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* In ''Manga/GirlsLastTour'', this happens to two side characters. Kanazawa, who's spent a long time mapping the city, drops his maps when the elevator he's riding on tilts to the side. Meanwhile, Ishi completes the makeshift airplane she was working on, only for it to break apart in its maiden flight.
* Instead of death, this is the punishment villains in ''Manga/OnePiece'' get for their heinous actions, as the running theme of the series is following your dreams. All the villains have a central dream or ambition they work towards, problem is their methods often involve stepping on anyone in their way to achieving them. Their plans draw the attention of the protagonists, who are {{Nominal Hero}}es whose methods are unlawful themselves, when their actions KickTheDog they personally befriended.
* In ''Manga/GirlsLastTour'', this happens to two side characters. Kanazawa, who's spent a long time mapping the city, drops his maps when the elevator he's riding on tilts to the side. Meanwhile, Ishi completes the makeshift airplane she was working on, only for it to break apart in its maiden flight.
* Instead of death, this is the punishment villains in ''Manga/OnePiece'' get for their heinous actions, as the running theme of the series is following your dreams. All the villains have a central dream or ambition they work towards, problem is their methods often involve stepping on anyone in their way to achieving them. Their plans draw the attention of the protagonists, who are {{Nominal Hero}}es whose methods are unlawful themselves, when their actions KickTheDog they personally befriended.
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* Instead of death, this is the punishment villains in ''Manga/OnePiece'' get for their heinous actions, as the running theme of the series is following your dreams. All the villains have a central dream or ambition they work towards, problem is their methods often involve stepping on anyone in their way to achieving them. Their plans draw the attention of the protagonists, who are {{Nominal Hero}}es whose methods are unlawful themselves, when their actions KickTheDog they personally befriended.
* In ''Manga/GirlsLastTour'', this happens to two side characters. Kanazawa, who's spent a long time mapping the city, drops his maps when the elevator he's riding on tilts to the side. Meanwhile, Ishi completes the makeshift airplane she was working on, only for it to break apart in its maiden flight.
* In ''Manga/GirlsLastTour'', this happens to two side characters. Kanazawa, who's spent a long time mapping the city, drops his maps when the elevator he's riding on tilts to the side. Meanwhile, Ishi completes the makeshift airplane she was working on, only for it to break apart in its maiden flight.
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* In ''Film/HowToMakeAnAmericanQuilt'', the protagonist's dissertation on quilting traditions gets blown away by an aggressive storm. She's pretty cheerful about it, though, because [[ThePowerOfLove she's learned that love is more important]] than work. Or something.
* Similarly, in ''Film/WonderBoys'', Michael Douglas' character feels pretty good about losing the [[{{Doorstopper}} several thousand pages]] of his second novel, probably to indicate that it [[SophomoreSlump didn't measure up]] to his brilliant first one.
* In the first ''Film/DennisTheMenace'' movie, Mr. Wilson spent forty years growing a plant that only flowers once for a few seconds. So he invites the neighborhood to the flowering, but Dennis causes a distraction at the crucial instant by screaming that Mr. Wilson's house was being robbed. Thinking Dennis was CryingWolf, Mr. Wilson then lays into Dennis with a TranquilFury-laden TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, which leaves Dennis in tears and runs away in sadness. However, [[CassandraTruth Dennis was telling the truth]], and even ends up at the robber's mercy later [[note]]Or rather, [[PityTheKidnapper has the robber at his mercy]][[/note]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TwiceUponATime'', Synonamess Botch drives his head nightmare writer Scuzzbopper to [[DrivenToSuicide attempted suicide]] (and a HeelFaceTurn) by dismissively throwing his manuscript for a "Great A-Murk-ian Novel" out a window. He later experiences it himself when Ralph tricks him into prematurely detonating his entire arsenal of nightmare bombs before time starts back up, leaving the Rushers unaffected.
* In ''Film/HowToMakeAnAmericanQuilt'', the protagonist's dissertation on quilting traditions gets blown away by an aggressive storm. She's pretty cheerful about it, though, because [[ThePowerOfLove she's learned that love is more important]] than work. Or something.
* Similarly, in ''Film/WonderBoys'', Michael Douglas' character feels pretty good about losing the [[{{Doorstopper}} several thousand pages]] of his second novel, probably to indicate that it [[SophomoreSlump didn't measure up]] to his brilliant first one.
