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** Later on, when a single Hull ship lands on a frontier planet Dalton sets up energy rifles on hills surrounding the ship, After disabling the ship, he tricks the crew into surrendering by making them think they're surrounded by troops. Another character calls Dalton's ploy "the Fort Zinderneuf
* [[Artemis Fowl (Literature)|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
* In ''[[Harry Potter and The 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.
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