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* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', Stu builds a doll-making machine, only for the dolls it makes to turn out wrong (i.e body upside down, legs attached to head, arms at wrong end). It's later revealed during Tommy and Chuckie's adventure in the basement that the reason for this was because [[HadTheSillyThingInReverse it was set in reverse]], which Tommy inadvertently fixed when he held the lever for ballast to grab Chuckie and ended up setting it into 'Forward'. Still, one has to wonder [[FailedASpotCheck why Stu never noticed that error]], let alone put a forward/reverse lever on the machine in the first place.
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* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991'', Stu builds a doll-making machine, only for the dolls it makes to turn out wrong (i.e body upside down, legs attached to head, arms at wrong end). It's later revealed during Tommy and Chuckie's adventure in the basement that the reason for this was because [[HadTheSillyThingInReverse it was set in reverse]], which Tommy inadvertently fixed when he held the lever for ballast to grab Chuckie and ended up setting it into 'Forward'. Still, one has to wonder [[FailedASpotCheck why Stu never noticed that error]], let alone put a forward/reverse lever on the machine in the first place.
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* ''Webcomic/Homestuck2'' opens on a ship that has, among other things, a shooting range and a large number of fully stocked drinks cabinets...but no landing gear. Dirk is rather disgruntled to learn that the only way to land the thing is a controlled crash. (For bonus points, their most qualified pilot is [[HandicappedBadass Terezi, who's completely blind but can "see" through scent]].)
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* ''Webcomic/Homestuck2'' ''Webcomic/HomestuckBeyondCanon'' opens on a ship that has, among other things, a shooting range and a large number of fully stocked drinks cabinets...but no landing gear. Dirk is rather disgruntled to learn that the only way to land the thing is a controlled crash. (For bonus points, their most qualified pilot is [[HandicappedBadass Terezi, who's completely blind but can "see" through scent]].)
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* ''Series/TheGoodPlace:'' The titular Good Place has Janets, omniscient living databases who cheerfully answer any and all questions and help everyone they meet. The Bad Place has Bad Janets, who are endlessly rude and surly. The first time one appears, Tahani even asks what their purpose even is.
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* ''Radio/BleakExpectations:'' When he builds a supervillain lair on a volcanic island, Mr. Benevolent also puts in a self-destruct button. He's not quite sure why, beyond that it seemed like the thing to do, but adding to this he didn't even bother to cover it to stop it being pressed by accident, which inevitably happens after a mishap with a brain-swapping machine and a dinosaur.
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* ''Radio/BleakExpectations:'' When he builds a supervillain lair on a volcanic island, Mr. Benevolent also puts in a self-destruct button. He's not quite sure why, beyond that it seemed like the thing to do, but adding to this he didn't even bother to cover it to stop it being pressed by accident, which inevitably happens after a mishap with a brain-swapping machine and a dinosaur.
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* Tandy computers had a button that functioned as "Escape" (ESC) on modern computer setups, only it was called "break", because it broke whatever loop a program was stuck in. On the Tandy UsefulNotes/ColorComputer 3 it was even bright red, leaving many uninformed users to be terrified to touch the button for fear the button was something that would break your computer. ("Break" is still on your keyboard - it's usually a secondary function on your "pause" key.)
* The first incarnation of the UsefulNotes/AppleII computer had the "reset" button right above the "enter" key. Since the "Enter" key is pressed more often than any other key, and the "reset" button will instantly hard-reboot your computer, this caused some problems.
* The first incarnation of the UsefulNotes/AppleII computer had the "reset" button right above the "enter" key. Since the "Enter" key is pressed more often than any other key, and the "reset" button will instantly hard-reboot your computer, this caused some problems.
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* Tandy computers had a button that functioned as "Escape" (ESC) on modern computer setups, only it was called "break", because it broke whatever loop a program was stuck in. On the Tandy UsefulNotes/ColorComputer Platform/ColorComputer 3 it was even bright red, leaving many uninformed users to be terrified to touch the button for fear the button was something that would break your computer. ("Break" is still on your keyboard - it's usually a secondary function on your "pause" key.)
* The first incarnation of theUsefulNotes/AppleII Platform/AppleII computer had the "reset" button right above the "enter" key. Since the "Enter" key is pressed more often than any other key, and the "reset" button will instantly hard-reboot your computer, this caused some problems.
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* The trope image comes from ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' episode "[[Recap/TransformersG1BOT B.O.T.]]", which is about the Decepticons trying to rebuild Bruticus because he is supposedly the only one big enough to use their gigantic superweapon (even though they still have both Devastator and Menasor). Despite the Decepticons' success, the Autobots manage to foil their plans and destroy it. How do they do this? The B.O.T. presses a button on a ''human-level'' control panel clearly marked "Over Load" [''sic'']. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin True to its label]], [[SelfDestructButton it overloads the superweapon and makes it explode]].
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* The trope image comes from ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' episode "[[Recap/TransformersG1BOT B.O.T.]]", which is about the Decepticons trying to rebuild Bruticus because he is supposedly the only one big enough to use their gigantic superweapon (even though they still have both Devastator and Menasor). Despite the Decepticons' success, the Autobots manage to foil their plans and destroy it. How do they do this? The B.O.T. presses a button on a ''human-level'' control panel clearly marked "Over Load" "OVER LOAD" [''sic'']. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin True to its label]], [[SelfDestructButton it overloads the superweapon and makes it explode]].
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* In ''Film/RedPlanet'' the heroes bring a helper robot that was originally built by the military and is equipped with pretty sophisticated, combat-oriented AI. Unfortunately for everyone, a bit ''too'' sophisticated. It has a physical switch for whether or not to be in a combat mode. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as the mission was assembled in great hurry, with no spare "civilian" model, while the switch was pre-set on "no". It wasn't until the astronauts plan to disable the robot (essentially killing it) when it self-switches to combat mode in self-defense, spending rest of the film fighting for own survival.
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* In ''Film/RedPlanet'' the heroes bring a helper robot that was originally built by the military and is equipped with pretty sophisticated, combat-oriented AI. Unfortunately for everyone, a bit ''too'' sophisticated. It has a physical switch for whether or not to be in a combat mode. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], {{Justified|Trope}}, as the mission was assembled in great hurry, with no spare "civilian" model, while the switch was pre-set on "no". It wasn't until the astronauts plan to disable the robot (essentially killing it) when it self-switches to combat mode in self-defense, spending the rest of the film fighting for its own survival.
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* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' has a fondness for these, with players often ending up with levers that serve no purpose but to flood parts of their own fortress with lava. This is particularly pronounced in games when [[SuccessionGame players swap out between years]] so that no-one knows what the lever actually ''does'' and building around it. For example, LetsPlay/{{Boatmurdered}} had a lever that, when pulled, flooded a siege workshop. It turned out it had originally been put in [[spoiler:to irrigate the farms]] and became hilariously useless later [[spoiler:when someone built a siege workshop on them]].
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* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' has a fondness for these, with players often ending up with levers that serve no purpose but to flood parts of their own fortress with lava. This is particularly pronounced in games when [[SuccessionGame players swap out between years]] so that no-one knows what the lever actually ''does'' and building around it. For example, LetsPlay/{{Boatmurdered}} Blog/{{Boatmurdered}} had a lever that, when pulled, flooded a siege workshop. It turned out it had originally been put in [[spoiler:to irrigate the farms]] and became hilariously useless later [[spoiler:when someone built a siege workshop on them]].
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* ''[[Videogame/{{Kuukiyomi}} Kuukiyomi 3: Consider It More and More!!]]'': In the 69th situation, the player character is in the toilet and there are three buttons available (from right to left): big flush, little flush and "?". The third one [[spoiler:creates a "hee..." sound when pushed]].
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* ''[[Videogame/{{Kuukiyomi}} ''[[VideoGame/{{Kuukiyomi}} Kuukiyomi 3: Consider It More and More!!]]'': In the 69th situation, the player character is in the toilet and there are three buttons available (from right to left): big flush, little flush and "?". The third one [[spoiler:creates a "hee..." sound when pushed]].
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-->''""Science isn't about WHY. It's about WHY NOT. Why is so much of our science dangerous? Why not marry safe science if you love it so much? In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you on the butt on the way out, because you are FIRED!"''
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* Awesomemod (a mod for ''VideoGame/TheSims 3'') has a configuration setting called "[=ExplodeInBFBVFS=]", which allegedly causes your game to explode in "a big fiery ball visible from space". [[spoiler:All it really does is display a funny message when you try to run the game, and then immediately quits.]]
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* Awesomemod (a mod for ''VideoGame/TheSims 3'') ''VideoGame/TheSims3'') has a configuration setting called "[=ExplodeInBFBVFS=]", which allegedly causes your game to explode in "a big fiery ball visible from space". [[spoiler:All it really does is display a funny message when you try to run the game, and then immediately quits.]]
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* ''Literature/KittyCatKillSat'': Lily spends a lot of time complaining about the control designs for her space station. Long story short, half the station was built by an extremely progressive pan-species collective, and the other half was built piecemeal by the many racist states that followed after them. That means that Lily has to deal with oddities such as the fact that the station is fully ''capable'' of accepting written commands, but refuses to do so unless the crewmember is explicitly logged as disabled. Lily, being a housecat, lacks the means to speak human languages, but she's perfectly healthy for her species, so the system won't accept written commands. Not to mention her critical lack of thumbs; pretty much every single human-descended species or animal-uplift or genetic engineering project was designed with thumbs and hands, so none of the controls were designed for someone with only paws to work with. And, again, large parts of the station were built by racists from multiple different species, so they were ''intentionally'' designed to be impossible for anyone besides their specific species. Lily finds it impossible to even code up a speech synthesizer to translate her self-created Cat language into a human language that will allow for easier voice commands, because her programming software is racist and refuses to do any translations.
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* Applies to ''so many'' door-lock minipuzzles in all sorts of games. Why would a supposedly everyday door require people to go through lengthy, complex manipulations to get through -- the users would get fed up. Why would a door be locked with a device that is ''disassembled'' when unlocked, or otherwise only good for one use.
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* ''Grim Expectations'' from Creator/KWJeter is set years after ''Infernal Devices'' so George Dower Jr.'s selling of his father's blueprints have unleashed a wave of [[DidntThinkThisThrough inventive madness]]. One invention is a mechanical cherub that can fly and sing from a recorder. Problem is that rather than using a steam engine, the cherub is actually a thin ceramic shell over the rotting corpse of a baby. Gases from the decay is what makes the cherub lighter than air. When a cherub was damaged inside a church, it became a flaming rocket that ignited the rest of the cherubs. Eventually all that fire and corpse gas resulted in an explosion that leveled the church.
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* In ''Fanfic/AndersonQuestKillingVampiresAndWerewolvesAndLeprechuans'', Anderson gets very cross when he realizes the horrid {{Bizarrchitecture}} properties of [[VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}} Yharnam]]. A bit of investigating leads him on the trail of the utter incompetent who designed half the city, and among other things, introduced elevators, pressure plates, strange balconies and similar questionable choices. To nobody's surprise, it's [[Franchise/{{Discworld}} Bergholt Stuttley Johnson]], a.k.a. Bloody Stupid Johnson. Among other idiotic enterprises, he created a reality-defying bust whose gaze keeps following you around the room despite not moving, which [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth reacted adversely]] to [[EldritchAbomination Ebrietas]], got declared "the opposite of enlightenment" by the Choir and was the architect who remodeled Cainhurst Castle. Annalise's still kicking herself over the last one.
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* ''Series/{{The Librarians|2014}}'': In the season 2 opener, Flynn is opening various doors around the Library, and encounters a room containing a hive of giant bees.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' Stan dies and goes to Heaven, and tries to use his gun to threaten people into sending him back to Earth. Everyone laughs at the idea that they could be harmed in Heaven...until Stan steals an Angel's "Heaven Gun" which CAN kill anyone. As he runs out, one guy questions why they have those.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' In "Mojoworld", Mojo's hoverchair is disabled when Hawkeye hits a completely unprotected circuitboard on its underside. Hawkeye immediately lampshades the poor design.
