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* ''Fanfic/DekiruTheFusionHero'': During the USJ incident, Class 1-A, even separated, is doing fine against the League of Villains as most of them are two-bit thugs that even they can handle. However, there's so many of said thugs that it's actively preventing them from reuniting at the entrance. Those at the entrance can't leave to help either, as they're being besieged by villains as well on top of having to protect their two severely injured teachers.

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* ''Fanfic/DekiruTheFusionHero'': During the USJ incident, Class 1-A, even separated, is doing fine against the League of Villains as most of them are two-bit thugs that even they can handle. However, there's so many of said thugs that it's actively preventing them from reuniting at the entrance. Those at the entrance can't leave to help either, as they're being besieged by villains as well on top of having to protect their two severely injured teachers.teachers.
* ''Fanfic/PointMeAtTheSkyrim'': Frost Bite spiders go for this maneuver once Antares hits them with her fear aura. She didn't know how bugs would normally interpret her fear inducing powers, but the entire swarms turns on her in a second.
* ''Fanfic/AbyssalPlain'': After the Undersiders and Breakthrough accidentally take over a farm ran by a Farmer boogeyman, said Farmer returns with hundreds of Others to retake it. While the Undersiders and Breakthrough hold their own despite the number advantage, they still end up fleeing the farm as a result.
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* Attempted in ''Fanfic/GuideToRecentEquestrianHistory'' when the Equestrain commander attempted to overrun Discord. [[spoiler: Epic fail.]]

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* Attempted in ''Fanfic/GuideToRecentEquestrianHistory'' when the Equestrain Equestrian commander attempted to overrun Discord. [[spoiler: Epic fail.]]



** In Chapter 34/35, most of the latter part of Ash's battle in the Saffron Gym amounts to this. While Ash and his Pokémon manage to hold their own for a while against the hordes of Sabrina's Psychic-types, eventually they start to wear out. [[spoiler: Fortunately, Dexter manages to [[TheCavalry bring every Pokémon Ash has caught]] with the help of his Exegguttor herd (who can use Teleport) to level the playing field.]]

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** In Chapter 34/35, most of the latter part of Ash's battle in the Saffron Gym amounts to this. While Ash and his Pokémon manage to hold their own for a while against the hordes of Sabrina's Psychic-types, eventually they start to wear out. [[spoiler: Fortunately, Dexter manages to [[TheCavalry bring every Pokémon Ash has caught]] with the help of his Exegguttor Exeggutor herd (who can use Teleport) to level the playing field.]]

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** Red in his Five Island Interlude is forced to deal with this with the Rocket Grunts in the warehouse, though it's a more gradual example, as the plan is to lure him deep into the hideout to take all of his Pokémon. He's saved by a combination of managing to improvise on the fly, [[BigDamnHeroes and the timely arrival of Yellow]] [[DamselOutOfDistress who broke out of captivity]] with Ratty's help.

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** Red in his Five Island Interlude is forced to deal with this with the Rocket Grunts in the warehouse, though it's a more gradual example, as the plan is to lure him deep into the hideout to take all of his Pokémon. He's saved by a combination of managing to improvise on the fly, [[BigDamnHeroes and the timely arrival of Yellow]] [[DamselOutOfDistress who broke out of captivity]] with Ratty's help.help.
* ''Fanfic/DekiruTheFusionHero'': During the USJ incident, Class 1-A, even separated, is doing fine against the League of Villains as most of them are two-bit thugs that even they can handle. However, there's so many of said thugs that it's actively preventing them from reuniting at the entrance. Those at the entrance can't leave to help either, as they're being besieged by villains as well on top of having to protect their two severely injured teachers.
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* In ''FanFic/{{Fractured}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[=/=]''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover crossover]], the ''Reapers'' are the weak faction against the Trans-Galactic Republic's much sterner starships after the Citadel races would have been the "Zerg" against the Reapers had the TGR not pulled a BigDamnHeroes[=/=]TheCavalry. In the [[FanFic/Origins sequel]], [[spoiler:the Flood]] engage in this tactic with a twist--endless weaker soldiers...that also [[FromASingleCell endlessly]] [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist revive...]] Cue the heroes [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame emulating their enemy]].

