

If done poorly, it may fall victim to the Golden Mean Fallacy. It's also one way to resolve a Debate and Switch and the only one of Cutting the Knot. This can be the hidden solution to a Secret Test of Character. Deciding which examples are which is an exercise left to the reader. Note that this will usually either be incredibly awesome, if the scriptwriters are clever, or incredibly stupid, if they're not. Yet this typically turns out to be the best choice after all, and the day is saved completely. However, sometimes the hero can respond with, "I don't like those choices, I'm taking a third option!" It is usually something completely unorthodox or seemingly suicidal. Typically, the hero chooses the lesser of two evils. Sometimes a hero faces an agonizing decision where the apparent two choices are terrible, such as a "Friend or Idol?" Decision or a Sadistic Choice. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace.


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