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* ''Series/Doctor Who'' has the following

* The movie ''[[Anime/OnePieceFilmStrongWorld Strong World]]'' climaxes with the Straw Hats storming Shiki's fortress to rescue Nami and stop Shiki's plan to destroy the East Blue.

* ''Fanfic/MLPNextGenerationKnowFear '': After [[spoiler: Sunny Skies' death]], Starburst becomes so enraged at the war and all the pointless death that she [[OneManArmy singlehandedly]] assaults the griffon capital and goes after [[TheEmperor Emperor]] [[BigBad Stratus]] himself personally. She actually comes within a hairsbreadth of [[HeWhoFightsMonsters killing him in cold blood]], until his EvilGloating makes her realize she's become NotSoDifferent from him. [[spoiler: And then [[TheStarscream Nox/Shadow Wing]] kills him anyway to make him a martyr and frame Star.]]

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' has a few examples, but they're outnumbered by far by proper sieges and more sensible alternatives. It's generally made clear that this is ''not'' a good idea most of the time and is rarely successful without a truly massive numerical advantage, as per the oft repeated maxim that one man on a wall is equal to ten on the ground. Stannis Baratheon attempts to take King's Landing in open battle in the second book ([[spoiler:and fails because Tyrion burned his fleet down and the Tyrells relieved the defenders]]), the Wildlings make repeated attempts to storm the Wall in the third book after failing to infiltrate it from the inside ([[spoiler:and fail, forcing Mance to bring out his ForgottenSuperweapon only to be defeated before he can employ it]]), and Loras Tyrell is forced to abandon a siege and storm [[spoiler:Dragonstone]] directly in the fourth book ([[spoiler:he succeeds but is reportedly almost killed (and [[UncertainDoom may have been]] horribly wounded by quarrels, maces and ''[[BodyHorror boiling oil]]'') and loses a disproportionately large amount of men in the process]]).

* The episode "To The Gates" from the third season of ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' may have one of the most epic examples in television history. For a half hour the Norse attempt to storm Paris by attacking at multiple points complete with appropriate siege engines while the Franks and their defenses do everything to throw them back. [[spoiler:RealityEnsues and the Norse are beaten back entirely, with heavy losses. In fact, some of the Norse RedShirts realized early on what was inevitably going to happen, and all their leaders were simply [[PrideBeforeAFall too proud]], [[TheFundamentalist too zealous]], [[GloryHound too hungry for glory]], or [[WeAREStrugglingTogether too petty]] to admit it. It takes several attempts at treachery and a much more elaborate ruse before the Norse are able to breach the defenses and loot the city.]]

** Episodes 115-116, aptly titled "Storm the Tower", features one team (between Team Lads (Gavin, Michael and Ray) and Team Gents (Geoff, Ryan and Jack)) attempting to get to the top of a large fortified tower and capture the Tower of Pimps within one hour, while the other team attempts to stop them. [[spoiler:RealityEnsues, however, as the Tower's defenses were so intricately designed that in the end neither team were able to get to the top and mine the Tower within one hour (though Team Lads were the closest when Ray successfully captured one gold block).]]

* ''Series/TheBarrier'': Near the end of the series, a group of revolutionaries that includes most of the protaognists breaks into the residence of the President who has been running an extremely oppressive dicatorship for the past twenty-five years.

* The climax of ''[[Manga/Golgo13 Golgo 13: The Professional]]'' has the titular character attack Dawson Tower in [[BigApplesauce New York City]], where the final shootout between Golgo, a squadron of attack helicopters, Snake, and Gold and Silver occurs.

* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' features several examples.

* In ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'', Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Big Barda assault Apokolips to rescue Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}.

** In ''ComicBook/HelOnEarth'', after H'el takes over Franchise/{{Superman}}'s Fortress of Solitude, Superman calls in the Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}} to help take it back.

* ''Anime/MaiOtome'''s last episode, where the "castle" is Garderobe Academy (which had [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs already been stolen from the good guys]]).

* In ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', Magic World arc concludes in [[BadassCrew Ala Alba]] with its [[SixthRanger allies]] (Mana, Takane, Mei, Ariadne girls and others) storming [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Gravekeeper's Palace]].

* The climax of ''[[Manga/{{Golgo13}} Golgo 13: The Professional]]'' has the titular character attack Dawson Tower in [[BigApplesauce New York City]], where the final shootout between Golgo, a squadron of attack helicopters, Snake, and Gold and Silver occurs.

