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** {{Inverted|Trope}} so that both options are good: To go to Valhalla, dwarves either die honorably or [[AndIMustScream forfeit their souls to Hel]]... unless they're followers of Loki. Loki, god of trickery, is dishonorable by nature, so acting dishonorably honors their god, which is honorable enough to go to Valhalla. If they die honorably anyways, they go to Valhalla because acting honorably is still honorable to dwarves in general.

** A rape victim who fights back is accused of provoking the rapist and blamed for their injuries, but NOT fighting back is treated as a sign that it wasn't really rape.
** A rape victim who acts emotional gets accused of overacting and thus lying, but NOT acting emotional is treated as proof that they're making it up.

** Anyone taking any psychiatric medications is considered unreliable. But so is anyone with an untreated mental illness. And [[ThereAreNoTherapists anyone who's seeing a therapist for any reason]]. Also, if you speak to a counselor or a friend before reporting the rape to the police, or delay at all to calm down you're obviously lying because you didn't report it immediately. But if you DON'T take time to calm down, you're dismissed as too emotional.

* A [[https://twitter.com/harusaki31/status/1111179836356124673/photo/4 webmanga]] had a YaoiFangirl wife ask her husband to help her sort through a stack of tags with handsome boys on them into "[[{{Seme}} Top]]" and "[[{{Uke}} Bottom]]" piles. Much to her frustration, the "Bottom" pile she sorted consists of the entire stack; under her logic, a relationship between a fresh-faced salaryman and a musclebound sportsman means the latter will bottom for the subversive value, but putting that same salaryman with a skinny freeter means the ''salaryman's'' a bottom for the same reason. If anyone can bottom depending on context, then that means ''everyone'' is a bottom. The only way she sees a path out of the fork is to TakeAThirdOption and draw Top-only characters herself, but the best she can come up with is a [[CastingCouch faceless idol producer]], a [[DirtyOldMan middle-aged buisnessman]], and [[BestialityIsDepraved an octopus]].[[note]]All of which, as one commenter pointed out, have also bottomed for subversive value.[[/note]]

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-->'''Stormtropper:''' Hey! No jaywalking! ... Now move along, we're busy here.\\

->'''Stormtropper:''' Hey! No jaywalking! ... Now move along, we're busy here.\\

* WebComic/DarthsAndDroids'' episodes [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1555.html 1555]] and [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1556.html 1556]], with the latter having a link to this page in the commentary. Slightly condensed, the dialogue goes like this:
'''Stormtropper:''' Hey! No jaywalking! .. Now move along, we're busy here.\\

'''Stormtrooper:'' Well you're either loitering or jaywalking. Either way, [[MuggingTheMonster you're under arrest]].

** {{Inverted|Trope}} so that both options are good: To go to Valhalla, dwarves must die an honorable death, or else Hel gets their soul. Unless they're followers of Loki. Loki, god of trickery, is dishonorable by nature, so acting dishonorably honors their god, which is honorable enough to go to Valhalla. If they die honorably anyways, they go to Valhalla because acting honorably is still honorable to dwarves in general.

--> "You're threatening me with [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment singing of annoying songs]] if I don't let you sing annoying songs?"

** [[http://xkcd.com/488/ This strip]] makes a similar point about DRM.[[note]]Most online music stores sell DRM-free music nowadays, after they realised people were more likely to buy that way, because of this reason.[[/note]]