* In the first ''Film/DennisTheMenace'' movie, Mr. Wilson spent forty years growing a plant that only flowers once for a few seconds. So he invites the neighborhood to the flowering, but Dennis causes a distraction at the crucial instant by screaming that Mr. Wilson's house was being robbed. Thinking Dennis was CryingWolf, Mr. Wilson then lays into Dennis with a TranquilFury-laden TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, which leaves Dennis in tears and runs away in sadness. However, [[CassandraTruth Dennis was telling the truth]], and even ends up at the robber's mercy later [[note]]Or rather, [[PityTheKidnapper has the robber at his mercy]][[/note]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TwiceUponATime'', Synonamess Botch drives his head nightmare writer Scuzzbopper to [[DrivenToSuicide attempted suicide]] (and a HeelFaceTurn) by dismissively throwing his manuscript for a "Great A-Murk-ian Novel" out a window. He later experiences it himself when Ralph tricks him into prematurely detonating his entire arsenal of nightmare bombs before time starts back up, leaving the Rushers unaffected.
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* In ''Film/HowToMakeAnAmericanQuilt'', the protagonist's dissertation on quilting traditions gets blown away by an aggressive storm. She's pretty cheerful about it, though, because [[ThePowerOfLove she's learned that love is more important]] than work. Or something.
* Similarly, in ''Film/WonderBoys'', Michael Douglas' character feels pretty good about losing the [[{{Doorstopper}} several thousand pages]] of his second novel, probably to indicate that it [[SophomoreSlump didn't measure up]] to his brilliant first one.
* In the first ''Film/DennisTheMenace'' movie, Mr. Wilson spent forty years growing a plant that only flowers once for a few seconds. So he invites the neighborhood to the flowering, but Dennis causes a distraction at the crucial instant by screaming that Mr. Wilson's house was being robbed. Thinking Dennis was CryingWolf, Mr. Wilson then lays into Dennis with a TranquilFury-laden TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, which leaves Dennis in tears and runs away in sadness. However, [[CassandraTruth Dennis was telling the truth]], and even ends up at the robber's mercy later [[note]]Or rather, [[PityTheKidnapper has the robber at his mercy]][[/note]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TwiceUponATime'', Synonamess Botch drives his head nightmare writer Scuzzbopper to [[DrivenToSuicide attempted suicide]] (and a HeelFaceTurn) by dismissively throwing his manuscript for a "Great A-Murk-ian Novel" out a window. He later experiences it himself when Ralph tricks him into prematurely detonating his entire arsenal of nightmare bombs before time starts back up, leaving the Rushers unaffected.
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[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
* In the first ''Film/DennisTheMenace'' movie, Mr. Wilson spent forty years growing a plant that only flowers once for a few seconds. So he invites the neighborhood to the flowering, but Dennis causes a distraction at the crucial instant by screaming that Mr. Wilson's house was being robbed. Thinking Dennis was CryingWolf, Mr. Wilson then lays into Dennis with a TranquilFury-laden TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, which leaves Dennis in tears and runs away in sadness. However, [[CassandraTruth Dennis was telling the truth]], and even ends up at the robber's mercy later [[note]]Or rather, [[PityTheKidnapper has the robber at his mercy]][[/note]].
* In ''Film/HowToMakeAnAmericanQuilt'', the protagonist's dissertation on quilting traditions gets blown away by an aggressive storm. She's pretty cheerful about it, though, because [[ThePowerOfLove she's learned that love is more important]] than work. Or something.
* In ''Film/HowToMakeAnAmericanQuilt'', the protagonist's dissertation on quilting traditions gets blown away by an aggressive storm. She's pretty cheerful about it, though, because [[ThePowerOfLove she's learned that love is more important]] than work. Or something.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TwiceUponATime'', Synonamess Botch drives his head nightmare writer Scuzzbopper to [[DrivenToSuicide attempted suicide]] (and a HeelFaceTurn) by dismissively throwing his manuscript for a "Great A-Murk-ian Novel" out a window. He later experiences it himself when Ralph tricks him into prematurely detonating his entire arsenal of nightmare bombs before time starts back up, leaving the Rushers unaffected.
* In ''Film/WonderBoys'', Michael Douglas' character feels pretty good about losing the [[{{Doorstopper}} several thousand pages]] of his second novel, probably to indicate that it [[SophomoreSlump didn't measure up]] to his brilliant first one.
