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* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: The shape-shifting villain transforms into one of the hero's loved ones. The hero hesitates to attack them.
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* DeviousDaggers: Knives are commonly viewed as the weapon of a dishonorable fighter, as their shorter blade makes it easier to conceal them for a surprise attack, but also less effective in a straight fight.
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* IAmNotLeftHandedIAmNotLeftHanded: "I was holding back. Now I won't."
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* ByTheHair
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* ByTheHairByTheHair: Pulling (usually long) hair.
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* AgentProvocateurAgentProvocateur: A covert operative whose job is to incite rebellion, entice defectors or goad the enemy into a foolish action.
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* GradualGrinder
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* SelfDefenseRuse: Disguising a murder as an act of self-defense.
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* ScrewTheRulesTheyreNotReal: A character abandons rules they have no external reason to follow.
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* RiggedSpectacleFight: A villain holds a public battle with someone that is tilted in their favor in some way.
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* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Cheating despite having the lead, usually ending in a backfire.
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* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Cheating Cheating, despite having the lead, usually ending in a backfire.
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* AttackTheInjury: Honorable fighters might ignore an injury their opponent has, or refuse to fight them until they're healed. Pragmatic ones exploit the injury to win.
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* BludgeonedToDeath: Ending a fight as quickly as possible by hitting your opponent's heat until they stop moving.
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* BludgeonedToDeath: Ending a fight as quickly as possible by hitting your opponent's heat head until they stop moving.
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* BludgeonedToDeath: Ending a fight as quickly as possible by hitting your opponent's heat until they stop moving.
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* CripplingTheCompetition
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* CripplingTheCompetitionCripplingTheCompetition: Want to ensure you'll win? Just injure your opponent before the fight's even started!
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* ImprovisedWeapon: Why limit yourself to what's in your arsenal? A pragmatic fighter won't hesitate to bash you over the head with any item that's within reach.
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* ImprovisedWeapon: Why limit yourself to what's in your arsenal? bare hands or whatever weapon you brought with you? A pragmatic fighter won't hesitate to bash you over the head with any item that's within reach.
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* TrashTalkTrashTalk: Words can be weapons, and insults in particular can be a surprisingly effective way to manipulate your opponent's mental state if you're dishonorable enough to use them.
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* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: A good guy will stop when their opponent is no longer a threat. A less-good guy
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* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: A good guy will stop when their opponent is no longer a threat. A less-good guy won't.
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* GroinAttack: Hitting someone in the crotch is one of the most iconic (and effective) dirty fighting moves.
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* GroinAttack: Hitting someone in the crotch is one of the most iconic (and effective) dirty fighting moves.moves, to the point where "low blow" is practically synonymous with dishonorable combat.
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* ImprovisedWeapon
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ISurrenderSuckers: Lulling your enemies into a false sense of security by pretending to surrender.
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* ManBitesMan
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* ManBitesManManBitesMan: If someone bites their opponent, you know that they're either very nasty, or very desperate.
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* PoisonIsEvil
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* PoisonIsEvilPoisonIsEvil: If someone uses poison, you can bet that they're probably not the nicest character in the show.
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* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Cheating despite having the lead.
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* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Cheating despite having the lead.lead, usually ending in a backfire.
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* ConfusionFu
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* ConfusionFuConfusionFu: An unorthodox fighting style.
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* DickDastardlyStopsToCheatDickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Cheating despite having the lead.
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* GoLookAtTheDistraction
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* DefensiveFeintTrapDefensiveFeintTrap: Luring an enemy into an ambush by feigning weakness or retreat.
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* ExploitedImmunityExploitedImmunity: Taking advantage of your own immunity to something to screw your opponent over badly.
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* LookBehindYouLookBehindYou: The oldest trick in the book.
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* VictoryByEndurance: Winning by tiring an enemy out before moving in and taking them down.
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* BoulderBludgeon- Pragmatic fighters may be willing to use rocks as weapons.
* BulletproofHumanShield - Using an enemy (or a friend or InnocentBystander, for ''really'' nasty bad guys) as cover against another enemy
* BuriedInAPileOfCorpses - Using one or more dead bodies to hide yourself so you can attack
* BulletproofHumanShield - Using an enemy (or a friend or InnocentBystander, for ''really'' nasty bad guys) as cover against another enemy
* BuriedInAPileOfCorpses - Using one or more dead bodies to hide yourself so you can attack
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* BoulderBludgeon- BoulderBludgeon: Pragmatic fighters may be willing to use rocks as weapons.
