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->''"I know all too well what it's like to have to rely on someone not screwing up something when their defining characteristic is that they're an idiot. There's nothing like that sinking feeling you get when they say with total sincerity, "I took care of the problem while you kept the others busy." And you want to slap them and say, 'I wasn't keeping them busy! ''I'' was fixing the problem by ''talking''! The way people do when they're '''fucking normal'!'''"''
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->''"I know all too well what it's like to have to rely on someone not screwing up something when their defining characteristic is that they're an idiot. There's nothing quite like that sinking feeling you get when they say with total sincerity, "I took care of the problem while you kept the others busy." And you want to slap them and say, 'I wasn't keeping them busy! ''I'' was fixing the problem by ''talking''! The way ''by talking''! Like people do when they're '''fucking normal'!'''"''
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* Discussed by ''WebSite/SFDebris'':
-->I know all too well what it's like to have to rely on someone not screwing up something when their defining characteristic is that they're an idiot. There's nothing like that sinking feeling you get when they say with total sincerity, "I took care of the problem while you kept the others busy." And you want to slap them and say, "I wasn't keeping them busy! ''I'' was fixing the problem ''by talking!'' The way people do when they're '''''fucking normal!'''''"
-->I know all too well what it's like to have to rely on someone not screwing up something when their defining characteristic is that they're an idiot. There's nothing like that sinking feeling you get when they say with total sincerity, "I took care of the problem while you kept the others busy." And you want to slap them and say, "I wasn't keeping them busy! ''I'' was fixing the problem ''by talking!'' The way people do when they're '''''fucking normal!'''''"
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* Discussed by ''WebSite/SFDebris'':
''Website/SFDebris'' in [[https://sfdebris.com/videos/startrek/d514.php his review of DS9's "Dr. Bashir, I Presume?"]]:
-->I know all too well what it's like to have to rely on someone not screwing up something when their defining characteristic is that they're an idiot. There's nothing quite like that sinking feelingyou get when they say with total sincerity, "I took care of the problem while you kept the others busy." And you want to slap them and say, "I wasn't keeping them busy! ''I'' was fixing the problem ''by talking!'' The way Like people do when they're '''''fucking normal!'''''"normal!'''''
-->I know all too well what it's like to have to rely on someone not screwing up something when their defining characteristic is that they're an idiot. There's nothing quite like that sinking feeling
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* In ''Literature/JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrell'', the Gentleman with Thistle-Down Hair sets out to find Stephan Black's true name for him. [[ItsAllAboutMe He is greatly astounded]] when Stephan Black kills him before the gentleman can tell it to him.
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* In ''Literature/JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrell'', the Gentleman with Thistle-Down Hair sets out to find Stephan Black's true name for him. The Gentleman being [[TheFairFolk what he is]], this quest involves an awful lot of torture and murder. [[ItsAllAboutMe He is greatly astounded]] when Stephan Black kills him before the gentleman can tell it to him.
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** The AntiHero Lelouch starts a world war in order to make a new world where his blind, crippled sister Nunnally could live happily. In the end, it turns out that Nunnally was perfectly fine with being blind and crippled all along, as long as Lelouch was there to take care of her. This however is subverted in that midway through the series, Lelouch already realized he wanted to make a better world for everyone else as well.
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** The AntiHero [[Characters/CodeGeassLelouchLamperouge Lelouch Lamperouge]] starts a world war in order to make a new world where his blind, crippled sister Nunnally could live happily. In the end, it turns out that Nunnally was perfectly fine with being blind and crippled all along, as long as Lelouch was there to take care of her. This however is subverted in that midway through the series, Lelouch already realized he wanted to make a better world for everyone else as well.
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* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk:'' One of Hulk's run-ins with Mercy has her decide to try and "help" him by encouraging Betty Ross, presently in danger of flatlining thanks to injuries, to move on.
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** Lestilaut, the oldest archduke candidate from Dunkelfelger attending the Royal Academy at the same time as Rozemyne, manages to do this towards two different people when it comes to Schwartz and Weiss, the two magical automatons Rozemyne accidentally reactivated, becoming their master in the process. His personal reason for trying to take them from her is that [[spoiler:his younger sister randomly expressed interest them]]. His public reason is that the automatons technically belong to royalty, making it easy to frame taking them from Rozemyne as taking back stolen royal property. He ropes other duchies in his plan without consulting [[spoiler:his younger sister]] or the royals. When the prince attending the academy ''does'' get involved, it turns out that the royals can't supply the automatons with {{Mana}} anyway, so they have no problem having another supplier for them are long as they are properly taken care of.
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** Lestilaut, the oldest archduke candidate from Dunkelfelger attending the Royal Academy at the same time as Rozemyne, manages to do this towards two different people when it comes to Schwartz and Weiss, the two magical automatons Rozemyne accidentally reactivated, becoming their master in the process. His personal reason for trying to take them from her is that [[spoiler:his younger sister randomly expressed interest in them]]. His public reason is that the automatons technically belong to royalty, making it easy to frame taking them from Rozemyne as taking back stolen royal property. He ropes other duchies in his plan without consulting [[spoiler:his younger sister]] or the royals. When the prince attending the academy ''does'' get involved, it turns out that the royals can't spare the {{Mana}} necessary to supply the automatons with {{Mana}} anyway, so they have no problem having another supplier for them are as long as they are properly taken care of.
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* ''Fanfic/ForHisOwnSake'': After Keitaro breaks up with Naru, Mutsumi takes it upon herself to help them get back together... despite the fact that neither one actually ''wants'' that. Ultimately, Naru is only willing to accept her UnwantedAssistance because she thinks it will give her the chance to [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beat the hell]] out of Keitaro for ''daring'' to dump her for being so abusive.
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* ''Fanfic/ForHisOwnSake'': After Keitaro breaks up with Naru, Mutsumi takes it upon herself to help them get back together... despite the fact that neither one actually ''wants'' that. Ultimately, Naru is only willing to accept her UnwantedAssistance because she thinks it will give her the chance to [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beat the hell]] out of Keitaro for ''daring'' to dump her for being so abusive.
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* The 2003 version of ''[[Literature/RatmansNotebooks Willard]]'' has Catherine gift Willard with a cat after his mother's passing. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for the cat, the massive rat's nest was too much for it]].
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* The 2003 version of ''[[Literature/RatmansNotebooks Willard]]'' has Catherine gift Willard with a cat after his mother's passing. [[spoiler: Unfortunately [[spoiler:Unfortunately for the cat, the massive rat's nest was too much for it]].it.]]
