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--> '''Count Jeffrey:''' "Well, what is it? Spit it out!"

--> '''Count Jeffrey:''' *Eye Twitch*

--> '''Evil Knight #2:''' "You know, where you tell us ''how'' we're going to with the tournament."

* ''Survivor: One World'' had an Either/Or Gambit by Sabrina Thompson. Considered a serious threat to win the million against Kim Spradlin, no less ''by'' TheChessmaster herself, Sabrina pulled off the ScheherazadeGambit by threatening her with a GenghisGambit. If she or Chelsea ended up on the bench, just for the sake of the sure thing (SpicyLatina Alicia), either of both of them would pinpoint Kim as a traitor to her original alliance. Given the Hatfield-and-[=McCoy=] mood of the jury at the Ponderosa, and the strong social network Sabrina had built, Kim would almost certainly be blasted with a HumiliationConga (especially from Troyzan). Kim did not take the easy way out, after all; she took Chelsea and Sabrina to the end. With the jury appeased, there was no major incident. Kim got the gold, and Sabrina picked up the silver.

* Ethan from {{Fate By Blades}} pulls off an epic one. He sets up a tripod of power that divides the Empire between his lord, his friends family and the Stormson forces. This sets up the Septis forces to rule the North as the strongest of the three forces. When Lucas can't break the Tripod, and his son dismisses Ethan, Ethan has Kona remain at court to call him back when Alduis dies. Then, Ethan tries to destroy the Tripod by destroying the Stormson forces, while teaching Kona everything he will need to know to defeat Ezra. Even when Ethan fails, dying from sickness, he has Kona to carry on his legacy. Kona succeeds, and Ethan's plan ultimately succeeds.

* ''Survivor: One World'' had an Either/Or Gambit by Sabrina Thompson. Considered a serious threat to win the million against Kim Spradlin, no less ''by'' TheChessmaster herself, Sabrina pulled off the ScheherazadeGambit by threatening her with a GenghisGambit. If she or Chelsea ended up on the bench, just for the sake of the sure thing (SpicyLatina Alicia), Sabrina would point to Kim as a traitor to her original alliance. Given the Hatfield-and-[=McCoy=] mood of the jury (especially Troyzan) at the Ponderosa, and the strong social network Sabrina had built, Kim would almost certainly be hit with a HumiliationConga. Kim did not take the easy way out, after all; she took Chelsea and Sabrina to the end. No major incidents. The jury was appeased. And Sabrina got the silver for her efforts.

* Death, from the Final Destination series, does this. And boy, it is a BIG ONE! Brace yourselves... Death targets Sam (from Final Destination 5, which is a prequel to the first Final Destination) and Sam and his friends escape. Death, however, had planned for just such a thing to happen and after Candice (a friend of Sam) dies, her boyfriend Peter blames Molly, who survived in the original vision and goes after her; when Sam kills him, (after everyone else except Nathan, Peter, Sam and Molly are dead) Molly escapes Death, thus putting her on the list. So... guess where she and Sam go? Yep! Flight 180. Death later targets them there and blows up the plan. Alex Browning, from the FIRST Final Destination, sees this vision, panics and gets himself and his friends off. As they die off one by one, the people from Final Destination 2 witness their deaths (from offscreen) and they are mentioned in Final Destination 2. As it turns out, by witnessing the events of Final Destination meant that the people (from Final Destination 2) escaped their actual deaths and were targetted on Route 23. Again, Kimberly, the protagonist, panics and gets them all off. Once again, Death has planned for this, goes backwards down the line and kills them all of, including Clear Rivers, the only survivor from Final Destination 1. This is later mentioned in Final Destination 3, and WordOfGod states that Kimberly and Thomas, the only survivors of Final Destination 2, die five years later, just before the last three people of Final Destination 3, thus sealing the really complicated rift created by their survival.

* The aptly named episode, ''Gambit'' of BlakeSeven in which BigBad Servalan's [[TheStarscream Starscream]], Travis goes to the criminal planet of Freedom City to find the technician [[LivingMacGuffin Docholli]] knowing that his nemesis, Roj Blake is also seeking Docholli because he knows the location of Federation headquarters. Travis becomes Docholli's bodyguard so that when Blake arrives, Travis can kill him. Servalan also wants to kill Docholli to prevent him from revealing his information to anyone so she pays Krantor, the lecherous ruler of Freedom City to kill Travis and Docholli, knowing that Krantor will try to torture Docholli to find out what secret he carries and that the location of Federation headquarters is of no use to him. When Krantor sends Servalan Docholli's corpse, it will be obvious that he's extorted the secret of Star One's location. Therefore to shut him up, the Federation will kill Krantor and burn Freedom City to the ground. She also makes a deal with Travis for Docholli's life. Either way Docholli and Krantor die and Freedom City is destroyed. Watching her try to explain this plan to her dimwitted [[TheDragon Dragon]], Jareair is quite amusing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Tk6f4JjYf4




