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** When the Gotei 13 Captains and the Visored all team up fight Aizen, their combined abilities seem to be overwhelming him. This culminates with Shinji reversing Aizen's perceptions of front and back, allowing Hitsugaya to slip past his defenses and impale him. The normally-unflappable villain reacts with a look of shock...but then it's revealed that Aizen had used his powers of illusion to covertly switch places with poor Momo, who was the ''actual'' victim of the heroes' attack.
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A subversion of OhCrap, where two characters are having some form of confrontation, and one of them pretends to lose his cool or be scared, giving a false feeling of victory to his opponent, only to immediately reveal he actually is fine. Maybe that character [[IAmNotLeftHanded wasn't using his full power until now]]; maybe the damage he just took isn't that important, or [[HealingFactor he can just heal them easily]]. Maybe he [[AllAccordingToPlan anticipated what his opponent would do and prepared in consequence]]. Either way, he wasn't actually worried, and his opponent just didn't take the advantage. Unlike ISurrenderSuckers, BriarPatching or WoundedGazelleGambit, there usually isn't any practical reason to do this; the character is just doing it [[ForTheEvulz to mess with his opponent]].
A SmugSuper will frequently love to make use of this trope, as a way to show how much better he is than everybody else. Frequently expect the character to deliver "Just kidding!" while revealing he is fine.
A SmugSuper will frequently love to make use of this trope, as a way to show how much better he is than everybody else. Frequently expect the character to deliver "Just kidding!" while revealing he is fine.
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A subversion of OhCrap, where two characters are having some form of confrontation, and one of them pretends to lose his cool or be scared, giving a false feeling of victory to his opponent, only to immediately reveal he actually is fine. Maybe that character [[IAmNotLeftHanded wasn't using his full power until now]]; maybe the damage he just took isn't that important, or [[HealingFactor he can just heal them easily]]. Maybe he [[AllAccordingToPlan anticipated what his opponent would do and prepared in consequence]]. Either way, he wasn't actually worried, and his opponent just didn't take the advantage. Unlike ISurrenderSuckers, BriarPatching or WoundedGazelleGambit, there usually isn't any practical reason to do this; the character is just doing it [[ForTheEvulz to mess with his opponent]].
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* ''Film/DemonKnight''. When The Collector is stabbed in the eyes (which kills demons), he screams in horror, then chuckles sadly at his broken sunglasses, "Damn, and I liked those, too."
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* In one of ''VideoGame/Undertale'''s endings, a boss fight with [[spoiler: Flowey]] features them undergoing a VillainousBreakdown, then suddenly [[spoiler: reloading to an earlier save]], mocking the protagonist for falling for it. Another ending has the same character feign shock at the amount of people rallied to defeat them, then subduing them all with ease.
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* In one of ''VideoGame/Undertale'''s ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'''s endings, a boss fight with [[spoiler: Flowey]] features them undergoing a VillainousBreakdown, then suddenly [[spoiler: reloading to an earlier save]], mocking the protagonist for falling for it. Another ending has the same character feign shock at the amount of people rallied to defeat them, then subduing them all with ease.
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* In one of ''VideoGame/Undertale'''s endings, a boss fight with [[spoiler: Flowey]] features them undergoing a VillainousBreakdown, then suddenly [[spoiler: reloading to an earlier save]], mocking the protagonist for falling for it. Another ending has the same character feign shock at the amount of people rallied to defeat them, then subduing them all with ease.
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-->'''Szayelaporro''': But I crushed all of your organs and tendons! So why?!? Why won't you die?!!
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**Later in the fight, Mayuri joins in, and what does he do? He stands and watches, only for Szayelaporro to use his power to crush Mayuri's organs and tendons... or so it seems. Mayuri gets up as if nothing happened, decides to belittle everyone present, before informing everyone that he replaced all his organs and tendons with dummies.
