| abstract | - Mwahahaha! Oh, you poor foolish fool! Did you actually believe you'd get a straightforward trope description when you clicked on the link? Well, I Lied! You've played right into my Xanatos Gambit, now you have no choice but to read through all of my Evil Gloating as I Hannibal Lecture you into tears! Mwahaha! What? You mean you actually believed me when I promised you'd get a trope description? Oh, that's rich! I didn't think you were such a Horrible Judge of Character! (I mean, I thought the glowing red eyes would be a huge tip off.) Oh, don't feel too bad, you aren't the only one to become a willing Unwitting Pawn and errand boy with naught but a sweet story about "lofty goals". You should feel honored to be so used! Mwahaha-- What do you mean, "Shut up"? No! uh... You shut up! ... Well, yes, my whole plan did sort of hinge on you doing something I didn't think you'd do... What? No! That does not make my whole plan a Gambit Roulette! You take that back! Or I'll... uh... *smoke bomb!* Anyway. Stock phrase used by treacherous allies, mentors, and villains once they double cross the hero and have him at their mercy. This is often followed by declarations of sneering contempt for the hero's idealistic moral code and/or extended mockery of the hero for being gullible enough to trust the villain's promises, naive enough to think that the villain sincerely intended to cooperate toward a common goal, dumb enough to get manipulated into providing the villain with aid or equipment, etc. Often used as part of Evil Gloating and Trash Talk. Expect the hero to respond with "Shut Up Hannibal!" Examples: /
* In Liar Game, Fukunaga says this fairly often after tricking other players. Granted, this is the Liar Game, a 'game where you lie' so he's probably justified in questioning the other players sanity when they believe his lies again.
* In Bleach the Big Bad often once said: Since when were you under the impression that I wasn't using my Zanpakuto?
* Taking all of Aizen's monologues together, this comes close to being his Catch Phrase after a while, mostly reacting to the many, many, many attacks he pulls a No Sell on.
* Also done, in a less-Magnificent Bastard way, by Yammy with his meme-tastic line "Who said the Espada went from one to ten?.
* Then there's chapter 414, with Laser-Guided Karma delivered by Ichimaru Gin who out-chessed The Chessmaster, while avoiding his "boss"'s Complexity Addiction with an simple watch-and-wait strategy for the better part of a century. Unfortunately, Gin promptly learns he was the victim of a Xanatos Gambit, as Aizen actually counted on being out-chessed by Gin to reach the next stage of his development...and somehow Aizen has become broken enough to survive being disintegrated from the inside out.
* Rare heroic example from Pokémon Special. "Do you think I asked Rono to break Sharpedo's fangs in order to defend myself? I was actually planning to do something else! I grabbed the broken fangs while you weren't looking, and used them to make holes in the window!" In all its glory. This is why you never count out a Nature Heroine while she still has a pulse.
* FAKE gives us the following hilarious exchange as Dee puts the moves on his partner Ryo:
* Used briliantly by Magnificent Bastard Askeladd in Vinland Saga, when his men turn against him to save their own hides against an army they could never defeat.
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