Know When to Fold'Em: Difference between revisions

* Simply having the presence of mind to recognize when to back down is considered a strength among many Micromasters in ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]''; Swindler of the Race Car patrol knows when he's beat. Detour of the Sports Car patrol is a bit of a coward, but can tell when the other shoe's about to drop, too.

* ''[[All-Star Superman]]'': This is Superman's answer to the riddle of the Ultra-Sphinx.

* Both Romans and Pirates in the [[Asterix]] comics give up fighting at some point. The pirates are infamous for [[Take a Third Option|sinking their own ship]] once they realise there are gauls on the other vessel and they can't run away fast enough.

* At least twice Marvel comics has used the schtick that an alien force is intent on invading Earth only for one person doing the research to realize they are trying to invade a planet that has defended itself successfully, multiple times, against other invading aliens, multiple galactic empires (''at the same time''), cosmic entities no one else in the universe has ever managed to even slow down, and is home to entities capable of eating stars, assorted deities, and a Watcher who thinks the planet rocks so much he's actually done stuff instead of merely observing. One time the fleet commander listens and does a u-turn. Another, not so much. The invasion is defeated by three X-Men (one of them drunk).