Batman Gambit/Fan Works

"Kyon: Haruhi's going to burst into the middle of the meeting and be really pissed off about not being involved. Koizumi: Ah... You're certain? Kyon: She absolutely will if you send a text to her just before we enter the Student Council room. That should give Kimidori-san enough time to state her goals and reasons, but not to actually do anything before Haruhi shows up."
 * Bluepencil's Neon Genesis Evangelion fic Shinji and Warhammer 40 K is full of both gambits and roulettes. Made even better by the fact that neither Gendo or SEELE are willing to admit the possibility that neither is manipulating Shinji. Let alone the fact that he's manipulating both them, and the Japanese government against each other.
 * In another NGE fic, Neon Exodus Evangelion, absorbs DJ after the final battle in the series, then stays passive afterward so he can be piloted by one of Natlateth's cloned pilots. Asuka almost screws this up by, but . The culmination of the plan is . If , the plan would have failed.
 * The Battle Royale fanfiction Seventy Two Hours has Damien systematically annihilate the cheerleaders (the Brat Pack) by exploiting their mutual distrust for one another. By breaking into their compound and escaping unseen, he's easily able to cause the simmering tension in the group to boil over. Within a couple of hours, every one of them is dead, and they've even disposed of his redundant lackey for him in the process.
 * Forward has a couple of these, the first being one hatched by River and Jayne, which allows them to   Later on, River uses one to convince the rest of the crew that she's dangerously unstable, so they leave her behind while going on a job, during which she is able to sneak away and do a job on the side.
 * In Kyon: Big Damn Hero, when Kyon, Koizumi, Yuki and Mikuru go to see the Student Council President:


 * The Villain Protagonist Tyrin Lieph (in the Mass Effect fanfic The Council Era) successfully  in order to massacre the dezba, who he perceives to be a threat to galactic security.
 * In Survivor Fan Characters, Vinnie from Season 2 and 6 is exceptionally well-known for pulling these off, often getting his enemies voted off easily without fail. From Season 5, Gatemaster is also adept at these, although his relies on luck a lot more, and he uses one to get the final four he wants.
 * Subverted in the case of Phil from Season 7: he tries to pull one off a la Richard Hatch from Survivor: Borneo, when he quits the final immunity challenge on the assumption that whoever won would take him to the finals with them,
 * In With Strings Attached, the four manage to prevail thanks to a series of Batman Gambits that take advantage of the desperation and boredom of the skahs and the paranoia of the Raleka, as well as  overconfidence.
 * In the Death Note fic Fever Dreams Light tricks all the officers present at 's arrest into accepting and giving up ownership of the notebook in order to wipe their memories by having Rem throw the notebook at every cop, growling out "That's mine, give it back to me" and if "Give it back or I'll Kill You!" doesn't work she should tell them they passed the test of bravery and that she had selected them to be the next Kira, and if they would just slaughter their families and fifty additional innocent people then they could have the power of Kira.
 * Turnabout Storm has Phoenix accidentally getting summoned to Equestria by Twilight after several failed attempts at looking for a lawyer to defend her friend. As the story progresses is revealed that.
 * Queen of All Oni: Uncle knows that Daolon Wong knows how to summon Tarakudo, who the heroes need to interrogate for information on Jade, and also that he won't divulge it willingly. So,
 * In an example that crosses over with Indy Ploy, due to coming up with it on the spot: when Jade attacks the shop in order to capture Tohru for Ikazuki, Uncle has him wait inside the shop's protective wards. In order to get him to come out, Jade has her ninja perform a sneak attack on Uncle, knowing Tohru will come to his aid, leaving himself to be captured.
 * Operation Steel Lightning is basically one big one of these:  And it almost goes off without a hitch, with only Agent Wisker's unforeseen interference preventing a victory.
 * In Futari wa Pretty Cure Blue Moon, Kainatrol likes to do this when she isn't outright using Mind Control. In one mini-arc, she starts one up by controlling Mia and using her to lure Asa and Yoko to one roof so that Tachimany can ambush them, which they do, leaving the Cures badly beaten. Kainatrol is then outsmarted by Dawn's own Batman Gambit, though, relying on Kainatrol's sadism and her tendency to go Drunk on the Dark Side when she's getting her way (or blow up if she's not).
 * In the Death Note fic Point of Succession Light and Mr. Junko fake a scene where one of them pretends to be injured in order to confirm that Matt isn't a real cop because when they shout for help he doesn't even stop to look.
 * In the Calvin at Camp episode "Jason Fox The Musical," Eugene tricks the Eds into recruiting kids to help them with scams. Once there is no one to scam, he assumes that the kids will turn on each other in frustration.