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In short, it's a "Through gritted teeth, one of us ''will'' have our way, and neither of us are backing down" situation.

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In short, it's a "Through gritted teeth, one of us ''will'' have our way, and neither of us are backing down" situation.
situation, and neither will take the hint that the other is trying to convey.
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* ''Series/HappyDays'', "Kiss Me, Teach": Joanie gets in a bit too over her head when a burly student gets clingy with her at a run-down public school. She tries to use her authority as a teacher to get the student to back off, escalating further and further into anger, but the student doesn't get the hint as he closes and locks the classroom door, and also closes the window blinds. Tension mounts as he approaches her, then finally forces himself upon her. It's only with the timely arrival of Fonzie that the student finally gets the idea, and throws himself out of the (non-ground-floor) window in fear.
--> '''Fonz:''' [[NobodyCanDie It's all right, they'll get him when they pull down the flag.]]
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** "The Substitute Spanish Prisoner": A case of Scenario 1: When Peggy gets a bit too full of herself after taking an online IQ test to restore her confidence, she gets involved in a seminar, where she gains a PhD. Unfortunately, the seminar presenter, Dr. Robert Vayzosa, is a con artist, and has taken the Hill's retirement money, along with the other seminar attendees, and the PhD she got from the seminar is a phony. Peggy, along with the attendees, set up a false horse-racing ring scam to try to retrieve their stolen money (with some of the attendees in another room, acting as if they're at the local racetrack), and invite Vayzosa. Everything seems to be going well, and Vayzosa seems to be winning more and more money, until he suddenly decides to cordially cash out. Peggy tries her best to convince Vayzosa to stay (so his final bet makes him lose all of the money), but as he reveals later, he knew the whole setup was fake, and he leaves with the cash anyway. However, Vayzosa loses the money when he puts it into a closet safe that he thinks belongs to the hotel, that Peggy and Boomhauer abscond with, when he closes the closet door and is distracted by Hank confronting him.

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** "The Substitute Spanish Prisoner": A case of Scenario 1: When Peggy gets a bit too full of herself after taking an online IQ test to restore her confidence, she gets involved in a seminar, where she gains a PhD.[=PhD=]. Unfortunately, the seminar presenter, Dr. Robert Vayzosa, is a con artist, and has taken the Hill's retirement money, along with the other seminar attendees, and the PhD [=PhD=] she got from the seminar is a phony. Peggy, along with the attendees, set up a false horse-racing ring scam to try to retrieve their stolen money (with some of the attendees in another room, acting as if they're at the local racetrack), and invite Vayzosa. Everything seems to be going well, and Vayzosa seems to be winning more and more money, until he suddenly decides to cordially cash out. Peggy tries her best to convince Vayzosa to stay (so his final bet makes him lose all of the money), but as he reveals later, he knew the whole setup was fake, and he leaves with the cash anyway. However, Vayzosa loses the money when he puts it into a closet safe that he thinks belongs to the hotel, that Peggy and Boomhauer abscond with, when he closes the closet door and is distracted by Hank confronting him.
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Compare PolitenessJudo, where it's this trope, but is more-or-less one-sided. Also Compare ThatWasntARequest, where, again, one side will just dispense altogether with the pleasantries. (Sometimes this trope will even be entangled with the Judo) See ComicallyMissingThePoint when one of them doesn't follow the thread of conflict between the two parties, and DramaticallyMissingThePoint, where the person may similarly (and vocally) ignore any attempts at subterfuge. If one party's Subterfuge Judo is good enough, it may [[MortonsFork back the other party into a corner such that there is no escape.]] If such, or if the situation is that desperate, the party who is on the worse receiving end of the imposition may be AintTooProudToBeg.

