History Main / RememberTheAlamo

* One of the common rallying cries of the Third Street Saints in ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' is "Take back the Row!", referencing their ousting from the eponymous Saints Row neighborhood of Stilwater following the DownerEnding of ''VideoGame/SaintsRow1''. Indeed, for most of the main storyline, the Saints' original hood is occupied by the [[MegaCorp Ultor Corporation]].

ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway (well, actually Texas in 1836) roughly two hundred colonialists stood their ground against an entire army (the Mexican one, that is) and did so for almost two straight weeks. William Travis, James Bowie, and UsefulNotes/DavyCrockett were the three men who orchestrated their defense against the ensuing onslaught of Santa Anna and his men, and since then The Alamo has been a nationally revered moment of American bravery for the entire country, but mostly [[EverythingIsBigInTexas Texas]].

* Whenever there is a crisis or seeming national setback, some British politicians and some of the loonier newspapers can always be relied upon to invoke the Dunkirk Spirit and evoke a time when Britain stood alone and its people pulled together against perfidy coming out of Europe (and to a lesser extent disinterest and aloof withdrawal out of the United States - although in the 2010's, the target is ''definitely'' perfidious europe...)

* Whenever there is a crisis or seeming national setback, some British politicians and some of the loonier newspapers can always be relied upon to invoke the Dunkirk Spirit and evoke a time when Britain stood alone and its people pulled together against perfidy coming out of Europe 9and to a lesser extent disinterest and aloof withdrawal out of the United States - although in the 2010's, the target is ''definitely'' perfidious europe...)

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' - Creator/TerryPratchett translated it as "Remember the atrocities the enemy has done to us, for they will justify the atrocities we are about to commit today" In Discworld, it was usually "Remember Koom Valley!", in memory of a notorious ambush -- the only battle in history where both sides ambushed each other.

* ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'' features a billboard saying "[[TransformersDarkOfTheMoon Remember Chicago!]]"

* Parodied in ''TyTheTasmanianTiger'' with [[BigBad Boss Cass]] who tries to steal the {{MacGuffin}}s with a cry of "Remember the Comet!" (referring to the comet that wiped out the dinosaurs).

* The TropeNamer is used in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater''.

** A triumphant version of this is given in ''VideoGame/Fallout4'', as members of the Brotherhood of Steel will often say "[[VideoGame/Fallout3 Remember the Citadel]]!"

* Another example from "WorldOfWarcraft" "Remember Theramore" after the aforementioned city is destroyed.

* In FanFic/AThinVeneer, the OddNameOut among the Gorn ships is the ''GCF Fires of Regulus'', named after the incident that brought the [[StarTrek Federation, Klingons and Gorn]] into the [[BabylonFive Earth-Minbari War]]. A group of Minbari destroyed the Federation's colony of Regulus, killing over twenty-five million sentients, including one of the leaders of the Gorn.

Perhaps a DiscreditedTrope in works set in the present day or near future. Subtrope of ShockingDefeatLegacy.

ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway (well, actually Texas in 1836) roughly two hundred colonialists stood their ground against an entire army (the Mexican one, that is) and did so for almost two straight weeks. William Travis, James Bowie, and [[Film/TheAlamo Billy Bob Thorton]][[note]] (actually, UsefulNotes/DavyCrockett)[[/note]] were the three men who orchestrated their defense against the ensuing onslaught of Santa Anna and his men, and since then The Alamo has been a nationally revered moment of American bravery for the entire country, but mostly [[EverythingIsBigInTexas Texas]].

* In the ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' episode "The Gift", [=McKay=] grouses about the likelihood that they will survive TheSiege by saying, "What was that we were supposed to all remember? Something important. Oh, yes, that's right -- the Alamo!"

* In the movie ''Film/Tremors4TheLegendBegins'':
-->'''Juan''': This [battle] will be our Alamo!
-->'''Hiram''': We lost the Alamo, Juan.
-->'''Juan''': Speak for yourself, gringo.

Trope-wise, "Remember the Alamo" is a BattleCry that memorializes an enemy atrocity and is invoked to [[PatrioticFervor galvanize the civilian population into supporting the war effort]]. Historically, an alternate title might well be ''[[UsefulNotes/SpanishAmericanWar Remember the Maine!]]'' (which incidentally happened over 60 years ''after'' the Alamo).

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' - Creator/TerryPratchett translated it as "Remember the atrocities the enemy has done to us, for they will justify the atrocities we are about to commit today" In Discworld, it was usually "Remember Koom Valley!"
** Unusual in that it was invoked equally by both sides of the conflict.
*** Because it's the only battle in history where both sides ambushed each other.
** It's also enduringly popular, being used in wars across history and indeed even those nowhere near Koom Valley. This is because the History Monks patched it in all over the place as the 'generic atrocity' when they [[TrickedOutTime rebuilt history]].
** Made all the more tragic when it's revealed [[spoiler: they were there to sign a PEACE TREATY.]]

* DavidDrake and Eric Flint's ''Literature/BelisariusSeries''.

** Persian forces use "Charax!" as a battle-cry, after the Malwa massacred the civilian population of the Persian city of Charax.
*** And even more so, after Belisarius's troops take the city back and it's discovered that the civilians that were slaughtered were the lucky ones.

* "Remember Pearl Harbor!". The Japanese attack on the military base at Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941, [[WakingTheSleepingGiant prompted the USA's entry into WWII]]. Japan did not formally declare war on the United States until after the attack.
** At Leyte Gulf the American Battle Line contained several battleships that had been salvaged and returned to duty. They destroyed the Japanese in a OneSidedBattle at Suriago Strait.

* ''TheOnion'' urges us, in the spirit of PoliticallyCorrectHistory, to [[http://www.theonion.com/articles/misremember-the-alamo,11248/ Misremember the Alamo.]]

* In ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'': "Remember where it all began. Remember Reach!"
** Before Reach, it was "Remember Harvest!"

* In VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas, the passcode to the secret Enclave bunker is "Dear Old Friend, Remember [[VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}} Navarro]]". This counts as a villainous example, though the [[TheRemnant Enclave Remnants]] were {{Punch Clock Villain}}s at worst.
** A triumphant version of this is given in Fallout 4, as members of the Brotherhood of Steel will often say "[[VideoGame/Fallout3 Remember the Citadel]]!"

-->--'''''Discworld/ThiefOfTime'''''

* The motto of the [[UsefulNotes/IsraelisWithInfraredMissiles Israel Defense Force]] is "Masada shall not fall again." Masada being a fortification near the Dead Sea that was one of the last holdouts against a Roman siege in 73-74 A.D.