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* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'': One story has Superboy outraged that Kryptonian delinquent Dev-Em is being offered membership. He relates how Dev-Em had escaped Krypton's destruction, then, just for fun, posed as Superboy to commit various acts of destruction that turned the people of Smallville against him. Knowing that the claim of this being some superpowered imposter would be too much, Superboy and his police chief ally put out the "simpler" explanation that Superboy had been influenced by Red Kryptonite to excuse "his" behavior.
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* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'': One story ''ComicBook/AdventureComics'' #320 has Superboy outraged that Kryptonian delinquent Dev-Em is being offered membership. He relates how Dev-Em had escaped Krypton's destruction, then, just for fun, posed as Superboy to commit various acts of destruction that turned the people of Smallville against him. Knowing that the claim of this being some superpowered imposter would be too much, Superboy and his police chief ally put out the "simpler" explanation that Superboy had been influenced by Red Kryptonite to excuse "his" behavior.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': In both ''ComicBook/Superman1987'' and ''ComicBook/Superman2011'', Superman keeps his [[SecretIdentity civilian identity]] secret by pretending he doesn't have one. He reasons (correctly) that while a mask lampshades that you're hiding something, people will assume that a demigod who clearly doesn't need money or other material things does not have a day job and would not bother with the trivial nonsense of mortal life. Batman acknowledged this was genius.
** Note that this actually works. One story has Lex Luthor firing a scientist for daring to suggest Superman has a secret identity at all (though this also says more about Lex's own mindset than anything else).
** Note that this actually works. One story has Lex Luthor firing a scientist for daring to suggest Superman has a secret identity at all (though this also says more about Lex's own mindset than anything else).
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* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': In both ''ComicBook/Superman1987'' and ''ComicBook/Superman2011'', Superman keeps his [[SecretIdentity civilian identity]] secret by pretending he doesn't have one. He reasons (correctly) that while a mask lampshades that you're hiding something, people will assume that a demigod who clearly doesn't need money or other material things does not have a day job and would not bother with the trivial nonsense of mortal life. Batman acknowledged this was genius.
** Note that this actually works. Onegenius. And indeed, one story has Lex Luthor firing a scientist for daring to suggest Superman has a secret identity at all (though this also says more about Lex's own mindset than anything else).
** Note that this actually works. One
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* A {{Franchise/Batman}} comic has Bruce Wayne sequestered to sit on the jury of a man he arrested as Batman trying to kidnap a baby. The prosecuting counsel asks whether there is any reason why he should not sit on this jury. Bruce calmly admits he's prejudiced in the case because he's Batman (hey, he's under oath). After everyone's stopped laughing, the judge tells him to stop screwing around and take things seriously.
** During the initial run of ''Batman, Incorporated'', Batman reveals his secret identity on an Internet message board, knowing full well that people will suspect Bruce Wayne of being Batman after he publicly announces his company's support for Batman's efforts. By putting the information on the Internet, he reckons people will dismiss it as just another crazy rumor. As if to prove his point, a troll immediately responds that Wayne is ''obviously'' a different person.
** During the initial run of ''Batman, Incorporated'', Batman reveals his secret identity on an Internet message board, knowing full well that people will suspect Bruce Wayne of being Batman after he publicly announces his company's support for Batman's efforts. By putting the information on the Internet, he reckons people will dismiss it as just another crazy rumor. As if to prove his point, a troll immediately responds that Wayne is ''obviously'' a different person.
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* A {{Franchise/Batman}} ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
** One comic has Bruce Wayne sequestered to sit on the jury of a man he arrested as Batman trying to kidnap a baby. The prosecuting counsel asks whether there is any reason why he should not sit on this jury. Bruce calmly admits he's prejudiced in the case because he's Batman (hey, he's under oath). After everyone's stopped laughing, the judge tells him to stop screwing around and take things seriously.
** During the initial run of''Batman, Incorporated'', ''ComicBook/{{Batman Incorporated|2010}}'', Batman reveals his secret identity on an Internet message board, knowing full well that people will suspect Bruce Wayne of being Batman after he publicly announces his company's support for Batman's efforts. By putting the information on the Internet, he reckons people will dismiss it as just another crazy rumor. As if to prove his point, a troll immediately responds that Wayne is ''obviously'' a different person.
** One comic has Bruce Wayne sequestered to sit on the jury of a man he arrested as Batman trying to kidnap a baby. The prosecuting counsel asks whether there is any reason why he should not sit on this jury. Bruce calmly admits he's prejudiced in the case because he's Batman (hey, he's under oath). After everyone's stopped laughing, the judge tells him to stop screwing around and take things seriously.
** During the initial run of
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* ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} pulled this off in her very first appearance in ''ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures'' (1992). While stealing a necklace from a museum, she's caught by a security guard with a gun. Rather than panicking, she simply acts as if he ''doesn't'' have a gun, leaving the guard so rattled that he [[HeroicBSOD freezes up]] and is still babbling after Catwoman has escaped.
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* In ''Comicbook/JusticeLeagueInternational'', Maxwell Lord introduces himself to the League by acting like he's already working for them, i.e. giving Dr. Light a League communicator and turning up at headquarters to introduce ComicBook/BoosterGold as their newest member.
