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A variant of the Batman Gambit which is usually played for comedy. Alice tells Bob that she will "get him". Bob freaks out and goes to great lengths to avoid falling victim to her plans. In the end, it turns out that Alice wasn't going to do anything to him and that her whole plan was to just sit back and let his paranoia make him do stupid things to himself. May overlap with Self-Fulfilling Prophecy when paranoia of a specific event causes said event to occur. Examples of Paranoia Gambit include:

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  • A variant of the Batman Gambit which is usually played for comedy. Alice tells Bob that she will "get him". Bob freaks out and goes to great lengths to avoid falling victim to her plans. In the end, it turns out that Alice wasn't going to do anything to him and that her whole plan was to just sit back and let his paranoia make him do stupid things to himself. May overlap with Self-Fulfilling Prophecy when paranoia of a specific event causes said event to occur. Examples of Paranoia Gambit include:
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  • A variant of the Batman Gambit which is usually played for comedy. Alice tells Bob that she will "get him". Bob freaks out and goes to great lengths to avoid falling victim to her plans. In the end, it turns out that Alice wasn't going to do anything to him and that her whole plan was to just sit back and let his paranoia make him do stupid things to himself. May overlap with Self-Fulfilling Prophecy when paranoia of a specific event causes said event to occur. Examples of Paranoia Gambit include:
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