History Main / WeAreEverywhere

* {{''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:

->''"Hi! You're going to call off your rigorous investigation. You're going to publicly state that there is no underground group. Or we are going to take your balls. Look. The people you are after are the people you depend on. We cook your meals, we haul your trash, we connect your calls, we drive your ambulances. We guard you while you sleep. [pause] Do not fuck with us."''

* ''Manga/{{Guyver}}''. The Zoanoids are everywhere.
-->'''Agito:''' You probably thought Chronos was simply a secret organization, but we are very public. Classmates, politicians, ambassadors. It is an international community all linked through the clandestine operations of the Chronos Corporation. A simple matter like the attack on the school is easily covered with key positions in the media, and the police are controlled by us. We're everywhere. We're everyone. The Earth is now within our grasp... a possession of Chronos.
* ''Manga/BakiTheGrappler'', possibly inspired by ''Film/FightClub'', pulls a similar stunt after a guy in a fighting club got killed. The waiter, the police, the owner of the amusement park, all of them are part of the club.

* Early in ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', Yuki and Ryoko tells Kyon that her 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.]]
* 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, and 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.
* Another shown example: in ''Anime/DanganRonpa3'', it's shown that the world-ending madness of [[spoiler:Ultimate Despair]] got as powerful as it did due to extremely potent mind control affecting anyone who catches a glimpse of it. [[spoiler: Among these ranks are members of the Future Foundation attempting to sabotage it from the inside; this includes the hospitable teacher Chisa Yukizome.]] The trope has gotten so prevalent by the time of ''Side: Future'' that Munakata is willing to kill anyone who even ''shows'' signs of being part of the group.

* A version appears in ''[[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Batman, Inc]]'' when Bruce Wayne explains that criminals will never have to wonder where Batman is... because Batman is everywhere. This is as a group of Bat-bots foil an attack by some criminals on the locale where he's making the announcement to a reporter. (He knew the attack was coming).
* 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.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'', the Grail has been secretly running the world for centuries and responsible for scores of wars and other events as part of their plan for ultimate control. This includes how their agents are pretty much ingrained in the upper levels of power.

-->'''Starr''': Yes, of course I know your daughter has agents around her at all times. Who do you think is going to be doing the shooting?
** This is played with later when Starr orders all Grail agents to be used in a grand final attack on Jesse. He's stunned when barely twenty men show up. An aide informs him that so many of their deep cover agents ''liked'' being in positions of wealth and power and weren't ready to give that up to follow Starr's frankly insane plans.
* ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse:'' The schtick of the Scourge of the Underworld. Initially appearing to be one lone MasterOfDisguise, who just always seemed to be in the right place at the right time (like when a supervillain randomly lurches into a cab after getting his jet shot down), it eventually turns out there's a whole bunch of them, including watching over each other, in case one gets caught.
* ''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.

* ''Fanfic/AManOfIron'': In the second book, ''A Crack of Thunder'', Fury explains to Tony's group the full extent of [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness the Council's]] influence, stating that they have at least one agent in every castle, city, town and village in both Westeros and Essos, each of whom is encouraged to then build up their own independent network of informants. This enables them to keep tabs on and influence virtually everything of importance.

* In the ''Fanfic/InfinityCrisis'' spin-off, ''Salvation Run'', Talos and the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. aid Team Arrow in fighting some Skrulls who infiltrated Earth-1. As he dies, their leader Paibok tells Talos "you're too late. Do you think this is the only reality we're in?" Talos tells Phil Coulson it was actually standard procedure for a Skrull agent to make it sound like there were scores of Skrulls on a world when there were none and let the populace's own paranoia tear them apart for the Skrulls to invade. Sadly, tie-in stories reveal Paibok wasn't bluffing and Skrulls have, in fact, been secretly infiltrating other realities.

* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', when Woody led Sid's toys to revolt against him:
-->'''Woody:''' From now on, you must take good care of your toys, because if you don't, we'll find out, Sid! We toys can see EVERYTHING! (''speaking and moving'') So play nice!