*BulletproofHumanShield - BulletproofHumanShield: Using an enemy (or a friend or InnocentBystander, for ''really'' nasty bad guys) as cover against another enemy
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* CombatPragmatist - Someone who does whatever it takes to win a fight, most likely including many of the tricks on this page.
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* CombatPragmatist - CombatPragmatist: Someone who does whatever it takes to win a fight, most likely including many of the tricks on this page.
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* GoForTheEye - The eye gouge is a favored tactic of the more lethal dirty fighter.
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* GroinAttack - Hitting someone in the crotch is one of the most iconic (and effective) dirty fighting moves.
* HammerspaceHair - When used to hide sharp objects, especially common in RealLife.
* AHandfulForAnEye - The time-honored trick of giving your foe an amateur optometry checkup with some nearby dirt or sand.
* HammerspaceHair - When used to hide sharp objects, especially common in RealLife.
* AHandfulForAnEye - The time-honored trick of giving your foe an amateur optometry checkup with some nearby dirt or sand.
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* GroinAttack - GroinAttack: Hitting someone in the crotch is one of the most iconic (and effective) dirty fighting moves.
*HammerspaceHair - HammerspaceHair: When used to hide sharp objects, especially common in RealLife.
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* KnowsTheRopes - KnowsTheRopes: Rope is a time-honored component of traps and arena manipulation.
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* ScrewTheRulesTheyBrokeThemFirst - ScrewTheRulesTheyBrokeThemFirst: When a victim of dirty play retaliates this way
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->'''Raven:''' Aren't ninja supposed to "fight with honor" and all that?\\
'''Ninja:''' Nah, you're thinking of samurai. Ninja kill silently from the darkness.
-->-- ''Webcomic/TheLastDaysOfFoxhound''
Not every character fights like the KnightInShiningArmor. Dirty fighting is a staple of many genres. Its regular appearance can mark a work as [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism more serious, 'gritty' and realistic]] (not to mention DarkerAndEdgier, or even worse, BloodierAndGorier).
There are lots of ways to work more 'resourceful' combatants into scenes and stories, but the key to good dirty fighting is twofold: [[CombatPragmatist a willingness on the part of the fighters to use whatever is available to them]] in combat, and a willingness to use [[ManipulativeBastard psychological]] [[TrashTalk tricks]] in order to gain the upper hand. Inventive tactics and an ability to improvise are naturally assets. The best examples of series taking this approach to heart will see characters [[FakingTheDead play possum]], [[MindScrew play head games]], and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown play hardball as soon as things get close]]. Anything goes in a real fight, after all.
That the contents within are TruthInTelevision goes without saying.
For dirty fighting without the actual fighting, see DirtySocialTricks. See also DistractionTropes.
!!Sub-Tropes include:
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* AerosolFlamethrower
* BoozeFlamethrower
* BoulderBludgeon- Pragmatic fighters may be willing to use rocks as weapons.
* BulletproofHumanShield - Using an enemy (or a friend or InnocentBystander, for ''really'' nasty bad guys) as cover against another enemy
* BuriedInAPileOfCorpses - Using one or more dead bodies to hide yourself so you can attack
* ByTheHair
* CombatPragmatist - Someone who does whatever it takes to win a fight, most likely including many of the tricks on this page.
* ConfusionFu
* ConvenientlyTimedDistraction
* CripplingTheCompetition
* DecoyGetaway
* DeliberatelyJumpingTheGun
* DefensiveFeintTrap
* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat
* ExploitedImmunity
* FakingTheDead
* FiveAcesCheater
* GoFetch
* GoForTheEye - The eye gouge is a favored tactic of the more lethal dirty fighter.
* GoLookAtTheDistraction
* GradualGrinder
* GroinAttack - Hitting someone in the crotch is one of the most iconic (and effective) dirty fighting moves.
* HammerspaceHair - When used to hide sharp objects, especially common in RealLife.
