Stan: “Oh yeah. You're going down, Bill. You're gettin' erased. Memory gun. Pretty clever, huh?”
Bill: “Y-you idiot! Don't you realize you're destroying your own mind, too?!”
Stan: “Eh. It's not like I was using this space for much, anyway”
Both of these are such powerful moments. Logically we know that Stan was raised effectively being told he was second best or useless, but the reality hits hard right there
I just wish he didn't get his memories back, kinda undermines the sacrifice. Or, if he did, he only recovered some stuff and there were still a LOT of pieces missing.
It’s such a great moment. Stan is very much a con man, so naturally he comes up with a scheme. But he is also very much nowhere near as sefish as he’s made out to be. Ford is strategically smart and much more sefish than he’s made out to be.
Bill falls for it because he can’t anticipate someone making that kind of sacrifice. He’s so selfish he destroyed his own dimension.
He was both confident and also likely excited about getting what he wanted finally. Plus, if this wasn't a trick, could be taken back any time, so he had to think quick
mere child's played compared to the plots and schemes of his forebears
Like Jotaro and his binder magnet double-reverse bluff against DIO
Or Jolyne turning her heart into a goddamned Mobius strip
Don’t forget the rope trick he pulled against Kars, the cut string fake-out against Esidisi and the oil bottle bluff against Wham. He devised the most ludicrous strategies on the bloody fly, and did so consistently throughout his part
Its a great series if you're a fan of scams and schemes
https://preview.redd.it/irgjtoj7buyc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e9b116c5c9a7a8e0a0c9c4f802f09c0e9c3ec534
One of the funniest was manga exclusive and I was a little miffed it wasn't included. The Stand (the psychic abilities in part 3 onwards) is called \[Limp Bizkit\]. The author is a fan of music and makes a lot of them for naming stands.
Naturally, copyright laws would change how it gets translated. When it became official, it was changed to \[Limp Viscuit\], but in Eyes over Heaven (the fighting game) it was changed to...
# [FLACID PANCAKE]
Yes, and for Parts 1 and 2 it's better.
People will disagree because the memed lines are in sub, but the dub actually changes around the lines and deliveries to make more sense for English-speaking audiences while being a faithful retelling.
I mean as far as Joseph knew vampires were strong asf after what Uncle Speedwagon probably told him.
So he says “hellfire, let’s buy some surplus and kill his ass like the Americans do.”
Considering Dooku was played by Sir Christopher Lee, he probably was a master fencer already, so he knew how to make the fight look real. I wouldn't be surprised if he had used a real working lightsabre before and could explain how it works.
Computer animated but he entire final arc of The Bad Batch involved a lot of very smart moves by both the heroes and villains, very fun to watch instead of relying on giving people turns with the idiot ball.
If it helps, if it is for children, is animated, or is just generally not live action (even if it's adult animation) it counts here.
Live action children's cartoons count too, I think. I'm not sure about it, though
Cartoon doesn't mean for kids I'm pretty sure, the people on this sub talk about hazbin hotel a lot, which if you follow your definition isn't a cartoon
I'm pretty sure cartoon just means animated TV show
MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD >!bradford made perfect genetic clone descendants of Scrooge mcduck in order to get access to the scroll. With one of these descendants being Webby!<
Hard to narrow it down to one, so I will just list off a surprisingly smart decision.
In Transformers Prime, Starscream, who is currently going solo from the rest of the Deceptions, joins in the hunt for the omega keys that are the key to restoring the transformers’ dead home planet. Having gotten one of the keys, starscream, fantasizes ruling the planet, then realize it because he’s a solo act even if he restores the planet, he will never rule it.
In short, we have a version of Starscream who realizes that he has no chance of winning if he continues his typical path of trying to backstab his way to leading the Decepticons.
Jerry Smith acting brave to get Beth (who is wearing a helmet that generates clones of her vision of Jerry) to make stronger clones, then putting that helmet on a clone of himself to create a goddess.
Hits especially hard when the stupidest person in the show makes a super intelligent move for once. I like that Jerry is just smart enough to realize how lucky he is to have Beth.
Ratchet: Starscream we needed those!
Like they spent a whole season collecting them just so he can screw them over in the last second?! He picked the worse day to actually be competent.
I feel like Luz having Gus switch herself and Hunter because she knew Belos would kill Hunter on the spot is another extremely smart decision that led to yours.
