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* ''WesternAnimation/ThreeBlindMouseketeers'': When Captain Katt manages to catch one of the Mousketeers in trap, the Mousketeer defiantly shouts ""All for one, and one for all!" His echoing voice, and [[HallOfMirrors the sight of the mouse's reflection in dozens of glass bottles]], causes Katt to think he's surrounded and run away in a panic.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThreeBlindMouseketeers'': When Captain Katt manages to catch one of the Mousketeers in trap, the Mousketeer defiantly shouts ""All for one, and one for all!" His echoing voice, and [[HallOfMirrors the sight of the mouse's reflection in dozens of glass bottles]], causes Katt to think he's surrounded and run away in a panic.
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* ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'': In ''Salamandastron'', Feragho has his forces approach the titular mountain at night with a torch in each hand, trying to make their force appear twice as large as it actually is. The veteran defenders of Salamandastron are neither fooled nor impressed.
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** In ''VideoGame/Starcraft2'' the same thing can be done by the Sentry unit, except the Sentry doesn't need to copy an existing unit.
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* During the UsefulNotes/ColdWar, both sides wanted to present an image of strength to each other and perhaps more importantly to their allies...even if they were in fact lacking in one type of technology or another. One incident from the mid [=1950s=] is illustrative. The Myasishchev M-4 Molot ([[ReportingNames NATO reporting name]] ''Bison'') was a Soviet strategic bomber that was first shown publicly during a flyby at a [[FlauntingYourFleets Red Square parade]] in 1954, and it was supposedly capable of hitting targets in the continental US from bases in the USSR without refueling. One year later at another Moscow parade, western observers counted 28 [=M-4s=] flying by in 2 waves, and concluded that the Soviets must think the aircraft was effective, had put it into mass production, and would have over 800 of the things by 1960. In reality, only 34 ''Bison'' bombers were ever built, it never had the range to reach the US, and only 18 had actually even participated in the flyby. 10 bombers flew past and out of sight, then turned around and rendezvoused with 8 more and flew by again. [[{{Irony}} Ironically]] this [[ThreatBackfire backfired spectacularly]] for the Soviets: the number of bombers the Soviets supposedly had, contrasted with the comparatively meager western fleet, led to something of a [[MassOhCrap panic among western militaries and publics]] who believed that there was a "bomber gap". The west, and particularly the US, thus began actually building huge numbers of new and highly advanced bombers to the point they massively outnumbered the Soviets...who of course then had to [[LensmanArmsRace continue to escalate with more and newer defensive and offensive weapons]].
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* In ''Anime/OnePiece'', the first scene where Luffy, Zoro and Nami first meet Usopp, has Usopp try to scare them away with pirate flags in bushes being moved around by his three kid friends while claiming to have a pirate army at his command; Nami sees right through it. Usopp often lies to his enemies about having an exaggerated number of men at his command and no one ever buys it.
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* A variation occurs in ''Webcomic/JoeVsElanSchool'' during Joe's efforts to take down the titular abusive school. The Elan School's online presence touts an attendance figure of 150 residents in three houses, but a recently-freed inmate named Katie tells Joe that the recession actually brought it down to approximately 35 students in one house.
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* An inversion in ''Film/ThePatriot'', where Benjamin Martin and his men dress up scarecrows as Redcoat officers and hold them at gunpoint within full view of General Cornwallis' camp, specifically to convince Cornwallis that they held a large number of English officers captive so they could exchange the "officers" for Colonial prisoners Cornwallis had. It works, much to Cornwallis' later consternation.
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* An inversion in ''Film/ThePatriot'', ''Film/ThePatriot2000'', where Benjamin Martin and his men dress up scarecrows as Redcoat officers and hold them at gunpoint within full view of General Cornwallis' camp, specifically to convince Cornwallis that they held a large number of English officers captive so they could exchange the "officers" for Colonial prisoners Cornwallis had. It works, much to Cornwallis' later consternation.
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That's where the Gideon Ploy comes in. Through clever acting, disguises, misdirection, and, decoys, you convince your opponents you have far more help than you really do. Maybe you just need sound effects to convince them TheCavalry is on its way. Maybe you have some scarecrows you can dress up in armor. Maybe you can use some holograms.
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That's where the Gideon Ploy comes in. Through clever acting, disguises, misdirection, and, and decoys, you convince your opponents you have far more help than you really do. Maybe you just need sound effects to convince them TheCavalry is on its way. Maybe you have some scarecrows you can dress up in armor. Maybe you can use some holograms.
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* In ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful'', Oscar and his allies set up scarecrows to "walk" across a booby-trapped field of enchanted poppies--the wicked witches, in a panic, activate the enchantment. When this fails to put the supposed invading army to sleep, they send in their own forces, who are promptly put out of commission by the sleeping spell.
