![]() When captain Luffy finds out about this, he gets so gravely offended that though it's not canon, Carnation Lily is Luffy's first direct kill in the series. He's so good at this that he succeeds with the Straw Hats, who have an almost familial bond among each other. He disguises his island as a resort for pirate crews, where they would play activities and games that are actually designed to cause infighting among the crews. All of these things manage to divert attention from his machinations, and if it wasn't for Ichigo doing a little better than expected and Captain Unohana realising something was wrong with his 'dead' body, Aizen's plan would have succeeded, he would have escaped scot-free, and a significant amount of his enemies would be dead. At the same time, he manipulates Rukia's execution to cause splits within the thirteen squads, and after faking his own death, manipulates Hinamori into attacking Ichimaru, Kira, and Hitsugaya. He has Ichimaru let Ichigo's crew escape, so the thirteen squads spend their time and energy fighting them. Aizen's plan in the Soul Society arc of Bleach incorporates large amounts of this.Class F nearly succeeds with it, until the school starts to break down, causing the Class F rep to be distracted momentarily. They use favors gained from defeating the other classes, or deception in the case of Class C, to have them wear down Class A before the fight. In Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts, Class F utilizes this against Class A during a summoner war.And although she didn't tell them, the people she was "helping" found it obvious that this is her plan. The description above says "contrast Enemy Mine", but in Soul Eater, Medusa actually managed to divide and conquer by means of Enemy Mine.The strategy Schneizel uses twice on Lelouch: first, to make him believe Suzaku betrayed him by having him arrested during the meeting, and the second time by getting the Black Knights to betray him.Lelouch uses this strategy to weaken the Pureblood faction within the Britannian military: by threatening one of them, Jeremiah, with revealing the secret of "Orange" (which he made up on the fly and doesn't actually exist) before using his Geass to force him to assist in rescuing Suzaku, he was able to not only cripple the Pureblood's reputation, but also sow distrust among them towards Jeremiah.Pokémon: The Series: Team Rocket use this plan a few times to catch the Pokémon of the episode and almost get away with it until the last minute.He also uses various tricks to physically split up the team so he can take them out one by one. The first time, he managed to make her steal Inuyasha's Tessaiga, but she's gotten wiser since. Naraku from Inuyasha tried several times to put Sango against the others by threatening the life ( or some such) of her little brother.In the finale, he has guns distributed around an entire town and gets everyone to start shooting everyone else. In Monster, one of Johan's most common strategies is to get different groups of people to fight against one another.It's intended to force the heroes to think only of themselves rather than trying to save their friends. In the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga's "Death-T" arc, one of the challenges is a room being gradually filled with huge falling blocks.This is the goal of Yugi in Tenchi In Tokyo.By contrast, when the villain sets two groups of heroes against each other, they're much more likely to figure it out and team up. Of course, they're usually much easier to divide, since not only do they typically lack The Power of Friendship, but they're probably already planning to double-cross each other anyway. On the opposite side, it's the usual hero tactic when their enemies try working together. The Lancer is a common target of this tactic. This might involve getting two heroes to hate each other, getting one hero to hate the others, or otherwise forcing the team to split up. Some villains realize its strength after getting beaten by it too many times, so they try to somehow split up whatever team of heroes they're facing. The Power of Friendship is a powerful thing. Truly skilled use of this trope is when the villain can break up the Five-Man Band. Most often, this is when the villain decides to let another, unaffiliated villain absorb the majority of the Hero's time and energy. ![]()
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