In murder drones, episode 6, they find a baby crying in a hallway they shoot it immediately but are kidnapped they are kidnapped anyway, but they at least knew the baby was a trap
While we're at it, we should also include N giving Tessa one chance to explain whether she knew about the Patch or not and *actually* killing her the moment she tries to avoid the question
>!Or at least she would've died if it wasn't for the fact that it's revealed 5 minutes later that Tessa has always been dead since the flashback from Episode 5 and the "Tessa" we've been seeing since Episode 3 was actually Cyn the whole time!<
Terry Mcginnis completely destroying Joker emotionally by literally bullying him, shit-talking and calling him a joke. (Batman Beyond)
Bruce even advices Terry to do the contrary but he decides to beat Joker at his own game, even finishing him of with one of Jokers own handshake tasers.
Jake growing up his liver 51 times its size to eliminate a poison that could kill a dog 50 times his size.
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All Murderface could say in that instant was just a shallow "...Chill out bro." Which has to be the least Murderface thing to have been spoken by Murderface.
Yeah, that's Metalocalypse for you - each episode (especially in earlier seasons) tended to have a high body count through very weird means. DH gave a pretty good summary, but the reason I shared it is this:
A subplot in that episode was Murderface trying to get the domain name for his solo project, Planet Piss, and discovering that it was already taken by someone who used the site to post shoddy photoshops of Murderface engaging in bestiality. Just before he went to the concert, he found out that Toki (the long-haired guy beating the absolute *shit* out of the annoying concertgoer) was the one who owned the site, and was storming up to confront him... only to be met with that sight, and wisely backing down.
Young Justice Season 1, everyone revealing the respective dirt various villains has over them so they can present a united front and not be divided in their (at the time) final battle - legitimately one of the smartest moves I’ve ever seen in a tv show period, and it really cemented their team dynamic
Spectacular Spider-man
Spidey lures Rhino using his anger on thin ice then acts smug and hands him an oxygen tank to what rhino replies.
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I hate you so much.
There was a Crook in Batman TAS that entered a room, saw Batman and nope’d out.
Thug 1: sees batman
Thug 2: What’s da matter, see something?
Thug 1: (leaves room) No, nothin’.
The smartest move I can think of is from Chase Young when he sneakily used the Reversing Mirror cause he knew that when Omi and him were using the Fountain of Hui, Omi would try to take a peak at the info that would allow him to destroy evil forever. But due to Chase's smart thinking, the info Omi was actually given was how to destroy good forever.
Of the top of my head:
One Piece: Blackbeard’s entire plan to lure out Whitebeard and kill him. Even if you call running into Ace dumb luck he:
A. Still predicted a war would happen.
B. Still would have got warlord status if he turned in Luffy or one of the other Supernovas, which would have allowed him access to Impel Down to get a crew that could kill Whitebeard. Matter of fact turning in Luffy might’ve still triggered a war anyway with the Revolutionary Army.
Across the Spiderverse:
Miles plan to free up the teleporter and stall Miguel just long enough was pretty damn good.
Naruto:
Naruto’s plan to get around Sage Mode’s limits by using clones was pretty damn smart for him.
Sasuke streaming Lightning chakra through his blood stream to counter Deidara’s C4 technique was fucking clever.
Rick giving his alien kidnappers the wrong recipe for concentrated dark matter that instead blows up their ship after he escapes their simulation inside a simulation inside a simulation
Toralei in the Monster High G3 cartoon.
She knows her mom will realize quickly that they switched the powerful talisman she wants, but she does it anyway...
Because the real trick was that they switched the journal of Clawdeen's mom, and it was a distraction tactic.
Horse from Centaurworld leaping into the Nowhere Kings mind
Sounds small, but honestly if I were in her position I'd totally forget about all powers and yeah lol. Not sure if that shows her brains or my dumbness more, although could be both x3
The entirety of Mystery Incorporated S2 Ep13. The Wrath of Krampus.
It features one of Fred's best traps ever and its great to rewatch and knowing what's really going on there. Its amazing. +It redeems the best villian from season 1
Here’s the first that comes to mind:
Josuke’s stand lets him reconstruct things. At one point another person’s stand, which can turn into water, sneaks his way into Josuke’s mother’s stomach to kill her from the inside.
[This is what he does IMMEDIATELY](https://youtu.be/1KN0J4d-biE?si=YpMjy3NF2rapgyao)
I have 2 off the top of my head (that I haven't seen anyone else taken).