* In ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'':
** The classic KnightsAndKnaves puzzle (one always tells the truth, the other always lies) is parodied in [[http://xkcd.com/246/ this strip.]] What makes this a Morton's Fork is that there's a ''third'' guy who "stabs anyone who asks tricky questions", making a three-tined Fork. Answer incorrectly, you are lost forever. Stay silent, you are trapped. The only way to answer correctly is to ask a tricky question, at which point, the third guy would kill you. [[spoiler:According to the alt-text, the maze goes nowhere. It's just a trap to kill cunning logicians.]]
** [[http://xkcd.com/488/ This strip]] makes a similar point about DRM.[[note]]Most online music stores sell DRM-free music nowadays, after they realised people were more likely to buy that way, because of this reason.[[/note]]
** [[https://xkcd.com/2222/ "Terminator: Dark Fate"]]: The main character (an AuthorAvatar?) has a time machine and is about to watch [[Film/TerminatorDarkFate the movie mentioned]]. If he does, he'll come back in time to tell himself not to watch it. If he takes the advice, he'll decide he wants to see it after all, but if he does, he decides he didn't. This leads to a lot of time travelling.
* ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}'' pulls a version of this which starts out as a SadisticChoice (Ivan is presented with either succumbing to poison or licking the antidote off of Sandoval's genitalia), but morphs into a proper Morton's Fork [[spoiler:when the antidote turns out to be poison as well]]. [[ButtMonkey The poor guy can't catch a break.]]

** {{Inverted}} so that both options are good: To go to Valhalla, dwarves must die an honorable death, or else Hel gets their soul. Unless they're followers of Loki. Loki, god of trickery, is dishonorable by nature, so acting dishonorably honors their god, which is honorable enough to go to Valhalla. If they die honorably anyways, they go to Valhalla because acting honorably is still honorable to dwarves in general.

* ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'' had [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2005-02-15 Monique's Fork]].
* In ''Webcomic/ThreeJaguars'', [[http://threejaguarscomic.net/?comic=the-web-comic-page-4 Artist fears both success and failure for the webcomic.]]
* In Webcomic/{{Hiimdaisy}}'s ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' comics, there's [[CommanderContrarian no way to get a positive response from Dojima]] when he asks how you take your coffee:
-->'''''"Black?"''''' Don't try to sound tough, you sissy.\\
'''''"Cream?"''''' Oh, coming right up, '''madam.'''\\
'''''"Cream & sugar?"''''' What are you, '''Nanako?''' ([[FunnyBackgroundEvent Nanako: daddy I want it black]])\\
'''''"Surprise me?"''''' [[spoiler:Dojima splashes the whole scalding mug in your face.]]
* In ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'', Boneclaw Mother threatens to fight Grim Eyes if the latter doesn't go help Digger and Murai on their journey. Grim Eyes explains that fighting Boneclaw Mother ''would'' have been this sort of situation: if she loses, she gets beat up by her ailing blind grandmother, loses honor with the tribe, and has to go on the quest anyway; if she wins, she's beating up her ailing blind grandmother, and loses honor with the tribe for ''that''.
* In ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', during a therapy session, Reverend Theo suggests Elf might be putting herself in a Morton's Fork. Elf calls him on this not being helpful.
-->'''Theo:''' Well, if none of what you're going through is your fault, you're powerless. But if everything is your fault, you'll never be powerful enough, and it's hopeless.
* [[http://www.robot-hugs.com/perfect-victim/ This]] ''WebComic/RobotHugs'' strip discusses some of the many difficulties of being a "Perfect Rape Victim", including multiple Morton's Forks, both explicit and implied, and sadly TruthInTelevision.
** A rape victim who fights back is accused of provoking the rapist and blamed for their injuries, but NOT fighting back is treated as a sign that it wasn't really rape.
** A rape victim who acts emotional gets accused of overacting and thus lying, but NOT acting emotional is treated as proof that they're making it up.
** If you were raped by a stranger in a dark alley (which is actually pretty rare), people are more likely to believe your story, but then they question why you were in a dark alley.
** Any confusion in the victim's story is treated as proof they're lying, but perfect recall is difficult enough under normal circumstances, and even harder if an emotionally traumatized person is trying to remember events that happened in the dark and involved them being [[TapOnTheHead beaten in the head]].
** Anyone taking any psychiatric medications is considered unreliable. But so is anyone with an untreated mental illness. And [[ThereAreNoTherapists anyone who's seeing a therapist for any reason]]. Also, if you speak to a counselor or a friend before reporting the rape to the police, or delay at all to calm down you're obviously lying because you didn't report it immediately. But if you DON'T take time to calm down, you're dismissed as too emotional.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'', this trope is the reason why ThreeLawsCompliant robots didn't work well; since humans have self-destructive tendencies, being programmed both to ''protect'' humanity and to ''serve'' humanity leaves the robots no tenable option.

