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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': In "[[WesternAnimation/BugsAndThugs Bugs and Thugs]]", Bugs Bunny is confronting Rocky and his stooge Mugsy, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSNTjX_g9a4 fakes a police siren and the sound of cops calling out to each other.]] He did this similarly against a different Rocky (a caricature of Edward G. Robinson) in the earlier "Racketeer Rabbit."
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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': In "[[WesternAnimation/BugsAndThugs Bugs and Thugs]]", Bugs Bunny ''WesternAnimation/BugsAndThugs'', WesternAnimation/BugsBunny is confronting Rocky and his stooge Mugsy, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSNTjX_g9a4 fakes a police siren and the sound of cops calling out to each other.]] He did this similarly against a different Rocky (a caricature of Edward G. Robinson) Creator/EdwardGRobinson) in the earlier "Racketeer Rabbit."''Racketeer Rabbit''.
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* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. During the assault on the Turin Nuclear Plant which has been seized by terrorists, a female terrorist guarding the control room says she has ten men with her. Sandro tells her not to bother, as [[SnowMeansDeath the weather has been awful during the entire battle]] and there's only one set of muddy footprints leading up the stairs to where she is.
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* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. ''Manga/FrierenBeyondJourneysEnd'' features an {{Inver|tedTrope}}sion during the exam arc. After being separated from their respective allies, Fern defeats Ehre, then finds Übel struggling against Wirbel and falsely tells the latter that she killed his teammate. This convinces him to retreat, as Ehre's death would mean they'd already failed the exam.
* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'': During the assault on the Turin Nuclear Plant which has been seized by terrorists, a female terrorist guarding the control room says she has ten men with her. Sandro tells her not to bother, as [[SnowMeansDeath the weather has been awful during the entire battle]] and there's only one set of muddy footprints leading up the stairs to where she is.
* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'': During the assault on the Turin Nuclear Plant which has been seized by terrorists, a female terrorist guarding the control room says she has ten men with her. Sandro tells her not to bother, as [[SnowMeansDeath the weather has been awful during the entire battle]] and there's only one set of muddy footprints leading up the stairs to where she is.
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* {{Subverted}} in ''Literature/RebuildWorld''. When Akira makes Sheryl the new boss of a slum gang whose leader he killed in self-defense, the remaining gang members confront her and try to oust her. Sheryl taunts them and flashes the necklace Akira got her as proof that [[RoyalFavorite she's Akira's favorite]], using the gang's knowledge that Akira single-handedly wiped out a large portion of the gang and the previous boss single-handedly to threaten them into backing off. She also purposefully spent half a day walking aimlessly around the market with him in order to sell the bluff. The gang members initially leave, but are ready to charge back in to call her bluff when it turns out that Akira ''is'' in fact tailing her. He [[MakeAnExampleOfThem kills several of them]] to make them back off, leaving rest alive to spread the word and make them think twice about doing it again.
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* {{Subverted}} {{Subverted|Trope}} in ''Literature/RebuildWorld''. When Akira makes Sheryl the new boss of a slum gang whose leader he killed in self-defense, the remaining gang members confront her and try to oust her. Sheryl taunts them and flashes the necklace Akira got her as proof that [[RoyalFavorite she's Akira's favorite]], using the gang's knowledge that Akira single-handedly wiped out a large portion of the gang and the previous boss single-handedly to threaten them into backing off. She also purposefully spent half a day walking aimlessly around the market with him in order to sell the bluff. The gang members initially leave, but are ready to charge back in to call her bluff when it turns out that Akira ''is'' in fact tailing her. He [[MakeAnExampleOfThem kills several of them]] to make them back off, leaving rest alive to spread the word and make them think twice about doing it again.
* ''Fanfic/ToLoveTheMoon'': When Lighthoof and Star are assigned to patrol a large area by themselves, they take advantage of how uniform the royal guards' armor is by varying their flight paths, making it appear as though there are far more of them active.
* In the {{crossover}} fic ''Fanfic/TheSerpentsVow'', Seto attempts to convince Seth that the crew of [[Series/StargateSG1 SG-1]] are part of an army that he's been secretly building up over the past ''five thousand years''.
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* ''{{Literature/Discworld}}'': In ''Literature/InterestingTimes'', Rincewind informs enemy soldiers that there [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial are definitely no]] invisible blood-sucking ghosts, said ghosts have not been grown to twice their size by the Great Wizzard [sic], and there ''certainly'' aren't 2,300,009 of them... He's quite proud of the "9".