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Compare PolitenessJudo, where it's this trope, but is more-or-less one-sided. Also Compare ThatWasntARequest, ThatWasntARequest or EuphemismBuster, where, again, one side will just dispense altogether with the pleasantries. (Sometimes this trope either or even both tropes will even be entangled with the Judo) See ComicallyMissingThePoint when one of them doesn't follow the thread of conflict between the two parties, and DramaticallyMissingThePoint, where the person may similarly (and vocally) ignore any attempts at subterfuge. If one party's Subterfuge Judo is good enough, it may [[MortonsFork back the other party into a corner such that there is no escape.]] If such, or if the situation is that desperate, the party who is on the worse receiving end of the imposition may be AintTooProudToBeg.
AintTooProudToBeg.
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** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E1TheTimeWarrior The Time Warrior]]": A case of Scenario 2: Linx, a Sontaran, has crash-landed on Earth in the Middle Ages, and has abducted several scientists from the 20th century to not only repair his spacecraft, but also provide weapons for Baron Irongron, one of which is a self-contained robotic suit of armor. Later, when the Doctor starts to put in-place a plan to rescue the scientists, he decides to use a second revision of the armor as a distraction. The Doctor, under the guise of an artificially-intelligent/voiced version, had planned to go into the main chambers of the castle and quickly leave, but as the Doctor tries to make up excuses on why he must leave Irongron is insistent on the "robot" staying, to test how strong it is, and its fighting prowess. Unfortunately, this means Irongron is hot to up the ante in his own favor. The Doctor is only too happy to provide some [[DeadpanSnarker snark]] about how Irongron is taking it too far, blowing his cover. However, this isn't as bad as it sounds:

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** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E1TheTimeWarrior The Time Warrior]]": A case of Scenario 2: Linx, a Sontaran, has crash-landed on Earth in the Middle Ages, and has abducted several scientists from the 20th century to not only repair his spacecraft, but also provide weapons for Baron Irongron, one of which is a self-contained robotic suit of armor. Later, when the Doctor starts to put in-place a plan to rescue the scientists, he decides to use a second revision of the armor as a distraction. The Doctor, under the guise of an artificially-intelligent/voiced version, had planned to go into the main chambers of the castle and quickly leave, but as the Doctor tries to make up excuses on why he must leave leave, Irongron is insistent on the "robot" staying, to test how strong it is, and its fighting prowess. Unfortunately, this means Irongron is hot to up the ante in his own favor. The Doctor is only too happy to provide some [[DeadpanSnarker snark]] about how Irongron is taking it too far, blowing his cover. However, this isn't as bad as it sounds:
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** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E1TheTimeWarrior The Time Warrior]]": A case of Scenario 2: Linx, a Sontaran, has crash-landed on Earth in the Middle Ages, and has abducted several scientists from the 20th century to not only repair his spacecraft, but also provide weapons for Baron Irongron, one of which is a self-contained robotic suit of armor. Later, when the Doctor starts to put in-place a plan to rescue the scientists, he decides to use a second revision of the armor as a distraction. The Doctor, under the guise of an artificially-intelligent/voiced version, had planned to go into the main chambers of the castle and quickly leave, but as the Doctor tries to make up excuses on why he must leave Irongron is insistent on the "robot" staying, to test how strong it is, and its fighting prowess. Unfortunately, this means Irongron is hot to up the ante in his own favor. The Doctor is only too happy to provide some [[snark DeadpanSnarker]] about how Irongron is taking it too far, blowing his cover. However, this isn't as bad as it sounds:

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** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E1TheTimeWarrior The Time Warrior]]": A case of Scenario 2: Linx, a Sontaran, has crash-landed on Earth in the Middle Ages, and has abducted several scientists from the 20th century to not only repair his spacecraft, but also provide weapons for Baron Irongron, one of which is a self-contained robotic suit of armor. Later, when the Doctor starts to put in-place a plan to rescue the scientists, he decides to use a second revision of the armor as a distraction. The Doctor, under the guise of an artificially-intelligent/voiced version, had planned to go into the main chambers of the castle and quickly leave, but as the Doctor tries to make up excuses on why he must leave Irongron is insistent on the "robot" staying, to test how strong it is, and its fighting prowess. Unfortunately, this means Irongron is hot to up the ante in his own favor. The Doctor is only too happy to provide some [[snark DeadpanSnarker]] [[DeadpanSnarker snark]] about how Irongron is taking it too far, blowing his cover. However, this isn't as bad as it sounds:

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