History PlayingWith / PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo

'''Basic Trope''': A drink is poisoned. The glasses get switched around.

** Alice puts SuperSerum in her drink. Bob switches the glasses because he wants the Super Serum.

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** Alice has an AcquiredPoisonImmunity, so she poisons both glasses and mocks Bob for never seeing ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.

* '''Downplayed''': Alice only seeks to make Bob ill, not to kill him.

* '''Enforced''': The authors want Bob to seem clever when he gets Alice [[HoistByHisOwnPetard killed by her own poison]].

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

** Bob and Alice discuss which drink is poisoned. Bonus points if they use InsaneTrollLogic.

* '''Invoked''': Alice tries to make Bob suspicious of his drink. She has actually poisoned her own drink and pretended to take a few sips. Now she needs him to switch their glasses.

* '''Invoked''': Alice is GenreSavvy and tries to make Bob suspicious of his drink. She has actually poisoned her own drink and pretended to take a few sips. Now she needs him to switch their glasses.

** Bob, [[YourDaysAreNumbered knowing that he's dying]], does a LastDance, which includes {{revenge}} against Alice.

* '''Straight''': Petra and Oliver, who are bitter enemies, share a drink. Petra poisons Oliver's drink. Oliver saw her poison the drink and switches their glasses.

** Petra and Oliver keep switching back and forth.

* '''Downplayed''': Petra only seeks to make Oliver ill, not to kill him.
* '''Justified''': Oliver sees this as a perfect opportunity to give Petra a DeathByIrony, and Petra thinks Oliver doesn't know she wants him dead.

** Oliver pours the poisoned drink into Petra's glass.
** Petra puts SuperSerum in her drink. Oliver switches the glasses because he wants the Super Serum.
** Oliver and Petra are poisoned. They only have enough MagicAntidote for one of them. [[MoreHeroThanThou Neither of them wants the other to die for them]], so both try to trick the other into taking the antidote.
* '''Subverted''': Oliver says LookBehindYou and prepares to switch the glasses, but Petra turns around too quickly.
* '''Double Subverted''': Then Petra switches the glasses because she thinks Oliver actually switched them.

** Petra pours three drinks, visibly poisons two of them, and moves them around rapidly. [[ShellGame She challenges Oliver to keep track of the safe drink]].
** Oliver and Petra discuss which drink is poisoned. Bonus points if they use InsaneTrollLogic.
** Petra and Oliver switch their glasses like crazy, but Petra's minion somehow ends up with the poison.
** Petra and Oliver use increasingly silly and stupid [[LookBehindYou distractions]] as they switch the glasses.
** It turns out that Petra forgot to poison the drink.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Petra puts something in Oliver's drink and then turns away for a moment. Oliver tries to switch the glasses, but doesn't have time to do it before Petra turns back. Petra considers switching the glasses, but [[EvilOverlordList buys new drinks for both instead]]. It turns out that the drinks were just a distraction and that Oliver's food is poisoned, but he predicts this and switches their food while Petra gets the new drinks.

** Oliver goes for a DiscreetDrinkDisposal instead of trying to switch the glasses.
** Oliver refuses to share a drink with Petra because he knows sharing a drink with one's bitter enemy can be a very bad idea.
* '''Enforced''': The authors want Oliver to seem clever when he gets Petra [[HoistByHisOwnPetard killed by her own poison]].
* '''Lampshaded''': "Ugh, I'm feeling so ill right now. Apparently that idiot Oliver managed to switch the glasses."
* '''Invoked''': Petra is GenreSavvy and tries to make Oliver suspicious of his drink. She has actually poisoned her own drink and pretended to take a few sips. Now she needs him to switch their glasses.
* '''Exploited''': Oliver does this to everyone that's GenreBlind enough to try to poison him this way.

** Petra keeps an eye on Oliver to make sure that he doesn't switch the glasses.
** Petra dispenses with the poisoned drink shell game nonsense all together and [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim just shoots Oliver.]]
** Alternatively, Oliver is pissed off when he discovers Petra's plan to poison him, and just shoots her.
* '''Discussed''': "Are you going to poison Oliver? Make sure he doesn't get you poisoned instead!"

* '''Implied''': The camera focuses on Petra, who looks away from Oliver for a moment. When the camera and Petra turn back, Oliver smiles cunningly. Petra smells a rat and [[DiscreetDrinkDisposal disposes her drink]].

** Oliver chooses incorrectly and gets poisoned.
** Oliver is poisoned and tells about what happened, and nobody bothers with trying to treat him because they think he only has himself to blame. After all, he knew about the risk of being poisoned, but drank anyway.

** However, he tells others what Petra did to him, and she gets punished.
** Oliver, [[YourDaysAreNumbered knowing that he's dying]], does a LastDance, which includes {{revenge}} against Petra.

** Petra drinks red wine while Oliver drinks water. Petra [[TooDumbToLive still doesn't notice that the drinks have been switched]].

** Nina, Oliver's friend, gives this advice: "I think you should make your date drink from your glass, considering that your previous date tried to poison you."
* '''Played For Drama''': Of course this is a risky action for Oliver, but he's well aware of the risk, and doesn't mind it because he's tired of life and won't mind if it for instance turns out that both drinks were poisoned and that Petra has AcquiredPoisonImmunity.

** Oliver and Petra discuss which drink is poisoned.

** Oliver is poisoned and tells about what happened, and nobody bothers with trying to treat him because they think he only has himself to blame because he knew about the risk of being poisoned, but drank anyway.

** Oliver's friend Nina's advice to Oliver: "I think you and your date should drink from different glasses, considering that your previous date tried to poison you."

* '''Justified''': Oliver sees this as a perfect opportunity to give Petra a DeathByIrony.

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''': Oliver chooses incorrectly and gets poisoned.
* '''Reconstructed''': However, he tells others what Petra did to him, and she gets punished.

* '''Defied''': Petra keeps an eye on Oliver to make sure that he doesn't switch the glasses.

** Petra drinks red whine while Oliver drinks water. Petra [[TooDumbToLive still doesn't notice that the drinks have been switched]].

'''Basic Trope''': A drink is poisoned. The glasses get swtiched around.

* '''Parodied''': Petra pours three drinks, visibly poisons two of them, and moves them around rapidly. [[ShellGame She challenges Oliver to keep track of the safe drink]].

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Inverted''': Oliver pours the poisoned drink into Petra's glass.

* '''Parodied''': Petra pours three drinks, visibly poisons two of them, and moves them around rapidly. She challenges Oliver to keep track of the safe drink.

%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Conversed''': "Why do they drink that when they know about the risk? You know, the 50% chance of being poisoned because you [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow can't know for sure which drink is poisoned]]."
%%* '''Implied''': ???

* '''Played For Laughs''': Petra drinks red whine while Oliver drinks water. Petra [[TooDumbToLive still doesn't notice that the drinks have been switched]].
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Averted''': Oliver goes for a DiscreetDrinkDisposal instead of trying to switch the glasses.