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* In ''FanFic/{{Fractured}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[=/=]''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover crossover]], the ''Reapers'' are the weak faction against the Trans-Galactic Republic's much sterner starships after the Citadel races would have been the "Zerg" against the Reapers had the TGR not pulled a BigDamnHeroes[=/=]TheCavalry. In the [[FanFic/Origins [[FanFic/{{Origins}} sequel]], [[spoiler:the Flood]] engage in this tactic with a twist--endless weaker soldiers...that also [[FromASingleCell endlessly]] [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist revive...]] Cue the heroes [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame emulating their enemy]].
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* In ''FanFic/{{Fractured}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[=/=]''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover crossover]], the ''Reapers'' are the weak faction against the Trans-Galactic Republic's much sterner starships after the Citadel races would have been the "Zerg" against the Reapers had the TGR not pulled a BigDamnHeroes[=/=]TheCavalry. In the [[FanFic/SovereignGFCOrigins sequel]], [[spoiler:the Flood]] engage in this tactic with a twist--endless weaker soldiers...that also [[FromASingleCell endlessly]] [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist revive...]] Cue the heroes [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame emulating their enemy]].

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* In ''FanFic/{{Fractured}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[=/=]''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover crossover]], the ''Reapers'' are the weak faction against the Trans-Galactic Republic's much sterner starships after the Citadel races would have been the "Zerg" against the Reapers had the TGR not pulled a BigDamnHeroes[=/=]TheCavalry. In the [[FanFic/SovereignGFCOrigins [[FanFic/Origins sequel]], [[spoiler:the Flood]] engage in this tactic with a twist--endless weaker soldiers...that also [[FromASingleCell endlessly]] [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist revive...]] Cue the heroes [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame emulating their enemy]].
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-->Here were the gunslingers of the Camorra clans, cheap and expendable and inexhaustible in supply. Any other time they would have been an object of derision to the cutting-edge killers of the Agency. Now the girls could sense their handlers' fear and the knowledge made them taut like a mainspring, ready to erupt into a murderous frenzy that would not stop until everyone was brought down in a hail of bullets.

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-->Here were the gunslingers of the Camorra clans, cheap and expendable and inexhaustible in supply. Any other time they would have been an object of derision to the cutting-edge killers of the Agency. Now the girls could sense their handlers' fear and the knowledge made them taut like a mainspring, ready to erupt into a murderous frenzy that would not stop until everyone was brought down in a hail of bullets.bullets.
* ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' and its sidestories feature several examples, to varying degrees of success:
** During [[WhamEpisode Chapter 23]], Belladonna and her group take over the Gringy City power plant by overwhelming the defenses with a horde of mind-controlled Poison-types, most of them relatively weak. It works, [[DeconstructedTrope but then problems come during the occupation]]. [[RealityEnsues Since they no longer have the element of surprise or an enormous numerical advantage]] (due to having to spread themselves out more thinly to hold the plant as opposed to being able to concentrate their attacks on the personnel), competent attackers like Ash and company are able to defeat huge numbers of the hypnotized Pokémon.
** In the Lorelei Interlude, a group of Rocket grunts attacking the Mandarin Island Stadium try this on [[BattleCouple Lorelei and Frey]], but despite the sheer numbers, [[CurbStompBattle the couple manages to take them all down using only three Pokémon each.]]
** In Chapter 34/35, most of the latter part of Ash's battle in the Saffron Gym amounts to this. While Ash and his Pokémon manage to hold their own for a while against the hordes of Sabrina's Psychic-types, eventually they start to wear out. [[spoiler: Fortunately, Dexter manages to [[TheCavalry bring every Pokémon Ash has caught]] with the help of his Exegguttor herd (who can use Teleport) to level the playing field.]]
** Red in his Five Island Interlude is forced to deal with this with the Rocket Grunts in the warehouse, though it's a more gradual example, as the plan is to lure him deep into the hideout to take all of his Pokémon. He's saved by a combination of managing to improvise on the fly, [[BigDamnHeroes and the timely arrival of Yellow]] [[DamselOutOfDistress who broke out of captivity]] with Ratty's help.
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* In ''FanFic/{{Fractured}}'', a ''MassEffect''[=/=]''StarWars''[=/=]''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover crossover]], the ''Reapers'' are the weak faction against the Trans-Galactic Republic's much sterner starships after the Citadel races would have been the "Zerg" against the Reapers had the TGR not pulled a BigDamnHeroes[=/=]TheCavalry. In the [[FanFic/SovereignGFCOrigins sequel]], [[spoiler:the Flood]] engage in this tactic with a twist--endless weaker soldiers...that also [[FromASingleCell endlessly]] [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist revive...]] Cue the heroes [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame emulating their enemy]].