* Creator/KeithLaumer's ''Literature/TheGloryGame''
* Creator/KeithLaumer's ''Literature/TheGloryGame''
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* ''{{Literature/Discworld}}'': ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': In ''Literature/InterestingTimes'', Rincewind informs enemy soldiers that there [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial are definitely no]] invisible blood-sucking ghosts, said ghosts have not been grown to twice their size by the Great Wizzard [sic], and there ''certainly'' aren't 2,300,009 of them... He's quite proud of the "9".
* Creator/KeithLaumer's''Literature/TheGloryGame''''Literature/TheGloryGame'':
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* [[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Turin Turambar]] of ''Literature/TheChildrenOfHurin'' and ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' fame uses this bluff on a group of orcs attacking some helpless woodmen. Of course, the legend of Turin and his [[BlackSwordsAreBetter sword]] are enough to send the orcs fleeing in terror.
* In the Lone Islands section of ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'', Prince Caspian does this, ordering his crew to send signals "to all the other ships we haven't got but which it might be well that Gumpas thinks we have."
* In the Lone Islands section of ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'', Prince Caspian does this, ordering his crew to send signals "to all the other ships we haven't got but which it might be well that Gumpas thinks we have."
* ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'': Turin Turambar of ''Literature/TheChildrenOfHurin'' and ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' fame uses this bluff on a group of orcs attacking some helpless woodmen. Of course, the legend of Turin and his [[BlackSwordsAreBetter sword]] are enough to send the orcs fleeing in terror.
* In the Lone Islands section of ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'', Prince Caspian does this, ordering his crew to send signals "to all the other ships we haven't got but which it might be well that Gumpas thinks we have."
* In the Lone Islands section of ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'', Prince Caspian does this, ordering his crew to send signals "to all the other ships we haven't got but which it might be well that Gumpas thinks we have."
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* ''Series/GetSmart'': Maxwell Smart keeps trying this tactic, and failing.
** Subverted in one episode where Max does this and [[AccidentalTruth to his surprise]] the Chief is waiting outside.
* ''Series/GetSmart'': Maxwell Smart keeps trying this tactic, and failing.
** Subverted in one episode where Max does this and [[AccidentalTruth to his surprise]] the Chief is waiting outside.
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* ''Series/GetSmart'': Maxwell Smart keeps trying this tactic, and failing.
** Subverted in one episode where Max does this and [[AccidentalTruth to his surprise]] the Chief is waiting outside.
* From the second season premiere of ''{{Series/Chuck}}'':
-->My name is Charles Carmichael. I'm a CIA agent, and this is my trap. I don't think you gentlemen recognize the gravity of the predicament you're in. Your call to the Buy More? Yeah, we traced that. Your compound is currently surrounded by 23 infantry troopers, 16 snipers, seven heavy gunners, four demolitions experts and enough ammunition to orbit Arnold Schwarzenegger. You're outmatched and you're outgunned. Those pea-shooters you're holding might as well be sharp sticks and strong language....Of course you don't see anyone. What do you think we are, the FBI? The only thing you're going to see is a muzzle flash and an e-ticket straight to hell.
** To further sell this bluff, Chuck calls up Morgan and asks him about their Call of Duty map, where all of the figures in the quote come from, and gets Morgan to repeat all of those figures to the baddie of the week.
-->My name is Charles Carmichael. I'm a CIA agent, and this is my trap. I don't think you gentlemen recognize the gravity of the predicament you're in. Your call to the Buy More? Yeah, we traced that. Your compound is currently surrounded by 23 infantry troopers, 16 snipers, seven heavy gunners, four demolitions experts and enough ammunition to orbit Arnold Schwarzenegger. You're outmatched and you're outgunned. Those pea-shooters you're holding might as well be sharp sticks and strong language....Of course you don't see anyone. What do you think we are, the FBI? The only thing you're going to see is a muzzle flash and an e-ticket straight to hell.
** To further sell this bluff, Chuck calls up Morgan and asks him about their Call of Duty map, where all of the figures in the quote come from, and gets Morgan to repeat all of those figures to the baddie of the week.
* ''Series/GetSmart'': Maxwell Smart keeps trying this tactic, and failing.
** {{Subverted|Trope}} in one episode where Max does this and [[AccidentalTruth to his surprise]] the Chief is waiting outside.
* After G is captured by a militia in ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'', the rest of the team use enough radio signals and gunfire to pretend like the entire militia is surrounded by a sizable military force. The militia leaders aren't quite buying it, until a couple of F-22's buzz the clearing (thanks to Hettie calling in a favor from the Air Force).
