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->'''Black Mage''': I hate it whern the things he says that don't make sense ''make sense.''
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* ''Metaverse'': Sirius tries to buy the ''Daily Prophet'' in order to stop it from slandering Harry and himself, only to be turned down. His wife Helga, who used to be [[ItMakesSenseInContext a house elf]], suggests that if he can't buy the paper, then he should buy their ''paper''. (I.e., their future supply of printing paper.)

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* ''Metaverse'': ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7390178/1/Multiverse Multiverse]]'': Sirius tries to buy the ''Daily Prophet'' in order to stop it from slandering Harry and himself, only to be turned down. His wife Helga, who used to be [[ItMakesSenseInContext a house elf]], suggests that if he can't buy the paper, then he should buy their ''paper''. (I.e., their future supply of printing paper.)
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* Done by [[TheCaligula Joffrey Baratheon]] in ''Series/GameOfThrones''. He gets one of these each season, played for DramaticIrony, [[spoiler:until he dies]]. Of course, this is not helped by Joffrey's inclination towards ridiculing, humiliating, and dominating those around him, even to people where it's not wise to do so, especially his grandfather.

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* Done by [[TheCaligula [[Characters/GameOfThronesJoffreyBaratheon Joffrey Baratheon]] in ''Series/GameOfThrones''. He gets one of these each season, played for DramaticIrony, [[spoiler:until he dies]]. Of course, this is not helped by Joffrey's inclination towards ridiculing, humiliating, and dominating those around him, even to people where it's not wise to do so, especially his grandfather.

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* ''Fanfic/CoolCatSavesVietnam'': Daddy Derek is actually disillusioned with his son and views him as an AttentionWhore, and making movies about him is how he convinces him he's special.
--> Cool Cat, his dearest and very genetically related son, hadn't been in a film for almost 4 years. It was weighing down on him hard since convincing Cool Cat that he's famous was how Daddy Derek kept him off Daddy Derek's back for a while. But Daddy hadn't had his alone time with Mama Cat in a long time. That was unacceptable.

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* ''Fanfic/CoolCatSavesVietnam'': Daddy Derek is actually disillusioned with his son and views him As stupid as an AttentionWhore, and making movies about him is how he convinces him he's special.
--> Cool Cat, his dearest and very genetically related son, hadn't been in a film for almost 4 years. It was weighing down on him hard since convincing
is, Cool Cat objects to the notion that he's famous was how Daddy Derek kept he should be allowed to use a gun. However, the sergeant gives him off Daddy Derek's back for a while. But Daddy hadn't had his alone time with Mama Cat in a long time. That was unacceptable.permission anyway.
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!!!''Film/CoolCatSavesTheKids''
* ''Fanfic/CoolCatSavesVietnam'': Daddy Derek is actually disillusioned with his son and views him as an AttentionWhore, and making movies about him is how he convinces him he's special.
--> Cool Cat, his dearest and very genetically related son, hadn't been in a film for almost 4 years. It was weighing down on him hard since convincing Cool Cat that he's famous was how Daddy Derek kept him off Daddy Derek's back for a while. But Daddy hadn't had his alone time with Mama Cat in a long time. That was unacceptable.
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* ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': As much as [[Characters/MonsterVerseMarkRussell Mark Russell]] is useless throughout this movie, he isn't wrong to point out that Bernie Hayes' podcast is a hardcore ConspiracyTheorist podcast filled with a lot more silliness than truth, even if he's completely UnderestimatingBadassery when he tries to claim it's dulling his DamselOutOfDistress daughter's mind.

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* ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': As much as [[Characters/MonsterVerseMarkRussell [[Characters/MonsterVerseRussellFamily Mark Russell]] is useless throughout this movie, he isn't wrong to point out that Bernie Hayes' podcast is a hardcore ConspiracyTheorist podcast filled with a lot more silliness than truth, even if he's completely UnderestimatingBadassery when he tries to claim it's dulling his DamselOutOfDistress daughter's mind.
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* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'': One of the show's favorite tricks is to have a character who's been designated TheFool (usually [[AlphaBitch Nanami]] or [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Saionji]]) come out and openly state one of the show's {{Central Theme}}s. Both Utena and the audience are likely to dismiss this whenever it happens because it's either sandwiched between outright nonsense, completely inapplicable to the episode's actual conflict, or too early in the storyline for anyone to realize its significance. As such, there is a ''wealth'' of {{Rewatch Bonus}}es awaiting the attentive viewer on their second go-around.
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** In “Semper Lie” When Bugs complains how he hates going to the Peach Festival with Porky cause it’s an 6 hour drive in a middle of a hot dessert with ton of mosquitoes and have to stand in long for peach related food, Daffy tells Bugs that he should simply tell Porky he doesn’t want to go. His first advice was to lie, but quickly change his mind since that’s his “role”.
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*** When informed about a phony health inspector in "Nasty Patty", [=SpongeBob=] actually makes a valid point when he suggests to Mr. Krabs they inform their health inspector about the fake one; that way if they are suspicious about them, they would interrogate him and find out. Mr. Krabs jumps to the worst conclusion that he ''is'' the imposter and a tainted patty knocks him out; it is by then the real imposter was already captured, thus SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs were forced to hide the inspector having thought to have killed him.

