The Authority were engaged in a battle with psychotic super-soldiers engineered by the government at one point, and their resident Badass, the Midnighter, was trapped under some rubble and about to be obliterated by one of them.The captors may end up lamenting that they Forgot to Gag Him. It also a common tactic used by the Guile Hero, Defiant Captive, and Damsel out of Distress. It could be a A Day in the Limelight, showing how they can win battles without super powers or incredible fighting skill. Often used to give The Smart Guy or The Face or The Social Expert an awesome moment. This is the main method of escape for characters who are locked up well and good, and contractually or circumstantially obliged to use their wits rather than brute force. Group dissolves, character escapes, plan fails. Occasionally The Leader of the group will catch on to The Plan, but it's usually too little, too late at that point. Smart captors almost never fall for this. The resulting dissension and infighting allows them to escape in the confusion. The captors never stop to think that they're being played for chumps, or wonder if the character has anything to gain by starting a power struggle.
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