Scheherazade Gambit: Difference between revisions

** You'd think Cell would have learned his lesson; instead, he gives Our Heroes the perfect opening to turn this gambit around on HIM when he gives them time to prepare for the Cell Games.

* In ''[[Code Geass]]'', Lelouch is cornered by {{spoiler|[[Tyke Bomb]] Rolo but Lelouch manages to talk Rolo into letting him live by offering to give up C.C. and for Rolo to ''[[Becoming the Mask|really becoming his brother]]'' setting up a [[Kansas City Shuffle]].}} He agrees in hopes of killing both C.C. and Lelouch later giving Lelouch a chance to live another day. Which Lelouch [[Xanatos Gambit|takes full advantage of]].

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* In ''[[Halo]]: Uprising'', Colonel Ackerson convinces the Covenant not to blast Cleveland from orbit by making up an artifact called the "Key of Osanalan" which he told them was hidden somewhere in the city.

* [[Darkseid]] once appeared in the book ''[[Young Justice (comics)|Young Justice]]'', where he attempted to turn the ghost-girl Secret into a protege. When this failed, he angrily used his Omega Effects to restore her to life, leaving her a perfectly normal teenaged girl with no powers or abilities. [[I Just Want to Be Normal|This happened to be exactly what she wanted the most in her life, and she wisely decided not to tell him that.]]

 

== [[Film]] ==

** The 'first wife betrayed him, he'll kill his new wife at dawn' part was in the original.

* In ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'', Andy Dufresne manages not to be thrown off the prison roof by a furious [[The Brute|Captain Byron T. Hadley]] by convincing Hadley that he can help him dodge the taxman.

 

== Jokes ==

* A man was facing the firing squad and said "Can I have one last request? I've always liked singing, so I'd like to sing one last song." The captain decides it's a reasonable request and nods. The condemned man clears his throat and sings "One thousand and one bottles of beer on the wall, one thousand and one bottles of beer...."

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* Keturah Reeve of ''Keturah and Lord Death'' meets Death, come to claim her life, after she becomes lost in a forest. She persuades him to grant her a reprieve by putting her storytelling skills to use in the fashion of this trope, winning herself a number of extra days by drawing out the story (although it becomes clear that Death is already inclined to be generous; on one of the nights he comes for her, Keturah doesn't have a story prepared but is allowed another day anyhow).

 

* ''[[Star Trek]]'': In "The Squire of Gothos", Kirk convinces Trelane to spare him because it would be more fun to [[Hunting the Most Dangerous Game|Hunt The Most Dangerous Game]].

* In too many episodes to list, [[Doctor Who|the Doctor]], with an enemy poised to kill him, starts thinking out loud about how to escape. The villain is so mesmerized by the process that he's allowed to keep going until he comes up with an idea.

'''Robin Hood:''' I don't care who you are. }}

 

* [[We Will Rock You]], based on the music of Queen, has an opening scrawl where Brian May was about to be executed, but was allowed to play one last solo first. Two days later, they executed him.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* ''[[Spider and Web]]'' puts the player in the position of doing this.

* A ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' game has Jack Sparrow's allies betray him the second the tutorial level is beaten. The majority of the game is his story of what ''really'' happened, which he's telling the executioners as he is about to be hanged. (It is, of course, [[Blatant Lies]].)

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* ''[[How I Killed Your Master]]'' - "It is simple, Chan Sen. You can kill me and avenge your master, or you can listen to me and surpass him.

* In ''[[Last Res0rt]]'', this is the relationship between Veled and Jigsaw in a nutshell. [http://www.lastres0rt.com/2009/12/too-easy/ Veled even nicknames her "Punchline".]

** Later on, Jigsaw finds out (via Melody and Binary) that because she's already on the reality show, she's too high profile for them to let her die (since either her death will arouse suspicion, or won't be able to be covered up).

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* Done in one ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode where Stewie was the king of England, and his entertainers simulated television. When you get canceled, you get ''canceled''.

* Used in an episode of ''[[American Dad]]'' by Roger, pretending to be a woman in Saudi Arabia. Done to get out of sex.

 

== [[Real Life]] ==

 

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