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** In the first match of the Battle City Finals, Bakura tries to pull one of these on Yugi. His strategy involves using Dark Sanctuary, which can possess a monster, negate its attack, and damage Yugi's life points while restoring his own. He uses The Dark Door in conjunction with this, limiting Yugi to only one attack per turn. But he also has Destiny Board, a card that will eventually create an InstantWinCondition, meaning Yugi can't just waste his turns not attacking, but can't risk using his only attack with a possessed monster. During the last turn, Bakura is one letter away from completing Destiny Board, but he also has the trap card Dark Spirit of the Silent on his field, which lets him negate an attack and force another monster to attack in its place, meaning Yugi will lost from either Destiny Board's InstantWinCondition, or from the effect of Dark Sanctuary. The only reason Yugi is able to win is because he manages to draw his God Card Slifer/Osiris, which the ghost of Dark Sanctuary can't possess.

* {{Manga/Saki}}, while playing mahjong with her family, had to choose between losing her New Year's money or candy if she lost or them getting mad at her if she won. She ended up [[TakeAThirdOption choosing to end the game with the same amount of points she started with.]] These experiences and her parents' separation resulted in her disliking mahjong until the start of the series.

* In ''Manga/AnatoliaStory'', one arc has Nakia frame Yuri for poisoning [[spoiler: Kail's eldest brother aka]] the King and sends the army to hunt her down. Her allies try to figure out how to save her, but their options boil down to (A) proving who the real murderer was (virtually impossible, since there's no evidence), (B) lying that one of ''them'' was the murderer (a guaranteed death sentence, considering that they'd be confessing to regicide), (C) Kail himself goes to rescue Yuri (which would pretty much ruin his vision of becoming King and saving the land, since he'd be foiling the arrest of someone accused of regicide), or (D) send word to Yuri [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled to kill herself]] (which would prevent Nakia from sacrificing Yuri to curse Kail, as she plans to, but also would mean that Yuri ends up dead). [[spoiler:The group is unable to decide what exactly to do, but the matter is resolved when one of Yuri's [[LadyInWaiting ladies in waiting]], Ursula, willingly takes the second option: she confesses to the crime herself and allows herself to be imprisoned and executed, leaving Kail open to save Yuri without issue. Some time later, after Nakia's ally Urhi Shalma confesses to the King's murder (and is executed right there) and then Nakia is completely defeated, Ursula is officially exonerated.]]

* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', after [[spoiler:Rui's defeat and death]], [[BigBad Muzan Kibutsuji]] summons the five remaining Lower Six of the Twelve Kizuki. He expresses his disappointment with their weakness compared to the Upper Six, and giving them a chance to either agree or disagree with him. Agreeing would amount to admitting one's uselessness, while Muzan considers disagreeing to be an insult to his own infallibility, and responds to both by having the speaker EatenAlive. Two of the Lower Six try in vain to plead their own case, another makes an ill-fated attempt to escape and a fourth offends Muzan by asking him for an infusion of his blood (which runs the risk of killing the recipient, but would increase his powers if successful). The only one who survives, Enmu, impresses Muzan by saying that he would happily accept being killed by his hand, and that he enjoyed witnessing the deaths of his colleagues.

* ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'': When an ordinary Japanese high school girl is reincarnated into the life of an otome game villain, she realizes all her potential futures are like this. In the console game ''Fortune Lover'', Katarina's fate is either exile (being stripped of her noble title and banished from the country as a criminal) or death (by either Gerald's sword or Keith's magic). Neither fate is appealing to Katarina, who does everything she can to TakeAThirdOption, such as building up her combat and magic skills for self-defense and learning agriculture to give herself skills to fall back on in the event of exile. [[WrongGenreSavvy She completely fails to realize]] that none of this is necessary; she's [[OffTheRails derailed the entire story]] simply by being a NiceGirl instead of a bitchy SpoiledBrat. It's to the point that [[spoiler:when the event occurs where, in the game, Katarina was exiled or killed, all the characters who were supposed to be against her instead leap to her defense]].

** If they correctly guess the reason, the asker will give them flack for doing the maddening thing despite knowing they wouldn't like it.

