Line #52 Quotes/GambitPileup


1	->''"Does everyone here seem to have their own hidden agenda, or is it just me?"''
2	-->-- '''Sai''', ''Fanfic/{{Hakumei}}''
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4	->'''Solidus:''' I'll leave you alive, Jack, because you're still manipulable!\
5	'''Fortune:''' Speaking of manipulation, it's time for me to steal Arsenal since I've been manipulating you from the start!\
6	'''Solidus:''' Actually, I tricked Ocelot into manipulating you into manipulating me!\
7	'''Ocelot:''' Fools! I've been manipulating everything from behind the scenes!\
8	'''Magic Hand:''' But actually, ''I've'' been manipulating ''you''!\
9	'''Raiden:''' Alright, this has officially become [[KudzuPlot a load of crap]].
10	-->-- '''Toastyfrog''', ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 2\|SonsOfLiberty}} [[http://www.gamespite.net/toastywiki/index.php/Site/ThumbnailMetalGearSolid2-05 thumbnail theatre]]''
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12	->"A good player who loses at chess is genuinely convinced that he has lost because of a mistake, and he looks for this mistake in the beginning of his game, but forgets that there were also mistakes at every step in the course of the game, that none of his moves are perfect. The mistake he pays attention to is conspicuous only because his opponent took advantage of it. How much more complex is the game of war, which takes place in certain conditions of time and where no single will is guiding lifeless mechanisms, but everything is the result of numberless collisions of various wills?"
13	-->-- ''Literature/WarAndPeace''
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15	->Fancy what a game of chess would be if all the chessmen had passions and intellects, more or less small and cunning; if you were not only uncertain about your adversary's men, but a little uncertain also about your own; if your knight could shuffle himself on to a new square by the sly; if your bishop, at your castling, could wheedle your pawns out of their places; and if your pawns, hating you because they are pawns, could make away from their appointed posts that you might get checkmate on a sudden. You might be the longest-headed of deductive reasoners, and yet you might be beaten by your own pawns. You would be especially likely to be beaten, if you depended arrogantly on your mathematical imagination, and regarded your passionate pieces with contempt. Yet this imaginary chess is easy compared with the game a man has to play against his fellow-men with other fellow-men for his instruments.
16	-->-- ''Literature/FelixHolt'', by Creator/GeorgeEliot
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18	->''"Later, when the fatline call to pilgrimage came from Gladstone herself, I knew the role the Ousters had planned for me in these final days: the Ousters, the Core, or Gladstone and her machinations. It no longer matters who considers themselves the master of events. Events no longer obey their masters."''
19	-->-- '''The Consul''', ''[[Literature/HyperionCantos Hyperion]]''
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21	->''"Even when it's quiet in Mulmaster, it's not really quiet — ye can hear the sound of everyone who's still awake plotting, always plotting."''
22	-->-- '''Elminster of Shadowdale''', ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms Adventures'', AD&D2
23
24	->''"Did you not know? Other places grow corn, or barley, but here in hard-paved Waterdeep, we have healthy crops too. We grow conspiracies."''
25	-->-- '''Laeral Silverhand-Arunsun''', ''Silverfall''
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27	->''"D'ye think we 'mighty ones' are blind? Do we not watch each other, and guess at what each is doing, and reach out and do some little thing that hampers the aims of another great and mighty? We'll never be free of this problem, and that's a good thing. I would cower at the thought of living in any Faerûn where all the mighty and powerful folk agreed perfectly on everything. That's the way of slavery and shackles and armed tyranny... and if ye'd like to win a bet, wager that ye'll be near the bottom of any such order."''
28	-->-- '''Elminster of Shadowdale''', ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' Campaign Set, 3rd ed.
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30	->''"Excuse me! If anyone is planning to stage a coup, topple the government, or in some way manipulate the ruling class, would you please raise your hand."''\
31	[everyone in sight raises a hand]
32	-->-- ''ComicStrip/{{Nodwick}}''
33
34	->''"What game is this, where every player on the board claims the same pawn?"''
