This is a list of fictional ''coups d'état'', coup attempts, revolutions, and revolution attempts in various media: instances that are mentioned or described in Fictional Works but have not occurred in Reality .
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Books
- O Senhor Embaixador by Érico Veríssimo
- --- First Sacramenteña Revolution - Liberal Revolution, against a corrupt democratic government, broken in the caribbean Republic Of Sacramento . Led by António Chamorro, it had installed him as dictator and his wife as the true commander.
- --- Second Sacramenteña Revolution - Liberal Revolution, against the dictatorship of António Chamorro, broken in the caribbean Republic Of Sacramento . Led by Juventino Carrera and Gabriel Heliodoro, it had installed Carrera as dictator.
- --- Dr. Júlio Moreno overthrow - coup broken in the Republic Of Sacramento against the leftlist democratically elected Moreno's government. Led by the ex-president Juventino Carrera, it has reinstalled him as dictator.
- --- 1959 - Revolución Socialista Sacramenteña - Socialist revolution broken in the caribbean Republic Of Sacramento , against the dictatorship of Juventino Carrera. Led by Manuel Barrios, it has installed a socialist government.
- '' Seven Days In May ''
- ---Generals unsatisfied with President Jordan Lyman's ratification of a disarmament treaty with the Soviet Union develop a plan called ECOMCON, that will divert the nation's communications infrastructure and media to prevent the treaty from being ratified.
- '' The Turner Diaries ''
- ---White revolutionaries take back America at the end of 20th century. The Turner Diaries – an account by one of the historic leaders of the Great Revolution – is found and published on the 100 anniversary of the event.
- '' The Man Who Held The Queen To Ransom And Sent Parliament Packing ''
- ---Captain Richard Wyatt of the British Army leads a group of soldiers who kidnap the Queen , dismiss Parliament and set up a revolutionary government.
Comic books
- Tintin comic books, by Hergé
- --- 1937 - Coup install General Alcazar as dictator of San Theodoros .
- --- 1938 - Coup attempt in Syldavia against king Muskar XII, sponsored by Borduria n agents and internal traitors. It consited of stealing ''King Ottokar's Sceptre'', which, by tradition, granted the power to the king. Thanks to Tintin, the theft, and therefore the coup, failed.
- --- 1958 - General Alcazar, dictator of San Theodoros is deposed in a coup led by General Tapioca.
- --- 1958 - Khemed governor, Emir Mohammed ben Kalish Ezab is overthrown in a coup d'état sponsored by Sheik Bab El Ehr and a Slave Trade scheme. After six months, Emir Ezab returns to power with the aid of Tintin.
- --- 1976 - General Alcazar overthrows General Tapioca, dictator of San Theodoros , in a bloodless coup, during the Carnival .
Film and television
- '' Akira ''
- ---Colonel Shikishima, upon hearing the civilian government trying to arrest him, orders the military to overthrow the government.
- '' Patlabor 2 ''
- ---Tsuge and the National Defense Family stage a series of terrorist attacks in Tokyo , including a bombing of the Rainbow Bridge with military aircraft and tricking the air force into Dog Fight ing over the city, meant to appear to the civilians like a military coup. The attacks escalate tensions between civilian government, who arrest military officers believed to be involved in the attacks, and the military, who declare Martial Law . Tsuge takes this opportunity to attack Tokyo with JSDF -marked helicopters and disrupt outside communications, completing the illusion of a military takeover.
- '' Seven Days In May ''
- --- John Frankenheimer adaptation of the novel by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey . See entry in ''Coups D'état'', Coup Attempts, Revolutions, And Revolution Attempts Described In Books .
- '' The Simpsons ''
- ---'' Simpson Safari ''
--When the Simpson family travels to the Africa n country of Tanzania New Zanzibar Pepsi Presents New Zanzibar, their guide Ktengi informs them that President Muntu "took over in a Bloodless Coup - all smothering". At the end of the episode, President Ktengi has ousted Muntu, who works as a Flight Attendant on the Simpsons' flight home.
- V , Reptilian Humanoids From Another Planet successfully take control of the Earth, leading humans to stage a revolution.
- Z
- ---In early 1960s , a military coup in an unnamed country (a reference to Greece ). A leftist deputy, who was expected to be elected prime-minister in the coming election, is murdered and the authorities try to cover up the crime. After Examining Magistrate managed to prove that the murder was committed by prominent right-wing militaries and prosecute them, the comunists win the parliamentary election and are overthrown by the militaries.
Star Trek
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--In 2364, the crew of the Starship ''Enterprise''-D exposes a Conspiracy and averts an Infiltration of Starfleet Command by "superior" Symbiotic Creatures , who Clandestine ly attempt to control key sectors of Federation Territory and facilitate their introduction. After Rendezvous ing with similarly suspicious colleagues at Dytallix B (some of whom are mysteriously killed), the ''Enterprise''-D travels to Earth ; Captain Picard and Commander Riker expose and sequester the compromised officers, and kill the alien mother creature/host ... after it sends a Homing Signal to whereabouts unknown.