* A ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' story has Superboy outraged that Kryptonian delinquent Dev-Em is being offered membership. He relates how Dev-Em had escaped Krypton's destruction, then, just for fun, posed as Superboy to commit various acts of destruction that turned the people of Smallville against him. Knowing that the claim of this being some superpowered imposter would be too much, Superboy and his police chief ally put out the "simpler" explanation that Superboy had been influenced by Red Kryptonite to excuse "his" behavior.
* In both the Post-Crisis and ComicBook/{{New 52}} continuities, ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' keeps his [[SecretIdentity civilian identity]] secret by pretending he doesn't have one. He reasons (correctly) that while a mask lampshades that you're hiding something, people will assume that a demigod who clearly doesn't need money or other material things does not have a day job and would not bother with the trivial nonsense of mortal life. Batman acknowledged this was genius.
* A ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' story has Superboy outraged that Kryptonian delinquent Dev-Em is being offered membership. He relates how Dev-Em had escaped Krypton's destruction, then, just for fun, posed as Superboy to commit various acts of destruction that turned the people of Smallville against him. Knowing that the claim of this being some superpowered imposter would be too much, Superboy and his police chief ally put out the "simpler" explanation that Superboy had been influenced by Red Kryptonite to excuse "his" behavior.
* In both the Post-Crisis and ComicBook/{{New 52}} continuities, ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' keeps his [[SecretIdentity civilian identity]] secret by pretending he doesn't have one. He reasons (correctly) that while a mask lampshades that you're hiding something, people will assume that a demigod who clearly doesn't need money or other material things does not have a day job and would not bother with the trivial nonsense of mortal life. Batman acknowledged this was genius.
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* In ''Comicbook/JusticeLeagueInternational'', ''ComicBook/{{Hitman|1993}}'': Tommy Monaghan tells his first girl, Wendy, that he kills (bad) people for money. Wendy doesn't believe him until he shows up, shot. Ironically, his next girl doesn't believe Tommy refuses to say 'bitch' ''because'' he kills (bad) people.
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational'': Maxwell Lord introduces himself to the League by acting like he's already working for them, i.e. giving Dr. Light a League communicator and turning up at headquarters to introduce ComicBook/BoosterGold as their newest member.
*A ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'': One story has Superboy outraged that Kryptonian delinquent Dev-Em is being offered membership. He relates how Dev-Em had escaped Krypton's destruction, then, just for fun, posed as Superboy to commit various acts of destruction that turned the people of Smallville against him. Knowing that the claim of this being some superpowered imposter would be too much, Superboy and his police chief ally put out the "simpler" explanation that Superboy had been influenced by Red Kryptonite to excuse "his" behavior.
* ''ComicBook/TheNewGuardians'': A villain who snorts cocaine isn't anything special. A villain who ''gets his superpowers'' from cocaine, on top of being a top-grade ham, is sheer awesomeness, which is how Snowflame achieved EnsembleDarkhorse status.
* ''ComicBook/{{The Sandman|1989}}'': Hob Gadling amazes his friends by insisting that mortality is for chumps and he intends to live forever by simply refusing to die. The ballsiness of the InsaneTrollLogic amuses Morpheus enough that he convinces his older sister, [[TheGrimReaper Death]], to make Hob TheAgeless, and arranges to [[PalsWithJesus meet Hob for drinks]] once a century.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': In boththe Post-Crisis ''ComicBook/Superman1987'' and ComicBook/{{New 52}} continuities, ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' ''ComicBook/Superman2011'', Superman keeps his [[SecretIdentity civilian identity]] secret by pretending he doesn't have one. He reasons (correctly) that while a mask lampshades that you're hiding something, people will assume that a demigod who clearly doesn't need money or other material things does not have a day job and would not bother with the trivial nonsense of mortal life. Batman acknowledged this was genius.
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational'': Maxwell Lord introduces himself to the League by acting like he's already working for them, i.e. giving Dr. Light a League communicator and turning up at headquarters to introduce ComicBook/BoosterGold as their newest member.
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* ''ComicBook/TheNewGuardians'': A villain who snorts cocaine isn't anything special. A villain who ''gets his superpowers'' from cocaine, on top of being a top-grade ham, is sheer awesomeness, which is how Snowflame achieved EnsembleDarkhorse status.
* ''ComicBook/{{The Sandman|1989}}'': Hob Gadling amazes his friends by insisting that mortality is for chumps and he intends to live forever by simply refusing to die. The ballsiness of the InsaneTrollLogic amuses Morpheus enough that he convinces his older sister, [[TheGrimReaper Death]], to make Hob TheAgeless, and arranges to [[PalsWithJesus meet Hob for drinks]] once a century.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': In both
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* A villain who snorts cocaine isn't anything special. A villain who ''gets his superpowers'' from cocaine, on top of being a top-grade ham, is sheer awesomeness, which is how Snowflame achieved EnsembleDarkhorse status in ''ComicBook/TheNewGuardians''.
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* A ''ComicBook/YouAreHere'': The main villain manages to serve only a year for murdering his wife due to "A good lawyer, bad evidence, worse cops and prison overpopulation" and then goes on to publish a book called "Yes I Did It and I'll Kill Again." After attending a press junket he says "I plan to kill the bastard who snorts cocaine isn't anything special. A villain who ''gets his superpowers'' from cocaine, was screwing my wife" ''on air''.
* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': An extremely dark play ontop this serves as the BigBad's [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned, but dastardly]] plan: as the world teeters on [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar the brink of being nuclear annihilation]], Ozymandias drops [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever a top-grade ham, is giant, genetically-engineered squid]] with [[MindRape psychic bombardment powers]] onto New York, then have it explode, decimating the city. From such a horrifying, inexplicable disaster of its scope, the powers that be will think they're in the midst of an AlienInvasion and will unite in preparation for their mutual, extraterrestrial threat. When several character realize Ozy's plan, some actually burst out laughing at its sheer awesomeness, absurdity... [[MyGodYouAreSerious which is how Snowflame achieved EnsembleDarkhorse status transitions harshly into horror]] since ''[[CrazyEnoughToWork that's exactly why it's going to work]]''. Once [[TheBadGuyWins the plan ends up playing through with nary a hitch]] (leaving half of New York dead in ''ComicBook/TheNewGuardians''.
the process), [[YouAreTooLate the supers who failed to stop it]] ultimately [[InternalRetcon have to play along with it lest they end up making it even worse]].
* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': An extremely dark play on
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* That time when ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} (who has a secret identity) showed up in a Christmas party in his civilian identity, with devil horns and a red sweater which said "I AM NOT DAREDEVIL".
* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' ''is'' this. Like when he made 372,844 pancakes just so he could pull a joke on Domino and teach her a lesson. Or when he kicked ComicBook/CaptainAmerica in the balls just so he could save the world instead of Cap. Or how he shrank the Rhino down with Pym Particles and kept him as a pet/key chain. He doesn't hide in audacity--he eats, sleeps, and breathes it.
* Exploiting this trope is one way you can get into ''ComicBook/DoctorDoom''[='s=] good books. Examples:
* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' ''is'' this. Like when he made 372,844 pancakes just so he could pull a joke on Domino and teach her a lesson. Or when he kicked ComicBook/CaptainAmerica in the balls just so he could save the world instead of Cap. Or how he shrank the Rhino down with Pym Particles and kept him as a pet/key chain. He doesn't hide in audacity--he eats, sleeps, and breathes it.
* Exploiting this trope is one way you can get into ''ComicBook/DoctorDoom''[='s=] good books. Examples:
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* ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}: That time in ''ComicBook/DaredevilMarkWaid'', when ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} (who has a secret identity) Matt Murdock showed up in a Christmas party in his civilian identity, party, with devil horns and a red sweater which said "I AM NOT DAREDEVIL".
*''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'': Deadpool ''is'' this. Like when he made 372,844 pancakes just so he could pull a joke on Domino and teach her a lesson. Or when he kicked ComicBook/CaptainAmerica in the balls just so he could save the world instead of Cap. Or how he shrank the Rhino down with Pym Particles and kept him as a pet/key chain. He doesn't hide in audacity--he eats, sleeps, and breathes it.
* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': Exploiting this trope is one way you can get into''ComicBook/DoctorDoom''[='s=] ComicBook/DoctorDoom[='s=] good books. Examples:
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* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': Exploiting this trope is one way you can get into
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* ''ComicBook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'': In issue 1, surrounded by the Avengers and looking decidedly guilty of ''something'', Loki takes their only remaining option. They tell them the absolute truth as to why they're there, namely that they're working for the All-Mother as part of a secret plan to protect Asgard.
* ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX'' villain Barracuda, in his spinoff miniseries, uses this to escape death by volcano. He and his group of mercenaries are working for Luna, a homophobic dictator who falls for Barracuda's {{Crossdresser}} second-in-command Fifty. Luna's sudden but inevitable betrayal lands 'Cuda and Fifty in a helicopter over a volcano with Luna about to make them jump in at gunpoint, leading Barracuda to make Fifty [[WeNeedADistraction buy them some time]]...
* ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX'' villain Barracuda, in his spinoff miniseries, uses this to escape death by volcano. He and his group of mercenaries are working for Luna, a homophobic dictator who falls for Barracuda's {{Crossdresser}} second-in-command Fifty. Luna's sudden but inevitable betrayal lands 'Cuda and Fifty in a helicopter over a volcano with Luna about to make them jump in at gunpoint, leading Barracuda to make Fifty [[WeNeedADistraction buy them some time]]...
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* ''ComicBook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'': ''ComicBook/{{Loki}}'': In issue 1, ''ComicBook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'' #1, surrounded by the Avengers and looking decidedly guilty of ''something'', Loki takes their only remaining option. They tell them the absolute truth as to why they're there, namely that they're working for the All-Mother as part of a secret plan to protect Asgard.
* ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'': ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX'' villain Barracuda, in his spinoff miniseries, uses this to escape death by volcano. He and his group of mercenaries are working for Luna, a homophobic dictator who falls for Barracuda's {{Crossdresser}} second-in-command Fifty. Luna's sudden but inevitable betrayal lands 'Cuda and Fifty in a helicopter over a volcano with Luna about to make them jump in at gunpoint, leading Barracuda to make Fifty [[WeNeedADistraction buy them some time]]...
* ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'': ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX'' villain Barracuda, in his spinoff miniseries, uses this to escape death by volcano. He and his group of mercenaries are working for Luna, a homophobic dictator who falls for Barracuda's {{Crossdresser}} second-in-command Fifty. Luna's sudden but inevitable betrayal lands 'Cuda and Fifty in a helicopter over a volcano with Luna about to make them jump in at gunpoint, leading Barracuda to make Fifty [[WeNeedADistraction buy them some time]]...