35	-->-- '''Raziel''', ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain''
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37	->Note that in this case, we have Harry plotting to [[InvokedTrope deliberately cause a Thirty Xanatos Pileup]] among the soldiers of the other armies, which I propose should have a Xanatos [[MoreThanInfinite Ordinal of w+1]] (that is, omega plus one). Considering that the chaos of the complete battle, including Harry's own plot and Dumbledore's, was used by Professor Quirrell to make the point of his speech, it is clear that the complete Xanatos Flowchart for this chapter would have an Xanatos Infinite Ordinal of at least 2w+1.
38	-->-- Author's notes for chapter 34 of ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality''
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40	->''"If I have learned anything in my tenure as Head of Slytherin, I have learned what ridiculous messes arise when there is more than one plotter and more than one plan."''
41	-->-- '''Severus Snape''', ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality''
42
43	->"But fortunately [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow I anticipated your anticipation of my anticipation of your anticipation of my anticipation of your anticipation]] of my treachery!" cried Zarkendorf.
44	-->-- ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace''
45
46	->'''The Doktor:''' But, Major, now that they know of our plans—\
47	'''The Major:''' Ah, herr Doctor, but that ''is'' the plan. Now that they know our plan they will plan around our plan. [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow And so we shall in turn plan around the plan that they are planning around our plan]]!\
48	'''The Doktor:''' Your brilliance knows no bounds!
49	-->-- ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged''
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51	->''"The mob has plans, the cops have plans, Gordon's got plans. They're schemers. Schemers trying to control their little worlds."''
52	-->-- '''The Joker''', ''Film/TheDarkKnight''
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54	->'''Harry:''' He's going to betray me.\
55	'''Mab:''' Of course. I expect superior, more creative treachery on your part.
56	-->-- ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles: Literature/SkinGame''
57
58	->'''Characters/DoctorDoom:''' ''[zaps Luthor]'' Did you really think I was not prepared for your treachery?\
59	'''[[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]]:''' Did you really think I was not prepared for your preparation? ''[zaps Doom]''\
60	'''Doctor Doom''': Or that I wasn't prepared for that? ''[zaps Luthor]''\
61	'''Lex Luthor''': Or I for that? ''[zaps Doom]''
62	-->-- ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC''
63
64	->'''Pops Racer:''' What is this?\
65	'''Cruncher Block:''' This is called a change of plans.\
66	'''Cruncher Thug:''' Yeah, that's right. We're changing your plan, that changed our plan, to change ''your'' plan.
67	-->-- ''Film/SpeedRacer''
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69	->''"Oh, it's a case of [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow they think I'll think that they'll do A, so they'll do B because I wouldn't think they'd think of that but then I might think I know what they're thinking they'll do A after all because I wouldn't think they'd think that way]]."''
70	-->-- '''Will Treaty''', ''Literature/RangersApprentice''
71
72	->But the scientist was intelligent enough to make finding him a game of cat and mouse world wide, where the cat and mouse changed positions every five moments back and forth. A battle of wits the likes the Court had not seen in ages. Plans within plans within plans were made, with multi-layered facades and espionage being exchanged like slashes in a sword fight. Both sides as ruthless and cunning as the other.
73	-->-- ''Dr. Toxikon Strikes Back'', ''Fanfic/CodexEquus''
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75	->''It’s just this total clash and train wreck of differing interests, circumstances and opportunities, accidents and twists that nobody could account for, and blind spots, all coming and crashing together into utter chaos, a mess nobody can predict, debris and shrapnel of characters and new plot points flying all over the place, and you can’t tear your eyes away from it as you watch in fascinated horror, utterly engrossed.''
