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'''Applejack:''' Pinkie, I did not break my promise!\\

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'''Applejack:''' Pinkie, I did not ''not'' break my promise!\\



'''Pinkie Pie:''' Well, I heard a sorry in there, but it'll have to do for now.

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'''Pinkie Pie:''' Well, I heard a sorry in there, but it'll so that'll have to do for now.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'': The laws of Katolis state that, should the royal line be extinguished, a new dynasty can only be founded by a orphan. When this comes up during Viren's bid for the throne, he wryly notes that he ''is'' an orphan. He's also a grown man, with children of his own, and in all likeilhood is only an orphan in the sense that his parents have died of old age.


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** Comes up yet again when Omi is challenged by a far more experienced monk to take a stone from his hand. After a series of elaborate acrobatic attempts to outspeed the older monk that all end in failure, Omi decides to... politely ask for the stone. And, the lesson learned, the other monk is happy to comply.
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** In "Babysitter Blues", Christopher Robin is sent back to bed by the babysitter following the FakeOutOpening; Tigger prompts him not to stop the fun because the babysitter said "Get into bed," but she ''didn't'' say "Go to sleep."
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* ''WesternAnimation/MaxAndRuby'': In "Ruby's Jewelry Box", Max has his sights set on a jewelry box Ruby owns, and Ruby tries to stop him with a door sign reading "No! This means you!". Since the sign does not specify who can't enter the room, Max takes this to his advantage in the final scene and uses the sign to keep ''Ruby'' out.

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* ''WesternAnimation/MaxAndRuby'': In "Ruby's Jewelry Box", Max has his sights set on a jewelry box Ruby owns, and Ruby tries to stop him with a keep-out sign on her bedroom door sign reading "No! This means you!". Since the sign does not specify who can't enter the room, Max takes this to his advantage in the final scene and uses the sign to keep ''Ruby'' out.
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*** One episode had a girl named Xu Lin who was cursed to turn into a monster and attack anyone who trespassed on a magic temple. However, as Jade notes, trespassing is entering someplace without permission, and as the only thing living in the temple, Xu Lin must have the authority to invite people in as guests rather than trespassers. Which is proven true as she doesn't transform when Jade enters, and while her curse activates when Jackie enters later, [[MustBeInvited she only targets Jackie and specifically leaves Jade alone]]. She also can't leave the temple, but Jackie notices that there's nothing prohibiting taking objects out of the temple, so he puts the girl in a suit of armor laying around and uses a shield as a makeshift sled to push the armor, and the girl, out of the temple, freeing her from the curse.

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*** One episode had a girl named Xu Lin who was cursed to turn into a monster and attack anyone who trespassed on a magic temple. However, as Jade notes, trespassing is entering someplace without permission, and as the only thing living in the temple, Xu Lin must have the authority to invite people in as guests rather than trespassers. Which is proven true as as, after inviting Jade in, she doesn't transform when Jade enters, and while when her curse activates when Jackie enters later, [[MustBeInvited she only targets Jackie and specifically leaves Jade alone]].alone until managing to invite him in afterwards]]. She also can't leave the temple, but Jackie notices that there's nothing prohibiting taking objects out of the temple, so he puts the girl in a suit of armor laying around and uses a shield as a makeshift sled to push the armor, and the girl, out of the temple, freeing her from the curse.
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*** One episode had a girl cursed to turn into a monster and attack anyone who trespassed on a magic temple. However, as Jade notes, there's nothing in the curse that says the girl can't invite people in. She also can't leave the temple, but Jackie notes that there's technically nohing explicitly prohibiting taking objects out of the temple, so he puts the girl in a suit of armor laying arround and uses a shield as a makeshift sled to push the armor, and the girl, out of the temple, freeing her from the curse.

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*** One episode had a girl named Xu Lin who was cursed to turn into a monster and attack anyone who trespassed on a magic temple. However, as Jade notes, there's nothing trespassing is entering someplace without permission, and as the only thing living in the curse that says temple, Xu Lin must have the girl can't authority to invite people in. in as guests rather than trespassers. Which is proven true as she doesn't transform when Jade enters, and while her curse activates when Jackie enters later, [[MustBeInvited she only targets Jackie and specifically leaves Jade alone]]. She also can't leave the temple, but Jackie notes notices that there's technically nohing explicitly nothing prohibiting taking objects out of the temple, so he puts the girl in a suit of armor laying arround around and uses a shield as a makeshift sled to push the armor, and the girl, out of the temple, freeing her from the curse.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MaxAndRuby'': In "Ruby's Jewelry Box", Max has his sights set on a jewelry box Ruby owns, and Ruby tries to stop him with a door sign reading "No! This means you!". Since the sign does not specify who can't enter the room, Max takes this to his advantage in the final scene and uses the sign to keep ''Ruby'' out.
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--->'''Pinkie Pie:''' Applejack, you broke your Pinkie Promise! Apologize!\\

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'''Pinkie Pie:''' Well, I heard a sorry in there, but that'll have to do for now. I'll get a real apology later.

