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** EveryCarIsAPinto: ExaggeratedTrope of the above.

** TranslationTrainWreck: You fail ''monumentally'' to translate something.

** HappilyFailedSuicide: You failed to commit suicide, and that's a good thing.

** CantGetInTroubleForNuthin: You fail to get into trouble.

* DistractedByTheSexy: You fail to concentrate in the presence of FanService.
** NotDistractedByTheSexy: InvertedTrope of the above: The FanService fails to throw you off your track.

** GoodCannotComprehendEvil: See above, but swap "heroes" for "villains" and "vice" for "virtue."

* ExactTimeToFailure: Initiating failure in three … two … one …

** ThrowThePin: You fail to handle a grenade correctly.

** FailedDramaticExit: A type of the above, when the drama is leaving your setting promptly on the note you wanted.

** SpringtimeForHitler: Your Failure Gambit itself fails.

** MortonsFork: The direct prelude: You fail regardless of the choice you make.

** IneffectualSympatheticVillain: The villain fails so many times [[SympathyForTheDevil we feel sorry for him.]]

** ATeamFiring: You fail to shoot a target in general.
** ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Your entire army fails to shoot a moving target with PlotArmor.

** MinionWithAnFInEvil: You fail to be villainous.

** VillainousBreakdown: See above, except you're committing evil deeds.

** DidntThinkThisThrough: You failed because your plan was poorly made.
** TooDumbToLive: Because you failed so badly to think things through, your body fails to keep working.

** IThoughtEveryoneCouldDoThat: InvertedTrope of the above: You fail to realize everyone else's ineptitude compared to you.

** PointyHairedBoss: You fail personally as a business leader.

** INeverToldYouMyName: You fail to avoid mentioning a person's name when you're trying to convince them that they never met you before.
** SayingTooMuch: You fail to avoid revealing confidential information.
** SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: You fail to avoid suspicion because you denied stuff the other person hasn't even accused you of.

** MagicMisfire: You fail to cast your spell on your intended target.

** ConceptsAreCheap: You fail to offer intellectual depth for your idealistic rhetoric.

* OpenSecret: You tell that it is a secret, [[TemptingFate and then everyone goes to it and finds out.]]

** VoodooShark: You fail to cover your plot holes.

** PaperThinDisguise: ExaggeratedTrope of the above: You fail to recognize someone who is barely concealing his/her identity.
** YourCostumeNeedsWork: InvertedTrope of the above: You, the genuine article, fail to be recognizable when compared to imitations.
* RecklessGunUsage: You fail to [[UsefulNotes/GunSafety handle a gun properly…]]
** IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome …and someone got shot due to your negligence. What did you expect would happen?]]

* ReliablyUnreliableGuns: Your gun is poorly made, so it [[WheresTheKaboom fails to shoot when it's supposed to]] and/or [[FailsafeFailure shoots when it's not supposed to.]]

** KeyConfusion: You fail to find the correct key among a bunch of other keys.

** BaseBreakingCharacter: Your character unintentionally fails to appeal to approximately half your audience.
* SeekingTheIntangible: You fail to realise that intangible/abstract things can't be sought for.

* ShaggyDogStory: A story's buildup has no payoff.
** ShootTheShaggyDogStory: ...and the characters shall die for it.

** StrawmanHasAPoint: You fail to make your opponents look irrational.

** ICantDance

** UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: You fail to create a likeable character.

** UnintentionallyUnwinnable: The programmer and/or game designer fails, or the player fails by trying too hard or messing around.
** UnwinnableByDesign: The programmer does this on purpose.

** FlameBait: When unintentional; you fail to realize the intensity of the mutual ValuesDissonance between you and other people online.
%%* Victim Of Circumstance With No Job Qualifications: A character woefully and completely unqualified for a specific job is forced to work in said job in the spur of the moment, often because of the ignorance of another character.

** OpenFlyGag: You fail to check and adjust your clothes below the waist before anyone else reminds you.
** PlumbersCrack: The plumber failed to check whether their pants or jeans wouldn't sag down to expose their butt crack when they bent over.
** SlipperySwimsuit: Your swimsuit fails to stay on your body.

** SelfFulfillingProphecy: You failed to ScrewDestiny because you made it happen yourself.

* BrokenAesop: You fail to convey your message because your characters don't obey it. Bonus points if it was meant to be Anvilicious.

* ShaggyDogStory: Your quest fails in the end...
** ShootTheShaggyDogStory: ...and you get shot down for your failure.

* FakeBalance: You fail to balance your video game characters.

* VoodooShark: Your attempts to explain a plot hole ends up creating more plot holes.

->''[[AC:"If at first you don't succeed, you fail."]]''

* VictimOfCircumstanceWithNoJobQualifications: A character woefully and completely unqualified for a specific job is forced to work in said job in the spur of the moment, often because of the ignorance of another character.

* EightDeadlyWords: You fail to get people to be invested in your story.

* DiggingYourselfDeeper: You fail monumentally to fix a faux pas.

-->-- '''SelfDemonstrating/{{GLaDOS}}''', ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''

* LooseLips: You fail to keep your mouth shut and in doing so give away information at your own and other people's peril.