History GoneHorriblyRight / Webcomics

* In ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'', the elf-tyrant Raf [=MaLiksh=] orders his mages to create an Acibek--a golem of [[LawfulGood Pure Law]], whose power would help end the chaos of rebellion and uprisings he's struggling with. Acibek is lawful, all right, but he immediately realizes that the chaos is due to the tyrannical nature of Raf's leadership, and [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters acts accordingly]].

* In ''Webcomic/{{Earthsong}}, Belousous' plan was to craft a planetary Eve that had the power of stonecrafting so that he could use her to [[spoiler:gather a piece of element from each planet and turn himself into a star. It works; Willow is fully capable of manipulating the soulstone elements. Unfortunately, because he was unable to raise her and she instead joined Earthsong, Willow uses her power to ''un''craft his manifest stone. She also offers to remove his element from the soulstones of his minions, which would free them from his service, but few of them take her up on it.]]

* ''Webcomic/YetAnotherFantasyGamerComic'': Gruumsh, the chief Orc god, sought to create a warrior who combined the best of humanity and orcs to unite both people under his banner and conquer the world. When several attempts turned out to be "flawed" in one way or another (one of them being Glon), he [[DeusExMachina intervened directly]], removing all the traits he could that wouldn't result in [[TheChosenOne The Ultimate Warrior]]. The end result of this was Jone, a nigh-unstoppable StringyHairedGhostGirl warrior. Unfortunately, in removing the non-"killing machine" bits from Jone, he seemed to have removed the off switch for her BerserkerRage, resulting in her slaying friend and foe alike and going after Grummsh himself, when he manifested to try and take control of Jone's rampage. We find out later down the line that Glon has a similar berserker inside of him, but his is far harder to bring out and far easier to stop.

* The first fight shown in ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' involves an opponent named Vehemence, in charge of the group attacking the heroes of ARC-Swat; his ability involves getting physically stronger whenever a fight happens near him, even if he's not directly involved -- and his aura can also make the people around him ''want to'' fight, in a reinforcing cycle. So, Vehemence decides he wants to test himself against the recently revealed group of super heros. As it turns out, Lt. Col. Maxima Leander gets so invested in taking him down, that she blows an arm off, and states her intention to [[OffWithHisHead remove his head]]. Even with him developing the ability to regenerate at least his arm, Vehemence pegs Maxima as "too violent even for '''him'''" and gets set to try to take her out first; luckily, Sydney figures out a peaceful way to end the fight.

* In ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'', Wily created Bass to be superior to Megaman (who, in this comic's universe, is an all-powerfull idiot) in everything. He succeeded: Bass is faster, stronger and an even bigger idiot.

* In ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'', Wily created Bass to be superior to Megaman (who, in this comic's universe, is an all-powerfull idiot) in everything. He succeded: Bass is faster, stronger and an even bigger idiot.

* The first fight shown in ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' involves an opponent named Vehemence, in charge of the group attacking the heroes of ARC-Swat; his ability involves getting physically stronger whenever a fight happens near him, even if he's not directly involved - and his aura can also make the people around him ''want to'' fight, in a reinforcing cycle. So, Vehemence decides he wants to test himself against the recently revealed group of super heros. As it turns out, Lt. Col. Maxima Leander gets so invested in taking him down, that she blows an arm off, and states her intention to [[OffWithHisHead remove his head]]. Even with him developing the ability to regenerate at least his arm, Vehemence pegs Maxima as "too violent even for '''him'''" and gets set to try to take her out first; luckily, Sydney figures out a peaceful way to end the fight.

* In one ''Another Videogame Webcomic'' [[http://www.digitalpimponline.com/comic/avw/150/ strip]], Player One, sick of all the attention and coverage surrounding then-[[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Denver Broncos]] quarterback Tim Tebow, conspires to put Tebow on the cover of ''[[VideoGame/MaddenNFL Madden 2013]]'' in the hopes of passing [[PopCultureUrbanLegends the Madden Curse]] onto him. It works and Tebow suffers a season ending injury, yet he's such a [[CreatorsPet media darling]] that this only gives the sportscasters an excuse to put even ''more'' focus on him, drowning out normal football coverage with non-stop reports on Tim Tebow's physical condition and road to recovery.

* ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}'' has one in the form of BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor. A woman wished on a magic doll to be beautiful and becomes so gorgeous that she can't get laid because everyone she meets thinks she's too far out of their league no matter how much she begs.

* ''Webcomic/Oglaf'' has one in the form of BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor. A woman wished on a magic doll to be beautiful and becomes so gorgeous that she can't get laid because everyone she meets thinks she's too far out of their league no matter how much she begs.

* In one ''Another Videogame Webcomic'' [[http://www.digitalpimponline.com/comic/avw/150/ strip]], Player One, sick of all the attention and coverage surrounding [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Denver Broncos]] quarterback Tim Tebow, conspires to put Tebow on the cover of ''[[VideoGame/MaddenNFL Madden 2013]]'' in the hopes of passing [[PopCultureUrbanLegends the Madden Curse]] onto him. It works and Tebow suffers a season ending injury, but Tebow remains such a [[CreatorsPet media darling]] that the sportscasters just suspend ''all football coverage entirely'' in favor of non-stop reports on Tim Tebow's physical condition and road to recovery.

** Though it's a long-standing mystery how she was created and just what she is, and usually she's quite useful, Kusari can apparently slip into this territory. She seems to have been created as a perfect OneWomanArmy that obeys the CEO of the evil corporation Hereti-Corp absolutely. Where this can backfire is when someone manages to become the new CEO through LoopholeAbuse and sics her on the old one. Such technicalities would hardly otherwise be so significant in a company that's secretly acting outside the law all the time, but Kusari makes them so.

* In one ''Another Videogame Webcomic'' [[http://www.digitalpimponline.com/comic/avw/150/ strip]], Player One, sick of all the attention and coverage surrounding [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Denver Broncos]] quarterback Tim Tebow, conspires to put Tebow on the cover of ''[[VideoGame/MaddenNFL Madden 2013]]'' in the hopes of passing [[PopCultureUrbanLegends the Madden Curse]] onto him. It works and Tebow suffers a season ending injury, but Tebow remains such a media darling that the sportscasters just suspend ''all football coverage entirely'' in favor of non-stop reports on Tim Tebow's physical condition and road to recovery.

* In one ''Another Videogame Webcomic'' [[http://www.digitalpimponline.com/comic/avw/150/ strip]], Player One, sick of all the attention and coverage surrounding overrated NFL quarterback Tim Tebow, conspires to put Tebow on the cover of ''[[VideoGame/MaddenNFL Madden 2013]]'' in the hopes of passing [[PopCultureUrbanLegends the Madden Curse]] onto him. It works and Tebow suffers a season ending injury, but Tebow remains such a media darling that the sportscasters just suspend ''all football coverage entirely'' in favor of non-stop reports on Tim Tebow's physical condition and road to recovery.

* In [[http://www.digitalpimponline.com/comic/avw/150/ this]] strip of ''Another Videogame Webcomic'', Player One, sick of all the attention and coverage NFL player Tim Tebow is getting, conspires to get Tebow on the cover of ''[[VideoGame/MaddenNFL Madden 2013]]'' in the hopes of passing the [[PopCultureUrbanLegends Madden Curse]] onto him. It works and Tebow suffers a season ending injury, but unfortunately Tebow is such a media darling that the sportscasters just suspend ''all football coverage entirely'' in favor of non-stop reports on Tim Tebow's physical condition and road to recovery.

* In [[http://www.digitalpimponline.com/comic/avw/150/ this]] strip of ''Another Videogame Webcomic'', Player One, sick of all the attention and coverage NFL player Tim Tebow is getting, petitions to get Tebow on the cover of ''[[VideoGame/MaddenNFL Madden 2013]]'' in the hopes of passing the [[PopCultureUrbanLegends Madden Curse]] onto him. It works and Tebow suffers a season ending injury, but unfortunately Tebow is such a media darling that the sportscasters just suspend ''all football coverage entirely'' in favor of non-stop reports on Tim Tebow's physical condition and road to recovery.

* In [[http://www.digitalpimponline.com/comic/avw/150/ this]] strip of ''Another Videogame Webcomic'', Player One, sick of all the attention and coverage NFL player Tim Tebow is getting, petitions to put Tebow on the cover of ''[[VideoGame/MaddenNFL Madden 2013]]'' in the hopes of passing the [[PopCultureUrbanLegends Madden Curse]] onto him. It works and Tebow suffers a season ending injury, but unfortunately, because Tebow is such a media darling, it results in the sportscasters suspending ''all football coverage entirely'' in favor of non-stop reports on Tim Tebow's road to recovery.

