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Compare FakeUltimateHero, GloryHound, FakeDangerGambit, and MonsterProtectionRacket. See also MinionManipulatedIntoVillainy, where the villain causes someone hardships or tragedies, so they can solve them in exchange for the person's loyalty. [[MunchausenSyndrome Munchausen by Proxy]] is also related, as the character makes another sick and weak to get the praise and sympathy for being the caretaker. Not to be confused with ChronicHeroSyndrome, where the character solves genuine problems rather than creating them himself.
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Compare FakeUltimateHero, GloryHound, FakeDangerGambit, FalseFlagOperation, and MonsterProtectionRacket. See also MinionManipulatedIntoVillainy, where the villain causes someone hardships or tragedies, so they can solve them in exchange for the person's loyalty. [[MunchausenSyndrome Munchausen by Proxy]] is also related, as the character makes another sick and weak to get the praise and sympathy for being the caretaker. Not to be confused with ChronicHeroSyndrome, where the character solves genuine problems rather than creating them himself.
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* In one episode of ''Manga/SgtFrog'', Paul runs Momoka through a VR simulation of various plans to get Fuyuki to declare his love for her. One such plan involves him saving her from some thugs, thus sending adrenaline to his brain and heightening his emotions. Paul forgets to take into account that Fuyuki is a Grade-A wimp, and the simulation ends with Fuyuki running away, [[LovableCoward albeit]] [[CrisisCatchAndCarry taking Momoka with him]], and calling for a police officer (which Momoka admits [[FearIsTheAppropriateResponse is probably the wiser course of action]]). Paul then hypothesizes that [[AgentMulder Fuyuki]] would leap into action if it were an alien attack, and changes the simulation accordingly. However, after initially spazzing out over the alien, Fuyuki again runs away. Throughout all the simulations, ''someone else'' always saves them before Fuyuki can, until literally everyone in town is moved out of their way.
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* In one episode of ''Manga/SgtFrog'', Paul runs Momoka through a VR simulation of various plans to get Fuyuki to declare his love for her. One such plan involves him saving her from some thugs, thus sending adrenaline to his brain and heightening his emotions. Paul forgets to take into account that Fuyuki is a Grade-A wimp, and the simulation ends with Fuyuki running away, [[LovableCoward albeit]] [[CrisisCatchAndCarry albeit taking Momoka with him]], him, and calling for a police officer (which Momoka admits [[FearIsTheAppropriateResponse is probably the wiser course of action]]). Paul then hypothesizes that [[AgentMulder Fuyuki]] would leap into action if it were an alien attack, and changes the simulation accordingly. However, after initially spazzing out over the alien, Fuyuki again runs away. Throughout all the simulations, ''someone else'' always saves them before Fuyuki can, until literally everyone in town is moved out of their way.
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** ''ComicBook/WorldsFinest1941'': In issue #142, the Composite Superman sneakily uses his powers to set up several disasters -triggering several rockets' launching, weakening a building's foundations...-, making sure that Superman and Batman to fail when they try to save the situation, and then he shows up, fixes everything and is hailed as the hero of the day. It does not take long for Clark and Bruce to figure out their rival is behind everything.
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* Part of what fuels TheAntichrist ([[spoiler:better known as Literature/HarryPotter]])'s school shooting rampage in ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' is the reveal that all his exploits had been faked for him by order of the Headmaster ([[spoiler:a BodySurfing Creator/AleisterCrowley in the body of Tom Marvolo Riddle]]), leading him to murder students and faculty alike.
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* ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'': Part of what fuels TheAntichrist ([[spoiler:better known as Literature/HarryPotter]])'s school shooting rampage in ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' is the reveal that all his exploits had been faked for him by order of the Headmaster ([[spoiler:a BodySurfing Creator/AleisterCrowley in the body of Tom Marvolo Riddle]]), leading him to murder students and faculty alike.
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** In ''ComicBook/Superman1939'' #172, Superman retires, and his successor, Ar-Val, wows the reporters covering the story with a variety of heroic feats such as catching the ''Daily Planet'' globe when it falls down. The only exception is Jimmy, who sees evidence that Ar-Val set things up so he could show off.
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** A downplayed but arguably even viler example in Shinichi's first (official) investigation: the AssholeVictim du jour was a photographer that won an award for his photo of an apartment fire, only for one of his coworkers to discover he'd set it in the first place. [[BestServedCold Since]] her brother ''died'' in said fire...