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* In ComicBook/TalesOfTheJedi, how does Sith Lord Exar Kun rescue his apprentice, Ulic Qel-Droma? Barge into his trial, paralyze the Senate with the Force, mind-control the Supreme Chancellor into giving a pro-Sith speech, [[MoodWhiplash murder his old master]], then walk out, Ulic in tow.
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* In ComicBook/TalesOfTheJedi, how ''ComicBook/TalesOfTheJedi': How does Sith Lord Exar Kun rescue his apprentice, Ulic Qel-Droma? Barge into his trial, paralyze the Senate with the Force, mind-control the Supreme Chancellor into giving a pro-Sith speech, [[MoodWhiplash murder his old master]], then walk out, Ulic in tow.tow.
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* Over the years, ''ComicBook/{{Diabolik}}'' has pulled out quite the shit. We'll now report something he did early on:
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* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'': A lawyer defends a client who murdered someone in front of a large group of witnesses by citing incidents where an apparently guilty superhero had been framed by an EvilTwin from an AlternateUniverse, an apparently dead superhero had awakened none the worse for wear, etc. It helped that a public mood of guilt and unease following the recent execution of the Silver Agent for a crime he hadn't committed affected the jury and allowed these arguments to carry the day as "reasonable doubt".
* ''ComicBook/{{Diabolik}}'': Over the years,''ComicBook/{{Diabolik}}'' Diabolik has pulled out quite the shit. We'll now report something he did early on:
* ''ComicBook/{{Diabolik}}'': Over the years,
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* The ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse uses this liberally with its superheroes and Magica:
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* In the ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse, Pete at times pull stunts like this:
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* In the ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse, Pete at times pull stunts like this:''ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse'':
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* ''Comicbook/{{Fables}}'': Prince Charming kills Bluebeard, walks out of the house carrying the body in a carpet--and cheerily admitting as much when people ask what he's got--and calls in the mayor to watch him dispose of the body. He correctly judges that he can get away with this, because a) nobody especially liked Bluebeard and b) all his money will now go to the Fabletown coffers.
* In "Axiom of Implausibility", (a story from an issue of the magazine ''Heavy Metal'') a firm is contracted to kill a witness who's holed up in the middle of suburbia. The first 3 attempts on his life fail after the hitmen, attempting to be inconspicuous and avoid witnesses, keep getting their covers blown by observant neighbors. So on the 4th try, they send in a {{Stripperific}}, DualWielding, bizarre OneLiner[=-spouting=] ActionGirl to kick down the front door and make a total spectacle. The hit succeeds, and the eyewitness reports are so outlandish that the cops don't believe them.
* Tommy Monaghan from ''Comicbook/{{Hitman}}'' tells his first girl, Wendy, that he kills (bad) people for money. Wendy doesn't believe him until he shows up, shot. Ironically, his next girl doesn't believe Tommy refuses to say 'bitch' ''because'' he kills (bad) people.
* In ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', Hob Gadling amazes his friends by insisting that mortality is for chumps and he intends to live forever by simply refusing to die. The ballsiness of the InsaneTrollLogic amuses Morpheus enough that he convinces his older sister, [[TheGrimReaper Death]], to make Hob TheAgeless, and arranges to [[PalsWithJesus meet Hob for drinks]] once a century.
* In "Axiom of Implausibility", (a story from an issue of the magazine ''Heavy Metal'') a firm is contracted to kill a witness who's holed up in the middle of suburbia. The first 3 attempts on his life fail after the hitmen, attempting to be inconspicuous and avoid witnesses, keep getting their covers blown by observant neighbors. So on the 4th try, they send in a {{Stripperific}}, DualWielding, bizarre OneLiner[=-spouting=] ActionGirl to kick down the front door and make a total spectacle. The hit succeeds, and the eyewitness reports are so outlandish that the cops don't believe them.
* Tommy Monaghan from ''Comicbook/{{Hitman}}'' tells his first girl, Wendy, that he kills (bad) people for money. Wendy doesn't believe him until he shows up, shot. Ironically, his next girl doesn't believe Tommy refuses to say 'bitch' ''because'' he kills (bad) people.
* In ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', Hob Gadling amazes his friends by insisting that mortality is for chumps and he intends to live forever by simply refusing to die. The ballsiness of the InsaneTrollLogic amuses Morpheus enough that he convinces his older sister, [[TheGrimReaper Death]], to make Hob TheAgeless, and arranges to [[PalsWithJesus meet Hob for drinks]] once a century.
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* ''Comicbook/{{Fables}}'': ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'': Prince Charming kills Bluebeard, walks out of the house carrying the body in a carpet--and cheerily admitting as much when people ask what he's got--and calls in the mayor to watch him dispose of the body. He correctly judges that he can get away with this, because a) nobody especially liked Bluebeard and b) all his money will now go to the Fabletown coffers.
* ''Magazine/HeavyMetal'': In "Axiom of Implausibility",(a story from an issue of the magazine ''Heavy Metal'') a firm is contracted to kill a witness who's holed up in the middle of suburbia. The first 3 attempts on his life fail after the hitmen, attempting to be inconspicuous and avoid witnesses, keep getting their covers blown by observant neighbors. So on the 4th try, they send in a {{Stripperific}}, DualWielding, bizarre OneLiner[=-spouting=] ActionGirl to kick down the front door and make a total spectacle. The hit succeeds, and the eyewitness reports are so outlandish that the cops don't believe them.