* ''Film/FightClub'' provides the page quote. Especially noteworthy because it's delivered to the man charged with taking the underground movement down at his own reception.

* Film/JamesBond:

--->'''Mr. White:''' (laughing) You really don't know anything about us. It's so amusing because... we are on the other side, thinking, “The [=MI6=], the CIA, they're looking over our shoulders. They're listening to our conversations.” And the truth is you don't even know we exist.\\

'''Mr. White:''' Oh, really? Well, then, the first thing you should know about us...(''{{Beat}}'') is that we have people ''everywhere''. (''turns to Craig Mitchell, M's bodyguard'') Am I right? (''[[BodyguardBetrayal Craig promptly kills the other [=MI6=] agent in the room and opens fire on M and Bond]]'')

--->'''M:''' When someone says "We've got people everywhere", [[NotHyperbole you expect it to be hyperbole!]] Lots of people say that. ''Florists'' use that expression. It doesn't mean that they've got somebody working for them ''inside the bloody room!''
** In ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', Mr. White's "We have people everywhere" line ironically forces him to hide [[spoiler:from his bosses in SPECTRE after he became [[EvenEvilHasStandards increasingly disgruntled]] in the direction Quantum and SPECTRE were heading towards, namely into [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil human trafficking and sexual slavery]].]]
* In the trailers at least, the BigBad of ''Film/EagleEye'' claimed this. [[spoiler:It turns out it's both true and false. The BigBad is a supercomputer that really is everywhere; at least everywhere with a networked computer. The "We" part isn't technically true; it has assumed itself to be "We the people" from the Constitution. It does more or less have people everywhere though, since it threatens anybody it wants to into doing exactly what it says to do.]]
* At the end of ''Infiltrator'', a neo-Nazi attempts to assassinate Oliver Platt's character, Yaron Svoray, and boasts to Svoray that "I am one of millions." Svoray has a great response though: "So am I."
* ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'': The main plot centers around the revelation that [[spoiler:from the moment of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s inception, Hydra had infiltrated the organization, and now at least half of S.H.I.E.L.D. is Hydra, along with several highly-placed people, including Senator Stern from ''Film/IronMan2''. S.H.I.E.L.D. is so heavily compromised that Captain America decides to take down S.H.I.E.L.D. in order to take down Hydra. Unfortunately, TheStinger shows that while S.H.I.E.L.D. is effectively part of Hydra, it is not ''all'' of Hydra.]]
* The pod people in any version of ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers''. They randomly land in a given area, and by the time someone figures out what's happening, they have assumed positions of authority at nearly every level, from street bums to cab drivers, police officers, doctors, phone operators, civic officials, everywhere. Of course, the pods in authority are able to get more people converted, so their numbers just keep growing, and growing, and growing...
* ''Film/ForcedVengeance''. Creator/ChuckNorris' character goes on the run in Hong Kong, but keeps getting attacked out of nowhere by various Triad goons, providing an excuse for many martial arts scenes. He finally finds a place to hide only to get called on the phone there by the BigBad.
-->'''Ramandi:''' By now you know that my network is inescapable.
* ''Film/EndOfDays''. The leader of the Satanic cult contacted by the Devil claims that "Our acts go unnoticed, unquestioned. We're everywhere." [[spoiler:Jericho gets a nasty surprise when his FriendOnTheForce turns out to be one of them.]] Whether they're all Satanic cultists or simply people the Devil can [[YourSoulIsMine control because they are evil]] is not entirely clear -- he's seen deterring a policeman from stopping him because he knows the policeman is a pedophile. Towards the end of the movie the Devil apparently influences a crowd to attack Jericho ''en masse''.
* ''Franchise/TheMatrix'': [[GrandTheftMe Agents are able to be everywhere by taking control of any muggles any time they wish]], which makes them nigh-impossible to escape and forces the Heroes into the ethical grey area of having to murder people before they are possessed. The first movie includes a training simulation where [[DistractedByTheSexy Neo is distracted by a woman in a red dress]] only to turn around and discover an agent has since materialized in front of him, to teach Neo to beware that an Agent can be anywhere at anytime.
* No explicit brag but this is the implied threat of the Real Animal League in ''Film/{{Blooded}}''. The dossier the group prepared on each of their targets contains a disturbing amount of personal information, including a copy of [[spoiler:Liv]]'s ultrasound, indicting she is pregnant: a fact that only she knew. She had not even told the father yet.

