] is part of a story where the [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Oppressed_People Oppressed People]] started to [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/People_Running_About plot and plan]] until they formed a [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/United_Resistance United Resistance]] against a tyrant. While this [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/The_Huge_Revolution_is_Over first revolution was unsuccessfull]], the Emperor's [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Royal_Prison cruelty]] and [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Asleep_at_the_Switch carelessness]] led to a [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Double_Payback second]], [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Turnabout successful]] one. (To date, at least. When last seen, he was [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Retort being mocked by his former subjects]], but future cards may continue the story.)

* ''Webcomic/MagickChicks'': After [[spoiler: [[EvilRedhead Cerise]]]] takes over [[AllGirlSchool Artemis Academy]] (chapter 16) and enthralls the faculty along with the rest of the student body, [[{{ninja}} The Ninja Club]] are among [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/a_stubborn_few the only ones left to oppose her.]] So they secretly abduct [[spoiler: [[TheDragon Dark]] [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/location_unknown Skye]]]] and replace her with [[spoiler: Rain]], in order to spy on [[spoiler: Cerise]] and undermine her authority.
* ''Webcomic/WithoutMoonlight'' is a WWII war/spy drama set in Athens. It showcases a rare example of the Greek resistance.

* ''Webcomic/DeviantUniverse'' had the Freedom Fighters in the Freedom War arc, and the superheros of the world fighting against Omega in the Omega Rising arc.

* In ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob,'' Galatea joins Riboflavin thinking he represents some romanticized version of this. He's actually a megalomaniac.
* [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0511.html The Resistance]] in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' is composed of two of the main characters and a bunch of Azurites whose main goal is to fight Xykon's troops who are [[spoiler:currently occupying Azure City after having won a huge battle and taken over the city]]. Eventually, [[spoiler:Haley and Belkar]] leave the group, leaving the paladin Thanh in charge of the Resistance.
** [[WeAREStrugglingTogether There are also two other factions]], one claims The Order corrupted Lord Hinjo, and the other thinks Hinjo was responsible for the death of lord Shojo, and the Order were cohorts. The three groups don't get along at all, [[spoiler:until united due to a makeshift prophecy]].
*** As of strips 825-827, [[spoiler: Redcloak has successfully killed every member of the resistance except for Niu, and destroyed their base]].
* In ''Webcomic/TheSpecialists'', the French Resistance plays an important role -- such as [[http://thespecialistscomic.com/page-25/ here]] and [[http://thespecialistscomic.com/page-37/ here]].

* In ''Webcomic/EnsignSueMustDie'', after [[GodModeSue Sue Prime]] creates the Sueniverse for her and her progeny to have her 'perfect' world, a multiverse-spanning resistance forms to fight the Sues and anyone they corrupted, consisting of Kirk, Bones, The War Doctor, Sherlock Holmes, Optimus Prime, Mr. T, Snake Eyes, Snoopy (as the Red Baron), Superman, the SWAT Kats, Luigi, Michael Jordan, Pippi Longstocking, Hercules, Xena Warrior Princess, Sailor Moon, Applejack, Scrooge [=McDuck=], Spinks, Sam and Dean Winchester, Agent Coulson, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Moomintroll, Speedy Gonzales, Mega Man, Michaelangelo, and Bruce Lee.
* ''Webcomic/ExistentialComics'': The 10th July 2017 comic discusses and spoofs the Existentialists involved in the French Resistance (Sartre, Beauvoir, Camus), noting that it amounted to three people more or less doing the same thing they did during the wartime but somehow convincing themselves that it's actually resisting Nazism. Of course this might be considered unfair if only when placed in context of the historical Resistance, most of which was far tinier than advertised and militarily not as impactful until D-Day, while Sartre ''was'' imprisoned for several months in a POW month after the Fall of France.

* Attempted in ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'', when [[BadassBookworm Tamika Flynn's]] army of well-read children try to rise up against [[EvilInc [=StrexCorp=]]].

* Taking from its source material, the Rebellion in ''Roleplay/TheGunganCouncil'' have been revived several times to restore democracy after the Galactic Empire came back.

* In ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'', the main opposition to the Arthro Taskforce, the terrorist organisation behind the games, comes from STAR, a militia primarily composed of past SOTF escapees and defected terrorists, who seek to destroy the AT and put an end to SOTF. Although they haven't managed a complete victory yet, in Version Four they [[spoiler:[[StormingTheCastle launched a direct assault on the terrorist headquarters]], killed [[BigBad Danya]] and rescued almost thirty of the abducted students]]. They didn't do anything in Version Five, but as of the prologue to Version Six, they seem to know about the latest abductions and to be planning some kind of intervention.
* ''Literature/NoW'' has the Continental Army, a domestic militia group that emerges in 2008, composed of Americans of all stripes opposed to the [[OppressiveStatesOfAmerica oppressive]] [[spoiler: Santorum]] administration.
* ''Literature/NewDealCoalitionRetained'' has a couple of examples:
** The Polish Home Army, a militia formed by Lech Wałęsa after he secretly returns from exile during WorldWarIII, and which rises up against the communists when the war turns against them, thus enabling the Allied invasion and liberation of the country.
** The Timurid Liberation Front, a rebel army in the Soviets' Central Asian territories who rise up during WWIII in reaction to repression and being used as CannonFodder on the other fronts.
* Some of WebVideo/SovietWomble's most popular video series involve himself and his clanmates roleplaying as one of these in ''VideoGame/{{Arma}} 3'''s "Antistasi" multiplayer mode. Both the campaigns he's made video series of have ended with the rest of the Zero Fucks Clan's ComedicSociopathy and [[LethallyStupid lethal idiocy]] causing everything to GoHorriblyWrong despite the best efforts of an increasingly exasperated Soviet, who's the closest thing ZF has to an OnlySaneMan.
--> '''Soviet''': (shortly after the others realise they can use captured enemy [=NPCs=] as human shields) "*sigh* Are there any war crimes we have not yet committed?"