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(Fun fact: Japanese coined the GratuitousEnglish term ''match-pump'' for exactly this behavior, focusing on the archetypal example of an arsonist who goes around "heroically" extinguishing his own fires after the fact.)
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* ''ComicBook/TheTrialOfYellowjacket'': In [[RockBottom one of the lowest points]] of his superhero career, [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]] attempts this in order to redeem himself in the eyes of ComicBook/TheAvengers after his unprovoked attack on a surrendering Elfqueen leads to a court martial. His plan is to create an indestructible robot to attack the Avengers Mansion that is only vulnerable to his stings as Yellowjacket so that he can swoop in and save the day. He doesn't even manage to pull this off, as ComicBook/TheWasp defeats the robot after discovering Hank's plan, and his attempt at doing this gets him kicked out of the team until [[HesBack he eventually redeems himself]]. It also leads to Janet divorcing Hank due to him [[NeverLiveItDown hitting her]] when she tries to talk him out of the plan.
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* ''ComicBook/TheTrialOfYellowjacket'': In [[RockBottom one of the lowest points]] of his superhero career, [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]] attempts this in order to redeem himself in the eyes of ComicBook/TheAvengers after his unprovoked attack on a surrendering Elfqueen leads to a court martial. His plan is to create an indestructible robot to attack the Avengers Mansion that is only vulnerable to his stings as Yellowjacket so that he can swoop in and save the day. He doesn't even manage to pull this off, as he is knocked out by the robot and ComicBook/TheWasp defeats the robot has to take it down herself after discovering Hank's plan, and his attempt at doing this gets him kicked out of the team until [[HesBack he eventually redeems himself]]. It also leads to Janet divorcing Hank due to him [[NeverLiveItDown hitting her]] when she tries tried to talk him out of the plan.
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* ''Manga/DeathNote'': Well, [[Characters/DeathNoteLightYagami Light Yagami's]] perfectly happy [[SoProudOfYou soaking up lots of praise from the Task Force]] for working to stop Kira... while being Kira.
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* Done in ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan''. It is all but stated that the disasters [[spoiler:the new-and-seemingly-better hero organization the Neo Heroes face were manufactured by their backers or executives only for Neo Heroes to stop them, since not only did the appearances of monsters spike up extremely when they started, but Child Emperor's research shows many monsters were enhanced to raise their disaster level and had control chips in their brain. Not to mention the fact that somehow Neo Heroes always came first to defeat their foes with minimal damage. This becomes more apparent once their attempts at defeating already known criminals, Speed-o-Sound Sonic and Garou, were complete failures. The robot army attacking the entire world also appears to be an escalation of this considering how easily Neo Heroes can scrap them along with the robots giving them enough time to attack, many Neo Heroes commenting on how well prepared they are for the supposedly sudden attack, aside from McCoy the other executives are very calm over the attack, and at least four million robots targetting the Hero Association headquarters for complete destruction yet don't do the same to Neo Heroes.]]
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* Done in ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan''. It is all but stated that the disasters [[spoiler:the new-and-seemingly-better hero organization the Neo Heroes face were manufactured by their backers or executives only for Neo Heroes to stop them, since not only did the appearances of monsters spike up extremely when they started, but Child Emperor's research shows many monsters were enhanced to raise their disaster level and had control chips in their brain. Not to mention the fact that somehow Neo Heroes always came first to defeat their foes with minimal damage. This becomes more apparent once their attempts at defeating the already known criminals, criminals Speed-o-Sound Sonic and Garou, Garou were complete failures. The robot army attacking the entire world also appears to be an escalation of this this, considering how easily Neo Heroes can scrap them along with the robots giving them enough time to attack, many Neo Heroes commenting on how well prepared they are for the supposedly sudden attack, aside from McCoy the other executives are aside from [=McCoy=] being very calm over the attack, and at least four million robots targetting the Hero Association headquarters for complete destruction yet don't do the same to the Neo Heroes.]]
