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* The number of times they've done this in ''[[Power Rangers]]'' is beyond counting. Often more than once in the same season.
* Michael pulls one of these about every third episode of ''[[Burn Notice]]''.
* The ''[[Twilight Zone]]'' episode " {{spoiler|The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street}}", aliens do this, taking advantage of the fact that [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|Humans Are Bastards]]. {{spoiler|An ordinary street, in an ordinary town, suffers a sudden and inexplicable power outage, with a few suspicious items still functioning. The neighborhood gets together and comes to the somewhat strange conclusion that alien invaders are messing with things, and then start accusing each other of being in league with the invaders.}} End result: mass hysteria. Cut to two [[Human Alien]]s on a hill overlooking Maple Street, marveling at how they won't have to fire a single shot, the humans can easily be tricked into killing each other!
** The whole thing, of course, was an allegory for [[Red Scare|the McCarthy witch hunts]].
* In [[Stargate Atlantis]], McKay reactivates the Replicators' programming that causes them to attack the Wraith. Unfortunately, it backfires a bit when the Replicators determine that the most efficient way wipe out the Wraith is to eliminate [[I'm a Humanitarian|their food supply]].