History Main / TwoHeadedCoin

* ''TheDarkKnight'': Harvey Dent uses a two-headed coin for PerpSweating; he says every time he doesn't get a straight answer, he'll flip the coin. Heads, he asks again. Tails, he shoots him dead.

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* Used by Dante in the ''DevilMayCry'' series. In the second game, he hints that the quirk may come from his father.
** Dante's coin shows up in his cameo in ''ShinMegamiTenseiNocturne'', where knowing of it lets you get him in your party for a mere 1 macca.
* Used by Edgar to determine who would rule Figaro in ''FinalFantasyVI'', not so much because he wanted his late father's throne, but because he secretly knew his free-spirited brother ''didn't''. It is later reprised when Celes borrows the coin for a similar flip against the gambler Setzer ("heads, you take us to the Empire's capital city; tails, I agree to marry you.") Setzer is surprised to realize that he fell for a trick coin.

* In ''BatmanForever'' Two-Face has his double-headed coin with one side scarred, like usual. It's a DoubleSubversion, though, as instead of always doing what the coin says, he keeps flipping the coin until he gets the outcome he wants.

* ''[[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga The Dark Knight]]'': Harvey Dent uses a two-headed coin for PerpSweating; he says every time he doesn't get a straight answer, he'll flip the coin. Heads, he asks again. Tails, he shoots him dead.

A character flips a coin to make decisions, letting their fate be decided by chance... except that they've secretly provided a two-headed coin just to ensure that "fate" comes out in their favor.

* Similar to the film and comics examples above, in ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' Harvey Dent uses one of these that gets marked on one side when he [[spoiler:becomes Two-Face]].
* One episode of ''{{TaleSpin}}'' featured a two-headed coin with a twist: Baloo realizes he's been duped when he notices that not only are both sides of the coin heads, ''but one of them is making a face at him.'' Baloo himself had used a two-tailed coin earlier in the same episode.

* A {{subversion}} is part of Two-Face's signature style in the {{Batman}} comics: Harvey Dent uses one of these, but then one side gets scratched up, making it back into a fair coin. Its emotional/symbolic significance to Two-Face makes it a NumberOneDime as well.

* Davis/Daisuke in ''DigimonAdventure02'' attempts to pull this on T.K./Takeru when deciding who will go to rescue Kari/Hikari. Since Davis has a crush on her, he uses an American quarter with tails on both sides. After Davis has supposedly won and is gloating to T.K., T.K. swipes the coin back and calls him on it, noting that he knows where they sell such quarters. (In the English dub, T.K. also says that he managed to get stuff from his brother this way.)

* Used by Jai in Sholay when he and his brother need to make a difficult decision. Needles to say, he always gets his way.

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* Terezi of ''{{Homestuck}}'' has a two-headed coin which, like that of [[{{Batman}} Harvey Dent]], has a scratch on one side. In a way, this is still played straight, as both she and those she gambles with know that, thanks to her [[ManipulativeBastard uncanny grasp of psychology]], it doesn't really matter which side lands up.

* Played straight characteristically by Harvey Dent in the DarkKnightTrilogy until [[spoiler: one side of the coin is burnt along with half of Dent's body]].

* One episode of ''{{TaleSpin}}'' featured a two-headed coin with a twist: Baloo realizes he's been duped when he notices that not only are both sides of the coin heads, ''but one of them is making a face at him.''

Often a characteristic quirk, usually for villains, {{anti hero}}es, or {{badass}}es. May indicate a character is TwoFaced or appear as a NumberOneDime. Can invoke DramaticIrony when the audience knows the coin is rigged, but the other characters don't. When the coin isn't two-headed, it may still always land heads up due to the RandomNumberGod or a character being BornLucky. {{Subtrope}} of FixingTheGame. See also FalseRoulette for another type of game of chance that isn't actually up to luck, and HeadsTailsEdge for other another coin-flipping trope.

Often a characteristic quirk, usually for villains, {{anti hero}}es, or {{badass}}es. May indicate a character is TwoFaced, or appear as a NumberOneDime. Can invoke DramaticIrony when the audience knows the coin is rigged, but the other characters don't. When the coin isn't two-headed, it may still always land heads up due to the RandomNumberGod or a character being BornLucky. {{Subtrope}} of FixingTheGame. See also FalseRoulette for another type of game of chance that isn't actually up to luck, and HeadsTailsEdge for other another coin-flipping trope.

