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* ''Fanfic/MyHeroAcademiaUnchainedPredator'': As Nine explains to Wolfram in Chapter 9, the Steel Sabers exploit the Heroes ThouShallNotKill morals, resulting in 246 of them being Saber victims. While this works against heroes, it doesn't work against people like the [[TheDreaded Doom Slayer]], who's solution for dealing with them is much like how he deals with TheLegionsOfHell: Kill first, ask questions never.
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* ''Fanfic/EvangelionGear'': The Patriots know that Seele is spying on them, so Big Boss takes advantage by having Otacon and Mei Ling send out false information. As a result, Seele winds up [[spoiler:bombing the wrong location]].
* ''Fanfic/TheVigilanteBossAndHisFailedRetirementPlan'': Futaba and Ojiro spread word throughout all the other departments of what a {{Jerkass}} Bakugou is. Katsuki then unwittingly helps dig his own grave simply by being ''himself'' -- when other students see him, they're astounded that he's actually '''worse''' than the rumors!
* ''Fanfic/TheVigilanteBossAndHisFailedRetirementPlan'': Futaba and Ojiro spread word throughout all the other departments of what a {{Jerkass}} Bakugou is. Katsuki then unwittingly helps dig his own grave simply by being ''himself'' -- when other students see him, they're astounded that he's actually '''worse''' than the rumors!
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* In ''Fanfic/TotalDramaUnderdogs'', Duncan frequently takes advantage of the fact that Ezekiel is reluctant to do anything disgusting or gross, as well as Eva's similar hesitance to do anything she deems cutesy or buffoonish. They later give him a taste of his own medicine by exploiting his pride, along with his own phobia.
* In ''Fanfic/TotalDramaUnderdogs'', Duncan frequently takes advantage of the fact that Ezekiel is reluctant to do anything disgusting or gross, as well as Eva's similar hesitance to do anything she deems cutesy or buffoonish. They later give him a taste of his own medicine by exploiting his pride, along with his own phobia.
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* ''Fanfic/{{Acceleration}}'': [[spoiler:Crawler]] baits Taylor into pursuing him by repeatedly taunting her about what was done to [[spoiler:her father]]. Ultimately works against him when her mounting rage spurs her to hit him with something he can't regenerate the damage from.
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* ''Fanfic/{{Coyote}}'': Riley is afraid of hurting others. In order to force his friend to start dealing with that issue, Izuku instructs Yaoyorozu to make a blood-pill for herself, using it to trick Riley into thinking he'd injured her so that he'd start holding back.
* ''Fanfic/{{Coyote}}'': Riley is afraid of hurting others. In order to force his friend to start dealing with that issue, Izuku instructs Yaoyorozu to make a blood-pill for herself, using it to trick Riley into thinking he'd injured her so that he'd start holding back.
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* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': This is a key part of Lila's M.O.:
** She quickly determines that the majority of her classmates are SecretlySelfish and prone to [[TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity taking Marinette's support for granted]]. So she sets herself up as an even ''better'' version of Marinette, with lots of [[CelebrityLie celebrity connections]] that she could [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections use to help them out]], making them all eager to curry favor with this girl that's TooGoodToBeTrue.
** Adrien believes that [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality everything he does is morally right]] because [[ThePoorlyChosenOne he's the 'hero']], and that everything will naturally work out in his favor without him having to ''do'' anything. Lila plays into his delusions by pretending to have had a change of heart; he's so thrilled at the thought that she's proven him right that he walks straight into her trap.
** She also attempts to do this with Marinette, setting up Adrien as her UnwittingPawn with the intention of ruining both their reputations when Marinette tries to save him. When Marinette doesn't take the bait, having realized that Adrien was a FalseFriend and [[LovingAShadow nothing like what she'd thought he was]], Lila isn't bothered, figuring that others will ''assume'' she'll try to help him anyway.
* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': This is a key part of Lila's M.O.:
** She quickly determines that the majority of her classmates are SecretlySelfish and prone to [[TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity taking Marinette's support for granted]]. So she sets herself up as an even ''better'' version of Marinette, with lots of [[CelebrityLie celebrity connections]] that she could [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections use to help them out]], making them all eager to curry favor with this girl that's TooGoodToBeTrue.