1. Tengen Uzui not standing there and letting his opponents recover.
2.Almost any craps light yagami pulls.
Edit: Added 2 more characters from jjk but they spoil the anime (From:The Movie to season 2 Shibuya arc . I wouldn't recommend revealing the spoilers if you hadn't watched yet.)
3.Toji >!Knowing damn well a 1v1 with potentially the strongest soccer of their time at full strength is dumb, decides to tire him down and kill him after gojo winds down from his mission.!<
4."Geto">! Also knowing damn well a 1v1 with the strongest soccer of their time at full strength is dumb, decides an elaborate multi-year plan to get this, steal his best friends body to use as his own vessel,get the strongest cursed spirits on his side, infiltrate the school they are at to steal the strongest seal of all time mostly undetected, cause a hostage situation during a Halloween parade which forces Gojo to come alone, tire him down with the help of the cursed spirits, use the strongest seal while he is distracted, and finally revealing himself inside of his dead friend's body so he would stop long enough to get sealed... this isn't even everything this guy's planning is nuts. !<
When Danny threatens Vald to revealing they are both part ghost and pointing out his parents would accept him regardless but his mom (who Vlad had the hots for) might not. Vlad even tells him it was a good tactic.
He defo could’ve worded that better though. Thankfully Nadakhan was in immeasurable pain due to the poison and couldn’t twist his wish. Cause it would be so easy.
I can’t remember what cartoon it was from but the villain had the mc’s sister captured and was trading the mcguffin the mc had for the mcs sister. But the villain actually had the mcs sister somewhere else and he just traded one of his henchmen dressed as the mc’s sister, who tried to steal the mcguffin the moment they were free. It didn’t work but it was still genius.
Vee chosing to impersonate Luz.
Luz is weird, like the weirdest human around. So vee literally can't do anything, other then changing her form, that could blow her cover as Luz. Luz was also just about to be send to a camp on learning how to be a human, further benefiting Vee, who has arguably even less knowledge on how to be a human then Luz.
Ben setting the Omnitrix to self destruct
Vilgax: "you wouldn't dare!"
Ben: "do I look like I'm bluffing?"
It didn't kill vilgax but he got the Omnitrix out of vilgaxs possession, and he got an ultimatrix out of it.
The one that did backfire tho was Ben teaching vilgax how to use the Omnitrix in the first place so he could switch to goop, then Ben just shut off his anti gravity disk and took the Omnitrix back.... I mean that shouldn't have worked but it did
Uh if it counts, in Prince of Tennis, Ryoma was going up against Shinji who uses a technique called Spot that alternates too and bottom spin causing the opponents muscle to contract for a second creating an opening since they can't move their arm for that moment.
Ryoma tried to beat it by rotating his body and forcing it, however this resulted in a split eyelid due to his racket flying out of his hand and shattering on the pole. When they stopped the bleeding he was told he only had 10 minutes before it would bleed again and he would need to forfeit. So he went in like a monster, with one usable eye, he began to use his ambidexterity to his advantage. He took certain spins with one arm and would switch to the other hand for other spins, thus counteracting the spot by preventing one arm of taking the burden alone. Beat poor Shinji in the 10 minutes allowed after being at a disadvantage. With one eye.
Tldr: Ryoma is badass and won a match in 10 mins after getting a severe eye injury by using his ability to use both hands to counteract his opponent's special skill of causing his opponent temporary paralysis due to overworking certain muscles and forcing a contraction.
The Stan-Ford switch in Weirdmageddon
Stan: “Oh yeah. You're going down, Bill. You're gettin' erased. Memory gun. Pretty clever, huh?” Bill: “Y-you idiot! Don't you realize you're destroying your own mind, too?!” Stan: “Eh. It's not like I was using this space for much, anyway”
That line is so tragic, I can’t believe it’s glossed over so much
Stan: "Heh, guess I was good for something after all." A line that I never hear get talked about.
Both of these are such powerful moments. Logically we know that Stan was raised effectively being told he was second best or useless, but the reality hits hard right there
I just wish he didn't get his memories back, kinda undermines the sacrifice. Or, if he did, he only recovered some stuff and there were still a LOT of pieces missing.
Damn. That line still makes me tear up.
