History Main / ShinyNewAustralia

* In Code Geass, the Britannian Knights of the Round Table are each given control an entire nation in exchange for their service in world domination. Suzaku wants Japan. [[spoiler:Then it's revealed that the Emperor's ultimate plan is to brainwash all of humanity into becoming a hive mind, making the Knights' fiefdoms moot.]]

* In ''Series/{{Lexx}}'', the insipid U.S. President tries to buy off the equally dim (and illiterate) Stanley by anointing him King of [[UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} Newfoundland]] ("a beautiful island paradise of wine, women and constant song") via some scribbled lines and a signature on Presidential letterhead. Later, [[TheChick Xev]] is tempted with "her own beautiful island full of gardens and antiques" (England), by the head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

* Discusses in ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}''. Andrew Ryan, upon discovering that you've been working with Atlas, wonders if he coaxed you to his faction by offering you "a piece of my plundered city."

* In the ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' Comicbook/IncredibleHulk tie-in, The Hulk takes over Australia and declared himself President.

TEST HOLE NEARING COMPLETION. TEMPERATURE DIFFERENTIAL REACHING CRITICAL LEVEL. FINAL COUNTDOWN ON SCHEDULE. ALL UNITS EVACUATE AUSTRALIAN NEXUS... THERMAL RUNAWAY MAY CAUSE CONTINENTAL DESTRUCTION.]]

* In Creator/HarryTurtledove's ''Literature/WorldWar'' series, Earth is invaded by aliens in 1942. The aliens are from a desert-like planet and as far as they're concerned most of Earth is too cold or too humid. But they love the climate of central Australia and make it their main settlement after evicting all the humans.

* The infamous Zimmerman Telegraph from UsefulNotes/WorldWarI promised the nation of Mexico Texas ([[MexicoCalledTheyWantTexasBack notable to Mexico at the time for its oil and Revolution]]) and whatever other parts of the Western US it lost from the Mexican-American War if Mexico came in on the side of the Germans. Note that the US was still officially neutral at this point. Furthermore, Mexico had very little in the way of a domestic armaments industry, and with the European countries producing at full capacity for their own forces, the only possible source of war supplies would have been the USA. On top of that, Mexico was also bogged down in a three-to-five-way civil war (how many sides there were varied depending on day of the week) which had already seen several US interventions when one or more of the major players felt like pissing off their neighbors to the north, and none of those "interventions" ended well for the Mexicans involved. Germany didn't really think the scheme would work apart from [[WeNeedADistraction causing the Americans some headaches]]. {{ConspiracyTheorist}}s like to point to the extreme stupidity of this scheme to insinuate Germany did not actually send the Telegram and it was a forgery by the US to justify entry into the war, but then again [[HanlonsRazor that's not how those things usually go]]. The evidence indicates that the German chancellery, foreign ministry, and military were not on the same page and that the offer was not approved by the entire German government.

* The infamous Zimmerman Telegraph from UsefulNotes/WorldWarI promised the nation of Mexico Texas ([[MexicoCalledTheyWantTexasBack notable to Mexico at the time for its oil and Revolution]]) and whatever other parts of the Western US it lost from the Mexican-American War if Mexico came in on the side of the Germans. Note that the US was still officially neutral at this point. Furthermore, Mexico had very little in the way of a domestic armaments industry, and with the European countries producing at full capacity for their own forces, the only possible source of war supplies would have been the USA. On top of that, Mexico was also bogged down in a three-to-five-way civil war (how many sides there were varied depending on day of the week) which had already seen several US interventions when one or more of the major players felt like pissing off their neighbors to the north, and none of those "interventions" ended well for the Mexicans involved. Germany didn't really think the scheme would work apart from [[WeNeedADistraction causing the Americans some headaches]]. ConspiracyTheorists like to point to the extreme stupidity of this scheme to insinuate Germany did not actually send the Telegram and it was a forgery by the US to justify entry into the war, but then again [[HanlonsRazor that's not how those things usually go]]. The evidence indicates that the German chancellery, foreign ministry, and military were not on the same page and that the offer was not approved by the entire German government.

* In ''Webcomic/RealLifeComics'', Tony offers Greg Zimbabwe when he eventually takes over the world. Greg accepts because he likes the sound of the name.

* In ''VideoGame/DeusEx'', the main villain is more generous: he offers you Europe if you'll just stop bothering him.

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[[caption-width-right:350:What girl could resist?]]

* EmperorMolluskVersusTheSinisterBrain: "Don't ask me why I needed Scranton and Sheboygan."

* In ''Film/SupermanII'', ComicBook/LexLuthor wanted Australia in return for taking General Zod to the Daily Planet (to lure Superman out of hiding). Arguably the {{Trope Maker|s}}, as a couple places have listed the film as being the inspiration for the use of this trope. (See the ''Comicbook/{{Wanted}}'' example above.)

* In Colin Mason's nuclear-threat novel The Hostage, "The hostage is the continent of Australia", blatantly advertised on the cover of the first pb edition.

It doesn't actually ''need'' to be Australia. Any big chunk of territory will do, as long as it makes the junior supervillain a powerful ruler while leaving the senior one a ''much more'' powerful ruler. See also ThrowAwayCountry.

