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* Lampshaeded in an episode of ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'':''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' after another screw-up by [[ThoseTwoGuys Lewis and Oswald]]:
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--> '''Drew:''' ''Everything'' seemed like a good idea at the time! Lead paint seemed like a good idea at the time! Living under high tension lines seemed like a good idea at the time! Nuclear blasts you could watch seemed like a good idea at the time!
--> '''Drew:''' ''Everything'' seemed like a good idea at the time! Lead paint seemed like a good idea at the time! Living under high tension lines seemed like a good idea at the time! Nuclear blasts you could watch seemed like a good idea at the time!
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* The main plotline of the fic, [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8544839/1/It-Seemed-Like-A-Good-Idea-At-The-Time "It Seems Like A Good Idea At The Time"]] by Livin4Jesus. It features Clint and Tony getting drunk and doing dumb things.
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* In ''Fanfic/BitterTearsAnAnonAMissFic'', this is the best Scootaloo can come up with when she's asked why she went along with the Anon-A-Miss scheme. Rainbow Dash is rather DisappointedByTheMotive when she finds out, saying that at least Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle had a flimsy motivation with [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy over the attention Sunset Shimmer was getting from their sisters]]; Scootaloo doesn't even have that.
* The main plotline of the fic, [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8544839/1/It-Seemed-Like-A-Good-Idea-At-The-Time "ItSeems Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time"]] by Livin4Jesus.[=Livin4Jesus=]. It features Clint and Tony getting drunk and doing dumb things.
* The main plotline of the fic, [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8544839/1/It-Seemed-Like-A-Good-Idea-At-The-Time "It
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* The Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Japan was several years into its occupation of most of East and South-East Asia but was running low on oil and other vital supplies. America gradually stopped selling Japan things due to outrage over Japan's conduct in the Sino-Japanese war, which drove Japan into even more desperate straights as they tried to invade and secure oil-producing regions in the Pacific. Attacking the American base at Pearl Harbor was supposed to prevent loss of face on the Japanese part, to show the Americans that Japan was not to be trifled with. Instead, it provided an instant and undeniable ''causus belli'' for Americans to directly enter a war that had previously been distant and often considered 'not our problem'.
** Hitler declaring war on the United States after the United States declared war on Japan. Hitler wanted to be able to sink the American ships which were bringing much-needed supplies to England...but he didn't stop to think that the only reason that the United States wasn't doing more than providing supplies was because there was no state of war between Germany and the U.S...
** Hitler declaring war on the United States after the United States declared war on Japan. Hitler wanted to be able to sink the American ships which were bringing much-needed supplies to England...but he didn't stop to think that the only reason that the United States wasn't doing more than providing supplies was because there was no state of war between Germany and the U.S...
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problem'. Unfortunately for the Japanese forces, America's wartime production massively outdid their own. Naval Marshal General Yamamoto famously said "I fear all we have done is to [[AwakeningTheSleepingGiant awaken a sleeping giant]] and fill him with a terrible resolve."
** Hitler declaring war on the United States after the United States declared war on Japan. Hitler wanted to be able to sink the American ships which were bringing much-needed supplies to England... but he didn't stop to think that the only reason that the United States wasn't doing more than providing supplies was because there was no state of war between Germany and the U.S...S.
** Hitler declaring war on the United States after the United States declared war on Japan. Hitler wanted to be able to sink the American ships which were bringing much-needed supplies to England... but he didn't stop to think that the only reason that the United States wasn't doing more than providing supplies was because there was no state of war between Germany and the U.
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* The corrupt World Government in ''Manga/OnePiece'' often makes decisions that are this trope. The biggest one to date is the Summit War. They managed to capture the late pirate king Gol D. Roger's son Portgas D. Ace and wanted to not only end Roger's bloodline but also use Ace as bait to draw in Whitebeard, the strongest pirate in the world at the time, so they could defeat Whitebeard and his crew. Unfortunately several outside factors made things go south very fast. While the World Government had no control over the outside factors that turned what should have been a great victory into a PyrrhicVictory it should have been obvious to the World Government that things wouldn't go down so simply, to say nothing of the fact that [[DidntThinkThisThrough they really didn't consider the ramifications in the long term]]. To wit:
** Ace's brother [[TheHero Luffy]] tried to rescue him at the super prison Impel Down and when that didn't work, Luffy made a huge jail break that ended up releasing some of the most dangerous prisoners in the world. The Government's reaction to that was to cover it up so they wouldn't lose the people's faith despite the fact that if such prisoners start something ([[CardCarryingVillain which they will]]) the escape will be exposed anyway and the government will lose face for both the escape and lying to the people.
