History Main / StormingTheCastle

* In ''TheGodfather'' game, you will have to attack and take over the warehouses, hubs and compounds of the other four families. As the trope suggests, you will have a harder time with these than with normal shops and rackets.

* ''{{Stronghold}}'' You are storming a castle, or building a castle that can withstand a direct assault

* ''Stronghold'' Nearly every level of the military campaign you are storming a castle, or defending the stormed castle.

** In the GrandFinale, the Order of the White Lotus storms Ba Sing Se with only about fifteen men and [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome liberates it from the occupying army]].

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* ''{{HalfLife}}'' 2: A mute theoretical physicist storms the TortureCellar prison Nova Prospect with a multi-ethnic WrenchWench ActionGirl and an army of infinite cannon fodder alien insects. And it's still one of the toughest two levels in the game.

** Same goes for the KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Games, with the most impressive stormings being the Star Forge and Malachor.

* ''GearsOfWar 2'' has this happen, but its not TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon. The achievement you get for the act lampshades this trope.

** ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' ep, ''Best of Both Worlds'' features the Enterprise boarding the Borg cube twice.

* ''{{HalfLife}}'' 2: A mute theoretical physicist storms the ''TortureCellar'' prison Nova Prospect with a multi-ethnic ''WrenchWench'' ''ActionGirl'' and an army of infinite cannon fodder alien insects. And it's still one of the toughest two levels in the game.

* The very first mission in ''DeusEx'' involves breaking into The Statue of Liberty.

* ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has the heroes and a small army of allies invade the Fire Nation in "The Day of Black Sun."
** "The Earth King" has them going into the Ba Sing Se palace [[FoeTossingCharge in about four minutes]].
*** Also, in the Season 3 finale, the White Lotus Society storms Ba Sing Se with only half a dozen men and [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome liberates it from the Fire Nation's troops]].
**** Essentially a foregone conclusion though, since those six were all BadassGrandpa's.

* The French built the Maginot line to provide time to mobilize their army in case Germany attacked, and to deter them. Hopefully, it would force Germany to attack Belgium. Their biggest pride was Fort Eben-Emael, supposedly an impenetrable fortress. Germany attacked that very fort with 78 paratroopers and took over it. The worst thing was that the Maginot line were rendered useless because the French put too much trust into the supposedly impassable Ardennes.

to provide time for their army to mobilize in the event of attack and/or to entice Germany to attack neutral Belgium to avoid a direct assault on the line.

--> '''Valerie''': *quietly, to Max* "Think it'll work?"
--> '''Miracle Max''': *quietly, to Valerie* "It'll take a miracle." *enthusiastic again* "Bye bye!"

* The Final Arc of FullmetalAlchemist has the cast assault [[spoiler: Grand Central. Both above ground and underground (Which is Father's headquaters)]]

--> Miracle Max: "Have fun storming the castle!"
--> Valerie: *quietly, to Max* "Think it'll work?"
--> Miracle Max: *quietly, to Valerie* "It'll take a miracle." *enthusiastic again* "Bye bye!"

--> Valerie: "Think it'll work?"
--> Miracle Max: "It'll take a miracle."