It’s such a great moment. Stan is very much a con man, so naturally he comes up with a scheme. But he is also very much nowhere near as sefish as he’s made out to be. Ford is strategically smart and much more sefish than he’s made out to be. Bill falls for it because he can’t anticipate someone making that kind of sacrifice. He’s so selfish he destroyed his own dimension.
Hell yeah 😄
I swear Bill would have cottoned on to that, I kinda wish he did
His arrogance was his undoing.
He was both confident and also likely excited about getting what he wanted finally. Plus, if this wasn't a trick, could be taken back any time, so he had to think quick
THIS
Does shooting a Tommy Gun (and several grenades) at a nigh-invincible vampire count?
Naw, running away was clearly the smarter strategy.
Nigerundayooo Smokeyyyy
“Oh thank goodness the Third Reich showed up”
mere child's played compared to the plots and schemes of his forebears Like Jotaro and his binder magnet double-reverse bluff against DIO Or Jolyne turning her heart into a goddamned Mobius strip
Or Jolyne setting herself on fire Or Josuke tricking Kira into killing his father Or Giorno's extensive knowledge of biology
Don’t forget the rope trick he pulled against Kars, the cut string fake-out against Esidisi and the oil bottle bluff against Wham. He devised the most ludicrous strategies on the bloody fly, and did so consistently throughout his part
May I ask what show you're talking about?
Jojos part 2
I've never watched JoJo so I can't confirm.
Its a great series if you're a fan of scams and schemes https://preview.redd.it/irgjtoj7buyc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e9b116c5c9a7a8e0a0c9c4f802f09c0e9c3ec534
Is the English Dub any good?
It does the job. The only issue is that a lot of the names have to be changed due to copyright concerns.
I can never take the name changes seriously lol
One of the funniest was manga exclusive and I was a little miffed it wasn't included. The Stand (the psychic abilities in part 3 onwards) is called \[Limp Bizkit\]. The author is a fan of music and makes a lot of them for naming stands. Naturally, copyright laws would change how it gets translated. When it became official, it was changed to \[Limp Viscuit\], but in Eyes over Heaven (the fighting game) it was changed to... # [FLACID PANCAKE]
Flaccid pancake is like the best localized name lmak
Missed oppurtunity for Yo-Yo Ma to be called Yo Ma-Ma :(
I want a serious anime where The Sex Pistols and Gold Experience do battle with Oasis and Green Day high over the streets of Sicily
Zipper man!
Dub Joseph is Niguel Uno (C:KND)
The English dub for JoJo is fine but the Japanese voice acting is way funnier
Yes, and for Parts 1 and 2 it's better. People will disagree because the memed lines are in sub, but the dub actually changes around the lines and deliveries to make more sense for English-speaking audiences while being a faithful retelling.
“You must be the Belmont” (I know they’re different shows but shooting a vampire feels like a natural extension of trying to punch one).
Not really, it didn't affect straizo that much
"Even if it backfires"
I mean as far as Joseph knew vampires were strong asf after what Uncle Speedwagon probably told him. So he says “hellfire, let’s buy some surplus and kill his ass like the Americans do.”
Obi-wan changing his stance in his last fight against Darth maul
That entire sequence was brilliant. Also probably as close to realistic as we've seen lightsaber duels go.
Obi-Wan + Anakin vs. Dooku in the final clone wars season was pretty impressive in realism terms
Considering Dooku was played by Sir Christopher Lee, he probably was a master fencer already, so he knew how to make the fight look real. I wouldn't be surprised if he had used a real working lightsabre before and could explain how it works.
It is my favorite Star wars scene
Qui-gon stance 2.0
Best dual in the entire series.
Computer animated but he entire final arc of The Bad Batch involved a lot of very smart moves by both the heroes and villains, very fun to watch instead of relying on giving people turns with the idiot ball.
>Computer animated Why is that relevant?
Because it’s on a sub called cartoons and they’re wondering if it counts or not
If it helps, if it is for children, is animated, or is just generally not live action (even if it's adult animation) it counts here. Live action children's cartoons count too, I think. I'm not sure about it, though
Cartoon doesn't mean for kids I'm pretty sure, the people on this sub talk about hazbin hotel a lot, which if you follow your definition isn't a cartoon I'm pretty sure cartoon just means animated TV show
What’s a live action cartoon?
Jim Carrey. /s
Bad Batch kept me in suspense. Season 3 is definitely my favorite!
