![]() Compare and Contrast with Kansas City Shuffle, where characters know they are being tricked, but have the wrong idea about what the con is. This is related to Danger Room Cold Open, since in both cases the heroes know they're being tested, but that trope applies when the viewer doesn't know it's a test, irrespective of whether the test has a hidden purpose. Unlike secret tests, the hero does know they're being tested, so there's less need to go to elaborate, and unsafe, lengths to fake danger. It's harder to do that if you don't know the true purpose of the test. This is commonly done in Real Life psychological tests, to get around people giving the answers they think the tester wants to see. ![]() When the heroes know they're being tested, but the purpose of the test isn't what they think it is.
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