History RefugeInAudacity / AnimeAndManga

** The cast of ''Anime/DigimonGhostGame'' take a similar approach. Even though they can use their [[SuperWristGadget Digivices]] to make their partners InvisibleToNormals or hide them in their cell phones, they rarely have to since the setting takes place TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture and everyone just assumes they're holograms [[WeirdnessCensor even when they very clearly interact with the physical world]]. Even when this is called into question (like during meals), they just double down to the point that "I'm a hologram!" has become a {{catchphrase}} for Gammamon.

* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'': Maria [[SleightOfHandiness covertly confiscates a distracted Kowase's phone]] while she's comforting [[ShrinkingViolet Yajima]] (whom Kowase was [[BullyBrutality beating up]] moments ago), and gets away with it by exerting her authority as a teacher and reminding him that using smartphones within school grounds is against the rules.

** Tiger Mask is a masked wrestler who ditched the Tiger's Cave organization and is persecuted by the wrestlers they send to try and kill him on the ring. At one point Tiger Mask goes wrestling on the illegal circuit... And ''wrestles in Tiger's Cave Parisian club '''using his Tiger Mask gimmick'''''. {{Invoked}} by the man who suggested him this: if he wrestled in the underground circuit, either by using his mask or a different one, Tiger's Cave would have identified him by his body build and technique and, as he wasn't in public anymore, have him shot, but if he went in Tiger's Cave club with his mask he expected them to laugh and send him in the ring without even checking, at which point their own rules would have prevented them from looking until he was defeated and unmasked. It worked: Mr X realized the plan, but he arrived in Paris when Tiger Mask was already in the ring waiting for his first match and thus couldn't be checked anymore, and the gun-toting bouncers ''were actually laughing their asses off''.

** ''One Piece'' '''thrives''' on this trope. One of your crewmates kidnapped by the [[LawfulEvil World Government?]] Wage war against them, save your friend, and destroy the place in the process. Think you're safe? [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower Pushing]] is '''lethal.''' A whale in your way? ''Punch the whale's eye.'' Luffy has been through all of the listed examples so far, but there is ''way'' more than just those, to the point where this trope could be one of the show's major ''themes''.
** Another Luffy example: [[WorldsStrongestMan Whitebeard]] says he is going to be King of the Pirates. '''Nope!''' [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu That's Luffy's job.]] Whitebeard was so impressed, and amused, that he didn't mind Luffy saying that.

--->'''Robin (To Nami):''' Be careful. If you fall, you'll most certainly die.\\
'''Nami (Screaming):''' HOW IS THAT SUPPOSED TO HELP?!
** Subverted on one occasion. Despite being the "Hero of the Marines" Vice Admiral Garp reporting he let a pirate go because said pirate is his grandson only gets him a tongue lashing from his superior who sends him back to do his job properly.

* The eponymous protagonist of ''Manga/TigerMask'' is a masked wrestler who ditched the Tiger's Cave organization and is persecuted by the wrestlers they send to try and kill him on the ring. At one point Tiger Mask goes wrestling on the illegal circuit... And ''wrestles in Tiger's Cave Parisian club '''using his Tiger Mask gimmick'''''. {{Invoked}} by the man who suggested him this: if he wrestled in the underground circuit, either by using his mask or a different one, Tiger's Cave would have identified him by his body build and technique and, as he wasn't in public anymore, have him shot, but if he went in Tiger's Cave club with his mask he expected them to laugh and send him in the ring without even checking, at which point their own rules would have prevented them from looking until he was defeated and unmasked. It worked: Mr X realized the plan, but he arrived in Paris when Tiger Mask was already in the ring waiting for his first match and thus couldn't be checked anymore, and the gun-toting bouncers ''were actually laughing their asses off''.

* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'', the heroes are gambling against Daniel D'Arby, whose Stand allows him to essentially gamble using souls. He's an expert cheater and has already claimed Polnareff and Joseph's souls, leaving only Jotaro and Avdol (their fifth member Kakyoin was currently hospitalized). Jotaro plays next and the two play poker, with chips representing the souls they're playing for. Jotaro catches D'Arby cheating several times, but ultimately loses the first hand, leaving him with only half his starting chips/soul. Seeing that there's no way he's going to get a better hand than D'Arby no matter what he does, he instead decides to go for the ultimate bluff by not looking at his cards and not only wagering the rest of his chips, but also Avdol's soul (Avdol agreeing since he admits that he'd most likely not win by himself, meaning his best bet is to leave it all up to Jotaro). D'Arby tries to call his bluff by raising and asking for Kakyoin's soul to match his wager, but Jotaro not only agrees, but raises the pot with ''his mother's soul'' and asking for D'Arby to match it by wagering the secret to Dio's Stand, which would lead to Dio killing him for betrayal. The sheer confidence exhibited by Jotaro, the threat on his own life, and the idea that Jotaro could have somehow gotten a better hand all combine to freak him out so much, that the stress turns his hair grey and he passes out in fear. This is all when D'Arby had ''four Kings'' and Jotaro only had a bum hand.

** When up against what amounts to the God of the world, Naruto decides it's time to pull out "That Jutsu". And "That Jutsu" is...''[[DistractedByTheSexy the Reverse Harem No Jutsu]]''. And the worst part is it actually ''works'' to a degree (whether as intended or by [[StunnedSilence stunning them with sheer confusion]] is unclear, although the video game adaptations suggest the latter), letting Naruto get in a good hit.