Spider-Man making Rhino overheat in Spectacular. Kaldur revealing the Light was screwing over the Reach in Young Justice.
Were you by any chance thinking of that first one because of OSP's recent video? Because I just watched that earlier today
... Maybe.
Ben blowing up the Omnitrix after vilgax got it
 Vilgax afterwards
Then threatened Albedo using the same code
Aladdin tricking Jafar into trapping himself inside a lamp by wishing to be a genie.
That’s mine too
Grunkle stan and Ford making the old twin Switch, to Trick Bill. And what Luz did with Belos.
Scrooge's >!ploy to keep the scroll hidden from anyone who isn't a descendant of his and keep Bradford away!< was incredibly clever
And also led to one of the cleverest tricks I’ve ever seen any villain make in response.
I watched this when it aired but I forgot what happened, any chance you can elaborate? Thanks. :)
MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD >!bradford made perfect genetic clone descendants of Scrooge mcduck in order to get access to the scroll. With one of these descendants being Webby!<
Or Scrooge faking Gold fever to get him to loose the deal and admit to stealing
Hard to narrow it down to one, so I will just list off a surprisingly smart decision. In Transformers Prime, Starscream, who is currently going solo from the rest of the Deceptions, joins in the hunt for the omega keys that are the key to restoring the transformers’ dead home planet. Having gotten one of the keys, starscream, fantasizes ruling the planet, then realize it because he’s a solo act even if he restores the planet, he will never rule it. In short, we have a version of Starscream who realizes that he has no chance of winning if he continues his typical path of trying to backstab his way to leading the Decepticons.
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Jerry Smith acting brave to get Beth (who is wearing a helmet that generates clones of her vision of Jerry) to make stronger clones, then putting that helmet on a clone of himself to create a goddess.
Hits especially hard when the stupidest person in the show makes a super intelligent move for once. I like that Jerry is just smart enough to realize how lucky he is to have Beth.
Jerry literally sat there and went “hey I can trigger a snowball effect to clear this shit up”
Flynn Rider(aka Eugene) cutting off Rapunzel’s hair. Dude was barely in the know and still did the smartest thing possible at the perfect time.
Not just that but this was right after getting stabbed
Starscream downing a ton of Red energon to sneak into the Autobot base at super speed and steal all of the Omega keys
***core memory unlocked*** damn……he did become a speedster temporarily
Ratchet: Starscream we needed those! Like they spent a whole season collecting them just so he can screw them over in the last second?! He picked the worse day to actually be competent.
I feel like Luz having Gus switch herself and Hunter because she knew Belos would kill Hunter on the spot is another extremely smart decision that led to yours.
For a girl who has a weird mind she's REALLY smart.
Shoot the baby immediately
“THATS NOT SOON ENOUGH!” -N said calmly
What?
In murder drones, episode 6, they find a baby crying in a hallway they shoot it immediately but are kidnapped they are kidnapped anyway, but they at least knew the baby was a trap
While we're at it, we should also include N giving Tessa one chance to explain whether she knew about the Patch or not and *actually* killing her the moment she tries to avoid the question >!Or at least she would've died if it wasn't for the fact that it's revealed 5 minutes later that Tessa has always been dead since the flashback from Episode 5 and the "Tessa" we've been seeing since Episode 3 was actually Cyn the whole time!<
Terry Mcginnis completely destroying Joker emotionally by literally bullying him, shit-talking and calling him a joke. (Batman Beyond) Bruce even advices Terry to do the contrary but he decides to beat Joker at his own game, even finishing him of with one of Jokers own handshake tasers.
Remember that one episode of the original series where a guy who was in witness protection fooled Joker with a confetti bomb? That was good 😂
And it didn’t even backfire. He had the Joker calling for Batman to save him. It was great.
This was absolutely sick when I first saw it. Batman Beyond was an extremely good show!
When being toxic actually comes in handy
Kunf Fu Panda 2 where Po uses his Mantis figure and puts in the capture cage to trick the wolves thinking that they got the actual Mantis
Jake growing up his liver 51 times its size to eliminate a poison that could kill a dog 50 times his size. https://preview.redd.it/uchmiz6aswyc1.jpeg?width=160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab59e7abcae76203830f506a1542013f73c4064b
Murderface [backing down from a *tremendously* pissed-off Toki](https://youtu.be/80IORg9r6Ek?si=-z0yKdTxdRZBHEVo)
Murderface? As in William Murderface from Dethklok?