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* Downplayed version in ''Discworld/{{Nightwatch}}'' where, when fighting an equally skilled (and much younger) opponent, Vimes glances behind the other guy and tries to stop his face going into "oh crap" mode. The other guy uses the opening to close for the victory and then gets clobbered by Vimes who was completely faking the reaction.
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* Downplayed version in ''Discworld/{{Nightwatch}}'' ''Discworld/NightWatch'' where, when fighting an equally skilled (and much younger) opponent, Vimes glances behind the other guy and tries to stop his face going into "oh crap" mode. The other guy uses the opening to close for the victory and then gets clobbered by Vimes who was completely faking the reaction.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'', [[spoiler: Kai pretends to succumb to the Wuxi Finger Hold to screw with Po, before pointing out that it only works on mortals.]]
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** In the second movie, ''Anime/ClockworkIslandAdventure'', Usopp pulls a fake-out on [[{{Fartillery}} Skunk One]], visibly panicking until the {{Gasshole}} can't abort his attack run, then dropping the act and shooting him with a ''Flame Star'' at point-blank range.
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* ''Manga/{{OnePiece}}'': Ivankov makes a habit of doing this during fight. Most notably, his EstablishingCharacterMoment involves someone coming and pointing a bazooka at him, causing him to fake panic then promptly reveal he is in no danger and literally stop the shot with a wink.
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* ''Manga/{{OnePiece}}'': ''Manga/OnePiece'': Ivankov makes a habit of doing this during fight. Most notably, his EstablishingCharacterMoment involves someone coming and pointing a bazooka at him, causing him to fake panic then promptly reveal he is in no danger and literally stop the shot with a wink.
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* ''Manga/{{OnePiece}}'': Ivankov makes a habit of doing this during fight. Most notably, his EstablishingCharacterMoment involves someone coming and pointing a bazooka at him, causing him to fake panic then promptly reveal he is in no danger and literally stop the shot with a wink.
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A subversion of OhCrap, where two characters are having some form of confrontation, and one of them pretends to lose his cool or be scared, giving a false feeling of victory to his opponent, only to immediatly reveal he actually is fine. Maybe that character [[IAmNotLeftHanded wasn't using his full power until now]]; maybe the damages he just took aren't that important, or [[HealingFactor he can just heal them easily]]. Maybe he [[AllAccordingToPlan anticipated what his opponent would do and prepared in consequence]]. Either way, he wasn't actually worried, and his opponent didn't just took the advantage. Unlike ISurrenderSuckers, BriarPatching or WoundedGazelleGambit, there usually isn't any practical reason to do this; the character is just doing it [[ForTheEvulz to mess with his opponent]].
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A subversion of OhCrap, where two characters are having some form of confrontation, and one of them pretends to lose his cool or be scared, giving a false feeling of victory to his opponent, only to immediatly immediately reveal he actually is fine. Maybe that character [[IAmNotLeftHanded wasn't using his full power until now]]; maybe the damages damage he just took aren't isn't that important, or [[HealingFactor he can just heal them easily]]. Maybe he [[AllAccordingToPlan anticipated what his opponent would do and prepared in consequence]]. Either way, he wasn't actually worried, and his opponent just didn't just took take the advantage. Unlike ISurrenderSuckers, BriarPatching or WoundedGazelleGambit, there usually isn't any practical reason to do this; the character is just doing it [[ForTheEvulz to mess with his opponent]].
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** Later subverted when Ryuko [[spoiler:cuts Nui's arms off]]. Nui fakes shock, before revealing [[spoiler:her HealingFactor will cause her arms to grow back]]... only to find out Ryuko [[spoiler:managed to nullify said Healing Factor]], and watch in horror as she [[spoiler:steps on the severed arms and absorbs them into Senketsu]]. Cue a ''very'' genuine VillainousBreakdown.
