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Author: moocow1452

Aug 10th 2012 at 10:27:10 AM

Gonna UpForGrabs this one if anyone can touch up the description, but what I wanted to get out of this was similar to Warehouse13 as arromdee brought up. YouCantFightFate means that the house always wins, this one is where you do win, but it sends thugs after you to pay up. Maybe call it TakeAWorseOption or ContingencyPlanOfDoom, but ResetButton better explains the scenario and the sequel hook implications.

* In {{Series/Heroes}}, it's implied that the BadFuture of Five Years Gone is one of the better options, if not inevitable, considering the alternatives faced were 97% of humanity eradicated by a virus, earth splitting in twain, and saving New York from the exploding man doesn't seemed to have shaken destiny all that much.
* TheDarkKnightSaga has a similar system where [[spoiler: Batman takes a dive for Harvey Dent in the second movie, and while Gotham gains a martyr in Dent and makes way for needed crime prevention for the next 8 years, Bane uses the secret's leverage to turn Gotham into his playground in the third movie.]] (Not sure if it counts since no reset is involved, but the same idea.)
* In CodeLyoko, "Return to the Past" is used a little more judiciously when it turns out that it powers up the villain every time they use it.