** Taking down Whitebeard created a power vacuum and disrupted the delicate balance of power among the strongest and most influential groups in the world. This should have been obvious with some forethought and the worst part is that after the war, so much of the government's forces were stretched thin that the government could barely keep a lid on the ensuing chaos.
** While they did succeed in beating Whitebeard, [[FamousLastWords with his final breath,]] [[DyingMomentOfAwesome he confirmed that the world famous treasure that belonged to Roger and that everyone was looking for did in fact exist.]] The fleet admiral Sengoku reacted with a look of both fear and rage when Whitebeard did this as he knew that with the word out more pirates would now venture out to find One Piece and a newer, bigger, and more chaotic age of piracy would begin. With his final breath, Whitebeard basically [[AllForNothing invalidated every aim the world government had by starting this war making all of the Marine's spent resources and sacrifices a complete waste.]]
** The death of Whitebeard also brought forth an even more dangerous threat i.e. Blackbeard who was able to absorb Whitebeard's Devil Fruit Ability thus becoming the first person to ever wield two Devil Fruit powers at once.
** The biggest blunder of all was the arrogant view of the World Government that Whitebeard was just another pirate, albeit a very powerful one. [[BigGood Whitebeard was far more than that to many people]] and it was the respect he commanded from others that caused [[PersonOfMassDestruction Red Haired Shanks]] to make sure that [[DueToTheDead Whitebeard and Ace would get the burials they deserved.]] The World Government couldn't even put the heads of both Whitebeard and Ace on display as a warning to other pirates like they wanted to.
*** What if anything did the World Government get out of all of this? They ''admitted'' they only wanted Ace dead because of his [[SinsOfTheFather parentage]], not because he was particularly threatening in and of himself. Whitebeard was on ''life support'' and would have died anyway in a few more years. Creator/{{Confucius}} say, "Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito" - the WG basically set off an ''[[ApocalypseHow extinction level event]]'' to kill two particularly annoying bears.
** Ace's brother [[TheHero Luffy]] tried to rescue him at the super prison Impel Down and when that didn't work, Luffy made a huge jail break that ended up releasing some of the most dangerous prisoners in the world. The Government's reaction to that was to cover it up so they wouldn't lose the people's faith despite the fact that if such prisoners start something ([[CardCarryingVillain which they will]]) the escape will be exposed anyway and the government will lose face for both the escape and lying to the people.
** Taking down Whitebeard created a power vacuum and disrupted the delicate balance of power among the strongest and most influential groups in the world. This should have been obvious with some forethought and the worst part is that after the war, so much of the government's forces were stretched thin that the government could barely keep a lid on the ensuing chaos.
** While they did succeed in beating Whitebeard, [[FamousLastWords with his final breath,]] [[DyingMomentOfAwesome he confirmed that the world famous treasure that belonged to Roger and that everyone was looking for did in fact exist.]] The fleet admiral Sengoku reacted with a look of both fear and rage when Whitebeard did this as he knew that with the word out more pirates would now venture out to find One Piece and a newer, bigger, and more chaotic age of piracy would begin. With his final breath, Whitebeard basically [[AllForNothing invalidated every aim the world government had by starting this war making all of the Marine's spent resources and sacrifices a complete waste.]]
** The death of Whitebeard also brought forth an even more dangerous threat i.e. Blackbeard who was able to absorb Whitebeard's Devil Fruit Ability thus becoming the first person to ever wield two Devil Fruit powers at once.
** The biggest blunder of all was the arrogant view of the World Government that Whitebeard was just another pirate, albeit a very powerful one. [[BigGood Whitebeard was far more than that to many people]] and it was the respect he commanded from others that caused [[PersonOfMassDestruction Red Haired Shanks]] to make sure that [[DueToTheDead Whitebeard and Ace would get the burials they deserved.]] The World Government couldn't even put the heads of both Whitebeard and Ace on display as a warning to other pirates like they wanted to.
*** What if anything did the World Government get out of all of this? They ''admitted'' they only wanted Ace dead because of his [[SinsOfTheFather parentage]], not because he was particularly threatening in and of himself. Whitebeard was on ''life support'' and would have died anyway in a few more years. Creator/{{Confucius}} say, "Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito" - the WG basically set off an ''[[ApocalypseHow extinction level event]]'' to kill two particularly annoying bears.