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-- Rebel factions within the Klingon Empire and Federation Starfleet conspire with each other in 2293 to Assassinate the leadership of each nation and undermine peace negotiations between the two, maintaining a combative state (the Romulan Star Empire plays a minor role). To prevent the empire's imminent decline in the late 23rd Century , Klingon Chancellor Gorkon (on his starship ''Kronos One'') initiates peace overtures and rendezvouses with Captain Kirk and crew of the ''Enterprise''-A ; Gorkon is then assassinated on his ship, Kirk and Dr. McCoy are charged with Murder , held and Tried by the Klingons. The ''Enterprise''-A crew is successful in exposing the Seditious plots, freeing Kirk and McCoy, and in averting the assassination of the Federation President during negotiations for the Khitomer Accords .
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--On at least two occasions, in 2366-7 and 2373, a single Borg Cube heads straight for Earth to Force its Unconditional Surrender , as a prelude to Invading and Assimilating the entire Federation into its collective. Encountering heavily armed resistance, both incursions are narrowly averted by Captain Picard and his crew; in the first attempt, Picard was abducted from the ''Enterprise''-D and assimilated by the Borg into the Drone Locutus, allowing for the decimation of a Starfleet/Klingon Flotilla At The Wolf 359 System .
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--In 2372, Starfleet Admiral Leyton and other officers attempt a coup against Federation President Jaresh-Inyo to contend with Changeling infiltration and Paranoia . A disruption of Earth's power grid, believed caused by Changeling Sabotage , prompts a transfer of Emergency Powers from Jaresh-Inyo to Starfleet Command. Captain Sisko , who was recalled to Earth by Leyton to serve as head of Starfleet Security, uncovers the outage (and numerous discreet officer transfers throughout Starfleet) as a Ruse by Leyton to consolidate support and stage a coup; Sisko exposes this and later forces Leyton's Resign ation.
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-- Shinzon , a Human Clone of Captain Picard aligned with the Reman s, overthrows and ascends to becoming Praetor of the Romulan government in 2379 during his quest to recoup Vitality from Picard (without which Shinzon would die) and to exact Revenge upon his forsaken Earth. Picard ends up Impaling him on the '' Scimitar '', Shinzon's starship, to prevent the use of a Biogenic Weapon against the ''Enterprise''-E (upon which Shinzon inflicts significant damages in Combat ) and before doing so to Earth.
''Star Wars''
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--Posing as Senator Palpatine of Naboo , Darth Sidious , a Sith Lord and, thus, secretly an avowed enemy of the Jedi , is elected Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic in Episode I. In Episode II, he eventually plunges the Republic into a civil war (the Clone Wars ) against a secessionist movement called the Confederacy Of Independent Systems (or, more commonly, the Separatists--Palpatine really controls both sides, as Palpatine on the Republic side and as Sidious on the Separatist Side, through his apprentice, Count Dooku / Darth Tyranus ), unleashes a massive clone army on the galaxy (which Palpatine himself secretly ordered and controls, while letting the Jedi think they control it. Palpatine uses the Separatist crisis to persuade the Senate to grant him emergency powers, which he then uses to officially commission the clone army. Subsequently, the Clone Wars begin. In Episode III, Palpatine (secretly on Palaptine's own orders) as been captured by Dooku and General Grievous . He is eventually rescued by Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi , Anakin having killed Dooku at Palpatine's urging in the process. However, Grievous escapes, and Palpatine assures Mace Windu that the senate will vote to continue the war as long as Grievous is still at large. Subsequently, Palpatine begins voicing to Anakin his doubts about the Jedi Council's allegiance to the Repubilc, and starts influencing Anakin to share them. palpatine eventually reveals to Anakin that he, in fact, is Darth Sidious, and tempts him with the power to save Anakin's secret wife, Padme Amidala , from her death as Anakin had forseen it in his nightmares. In fact, ''Palpatine'' wants Padme dead, though, somehow, Anakin doesn't realize this. It is also revealed that Palptine has been gathering even more emergency powers and has become a virtual dictator. Anakin tells Mace Windu that Palpatine is Sidious. The Jedi move to arrest Palpatine. Palpatine kills all four jedi who come to arrest him, except Mace Windu. Windu appears to have beaten Palpatine when Anakin arrives. Palpatine tempts Anakin again that he is the only one who can help Anakin save Padme. Anakin sides with Palpatine, helps Palpatine kill Windu, and becomes Palpatine's new apprentice. Palpatine then tells the newly rechristened Darth Vader to lead an attack on the Jedi Temple , and then go to the Mustafar saystem and eliminate the Separatist leaders. Meanwhile, Sidious issues Order 66 ( which forces the clones to turn on their Jedi generals, killing most of them. Palpatine the declares the "Jedi Rebellion" ''and'' the Separatists, with Grievous's destruction to have been crushed, announces that the Republic will be reorganized into the Galactic Empire , and that the Clone Wars are over, and then subsequently successfully mainipulates Anakin/Vader into seriously injuring Padme, although Sidious does not realize that her unborn children were saved. However, he fails to anticipate Anakin/Vader's failure to defeat Obi-Wan--which results in the reconstructed Vader not being entirely what Sidious bargained for.
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--The decision of Mace Windu and the other Jedi Council members to take matters into their own hands and arrest Palpatine themselves, then rule the Republic until the Senate can re-establish democracy.
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--The revolutionaries of the Rebel Alliance , led by Princess Leia , defeat the Galactic Empire led by Palpatine , destroy the second Death Star and reinstall the Republic.
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