* Shirley in ''LightNovel/EvenThoughImAFormerNobleAndSingleMother'' ''cuts the imperial palace in half at one point''. She gets away with it because no one wants to look ridiculous by accusing her of such a feat.
* ''LightNovel/ExpectingToFallIntoRuinIAimToBecomeABlacksmith'': Kururi's construction of a railroad through his feudal domain comes to a halt due to protests that it will awaken a (not-real) ancient dragon beneath the earth. There's also a smaller rumor from Kururi being ShroudedInMyth that says he's part dragon. Taking advantage of this, Kururi gets leaders of the opposing parties together, liqueurs them up, and then presents, complete with diagrams, how the dragon beneath the railway is his cousin, and the train is actually part of a plan to massage the dragon's back. This proves CrazyEnoughToWork, and it's dubbed the Dragon's Spine.

* ''[[Anime/LupinIIITheSecretOfTwilightGemini The Secret of Twilight Gemini]]'' does this by having Lupin and [[MsFanservice Fujiko]] sneak into a police station, while it's crawling with cops, in order to steal the same file [[spoiler: on Galoux]] and end up [[spoiler: [[CoitusEnsues having sex in the file room]]]]! Simply put: Interpol's most wanted thief and his [[FriendsWithBenefits on-again/off-again girlfriend]], who happens to be [[ClassyCatBurglar an international jewel thief]], [[spoiler: [[SexWithTheEx banged each other]]]] in a police station packed with cops who were canvassing all of [[CityOfAdventure Morocco]] to apprehend them!

* Isaac and Miria from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' are able to fly under police radar despite being active criminals by virtue of the fact that the heists they pull off are [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} so bizarre]] that the police don't want to be involved with them.

* In ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'', two homunculi guards ask Rider of Black if he's seen one of their number that had escaped. Rider denies this while holding said homunculus sack-of-potatoes style over his shoulder in plain view. After a {{Beat}}, they simply move on.

* In ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' Sousuke is so spectacularly bad at posing as a normal high school student that it paradoxically helps hide the fact that he's secretly an elite paramilitary soldier, because absolutely no one can believe any military organization would ever hire such a weirdo and they all instead think he's a {{LARP}}ing military geek with delusions of grandeur.

* In ''LightNovel/KinosJourney'', Kino's master and her other apprentice once stopped in a country, only for the apprentice to be unjustly arrested. Kino's master then broke the man out of prison, but they knew that escaping was impossible. They then holed up in a tower with sniper rifles and fought off the police forces for days. The police started by demanding that they surrender, but eventually ended up paying the two fugitives to leave.

* ''LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}}''

* In ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'', the heroes are gambling against Daniel D'Arby, whose Stand allows him to essentially gamble using souls. He's an expert cheater and has already claimed Polnareff and Joseph's souls, leaving only Jotaro and Avdol (their fifth member Kakyoin was currently hospitalized). Jotaro plays next and the two play poker, with chips representing the souls they're playing for. Jotaro catches D'Arby cheating several times, but ultimately loses the first hand, leaving him with only half his starting chips/soul. Seeing that there's no way he's going to get a better hand than D'Arby no matter what he does, he instead decides to go for the ultimate bluff by not looking at his cards and not only wagering the rest of his chips, but also Avdol's soul (Avdol agreeing since he admits that he'd most likely not win by himself, meaning his best bet is to leave it all up to Jotaro). D'Arby tries to call his bluff by raising and asking for Kakyoin's soul to match his wager, but Jotaro not only agrees, but raises the pot with ''his mother's soul'' and asking for D'Arby to match it by wagering the secret to Dio's Stand, which would lead to Dio killing him for betrayal. The sheer confidence exhibited by Jotaro, the threat on his own life, and the idea that Jotaro could have somehow gotten a better hand all combine to freak him out so much, that the stress turns his hair grey and he passes out in fear. This is all when D'Arby had ''four Kings'' and Jotaro only had a bum hand.

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** The cast of ''Anime/DigimonGhostGame'' take a similar approach. Even though they can use their [[SuperWristGadget Digivices]] to make their partners InvisibleToNormals or hide them in their cell phones, they rarely have to since the setting takes place TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture and everyone just assumes they're holograms [[WeirdnessCensor even when they very clearly interact with the physical world]].

* In ''Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes'', Yang's plan for the Tenth Battle of Iserlohn relies on keeping the garrison fleet inside for a while. How do they achieve it? Easy: his subordinate Bagdash sends first a false order to sortie and then one to stay inside and guard from sabotage, [[BatmanGambit knowing that the commander would launch an investigation in case the second order turned out to be true and that at least some of the million people in the garrison were either criminals or saboteurs, thus making him believe the second order was true and the first a fake]]. Then an actual order to sortie arrives... And Bagdash ''adds a threat of court-martial''. The garrison stays inside until too late, Iserlohn falls, and nobody understands what the hell has just happened until much later.

** In ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', Takato walks around the city with Guilmon ''right next to him. In plain view.'' He tells a couple of curious kids that Guilmon's actually [[ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself just a really good cosplayer]]; other than the occasional odd stare, nothing ever comes of him walking a four-foot dinosaur.

** When up against what amounts to the God of the world, Naruto decides it's time to pull out "That Jutsu". And "That Jutsu" is...''[[DistractedByTheSexy the Reverse Harem No Jutsu]]''. And the worst part is it actually ''works'' to a degree, letting Naruto get in a good hit.

* In ''Manga/SpyXFamily'', Loid gets away with requisitioning thousands of dollars' worth of his GovernmentAgencyOfFiction's equipment and manpower just to throw a party for Anya after she gets into school. Nobody bats an eye when he tells them it's AllAccordingToPlan because he's ''[[BunnyEarsLawyer that]]'' [[TheAce good at what he does]] (and he [[MetaphoricallyTrue technically wasn't lying]]).