** Adrien believes that [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality everything he does is morally right]] because [[ThePoorlyChosenOne he's the 'hero']], and that everything will naturally work out in his favor without him having to ''do'' anything. Lila plays into his delusions by pretending to have had a change of heart; he's so thrilled at the thought that she's proven him right that he walks straight into her trap.
** She also attempts to do this with Marinette, setting up Adrien as her UnwittingPawn with the intention of ruining both their reputations when Marinette tries to save him. When Marinette doesn't take the bait, having realized that Adrien was a FalseFriend and [[LovingAShadow nothing like what she'd thought he was]], Lila isn't bothered, figuring that others will ''assume'' she'll try to help him anyway.
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* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'', owing to its proliferation of [[ManipulativeBastard manipulators]] and [[MagnificentBastard bastards]], uses this a ''lot''.
** Daken exploits Harry's rage and grief after [[spoiler: Luna Lovegood]] is killed in HYDRA's attack on Hogwarts, jumping up and down on his BerserkButton to ensure that he loses it and [[AttackAttackAttack attacking head on]] - something which brings him into range of Daken's claws. Of course, it could be said that despite Daken's success [[spoiler: (in temporarily killing Harry)]], he came to regret that - [[spoiler: the Phoenix resurrected Harry and went on a rampage]].
** Doctor Strange is most prone to it, thanks to his profound insight into people's personalities and his vast precognitive abilities. All of his plans exploit his enemies' flaws and his allies' need to know what is happening, even if they ''know'' that he's using them (because they also know that he a) knows practically everything, b) for all his use of ExactWords, he CannotTellALie). A notable example is how he defeats [[GodOfEvil Chthon]] at the end of the first book; he arranges for Chthon's host to take a vicious beating, then dangles [[ApocalypseMaiden Wanda]] under his nose, in close proximity to [[TheChosenOne Harry]], knowing that Chthon will go for the former, and that [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Harry will get in the way]]. Considering that Harry also has [[spoiler: a fragment of the Phoenix]] living in his head, [[AlwaysABiggerFish there is no way even Chthon's going to win the resulting psychic cage-match]].
** Voldemort exploits Harry's unwillingness to hurt his friends in the sequel when turns them into PeoplePuppets and drains the life from them to replenish himself every time Harry manages to hurt him, thereby bending Harry to his will (though Harry does eventually find a way around it).
** In the ''Forever Red'' arc, Harry exploits [[spoiler: Maddie's]] curiosity, one of her most dominant traits, under TheStoic mask, especially about Jean. While he fails to cause the desired HeelFaceTurn straight off (and his ChronicHeroSyndrome ends up landing him in a far worse trouble), [[CuriosityCausesConversion it eventually has the desired effect]].
** Harry, [[GuileHero again]], does this in the ''Bloody Hell'' arc by exploiting Dracula's entirely justified fear of the [[spoiler: Phoenix]] with a temporary power boost and some [[MasterOfIllusion skills he learned from Loki]] (helped by the fact that he knows exactly how to imitate the entity in question). It works for just as long as it needs to.
** Voldemort, [[ManipulativeBastard also again]], exploits both Selene and Dracula's hunger for power in the run-up to the ''Bloody Hell'' arc from an apparently submissive position. While Dracula rightfully suspects his ChronicBackstabbingDisorder and appears to demonstrate how he's EvilerThanThou, Voldemort still comes out on top, leaving Selene to swing in the wind once he's got what he needed, and leaves Dracula to bear the wrath of the Avengers.
** Harry, yet ''again'' (it's basically his go-to tactic at this point, after [[NoKillLikeOverkill destroying everything in sight]] and [[PlayingWithFire setting the rubble on fire]]), in ''Of Dungeons & Dragons'', exploits the classical draconic fondness for talking and riddle-games to buy time to escape and out-manoeuvre it.
* The tagline for ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3556817/1/Weakness Weakness]]'' is "Achilles' heel is not his only weakness". His other weakness is his young cousin Patroclus. Unfortunately, ([[SparedByTheAdaptation depending on how you look at it]]) a visiting royal from Middle-Earth finds out.
