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Compare [[Lowered Monster Difficulty]], [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?]], [[Third-Act Misunderstanding]], [[You Can't Thwart Stage One]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Death Note]]'' is an odd example: both the protagonist and antagonist are geniuses playing [[Xanatos Speed Chess]] three layers deep. The climax depends on neither of them having a plan ''D.'' It might seem unfair, but really, with the amount of prep time and [[Applied Phlebotinum]] they had access to, they really should have.
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== Film - Animated ==
* In ''[[Hercules (1997 film)
** Even better, the reason Hades did all this was because of a prophecy that was stated verbatum, "Should Hercules fight, you will fail." His super-strength was ''not'' [[Exact Words|stated as a requirement]]. So after sidelining Hercules, he then sends a giant Cyclops to basically ensure that Hercules does in fact fight. And naturally, Hades's plan fails.
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