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* In ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'', the main characters stretch their limited time and resources to the breaking point to protect Lucy from vampire attacks, and restore her strength from the previous attacks. Keeping watch over her at night, giving her blood transfusions when necessary, making sure all the windows are sealed tight, etc. When Van Helsing procures some garlic flowers, they can relax a little, because the garlic will protect Lucy without anyone having to watch her. Unfortunately, Lucy's mother — kept in the dark due to a heart condition, and thus completely unaware of the gravity of the situation or the importance of the garlic — removes the flowers because they're making the room stuffy, and also opens the windows to let fresh air in. This leaves Lucy with absolutely no protection that night, and she gets attacked again, requiring yet another blood transfusion. After all the setbacks they've faced already, to be set back again by Mrs. Westenra's well-meaning interference is so frustrating that for the first time in his life, Dr. Seward sees Van Helsing break down.
-->"This poor mother, all unknowing, and all for the best as she think, does such thing as lose her daughter body and soul; and we must not tell her, we must not even warn her, or she die, and then both die. Oh, how we are beset! How are all the powers of the devils against us!"
* In ''Literature/JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrell'', the Gentleman with Thistle-Down Hair sets out to find Stephan Black's true name for him. [[ItsAllAboutMe He is greatly astounded]] when Stephan Black kills him before the gentleman can tell it to him.
* ''Literature/BrotherCadfael'':
** Non-romantic example in one of the stories. An old lady has a devoted pair of servants, who kill an OldRetainer when they think she might spill the beans on a secret their mistress doesn't want let out. She is horrified, [[OverzealousUnderling as she never would have ordered the retainer's death and the secret is out anyway.]] The two run away before the law can catch up with them.
** Similarly, one story hits the climax when the murderer's mother proudly reveals he gave his old pair of boots to a man (who was found murdered a few days later) as proof of his upstanding moral character. He shuts her up, but it's too late: Cadfael and the sheriff had been wondering why the dead man had been found with boots whose prints were present at a crime scene, but didn't fit him.
* In the original short story "Literature/ItsAGoodLife" three-year-old Anthony uses his godlike powers to "help" people but since he has a child's worldview his help is more often than not a hindrance. Such as when a woman misses her dead husband, so Anthony reanimates his corpse which digs its way out from the grave. At the end of the story he makes it snow because his aunt had complained about the heat, which kills off half the crops.
-->"This poor mother, all unknowing, and all for the best as she think, does such thing as lose her daughter body and soul; and we must not tell her, we must not even warn her, or she die, and then both die. Oh, how we are beset! How are all the powers of the devils against us!"
* In ''Literature/JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrell'', the Gentleman with Thistle-Down Hair sets out to find Stephan Black's true name for him. [[ItsAllAboutMe He is greatly astounded]] when Stephan Black kills him before the gentleman can tell it to him.
* ''Literature/BrotherCadfael'':
** Non-romantic example in one of the stories. An old lady has a devoted pair of servants, who kill an OldRetainer when they think she might spill the beans on a secret their mistress doesn't want let out. She is horrified, [[OverzealousUnderling as she never would have ordered the retainer's death and the secret is out anyway.]] The two run away before the law can catch up with them.
** Similarly, one story hits the climax when the murderer's mother proudly reveals he gave his old pair of boots to a man (who was found murdered a few days later) as proof of his upstanding moral character. He shuts her up, but it's too late: Cadfael and the sheriff had been wondering why the dead man had been found with boots whose prints were present at a crime scene, but didn't fit him.
* In the original short story "Literature/ItsAGoodLife" three-year-old Anthony uses his godlike powers to "help" people but since he has a child's worldview his help is more often than not a hindrance. Such as when a woman misses her dead husband, so Anthony reanimates his corpse which digs its way out from the grave. At the end of the story he makes it snow because his aunt had complained about the heat, which kills off half the crops.
* ''Literature/BrotherCadfael'':
** Non-romantic example in one of the stories. An old lady has a devoted pair of servants, who kill an OldRetainer when they think she might spill the beans on a secret their mistress doesn't want let out. She is horrified, [[OverzealousUnderling as she never would have ordered the retainer's death and the secret is out anyway.]] The two run away before the law can catch up with them.
** Similarly, one story hits the climax when the murderer's mother proudly reveals he gave his old pair of boots to a man (who was found murdered a few days later) as proof of his upstanding moral character. He shuts her up, but it's too late: Cadfael and the sheriff had been wondering why the dead man had been found with boots whose prints were present at a crime scene, but didn't fit him.
* In ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'', the main characters stretch their limited time and resources to the breaking point to protect Lucy from vampire attacks, and restore her strength from the previous attacks. Keeping watch over her at night, giving her blood transfusions when necessary, making sure all the windows are sealed tight, etc. When Van Helsing procures some garlic flowers, they can relax a little, because the garlic will protect Lucy without anyone having to watch her. Unfortunately, Lucy's mother — kept in the dark due to a heart condition, and thus completely unaware of the gravity of the situation or the importance of the garlic — removes the flowers because they're making the room stuffy, and also opens the windows to let fresh air in. This leaves Lucy with absolutely no protection that night, and she gets attacked again, requiring yet another blood transfusion. After all the setbacks they've faced already, to be set back again by Mrs. Westenra's well-meaning interference is so frustrating that for the first time in his life, Dr. Seward sees Van Helsing break down.
-->"This poor mother, all unknowing, and all for the best as she think, does such thing as lose her daughter body and soul; and we must not tell her, we must not even warn her, or she die, and then both die. Oh, how we are beset! How are all the powers of the devils against us!"
* In the original short story "Literature/ItsAGoodLife" three-year-old Anthony uses his godlike powers to "help" people but since he has a child's worldview his help is more often than not a hindrance. Such as when a woman misses her dead husband, so Anthony reanimates his corpse which digs its way out from the grave. At the end of the story he makes it snow because his aunt had complained about the heat, which kills off half the crops.
* In ''Literature/JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrell'', the Gentleman with Thistle-Down Hair sets out to find Stephan Black's true name for him. [[ItsAllAboutMe He is greatly astounded]] when Stephan Black kills him before the gentleman can tell it to him.
** Non-romantic example in one of the stories. An old lady has a devoted pair of servants, who kill an OldRetainer when they think she might spill the beans on a secret their mistress doesn't want let out. She is horrified, [[OverzealousUnderling as she never would have ordered the retainer's death and the secret is out anyway.]] The two run away before the law can catch up with them.
** Similarly, one story hits the climax when the murderer's mother proudly reveals he gave his old pair of boots to a man (who was found murdered a few days later) as proof of his upstanding moral character. He shuts her up, but it's too late: Cadfael and the sheriff had been wondering why the dead man had been found with boots whose prints were present at a crime scene, but didn't fit him.
