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{{quote|'''Black Mage:''' Okay. I seem to remember some dead old king guy who, when presented with a problem of unsolvable perplexity, would blaze a path to victory via stabbity means. Therefore!
''* TINKTINKTINKTINKTINKTINK* '' }}
* In ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', when
** S13 took a page from her book. When robots ran a rescue mission into an area screened with ether syphon buoys (with [[Reality Warper|Zimmy's power]] running unchecked inside), they put a ''torpedo'' into one buoy and entered through that place once fireworks stopped. A few pages later, Renard in [[Big Badass Wolf]] form crushed with teeth the talisman blocking Antimony's abilities - though he noted that this ''was'' a contest of raw power (and Renard apparently counts as a major mythological entities one tier below gods).
* [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0327.html This] ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'' comic, providing a method around the [[Knights and Knaves]] problem by having Haley shoot one of them in the foot. They even gave a disgruntled [[The Smart Guy|Smart Guy]], who had been about to work the thing out logically, a nice [[Lampshade Hanging]]:
{{quote|'''Vaarsuvius:''' Gordium called. They have a knot that you may want to take a look at.}}
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* In [http://lfgcomic.com/page/207 this] ''[[Looking for Group]]'', Richard, while possessing a golem, is asked to undertake a perilous and tedious quest to free the mages caged in crystal by eventually getting three fangs from the "open mouth" of a twenty-headed dragon to smash a glowing crystal. Richard of course decides to take the easy way out and try to smash the crystal himself. And though it's not explicitly shown, he succeeded.
* ''[[Supermegatopia]]'': When Crushed and company are faced with navigating an evil-infested mansion (and risking a horrible death at the hands of the undead nasties sure to be lurking within) in order to destroy an ancient artifact, the intrepid heroine elects to simply <s>[http://www.supermegatopia.com/comics/undying.php torch the place and call it a day]</s>([[Dead Link]]).
* ''[[Goblins]]'' plays this one brilliantly. When Dies Horribly's party is forced to solve the riddle of the temple guardian, [[Speak of the Devil|Noe]], who will kill them horribly if they summon him more than three times (and homonyms such as "know" and "no", which are used frequently, will also summon him), [[Big Guy]] K'seliss solves the problem in a beautifully direct fashion: {{spoiler|intentionally summoning him,
** Tempts Fate is challenged with a devilishly complicated riddle by a talking door, and the wrong answer will unleash horrible death. Tempts Fate elects not to answer at all, and just opens the door, which wasn't locked. After all, it never said he had to give a ''right'' answer either.
** At one point, tempts is confronted with a series of armor piercing arrow launchers that will kill anything attempting to cross the room. He jumps into the air, activating his magic belt, and his metal skin deflects them. The Rant Golem picks up a bit of sand, which is the solution, and passes by completely unharmed. Oddly, he knew the solution ahead of time, and but was bored.
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* ''[[Keychain of Creation]]'' had a [http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0145.html fiendishly complicated lock].
* ''[[Hero in Training]]'': [http://www.herointrainingcomic.com/?date=2007-12-22 these] [http://www.herointrainingcomic.com/?date=2007-12-27 strips].
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