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[[File:Spy_Vs_Spy_Out_Gambitted_5539.jpg|link=Spy vs. Spy|frame|Who's got whom right where he wants him?]]
{{quote|'''Vizzini:''' I switched glasses when your back was turned. Ha ha! [[You Fool!|You fool]]! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders... never go in against a Sicilian when ''death'' is on the line!
''(Vizzini [[Evil Laugh|laughs maniacally]] for a few seconds, then stops abruptly and falls over dead.)''
'''[[Damsel in Distress|Buttercup]]:''' And to think, all that time it was your cup that was poisoned.
▲{{quote|'''Vizzini:''' I switched glasses when your back was turned. Ha ha! [[You Fool!|You fool]]! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders... never go in against a Sicilian when ''death'' is on the line!<br />
▲''(Vizzini [[Evil Laugh|laughs maniacally]] for a few seconds, then stops abruptly and falls over dead.)''<br />
▲''[...]''<br />
▲'''[[Damsel in Distress|Buttercup]]:''' And to think, all that time it was your cup that was poisoned.<br />
'''The Man in Black''': [[Take a Third Option|They were both poisoned.]] [[Crazy Prepared|I spent the last few years]] building up [[Acquired Poison Immunity|an immunity to iocane powder]]. |''[[The Princess Bride]]''}}
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* ''[[The History of the Devil]]'': Lucifer is out-gambitted twice; once in a flashback by {{spoiler|Jesus Christ}}, and {{spoiler|again at the ending by the prosecution}}. His goal had been to reenter heaven by proving himself innocent of humanity's suffering. {{spoiler|The prosecution acquits him on the caveat that he can never leave heaven again, knowing that heaven is ''utterly empty'', having been abandoned by God and the other angels.}}
* ''[[Dirty Rotten Scoundrels]]'' ([[The Musical]])
{{quote|Freddy: That [[Hypocritical Humor|lousy, stinking, lying, cheating, totally dishonest, dirty, rotten-]]
Lawrence: Yes Freddy, isn't {{spoiler|[[Samus Is a Girl|she]] }} wonderful! }}
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== Real Life ==
* One of the best examples was the Battle of Midway. The reason for the Japanese attack was to force the American carriers to come out to fight. By breaking the Japanese code, the Americans knew this and so were able to get their carriers in a position where they could catch the Japanese carriers by surprise.
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[[Category:Gambit Index]]
[[Category:Out-Gambitted]]
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