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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.
* The ''[[Gundam Wing]]'' manga ''Battlefield of Pacifists'' uses a similar idea. An [[Anti -Villain]] former OZ soldier wants to inspire deep space exploration by taking a lost [[Mecha Mooks|Mobile Doll]] factory and placing it at Mars, suggesting that a force that powerful would force humanity to put aside their differences and unite to deal with the common threat. {{spoiler|He gets killed by a [[Double Agent]], but his actions inspire Wu Fei to become the threat that makes humanity grow, foreshadowing his actions in ''Endless Waltz''.}}
* The centuries-spanning [[Gambit Roulette]] of Aeolia Schenberg from ''[[Gundam 00]]'' involved uniting the various factions of the world against Celestial Being.
 
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* ''[[Discworld]]'': [[Magnificent Bastard]] Havelock Vetinari of manages to pull off an interesting variant; he knows the heads of the various guilds of Ankh-Morpork want nothing more than to see him "dancing the hemp fandango", but the only thing keeping him alive is one common enemy -- an Ankh-Morpork ''without'' Vetinari. [[Vetinari Job Security|You don't have to be the BEST patrician to succeed, just slightly better than the alternative.]]
* [[Ursula K Le Guin|Ursula K. LeGuin's]] ''The Lathe of Heaven'' uses the threat of aliens to unite the nations of Earth.
* ''[[Nineteen Eighty -Four]]'': Global power blocs Eastasia, Eurasia, and Oceania are locked in constant war. The alliances between the three change so that one state can never become too powerful and dominate the others. This is an understanding between the three powers that's been ongoing for decades. The real objective is to provide a focus for their own citizens' hate and [[Patriotic Fervor]] -- to unify them, and control them.
* In [[Ben Counter]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' [[Grey Knights (Literature)|Grey Knights]] novel ''The Hammer of Daemons'', Alaric sets up a [[False Flag Operation]] to convince people that their overlord had set up the [[Gladiator Revolt]] as part of this and unite them for the crusade. Alaric's operation works.
 
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