When his quest to keep the team in Milwaukee finally failed after the 1965 season, he changed the group's name to Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Inc., after the minor league baseball team he grew up watching, and devoted himself to returning Major League Baseball to Milwaukee.

When it was decided that the Ring had to be destroyed, Gandalf volunteered to accompany Frodo — now the Ring-bearer — in his quest.

When Frodo and the other Hobbits stopped in Rivendell on their quest to destroy the Ring, Bilbo was still alive but now visibly aged, the years having caught up with him after he surrendered the Ring.

When at last she learns it, she arms herself as a shieldmaiden, and goes to Munarvoe in Samsø, in quest of the dwarf-cursed weapon.

When Huon, son of Seguin count of Bordeaux, passed through the forest where he lives, he was warned against Oberon by a hermit, but his courtesy had him answer Oberon's greetings, and so gain his aid in his quest: having killed Charlot, the Emperor's son, in self-defense, Huon must visit the court of the amir of Babylon and perform various feats to win a pardon, and only with Oberon's aid does he succeed.

When a hero is on a quest for several objects that are only a convenient reason for his journey, they are termed plot coupons.

When presented as a scientific proposition, it has been criticised by evolutionary biologists such as the late palaeontologist Stephen Jay Gould and the ethologist Richard Dawkins ; for example, Lovelock stated in the first paragraph of his book ( 1979 ), " the quest for Gaia is an attempt to find the largest living creature on Earth ".

When surrender became inevitable he fled to England, which he had previously visited in quest of succour.

When Philip's ratification finally arrived, Albert's quest for the restoration of peace in the Low Countries had finally paid off.

When the Second Continental Congress convened in May 1775, most delegates followed John Dickinson in his quest to reconcile with George III of Great Britain.

When they arrive, they find that an elder Troodon has gone off on a crazy, Don Quixote-like quest to prove he's still a great champion.

When the Wicked Witch of the West is resurrected, she casts a spell that gets the Wizard's balloon caught in the wind causing Dorothy and her friends to embark on a quest to save the Wizard and defeat the Wicked Witch of the West.

When the player's priceless Steltek Gun is stolen, he embarks on a quest that will bring him into conflict with the Luddite-like Church of Man and their shady leader, Mordecai Jones.

When a younger, less experienced Punisher mistakenly believes his quest of killing the Kingpin is over, he leaves a message for Urich.

When the men arrive at the tree, they find a large amount of gold coins and forget about their quest to kill Death.

When this feud ran down, Douglas broke away from The New Church and began a quest, alongside his new valet Tracy, to find " The New Franchise ".

When Skeletor learns of their quest, he muses that " they must never discover the secret of Keldor ", as the truth will lead to his destruction.

When Sonic, Manic and Sonia grew up, the Oracle of Delphius revealed the prophecy to them: So Sonic, Manic and Sonia decided to go on a quest, searching throughout Mobius for Queen Aleena.

When an older child is ready, he or she will go on a personal, spiritual quest alone in the wilderness, often in conjunction with a period of fasting.

When talking to Yellow Wolf, Lucullus Virgil McWhorter came to believe that the person fasts, and stays awake and concentrates on their quest until their mind becomes " comatose.

When Master Vile arrived on the moon in his quest for the Zeo Crystal, Lord Zedd was pushed aside.

When ready, a party can venture into a dungeon to explore, fight monsters, and gain the experience needed to advance levels and become powerful enough to complete their quest.

When he did McMahon set on a six-month long quest to dethrone Austin as champion, which he eventually did in a de facto handicap match at Breakdown: In Your House against The Undertaker and Kane, who could not pin each other.

When the Doctor encountered him, Sabbath was attempting to build a temporal battleship, the Jonah, in order to travel beyond the realm of human understanding, though he was callous about other people's lives in his quest.

When he remembered that he might have not signed the check, Mercer made out another for the same amount, instructing the bank to destroy the other -- especially if he had happened to have absent-mindedly signed both of them.

When computer files contain information that is extremely important, a back-up process is used to protect against disasters that might destroy the files.

When Emperor Shaddam IV orchestrates a plot to destroy the " Red Duke " Leto, the Baron eagerly lends his aid.

" When I have finished baptizing the people, I order them to destroy the huts in which they keep their idols ; and I have them break the statues of their idols into tiny pieces, since they are now Christians.

When the Gaon saw that the Golem was growing larger and larger, he feared that the Golem would destroy the universe.

When the PET range was revamped with updated hardware, it was quickly discovered that performing the old trick on the new hardware led to disastrous behavior by the new video chip, causing it to destroy the PET's integrated CRT monitor.

When the Civil War broke out and Tennessee seceded from the union in 1861, Driver knew or feared that the rebel government would attempt to destroy the locally famous Old Glory.

When the siege had started, Saladin was unwilling to promise terms of quarter to the Frankish inhabitants of Jerusalem until Balian of Ibelin threatened to kill every Muslim hostage, estimated at 5000, and to destroy Islam's holy shrines of the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa Mosque if quarter was not given.

When collaborating with the other Elders he schemed to destroy the Universe to be reborn as new versions of Galactus.

When the sepulchral chamber was opened in 1873 by Bauchetet, a French engineer officer, clear evidence was found that at some remote period the tomb had been rifled and an attempt made to destroy it by fire.

When the Germans arrive, Liz and Simon are initially captured, but then escape and succeed in helping young Frank Skinner carry out Traynor's orders to destroy the secret apparatus – a prototype laser weapon – before the Germans can seize it.

When their lives are threatened, Bliss uses her abilities ( and the shared intellect of Gaia ) to destroy the Solarian who is about to kill them.

When confronted by Ilúvatar, Aule confessed his deed and raised his hammer to destroy his creations.

When the displaced Sybarites sought refuge at Croton and Telys demanded their return, an opportunity for the Crotoniates to destroy a powerful neighbor presented itself.

When officials destroy what they think is Grazer One, it turns out to be the NSA's best intelligence satellite.

When they reach the bunker, they discover it overrun: a crowd of David and Wounded Soldier model robots attack, but Tasso destroys them with a very powerful hand grenade, stating that it was designed to destroy the robots.

When the construction of a large airport was proposed north of Everglades National Park, an environmental study predicted it would destroy the South Florida ecosystem.

When the Avengers arrive on the scene they immediately try to destroy him but the Cube imbues him with nearly unlimited power, making him absolutely invulnerable.

When a mob rushes to destroy the space gun used to propel the spacecraft, Cabal launches the ship ahead of schedule.

When a series of government raids destroy their hidden stills, Lucas ' father and the other local moonshines shut down production " for a spell " to let the government deal with Kogan in its own time, but Lucas is forced by circumstances and his own code of honor to make a final run.

When the Jewish midrash ( explanations of the Bible ) were being composed, it was held that God originally produced a male and a female leviathan, but lest in multiplying the species should destroy the world, he slew the female, reserving her flesh for the banquet that will be given to the righteous on the advent of the Messiah ( B.

When the mad Romulan captain, Nero, makes clear his intention to destroy Vulcan, Spock arrives to transport Sarek, Amanda, and the rest of the Vulcan council to safety ; however, Amanda is lost in the attempt.

When the little girl dies suddenly, the emotional strain threatens to destroy their marriage.