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* '[[Ender's Game|Shadow Quartet]]'': Achilles from the is stated to be one of these; though he is not a particularly smart genius compared to others from Battle School, he is able to orchestrate globally significant events by being unpredictable.

* In [[Larry Niven]]'s ''[[Ringworld|The Ringworld Throne]]'' and [[Ringworld|Ringworld's Children]], doing this sort of thing is the only way Luis Wu can stay in the game against the superhumanly smart protectors... until he becomes a protector himself.

* The ''[[Belisarius Series]]'' portrays the title character as a master of this. There's a comment that if Belisarius comes to a fork in the road, where other generals would see only a choice between marching right or left, Belisarius will also [[Take a Third Option|consider the possibilities of digging a tunnel or climbing into the trees]]. One fellow says, "The general told me once that he considered the chaos of war to be his best friend." Another agrees, "He will do everything in his power to create chaos, and then take advantage of it.... He not only ''could'' be anywhere, he will be doing everything he can to make it seem as if he were one place while he is going somewhere else."