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ThatFanwiththeGlasses
Since: May, 2014
29th Sep, 2023 11:53:14 PM
Depending on context, this could fall under Screw the Rules, They Broke Them First! or Screw the Rules, They're Not Real!.
Logic, my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority.
An Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist is planning on cheating at a competition, only to discover he doesn't have the advantage because everyone else is cheating too (thus it once again is a real competition, to see who's the best cheater). Or, a group of people have an uneasy agreement and the protagonist plans on breaking it, only to discover everyone else is also breaking it.
A variation - the protagonist undergoes Character Development and abandons his cheating ways before the proper competition, only to get beaten by everyone else who didn't.