Not Cheating Unless You Get Caught: Difference between revisions

* A number of strongly forbidden behaviors in ''[[Girl Genius]]'' are tacitly acknowledged to the point that the real crime seems to be doing them ''sloppily'', such as students spying on Castle Wulfenbach, Jägers sneaking into Mechanicsburg (where they're forbidden until the Heterodyne gets the castle under control), and nobles being resurrected (which formally results in [[Legally Dead|loss of all titles and permanent ineligibility]]).

* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' Torg is forced into a parody of the Tri-Wizard Tournament from ''[[Harry Potter]]'', despite having no magical ability whatsoever. So, when faced with the task of defeating a [http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20080407 giant, sword-wielding chicken], he interprets the rule saying "be resourceful and use the tools around you" to mean he can lift a magic-user out of the stands, point her at the chicken, and let ''her'' kill it. And if that fails, he's still got Plan B, yelling, "''[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20080410 Eat her! I'm old and stringy!]''"

* Several of the characters in ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' view all rules as these, including Captain Tagon. Petey, while generally benevolent, both loves underhanded methods himself and once managed to get Toughs off the hook without confronting human governments by eagerly agreeing they are less than law-abiding, but making them drop all charges because U.N.S. doesn't want him to [[Revealing Coverup|publish as part of the extradition process the very facts they tried to cover up]].

* [[Megatokyo]]: [http://megatokyo.com/strip/1132 Trying to convince himself.]