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* In ''FanFic/WinterWar'', it's established very early on that [[TheBadGuyWins Aizen won the Fake Karakura Town battle]], and Rangiku died of her wounds on the retreat. Gin refuses to believe that she's dead (it helps that the last he heard was that Kira had been able to stabilize her). LaResistance lures him out of his stronghold by having one of their members impersonate Rangiku and allow herself to be seen by some of Gin's men.
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* In ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119688/1/you-obey/the-interrogation You Obey]]'', the interrogator notices that Shadowfax is quite susceptible to pride. Guess how he gets her to spill the beans.
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* ''[[Fanfic/WhatYouKneadNaruto What You Knead]]'': Orochimaru knows that Jiraiya has a bad tendency to [[ATragedyOfImpulsiveness follow his impulses]] rather than taking the time to gather more information before acting. He uses this to lure him out of Konoha right before the final round of the Chuunin Exams, knowing that Jiraiya won't be able to resist a hook baited with the prospect of catching his former teammate.
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* ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone'':
** The Guardians exploit Ringo's addiction to his mindsight in an attempt to make him turn against the others. It works well, but John manages to get him away from their influence, albeit not before a near-tragedy.
** Knowing that outworlders have a tendency to attack other outworlders, and that people who are unjustly attacked and win get to keep their opponents' stuff, Paul successfully gets the mine-robbers to attack him—literally just by standing there and politely asking them questions—after which the four [[ActualPacifist non-lethally]] [[CurbStompBattle mop the floor with them]] and get a bunch of useful stuff as well as more than enough money to pay off their library fine.
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* ''Fanfic/XMenTheEarlyYears'':
** This is ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}'s specialty:
--->'''Warren:''' I have to congratulate you, Hank. This plan was brilliant -- evil, devious, used all of Will's character faults against him and played on his biggest fear. It was worthy of one of Slim's plans.
** As running from a homicidal Scott, Bobby locks him up on the roof, counting on him not daring to blast the door away and hurt anybody (else).
--->'''Bobby:''' I'm just going to let you stay up here until you calm down enough not to kill me. Or at least until I find the professor to protect me.\\
'''Scot:''' Bobby! Unlock this right now, or so help me, you're dead! Did it occur to you I could just blast the door in?\\
'''Bobby:''' You won't! You don't have your visor. That means you can't control how powerful your blast will be. You could just as easily rip the roof off as blast down the door. You won't risk hurting the others by mistake.\\
'''Scott:''' Bobby! Open the door! (grumbling) I am so stupid! I fell for that one like an amateur.
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FlawExploitation in FanWorks.
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* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'', owing to its proliferation of [[ManipulativeBastard manipulators]] and [[MagnificentBastard bastards]], uses this a ''lot''.
** Daken exploits Harry's rage and grief after [[spoiler: Luna Lovegood]] is killed in HYDRA's attack on Hogwarts, jumping up and down on his BerserkButton to ensure that he loses it and [[AttackAttackAttack attacking head on]] - something which brings him into range of Daken's claws. Of course, it could be said that despite Daken's success [[spoiler: (in temporarily killing Harry)]], he came to regret that - [[spoiler: the Phoenix resurrected Harry and went on a rampage]].
** Doctor Strange is most prone to it, thanks to his profound insight into people's personalities and his vast precognitive abilities. All of his plans exploit his enemies' flaws and his allies' need to know what is happening, even if they ''know'' that he's using them (because they also know that he a) knows practically everything, b) for all his use of ExactWords, he CannotTellALie). A notable example is how he defeats [[GodOfEvil Chthon]] at the end of the first book; he arranges for Chthon's host to take a vicious beating, then dangles [[ApocalypseMaiden Wanda]] under his nose, in close proximity to [[TheChosenOne Harry]], knowing that Chthon will go for the former, and that [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Harry will get in the way]]. Considering that Harry also has [[spoiler: a fragment of the Phoenix]] living in his head, [[AlwaysABiggerFish there is no way even Chthon's going to win the resulting psychic cage-match]].
** Voldemort exploits Harry's unwillingness to hurt his friends in the sequel when turns them into PeoplePuppets and drains the life from them to replenish himself every time Harry manages to hurt him, thereby bending Harry to his will (though Harry does eventually find a way around it).
