Line #22 PlayingWith/ILetYouWin


1	'''Basic Trope''': A character reveals that another character who beat them somehow only won because they let them.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice is fighting [[TheDragon Dracone]] and after a long, arduous battle, she wins. He later reveals that he let her win for reasons unknown.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Alice fights Dracone several hundred times, winning each time by the skin of her teeth. Dracone reveals that he was letting her win each time.
4	* '''Downplayed''': Dracone could conceivably have fought harder and maybe won, [[PyrrhicVictory but it would cost too much even if he did]], [[KnowWhenToFoldEm so he bowed out]].
5	* '''Justified''': Dracone is looking for a successor and sees great potential in Alice. By letting her win he [[YouKillItYouBoughtIt sets up a better dragon for his employer.]] However, if he she didn't meet his standards he would have killed her than and there. [[XanatosGambit Either outcome worked for him.]]
6	* '''Inverted''':
7	** Alice gives up against Dracone.
8	** Alice gloats after beating Dracone, saying that defeating him was a such a breeze... When, in fact, she had a really hard time winning.
9	* '''Subverted''':
10	** After recalling the fight, Alice realizes that Dracone couldn't have let her win...he was fighting too hard.
11	** Dracone plans on letting Alice win, but it turns out she's actually stronger than him and would've won anyways
12	* '''Double Subverted''': He was fighting hard to further his motives.
13	* '''Parodied''':
14	** Alice beat all kinds of pain into Dracone's sorry ass, and yet he still insists that she only won because he let her.
15	** Alice and Dracone are both trying to pull this trope on each-other, and end up entering a contest of PolitenessJudo to in order to determine who beats on who.
16	* '''Zig Zagged''': It's truly too difficult to tell whether he was letting her win or not.
17	* '''Averted''': Alice won fair and square.
18	* '''Enforced''': "We need to show that this villain is sinister! What better way than to tell TheHero that he let her win?"
19	* '''Lampshaded''':
20	** "Remember when you defeated me at Death's Gulch? I let you win that time!"
21	** "[[LameComeback Yeah, well, _I-I let you lose!...Jerk!]]"
22	* '''Invoked''': Dracone, while fighting Alice and holding his own, realizes that his agenda would be better served if she won. So...he lets her win.
23	* '''Exploited''':
24	** Alice picked a fight with Dracone knowing that she couldn't win [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow but also knowing that he had a reason to let her win]].
25	** Dracone got an associate to put money on his fight with Alice, as he already knew the outcome and needed to lose anyway to further his dastardly ends.
26	* '''Defied''': Alice, realizing that Dracone is about to let her win, forces him to keep fighting her.
27	* '''Discussed''': "So he let you win... Now we must find how that factors into his next plan..."
28	* '''Conversed''': "[[XanatosGambit Considering how often being beaten factors into his plans,]] you have to wonder if Dracone is a closet masochist..."
29	* '''Implied''': Dracone is the SilentBob, and although we obviously never hear him or anyone say this, we do notice him [[CurbStompBattle absolutely schooling an opponent much stronger than Alice a few minutes after his "defeat."]]
30	* '''Deconstructed''': The revelation that he let her win causes Alice to give up and stop fighting the bad guys.
31	* '''Reconstructed''': Alice realizes that Dracone might have let her win, but she needs to keep fighting.
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33	[[ILetYouWin I let you go back to the main page]], you little fool!. [[EvilLaugh Muahahahahahahaha!!!]]
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35	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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37	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
38	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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