* In ''Film/WonderBoys'', Michael Douglas' character feels pretty good about losing the [[{{Doorstopper}} several thousand pages]] of his second novel, probably to indicate that it [[SophomoreSlump didn't measure up]] to his brilliant first one.
* In ''Literature/AClockworkOrange'', Alex and his droogs shred the manuscript of F. Alexander's book ''A Clockwork Orange''. Alexander rewrites the book from scratch; within two years it has been published.
* In the ''Literature/KnightAndRogueSeries'' Ceciel spends her whole life experimenting to find a way to give humans magic. When she finally succeeds her test subject responds by trashing her lab, wrecking all her potions and burning all her years of notes before managing to convince her she failed anyway.
* In the ''Literature/KnightAndRogueSeries'' Ceciel spends her whole life experimenting to find a way to give humans magic. When she finally succeeds her test subject responds by trashing her lab, wrecking all her potions and burning all her years of notes before managing to convince her she failed anyway.
* In [[Creator/CyrilMKornbluth C. M. Kornbluth's]] short story "The Mindworm" (about [[spoiler: a psychic vampire]]), the main character walks in on an artist who has finally set aside the time to undertake his MagnumOpus and unceremoniously smashes the raw material he painstakingly acquired. Apparently [[spoiler: emotional states were like flavors]], and he wanted a unique dish.
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* In [[Creator/CyrilMKornbluth C. M. Kornbluth's]] short story "The Mindworm" (about [[spoiler: a psychic vampire]]), the main character walks in on an artist who has finally set aside the time to undertake his MagnumOpus and unceremoniously smashes the raw material he painstakingly acquired. Apparently [[spoiler: emotional states were like flavors]], and he wanted a unique dish.
* In the ''Literature/KnightAndRogueSeries'' Ceciel spends her whole life experimenting to find a way to give humans magic. When she finally succeeds her test subject responds by trashing her lab, wrecking all her potions and burning all her years of notes before managing to convince her she failed anyway.
* In ''Literature/AClockworkOrange'', Alex and his droogs shred the manuscript of F. Alexander's book ''A Clockwork Orange''. Alexander rewrites the book from scratch; within two years it has been published.
* In the ''Literature/KnightAndRogueSeries'' Ceciel spends her whole life experimenting to find a way to give humans magic. When she finally succeeds her test subject responds by trashing her lab, wrecking all her potions and burning all her years of notes before managing to convince her she failed anyway.
* In ''Literature/AClockworkOrange'', Alex and his droogs shred the manuscript of F. Alexander's book ''A Clockwork Orange''. Alexander rewrites the book from scratch; within two years it has been published.
* Played for laughs in a British sketch show starring ex-[[Radio/TheGoonShow Goon]] Creator/MichaelBentine. A guest on an interview show has spent ten years building a magnificent model of St. Paul's Cathedral out of matchsticks. Unfortunately the heat of the studio lights cause it to catch fire. The interviewer mutters, "Well, I expect we'll be seeing you again in ten years. Only this time I'd suggest taking the match heads off first."
* The sketch-comedy show ''Series/AlmostLive'' regularly featured a kung-fu parody called "Mind Your Manners with Billy Quan"; the fights would sometimes start with the same oaf thoughtlessly destroying Billy's latest painstaking masterpiece. The bulk of ''every'' episode involved Billy beating up the oaf in a deliberately cheesy martial arts duel as punishment for violating whatever rule of etiquette the episode is about.
* The sketch-comedy show ''Series/AlmostLive'' regularly featured a kung-fu parody called "Mind Your Manners with Billy Quan"; the fights would sometimes start with the same oaf thoughtlessly destroying Billy's latest painstaking masterpiece. The bulk of ''every'' episode involved Billy beating up the oaf in a deliberately cheesy martial arts duel as punishment for violating whatever rule of etiquette the episode is about.
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* [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in an episode of ''Series/{{Reno 911}}'' where an author's novel manuscript is trapped in a burning building. He pleads with the cops to go in and save it, but they want to know if it's any good first. He describes it, but it turns out it's a derivative knockoff, and they let it burn.