** In Duelist Kingdom, Yugi manages to use one Morton's Fork to counter an enemy's: faced with two doors guarded by the Paradox Brothers, and having determined that their KnightsAndKnaves puzzle was fake, Yugi still had to figure out which door led to the exit and which was a trap. Eventually he showed the brothers two coins, each apparently marked with one of the brothers' symbols, and said that, after closing his hands over both of them, he'd open one hand and whichever coin was in the closed hand was his choice. Revealing the symbol on one coin, the brothers indicated that he'd chosen wrongly--only for Yugi to open the other hand and reveal the same symbol, as he'd figured out that the brothers were just going to say he'd picked the wrong one no matter what, and thus he'd put a different symbol on each side of the second coin. Defeated, the brothers were forced to let Yugi and his group go (whereupon they discovered that both doors actually led to the exit all along).
** In the first match of the Battle City Finals, Bakura tried to pull one of these on Yugi. His strategy involved using Dark Sanctuary, which can possess a monster, negate its attack, and damage Yugi's life points while restoring his own. He used The Dark Door in conjunction with this, limiting Yugi to only one attack per turn. But he also had Destiny Board, a card that after so many turns, creates an InstantWinCondition, meaning Yugi couldn't just waste his turns not attacking, but couldn't risk using his only attack with a possessed monster. During the last turn, Bakura was one letter away from completing Destiny Board, but he also had the trap card Dark Spirit of the Silent on his field, which lets him negate an attack and force another monster to attack in its place, meaning Yugi would've lost from either Destiny Board's InstantWinCondition, or from the effect of Dark Sanctuary. The only reason Yugi manages to win is because he manages to draw his God Card Slifer/Osiris, which the ghost of Dark Sanctuary couldn't possess.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' features one of these in a kind of personal hell hallucination for Manjoume. He's playing a high-stakes professional match with a clear field and two cards in his hand: one, Ojama Yellow, can serve as a wall for one turn, the other, Reload, will let him shuffle Ojama Yellow back and draw a different card. However, he realizes that playing Ojama Yellow results in the opponent summoning a card that damages through defense, and playing Reload results in him drawing Level Up instead, which he can't use because he doesn't have any cards to raise the level of, so either way, he loses, with his dream going up in smoke in the process. He repeats the hallucination multiple times before he gives up and [[TakeAThirdOption decides to cheat instead]], drawing the second card from the top of his deck (which can win him the duel)--this is immediately detected and results in him being disqualified, but by that point, he's outright relieved the pressure and humiliation is now over, which was the goal of the hallucination to begin with.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS'': In episode 108, no matter which combination of Ai’s cards GO could have destroyed after tributing ''Gouki Thunder Ogre'' to activate the effect of ''Gouki The Powerload Ogre'', the end result would have been the same. Destroy ''Doshin @Ignister'', ''Pikari @Ignister'', and the set card, and ''Dark Templar @Ignister'' would soak up some of the damage while ''Ai’s Hymn''—the set card—would allow Ai to live with some life points—which is what happened in the anime. He also could have chained ''Ai’s Hymn'' to Powerload Ogre’s effect to tribute Dark Templar and gain 2300 life points before it could be destroyed and then use the graveyard effect of ''Ai’s Hymn'' to banish itself so Ai could survive the two direct attacks from ''Gouki The Master Ogre'' and Powerload Ogre. Attempt to destroy Doshin, Pikari, and Dark Templar, and Ai could have chained ''Ai’s Hymn'' to Powerload Ogre’s effect to tribute Dark Templar and gain 2300 life points before it could be destroyed and then use the graveyard effect of ''Ai’s Hymn'' to banish itself so Ai could survive the two direct attacks from The Master Ogre and Powerload Ogre, just like in the first scenario. Destroy Dark Knight, Doshin/Pikari, and the set card, and the remaining defense monster would soak up the damage from one of the attacks while Ai would still have life points remaining–''PLUS'' he could still have used the graveyard effect of ''Ai’s Hymn'' to gain some extra life points. OR he could have chained ''Ai’s Hymn'' to Powerload Ogre’s effect to tribute Dark Templar before it could be destroyed and gain 2300 life points, like in the first and second scenarios. Same result indeed; [[spoiler: no way to win. [[TrashTalk Looks like Ai was lying when he said he would have lost if GO had instead destroyed Dark Templar.]]]]
** Even though a Link Summoned Powerload Ogre is unaffected by other card effects, other effects can still be chained in response to it activating its effects. Since ''Ai’s Hymn'' did not even involve Powerload Ogre—instead tributing an @Ignister monster to gain life points—even Powerload Ogre’s protection effect couldn’t have stopped [[spoiler: the inevitable loss GO had suffered]].