* Parodied by Creator/CartoonNetwork with a ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdman|1967}}'' short (link [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPKymEC_Hss here]]). Falcon 7 asks why Birdman allows [[LoyalAnimalCompanion Avenger]] on his console, while Birdman insists he's "fully-trained" and demonstrates by ordering Avenger to press the Coffee button...which is right next to the Doomsday button. [[spoiler:He gets the coffee, but accidentally hit the Doomsday button too.]]
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' where Buzz was being hunted by the Shape Stealer, [[DemonicPossession a creature that could possess anyone]], Commander Nebula had him hide in the Master EscapePod. Unfortunately, the creature had taken control of Buzz, and used the pod's ManualOverride to lockdown Star Command and cause it to self destruct. The look that Mira gave Nebula when he explained the pod had master control over the station was priceless.
-->'''Commander Nebula''': Well, {{it seemed like a good idea at the time}}!
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAdventuresInCareALot'', Grizzle takes over Care-a-Lot using the Caretaker II, a belly-badge-stealing ray that can turn invisible. Naturally, it gets lost while invisible, and while looking for it, Grizzle warns his minions not to press [[BigRedButton the blue button]] that releases all the belly badges, complaining that he never should have installed that button.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' In "Mojoworld", Mojo's hoverchair is disabled when Hawkeye hits a completely unprotected circuitboard on its underside. Hawkeye immediately lampshades the poor design.
* Parodied by Creator/CartoonNetwork with a ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdman|1967}}'' short (link [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPKymEC_Hss here]]). Falcon 7 asks why Birdman allows [[LoyalAnimalCompanion Avenger]] on his console, while Birdman insists he's "fully-trained" and demonstrates by ordering Avenger to press the Coffee button...which is right next to the Doomsday button. [[spoiler:He gets the coffee, but accidentally hit the Doomsday button too.]]
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' where Buzz was being hunted by the Shape Stealer, [[DemonicPossession a creature that could possess anyone]], Commander Nebula had him hide in the Master EscapePod. Unfortunately, the creature had taken control of Buzz, and used the pod's ManualOverride to lockdown Star Command and cause it to self destruct. The look that Mira gave Nebula when he explained the pod had master control over the station was priceless.
-->'''Commander Nebula''': Well, {{it seemed like a good idea at the time}}!
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAdventuresInCareALot'', Grizzle takes over Care-a-Lot using the Caretaker II, a belly-badge-stealing ray that can turn invisible. Naturally, it gets lost while invisible, and while looking for it, Grizzle warns his minions not to press [[BigRedButton the blue button]] that releases all the belly badges, complaining that he never should have installed that button.
* In the episode of ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' where [[MultipleHeadCase the three-headed son]] of the chicken from outer space appears to take revenge on Courage, one of the attempts was a complex {{Rube Goldberg|Device}} [[RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts booby trap]] that lead to Courage being ChainedToARailway while the three-headed son came at him on a train. Courage managed to save himself by throwing a track switch, after which the three heads looked over the plans and wondered why in the world that was included in the trap.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool'' naturally has taken the infamous "wrong lever" from [[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove the movie the show spun off from]] and turned it into a RunningGag, the results of which are [[DifferentInEveryEpisode different almost every time]], ranging from Yzma being crushed by falling objects, to pulling the school's fire alarm, to absolutely nothing (which prompts Yzma and Kronk to take the stairs to the secret lab instead).
* From the ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'' episode "Dye Hard", during a fight in [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Wayne Tower]], Harley finds a gun and doesn't realize what it is until she fires it at a mook. For some unfathomable reason, it turns out it's a "Cancer Ray". ''[[BlackComedy A gun that causes cancer]].''
-->'''Mook''': Harley Quinn... you gave me cancer?!\\
'''[[EvenEvilHasStandards Harley]]''': ''(dropping the gun in disgust)'' [[LampshadeHanging Why would they even make this!?]]
-->'''Mook''': Harley Quinn... you gave me cancer?!\\
'''[[EvenEvilHasStandards Harley]]''': ''(dropping the gun in disgust)'' [[LampshadeHanging Why would they even make this!?]]
* ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'': Killer Shrike's flight tech is directly linked to his wrist blasters. After Iron Man smashes the blasters, he points out to the plummeting villain what a bad idea that was.
* ''[[WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse Mickey Mouse Works]]'':
** One ''Mickey to the Rescue'' segment features Mickey trying to untie Minnie from some railroad tracks before she gets run over by Pete's locomotive. After his attempts to free her [[EpicFail end up getting them both tied]], Mickey ends up using his tail to pull a nearby switch that diverts the train just when it was about to hit them.
-->'''Pete:''' Oh, I ''knew'' I shouldn't have put in that second set of tracks!
** Another short from ''House of Mouse'' had a portable carwash that for some unknowable reason included a switch with the settings "wash car" and "destroy car." You can guess what Goofy accidentally does at exactly the wrong time.
** One ''Mickey to the Rescue'' segment features Mickey trying to untie Minnie from some railroad tracks before she gets run over by Pete's locomotive. After his attempts to free her [[EpicFail end up getting them both tied]], Mickey ends up using his tail to pull a nearby switch that diverts the train just when it was about to hit them.
-->'''Pete:''' Oh, I ''knew'' I shouldn't have put in that second set of tracks!
** Another short from ''House of Mouse'' had a portable carwash that for some unknowable reason included a switch with the settings "wash car" and "destroy car." You can guess what Goofy accidentally does at exactly the wrong time.
* ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja''
** Jerry Driscoll built a death ray with an adjustable blast radius as part of a contest. He was disqualified because no one was willing to test if the "universe" setting worked.
** Viceroy designed the [[MechaMooks Robo-Apes]] with a "[[StrikeEpisode Strike Mode]]" and an "[[TheBerserker Ape Mode]]".
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', Rocko and his friends are trying to fix his car, but are unable to despite trying everything. Until Filbert notices the car has a "fixed/broken" switch on the under the hood that's currently set to "broken".
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', Stu builds a doll-making machine, only for the dolls it makes to turn out wrong (i.e body upside down, legs attached to head, arms at wrong end). It's later revealed during Tommy and Chuckie's adventure in the basement that the reason for this was because [[HadTheSillyThingInReverse it was set in reverse]], which Tommy inadvertently fixed when he held the lever for ballast to grab Chuckie and ended up setting it into 'Forward'. Still, one has to wonder [[FailedASpotCheck why Stu never noticed that error]], let alone put a forward/reverse lever on the machine in the first place.
** Jerry Driscoll built a death ray with an adjustable blast radius as part of a contest. He was disqualified because no one was willing to test if the "universe" setting worked.
** Viceroy designed the [[MechaMooks Robo-Apes]] with a "[[StrikeEpisode Strike Mode]]" and an "[[TheBerserker Ape Mode]]".
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', Rocko and his friends are trying to fix his car, but are unable to despite trying everything. Until Filbert notices the car has a "fixed/broken" switch on the under the hood that's currently set to "broken".
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', Stu builds a doll-making machine, only for the dolls it makes to turn out wrong (i.e body upside down, legs attached to head, arms at wrong end). It's later revealed during Tommy and Chuckie's adventure in the basement that the reason for this was because [[HadTheSillyThingInReverse it was set in reverse]], which Tommy inadvertently fixed when he held the lever for ballast to grab Chuckie and ended up setting it into 'Forward'. Still, one has to wonder [[FailedASpotCheck why Stu never noticed that error]], let alone put a forward/reverse lever on the machine in the first place.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Chef gets a new TV with a "Human Eradication Mode" which, if selected, causes the TV to grow limbs and laser guns, and attempt to wipe out the human race.
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* In one episode of ''[[WesternAnimation/CareBearsAdventuresInCareALot Adventures in Care-a-Lot]]'', Grizzle takes over Care-a-Lot using the Caretaker II, a belly-badge-stealing ray that can turn invisible. Naturally, it gets lost while invisible, and while looking for it, Grizzle warns his minions not to press [[BigRedButton the blue button]] that releases all the belly badges, complaining that he never should have installed that button.
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* Parodied by Creator/CartoonNetwork with a ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdman|1967}}'' short (link [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPKymEC_Hss here]]). Falcon 7 asks why Birdman allows [[LoyalAnimalCompanion Avenger]] on his console, while Birdman insists he's "fully-trained" and demonstrates by ordering Avenger to press the Coffee button...which is right next to the Doomsday button. [[spoiler:He gets the coffee, but accidentally hit the Doomsday button too.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'': Killer Shrike's flight tech is directly linked to his wrist blasters. After Iron Man smashes the blasters, he points out to the plummeting villain what a bad idea that was.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' Stan dies and goes to Heaven, and tries to use his gun to threaten people into sending him back to Earth. Everyone laughs at the idea that they could be harmed in Heaven...until Stan steals an Angel's "Heaven Gun" which CAN kill anyone. As he runs out, one guy questions why they have those.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', Stu builds a doll-making machine, only for the dolls it makes to turn out wrong (i.e body upside down, legs attached to head, arms at wrong end). It's later revealed during Tommy and Chuckie's adventure in the basement that the reason for this was because [[HadTheSillyThingInReverse it was set in reverse]], which Tommy inadvertently fixed when he held the lever for ballast to grab Chuckie and ended up setting it into 'Forward'. Still, one has to wonder [[FailedASpotCheck why Stu never noticed that error]], let alone put a forward/reverse lever on the machine in the first place.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' where Buzz was being hunted by the Shape Stealer, [[DemonicPossession a creature that could possess anyone]], Commander Nebula had him hide in the Master EscapePod. Unfortunately, the creature had taken control of Buzz, and used the pod's ManualOverride to lockdown Star Command and cause it to self destruct. The look that Mira gave Nebula when he explained the pod had master control over the station was priceless.
-->'''Commander Nebula''': Well, {{it seemed like a good idea at the time}}!
* In the episode of ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' where [[MultipleHeadCase the three-headed son]] of the chicken from outer space appears to take revenge on Courage, one of the attempts was a complex {{Rube Goldberg|Device}} [[RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts booby trap]] that lead to Courage being ChainedToARailway while the three-headed son came at him on a train. Courage managed to save himself by throwing a track switch, after which the three heads looked over the plans and wondered why in the world that was included in the trap.
* ''[[WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse Mickey Mouse Works]]'':
** One ''Mickey to the Rescue'' segment features Mickey trying to untie Minnie from some railroad tracks before she gets run over by Pete's locomotive. After his attempts to free her [[EpicFail end up getting them both tied]], Mickey ends up using his tail to pull a nearby switch that diverts the train just when it was about to hit them.
-->'''Pete:''' Oh, I ''knew'' I shouldn't have put in that second set of tracks!
** Another short from ''House of Mouse'' had a portable carwash that for some unknowable reason included a switch with the settings "wash car" and "destroy car." You can guess what Goofy accidentally does at exactly the wrong time.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', Rocko and his friends are trying to fix his car, but are unable to despite trying everything. Until Filbert notices the car has a "fixed/broken" switch on the under the hood that's currently set to "broken".
* ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja''
** Jerry Driscoll built a death ray with an adjustable blast radius as part of a contest. He was disqualified because no one was willing to test if the "universe" setting worked.
** Viceroy designed the [[MechaMooks Robo-Apes]] with a "[[StrikeEpisode Strike Mode]]" and an "[[TheBerserker Ape Mode]]".
* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool'' naturally has taken the infamous "wrong lever" from [[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove the movie the show spun off from]] and turned it into a RunningGag, the results of which are [[DifferentInEveryEpisode different almost every time]], ranging from Yzma being crushed by falling objects, to pulling the school's fire alarm, to absolutely nothing (which prompts Yzma and Kronk to take the stairs to the secret lab instead).
* ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'': Killer Shrike's flight tech is directly linked to his wrist blasters. After Iron Man smashes the blasters, he points out to the plummeting villain what a bad idea that was.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' Stan dies and goes to Heaven, and tries to use his gun to threaten people into sending him back to Earth. Everyone laughs at the idea that they could be harmed in Heaven...until Stan steals an Angel's "Heaven Gun" which CAN kill anyone. As he runs out, one guy questions why they have those.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', Stu builds a doll-making machine, only for the dolls it makes to turn out wrong (i.e body upside down, legs attached to head, arms at wrong end). It's later revealed during Tommy and Chuckie's adventure in the basement that the reason for this was because [[HadTheSillyThingInReverse it was set in reverse]], which Tommy inadvertently fixed when he held the lever for ballast to grab Chuckie and ended up setting it into 'Forward'. Still, one has to wonder [[FailedASpotCheck why Stu never noticed that error]], let alone put a forward/reverse lever on the machine in the first place.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' where Buzz was being hunted by the Shape Stealer, [[DemonicPossession a creature that could possess anyone]], Commander Nebula had him hide in the Master EscapePod. Unfortunately, the creature had taken control of Buzz, and used the pod's ManualOverride to lockdown Star Command and cause it to self destruct. The look that Mira gave Nebula when he explained the pod had master control over the station was priceless.
-->'''Commander Nebula''': Well, {{it seemed like a good idea at the time}}!
* In the episode of ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' where [[MultipleHeadCase the three-headed son]] of the chicken from outer space appears to take revenge on Courage, one of the attempts was a complex {{Rube Goldberg|Device}} [[RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts booby trap]] that lead to Courage being ChainedToARailway while the three-headed son came at him on a train. Courage managed to save himself by throwing a track switch, after which the three heads looked over the plans and wondered why in the world that was included in the trap.
* ''[[WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse Mickey Mouse Works]]'':
** One ''Mickey to the Rescue'' segment features Mickey trying to untie Minnie from some railroad tracks before she gets run over by Pete's locomotive. After his attempts to free her [[EpicFail end up getting them both tied]], Mickey ends up using his tail to pull a nearby switch that diverts the train just when it was about to hit them.
-->'''Pete:''' Oh, I ''knew'' I shouldn't have put in that second set of tracks!
** Another short from ''House of Mouse'' had a portable carwash that for some unknowable reason included a switch with the settings "wash car" and "destroy car." You can guess what Goofy accidentally does at exactly the wrong time.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', Rocko and his friends are trying to fix his car, but are unable to despite trying everything. Until Filbert notices the car has a "fixed/broken" switch on the under the hood that's currently set to "broken".
* ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja''
** Jerry Driscoll built a death ray with an adjustable blast radius as part of a contest. He was disqualified because no one was willing to test if the "universe" setting worked.
** Viceroy designed the [[MechaMooks Robo-Apes]] with a "[[StrikeEpisode Strike Mode]]" and an "[[TheBerserker Ape Mode]]".
* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool'' naturally has taken the infamous "wrong lever" from [[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove the movie the show spun off from]] and turned it into a RunningGag, the results of which are [[DifferentInEveryEpisode different almost every time]], ranging from Yzma being crushed by falling objects, to pulling the school's fire alarm, to absolutely nothing (which prompts Yzma and Kronk to take the stairs to the secret lab instead).
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* From the ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'' episode "Dye Hard", during a fight in [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Wayne Tower]], Harley finds a gun and doesn't realize what it is until she fires it at a mook. For some unfathomable reason, it turns out it's a "Cancer Ray". ''[[BlackComedy A gun that causes cancer]].''
-->'''Mook''': Harley Quinn... you gave me cancer?!\\
'''[[EvenEvilHasStandards Harley]]''': ''(dropping the gun in disgust)'' [[LampshadeHanging Why would they even make this!?]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Chef gets a new TV with a "Human Eradication Mode" which, if selected, causes the TV to grow limbs and laser guns, and attempt to wipe out the human race.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' In "Mojoworld", Mojo's hoverchair is disabled when Hawkeye hits a completely unprotected circuitboard on its underside. Hawkeye immediately lampshades the poor design.
-->'''Mook''': Harley Quinn... you gave me cancer?!\\
'''[[EvenEvilHasStandards Harley]]''': ''(dropping the gun in disgust)'' [[LampshadeHanging Why would they even make this!?]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Chef gets a new TV with a "Human Eradication Mode" which, if selected, causes the TV to grow limbs and laser guns, and attempt to wipe out the human race.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' In "Mojoworld", Mojo's hoverchair is disabled when Hawkeye hits a completely unprotected circuitboard on its underside. Hawkeye immediately lampshades the poor design.
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* From All of the ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'' episode "Dye Hard", during a fight vehicles in [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Wayne Tower]], Harley finds a gun and doesn't realize what it is until she fires it at a mook. For some unfathomable reason, it turns out it's a "Cancer Ray". ''[[BlackComedy A gun ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' have features that causes cancer]].''
-->'''Mook''': Harley Quinn... you gave me cancer?!\\
'''[[EvenEvilHasStandards Harley]]''': ''(dropping the gun in disgust)'' [[LampshadeHanging Whyno sane person would they even make this!?]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Chef gets a new TV with a "Human Eradication Mode" which, if selected, causesever include in acar, such as the TV to grow limbs and laser guns, and attempt to wipe out Compact Pussycat's automatic personal grooming facilities. But, then again, no one ever accused the human race.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' In "Mojoworld", Mojo's hoverchair is disabled when Hawkeye hits a completely unprotected circuitboard on its underside. Hawkeye immediately lampshades the poor design.Wacky Racers of being sane.
-->'''Mook''': Harley Quinn... you gave me cancer?!\\
'''[[EvenEvilHasStandards Harley]]''': ''(dropping the gun in disgust)'' [[LampshadeHanging Why
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Chef gets a new TV with a "Human Eradication Mode" which, if selected, causes
* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' In "Mojoworld", Mojo's hoverchair is disabled when Hawkeye hits a completely unprotected circuitboard on its underside. Hawkeye immediately lampshades the poor design.
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* In ''Anime/DualParallelTroubleAdventure'', Mr. Sanada frequently designs machines with large buttons that you think would activate them, he even coaxes the person to press the button/presses the button himself, before revealing that it doesn't actually do anything. 'It's actually' *Mitsuki sits down on a lever* 'that lever..'
* In ''Anime/DualParallelTroubleAdventure'', Mr. Sanada frequently designs machines with large buttons that you think would activate them, he even coaxes the person to press the button/presses the button himself, before revealing that it doesn't actually do anything. 'It's actually' *Mitsuki sits down on a lever* 'that lever..'
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* In ''Anime/DualParallelTroubleAdventure'', Mr. Sanada frequently designs machines with large buttons that you think would activate them, he even coaxes the person to press the button/presses the button himself, before revealing that it doesn't actually do anything. 'It's actually' *Mitsuki sits down on a lever* 'that lever..'
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* ''ComicBook/{{Meanwhile}}'': The Killitron is a doomsday device built by a mild-mannered inventor with no OmnicidalManiac tendencies whatsoever. However, it turns out that it can be used to manipulate entropy, allowing for such miracles as reversing the aging process and transmuting food and water.
* ''ComicBook/{{Meanwhile}}'': The Killitron is a doomsday device built by a mild-mannered inventor with no OmnicidalManiac tendencies whatsoever. However, it turns out that it can be used to manipulate entropy, allowing for such miracles as reversing the aging process and transmuting food and water.
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* In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' story ''ComicBook/SupergirlsThreeSuperGirlfriends'', Brainiac's ship force-shield has a power button... and a shutdown one, which coincidentally can be reached and poked distractedly by Brainiac's pet right before a battle against Superman.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': The entrance to Yzma's secret lab has a lever that opens a TrapDoor to a [[SharkPool Croc Pool]]. It's right next to the lever that opens the door. While it could be used as a trap, Yzma doesn't seem to intend for it to be used that way (given that the crocodiles are [[AllAnimalsAreDogs about as vicious as golden retriever puppies]] and can be sent away whimpering with just a slap), and she and Kronk can never remember which lever is which.
--> '''Kuzco:''' [[BrickJoke Okay, why does she even HAVE that lever?]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/Home2015'', Oh complains about the wisdom of an e-mail system in which "send" and "send all" are two giant buttons on the same screen. One also wonders why a personal communication device has the means to transmit a galaxy-wide message.
--> '''Kuzco:''' [[BrickJoke Okay, why does she even HAVE that lever?]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/Home2015'', Oh complains about the wisdom of an e-mail system in which "send" and "send all" are two giant buttons on the same screen. One also wonders why a personal communication device has the means to transmit a galaxy-wide message.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': The entrance to Yzma's secret lab has a lever that opens a TrapDoor to a [[SharkPool Croc Pool]]. It's right next to the lever that opens the door. While it could be used as a trap, Yzma doesn't seem to intend for it to be used that way (given that the crocodiles are [[AllAnimalsAreDogs about as vicious as golden retriever puppies]] and can be sent away whimpering with just a slap), and she and Kronk can never remember which lever is which.
--> '''Kuzco:''' [[BrickJoke Okay, why does she even HAVE that lever?]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/Home2015'', Oh complains about the wisdom of an e-mail system in which "send" and "send all" are two giant buttons on the same screen. One also wonders why a personal communication device has the means to transmit a galaxy-wide message.
--> '''Kuzco:''' [[BrickJoke Okay, why does she even HAVE that lever?]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/Home2015'', Oh complains about the wisdom of an e-mail system in which "send" and "send all" are two giant buttons on the same screen. One also wonders why a personal communication device has the means to transmit a galaxy-wide message.
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* ''Film/AustinPowers'': Practically everything Dr. Evil owns.
* In the original ''Film/{{Cube}}'', somebody speculates that the only reason they were put into the cube was because it had been built as some government pork barrel project, and not using it would be to admit it was pointless.
* In ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' the villain has a suit that he can use to [[ShockAndAwe shock people]]. For reasons that are not entirely clear, but possibly related to the guy who built it not entirely trusting his boss ([[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness with good reason]]), there's a button on the front that causes it to electrocute the wearer.
* In ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' the villain has a suit that he can use to [[ShockAndAwe shock people]]. For reasons that are not entirely clear, but possibly related to the guy who built it not entirely trusting his boss ([[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness with good reason]]), there's a button on the front that causes it to electrocute the wearer.
* In ''[[Film/{{Garfield}} Garfield: The Movie]]'', [[ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} Garfield]] hits a big red button that immediately stops all the trains at a station. [[RealityIsUnrealistic Signalling control centres actually have these]], sometimes in actual big red button form, to be used in the event of a derailment or collision.
* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', Rocket Raccoon, for some reason, included an instant detonation button on the bomb [[spoiler:built to kill [[GeniusLoci Ego the Living Planet]]]] alongside the MagicCountdown button that would give them time to escape. This became a real issue when the Guardians had to depend on [[spoiler:Baby Groot]] to plant the bomb, with Rocket expressively telling him [[DontTouchItYouIdiot not to push]] that particular button, [[WhatDoesThisButtonDo without much success]]. It got to the point where Rocket even asked if anyone had any tape so he could cover the button.
* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', Rocket Raccoon, for some reason, included an instant detonation button on the bomb [[spoiler:built to kill [[GeniusLoci Ego the Living Planet]]]] alongside the MagicCountdown button that would give them time to escape. This became a real issue when the Guardians had to depend on [[spoiler:Baby Groot]] to plant the bomb, with Rocket expressively telling him [[DontTouchItYouIdiot not to push]] that particular button, [[WhatDoesThisButtonDo without much success]]. It got to the point where Rocket even asked if anyone had any tape so he could cover the button.
