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1	Alice confronts her husband Bob about an affair with Carol. Bob cannot refute her, so he says something that he knows will make her angry at someone else, then proceeds to watch while Alice rants or gets in a fight.
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3	Bob has just played this on Alice. Basically, this trope is when two people are quarreling and one gets the other mad enough at a third party to escape any consequences. {{Manipulative Bastard}}s tend to be fond of this, and Bob may be pressing Alice's BerserkButton--but carefully enough that she doesn't go off on ''him''. Compare AppleOfDiscord, which can achieve this less immediately but in greater scale.
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11	* [[LovableRogue Jack]] does this in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'':
12	-->'''Norrington:''' Do excuse me while I kill the man who ruined my life.\
13	'''Will Turner:''' Be my guest.\
14	'''Jack Sparrow:''' Let us examine that claim for a moment, former Commodore, shall we? Who was it that, at the very moment you had a notorious pirate safely behind bars, saw fit to free said pirate and take your dearly beloved all to hisself, eh? So whose fault is it ''really'' that you've ended up a rum-pot deckhand what takes orders from pirates?\
15	'''Norrington:''' ''[[{{Subverted}} Enough!]]''\
16	''[He slashes at Jack, who somersaults off roof, Norrington turns to Will]''\
17	'''Norrington:''' Unfortunately, Mr. Turner... ''[[DoubleSubversion HE'S RIGHT!]]''
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23	* Standard operating procedure for Harry Dresden of ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''. He usually smarts off to things much more powerful than he, pissing them off so they'll act in anger and make a mistake or give him an opening to work with.
24	** In one of the side stories, Harry is facing off against a Grendelkin, and manages to win by pissing off a horde of Malks and aiming them at the monster by casting an illusion spell on Grendelkin to look like Harry.
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30	* In one episode of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Warren pushes his sexbot's berserk button and aims her at Buffy by claiming to love Buffy.
31	* On ''Series/{{Friends}}'' Ross & Monica start telling on each other to their parents, each one-upping the other on their outrageous behavior, in a back-and-forth, continually failing version of this trope.
32	-->'''Monica:''' And Dad, y'know that mailman that you got fired? He didn't steal your Playboys! Ross did!\
33	'''Ross:''' Yeah, well, Hurricane Gloria didn't break the porch swing, Monica did!\
34	'''Monica:''' Ross hasn't worked at the museum for a year!\
35	'''Ross:''' Monica and Chandler are living together!\
36	'''Monica:''' Ross married Rachel in Vegas! And got divorced! Again!
37	* ''{{Series/Scrubs}}'': JD says something to anger Carla, but before she gets to yell at him, he turns it around on Dr. Kelso, who's very confused by it.
38	-->'''J.D.:''' It's not like nurses know everything.
39	-->'''J.D.'s InnerMonologue:''' [[OhCrap Uh oh]]. Carla's gearing up to explode. Save yourself. Attempt the casual side switch. ''[J.D. discreetly steps closer to Carla, looking innocent, and turns to face Dr. Kelso]'' And, you're there. Now, angry at Kelso.
40	-->'''J.D.:''' Bob, how dare you!
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44	[[folder: Tabletop Games ]]
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46	* In ''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings'', one of jester's class abilities is provoking people into a fight. This can be as simple as making an enemy archer angry enough to enter close combat, but a jester can potentially provoke a person without bringing his wrath on himself--starting a fight he doesn't have to take part in.
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52	* When WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic and [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] have just finished panning ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'', and the Critic has compared Linkara's special effects to [[SpecialEffectsFailure the movie's]].
53	-->'''Critic:''' Get over it, you comic geek! Your special effects suck.\
54	'''Linkara:''' Bat-credit card!\
55	'''Critic:''' A BAT CREDIT CARD?!! I'LL KILL YOU!!! I'LL KILL YOU ALL!!! ''[goes crazy and shoots things]''
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61	* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', Roger discovers that his latest persona, Ricky Spanish, is hated by everyone in town. A mob forms to chase him down. One of the members of the mob is [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Frankenstein]], who is encouraging the mob to go after Roger so that they won't go after him.
62	* Aang from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' does this against Zhao in one episode. After realizing that Zhao has no self-control, Aang keeps intentionally irritating Zhao and dodging his [[PlayingWithFire fire punches]] until all the boats are burned.
63	-->'''Aang:''' Jeong Jeong said you had no restraint. ''[jumps away]'' Have a nice walk home!
64	* In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' episode "Last Crash of the Sunchaser," when assigning blame for the titular crash, Mrs. Beakly blames Scrooge, who was flying the plane at the time despite being unqualified to do so. Scrooge blames the boys, who distracted him. Louie blames Mrs. Beakly. After a beat, he admits he was just trying to "keep the blame train going."
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