* Tommy Monaghan from ''Comicbook/{{Hitman}}'' tells his first girl, Wendy, that he kills (bad) people for money. Wendy doesn't believe him until he shows up, shot. Ironically, his next girl doesn't believe Tommy refuses to say 'bitch' ''because'' he kills (bad) people.
* In ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', Hob Gadling amazes his friends by insisting that mortality is for chumps and he intends to live forever by simply refusing to die. The ballsiness of the InsaneTrollLogic amuses Morpheus enough that he convinces his older sister, [[TheGrimReaper Death]], to make Hob TheAgeless, and arranges to [[PalsWithJesus meet Hob for drinks]] once a century.them.
* ''Magazine/HeavyMetal'': In "Axiom of Implausibility",
* Tommy Monaghan from ''Comicbook/{{Hitman}}'' tells his first girl, Wendy, that he kills (bad) people for money. Wendy doesn't believe him until he shows up, shot. Ironically, his next girl doesn't believe Tommy refuses to say 'bitch' ''because'' he kills (bad) people.
* In ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', Hob Gadling amazes his friends by insisting that mortality is for chumps and he intends to live forever by simply refusing to die. The ballsiness of the InsaneTrollLogic amuses Morpheus enough that he convinces his older sister, [[TheGrimReaper Death]], to make Hob TheAgeless, and arranges to [[PalsWithJesus meet Hob for drinks]] once a century.
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* In ''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}'', there is a back story in which the supposed first supervillains of the world were a bunch of ass-naked bank thieves who get away with it for the longest time since the cops don't want to get into shoot-outs with a gang of naked men and superheroes don't want to be seen getting into a brawl with a bunch of big, burly men with their peckers hanging out in the open.
* An extremely dark play on this is in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', serving as the BigBad's [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned, but dastardly]] plan: as the world teeters on [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar the brink of nuclear annihilation]], Ozymandias drops [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever a giant, genetically-engineered squid]] with [[MindRape psychic bombardment powers]] onto New York, then have it explode, decimating the city. From such a horrifying, inexplicable disaster of its scope, the powers that be will think they're in the midst of an AlienInvasion and will unite in preparation for their mutual, extraterrestrial threat. When several character realize Ozy's plan, some actually burst out laughing at its sheer absurdity... [[MyGodYouAreSerious which transitions harshly into horror]] since ''[[CrazyEnoughToWork that's exactly why it's going to work]]''. Once [[TheBadGuyWins the plan ends up playing through with nary a hitch]] (leaving half of New York dead in the process), [[YouAreTooLate the supers who failed to stop it]] ultimately [[InternalRetcon have to play along with it lest they end up making it even worse]].
* In Kyle Baker's ''You Are Here'' the main villain manages to serve only a year for murdering his wife due to "A good lawyer, bad evidence, worse cops and prison overpopulation" and then goes on to publish a book called "Yes I Did It and I'll Kill Again." After attending a press junket he says "I plan to kill the bastard who was screwing my wife" ''on air''.
* In ''ComicBook/AstroCity'', a lawyer defends a client who murdered someone in front of a large group of witnesses by citing incidents where an apparently guilty superhero had been framed by an EvilTwin from an AlternateUniverse, an apparently dead superhero had awakened none the worse for wear, etc. It helped that a public mood of guilt and unease following the recent execution of the Silver Agent for a crime he hadn't committed affected the jury and allowed these arguments to carry the day as "reasonable doubt".
* An extremely dark play on this is in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', serving as the BigBad's [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned, but dastardly]] plan: as the world teeters on [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar the brink of nuclear annihilation]], Ozymandias drops [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever a giant, genetically-engineered squid]] with [[MindRape psychic bombardment powers]] onto New York, then have it explode, decimating the city. From such a horrifying, inexplicable disaster of its scope, the powers that be will think they're in the midst of an AlienInvasion and will unite in preparation for their mutual, extraterrestrial threat. When several character realize Ozy's plan, some actually burst out laughing at its sheer absurdity... [[MyGodYouAreSerious which transitions harshly into horror]] since ''[[CrazyEnoughToWork that's exactly why it's going to work]]''. Once [[TheBadGuyWins the plan ends up playing through with nary a hitch]] (leaving half of New York dead in the process), [[YouAreTooLate the supers who failed to stop it]] ultimately [[InternalRetcon have to play along with it lest they end up making it even worse]].
* In Kyle Baker's ''You Are Here'' the main villain manages to serve only a year for murdering his wife due to "A good lawyer, bad evidence, worse cops and prison overpopulation" and then goes on to publish a book called "Yes I Did It and I'll Kill Again." After attending a press junket he says "I plan to kill the bastard who was screwing my wife" ''on air''.
* In ''ComicBook/AstroCity'', a lawyer defends a client who murdered someone in front of a large group of witnesses by citing incidents where an apparently guilty superhero had been framed by an EvilTwin from an AlternateUniverse, an apparently dead superhero had awakened none the worse for wear, etc. It helped that a public mood of guilt and unease following the recent execution of the Silver Agent for a crime he hadn't committed affected the jury and allowed these arguments to carry the day as "reasonable doubt".
