![]() Later, when his plans are disrupted by the arrival of Vegeta and Trunks, his initial reaction is to throw a tantrum, but after getting that out of his system he quickly demonstrates his Speed Chess skills by breaking out the only advantage he has left - Vegeta's ego. He travels from city to city, patiently absorbing Muggles until he has a power surpassing that of Piccolo and the androids and only then does he challenge them. He is the first (and last) seasonal Big Bad who is not introduced as already having an overwhelming power advantage over everyone else, with the Kami-powered Piccolo fighting him to a draw in their first meeting (and Piccolo probably would have won if Cell hadn't had the tactical sense to retreat). In a series largely defined by the physical strength of its heroes and villains, Cell stands out.Due to BlackWarGreymon sealing the door to the Digital World, he ends up going to an entirely different world where emotions become power…which still helps Myotismon come back to life! When that fails, he decides to create a portal from Earth by implanting kids with Dark Spores copied from the one inside Ken, then harnessing their power once they've peaked. When Ken undergoes a Heel≯ace Turn, Oikawa has Arukenimon and Mummymon try and destroy the Destiny Stones to do that. First, he instigates Ken into becoming the Digimon Emperor in order to plant Dark Towers to weaken the borders between worlds. Yukio Oikawa, the apparent Big Bad of Digimon Adventure 02, does this as well in regards to his goal of accessing the Digital World.He's beaten at his own game after turning to the dark and on the cusp of victory, when his apprentice maneuvers him into her own pre-planned trap. Desert Punk the main character's modus operandi is trickery and traps, as seen in the hostage rescue episode - he forms a complex number of backup plans, flips between them on the fly and always ends up with his opponent caught in one of his traps even if not in the way originally planned.The supplementary "How to Read" volume includes a list describing every trick used by anyone and rating them by level.The entire series, especially all the events after L's death, can be summed up as Xanatos Speed Chess on crack. Near and Mello are also masters of this trope because they were raised in the same way and for the same purpose as L.A major unexpected twist once left L at a loss for weeks, although this was simply due to not knowing all the details of Kira's power. L was also good at Speed Chess, but not as good as Light.Before long Light could flawlessly predict even her actions. Misa forced more Speed Chess on him than anyone else sometimes by being smarter than he expected but usually by being impulsive. Light Yagami, when things first started to get out of hand, but it didn't last.Lampshaded with the fact that he can play real chess very well. He turned the tables when pitted against the Britannian military and their Chinese allies right after losing his best fighter and a large part of his army. Lelouch Lamperouge from Code Geass does this out of necessity, because the writers love screwing all of his plans by unexpected events that no sane person would ever consider. ![]() But even Crowley cannot keep up with everything: Shiage Hamazura defeating Mugino caused a domino reaction that completely threw his plans all out of whack, and he's now desperately attempting to get everything back under his control.
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