History LoopholeAbuse / FanFic

* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7539087/1/Haunted Haunted]]'' Light figures out that Rem ''can't'' carry out [[IneffectualDeathThreats her threat to kill him]] if he kills Misa because ''Ryuk'' has to be the one to write his name when he dies; so Light kills Misa anyway and [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu there's nothing Rem can do about it.]] This loophole is actually canon-it's Rule 34 of the Death Note: "1. The owner of the Death Note cannot be killed by a god of death who is living in the world of the gods of death. 2. Also, a god of death who comes to the human world, in the objective to kill the owner of the Death Note, will not be able to do so. 3. Only a god of death that has passed on their Death Note to a human is able to kill the owner of the Death Note."

* In ''[[FanFic/TheDarknessSeries Harry Potter and the Descent Into Darkness]]'' when Harry faces allegations that he "cheated" during the first task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament by subduing the dragon using Paraseltongue Harry points out that nowhere in the rules did it say he had to ''fight'' the dragon.

* In ''[[FanFic/ThreeSlytherinMarauders 3 Slytherin Marauders]]'' [[spoiler: the Goblins inform [[LiteralSplitPersonality Tom Riddle]] that he can't ''completely'' empty out Voldemort's Gringott's vaults... so he leaves him a single Knut.]] Also fugitives can seek asylum at Gringott's because "Gringott's customers are allowed to stay and count their gold for as long as they like."

* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3478824/1/The-Killer-in-You The Killer In You]]'' Rem is able to get around the restriction that Shinigami aren't supposed to help humans by giving them the names of people they want to kill by giving Light the names in 1337 lingo that she apparently learned from watching Misa chat. Because she writes it as [[spoiler: "'Ryuzaki: L L a 2u l i e t, 2uatari: Q u i l l s h 2u a m m y"]] she didn't ''technically'' give the name.

* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7539087/1/Haunted Haunted]]'' Light figures out that Rem ''can't'' carry out [[IneffectualDeathThreats her threat to kill him]] if he kills Misa because Ryuk ''has'' to write his name in order to kill him and so Light kills Misa anyway and [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu there's nothing Rem can do about it.]] This loophole is actually canon-it's Rule 34 of the Death Note: "1. The owner of the Death Note cannot be killed by a god of death who is living in the world of the gods of death. 2. Also, a god of death who comes to the human world, in the objective to kill the owner of the Death Note, will not be able to do so. 3. Only a god of death that has passed on their Death Note to a human is able to kill the owner of the Death Note."

* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7200815/1/Real-Skill Real Skill]]'' has Kakashi sent back to the Academy after Naruto takes both bells during the [[StationsOfCanon bell test]]. As Naruto pointed out (and the Hokage agreed), the rules stated that ''anyone'' without a bell at noon would be sent back to the academy.

* Averted in FanFic/DungeonKeeperAmi: the conditions of a MagicallyBindingContract between the protagonist and a major antagonist is a single vague sentence. This is precisely to sidestep LoopholeAbuse via ExactWords by having both sides being bound only by the intent of the agreement.

* In HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality, one of The Chaos Legion's battles is won whenever Professor Quirrel thinks that it should be. Why? Because "one cannot have rules without Mr. Potter exploiting them."

* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7200815/1/Real-Skill Real Skill]] has Kakashi sent back to the Academy after Naruto takes both bells during the [[StationsOfCanon bell test]]. As Naruto pointed out (and the Hokage agreed), the rules stated that ''anyone'' without a bell at noon would be sent back to the academy.

* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7539087/1/Haunted Haunted]]'' Light figures out that Rem ''can’t'' carry out [[IneffectualDeathThreats her threat to kill him]] if he kills Misa because Ryuk ''has'' to write his name in order to kill him and so Light kills Misa anyway and [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu there's nothing Rem can do about it.]] This loophole is actually canon-it's Rule 34 of the Death Note: "1. The owner of the Death Note cannot be killed by a god of death who is living in the world of the gods of death. 2. Also, a god of death who comes to the human world, in the objective to kill the owner of the Death Note, will not be able to do so. 3. Only a god of death that has passed on their Death Note to a human is able to kill the owner of the Death Note."