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*** When informed about a phony health inspector in "Nasty Patty", [=SpongeBob=] actually makes a valid point when he suggests to Mr. Krabs they inform their health inspector about the fake one; that way if they are suspicious about them, they would interrogate him and find out. Mr. Krabs jumps to the worst conclusion that he ''is'' the imposter and a tainted patty knocks him out; it is by then the real imposter was already captured, thus SpongeBob [=SpongeBob=] and Mr. Krabs were forced to hide the inspector having thought to have killed him.
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*** When informed about a phony health inspector in "Nasty Patty", [=SpongeBob=] actually makes a valid point when he suggests to Mr. Krabs they inform their health inspector about the fake one; that way if they are suspicious about them, they would interrogate him and find out. Mr. Krabs jumps to the worst conclusion that he ''is'' the imposter and a tainted patty knocks him out; it is by then the real imposter was already captured, thus SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs were forced to hide the inspector having thought to have killed him.


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*** In "The Slumber Party", Pearl and her friends are having a SlumberParty at Mr. Krabs' house and kick him out; worrying she and her friends might be damaging the house and causing a ruckus, he orders [=SpongeBob=] to sneak into the party in disguise and find out what they're doing. After his disguise as a piano repairman fails, [=SpongeBob=] suggests to Mr. Krabs it's better if they leave Pearl alone as she seems trustworthy enough, but he doesn't listen and still orders him to get in, lest he'll be fired if he doesn't.
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* In the end of ''[[Anime/{{K}} K: Return of Kings]]'', when Misaki [[spoiler:saves Saruhiko from JUNGLE and they finally repair their friendship ([[ShipTease or something more]]), Saruhiko asks why Misaki is no longer angry with him for betraying the Red Clan. Misaki says it's because if he'd go on this dangerous mission for the Blue King, then he ''is'' loyal, because the Blue King was his king all along]].\\

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* In the end of ''[[Anime/{{K}} K: Return of Kings]]'', when Misaki [[spoiler:saves Saruhiko from JUNGLE and they finally repair their friendship ([[ShipTease or something more]]), Saruhiko asks why Misaki is no longer angry with him for betraying the Red Clan. Misaki says it's because if he'd go on this dangerous mission for the Blue King, then he ''is'' loyal, because the Blue King was his king all along]].\\
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'''[[spoiler:Saruhiko:]]''' [Misaki]'s simple-minded, stupid, ignorant, and doesn't get a thing... And yet somehow, he's able to come up with the perfect answer. No wonder I'd go through all this trouble just for him.

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'''[[spoiler:Saruhiko:]]''' -->'''[[spoiler:Saruhiko:]]''' [Misaki]'s simple-minded, stupid, ignorant, and doesn't get a thing... And yet somehow, he's able to come up with the perfect answer. No wonder I'd go through all this trouble just for him.
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* During the introduction to the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' LicensedGame Pinky asks why they never spend the entire week on their plan to take over the world rather than just a single night.

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* During the introduction to the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance Platform/GameBoyAdvance ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' LicensedGame Pinky asks why they never spend the entire week on their plan to take over the world rather than just a single night.



-->'''George Wood:''' ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'' may not even ''be'' released at all for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation. [[Creator/SonyInteractiveEntertainment Sony]] is once again being a real jerk by refusing to allow 2D games to be manufactured. Sony ''definitely'' has a bug up its [[{{Bowdlerise}} you-know-what]], and they've got some major balls ticking off Creator/{{Capcom}}, the makers of the first [=PlayStation=] game to sell 1 million copies. That game being, of course, ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1''. Capcom should threaten not to release ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' on the [=PlayStation=], [[CreatorBreakdown and watch Sony buckle]].

