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A group of people are [[True Companions|thick as thieves]], [[A Friend in Need|supporting each other in all things]]. If they ever reiterate this, it's [[Tempting Fate]]. You will soon see a third party enter and ask them to decide something. It may be something as mundane as deciding what toppings they want on their pizza, or something as serious as which one of them is the leader. A sister trope to [[Centipede's Dilemma]] and a great way to hand a group of people the [[Conflict Ball]]. If the decision is whether to trust a once-villainous member of their group, it is the [[They Still Belong to Us Lecture]].
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* In ''[[Redwall|Mossflower]]'', Martin and friends are captured by Tsarmina's soldiers and escape by encouraging their captors to fight over the remaining food.
** There's also more than one instance in the series of calling out an insult while both captors' backs are turned, so they'd each think the other said it, start fighting, and allow the protagonist to slip away.
* In the [[Isaac Asimov]] ''Black Widowers'' story "To The Barest," ex-Black-Widower Frank Ottur invokes this and alludes to the mythological example by leaving a sum of money in his will "to the barest" of the current Black Widowers, whatever that
* At the end of ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[Discworld/Feet of Clay|Feet of Clay]]'', {{spoiler|newly free-will-enabled golem Dorfl}} pulls this on a collection of evangelical priests. Though from disparate and rivalling faiths, they're briefly united in their endeavor to convert him until he says {{spoiler|he'll be happy to dispute the matter with the priest of the most worthy god}}. Predictable bedlam ensues.
** It gets better because he said he'll do it when he's free from work. He's working 24/7 and won't be free until he's dead...
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