History BatmanGambit / Batman

* Ironically, it's ''Joker'' who uses numerous {{Batman Gambit}}s in ''Film/TheDarkKnight.'' This is perhaps the most obvious when he is [[spoiler:in prison and goads one police officer to try and beat him up, overpowers the officer, and uses him as leverage to get his phone call. The call he makes is to the cell phone that blows up the station.]] If, at any point along the line, the police had acted differently than he'd anticipated, none of this would have worked.
* From ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'':
** Bane's plan to trap the police force in the sewers after he takes over Gotham City is entirely dependent on Commissioner Gordon reacting in the manner he does.
** Additionally, Bane's robbery of the Stock Exchange and the escape; it is dependent on the police not blocking one route and also raising the vehicle barriers so that he and his men can use them to jump over a few police cars. Also, Bane himself escaping is dependent on the Batman showing up at a specific time and the police shifting their attention from him to Batman.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'' indicates that he taught this to his sidekicks as well. Red Hood hatches a plan that's dependent on the assumption that, when pressed hard enough, Black Mask would [[spoiler:free The Joker from Arkham.]] Which is exactly what happens.

* Since the mid-1990s in Comics, Batman's gambits seem to consistently get hijacked by other people -- with disastrous consequences. The [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]] arc "ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaTowerOfBabel" ([[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/batman_manipulative_bastard_3147.jpg the former page image]]) is an example of this. It's somewhat masterfully combined with a second BatmanGambit specifically designed to keep Batman diverted while his stolen contingencies are being used against the rest of the League: [[spoiler: Ra's Al Ghul steals Bruce's parents' bodies from their graves and dangles them above a Lazarus Pit.]]\\

* In ''Comicbook/{{Justice}}'', the plot to bring down the villains turns heavily on this, including fooling them with ExactlyWhatIAimedAt and IdentityImpersonator. The linchpin of it was not FlawExploitation but Virtue Exploitation, [[spoiler:with John Stewart realizing, the moment the ring was in his hands, what his role in the plan was. Hal Jordan in fact reflects on how this shows the villains why he's the designated back-up for the ring.]]

*** During the same episode, Franchise/TheFlash is imprisoned with the rest of the good Justice League, and Justice Lord Batman is told to guard them. Batman says he can't think of an escape plan, because Justice Lord Batman has thought of everything he'd ever think of. So the Flash speeds up his own heart, faking a heart attack, knowing that something happened to this universe's Flash and that Justice Lord Batman wouldn't want to see him die. It works, and he knocks out Justice Lord Batman when he comes to help him. As he's freeing Batman, Batman explains that this was his plan all along: Justice Lord Batman would anticipate any plan ''he'' could come up with, so he left it to the Flash to think of something.

** [[spoiler: Ra’s al Ghul, or rather Ra’s in ''his daughter’s body,'' performed one on Bruce Wayne, the former Batman. As Talia, Ra’s offered to restore Bruce’s youth with [[FountainOfYouth the Lazarus Pit.]] Naturally, he refuses. But then, he gets caught in a traffic accident from which Terry must save him. After this, Bruce decides to take the offer to use the Lazarus Pit. It turns out that Ra’s staged the traffic accident, knowing that Bruce’s [[Pride ego]] and [[NeverBeHurtAgain desire to not be vulnerable]] would kick in if he were in a near-death situation, placing Bruce right where Ra’s wanted him. That being, in his HQ so he could [[GrandTheftMe steal Bruce’s body for himself.]]]]

* In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'', [[spoiler:Batman defeats both Scarecrow and the Joker disease by letting the disease take over him completely, so Scarecrow's toxin would affect his inner Joker instead. He then drives away the weakened [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane disease/Joker]] with his iron will, and thus Scarecrow's toxin managed to ''destroy'' the one thing Batman actually feared.]] Due to him being calm about the whole thing, it's pretty clear it's what he was hoping to accomplish.

As both the {{Trope Namer|s}} and a [[BatmanGambit prolific practitioner]], Franchise/{{Batman}} gets an entire section to himself.