* Played for laughs in a British sketch show starring ex-[[Radio/TheGoonShow Goon]] Creator/MichaelBentine. A guest on an interview show has spent ten years building a magnificent model of St. Paul's Cathedral out of matchsticks. Unfortunately the heat of the studio lights cause it to catch fire. The interviewer mutters, "Well, I expect we'll be seeing you again in ten years. Only this time I'd suggest taking the match heads off first."
* Played for laughs in a British sketch show starring ex-[[Radio/TheGoonShow Goon]] Creator/MichaelBentine. A guest on an interview show has spent ten years building a magnificent model of St. Paul's Cathedral out of matchsticks. Unfortunately the heat of the studio lights cause it to catch fire. The interviewer mutters, "Well, I expect we'll be seeing you again in ten years. Only this time I'd suggest taking the match heads off first."
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* [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] ''Series/{{Columbo}}'': In "[[Recap/ColumboS03E02 Any Old Port in a Storm]]", the murderer Adrian Carsini does this to himself. He murders his half-brother by leaving him bound in his wine vault and turning off the air conditioner so he suffocates. However, while he is away, there is an unexpectedly hot day that raises the temperature in the uncooled vault to the point where the wine oxidizes; destroying his priceless collection[[note]] Though, there would be very few people in the world other than him who would have a sufficiently developed taste for wine that they could even notice it. Columbo proves this in an episode of ''Series/{{Reno 911}}'' where an author's novel manuscript experiment he sets up wherein some wine is trapped in a burning building. He pleads with the cops to go in oxidized and save it, but they want to know if it's any good first. He describes it, but it turns out it's a derivative knockoff, and they let it burn.
* Played for laughs in a British sketch show starring ex-[[Radio/TheGoonShow Goon]] Creator/MichaelBentine. A guest on an interview showonly Carsini tastes it. However, he has spent ten years building such a magnificent model of St. Paul's Cathedral out of matchsticks. Unfortunately the heat of the studio lights cause it to catch fire. The interviewer mutters, "Well, I expect we'll be seeing you again in ten years. Only this time I'd suggest taking the match heads off first."rigid view on fine wine that he feels his collection has become completely worthless.[[/note]]
* Played for laughs in a British sketch show starring ex-[[Radio/TheGoonShow Goon]] Creator/MichaelBentine. A guest on an interview show
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* The sketch-comedy show ''Series/AlmostLive'' regularly featured a kung-fu parody called "Mind Your Manners with Billy Quan"; the fights would sometimes start with the same oaf thoughtlessly destroying Billy's latest painstaking masterpiece. The bulk of ''every'' episode involved Billy beating up the oaf in a deliberately cheesy martial arts duel as punishment for violating whatever rule of etiquette the episode is about.
* In a ''Series/{{Wings}}'' episode, Lowell shows Joe the model blimp he's spent years creating and makes Joe promise not to play with it. Joe plays it with anyway, and it promptly gets smashed behind a door.
* In a ''Series/{{Wings}}'' episode, Lowell shows Joe the model blimp he's spent years creating and makes Joe promise not to play with it. Joe plays it with anyway, and it promptly gets smashed behind a door.
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* ''Series/{{Columbo}}'': In "[[Recap/ColumboS03E02 Any Old Port in a Storm]]", the murderer Adrian Carsini does this to himself. He murders his half-brother by leaving him bound in his wine vault and turning off the air conditioner so he suffocates. However, while he is away, there is an unexpectedly hot day that raises the temperature in the uncooled vault to the point where the wine oxidizes; destroying his priceless collection[[note]] Though, there would be very few people in the world other than him who would have a sufficiently developed taste for wine that they could even notice it. Columbo proves this in an experiment he sets up wherein some wine is oxidized and only Carsini tastes it. However, he has such a rigid view on fine wine that he feels his collection has become completely worthless.[[/note]]
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* ''Series/{{Columbo}}'': In "[[Recap/ColumboS03E02 Any Old Port [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in a Storm]]", the murderer Adrian Carsini does this to himself. He murders his half-brother by leaving him bound in his wine vault and turning off the air conditioner so he suffocates. However, while he is away, there is an unexpectedly hot day that raises the temperature in the uncooled vault to the point episode of ''Series/{{Reno 911}}'' where an author's novel manuscript is trapped in a burning building. He pleads with the wine oxidizes; destroying his priceless collection[[note]] Though, there would be very few people cops to go in the world other than him who would have a sufficiently developed taste for wine that and save it, but they could even notice want to know if it's any good first. He describes it, but it turns out it's a derivative knockoff, and they let it burn.