76	-->-- '''[[https://sepublic.tumblr.com/post/648738735208497152/i-love-how-by-the-end-of-the-third sepublic]]''' on season 2B of ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}''
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78	->This sounds like the greatest comedy film ever.\
79	"Just as planned we manipulated you via this one random terrorist attack!! haha"\
80	"Just as planned they think the terrorist attack was their idea!! When in reality we needed them to do that for our secondary interest in the metal manufacturing industry there."\
81	"Hahahha they think their plan to damage the metal industry worked. When in reality we had funneled all the resources to us and used their plan to hide it!"\
82	"Good news for us we bought out a one of their squids so they instead sent half the metal to us. Then we added a chemical component to weaken the batch sent to them!"\
83	"Just as planned! I knew making them focus on that metal industry though the manipulation of the market forces would have them not think as much on the build of their ships! Now with our superior arms we will take them all down!!"\
84	"I'm glad we where able to sneak bombs in to the vast majority of the others major industry! Try taking us down with no resources to do so."\
85	Federation: "What the hell is going on?"
86	-->-- '''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/kathalonda-resurgent-from-the-ashes-sequel-empire-builder.247279/page-77#post-12287315 Truthswraith]]''', ''Website/SpacebattlesDotCom''
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88	->'''[=MauLer=]:''' You have the ''[[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier Winter Soldier]]'' where Zola says "Every time history didn't cooperate we would make it". So if a war did or didn't start that they wanted, or if a politician did or didn't make a decision they wanted, they would fuck with it. And they've been doing that for many many decades. But apparently Dreykov had been doing it also.\
89	'''Rags:''' But also the [[Series/Loki2021 TVA]] have been doing it as well.\
90	'''[=MauLer=]:''' Yep. You've got to love all these little factions being like "''I'm'' the one who's really in control". It's like "well no ''I'm'' the one who's really in control".\
91	'''Rags:''' It's ridiculous at this point. Every time you see something you have to wonder what the strange super secret hierarchy of decision making and approval is from these clandestine organizations that may or may not yet exist, and... people can't just do things anymore.
92	-->-- ''Podcast/EveryFrameAPause'', discussing ''Film/BlackWidow2021''
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94	->"You'll never get away with this. It's too late for you to intercept the Princess' messengers."\
95	"Ah, that's where you're wrong. In truth, the Princess' goals are aligned with my own. I merely needed her to ''believe'' I was betraying her in order to force the Captain of the Guard to play their hand."\
96	"Aren't you in league with the Captain of the Guard?"\
97	"Heavens, no. The Captain is a double agent for the Charnian ambassador."\
98	"Wait, I'm confused -- I thought the Charnian ambassador was really the Queen's spymaster in disguise?"\
99	"That's what the Queen's spymaster wants us to think. By the time they realize I've seen through their ruse, the sacred scrolls will already be in the hands of the Cobblers' Guild -- and the Archchancellor will be none the wiser!"\
100	"...''you're'' the Archchancellor."\
101	"Shit. Wait."
102	-->-- Microfiction by [[https://prokopetz.tumblr.com/post/636513530378633216/prokopetz-prokopetz-youll-never-get-away-with David J Prokopetz]]
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104	->'''Hero''': I have reason to believe that you tried to steal a key to a safe that held millions upon millions of dollars. However, I swapped that key with a banana before you got to it.
105	->''(villain opens the bottle where he hid the key and a banana falls out)''
106	->'''Villain''': Impressive...but I only expected that.
107	->'''Hero''': ''(disbelieving)'' Really?
108	->'''Villain''': Yes, really. I'd expected you'd have swapped that out with this banana. ''(unpeels banana to reveal the key inside)'' [[MindScrew So, I managed to steal the key]] ''[[MindScrew before]]'' [[MindScrew I stole it,]] and implanted it into the banana that you would swap it with. The one that you have is a fake replica key that I made.
109	->'''Hero''': Funny you should say that, because I ''knew'' that you'd make a fake key. So, I stole the fake key that you made and swapped it with the real one! So that when you inevitably swapped the real one with the fake one, you would actually put the real one back in its place! In other words, the one in that banana is the fake one!
110	-->-- ''WebVideo/CalebCity''

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