* ''LightNovel/NouCome'', the protagonist is offered absurd choices throughout most of the series, usually all of them are equally as bad.

** And even though a Link Summoned Powerload Ogre is unaffected by other card effects, other effects can still be chained in response to it activating its effects. Since ''Ai’s Hymn'' did not even involve Powerload Ogre—instead tributing an @Ignister monster to gain life points—even Powerload Ogre’s protection effect couldn’t have stopped [[spoiler: the inevitable loss GO had suffered]].

** In Chapter 697, [[spoiler:Donquixote Doflamingo [[TheChessMaster of all people]]]] finds himself in one of these thanks to [[spoiler:Trafalgar Law and the Straw Hats]] kidnapping one of his important subordinates, who he'll only get back if he [[spoiler:resigns from the Seven Warlords of the Sea.]] If he accepts, [[spoiler:he'll be back to being a regular pirate and the admirals will hunt him down.]] If he doesn't accept, [[spoiler:he'll have to answer to his business associate Kaido, one of the Four Emperors.]] The situation causes the PerpetualSmiler [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness to show rage for the first time]]. After his attempt to TakeAThirdOption is foiled thanks to [[spoiler:Kuzan]], he reluctantly chooses to comply with [[spoiler:Law's]] demands. About fifteen chapters later, we find out [[spoiler:that he DID take a third option after all; he had the World Government falsely report to the whole world that he resigned just to fool Law and the Straw Hats, demonstrating that he has connections in the highest possible places. The plot thickens...]]

** [[spoiler: NERV and SEELE both want to cause Third Impact for their own reasons. Losing to the Angels will also cause Third Impact, and side material reveals giving them what they want will result in Third Impact as a byproduct, as Lilith's ultimate goal is to reunite with Adam (AKA all of humanity). By the end of the series, the Children who were supposed to prevent it were so messed up by the Gambit Pileup that they ended up being part of the initiation of Third Impact anyway. And in the ''Rebuild'' continuity where they ''aren't'' as messed up, Shinji causes it ''by accident''.]]

** The climax of the preliminaries in the Battle City arc is a deathmatch between Yugi and [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight a mind-controlled Jounouchi]]. The match has been set up so that both players are chained to an anchor that will fall after a set time, dragging whoever's still attached to it into the sea and causing them to drown. The only way to win is to defeat the other person first, in which case the winner gets a key that can unlock the chains. Either Yugi loses and dies, Yugi wins and his best friend Jounouchi dies, or Yugi runs out the clock and they both die. [[spoiler: Eventually, they manage to force a draw, unlocking both keys- Yugi passes out and Jounouchi saves him.]] And as an extra measure, a mind-controlled Anzu was going to ingest a cyanide pill, or get crushed by a giant block, depending on if it's the manga or anime.
** The GrandFinale of Battle City had something similar. Yami Marik had both Yugi and the true Marik's souls hostage; if Yami lost, Yugi would cease to exist (as would Yami, due to his bond with Yugi) while if Yami won, the same thing would happen to the true Marik. Even worse, Yami Marik does ''not'' have such a bond with his ''host'', and will actually benefit if the true Marik is gone. [[spoiler:While no third option is initially presented, one comes up when Rashid appears, [[FightingFromTheInside giving the true Marik a way to fight back]], and eventually regain control after Yami reduces his Life Points to only 1. Once in control, the true Marik surrenders, and since their roles have been switched, it's Yami Marik who ceases to exist.]]

* ''Manga/ScienceFellInLoveSoITriedToProveIt'': Points out that there tends to be no good answer to the "Do you know why I'm mad at you?" question in a romantic realtionship:
** If the person being asked the question has no idea, the asker will give them flack fot not knowing.

* In ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'', this is how Takaoko intended to destroy Karasuma's reputation as a teacher for Class E. Karasuma had the option of either sending one of his under-trained students into a hopeless knife duel against Takaoko or refuse the challenge and let Takaoko remain as Class E's barbaric P.E. teacher. Karasuma [[TakeAThirdOption takes a third option]] and sends [[spoiler: the one student that has a horrifying potential in close-combat assassination]]. It works.

'''Koguma''': [[LampshadeHanging SO THEN YOU'LL BE FONDLING MY BREASTS NO MATTER WHAT, YOU JERK]]!!

