circumstantially obliged to use their wits rather than brute force. Often used to give The Smart Guy or the Badass Normal A Day in the Limelight , showing how they can defeat the villains without super powers or incredible fighting skill. Can be subverted by having the minions be too slick to fall for that trap. Examples open/close all folders Anime One of Relena Darlian 's specialities. Early in the story she convinced a certain Hitman with a Heart with a gun to not shoot her to death... and then she roped him into dancing with her at a high-class party! Attempted by Kagome Higurashi from Inu Yasha , when she was kidnapped by Manten and Hiten. Wh8ile she didn't manage to get them to release her, she did manage to keep herself alive until Inuyasha came to fight them. Comic Books When Quinton Zempfester is imprisoned by trolls in Thieves & Kings , he talks his way out by excitedly greeting one of the trolls as the spy sent to free him, thus creating suspicion among the other trolls that he actually is a spy, and setting in motion a self-fulfilling prophecy, as the hapless troll finds that he is doomed to torture for his imaginary spy secrets if he does not go rogue and flee immediately. Rather than face this fugitive fate alone, Quinton offers the troll his assistance, if released, and the two make a break for it together. In X-Men Unlimited # 47 , Cyclops wakes