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** Later subverted when Ryuko [[spoiler:cuts Nui's arms off]]. Nui fakes shock, before revealing [[spoiler:her HealingFactor will cause her arms to grow back]]... only to find out Ryuko [[spoiler:managed to nullify said Healing Factor]], Factor when the arms just ''die'']], and watch in horror as she [[spoiler:steps on the severed arms and absorbs them into Senketsu]]. Cue a ''very'' genuine VillainousBreakdown.
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** During a fight between [[TheHero Ryuko]] and [[TheDragon Nui Harime]], Ryuko manages to grab Nui and stab her in the chest. Nui starts agonizingly coughing blood... then returns to smiling with a "just kidding!". Cue her [[BeatStillMyHeart ripping her own heart out]] to reveal [[spoiler:she is, [[EvilCounterpart like Ryuko]], [[HalfHumanHybrid a life fibre-human hybrid]].]]
** Later subverted when Ryuko [[spoiler:cuts her arms off]]. Nui fakes shock, before revealing [[spoiler:her HealingFactor will cause her arms to grow back]]... only to find out Ryuko [[spoiler:managed to cancel said Healing Factor]], and watch in horror as she [[spoiler:steps on the severed arms and absorbs them]]. Cue a ''very'' genuine VillainousBreakdown.
** Later subverted when Ryuko [[spoiler:cuts her arms off]]. Nui fakes shock, before revealing [[spoiler:her HealingFactor will cause her arms to grow back]]... only to find out Ryuko [[spoiler:managed to cancel said Healing Factor]], and watch in horror as she [[spoiler:steps on the severed arms and absorbs them]]. Cue a ''very'' genuine VillainousBreakdown.
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** During a fight between [[TheHero Ryuko]] and [[TheDragon Nui Harime]], Ryuko manages to grab Nui and stab her in the chest. Nui starts agonizingly coughing blood... then returns to smiling with a "just kidding!". Cue her [[BeatStillMyHeart ripping her own heart out]] to reveal [[spoiler:she is, [[EvilCounterpart like Ryuko]], [[HalfHumanHybrid a life fibre-human Life Fiber-human hybrid]].]]
** Later subverted when Ryuko [[spoiler:cutsher Nui's arms off]]. Nui fakes shock, before revealing [[spoiler:her HealingFactor will cause her arms to grow back]]... only to find out Ryuko [[spoiler:managed to cancel nullify said Healing Factor]], and watch in horror as she [[spoiler:steps on the severed arms and absorbs them]]. them into Senketsu]]. Cue a ''very'' genuine VillainousBreakdown.
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** Later subverted when Ryuko [[spoiler:cuts
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* Wrestling/DaizeeHaze became notorious for this tactic in Wrestling/{{Chikara}}, after she realized most the roster was uncomfortable with wrestling, much less hitting, a woman.
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* Wrestling/DaizeeHaze became notorious for this tactic in Wrestling/{{Chikara}}, after she realized most the roster was [[WouldNotHitAGirl uncomfortable with wrestling, much less hitting, a woman.
woman.]]
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* In ''[[VideoGame/DawnOfWar Dawn of War II: Retribution]]'''s Chaos campaign, Eliphas and his band are ambushed by Blood Raven scouts. Eliphas pretends to be worried as he slaughters the Loyalists with ease.
* In ''[[VideoGame/DawnOfWar Dawn of War II: Retribution]]'''s Chaos campaign, Eliphas and his band are ambushed by Blood Raven scouts. Eliphas pretends to be worried as he slaughters the Loyalists with ease.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', after [[BigBad Bill Cipher]] managed to enter our world and initiate [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Weirdmageddon]], [[PhysicalGod Time Baby]] arrives to confront him about it and delivers him an ultimatum. Bill sarcastically pretends to be worried about it, before using his newfound power to [[OneHitKill obliterate Time Baby in one hit]].