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': [[{{Munchkin}} Vriska]] decided to, though {{Stable Time Loop}}s and [[MindManipulation manipul8ion]], become responsible for creating all the misfortunes currently besetting the protagonists, most notably setting up a multi-million-year-long StableTimeLoop to create a PhysicalGod whose powers would later be transferred to the OmnicidalManiac BigBad beseiging her and her friends at the time she executed her manipulation plan. All so she could defeat the BigBad herself and bail out her "ungr8ful" friends from this mess. It worked...[[spoiler:aside from the 'bail her friends out' part.]]

* ''Webcomic/YetAnotherFantasyGamerComic'': Gruumsh, the chief Orc god, sought to create a warrior who combined the best of humanity and orcs to unite both people under his banner and conquer the world. When several attempts turned out to be "flawed" in one way or another (one of them being Glon), he [[DeusExMachina intervened directly]], removing all the traits he could that wouldn't result in [[TheChosenOne The Ultimate Warrior]]. The end result of this was Jone, a nigh-unstoppable StringyHairedGhostGirl warrior. Unfortunately, in removing the non-"killing machine" bits from Jone, he seemed to have removed the off switch for her BerserkerRage, resulting in her slaying friend and foe alike and going after Grummsh himself, when he manifested to try and take control of Jone's rampage. We find out later down the line that Glon has a similar berserker inside of him, but his is far harder to bring out and far easier to stop.
* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'':
** Hereti-Corps alien killing machine creation project:
-->'''Dr. Kirko:''' You wanted her unstoppable. We made her unstoppable. And now you expect us to stop her?
** Though it's a long-standing mystery how she was created and just what she is, and usually she's quite useful, Kusari can apparently slip into this territory. She seems to have been created as a perfect OneWomanArmy that obeys the CEO of the evil corporation Hereti-Corp absolutely. Where this can backfire is when someone manages to become the new CEO through LoopholeAbuse and sics her on the old one. Such technicalities would hardly otherwise be so significant in a company that's secretly acting outside the law all the time, but Kusari makes them so.
* In ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'', the elf-tyrant Raf [=MaLiksh=] orders his mages to create an Acibek--a golem of [[LawfulGood Pure Law]], whose power would help end the chaos of rebellion and uprisings he's struggling with. Acibek is lawful, all right, but he immediately realizes that the chaos is due to the tyrannical nature of Raf's leadership, and [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters acts accordingly]].
* In ''Webcomic/PeterIsTheWolf'', Butch comes up with [[http://www.peteristhewolf.com/general/161.html a GREAT plan to get Peter!]] At present? Well, see this trope...
** Note that the final phase of this plan was to bribe another rival [[AllGirlsLikePonies with a pony]]

* The main cast of ''Webcomic/FreakAngels'' wanted to do something so impressive with their powers that the government would get scared and back off. The story is set a few years [[AfterTheEnd after]] they [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt succeeded]].
* The evil Syndicate in ''Webcomic/WeaponBrown'' set out to create the ultimate killer with [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Project Noodle]]. They succeeded so well that they've kept the only survivor in cold storage ever since rather than risk having him roaming around.
* The major plot element of the first arc of ''Webcomic/TehGladiators'', a ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' webcomic, is the fact that, to increase the popularity of the [[GladiatorGames Arenas]], the leaders of the Horde and Alliance arranged for a team of losers and idiots (the eponymous heroes) to win the Arena season by casting a Scroll of Unconditional Victory on them. This plan backfires horribly when two of the team members, MadScientist Murlocs Sharon and Yolanda, create a Frankenstinian monster named Cyclonator [=X32A=], which runs wild and wrecks most of Azeroth. Buffed by the scroll, it's unstoppable until Teh Glads manage to lose a match, which breaks the enchantment.