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Psych}}'', "Truer Lies," Shawn and a pathological liar do this, magnanimously accepting the terms of two bad guys' surrender because the police were just around the corner. It turns out they were telling the truth.
* The ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'' series had a particularly cunning example. Faced with an overwhelming force of French infantry, Sharpe's only useful troops were his crack company of riflemen, and a small force of mounted artillery, who were only outfitted with rockets that were essentially useless against the typical line formation used by riflemen in that time period. Fortunately, Sharpe realized that while the artillerymen were useless in close combat, they could ''look'' like cavalry; they showed themselves on a nearby ridgetop, forcing the approaching French to swap to to much more vulnerable square formation, which was resistant against cavalry but much more vulnerable to rockets, even the relatively ineffective ones available. Faced with a terrifying bombardment of screaming rockets, highly-skilled rifle-fire, and the prospect of an ensuing cavalry charge, the French force quickly broke and ran from an enemy much smaller than themselves.
* ''Series/TheSwampFox'' had Marion outsmart a squad of Redcoats this way, with Oscar using the pack horses on a wooden bridge to sound like backup. The effect was intensified by the Americans changing where they fired from after each shot.
** {{Subverted|Trope}} in one episode where Max does this and [[AccidentalTruth to his surprise]] the Chief is waiting outside.
* After G is captured by a militia in ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'', the rest of the team use enough radio signals and gunfire to pretend like the entire militia is surrounded by a sizable military force. The militia leaders aren't quite buying it, until a couple of F-22's buzz the clearing (thanks to Hettie calling in a favor from the Air Force).
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Psych}}'', "Truer Lies," Shawn and a pathological liar do this, magnanimously accepting the terms of two bad guys' surrender because the police were just around the corner. It turns out they were telling the truth.
* The ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'' series had a particularly cunning example. Faced with an overwhelming force of French infantry, Sharpe's only useful troops were his crack company of riflemen, and a small force of mounted artillery, who were only outfitted with rockets that were essentially useless against the typical line formation used by riflemen in that time period. Fortunately, Sharpe realized that while the artillerymen were useless in close combat, they could ''look'' like cavalry; they showed themselves on a nearby ridgetop, forcing the approaching French to swap to to much more vulnerable square formation, which was resistant against cavalry but much more vulnerable to rockets, even the relatively ineffective ones available. Faced with a terrifying bombardment of screaming rockets, highly-skilled rifle-fire, and the prospect of an ensuing cavalry charge, the French force quickly broke and ran from an enemy much smaller than themselves.
* ''Series/TheSwampFox'' had Marion outsmart a squad of Redcoats this way, with Oscar using the pack horses on a wooden bridge to sound like backup. The effect was intensified by the Americans changing where they fired from after each shot.
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* In an episode of ''{{Series/Psych}}'', "Truer Lies," Shawn and a pathological liar do this, magnanimously accepting the terms of two bad guys' surrender because the police were just around the corner. It turns out they were telling the truth.
* From the second season premiere of ''{{Series/Chuck}}'':
-->My name is Charles Carmichael. I'm a CIA agent, and this is my trap. I don't think you gentlemen recognize the gravity of the predicament you're in. Your call to the Buy More? Yeah, we traced that. Your compound is currently surrounded by 23 infantry troopers, 16 snipers, seven heavy gunners, four demolitions experts and enough ammunition to orbit Arnold Schwarzenegger. You're outmatched and you're outgunned. Those pea-shooters you're holding might as well be sharp sticks and strong language....Of course you don't see anyone. What do you think we are, the FBI? The only thing you're going to see is a muzzle flash and an e-ticket straight to hell.
** To further sell this bluff, Chuck calls up Morgan and asks him about their Call of Duty map, where all of the figures in the quote come from, and gets Morgan to repeat all of those figures to the baddie of the week.
* After G is captured by a militia in ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'', the rest of the team use enough radio signals and gunfire to pretend like the entire militia is surrounded by a sizable military force. The militia leaders aren't quite buying it, until a couple of F-22's buzz the clearing (thanks to Hettie calling in a favor from the Air Force).
* When Glenn from ''Series/{{The Walking Dead}}'' is interrogated by [[spoiler:Merle]] in season 3, he tells him that there are a lot more of them he thinks, and Glenn lists people that have died as well as those still alive in the group. This would have worked, had Glenn not mentioned [[spoiler:Andrea]]...