** In Duelist Kingdom, Yugi manages to use one Morton's Fork to counter an enemy's: faced with two doors guarded by the Paradox Brothers, and having determined that their KnightsAndKnaves puzzle was fake, Yugi still had to figure out which door led to the exit and which was a trap. Eventually he showed the brothers two coins, each apparently marked with one of the brothers' symbols, and said that, after closing his hands over both of them, he'd open one hand and whichever coin was in the closed hand was his choice. Revealing the symbol on one coin, the brothers indicated that he'd chosen wrongly- only for Yugi to open the other hand and reveal the same symbol, as he'd figured out that the brothers were just going to say he'd picked the wrong one no matter what, and thus he'd put a different symbol on each side of the second coin. Defeated, the brothers were forced to let Yugi and his group go (whereupon they discovered that both doors actually led to the exit all along).

** [[spoiler: NERV and SEELE both want to cause Third Impact for their own reasons. Losing to the Angels will also cause Third Impact, and side material reveals giving them what they want will result in Third Impact as a byproduct, as Lilith's ultimate goal is to reunite with Adam (AKA all of humanity). By the end of the series, the Children who were supposed to prevent it were so messed up by the Gambit Pileup that they ended up being part of the initiation of Third Impact anyway. And in the ''Rebuild'' continuity where they ''aren't'' as messed up, Shinji causes ''by accident''.]]

* ''Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS'': In episode 108, no matter which combination of Ai’s cards GO could have destroyed after tributing ''Gouki Thunder Ogre'' to activate the effect of ''Gouki The Powerload Ogre'', the end result would have been the same. Destroy ''Doshin @Ignister'', ''Pikari @Ignister'', and the set card, and ''Dark Templar @Ignister'' would soak up some of the damage while ''Ai’s Hymn''—the set card—would allow Ai to live with some life points—which is what happened in the anime. He also could have chained ''Ai’s Hymn'' to Powerload Ogre’s effect to tribute Dark Templar and gain 2300 life points before it could be destroyed and then use the graveyard effect of ''Ai’s Hymn'' to banish itself so Ai could survive the two direct attacks from ''Gouki The Master Ogre'' and Powerload Ogre. Attempt to destroy Doshin, Pikari, and Dark Templar, and Ai could have chained ''Ai’s Hymn'' to Powerload Ogre’s effect to tribute Dark Templar and gain 2300 life points before it could be destroyed and then use the graveyard effect of ''Ai’s Hymn'' to banish itself so Ai could survive the two direct attacks from The Master Ogre and Powerload Ogre, just like in the first scenario. Destroy Dark Knight, Doshin/Pikari, and the set card, and the remaining defense monster would soak up the damage from one of the attacks while Ai would still have life points remaining–''PLUS'' he could still have used the graveyard effect of ''Ai’s Hymn'' to gain some extra life points. OR he could have chained ''Ai’s Hymn'' to Powerload Ogre’s effect to tribute Dark Templar before it could be destroyed and gain 2300 life points, like in the first and second scenarios. Same result indeed; [[spoiler: no way to win. [[TrashTalk Looks like Ai was lying when he said he would have lost if Go had instead destroyed Dark Templar.]]]]

** And even though a Link Summoned Powerload Ogre is unaffected by other card effects, other effects can still be chained in response to it activating its effects. Since ''Ai’s Hymn'' did not even involve Powerload Ogre—instead tributing an @Ignister monster to gain life points—even Powerload Ogre’s protection effect couldn’t have stopped the inevitable loss Go had suffered.

* In ''Hino-san no Baka!' [[ClassRepresentative Koguma]] ends up playing a game with [[{{Delinquents}} Hino]], in which Hino asks Koguma five questions about Koguma, offering an answer, and Koguma can tell her whether she's right or wrong (although Hino can confirm whether Koguma's response is true, when possible). If Koguma wins, Hino goes back to class, but if Hino wins, she gets to fondle Koguma's breasts. With the score tied, Hino's final question is to ask whether Koguma has A-cup size breasts.