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* In ''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}'', there ''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}'': There is a back story in which the supposed first supervillains of the world were a bunch of ass-naked bank thieves who get away with it for the longest time since the cops don't want to get into shoot-outs with a gang of naked men and superheroes don't want to be seen getting into a brawl with a bunch of big, burly men with their peckers hanging out in the open.
* An extremely dark play on this is in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', serving as the BigBad's [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned, but dastardly]] plan: as the world teeters on [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar the brink of nuclear annihilation]], Ozymandias drops [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever a giant, genetically-engineered squid]] with [[MindRape psychic bombardment powers]] onto New York, then have it explode, decimating the city. From such a horrifying, inexplicable disaster of its scope, the powers that be will think they're in the midst of an AlienInvasion and will unite in preparation for their mutual, extraterrestrial threat. When several character realize Ozy's plan, some actually burst out laughing at its sheer absurdity... [[MyGodYouAreSerious which transitions harshly into horror]] since ''[[CrazyEnoughToWork that's exactly why it's going to work]]''. Once [[TheBadGuyWins the plan ends up playing through with nary a hitch]] (leaving half of New York dead in the process), [[YouAreTooLate the supers who failed to stop it]] ultimately [[InternalRetcon have to play along with it lest they end up making it even worse]].
* In Kyle Baker's ''You Are Here'' the main villain manages to serve only a year for murdering his wife due to "A good lawyer, bad evidence, worse cops and prison overpopulation" and then goes on to publish a book called "Yes I Did It and I'll Kill Again." After attending a press junket he says "I plan to kill the bastard who was screwing my wife" ''on air''.
* In ''ComicBook/AstroCity'', a lawyer defends a client who murdered someone in front of a large group of witnesses by citing incidents where an apparently guilty superhero had been framed by an EvilTwin from an AlternateUniverse, an apparently dead superhero had awakened none the worse for wear, etc. It helped that a public mood of guilt and unease following the recent execution of the Silver Agent for a crime he hadn't committed affected the jury and allowed these arguments to carry the day as "reasonable doubt".
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* An extremely dark play on this is in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', serving as the BigBad's [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned, but dastardly]] plan: as the world teeters on [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar the brink of nuclear annihilation]], Ozymandias drops [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever a giant, genetically-engineered squid]] with [[MindRape psychic bombardment powers]] onto New York, then have it explode, decimating the city. From such a horrifying, inexplicable disaster of its scope, the powers that be will think they're in the midst of an AlienInvasion and will unite in preparation for their mutual, extraterrestrial threat. When several character realize Ozy's plan, some actually burst out laughing at its sheer absurdity... [[MyGodYouAreSerious which transitions harshly into horror]] since ''[[CrazyEnoughToWork that's exactly why it's going to work]]''. Once [[TheBadGuyWins the plan ends up playing through with nary a hitch]] (leaving half of New York dead in the process), [[YouAreTooLate the supers who failed to stop it]] ultimately [[InternalRetcon have to play along with it lest they end up making it even worse]].
* In Kyle Baker's ''You Are Here'' the main villain manages to serve only a year for murdering his wife due to "A good lawyer, bad evidence, worse cops and prison overpopulation" and then goes on to publish a book called "Yes I Did It and I'll Kill Again." After attending a press junket he says "I plan to kill the bastard who was screwing my wife" ''on air''.
* In ''ComicBook/AstroCity'', a lawyer defends a client who murdered someone in front of a large group of witnesses by citing incidents where an apparently guilty superhero had been framed by an EvilTwin from an AlternateUniverse, an apparently dead superhero had awakened none the worse for wear, etc. It helped that a public mood of guilt and unease following the recent execution of the Silver Agent for a crime he hadn't committed affected the jury and allowed these arguments to carry the day as "reasonable doubt".
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* In the ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse, Pete at times pull stunts like this:
** Pete was twice forcibly enrolled in the police, the second time due the mayor decreeing that any traffic violation over a certain limit would see the perp serve as a motorcycle cop for a week right as Pete caused a massive car crash as he chased two criminals that hired him to commit a heist and then refused to pay him. O'Hara, [[GenreSavvy knowing how dangerous Pete is]], partnered him with Goofy (whose antique car caused hundred of violations simply by getting on the road) and Mickey (who had volunteered to keep an eye on Goofy) to make sure he couldn't pull some stunt while he had a badge. During a patrol, the trio was called in because a locked car was blocking traffic and the tow truck would take a while to come, so Pete used his thieving skills to break in the car and move it out of the way, and then used this incident to make a convincing case he'd do a better job by removing illegally parked cars - a case convincing enough Mickey supported him, with O'Hara agreeing and reasoning that putting him on a tow truck would be safer. The very next day Pete's traitorous accomplices struck, using a fake armored car and uniforms to steal a precious cargo... And Pete ''used the police tow truck to steal their armored car''. He didn't even want to complete the heist, just to get back at them - so he had no issue going to jail when Mickey and the cops realized what was happening just in time to arrest him ''and'' the other thieves.
** After being jailed one time too many, Pete pretended to have decided to reform, even writing down the plan for his newest heist and giving it to Mickey as proof... Or rather to have him point out any weakness before he broke out and enacted it. The only reason the plan failed is that [[ProperlyParanoid Mickey's paranoia kicked in and he had the police surround any possible escape route from the jail just in case]], so they caught Pete as he was breaking out... And Mickey told him the plan was full of weakness, only to admit as soon as he was out of range that the plan was so good that even knowing it the only way to stop Pete was to catch him before he broke out and convince him it wouldn't work.