* ''Series/TheSwampFox'' had Marion outsmart a squad of Redcoats this way, with Oscar using the pack horses on a wooden bridge to sound like backup. The effect was intensified by the Americans changing where they fired from after each shot
* The ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'' series had a particularly cunning example. Faced with an overwhelming force of French infantry, Sharpe's only useful troops were his crack company of riflemen, and a small force of mounted artillery, who were only outfitted with rockets that were essentially useless against the typical line formation used by riflemen in that time period. Fortunately, Sharpe realized that while the artillerymen were useless in close combat, they could ''look'' like cavalry; they showed themselves on a nearby ridgetop, forcing the approaching French to swap to to much more vulnerable square formation, which was resistant against cavalry but much more vulnerable to rockets, even the relatively ineffective ones available. Faced with a terrifying bombardment of screaming rockets, highly-skilled rifle-fire, and the prospect of an ensuing cavalry charge, the French force quickly broke and ran from an enemy much smaller than themselves.
* From the second season premiere of ''{{Series/Chuck}}'':
-->My name is Charles Carmichael. I'm a CIA agent, and this is my trap. I don't think you gentlemen recognize the gravity of the predicament you're in. Your call to the Buy More? Yeah, we traced that. Your compound is currently surrounded by 23 infantry troopers, 16 snipers, seven heavy gunners, four demolitions experts and enough ammunition to orbit Arnold Schwarzenegger. You're outmatched and you're outgunned. Those pea-shooters you're holding might as well be sharp sticks and strong language....Of course you don't see anyone. What do you think we are, the FBI? The only thing you're going to see is a muzzle flash and an e-ticket straight to hell.
** To further sell this bluff, Chuck calls up Morgan and asks him about their Call of Duty map, where all of the figures in the quote come from, and gets Morgan to repeat all of those figures to the baddie of the week.
* After G is captured by a militia in ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'', the rest of the team use enough radio signals and gunfire to pretend like the entire militia is surrounded by a sizable military force. The militia leaders aren't quite buying it, until a couple of F-22's buzz the clearing (thanks to Hettie calling in a favor from the Air Force).
* When Glenn from ''Series/{{The Walking Dead}}'' is interrogated by [[spoiler:Merle]] in season 3, he tells him that there are a lot more of them he thinks, and Glenn lists people that have died as well as those still alive in the group. This would have worked, had Glenn not mentioned [[spoiler:Andrea]]...
* ''Series/TheSwampFox'' had Marion outsmart a squad of Redcoats this way, with Oscar using the pack horses on a wooden bridge to sound like backup. The effect was intensified by the Americans changing where they fired from after each shot
* The ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'' series had a particularly cunning example. Faced with an overwhelming force of French infantry, Sharpe's only useful troops were his crack company of riflemen, and a small force of mounted artillery, who were only outfitted with rockets that were essentially useless against the typical line formation used by riflemen in that time period. Fortunately, Sharpe realized that while the artillerymen were useless in close combat, they could ''look'' like cavalry; they showed themselves on a nearby ridgetop, forcing the approaching French to swap to to much more vulnerable square formation, which was resistant against cavalry but much more vulnerable to rockets, even the relatively ineffective ones available. Faced with a terrifying bombardment of screaming rockets, highly-skilled rifle-fire, and the prospect of an ensuing cavalry charge, the French force quickly broke and ran from an enemy much smaller than themselves.
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* From the second season premiere of ''{{Series/Chuck}}'':
-->My name is Charles Carmichael. I'm a CIA agent, and this is my trap. I don't think you gentlemen recognize the gravity of the predicament you're in. Your call to the Buy More? Yeah, we traced that. Your compound is currently surrounded by 23 infantry troopers, 16 snipers, seven heavy gunners, four demolitions experts and enough ammunition to orbit Arnold Schwarzenegger. You're outmatched and you're outgunned. Those pea-shooters you're holding might as well be sharp sticks and strong language....Of course you don't see anyone. What do you think we are, the FBI? The only thing you're going to see is a muzzle flash and an e-ticket straight to hell.
** To further sell this bluff, Chuck calls up Morgan and asks him about their Call of Duty map, where all of the figures in the quote come from, and gets Morgan to repeat all of those figures to the baddie of the week.
* After G is captured by a militia in ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'', the rest of the team use enough radio signals and gunfire to pretend like the entire militia is surrounded by a sizable military force. The militia leaders aren't quite buying it, until a couple of F-22's buzz the clearing (thanks to Hettie calling in a favor from the Air Force).
