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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"Be it thy course to busy giddy minds with foreign quarrels."''
|'''King Henry IV''', '''''[[William Shakespeare|Henry IV, Part 2]]'''''}}
OK, so you have a bunch of different factions who fight against each other all the time. Wouldn't it be so much better if they could all get along? Unfortunately, that's not going to happen, as they hate each other's guts.
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Can be a Sub-trope of [[Zero-Approval Gambit]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[Code Geass]]'', {{spoiler|Lelouch makes ''himself'' this threat, and then goes a step further by arranging his own assassination, thus creating world peace}}. Interestingly enough, {{spoiler|his sister, Nunnally, was trying the same thing with Damocles}}. It's [[In the Blood]], it seems.
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* In ''[[Watchmen]]'', the [[Big Bad]] plans to force America and Russia to put aside their differences and work together by {{spoiler|making it seem as if a massive [[Alien Invasion]] is imminent.}} Whether or not it works on the long run is left up to the reader.
* In ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'', Cable once resurrected Apocalypse as a common threat to unite the fractious mutants.
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** Cable turned ''himself'' into one of these in ''Cable And Deadpool''. It all works out until Reed Richards calls in {{spoiler|the friggin' ''[[Silver Surfer]]''}} to take him down.
** It should be noted, however, that being {{spoiler|taken down was Cable's entire plan in the first place}}. And he still pulled off a pretty sick display of power defending against the {{spoiler|Surfer.}}
* In an issue of Marvel's ''[[What If?]]
* ''[[Camelot 3000 AD]]'' has an interesting version. The newly resurrected knights are not dealing well with each other, so Kai, who was always the least liked of the knights, chooses to remain in the role by acting like an asshole towards the other knights. Thus he gives the other knights someone common to look down
== Film ==
* In ''[[Canadian Bacon]]'', the government of the U.S.A. tries to curb economic recession and civilian discontent by renewing the Cold War. When it turns out that Russia is not interested in playing along, the United States government and the media embark on a campaign to unite Americans in a hatred of Canada, of all peoples. Turns out to be a bad idea.
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