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* In ''FanFic/{{Fractured}}'', a ''MassEffect''[=/=]''StarWars''[=/=]''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[=/=]''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover crossover]], the ''Reapers'' are the weak faction against the Trans-Galactic Republic's much sterner starships after the Citadel races would have been the "Zerg" against the Reapers had the TGR not pulled a BigDamnHeroes[=/=]TheCavalry. In the [[FanFic/SovereignGFCOrigins sequel]], [[spoiler:the Flood]] engage in this tactic with a twist--endless weaker soldiers...that also [[FromASingleCell endlessly]] [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist revive...]] Cue the heroes [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame emulating their enemy]].
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* In the ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' fanfic "Death in Scampia", an Agency team find themselves surrounded by gang soldiers of the Camorra clans, backed up a hostile crowd of locals hurling rocks and abuse.

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* In the ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' fanfic "Death in Scampia", an Agency team find themselves surrounded by gang soldiers of the Camorra clans, Camorra, backed up a hostile crowd of locals hurling rocks and abuse.
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* In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', Izuku, All Might, and Firestorm are swarmed by hundreds of robots inside Mt. Fuji. Firestorm manages to take out the majority of them while Izuku runs to find his spaceship, but they're besieged by even more robots when they confront the Villain responsible.

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* In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', Izuku, All Might, and Firestorm are swarmed by hundreds of robots inside Mt. Fuji. Firestorm manages to take out the majority of them while Izuku runs to find his spaceship, but they're besieged by even more robots when they confront the Villain responsible.responsible.
* In the ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' fanfic "Death in Scampia", an Agency team find themselves surrounded by gang soldiers of the Camorra clans, backed up a hostile crowd of locals hurling rocks and abuse.
-->Here were the gunslingers of the Camorra clans, cheap and expendable and inexhaustible in supply. Any other time they would have been an object of derision to the cutting-edge killers of the Agency. Now the girls could sense their handlers' fear and the knowledge made them taut like a mainspring, ready to erupt into a murderous frenzy that would not stop until everyone was brought down in a hail of bullets.
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* ''Literature/AmericasStepbrotherAmericasEnemyTwoPointZero'': The Oceanian military's ''only'' tactic, as in the original George Orwell novel, the ForeverWar between the three superstates was effectively a mere song-and-dance routine that was just meant to rally the population in nationalistic fervour and none of the belligerents actually intended to win. Faced with an [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks actual military superpower]] that ''does'' intend to win the wars it fights, the Oceanian military leadership really has no idea what to do besides "throw forces at them and hope for the best".

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* ''Literature/AmericasStepbrotherAmericasEnemyTwoPointZero'': The Oceanian military's ''only'' tactic, as in the original George Orwell novel, the ForeverWar between the three superstates was effectively a mere song-and-dance routine that was just meant to rally the population in nationalistic fervour and none of the belligerents actually intended to win. Faced with an [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks actual military superpower]] that ''does'' intend to win the wars it fights, the Oceanian military leadership really has no idea what to do besides "throw forces at them and hope for the best".best".
* In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', Izuku, All Might, and Firestorm are swarmed by hundreds of robots inside Mt. Fuji. Firestorm manages to take out the majority of them while Izuku runs to find his spaceship, but they're besieged by even more robots when they confront the Villain responsible.
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* In ''FanFic/QueenOfTheSwarm'', Taylor has the potential to do this but hasn't due to lack of Zerg. [[spoiler:Though she is looking to fix this for when Leviathan attacks.]]