* The Scholastic book series ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' featured this trope as its very premise, with the main characters fighting an invasion of alien mind-controllers.
** And interestingly, the main characters also convinced their enemies that this was the case with them as well (their powers were ideal for infiltration, sabotage and subterfuge).
*** A Major world leader was even mentioned to be one of these "controllers". It's not revealed who, but it was either the President of the U.S.A., leader of China, President of Russia, and a handful of other large powers. It is later revealed that the President of the U.S. at least was not a controller.
* In the first ''Literature/NightWorld'' book, ''Secret Vampire'':
-->'''James''' to Phillip: "The Night people. We're all around you, Phil. Anybody you know could be one--including the mayor. So keep your mouth shut."
* This is the title of a 2003 collection of essays about the global justice movement (better known, including by many of the participants as the "anti-globalization" movement). The title is occasionally [[TitleDrop referenced by the people in the book]], who often [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] the irony of calling your movement "anti-globalization" and having "We Are Everywhere" as your motto.
* Deconstructed by Creator/JorgeLuisBorges at ''The Lottery in Babylon'': The Company is TheConspiracy continually trying to introduce chaos at Babylon, and everyone knows they have infiltrated all the city. Given The Company goal, it is a true NebulousEvilOrganization, and given anyone could work for them, those who aren’t working for them are ProperlyParanoid about being manipulated into being their [[UnwittingPawn Unwitting Pawns]]. See the quotes page.
* The [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic Christian Marines]] in military thriller ''Literature/{{Victoria}}''. This is the whole point of the "leaderless resistance" their leader [[DarkMessiah John Rumford]] organizes early in the revolution, with the Christian Marines as its solid core. Not only the organized members, but countless associates and copycats are also 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 the [[Literature/KenzieAndGennaroSeries Kenzie and Gennaro]] book ''Moonlight Mile'', {{Private Detective}}s Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro discover that the case they're looking into is connected to TheMafiya, who have taken note of their involvement and who they are. The detectives try to limit who the Russians can use as a FriendlyTarget by having their young daughter leave Boston and go down to Savannah to visit family, guarded by Patrick's friend Bubba, a highly lethal and very ruthless [[FromCamouflageToCriminal retired Marine turned black market operator]]. Yefim, TheDragon for that section of the Russian Mob, seems more amused than anything else by their efforts when he tells them how little good the move will do, because not only does he know about the whole plan, but they can get to people just as easily in Savannah as in Boston.
-->'''Yefim:''' You don't think we watch you? [[WhamLine You don't think we have friends in Savannah]]? We have friends ''everywhere'', guy. And yeah, you got [[SociopathicHero that big crazy Polack]] protecting your little girl so we lose a couple of guys taking them out. [[WeHaveReserves But that's okay-we get more guys]].
* ''Literature/Area51'': The Airlia have agents placed in governments throughout the worlds (such as within the CIA) to influence events favorably or gain intelligence. Many attempts to stop them are thwarted this way, and this has been the case long into the past (they are mentioned as being inside the Inquisition, Nazi Party etc). It helps that they have hybrid agents who can pass for humans, and mind control others.

