History Main / CuriosityKilledTheCast

*** Replied to in the second movie with: "Remember how that one went."

* Combine this with IdiotBall, and you get a cage (made out of Kryptonite bars) that was used to capture [[{{Superman}} Superboy]], with a sign reading "LUTHOR'S TRAP TO CAPTURE SUPERBOY" written on it in giant letters... And Superboy, naturally, falling for it, and [[http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=30%3Aframes-and-panels-index&id=793%3Asuperboy-is-a-colossal-dumbass&Itemid=24 getting captured.]]
** In all fairness, the logic that "no one would actually put a sign like that on a real trap" seems sound. Although a trap should've been expected, the one with the big sign on it would normally be the decoy. Consider this a written version of SarcasticConfession.
*** Even if it isn't a "real" trap, it's still a ''cage''. With no obvious reason to fly into it- there's nothing in there. And the bars are made out of Kryptonite. So that still leaves Superboy flying into a cage made of metal that it's deadly poisonous for him to even get close to, for... what, exactly?
** Anyone else consider this to be a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for Lex Luthor?
*** Unfortunately this was AllJustADream.

* In ''[[{{Narnia}} The Magician's Nephew]]'', a young man cannot resist the temptation to ring a bell which is marked with a warning (and [[SchmuckBait tantalizing]]) poem. It turns out that this bell awakens the witch Jadis, who later becomes the first evil force in Narnia.
** I can think of many hundreds of supporting/major characters who would happily have kicked his butt for this.
** In his defense, the poem concludes by threatening insanity to anyone who sees the bell and fails to ring it.
*** More like saying "If you ''don't'' ring it, you'll ''never'' know what would've happened. You'll always wonder what would've happened".

* A few years ago, a guy named Alex Kralie was shooting a student film called ''MarbleHornets''. As he was filming, he started to notice a [[TheSlenderManMythos really tall guy in a suit]] occasionally lurking in the distance. [[spoiler: As of now, Alex is on the run after a failed attempt to rebuild his life, his friend Tim has gone insane and started stalking people while wearing a mask, and we have no idea what happened to anyone else besides Jay.]]

** Ferrets have had their curiosity TurnedUpToEleven by selective breeding, which combines with their ability to get nearly anywhere [[Understatement rather poorly]].

* Dave Chapelle invoked this as a response to being told not to visit a strip bar:

* If only Jadusable's curiosity hadn't prompted him to accept the shady game cateridge from the old man, or posted anything to the internet, then the [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou reader's]] curiousity wouldn't have led them to open "The Truth.rtf" in BenDrowned, thus releasing Ben to the whole of the internet, things might have gone a bit better for everyone involved.

* The creators of ''Marble Hornets'', most notably Alex, become way too involved with the Slenderman. And you know what they say about the Slenderman... [[ParanoiaFuel the more you know about him the more likely he will hunt you down...]]

* If only Jadusable's curiosity hadn't prompted him to accept the shady game cateridge from the old man, or posted anything to the internet, then the [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou reader's]] curiousity wouldn't have led them to open TheTruth.rtf in BenDrowned, thus releasing Ben to the whole of the internet, things might have gone a bit better for everyone involved.

* In ''Shade the Changing Man'', Shade traps a Celestial in a statue of the mythical Pandora (with box), and she comes to life. Kathy and Lenny find "Pandora's" box and give in to temptation by opening it. [[spoiler: The box is empty, but it turns "Pandora" into dust.]]

* Currenlty scientists and psychologists are engaged a project to create a warning sign for our nuclear waste that ''will not'' merely inspire our distant descendants to go on digging, so far without much success.

A subtrope of TemptingFate. Compare DeathBySex, TooDumbToLive. In games, can be the cause of TotalPartyKill. Often the result of falling for SchmuckBait. See also CuriosityCausesConversion.

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[[caption-width:299: [[TooDumbToLive I wonder what's in here?...]]]]

'''Kat:''' Damn straight!
-->-- ''GunnerkriggCourt''

->''Our motivation at this point I will leave to psychologists to decide.''
-->-- '''The Narrator''', ''{{At the Mountains of Madness}}''

A subtrope of TemptingFate. Compare DeathBySex, TooDumbToLive. In games, can be the cause of TotalPartyKill. Often the result of falling for SchmuckBait.

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[[caption-width:499:about to be killed...]]