Cutting the Knot: Difference between revisions

{{quote|'''Huntress:''' Did I see you cheating?

'''Batman:''' ''Winning.'' }}

** He has a similar reaction to cursed swords with the equivalent of [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything]].

* Whenever [[Batman]] battles The Riddler, he'll often beat his riddles using either this Trope or [[Take a Third Option]], essentially bypassing various [[Xanatos Gambit]]s by winning in ways his enemy didn't expect.

* ''[[Girl Genius]]'': Violence is a workable way to [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050725 stop Lars from panicking]. "I'm fine! Perfectly calm!" Of course, Jaegers (and DuPree, oh god, ''[[Psycho for Hire|DuPree]]'') tend to take this approach to ''everything''.

* 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.

* ''[[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, when prepared to [[Murder Is the Best Solution|rip his throat out]].}}

** 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.

* Faevv in [[Juathuur]] [http://oneway.juathuur.com/1/?strip_id=111 thinks like a shadow-user.]

* In ''[[Bob and George]]'', a handful of Dr. Cossack's Robot Masters, lead by [[Death Is a Slap on The Wrist|Ran]], have to figure out how break into Dr. Wily's fortress. He discusses the various traps and hazards they'll have to navigate; Dive Man blows up the front door and walks in.

* [[Captain SNES|A Superscope]] [http://www.captainsnes.com/2004/01/29/416-it-counts-as-a-set-of-masterwork-lockpicks-ya-know/ used to pick a tough lock]. [[How We Got Here|Alex's captor suggests that a]] [[MacGuffin]] [[We Have the Keys|Alex possessed at the time would've been the logical solution.]] [[It Got Worse|Alex agrees (with hindsight) that he should've considered it.]]

* ''[[Xkcd]]'' strip [http://xkcd.com/538/ 538]

'''Schlock:''' And that's why they call it a blast door. }}

* ''[[Keychain of Creation]]'' had a [http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0145.html fiendishly complicated lock].

* ''[[Rusty and Co.]]'' had [[The Ditz|Madeline]] after [http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-6-35/ a brief struggle] with the classic (pre-school) puzzle solving it her own way (on the next page, and then two pages later).