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A subversion of OhCrap, where two characters are having some form of confrontation, and one of them pretends to lose his cool or be scared, giving a false feeling of victory to his opponent, only to immediatly reveal he actually is fine. Maybe that character [[IAmNotLeftHanded wasn't using his full power until now]]; maybe the damages he just took aren't that important, or [[HealingFactor he can just heal them easily]]. Maybe he [[JustAsPlanned [[AllAccordingToPlan anticipated what his opponent would do and prepared in consequence]]. Either way, he wasn't actually worried, and his opponent didn't just took the advantage. Unlike ISurrenderSuckers, BriarPatching or WoundedGazelleGambit, there usually isn't any practical reason to do this; the character is just doing it [[ForTheEvulz to mess with his opponent]].
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** Part 4 has a more classic example during the fight between Josuke and Red Hot Chilli Pepper. At one point, Josuke manages to trap Chilli Pepper in a tire, blocking his ShockAndAwe powers. Chilli Pepper's user immediatly starts panicking like he was losing power... then immediatly admits he was just kidding and just pierces through the tire, revealing it' was to thin to actually contain his power. [[spoiler:This however backfires: Josuke actually knew he could pierce the tire and was expecting him to do so. By piercing it, Chilli Pepper is propulsed in the water by the pression.]].
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** Part 4 has a more classic example during the fight between Josuke and Red Hot Chilli Pepper. At one point, Josuke manages to trap Chilli Pepper in a tire, blocking his ShockAndAwe powers. Chilli Pepper's user immediatly immediately starts panicking like he was losing power... then immediatly immediately admits he was just kidding and just pierces through the tire, revealing it' was to too thin to actually contain his power. [[spoiler:This however backfires: Josuke actually knew he could pierce the tire and was expecting him to do so. By piercing it, Chilli Pepper is propulsed in propelled into the water by the pression.pressure.]].
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* In the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman]][=/=][[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Superman]] crossover episode "World's Finest", SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker pulls a trap to attract Superman to him and expose him to kryptonite, only for Superman to [[GenreSavvy expect this]] and bring his KryptoniteProofSuit. When realizing this, Joker appears shocked and seemingly just surrenders, expressing surprise about how the plan he had so well prepared failed... then reveals he ''did'' expect this and had brought acid to pierce through the suit.
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* In the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman]][=/=][[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Superman]] crossover episode "World's Finest", SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker pulls a trap to attract Superman to him and expose him to kryptonite, Kryptonite, only for Superman to [[GenreSavvy expect this]] and bring his KryptoniteProofSuit. When realizing this, Joker appears shocked and seemingly just surrenders, expressing surprise about how the plan he had so well prepared failed... then reveals he ''did'' expect this and had brought acid to pierce through the suit.
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* In ''Anime/KillLaKill'', during a fight between [[TheHero Ryuko]] and [[TheDragon Nui Harime]], Ryuko manages to grab Nui and stab her in the chest. Nui starts agonizingly coughing blood... then returns to smiling with a "just kidding!". Cue her [[BeatStillMyHeart ripping her own heart out]] to reveal [[spoiler:she is, [[EvilCounterpart like Ryuko]], [[HalfHumanHybrid a life fibre-human hybrid]].]]
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** During a fight between [[TheHero Ryuko]] and [[TheDragon Nui Harime]], Ryuko manages to grab Nui and stab her in the chest. Nui starts agonizingly coughing blood... then returns to smiling with a "just kidding!". Cue her [[BeatStillMyHeart ripping her own heart out]] to reveal [[spoiler:she is, [[EvilCounterpart like Ryuko]], [[HalfHumanHybrid a life fibre-human hybrid]].]]
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** Later subverted when Ryuko [[spoiler:cuts her arms off]]. Nui fakes shock, before revealing [[spoiler:her HealingFactor will cause her arms to grow back]]... only to find out Ryuko [[spoiler:managed to cancel said Healing Factor]], and watch in horror as she [[spoiler:steps on the severed arms and absorbs them]]. Cue a ''very'' genuine VillainousBreakdown.