* In ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'', the main characters stretch their limited time and resources to the breaking point to protect Lucy from vampire attacks, and restore her strength from the previous attacks. Keeping watch over her at night, giving her blood transfusions when necessary, making sure all the windows are sealed tight, etc. When Van Helsing procures some garlic flowers, they can relax a little, because the garlic will protect Lucy without anyone having to watch her. Unfortunately, Lucy's mother — kept in the dark due to a heart condition, and thus completely unaware of the gravity of the situation or the importance of the garlic — removes the flowers because they're making the room stuffy, and also opens the windows to let fresh air in. This leaves Lucy with absolutely no protection that night, and she gets attacked again, requiring yet another blood transfusion. After all the setbacks they've faced already, to be set back again by Mrs. Westenra's well-meaning interference is so frustrating that for the first time in his life, Dr. Seward sees Van Helsing break down.
-->"This poor mother, all unknowing, and all for the best as she think, does such thing as lose her daughter body and soul; and we must not tell her, we must not even warn her, or she die, and then both die. Oh, how we are beset! How are all the powers of the devils against us!"
* In the original short story "Literature/ItsAGoodLife" three-year-old Anthony uses his godlike powers to "help" people but since he has a child's worldview his help is more often than not a hindrance. Such as when a woman misses her dead husband, so Anthony reanimates his corpse which digs its way out from the grave. At the end of the story he makes it snow because his aunt had complained about the heat, which kills off half the crops.
* In ''Literature/JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrell'', the Gentleman with Thistle-Down Hair sets out to find Stephan Black's true name for him. [[ItsAllAboutMe He is greatly astounded]] when Stephan Black kills him before the gentleman can tell it to him.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'', the King talks to his wife about the Thomas Becket situation one of his predecessors went through. (See RealLife below for how ''that'' turned out.) Some knights just returning from an adventure walk in just as the King quotes "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest" and take it that they'd get in the King's good graces if they killed the current Archbishop of Canterbury. Unbeknownst to them the King and the Archbishop (who is also the King's son) are actually getting on very well, and the King was rejoicing that he didn't have to ask that question anymore.
* In a ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' episode, Peralta and Santiago are assigned to go out of town to escort back a prisoner. Since the prisoner is only being released early in the morning, Peralta decides to invite his girlfriend along for the night, making Santiago wish ''her'' boyfriend thought of such things. Peralta, thinking to do something nice, secretly calls him to come along; unfortunately, Santiago's sentiment was meant as one of the reasons why she wanted to ''break up'' with him. This is made worse by the fact that Peralta had previously expressed romantic inclinations toward Santiago.
* In a ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' episode, Peralta and Santiago are assigned to go out of town to escort back a prisoner. Since the prisoner is only being released early in the morning, Peralta decides to invite his girlfriend along for the night, making Santiago wish ''her'' boyfriend thought of such things. Peralta, thinking to do something nice, secretly calls him to come along; unfortunately, Santiago's sentiment was meant as one of the reasons why she wanted to ''break up'' with him. This is made worse by the fact that Peralta had previously expressed romantic inclinations toward Santiago.
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** A more straightforward (and heartbreaking) example in "Face the Raven." Clara wants to save her friend Rigsy who has been marked to die at a certain time as punishment for a crime he doesn't remember committing. Clara takes the death mark from him, assuming the Doctor will save her if they can't prove Rigsy's innocence in time. It turns out Rigsy didn't commit the crime and he was never in any real danger, but Clara's changed the rules by taking the mark so there is no way to free her and she has to die.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'', the King talks to his wife about the Thomas Becket situation one of his predecessors went through. (See RealLife below for how ''that'' turned out.) Some knights just returning from an adventure walk in just as the King quotes "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest" and take it that they'd get in the King's good graces if they killed the current Archbishop of Canterbury. Unbeknownst to them the King and the Archbishop (who is also the King's son) are actually getting on very well, and the King was rejoicing that he didn't have to ask that question anymore.
* In a ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' episode, Peralta and Santiago are assigned to go out of town to escort back a prisoner. Since the prisoner is only being released early in the morning, Peralta decides to invite his girlfriend along for the night, making Santiago wish ''her'' boyfriend thought of such things. Peralta, thinking to do something nice, secretly calls him to come along; unfortunately, Santiago's sentiment was meant as one of the reasons why she wanted to ''break up'' with him. This is made worse by the fact that Peralta had previously expressed romantic inclinations toward Santiago.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'', the King talks to his wife about the Thomas Becket situation one of his predecessors went through. (See RealLife below for how ''that'' turned out.) Some knights just returning from an adventure walk in just as the King quotes "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest" and take it that they'd get in the King's good graces if they killed the current Archbishop of Canterbury. Unbeknownst to them the King and the Archbishop (who is also the King's son) are actually getting on very well, and the King was rejoicing that he didn't have to ask that question anymore.
* In a ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' episode, Peralta and Santiago are assigned to go out of town to escort back a prisoner. Since the prisoner is only being released early in the morning, Peralta decides to invite his girlfriend along for the night, making Santiago wish ''her'' boyfriend thought of such things. Peralta, thinking to do something nice, secretly calls him to come along; unfortunately, Santiago's sentiment was meant as one of the reasons why she wanted to ''break up'' with him. This is made worse by the fact that Peralta had previously expressed romantic inclinations toward Santiago.
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** A more straightforward (and heartbreaking) example in "Face the Raven." Raven". Clara wants to save her friend Rigsy who has been marked to die at a certain time as punishment for a crime he doesn't remember committing. Clara takes the death mark from him, assuming the Doctor will save her if they can't prove Rigsy's innocence in time. It turns out Rigsy didn't commit the crime and he was never in any real danger, but Clara's changed the rules by taking the mark so there is no way to free her and she has to die.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'', the King talks to his wife about the Thomas Becket situation one of his predecessors went through. (See RealLife below for how ''that'' turned out.) Some knights just returning from an adventure walk in just as the King quotes "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest" and take it that they'd get in the King's good graces if they killed the current Archbishop of Canterbury. Unbeknownst to them the King and the Archbishop (who is also the King's son) are actually getting on very well, and the King was rejoicing that he didn't have to ask that question anymore.
* In a ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' episode, Peralta and Santiago are assigned to go out of town to escort back a prisoner. Since the prisoner is only being released early in the morning, Peralta decides to invite his girlfriend along for the night, making Santiago wish ''her'' boyfriend thought of such things. Peralta, thinking to do something nice, secretly calls him to come along; unfortunately, Santiago's sentiment was meant as one of the reasons why she wanted to ''break up'' with him. This is made worse by the fact that Peralta had previously expressed romantic inclinations toward Santiago.die.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'', the King talks to his wife about the Thomas Becket situation one of his predecessors went through. (See RealLife below for how ''that'' turned out.) Some knights just returning from an adventure walk in just as the King quotes "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest" and take it that they'd get in the King's good graces if they killed the current Archbishop of Canterbury. Unbeknownst to them the King and the Archbishop (who is also the King's son) are actually getting on very well, and the King was rejoicing that he didn't have to ask that question anymore.