* ''Series/TheSwampFox'' had Marion outsmart a squad of Redcoats this way, with Oscar using the pack horses on a wooden bridge to sound like backup. The effect was intensified by the Americans changing where they fired from after each shot
* The ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'' series had a particularly cunning example. Faced with an overwhelming force of French infantry, Sharpe's only useful troops were his crack company of riflemen, and a small force of mounted artillery, who were only outfitted with rockets that were essentially useless against the typical line formation used by riflemen in that time period. Fortunately, Sharpe realized that while the artillerymen were useless in close combat, they could ''look'' like cavalry; they showed themselves on a nearby ridgetop, forcing the approaching French to swap to to much more vulnerable square formation, which was resistant against cavalry but much more vulnerable to rockets, even the relatively ineffective ones available. Faced with a terrifying bombardment of screaming rockets, highly-skilled rifle-fire, and the prospect of an ensuing cavalry charge, the French force quickly broke and ran from an enemy much smaller than themselves.
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* In the middle of the final mission of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' after [[spoiler:CJ kills Big Smoke at the latter's crack palace, Tenpenny gets the jump on CJ and forces him to empty the safe with the intent of killing CJ once he's done and escaping. Thinking fast with a gun pointed at his face, CJ shouts for his brother Sweet (he's actually outside in the car) and dives to safety, forcing Tenpenny to run with the money without taking care of CJ, giving him a chance to pursue.]]
* ''VideoGame/WeHappyFew'' features a variant. [[spoiler: The Germans bluffed the UK with a bunch of paper-mache tanks to get people to hand over their children to be conscripted. Wellington Wells, where the game takes place, was the only city to ''not'' call their bluff.]]
* ''VideoGame/WeHappyFew'' features a variant. [[spoiler: The Germans bluffed the UK with a bunch of paper-mache tanks to get people to hand over their children to be conscripted. Wellington Wells, where the game takes place, was the only city to ''not'' call their bluff.]]
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* In the middle of the final mission of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' after [[spoiler:CJ kills Big Smoke at the latter's crack palace, Tenpenny gets the jump on CJ and forces him to empty the safe with the intent of killing CJ once he's done and escaping. Thinking fast with a gun pointed at his face, CJ shouts for his brother Sweet (he's actually outside in the car) and dives to safety, forcing Tenpenny to run with the money without taking care of CJ, giving him a chance to pursue.]]
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* ''VideoGame/WeHappyFew'' features a variant.[[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The Germans bluffed the UK with a bunch of paper-mache tanks to get people to hand over their children to be conscripted. Wellington Wells, where the game takes place, was the only city to ''not'' call their bluff.]]
* ''VideoGame/WeHappyFew'' features a variant.
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* WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes: In "[[WesternAnimation/BugsAndThugs Bugs and Thugs]]", Bugs Bunny is confronting Rocky and his stooge Mugsy, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSNTjX_g9a4 fakes a police siren and the sound of cops calling out to each other.]] He did this similarly against a different Rocky (a caricature of Edward G. Robinson) in the earlier "Racketeer Rabbit."
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' episode "Don't Forget Motor City", after the gremlins tie up Winston, he tells them the other three about to run in to save him. Their response? "Yeah, right! Tell us another one!" [[GigglingVillain Followed by laughter.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' episode "Don't Forget Motor City", after the gremlins tie up Winston, he tells them the other three about to run in to save him. Their response? "Yeah, right! Tell us another one!" [[GigglingVillain Followed by laughter.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': In "[[WesternAnimation/BugsAndThugs Bugs and Thugs]]", Bugs Bunny is confronting Rocky and his stooge Mugsy, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSNTjX_g9a4 fakes a police siren and the sound of cops calling out to each other.]] He did this similarly against a different Rocky (a caricature of Edward G. Robinson) in the earlier "Racketeer Rabbit."
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' episode "Don't Forget Motor City", after the gremlins tie up Winston, he tells them the other three about to run in to save him. Their response? "Yeah, right! Tell us another one!" [[GigglingVillain Followed by laughter]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' episode "Don't Forget Motor City", after the gremlins tie up Winston, he tells them the other three about to run in to save him. Their response? "Yeah, right! Tell us another one!" [[GigglingVillain Followed by laughter]].
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* In episode 20 ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'', Kirito does one of these towards the commander of the Salamander army, stating that he's a Spriggan-Undine ambassador, and that attacking him and the Cait-Sith and Slyph meeting would cause the four races to declare war on the Salamander. The commander doesn't buy it, but challenges Kirito to a duel anyway. [[spoiler: After Kirito defeats him, one of his men tells the commander that he saw Kirito the other day with an Undine. Said man was the guy Kirito spared after he saved Leafa during their first encounter in episode 17 (no Undine was present). The Salamander army then leaves peacefully.]]
