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* For the game show involving blackjack, see [[Series/{{Gambit}} here]]. For the comic book character, see [[ComicBook/{{Gambit}} here]].
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No potholing trope names.
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* [[IMeantToDoThat Beale Gambit]]
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* If the plan involves fooling your enemies into fighting each other, it's PlayingBothSides
** If the goal as such is to weaken them so you can eliminate them later, it's DivideAndConquer.
** If the goal is to make money and/or gain amusement from the conflict, it's WarForFunAndProfit.
** If the goal as such is to weaken them so you can eliminate them later, it's DivideAndConquer.
** If the goal is to make money and/or gain amusement from the conflict, it's WarForFunAndProfit.
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* If things do go wrong, but the person keeps adjusting things so that Plan-A works anyway, s/he's playing XanatosSpeedChess.
* If the plan involves predicting one's actions based on his/her character and planning accordingly, then it's a BatmanGambit.
* If the plan involves predicting one's actions based on his/her character and planning accordingly, then it's a BatmanGambit.
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* If things do go wrong, but the person keeps adjusting things the plan so that Plan-A it works anyway, s/he's playing XanatosSpeedChess.
* If the plan involves predictingone's someone's actions based on his/her character and planning accordingly, then it's a BatmanGambit.
* If the plan involves predicting
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* If the plan involves the victim knowing you have a plan and thinking they know how to beat that plan, then it's a KansasCityShuffle.
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* If the plan involves the victim knowing you have a plan and but thinking it's a different one that they know how to beat that plan, beat, then it's a KansasCityShuffle.
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* If the reputation of someone who is already dead is besmirched instead of someone living, that's a DeceasedFallGuyGambit.
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* If it besmirches the reputation of someone who is already dead is besmirched instead of someone living, that's a DeceasedFallGuyGambit.
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* If someone actually sees all the plans, then that person can sometimes TakeAThirdOption.
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* If someone actually sees foresees all the plans, then that person can sometimes TakeAThirdOption.
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* If the plan involves someone injuring themselves in order play on someone's sympathies to gain an advantage, that's a WoundedGazelleGambit.
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* If the plan involves someone injuring themselves in order to play on someone's sympathies to gain an advantage, that's a WoundedGazelleGambit.
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* If some or all of the above gambits are used by different characters trying to manipulate each other at the same time, then it's a GambitPileup
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* If some or all of the above gambits are used by different characters trying to manipulate each other at the same time, then it's a GambitPileupGambitPileup.
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* However if there is no plan and you are really just making it up as you go along, that's the IndyPloy
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* However if there is no plan and you are really just making it up as you go along, that's the IndyPloyIndyPloy.
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* BastardUnderstudy
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** BastardUnderstudy
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Indexing The Puppet Cuts His Strings
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Removing the failures from the gambit section and adding their descriptions to the proper section, because if they aren\'t planned for and aren\'t accounted for in either Xanatos Gambit or Xanatos Speed Chess, or even Gambit Roulette, then they have no part being being in that section. Simply put - they aren\'t gambits in and of themselves.
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* If someone ruins the plan by accident, that person is a SpannerInTheWorks.
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* If someone ruins the good guys' attempt against the EvilPlan by doing something very minor, they are an UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom.
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**UnwittingInstigatorOfDoomUnwittingInstigatorOfDoom - where someone ruins the good guys' attempt against the EvilPlan by doing something very minor
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All According To Plan isn\'t an actual gambit - it\'s only a saying invoked when the planner\'s schemes work.
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* To let others know that your plan is on track, say AllAccordingToPlan.
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* If you're at the mercy of a stronger foe, but manage to convince them to keep you alive, that's a ScheherezadeGambit.
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* If you're at the mercy of a stronger foe, but manage to convince stay alive by keeping them to keep you alive, amused, that's a ScheherezadeGambit.
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* If the plan involves the victim knowing you have ''a'' plan, but guessing wrong about what ''the'' plan is, then it's a KansasCityShuffle.
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* If the plan involves the victim knowing you have ''a'' a plan and thinking they know how to beat that plan, but guessing wrong about what ''the'' plan is, then it's a KansasCityShuffle.
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* If the plan involves not knowing the plan, though there is still definitely a plan, then it's a MemoryGambit.
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* If the plan involves you not knowing the plan, though there is still definitely a plan, then it's a MemoryGambit.MemoryGambit.
* If the plan involves the victim knowing you have ''a'' plan, but guessing wrong about what ''the'' plan is, then it's a KansasCityShuffle.
* If the plan involves the victim knowing you have ''a'' plan, but guessing wrong about what ''the'' plan is, then it's a KansasCityShuffle.
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!! Gambits:
* BurningTheShips
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* Thanks to the UnspokenPlanGuarantee, it's likely your plan will succeed or fail (or just not go as planned) depending on whether you keep it quiet or explain it all.
** But even this can be averted with the UnfoldingPlanMontage.
** But even this can be averted with the UnfoldingPlanMontage.
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* If the plan hinges on the planner's apparent defeat or failure, then resulting in a positive outcome, then it's a FailureGambit.
** If someone plans to fail, and accidentally succeeds--in other words, they ''fail to fail'', then it's SpringtimeForHitler.
** If someone plans to fail, and accidentally succeeds--in other words, they ''fail to fail'', then it's SpringtimeForHitler.
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* ConMan
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* GentlemanThief
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* However if there is no plan and you are really just making it up as you go along, that's the IndyPloy
