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[[Alone With Prisoner Ploy]] may include prisoner doing it, [[The Infiltration]] may put the undercover participant in either or both roles. [[Apologetic Attacker]] and [[Hit Me Dammit]] are to be expected. May involve delays if the "attacker" [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]] or has other such restrictions and have to circumvent or get over it.
[[Alone With Prisoner Ploy]] may include prisoner doing it, [[The Infiltration]] may put the undercover participant in either or both roles. [[Apologetic Attacker]] and [[Hit Me Dammit]] are to be expected. May involve delays if the "attacker" [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]] or has other such restrictions and have to circumvent or get over it.
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== Anime and Manga ==
== Anime and Manga ==
* Subverted in the ''[[Gundam Wing]]'' [[The Movie|movie]] ''Endless Waltz''; Heero asks Duo to punch him as hard as he can; Duo happily obliges, and Heero punches him back twice as hard, knocking him out.
* Subverted in the ''[[Gundam Wing]]'' [[The Movie|movie]] ''Endless Waltz''; Heero asks Duo to punch him as hard as he can; Duo happily obliges, and Heero punches him back twice as hard, knocking him out.
* In episode 6 of ''[[Samurai 7]]'', this is done with a mechanic whose been aiding the group. The way it's shown illustrates the personalities of the characters--Kambei shows his [[Jerkass Facade]] by the fact that he immediately starts tying up the guy, telling him he'll thank him later. [[Boisterous Bruiser]] Kikuchiyo is the one who suggests giving him a punch or two.
* In episode 6 of ''[[Samurai 7]]'', this is done with a mechanic whose been aiding the group. The way it's shown illustrates the personalities of the characters--Kambei shows his [[Jerkass Facade]] by the fact that he immediately starts tying up the guy, telling him he'll thank him later. [[Boisterous Bruiser]] Kikuchiyo is the one who suggests giving him a punch or two.
* At one point in ''[[Inuyasha]]'', [[Anti Villain]] Kagura is forced to pretend to fight Inuyasha so that [[Big Bad|Naraku]]'s wasps will not get suspicious, but she's grown to detest Naraku so much that she doesn't put any force at all in her [[Blow You Away|wind attacks]] and lets Inuyasha reach Naraku easily.
* At one point in ''[[Inuyasha]]'', [[Anti-Villain]] Kagura is forced to pretend to fight Inuyasha so that [[Big Bad|Naraku]]'s wasps will not get suspicious, but she's grown to detest Naraku so much that she doesn't put any force at all in her [[Blow You Away|wind attacks]] and lets Inuyasha reach Naraku easily.
* In [[One Piece]], during the Impel Down Arc, Buggy and Mr. 3 are attempting to escape Level 4 by going up the stairs where Hannyable, the guard that they believe to be weakest, was guarding. Hannyable, wanting to get promoted, purposefully lets Buggy and Mr. 3 go up, hoping to blame Magellan later and get his job. [[Subverted Trope|However]], [[Wrong Genre Savvy|Mr. 3 and Buggy think that it's a trap, so it results in them getting brutally beaten up when they try to preemptively attack the guards.]]
* In [[One Piece]], during the Impel Down Arc, Buggy and Mr. 3 are attempting to escape Level 4 by going up the stairs where Hannyable, the guard that they believe to be weakest, was guarding. Hannyable, wanting to get promoted, purposefully lets Buggy and Mr. 3 go up, hoping to blame Magellan later and get his job. [[Subverted Trope|However]], [[Wrong Genre Savvy|Mr. 3 and Buggy think that it's a trap, so it results in them getting brutally beaten up when they try to preemptively attack the guards.]]


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