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* In ''FanFic/QueenOfTheSwarm'', Taylor has the potential to do this but hasn't due to lack of Zerg. [[spoiler:Though she is looking to fix this for when Leviathan attacks.]]]]
* ''Literature/AmericasStepbrotherAmericasEnemyTwoPointZero'': The Oceanian military's ''only'' tactic, as in the original George Orwell novel, the ForeverWar between the three superstates was effectively a mere song-and-dance routine that was just meant to rally the population in nationalistic fervour and none of the belligerents actually intended to win. Faced with an [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks actual military superpower]] that ''does'' intend to win the wars it fights, the Oceanian military leadership really has no idea what to do besides "throw forces at them and hope for the best".
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* Attempted in Fanfic/GuideToRecentEquestrianHistory when the Equestrain commander attempted to overrun Discord. [[spoiler: Epic fail.]]

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* Attempted in Fanfic/GuideToRecentEquestrianHistory ''Fanfic/GuideToRecentEquestrianHistory'' when the Equestrain commander attempted to overrun Discord. [[spoiler: Epic fail.]]
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* In ''FanFic/QueenOfTheSwarm'', Taylor has the potential to do this but hasn't due to lack of Zerg. [[Though she is looking to fix this for when Leviathan attacks.]]

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* In ''FanFic/QueenOfTheSwarm'', Taylor has the potential to do this but hasn't due to lack of Zerg. [[Though [[spoiler:Though she is looking to fix this for when Leviathan attacks.]]
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* In ''FanFic/BeingDeadAintEasy'', when in the Soul Room, hundreds to ''millions'' of Funny Bunnies swarm Joey and Kaiba.

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* In ''FanFic/BeingDeadAintEasy'', when in the Soul Room, hundreds to ''millions'' of Funny Bunnies swarm Joey and Kaiba.Kaiba.
* In ''FanFic/QueenOfTheSwarm'', Taylor has the potential to do this but hasn't due to lack of Zerg. [[Though she is looking to fix this for when Leviathan attacks.]]
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* In ''FanFic/{{Fractured}}'', a ''MassEffect''[=/=]''StarWars''[=/=]''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover crossover]], the ''Reapers'' are the weak faction against the Trans-Galactic Republic's much sterner starships after the Citadel races would have been the "Zerg" against the Reapers had the TGR not pulled a BigDamnHeroes[=/=]TheCavalry. In the [[FanFic/SovereignGFCOrigins sequel]], [[spoiler:the Flood]] engage in this tactic with a twist--endless weaker soldiers...that also [[FromASingleCell endlessly]] [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist revive...]] Cue the heroes [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame emulating their enemy]].
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* In ''FanFic/BeingDeadAintEasy'', when in the Soul Room, hundreds to ''millions'' of Funny Bunnies swarm Joey and Kaiba.
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* Attempted in Fanfic/GuideToRecentEquestrianHistory when the Equestrain commander attempted to overrun Discord. [[spoiler: Epic fail.]]
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* Discussed between Atvar and and Kirel before the invasion of Earth in ''FanFic/WorldwarWarOfEquals''. The Conquest Fleet consist of 35,000,000 infantrymales and note that no Human military can match them in those numbers. This tactic actually works in some of the small countries of Earth, helps dominate the skies, and gives superpower nations such as America and China a run for their money.
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** Which is, unfortunately, [[TruthInTelevision Truth in writing]], as many examples of people dying in tightly packed areas do feature corpses that are only revealed to be such when the place starts thinning out, causing them to fall down.