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* In episode 20 ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'', Kirito does one of these towards the commander of the Salamander army, stating that he's a Spriggan-Undine ambassador, and that attacking him and the Cait-Sith and Slyph meeting would cause the four races to declare war on the Salamander. The commander doesn't buy it, but challenges Kirito to a duel anyway. [[spoiler: After [[spoiler:After Kirito defeats him, one of his men tells the commander that he saw Kirito the other day with an Undine. Said man was the guy Kirito spared after he saved Leafa during their first encounter in episode 17 (no Undine was present). The Salamander army then leaves peacefully.]]
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* Against Lord Slug in ''FanFic/SaviorOfDemons'', [[OffscreenTeleportation Frieza]] suddenly appears to dress the villain down and warn him to get off Frieza's planet. [[spoiler: It's actually {{Shapeshifter}} [[TalkingAnimal Puar]] in disguise, trying to buy time.]] Made more amazing by the fact that [[spoiler: Oolong]] had just tried (and failed miserably) at this exact same tactic.
* Against Lord Slug in ''FanFic/SaviorOfDemons'', [[OffscreenTeleportation Frieza]] suddenly appears to dress the villain down and warn him to get off Frieza's planet. [[spoiler: It's actually {{Shapeshifter}} [[TalkingAnimal Puar]] in disguise, trying to buy time.]] Made more amazing by the fact that [[spoiler: Oolong]] had just tried (and failed miserably) at this exact same tactic.
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* ''Fanfic/ADragonInShiningArmour'': Grani, a SapientSteed, pulls this off on Dorbickmon, successfully convincing him to retreat despite his HotBlooded nature.
* ''Fanfic/TheOpenDoor'': When Chaos demon Lars is accidentally transported to a plane full of devils, he uses their fear of his kind to convince them to strike a deal: don't attack him, and Chaos won't invade their homes. After the deal is finalized, he admits to them that he honestly has no idea how they ended up on their plane in the first place and has no way of contacting his people.
* ''Fanfic/SarumanOfManyDevices'' features a villainous example after the Easterling's forces are repelled during the Battle of the Ford. Their leader convinces the garrison at Dorwinion that they actually ''won'' the battle, showing off his personal collection of treasures and several "captured" banners. This bluff [[spoiler:succeeds so well that the city surrenders without a fight]].
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* In ''Fanfic/TaleOfTheSkyMaiden'', Doranbolt uses his status as a former member of the Magic Council to convince the Robin Hoodlums that the Council will come after them if they don't back down.
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* ''Literature/TalesOfDunkAndEgg''. In "The Mystery Knight", Dunk fears the worst when Egg is apparently kidnapped by Blackfyre conspirators plotting a rebellion. But it turns out that Egg went to the lord whose castle they were in, revealed his identity as Prince Aegon, and tricked the lord into abandoning the conspiracy by claiming that his father is on the way with a royal army to arrest the plotters. It later turns out that a royal force ''[[AccidentalTruth actually is]]'' on the way there, albeit led by Egg's uncle Brynden, who is TheSpymaster for the realm and has been aware of the conspiracy for some time.
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* ''Literature/TalesOfDunkAndEgg''. In the ''Literature/TalesOfDunkAndEgg'' novella "The Mystery Knight", Dunk fears the worst when Egg is apparently kidnapped by Blackfyre conspirators plotting a rebellion. But it turns out that Egg went to the lord whose castle they were in, revealed his identity as Prince Aegon, and tricked the lord into abandoning the conspiracy by claiming that his father is on the way with a royal army to arrest the plotters. It later turns out that a royal force ''[[AccidentalTruth actually is]]'' on the way there, albeit led by Egg's uncle Brynden, who is TheSpymaster for the realm and has been aware of the conspiracy for some time.
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* Wrestling/AdamCole motioned that he was bringing out the rest of Wrestling/TheUndisputedEra to attack Wrestling/JohnnyGargano. This turned out to be a ruse to throw Gargano off his game. Minutes later, Cole defeated Gargano to win the NXT Championship.
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* Wrestling/AdamCole motioned that he was bringing out the rest of Wrestling/TheUndisputedEra to attack Wrestling/JohnnyGargano. This turned out to be a ruse to throw Gargano off his game. Minutes later, Cole defeated Gargano to win the NXT Championship.
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* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. During the assault on the Turin Nuclear Plant which has been seized by terrorists, a female terrorist guarding the control room says she has ten men with her. Sandro tells her not to bother, as it's been [[SnowMeansDeath snowing all day]] and there's only one set of footprints leading up the stairs to where she is.
