History Main / AntiMutiny

* Essentially the entire plot of ''CrimsonTide'' is whether the XO is attempting this or TheMutiny.
* In ''{{Alien}}'', after the crew has procured an alien life form, their android crewmember turns on the crew. After subduing it, the crew discovers that the android had been commanded by their sponsors to impregnate them with the alien and return their corpses to Earth. This troper is unsure whether this was a mutiny or an antimutiny, since mutiny was planned by the higher powers.
** The crew committed mutiny by not allowing the their sponsors' plans to unfold

* Played with during the ''{{Succession}}'' series when Captain Laurent Zai refuses to commit suicide as expected of him due to a failure to rescue the Emperor's sister. A mutiny plot arises on the ship in order to correct that failure as this course of action endangers the crew.

* It could be argued Starbuck falls prey to this in Season 4 of BattlestarGalactica. She began acting increasingly crazy but was still staying within the bounds of her orders, but then unilaterally decided to do something not covered by those orders, an action which meant she and the crew would miss their scheduled rendezvous and/or put all their lives in mortal danger. The crew (bar one) refused to back her. It's difficult to tell who was meant to be in the wrong in this case, though the fact that just after said mutiny and [[spoiler: one poor bastard losing a leg]] she came up with an alternate solution whereby only she was put at risk suggests Starbuck may be more at fault.

* In the movie Alien, after the crew has procured an alien life form, their android crewmember turns on the crew. After subduing it, the crew discovers that the android had been commanded by their sponsors to impregnate them with the alien and return their corpses to Earth. This troper is unsure whether this was a mutiny or an antimutiny, since mutiny was planned by the higher powers.

* ''DownPeriscope'' features the captain going outside of the proper engagement area in a wargame, and his XO trying to foment a mutiny to stop this. However, the fact that the captain wasn't really going outside the engagement area (He had higher orders, a lower-ranked Admiral tried to cheat to win the game), and that the XO is a total JerkAss, few people complain when he is fooled into thinking he'll be made to walk the plank and drown. [[spoiler: He's actually dropped off with some fishermen.]]

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* Half (okay, considering the story, [[XanatosGambit less than that]]) of Captain Ramius' manipulations aboard the [[TheHuntForRedOctober Red October]] are to prevent the Political Officer from leading his crew in one of these. [[spoiler: In accordance with his contingency orders, after events render any other attempted solution impossible the GRU mole onboard foregoes the "continue with the original mission" part and tries to scuttle the ship.]] In the book, the Americans specifically wonder if Ramius is a mutineer, eventually deciding that the nautical crime of "barratry" fits his actions better.
* [[NumberTwo No. 2]] in ''{{Meet Dave}}'' may be the very definition of this trope. When TheCaptain does not want to go forward with his given mission of draining Earth's oceans, No. 2 does just this.

* "Frankenfurter it's all over!" TheRockyHorrorPictureShow.

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* DavidWeber's ''{{Safehold}}'' had a failed attempt at this made by Pei Shan-wei, to thwart the plans of Eric Langhorne and Adorée Bédard to turn the last haven of humanity into their personal church. She was killed and made into their Satan, but Shan-wei [[XanatosGambit had back up plans in place]].

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* It could be argued Starbuck falls prey to this in Season 4 of BattlestarGalactica. She began acting increasingly crazy but was still staying within the bounds of her orders, but then unilaterally decided to do something not covered by those orders, an action which meant she and the crew would miss their scheduled rendezvous and/or put all their lives in mortal danger. The crew (bar one) refused to back her. It's difficult to tell who was meant to be in the wrong in this case, though the fact that just after said mutiny and [[spoiler: one poor bastard losing a leg]] she came up with an alternate solution whereby only she was put at risk suggests Starbuck may be more at fault.

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* Arguably happened in ''CrimsonTide''. The XO starts a mutiny over the fact that it's not entirely certain what the ship's orders ''are''. The captain wants to follow what he believes the orders are (To launch a nuclear assault on Russia) but the XO refuses on the grounds that said orders were not confirmed according to proper procedure.

* DavidWeber's ''EmpireFromTheAshes'' series has a variation on this trope in which some of the mutineers rebel in horror against the mutiny's leader Anu when they realize his true motives and megalomania and spend the rest of their lives trying to make right their mistake.

** And the writers kind of TakeAThirdOption.

* In ''{{FarScape}}'', Grayza continually goes against the orders of her high command in chasing after Crichton and Scorpius. Eventually her NumberTwo, Braca, declares her to be unfit for duty and has her arrested.

** The first game has a better example (and a more personal one), when Udina sees it as problematic for you to continue trying to save all intelligent life with your CoolShip.

* Auto in ''{{WALL-E}}'', who takes over [[CoolShip The Axiom]] by force [[spoiler: and does not want it to return to Earth]] despite the captain's protests. However, Auto is simply following his [[MegaCorp programming]] and it is the captain who is technically going against the plan.

*** Don't forget The New California Republic from 2. They're nice enough to extend employment opportunities to Super Mutants, and it's working out well for them so far.

** Nightwatch was actually under direct orders from the President in what was essentially a Night Of Long Knives, removing everyone he even suspected of not being totally loyal to him. Sheridan's orders to turn over control to them were technically invalid, since they bypassed the chain of command and came through a source he didn't actually answer to. This justification only bought time until the orders came through proper channels, but the station was in open revolt by then anyway.

* ''DownPeriscope'' features the captain going outside of the proper engagement area in a wargame, and his XO trying to foment a mutiny to stop this. However, the fact that the captain wasn't really going outside the engagement area (He had higher orders, a lower-ranked Admiral tried to cheat to win the game), and that the XO is a total JerkAss, few people complain when he is fooled into thinking he'll be made to walk the plank and drown. (He's actually dropped off with some fishermen)

* In the movie Alien, after the crew has procured an alien life form, their andriod crewmember turns on the crew. After subduing it, the crew discovers that the android had been commanded by their sponsors to impregnate them with the alien and return their corpses to Earth. This troper is unsure whether this was a mutiny or an antimutiny, since mutiny was planned by the higher powers.

* In ''TheWheelOfTime'', the Domani general Rodel Ituralde is sent to defend Maradon, the capital of the neighboring nation of Saldaea, from hordes of Shadowspawn. [[WeAREStrugglingTogether In typical WoT fashion]], the Saldaean commander won't trust Ituralde's foreign army within their walls, and thus the Saldaeans almost let their allies get slaughtered until a soldier named Yoeli leads an AntiMutiny to take control of the city and opens the gates for them. Ituralde says Yoeli is a hero, but he insists that while [[IDidWhatIHadToDo he did what he had to do]], he's still a traitor who disobeyed orders and killed his superiors, and will demand execution for his crimes.

* DavidWeber's ''{{Safehold}}'' had a failed attempt at this made by Pei Shan-wei, to thwart the plans of Eric Langhorne and Ador?B?rd to turn the last haven of humanity into their personal church. She was killed and made into their Satan, but Shan-wei [[XanatosGambit had back up plans in place]].