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* Done in ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan''. It is all but stated that the disasters [[spoiler:the new-and-seemingly -better hero organization the Neo Heroes face were manufactured by their backers or executives only for Neo Heroes to stop them, since not only did the appearances of monsters spike up extremely when they started, but Child Emperor's research shows many monsters were enhanced to raise their disaster level and had control chips in their brain. Not to mention the fact that somehow Neo Heroes always came first to defeat their foes with minimal damage. This becomes more apparent once their attempts at defeating already known criminals, Speed-o-Sound Sonic and Garou, were complete failures. The robot army attacking the entire world also appears to be an escalation of this considering how easily Neo Heroes can scrap them along with the robots giving them enough time to attack, many Neo Heroes commenting on how well prepared they are for the supposedly sudden attack, aside from McCoy the other executives are very calm over the attack, and at least four million robots targetting the Hero Association headquarters for complete destruction yet don't do the same to Neo Heroes.]]
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* Done in ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan''. It is all but stated that the disasters [[spoiler:the new-and-seemingly -better new-and-seemingly-better hero organization the Neo Heroes face were manufactured by their backers or executives only for Neo Heroes to stop them, since not only did the appearances of monsters spike up extremely when they started, but Child Emperor's research shows many monsters were enhanced to raise their disaster level and had control chips in their brain. Not to mention the fact that somehow Neo Heroes always came first to defeat their foes with minimal damage. This becomes more apparent once their attempts at defeating already known criminals, Speed-o-Sound Sonic and Garou, were complete failures. The robot army attacking the entire world also appears to be an escalation of this considering how easily Neo Heroes can scrap them along with the robots giving them enough time to attack, many Neo Heroes commenting on how well prepared they are for the supposedly sudden attack, aside from McCoy the other executives are very calm over the attack, and at least four million robots targetting the Hero Association headquarters for complete destruction yet don't do the same to Neo Heroes.]]
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* ''Webcomic/{{Alfie}}''; it is revealed that the d'revo attack on the largely human trade caravan just as it was arriving outside of Red Fort was secretly set up by Speaker Aghavni in the hopes that one or more of the diminutive, hornless, tailless folk would acquit themselves well enough to justify inducting them into the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuys resident Voch'khari tribe]]. Why?
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* In one ''Webcomic/LovingReaper'' strip Death encounters the ghost of a puppy who died whilst two teen boys were staging a puppy rescue video for social media by throwing it in a pond and going in to collect it and filming it, they threw it back and tried again when they didn't get the shot they wanted so presumably the pup either drowned ore succumbed to hypothermia. Sadly the comment section on their video has no idea and thinks they are heroes. The strip is a warning telling people to look out for these fake animal rescue videos online.
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->''"I start wars, resolve them myself, then I buy up the war-ravaged lands for a low price and make a killing off redevelopment and reconstruction concessions!"''
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* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', Ginjo tricks Ichigo into trusting him by saving Ichigo's sister from a Hollow attack he and his partner Tsukishima arranged. For added verisimilitude Tsukishima [[MemoryGambit alters Ginjo's memory]] so that he'll even believe his own engineered scenario.
* This was [[BigBad Griffith]]'s EvilPlan in ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''. After instigating a demonic incursion into the physical world that devastates humanity, he establishes the utopian kingdom of Falconia for [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans him to rule over]] as GodEmperor while he promises the surviving humans that he'll reclaim the world he destroyed.
* ''Manga/CaseClosed'': One case involved a house catching on fire when a girl was inside. It turned out the culprit set the fire so he could pull a {{Heroic Fire|Rescue}} RescueRomance. He didn't anticipate getting caught or that Ran rescued the girl before he could.
* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': [[spoiler:Frost, Frieza's alternate self from Universe 6,]] initially seems like a [[GoodCounterpart cool and friendly hero]] who's beloved for ending wars and villainous plots all across the galaxy. In reality, the vast majority of conflicts and disasters that he stops were deliberately set up ahead of time by him and his agents. Once people are in danger, [[spoiler:Frost]] heads over and "defeats" the villains he himself created. He does this out of a mixture of extreme narcissism, greed, and [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatism]]; why conquer the galaxy when you can pretend to save it and get worshipped like a god in return?
* A minor recurring character named Sentinel Vengeance from ''Manga/FrankenFran'' is addicted to doing "good" and constantly cons people so he can appear as a hero as well as vanquish his thirst for revenge on the first two Sentinels. [[spoiler:When he suffers TheLoinsSleepTonight, he arranges for the deaths of all the people who supported him, so that he could feel self-righteous once more.]]
* ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'': In the second chapter, Kin wants to get the attention of famous singer Takahar Nana, so he hires a monster to pretend to attack her so he can "save" her and get some RescueRomance. The monster immediately decides that he doesn't want to take a fall for an idiot like Kinnikuman and decides to kidnap Nana for real, forcing Kin to actually work at his rescue. He succeeds, but Nana, having fainted and missed most of the action, believes that her manager Hitoshi saved her.
* ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid: Kanna's Daily Life'':
** In Chapter 5, Saikawa defeats a massive beast in order to prove her karate skills to a group of adults that had insulted her. What she was unaware of was that the beast was actually [[{{Weredragon}} Tohru]] in disguise.
** In Chapter 91, Kanna comes up with a plan to keep the elves from invading by having Nina return home with a slice of Tohru's tail to make them think that she defeated her.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** Done in conjunction with a FrameUp in the Dressrosa arc. A flashback shows that [[spoiler: Doflamingo came to King Riku Dold II, the former king of the country and tells him he'll sell the island to him (Doflamingo is a descendent of the former rulers that preceded King Riku you see). King Riku begs the citizens for the money fully intending to pay it back. But once he had it, Doflamingo used his string powers to take control of Riku's body as well as his army to attack the citizens. Once the people hated Riku for "tricking them", Doflamingo and his top lieutenants swooped in to "save the day".]]
** Done by the heroes in the Fish-Man Island arc, not for fame but to help undo the FantasticRacism between Fish-men and humans. The New Fish-man Pirates have captured most of the island's royal family, and call out a challenge to the Straw Hat Pirates. Luffy's all for it, but Jimbei stops him; if Luffy were to just beat up Hody Jones, it would merely be seen as "another human beating down a fish man". Instead, Jimbei plans for himself and the mermaid princess Shirahoshi to be captured, and for Luffy to pull a BigDamnHeroes when Shirahoshi calls for him. It works, and the spectacle also buys the time for the rest of the Straw Hats to reunite.
* ''Anime/Overlord2012'':
** This is how the main character [[VillainProtagonist Ainz Ooal Gown]] gains more renown in the New World. A demonic invasion led by a powerful demon named Jaldabaoth begins attacking the Re-Estize kingdom and throws it into a panic. Under the guise of the human adventurer Momon he finally drives off Jaldabaoth after a bout of intense combat. In actuality, Jaldabaoth is really Ainz's loyal subordinate Demiurge, and one of the reasons for putting on such a performance is to bolster Momon's reputation.
** An accidental version earlier when [[spoiler:Shalltear]] is mind-controlled into rebelling against Nazarick. Momon declares he'll take care of [[spoiler:the vampire]], but after ensuring there are no witnesses, takes her out as Ainz (since he needs all his spells for it). The victory is credited to Momon anyway.
** The entire Holy Kingdom arc consists of Jaldabaoth curbstomping their forces with conscripted demihumans, requiring them to ask Ainz for help. He declares that he can't use his army to help them for diplomatic reasons... so he'll go by himself (and there's a scene where he has to talk with the Nazarick forces posing as the demons, telling them to actually fight back). It ends with [[spoiler:the Holy Kingdom nearly destroyed, some survivors starting a cult dedicated to Ainz, several of the demihumans now serving Ainz, and the Holy Kingdom's ruler replaced by a doppelganger who plans to play up internal rivalries until the people beg Ainz to take over.]]
** After Ainz kills the Giant of the East and subdues the Serpent of the West, he has their monster minions attack Carne Village, which is one of his own {{Protectorate}}s. Then he sends his envoy to the village, Lupusregina Beta, to swoop in and help repel the attack, thus putting the villagers even further into his debt.
* Clembot from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY'' gets framed for a rash of incidents. When Ash and friends investigate, it's revealed that the FrameUp was just Phase I of the true culprit, Belmondo's, scheme. Phase II is for Belmondo to use his own Clembot to "solve" those same crimes and be hailed as a hero.
* In ''Manga/RappiRangai'', to get the main character accepted in a princess's kingdom, his party of {{Kunoichi}} had him pretend to beat them to become a bodyguard for the princess.
* In one episode of ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', Nanami continually finds herself in danger, only to be saved each time by a young boy named Mitsuru. He later reveals to Utena and Miki that he caused those dangers so he could impress Nanami and make her think of him as a [[BigBrotherInstinct big brother]].
* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': When Zoicite is disguised as a fake Sailor Moon and acting like a hero, he causes a few of the disasters he saves, like cutting the cables of a window washer's platform to swoop in and catch him.