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* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. During the assault on the Turin Nuclear Plant which has been seized by terrorists, a female terrorist guarding the control room says she has ten men with her. Sandro tells her not to bother, as it's been [[SnowMeansDeath snowing all day]] the weather has been awful during the entire battle]] and there's only one set of muddy footprints leading up the stairs to where she is.
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* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. During the assault on the Turin Nuclear Plant which has been seized by terrorists, a female terrorist guarding the control room says she has ten men with her. Sandro tells her not to bother, as it's been [[SnowMeansDeath snowing all day]] and there's only one set of footprints leading up the stairs to where she is.
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* ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'': Scott tries to intimidate Kang the Conqueror by claiming that the other Avengers will soon be coming to break him out of Kang's prison. Unfortunately, Kang reveals that he's killed [[TheMultiverse many versions]] of the Avengers, often enough that he only ever remembers Thor, but not even by name.
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* WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes: In "[[WesternAnimation/BugsAndThugs Bugs and Thugs]]", Bugs Bunny is confronting several armed gangsters, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSNTjX_g9a4 fakes a police siren and the sound of cops calling out to each other.]]
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* WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes: In "[[WesternAnimation/BugsAndThugs Bugs and Thugs]]", Bugs Bunny is confronting several armed gangsters, Rocky and his stooge Mugsy, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSNTjX_g9a4 fakes a police siren and the sound of cops calling out to each other.]]]] He did this similarly against a different Rocky (a caricature of Edward G. Robinson) in the earlier "Racketeer Rabbit."
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* {{Subverted}} in ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld''. When Akira makes Sheryl the new boss of a slum gang whose leader he killed in self-defense, the remaining gang members confront her and try to oust her. Sheryl taunts them and flashes the necklace Akira got her as proof that [[RoyalFavorite she's Akira's favorite]], using the gang's knowledge that Akira single-handedly wiped out a large portion of the gang and the previous boss single-handedly to threaten them into backing off. She also purposefully spent half a day walking aimlessly around the market with him in order to sell the bluff. The gang members initially leave, but are ready to charge back in to call her bluff when it turns out that Akira ''is'' in fact tailing her. He [[MakeAnExampleOfThem kills several of them]] to make them back off, leaving rest alive to spread the word and make them think twice about doing it again.
* In episode 20 ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', Kirito does one of these towards the commander of the Salamander army, stating that he's a Spriggan-Undine ambassador, and that attacking him and the Cait-Sith and Slyph meeting would cause the four races to declare war on the Salamander. The commander doesn't buy it, but challenges Kirito to a duel anyway. [[spoiler: After Kirito defeats him, one of his men tells the commander that he saw Kirito the other day with an Undine. Said man was the guy Kirito spared after he saved Leafa during their first encounter in episode 17 (no Undine was present). The Salamander army then leaves peacefully.]]
* In episode 20 ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', Kirito does one of these towards the commander of the Salamander army, stating that he's a Spriggan-Undine ambassador, and that attacking him and the Cait-Sith and Slyph meeting would cause the four races to declare war on the Salamander. The commander doesn't buy it, but challenges Kirito to a duel anyway. [[spoiler: After Kirito defeats him, one of his men tells the commander that he saw Kirito the other day with an Undine. Said man was the guy Kirito spared after he saved Leafa during their first encounter in episode 17 (no Undine was present). The Salamander army then leaves peacefully.]]
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* {{Subverted}} in ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld''.''Literature/RebuildWorld''. When Akira makes Sheryl the new boss of a slum gang whose leader he killed in self-defense, the remaining gang members confront her and try to oust her. Sheryl taunts them and flashes the necklace Akira got her as proof that [[RoyalFavorite she's Akira's favorite]], using the gang's knowledge that Akira single-handedly wiped out a large portion of the gang and the previous boss single-handedly to threaten them into backing off. She also purposefully spent half a day walking aimlessly around the market with him in order to sell the bluff. The gang members initially leave, but are ready to charge back in to call her bluff when it turns out that Akira ''is'' in fact tailing her. He [[MakeAnExampleOfThem kills several of them]] to make them back off, leaving rest alive to spread the word and make them think twice about doing it again.
* In episode 20''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'', Kirito does one of these towards the commander of the Salamander army, stating that he's a Spriggan-Undine ambassador, and that attacking him and the Cait-Sith and Slyph meeting would cause the four races to declare war on the Salamander. The commander doesn't buy it, but challenges Kirito to a duel anyway. [[spoiler: After Kirito defeats him, one of his men tells the commander that he saw Kirito the other day with an Undine. Said man was the guy Kirito spared after he saved Leafa during their first encounter in episode 17 (no Undine was present). The Salamander army then leaves peacefully.]]
