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Although this trope is about passively letting bad things happen rather than actively setting them up, it can apply to a [[Stealth Mentor]] or other [[Trickster Mentor]] that has set things in motion and then remain in the background while reminding himself that he mustn't step in. Might become a very reluctant [[Deus Ex Machina]] that is really sorry he gave the protagonists that vital information instead of letting them find it themselves, or regrets that he removed [[That One Boss|That One Obstacle]]. One of main tools of the [[Sink or Swim Mentor]].

 

 

Compare [[This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself]], where something is left to [[The Hero]] because he has an emotional stake in it.