* In ''Manga/DragonBall'', the embodiment of evil Piccolo Daimao apparently offered [[HarmlessVillain the Pilaf gang]] ''half the world'' as a reward for freeing him, loaning their airship and telling him about the Dragon Balls. Daimao never intended to let them have it though, and he ejects them off their airship once he can execute his plan of world domination. This qualifies as the trope since it's highly unlikely the Pilaf Gang would have had any actual power, since the gulf of villainy between them and Daimao is large enough to fit Mr. Satan's ego and Goku's appetite with room to spare.

* In Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun, Diego Brando gets the entire island of Manhattan in exchange for [[spoiler: handing over his corpse part to [[PresidentEvil Valentine]].]]

Or maybe you ''are'' the BigBad, and some wannabe villain has some vital piece of AppliedPhlebotinum you need to see your evil plan through, but not the means by which to carry it out himself. What could you offer him to get what you want, and even play to his ego so he won't think to stab you in the back and take your hard-earned [[AGodAmI godhood]] for himself?

That's right, Australia. Australia isn't a global powerhouse, but is still an enormous piece of real estate, so the BigBad can make it look like an impressive gift while keeping his mitts on the more important countries like the US, the UK, Russia, China, etc. [[UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery Australia's dreaded military]] will also provide the BigBad more firepower, and an opportunity to own them as {{Mooks}} and possibly turning them into PrivateMilitaryContractors. Also, it has 25% of the uranium in the world and [[ArsonMurderAndJAywalking is the largest exporter of beef]] by... quite a large margin. [[Analysis/ShinyNewAustralia There are also a lot of reasons it's the perfect base of operations for a junior supervillain]], though this may itself be a good reason the BigBad should rethink giving it to [[TheStarscream said ambitious subordinate]]. Even then, these villains would [[VillainWithGoodPublicity masquerading their intentions]] in order to lure unwitting citizens and visitors into their PropagandaMachine.

And even if you already have everything you need to carry out your EvilPlan, nothing says you care quite like promising your most faithful minion a good-sized piece of the planet he's about to help you conquer. Whatever the case might be, there is one thing every would-be world dominator needs to ensure that their plan is [[TemptingFate foolproof]] and no [[EvilerThanThou untoward]] [[HeelFaceTurn betrayals]] go off in the last five minutes of their doomsday clock:

That's right, Australia. Australia isn't a global powerhouse, but is still an enormous piece of real estate, so the BigBad can make it look like an impressive gift while keeping his mitts on the more important countries like the US, the UK, Russia, China, etc. [[UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery Australia's dreaded military]] will also provide the BigBad more firepower, and an opportunity to own them as {{Mooks}} and possibly turning them into PrivateMilitaryContractors. Also, it has 25% of the uranium in the world and [[ArsonMurderAndJAywalking is the largest exporter of beef]] by... quite a large margin. [[Analysis/ShinyNewAustralia There are also a lot of reasons it's the perfect base of operations for a junior supervillain]], though this may itself be a good reason the BigBad should rethink giving it to [[TheStarscream said ambitious subordinate]].

That's right, Australia. Australia isn't a global powerhouse, but is still an enormous piece of real estate, so the BigBad can make it look like an impressive gift while keeping his mitts on the more important countries like the US, the UK, Russia, China, etc. Also, it has 25% of the uranium in the world and [[ArsonMurderAndJAywalking is the largest exporter of beef]] by... quite a large margin. [[Analysis/ShinyNewAustralia There are also a lot of reasons it's the perfect base of operations for a junior supervillain]], though this may itself be a good reason the BigBad should rethink giving it to [[TheStarscream said ambitious subordinate]].

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-->-- '''Dr. Horrible''', "Brand New Day," ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog''

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E8TheHungryEarth "The Hungry Earth"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E9ColdBlood "Cold Blood"]], the Doctor suggests that Australia be given to the Silurians as a new homeland, which pissed off some Australian fans.

->YOU HAVE ENTERED A RESTRICTED AREA
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->ALL REMOTE UNITS HAVE BEEN
->ORDERED TO EVACUATE TEST SITE
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->VIOLATION OF THIS DIRECTIVE
->HAS RESULTED IN TERMINATION OF YOUR
->DATA LINK
->GOOD-BYE
->

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* ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'':
** The {{Trope Namer|s}}: the titular MadScientist daydreams that he is going to give Penny, the girl of his dreams, Australia to console her after he takes over the world.
** Australia also plays a part in the [[http://www.horribleturn.com fanfic sequel.]]

* This trope is discussed during the finale of ''LetsPlay/SpoilerWarning'''s playthrough of ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' when one of the commenters points out that villains always seem to want to give away Australia as a bribe.

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--> '''Bison:''' As for payment, why settle for mere money? After I defeat the A.N, what if I were to share the country with you?
--> '''Sagat:''' When the war is over, we'll see how much of the country is left. In the meantime, let's see the color of your money.

* In the novel ''Literature/SoonIWillBeInvincible'' Doctor Impossible contemplates offering Egypt to a fellow villain, the Pharaoh.

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