Originally posted by: ricarleite
Can you give another example?

Pretty much any Star Trek series was loaded with them. I know you're not really a Trek fan, but there was an episode in the original in which the crew were sent to a parallel/evil universe. In the episode, they were trying to get a special mineral from this planet that of course, had divulged itself of their weapons, so they were immediately a target for this empire.

In Trek: TNG, there were multiple episodes, for example in the episode "Devil's Due" they go out of their way to show how the planet had no weapons, and of course someone was there wreaking havoc all over the place.

There are instances of it in Babylon 5 as well. Of course, each one of these shows has something in common: The peaceful "unified" governments (usually with white and blue flags) of their respective shows arrive to save the day, and everything's cool as long as they're the only ones who are armed. Please, oh please...