History JustForFun / TelevisionIsTryingToKillUs

* SteelEarDrums: Sufficiently loud noises will damage your hearing, possibly permanently. There is a reason that musicians, including singers, wear ear protection when they rehearse. This is also why many hard rock or heavy metal singers, who often cannot wear effective ear protection when performing live, often have the highest rates of hearing impairment (up to and including ruptured eardrums) as a career-related injury. This extends to audiences as well. Most people you see at close proximity in a concert all wear ear protection. And of course, gunshots and explosions are ''much'' louder in reality than fiction, so it is not uncommon for soldiers and the like to develop hearing loss or deafness.

* AerosolFlamethrower: Runs a danger of overheating the canister, causing an explosion. At best, if it happens, you'll be burned. You might also get hit with shrapnel.

* AFoolForAClient: Representing yourself in a legal case is almost always a bad idea, because you most likely don't know the ins-and-outs of the law, or may be relying on CourtroomAntics which won't do you any favors. Even if you ''are'' a lawyer, you might not be the right ''kind'' of lawyer to deal with this particular legal aspect and it's hard to present a case without a certain level of detachment (even a lawyer who firmly believes in their client's innocence isn't in the dock themselves). There's a reason why (at least in the US) [[MirandaRights if you can't afford a lawyer, one will be provided to you by the state and courts]].

* UnsettlingGenderReveal: While filmmakers and TV producers who engage in this trope usually [[PlayedForLaughs think they're being funny]], most uses of this trope are at best misguided and misinformed and at worst openly mean-spirited and transphobic. Repeated instances of this trope, especially those wherein the freshly revealed "man in a dress" is a psychotic killer or other somesuch form of criminal, have demonstrably contributed to "Trans Panic", which has resulted in the beatings and often outright murders of thousands of trans women worldwide in just the last decade alone, a disproportionately high number of those being trans women of color. Furthermore, depictions of this trope have contributed to the depression many young trans kids feel at their family being unaccepting of them and the abuse they get from society, leading to transgender children having disproportionately high suicide and homelessness rates. Some of the more famous offenders of this trope include ''Film/AceVentura'' and ''Film/SleepawayCamp''. This trope still happens often, usually because of lazy writers going for [[AcceptableTargets the lowest common denominator]], but increased awareness of and education about trans people and their issues IS beginning to see it happen less and less often.

* BearyFriendly, BearyFunny: Needless to say, BearsAreBadNews is often more TruthInTelevision. Bears are incredibly dangerous animals that will brutally maim and kill any humans who do anything to [[UnstoppableRage make them angry]] (or occasionally, if the bear just feels [[ToServeMan hungry enough to try taking humans as food]]). Bear cubs may look cute and cuddly, but MamaBear isn't, and she will savagely attack whoever gets too close to her kids. Even {{Panda|ingToTheAudience}}s, who are largely herbivorous and not quite as aggressive as other species, are still very capable of badly mauling people.

* AllAnimalsAreDomesticated: Even truly domesticated animals can be dangerous if approached in the wrong way, and wild as well as stray animals should be left alone. Also see CoolPet way down below.

* CoolPet: Keeping a pet bear, tiger, cobra, ape, etc., is often (not always) an extreme strain for both owner and pet, and exceedingly dangerous. Wild animals should not be in the private possession of individuals who do not understand that these creatures are incapable of ever being safely "domesticated".

* CourtroomAntic: Can ''easily'' get a lawyer reprimanded or disbarred, and may even put the defendant in even more hot water.

* ILoveNuclearPower: Exposure to high-frequency waves of electromagnetic energy (i.e. gamma rays) cannot give you superpowers. Instead, you may likely suffer a painful death by cancer, radiation poisoning, or burn wounds (if injured by a nuclear explosion). The only noticeable mutations it can cause are [[BodyHorror horrific defects and disabilities]] to unborn fetuses.

* YouCanPanicNow: Where mortal panic goes, sometimes deaths and injuries follow.[[note]][[ParanoiaFuel Ironically applicable to some parts of this page...]][[/note]]

* PlayingPossum: Playing dead works against some bears (i.e. Grizzly bears), but not for others. For example, black bears will invariably attempt to attack a prey even if the latter is acting motionless, so if you're spotted by one you better run for your life. In general, it's very important to know what wild animal you're dealing with so you can think of a way to avoid being killed. Last, but ''far from least'', attempting this against a human is considered a war crime, as it's been done in the past to fool and kill enemy soldiers; so unless you're doing it for self-defense and survival against an actual criminal, you'll be arrested.