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'''Pinkie Pie:''' Well, I heard a sorry in there, but that'll it'll have to do for now. I'll get a real apology later.now.
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--->'''Pinkie Pie:''' Applejack, you broke your Pinkie Promise! Apologize!\\
'''Applejack:''' Pinkie, I did not break my promise!\\
'''Pinkie Pie:''' Wha?\\
'''Applejack:''' If y'all reckon back, I told you that I would tell you everything ''at breakfast''! But I didn't come for breakfast. I ''couldn't'' come to that breakfast! Not if it mean telling you all what happened.\\
'''Pinkie Pie:''' Well, I... I...\\
'''Applejack:''' I'm sorry, Pinkie, but I can't tell y'all the truth. I just can't!\\
'''Pinkie Pie:''' Well, I heard a sorry in there, but that'll have to do for now. I'll get a real apology later.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': Despite the critical acclaim of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', Creator/TheWB head Jamie Kellner wanted a new ''Batman'' series with the eponymous character in high school, which the network could market towards younger viewers and sell toys for. However, "Batman" is a constructed identity, and he never said that the person in the cowl had to be ''Bruce Wayne''. Bruce Timm and Paul Dini are no stranger to loopholes, and the rest is history.
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** In "Who R Zoo?", [=SpongeBob=] is caught sneaking into the animal enclosures at the Bikini Bottom Zoo, and the zookeeper puts an anklet around his foot which will go off should he do it again. [=SpongeBob=] tries getting around this restriction by stretching himself into the giraffe enclosure while leaving the anklet outside, but the zookeeper finds out and in return, [=SpongeBob=] is banned from the zoo.

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** In "Who "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS12E21WhoRZooTheKwarantinedKrab Who R Zoo?", Zoo?]]", [=SpongeBob=] is caught sneaking into the animal enclosures at the Bikini Bottom Zoo, and the zookeeper puts an anklet around his foot which will go off should he do it again. [=SpongeBob=] tries getting around this restriction by stretching himself into the giraffe enclosure while leaving the anklet outside, but the zookeeper finds out and in return, [=SpongeBob=] is banned from the zoo.
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** In "Five Days of F.L.A.R.G.", the last day of F.L.A.R.G., G, stands for "Goodbye", meaning Mark has to destroy the planet he celebrated on to keep up tradition for Yugopatamia. The rule states he must destroy the host planet; he can't destroy his home planet. Timmy comes up with an epiphany for Mark to not destroy Earth, because it technically ''is'' his home planet now because he's hiding from Princess Mandie, so he targets Fairy World instead.

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** In "Five Days of F.L.A.R.G.", the last day of F.L.A.R.G., G, stands for "Goodbye", meaning Mark has to destroy the planet he celebrated on to keep up tradition for Yugopatamia.Yugopatamia; if he doesn't do it in time, his appendix will destroy the planet instead. The rule states he must destroy the host planet; he can't destroy his home planet. Timmy comes up with an epiphany for Mark to not destroy Earth, because it technically ''is'' his home planet now because he's hiding from Princess Mandie, so he targets Fairy World instead.
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** Oberon's Children tend to be good at utilizing this to get around the magical law preventing them from directly interfering with mortals. Oberon doesn't seem to take any issue with his subjects being creative in this manner, and he himself will do this when it suits him - at one point he granted Goliath's clan the boon of being immune to any of the Third Race's magic, including his own, but late when the gargoyles stood against him and Goliath brought this up, Oberon declared [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem "My decrees are mine to interpret!"]] and used magic against them in ways that didn't involve casting spells directly ''on'' them, such as animating stone sculptures to attack them or creating inclement weather to blow them out of the sky.

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** Oberon's Children in general tend to be good at utilizing this to get around the magical law preventing them from directly interfering with mortals. Oberon doesn't seem to take any issue with his subjects being creative in this manner, and he himself will do this when it suits him - at one point he granted Goliath's clan the boon of being immune to any of the Third Race's magic, including his own, but late later when the gargoyles stood against him and Goliath brought this up, Oberon declared [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem "My decrees are mine to interpret!"]] and used magic against them in ways that didn't involve casting spells directly ''on'' them, such as animating stone sculptures to attack them or creating inclement weather to blow them out of the sky.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': A major plot point of human magic is that spells are easier to cast if there is [[CurseEscapeClause an escape clause]], though the conditions for the escape clause do not need to be feasibly practical. The main spell book in the series was written some time before 970 AD, so many of the clauses are only infeasible for that time.
** The IncitingIncident involves the protagonist being cursed to be [[TakenForGranite turned to stone]] 'until the castle rose above the clouds'. Xanatos breaks the curse by having the castle disassembled and reassembled atop a skyscraper, the top of which broke into the clouds.
** Puck ''loves'' this trope, and utilizes it mutliple times in his opening episode alone. Bound in iron chains and thus beholden to his jailer's commands, he interprets all of Demona's wishes in whatever way he chooses and not in any way compliant with what she was ''actually'' asking for ("Did you say, [='=]''that'' human,' or 'that ''human''?' Oh, never mind, I'll figure it.") [[HilarityEnsues This ultimately results in every human in Manhatten briefly and unknowlingly transformed into a gargoyle, and vice versa]], as Demona never learns to be careful with her wording.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': A major plot point of human magic is that more powerful spells are easier to cast if there is [[CurseEscapeClause an escape clause]], though the conditions for the escape clause do not need to be feasibly practical. The main spell book in the series was written some time before 970 AD, so many of the clauses are only infeasible for that time.
** The IncitingIncident involves the protagonist being cursed to be [[TakenForGranite turned to stone]] 'until "until the castle rose rises above the clouds'.clouds" which everyone in the 10th century took to mean "til kingdom come". Xanatos breaks the curse by having the castle disassembled and reassembled atop a skyscraper, the top of which broke into the clouds.
** Puck ''loves'' this trope, and utilizes it mutliple multiple times in his opening introductory episode alone. Bound in iron chains and thus beholden to his jailer's commands, he interprets all of Demona's wishes in whatever way he chooses and not in any way compliant with what she was ''actually'' asking for ("Did you say, [='=]''that'' human,' or 'that ''human''?' Oh, never mind, I'll figure it.") [[HilarityEnsues This ultimately results in every human in Manhatten Manhattan briefly and unknowlingly unknowingly transformed into a gargoyle, and vice versa]], as Demona never learns to be careful with her wording.