** MagnificentBastard Cyric from ForgottenRealms. This guy has so many different {{plan}}s going on that even HE doesn't know about all of them sometimes. The guy is a little AxeCrazy. One of his greatest Xanatos Gambits involved pretending to hold the IdiotBall for years, only to convince the other greater gods that he was useless in his position as Greater Evil God and attempt to strip him of his power. All this ended with Cyric destroying the love of his two greatest enemies, (sort of) regaining his sanity, and pissing off the entire pantheon of other gods, with them being able to do NOTHING AT ALL to stop him.

* Falling astray of a vast mesh of Xanatos Gambits, and thus getting manipulated in a million directions at once until you finally just give up, is a common occupational hazard amongst {{Shadowrun}}ners.
** One {{Shadowrun}} adventure module has this fate befalling a friggin' dragon, previously the indisputable master of the technique. It's also worth remembering that Shadowrun is, along with ''{{Paranoia}}'', one of the few tabletop [=RPGs=] where it's perfectly acceptable to turn on the rest of the party.

* Death, from the Final Destination series, does this. And boy, it is a BIG ONE! Brace yourselves... Death targets Sam (from Final Destination 5, which is a prequel to the first Final Destination) and Sam and his friends escape. Death, however, had planned for just such a thing to happen and after Candice (a friend of Sam) dies, her boyfriend Peter blames Molly, who survived in the original vision and goes after her; when Sam kills him, (after everyone else except Nathan, Peter, Sam and Molly are dead) Molly escapes Death, thus putting her on the list. So... guess where she and Sam go? Yep! Flight 180. Death later targets them there and blows up the plan. Alex Browning, from the FIRST Final Destination, sees this vision, panics and gets himself and his friends off. As they die off one by one, the people from Final Destination 2 witness their deaths (from offscreen) and they are mentioned in Final Destination 2. As it turns out, by witnessing the events of Final Destination meant that the people (from Final Destination 2) escaped their actual deaths and were targetted on Route 23. Again, Kimberly, the protagonist, panics and gets them all off. Once again, Death has planned for this, goes backwards down the line and kills them all of, including Clear Rivers, the only survivor from Final Destination 1. This is later mentioned in Final Destination 3, and WordOfGod states that Kimberly and Thomas, the only survivors of Final Destination 2, die five years later, just before the last three people of Final Destination 3, thus sealing the really complicated rift created by their survival.

* ''Survivor: One World'' had an Either/Or Gambit by Sabrina Thompson. Considered a serious threat to win the million against Kim Spradlin, no less ''by'' TheChessmaster herself, Sabrina pulled off the ScheherazadeGambit by threatening her with a GenghisGambit. If she or Chelsea ended up on the jury, she would spin it as betraying an original ally just for the sake of the sure thing (SpicyLatina Alicia). Given the Hatfield-and-[=McCoy=] mood of the jury (especially Troyzan) at the Ponderosa, and the strong social network Sabrina had built, Kim would almost certainly be hit with a HumiliationConga. Kim took Chelsea and Sabrina to the end. There were no major incidents. The jury was appeased. And Sabrina got the silver for her efforts.

* ''Survivor: One World'' had an Either/Or Gambit by Sabrina Thompson. Considered a serious threat to win the million against Kim Spradlin, no less ''by'' TheChessmaster herself, she pulled off the ScheherazadeGambit by threatening her with a GenghisGambit. If she ended up on the jury, she would spin it as betraying an original ally just to piggyback on the sure thing (SpicyLatina Alicia). With the mood of the jury (especially Troyzan) at the Ponderosa, Kim would almost certainly be on the ouch end of a HumiliationConga. There were no major incidents. Kim took Chelsea and Sabrina to the end and appeased the jury. And Sabrina got the silver for her efforts.

* ''Survivor: One World'' had an Either/Or Gambit, thanks to Sabrina Thompson. Considered a serious threat to win the million against Kim Spradlin, no less ''by'' TheChessmaster herself, she pulled off the ScheherazadeGambit by threatening her with a GenghisGambit. If she ended up on the jury, she would poison the jury against her for betraying an original ally just to piggyback on the sure thing (SpicyLatina Alicia). Especially if Troyzan had anything to say about it, Kim would almost certainly be on the ouch end of a HumiliationConga. There were no major incidents. Kim took Chelsea and Sabrina to the end and appeased the jury. And Sabrina got the silver for her efforts.