** Pete was twice forcibly enrolled in the police, the second time due the mayor decreeing that any traffic violation over a certain limit would see the perp serve as a motorcycle cop for a week right as Pete caused a massive car crash as he chased two criminals that hired him to commit a heist and then refused to pay him. O'Hara, [[GenreSavvy knowing how dangerous Pete is]], partnered him with Goofy (whose antique car caused hundred of violations simply by getting on the road) and Mickey (who had volunteered to keep an eye on Goofy) to make sure he couldn't pull some stunt while he had a badge. During a patrol, the trio was called in because a locked car was blocking traffic and the tow truck would take a while to come, so Pete used his thieving skills to break in the car and move it out of the way, and then used this incident to make a convincing case he'd do a better job by removing illegally parked cars - a case convincing enough Mickey supported him, with O'Hara agreeing and reasoning that putting him on a tow truck would be safer. The very next day Pete's traitorous accomplices struck, using a fake armored car and uniforms to steal a precious cargo... And Pete ''used the police tow truck to steal their armored car''. He didn't even want to complete the heist, just to get back at them - so he had no issue going to jail when Mickey and the cops realized what was happening just in time to arrest him ''and'' the other thieves.
** After being jailed one time too many, Pete pretended to have decided to reform, even writing down the plan for his newest heist and giving it to Mickey as proof... Or rather to have him point out any weakness before he broke out and enacted it. The only reason the plan failed is that [[ProperlyParanoid Mickey's paranoia kicked in and he had the police surround any possible escape route from the jail just in case]], so they caught Pete as he was breaking out... And Mickey told him the plan was full of weakness, only to admit as soon as he was out of range that the plan was so good that even knowing it the only way to stop Pete was to catch him before he broke out and convince him it wouldn't work.
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** Other stunts pulled by Diabolik include calling the police on smugglers that could have given him trouble ([[ActuallyPrettyFunny the leader of the smugglers had a good laugh when she realized why Ginko had suddenly turned up]]), taking advantage of Ginko being away on vacation to infiltrate a police investigation by pretending he's Ginko and the Minister of Justice ordered him there in secret (something the Minister would do in an emergency), and the entirety of "Challenge to the Police", in which he pulled a complicated series of pranks on Ginko's replacement just to insure he'd end up leaving a gold transport without escort (this one failed because Ginko, being used to Diabolik's stunts, saw through it and left his TenMinutesRetirement with a few cops of his old team to ambush him).
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** Other stunts pulled by Diabolik include calling the police on smugglers that could have given him trouble ([[ActuallyPrettyFunny the leader of the smugglers had a good laugh when she realized why Ginko had suddenly turned up]]), taking advantage of Ginko being away on vacation to infiltrate a police investigation by pretending he's Ginko and the Minister of Justice ordered him there in secret (something the Minister would do in an emergency), and the entirety of "Challenge to the Police", in which he pulled a complicated series of pranks on Ginko's replacement just to insure he'd end up leaving a gold transport without escort (this one failed because Ginko, being used to Diabolik's stunts, saw through it and left his TenMinutesRetirement TenMinuteRetirement with a few cops of his old team to ambush him).
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** Other stunts pulled by Diabolik include calling the police on smugglers that could have given him trouble ([[ActuallyPrettyFunny the leader of the smugglers had a good laugh when she realized why Ginko had suddenly turned up]]), taking advantage of Ginko being away on vacation to infiltrate a police investigation by pretending he's Ginko and the Minister of Justice ordered him there in secret (something the Minister would do in an emergency), and the entirety of "Challenge to the Police", in which he pulled a complicated series of pranks on Ginko's replacement just to insure he'd end up leaving a gold transport without escort (this one failed because Ginko, being used to Diabolik's stunts, saw through it and left his TenMinutesRetirement with a few cops of his old team to ambush him).
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* In ''ComicBook/AstroCity'', a lawyer defends a client who murdered someone in front of a large group of witnesses by citing incidents where an apparently guilty superhero had been framed by an EvilTwin from an AlternateUniverse, an apparently dead superhero had awakened none the worse for wear, etc. It helped that a public mood of guilt and unease following the recent execution of the Silver Agent for a crime he hadn't committed affected the jury and allowed these arguments to carry the day as "reasonable doubt".
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** Doom once gave Luke Cage a false commission as part of a bigger gambit, then skipped town before Cage got his fee. So Cage convinces the Thing to loan him one of the FF's vehicles, flies to Latveria, teams up with a group of insurgents, ''storms Castle Doom'', beats up a bunch of guards... and politely requests his $200 fee. Doom[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/200_bucks.png bursts into laughter]], pays, and asks Cage if he'd consider working for him again.
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** Doom once gave Luke Cage a false commission as part of a bigger gambit, then skipped town before Cage got his fee. So Cage convinces the Thing to loan him one of the FF's vehicles, flies to Latveria, teams up with a group of insurgents, ''storms Castle Doom'', beats up a bunch of guards... and politely requests his $200 fee. Doom[[https://static.Doom [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/200_bucks.png bursts into laughter]], pays, and asks Cage if he'd consider working for him again.