* In one episode of ''Manga/SgtFrog'', Paul runs Momoka through a VR simulation of various plans to get Fuyuki to declare his love for her. One such plan involves him saving her from some thugs, thus sending adrenaline to his brain and heightening his emotions. Paul forgets to take into account that Fuyuki is a Grade-A wimp, and the simulation ends with Fuyuki running away, [[LovableCoward albeit]] [[CrisisCatchAndCarry taking Momoka with him]], and calling for a police officer (which Momoka admits [[FearIsTheAppropriateResponse is probably the wiser course of action]]). Paul then hypothesizes that [[AgentMulder Fuyuki]] would leap into action if it were an alien attack, and changes the simulation accordingly. However, after initially spazzing out over the alien, Fuyuki again runs away. Throughout all the simulations, ''someone else'' always saves them before Fuyuki can, until literally everyone in town is moved out of their way.
* ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'': Zig-zagged in "Jeffrey's Knighthood". Lina and Naga are hired to accompany young Jeffrey as he goes on a quest to defeat some bandits in order to earn himself a knighthood. Unknown to him (but known to Lina and Naga), the bandits are actually actors hired by his mother to create a situation where he can prove himself. Unknown to all of them, real bandits moved in and drove away the fake ones before they get to the hideout. Of course, Jeffrey still fails to prove himself (not that he realizes this), because he's so utterly useless that the girls have to do all the work (except for when his mother shows up and clobbers people with a warhammer for daring to point that out in his hearing).
* Discussed in ''Manga/SpyXFamily''. Due to complicated reasons, the spy Loid needs his six-year-old daughter Anya to earn Stella Stars (badges given out for exceptional achievements) at her school. Anya earns one Stella Star by alerting adults around her to a drowning child, saving his life. Loid later mentions that the spy agency could arrange for similar "accidents" for Anya to intervene in, but they find it too risky to implement.
* ''Manga/UshioAndTora'': shortly after the introduction of [[CreepyChild Kirio Inasa]], the fourth possible successor to the Beast Spear who actually boasts about wielding a weapon superior to the Spear and advocates its destruction, the main Kouhamei Temple is attacked by an avatar of [[BigBad Hakumen no Mono]], who nearly kills all the monks with her power. Then Hizaki Mikado, the order's leader shows up and uses all her Dharmic power to land a powerful attack which seemingly immobilize the avatar as Kirio jumps in and effortlessly slays her in one swing of his scythe, showing that his weapon can be used even against Hakumen and even mass-produced... [[spoiler: except that it really isn't, as not only Mikado's technique was already killing the avatar, but it is confirmed that the entire event was a plan of Hakumen itself to trick the monks into destroying the Spear.]]
* ''Manga/YuGiOh'': One chapter of the manga featured a boy who loved superhero comics but wasn't strong himself. His father wanted to make him more self-confident so he hired some kids to pretend to attack someone while the boy was in a superhero costume. It worked, but then the hired kids turned it around and started really hurting the boy in order to get more money out of the father.
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* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', Ginjo tricks Ichigo into trusting him by saving Ichigo's sister from a Hollow attack he and his partner Tsukishima arranged. For added verisimilitude Tsukishima [[MemoryGambit alters Ginjo's memory]] so that he'll even believe his own engineered scenario.
* This was [[BigBad Griffith]]'s EvilPlan in ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''. After instigating a demonic incursion into the physical world that devastates humanity, he establishes the utopian kingdom of Falconia for [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans him to rule over]] as GodEmperor while he promises the surviving humans that he'll reclaim the world he destroyed.
* ''Manga/CaseClosed'': One case involved a house catching on fire when a girl was inside. It turned out the culprit set the fire so he could pull a {{Heroic Fire|Rescue}} RescueRomance. He didn't anticipate getting caught or that Ran rescued the girl before he could.
* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': [[spoiler:Frost, Frieza's alternate self from Universe 6,]] initially seems like a [[GoodCounterpart cool and friendly hero]] who's beloved for ending wars and villainous plots all across the galaxy. In reality, the vast majority of conflicts and disasters that he stops were deliberately set up ahead of time by him and his agents. Once people are in danger, [[spoiler:Frost]] heads over and "defeats" the villains he himself created. He does this out of a mixture of extreme narcissism, greed, and [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatism]]; why conquer the galaxy when you can pretend to save it and get worshipped like a god in return?
