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== Anime and Manga == |
== Anime and Manga == |
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* In the very first episode of the animated adaption of ''[[Fate/Zero]]'', both Tohsaka Tokiomi and Kotomine Risei circle Kirei while they explain their [[Xanatos Gambit]] to him in an effort to convince him to join them. See [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7rZDAojXNY here] for an example. |
* In the very first episode of the animated adaption of ''[[Fate/Zero]]'', both Tohsaka Tokiomi and Kotomine Risei circle Kirei while they explain their [[Xanatos Gambit]] to him in an effort to convince him to join them. See [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7rZDAojXNY here] for an example. |
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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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* Harry and Voldemort's final battle in ''[[Harry Potter and |
* Harry and Voldemort's final battle in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (novel)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' starts with them circling each other, debating who will triumph. Harry is level-headed, assured that he has the upper hand, while Voldemort is arrogant and dismissive, refusing to believe he can be beaten. |
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* In ''[[Who's Afraid of Beowulf?]]'' by [[Tom Holt]], the last viking king, Hrolf Earthstar circles the evil Sorcerer King before battle, determined to break his attempt to rule the world. Unusually, the mighty but doomed villain ''accepts'' the [[Last Second Chance]] given by the hero. After all, someone could have got ''killed''. |
* In ''[[Who's Afraid of Beowulf?]]'' by [[Tom Holt]], the last viking king, Hrolf Earthstar circles the evil Sorcerer King before battle, determined to break his attempt to rule the world. Unusually, the mighty but doomed villain ''accepts'' the [[Last Second Chance]] given by the hero. After all, someone could have got ''killed''. |
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* This happens at least twice in [[Madeleine L'Engle]]'s books -- ''[[A Wind in the Door]]'' and ''[[Many Waters]]'', to be precise (although this is more of forcible-possession than monologuing, in both cases). In the latter, it's called the [[Circle of Extinction]], giving this trope its [[Renamed Tropes|former name]]. |
* This happens at least twice in [[Madeleine L'Engle]]'s books -- ''[[A Wind in the Door]]'' and ''[[Many Waters]]'', to be precise (although this is more of forcible-possession than monologuing, in both cases). In the latter, it's called the [[Circle of Extinction]], giving this trope its [[Renamed Tropes|former name]]. |
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