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** Doom once gave Luke Cage a false commission as part of a bigger gambit, then skipped town before Cage got his fee. So Cage convinces the Thing to loan him one of the FF's vehicles, flies to Latveria, teams up with a group of insurgents, ''storms Castle Doom'', beats up a bunch of guards... and politely requests his $200 fee. Doom bursts into laughter, pays, and asks Cage if he'd consider working for him again.
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** Doom once gave Luke Cage a false commission as part of a bigger gambit, then skipped town before Cage got his fee. So Cage convinces the Thing to loan him one of the FF's vehicles, flies to Latveria, teams up with a group of insurgents, ''storms Castle Doom'', beats up a bunch of guards... and politely requests his $200 fee. Doom Doom[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/200_bucks.png bursts into laughter, laughter]], pays, and asks Cage if he'd consider working for him again.
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*** The spell to obtain the Midas' Touch requires coins touched by multiple billionaires. With every single one of them, Magica booked an appointment, walked in, explained her entire plan (also showing off the coins already collected), and [[PragmaticVillain offered money or services for one such coin]], only resorting to violence if the billionaire refused to sell. It actually worked ''twice'': an Icelander billionaire sarcastically demanded she planted dozens of trees in the infertile ground near his home, and after Magica turned it into a ''forest'' he gave his coin; and ''Scrooge actually sold her a dime for a dollar'', only to realize he had actually given her the NumberOneDime and start their rivalry because that one coin would work much better than any coin Scrooge had ever owned.
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*** The spell to obtain the Midas' Touch requires coins touched by multiple billionaires. With every single one of them, Magica booked an appointment, walked in, explained her entire plan (also showing off the coins already collected), and [[PragmaticVillain offered money or services for one such coin]], only resorting perfectly aware they'll take her for a lunatic they can get rid of by basically selling her a coin for ten times its value or more. While some refused, leading her to violence if start slinging spells and steal the billionaire refused to sell. It coin every time, this approach actually worked ''twice'': at least twice: an Icelander billionaire sarcastically demanded she planted dozens of trees in the infertile ground near his home, and gave her the coin after Magica turned it into planted a ''forest'' he gave his coin; in that land (that she also made fertile because she's a perfectionist); and ''Scrooge actually sold her a dime for a dollar'', only to realize he had actually given her the NumberOneDime and start their rivalry because that one coin would work much better than any coin Scrooge had ever owned.
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** Why people think the Red Bat (alias [[TheKlutz Fethry]]) is competent and awesome? Easy: no matter what, [[IMeantToDoThat he acts as if everything was part of the plan]], ever since his first story saw him accidentally foil the Beagle Boys with the help of Donald disguised as a headless gorilla (they were at a masked party as journalists, with Fethry wearing what would become Red Bat's costume and Donald a gorilla costume that was too tall for him), and when the journalists asked him if he had terrified and arrested the criminals alone he just quipped "No, this headless gorilla helped me" and left.
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** Why people think the Red Bat (alias [[TheKlutz Fethry]]) is competent and awesome? Easy: no matter what, [[IMeantToDoThat he acts as if everything was part of the plan]], ever since his first story saw him accidentally foil the Beagle Boys with the help of Donald disguised as a headless gorilla (they were at a masked party as journalists, with Fethry wearing what would become Red Bat's costume and Donald a gorilla costume that was too tall for him), and when the journalists asked him if he had terrified and arrested the criminals alone he just quipped "No, this headless gorilla helped me" and left. And given this guy patrols Duckburg on a ''pogo stick'' yet he's still effective, people tend to buy it.
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*** The spell to obtain the Midas' Touch requires coins touched by multiple billionaires. With every single one of them, Magica booked an appointment, walked in, explained her entire plan (also showing off the coins already collected), and [[PragmaticVillain offered money or services for one such coin]], only resorting to violence if the billionaire refused to sell. It actually worked ''twice'': an Icelander billionaire sarcastically demanded she planted dozens of trees in the infertile ground near his home, and after Magica turned it into a ''forest'' he gave his coin; and ''Scrooge actually sold her a dime for a dollar'', only to realize he had actually given her the NumberOneDime and start their rivalry because that one coin would work much better than any coin Scrooge had ever owned.
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* In ComicBook/TalesOfTheJedi, how does Sith Lord Exar Kun rescue his apprentice, Ulic Qel-Droma? Barge into his trial, paralyze the Senate with the Force, mind-control the Supreme Chancellor into giving a pro-Sith speech, [[MoodWhiplash Murder his old master]], then walk out, Ulic in tow.
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* In ComicBook/TalesOfTheJedi, how does Sith Lord Exar Kun rescue his apprentice, Ulic Qel-Droma? Barge into his trial, paralyze the Senate with the Force, mind-control the Supreme Chancellor into giving a pro-Sith speech, [[MoodWhiplash Murder murder his old master]], then walk out, Ulic in tow.
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* In ComicBook/TalesOfTheJedi, how does Sith Lord Exar Kun rescue his apprentice, Ulic Qel-Droma? Barge into his trial, paralyze the Senate, mind-control the Supreme Chancellor into giving a pro-Sith speech, [[MoodWhiplash Murder his old master]], then walk out, Ulic in tow.
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* In ComicBook/TalesOfTheJedi, how does Sith Lord Exar Kun rescue his apprentice, Ulic Qel-Droma? Barge into his trial, paralyze the Senate, Senate with the Force, mind-control the Supreme Chancellor into giving a pro-Sith speech, [[MoodWhiplash Murder his old master]], then walk out, Ulic in tow.
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