* In a ''Series/{{Wings}}'' episode, Lowell shows Joe the model blimp he's spent years creating and makes Joe promise not to play with it.Columbo proves this in an experiment he sets up wherein some wine is oxidized Joe plays it with anyway, and only Carsini tastes it. However, he has such it promptly gets smashed behind a rigid view on fine wine that he feels his collection has become completely worthless.[[/note]]door.
* In a ''Series/{{Wings}}'' episode, Lowell shows Joe the model blimp he's spent years creating and makes Joe promise not to play with it.
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* This is Lady Vayle's reason for revenge against Artix in ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds'' and ''VideoGame/DragonFable''. [[spoiler:She had dedicated her entire life in the pursuit of necromancy in order to [[{{Necromantic}} bring her brother back]], but thanks to Noxus being a dick and Artix destroying the crystal that had her brother's spirit orb inside after having to destroy the MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil that her brother's body had become...yeah.]]
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* This is Lady Vayle's reason for revenge against Artix in ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds'' and ''VideoGame/DragonFable''. [[spoiler:She had dedicated her entire life in the pursuit of necromancy in order to [[{{Necromantic}} bring her brother back]], but thanks to Noxus being a dick and Artix destroying the crystal that had her brother's spirit orb inside after having to destroy the MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil that her brother's body had become...yeah.]]
* In the InteractiveFiction game ''Damnatio Memoriae'' by Creator/EmilyShort, you have very limited time to hide or destroy all evidence of your supernatural powers before your room is searched. One of the damning pieces of evidence is your book, years in writing, that describes faraway lands (which you couldn't have possibly written without using your magic.) If you don't manage to hide it, other options are either to destroy it (at which point the character bleakly remarks he'll never be able to muster up the energy to write it again) or magically change its apparent authorship, so that someone else is credited for your life's work.
* In the InteractiveFiction game ''Damnatio Memoriae'' by Creator/EmilyShort, you have very limited time to hide or destroy all evidence of your supernatural powers before your room is searched. One of the damning pieces of evidence is your book, years in writing, that describes faraway lands (which you couldn't have possibly written without using your magic.) If you don't manage to hide it, other options are either to destroy it (at which point the character bleakly remarks he'll never be able to muster up the energy to write it again) or magically change its apparent authorship, so that someone else is credited for your life's work.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'': An angel misplaces two years of Emily's life that she'd spent working incredibly hard at school so she could get accepted to Harvard. Now she'll just have to do it all over again!
* In ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' Jean Poule [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/197/ is of two minds about this.]] On the one hand, the destruction of her grand experiment produced Molly the Monster, her adoptive daughter who she loves dearly; but it also crippled her scientific career.
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* In ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' Jean Poule [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/197/ is of two minds about this.]] On the one hand, the destruction of her grand experiment produced Molly the Monster, her adoptive daughter who she loves dearly; but it also crippled her scientific career.
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* In ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' Jean Poule [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/197/ is of ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'': An angel misplaces two minds about this.]] On the one hand, the destruction years of her grand experiment produced Molly the Monster, her adoptive daughter who Emily's life that she'd spent working incredibly hard at school so she loves dearly; but could get accepted to Harvard. Now she'll just have to do it also crippled her scientific career.all over again!
* In the penultimate episode of ''WebAnimation/BattleForBFDI'', it's revealed that the Announcer, the host of the first season, has returned to Earth to take the prized BFDI away from the current host, Four, but he has a genuinely good reason to. He had seemingly left after the first season finale, but he wanted the show to continue, so he funded BFDIA in the background on an extremely tight budget, until it just couldn't be supported anymore. After he returned to his home planet for good, he caught wind of the fact that Four was hosting a new season of BFDI, and was offering up the BFDI as a prize, which turned out to be the last remaining archive of the first season in existence. Without it, Announcer had basically just lost ownership of his own creation without his concern, and he wanted to get it back no matter what it took.
* In ''WebAnimation/DoubleRainboom'', Twilight is revealed to have been developing a performance-enhancing potion since Magic Kindergarten, and once it's finally finished, Rainbow Dash ends up drinking every last drop, which causes her to gain enhanced flight capabilities, [[spoiler:until the [[TimedPowerUp effects wear off]] and cause her wings to sprain]]. Through this, she ends up performing the titular Double Rainboom, [[NukeEm which ends up decimating all of Ponyville]].