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* The ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'' series had a particularly cunning example. Faced with an overwhelming force of French infantry, Sharpe's only useful troops were his crack company of riflemen, and a small force of mounted artillery, who were only outfitted with rockets that were essentially useless against the typical line formation used by riflemen in that time period. Fortunately, Sharpe realized that while the artillerymen were useless in close combat, they could ''look'' like cavalry; they showed themselves on a nearby ridgetop, forcing the approaching French to swap to to much more vulnerable square formation, which was resistant against cavalry but much more vulnerable to rockets, even the relatively ineffective ones available. Faced with a terrifying bombardment of screaming rockets, highly-skilled rifle-fire, and the prospect of an ensuing cavalry charge, the French force quickly broke and ran from an enemy much smaller than themselves.
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* ''Manga/DeathNote'': L tried to intimidate Kira by making a fake announcement of 1,500 investigators being sent to Japan to look for him. Kira immediately sees through it, and, knowing that L is already spying on him with bugs, says within L's earshot that Kira would not fall for this trick and that announcing it publicly rather than keeping it a secret is just an obvious intimidation technique.
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* [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII The Battle Off Samar]] pitted Taffy 3, a small flotilla of American escort carriers, destroyers, and destroyer escorts, against Admiral Kurita's Central Force, which had the American force outmatched in numbers, firepower, and tonnage by a truly staggaring degree. [[HeroicSacrifice In order to give the carriers a hope of escape]] , the destroyers and destroyer escorts [[LeeroyJenkins charged headlong into battle]]. The Japanese assumed that the ''only'' logical reason for the Americans to choose this tactic was if they were [[DelayingAction buying time]] for Admiral Halsey to [[TheCavalry bring his main force into battle,]] not knowing that Halsey's force was a considerable ways off. The Japanese retreated, giving the Americans one of the most unexpected victories of the war.
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* [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII The Battle Off Samar]] pitted Taffy 3, a small flotilla of American escort carriers, destroyers, and destroyer escorts, against Admiral Kurita's Central Force, which had the American force outmatched in numbers, firepower, and tonnage by a truly staggaring degree. (''Yamato'' alone was bigger and more powerful than all of Taffy 3 combined.) [[HeroicSacrifice In order to give the carriers a hope of escape]] , the destroyers and destroyer escorts [[LeeroyJenkins charged headlong into battle]]. The Japanese assumed that the ''only'' logical reason for the Americans to choose this tactic was if they were [[DelayingAction buying time]] for Admiral Halsey to [[TheCavalry bring his main force into battle,]] battle]] (and some actually thought they ''were'' fighting Halsey's main force), not knowing that Halsey's force was a considerable ways off. The Japanese retreated, giving the Americans one of the most unexpected victories of the war.
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* ''Literature/TalesOfDunkAndEgg''. In "The Mystery Knight", Dunk fears for the worst when Egg is kidnapped by Blackfyre conspirators plotting a rebellion. But Egg easily convinces the lord who's holding him prisoner to come over to his side, by claiming that his uncle is on the way with a royal army to arrest the plotters. Turns out this is true, albeit led by a different uncle.
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* ''Literature/TalesOfDunkAndEgg''. In "The Mystery Knight", Dunk fears for the worst when Egg is apparently kidnapped by Blackfyre conspirators plotting a rebellion. But it turns out that Egg easily convinces went to the lord who's holding him prisoner to come over to whose castle they were in, revealed his side, identity as Prince Aegon, and tricked the lord into abandoning the conspiracy by claiming that his uncle father is on the way with a royal army to arrest the plotters. Turns It later turns out this is true, that a royal force ''[[AccidentalTruth actually is]]'' on the way there, albeit led by a different uncle.Egg's uncle Brynden, who is TheSpymaster for the realm and has been aware of the conspiracy for some time.
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* ''WesternAnimation/WatershipDown''. In "The Shadow of Efrafa", Bigwig and Kehaar stir up the bushes to back up Hazel's claim that he has a vast Owsla waiting to attack Efrafa on his command. One assumes the prevailing wind was blowing away from Efrafa, given that rabbits rely on scent and wouldn't have fallen for this otherwise.
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* In the UsefulNotes/JewishRevolts, rebel leader Josephus captured the town of Tiberias with a fleet of several hundred boats -- each with only a few men on board.