* In ''Manga/AnatoliaStory'', one arc has Nakia frame Yuri for poisoning [[spoiler: Kail's eldest brother aka]] the King and sends the army to hunt her down. Her allies try to figure out how to save her, but their options boil down to (A) proving who the real murderer was (virtually impossible, since there's no evidence), (B) lying that one of ''them'' was the murderer (a guaranteed death sentence, considering that they'd be confessing to regicide), (C) Kail himself goes to rescue Yuri (which would pretty much ruin his vision of becoming King and saving the land, since he'd be foiling the arrest of someone accused of regicide), or (D) send word to Yuri [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled to kill herself]] (which would prevent Nakia from sacrificing Yuri to curse Kail, as she plans to, but also would mean that Yuri [[CaptainObvious ends up dead]]). [[spoiler:The group is unable to decide what exactly to do, but the matter is resolved when one of Yuri's [[LadyInWaiting ladies in waiting]], Ursula, willingly takes the second option: she confesses to the crime herself and allows herself to be imprisoned and executed, leaving Kail open to save Yuri without issue. Some time later, after Nakia's ally Urhi Shalma confesses to the King's murder (and is executed right there) and then Nakia is completely defeated, Ursula is officially exonerated.]]

** The climax of the preliminaries in the Battle City arc is a deathmatch between Yugi and [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight a mind-controlled Jounouchi]]. The match has been set up so that both players are chained to an anchor that will fall after a set time. The only way to win is to defeat the other person first, in which case the winner gets a key that can unlock the chains. Either Yugi loses and dies, Yugi wins and his best friend Jounouchi dies, or Yugi runs out the clock and they both die. [[spoiler: Eventually, they manage to force a draw.]] And as an extra measure, a mind-controlled Anzu was going to ingest a cyanide pill, or get crushed by a giant block, depending on if it's the manga or anime.

** In the first match of the Battle City Finals, Bakura tried to pull one of these on Yugi. His strategy involved using Dark Sanctuary which can possess a monster, negate its attack, and damage Yugi's life points while restoring his own. He used The Dark Door in conjunction with this, limiting Yugi to only one attack per turn. But he also had Destiny Board, a card that after so many turns, creates an InstantWinCondition, meaning Yugi couldn't just waste his turns not attacking, but couldn't risk using his only attack with a possessed monster. During the last turn, Bakura was one letter away from completing Destiny Board, but he also had the trap card Dark Spirit of the Silent on his field, which lets him negate an attack and force another monster to attack in its place, meaning Yugi would've lost from either Destiny Board's InstantWinCondition, or from the effect of Dark Sanctuary. The only reason Yugi manages to win is because he manages to draw his God Card Slifer/Osiris, which the ghost of Dark Sanctuary couldn't possess.
* In ''Manga/AnatoliaStory'', one arc has Nakia frame Yuri for poisoning [[spoiler: Kail's eldest brother aka]] the King and sends the army to hunt her down. Her allies try to figure out how to save her, but their options boil down to (A) proving who the real murderer was (virtually impossible, since there's no evidence), (B) lying that one of ''them'' was the murderer (a guaranteed death sentence, considering that they'd be confessing to regicide), (C) Kail himself goes to rescue Yuri (which would pretty much ruin his vision of becoming King and saving the land, since he'd be foiling the arrest of someone accused of regicide), or (D) send word to Yuri [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled to kill herself]] (which would prevent Nakia from sacrificing Yuri to curse Kail, as she plans to, but also would mean that Yuri [[CaptainObvious ends up dead]]). [[spoiler:The group is unable to decide what exactly to do, but the matter is resolved when one of Yuri's [[LadyInWaiting ladies in waiting]], Ursula, willingly takes the second option: she confesses to the crime herself and allows 'self to be imprisoned and executed, leaving Kail open to save Yuri without issue. Some time later, after Nakia's ally Urhi Shalma confesses to the King's murder (and is executed right there) and then Nakia is completely defeated, Ursula is officially exonerated.]]

* In ''Hino-san no Baka!' [[ClassRepresentative Hino]] ends up playing a game with [[{{Delinquents}} Koguma]], in which Koguma asks Hino five questions about Hino, offering an answer, and Hino can tell her whether she's right or wrong (although Koguma can confirm whether Hino's response is true, when possible). If Hino wins, Koguma goes back to class, but if Koguma wins, she gets to fondle Hino's breasts. With the score tied, Koguma's final question is to ask whether Hino has A-cup size breasts.
-->'''Hino''': Wh-What happens if I say you got it right?\\
'''Koguma''': I win, so I'll be fondling your boobs as a penalty game.\\
'''Hino''': YOU'RE THE ONE WHO DECIDED ON THAT PENALTY GAME! Th...Then, what if I say you got it wrong?\\
'''Koguma''': Well... I'll fondle them to check their size!!\\
'''Hino''': [[LampshadeHanging SO THEN YOU'LL BE FONDLING MY BREASTS NO MATTER WHAT, YOU JERK]]!!

