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Line 16: == [[Film]] == * This was the Big Bad's plan in the third ''[[Mission: Impossible]]'' movie... ** And in the second one, it was more subtle than that: The [[Big Bad]] wanted stock-options of a company he sold the antidote to, allowing him to get his share when said company made big bucks. * ...and ditto the second ''[[Tomb Raider]]'' movie. Line 27: * In [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]'s ''[[Vorkosigan Saga\|Vorkosigan]]'' series, Baron Fell of Jackson's Whole has this as the basis of most of his business, selling both traditional military weaponry and their defenses, as well as manufacturing chemical and biological weapons along with their cures. * A variation occurs in John Collier's famous story ''The Chaser'': [[The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday]] sells a [[Love Potion]] for a pittance which the owner strongly implies will turn the main character's beloved into a [[Love Freak]]. The antidote in this case is the "chaser" of the title, which is some sort of poison to "solve" that problem. * Thomas of Magnus, the ''hero'' of Sigmund Brouwer's ''Wings of Dawn'', uses ~~this -- the~~this—the price of being given regular doses of antidote is continued cooperation from the [[Ancient Conspiracy\|agents]] pursuing him, all of whom claim to be with the good guys and want him to join them. {{spoiler\|In reality, this is a [[Batman Gambit]] to weed out which side is lying; Knowing that the villains have [[Combat Pragmatist\|fewer compunctions about fighting dirty]] and [[Out-Gambitted\|think they're smarter than he is]], Thomas is slipping non-lethal doses into every meal and providing them with flavored water as the "antidote". When he "inadvertently" allows them enough information to determine the recipe of the supposed antidote, the villain works it out and seizes the opportunity to... [[Hoist by His Own Petard\|poison himself]]. OOPS}}. * In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', Harry pulls a unique subversion by poisoning HIMSELF so that he can strong-arm a faerie with an interest in his survival into cooperating with his plan. * In ''[[The Inheritance Cycle]]'' this gambit is used to ensure that Arya couldn't escape prison, as only her captors had the antidote. Line 68: ==Web Comics== * In ''[[Oglaf]]'' Sandoval poisons Ivan, then he drinks some of the antidote, and pours whats left on his penis. {{spoiler\| He later says that the antidote was also poison.}} * ''[[Girl Genius]]'' got an plot line in which Martellus poisoned Agatha with something that stays put and made himself produce antidote to make sure she wants him to remain alive and nearby. Then she knocked him out (he's good at fighting, but overconfident) and applied the same to her pet weasel, since this was faster than trying to undo the problem… Since the authors don't subscribe to [[Magic Antidote]] laziness, this was a serious threat, but had a little side effect. Martellus stars in the next arc, but when we see him again, {{spoiler\|he was comatose — almost killed by his own antitoxin, and needed ''her'' to neutralize it in turn}}. This happened very slowly, but by the time he realized what's up, he had no time to fix it, only tell his sister what to do and get himself on lifesupport. == [[Real Life]] == Line 76 ⟶ 77: [[Category:Toxic Tropes]] [[Category:Plots]] [[Category:~~Poison and Cure Gambit~~{{PAGENAME}}]]