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** Which is, unfortunately, [[TruthInTelevision Truth in writing]], as many examples of people dying in tightly packed areas do feature corpses that are only revealed to be such when the place starts thinning out, causing them to fall down.down due to no longer being supported by the people around them.
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* ''[[http://danbooru.donmai.us/pool/show/3186 [=HomuHomu=]'s Grand Strategy]]'' is ultimately about [[spoiler: Homura overwhelming Walpurgisnacht]] with this.
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* ''[[http://danbooru.donmai.us/pool/show/3186 [=HomuHomu=]'s Grand Strategy]]'' (Link NSFW) is ultimately about [[spoiler: Homura overwhelming Walpurgisnacht]] with this.
** It's hosted in danbooru so watch out for those [[color:crimson:NSFW]] ads!
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* In ''FanFic/MegaManReawakened'', Cudabots try this on Megaman, and bee robots do this to Roll.
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* In ''Fanfic/TheSwarmOfWar'', [[TheBigGuy Volran]] actually has it as a tactic – a psionically reinforced stampede of a million Zerg isn’t easy to stop.
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* ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'': The [[DesperationAttack "Last Resort Robo-Launcher"]] is a swarm of hundreds of locust-like robots that do this to the heroes.

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* ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'': The [[DesperationAttack "Last Resort Robo-Launcher"]] is a swarm of hundreds of locust-like robots that do this to the heroes.heroes.
* ''[[http://danbooru.donmai.us/pool/show/3186 [=HomuHomu=]'s Grand Strategy]]'' is ultimately about [[spoiler: Homura overwhelming Walpurgisnacht]] with this.
** It's hosted in danbooru so watch out for those [[color:crimson:NSFW]] ads!
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* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8737926/1/The-Walking-Dead-Better-Angels Better Angels]]'' starts up with the Walker invasion that took place during Season 2 of TheWalkingDead. Rick and [[spoiler:Shane's]] tactics for are notably similar when defending Carl from the Walkers.

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* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8737926/1/The-Walking-Dead-Better-Angels Better Angels]]'' ''Fanfic/BetterAngels'' starts up with the Walker invasion that took place during Season 2 of TheWalkingDead. Rick and [[spoiler:Shane's]] ''Series/TheWalkingDead''. The tactics for of Rick [[spoiler:and Shane]] are notably similar when defending Carl from the Walkers.
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* [[Fanfic/{{Downfall}} Downfall]] has this tactic both played straight and inverted. The Exequia Troops of [[spoiler: Unohana]]'s army are mindless drones that employ this tactic occasionally as skirmishers. They are repeatedly shown to pose occasional difficulty to even Lieutenant-strength opponents due to their sheer tenacity. They make no sound—not even when they're hurt or killed—and will keep coming until they're dealt a fatal injury.

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* [[Fanfic/{{Downfall}} Downfall]] ''Fanfic/{{Downfall}}'' has this tactic both played straight and inverted. The Exequia Troops of [[spoiler: Unohana]]'s army are mindless drones that employ this tactic occasionally as skirmishers. They are repeatedly shown to pose occasional difficulty to even Lieutenant-strength opponents due to their sheer tenacity. They make no sound—not even when they're hurt or killed—and will keep coming until they're dealt a fatal injury.
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* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8737926/1/The-Walking-Dead-Better-Angels Better Angels]]'' starts up with the Walker invasion that took place during Season 2 of TheWalkingDead. Rick and [[spoiler:Shane's]] tactics for are notably similar when defending Carl from the Walkers.
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--> '''Breech:''' "That's right. There'll be less Foot ninja for a start.""
* ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'': The [[DesperationAttack "Last Resort Robo-Launcher"]] is a swarm of hundreds of locust-like robots that do this to the heroes.
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* [[Fanfic/{{Downfall}} Downfall]] has this tactic both played straight and inverted. The Exequia Troops of [[spoiler: Unohana]]'s army are mindless drones that employ this tactic occasionally as skirmishers. They are repeatedly shown to pose occasional difficulty to even Lieutenant-strength opponents due to their sheer tenacity. They make no sound—not even when they're hurt or killed—and will keep coming until they're dealt a fatal injury.

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