History Main / TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified

* DoubleSubverted in ''Manga/OnePiece''. The [[LaResistance Revolutionary army]] and their leader Monkey D. Dragon were initialy presented in a shady light for early chapters, with the straw hats not having anything nice to say about him (minus Luffy who ''[[IdiotHero didn't even know about him]]'') but it's revealed that his main goal is to overthrow the [[AristocratsAreEvil Celestial]] [[HateSink dragons]] (who hosted genocide tournaments '''[[ForTheEvulz for their own amusement]]''') it becomes clear that the rebels are without a doubt the good guys. As for the [[TheEmpire World government.]] a lot of their morally questionable actions (like not admiting that pirates liberated a kingdom. Nuking a scholar island due to them studying the past.)at first are seen as [[WellIntentionedExtremist the only way to keep the public safe.]] That is until their depths are revealed. With the aformentioned Celestial dragons doing as they please. [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Their council deciding to cover up a mass prisoner breakout to save face]], and their [[spoiler: [[ShadowDictator Emperor]]]], willing to [[spoiler: murder milions just to test a new weapon]]. And it's obvious that the World Government is just plain evil.

* DoubleSubverted in Manga/OnePiece. The [[LaResistance Revolutionary army]] and their leader Monkey D. Dragon were initialy presented in a shady light for early chapters, with the straw hats not having anything nice to say about him (minus Luffy who ''[[IdiotHero didn't even know about him]]'') but it's revealed that his main goal is to overthrow the [[AristocratsAreEvil Celestial]] [[HateSink dragons]] (who hosted genocide tournaments '''[[ForTheEvulz for their own amusement]]''') it becomes clear that the rebels are without a doubt the good guys. As for the [[TheEmpire World government.]] a lot of their morally questionable actions (like not admiting that pirates liberated a kingdom. Nuking a scholar island due to them studying the past.)at first are seen as [[WellIntentionedExtremist the only way to keep the public safe.]] That is until their depths are revealed. With the aformentioned Celestial dragons doing as they please. [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Their council deciding to cover up a mass prisoner breakout to save face]], and their [[spoiler: [[ShadowDictator Emperor]]]], willing to [[spoiler: murder milions just to test a new weapon]]. And it's obvious that the World Government is just plain evil.

* Mustang's rebellion in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' has Mustang and crew trying to take on a good portion of Central Army without killing a single person to do it. Olivier Mira Armstrong mocks Mustang for this since her soldiers are at least willing to kill. Their opponent is TheEmpire who has slaughtered their own civilians, waged war since it was founded, and plans to [[spoiler:sacrifice everyone in the country]]. Though, in Roy's defense, it quickly becomes clear that most of the regular soldiers [[LockedOutOfTheLoop have no idea what their superiors are planning to do]] and are only doing what they truly and honestly believe to be the right thing. And are severely ticked off when they find out the truth and rip off their badges and threw them in the corrupt officers' faces. A lot of them have {{Heel Realization}}s after hearing Central Command's plans and realizing that their families and friend will be among the dead.

* In ''Film/SleepingDogs'', though two members of LaResistance ''were'' revealed to have framed an innocent man (the main character, Smith) for a bombing, the guerrillas overall are portrayed being better by far than the brutal [[StateSec Special Police Force]] they fight.

%%SubTrope of ChangeVsStatusQuo.

Contrast with FullCircleRevolution, TheRemnant, and the DarkMessiah. See also the related and often confused trope of LaResistance. When the rebels are generally good but hampered by infighting, it's WeAreStrugglingTogether. For the opposite, when the rebels are anti-heroes or outright villains, see TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized. For the case where the whole conflict really was "civilized" (for better or worse), see VelvetRevolution. SubTrope of ChangeVsStatusQuo.

Contrast with FullCircleRevolution, TheRemnant, and the DarkMessiah. See also the related and often confused trope of LaResistance. When the rebels are generally good but hampered by infighting, it's WeAreStrugglingTogether. For the opposite, when the rebels are anti-heroes or outright villains, see TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized. For the case where the whole conflict really was "civilized" (for better or worse), see VelvetRevolution.

For instance, ''Literature/AnimalFarm'' (based on the UsefulNotes/RussianRevolution) depicts the animals revolting against a corrupt establishment and establishing a new government with new leadership...and then one of the leaders overthrows the other and becomes a murderous tyrant. Oops. Less destructive examples usually involve the revolutionaries breaking into factions, where each faction has a different idea of how to run things now that the old regime has been defeated, and they can't agree on a common plan even if they all have good intentions. This may even lead to a civil war among the revolutionaries.