Line #22 PlayingWith/ThirdActStupidity


1	'''Basic Trope''': TheHero or the Villain makes a [[IdiotBall stupid move]] late into the story just to help the climax along.
2	* '''Straight''':
3	** TheHero [[StrawberryShorthand I]][[PlayingWithFire chi]][[FieryRedhead go]] has always succeeded thanks to the help of her TrueCompanions, [[DarkMagicalGirl Bu]][[IceQueen dou]] and [[ActionGirl Rin]][[ShockAndAwe go]]. However, when it comes time to confront [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Sangria]], Ichigo insists on confronting her alone.
4	** Queen Sangria is a [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] who has been sending [[MonsterOfTheWeek powerful monsters]] against the heroes and staying well out of harm's way. However, she suddenly decides to confront Ichigo herself for the final showdown.
5	* '''Exaggerated''':
6	** Ichigo has always been a GuileHero and fantastic at planning things beforehand and [[IndyPloy making stuff up on the fly]]. But when it's time for her to confront Queen Sangria, she turns into a complete IdiotHero making TooDumbToLive mistakes.
7	** Queen Sangria has always been incredibly cunning and kept the heroines on their toes, manipulating events to keep them [[DividedWeFall fighting separately]] rather than teaming up against her. But suddenly, she appears before all three to [[EvilGloating gloat about everything she's done]], causing them to team up against her, and decides to take on the trio all at once.
8	* '''Downplayed''':
9	** Ichigo is normally [[invoked]]LawfulGood who realizes that Queen Sangria is not going to allow peace despite being the legal ruler. After giving a royal beating, Ichigo [[LawfulStupid insists Sangria be tried by the courts rather than just ending her there]], leading to the climax where she is assassinated in the court.
10	** Queen Sangria normally does everything to remain innocent in the eyes of the public. After her actions are put forth to the public causing great amounts of civil unrest, she attacks the heroes instead of trying to scavenge her reputation.
11	* '''Justified''':
12	** Ichigo needs to fight Queen Sangria alone BecauseDestinySaysSo, and Sangria has found a way to render Budou and Ringo powerless.
13	** Queen Sangria has been steadily gaining power all this time; to become immortal, she has to slay Ichigo with her own hands so she can suck her soul dry and claim the heroine's magic as her own.
14	* '''Inverted''': Ichigo and Queen Sangria have been an IdiotHero and ineffective villain, respectively, but both suddenly [[TookALevelInBadass take several levels in badass]] before their final confrontation.
15	* '''Subverted''':
16	** Queen Sangria acts like an idiot hero to draw Ichigo into her perfect trap...
17	** Ichigo's friends stay to help her, and Ichigo decides to let them.
18	* '''Double Subverted''': But it turns out that the trap is ineffective, forcing Sangria to fight Ichigo anyway.
19	* '''Parodied''':
20	** Queen Sangria is hit on the head immediately before the grand finale, causing her to become much dumber than previous.
21	** The LemonyNarrator actually declares the beginning of "act three" and explains how the hero needs to act stupid for a while, and [[InteractiveNarrator gives Hiro]] a physical IdiotBall.
22	* '''Zig Zagged''': [[TheHero Ichigo]] and Sangria are both tactical geniuses. But when the climax came around, we lose sight of their ingenuity. In other words, they act like idiots. However, it's actually all part of each plan's to mark the other's downfall. But because their plans contrasted each other, nothing could move, so they had to fight head on anyway. But we soon find out that they don't simply act randomly but in fact ''forcing'' their initial plans to work.
23	* '''Averted''': Neither Ichigo or Sangria make any [[IdiotBall incredibly stupid mistakes]] during their final confrontation.
24	* '''Enforced''':
25	** The writers want to add drama to the GrandFinale by splitting the team up, even though Ichigo wouldn't normally make such a huge tactical error like that.
26	** The writers made Queen Sangria too formidable for the heroes to easily defeat her; having her make a critical mistake is about the only way to even the playing field.
27	* '''Lampshaded''': ???
28	* '''Invoked''':
29	** Aware that Ichigo is almost unstoppable with Budou and Ringo's backup, Queen Sangria teases them with hints that she has a way of neutralizing the other girls' powers. Ichigo then has to decide whether she should take the risk of going it alone or bring them along knowing that the queen could render her friends powerless and slaughter them.
30	** Ichigo taunts Queen Sangria about her "cowardice", trying to provoke her into making a critical mistake like challenging her face-to-face.
31	* '''Exploited''': ???
32	* '''Defied''':
33	** Aware of how it would be foolish to fight Queen Sangria alone, Ichigo insists that Budo and Ringo should come along to make the battle easier.
34	** Aware of how it would be foolish for the villian to put herself in harm's way, Queen Sangria refuses to confont Ichigo personally and simply continues to send more and more monsters until her foes either die or become exhausted from fighting her reserves of mooks.
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39	* '''Discussed''': ???
40	* '''Conversed''': ???
41	* '''Deconstructed''':
42	** Ichigo's bad decision gets her killed. Budou and Ringo are quick to follow, rendering Ichigo's main reason for choosing to go alone -- protecting her friends -- utterly moot.
43	** If Queen Sangra was going to change her mind later, she's out of luck; the instant she decides to confront Ichigo alone, [[TheStarscream Lady Jaded]] takes her chance to seize command, making sure everyone knows ''exactly'' how bad this mistake was. Bad-guy politics are never pretty.
44	* '''Reconstructed''': As Queen Sangria is overpowering Ichigo, she gloats on what a StupidSacrifice she's making, and that her friends will be the next to die. Hearing this triggers Ichigo's HeroicResolve, and she powers through and slays the evil queen.
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48	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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50	%%* '''Implied''': ???
51	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
52	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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