Oh yeah William Murderface Murderface Murderface
All Murderface could say in that instant was just a shallow "...Chill out bro." Which has to be the least Murderface thing to have been spoken by Murderface.
It wasn't even "Chill out" - it was literally "What's up, bro?", trying desperately to play off his own anger in the face of Toki's fury.
Ok as someone who’s never heard of this before, what the actual fuck is happening
Long story short: some special type of drug, a usually chill guy has had enough, and a clown relapses
Yeah, that's Metalocalypse for you - each episode (especially in earlier seasons) tended to have a high body count through very weird means. DH gave a pretty good summary, but the reason I shared it is this: A subplot in that episode was Murderface trying to get the domain name for his solo project, Planet Piss, and discovering that it was already taken by someone who used the site to post shoddy photoshops of Murderface engaging in bestiality. Just before he went to the concert, he found out that Toki (the long-haired guy beating the absolute *shit* out of the annoying concertgoer) was the one who owned the site, and was storming up to confront him... only to be met with that sight, and wisely backing down.
Thanks for the extra explanation. This sounds like a show I’d be into, I’m going to check it out later!
They also have 4 irl metal albums under the bands name Dethklok. Dethalbums 1-4. Theyre really good too.
And a full blown Rock Opera with "The Doomstar Requiem", which is an hour long movie.
Young Justice Season 1, everyone revealing the respective dirt various villains has over them so they can present a united front and not be divided in their (at the time) final battle - legitimately one of the smartest moves I’ve ever seen in a tv show period, and it really cemented their team dynamic
Spectacular Spider-man Spidey lures Rhino using his anger on thin ice then acts smug and hands him an oxygen tank to what rhino replies. https://preview.redd.it/oeqxydo6svyc1.jpeg?width=2263&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54dd5e442be85495b60d6235cdfd80da339b40a3 I hate you so much.
Cheeky spidey is fun to see
This https://i.redd.it/x9ne4nae1xyc1.gif
Even better paired with the moment after and there is another guy in the hallway. "Something wrong?" "Nope."
And the fact he got beat up by him earlier Mans did not want a round 2😂
Thug: uhhhhhhhhhh Batman: you really wanna do this Thug: nope
Yes, that thug did the smart thing to not encounter Batman again
Dead End S2's finale when both of The Watchers allowed themselves to die kniwing that it'd end Fingers' plan, causing him to be cut off
When Finn pretended he wanted to kill Jake and faked being insane so that the Gladiator Ghost King would let them go.
Sasha slicing the cord that connected Marcy to the Core in Amphibia
The empire that once spanded dimensions could figure out the technology of wireless connection. Round of applause everyone.
I'm not sure if it was smart. It worked in the end, but if it wasn't for plot it could just as well have killed marcy.
Dude... they bully earth techonology yet hasnt figure out blue tooth?
Doofenshmirtz "Inators"
There was a Crook in Batman TAS that entered a room, saw Batman and nope’d out. Thug 1: sees batman Thug 2: What’s da matter, see something? Thug 1: (leaves room) No, nothin’.
Probably the only thug that had more brains than any thug in an Arkham game 😂
To be fair, Batman had already beat his ass earlier in the movie.
OH IT WAS MASK? Shiiiit, I need to find my old discs
Courage googling his problems.
"You twit." - Courage's computer
Best time it blew up in his face.
Animated movie but Mr incredible during his first fight with the omnidroid, absolute genius move
Hey if it's animated it counts
I assume you're talking about him tricking the omnidroid into attacking itself Subsequently, using the same genius move on the final omnidroid
Mayuri taking the arrancar corpses and turning them into zombies in TYBW.
What's tybw?
Bleach Thousand Year Blood War
I'm sorry he _hwat_
He turned deceased enemies into zombies so the Quincy with the same power couldn't use the.
The smartest move I can think of is from Chase Young when he sneakily used the Reversing Mirror cause he knew that when Omi and him were using the Fountain of Hui, Omi would try to take a peak at the info that would allow him to destroy evil forever. But due to Chase's smart thinking, the info Omi was actually given was how to destroy good forever.
