Ruse
Ruse noun - A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture).
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Scenario
Scenario noun - The written form of a story prepared for film production.
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Subverted in a case where it looked that a talented illustrator had commited suicide by jumping off her balcony... but it was a ruse from her killer who staged a complex scenario to trick the police into believing she has killed herself.
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Hilariously, Iron Man used this disguise once in an early adventure, in about the most implausible scenario one can imagine for maintaining this ruse.
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Thankfully, the scenario was just an elaborate ruse.... Hopeless Boss Fight: While the following are in fact beatable, there's no consequence for losing: The sudden drowsy Jirachi boss fight is this.
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