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* An example from ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'' that '''WASN'T''' planned by The Bat: An industrialist who is secretly going broke themes his new casino after [[The Joker]], while all the time denying the connection. He expects
** Another such gambit involves a gangster and rival of the Joker dying and willing him 250 million dollars. On paper. What ''really'' happened was that only 10 million dollars of the inheritance was real. The rival was banking on the Joker's massive ego not allowing him to admit to being fooled, which makes things hard for the Joker when it's time to pay inheritence tax.
* ''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League]]'': A villainous version happens when Lex Luthor builds a city for the poor as a charity event and then places a huge machine under it, suspiciously whispering about it to his aide. Superman, who was invited to the event, thinks it's a bomb and wrecks half the city trying to destroy it. Turns out it was an experimental generator and now half the country hates the Justice League.
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