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* The corrupt World Government in ''Manga/OnePiece'' often makes decisions admitted privately that are this trope. The biggest one to date is they made a major mistake with the Summit Whitebeard War. They managed to capture the late pirate king Gol D. Roger's son Portgas D. Ace Ace, and wanted to not only end Roger's bloodline but also use Ace as bait to draw in Whitebeard, the strongest pirate in the world at the time, Whitebeard so they could defeat Whitebeard and his crew. Unfortunately Unfortunately, several outside factors made things go south very fast. While the World Government had no control over the outside factors that turned what should have been a great victory into a PyrrhicVictory PyrrhicVictory, it should have been obvious to the World Government that things wouldn't go down so simply, to say nothing of the fact that [[DidntThinkThisThrough they really didn't consider the ramifications in the long term]]. To wit:
They admitted they only wanted Ace dead because of his [[SinsOfTheFather parentage]], not because he was particularly threatening in and of himself. Whitebeard was on life support and would have died anyway in a few more years. In short, the World Government attempted to fix a problem that was already going to be solved anyways, and ended up bringing far greater problems as a result.
** Ace's brother [[TheHero Luffy]] tried to rescue him at the super prison ImpelDown and when Down. When that didn't work, Luffy made a huge jail break that ended up releasing some of the most dangerous prisoners in the world. The Government's reaction to that was to cover it up so they wouldn't lose the people's faith faith, despite the fact that if such prisoners start something ([[CardCarryingVillain which they will]]) will]]), the escape will be exposed anyway and the government will lose face for both the escape and lying to the people.
** Taking down Whitebeard created a power vacuum and disrupted the delicate balance of power among the strongest and most influential groups of pirates in the world.This should have been obvious with some forethought and the worst part is that after After the war, so much of the government's forces were stretched thin that the government could barely keep a lid on the ensuing chaos.
** While they did succeed in beating Whitebeard, [[FamousLastWords with his final breath,]] [[DyingMomentOfAwesomehe Whitebeard confirmed that the world famous treasure that belonged to Roger and that everyone was looking for did in fact exist.]] The fleet admiral Fleet Admiral Sengoku reacted with a look of both fear and rage when Whitebeard did this this, as he knew that with the word out out, more pirates would now venture out to find One Piece Piece, and a newer, bigger, an even bigger and more chaotic age of piracy would begin. With his final breath, Whitebeard basically [[AllForNothing invalidated every aim the world government World Government had by starting this war war, making all of the Marine's spent resources and sacrifices a complete waste.]]
** The death of Whitebeard also brought forth an even more dangerous threat i.e. Blackbeard who was able to absorb Whitebeard's Devil Fruit Ability thus becoming the first person to ever wield two Devil Fruit powers at once.
** The biggest blunder of all was the arrogant view of the World Government that Whitebeard was just another pirate, albeit a very powerful one. [[BigGood Whitebeard was far more than that to many people]] people]], and it was the respect he commanded from others that caused [[PersonOfMassDestruction Red Haired Shanks]] to make sure that [[DueToTheDead Whitebeard and Ace would get the burials they deserved.]] The World Government couldn't even put the heads of both Whitebeard and Ace on display as a warning to other pirates like they wanted to. \n*** What if anything did the World Government get out of all of this? They ''admitted'' they only wanted Ace dead because of his [[SinsOfTheFather parentage]], not because he was particularly threatening in and of himself. Whitebeard was on ''life support'' and would have died anyway in a few more years. Creator/{{Confucius}} say, "Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito" - the WG basically set off an ''[[ApocalypseHow extinction level event]]'' to kill two particularly annoying bears.
** Ace's brother [[TheHero Luffy]] tried to rescue him at the super prison Impel
** Taking down Whitebeard created a power vacuum and disrupted the delicate balance of power among the strongest and most influential groups of pirates in the world.
** While they did succeed in beating Whitebeard, [[FamousLastWords with his final breath,]] [[DyingMomentOfAwesome
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* The Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Japan was several years into its occupation of most of East and South-East Asia but was running low on desperately low on oil and other supplies. America gradually stopped selling Japan things due to outrage over Japan's conduct in the Sino-Japanese war, which drove Japan into even more desperate straights as they tried to invade and secure oil-producing regions in the Pacific. Attacking the American base at Pearl Harbor was supposed to prevent loss of face on the Japanese part, to show the Americans that Japan was not to be trifled with. Instead, it provided an instant and undeniable ''causus belli'' for Americans to directly enter a war that had previously been distant and often considered 'not our problem'.