* In ''Film/RedPlanet'' the heroes bring a helper robot that was originally built by the military and is equipped with pretty sophisticated, combat-oriented AI. Unfortunately for everyone, a bit ''too'' sophisticated. It has a physical switch for whether or not to be in a combat mode. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as the mission was assembled in great hurry, with no spare "civilian" model, while the switch was pre-set on "no". It wasn't until the astronauts plan to disable the robot (essentially killing it) when it self-switches to combat mode in self-defense, spending rest of the film fighting for own survival.
* The trapdoor in ''Film/RedSonja''.
* The trapdoor in ''Film/RedSonja''.
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* The trapdoor in ''Film/RedSonja''.
* In the original ''Film/{{Cube}}'', somebody speculates that the only reason they were put into the cube was because it had been built as some government pork barrel project, and not using it would be to admit it was pointless.
* ''Film/AustinPowers'': Practically everything Dr. Evil owns.
* In ''[[Film/{{Garfield}} Garfield: The Movie]]'', [[ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} Garfield]] hits a big red button that immediately stops all the trains at a station. [[RealityIsUnrealistic Signalling control centres actually have these]], sometimes in actual big red button form, to be used in the event of a derailment or collision.
* In ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' the villain has a suit that he can use to [[ShockAndAwe shock people]]. For reasons that are not entirely clear, but possibly related to the guy who built it not entirely trusting his boss ([[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness with good reason]]), there's a button on the front that causes it to electrocute the wearer.
* In ''Film/RedPlanet'' the heroes bring a helper robot that was originally built by the military and is equipped with pretty sophisticated, combat-oriented AI. Unfortunately for everyone, a bit ''too'' sophisticated. It has a physical switch for whether or not to be in a combat mode. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as the mission was assembled in great hurry, with no spare "civilian" model, while the switch was pre-set on "no". It wasn't until the astronauts plan to disable the robot (essentially killing it) when it self-switches to combat mode in self-defense, spending rest of the film fighting for own survival.
* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', Rocket Raccoon, for some reason, included an instant detonation button on the bomb [[spoiler:built to kill [[GeniusLoci Ego the Living Planet]]]] alongside the MagicCountdown button that would give them time to escape. This became a real issue when the Guardians had to depend on [[spoiler:Baby Groot]] to plant the bomb, with Rocket expressively telling him [[DontTouchItYouIdiot not to push]] that particular button, [[WhatDoesThisButtonDo without much success]]. It got to the point where Rocket even asked if anyone had any tape so he could cover the button.
* In the original ''Film/{{Cube}}'', somebody speculates that the only reason they were put into the cube was because it had been built as some government pork barrel project, and not using it would be to admit it was pointless.
* ''Film/AustinPowers'': Practically everything Dr. Evil owns.
* In ''[[Film/{{Garfield}} Garfield: The Movie]]'', [[ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} Garfield]] hits a big red button that immediately stops all the trains at a station. [[RealityIsUnrealistic Signalling control centres actually have these]], sometimes in actual big red button form, to be used in the event of a derailment or collision.
* In ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' the villain has a suit that he can use to [[ShockAndAwe shock people]]. For reasons that are not entirely clear, but possibly related to the guy who built it not entirely trusting his boss ([[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness with good reason]]), there's a button on the front that causes it to electrocute the wearer.
* In ''Film/RedPlanet'' the heroes bring a helper robot that was originally built by the military and is equipped with pretty sophisticated, combat-oriented AI. Unfortunately for everyone, a bit ''too'' sophisticated. It has a physical switch for whether or not to be in a combat mode. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as the mission was assembled in great hurry, with no spare "civilian" model, while the switch was pre-set on "no". It wasn't until the astronauts plan to disable the robot (essentially killing it) when it self-switches to combat mode in self-defense, spending rest of the film fighting for own survival.
* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', Rocket Raccoon, for some reason, included an instant detonation button on the bomb [[spoiler:built to kill [[GeniusLoci Ego the Living Planet]]]] alongside the MagicCountdown button that would give them time to escape. This became a real issue when the Guardians had to depend on [[spoiler:Baby Groot]] to plant the bomb, with Rocket expressively telling him [[DontTouchItYouIdiot not to push]] that particular button, [[WhatDoesThisButtonDo without much success]]. It got to the point where Rocket even asked if anyone had any tape so he could cover the button.
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* ''Series/FarOutSpaceNuts:'' "I said ''lunch'', not ''launch!''" Maybe those two buttons shouldn't be right next to each other?
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': "Court Martial" has Kirk being court-martialed under suspicion of accidentally ejecting an "ion pod" with a crew member still inside it. The prime evidence is (falsified) footage of the bridge during the incident, which includes a closeup of the arm of Kirk's captain's chair, which has three buttons on it - presumably the three things it was determined a Starfleet captain needed to be able to do at any time: "Red Alert," "Yellow Alert," and "Eject Pod."
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': "Court Martial" has Kirk being court-martialed under suspicion of accidentally ejecting an "ion pod" with a crew member still inside it. The prime evidence is (falsified) footage of the bridge during the incident, which includes a closeup of the arm of Kirk's captain's chair, which has three buttons on it - presumably the three things it was determined a Starfleet captain needed to be able to do at any time: "Red Alert," "Yellow Alert," and "Eject Pod."
* ''Series/FarOutSpaceNuts:'' "I said ''lunch'', not ''launch!''" Maybe those two buttons shouldn't be right next to each other?
* ''Series/SesameStreet'':
** An episode involves a high-powered air conditioning system being installed in the Furry Arms Hotel. Humphrey specifically states that it's only meant to be turned up to 10. If the knob is turned up to 14, it will break. Those are literally his exact words. Guess what the resident penguins end up doing.
** During the "Slimey to the Moon" arc one episode involves a crisis aboard the spaceship where the worms cannot get along after weeks of confinement. An incident leads to a button inside the ship being pressed that is specifically designed to put the ship off course if pressed. A bit of research reveals that there is a button to reverse the effect of the first button, but it is on the tip top of the ship's exterior--so that it cannot be pressed by accident!
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': "Court Martial" has Kirk being court-martialed under suspicion of accidentally ejecting an "ion pod" with a crew member still inside it. The prime evidence is (falsified) footage of the bridge during the incident, which includes a closeup of the arm of Kirk's captain's chair, which has three buttons on it - presumably the three things it was determined a Starfleet captain needed to be able to do at any time: "Red Alert," "Yellow Alert," and "Eject Pod."
** An episode involves a high-powered air conditioning system being installed in the Furry Arms Hotel. Humphrey specifically states that it's only meant to be turned up to 10. If the knob is turned up to 14, it will break. Those are literally his exact words. Guess what the resident penguins end up doing.
** During the "Slimey to the Moon" arc one episode involves a crisis aboard the spaceship where the worms cannot get along after weeks of confinement. An incident leads to a button inside the ship being pressed that is specifically designed to put the ship off course if pressed. A bit of research reveals that there is a button to reverse the effect of the first button, but it is on the tip top of the ship's exterior--so that it cannot be pressed by accident!
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': "Court Martial" has Kirk being court-martialed under suspicion of accidentally ejecting an "ion pod" with a crew member still inside it. The prime evidence is (falsified) footage of the bridge during the incident, which includes a closeup of the arm of Kirk's captain's chair, which has three buttons on it - presumably the three things it was determined a Starfleet captain needed to be able to do at any time: "Red Alert," "Yellow Alert," and "Eject Pod."
* In the ''Series/TheWubbulousWorldOfDrSeuss'' episode, "The Muckster", Jane Kangaroo orders the titular invention to help her clean her messy house for her appearance on ''The House and Home Show'', with specific instructions from the Cat in the Hat and the Little Cats [[SchmuckBait never to turn the dial to 6]]. When Jane is tempted to turn the dial to 6, Junior reminds her not to do so, to which Jane questions why the Cats would put a 6 on the machine to begin with.
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* ''Series/SesameStreet'':
** An episode involves a high-powered air conditioning system being installed in the Furry Arms Hotel. Humphrey specifically states that it's only meant to be turned up to 10. If the knob is turned up to 14, it will break. Those are literally his exact words. Guess what the resident penguins end up doing.
** During the "Slimey to the Moon" arc one episode involves a crisis aboard the spaceship where the worms cannot get along after weeks of confinement. An incident leads to a button inside the ship being pressed that is specifically designed to put the ship off course if pressed. A bit of research reveals that there is a button to reverse the effect of the first button, but it is on the tip top of the ship's exterior--so that it cannot be pressed by accident!
* In the ''Series/TheWubbulousWorldOfDrSeuss'' episode, "The Muckster", Jane Kangaroo orders the titular invention to help her clean her messy house for her appearance on ''The House and Home Show'', with specific instructions from the Cat in the Hat and the Little Cats [[SchmuckBait never to turn the dial to 6]]. When Jane is tempted to turn the dial to 6, Junior reminds her not to do so, to which Jane questions why the Cats would put a 6 on the machine to begin with.
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* ''Series/SesameStreet'':
** An episode involves a high-powered air conditioning system being installed in the Furry Arms Hotel. Humphrey specifically states that it's only meant to be turned up to 10. If the knob is turned up to 14, it will break. Those are literally his exact words. Guess what the resident penguins end up doing.
** During the "Slimey to the Moon" arc one episode involves a crisis aboard the spaceship where the worms cannot get along after weeks of confinement. An incident leads to a button inside the ship being pressed that is specifically designed to put the ship off course if pressed. A bit of research reveals that there is a button to reverse the effect of the first button, but it is on the tip top of the ship's exterior--so that it cannot be pressed by accident!
* In the ''Series/TheWubbulousWorldOfDrSeuss'' episode, "The Muckster", Jane Kangaroo orders the titular invention to help her clean her messy house for her appearance on ''The House and Home Show'', with specific instructions from the Cat in the Hat and the Little Cats [[SchmuckBait never to turn the dial to 6]]. When Jane is tempted to turn the dial to 6, Junior reminds her not to do so, to which Jane questions why the Cats would put a 6 on the machine to begin with.
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* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' has this problem with certain mechs. For example, the Charger is an Assault-class mech (putting it between 80 and 100 tons, making it the largest class of generally available mech) that was originally built for scouting duties, usually left to mechs less than half its weight. The designers also actively discouraged non-scouting duties for it, removing most of its weapon hardpoints. Other mechs have less glaring but still present issues, such as a mech that only shoots 10 long range missiles a turn having two tons of ammo, or 240 missiles, while their main armament only has one ton of ammo despite doing considerably more damage. And this is in a game where unused ammo can ''explode'', taking the limb and everything attached to it out as well.
* ''TabletopGame/GeniusTheTransgression'' has quite a few instances of these in the player character's Wonders, which often have flaws attached (like a time machine that needs a wall outlet, for example).
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* ''TabletopGame/GeniusTheTransgression'' has quite a few instances of these in the player character's Wonders, which often have flaws attached (like a time machine that needs a wall outlet, for example).
* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' has this problem with certain mechs. For example, the Charger is an Assault-class mech (putting it between 80 and 100 tons, making it the largest class of generally available mech) that was originally built for scouting duties, usually left to mechs less than half its weight. The designers also actively discouraged non-scouting duties for it, removing most of its weapon hardpoints. Other mechs have less glaring but still present issues, such as a mech that only shoots 10 long range missiles a turn having two tons of ammo, or 240 missiles, while their main armament only has one ton of ammo despite doing considerably more damage. And this is in a game where unused ammo can ''explode'', taking the limb and everything attached to it out as well.
* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' has this problem with certain mechs. For example, the Charger is an Assault-class mech (putting it between 80 and 100 tons, making it the largest class of generally available mech) that was originally built for scouting duties, usually left to mechs less than half its weight. The designers also actively discouraged non-scouting duties for it, removing most of its weapon hardpoints. Other mechs have less glaring but still present issues, such as a mech that only shoots 10 long range missiles a turn having two tons of ammo, or 240 missiles, while their main armament only has one ton of ammo despite doing considerably more damage. And this is in a game where unused ammo can ''explode'', taking the limb and everything attached to it out as well.
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* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' has a fondness for these, with players often ending up with levers that serve no purpose but to flood parts of their own fortress with lava. This is particularly pronounced in games when [[SuccessionGame players swap out between years]] so that no-one knows what the lever actually ''does'' and building around it. For example, LetsPlay/{{Boatmurdered}} had a lever that, when pulled, flooded a siege workshop. It turned out it had originally been put in [[spoiler:to irrigate the farms]] and became hilariously useless later [[spoiler:when someone built a siege workshop on them]].
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* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' has Applies to ''so many'' door-lock minipuzzles in all sorts of games. Why would a fondness for these, supposedly everyday door require people to go through lengthy, complex manipulations to get through -- the users would get fed up. Why would a door be locked with players often ending up with levers a device that serve no purpose but to flood parts of their own fortress with lava. This is particularly pronounced in games ''disassembled'' when [[SuccessionGame players swap out between years]] so that no-one knows what the lever actually ''does'' and building around it. For example, LetsPlay/{{Boatmurdered}} had a lever that, when pulled, flooded a siege workshop. It turned out it had originally been put in [[spoiler:to irrigate the farms]] and became hilariously useless later [[spoiler:when someone built a siege workshop on them]].unlocked, or otherwise only good for one use.
* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'': In Ozzie's boss battles, you win once the correct switch behind him is hit. The fact that he ''always'' has at least one switch that opens a trap door under ''him'' is what qualifies him for the trope.
* ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonNeon'': During the Giant Tank boss, [[BigBad Skullmageddon]] tells his goons to keep the Lees away from the tank's weak point, before realizing...
-->'''Skullmageddon:''' Why does it even ''HAVE'' a weak point? Couldn't you put a cover on it?
* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' has a fondness for these, with players often ending up with levers that serve no purpose but to flood parts of their own fortress with lava. This is particularly pronounced in games when [[SuccessionGame players swap out between years]] so that no-one knows what the lever actually ''does'' and building around it. For example, LetsPlay/{{Boatmurdered}} had a lever that, when pulled, flooded a siege workshop. It turned out it had originally been put in [[spoiler:to irrigate the farms]] and became hilariously useless later [[spoiler:when someone built a siege workshop on them]].
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', if the boss battle with MadScientist Dr. Lugae and his KillerRobot Barnab/Balnabas goes on too long without either/both being defeated, Lugae will notice something on his creation and go "WhatDoesThisButtonDo" Again, note that ''he'' made the dang thing. [[spoiler:Not surprisingly, it activates the SelfDestructMechanism, which can take out the party if they're low on health.]]
* In ''VideoGame/HopkinsFBI'', the title character must find and disarm a bomb in a bank. The bomb he uncovers has four indicator lights labeled "Powered", "Armed", "Halted", and "Explode". The last one, of course, lights up [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin just before the bomb explodes]]. By then, there's not much of a point to it, is there?
* In ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'', the clan VIP room's shower temperature can be set so low that it makes shards of ice rain down on the user. When you use it, your character questions why someone would even make something like this.
* ''[[Videogame/{{Kuukiyomi}} Kuukiyomi 3: Consider It More and More!!]]'': In the 69th situation, the player character is in the toilet and there are three buttons available (from right to left): big flush, little flush and "?". The third one [[spoiler:creates a "hee..." sound when pushed]].
* ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonNeon'': During the Giant Tank boss, [[BigBad Skullmageddon]] tells his goons to keep the Lees away from the tank's weak point, before realizing...
-->'''Skullmageddon:''' Why does it even ''HAVE'' a weak point? Couldn't you put a cover on it?
* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' has a fondness for these, with players often ending up with levers that serve no purpose but to flood parts of their own fortress with lava. This is particularly pronounced in games when [[SuccessionGame players swap out between years]] so that no-one knows what the lever actually ''does'' and building around it. For example, LetsPlay/{{Boatmurdered}} had a lever that, when pulled, flooded a siege workshop. It turned out it had originally been put in [[spoiler:to irrigate the farms]] and became hilariously useless later [[spoiler:when someone built a siege workshop on them]].
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', if the boss battle with MadScientist Dr. Lugae and his KillerRobot Barnab/Balnabas goes on too long without either/both being defeated, Lugae will notice something on his creation and go "WhatDoesThisButtonDo" Again, note that ''he'' made the dang thing. [[spoiler:Not surprisingly, it activates the SelfDestructMechanism, which can take out the party if they're low on health.]]
* In ''VideoGame/HopkinsFBI'', the title character must find and disarm a bomb in a bank. The bomb he uncovers has four indicator lights labeled "Powered", "Armed", "Halted", and "Explode". The last one, of course, lights up [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin just before the bomb explodes]]. By then, there's not much of a point to it, is there?
* In ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'', the clan VIP room's shower temperature can be set so low that it makes shards of ice rain down on the user. When you use it, your character questions why someone would even make something like this.
* ''[[Videogame/{{Kuukiyomi}} Kuukiyomi 3: Consider It More and More!!]]'': In the 69th situation, the player character is in the toilet and there are three buttons available (from right to left): big flush, little flush and "?". The third one [[spoiler:creates a "hee..." sound when pushed]].
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* In ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'', the clan VIP room's shower temperature can be set so low that it makes shards of ice rain down on the user. When you use it, your character questions why someone would even make something like this.
* Applies to ''so many'' door-lock minipuzzles in all sorts of games. Why would a supposedly everyday door require people to go through lengthy, complex manipulations to get through -- the users would get fed up. Why would a door be locked with a device that is ''disassembled'' when unlocked, or otherwise only good for one use.
* In ''VideoGame/SteelBattalion: Heavy Armor'', the SelfDestructMechanism is located next to the switch for the headlights. Which would be a problem even '''if''' the controls weren't complete garbage.
* Applies to ''so many'' door-lock minipuzzles in all sorts of games. Why would a supposedly everyday door require people to go through lengthy, complex manipulations to get through -- the users would get fed up. Why would a door be locked with a device that is ''disassembled'' when unlocked, or otherwise only good for one use.
* In ''VideoGame/SteelBattalion: Heavy Armor'', the SelfDestructMechanism is located next to the switch for the headlights. Which would be a problem even '''if''' the controls weren't complete garbage.
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* In ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'', the clan VIP room's shower temperature can be set so low The Egg Dealer from ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' is a prime example of this. It's essentially a slot machine on wheels that it makes shards of ice rain down attacks by rolling the slots to cause various effects (dropping bombs, summoning MechaMooks, etc.). But Shadow can use his homing attack on the user. When you use it, your character questions why someone would even make something slot buttons to trigger them manually and cause effects that benefit himself, like this.
* Appliescausing Dr. Eggman to ''so many'' door-lock minipuzzles in all sorts of games. Why would a supposedly everyday door require people to go through lengthy, complex manipulations to get through -- the users would get fed up. Why would a door be locked target himself with a device that is ''disassembled'' when unlocked, missile barrage, fall on his own bombs, or otherwise only good for one use.
* In ''VideoGame/SteelBattalion: Heavy Armor'', the SelfDestructMechanism is located next to the switch for the headlights. Which would be a problem even '''if''' the controls weren't complete garbage.''trigger Shadow's SuperMode''.
-->'''Eggman:''' [[OhCrap N-n-n-no! Not Shadow Fever!]]
* Applies
* In ''VideoGame/SteelBattalion: Heavy Armor'', the SelfDestructMechanism is located next to the switch for the headlights. Which would be a problem even '''if''' the controls weren't complete garbage.
-->'''Eggman:''' [[OhCrap N-n-n-no! Not Shadow Fever!]]
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* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'': In Ozzie's boss battles, you win once the correct switch behind him is hit. The fact that he ''always'' has at least one switch that opens a trap door under ''him'' is what qualifies him for the trope.
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* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'': In Ozzie's boss battles, you win once The final level of ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', Final Fortress, is set on the correct switch behind him is hit. The fact flagship of Eggman's giant flying armada. For some reason, it has a bunch of giant self-destruct buttons lying around that he ''always'' has at least one switch that opens a trap door under ''him'' is what qualifies him for destroy sections of the trope.ship when pressed. The first time Team Sonic press one, Tails openly wonders why Eggman would build all these self-destruct switches in the first place (in the English dub, [[BlindIdiotTranslation this is butchered into]] "Wonder why it self-destructed?").
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* In ''VideoGame/HopkinsFBI'', the title character must find and disarm a bomb in a bank. The bomb he uncovers has four indicator lights labeled "Powered", "Armed", "Halted", and "Explode". The last one, of course, lights up [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin just before the bomb explodes]]. By then, there's not much of a point to it, is there?
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* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', if the boss battle with MadScientist Dr. Lugae and his KillerRobot Barnab/Balnabas goes on too long without either/both being defeated, Lugae will notice something on his creation and go "WhatDoesThisButtonDo" Again, note that ''he'' made the dang thing. [[spoiler:Not surprisingly, it activates the SelfDestructMechanism, which can take out the party if they're low on health.]]
* ''[[Videogame/{{Kuukiyomi}} Kuukiyomi 3: Consider It More and More!!]]'': In the 69th situation, the player character is in the toilet and there are three buttons available (from right to left): big flush, little flush and "?". The third one [[spoiler:creates a "hee..." sound when pushed]].
* ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonNeon'': During the Giant Tank boss, [[BigBad Skullmageddon]] tells his goons to keep the Lees away from the tank's weak point, before realizing...
-->'''Skullmageddon:''' Why does it even ''HAVE'' a weak point? Couldn't you put a cover on it?
* The final level of ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', Final Fortress, is set on the flagship of Eggman's giant flying armada. For some reason, it has a bunch of giant self-destruct buttons lying around that destroy sections of the ship when pressed. The first time Team Sonic press one, Tails openly wonders why Eggman would build all these self-destruct switches in the first place (in the English dub, [[BlindIdiotTranslation this is butchered into]] "Wonder why it self-destructed?").
* The Egg Dealer from ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' is a prime example of this. It's essentially a slot machine on wheels that attacks by rolling the slots to cause various effects (dropping bombs, summoning MechaMooks, etc.). But Shadow can use his homing attack on the slot buttons to trigger them manually and cause effects that benefit himself, like causing Dr. Eggman to target himself with a missile barrage, fall on his own bombs, or ''trigger Shadow's SuperMode''.
-->'''Eggman:''' [[OhCrap N-n-n-no! Not Shadow Fever!]]
* ''[[Videogame/{{Kuukiyomi}} Kuukiyomi 3: Consider It More and More!!]]'': In the 69th situation, the player character is in the toilet and there are three buttons available (from right to left): big flush, little flush and "?". The third one [[spoiler:creates a "hee..." sound when pushed]].
* ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonNeon'': During the Giant Tank boss, [[BigBad Skullmageddon]] tells his goons to keep the Lees away from the tank's weak point, before realizing...
-->'''Skullmageddon:''' Why does it even ''HAVE'' a weak point? Couldn't you put a cover on it?
* The final level of ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', Final Fortress, is set on the flagship of Eggman's giant flying armada. For some reason, it has a bunch of giant self-destruct buttons lying around that destroy sections of the ship when pressed. The first time Team Sonic press one, Tails openly wonders why Eggman would build all these self-destruct switches in the first place (in the English dub, [[BlindIdiotTranslation this is butchered into]] "Wonder why it self-destructed?").
* The Egg Dealer from ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' is a prime example of this. It's essentially a slot machine on wheels that attacks by rolling the slots to cause various effects (dropping bombs, summoning MechaMooks, etc.). But Shadow can use his homing attack on the slot buttons to trigger them manually and cause effects that benefit himself, like causing Dr. Eggman to target himself with a missile barrage, fall on his own bombs, or ''trigger Shadow's SuperMode''.
