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* [[Artemis Fowl]] does this to Minerva in ''The Time Paradox'' by hacking into the security cameras and simulating armed forces, including a tank.
* Several groups in various ''[[Redwall]]'' books use this trick, usually successfully. Of course, it helps that the bluffer is usually ''[[One-Man Army|worth]]'' [[Badass Crew|that many]].
* In ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (novel)|Harry Potter and Thethe Goblet of Fire]]'', when Frank Bryce catches Voldemort and Wormtail in the old Riddle House, he tries to scare them away by threatening that his wife is downstairs phoning the police. Unfortunately for him, Voldemort can easily read his mind and knows he doesn't have a wife.
 
== [[Live -Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Get Smart]]'': Maxwell Smart keeps trying this tactic, and failing.
{{quote|'''Max:''' At the moment, seven Coast Guard cutters are converging on us. Would you believe it? Seven.
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