* In the ''Series/MacGyver1985'' episode "The Ten Percent Solution", [=MacGyver=] uncovers a massive Neo-Nazi conspiracy that has infiltrated a sizeable portion of America.
* On ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'', there is often a variant where a pedophile reminds Our Hero that pedophiles are everywhere, particularly on the [[NewMediaAreEvil internet]]. The episodes "Chat Room" and "Pandora" used this technique.
* In the ''Series/LawAndOrder'' episode "Charm City", a white supremacist convicted of planting a poison gas bomb on a subway car angrily hisses that "My country is growing, yours is shrinking!" as the credits roll.
** In another ''Law and Order,'' an ADA actually uses this ploy against a defendant who was paranoid about a [[ChurchOfHappyology Happyology-istic]] cult.
** A child molester tried this as well.
** ''Series/LawAndOrderUK'' features a Neo-Nazi suspected of killing a Jewish man with a letter bomb make a speech like this to which DS Ronnie Brooks gives a truly great response:
--> Let us know when you're coming and we'll bung on a cup of tea for you.
* A satisfying subversion (as well as a rare case of this trope being {{defied|Trope}}) occurs in the ''Series/CSIMiami'' episode "Pirated", when the white supremacist militia leader threatens how his movement is everywhere and growing. The detectives, particularly Delko, respond that they are investigating every connection he has ([[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome as would normally happen nowadays when a suspected terrorist group is detected]]) and expect a wave of arrests of his cronies in short order, which we see happening in [[{{Montages}} a flurry of images]] as the police swoop in to bust the terrorists. The militia leader is left stunned to hear that his organization is being smashed so quickly.
* A variation in the same vein as this trope occurred on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' in the season three finale "The Adversary" where a defeated [[VoluntaryShapeshifting changeling]] who has been sneaking around the ship trying to sabotage it tells Odo that the Changelings are Everywhere. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in a later episode, where a Changeling informs Captain Sisko that there are only four Changelings operating on Earth, and that they find the Federation's fear of being infiltrated more effective than actually doing it.
** Before that, a semi-early 2-episode-arc of ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]]'' featured a paranoid captain warning Picard of "strange happenings" with Starfleet Command. It turned out to be caused by a race of mind-controlling parasites that had already infiltrated every level of SFC's upper echelons, and was spreading out through the most prominent captains to be able to spread even further. Picard and Riker end up blasting what looks like a queen, spend the last five minutes of the show wondering how bad things have become... [[CanonDiscontinuity and then the entire situation is never brought up again.]]
* In ''[[Series/BabylonFive Babylon 5]]'', when Garibaldi interrogates TheMole who shot him in the back, he is met with arrogant self-assurance: "There's a new order coming back home, Garibaldi. You can either be part of it, or you can be stepped on. A winner or a loser. I'm with the side that's gonna win." [[spoiler: The prisoner's confidence is borne out when friends in high places arrange his disappearance on his way back to Earth for trial.]]
** The very scene which leads to him getting shot in the back while trying to arrest a terrorist is a veiled WeAreEverywhere moment.
** The slogan "We're everywhere... for your convenience" in the [[SuperRegistrationAct [=PsiCorps=]]] commercial carries a definite overtone of this.
** Sebastian, a human agent of the Vorlons, (the SufficientlyAdvancedAliens of the story) says this on their behalf. Captain Sheridan is quite surprised to find a human working for the Vorlons, since as far as he knows the only Vorlon interaction with humanity has been to send a single ambassador to the Babylon 5 space station. Imagine his shock when Sebastian confirms that not only have the Vorlons been to Earth, but they abducted him from it... more than three and a half centuries earlier.

* Trying to keep this from happening -- and then dealing with it when it ''does'' get out of hand -- drove most of the plot for the unfortunately short-lived science fiction series ''Series/{{Threshold}}'', where the aliens sought to conquer Earth by mutating us into them.
* In ''Series/TorchwoodMiracleDay'', the shadowy AncientConspiracy apparently behind the Miracle claim that "we are everywhere, we are always".
** Considering they constantly thwart the heroes' plans, usually with suicide bombers, it shows that their reach is worldwide. Hell, one of their people is [[spoiler:working directly for a senior CIA official and kills him with a bomb when he's onto her]]. What's amazing is that they've managed to [[spoiler:grow from three groups of street thugs to this in under a century]].
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' has the Silence, who appear to embody the trope, even if they don't outright lay claim to it.
* ''Series/TheFollowing'' has [[BigBad Carroll's]] cult (the titular following), which is made up of completely ordinary people from all walks of life, meaning ''anyone'' [[ParanoiaFuel could be part of it]]. A captured cult member gives a speech about it (including paraphrasing the trope name) in episode 8 [[spoiler: before taking a CyanidePill sown into ''[[{{Fingore}} his thumb]]''.]]
** [[TheHero Hardy]] and [[TheSmartGuy Mike]] are largely unimpressed with his WeAreEverywhere speech, pointing out he's paraphrasing Ted Bundy (see below). Quite badly too.

