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* Rare heroic example from ''[[Pokémon Special]]''. "[[Oh Crap|Do you think I asked Rono to break Sharpedo's fangs in order to defend myself?]] [[Xanatos Speed Chess|I was actually planning to do something else!]] I grabbed the broken fangs [[Evil Gloating|while you weren't looking]], and used them to make holes in the window!" [http://www.mangareader.net/458-28411-5/pokemon-adventures/chapter-213.html In all its glory.] [[Pokémon/Awesome|This is why you never count out a]] [[Nature Hero|Nature Heroine]] [[Pokémon/Awesome|while she still has a pulse.]]

* ''[[FAKE]]'' gives us the following hilarious exchange as Dee puts the moves on his partner Ryo:

* Used briliantly by [[Magnificent Bastard]] Askeladd in ''[[Vinland Saga]]'', when his men turn against him to save their own hides against an army they could never defeat.

 

== [[Comics]] ==

* ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]'', of course:

* ''"The Death of [[Superman]]'' (the '60s Imaginary Story, not the '90s arc) has Luthor curing cancer and [[Civilian Villain|publicly announcing that he has renounced evil]] and will dedicate his life to doing good. Supes is delighted at this, and becomes Luthor's best friend. Then Luthor lures his new best friend into his lab and tortures him to death with Kryptonite, laughing uproariously at Supes's helpless expressions of betrayal, fury, and heartbreak and quoting this trope almost word for word. As for ''why'' [[Out-of-Character Moment|Superman]] believed it, [[Silver Age|take a look at that decade again]].

* ''[[Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?]]'':

 

== [[Fan Fiction]] ==

* In ''[[The Cries of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', {{spoiler|Takano says this to Haruhi about the Hammer of Oyashiro-sama.}} What's worse, {{spoiler|this is after Haruhi's bought into this completely, and with Haruhi being [[Reality Warper|Haruhi]]...}}

* [[Manipulative Bastard|Zachariah]] pulls this at the end of chapter 15 of [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4822628/15/The_Obeisance_of_Memory The Obeisance of Memory], a ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' season-four AU where Dean clawed his way out of the grave with complete amnesia.

 

== Film - Animated ==

* In Disney's ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'', during Gaston's rant as he's tormenting the Beast on the castle rooftops, he sneers, "Were you in love with her, Beast?! Did you ''honestly'' think she'd want you, when she had someone like ''me''?!"

* In ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'':

'''Mike:''' Well... I did. Right up until you ''chuckled'' like that... }}

 

== [[Film]] - Live-Action ==

* ''[[The Bourne Ultimatum]]'' has Bourne chastise his enemies this way:

* The 1984 ''[[Dune]]'' has a heroic example, where Thufir Hawat (the Atreidies mentat) betrays the Emperor and Harkonens by refusing to kill Paul.

* ''[[Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix]]'' has the following exchange, after Harry was [[MacGuffin Delivery Service|tricked into retrieving a prophecy.]]

* In ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: At World's End'', {{spoiler|Beckett gloats over his perceived victory, assuming Jack's reappearance after the climactic battle is an attempt on his part to gain Beckett's clemency, as they'd negotiated. But Beckett's clearly had a double-cross planned for some time. ("He actually expects me to honor our agreement.")}}

* Averted in ''The Long Good Friday'': After double-crossing and attempting to destroy the {{spoiler|''IRA'' gangster operation}} in London the London gangster Harold Shand is {{spoiler|kidnapped by gunmen in the final scene of the film.}} Neither he nor {{spoiler|his captors speak}}, but one gunman smirks at him.

* In the 2002 film adaptation of ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo (film)|The Count of Monte Cristo]]'', Edmond manages to make the police chief that wrongfully imprisoned him implicate himself, in a bathhouse where the steam obscured the constables waiting to make the arrest. Faced with the prospect of being locked in the same [[Alcatraz]] that Edmond had spent decades in, the police chief finds a pistol in the paddy wagon, and attempts suicide. ''It's empty''.

** The real icing on the cake? ''Leaving the gun unloaded was [[Sure Why Not|an idea from the test audience]].''

* ''[[Kill Bill]]:''

'''Bride:''' You know, for a second there... yeah, I kinda did. }}

* In the Disney version of ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia|The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe]]'', {{spoiler|the White Witch says this to Aslan when she is about to kill him at the Stone Table.}}

* ''[[Wayne's World]]'' combines this with [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] in the [[Downer Ending]]:

* ''[[RoboCop]]'': When Robocop tries to arrest Dick Jones, and suddenly discovers that he ''can't.''

* Dark Helmet does this ''twice'' in ''[[Spaceballs]]'', first stealing Lone Starr's Schwartz ring and again to toss it down a grate! And he ''still'' can't believe Lone Starr fell for it!