In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7539087/1/Haunted Haunted]]'' Light figures out that Rem ''can’t'' carry out [[IneffectualDeathThreats her threat to kill him]] if he kills Misa because Ryuk ''has'' to write his name in order to kill him and so Light kills Misa anyway and [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu there's nothing Rem can do about it.]] This loophole is actually canon-it's Rule 34 of the Death Note: "1. The owner of the Death Note cannot be killed by a god of death who is living in the world of the gods of death. 2. Also, a god of death who comes to the human world, in the objective to kill the owner of the Death Note, will not be able to do so. 3. Only a god of death that has passed on their Death Note to a human is able to kill the owner of the Death Note."

* In HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality, one of The Chaos Legion's battles is won whenever Professor Quirrel thinks that it should be. Why? Because "one cannot have rules without Mr. Potter exploiting them."
** [[spoiler: In the first match with an explicit rule, namely you're what ever faction you state you are, which means points are taken away from that stated faction if you are knocked (which allowed for spies and the massive GambitPileup that happened in that match), Harry joined forces with Draco's army, with both of them declaring themselves as part of Hermione's army, meaning she lost the massive lead in points.]]

* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7200815/1/Real-Skill Real Skill]] has Kakashi sent back to the Academy after Naruto takes both bells during the [[StationsOfCanon bell test]]. As Naruto pointed out (and the Hokage agreed), the rules stated that ''anyone'' without a bell at noon would be sent back to the academy.

* Hyouta Hyuga in FanFic/AGrowingAffection asked Naruto to agree to set aside his weapons so they could fight on even ground. When Hyouta breaks out his [[NothingUpMySleeve holdout kunai]], everyone gets mad at him for breaking the deal, and Hyouta points out that ''he'' never agreed to fight without weapons, he just asked Naruto to do so.

* In ''[[FanFic/ThreeSlytherinMarauders 3 Slytherin Marauders]]'' [[spoiler: the Goblins inform [[LiteralSplitPersonality Tom Riddle]] that he can't ''completely'' empty out Voldemort's Gringott's vaults... so he leaves him a single Knut.]] Also fugitives can seek asylum at Gringott's because "Gringott's customers are allowed to count their gold for as long as they like."

** [[spoiler: Tsunade promised not to send any Leaf Shinobi to rescue Princess Nyoko. Which does not cover hiring the Sand Ninja to find her, and then telling a group of ninjas who are Nyoko's friends and have a history of going AWOL exactly where she is being held.]]

** [[spoiler: In the first match with an explicit rule, namely your what ever faction you state you are, which means points are taken away from that stated faction if you are knocked (which allowed for spies and the massive GambitPileup that happened in that match), Harry joined forces with Draco's army, with both of them declaring themselves as part of Hermione's army, meaning she lost the massive lead in points.]]

* Averted in DungeonKeeperAmi: the conditions of a MagicallyBindingContract between the protagonist and a major antagonist is a single vague sentence. This is precisely to sidestep LoopholeAbuse via ExactWords by having both sides being bound only by the intent of the agreement.

* Averted in DungeonKeeperAmi: the conditions of an agreement between the protagonist and a major antagonist is a single vague sentence. This is precisely to sidestep LoopholeAbuse by having both sides being bound only by the intent of the agreement.

** [[spoiler: In the first match with an explicit rule, namely your what ever faction you state you are, which means points are taken away from that stated faction if you are knocked (which allowed for spies and the massive [[GambitPileup that happened in that match]]), Harry joined forces with Draco's army, with both of them declaring themselves as part of Hermione's army, meaning she lost the massive lead in points.]]