** During a fight between [[TheHero Ryuko]] and [[TheDragon Nui Harime]], Ryuko manages to grab Nui and stab her in the chest. Nui starts agonizingly coughing blood... then returns to smiling with a "just kidding!". Cue her [[BeatStillMyHeart ripping her own heart out]] to reveal [[spoiler:she is, [[EvilCounterpart like Ryuko]], [[HalfHumanHybrid a life fibre-human hybrid]].
** Later subverted when Ryuko [[spoiler:cuts her arms off]]. Nui fakes shock, before revealing [[spoiler:her HealingFactor will cause her arms to grow back]]... only to find out Ryuko [[spoiler:managed to cancel said Healing Factor]], and watch in horror as she [[spoiler:steps on the severed arms and absorbs them]]. Cue a ''very'' genuine VillainousBreakdown.
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* In ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'', when being first confronted with [[TheBaroness Katherine]], [[CuteWitch Bonnie]] tries to defend herself with the [[MindRape Mind attack]] she typically uses to keep [[TokenEvilTeammate Damon]] in check. Katherine initially pretends to be affected, only to quickly reveal she is old enough, and as such powerful enough to resist it.
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* In ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'', when being first confronted with [[TheBaroness Katherine]], [[CuteWitch Bonnie]] tries to defend herself with the [[MindRape Mind attack]] she typically uses to keep [[TokenEvilTeammate Damon]] in check. Katherine initially pretends to be affected, only to quickly reveal she is old enough, and as such powerful enough to resist it.
* In ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'', when being first confronted with [[TheBaroness Katherine]], [[CuteWitch Bonnie]] tries to defend herself with the [[MindRape Mind attack]] she typically uses to keep [[TokenEvilTeammate Damon]] in check. Katherine initially pretends to be affected, only to quickly reveal she is old enough, and as such powerful enough to resist it.
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* In ''Anime/KillLaKill'', during a fight between Ryuko and Nui Harime, Ryuko manages to grab Nui and stab her in the chest. Nui starts agonizingly coughing blood... then returns to smiling with a "just kidding!". Cue her [[BeatStillMyHeart ripping her own heart out]] to reveal [[spoiler:she is, [[EvilCounterpart like Ryuko]], [[HalfHumanHybrid a life fibre-human hybrid]].]]
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* In ''Anime/KillLaKill'', during a fight between Ryuko [[TheHero Ryuko]] and [[TheDragon Nui Harime, Harime]], Ryuko manages to grab Nui and stab her in the chest. Nui starts agonizingly coughing blood... then returns to smiling with a "just kidding!". Cue her [[BeatStillMyHeart ripping her own heart out]] to reveal [[spoiler:she is, [[EvilCounterpart like Ryuko]], [[HalfHumanHybrid a life fibre-human hybrid]].]]
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* During the final fight between Ryuko and Nui Harime, Ryuko manages to grab Nui and stab her in the chest. Nui starts agonizingly coughing blood... then returns to smiling with a "just kidding!". Cue her [[BeatStillMyHeart ripping her own heart out]] to reveal [[spoiler:she is, [[EvilCounterpart like Ryuko]], [[HalfHumanHybrid a life fibre-human hybrid]].]]
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* During the final In ''Anime/KillLaKill'', during a fight between Ryuko and Nui Harime, Ryuko manages to grab Nui and stab her in the chest. Nui starts agonizingly coughing blood... then returns to smiling with a "just kidding!". Cue her [[BeatStillMyHeart ripping her own heart out]] to reveal [[spoiler:she is, [[EvilCounterpart like Ryuko]], [[HalfHumanHybrid a life fibre-human hybrid]].]]
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* During the final fight between Ryuko and Nui Harime, Ryuko manages to grab Nui and stab her in the chest. Nui starts agonizingly coughing blood... then return returns to smiling with a "just kidding!". Cue her [[BeatStillMyHeart ripping her own heart out]] to reveal [[spoiler:she is, [[EvilCounterpart like Ryuko]], [[HalfHumanHybrid a life fibre-human hybrid]].]]