* AHandfulForAnEye - The time-honored trick of giving your foe an amateur optometry checkup with some nearby dirt or sand.
* HeyCatch
* HeyYouHaymaker
* IAmNotLeftHanded
* ImprovisedWeapon
* InTheBack
** BackStab
* ISurrenderSuckers
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown
* {{Kneecapping}}
* KnowsTheRopes - Rope is a time-honored component of traps and arena manipulation.
* LookBehindYou
* ManBitesMan
* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught
* PoisonIsEvil
* ScrewTheRulesTheyBrokeThemFirst - When a victim of dirty play retaliates this way
* StandardFemaleGrabArea
* TalkToTheFist - Smacking (or shooting) somebody mid-speech.
* Many of UsefulNotes/TheThirtySixStratagems qualify.
* ThrowingTheDistraction
* TrapMaster
* TrashTalk
* UnnecessaryRoughness
* WeNeedADistraction and all subtropes
* WeightedGloves
[[/index]]
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'''Ninja:''' Nah, you're thinking of samurai. Ninja kill silently from the darkness.
-->-- ''Webcomic/TheLastDaysOfFoxhound''
Not every character fights like the KnightInShiningArmor. Dirty fighting is a staple of many genres. Its regular appearance can mark a work as [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism more serious, 'gritty' and realistic]] (not to mention DarkerAndEdgier, or even worse, BloodierAndGorier).
There are lots of ways to work more 'resourceful' combatants into scenes and stories, but the key to good dirty fighting is twofold: [[CombatPragmatist a willingness on the part of the fighters to use whatever is available to them]] in combat, and a willingness to use [[ManipulativeBastard psychological]] [[TrashTalk tricks]] in order to gain the upper hand. Inventive tactics and an ability to improvise are naturally assets. The best examples of series taking this approach to heart will see characters [[FakingTheDead play possum]], [[MindScrew play head games]], and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown play hardball as soon as things get close]]. Anything goes in a real fight, after all.
That the contents within are TruthInTelevision goes without saying.
For dirty fighting without the actual fighting, see DirtySocialTricks. See also DistractionTropes.
!!Sub-Tropes include:
[[index]]
* AerosolFlamethrower
* BoozeFlamethrower
* BoulderBludgeon- Pragmatic fighters may be willing to use rocks as weapons.
* BulletproofHumanShield - Using an enemy (or a friend or InnocentBystander, for ''really'' nasty bad guys) as cover against another enemy
* BuriedInAPileOfCorpses - Using one or more dead bodies to hide yourself so you can attack
* ByTheHair
* CombatPragmatist - Someone who does whatever it takes to win a fight, most likely including many of the tricks on this page.
* ConfusionFu
* ConvenientlyTimedDistraction
* CripplingTheCompetition
* DecoyGetaway
* DeliberatelyJumpingTheGun
* DefensiveFeintTrap
* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat
* ExploitedImmunity
* FakingTheDead
* FiveAcesCheater
* GoFetch
* GoForTheEye - The eye gouge is a favored tactic of the more lethal dirty fighter.
* GoLookAtTheDistraction
* GradualGrinder
* GroinAttack - Hitting someone in the crotch is one of the most iconic (and effective) dirty fighting moves.
* HammerspaceHair - When used to hide sharp objects, especially common in RealLife.
* AHandfulForAnEye - The time-honored trick of giving your foe an amateur optometry checkup with some nearby dirt or sand.
* HeyCatch
* HeyYouHaymaker
* IAmNotLeftHanded
* ImprovisedWeapon
* InTheBack
** BackStab
* ISurrenderSuckers
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown
* {{Kneecapping}}
* KnowsTheRopes - Rope is a time-honored component of traps and arena manipulation.
* LookBehindYou
* ManBitesMan
* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught
* PoisonIsEvil
* ScrewTheRulesTheyBrokeThemFirst - When a victim of dirty play retaliates this way
* StandardFemaleGrabArea
* TalkToTheFist - Smacking (or shooting) somebody mid-speech.
* Many of UsefulNotes/TheThirtySixStratagems qualify.
* ThrowingTheDistraction
* TrapMaster
* TrashTalk
* UnnecessaryRoughness
* WeNeedADistraction and all subtropes
* WeightedGloves
[[/index]]
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