* ''Survivor: One World'' had an Either/Or Gambit, thanks to Sabrina Thompson. Considered a serious threat to win the million against Kim Spradlin, no less ''by'' TheChessmaster herself, she pulled off the ScheherazadeGambit by threatening her with a GenghisGambit. If she ended up on the jury, she would mark Kim as a traitor to her original alliance for piggybacking on the sure thing (SpicyLatina Alicia), which, especially if Troyzan had anything to say about it, would almost certainly trigger a HumiliationConga. There were no major incidents, Kim had appeased the jury, and Sabrina scored the silver medal for her efforts.

* ''Survivor: One World'' had an Either/Or Gambit, thanks to Sabrina Thompson. Considered a serious threat to win the million against Kim Spradlin, no less ''by'' TheChessmaster herself, Sabrina pulled off the ScheherazadeGambit by threatening her with a GenghisGambit. If she wound up on the jury, she would point to Kim as a traitor to her main allies to piggyback on the sure thing (Alicia) and (especially if Troyzan had anything to say about it) be hit with a HumiliationConga. The jury was appeased, there were no major incidents, and Sabrina scored the silver medal for her efforts.

* Sabrina Thompson of Survivor: One World managed two gambits with one move. Considered a threat to win the million against Kim, no less ''by'' Kim, she pulled off the ScheherazadeGambit by threatening her with a GenghisGambit. In essence, if she put Sabrina on the jury, Kim would be made to look like she was piggybacking on the sure thing (Alicia) and almost certainly suffer a HumiliationConga (especially with Troyzan up there). There were no major incidents, and Sabrina ended up with the silver.

* Sabrina Thompson of Survivor: One World managed two gambits with one move. Considered a threat to win the million against Kim, no less ''by'' Kim, she pulled off the ScheherazadeGambit by threatening her with a GenghisGambit. In essence, if she put Sabrina on the jury, Kim would be made to look like she was piggybacking on the sure thing (Alicia) and almost certainly suffer a HumiliationConga (especially with Troyzan up there). There were no major incidents, and Sabrina ended up with the silver.

* Sabrina Thompson of Survivor: One World managed two gambits with one move. Considered a threat to win the million against Kim, no less ''by'' Kim, she pulled off the ScheherazadeGambit by threatening her with a GenghisGambit. In essence, if she put Sabrina on the jury, Kim would be made to look like she was piggybacking on the sure thing (Alicia) and almost certainly suffer a HumiliationConga. There were no major incidents, and Sabrina ended up with the silver.

* Uriah Gambit

* Sabrina Thompson of Survivor: One World managed two gambits with one move. Considered a threat to win the million against Kim, no less ''by'' Kim, she pulled off the ScheherazadeGambit by threatening her with a GenghisGambit. In essence, if she put Sabrina on the jury, Kim would be made to look like she was piggybacking on the sure thing (Alicia) and almost certainly suffer a HumiliationConga. And Kim wound up with seven votes.

* Sabrina Thompson of Survivor: One World managed two gambits with one move. Considered a threat to win the million against Kim, no less ''by'' Kim, she pulled off the ScheherazadeGambit by threatening her with a GenghisGambit. In other words, if she got rid of Sabrina, Kim would be made to look like she was piggybacking on the sure thing (Alicia) and almost certainly be hit with a HumiliationConga. Kim wound up with seven jury votes while Sabrina was able to salvage two.

* Sabrina Thompson of Survivor: One World managed two gambits with one move. Considered a threat to win the million against Kim, she executed the ScheherazadeGambit by threatening her with a GenghisGambit. In other words, put Sabrina on the jury, look like you're taking the sure thing, and risk a HumiliationConga. It worked, and Kim ended up with the gold.

*** This harkens back to his FIRST plan where he killed a goddess of illusion with the help of a lesser god, but got off scot free because he knew exactly what the Over God would say. The other gods exact punishment, but Cyric also gets them to remove the punishment through even more trickery and lies. He also binds an EldritchAbomination to him at the same time. The same one that bit off Tyr's hand, you know, Tyr, the BigGood of the Forgotten Realms? Yeah, and because the Over God says so, Tyr can't do a thing to stop Cyric and his many many plots. Cyric goes on to weave even more plans ending ultimately with Tyr's death, Helm's death, Mystra's death, and the death of many other powerful gods and the complete destabilization of magic itself. He does end up in chains for causing the deaths of those gods, but he is the god lies and trickery...does anyone really think those chains will hold him for long? Especially since we don't even know if that isn't yet ANOTHER gambit of Cyric's. He could be walking freely about the Realms, using his power as God of Illusion to create a clone to take his place in the chains.

* AmnesiaGambit

* GoodRunningEvil - Take over the EvilOrganization, making it a GoodOrganization.