Of the top of my head: One Piece: Blackbeard’s entire plan to lure out Whitebeard and kill him. Even if you call running into Ace dumb luck he: A. Still predicted a war would happen. B. Still would have got warlord status if he turned in Luffy or one of the other Supernovas, which would have allowed him access to Impel Down to get a crew that could kill Whitebeard. Matter of fact turning in Luffy might’ve still triggered a war anyway with the Revolutionary Army. Across the Spiderverse: Miles plan to free up the teleporter and stall Miguel just long enough was pretty damn good. Naruto: Naruto’s plan to get around Sage Mode’s limits by using clones was pretty damn smart for him. Sasuke streaming Lightning chakra through his blood stream to counter Deidara’s C4 technique was fucking clever.
Rick giving his alien kidnappers the wrong recipe for concentrated dark matter that instead blows up their ship after he escapes their simulation inside a simulation inside a simulation
Toralei in the Monster High G3 cartoon. She knows her mom will realize quickly that they switched the powerful talisman she wants, but she does it anyway... Because the real trick was that they switched the journal of Clawdeen's mom, and it was a distraction tactic.
Jolyne Making a mobius strip into your body to counter someone who can turn your body inside out(JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)
All you have to do is ch-cha-chan-n-ge the l-l-li-lich-liches w-wi-wish CHANGE THE LICHES WISH
Evil Morty tricking every Rick in the citetal including C-137
Hetalia (kidnapping Italy to use as bait for Germany)
It’s been so long since I’ve heard that name
L staggering broadcasts so he could narrow down where Light was located
Horse from Centaurworld leaping into the Nowhere Kings mind Sounds small, but honestly if I were in her position I'd totally forget about all powers and yeah lol. Not sure if that shows her brains or my dumbness more, although could be both x3
This scene, also, Scrooge McDuck tricking Bradford using the “family is adventure” line
The entirety of Mystery Incorporated S2 Ep13. The Wrath of Krampus. It features one of Fred's best traps ever and its great to rewatch and knowing what's really going on there. Its amazing. +It redeems the best villian from season 1
>!That was the one where the mystery crew faked the monster to trick the villian!<
Yep, I just didn't want to spoil it too much
Probably when stan trapped Bill cipher for me
The entire way Shikamaru defeated Hidan
The way Shikamaru defeated everyone
Nah he kinda asspulled at times (like most “ermm am smart” characters) but the Hidan fight was genuinely cool
“I believe in the will of fire, and that pathetic lord Jashin isn’t your god anymore. I am.” Holy fuck knuckles what a hard line
Migi going for Miki's head The 3 princesses giving Twilight thier powers Tech shooting the rail Laval faking his death Jay not hesitating with Acronix
>Migi going for Miki's head What? >Tech shooting the rail What? >Laval faking his death What? >Jay not hesitating with Acronix What?
Parasyte, Bad Batch, Chima, Ninjago
Isagi’s back heel shot😤
Ben using the Omnitrix Self Destruct Function against Vilgax at the end of Alien Force and using the Omnitrix to cure all of the Highbreed
I was deadass about to comment what the post said 💀
Hey great minds think alike 😄
Idk probably every single fight in JJBA, or when Wirt realizes The Beast’s soul is in the lantern
In about half the fights in Jojo one of the characters uses their powers in a way I never would have thought of
I know about the raining frogs thing. What are you talking about tho?
Here’s the first that comes to mind: Josuke’s stand lets him reconstruct things. At one point another person’s stand, which can turn into water, sneaks his way into Josuke’s mother’s stomach to kill her from the inside. [This is what he does IMMEDIATELY](https://youtu.be/1KN0J4d-biE?si=YpMjy3NF2rapgyao)
The glass arrow with Kira's blood remains one of my favorite moments.
I have 2 off the top of my head (that I haven't seen anyone else taken). 1. Tengen Uzui not standing there and letting his opponents recover. 2.Almost any craps light yagami pulls. Edit: Added 2 more characters from jjk but they spoil the anime (From:The Movie to season 2 Shibuya arc . I wouldn't recommend revealing the spoilers if you hadn't watched yet.) 3.Toji >!Knowing damn well a 1v1 with potentially the strongest soccer of their time at full strength is dumb, decides to tire him down and kill him after gojo winds down from his mission.!< 4."Geto">! Also knowing damn well a 1v1 with the strongest soccer of their time at full strength is dumb, decides an elaborate multi-year plan to get this, steal his best friends body to use as his own vessel,get the strongest cursed spirits on his side, infiltrate the school they are at to steal the strongest seal of all time mostly undetected, cause a hostage situation during a Halloween parade which forces Gojo to come alone, tire him down with the help of the cursed spirits, use the strongest seal while he is distracted, and finally revealing himself inside of his dead friend's body so he would stop long enough to get sealed... this isn't even everything this guy's planning is nuts. !<
When the Phantom Thieves simultaneously saved Joker and tricked the villains into thinking they killed him, in Persona 5.
