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** And note that this is averted in ''[[The Hobbit]]'', where the Orc/Warg army at the Battle of Five Armies is certainly somewhat discomforted when Beorn manages to kill their leader Bolg, but does not immediately crumble. This is because those Orcs were acting under their own will and not that of Sauron. This is also emphasised in the early chapters of ''The Two Towers'', when other Northern Orcs do not get along with the Mordor-orcs under Sauron's direct control (and the [[Elite Mooks|Uruk-hai]] under [[The Starscream|Saruman's]] control don't get along with either side).
** In ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', the Dwarven contigent of the Union of Maedhros abruptly leaves the battle after their King is killed injuring [[The Dragon]].
* ''[[Harry Potter]]'' partially has this. When Voldemort was defeated the first time, his organisation immediately crumbled. However, it was an [[Oddly Small Organization]] and it is implied that there was a lot of chaos, what with arresting Death Eaters and figuring out who was forced into it or enchanted or what. Also, Voldemort had been on his own and operating under his own agenda, so his supporters would most likely have been separated and taken by surprise. {{spoiler|The end of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (novel)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' averts this, as pretty much every Death Eater was either dead, incapacitated or had done a [[Heel Face Turn]] by the time Voldemort dies.}}
** Voldemort tries the trope himself late in ''Deathly Hallows'', where he thinks {{spoiler|"killing" Harry}} will stop the Hogwarts rebellion. It doesn't work, even well before {{spoiler|Harry reveals that he's alive.}}
* The ''[[Redwall]]'' series. Pick a book, any book. Somewhat justified in that the mooks of choice, the rats, are uniformly idiotic to the point of being comic relief save for the occasional brutal, charismatic leader who turns them into a threat.
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