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The Thanatos Gambit is what happens when a character deliberately manipulates the circumstances of their death to their own profit. It could be to ensure that they get as comfy (or stylish) an exit as possible, but most often, it's used to deliver one last "screw you" to their arch-nemesis. A character who is Secretly Dying is especially likely to employ one of these. Named for the Greek personification of death. Not to be confused with Xanatos Gambit because this one requires the planner's death and Xanatos Gambit must have two separate-but-beneficial outcomes (I die vs. I don't die). Compare My Death Is Just the Beginning (using your death to set off a plan, whereas this is using your death to end the plan), Inspirational Martyr (where your death inspires others to follow you, although you may have not planned it), Death Is the Only Option, and Dead Man's Switch. A subtrope in which the character expects to be revived somehow is a Resurrection Gambit. Sometimes happens with a Taking You with Me, possibly in the manner of a Collapsing Lair (villains like this one). Is often incited with Strike Me Down, and can overlap with Suicide by Cop. Related to Failure Gambit and Glorious Death. Warning: As a Death Trope, this page contains unmarked spoilers.

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The Thanatos Gambit is what happens when a character deliberately manipulates the circumstances of their death to their own profit. It could be to ensure that they get as comfy (or stylish) an exit as possible, but most often, it's used to deliver one last "screw you" to their arch-nemesis. A character who is Secretly Dying is especially likely to employ one of these. Named for the Greek personification of death. Not to be confused with Xanatos Gambit because this one requires the planner's death and Xanatos Gambit must have two separate-but-beneficial outcomes (I die vs. I don't die). Compare My Death Is Just the Beginning (using your death to set off a plan, whereas this is using your death to end the plan), Inspirational Martyr (where your death inspires others to follow you, although you may have not planned it), Death Is the Only Option, and Dead Man's Switch. A subtrope in which the character expects to be revived somehow is a Resurrection Gambit. Sometimes happens with a Taking You with Me, possibly in the manner of a Collapsing Lair (villains like this one). Is often incited with Strike Me Down, and can overlap with Suicide by Cop. Related to Failure Gambit and Glorious Death. Warning: As a Death Trope, this page contains unmarked spoilers.