* In ''WebAnimation/DoubleRainboom'', Twilight is revealed to have been developing a performance-enhancing potion since Magic Kindergarten, and once it's finally finished, Rainbow Dash ends up drinking every last drop, which causes her to gain enhanced flight capabilities, [[spoiler:until the [[TimedPowerUp effects wear off]] and cause her wings to sprain]]. Through this, she ends up performing the titular Double Rainboom, [[NukeEm which ends up decimating all of Ponyville]].
* Parodied in WebAnimation/KlayWorld: [[BigDamnMovie Off the Table.]] Dr. Bob tries to communicate with the klaymen in the truck using a walkie-talkie, but it won't work (because the machine the walkie-talkie is connected to lacks an antenna). Then Bob complains that he wasted ''five minutes'' of his life building the walkie-talkie, and says he will draw a picture of all the things he could've done otherwise.
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* In ''WebAnimation/DoubleRainboom'', Twilight is revealed to have been developing a performance-enhancing potion since Magic Kindergarten, and once it's finally finished, Rainbow Dash ends up drinking every last drop, which causes her to gain enhanced flight capabilities, [[spoiler:until the [[TimedPowerUp effects wear off]] and cause her wings to sprain]]. Through this, she ends up performing the titular Double Rainboom, [[NukeEm which ends up decimating all of Ponyville]].
* Parodied in WebAnimation/KlayWorld: [[BigDamnMovie Off the Table.]] Dr. Bob tries to communicate with the klaymen in the truck using a walkie-talkie, but it won't work (because the machine the walkie-talkie is connected to lacks an antenna). Then Bob complains that he wasted ''five minutes'' of his life building the walkie-talkie, and says he will draw a picture of all the things he could've done otherwise.
* In the penultimate episode of ''WebAnimation/BattleForBFDI'', it's revealed that the Announcer, the host of the first season, has returned to Earth to take the prized BFDI away from the current host, Four, but he has a genuinely good reason to. He had seemingly left after the first season finale, but he wanted the show to continue, so he funded BFDIA in the background on an extremely tight budget, until it just couldn't be supported anymore. After he returned to his home planet for good, he caught wind of the fact that Four was hosting a new season of BFDI, and was offering up the BFDI as a prize, which turned out to be the last remaining archive of the first season in existence. Without it, Announcer had basically just lost ownership of his own creation without his concern, and he wanted to get it back no matter what it took.
* Parodied in WebAnimation/KlayWorld: [[BigDamnMovie Off the Table.]] Dr. Bob tries to communicate with the klaymen in the truck using a walkie-talkie, but it won't work (because the machine the walkie-talkie is connected to lacks an antenna). Then Bob complains that he wasted ''five minutes'' of his life building the walkie-talkie, and says he will draw a picture of all the things he could've done otherwise.
* In the penultimate episode of ''WebAnimation/BattleForBFDI'', it's revealed that the Announcer, the host of the first season, has returned to Earth to take the prized BFDI away from the current host, Four, but he has a genuinely good reason to. He had seemingly left after the first season finale, but he wanted the show to continue, so he funded BFDIA in the background on an extremely tight budget, until it just couldn't be supported anymore. After he returned to his home planet for good, he caught wind of the fact that Four was hosting a new season of BFDI, and was offering up the BFDI as a prize, which turned out to be the last remaining archive of the first season in existence. Without it, Announcer had basically just lost ownership of his own creation without his concern, and he wanted to get it back no matter what it took.
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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Bart ended up destroying George Bush Sr.'s memoirs.
** Homer says this word for word at the beginning of "The Wettest Stories Ever Told", when he figures out the pattern of the wall decor and Lisa points out a break in the pattern.
** In "The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson", Horatio [=McAllister=] finally finds the treasure he spent the past 40 years looking for, only for it to be stolen by Mayor Quimby by way of redistricting by redline.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' plays this for the tragedy it actually is when Mr Freeze, after his body decays beyond use and leaving him a disembodied head, costing him the last hope he had, sets out to make everyone else as miserable as he is by destroying their life's work. The cases we see has him destroy a painter's masterpiece and an archeologist's greatest discovery.
** Homer says this word for word at the beginning of "The Wettest Stories Ever Told", when he figures out the pattern of the wall decor and Lisa points out a break in the pattern.