*** For the spell to work, the victim must both see ''and'' hear the spell cast, and in its entirety. Thus, several characters escape being turned to stone - a blind man is spared because he cannot see the spell cast on his TV. Xanatos avoids becoming a victim as he sees it on TV but mutes the audio. The quick thinking Hudson spares the Gargoyles as turns off the TV before the spell is completed; later, Goliath tells Lex to mute the blind man's TV before they hear more than a couple lines of the spell.
*** The escape clause is "when the sky burns", which prompts the protagonists to spray flammable gas across Manhattan and ignite it.

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*** For the spell to work, the victim must both see ''and'' hear the spell cast, and in its entirety. Thus, several characters escape being turned to stone - a blind man is spared because he cannot see the spell being cast on through his TV. Xanatos avoids becoming a victim as he sees it on TV but mutes the audio. The quick thinking Hudson spares the Gargoyles as turns off the TV before the spell is completed; later, Goliath tells Lex to mute the blind man's TV before they hear more than a couple lines of the spell.
*** The escape clause is "when the sky burns", which prompts the protagonists ([[EnemyMine aided by Xanatos]]) to spray flammable gas across Manhattan and ignite it.it.
** Oberon's Children tend to be good at utilizing this to get around the magical law preventing them from directly interfering with mortals. Oberon doesn't seem to take any issue with his subjects being creative in this manner, and he himself will do this when it suits him - at one point he granted Goliath's clan the boon of being immune to any of the Third Race's magic, including his own, but late when the gargoyles stood against him and Goliath brought this up, Oberon declared [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem "My decrees are mine to interpret!"]] and used magic against them in ways that didn't involve casting spells directly ''on'' them, such as animating stone sculptures to attack them or creating inclement weather to blow them out of the sky.
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** In the episode "Secrets", Harm (Billy Hayes) discovers that the Sword of Beowulf will work for OnlyThePureOfHeart and figures out that [[CardCarryingVillain a purely evil person also counts as "pure of heart"]]. And with that, he [[WouldHurtAChild kills his little sister Greta]] to destroy his only human connection and unlocks the Sword's powers. He gets utterly screwed when he runs into her ghost and feels a brief moment of regret, though.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', [[BigBad The Monarch]] and [[TheDragon Dr. Girlfriend/Dr. Mrs. The Monarch]] are constantly abusing loopholes within the rules of the [[NebulousEvilOrganization Guild of Calamitous Intent]] to get what they want. A few prime examples:

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'', [[BigBad The Monarch]] and [[TheDragon Dr. Girlfriend/Dr. Mrs. The Monarch]] are constantly abusing loopholes within the rules of the [[NebulousEvilOrganization [[NebulousEvilOrganisation Guild of Calamitous Intent]] to get what they want. A few prime examples:
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'': In the episode "Find Her, Keep Her", Rabbit scolds Pooh, Piglet, and Tigger for teaching Kessie how to fly. Pooh points out that Rabbit only said for Owl not to teach her.

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In the episode "Find Her, Keep Her", Rabbit scolds Pooh, Piglet, and Tigger for teaching Kessie how to fly. Pooh points out that Rabbit only said for Owl not to teach her.her.
** In "Sorry, Wrong Slusher", Christopher Robin's mother sends Christopher Robin to bed, telling him she doesn't want to see his head leave the pillow. Christopher then straps the pillow to his head and sneaks downstairs to watch late-night television, because his mother never said anything about the pillow leaving the bed.
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** In "Silencer", the titular villain steals Ladybug's voice, leaving her unable to summon a Lucky Charm since her powers are voice-activated. Instead, she tricks him into summoning it for her by getting him to say "Lucky Charm" with her stolen voice.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': In "Davenport's in Demise", [[MegaCorp Biz-Mart]] was forbidden from building a store in Brighton, so they just build one ''right outside'' city limits.

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