History PlayingWith / PoisonAndCureGambit

* '''Subverted''': Dracone poisons Marcy, then tells her he isn't going to give her the antidote. He only brought it to taunt her.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Dracone has poisoned Marcy, but he says he will give her the antidote if she gives him the diamond. Marcy reluctantly accepts and gives him the Chaos Diamond. But when she asks him to give her the antidote Dracone starts laughing and says [[ILied he was bluffing and doesn't even have the antidote.]] Marcy tries to find an antidote herself and discovers that the [[PlotCouponThatDoesSomething Chaos Diamond]] ''is'' the antidote. After her discovery Marcy tries to trade the Chaos Pearl for the Chaos Diamond. Dracone comes to get the pearl, but is unwilling to give the Chaos Diamond. But the second deal was a trick from Marcy. She steals the Chaos Diamond and heals herself.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Dracone has poisoned Marcy, but he says he will give her the antidote if she gives him the diamond. Marcy reluctantly accepts and gives him the Chaos Diamond. But when she asks him to give her the antidote Dracone starts laughing and says [[Ilied he was bluffing and doesn't even have the antidote.]] Marcy tries to find an antidote herself and discovers that the [[PlotCouponThatDoesSomething Chaos Diamond]] ''is'' the antidote. After her discovery Marcy tries to trade the Chaos Pearl for the Chaos Diamond. Dracone comes to get the pearl, but is unwilling to give the Chaos Diamond. But the second deal was a trick from Marcy. She steals the Chaos Diamond and heals herself.

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': The Main/BigBad is holding Marcy's friends hostage. Marcy has a Main/HealingFactor and would gradually overcome the poison on her own; but it will slow her down enough that she won't be able to save the hostages in time. Dracone [[Main/TheStarscream has his own plans]] for Main/TheEmpire and [[Main/ExploitedTrope exploits]] Marcy's Main/ChronicHeroSyndrome, offering her the antidote in exchange for the Chaos Diamond.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

** Dracone poisons Marcy over something trivial like extorting her to buy milk for him because he's too lazy. BonusPoints if Marcy is also too lazy to buy milk, and [[LaboriousLaziness makes complex plans to steal the antidote instead]].

* '''Deconstructed''': Marcy refuses to trust someone that has poisoned her, and the fact that Dracone threatens her life to extort her pisses her off so much that she wouldn't even consider helping him even if she trusted him. Knowing that her death is imminent and that it's Dracone's fault, [[TakingYouWithMe Marcy decides to take him, and as many of his allies as possible, with her]].

%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''': Marcy refuses to trust someone that has poisoned her, and the fact that Dracone threatens her life to extort her pisses her off so much that she wouldn't even consider helping him even if she trusted him. Realizing that her death is imminent and that it's Dracone's fault, [[TakingYouWithMe Marcy decides to take him, and as many of his allies as possible, with her]].

Go back to PoisonAndCureGambit, and I'll give you the antidote.

%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???

** Alternatively, Dracone and Marcy aren't mortal enemies, so that's why he plans to give her an actual antidote.

* '''Justified''': Dracone believes that Marcy is a DirtyCoward that will happily surrender the diamond and let its power fall into wrong hands if it means that she'll live.

* '''Enforced''': "We need to show how dirty Dracone is. Maybe we can have him using [[BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord extortion]]."

* '''Conversed''': "It's funny how the villains poison heroes and blackmail them into working for them to get the antidote. Why don't they use fake antidotes?"

Back to PoisonAndCureGambit.

** Dracone is poisoned and has the antidote. Hoping to appeal to Marcy's sympathy, he tells her that he'll just let the poison kill him unless Marcy gives him the diamond.

** Dracone poisons Marcy with a potion that gives her power over fire and tells her that she can have the antidote in exchange for the diamond. However, it takes about two seconds before Marcy decides that she's CursedWithAwesome. Dracone tries changing the deal into "if you don't give me the diamond, I'll force you to take the antidote", but he quickly finds himself roasted.

* '''Exploited''': Dracone plans to give Marcy a fake antidote. If Marcy falls for the deal, he'll end up with both having the diamond and his enemy being dead.

* '''Inverted''': Marcy suggests that she give him the diamond in exchange for the antidote.
* '''Subverted''': Dracone poisons Marcy, then tells her he isn't going to give her the antidote.

--> '''Marcy:''' I'll never let you have the diamond, even if it costs me my life!

--> '''Dracone:''' I've poisoned you with Killemall powder-\\
'''Marcy:''' Killemall powder? Even I know the antidote to that.

* '''Justified''': Dracone believes that Marcy is a DirtyCoward that will happily surrender the diamond and let its power fall into wrong hands of it means that she'll live.
* '''Inverted''': Marcy suggests that she give him the diamond in exchange for an antidote.

* '''Parodied''': Dracone poisons Marcy with a potion that gives her power over fire and tells her that she can have the antidote in exchange for the diamond. However, it takes about two seconds before Marcy decides that she's CursedWithAwesome. Dracone tries changing the deal into "if you don't give me the diamond, I'll force you to take the antidote", but he quickly finds himself roasted.

'''Basic Trope''': A character

* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Conversed''': "It's funny how the villains poison heroes and blackmail someone into working for them to get the antidote. Why don't they use fake antidotes?"