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* In the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman]][=/=][[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Superman]] crossover episode "World's Finest", SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker pulls a trap to attract Superman to him and expose him to kryptonite, only for Superman to [[GenreSavvy expect this]] and bring his KryptoniteProofSuit. When realizing this, Joker appears shocked and seemingly just surrenders, expressing surprise about how the plan he had so well prepared fail... then reveals he ''did'' expect this and had brought acid to pierce through the suit.
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* In the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman]][=/=][[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Superman]] crossover episode "World's Finest", SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker pulls a trap to attract Superman to him and expose him to kryptonite, only for Superman to [[GenreSavvy expect this]] and bring his KryptoniteProofSuit. When realizing this, Joker appears shocked and seemingly just surrenders, expressing surprise about how the plan he had so well prepared fail...failed... then reveals he ''did'' expect this and had brought acid to pierce through the suit.
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* In the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman]][=/=][[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Superman]] crossover episode "World's Finest", SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker pulls a trap to attract Superman to him and expose him to kryptonite, only for Superman to [[GenreSavvy expect this]] and bring his KryptoniteProofSuit. When realizing this, Joker appears shocked and seemingly just surrenders, explaining expressing surprise about how the plan he had so well prepared fail... then reveals he ''did'' expect this and had brought acid to pierce through the suit.
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* In ''Disney/TheRescuersDownUnder'', [=McLeach=] has Cody cornered at the edge of a crocodile infected lake. Cody warns that his mom will call the Rangers if he goes missing, and [=McLeach=] pretends to be scared for a moment before tossing Cody's backpack to the crocodiles [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident so that it seems as if Cody was eaten by them]].
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* In ''Disney/TheRescuersDownUnder'', [=McLeach=] has Cody cornered at the edge of a crocodile infected lake. Cody warns that his mom will call the Rangers if he goes missing, and [=McLeach=] pretends to be scared for a moment before tossing Cody's backpack to the crocodiles [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident so that it seems as if Cody was eaten by them]].them]].
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A subversion of OhCrap, where two characters are having some form of confrontation, and one of them pretends to lose his cool or be scared, giving a false feeling of victory to his opponent, only to immediatly reveal he actually is fine. Maybe that character [[IAmNotLeftHanded wasn't using his full power until now]]; maybe the damages he just took aren't that important, or [[HealingFactor he can just heal them easily]]. Maybe he [[JustAsPlanned anticipated what his opponent would do and prepared in consequence]]. Either way, he wasn't actually worried, and his opponent didn't just took the advantage. Unlike ISurrenderSuckers, BriarPatching or WoundedGazelleGambit, there usually isn't any practical reason to do this; the character is just doing it [[ForTheEvulz to mess with his opponent]].
A SmugSuper will frequently love to make use of this trope, as a way to show how much better he is than everybody else.
When this trope applies to villains, it often ends up being the subversion for a VillainousBreakdown. When a hero does it, on the other hand, it can frequently be a way to deliver an effective ShutUpHannibal. From the reader's point of view, this can be used to invoke a HopeSpot, giving a false impression a fight finally is coming to its end.
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* Cell from ''Anime/DragonBallZ''; after getting hit by Vegeta's Final Flash, he starts apparently panicking and cowering over his wounds. Vegeta laughs at him... and then Cell reminds him he has a HealingFactor.
* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'':
** A weird and rather disturbing variation in Part 2: when [[TheHero Joseph]] manages to cut off and destroy Esidisi's arm, he [[WrongGenreSavvy expect him]] to get into a VillainousBreakdown with UnstoppableRage. Instead, Esidisi starts ''crying'' like a baby, before almost instantly regaining his composure. He then explains this is his method of relieving stress. Joseph is suitably creeped out.
