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* Doctor Doom is presented with this scenario by the hands of [[spoiler: ComicBook/BlackPanther]] in Doom War.
* An example which leaves a lot of ambiguity over who was really the hero and who was the villain occurs in ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}.

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** Surprisingly Averted, given that chess is the focus of the movie. The final match ends not in a checkmate, but in a resignation.

** Cue Odin arriving on the scene with a huge army in tow and dueling Chthon, a fight which is interrupted when [[spoiler: Jean-Paul hits him with an Infinite Mass Punch]]. Chthon leaves his now-destroyed body and possesses Harry, and Strange pulls out his ace card by summoning [[spoiler: Lily Potter, [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascended to a Higher Plane of Existence]] as the White Phoenix of the Crown/Destruction of the Endless]], to encourage Harry to kick Chthon out of his head. Which he does. Strange, naturally, has taken his normal GrinOfAudacity UpToEleven.

** Cue Odin arriving on the scene with a huge army in tow and dueling Chthon, a fight which is interrupted when [[spoiler: Jean-Paul hits him with an Infinite Mass Punch]]. Chthon leaves his now-destroyed body and possesses Harry, and Strange pulls out his ace card by summoning [[spoiler: Lily Potter, [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascended to a Higher Plane of Existence]] as the White Phoenix of the Crown/Destruction of the Endless, to encourage Harry to kick Chthon out of his head. Which he does. Strange, naturally, has taken his normal GrinOfAudacity UpToEleven.

* [[MagnificentBastard Doctor Strange]] references this trope by name in ''FanFic/ChildOfTheStorm,'' as he's being overpowered by [[spoiler: Chthon]] during the FinalBattle.
-->'''[[spoiler: Chthon]]:''' No clever gambit, Strange? No secret spells? No final words from the great Sorcerer Supreme?

** Cue Odin arriving on the scene with a huge army in tow and dueling [[spoiler: Chthon, a fight which is interrupted when Jean-Paul hits him with an Infinite Mass Punch. Chthon leaves his now-destroyed body and possesses Harry]], and Strange pulls out his ace card by summoning [[spoiler: Lily Potter, [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascended to a Higher Plane of Existence]] as the White Phoenix of the Crown/Destruction of the Endless, to encourage her son to kick Chthon out of his head. Which he does]]. Strange, naturally, has taken his normal GrinOfAudacity UpToEleven.

This can also apply to [[TheChessmaster Chessmasters]] whose plans are not only going [[AllAccordingToPlan exactly how they planned it]] but also made sure to take [[SpannerInTheWorks spanners]] into account to make sure it stays that way and succeed.

** Cue Odin arriving on the scene with a huge army in tow and dueling [[spoiler: Chthon, a fight which is interrupted when Jean-Paul hits him with an Infinite Mass Punch. Chthon leaves his now-destroyed body and possesses Harry]], and Strange pulls out his ace card by summoning [[spoiler: Lily Potter, AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence as the White Phoenix of the Crown/Destruction of the Endless, to encourage her son to kick Chthon out of his head. Which he does]]. Strange, naturally, has taken his normal GrinOfAudacity UpToEleven.

* Implied at the end of an actual chess movie, ''Film/SearchingForBobbyFischer''. When Josh sees the forced mate, he decides to be nice and offer a draw to Poe. When Poe scornfully refuses, Josh says "''Take the draw''." Poe refuses again, and loses.
* Happens in ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows'', as Sherlock explains to Moriarty how [[spoiler: he's stolen and decoded his notebook and used it to seize every penny he's made from his war-profiteering scheme.]] As an added bonus, the two are actually playing a verbal chess game during his explanation, and Holmes wins that too.

* The final confrontation between Voldemort and Literature/HarryPotter is this. Harry calmly explains why all of the [[spoiler: Death Eaters' curses are failing, why Snape wasn't on his side, why Voldy's killing curse failed and will continue to do so.]] Harry then gives the Dark Lord one last chance to repent. He doesn't, and is HoistByHisOwnPetard.

-->'''Mediochre:''' [[spoiler: The CCTV’s still on]].
-->'''[[spoiler: Kiwi]]:''' [[OutGambitted WHAT]]?

* Naturally {{parodied}} in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', but that doesn't makes the example less valid. In the chapter in which Homer befriends [[SignificantAnagram Ray Magini]] ([[spoiler:[[DontExplainTheJoke Imaginary]]]]) the contractor, everyone is convinced that he's an imaginary friend invented by Homer due to him feeling unappreciated, so they send him to an insane asylum to be treated with shock therapy by Dr. Hibbert, PlayedForLaughs of course. When it's revealed that Ray Magini is in fact real, the following exchange takes place:

'''Marge''': When did I agreed to that?\\

'''Marge''':''(Shows her parking ticket}'' You didn't validate my parking.\\
'''Dr. Hibbert''':''(Quickly validates the ticket)'' Check and Mate.