* ''Series/{{Helix}}'': During the season finale TimeSkip, Alan is seen torturing a member of the [[spoiler: [[AncientConspiracy group of immortals]]]] controlling [[MegaCorp the Ilaria Corporation]], who says that Alan can't win, because "Ilaria is everywhere".
* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'': Tying in with ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', [[spoiler: Hydra had infiltrated SHIELD almost to the highest levels, to the point where Coulson and his team didn't know who to trust. Even one of their own, Ward, turned out to be TheMole.]]
* ''Series/{{Elementary}}''
** A recurring bit is a [[BlandNameProduct thinly disguised]] version of Anonymous called Everyone. The episode where they first appear is called "We Are Everyone".
** In the episode "Command: Delete", [[spoiler: Sherlock reluctantly turns to his NSA contact for help taking down Reichenbach's vigilante organisation. At the end of the episode, he asks if the agent was ''always'' working for Reichenbach, or if Sherlock himself inadvertently got them together]].
* ''Series/TheDefenders2017'':
** ''Series/JessicaJones2015:'' Kilgrave can command anyone to do anything he orders them to do for a twelve-hour period. In other words, he can make anyone his ManchurianAgent with a few words, essentially allowing him to be anywhere he wants at any time. This is milked for all the ParanoiaFuel that it's worth, with Jessica constantly being on the defensive around friends, potential clients, and total strangers on the off-chance that any one of them could be controlled by Kilgrave at any moment.
** ''Series/Daredevil2015'': In season 1, Wilson Fisk has numerous cops on his payroll, to the point that Brett Mahoney is the only cop that Nelson & Murdock know at the 15th Precinct to not be crooked. In season 3, it's shown he has the FBI in his pocket too, and he has Kilgrave-like levels of control over people without any supernatural abilities whatsoever. He can even tap into security cameras all over the city to spy on his enemies and allies from house arrest without anyone being none the wiser.
** ''Series/IronFist2017'': The Hand has managed to worm their way into nearly every part of New York's infrastructure. Hospitals, the NYPD, the mayor's office and even Rand Enterprises. [[spoiler:With the latter, they have been with them for years ever since Harold Meachum pledged himself to them. And as Danny finds out, not even his girlfriend's dojo is safe since Colleen is with them (until she sees Bakuto's true colors) and training new members and operatives for the Hand.]]
** ''Series/MoonKnight2022'': After narrowly escaping Arhur Harrow's cult in the Alps, Steven tries to have a normal day at work. Then, he finds Arthur not only in his museum, but also that the security guards and even some of the visitors are also in on the cult.

* The anti globalization song well [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8j8BmgeYLA&feature=BFa&list=PL03305A4AAFA91B0A&lf=mh_lolz&shuffle=106358 we are everywhere]]
* According to Mojo Nixon, "[[Music/ElvisPresley Elvis]] is everywhere, man! Elvis is everywhere!"

* Wrestling/AllysinKay made the boast after Wrestling/IvelisseVelez was booted out of Valkyrie as punishment for causing Radiant Rain's retirement and Velez was beat over the head by Serena Deeb, who proved to be TheMole in SHINE Wrestling. Officially, Valkyrie never had more than five members at any given time prior to [=SoCal=] Val's merger. They had accidentally revealed ties to a sixth but have continually denied connection to "Sweet" Saraya, even after said merger. Kay herself missed that Wrestling/TessaBlanchard was a Valkyrie member.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''....