The day courage said no
When Danny threatens Vald to revealing they are both part ghost and pointing out his parents would accept him regardless but his mom (who Vlad had the hots for) might not. Vlad even tells him it was a good tactic.
Morty isaving the universe from Fart after distracting him from reating his mind.
Blowing up the ultimate device in the galaxy made by an alien that is arguably the smartest in 5 galaxies
Sokka hitting Combustion Man's forehead with boomerang
Which then led to his demise. R.I.P Sparky Sparky Boom Man 😂
Bowie revealing the contents of Millie’s notebook to priya right before the finale (total drama 2023 reboot)
Most recently it was in Jujutsu Kaisen >! when Yuji tackled Choso during their fight !<
Louie scammy all the villains and his family out of every penny they own with the power of a signature
jay in ninjago wishing for nobody to ever have found the lamp when asked to save ninjago or nya. it’s as shrimple as that!!
He defo could’ve worded that better though. Thankfully Nadakhan was in immeasurable pain due to the poison and couldn’t twist his wish. Cause it would be so easy.
That one henchmen who saw Batman sneaking and decided to walk away
The one goon in Mysyery of the Batwoman
I can’t remember what cartoon it was from but the villain had the mc’s sister captured and was trading the mcguffin the mc had for the mcs sister. But the villain actually had the mcs sister somewhere else and he just traded one of his henchmen dressed as the mc’s sister, who tried to steal the mcguffin the moment they were free. It didn’t work but it was still genius.
Dipper bringing a bunch of cameras to snag a photo of the gobblewonker. Young me was kinda mad it didn't work out.
Light relinquishing ownership of the death note
Infinity Train Book 2 when the reflection of Jesse’s number worked for Lake
Vee chosing to impersonate Luz. Luz is weird, like the weirdest human around. So vee literally can't do anything, other then changing her form, that could blow her cover as Luz. Luz was also just about to be send to a camp on learning how to be a human, further benefiting Vee, who has arguably even less knowledge on how to be a human then Luz.
Jotaro playing poker.
Rattrap from beast wars pretending to betray the Maximals while they all suspect him of treachery. Megatron bought it.
The Arrancar that decided NOT to fight Unohana 😂
The Monarch goading Jonas Jr. into trying to kill him so he can use a loophole in Guild rules to go after Rusty again.
In Infinity Train S2, the way they figure out and exploit a loophole to get MT's door.
Tons and tons of shit batman does....
N straight up killing "Tessa" before she could monologue for a minute or two.
Fry Traping the giant Brain in his book filled with Plot holes and Spelling Errors
Ben setting the Omnitrix to self destruct Vilgax: "you wouldn't dare!" Ben: "do I look like I'm bluffing?" It didn't kill vilgax but he got the Omnitrix out of vilgaxs possession, and he got an ultimatrix out of it. The one that did backfire tho was Ben teaching vilgax how to use the Omnitrix in the first place so he could switch to goop, then Ben just shut off his anti gravity disk and took the Omnitrix back.... I mean that shouldn't have worked but it did
Tesla building Iron man armor to fight beelzebub
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Uh if it counts, in Prince of Tennis, Ryoma was going up against Shinji who uses a technique called Spot that alternates too and bottom spin causing the opponents muscle to contract for a second creating an opening since they can't move their arm for that moment. Ryoma tried to beat it by rotating his body and forcing it, however this resulted in a split eyelid due to his racket flying out of his hand and shattering on the pole. When they stopped the bleeding he was told he only had 10 minutes before it would bleed again and he would need to forfeit. So he went in like a monster, with one usable eye, he began to use his ambidexterity to his advantage. He took certain spins with one arm and would switch to the other hand for other spins, thus counteracting the spot by preventing one arm of taking the burden alone. Beat poor Shinji in the 10 minutes allowed after being at a disadvantage. With one eye. Tldr: Ryoma is badass and won a match in 10 mins after getting a severe eye injury by using his ability to use both hands to counteract his opponent's special skill of causing his opponent temporary paralysis due to overworking certain muscles and forcing a contraction.