* In a ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' episode, Peralta and Santiago are assigned to go out of town to escort back a prisoner. Since the prisoner is only being released early in the morning, Peralta decides to invite his girlfriend along for the night, making Santiago wish ''her'' boyfriend thought of such things. Peralta, thinking to do something nice, secretly calls him to come along; unfortunately, Santiago's sentiment was meant as one of the reasons why she wanted to ''break up'' with him. This is made worse by the fact that Peralta had previously expressed romantic inclinations toward Santiago.
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* ''Literature/TheBible'' arguably features this trope in [[Literature/BooksOfKings Second Kings]]. The fifth chapter tells us that after Naaman was cured of his leprosy, he returned to Elisha and urged him to accept a gift. Elisha refused and Naaman left happily after declaring that he would only make offerings to the God of Israel. Elisha's servant, Gehazi, thought his master had been too kind in not accepting anything from Naaman so he followed and told a lie about Elisha wanting two talents and changes of clothing for visitors that had just arrived. When Gehazi returned home with the items, Elisha asked him where he'd been. Despite telling Elisha that [[BlatantLies he hadn't gone anywhere,]] Gehazi ended up punished for his deed by contracting Naaman's leprosy. This example is made especially potent because not only did Gehazi contract Naaman's leprosy, but Elisha added that [[SinsOfOurFathers it would cling to him and his descendants forever.]] [[DidntThinkThisThrough Maybe lying to a prophet]] was a bad idea...
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* ''Literature/TheBible'' arguably features this trope in [[Literature/BooksOfKings Second Kings]]. The fifth chapter tells us that after Naaman was cured of his leprosy, he returned to Elisha and urged him to accept a gift. Elisha refused and Naaman left happily after declaring that he would only make offerings to the God of Israel. Elisha's servant, Gehazi, thought his master had been too kind in not accepting anything from Naaman so he followed and told a lie about Elisha wanting two talents and changes of clothing for visitors that had just arrived. When Gehazi returned home with the items, Elisha asked him where he'd been. Despite telling Elisha that [[BlatantLies he hadn't gone anywhere,]] anywhere]], Gehazi ended up punished for his deed by contracting Naaman's leprosy. This example is made especially potent because not only did Gehazi contract Naaman's leprosy, but Elisha added that [[SinsOfOurFathers it would cling to him and his descendants forever.]] forever]]. [[DidntThinkThisThrough Maybe lying to a prophet]] was a bad idea...
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* The entire plot of ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' kicks off because the BigBad grossly misinterpreted a wish to end racism in the world. [[spoiler:Mithos plans to resurrect his sister Martel after she's killed before seeing a non-racist world. He plans to give her that world by turning everyone into lifeless beings, forever trapped in stasis inside crystals called Exspheres.]] Once the supposed benefactor of this favor sees this, they're horrified. They wanted a world without racism, but not via those means. They certainly didn't intend for the Big Bad to go as far as they did.
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* The entire plot of ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' kicks off because ''Franchise/BlazBlue'': Litchi Faye-Ling spends the BigBad grossly misinterpreted a wish to end racism in rest of the world. [[spoiler:Mithos plans franchise trying to resurrect his sister Martel save her best friend/lover Lotte Carmine who was corrupted into Arakune after she's killed before seeing a non-racist world. He plans to give her going too deep about the research of the Boundary, believing that world by turning he deserves better. Amongst others, she ends up corrupting herself with the same power, which endangered her life, and to alleviate that and make progress to save him, against everyone into lifeless beings, forever trapped in stasis inside crystals called Exspheres.]] Once else's warnings and [[ForcedIntoEvil her own misgivings]], she signs up to the supposed benefactor worst parts of this favor sees this, they're horrified. They wanted a world without racism, but not via NOL (Hazama and Relius Clover) rather than the more upstanding ones (Kagura Mutsuki). When she finally gets through all those means. They certainly (and also disassociating herself with evil), she finds out that [[spoiler:Lotte is all fine and dandy with his consciousness near the Boundary and doesn't want to be cured, he's content with further researching while being near the Boundary. The whole rescue attempt and troubles she went through for him are AllForNothing because she didn't intend for fully grasp the Big Bad extent of the issue (and incapable to go as far as they did.do so, LoveMartyr tendencies aside, she's heavily outclassed in everything by a majority of the main players), resulting Litchi to do the final task of killing Arakune without any care of what happens to her psyche next, and with tears continuously rolling from her face. At the very least, Bang Shishigami (one of the people she betrayed) spares her from the burden, and when everything's over, she can move on in peace.]]
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* ''VideoGame/YesYourGrace'': One petitioner's problem is that he sold his barn to buy his overworked wife a servant to help her around the house. The barn was the family's main source of revenue. The wife wasn't happy about it, and stayed angry when he started working in a potato farm to make up for it. The options to help the guy, if given consideration at all, are to give him the money to buy the barn back or having the Court Witch cast a little "falling back in love" magic.
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* ''VisualNovel/ALittleLilyPrincess'': Lottie's attempt to [[spoiler:have Sara marry her widower father]] to help her out of her bad situation ultimately only gives Miss Minchin an excuse to [[spoiler:harshly punish Sara under the pretense of how embarassing the situation was for herself]]. The latter is even how the obligatory DarkestHour happens in Lottie's route.
* ''Franchise/BlazBlue'': Litchi Faye-Ling spends the rest of the franchise trying to save her best friend/lover Lotte Carmine who was corrupted into Arakune after going too deep about the research of the Boundary, believing that he deserves better. Amongst others, she ends up corrupting herself with the same power, which endangered her life, and to alleviate that and make progress to save him, against everyone else's warnings and [[ForcedIntoEvil her own misgivings]], she signs up to the worst parts of NOL (Hazama and Relius Clover) rather than the more upstanding ones (Kagura Mutsuki). When she finally gets through all those (and also disassociating herself with evil), she finds out that [[spoiler:Lotte is all fine and dandy with his consciousness near the Boundary and doesn't want to be cured, he's content with further researching while being near the Boundary. The whole rescue attempt and troubles she went through for him are AllForNothing because she didn't fully grasp the extent of the issue (and incapable to do so, LoveMartyr tendencies aside, she's heavily outclassed in everything by a majority of the main players), resulting Litchi to do the final task of killing Arakune without any care of what happens to her psyche next, and with tears continuously rolling from her face. At the very least, Bang Shishigami (one of the people she betrayed) spares her from the burden, and when everything's over, she can move on in peace.]]
