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* On ''[[Johnny Test]]'', Johnny himself has managed to pull off a few Batman gambits, such as {{spoiler|going without bathing just so his family, after multiple failed attempts to get him cleaned up, will give in just so he can get a water park for his best friend's birthday}}, or the time he wanted to get his sister's time machine so {{spoiler|after failing the first time, he had Dukey in the future take it while the family was having dinner then come back to pick im up.}} Dukey even notes that he's not as dumb as you might think.

* In ''[[Turtles Forever]]'', the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage|Mirage Turtles]] lure the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|2003 Shredder]] out of his Technodrome by calling him a coward. It works, and Shredder literally jumps {{spoiler|into an ambush, not just by the Mirage Turtles, but the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|other]] [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|Ninja Turtles]] that he thought he killed earlier.}}

{{quote| {{spoiler|'''2003 Leonardo:'''}} If there's one constant in [[The Multiverse]], it's the Shredder's big fat ego!}}

{{quote|{{spoiler|'''2003 Leonardo:'''}} If there's one constant in [[The Multiverse]], it's the Shredder's big fat ego!}}

* In the two-part pilot of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', main character Twilight Sparkle's mentor, Princess Celestia, sends her to Ponyville to make some friends, right after she warned her about an [[Prophecies Are Always Right|ancient prophecy of doom]]. Turns out, her mentor predicted this. Thanks to her understanding of friendship in the second part, Twilight and her new friends saved the world.

** Parodied in ''[[My Little Pony Camaraderie Is Supernatural]]'', in which Princess Celestia's letter to Twilight includes the post-script "This [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|totally isn't]] a thinly-veiled Batman Gambit meant to prevent the impending Pony Apocalypse. For serious."

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* In [[Spawn]]: The Animated Series, we find out during the third and final season that Al Simmons is the victim of a Batman Gambit by Maleborgia. {{spoiler|Instead of being used to lead hells army, he's actually used as a sperm donor to impregnate Wanda with a demon seed - who'll be the real human general of hells army.}}

* In ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Sideshow Bob Roberts" Lisa figures she can get Sideshow Bob to admit he rigged the election by insinuating he was a lackey to [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|Birch Barlow]].

{{quote| '''Bob''': Only I could have executed such a masterpiece of electoral fraud. And I have the records to prove it! Here, just look at these -- each one a work of Machiavellian art!}}

{{quote|'''Bob''': Only I could have executed such a masterpiece of electoral fraud. And I have the records to prove it! Here, just look at these -- each one a work of Machiavellian art!}}

* In the ''[[South Park]]'' episode "Spookyfish", the boys meet the evil Eric Cartman from a [[Mirror Universe]]. Being the opposite of the real Cartman, he is kind and helpful. Cartman rips off his counterpart's [[Beard of Evil]] after he finds out that Stan and Kyle are going to send him to the other universe in favor of evil Cartman. When Stan and Kyle are trying to decide which Cartman is the one they want to get rid of, one insists that they both have to go for the greater good. They zap the other Cartman because they know the real Cartman would never say that. However, it was the regular Cartman who said that; he knew that they would fall for it.

* ''[[Doug]]'' has one in "Doug's Big News". Roger gets everyone kicked off the news show by taking credit for the video tribute the class made for Mr. Bone. They figure getting him a present wouldn't help them get back in his good graces because Roger would take credit for it again. Doug takes advantage of this and when Roger takes the next gift, Roger gets in trouble for giving Mr. Bone pink underwear.