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* In [[Esther Friesner]]'s ''Elf Defense'', our heroes are stuck in a [[Mobile Maze|magical semi-sentient hedgemaze]], which has just separated the college professor being pursued by a dragon from the elven prince who actually knows how to ''fight'' a dragon. No problem: the Welsh au pair calmly picks up a sword and proceeds to chop her way through the first hedge in the way. The maze, not being stupid, immediately opens a clear path for her.

* In [[The Mysterious Benedict Society]], the final test which the main characters are put through in order to qualify for the mission is a maze of identical rooms. Reynie identifies a pattern of arrows (there are several different arrows in each room, each pointing different directions), while Sticky blunders through at random, memorizes the route instantly, and completes it perfectly when he tries again, but Kate simply opens up a heating duct and crawls straight through.

* In Robert Asprin's ''[[~~Phules~~ Company]]'' series, the Omega Mob tends towards solutions like this. The key example comes in the first book, where Phule's troops (a gang of misfits that were already considered too irregular for the Space Legion, which is already an irregular military force) are going up against one of the finest military units in the galaxy in a series of competitions. The second event is the challenge course, which is to be run "under combat conditions" with full military gear. The regular Army unit runs the course perfectly, setting a spectacular time as they do so. Phule's company literally ''destroys'' the course, blowing down walls, cutting away barbed wire, and in general ''using'' their full military gear to wreck everything that gets in their way, and get away with it through [[Loophole Abuse]] and because the rival commander was too damned impressed to push the point.

* In Robert Asprin's ''[[Phule's Company]]'' series, the Omega Mob tends towards solutions like this. The key example comes in the first book, where Phule's troops (a gang of misfits that were already considered too irregular for the Space Legion, which is already an irregular military force) are going up against one of the finest military units in the galaxy in a series of competitions. The second event is the challenge course, which is to be run "under combat conditions" with full military gear. The regular Army unit runs the course perfectly, setting a spectacular time as they do so. Phule's company literally ''destroys'' the course, blowing down walls, cutting away barbed wire, and in general ''using'' their full military gear to wreck everything that gets in their way, and get away with it through [[Loophole Abuse]] and because the rival commander was too damned impressed to push the point.

* In [[Percy Jackson and The Olympians|Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth]], both the heroes and the villains are searching for [[MacGuffin|Ariadne's String]], which allows a [[Dungeon Bypass]] of the famous Labyrinth of [[Classical Mythology]], which is now much larger, and beneath all of the United States of America. {{spoiler|Luke finds it, but Percy works out another Dungeon Bypass, a "clear-sighted" mortal, who always know the way through the Labyrinth}}.

* Brandon Sanderson's ''[[Warbreaker]]'' Vasher uses Nightblood to demolish walls in the royal palace in order to reach his target Denth. It's not a straight example because it's not a dungeon but the effect is the same.