-->'''Eggman:''' [[OhCrap N-n-n-no! Not Shadow Fever!]]
to:
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', if ''VideoGame/SteelBattalion: Heavy Armor'', the boss battle with MadScientist Dr. Lugae and his KillerRobot Barnab/Balnabas goes on too long without either/both being defeated, Lugae will notice something on his creation and go "WhatDoesThisButtonDo" Again, note that ''he'' made SelfDestructMechanism is located next to the dang thing. [[spoiler:Not surprisingly, it activates switch for the SelfDestructMechanism, which can take out the party if they're low on health.]]
* ''[[Videogame/{{Kuukiyomi}} Kuukiyomi 3: Consider It More and More!!]]'': In the 69th situation, the player character is in the toilet and there are three buttons available (from right to left): big flush, little flush and "?". The third one [[spoiler:creates a "hee..." sound when pushed]].
* ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonNeon'': During the Giant Tank boss, [[BigBad Skullmageddon]] tells his goons to keep the Lees away from the tank's weak point, before realizing...
-->'''Skullmageddon:''' Why does it even ''HAVE'' a weak point? Couldn't you put a cover on it?
* The final level of ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', Final Fortress, is set on the flagship of Eggman's giant flying armada. For some reason, it has a bunch of giant self-destruct buttons lying around that destroy sections of the ship when pressed. The first time Team Sonic press one, Tails openly wonders why Eggmanheadlights. Which would build all these self-destruct switches in be a problem even '''if''' the first place (in the English dub, [[BlindIdiotTranslation this is butchered into]] "Wonder why it self-destructed?").
* The Egg Dealer from ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' is a prime example of this. It's essentially a slot machine on wheels that attacks by rolling the slots to cause various effects (dropping bombs, summoning MechaMooks, etc.). But Shadow can use his homing attack on the slot buttons to trigger them manually and cause effects that benefit himself, like causing Dr. Eggman to target himself with a missile barrage, fall on his own bombs, or ''trigger Shadow's SuperMode''.
-->'''Eggman:''' [[OhCrap N-n-n-no! Not Shadow Fever!]]controls weren't complete garbage.
* ''[[Videogame/{{Kuukiyomi}} Kuukiyomi 3: Consider It More and More!!]]'': In the 69th situation, the player character is in the toilet and there are three buttons available (from right to left): big flush, little flush and "?". The third one [[spoiler:creates a "hee..." sound when pushed]].
* ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonNeon'': During the Giant Tank boss, [[BigBad Skullmageddon]] tells his goons to keep the Lees away from the tank's weak point, before realizing...
-->'''Skullmageddon:''' Why does it even ''HAVE'' a weak point? Couldn't you put a cover on it?
* The final level of ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', Final Fortress, is set on the flagship of Eggman's giant flying armada. For some reason, it has a bunch of giant self-destruct buttons lying around that destroy sections of the ship when pressed. The first time Team Sonic press one, Tails openly wonders why Eggman
* The Egg Dealer from ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' is a prime example of this. It's essentially a slot machine on wheels that attacks by rolling the slots to cause various effects (dropping bombs, summoning MechaMooks, etc.). But Shadow can use his homing attack on the slot buttons to trigger them manually and cause effects that benefit himself, like causing Dr. Eggman to target himself with a missile barrage, fall on his own bombs, or ''trigger Shadow's SuperMode''.
-->'''Eggman:''' [[OhCrap N-n-n-no! Not Shadow Fever!]]
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* The artistic variation shows up [[https://starslip.krisstraub.com/20061025.shtml here]], in ''Webcomic/{{Starslip}}''. Vanderbeam, alone on the ship, is trying to calm down and forget about ghosts, so he goes around looking at art. He looks at Edward Munch's ''The Scream'', [[AuthorAppeal Henri Fuseli's]] ''Nightmare'', and [[FamousFamousFictional Hox Torvus']] ''Vanderbeam Being Eaten by a Ghost'', prompting this:
--->'''Vanderbeam:''' Heavens, why did I ever commission this piece?!
--->'''Vanderbeam:''' Heavens, why did I ever commission this piece?!
* ''Webcomic/Homestuck2'' opens on a ship that has, among other things, a shooting range and a large number of fully stocked drinks cabinets...but no landing gear. Dirk is rather disgruntled to learn that the only way to land the thing is a controlled crash. (For bonus points, their most qualified pilot is [[HandicappedBadass Terezi, who's completely blind but can "see" through scent]].)
* The artistic variation shows up [[https://starslip.krisstraub.com/20061025.shtml here]], in ''Webcomic/{{Starslip}}''. Vanderbeam, alone on the ship, is trying to calm down and forget about ghosts, so he goes around looking at art. He looks at Edward Munch's ''The Scream'', [[AuthorAppeal Henri Fuseli's]] ''Nightmare'', and [[FamousFamousFictional Hox Torvus']] ''Vanderbeam Being Eaten by a Ghost'', prompting this:
-->'''Vanderbeam:''' Heavens, why did I ever commission this piece?!
* The artistic variation shows up [[https://starslip.krisstraub.com/20061025.shtml here]], in ''Webcomic/{{Starslip}}''. Vanderbeam, alone on the ship, is trying to calm down and forget about ghosts, so he goes around looking at art. He looks at Edward Munch's ''The Scream'', [[AuthorAppeal Henri Fuseli's]] ''Nightmare'', and [[FamousFamousFictional Hox Torvus']] ''Vanderbeam Being Eaten by a Ghost'', prompting this:
-->'''Vanderbeam:''' Heavens, why did I ever commission this piece?!
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* ''Webcomic/Homestuck2'' opens on a ship that has, among other things, a shooting range and a large number of fully stocked drinks cabinets...but no landing gear. Dirk is rather disgruntled to learn that the only way to land the thing is a controlled crash. (For bonus points, their most qualified pilot is [[HandicappedBadass Terezi, who's completely blind but can "see" through scent]].)
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Plankton equips his [[MobileSuitHuman Robot Mr. Krabs]] with a Penny-Powered SelfDestructMechanism.
-->'''Plankton:''' Coin-operated self-destruct? Not one of my better ideas.
-->'''Plankton:''' Coin-operated self-destruct? Not one of my better ideas.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Plankton equips Some examples from ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
** Recurring teenage villain Cree explained that the only reason she escaped from a prison spaceship was because one of the pilots accidentally pressed the "Blow Up the Engines" button during a fight over trading cards.
--->'''Cree:''' Who else but a bunch of stupid kids would put a "Blow Up the Engines" button on a spaceship?
** In another episode, the ice cream MonsterOfTheWeek is defeated when Numbuh Three [[ImMelting turns on the heater in the ice cream factory]]. Quote The Delightful Children from Down the Lane:
--->'''DCFDL''': A HEATER!? Who puts a HEATER in an ICE CREAM FACTORY?!
* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'':
** The opening credits show the FreakLabAccident which gave Danny his[[MobileSuitHuman Robot Mr. Krabs]] powers occurred because the Fenton Portal has an "On" button ''inside'' the portal.
** [[SadlyMythtaken Pandora guards her box so no idiot can release its evil contents]], so why does she have a release switch?
--->'''Pandora:''' I knew that "spew" switch was going to come back and haunt me.
* A few examples from the ''WesternAnimation/{{Dilbert}}'' cartoon:
** Lena's Depruner prototype happens to have "decapitate" button on it. This ends up going badly for her when Alice traps her inside the Depruner and presses the button to do exactly that.
--->'''Leena:''' I knew I shouldn't have added that option.
** Zigzagged with aPenny-Powered SelfDestructMechanism.
-->'''Plankton:''' Coin-operated self-destruct? Notvoice-operated temperature changer Dilbert installed in his shower. While he calibrated it to respond only to his voice so that [[{{Jerkass}} Dogbert]] cannot mess with it while he's in there, it reacts to ''any'' number he says, regardless of context, which Dogbert takes advantage of by commenting that the device's voice sounds like "the computer from that stupid movie", and trying to remember its name, tricking Dilbert into say "It was ''Film/TwoThousandAndOneASpaceOdyssey''", with expected results.
--->'''Dogbert:''' On the plus side, you look very clean.
* In one episode ofmy better ideas.''WesternAnimation/EekTheCat'', a professor built a rocket ship to Jupiter, and he told the astronauts that before launch they must make sure the absurdly huge switch is set for Jupiter and not the sun. One character asked, "Why is that even there?"
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': In the episode [[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS2E5ActionPacked "Action Packed"]], Timmy wishes his life were more like an action movie, and finds himself thrust into a {{Troperiffic}} adventure to stop Jorgen von Strangle from draining the magic of other fairies (including his fairies, for that matter) to make himself stronger. Naturally, the machine he uses to do this has a "reverse" settings that sucks the magic back out of him and restores the fairies he drained.
-->'''Jorgen:''' [[BigNo NO!]] Why did I put a reverse switch on it?!\\
'''Timmy:''' 'Cause this is MY movie!
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' had Professor Farnsworth's glow-in-the-dark nose making machine. About halfway through the episode, he prepares to insert a note from Leela's parents into it to analyze it and hopefully translate it. This exchange took place:
-->'''Fry:''' Isn't that the machine that makes noses?\\
'''Professor:''' It can do other things! Why shouldn't it?
* [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse He-Man and She-Ra]]'s [[ChristmasEpisode Christmas Special]] shows Orko launching a rocket that's manipulated by one easily breakable lever.
** Recurring teenage villain Cree explained that the only reason she escaped from a prison spaceship was because one of the pilots accidentally pressed the "Blow Up the Engines" button during a fight over trading cards.
--->'''Cree:''' Who else but a bunch of stupid kids would put a "Blow Up the Engines" button on a spaceship?
** In another episode, the ice cream MonsterOfTheWeek is defeated when Numbuh Three [[ImMelting turns on the heater in the ice cream factory]]. Quote The Delightful Children from Down the Lane:
--->'''DCFDL''': A HEATER!? Who puts a HEATER in an ICE CREAM FACTORY?!
* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'':
** The opening credits show the FreakLabAccident which gave Danny his
** [[SadlyMythtaken Pandora guards her box so no idiot can release its evil contents]], so why does she have a release switch?
--->'''Pandora:''' I knew that "spew" switch was going to come back and haunt me.
* A few examples from the ''WesternAnimation/{{Dilbert}}'' cartoon:
** Lena's Depruner prototype happens to have "decapitate" button on it. This ends up going badly for her when Alice traps her inside the Depruner and presses the button to do exactly that.
--->'''Leena:''' I knew I shouldn't have added that option.
** Zigzagged with a
-->'''Plankton:''' Coin-operated self-destruct? Not
--->'''Dogbert:''' On the plus side, you look very clean.
* In one episode of
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': In the episode [[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS2E5ActionPacked "Action Packed"]], Timmy wishes his life were more like an action movie, and finds himself thrust into a {{Troperiffic}} adventure to stop Jorgen von Strangle from draining the magic of other fairies (including his fairies, for that matter) to make himself stronger. Naturally, the machine he uses to do this has a "reverse" settings that sucks the magic back out of him and restores the fairies he drained.
-->'''Jorgen:''' [[BigNo NO!]] Why did I put a reverse switch on it?!\\
'''Timmy:''' 'Cause this is MY movie!
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' had Professor Farnsworth's glow-in-the-dark nose making machine. About halfway through the episode, he prepares to insert a note from Leela's parents into it to analyze it and hopefully translate it. This exchange took place:
-->'''Fry:''' Isn't that the machine that makes noses?\\
'''Professor:''' It can do other things! Why shouldn't it?
* [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse He-Man and She-Ra]]'s [[ChristmasEpisode Christmas Special]] shows Orko launching a rocket that's manipulated by one easily breakable lever.
* ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'': Sometimes Coop can't even make sense of his own designs. Some examples:
** Megas has 3 buttons labeled "Destroy the world", "Smite the world" and [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill "Destroy the world, worse"]], and one button labeled "Save the world". Guess which button is needed? Guess which one is missing from the control panel?
** Megas is low on oil in one episode, so Coop literally wrings the grease out of several cheesesteak sandwiches directly into a small tube that refills the tank. The gauge goes from "Empty" --> "Need a little" --> "Almost There" --> "Enough" --> "No really, I'm fine" --> and ''"PLEASE STOP!"''
** Similarly, one of Megas' temperature gauges goes all the way up to "GOOD CRIPES!"
** Megas has 3 buttons labeled "Destroy the world", "Smite the world" and [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill "Destroy the world, worse"]], and one button labeled "Save the world". Guess which button is needed? Guess which one is missing from the control panel?
** Megas is low on oil in one episode, so Coop literally wrings the grease out of several cheesesteak sandwiches directly into a small tube that refills the tank. The gauge goes from "Empty" --> "Need a little" --> "Almost There" --> "Enough" --> "No really, I'm fine" --> and ''"PLEASE STOP!"''
** Similarly, one of Megas' temperature gauges goes all the way up to "GOOD CRIPES!"
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': In the episode [[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS2E5ActionPacked "Action Packed"]], Timmy wishes his life were more like an action movie, and finds himself thrust into a {{Troperiffic}} adventure to stop Jorgen von Strangle from draining the magic of other fairies (including his fairies, for that matter) to make himself stronger. Naturally, the machine he uses to do this has a "reverse" settings that sucks the magic back out of him and restores the fairies he drained.
-->'''Jorgen:''' [[BigNo NO!]] Why did I put a reverse switch on it?!\\
'''Timmy:''' 'Cause this is MY movie!
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/EekTheCat'', a professor built a rocket ship to Jupiter, and he told the astronauts that before launch they must make sure the absurdly huge switch is set for Jupiter and not the sun. One character asked, "Why is that even there?"
* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'':
** The opening credits show the FreakLabAccident which gave Danny his powers occurred because the Fenton Portal has an "On" button ''inside'' the portal.
** [[SadlyMythtaken Pandora guards her box so no idiot can release its evil contents]], so why does she have a release switch?
--->'''Pandora:''' I knew that "spew" switch was going to come back and haunt me.
* A few examples from the ''WesternAnimation/{{Dilbert}}'' cartoon:
** Lena's Depruner prototype happens to have "decapitate" button on it. This ends up going badly for her when Alice traps her inside the Depruner and presses the button to do exactly that.
--->'''Leena:''' I knew I shouldn't have added that option.
** Zigzagged with a voice-operated temperature changer Dilbert installed in his shower. While he calibrated it to respond only to his voice so that [[{{Jerkass}} Dogbert]] cannot mess with it while he's in there, it reacts to ''any'' number he says, regardless of context, which Dogbert takes advantage of by commenting that the device's voice sounds like "the computer from that stupid movie", and trying to remember its name, tricking Dilbert into say "It was ''Film/TwoThousandAndOneASpaceOdyssey''", with expected results.
--->'''Dogbert:''' On the plus side, you look very clean.
-->'''Jorgen:''' [[BigNo NO!]] Why did I put a reverse switch on it?!\\
'''Timmy:''' 'Cause this is MY movie!
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/EekTheCat'', a professor built a rocket ship to Jupiter, and he told the astronauts that before launch they must make sure the absurdly huge switch is set for Jupiter and not the sun. One character asked, "Why is that even there?"
* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'':
** The opening credits show the FreakLabAccident which gave Danny his powers occurred because the Fenton Portal has an "On" button ''inside'' the portal.
** [[SadlyMythtaken Pandora guards her box so no idiot can release its evil contents]], so why does she have a release switch?
--->'''Pandora:''' I knew that "spew" switch was going to come back and haunt me.
* A few examples from the ''WesternAnimation/{{Dilbert}}'' cartoon:
** Lena's Depruner prototype happens to have "decapitate" button on it. This ends up going badly for her when Alice traps her inside the Depruner and presses the button to do exactly that.
--->'''Leena:''' I knew I shouldn't have added that option.
** Zigzagged with a voice-operated temperature changer Dilbert installed in his shower. While he calibrated it to respond only to his voice so that [[{{Jerkass}} Dogbert]] cannot mess with it while he's in there, it reacts to ''any'' number he says, regardless of context, which Dogbert takes advantage of by commenting that the device's voice sounds like "the computer from that stupid movie", and trying to remember its name, tricking Dilbert into say "It was ''Film/TwoThousandAndOneASpaceOdyssey''", with expected results.
--->'''Dogbert:''' On the plus side, you look very clean.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'': Sometimes Coop can't even make sense of his own designs. Some examples:
** Megas has 3 buttons labeled "Destroy the world", "Smite the world" and [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill "Destroy the world, worse"]], and one button labeled "Save the world". Guess which button is needed? Guess which one is missing from the control panel?
** Megas is low on oil in one episode, so Coop literally wrings the grease out of several cheesesteak sandwiches directly into a small tube that refills the tank. The gauge goes from "Empty" --> "Need a little" --> "Almost There" --> "Enough" --> "No really, I'm fine" --> and ''"PLEASE STOP!"''
** Similarly, one of Megas' temperature gauges goes all the way up to "GOOD CRIPES!"
* Some examples from ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
** Recurring teenage villain Cree explained that the only reason she escaped from a prison spaceship was because one of the pilots accidentally pressed the "Blow Up the Engines" button during a fight over trading cards.
--->'''Cree:''' Who else but a bunch of stupid kids would put a "Blow Up the Engines" button on a spaceship?
** In another episode, the ice cream MonsterOfTheWeek is defeated when Numbuh Three [[ImMelting turns on the heater in the ice cream factory]]. Quote The Delightful Children from Down the Lane:
--->'''DCFDL''': A HEATER!? Who puts a HEATER in an ICE CREAM FACTORY?!
* [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse He-Man and She-Ra]]'s [[ChristmasEpisode Christmas Special]] shows Orko launching a rocket that's manipulated by one easily breakable lever.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' had Professor Farnsworth's glow-in-the-dark nose making machine. About halfway through the episode, he prepares to insert a note from Leela's parents into it to analyze it and hopefully translate it. This exchange took place:
-->'''Fry:''' Isn't that the machine that makes noses?\\
'''Professor:''' It can do other things! Why shouldn't it?
** Megas has 3 buttons labeled "Destroy the world", "Smite the world" and [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill "Destroy the world, worse"]], and one button labeled "Save the world". Guess which button is needed? Guess which one is missing from the control panel?
** Megas is low on oil in one episode, so Coop literally wrings the grease out of several cheesesteak sandwiches directly into a small tube that refills the tank. The gauge goes from "Empty" --> "Need a little" --> "Almost There" --> "Enough" --> "No really, I'm fine" --> and ''"PLEASE STOP!"''
** Similarly, one of Megas' temperature gauges goes all the way up to "GOOD CRIPES!"
* Some examples from ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
** Recurring teenage villain Cree explained that the only reason she escaped from a prison spaceship was because one of the pilots accidentally pressed the "Blow Up the Engines" button during a fight over trading cards.
--->'''Cree:''' Who else but a bunch of stupid kids would put a "Blow Up the Engines" button on a spaceship?
** In another episode, the ice cream MonsterOfTheWeek is defeated when Numbuh Three [[ImMelting turns on the heater in the ice cream factory]]. Quote The Delightful Children from Down the Lane:
--->'''DCFDL''': A HEATER!? Who puts a HEATER in an ICE CREAM FACTORY?!
* [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse He-Man and She-Ra]]'s [[ChristmasEpisode Christmas Special]] shows Orko launching a rocket that's manipulated by one easily breakable lever.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' had Professor Farnsworth's glow-in-the-dark nose making machine. About halfway through the episode, he prepares to insert a note from Leela's parents into it to analyze it and hopefully translate it. This exchange took place:
-->'''Fry:''' Isn't that the machine that makes noses?\\
'''Professor:''' It can do other things! Why shouldn't it?
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* ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'': Sometimes Coop can't even make sense of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Plankton equips his own designs. Some examples:
** Megas has 3 buttons labeled "Destroy the world", "Smite the world" and [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill "Destroy the world, worse"]], and one button labeled "Save the world". Guess which button is needed? Guess which one is missing from the control panel?
** Megas is low on oil in one episode, so Coop literally wrings the grease out of several cheesesteak sandwiches directly into[[MobileSuitHuman Robot Mr. Krabs]] with a small tube that refills the tank. The gauge goes from "Empty" --> "Need a little" --> "Almost There" --> "Enough" --> "No really, I'm fine" --> and ''"PLEASE STOP!"''
** Similarly,Penny-Powered SelfDestructMechanism.
-->'''Plankton:''' Coin-operated self-destruct? Not one ofMegas' temperature gauges goes all the way up to "GOOD CRIPES!"
* Some examples from ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
** Recurring teenage villain Cree explained that the only reason she escaped from a prison spaceship was because one of the pilots accidentally pressed the "Blow Up the Engines" button during a fight over trading cards.
--->'''Cree:''' Who else but a bunch of stupid kids would put a "Blow Up the Engines" button on a spaceship?
** In another episode, the ice cream MonsterOfTheWeek is defeated when Numbuh Three [[ImMelting turns on the heater in the ice cream factory]]. Quote The Delightful Children from Down the Lane:
--->'''DCFDL''': A HEATER!? Who puts a HEATER in an ICE CREAM FACTORY?!
* [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse He-Man and She-Ra]]'s [[ChristmasEpisode Christmas Special]] shows Orko launching a rocket that's manipulated by one easily breakable lever.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' had Professor Farnsworth's glow-in-the-dark nose making machine. About halfway through the episode, he prepares to insert a note from Leela's parents into it to analyze it and hopefully translate it. This exchange took place:
-->'''Fry:''' Isn't that the machine that makes noses?\\
'''Professor:''' It can do other things! Why shouldn't it?my better ideas.
** Megas has 3 buttons labeled "Destroy the world", "Smite the world" and [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill "Destroy the world, worse"]], and one button labeled "Save the world". Guess which button is needed? Guess which one is missing from the control panel?
** Megas is low on oil in one episode, so Coop literally wrings the grease out of several cheesesteak sandwiches directly into
** Similarly,
-->'''Plankton:''' Coin-operated self-destruct? Not one of
* Some examples from ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
** Recurring teenage villain Cree explained that the only reason she escaped from a prison spaceship was because one of the pilots accidentally pressed the "Blow Up the Engines" button during a fight over trading cards.
--->'''Cree:''' Who else but a bunch of stupid kids would put a "Blow Up the Engines" button on a spaceship?
** In another episode, the ice cream MonsterOfTheWeek is defeated when Numbuh Three [[ImMelting turns on the heater in the ice cream factory]]. Quote The Delightful Children from Down the Lane:
--->'''DCFDL''': A HEATER!? Who puts a HEATER in an ICE CREAM FACTORY?!
* [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse He-Man and She-Ra]]'s [[ChristmasEpisode Christmas Special]] shows Orko launching a rocket that's manipulated by one easily breakable lever.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' had Professor Farnsworth's glow-in-the-dark nose making machine. About halfway through the episode, he prepares to insert a note from Leela's parents into it to analyze it and hopefully translate it. This exchange took place:
-->'''Fry:''' Isn't that the machine that makes noses?\\
'''Professor:''' It can do other things! Why shouldn't it?
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** A very early episode has the First Doctor explain that the lock of the TARDIS' doors can only be opened with a special key, and if forced would destruct and render the TARDIS permanently inaccessible. It was never mentioned again. If it worked, it would give any villain a sure-fire way to end the Doctor's adventures completely, even without getting inside - just mess with the lock until it broke.