** Part 4 has a more classic example during the fight between Josuke and Red Hot Chilli Pepper. At one point, Josuke manages to trap Chilli Pepper in a tire, blocking his ShockAndAwe powers. Chilli Pepper's user immediatly starts panicking like he was losing power... then immediatly admits he was just kidding and just pierces through the tire, revealing it' was to thin to actually contain his power. [[spoiler:This however backfires: Josuke actually knew he could pierce the tire and was expecting him to do so. By piercing it, Chilli Pepper is propulsed in the water by the pression.]].
* Edward does this against Father Cornello in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. He screams when one of Cornello's chimerae bites his leg—then, when Cornello starts to gloat, we see the lion-thing's teeth falling out and Edward triumphantly shows off his automail leg.
-->"Psych!"
[[AC:Literature]]
* Downplayed version in ''Discworld/{{Nightwatch}}'' where, when fighting an equally skilled (and much younger) opponent, Vimes glances behind the other guy and tries to stop his face going into "oh crap" mode. The other guy uses the opening to close for the victory and then gets clobbered by Vimes who was completely faking the reaction.
[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* In ''Film/VanHelsing'', Dracula screams when Van Helsing exposed him to a cross as it causes burns... [[CrossMeltingAura on the cross]]. Then he nonchalantly calms himself.
* In ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'', when Spider-Man faces a criminal for the first time, the thug freaks out and tries to scare him away with a knife. Spider-Man cowers, saying small knifes are his one weakness... then promptly and effortlessly webs the thug to the wall.
[[AC:Wrestling]]
* Wrestling/DaizeeHaze became notorious for this tactic in Wrestling/{{Chikara}}, after she realized most the roster was uncomfortable with wrestling, much less hitting, a woman.
[[AC:WebVideo]]
* ''WebVideo/SaintSeiyaAbridged''. Shaka does this when receiving Ikki's attack.
-->'''Shaka''': Oh nooo! Aaaaaaaaaah! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
-->'''Ikki''': My god, your screams of terror really are pathetic!
-->'''Shaka''': Aaaaaaah (his scream suddenly turns into a laugh), yeah, just kidding. (sends Ikki's attack back at him)
* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': Gohan uses a KamehameHadoken to pin down Frieza, who lampshades the irony of such a powerful villain being defeated by a mere child. Then he chuckles and adds "Just kidding," deflecting the beam away without harm.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* In the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman]][=/=][[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Superman]] crossover episode "World's Finest", SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker pulls a trap to attract Superman to him and expose him to kryptonite, only for Superman to [[GenreSavvy expect this]] and bring his KryptoniteProofSuit. When realizing this, Joker appears shocked and seemingly just surrenders, explaining surprise about how the plan he had so well prepared fail... then reveals he ''did'' expect this and had brought acid to pierce through the suit.
* This is often used by WesternAnimation/BugsBunny. A good example is "Hold The Lion, Please", where he does a hilariously over-the-top display of fear after meeting a rather goofy lion. Also seen, albeit briefly, in "Operation: Rabbit", when Wile E. Coyote makes his intention to eat him quite clear and Bugs dons a faux-terror expression before going back to being unimpressed.
* In ''Disney/TheRescuersDownUnder'', [=McLeach=] has Cody cornered at the edge of a crocodile infected lake. Cody warns that his mom will call the Rangers if he goes missing, and [=McLeach=] pretends to be scared for a moment before tossing Cody's backpack to the crocodiles [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident so that it seems as if Cody was eaten by them]].
A SmugSuper will frequently love to make use of this trope, as a way to show how much better he is than everybody else.
When this trope applies to villains, it often ends up being the subversion for a VillainousBreakdown. When a hero does it, on the other hand, it can frequently be a way to deliver an effective ShutUpHannibal. From the reader's point of view, this can be used to invoke a HopeSpot, giving a false impression a fight finally is coming to its end.
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!!Examples
[[AC:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* Cell from ''Anime/DragonBallZ''; after getting hit by Vegeta's Final Flash, he starts apparently panicking and cowering over his wounds. Vegeta laughs at him... and then Cell reminds him he has a HealingFactor.
* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'':
** A weird and rather disturbing variation in Part 2: when [[TheHero Joseph]] manages to cut off and destroy Esidisi's arm, he [[WrongGenreSavvy expect him]] to get into a VillainousBreakdown with UnstoppableRage. Instead, Esidisi starts ''crying'' like a baby, before almost instantly regaining his composure. He then explains this is his method of relieving stress. Joseph is suitably creeped out.
** Part 4 has a more classic example during the fight between Josuke and Red Hot Chilli Pepper. At one point, Josuke manages to trap Chilli Pepper in a tire, blocking his ShockAndAwe powers. Chilli Pepper's user immediatly starts panicking like he was losing power... then immediatly admits he was just kidding and just pierces through the tire, revealing it' was to thin to actually contain his power. [[spoiler:This however backfires: Josuke actually knew he could pierce the tire and was expecting him to do so. By piercing it, Chilli Pepper is propulsed in the water by the pression.]].
* Edward does this against Father Cornello in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. He screams when one of Cornello's chimerae bites his leg—then, when Cornello starts to gloat, we see the lion-thing's teeth falling out and Edward triumphantly shows off his automail leg.
-->"Psych!"
[[AC:Literature]]
* Downplayed version in ''Discworld/{{Nightwatch}}'' where, when fighting an equally skilled (and much younger) opponent, Vimes glances behind the other guy and tries to stop his face going into "oh crap" mode. The other guy uses the opening to close for the victory and then gets clobbered by Vimes who was completely faking the reaction.
[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* In ''Film/VanHelsing'', Dracula screams when Van Helsing exposed him to a cross as it causes burns... [[CrossMeltingAura on the cross]]. Then he nonchalantly calms himself.
* In ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'', when Spider-Man faces a criminal for the first time, the thug freaks out and tries to scare him away with a knife. Spider-Man cowers, saying small knifes are his one weakness... then promptly and effortlessly webs the thug to the wall.
[[AC:Wrestling]]
* Wrestling/DaizeeHaze became notorious for this tactic in Wrestling/{{Chikara}}, after she realized most the roster was uncomfortable with wrestling, much less hitting, a woman.
[[AC:WebVideo]]
* ''WebVideo/SaintSeiyaAbridged''. Shaka does this when receiving Ikki's attack.
-->'''Shaka''': Oh nooo! Aaaaaaaaaah! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
-->'''Ikki''': My god, your screams of terror really are pathetic!
-->'''Shaka''': Aaaaaaah (his scream suddenly turns into a laugh), yeah, just kidding. (sends Ikki's attack back at him)
* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': Gohan uses a KamehameHadoken to pin down Frieza, who lampshades the irony of such a powerful villain being defeated by a mere child. Then he chuckles and adds "Just kidding," deflecting the beam away without harm.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* In the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman]][=/=][[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Superman]] crossover episode "World's Finest", SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker pulls a trap to attract Superman to him and expose him to kryptonite, only for Superman to [[GenreSavvy expect this]] and bring his KryptoniteProofSuit. When realizing this, Joker appears shocked and seemingly just surrenders, explaining surprise about how the plan he had so well prepared fail... then reveals he ''did'' expect this and had brought acid to pierce through the suit.
* This is often used by WesternAnimation/BugsBunny. A good example is "Hold The Lion, Please", where he does a hilariously over-the-top display of fear after meeting a rather goofy lion. Also seen, albeit briefly, in "Operation: Rabbit", when Wile E. Coyote makes his intention to eat him quite clear and Bugs dons a faux-terror expression before going back to being unimpressed.
* In ''Disney/TheRescuersDownUnder'', [=McLeach=] has Cody cornered at the edge of a crocodile infected lake. Cody warns that his mom will call the Rangers if he goes missing, and [=McLeach=] pretends to be scared for a moment before tossing Cody's backpack to the crocodiles [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident so that it seems as if Cody was eaten by them]].