* Episodes 25-26 of ''Anime/{{Jewelpet 2009}}'' are about Rinko and co. discovering and invading [[BigBad Diana]]'s lair, culminating in a climactic mid-season battle.

* In ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', after months of slowly falling to {{ComicBook/Darkseid}} and his forces, every free superhero teams up into one huge army and storms Bludhaven, where Darkseid's main base is. Franchise/{{Superman}} himself is not part of this assult, but he arrives later and storms Darkseid's actual base, the Command-D bunker, single-handedly. [[spoiler: To find Franchise/{{Batman}} dead and Darkseid dying]].

* Clan Gully and their comrades had to attack [[spoiler: Khamja's base]] in Grazton to [[spoiler: save Baron Beltorey and Cid]] during the Grazton Arc of FanFic/TheTaintedGrimoire.

* Pops up a few times in the ''FanFic/MyHostageNotYours'' trilogy:

* The heroes of ''FanFic/AdventCrossoverCrisis'' attempt to pull this on the tower where a group of villains have collected. Unfortunately, by the time they get there, [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs the tower is almost empty]]...

* In Creator/JamesSwallow's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} ''[[Literature/BloodAngels Deus Sanguinius]]'', Rafen gets on the outside of a shuttle going to the spaceship to inflitrate it. He is the only loyal Blood Angel left, and the ship, which should have been a refuge, is enemy ground.

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* In ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'':

* At the end of ''Film/{{Scarface|1983}}'' Sosa's mook army storms Tony Montana's mansion.

** In the Season 3 premiere, Morgause and Cenred are discussing storming the castle, which Cenred points out is near suicidal because the entire army is thousands of his men will die. They only go ahead because they have [[TheMole an ally in the court]] who summons up an undead army to attack Camelot from the inside. When that fails, he immediately calls it off. Likewise, Merlin is seen stocking up food for the siege, telling Arthur that they could be trapped in there for weeks or months.

* In the ''[[Comicbook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' comics:

** The climax of the Shattered World Saga sees the Freedom Fighters carry out a two-pronged attack, on both the Death Egg and Eggman Land.
* In ''ComicBook/HelOnEarth'', after H'el takes over Franchise/{{Superman}}'s Fortress of Solitude, Superman calls in the Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}} to help take it back.
* In the climax of ''Comicbook/SupermanVsTheAmazingSpiderMan'', Franchise/{{Superman}} and Franchise/SpiderMan assault Comicbook/LexLuthor's space base.

* As of the beginning of the ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' fic ''FanFic/WinterWar'', Seireitei has [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs been occupied by Aizen's forces for some time]]. Naturally, once things get underway, retaking the city is one of the heroes' first priorities. At the same time, a smaller group is sent into Hueco Mundo.

* In the ''FanFic/FacingTheFutureSeries'', [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Team Phantom]] launch an invasion on the [[TheMenInBlack Guys In White's]] headquarters in order to [[spoiler:save a captured Danielle]]. The task is made easier with the help of a couple of Jack's failed inventions.

* ''FanFic/AnUnsungSong'':

* ''FanFic/{{Elysion}}'' has Akihiko, Junpei, and Aigis break into the Kirijo Estate at the same time as the Investigation team. Bonus points to Souji and Yosuke for storming said castle armed with only two knives and a golf club while everyone else already had their Personas by that point

* ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'': During the climax, Shrek and his friends need to crash the ball in order to prevent Prince Charming, who is masquerading as Shrek, from kissing Fiona, which will activate the love spell slipped into her tea and cause her to fall in love with him. In order to get past the moat and its small army of guards mounted atop the castle walls, they visit the Muffin Man, who crafts them Mungo, a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever gigantic gingerbread man]], all while an Jennifer Saunder's [[ClimacticMusic absolutely blood-pumping, kickass cover]] of "Holding Out For A Hero" by Bonnie Tyler plays in the background.

* ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'': During the climax, Shrek and his friends need to crash the ball in order to prevent Prince Charming, who is masquerading as Shrek, from kissing Fiona, which will activate the love spell slipped into her tea and causing him to fall in love with him. In order to get past the moat and its small army of guards mounted atop the castle walls, they visit the Muffin Man, who crafts them Mungo, a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever gigantic gingerbread man]], all while an Jennifer Saunder's [[ClimacticMusic absolutely blood-pumping, kickass cover]] of "Holding Out For A Hero" by Bonnie Tyler plays in the background.