Raditz pulls this off at the very beginning of Dragonball Z (and, conversely, in Dragon Ball Kai as well), when Goku gets a hold of his tail.Unfortunately for Tao, Goku deflects it right back at him. In Dragon Ball, Tao Pai Pai (Mercenary/General Tao) does this when he's losing his rematch against Goku - following up his "surrender" by throwing a grenade.The second time is when she tries to do the same trick to him, "surrendering" - to which he pretends to "accept", only to once again suckerpunch her. He then requests that Oukijn allow him to do a wood fortune reading for Dakki's future, which turns out to be a trick so that he can set fire to her Hagoromo. The first time, he pretends to give up fighting, saying that she's too strong for him, and laments about how he should have been loyal to Dakki. Taikoubou from Houshin Engi does exactly this when fighting Oukijn.Also, in the second version of the anime, the Ice-Alchemist surrenders to the military - and then he transmutes steam and escapes.In the first Fullmetal Alchemist anime, the Lior plot has Ed willingly surrender to Cornello, knowing that Cornello was clueless enough to underestimate him and Al, leaving open many opportunities to escape and defeat the false prophet.Notably, the De Danaan's captain and crew are aware of the risk and take precautions, but even in spite of that Gauron manages to cause a whole lot of trouble with his ploy. In the anime Full Metal Panic, Big Bad Gauron surrenders and intentionally allows himself to be captured as part of a Plan to infiltrate and take control of the Tuatha De Danaan.He's simply trying bluffing or reason (it's ambiguous) on the wrong people. Except in the manga, where the point was that nobody there knows who he is.Everyone knows who he is, and that's probably why. Wounded Gazelle Gambit is similar, but even more cowardly. This, however, isn't absolute: after someone surrenders and is taken into custody, attempts to escape and generally cause problems are expected and not illegal, the understanding being that if the captors can't keep control of their prisoners, that's their own damn fault.Ĭompare Defensive Feint Trap and Aggressive Negotiations. The flag of truce is a protected symbol and its misuse in war is against international law. Note that in Real Life, this is a genuine war crime since the Hague Convention (signed before World War One) fake surrenders are "perfidy" because they discourage the opposition from accepting genuine surrenders. This is the exact opposite of the Graceful Loser. Often he must rely on The Mole to break him out of his prison, though sometimes he can manage this on his own. One variation involves the one surrendering intentionally allowing himself to be captured in order to undermine the enemy from within. This move may let them completely blow away the opposition, or it may only provide enough confusion to allow a timely escape, depending on just how badly taken in the opposition was. They surrender.Įxcept, when the offer is accepted - surprise! They launch an attack when the opposition drops their guard. This trope is used by both villains and Badass heroes or Anti-heroes, particularly the loner action-hero kind. Azula, Avatar: The Last Airbender, "The Chase"
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