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* In the ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' season 3 episode, [[Recap/CastleS315TheFinalNail The Final Nail]], Castle is reunited with an old friend of his from boarding school, Damian Westlake, who is suspected of killing his wife, because of how he is suspected of being involved in his father’s murder 20 years prior. Because of how Damian had helped Castle become the best selling author he is today, Castle believes that he’s innocent in both cases. However, at the end of the episode, while Castle is proven right that Damian was innocent in the death of his wife, he ultimately was involved in his father’s death, because the man who he hired to murder his father had kept the map of his Puerto Rican Estate that he gave him to sneak into and kill him, after he reveals him as the murderer.

* In ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'', one episode focuses on an old friend of Castle who is a suspect in a murder, because of how he is suspected of being involved in his father’s murder. Castle believes that he’s innocent in both cases. However, at the end of the episode, while Castle is proven right that his friend was innocent in the case of the episode, he ultimately was involved in his father’s death, because the man who he hired to murder his father had kept the map of his father’s mansion that he gave him to sneak into the place and kill him, after he reveals him as the murderer.

** ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaTowerOfBabel'': Deconstructed. It is revealed that Batman has very, very cynical methods set away in case any of the Justice League members go rogue. However, the plans are stolen and used against them by [[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul]]. The enemy starts by using a sort of third-party Kryptonite Ring against Batman: stealing his parents' bodies from the cemetery. This works to distract the Bat, drives him nearly mad, and leads him to abandon the JLA while searching for the culprit. After it's all said and done, the JLA (who had no idea about the plans) are ''pissed'' with Batman for betraying their trust and [[spoiler:vote him out of the team.]]

* In ''Series/{{Castle}}'', one episode focuses on an old friend of Castle who is a suspect in a murder, because of how he is suspected of being involved in his father’s murder. Castle believes that he’s innocent in both cases. However, at the end of the episode, while Castle is proven right that his friend was innocent in the case of the episode, he ultimately was involved in his father’s death, because the man who he hired to murder his father had kept the map of his father’s mansion that he gave him to sneak into the place and kill him, after he reveals him as the murderer.

* In ''Series/ThirtyRock'', Liz gets in a conflict with Tracy's wife, and Jack tells her they're going to have to fight it out, and immediately launches into a specific discussion about how beat her.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes2006'' animated series, it's Brainiac 5, otherwise portrayed as Superman's ''[[HoYay very loyal]]'' RobotBuddy, who keeps Kryptonite for emergencies. This is very much the cynical version; Superman not only doesn't know Brainy has it, but he doesn't even know Kryptonite exists yet.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Legion of Super Heroes}}'' animated series, it's Brainiac 5, otherwise portrayed as Superman's ''[[HoYay very loyal]]'' RobotBuddy, who keeps Kryptonite for emergencies. This is very much the cynical version; Superman not only doesn't know Brainy has it, but he doesn't even know Kryptonite exists yet.

* Nancy from ''Film/TheCraft'' starts to break down and apologize to Sarah when the latter truly comes into her powers and turns the tables on her. However, Sarah starts reciting a binding spell, not taking Nancy's word for it. Nancy starts screaming and lunges at her, proving Sarah was right to do so.

* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': When Shendu's spirit is at the mercy of his angry siblings in the beginning of Season 2, he offers to travel to Earth, [[DemonicPossession possess a human body]], and open from there the portals keeping them contained in the Netherworld. With him having abandoned them to rot once already and knowing how conniving he can be, his siblings ensure he will work to free them by placing on him a spell that will keep him trapped in the first body he inhabits and shall be removed by them only after they've all been freed. The fact that he ends up possessing Valmont instead of Jackie like he had planned to makes him more motivated to fulfill his end of the bargain.