* PityTheKidnapper: A variation of this was played when White Enterprises tried to capture several robots from Earth. [[BewareTheNiceOnes Not only it got the Riptide, Nexus and Heiku on a warpath to retrieve them -]] [[WhosLaughingNow the robots themselves proved to be rather "turbulent" prisoners, going as far as to release all other experiments from Vida's lab.]] Not to mention even Ghertivel's A.R.G.O was unleashed against the mainframe. And Blacklight's Military also came to aid. So yeah... attacking Earth, in hind sight, was a very bad idea.
*ThePlan: We have a MadScientist, a KnightTemplar robot, a CorruptCorporateExecutive, and a [[TheMadHatter madbot]] who wants everybody to be insane, amongst [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters others.]] Of course we're [[GambitPileup going to have a few!]]
** Let's list them here, ya'll.
** Azog's kidnapping in Taken assumes that the ship crews will follow. Unfortunately, this means going to a place where they can't call for backup. And, even if they don't follow, he can torture Bell as much as he pleases.
** Also by Azog, his blackmail is to either have Bell killed or force her to come back to him (also meaning they can no longer help her since the colony must agree to it). Either way Bell is not going to have a grand old time soon.
** Terenzio is doing one against WE, he pretends to spy for them, but is actually spying ON them. And if he gets found out, he'll just move to Earth permanently.
** Argo when battling an intruder. If he isn't winning the fight itself, he will just let the network collapse, killing him and his opponent. But he has backups so he still survives.
* PlanetOfHats: Humanity's hat is [[TheEternalChurchill indomitable determination]].

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* XanatosGambit /BatmanGambit: We have a MadScientist, a KnightTemplar robot, a CorruptCorporateExecutive, and a [[TheMadHatter madbot]] who wants everybody to be insane, amongst [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters others.]] Of course we're [[GambitPileup going to have a few!]]
** Let's list them here, ya'll.
** Azog's kidnapping in Taken assumes that the ship crews will follow. Unfortunately, this means going to a place where they can't call for backup. And, even if they don't follow, he can torture Bell as much as he pleases.
** Also by Azog, his blackmail is to either have Bell killed or force her to come back to him (also meaning they can no longer help her since the colony must agree to it). Either way Bell is not going to have a grand old time soon.
** Terenzio is doing one against WE, he pretends to spy for them, but is actually spying ON them. And if he gets found out, he'll just move to Earth permanently.
** Argo when battling an intruder. If he isn't winning the fight itself, he will just let the network collapse, killing him and his opponent. But he has backups so he still survives.
* XanatosRoulette - Aryl has one in the works. However, she has something that might subvert this.

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