* ''Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows'': During the climactic confrontation between Holmes and Moriarty, the latter thinks, with a brilliant [[Smug Snake|smug]] [[Smug Smiler|smile]]: "Come now, you really think you're the only one who can play this game?" and reveals that {{spoiler|he can weaponize the [[Sherlock Scan]] too, and knows that [[Oh Crap|he's going to win their fight]].}}

== Literature ==

* The [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Darkness Visible]]'' literally laughs in the face of the hero when he believes he has prevented the [[Endofthe World As We Know It|End of the World]]:

{{spoiler|'''Sir Michael:'''}} ‘Thwarted me? How very dramatic! You always did read too many sensational stories, Henry. You have stopped nothing.' }}

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has used this trope in "The Sound of Drums", {{spoiler|after the Master has taken Martha prisoner on the ''Valiant'' and is about to kill her, but she starts revealing her plans}}.

'''Doctor:''' As if I would ask her to kill. }}

** The Doctor gets his turn to use it in ''Remembrance of The Daleks''

* In ''[[Power Rangers Jungle Fury]]'':

** Now, bad guys say stuff like that all the time, but on this occasion it's different: Grizzaka is one of the three Overlords, the [[Big Bad|Big Bads]] of this arc. Carnisoar the Sky Overlord went down last week, and Jellica the Sea Overlord and the [[Sixth Ranger]] had their climactic battle while Grizzaka the Land Overlord didn't even get past the [[Death Trap]]-laden path to the new [[Humongous Mecha]] this week. So, this arc's over and it's time for the [[Meet the New Boss|Phantom Beasts]], right? Yeah, [[Not So Fast Bucko]].

* ''[[Sherlock]]'': "The Reichenbach Fall" - {{spoiler|Moriarty's "super-code" that works on absolutely anything and everyone is desperate to get their hands on? Yeah, he made the whole thing up.}}

 

== Professional Wrestling ==

== Music ==

* The end of the ballad of the "Golden Vanity". The Golden Vanity is spotted by an enemy Man-o'-War. The Cabin-Boy offers to swim up to the man-o'-war and drill holes in it to sink it, in exchange for [[Standard Hero Reward|the captain's daughter to marry, and a dowry.]] The captain agrees, the boy sinks the ship, and then after having swum back, the captain...

* "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life?"

* "I Was Only Kidding", an original song by [[Weird Al]], which lists the many emphatic ways he's told his girlfriend he loves her, and wondering why she didn't catch that he was kidding.

* ''[[Nethack]]:'' "A voice booms out... 'So [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe|thou thought thou couldst]] kill me, fool.'"

* Great one in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty]]'':

{{spoiler|'''Snake:'''}} ''I don't recall saying I was on yours.'' }}

* ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' does this a few times. The most notable ones include:

* [[Rosenkreuzstilette|"It seems that I cannot change your mind. Such a shame... Do you honestly think you can stand against the entirety of RKS on your own?"]]

** Another example in ''Rosenkreuzstilette'':

* ''[[Mega Man X]] 7'':

'''Zero''': What? }}

* ''[[Adventure Quest Worlds]]'':

** Cue that rather violent [[The Bad Guy Wins]] moment where he supposedly "kills off" both Zhoom and the hero, takes the lamp, causes a cave-in, and holds up the lamp in triumph... only for it to suddenly be replaced with a simple rock. He doesn't know that Zhoom and the hero are still alive and now have the lamp because they secretly slipped him the Dreamdust, but he doesn't care.

** Being the [[Smug Snake]] he is, Vath, after luring the hero into a trap with a fake Vath and trapping him/her in a cage, jumps down and says "Did you really think it would be that easy? I have known for weeks that you would be coming for me."

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* In ''[[Bionicle]] : Mask of Light'', the Seventh Toa, Takanuva, is followed to Makuta's lair by the island's inhabitants. Makuta seals off the entrance.

* ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' had this, but then subverts it beautifully:

'''Waller:''' "To tell the truth, well, yeah. But, on the off chance I might have been wrong..." (looks past Luthor, who turns to see [[Big Damn Heroes|the big 7 standing behind him!]])<br />

'''Flash:''' [[Narm Charm|"Ta-]][[Deadpan Snarker|da."]] }}

* In ''[[Robot Chicken]],'' they parody the ''[[Kill Bill]]'' exchange when (The Easter) Bunny/Bill says O-Ren's line, and Jesus/The Bride says The Bride's.

* From the ''[[Hey Arnold]]'' movie:

* In the ''[[Kim Possible]]'' episode "Go Team Go", when Shego sees an opportune moment to break her [[Enemy Mine|temporary alliance]] with Kim:

'''Shego:''' Oh, come ''on''. [[The Farmer and the Viper|Don't you know me better by now?]] I mean, ''seriously''.... }}