History Main / GoneHorriblyRight

* In {{Inception}} the criminals aim to plant an idea in someone's mind. Leonardo Di Caprio's character has only tried this once before, [[spoiler:attempting to wake his wife up from a dream by implanting the idea in her mind that the world around her wasn't real.]] It worked so well [[spoiler: she [[DrivenToSuicide killed herself]] trying to wake up from the real world.]] [[OrIsIt Or did she?]]

* In Fate/StayNight, [[spoiler: Zouken decided to drive Sakura crazy. Oops.]]

* In PeterIsTheWolf, Butch comes up with [[http://www.peteristhewolf.com/general/161.html a GREAT plan to get Peter!]] At present? Well, see this trope...

* SchlockMercenary: The Dark Matter entities gave what they said was the plans to turn the galactic core into an engine to the F'Sherl-Ganni so that their respective galaxies wouldn't eventually collide. But many extra Dark Matter entities present at the activation of the drive made it give birth to a new universe that would expand and destroy the galaxy. This was intentional on the part of the Dark Matter entities. But then the plan failed and the core reactor was taken over by [[DeusEstMachina Petey]], who promptly sent word (and lots of kinetic and photonic energy) back that we had finally noticed we were at war.
* One of the city guards in {{Goblins}} [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil torments a captive owlbear in order to turn it into a more brutal killing machine]]. When he lets it loose on the goblins, [[TheDogBitesBack he finds out]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard first-hand]] [[KarmicDeath just how savage it is]].

* At the end of First World War, the Germans tried to knock Russia out of war by covert action, namely by sending a known revolutionary communist (one Vladimir Lenin) to stir up [[EnemyCivilWar a revolt]]. [[SovietUnion We all know how it ended]].

Rather than have something [[DidntSeeThatComing unexpected]] happen, the researchers have everything proceed in an orderly fashion, up to the point when the experiment is about to conclude and make the SuperPrototype, harness the power of a supernova/black hole, or otherwise be put to use. The results are everything they hoped for; ''better,'' in fact. Unfortunately, they've succeeded '''too''' well, and it's this success that dooms them. Either it turns out to be too intense, too powerful, or too strong-willed to be controlled. Or they just forgot the 'control' part. Or maybe they just didn't fully consider the full consequences of what they wanted to do.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Bravo Castle Bravo]], a nuclear test that went a little * too* well. Unexpectedly, [[StuffBlowingUp stuff blew up]] [[UpToEleven to Eleven]].

** [[TheStarscream Starcream]] possessed Waspinator and takes Black Arachnia to be his protege to be the best lying, cheating, backstabbing bastard she can be. [[BastardUnderstudy Guess what happens]].

->''"We increased the sharks' brain mass, and as a side effect, the sharks got smarter."''
-->-- ''DeepBlueSea'' ([[TooDumbToLive What were you expecting to happen?]])

* A similar type one happens in {{Robotech}} when the SDF-1 is programmed to do a space fold to the moon. It is floating above Macross Island when it warps out. Since the crew didn't understand entirely how the space fold system ''worked'', there were... [[{{Understatement}} complications]]. The warp bubble was large enough to warp out the SDF-1... ''and the entire island'', including two ships docked in Macross Bay! Fortunately, the island's denizens were airtight emergency bunkers, so no one (that we know of) died. Also, they ended up on the far side of [[strike: Mars]] Pluto!

* One of the city guards in {{Goblins}} [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil torments a captive owlbear in order to turn it into a more brutal killing machine]]. When he lets it loose on the goblins, [[TheDogBitesBack he finds out]] [[HoistedByHisOwnPetard first-hand]] [[KarmicDeath just how savage it is]].

* In a Season Two episode of MightyMorphinPowerRangers, Goldar kidnaps Kimberly in attempt to turn her into a new queen for Lord Zeed. The spell doesn't work, but Kimberly fakes it.
** '''Goldar'': Maybe this was a bad idea. For once, my spell worked too well!

* The [[{{Precursors}} Forerunners]] from the {{Halo}} universe spent untold centuries perfecting their [[DoomsdayDevice ultimate weapon]]. Their [[ZombieApocalypse ef]][[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong for]][[EldritchAbomination ts]] [[GoneHorriblyRight succeeded]] [[PrecursorKillers beyond their imagining]].

* SchlockMercenary: The Dark Matter entities from Andromeda gave what they said was the plans to turn the galactic core into an engine to the F'Sherl-Ganni so that their respective galaxies wouldn't eventually collide. But many extra Dark Matter entities present at the activation of the drive made it give birth to a new universe that would expand and destroy the galaxy. This was intentional on the part of the Dark Matter entities, so it's a GoneHorriblyRight for the F'Sherl-Ganni. But then the plan failed and the core reactor was taken over by [[DeusEstMachina Petey]], who promptly sent word (and lots of kinetic and photonic energy) back that we had finally noticed we were at war.

* ''YetAnotherFantasyGamerComic'': Gruumsh, the chief Orc god, sought to create a warrior who combined the best of humanity and orcs to unite both people under his banner and conquer the world. When several attempts turned out to be "flawed" in one way or another (one of them being Glon), he [[DeusExMachina intervened directly]], removing all the traits he could that wouldn't result in [[TheChosenOne The Ultimate Warrior]]. The end result of this was Jone, a nigh-unstoppable GhostGirl warrior. Unfortunately, in removing the non-"killing machine" bits from Jone, he seemed to have removed the off switch for her BerserkerRage, resulting in her slaughtering friend and foe alike. Whoops.

* In OnePiece, during the Whitebeard War Saga, the Marines' goal is to execute Ace, [[spoiler: son of the Pirate King]], and kill Whitebeard. [[spoiler: Both do indeed die, but in the process, Whitebeard's last words reignites the Golden Age of Piracy all over again, nearly 300 inmates from Impel Down, a contingent led by a commander of the Revolutionary Army, and who knows how much of the people of Level Six, which contained some of the worst criminals in history escape, and worst of all, the way is paved for the rise of Blackbeard, instigator of this whole mess who took the strongest inmates from Level Six into his own crew and managed to do the impossible and gained two Devil's Fruits, now with Whitebeard's [[PersonOfMassDestruction Gura Gura no Mi]] power]].

-->[[AngryVideoGameNerd '''James Rolfe''']]:The good news is, Godzilla's back; and the bad news is, Godzilla's back.