* ''Franchise/BlazBlue'': Litchi Faye-Ling spends the rest of the franchise trying to save her best friend/lover Lotte Carmine who was corrupted into Arakune after going too deep about the research of the Boundary, believing that he deserves better. Amongst others, she ends up corrupting herself with the same power, which endangered her life, and to alleviate that and make progress to save him, against everyone else's warnings and [[ForcedIntoEvil her own misgivings]], she signs up to the worst parts of NOL (Hazama and Relius Clover) rather than the more upstanding ones (Kagura Mutsuki). When she finally gets through all those (and also disassociating herself with evil), she finds out that [[spoiler:Lotte is all fine and dandy with his consciousness near the Boundary and doesn't want to be cured, he's content with further researching while being near the Boundary. The whole rescue attempt and troubles she went through for him are AllForNothing because she didn't fully grasp the extent of the issue (and incapable to do so, LoveMartyr tendencies aside, she's heavily outclassed in everything by a majority of the main players), resulting Litchi to do the final task of killing Arakune without any care of what happens to her psyche next, and with tears continuously rolling from her face. At the very least, Bang Shishigami (one of the people she betrayed) spares her from the burden, and when everything's over, she can move on in peace.]]
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* ''VisualNovel/ALittleLilyPrincess'': Lottie's attempt The entire plot of ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' kicks off because the BigBad grossly misinterpreted a wish to [[spoiler:have Sara marry end racism in the world. [[spoiler:Mithos plans to resurrect his sister Martel after she's killed before seeing a non-racist world. He plans to give her widower father]] that world by turning everyone into lifeless beings, forever trapped in stasis inside crystals called Exspheres.]] Once the supposed benefactor of this favor sees this, they're horrified. They wanted a world without racism, but not via those means. They certainly didn't intend for the Big Bad to go as far as they did.
* ''VideoGame/YesYourGrace'': One petitioner's problem is that he sold his barn to buy his overworked wife a servant to help herout of her bad situation ultimately only gives Miss Minchin an excuse to [[spoiler:harshly punish Sara under around the pretense of how embarassing house. The barn was the situation was for herself]]. family's main source of revenue. The latter is even how the obligatory DarkestHour happens in Lottie's route.
* ''Franchise/BlazBlue'': Litchi Faye-Ling spends the rest of the franchise trying to save her best friend/lover Lotte Carmine who was corrupted into Arakune after going too deepwife wasn't happy about the research of the Boundary, believing that he deserves better. Amongst others, she ends up corrupting herself with the same power, which endangered her life, it, and stayed angry when he started working in a potato farm to alleviate that and make progress up for it. The options to save him, against everyone else's warnings and [[ForcedIntoEvil her own misgivings]], she signs up to help the worst parts of NOL (Hazama and Relius Clover) rather than guy, if given consideration at all, are to give him the more upstanding ones (Kagura Mutsuki). When she finally gets through all those (and also disassociating herself with evil), she finds out that [[spoiler:Lotte is all fine and dandy with his consciousness near money to buy the Boundary and doesn't want to be cured, he's content with further researching while being near barn back or having the Boundary. The whole rescue attempt and troubles she went through for him are AllForNothing because she didn't fully grasp the extent of the issue (and incapable to do so, LoveMartyr tendencies aside, she's heavily outclassed Court Witch cast a little "falling back in everything by a majority of the main players), resulting Litchi to do the final task of killing Arakune without any care of what happens to her psyche next, and with tears continuously rolling from her face. At the very least, Bang Shishigami (one of the people she betrayed) spares her from the burden, and when everything's over, she can move on in peace.]]love" magic.
* ''VideoGame/YesYourGrace'': One petitioner's problem is that he sold his barn to buy his overworked wife a servant to help her
* ''Franchise/BlazBlue'': Litchi Faye-Ling spends the rest of the franchise trying to save her best friend/lover Lotte Carmine who was corrupted into Arakune after going too deep
* ''VisualNovel/ALittleLilyPrincess'': Lottie's attempt to [[spoiler:have Sara marry her widower father]] to help her out of her bad situation ultimately only gives Miss Minchin an excuse to [[spoiler:harshly punish Sara under the pretense of how embarassing the situation was for herself]]. The latter is even how the obligatory DarkestHour happens in Lottie's route.
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* ''{{Webcomic/Blindsprings}}:'': Harris "rescues" his childhood friend Tammy from the spirits of Wickwold forest shortly before she could complete the 300 years' service she owed them, breaking their friendship and forcing her to make a new, much more dangerous contract to make sure the spirits kept preserving and protecting her older sister. His roommate and lover Ewan later points out that Harris is an inveterate busybody who has made a lifetime habit of providing unwanted and often unwelcome help. [[HiddenDepths It turns out there are reasons for this]] that [[IgnorantOfTheCall Harris himself isn't fully aware of.]]
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* ''{{Webcomic/Blindsprings}}:'': ''Webcomic/{{Blindsprings}}:'': Harris "rescues" his childhood friend Tammy from the spirits of Wickwold forest shortly before she could complete the 300 years' service she owed them, breaking their friendship and forcing her to make a new, much more dangerous contract to make sure the spirits kept preserving and protecting her older sister. His roommate and lover Ewan later points out that Harris is an inveterate busybody who has made a lifetime habit of providing unwanted and often unwelcome help. [[HiddenDepths It turns out there are reasons for this]] that [[IgnorantOfTheCall Harris himself isn't fully aware of.]]
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--> I know all too well what it's like to have to rely on someone not screwing up something when their defining characteristic is that they're an idiot. There's nothing like that sinking feeling you get when they say with total sincerity, "I took care of the problem while you kept the others busy." And you want to slap them and say, "I wasn't keeping them busy! ''I'' was fixing the problem ''by talking!'' The way people do when they're '''''fucking normal!'''''"
--> I know all too well what it's like to have to rely on someone not screwing up something when their defining characteristic is that they're an idiot. There's nothing like that sinking feeling you get when they say with total sincerity, "I took care of the problem while you kept the others busy." And you want to slap them and say, "I wasn't keeping them busy! ''I'' was fixing the problem ''by talking!'' The way people do when they're '''''fucking normal!'''''"
* Discussed by ''WebSite/SFDebris'':
-->I know all too well what it's like to have to rely on someone not screwing up something when their defining characteristic is that they're an idiot. There's nothing like that sinking feeling you get when they say with total sincerity, "I took care of the problem while you kept the others busy." And you want to slap them and say, "I wasn't keeping them busy! ''I'' was fixing the problem ''by talking!'' The way people do when they're '''''fucking normal!'''''"
-->I know all too well what it's like to have to rely on someone not screwing up something when their defining characteristic is that they're an idiot. There's nothing like that sinking feeling you get when they say with total sincerity, "I took care of the problem while you kept the others busy." And you want to slap them and say, "I wasn't keeping them busy! ''I'' was fixing the problem ''by talking!'' The way people do when they're '''''fucking normal!'''''"
