History Main / UndefeatableLittleVillage

* ''{{Asterix}}'' is probably the UrExample.

* In ''[[FalloutNewVegas Fallout: New Vegas]]'', Goodsprings is one of these, if you decide to help them drive away the [[BombThrowingAnarchists Powder Gangers]].

** In ''{{Fallout 3}}'', you can [[TrainingThePeacefulVillagers train]] Big Town to be one.

* A science fiction story posits a scientist living on an island creating a population of small, intelligent creatures that live short lives in an ammonia environment in tanks in his lab. He communicates with them through a teletype connection (it's an old story). They make many great inventions for him because their generations are short in time, so many generations can work on a problem. The outside world wants them, so the navy is poised to attack him. He requires his creatures to build a completely impregnable shield around the island, which they do. The navy spends the rest of time bombarding the grey sphere, and he spends the rest of his days with his creatures. I forget the name of the story and the author. Can someone supply them please?
** "Microcosmic God" by Theodore Sturgeon, perhaps? This troper asked for an ID of one collection that it appeared in, on Usenet, some years ago.

* In [[Arcuz]], the titular village appears to be this, given the lack of other (visible) towns. The intro sequence seemingly hints that they were all destroyed.

Compare HiddenElfVillage, which stay independent through not getting detected instead of crushing all the hordes the empire sends against it. Also compare DavidVersusGoliath.

* For a time, Emond's Field in ''{{The Wheel of Time}}'' became this trope, fighting off ''way'' more [[{{GoddamnOrks}} Trollocs]] than it had any right to using little more than skilled archers and a sheer stubborn refusal to lose.

[[caption-width-right:350:All Gaul is conquered. [[OrIsIt All?]] No. One small village still held out against the Roman invaders!]]

In spite of being surrounded by the big malevolent [[TheEmpire empire]], and technically being at war with it, the village is not the least bit warlike or aggressive. Yet the empire keeps sending its great legions, and the little village keeps crushing them all as if they was simply swatting flies. Perhaps it is a TownWithADarkSecret, or populated by [[BadassCrew Badass Crews]], or maybe a KnightErrant visited in the past and took to TrainingThePeacefulVillagers. Whatever the reason, it's practically invincible.

In spite of being surrounded by the big malevolent [[TheEmpire empire]], and technically being at war with it, the village is not the least bit warlike or aggressive. Yet the empire keeps sending its great legions, and the little village keeps crushing them all as if they was simply swatting flies. Perhaps it is a TownWithADarkSecret, or populated by [[BadassCrew Badass Crews]], or maybe a MightyWhitey visited in the past and took to TrainingThePeacefulVillagers. Whatever the reason, it's practically invincible.

In spite of being surrounded by the big malevolent [[TheEmpire empire]], and technically being at war with it, the village is not the least bit warlike or aggressive. Yet the empire keeps sending its great legions, and the little village keeps crushing them all as if they was simply swatting flies. Perhaps it is a TownWithADarkSecret, or populated by [[BadassCrew Badass Crews]]. Whatever the reason, it's practically invincible.

* In ''IpMan'', master Yip trains his entire local village in wing chun to fight of bandits.

** The Boomers are another example.
*** Except for the fact they have howitzers, missile launchers, assault rifles and eventually [[spoiler: a WWII bomber]] on hand.

[[caption-width-right:350:All Gaul is conquered. All? No. One small village still held out against the Roman invaders!]]

[[caption-width-right:350:All of Gaul was under roman rule. Well, almost all. For one little village remained unbeatable.]]

While the "village" can be some other form of small civilian community (a block in a city, for exemple), it must still be small and civilian. Military outposts do NOT count, and neither do entire cities or fullsized countries. So, no, ''[[ThreeHundred 300]]'' is not an example.

Compare HiddenElfVillage, which stay independent through not getting detected instead of crushing all the hordes the empire sends aganist it. Also compare DavidVersusGoliath.

*** Except for the fact they have howitzers, missile launchers, assault rifles and eventually [[spoiler: a WWII bomber]] at hand.

* For a time, Emond's Field in ''{{The Wheel of Time}}'' became this trope, fighting off WAY more [[{{GoddamnOrks}} Trollocs]] than it had any right to using little more than skilled archers and a sheer stubborn refusal to lose.

* A science fiction story posits a scientist living on an island creating a population of small, intelligent creatures that live short lives in an ammonia environment in tanks in his lab. He communicates with then through a teletype connection (it's an old story). They make many great inventions for him because their generations are short in time, so many generations can work on a problem. The outside world wants them, so the navy is poised to attack him. He requires his creatures to build a completely impregnable shield around the island, which they do. The navy spends the rest of time bombarding the grey sphere, and he spends the rest of his days with his creatures. I forget the name of the story and the author. Can someone supply them please?

* During an arc of ''SluggyFreelance'', it's revealed that a small town near the Canadian border ended up playing this role for a crime-syndicate who had, previously, used it as a center for their smuggling-operations. The reason? KnifeNut TykeBomb Quasi-Immortal Oasis, whose most recent reincarnation had turned out unusually sane and kindhearted, had made it her {{Protectorate}}. Wearing a red hoodie, she turned into the vigilante 'Red Riding Hood' and basically stabbed any criminal who dared enter the city. The syndicate finally sent a top-tier, highly-paid CareerKiller - a master assassin. He managed to kill her, but obviously didn't know about the 'Quasi-Immortal' bit, and wound up getting stabbed anyway. He sought alternate employment with great rapidity at that point.
* In ''{{Looking For Group}}'', [[http://lfgcomic.com/page/248 A Little Village Up the Coast]] appears to fit this trope until the arrival of missionaries and soldiers from the empire, at which point it's revealed to be populated by an [[http://lfgcomic.com/page/253 undead]] [[BadassCrew Badass Crew]] and house the [[AmplifierArtifact Amplifier Artifact]] of an all-powerful warlock.

* The village of Felton tries to be this in the AlternateHistoryDotCom timeline "Protect and Survive: A timeline". It fails. [[spoiler: Choose the fucking cowboys. Especially when they've got a fucking tank.]]

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* In the ''{{Fables}}'' album "The Good Prince", TheEmpire is severely shaken by such a village, having sent more troops against it then it could afford to lose.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlov%27s_House Pavlov's house]] during the battle of Stalingrad.

* In ''Looking For Group'', [[http://lfgcomic.com/page/248 A Little Village Up the Coast]] appears to fit this trope until the arrival of missionaries and soldiers from the empire, at which point it's revealed to be populated by an [[http://lfgcomic.com/page/253 undead]] [[BadassCrew Badass Crew]] and house the [[AmplifierArtifact Amplifier Artifact]] of an all-powerful warlock.

* The village of Felton tries to be this in the AlternateHistoryDotCom timeline "Protect and Survive: A timeline". It fails. [[spoiler: Choose the fucking cowboys. Especially when they've got a fucking tank.]]

In spite of being surrounded by the big malevolent [[TheEmpire empire]], and technically being at war with it, the village is not the least bit warlike or aggressive. Yet the empire keeps sending it's great legions, and the little village keeps crushing them all as if they was simply swatting flies. Perhaps it is a TownWithADarkSecret, or populated by [[BadassCrew Badass Crews]]. Whatever the reason, it's practically invincible.

While the "Empire" can be some other form of huge monolithic force (a megacorporation or international crime syndicate, for example), it must still be huge, powerful, prone to violence, and known for conquering all in it's way. A single country, normal corporation or criminal gang will not do.