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-->'''George Wood:''' ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'' may not even ''be'' released at all for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation.Platform/PlayStation. [[Creator/SonyInteractiveEntertainment Sony]] is once again being a real jerk by refusing to allow 2D games to be manufactured. Sony ''definitely'' has a bug up its [[{{Bowdlerise}} you-know-what]], and they've got some major balls ticking off Creator/{{Capcom}}, the makers of the first [=PlayStation=] game to sell 1 million copies. That game being, of course, ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1''. Capcom should threaten not to release ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' on the [=PlayStation=], [[CreatorBreakdown and watch Sony buckle]].
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* ''Literature/TalesFromJabbasPalace'': The ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' novelization namedropped a 'birdlizard' named Ishi Tib. Ishi Tib wasn't mentioned in ''Tales from Jabba's Palace''. Later, Ishi Tib was made into a species, with this being just one individual member.

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-->'''Hermes:''' Strange. [[LampshadeHanging Usually you don't know anything about human anatomy]].\\

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** Even ''Fry'', a man who is so immeasurably stupid it serves as a ''[[DisabilitySuperpower super power]]'' whenever the Brain Spawn attack, has moments of this, particularly when his concern for Leela makes him stop goofing around. A great example is when Leela is obsessed with gathering space honey from the hive that killed the previous Planet Express crew, to prove they are a better crew than that last one, and they all nearly die: Leela is gloating while Fry points out they almost died as well and only escaped by the absolute skin of their teeth.
---> '''Fry:''' We made it! We're alive!
---> '''Leela:''' Burn on that old crew! The only things they did better than us were suck and die!
---> '''Fry:''' Leela, we got ''lucky'' this time! You need to be more careful! I don't want anything to happen to you!
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** That said, while Bart is rarely the smartest or most empathic person, understanding that Ralph rarely, if ever, gets any victories or recognition, it was uncharacteristically intelligent of him to not only recognize that Lisa was right that she deserved the glory, but also to point out that it really wouldn't hurt her to let Ralph have this one.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In the episode "Parasites Lost", Zoidberg of all characters gets one of these moments when he suggests escaping the nasal capillary into the sinus. Turns out, he was just remembering an old commercial he had seen.

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** In "The Problem With Popplers", ''Zapp Brannigan'' of all people comes up with the surprisingly competent plan of replacing Leela with an orangutan in a PaperThinDisguise after realizing the Omicronians likely won't be able to tell them apart nearly as well as the Earth natives could.
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In the episode "Parasites Lost", Zoidberg of all characters gets one of these moments when he suggests escaping the nasal capillary into the sinus. Turns out, he was just remembering an old commercial he had seen.
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* In ''Series/OnePiece2023'', Zoro finds a wanted bounty of Buggy, whom they had just defeated the episode prior. Luffy, who is known to be naive and BookDumb, has this to say.
--> '''Zoro''': You got to be kidding me. That clown was worth 15 million Berry. We should've stuffed his head in a bag and brought it with us.
--> '''Luffy''': What Marine would pay you that bounty anyways? You're kind of a wanted man yourself now.
--> '''Zoro''': Hmm. [{{Beat}}] Didn't think of that.
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*** In his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech in "It's You", he points out that messing up and then [[EasilyForgiven feeling bad like all is forgiven]] ''[[AesopAmnesia repeatedly]]'' [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome can only work a couple of times in real life]], it's extremely selfish of anybody to use their DarkAndTroubledPast to [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse justify hurting people]], and ultimately '''''[=BoJack=]''''' is the only one to blame for everything he does, especially when his actions have hurtful consequences.

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*** In his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech in "It's You", he points out that messing up and then [[EasilyForgiven feeling bad like all is forgiven]] ''[[AesopAmnesia repeatedly]]'' [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome can only work a couple of times in real life]], life, it's extremely selfish of anybody to use their DarkAndTroubledPast to [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse justify hurting people]], and ultimately '''''[=BoJack=]''''' is the only one to blame for everything he does, especially when his actions have hurtful consequences.
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** In "Hurricane Neddy", Homer gives a fairly on-point analysis of Flanders' personality by noting that he's afraid to hate or complain about anything [[HumansAreFlawed and that it's what makes people human.]]
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* ''Series/RadioEnfer'': The teens once complain about the prices at the cafeteria becoming too expensive. [[BrainlessBeauty Jean-David]] then suggests that there should be a second cafeteria that would serve as a competitor, which in turn would force the actual cafeteria to lower its prices. Germain thinks it's a good idea, only for this trope to be immediately subverted when Jean-David adds that having two cafeterias would make it possible to eat twice for the same price, causing everyone else to be reminded that he's an idiot (although Vincent thinks the overall idea has merits and they decide to make their own cafeteria).

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