History Main / WeAreEverywhere

* ''Literature/{{Victoria}}'': This is the whole point of the "leaderless resistance" that [[DarkMessiah John Rumford]] organizes early in the revolution, with the [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic Christian Marines]] as its solid core. Not only the organized members but also countless associates and copycats are encouraged to act on their own, where the system least expects it. By the time secession draws nigh, the Christian Marines have infiltrated the whole police and military apparatus so deeply that they can sabotage the entire state police in a matter of days -- and when Governor Fullarbottom tries to hit back, he finds himself [[spoiler:handed over to Rumford's men by his own bodyguard]].

* In ''Series/{{CSINY}}'''s "Green Piece," an eco-terrorist group's leader is arrested for a fatal bombing. He brags to Mac that he has plenty of members out there who will continue to get their message out as long as people keep selfishly destroying the planet. Mac turns it on him, saying he has plenty of people working for him, too - good people who will hunt them down for as long as it takes to put them all away.

* At the end of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'', with [[spoiler:the Patriots]] seemingly all dead and their [[spoiler:A.I. system destroyed]], Drebin tells Otacon that he believes the world is not truly [[spoiler:free from the influence of the Patriots]]. To prove this, he writes the name of Meryl's unit (Rat Patrol 01) in the sand and makes the letters rearrange into [[spoiler:[=PATR10T=]]]. It's actually a bit of odd FridgeLogic in that the letters don't actually form an anagram at all unless patrol is shortened to "PT" as Drebin does. PT isn't an accepted shortening of the world "patrol". Also, the fact that a [[spoiler:Patriot-sponsored]] unit like Rat Patrol 01 would hide the name of the organization doesn't prove Drebin's point that [[spoiler:the Patriots are still controlling things]].

** This is the intent of EXALT in ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'': their agents are generally depicted wearing body armor over casual clothing, with masks obscuring their faces, implying that they clocked out of work, picked up their gear, and started their subversive activities. Since they can attack ''anywhere in the world'', there's definitely some merit to the idea of them being everywhere. Actions against the organization require you mirror their tactics, deploying your own agents in civilian clothes to make it appear that XCOM is everywhere.

* The devotees of the [[EldritchAbomination assorted horrors]] in ''TabletopGame/CthulhuTech'' are everywhere, even being the majority of employees of one of the biggest Mega-Corporations in the setting. The reason why the New Earth Government Intelligence apparatus goes to the extremes it does in order to sniff out infiltrators is because it ''must''.

** More than once, the Skrulls have used this with the idea there are scores of them disguised around Earth and ready to attack. The best example would be ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion''.

* ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'': When they reemerge on the galactic stage during the ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsWarOfTheBountyHunters War of the Bounty Hunters]]'' crossover event, [[spoiler:Crimson Dawn]] quickly establish that they have moles in seemingly every other crime syndicate in existence, and even the Empire and the Rebellion. The following ''[[StarWarsCrimsonReign Crimson Reign]]'' crossover even reveals that they have moles on [[spoiler:the second Death Star]].

* ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'': When they reemerge on the galactic stage during the ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsWarOfTheBountyHunters War of the Bounty Hunters]]'' crossover event, [[spoiler:Crimson Dawn]] quickly establish that they have moles in seemingly every other crime syndicate in existence, and even the Empire and the Rebellion.

* ''{{Series/Andor}}'' features a heroic version of this, in form the early LaResistance against the EvilEmpire. Years before the Rebel Alliance is officially founded, the people that would form it are simply [[RagTagBunchofMisfits individuals with anti-Empire politics]] and acts of insurrection are committed by scattered, isolated rebel cells. As the manifesto states, however, while the Rebel Alliance as a co-ordinated organisation does not yet exist, resistance against the Empire is everywhere:

* Shown rather than said, but the Dollars in ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' definitely count. When [[spoiler:Mikado Ryugame]] is in a tense stand-off with [[SmugSnake Namie Yagiri]], she threatens him and claims to be powerful enough to squash him like a bug. He replies that if she won't listen to reason, he'll rely on numbers. He pushes a button on his cellphone, and suddenly the cell phones of ''everybody'' in the vicinity start ringing. [[OhCrap The look of horror on the faces of Namie]] and her bodyguards is priceless as the formerly faceless masses are all revealed to be members of the enigmatic Dollars, including several important characters.

* Early in ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', Yuki and Ryoko tell Kyon that their fellow interfaces have long infiltrated the school, and that many of them are like [[AxCrazy Ryoko]]. Later, Koizumi tells Kyon that other members from the Organization are everywhere, and are in high places, [[spoiler:like the president of the AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil]].