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The heroes need a distraction, often in order to infiltrate the enemies' lair, a secret organization, to enable an escape, etc. Pyrotechnics are not uncommon. Specific variants include: * Show Some Leg * Look Behind You! * Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu? * The Guards Must Be Crazy * Go Look At the Distraction * Holding the Floor * Throwing the Distraction * Go Fetch * Distracted by the Sexy (when deliberately invoked by a character) See also Right Under Their Noses, Trojan Prisoner Ploy. Contrast Hidden in Plain Sight. Compare The Bait.

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  • We Need a Distraction
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  • The heroes need a distraction, often in order to infiltrate the enemies' lair, a secret organization, to enable an escape, etc. Pyrotechnics are not uncommon. Specific variants include: * Show Some Leg * Look Behind You! * Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu? * The Guards Must Be Crazy * Go Look At the Distraction * Holding the Floor * Throwing the Distraction * Go Fetch * Distracted by the Sexy (when deliberately invoked by a character) See also Right Under Their Noses, Trojan Prisoner Ploy. Contrast Hidden in Plain Sight. Compare The Bait.
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  • The heroes need a distraction, often in order to infiltrate the enemies' lair, a secret organization, to enable an escape, etc. Pyrotechnics are not uncommon. Specific variants include: * Show Some Leg * Look Behind You! * Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu? * The Guards Must Be Crazy * Go Look At the Distraction * Holding the Floor * Throwing the Distraction * Go Fetch * Distracted by the Sexy (when deliberately invoked by a character) Often the job for the Hero Secret Service. An essential component of fighting dirty. Infraction Distraction sometimes falls under this but usually just dissuades the enemy from searching further. See also Right Under Their Noses, Trojan Prisoner Ploy. Contrast Hidden in Plain Sight. Compare The Bait. Examples (that do not fit into the subtropes)
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