** In the ''Forever Red'' arc, Harry exploits [[spoiler: Maddie's]] curiosity, one of her most dominant traits, under TheStoic mask, especially about Jean. While he fails to cause the desired HeelFaceTurn straight off (and his ChronicHeroSyndrome ends up landing him in a far worse trouble), [[CuriosityCausesConversion it eventually has the desired effect]].
** Harry, [[GuileHero again]], does this in the ''Bloody Hell'' arc by exploiting Dracula's entirely justified fear of the [[spoiler: Phoenix]] with a temporary power boost and some [[MasterOfIllusion skills he learned from Loki]] (helped by the fact that he knows exactly how to imitate the entity in question). It works for just as long as it needs to.
** Voldemort, [[ManipulativeBastard also again]], exploits both Selene and Dracula's hunger for power in the run-up to the ''Bloody Hell'' arc from an apparently submissive position. While Dracula rightfully suspects his ChronicBackstabbingDisorder and appears to demonstrate how he's EvilerThanThou, Voldemort still comes out on top, leaving Selene to swing in the wind once he's got what he needed, and leaves Dracula to bear the wrath of the Avengers.
** Harry, yet ''again'' (it's basically his go-to tactic at this point, after [[NoKillLikeOverkill destroying everything in sight]] and [[PlayingWithFire setting the rubble on fire]]), in ''Of Dungeons & Dragons'', exploits the classical draconic fondness for talking and riddle-games to buy time to escape and out-manoeuvre it.
* The tagline for ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3556817/1/Weakness Weakness]]'' is "Achilles' heel is not his only weakness". His other weakness is his young cousin Patroclus. Unfortunately, ([[SparedByTheAdaptation depending on how you look at it]]) a visiting royal from Middle-Earth finds out.
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* In ''FanFic/WinterWar'', it's established very early on that [[TheBadGuyWins Aizen won the Fake Karakura Town battle]], and Rangiku died of her wounds on the retreat. Gin refuses to believe that she's dead (it helps that the last he heard was that Kira had been able to stabilize her). LaResistance lures him out of his stronghold by having one of their members impersonate Rangiku and allow herself to be seen by some of Gin's men.
[[AC:''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'']]
* In ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119688/1/you-obey/the-interrogation You Obey]]'', the interrogator notices that Shadowfax is quite susceptible to pride. Guess how he gets her to spill the beans.
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* ''[[Fanfic/WhatYouKneadNaruto What You Knead]]'': Orochimaru knows that Jiraiya has a bad tendency to [[ATragedyOfImpulsiveness follow his impulses]] rather than taking the time to gather more information before acting. He uses this to lure him out of Konoha right before the final round of the Chuunin Exams, knowing that Jiraiya won't be able to resist a hook baited with the prospect of catching his former teammate.
[[AC:RealPersonFic]]
* ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone'':
** The Guardians exploit Ringo's addiction to his mindsight in an attempt to make him turn against the others. It works well, but John manages to get him away from their influence, albeit not before a near-tragedy.
** Knowing that outworlders have a tendency to attack other outworlders, and that people who are unjustly attacked and win get to keep their opponents' stuff, Paul successfully gets the mine-robbers to attack him—literally just by standing there and politely asking them questions—after which the four [[ActualPacifist non-lethally]] [[CurbStompBattle mop the floor with them]] and get a bunch of useful stuff as well as more than enough money to pay off their library fine.
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* ''Fanfic/XMenTheEarlyYears'':
** This is ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}'s specialty:
--->'''Warren:''' I have to congratulate you, Hank. This plan was brilliant -- evil, devious, used all of Will's character faults against him and played on his biggest fear. It was worthy of one of Slim's plans.
** As running from a homicidal Scott, Bobby locks him up on the roof, counting on him not daring to blast the door away and hurt anybody (else).
--->'''Bobby:''' I'm just going to let you stay up here until you calm down enough not to kill me. Or at least until I find the professor to protect me.\\
'''Scot:''' Bobby! Unlock this right now, or so help me, you're dead! Did it occur to you I could just blast the door in?\\
'''Bobby:''' You won't! You don't have your visor. That means you can't control how powerful your blast will be. You could just as easily rip the roof off as blast down the door. You won't risk hurting the others by mistake.\\
'''Scott:''' Bobby! Open the door! (grumbling) I am so stupid! I fell for that one like an amateur.
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