History Main / ParallelConflictSequence

** ''Film/IronMan2'': In a hilarious scene, Happy Hogan takes on one security guard and struggles the whole time while Black Widow effortlessly takes down all the others in the building. When he finally wins, he looks up and is shocked to see all the other knocked-out guards.
** Happens a couple of times in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', with the first time being the downed helicarrier scene when Thor fights Hulk, Black Widow fights Hawkeye, and Iron Man and Captain America try to get the broken lift-engine back online. It's displayed briefly during the FinalBattle as well when Loki is fought by Thor (and later Hulk in a CurbStompBattle) while the other Avengers fight the Chitauri army.

** ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'': There are four separate events happening during TheClimax, each with its own plot relevance: The Gungans vs the Separatists Droid Army, Anakin helping against the Separatist Blockade, Padmé and her group against some ground forces and Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan vs Darth Maul.

** Happens a couple of times in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', with the first time being the downed helicarrier scene when Thor fights Hulk, Black Widow fights Hawkeye, and Iron Man and Captain America try to get the broken propeller back to full function. It is displayed briefly during the FinalBattle as well when Loki is fought by Thor (and later Hulk in a CurbstompBattle) while the other Avengers fight the Chitauri army.
** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'': TheClimax is HUGE, involving a multitude of separate fights occurring simultaneously along with other conflicts going-on as well.

** In ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', there are four separate events happening during TheClimax, each with its own plot relevance: The Gungans vs the Separatists Droid Army, Anakin helping against the Separatist Blockade, Padame and her group against some ground forces and Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan vs Darth Maul.
** And for a more straightforward example, there are two more or less simultaneous lightsaber fights during the FinalBattle in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' between Yoda and Palpatine and Obi-Wan vs Anakin/Darth Vader.
** The Battle of Endor in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' takes place on three fronts: the ground battle to destroy the second Death Star's shield generator, the space battle to destroy the DS II itself, and the lightsaber battle between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'' has section where the screen splits vertically. The player controls Snake as he fends off a horde of GEKKO on the left side of the split, while Vamp and Raiden duel again on the right side.

** The Battle of Endor in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' took place on three fronts: the ground battle to destroy the second Death Star's shield generator, the space battle to destroy the DS II itself, and the lightsaber battle between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader.

** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' utilizes this trope during the FinalBattle. While the air-based ship battle was going on, a multitude of ground-based physical fights were happening as well, and there were quite a few!

** The FinalBattle of the story starts as one of these. While the Shadow Initiative [[StormingTheCastle assaults HYDRA's London headquarters]] from the outside, Harry's team sneaks in and fights their way through internal defenses in order to rescue [[spoiler: the captured Avengers]]. Of course, once that mission is complete, the interior fight joins the exterior one, turning it into a single sprawling BigBadassBattleSequence.

** The Battle of Endor in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' took place on three fronts: the ground battle to destroy the DS II's shield generator, the space battle to destroy the DS II itself, and the lightsaber battle between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader.

** ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' has the main Battle of Exegol, with the ragtag fleets of the Resistance and their allies facing off in the sky with the First Order's armada, while at the same time Rey is on the surface confronting [[spoiler: [[HijackedByGanon the resurrected Palpatine]]]].

* In ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'', while the Turtles face off against Shredder on top of Sacks tower, April and Vern face off against [[spoiler: Sacks]] in the lab. In the [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesOutOfTheShadows sequel]], while the Turtles battle Krang, April, Vern, and Casey fight Bebop, Rocksteady, and Karai.

** ''Film/MissionImpossibleFallout'' ends with Ethan chasing after [[spoiler: Walker]] and the detonator in a helicopter before fighting him on the edge of a very high cliff, Ilsa and Benji fighting Lane in a cabin, and Luther and Julia trying to defuse one of the bombs at the medical camp.

** At the end of Book 2, there's a double battle of Zuka and Azula vs. Aang and Katara while Toph and Sokka are protecting the capital from Mai and Ty Lee. The good guys only win in the less important venue.

** In ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', there are four separate events happening during TheClimax, each with its own plot relevance.
** And for a more straightforward example, there are two more or less simultaneous lightsaber fights during the FinalBattle in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''.

** While Godzilla faces-off against the Mutos in ''Film/Godzilla2014'', military troops are sent into the city to destroy the Mutos' nest and to remove the missile from the city.

* ''Film/{{Underworld}}'':

* ''Disney/TheLionKing'' during TheClimax. However, the fight between Simba and Scar was considerably more serious than much of what was happening around it. ''Disney/TheLionKingOneAndAHalf'', being a POVSequel, naturally focuses more on Timon and Pumbaa dealing with the hyenas.

** "The Last Stand" also works out like this. With Korra, Bolin, Mako, Lin and Sulyn getting inside the Colossus, Mako and Bolin try to take out the power source, the Bei Fongs try to disarm the mech's WMD ArmCannon, and Korra goes for Kuvira herself. [[spoiler:Mako and Bolin succeed, but with Mako's arm severely burned in the process. The cannon is disarmed, but Kuvira opted to do the disarming literally, taking Lin and Su out of the fight early and Korra wins her battle with Kuvira after an unexpected trip to the Spirit Realm.]]

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* The entire Commencement Arc in ''FanFic/CatchYourBreath'' is this. The story jumps between the main character and her allies as they fight across town, battling giant monsters [[spoiler:and trying to stop the Zetsu clone army before the Nine-Tailed Fox is let loose on Konoha.]]

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** In ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', there are four separate events happening during TheClimax, each with its own plot relevance
** And for a more straightforward example, there are two more or less simulataneous lightsaber fights during the FinalBattle in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''.

** While Godzilla faces-off against the Mutos in ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'', military troops are sent into the city to destroy the Mutos' nest and to remove the missile from the city.

** ''Film/IronMan2'': In a hilarious scene, Happy Hogan takes on one security guard and struggles the whole time while Black Widow effortlessly takes down all the others in the building. When he finally wins, he looks up and is shocked to see all the other dead or knocked out guards.

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* In {{Stargate}}, Teal'c (BackFromTheDead) arrives with Apophis, his former boss and series BigBad. After throwing the heroes in prison, [[TheHero O'Neil]] tries to sneakily talk him into revealing his plan, only for Teal'c to smack him in the face. He remains antagonistic for the rest of the episode and most of the next.

** The ''Bloody Hell'' arc of the sequel, ''Ghosts of the Past'', contains [[TwoLinesNoWaiting two separate storylines]] which climax simultaneously. So, you have Dresden, Wanda Maximoff, Magneto, and the Wardens fighting Voldemort, Selene, and the Heirs of Kemmler in Chicago at the same time that Harry and a small group of his friends and allies are facing off with the leadership of the Grey Court of Vampires in New York.

** And for a more straightforward example, there are two lightsaber fights during the FinalBattle in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''.

* ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Charles, Beast and Logan take on Magneto at the same time as the huge showdown with the Sentinels is happening in the future.

* ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''. TheClimax is HUGE, involving a multitude of separate fights occurring simultaneously along with other conflicts going-on as well.

* Happens a couple of times in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', with the first time being the downed helicarrier scene when Thor fights Hulk, Black Widow fights Hawkeye, and Iron Man and Captain America try to get the broken propellor back to full function. It is displayed briefly during the FinalBattle as well when Loki is fought by Thor (and later Hulk in a CurbstompBattle) while the other Avengers fight the Chitauri army.
* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' utilizes this trope during the FinalBattle. While the air-based ship battle was going on, a multitude of ground-based physical fights were happening as well, and there were quite a few!