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* On the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "The Lost Mattress", Mr. Krabs has trouble sleeping because of his lumpy mattress, so [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick buy him a new one and throw the old one away. Unfortunately, the reason the mattress was so lumpy was because Mr. Krabs had all his money inside, and he goes into a catatonic shock while [=SpongeBob=], Patrick, and Squidward (who took all the credit) look for the mattress at the dump.
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* On the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' There was an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'' that revolved around Rudy misinterpreting what would happen to drawn characters and "fixing" them before they're washed away, only for him to have made things worse once those drawings make it to Chalk Zone. One example is him thinking a sea monster is gonna eat a boat and chaining him to a rock, only for the sea monster to actually want to eat the popsicle that the boat ends up crashing into. Another was him thinking a moose was gonna fall off a building and splat on the ground, prompting Rudy to draw a rubber ball around him so he bounces instead, only for it to be a production of "The Lost Mattress", Mr. Krabs has trouble sleeping because of Moose Who Could Fly" that is now ruined. [[spoiler:The episode ends with him learning his lumpy mattress, so [=SpongeBob=] lesson and Patrick buy him not intervening on a new one and throw the old one away. Unfortunately, the reason the mattress was so lumpy was because Mr. Krabs had all his money inside, and he goes drawing of a teddy bear being lowered into a catatonic shock while [=SpongeBob=], Patrick, and Squidward (who took all the credit) look volcano by a crane, only for the mattress at IrisOut to zoom in on the dump.bear's screaming expression, implying that [[SubvertedTrope this was one drawing he]] ''[[SubvertedTrope should]]'' [[SubvertedTrope have edited]].]]
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* There was an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'' that revolved around Rudy misinterpreting what would happen to drawn characters and "fixing" them before they're washed away, only for him to have made things worse once those drawings make it to Chalk Zone. One example is him thinking a sea monster is gonna eat a boat and chaining him to a rock, only for the sea monster to actually want to eat the popsicle that the boat ends up crashing into. Another was him thinking a moose was gonna fall off a building and splat on the ground, prompting Rudy to draw a rubber ball around him so he bounces instead, only for it to be a production of "The Moose Who Could Fly" that is now ruined. [[spoiler: The episode ends with him learning his lesson and not intervening on a drawing of a teddy bear being lowered into a volcano by a crane, only for the IrisOut to zoom in on the bear as it screams expression, implying that [[SubvertedTrope this was one drawing he]] ''[[SubvertedTrope should]]'' [[SubvertedTrope have edited.]]]]
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* There was an On the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode of ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'' that revolved around Rudy misinterpreting what would happen to drawn characters and "fixing" them before they're washed away, only for him to have made things worse once those drawings make it to Chalk Zone. One example is him thinking a sea monster is gonna eat a boat and chaining him to a rock, only for the sea monster to actually want to eat the popsicle that the boat ends up crashing into. Another was him thinking a moose was gonna fall off a building and splat on the ground, prompting Rudy to draw a rubber ball around him so he bounces instead, only for it to be a production of "The Moose Who Could Fly" that is now ruined. [[spoiler: The episode ends with Lost Mattress", Mr. Krabs has trouble sleeping because of his lumpy mattress, so [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick buy him learning a new one and throw the old one away. Unfortunately, the reason the mattress was so lumpy was because Mr. Krabs had all his lesson money inside, and not intervening on a drawing of a teddy bear being lowered he goes into a volcano by a crane, only catatonic shock while [=SpongeBob=], Patrick, and Squidward (who took all the credit) look for the IrisOut to zoom in on mattress at the bear as it screams expression, implying that [[SubvertedTrope this was one drawing he]] ''[[SubvertedTrope should]]'' [[SubvertedTrope have edited.]]]]dump.
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* ''Franchise/BlazBlue'': Litchi Faye-Ling spends the rest of the franchise trying to save her best friend/lover Lotte Carmine who was corrupted into Arakune after going too deep about the research of the Boundary, believing that he deserves better. Amongst others, she ends up corrupting herself with the same power, which endangered her life, and to alleviate that and make progress to save him, against everyone else's warnings and [[ForcedIntoEvil her own misgivings]], she signs up to the worst parts of NOL (Hazama and Relius Clover) rather than the more upstanding ones (Kagura Mutsuki). When she finally gets through all those (and also disassociating herself with evil), she finds out that [[spoiler:Lotte is all fine and dandy with his consciousness near the Boundary and doesn't want to be cured, he's content with further researching while being near the Boundary. The whole rescue attempt and troubles she went through for him are AllForNothing because she didn't fully grasp the extent of the issue (and incapable to do so, LoveMartyr tendencies aside, she's heavily outclassed in everything by a majority of the main players), resulting Litchi to do the final task of killing Arakune without any care of what happens to her psyche next, and with tears continuously rolling from her face. At the very least, Bang Shishigami (one of the people she betrayed) spares her from the burden, and when everything's over, she can move on in peace.]]
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* ''Literature/TheBible'' arguably features this trope in Second Kings. The fifth chapter tells us that after Naaman was cured of his leprosy, he returned to Elisha and urged him to accept a gift. Elisha refused and Naaman left happily after declaring that he would only make offerings to the God of Israel. Elisha's servant, Gehazi, thought his master had been too kind in not accepting anything from Naaman so he followed and told a lie about Elisha wanting two talents and changes of clothing for visitors that had just arrived. When Gehazi returned home with the items, Elisha asked him where he'd been. Despite telling Elisha that [[BlatantLies he hadn't gone anywhere,]] Gehazi ended up punished for his deed by contracting Naaman's leprosy. This example is made especially potent because not only did Gehazi contract Naaman's leprosy, but Elisha added that [[SinsOfOurFathers it would cling to him and his descendants forever.]] [[DidntThinkThisThrough Maybe lying to a prophet]] was a bad idea...
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* ''Literature/TheBible'' arguably features this trope in [[Literature/BooksOfKings Second Kings.Kings]]. The fifth chapter tells us that after Naaman was cured of his leprosy, he returned to Elisha and urged him to accept a gift. Elisha refused and Naaman left happily after declaring that he would only make offerings to the God of Israel. Elisha's servant, Gehazi, thought his master had been too kind in not accepting anything from Naaman so he followed and told a lie about Elisha wanting two talents and changes of clothing for visitors that had just arrived. When Gehazi returned home with the items, Elisha asked him where he'd been. Despite telling Elisha that [[BlatantLies he hadn't gone anywhere,]] Gehazi ended up punished for his deed by contracting Naaman's leprosy. This example is made especially potent because not only did Gehazi contract Naaman's leprosy, but Elisha added that [[SinsOfOurFathers it would cling to him and his descendants forever.]] [[DidntThinkThisThrough Maybe lying to a prophet]] was a bad idea...