* Chapter 60 of ''Manga/GoodnightPunpun'' summarizes Mama's situation with this: [[spoiler:"Without a place to call home, she's spent her entire life running from herself and her loneliness. What a sad life it will have been if she dies in surgery tomorrow. And what a sad life it will be if she lives."]]

* In Chapter 697 of ''Manga/OnePiece'', [[spoiler:Donquixote Doflamingo [[TheChessMaster of all people]]]] finds himself in one of these thanks to [[spoiler:Trafalgar Law and the Straw Hats]] kidnapping one of his important subordinates, who he'll only get back if he [[spoiler:resigns from the Seven Warlords of the Sea.]] If he accepts, [[spoiler:he'll be back to being a regular pirate and the admirals will hunt him down.]] If he doesn't accept, [[spoiler:he'll have to answer to his business associate Kaido, one of the Four Emperors.]] The situation causes the PerpetualSmiler [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness to show rage for the first time]]. After his attempt to TakeAThirdOption is foiled thanks to [[spoiler:Kuzan]], he reluctantly chooses to comply with [[spoiler:Law's]] demands. About fifteen chapters later, we find out [[spoiler:that he DID take a third option after all; he had the World Government falsely report to the whole world that he resigned just to fool Law and the Straw Hats, demonstrating that he has connections in the highest possible places. The plot thickens...]]
** During Thriller Bark, the Straw Hats minus Luffy are fighting Oars, a giant-giant zombie animated by their captain's shadow. At one point Moria, the one who took the shadow and planted into Oars, shows up...in a cockpit built into Oars' chest. Now the crew has a dilemma; If they defeat Moria, Luffy's shadow will leave Oars, but the only way to get to Moria is to defeat Oars! (Of course, Zoro thinks the problem just got simplified- both targets are now in one place.)

* In ''Manga/{{X 1999}},'' Kamui must choose between the Dragons of the Earth and destroy the Earth to cleanse it, or the Dragons of the Heaven and save the Earth to preserve humanity. That is, between "saving the earth" and "saving humanity." Not having much inclination one way or the other, he chooses [[spoiler: the Dragons of Heaven, because his two friends (Fuuma and Kotori) are the only ones he really cares about, and these two would die if the Earth was destroyed. However, no matter what decision he made, Fuuma would become champion of the other set of dragons and Kotori would die, [[FaceHeelTurn which is]] [[KillTheCutie what happens]].]] Leading to ANOTHER Morton's Fork as he has to decide between [[spoiler: killing his remaining friend Fuuma to fulfill his purpose...or get killed by Fuuma instead]]. In the movie [[spoiler: he chooses the Earth over Fuuma and kills him]], in the TV series [[spoiler: he chooses to let Fuuma kill him to deploy a ThanatosGambit that ultimately ''[[DyingMomentOfAwesome saves Fuuma and the planet]]'']], and in the manga [[NoEnding no one knows what will happen.]]
* Just before the final match at the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai in ''Manga/DragonBall'', Piccolo has trapped Kami in a tiny jar and swallowed it. If Goku wants to release Kami, he'd need to rip Piccolo's body open to get it...but if Piccolo dies, so does Kami. Luckily, Piccolo himself provides a third solution - During the fight, he makes himself so big that Goku is able to leap down his throat and pull the jar out!

* ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'': When an ordinary Japanese high school girl is reincarnated into the life of an otome game villain, she realizes all her potential futures are like this. In the console game ''Fortune Lover'', Katarina's fate is either exile (being stripped of her noble title and banished from the country as a criminal) or death (by either Gerald's sword or Keith's magic). Neither fate is appealing to Katarina, who does everything she can to TakeAThirdOption, such as building up her combat and magic skills for self-defense and learning agriculture to give herself skills to fall back on in the event of exile. [[WrongGenreSavvy She completely fails to realize]] that none of this is necessary; she's [[OffTheRails derailed the entire story]] simply by being a NiceGirl instead of a bitchy SpoiledBrat. It's to the point that [[spoiler:when the event occurs where, in the game, Katarina was exiled or killed, all the characters who were supposed to be against her instead leap to her defense]].