* ''WebComic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'':
** Strip for [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2011-01-19 2011-01-19]]: A woman and a man are ostensibly about to have sex, but she tells him that she doesn't want to risk pregnancy and that men usually find women most attractive when they're the most fertile, so she asks whether he finds her attractive. So if he tells her she's attractive, in which case they don't have sex, or he tells her she's not, and, well, like that's going to work either.
** [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/breakup-2 "Breakup 2"]]: A woman tells a man that she's breaking up with him because he's so predictable that, for example, he'll next say they shouldn't break up. Then she gloats over how his next answer is either going to prove her right (if he says they shouldn't) or be agreeing to break up. [[spoiler: [[TakeAThirdOption He tells her he was going to break up with her anyway.]]]]
* ''WebComic/ExistentialComics'': [[http://existentialcomics.com/comic/282 Nietzsche as a philosophy teacher]]: If you agree with him, he'll be angry at you for being sheep. If you disagree with him, he'll be angry at you for being so stupid and wrong. Technically, there is a third option: you have to figure it out on your own that he's right about everything. Of course, he also won't tell you what he thinks is right, because a real {{Ubermensch}} wouldn't have to ask, and if you do ask, he'll be angry about that.
* WebComic/DarthsAndDroids'' episodes [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1555.html 1555]] and [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1556.html 1556]], with the latter having a link to this page in the commentary. Slightly condensed, the dialogue goes like this:
--> "Hey! No jaywalking! That's very dangerous! Now move along."
--> "If I move, I'll be jaywalking again."
--> "Well you're either loitering or jaywalking. Either way, you're under arrest."

** [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/breakup-2 "Breakup 2"]]: A women tells a man that she's breaking up with him because he's so predictable that, for example, he'll next say they shouldn't break up. Then she gloats over how his next answer is either going to prove her right (if he says they shouldn't) or be agreeing to break up. [[spoiler: [[TakeAThirdOption He tells her he was going to break up with her anyway.]]]]

-->'''Duke Fenwyck:''' If I do not remove the dragon from my neighbor's back yard--something I surely do not have the soldiers to do--said hostile neighbor will invade in retaliation. Yet if I take the time to ''hire'' enough soldiers for such an endeavor, he will claim it as proof of my 'belligerence' and invade anyway.
* ''WebComic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': Strip for [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2011-01-19 2011-01-19]]: A woman and a man are ostensibly about to have sex, but she tells him that she doesn't want to risk pregnancy and that men usually find women most attractive when they're the most fertile, so she asks whether he finds her attractive. So if he tells her she's attractive, in which case they don't have sex, or he tells her she's not, and, well, like that's going to work either.

** To go to Valhalla, dwarves must die an honorable death, or else Hel gets their soul. Unless they're followers of Loki. Loki, god of trickery, is dishonorable by nature, so acting dishonorably honors their god, which is honorable enough to go to Valhalla. If they die honorably anyways, they go to Valhalla because acting honorably is still honorable to dwarves in general.

* ''WebComic/ExistentialComics'': [[http://existentialcomics.com/comic/282 Nietzsche as a philosophy teacher]]: If you agree with him, he'll be angry at you for being sheep. If you disagree with him, he'll be angry at you for being so stupid and wrong. Technically, there is a third option: you have to figure it out on your own that he's right about everything. Of course, he also won't tell you what he thinks is right, because a real {{Ubermensch}} wouldn't have to ask, and if you do ask, he'll be angry about that.

* ''WebComic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': Strip for [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2011-01-19 2011-01-19]]: A woman and a man are ostensibly about to have sex, but she tells him that she doesn't want to risk pregnancy and that men usually find women most attractive when they're the most fertile, so she asks whether he finds her attractive. So if he tells her she's attractive, in which case they don't have sex, or he tells her she's not, and, well, like that's going to work either.