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Sometimes, [[The Hero|The Heroes]] are faced with a seemingly insurmountable enemy. Be it a [[Mighty Glacier]] that absorbs damage like a truck or a [[Fragile Speedster]] that dodges attacks with lithe grace, some enemies are hard to defeat with standard tactics. They can generally be defeated through brute force, but it's very difficult. The smarter and much easier way to defeat such a foe is to employ clever strategy and some often unintuitive insight.
An [[Outside the Box Tactic]] is a simple or otherwise overlooked tactic that is particularly effective against a certain monster or type of monster. It is a closely related to an [[Achilles Heel]]; the difference being that this weakness is not the only reliable way to defeat such a foe. A foe susceptible to an Outside The Box Tactic is still vulnerable to other tactics, but is very weak to this particular strategy. It is primarily a [[Role Playing Game]] trope, but may be found in other types of games as well.
The most famous and common example involves the use of healing magics or other restorative items to harm the undead. Such examples should be listed under [[Revive Kills Zombie]]. If this particular application of a technique is the only place where it is effective, it may be [[Not Completely Useless]]. May be the result of a bug in the game code. If it's the only way to defeat the foe, it may also be a [[Guide Dang It]]. If it's not the only way to defeat a foe, but it requires [[Forced Level Grinding]] to defeat it otherwise, it may be commonly thought of as [[That One Boss]] or a [[Beef Gate]]. Outside-The-Box Tactics are often necessary to defeat a [[Puzzle Boss]] or the [[Final Exam Boss]]. Contrast [[Logical Weakness]], when it's immediately apparent what needs to be done.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League Unlimited]]''
** In the episode "Hawk and Dove", the Annihilator defeats much of the League by feeding off aggression and hostility. When [[Actual Pacifist|Dove]] faces the machine and neither attacks it nor fights back in self defense, the machine shuts down.
** In the same vein, the android AMAZO mimics both the principal characters' superpowers and weaknesses. After he obtains Superman's strength, he also obtains his weakness to kryptonite. He [[Subverted Trope|quickly evolves past this weakness though]].
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