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** ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS18E5WarriorsGate Warriors' Gate]]'': Apparently the TARDIS console has a switch that can take the ship out of the Space/Time Vortex -- to press it while in flight would be suicide. Naturally, the Doctor ''almost'' pressed it, but Romana stopped him just in time.
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** ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS18E5WarriorsGate ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E5WarriorsGate Warriors' Gate]]'': Apparently the TARDIS console has a switch that can take the ship out of the Space/Time Vortex -- to press it while in flight would be suicide. Naturally, the Doctor ''almost'' pressed it, but Romana stopped him just in time.
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** The ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' story "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho048Davros Davros]]" gives a justification for this, as it was put there by the doctors who saved him as an option for him to kill himself if the pain ever became too much. He never took it.
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** The ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' story "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho048Davros Davros]]" ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho048Davros Davros]]'' gives a justification for this, as it was put there by the doctors who saved him as an option for him to kill himself if the pain ever became too much. He never took it.
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** The episode "42" has a sequence where Martha is trapped in an escape pod falling into a sun. The recall button for said pod is located on the ''outside'' of the spacecraft.
** "Warriors' Gate": Apparently the TARDIS console has a switch that can take the ship out of the Space/Time Vortex -- to press it while in flight would be suicide. Naturally, the Doctor ''almost'' pressed it, but Romana stopped him just in time.
** "Warriors' Gate": Apparently the TARDIS console has a switch that can take the ship out of the Space/Time Vortex -- to press it while in flight would be suicide. Naturally, the Doctor ''almost'' pressed it, but Romana stopped him just in time.
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** The episode "42" [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E742 "42"]] has a sequence where Martha is trapped in an escape pod falling into a sun. The recall button for said pod is located on the ''outside'' of the spacecraft.
**"Warriors' Gate": ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS18E5WarriorsGate Warriors' Gate]]'': Apparently the TARDIS console has a switch that can take the ship out of the Space/Time Vortex -- to press it while in flight would be suicide. Naturally, the Doctor ''almost'' pressed it, but Romana stopped him just in time.
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-->'''Jorgen:''' NO! Why did I put a reverse switch on it?!\\
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-->'''Jorgen:''' NO! [[BigNo NO!]] Why did I put a reverse switch on it?!\\
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': In the episode [[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS2E5ActionPacked "Action Packed"]], Timmy wishes his life were more like an action movie, and finds himself thrust into a {{Troperiffic}} adventure to stop Jorgen von Strangle from draining the magic of other fairies to make himself stronger. Naturally, the machine he uses to do this has a "reverse" settings that sucks the magic back out of him and restores the fairies he drained.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': In the episode [[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS2E5ActionPacked "Action Packed"]], Timmy wishes his life were more like an action movie, and finds himself thrust into a {{Troperiffic}} adventure to stop Jorgen von Strangle from draining the magic of other fairies (including his fairies, for that matter) to make himself stronger. Naturally, the machine he uses to do this has a "reverse" settings that sucks the magic back out of him and restores the fairies he drained.
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* In ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'', pretty much anything that comes out of Alpha Complex's R&D labs for testing during a Troubleshooter mission.
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* In ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'', pretty much anything that comes out of Alpha Complex's R&D labs for testing during a Troubleshooter mission.mission will have buttons for useless or detrimental features located right next to what would be actually helpful functions with a different mission profile, none of them labelled. The manual is, of course, above your security clearance, and quite possibly the security clearance of the guy who wrote it.
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** The fuel system de-icer is also a sentient, malevolent A.I. that can [[spoiler:slowly flood the facility with massive amounts of "[[DeadlyGas deadly neurotoxin]]" stored in a large tank]].
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** The fuel system de-icer is also a sentient, malevolent A.I. that can [[spoiler:slowly flood the facility with massive amounts of "[[DeadlyGas deadly neurotoxin]]" stored in a large tank]]. Their attempts to tame said AI largely consisted of bolting on new personality cores, including one that ''specifically made her angrier''.
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Compare with CowTools, where ''nothing'' about the device makes sense. Contrast with MundaneUtility, where simply being what it is lets the device do something useful -- cooking popcorn with your DeathRay, for instance. Frequently overlaps with SelfDestructMechanism. See also CapsLockNumLockMissilesLock and OutlandishDeviceSetting.
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Compare with CowTools, where ''nothing'' about the device makes sense. Contrast with MundaneUtility, where simply being what it is lets the device do something useful -- cooking popcorn with your DeathRay, for instance. Frequently overlaps with SelfDestructMechanism.SelfDestructMechanism and MoralityDial. See also CapsLockNumLockMissilesLock and OutlandishDeviceSetting.
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** The "Treehouse Of Horror III" segment "Clown Without Pity" features a murderous Krusty doll: "Yep, there's your problem. Somebody [[MoralityDial set this thing to evil]]."
** The "Treehouse Of Horror XV" segment "The Ned Zone" features Ned desperately trying to stop Homer from pressing a button in the nuclear plant that makes it explode and destroy Springfield. [[spoiler: Ned was given no other choice than to kill Homer, but even THAT didn't stop him from pressing the button.]]
** In "Double, Double, Boy In Trouble", Bart sets a bunch of Roombas from "off" to "malevolent sentience". They promptly go on a mini-rampage.
** The "Treehouse Of Horror XV" segment "The Ned Zone" features Ned desperately trying to stop Homer from pressing a button in the nuclear plant that makes it explode and destroy Springfield. [[spoiler: Ned was given no other choice than to kill Homer, but even THAT didn't stop him from pressing the button.]]
** In "Double, Double, Boy In Trouble", Bart sets a bunch of Roombas from "off" to "malevolent sentience". They promptly go on a mini-rampage.
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** The "Treehouse Of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E5TreehouseOfHorrorIII Treehouse of Horror III" III]]" segment "Clown Without Pity" features a murderous Krusty doll: "Yep, there's your problem. Somebody [[MoralityDial set this thing to evil]]."
** The"Treehouse Of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E1TreehouseOfHorrorXV Treehouse of Horror XV" XV]]" segment "The Ned Zone" features Ned desperately trying to stop Homer from pressing a button in the nuclear plant that makes it explode and destroy Springfield. [[spoiler: Ned was [[spoiler:Ned is given no other choice than to kill Homer, but even THAT didn't ''that'' doesn't stop him from pressing the button.]]
** In"Double, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS20E3DoubleDoubleBoyInTrouble Double, Double, Boy In Trouble", in Trouble]]", Bart sets a bunch of Roombas from "off" to "malevolent sentience". They promptly go on a mini-rampage.
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* An episode of ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' has Kirk being court-martialed under suspicion of accidentally ejecting an "ion pod" with a crew member still inside it. The prime evidence is (falsified) footage of the bridge during the incident, which includes a closeup of the arm of Kirk's captain's chair, which has three buttons on it - presumably the three things it was determined a Starfleet captain needed to be able to do at any time: "Red Alert," "Yellow Alert," and "Eject Pod."
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* An episode of ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': "Court Martial" has Kirk being court-martialed under suspicion of accidentally ejecting an "ion pod" with a crew member still inside it. The prime evidence is (falsified) footage of the bridge during the incident, which includes a closeup of the arm of Kirk's captain's chair, which has three buttons on it - presumably the three things it was determined a Starfleet captain needed to be able to do at any time: "Red Alert," "Yellow Alert," and "Eject Pod."
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** A Halloween special features a murderous Krusty doll: "Yep, there's your problem. Somebody [[MoralityDial set this thing to evil]]."
** Another Halloween special features Ned desperately trying to stop Homer from pressing a button in the nuclear plant that makes it explode and destroy Springfield. [[spoiler: Ned was given no other choice than to kill Homer, but even THAT didn't stop him from pressing the button.]]
** In a later episode, Bart sets a bunch of Roombas from "off" to "malevolent sentience". They promptly go on a mini-rampage.
** Another Halloween special features Ned desperately trying to stop Homer from pressing a button in the nuclear plant that makes it explode and destroy Springfield. [[spoiler: Ned was given no other choice than to kill Homer, but even THAT didn't stop him from pressing the button.]]
** In a later episode, Bart sets a bunch of Roombas from "off" to "malevolent sentience". They promptly go on a mini-rampage.
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** A Halloween special The "Treehouse Of Horror III" segment "Clown Without Pity" features a murderous Krusty doll: "Yep, there's your problem. Somebody [[MoralityDial set this thing to evil]]."
**Another Halloween special The "Treehouse Of Horror XV" segment "The Ned Zone" features Ned desperately trying to stop Homer from pressing a button in the nuclear plant that makes it explode and destroy Springfield. [[spoiler: Ned was given no other choice than to kill Homer, but even THAT didn't stop him from pressing the button.]]
** Ina later episode, "Double, Double, Boy In Trouble", Bart sets a bunch of Roombas from "off" to "malevolent sentience". They promptly go on a mini-rampage.
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* The artistic variation shows up [[http://starslip.com/2006/10/25/starslip-number-374/ here]], in ''Webcomic/{{Starslip}}''. Vanderbeam, alone on the ship, is trying to calm down and forget about ghosts, so he goes around looking at art. He looks at Edward Munch's ''The Scream'', [[AuthorAppeal Henri Fuseli's]] ''Nightmare'', and [[FamousFamousFictional Hox Torvus']] ''Vanderbeam Being Eaten by a Ghost'', prompting this:
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* The artistic variation shows up [[http://starslip.com/2006/10/25/starslip-number-374/ [[https://starslip.krisstraub.com/20061025.shtml here]], in ''Webcomic/{{Starslip}}''. Vanderbeam, alone on the ship, is trying to calm down and forget about ghosts, so he goes around looking at art. He looks at Edward Munch's ''The Scream'', [[AuthorAppeal Henri Fuseli's]] ''Nightmare'', and [[FamousFamousFictional Hox Torvus']] ''Vanderbeam Being Eaten by a Ghost'', prompting this:
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'', Neptune [[HumanPopsicle freezes Mr. Krabs solid]] when he believes he was the one who stole his crown. At the end of the movie, after learning Mr. Krabs was innocent, Neptune attempts to unfreeze him-only to accidentally turn him into [[HumanityEnsues a human boy]]. Neptune realizes that [[ProngsOfPoseidon his trident]] was set to "[[BecomeARealBoy Real Boy]]" instead of "Unfreeze".
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie'', Neptune [[HumanPopsicle freezes Mr. Krabs solid]] when he believes he was the one who stole his crown. At the end of the movie, after learning Mr. Krabs was innocent, Neptune attempts to unfreeze him-only to accidentally turn him into [[HumanityEnsues a human boy]]. Neptune realizes that [[ProngsOfPoseidon his trident]] was set to "[[BecomeARealBoy Real Boy]]" instead of "Unfreeze".
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* The unavoidable chompers in a starship passageway in ''Film/GalaxyQuest''. Gwen lampshades how ridiculous it is that there is a DeathCourse in the middle of the ship.
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** The Thermians are technologically advanced enough to build a working starship based on "data" gathered from "documentary footage", namely a hoky sci fi TV show and the [[AllThereInTheManual fan materials surrounding it]]. As a result it has some features [[BlackBox even they don't understand]], such as [[spoiler: a very limited time travel device]].
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** In "Hail Doofania!", a SwappedRoles episode, the Rainbow Generator features a SelfDestructMechanism.
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** In "Hail Doofania!", a SwappedRoles the RoleSwapPlot episode, the Rainbow Generator features a SelfDestructMechanism.
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** In "Hail Doofania!", a SwappedRole episode, the Rainbow Generator features a SelfDestructMechanism.
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** In "Hail Doofania!", a SwappedRole SwappedRoles episode, the Rainbow Generator features a SelfDestructMechanism.