* A minor recurring character named Sentinel Vengeance from ''Manga/FrankenFran'' is addicted to doing "good" and constantly cons people so he can appear as a hero as well as vanquish his thirst for revenge on the first two Sentinels. [[spoiler:When he suffers TheLoinsSleepTonight, he arranges for the deaths of all the people who supported him, so that he could feel self-righteous once more.]]
* ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'': In the second chapter, Kin wants to get the attention of famous singer Takahar Nana, so he hires a monster to pretend to attack her so he can "save" her and get some RescueRomance. The monster immediately decides that he doesn't want to take a fall for an idiot like Kinnikuman and decides to kidnap Nana for real, forcing Kin to actually work at his rescue. He succeeds, but Nana, having fainted and missed most of the action, believes that her manager Hitoshi saved her.
* ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid: Kanna's Daily Life'':
** In Chapter 5, Saikawa defeats a massive beast in order to prove her karate skills to a group of adults that had insulted her. What she was unaware of was that the beast was actually [[{{Weredragon}} Tohru]] in disguise.
** In Chapter 91, Kanna comes up with a plan to keep the elves from invading by having Nina return home with a slice of Tohru's tail to make them think that she defeated her.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** Done in conjunction with a FrameUp in the Dressrosa arc. A flashback shows that [[spoiler: Doflamingo came to King Riku Dold II, the former king of the country and tells him he'll sell the island to him (Doflamingo is a descendent of the former rulers that preceded King Riku you see). King Riku begs the citizens for the money fully intending to pay it back. But once he had it, Doflamingo used his string powers to take control of Riku's body as well as his army to attack the citizens. Once the people hated Riku for "tricking them", Doflamingo and his top lieutenants swooped in to "save the day".]]
** Done by the heroes in the Fish-Man Island arc, not for fame but to help undo the FantasticRacism between Fish-men and humans. The New Fish-man Pirates have captured most of the island's royal family, and call out a challenge to the Straw Hat Pirates. Luffy's all for it, but Jimbei stops him; if Luffy were to just beat up Hody Jones, it would merely be seen as "another human beating down a fish man". Instead, Jimbei plans for himself and the mermaid princess Shirahoshi to be captured, and for Luffy to pull a BigDamnHeroes when Shirahoshi calls for him. It works, and the spectacle also buys the time for the rest of the Straw Hats to reunite.
* ''Anime/Overlord2012'':
** This is how the main character [[VillainProtagonist Ainz Ooal Gown]] gains more renown in the New World. A demonic invasion led by a powerful demon named Jaldabaoth begins attacking the Re-Estize kingdom and throws it into a panic. Under the guise of the human adventurer Momon he finally drives off Jaldabaoth after a bout of intense combat. In actuality, Jaldabaoth is really Ainz's loyal subordinate Demiurge, and one of the reasons for putting on such a performance is to bolster Momon's reputation.
** An accidental version earlier when [[spoiler:Shalltear]] is mind-controlled into rebelling against Nazarick. Momon declares he'll take care of [[spoiler:the vampire]], but after ensuring there are no witnesses, takes her out as Ainz (since he needs all his spells for it). The victory is credited to Momon anyway.
** The entire Holy Kingdom arc consists of Jaldabaoth curbstomping their forces with conscripted demihumans, requiring them to ask Ainz for help. He declares that he can't use his army to help them for diplomatic reasons... so he'll go by himself (and there's a scene where he has to talk with the Nazarick forces posing as the demons, telling them to actually fight back). It ends with [[spoiler:the Holy Kingdom nearly destroyed, some survivors starting a cult dedicated to Ainz, several of the demihumans now serving Ainz, and the Holy Kingdom's ruler replaced by a doppelganger who plans to play up internal rivalries until the people beg Ainz to take over.]]
** After Ainz kills the Giant of the East and subdues the Serpent of the West, he has their monster minions attack Carne Village, which is one of his own {{Protectorate}}s. Then he sends his envoy to the village, Lupusregina Beta, to swoop in and help repel the attack, thus putting the villagers even further into his debt.
* Clembot from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY'' gets framed for a rash of incidents. When Ash and friends investigate, it's revealed that the FrameUp was just Phase I of the true culprit, Belmondo's, scheme. Phase II is for Belmondo to use his own Clembot to "solve" those same crimes and be hailed as a hero.
* In ''Manga/RappiRangai'', to get the main character accepted in a princess's kingdom, his party of {{Kunoichi}} had him pretend to beat them to become a bodyguard for the princess.