** In "The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson", Horatio [=McAllister=] finally finds the treasure he spent the past 40 years looking for, only for it to be stolen by Mayor Quimby by way of redistricting by redline.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' plays this for the tragedy it actually is when Mr Freeze, after his body decays beyond use and leaving him a disembodied head, costing him the last hope he had, sets out to make everyone else as miserable as he is by destroying their life's work. The cases we see has him destroy a painter's masterpiece and an archeologist's greatest discovery.
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* WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants's crashing into a truck loaded with fruit punch ruins an old guy's memoirs which were written with red ink.
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* WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants's crashing into ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' plays this for the tragedy it actually is when Mr Freeze, after his body decays beyond use and leaving him a truck loaded with fruit punch ruins disembodied head, costing him the last hope he had, sets out to make everyone else as miserable as he is by destroying their life's work. The cases we see has him destroy a painter's masterpiece and an old guy's memoirs which were written with red ink.archeologist's greatest discovery.
* In the ChristmasEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', this was the trigger for the Ghostwriter's attack against Danny, for destroying his Christmas poem, but also because he didn't feel any real remorse over it.
* In the ChristmasEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', this was the trigger for the Ghostwriter's attack against Danny, for destroying his Christmas poem, but also because he didn't feel any real remorse over it.
* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', but at a great cost. The backstory presented in "A Tale of Two Stans" reveals that the author of the journals was Stan's estranged twin brother Ford. He'd spent most of his life studying the paranormal and compiling his three journals of research. When he learned that one of the projects, split between the three journals, could enable [[BigBad Bill Cypher]] to destroy reality, he hid one and summoned Stan to take another as far away as possible. Stan, who was expecting a reunion, [[StatingTheSimpleSolution threatens to just burn the journal]], rather than go through the trouble. Ford panics at the thought of losing all his hard work. The ensuing fight results in Ford going through a portal, which is then immediately destroyed.
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* In the ChristmasEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', this was the trigger for the Ghostwriter's attack against Danny, for destroying his Christmas poem, but also because he didn't feel any real remorse over it.
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* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', but at a great cost. The backstory presented in "A Tale of Two Stans" reveals that the author of the journals was Stan's estranged twin brother Ford. He'd spent most of his life studying the paranormal and compiling his three journals of research. When he learned that one of the projects, split between the three journals, could enable [[BigBad Bill Cypher]] to destroy reality, he hid one and summoned Stan to take another as far away as possible. Stan, who was expecting a reunion, [[StatingTheSimpleSolution threatens to just burn the journal]], rather than go through the trouble. Ford panics at the thought of losing all his hard work. The ensuing fight results in Ford going through a portal, which is then immediately destroyed.
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* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', but In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Bart ended up destroying George Bush Sr.'s memoirs.
** Homer says this word for word ata great cost. The backstory presented in "A Tale of Two Stans" reveals that the author beginning of "The Wettest Stories Ever Told", when he figures out the pattern of the journals was Stan's estranged twin brother Ford. He'd wall decor and Lisa points out a break in the pattern.
** In "The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson", Horatio [=McAllister=] finally finds the treasure he spentmost of his life studying the paranormal and compiling his three journals past 40 years looking for, only for it to be stolen by Mayor Quimby by way of research. When he learned that one of the projects, split between the three journals, could enable [[BigBad Bill Cypher]] to destroy reality, he hid one and summoned Stan to take another as far away as possible. Stan, who was expecting redistricting by redline.
* WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants's crashing into areunion, [[StatingTheSimpleSolution threatens to just burn the journal]], rather than go through the trouble. Ford panics at the thought of losing all his hard work. The ensuing fight results in Ford going through a portal, truck loaded with fruit punch ruins an old guy's memoirs which is then immediately destroyed. were written with red ink.
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** In "The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson", Horatio [=McAllister=] finally finds the treasure he spent
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* In the ''Series/MidsomerMurders'' episode "Orchis Fatalis", someone takes revenge on an orchid collector by pouring weedkiller over his priceless orchid collection. This being Midsomer, things soon escalate to murder.
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* In the ''Series/MidsomerMurders'' episode "Orchis Fatalis", "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS8E3 Orchis Fatalis]]", someone takes revenge on an orchid collector by pouring weedkiller over his priceless orchid collection. This being Midsomer, things soon escalate to murder.
