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Author: FrodoGoofballCoTV
Dec 10th 2011
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7:09:19 AM
^I'm not so sure. As the XanitosGambit page says, "It's only a Xanatos Gambit if all the plausible outcomes benefit the mastermind in some way." Probably a {{subtrope}} of BatmanGambit. Also closely related to BriarPatching. Not sure if these are also examples of this, or just related: * From the TropeNamer for BriarPatching: -->Br'er Fox: "I's gonna skin you and boil you and eat you up, Br'er Rabbit." -->Br'er Rabbit: "Whatever you say, suh, just don't throw me in de briar patch." -->Br'er Fox: "I know, I's gonna throw you in de briar patch!" ->Whereupon in the PlayedStraight version of the story, Br'er Rabbit escapes by burrowing into the patch where Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear can't reach him. * In the {{anime}} version of ''SandsOfDestruction'', Morte switches one McGuffin for another so that when she looses it gambling, her opponent gets the wrong one. Unfortunately for her, the fake is quickly discovered, ruining her plan.
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