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Alice is typically a child. Often they also NeverGotToSayGoodbye, so even more drama ensues. Usually lasts only one episode but can be milked indefinitely as Alice acts more and more irrational/self-destructive. You can also milk it for drama by making Bob not die, but become deadly ill for an episode. The wisher will learn a lesson, and the [[StatusQuoIsGod status quo]] will resume. Even more classic (and TruthInTelevision) is children blaming themselves for their parents divorcing.

See also ItsAllMyFault. If a character says this out of grief for a third party, see YouShouldHaveDiedInstead. Can be a PartingWordsRegret. AndThereWasMuchRejoicing is when a character is genuinely happy (and relieved) that the person died.

-->'''Nikki:'''"I wish you died in the woOOOOmb!"

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* Used a few times in Creator/AgathaChristie novels. The conviction of young characters that they "caused" the deaths of disliked relatives leads to them becoming murder suspects.

* In ''Film/{{Ted}}'', John tells his girlfriend's boss Rex about how she's told him about how he's tried to sexually harass her and as such tells Rex that he hopes the man gets Lou Gehrig's Disease. [[spoiler:The epilogue states that Rex would indeed die of ALS]].

* ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' had an episode where Will told off his uncle's JerkAss political mentor-turned-rival, including a "drop dead." Seconds later, he has a fatal heart attack. Will attends the funeral out of guilt, only to learn that [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing he was pretty well universally hated]] - most of the "mourners" are there just to make sure he's really gone. Will admonishes them for their callousness, causing one to ask who he is; when he responds "I'm the dude who killed him," he gets a standing ovation. "Tough room."

* Alice's wish in ''Manga/{{Alice 19th}}'' for her older sister Mayura to disappear causes Mayura to be transported to another realm where she [[FaceHeelTurn becomes the minion of evil forces]]. For people like Alice, words are [[WordsCanBreakMyBones literal powers]]. We also find out near the end that [[spoiler: Kyo wished his father would die.]]
* In ''Manga/{{Change 123}}'', [[spoiler:Motoko]] said this to [[spoiler:her mother]] as a child. ''Immediately'' after she said it, a load of steel I-beams just happened to fall off a truck and onto her. This is the incident that [[spoiler: created Zero to protect her from this memory]].

* Near the beginning of ''Anime/{{Monster}}'', Dr. Tenma vents to an apparently unconscious patient after the hospital directors [[TheLastDJ screw his career over for disobeying questionable orders that would likely have killed his patient]]. Among other things, he angrily claims, "''They're'' the ones that should die." The patient turns out to be awake [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor and thoroughly agrees with this sentiment]]. Murder ensues.
** In this case Tenma knows he isn't responsible, and the reason he goes after the patient later was because he saved him; it's the police that think he's involved in the deaths.

See also ItsAllMyFault. If a character says this out of grief for a third party, see YouShouldHaveDiedInstead. Can be a PartingWordsRegret. If they are genuinely happy instead, it's AndThereWasMuchRejoicing.

See also ItsAllMyFault. If a character says this out of grief for a third party, see YouShouldHaveDiedInstead. Can be a PartingWordsRegret.

* In the film ''Film/HomeAlone'', Kevin wishes that his family would disappear. They do - they mistakenly left him behind when they went away to France on vacation, but he thinks they no longer exist. [[DoubleSubversion He's happy about this, but starts missing them after a while.]]