* One of the city guards in ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil torments a captive owlbear in order to turn it into a more brutal killing machine]]. When he lets it loose on the goblins, he finds out first-hand [[KarmicDeath just how savage it is]].
* In ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'', Wily created Bass to be superior to Megaman (who, in this comic's universe, is an all-powerfull idiot) in everything. He succeded: Bass is faster, stronger and an even bigger idiot.
* [[TheEmperor Brian]] averts/defies this trope in ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure''. His plan was to demonize and discredit an old magic teacher of his that he tried and failed to [[BetterLivingThroughEvil recruit to his side.]] When Brian's part of the plan succeeded better than he imagined it would, he called off the rest of the attack. Brian was worried other attacks would threaten the credibility that one person alone would be able to do them.
* In ''Webcomic/CommanderKitty'', long-suffering #2 Mittens ends up finding his confidence with the help of a spiffy new outfit. Before long, however, the rest of the cast starts to get worried that he's going to overshadow all of them.
* ''Webcomic/{{Crankrats}}'': Creating a bunch of [[PsychoElectro walking electrical storms]] for the express purpose of exterminating your enemies is revealed to be a bad idea.
* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2928#comic What happens if you make a robot smarter than yourself.]]

* In [[http://www.digitalpimponline.com/comic/avw/150/ this]] strip of ''Another Videogame Webcomic'', Player One, sick of all the attention and coverage NFL player Tim Tebow is getting, petitions to put Tebow on the cover of ''[[VideoGame/MaddenNFL Madden 2013]]'' in the hopes of passing the [[PopCultureUrbanLegends Madden Curse]] onto him. It works and Tebow suffers a season ending injury, but unfortunately, because Tebow is such a media darling, it results in the sportscasters suspending ''all football coverage entirely'' in favor of non-stop reports on Tim Tebow's road to recovery.
* ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'':
** The whole strip is basically mad scientists watching their experiments Go Horribly Right, whether it's Helen's Ur-Gerbils or Madblood's robot duplicates. Indeed the main through story is [[spoiler: Helen's ongoing experiment on Dave as a potential mad scientist, which shows every sign of having gone Horribly Right when he finally figures it out, goes mad as a result, and seeks revenge.]]
** Artie comments on this trope in a side story:
--->''"Before you ask for an unstoppable killing machine, make sure you ''really want'' an unstoppable killing machine."''

** When Meenah saw that Rufioh (who was dating Damara at the time) was showing interest in Horuss, she tried to pester and mock Damara about it until she snapped and got angry. She did... at not only Rufioh (who she crippled) and Horuss (who she killed), but Meenah as well, killing her in the ensuing fury.

* In ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'', after Sanderson loses a bet and has to produce a play from a director he despises, he orders [[{{Jerkass}} Davan]] to write a script that the director will hate. Davan [[CallBack reminds]] Sanderson [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp11182014.shtml how good he is at that]].

* In [[http://www.digitalpimponline.com/comic/avw/150/ this]] strip of ''Another Videogame Webcomic'', Player One, sick of all the attention and coverage NFL player Tim Tebow is getting, petitions to put Tebow on the cover of ''[[VideoGame/MaddenNFL Madden 2013]]'' in the hopes of passing the MaddenCurse onto him. It works and Tebow suffers a season ending injury, but unfortunately, because Tebow is such a media darling, it results in the sportscasters suspending ''all football coverage entirely'' in favor of non-stop reports on Tim Tebow's road to recovery.

* In [[http://www.digitalpimponline.com/comic/avw/150/ this]] strip of ''Another Videogame Webcomic'', Player One, sick of all the attention and coverage NFL player Tim Tebow is getting, petitions to put Tebow on the cover of ''[[VideoGame/MaddenNFL Madden 2013]]'' in the hopes of passing the MaddenCurse onto him. It works and Tebow suffers a season ending injury, but unfortunately, because the sportscasters prefer covering Tebow more than actual football, it results in them suspending ''all sports coverage entirely'' in favor of non-stop reports on Tim Tebow's road to recovery.

--->''"Before you ask for an unstoppable killing machine, make sure you ''really want'' an unstoppable killing machine."''

* In [[http://www.digitalpimponline.com/comic/avw/150/ this]] strip of ''Another Videogame Webcomic'', Player One petitions to get Tim Tebow on the cover of ''[[VideoGame/MaddenNFL Madden 2013]]'' in the hopes of passing the MaddenCurse onto him, because he's sick of all the attention and coverage Tebow is getting. It works and Tebow suffers a season ending injury, but unfortunately Series/SportsCenter likes covering Tebow more than they do actual football, so they suspend all sports coverage in favor of non-stop reports on Tim Tebow's road to recovery.