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== Film ==

* A minor, but [[Rule of Fun|rather amusing]] example occurs in ''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]] 2''. In the opening scene, we see Peter Parker trying to make a pizza delivery while navigating through heavy traffic. Realising he won't make it in time, he decides [[Mundane Utility|to change into Spider-Man in order to move faster]]. However, a bystander sees the partial change (that is, Peter entering into an alley and coming out as Spider-Man with the pizzas) and he deduces that...

* ''[[Superman III]]''. Arguably the best part of the film was Superman being affected by synthetic Kryptonite, and turning into a nasty, alcoholic, smirking creep, doing evil petty things like blowing out the Olympic torch or straightening the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

'''Lorelei:''' [[Femme Fatale|I'm long past saving.]] }}

* One of the first trailers in the ''[[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger/Recap/Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle|199 Hero]]'' movie of ''[[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]'' depicts the Rangers fighting against the previous Sentai teams, highlighted by the fact that even the ''narration'' declares confusion over what's going on. {{spoiler|The battle did make it into the movie, but the heroes were actually fighting against puppets animated by the [[Big Bad]] from the Gokaigers' Ranger Keys.}}

* Done a few times with ''[[Angel]]'', with the additional attraction that there was no guarantee he ''wouldn't'' do the awful things hinted at, thanks to his "bad side" Angelus.

** Played straight in an episode of [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]], where Angelus allies himself with Faith to lure Buffy into a trap. When Faith has Buffy completely at her mercy, it turns out that...

'''Angel:''' {{spoiler|Second best.}} }}

* ''[[Painkiller Jane]]'' has done this at least twice. Once, it was a [[Shape Shifter]]'s con, the other time it turned out to be [[All Just a Dream]].

** Happens again in the teaser of "Veritas" with Will finding out that Helen apparently killed the Big Guy {{spoiler|turns out it was all a [[Batman Gambit]] to flush out a bad guy.}}

* There's at least one ''[[Doctor Who]]'' cliff hanger that uses this technique. In "The Invasion of Time" the Doctor returns to Gallifrey to claim his post as the Lord President. He starts acting out of character and becomes abrasive, moody and power mad. At the end of one episode in the story he's seen [[Evil Laugh|laughing evilly]] as he helps a group of evil aliens take over Gallifrey. Of course it was all part of an elaborate plan to defeat said aliens, but he can't tell anyone that because the aliens can monitor his thoughts. None of this stops the Doctor from obviously enjoying a chance to freak out people he dislikes by playing [[The Caligula]].

'''The Doctor:''' Except power. }}

** This trope was also used in another Fourth Doctor serial, ''The Deadly Assassin''. In Part 1, the Doctor experiences a vision of the Time Lord president being assassinated. Arriving on Gallifrey, he determines to prevent this from happening. He heads to the balcony overlooking the room where the murder is to take place so that he will be able to see what's going on, and finds a gun lying there. The Doctor picks up the gun, sights along it, and fires. The president falls over, dead! Cut to credits! In Part 2, as is standard in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', we see the last minute or so of the previous episode over again -- only this time ''an extra shot'' is inserted that wasn't there before: that of a person in the crowd below holding a gun. It all becomes clear: the Doctor was ''trying'' to shoot at the assassin below, but his gun had been tampered with so that he would be unable to hit the assassin. The fact that he figures that out and convinces the investigating officer goes a long way towards clearing his name.