Famous Last Stand

You are surrounded. There is no way your tiny group can triumph against the forces of Evil and the Big Bad. Instead of surrendering and trying to bargain your way out, however, you decide to fight it out and go down all guns blazing. This would normally be considered a Very Bad Idea but in most continuua, this is the Famous Last Stand, and, for some reason, heroes that decide to have their FLS, make peace with their deity of choice and fight for freedom against tyranny, yea, tho' it be with their last breath, often win.

On the alternate hand, if a Famous Last Stand does not succeed, it often rallies the allies of the group to later continue on to victory.

During the 2008 Mary Sue Invasion, the Sues tried to have a Famous Last Stand at the Tomb of the Unknown PPC Agent. This went ... badly for them. Earlier, at the end of the Crashing Down incident, Durran Mkellin and his Scout Division had a Last Stand in the Cafeteria, which didn't end well for them, either; the only survivor was Jasmine Sims and, unlike other examples, it didn't so much rally his allies as signal the defeat of the Black Cats.