History Main / LetNoCrisisGoToWaste

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** The HSPC exploits the resulting scandal, taking the opportunity to investigate Aizawa's teaching methods and push into U.A., hoping to dig their hooks deeper into the school.

* ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'': Every year, Angels descend into Hell to purge sinners in order to keep the population in check. Numerous demons take advantage of the chaos; Sir Pentious makes a territory grab in the wake of the purge, Vox uses the populations fear to launch a new product line, and Carmilla has made a thriving arms business out of collecting weapons the Angels leave behind.

* ''Anime/CodeGeass'': Lelouch accidentally [[spoiler:orders Euphemia to commit genocide]], and mere minutes later, grabs the opportunity to use the incident to start a war. He did not, however, particularly like it.

* The ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' movie's {{novelization}} reveals that the [[Characters/MonsterVerseHumans Apex Cybernetics]] corporation indirectly helped the military try to [[WrongGenreSavvy kill the Titans]] [[spoiler:by helping them build the Oxygen Destroyer]] before the events of [[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 the previous movie]], which Bernie regards as Apex capitalizing on the threat the Titans posed. [[spoiler:The novel also reveals that Mechagodzilla's signal instigating Godzilla to attack Apex's Pensacola facility was a genuine accident on Apex's part, but afterwards, with the whole world misinterpreting Godzilla's attack and believing he's gone bad; Apex are all too happy to ''intentionally'' repeat the results in a more densely-populated city, [[FalseFlagOperation so that Godzilla's name will be smeared even further before they set Mechagodzilla on him]]]].

** All For One is more than happy to take advantage of ''any'' opportunity that arises to twist matters to his own selfish ends. When something goes wrong, he's right there whispering poisonous thoughts to Luz.

* In ''Fanfic/JerkInSheepsClothing'', the OC villain Henri [=LeRoi=] had nothing to do with the events of ''Chameleon'', but he's very quick to swoop in and take advantage of Marinette's vulnerable emotional state and her disconnect from her friends.

* In the ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''/''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' crossover ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/38095939 Tome of the Orange Sky]]'', the titular tome, heavily damaged, bonds with Naruto, in the process [[spoiler:absorbing the consciousness of Kurama, as well as the chakra constructs of Minato and Kushina]]. Sarutobi, after learning that [[spoiler:the nine-tailed fox is effectively dead]], uses the chance to inform all three councils that Naruto being the jinchuuriki was a ruse, and that the real jinchuuriki's identity is a secret known only to him and a select few others.

* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'': From the discovery of [[spoiler:Iijima]]'s corpse, [[AwesomenessByAnalysis Okaya determines]] that [[spoiler:he wasn't killed by the same person who killed Kowase and Shikimi]] since the method was too crude and the disposal too sloppy. He concludes that this will put the one targeting them (i.e. Maria) on edge, and implies that he intends to use this as a chance to identify them.

* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'': From the discovery of [[spoiler:Iijima]]'s corpse, [[BigBad Okaya]] determines that [[spoiler:he wasn't killed by the same person who killed Kowase and Shikimi]] since the method was too crude and the disposal too sloppy. He concludes that this will put the one targeting them (i.e. Maria) on edge, and implies that he intends to use this as a chance to identify them.

* ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'': Every year, Angels descend into Hell to purge sinners in order to keep the population in check. Numerous demons take advantage of the chaos; Sir Pentious makes a territory grab in the wake of the purge, Vox uses the populations fear to launch a new product line, and Carmilla has made a thrivinig arms business out of collecting weapons the Angels leave behind.

* ''[[Fanfic/ThinkBeforeYouSpeakMHA Think Before You Speak]]'':

* In ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'', an extended retelling of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic "A Canterlot Wedding"]], Prince Jewelius helps Twilight Sparkle [[ForWantOfANail stop the Changeling invasion herself]]. However, he immediately afterwards holds all the other heroes responsible for the invasion by telling to the public how they [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass refused to listen]] to [[ProperlyParanoid Twilight]] about [[DevilInPlainSight Queen Chrysalis when the latter was impersonating Princess Cadance]] and bringing up the fact that the wedding wasn't postponed while the threat of (at the time) unknown attackers was still in the air. With many Royal Guards and citizens injured, Jewelius' words are quickly believed, allowing him to turn the princesses, Shining Armor and Twilight's friends into [[HeroWithBadPublicity hated pariahs]] and [[TheUsurper make himself Equestria's king]]. [[spoiler:He [[EvilAllAlong originally made a deal with Chrysalis to take over Equestria together and helped her infiltrate Canterlot]], but once he decided he'll gain more out of making Twilight his pawn, he betrayed the Changelings by helping Twilight defeat them and pinning the blame for the disaster on all the other heroes.]]

* In ''Film/TheImitationGame'' when the codebreakers have lost their key to the Nazi transmissions, they need [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Known-plaintext_attack a known message]] to get back in. Turing realizes a convoy is about to be attacked, and that the Nazis will include its location and speed in their reports: this is information the Allies already know and can therefore serve as the "known" message the codebreakers need. "You'll sacrifice a whole convoy for this?" / "No, but if it's going to happen anyway we might as well use it to our advantage."

* ''ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand'':
** The Penguin's Iceberg Lounge is the only place in Gotham that still accepts cash and jewels as payment for goods (albeit heavily marked up), as he is fully aware that there was no way the No Man's Land law was legal and would last for long. So once it was revoked he would be extremely wealthy.
** On two fronts with Lex Luthor. First, he gives massive aid to Gotham near the coming end to the No Man's Land article, despite being against the law, to majorly boost his poll numbers in the upcoming presidential race. He even flat out admits it to the press. [[spoiler:The other reason is he had Bane destroy all of the legal permits and created fake ones where he pretty much owned all of the land in Gotham. Batman was able to figure it out in time and saved copies of the legit ones, foiling Lex's plan.]]

* ''ComicBook/TheFlashRebirth'': ComicBook/EobardThawne, despite having nothing to do with [[ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis the Sanctuary massacre]] committed by Savitar, decides to use the opportunity to manipulate the Flash Family - including but not limited to having ComicBook/WallyWest [[FrameUp incriminate himself]].

* In ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'', the secondary Rider, Beast, completely believes in this trope to the point where it has become a CatchPhrase for him.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': With [[RealityWarper The Collector]] taking over the isles, the remaining students of Hexside are hiding out in the school, while [[AlphaBitch Boscha]] of course steps up to lead them through the crisis. [[spoiler: With the aid of a disguised Kikimora, who his making her own grab for power in this situation.]]