* In one episode of ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', Nanami continually finds herself in danger, only to be saved each time by a young boy named Mitsuru. He later reveals to Utena and Miki that he caused those dangers so he could impress Nanami and make her think of him as a [[BigBrotherInstinct big brother]].
* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': When Zoicite is disguised as a fake Sailor Moon and acting like a hero, he causes a few of the disasters he saves, like cutting the cables of a window washer's platform to swoop in and catch him.
* In one episode of ''Manga/SgtFrog'', Paul runs Momoka through a VR simulation of various plans to get Fuyuki to declare his love for her. One such plan involves him saving her from some thugs, thus sending adrenaline to his brain and heightening his emotions. Paul forgets to take into account that Fuyuki is a Grade-A wimp, and the simulation ends with Fuyuki running away, [[LovableCoward albeit]] [[CrisisCatchAndCarry taking Momoka with him]], and calling for a police officer (which Momoka admits [[FearIsTheAppropriateResponse is probably the wiser course of action]]). Paul then hypothesizes that [[AgentMulder Fuyuki]] would leap into action if it were an alien attack, and changes the simulation accordingly. However, after initially spazzing out over the alien, Fuyuki again runs away. Throughout all the simulations, ''someone else'' always saves them before Fuyuki can, until literally everyone in town is moved out of their way.
* ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'': Zig-zagged in "Jeffrey's Knighthood". Lina and Naga are hired to accompany young Jeffrey as he goes on a quest to defeat some bandits in order to earn himself a knighthood. Unknown to him (but known to Lina and Naga), the bandits are actually actors hired by his mother to create a situation where he can prove himself. Unknown to all of them, real bandits moved in and drove away the fake ones before they get to the hideout. Of course, Jeffrey still fails to prove himself (not that he realizes this), because he's so utterly useless that the girls have to do all the work (except for when his mother shows up and clobbers people with a warhammer for daring to point that out in his hearing).
* Discussed in ''Manga/SpyXFamily''. Due to complicated reasons, the spy Loid needs his six-year-old daughter Anya to earn Stella Stars (badges given out for exceptional achievements) at her school. Anya earns one Stella Star by alerting adults around her to a drowning child, saving his life. Loid later mentions that the spy agency could arrange for similar "accidents" for Anya to intervene in, but they find it too risky to implement.
* ''Manga/UshioAndTora'': shortly after the introduction of [[CreepyChild Kirio Inasa]], the fourth possible successor to the Beast Spear who actually boasts about wielding a weapon superior to the Spear and advocates its destruction, the main Kouhamei Temple is attacked by an avatar of [[BigBad Hakumen no Mono]], who nearly kills all the monks with her power. Then Hizaki Mikado, the order's leader shows up and uses all her Dharmic power to land a powerful attack which seemingly immobilize the avatar as Kirio jumps in and effortlessly slays her in one swing of his scythe, showing that his weapon can be used even against Hakumen and even mass-produced... [[spoiler: except that it really isn't, as not only Mikado's technique was already killing the avatar, but it is confirmed that the entire event was a plan of Hakumen itself to trick the monks into destroying the Spear.]]
* ''Manga/YuGiOh'': One chapter of the manga featured a boy who loved superhero comics but wasn't strong himself. His father wanted to make him more self-confident so he hired some kids to pretend to attack someone while the boy was in a superhero costume. It worked, but then the hired kids turned it around and started really hurting the boy in order to get more money out of the father.
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* In ''Film/BatmanReturns'', the Penguin and Max Shreck arrange a public spectacle where one of the clowns in the Red Triangle Circus gang kidnaps the mayor's baby son during a live press conference and leaps into the sewer, only to be vocally "stopped" by the mysterious "penguin man of the sewers." Penguin then emerges and personally hands the child back to his parents unharmed. This allows Penguin to reenter society and Shreck to set up Penguin's bid for mayor.
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* In one ''Webcomic/LovingReaper'' strip Death encounters the ghost of a puppy who died whilst two teen boys were staging a puppy rescue video for social media by throwing it in a pond and going in to collect it and filming it, they threw it back and tried again when they didn't get the shot they wanted so presumably the pup either drowned ore succumbed to hypothermia. Sadly the comment section on their video has no idea and thinks they are heroes. The strip is a warning telling people to look out for these fake animal rescue videos online.