** Thanks to the warp Demons are literally 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''.

* ''VideoGame/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. The vampire mooks like to taunt Buffy about how she is one, they are many. It's possible to [[TalkToTheFist stake them mid-rant]] for the humour.
* "We are formless. We are the very discipline Americans invoke so often." -- [[spoiler:Patriot Colonel]], ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2''.
* At the end of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'' with [[spoiler: the Patriots]] seemingly all dead and their [[spoiler: AI 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".
*** And 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]].

** The Shadow Broker, too, judging from the data available on the consoles.
* In ''VideoGame/DeusEx'':
-->'''Icarus:''' I am right behind you, Mr. Denton. Soon, I will be ahead of you, beside you - I will be a part of everything in your world.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Prototype 2}}'', Alex makes such a claim.
* ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', Ghetsis gets Clay to release the captured Team Plasma members by effectively warning him of this.

* In ''Sev Trek: [[{{Squick}} Pus]] in Boots'' (an Australian spoof of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'') the evil alien [[RiseOfZitboy grows from a zit on Commander Piker's face]]. After it's defeated Councillor Troi says she picked up a final telepathic message from the alien: [[PunctuatedForEmphasis We. Are. Everywhere.]] The show then concludes on [[TheEndOrIsIt a turbolift full of expendable ensigns with zits]].
* [[VillainOfTheWeek The Every]][[MesACrowd where Man]] drops the trope name in his self titled episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman''. At the same time as all his copies all over the building.
* Done in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/KidVsKat'' where an evil alien hamster warns Kat before making his getaway that his kind are everywhere.
* Over in ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', the shape-shifting Skrulls are working on taking over Earth. By the time of "Infiltration," everything is starting to come to a head.
-->'''Hawkeye:''' Who else? Who else is a Skrull?\\
'''Skrull:''' We are everywhere. You will see.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', BigBad Zaheer may be defeated, but reminds everyone that the Red Lotus revolution has only begun, before Bolin shuts him up. However, the heroes couldn't deny what he said was true, knowing that the Red Lotus are everywhere in the world. Worst part is, there's no way of knowing where they are and when they'll come up again.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': The main subplot of the episode "Asspen" is the adults of South Park having been swindled with an offer for a free stay on a five-star Aspen resort if they went to a time shares exposition. After multiple attempts to leave the exposition that go literally nowhere (even getting on a trolley to go up the mountain just dumped them on another room with the same people at the very top), they got angry, said that they didn't wanted the time shares and called the police because they felt this insistence was an abuse. And then it turned out the Aspen chief of police was part of the time shares company personnel. And the governor. And the judge. And ''the President of the United States''. One of the time shares men then simply said that there was no way the adults were going to be left go until the exposition was over, and to sit down. They complied, and on the final scene they said that they had purchased the shares (under some undetermined additional threatening).

* Pretty much every terrorist group (i.e. al-Qaeda and ISIS) have used this.

* In late July 2010, the Tea Party tried to [[http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/7/28/888292/-Anonymous-1,-Oregon-Tea-Party-0 use Anonymous' slogan for their own ends.]] Anonymous responded...rather sharply.

* In late July 2010, the Tea Party tried to [[http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/7/28/888292/-Anonymous-1,-Oregon-Tea-Party-0 use Anonymous' slogan for their own ends.]] Anonymous responded...rather sharply.

Contrast RedScare and YellowPeril. TheSyndicate is very fond of this line, as is TheConspiracy and the AlienInvasion. People involved with the {{Masquerade}} generally don't brag about it, but might make an exception if they're dying anyway. YouCannotKillAnIdea is the version of this trope that is used by [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters freedom fighters instead of terrorists]].

Contrast RedScare and YellowPeril. TheSyndicate is very fond of this line, as is TheConspiracy. People involved with the {{Masquerade}} generally don't brag about it, but might make an exception if they're dying anyway. YouCannotKillAnIdea is the version of this trope that is used by [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters freedom fighters instead of terrorists]].

* ''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 itself.

* ''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.