* Lampshaded in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' by Green Lantern in "Hearts and Minds." "There's always a resistance, isn't there?"
* The Resisty from ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' were a resistance movement against the Irken Empire. To their credit, they very nearly destroyed the Massive, but only because Zim had seized control of it and had removed its defenses. Also in ''Invader Zim'' is the Swollen Eyeball Network, a group of genre-savvy conspiracy theorists who have foiled alien invasions. Naturally, Dib is a proud member, codenamed Agent Mothman.

* The backstory of one chef in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'' involved running guns for one of these. "Which one?" "He won't say - apparently they didn't win."

%%* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
%%** The Boys Next Door are organization that fought against the tyranny of girls in a dystopian future.
%%** Another episode has the Kids Next Door go to an AlternateUniverse where the Delightful Children from Down the Lane serve as this for the {{Evil Counterpart}}s of the KND.

* ''WesternAnimation/UrbanVermin'''s heroes, the Garbage Liberation Front, are a gang of FunnyAnimal rebels fighting against the dictatorship of the show's BigBad (who happens to be the rebel leader's brother).
* The first season of ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' features the rebellion against the BigBad Phobos, with BadassNormal Caleb as the young rebel leader. After Phobos is defeated and imprisoned, the situation is inverted during season two, with a small band of Phobos' remaining loyal troops attempting to overthrow the benevolent queen Elyon.
** The Rebellion returns late in season two, after [[spoiler: Phobos seizes the Seal of Nerissa and gains the power of two Hearts. He promptly tries to conquer Meridian again. And succeeds, at least for a short time]].
* The [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003 version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] had one in the Triceraton race, started by a Triceraton gladiator hoping to overthrow the corrupt Prime Leader.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyGrandmotherIronedTheKingsShirts'': The resistance to the German occupation of Norway. They're briefly shown doing more traditional Resistance activities like blowing up a bridge. Then the titular grandmother organizes a resistance group of rebellious launderers who sabotage German uniforms.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' introduces Saw Gerrera's Partisans. Like the Rebel Alliance we all know and love, they're resisting the Empire. ''Unlike'' the Alliance, they lean proudly and worryingly towards WellIntentionedExtremist tendencies.

Of course, people rarely like having it pointed out that [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters these groups are terrorists from the perspective of anyone who disagrees with them]] and {{Innocent Bystander}}s who may get caught up in the crossfire of said conflicts. This may be deliberately ironic, perhaps inviting a "we are NotSoDifferent" moment. Or, [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality the author might simply assume that the audience will always sympathize with rebel protagonists]] against TheEmpire, [[DesignatedHero therefore moral justification of the rebellion is unnecessary and the rebels can get away with whatever is expedient]]. This could be averted if the [[TheEmpire Evil Empire]] really is evil and the rebels exercise chivalry and restraint.

* In ''Shadowhunter Peril'', the main characters are forced to become the Resistance because it's either fight back or die. They actually end up doing a pretty good job, even amassing a giant army of '''''phoenixes''''' and raining a fiery storm down upon the Big Bad's capital city. Currently they're in the middle of the final battle, so there's no way of knowing who's going to win, especially with Lilith and Valentine still alive.

* Some of Creator/SovietWomble's most popular video series involve himself and his clanmates roleplaying as one of these in ''VideoGame/{{Arma}} 3'''s "Antistasi" multiplayer mode. Both the campaigns he's made video series of have ended with the rest of the Zero Fucks Clan's ComedicSociopathy and [[LethallyStupid lethal idiocy]] causing everything to GoHorriblyWrong despite the best efforts of an increasingly exasperated Soviet, who's the closest thing ZF has to an OnlySaneMan.

* In ''Webcomic/NipAndTuck'', the ShowWithinTheShow ''Rebel Cry'' shows the revolt against the Empire -- [[RealityEnsues which gets crushed]].

--> '''Soviet''': (shortly after the others realise they can use captured enemy NPCs as human shields) "*sigh* Are there any war crimes we have not yet committed?"

* Some of Creator/SovietWomble's most popular video series involve himself and his clanmates roleplaying as one of these in ''VideoGame/Arma 3'''s "Antistasi" multiplayer mode. Both the campaigns he's made video series of have ended with the rest of the Zero Fucks Clan's ComedicSociopathy and [[LethallyStupid lethal idiocy]] causing everything to GoHorriblyWrong despite the best efforts of an increasingly exasperated Soviet, who's the closest thing ZF has to an OnlySaneMan.

* ''The Army of Crime'': The French film is all about La Resistance, being set in Second World War France during the German occupation. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affiche_rouge Based on a true story.]]

* Both played straight and inverted in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3238329/1/A-Hero-s-War A Hero's War]]'':

** Inverted when Minmay territory is invaded by neighbouring (and envious) Duport. The recent advances in farming equipment and the burgeoning industrial revolution, combined with widespread dissemination of knowledge about the basics of using magic, mean that the peasants are pretty favourably disposed toward their chancellor. When Duport's knights start walking into villages to declare that the people will now answer to someone else, quite a lot of the peasants rise up and drive them out with homemade wands and force of numbers.