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* ''LightNovel/AscendanceOfABookworm'': The natives of the Dunkelfelger duchy are a recurring cause for this trope:
** In the backstory, Ferdinand's Royal Academy friend from Dunkelfelger, Heisshitze, tried to get him married into the duchy to save him from his WickedStepmother. Heisshitze dindn't think of asking the would-bride if she was on board with the idea before he suggested the idea to her father. As a result, she went on to make a move toward becoming [[ExoticExtendedMarriage the third wife]] of the man she loved, [[spoiler:the current king]].
** In the backstory, Ferdinand's Royal Academy friend from Dunkelfelger, Heisshitze, tried to get him married into the duchy to save him from his WickedStepmother. Heisshitze dindn't think of asking the would-bride if she was on board with the idea before he suggested the idea to her father. As a result, she went on to make a move toward becoming [[ExoticExtendedMarriage the third wife]] of the man she loved, [[spoiler:the current king]].
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* ''LightNovel/AscendanceOfABookworm'': ''Literature/AscendanceOfABookworm'': The natives of the Dunkelfelger duchy are a recurring cause for this trope:
** In the backstory, Ferdinand's Royal Academy friend from Dunkelfelger, Heisshitze, tried to get him married into the duchy to save him from his WickedStepmother. Heisshitzedindn't didn't think of asking the would-bride if she was on board with the idea before he suggested the idea to her father. As a result, she went on to make a move toward becoming [[ExoticExtendedMarriage the third wife]] of the man she loved, [[spoiler:the current king]].
** In the backstory, Ferdinand's Royal Academy friend from Dunkelfelger, Heisshitze, tried to get him married into the duchy to save him from his WickedStepmother. Heisshitze
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* PlayedForLaughs with [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP-914,]] an ambiguously sentient machine that takes in objects and releases a related (and sometimes anomalous) object. Maintenance Technician Johnson cleaned SCP-914 by inserting large amounts of industrial cleaner and a note saying it's for a tune-up. SCP-914 attempted to thank Johnson with a raise, by outputting a statuette that gives anyone who looks at it a strong compulsion to give him a raise or promotion (along with the used cleaner). All this does is makes it much harder for Johnson to get any future raises or promotions legitimately, because ''any'' urge to do so would be treated as a breach.
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* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': PlayedForLaughs with [[Wiki/SCPFoundation [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-914 SCP-914,]] an ambiguously sentient machine that takes in objects and releases a related (and sometimes anomalous) object. Maintenance Technician Johnson cleaned SCP-914 by inserting large amounts of industrial cleaner and a note saying it's for a tune-up. SCP-914 attempted to thank Johnson with a raise, by outputting a statuette that gives anyone who looks at it a strong compulsion to give him a raise or promotion (along with the used cleaner). All this does is makes it much harder for Johnson to get any future raises or promotions legitimately, because ''any'' urge to do so would be treated as a breach.
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A cornerstone of RomanticComedy but can also result in a form of TragicHero or even TragicMonster. Compare RhetoricalRequestBlunder, StupidSacrifice, SenselessSacrifice, GiftOfTheMagiPlot, OverzealousUnderling, and UnwantedAssistance. Related to PoisonousFriend and CondescendingCompassion.
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A cornerstone of RomanticComedy but can also result in a form of TragicHero or even TragicMonster. Compare RhetoricalRequestBlunder, StupidSacrifice, SenselessSacrifice, GiftOfTheMagiPlot, OverzealousUnderling, and UnwantedAssistance. Related to PoisonousFriend PsychoSupporter and CondescendingCompassion.
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* ''Manga/EdensZero'': Valkyrie, an android and guardian to the human orphan girl Homura, goes looking for Homura's biological mother after being convinced that their planet's society will never accept a human raised by a machine. When she finds the mother, Kurenai, drowning in debt on another planet, Valkyrie stays to work the debt off for her so she and Homura can be a family again. The problem: Kurenai never cared for Homura to begin with, and duped Valkyrie into setting her free so she could become the planet's new ruler. This leads to Valkyrie dying while fighting to take Kurenai back by force, leaving Homura without her beloved mentor, whom she was ironically starting to view as more of a mother than Kurenai.
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* The ''Series/CriminalMinds'' episode "The Performer" revolves around a music producer trying to help the artist he represents by manipulating a LoonyFan into committing murders that are thematically related to the artist's most recent record in the belief that there is NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity. The artist in question, who was already tired of his "vampire" motif to begin with, becomes utterly horrified when the police arrests him under suspicion of ''him'' being the SerialKiller in question and then the BAU explains him what is going on.
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* The ''Series/CriminalMinds'' episode "The Performer" revolves around a music producer trying to help the artist he represents get out of his depression by manipulating a LoonyFan into committing murders that are thematically related to the artist's most recent record in the belief that there is NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity.NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity and the sales will help him liven up. The artist in question, who was already tired of his "vampire" motif to begin with, becomes utterly horrified when the police arrests him under suspicion of ''him'' being the SerialKiller in question and then the BAU explains him what is going on.
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* According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, the most common explanation for the murder of Thomas Becket (the Archbishop of Canterbury and the original TurbulentPriest) is four knights interpreting Henry's "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Becket#Assassination Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?]]" as an order to kill him. PoorCommunicationKills was seldom this literal.
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* According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, Website/TheOtherWiki, the most common explanation for the murder of Thomas Becket (the Archbishop of Canterbury and the original TurbulentPriest) is four knights interpreting Henry's "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Becket#Assassination Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?]]" as an order to kill him. PoorCommunicationKills was seldom this literal.
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* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': When Kyoko's father was excommunicated by religious authorities for his beliefs, she made a wish that people would listen to him, causing worshipers to flock to his church. When he found out, he was so horrified he called her an evil witch before killing her sister, mother and then himself.
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* ''LightNovel/AscendanceOfABookworm'': The natives of the Dunkelfelger duchy are a recurring cause for this trope:
** In the backstory, Ferdinand's Royal Academy friend from Dunkelfelger, Heisshitze, tried to get him married into the duchy to save him from his WickedStepmother. Heisshitze dindn't think of asking the would-bride if she was on board with the idea before he suggested the idea to her father. As a result, she went on to make a move toward becoming [[ExoticExtendedMarriage the third wife]] of the man she loved, [[spoiler:the current king]].