* A satisfying subversion (as well as a rare case of this trope being {{defied|Trope}}) occurs in the ''Series/CSIMiami'' episode "Pirated", when the white supremacist militia leader threatens how his movement is everywhere and growing. The detectives, particularly Delko, respond that they are investigating every connection he has ([[RealityEnsues as would normally happen nowadays when a suspected terrorist group is detected]]) and expect a wave of arrests of his cronies in short order, which we see happening in [[{{Montages}} a flurry of images]] as the police swoop in to bust the terrorists. The militia leader is left stunned to hear that his organization is being smashed so quickly.

When a malicious group is investigated and busted, a member brags how the group is everywhere. The group member will further claim that their movement is growing, and will rule supreme someday, leaving the heroes concerned that there will be more trouble in the future.

Note also that the same claim may be made by the heroes when they are the resistance to a despotic regime. Naturally, the message is inverted this way.

* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', when Woody led Sid's toys to revolt against him;

* The Night Slasher's speech at the end of ''Film/{{Cobra}}'' follows this trope to the letter, but it's more of a crazed final rant than a accurate estimate of his following.

--->'''Mr. White:''' You really don't know anything about us. It's so amusing because... we are on the other side, thinking, “The [=MI6=], the CIA, they're looking over our shoulders. They're listening to our conversations.” And the truth is you don't even know we exist.\\

*** M [[LampshadedTrope is furious about this]]:

* ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'':
** Mr. White gets captured by Bond in light of Vesper Lynd's death, and is interrogated by Bond and M for information:

** M [[LampshadedTrope is furious about this]]:

* ''Franchise/TheMatrix'': [[GrandTheftMe Agents are able to do this by taking over any muggles any time they wish]], which makes them nigh-impossible to escape and forces the Heroes into the ethical grey area of having to murder people before they are possessed. The first movie includes a training simulation where [[DistractedByTheSexy Neo is distracted by a woman in a red dress]] only to turn around and discover an agent has since materialized in front of him, to teach Neo to beware that an Agent can be anywhere at anytime.

* Trope subverted (and a pretty rare [[DefiedTrope defiance]], too) on the ''Series/CSIMiami'' episode "Pirated" where the white supremacist militia leader threatens how his movement is everywhere and growing. The detectives, particularly Delko, respond that they are investigating every connection he has ([[RealityEnsues as would normally happen nowadays when a suspected terrorist group is detected]]) and expect a wave of arrests of his cronies in short order, which we see happening in [[{{Montages}} a flurry of images]] as the police swoop in to bust the terrorists. The militia leader is left stunned to hear that his organization is being smashed so quickly.

* ''Fanfic/AManOfIron'': In the second book, ''A Crack of Thunder'', Fury explains to Tony's group the full extent of [[TheOmniscient the Council's]] influence, stating that they have at least one agent in every castle, city, town and village in both Westeros and Essos, each of whom is encouraged to then build up their own independent network of informants. This enables them to keep tabs on and influence virtually everything of importance.

--->'''Mr. White:''' You really don't know anything about us. It's so amusing because... we are on the other side, thinking, “The MI6, the CIA, they're looking over our shoulders. They're listening to our conversations.” And the truth is you don't even know we exist.\\

'''Mr. White:''' Oh, really? Well, then, the first thing you should know about us...(''{{Beat}}'') is that we have people ''everywhere''. (''turns to Craig Mitchell, M's bodyguard'') Am I right? (''[[BodyguardBetrayal Craig promptly kills the other MI6 agent in the room and opens fire on M and Bond]]'')

* Wrestling/AllysinKay made the boast after Radiant Rain retired, Wrestling/IvelisseVelez was booted out of Valkyrie as punishment for causing Rain's retirement and Velez was beat over the head by Serena Deeb, who proved to TheMole in SHINE Wrestling. Officially, Valkyrie never had more than five members at any given time prior to [=SoCal=] Val's merger. They had accidentally revealed ties to a sixth but have continually denied connection to "Sweet" Saraya, even after said merger. Kay herself missed that Wrestling/TessaBlanchard was a Valkyrie member.