Often a characteristic quirk, usually for villains, {{anti hero}}es, or {{badass}}es. May indicate a character is TwoFaced. Can invoke DramaticIrony when the audience knows the coin is rigged, but the other characters don't. When the coin isn't two-headed, it may still always land heads up due to the RandomNumberGod or a character being BornLucky. {{Subtrope}} of FixingTheGame. See also FalseRoulette for another type of game of chance that isn't actually up to luck, and HeadsTailsEdge.

* A {{subversion}} is part of Two-Face's signature style in the {{Batman}} comics: Harvey Dent uses one of these, but then one side gets scratched up, making it back into a fair coin.

Often a characteristic quirk, usually for villains, {{anti hero}}es, or {{badass}}es. May indicate a character is TwoFaced. Can invoke DramaticIrony when the audience knows the coin is rigged, but the other characters don't. When the coin isn't two-headed, it may still always land heads up due to the RandomNumberGod or a character being BornLucky. {{Subtrope}} of FixingTheGame. See also FalseRoulette for another type of game of chance that isn't actually up to luck, and HeadTailsEdge.

Often a characteristic quirk, usually for villains, {{anti hero}}es, or {{badass}}es. May indicate a character is TwoFaced. Can invoke DramaticIrony when the audience knows the coin is rigged, but the other characters don't. When the coin isn't two-headed, it may still always land heads up due to the RandomNumberGod or a character being BornLucky. {{Subtrope}} of FixingTheGame. See also FalseRoulette for another type of game of chance that isn't actually up to luck.

A character flips a coin to make decisions, letting their fate be decided by chance... except that they've secretly provided a two-headed coin just to ensure that "fate" comes out in their favor. (Why such trick coins always have two heads, never two ''tails'', never comes up.)

Funnily enough, the two faced coin is actually more fair in outcome. Studies have proven that due to the weight difference caused by different designs on either side of a coin, outcomes tend to lean towards the lighter side up. Not by too much but it still legitimately effects the toss.

* Used by Edgar to determine who would rule Figaro in ''FinalFantasyVI'', not so much because he wanted his late father's throne, but because he secretly knew his free-spirited brother ''didn't''. It is later reprised when Celes borrows the coin for a similar flip gainst the gambler Setzer ("heads, you take us to the Empire's capital city; tails, I agree to marry you.") Setzer is surprised to realize that he fell for a trick coin.

* Used by Edgar to determine who would rule Figaro in ''FinalFantasyVI'', not so much because he wanted his late father's throne, but because he secretly knew his free-spirited brother ''didn't''. It is later reprised when Celes borrows wages a similar flip gainst the gambler Setzer ("heads, you take us to the Empire's capital city; tails, I agree to marry you.") Setzer is surprised to realize that he fell for a trick coin.

A character flips a coin to make decisions, letting their fate be decided by chance...or so it seems. Just to ensure things come out properly, the character decides to rig the flip using a two-headed coin.

* Used against Setzer twice in ''FinalFantasyVI''. Also used by Edgar to [[spoiler:guarantee him the throne, not because he wanted it, but because he secretly knew his brother didn't want to do it]].

* Subverted in ''{{Iznogoud}}'', where ''all'' the coins are two-headed. Iznogoud forgets it, ridiculing himself.

->''The two-sided mint is the rule, not exception,
->And would you not feel quite the fool of deception
->To find the same face on both sides of the coin?''
--> - {{Theatre/Drood}}

* In TheMusical {{Theatre/Drood}}, there's a PatterSong called "Two Sides of the Coin", which is used to lampshade the fact that everyone's playing two roles.

* Used by Dante in the DevilMayCry series. In the second game, he hints that the quirk may come from his father.

Often a characteristic quirk, usually for villains, {{anti hero}}es, or {{badass}}es. May indicate a character is TwoFaced. Can invoke DramaticIrony when the audience knows the coin is rigged, but the other characters don't. When the coin isn't two-headed, it may still always land heads up due to the RandomNumberGod or a character being BornLucky. See also FalseRoulette for another type of game of chance that isn't actually up to luck.

Often a characteristic quirk, usually for villains, {{anti hero}}es, or {{badass}}es. May indicate a character is TwoFaced. Can invoke DramaticIrony when the audience knows the coin is rigged, but the other characters don't. When the coin isn't two-headed, it may still [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=6xqp74h0ddma1qwhzkyzzqj1 always land heads up]] due to the RandomNumberGod or a character being BornLucky. See also FalseRoulette for another type of game of chance that isn't actually up to luck.