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* Ephemural orchestrates one of these in ''[http://2kinds.com/ TwoKinds]''. He/she/it erased Trace Legacy's memories in order to prevent him from killing a young Keidran girl named Flora, and then incited a number of incidents where Trace's [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] emerged, generating mistrust between them, in order to eventually force Flora to return to her people and complete an arranged marriage with the prince of the Wolf Clan, thus uniting the Tiger and Wolf Clans into a force strong enough to resist the expansionistic human empire. The only thing that saved him/her/it from crossing over into [[Gambit Roulette]] territory, is the fact that he/she/it has displayed literally divine powers, and could thus conceivably have arranged every apparently coincidental incident. Unfortunately for him/her/it, [http://twokinds.comicgenesis.com/d/20050413.html somebody else had a stake in the Xanatos Gambit as well]...
* In ''[[Looking for Group]]'', it has been suggested that Cale's trials from his time in Kethenecia of the past to his return to the now-abandoned city with a group of followers is apparently a Gambit executed by the Archmage in order to create a new age for the city and prepare Cale to be a proper king. Technically speaking, it was supposed to be a [[Xanatos Gambit]], but [[Spanner in the Works|a few things went wrong]]. {{spoiler|He confirmed it. And ditto for Richard.}}
** Assaracus [https://web.archive.org/web/20171013083623/http://www.lfg.co/page/978/ takes credit].
* In ''[[Freefall]]'', Sam's Gambit is [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff400/fv00396.htm NOT having a Gambit], knowing that the people he's scamming will [[Paranoia Gambit|think he DOES have one]], ergo thinking one up for him, in which he'll just have to show up to reap the rewards of.
* In Chapter 3 of ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'', most of the... somewhat unlikely events early on are orchestrated by {{spoiler|Fox News}}, in order to get [https://web.archive.org/web/20091025075330/http://www.drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=42&issue=3 some interesting stories]. However, their plans are thwarted by another Batman Gambit, carried out by a {{spoiler|Fox News weatherman}} that [https://web.archive.org/web/20091025075340/http://www.drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=43&issue=3 doesn't want] raptor-riding banditos and whatnot distracting people from {{spoiler|the fantastic weather they're going to have this coming weekend.}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20091025075345/http://www.drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=44&issue=3 The title main character is not pleased.]
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