** Lestilaut, the oldest archduke candidate from Dunkelfelger attending the Royal Academy at the same time as Rozemyne, manages to do this towards two different people when it comes to Schwartz and Weiss, the two magical automatons Rozemyne accidentally reactivated, becoming their master in the process. His personal reason for trying to take them from her is that [[spoiler:his younger sister randomly expressed interest them]]. His public reason is that the automatons technically belong to royalty, making it easy to frame taking them from Rozemyne as taking back stolen royal property. He ropes other duchies in his plan without consulting [[spoiler:his younger sister]] or the royals. When the prince attending the academy ''does'' get involved, it turns out that the royals can't supply the automatons with {{Mana}} anyway, so they have no problem having another supplier for them are long as they are properly taken care of.
** In late Part 4, Heisshitze wants to make up for not having been able to help Ferdinand back when they were at the Royal Academy by roping Dunkelfelger and another greater duchy into supporting Ferdinand [[spoiler:getting married into Ahrensbach]]. This time, Ferdinand is the one with whom he forgets to double check. By that point, several elements Heisshitze is unaware of have made Ferdinand's life in Ehrenfest significantly better and the change supported by Heisshitze a downgrade, making the whole situation an UnwantedRescue.
** In the backstory, Ferdinand's Royal Academy friend from Dunkelfelger, Heisshitze, tried to get him married into the duchy to save him from his WickedStepmother. Heisshitze dindn't think of asking the would-bride if she was on board with the idea before he suggested the idea to her father. As a result, she went on to make a move toward becoming [[ExoticExtendedMarriage the third wife]] of the man she loved, [[spoiler:the current king]].
** Lestilaut, the oldest archduke candidate from Dunkelfelger attending the Royal Academy at the same time as Rozemyne, manages to do this towards two different people when it comes to Schwartz and Weiss, the two magical automatons Rozemyne accidentally reactivated, becoming their master in the process. His personal reason for trying to take them from her is that [[spoiler:his younger sister randomly expressed interest them]]. His public reason is that the automatons technically belong to royalty, making it easy to frame taking them from Rozemyne as taking back stolen royal property. He ropes other duchies in his plan without consulting [[spoiler:his younger sister]] or the royals. When the prince attending the academy ''does'' get involved, it turns out that the royals can't supply the automatons with {{Mana}} anyway, so they have no problem having another supplier for them are long as they are properly taken care of.
** In late Part 4, Heisshitze wants to make up for not having been able to help Ferdinand back when they were at the Royal Academy by roping Dunkelfelger and another greater duchy into supporting Ferdinand [[spoiler:getting married into Ahrensbach]]. This time, Ferdinand is the one with whom he forgets to double check. By that point, several elements Heisshitze is unaware of have made Ferdinand's life in Ehrenfest significantly better and the change supported by Heisshitze a downgrade, making the whole situation an UnwantedRescue.
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* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'': An early episode had Sabrina being accused of being selfish, so she decides to use her magic to help three people, despite being warned against interfering with mortals' lives. She helps Jenny win a school election against Libby, gets Harvey to start in a football game, and gives Mr. Pool the secret to turn lead into gold. All of them backfire horribly: Jenny discovers she can't really make any difference, Harvey gets tackled and injured, and Mr. Pool becomes more obnoxious.
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* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'': An early episode had Sabrina being accused of being selfish, so she decides to use her magic to help three people, despite being warned against interfering with mortals' lives. She helps Jenny win a school election against Libby, gets Harvey to start star in a football game, and gives Mr. Pool the secret to turn lead into gold. All of them backfire horribly: Jenny discovers she can't really make any difference, Harvey gets tackled and injured, and Mr. Pool becomes more obnoxious.
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* ''VideoGame/MyChildLebensborn'': [[spoiler:The meeting between the child and their Norwegian grandparents]] turns out to be a terrible idea for all involved, only leaving both sides with a worse opinion of each other. The game depicts the people who are being hostile to the child or will be associated with bad memories when the child is older as if someone had hurriedly drawn over them with a black pen until they became a somewhat human-shaped silhouette; both the people whose attitude causes the meeting to turn sour and the meeting's organizer, who tries to make it got smoothly, are depicted as such silhouettes.
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* ''VideoGame/MyChildLebensborn'': [[spoiler:The meeting between the child and their Norwegian grandparents]] turns out to be a terrible idea for all involved, only leaving both sides with a worse opinion of each other. The game depicts the people who are being hostile to the child or will be associated with bad memories when the child is older as if someone had hurriedly drawn over them with a black pen until they became a somewhat human-shaped silhouette; both the people whose attitude causes the meeting to turn sour and the meeting's organizer, who tries to make it got go smoothly, are depicted as such silhouettes.silhouettes.
* ''VisualNovel/ALittleLilyPrincess'': Lottie's attempt to [[spoiler:have Sara marry her widower father]] to help her out of her bad situation ultimately only gives Miss Minchin an excuse to [[spoiler:harshly punish Sara under the pretense of how embarassing the situation was for herself]]. The latter is even how the obligatory DarkestHour happens in Lottie's route.
* ''VisualNovel/ALittleLilyPrincess'': Lottie's attempt to [[spoiler:have Sara marry her widower father]] to help her out of her bad situation ultimately only gives Miss Minchin an excuse to [[spoiler:harshly punish Sara under the pretense of how embarassing the situation was for herself]]. The latter is even how the obligatory DarkestHour happens in Lottie's route.
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* ''VideoGame/MyChildLebensborn'': [[spoiler:The meeting between the child and their Norwegian grandparents]] turns out to be a terrible idea for all involved, only leaving both sides with a worse opinion from each other. The game depicts the people who are being hostile to the child or will be associated with bad memories when they are older as if someone had hurriedly drawn over them with a black pen until they became a somewhat human-shaped silhouette; both the people whose attitude causes the meeting to turn sour and the meeting's organizer, who tries to make it got smoothly, are depicted as such silhouettes.
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* ''VideoGame/MyChildLebensborn'': [[spoiler:The meeting between the child and their Norwegian grandparents]] turns out to be a terrible idea for all involved, only leaving both sides with a worse opinion from of each other. The game depicts the people who are being hostile to the child or will be associated with bad memories when they are the child is older as if someone had hurriedly drawn over them with a black pen until they became a somewhat human-shaped silhouette; both the people whose attitude causes the meeting to turn sour and the meeting's organizer, who tries to make it got smoothly, are depicted as such silhouettes.
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* ''VideoGame/MyChildLebensborn'': [[spoiler:The meeting between the child and their Norwegian grandparents]] turns out to be a terrible idea for all involved, only leaving both sides with a worse opinion from each other. The game depicts the people who are being hostile to the child or will be associated with bad memories when they are older as if someone had hurriedly drawn over them with a black pen until they became a somewhat human-shaped silhouette; both the people whose attitude causes the meeting to turn sour and the meeting's organizer, who tries to make it got smoothly, are depicted as such silhouettes.