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* During the [[UsefulNotes/ThreeKingdomsShuWeiWu Three Kingdoms]], the Battle of Chibi was a case of this. The warlord Cao Cao, fresh over his conquest of northern China, marched his forces south in order to subjugate the only truly major opposition to his reunification of China: Liu Biao and Sun Quan. Liu Biao died and his successor quickly surrendered, and Cao prepared for war with Sun despite his forces being exhausted from the long march, many of his best generals and officers staying behind to consolidate his new territory and the fact that the terrain in the area was unsuited for the cavalry tactics he used with such efficiency. His reasoning was sound: his men, while exhausted, were fresh off numerous victories and his forces far outnumbered Sun's. He hoped to intimidate Sun into surrender, or at least breakthrough and force said surrender. A combination of determined resistance, unseasonable weather (that made the famous fire attack even more effective) and plague forced his retreat.
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* During the [[UsefulNotes/ThreeKingdomsShuWeiWu Three Kingdoms]], Kingdoms period of ancient China]], the Battle of Chibi was a case of this. The warlord Cao Cao, fresh over his conquest of northern China, marched his forces south in order to subjugate the only truly major opposition to his reunification of China: the whole country: Liu Biao and Sun Quan. Liu Biao died and his successor quickly surrendered, and Cao prepared for war with Sun despite his forces being exhausted from the long march, many of his best generals and officers staying behind to consolidate his new territory and the fact that the terrain in the area was unsuited for the cavalry tactics he used with such efficiency.Sun. His reasoning was sound: his men, while exhausted, were fresh off numerous victories and his forces far outnumbered Sun's. He hoped to intimidate Sun into surrender, or at least breakthrough and force said surrender. The bad idea came from his forces being exhausted from the long march, many of his best generals and officers staying behind to consolidate his new territory, and the fact that the terrain in the south was unsuited for the cavalry tactics he used with such efficiency. A combination of determined resistance, an attack with fire ships, unseasonable weather (that that made the famous fire attack even more effective) effective, and plague forced his retreat.
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** Hitler declaring war on the United States after the United States declared war on Japan. Hitler wanted to be able to sink the American ships which were bringing much-needed supplies to England...but he didn't stop to think that the only reason that the United States wasn't doing more than providing supplies was because there was no state of war between Germany and the U.S...
** Hitler declaring war on the United States after the United States declared war on Japan. Hitler wanted to be able to sink the American ships which were bringing much-needed supplies to England...but he didn't stop to think that the only reason that the United States wasn't doing more than providing supplies was because there was no state of war between Germany and the U.S...
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->''"[[Music/KatyPerry You]] joined [[the army]] [the army] because you broke up with your boyfriend...you'll wake up one day, totally over your boyfriend, thinking 'Oh My God, I joined the army.'"
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-->-- [[WebVideo/TheMusicVideoShow The Music Video Show]], [[https://youtu.be/1XKp6s1Xs44 Episode 53]]
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* This explanation gets used a lot in ''ComicStrip/{{Nodwick}}''. Especially by [[CloudcuckooLander Yeagar]], who has the wisdom of a lemming.
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Compare the situational trope, NiceJobBreakingItHero, as well as DidntThinkThisThrough and IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney.
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NotQuiteTheRightThing.
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** The death of Whitebeard also brought forth an even more dangerous threat i.e. Blackbeard who was able to absorb Whitebeard's Devil Fruit Ability thus becoming the first person to ever wield two Devil Fruit powers at once.
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This is also used sometimes as an explanation for ChaoticNeutral or ChaoticStupid actions. Contrast IDidWhatIHadToDo, which does the same as in this case, but for LawfulNeutral or LawfulStupid actions and their moral, rather than strategical, consequences. Often goes hand in hand with AlcoholInducedIdiocy for obvious reasons. If the plan somehow still ''works'' -- and is stated or implied to work not despite but ''because of'' how ridiculous it seems -- that's RefugeInAudacity and/or CrazyEnoughToWork.
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This is also used sometimes as an explanation for ChaoticNeutral or ChaoticStupid actions. Contrast IDidWhatIHadToDo, which does the same as in this case, but for LawfulNeutral or LawfulStupid actions and their moral, rather than strategical, consequences. Often goes hand in hand with AlcoholInducedIdiocy for obvious reasons. If the plan somehow still ''works'' -- and ''works''--and is stated or implied to work not despite but ''because of'' how ridiculous it seems -- that's seems--that's RefugeInAudacity and/or CrazyEnoughToWork.
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This is also used sometimes as an explanation for ChaoticNeutral or ChaoticStupid actions. Contrast IDidWhatIHadToDo, which does the same as in this case, but for LawfulNeutral or LawfulStupid actions and their moral, rather than strategical, consequences. Often goes hand in hand with AlcoholInducedIdiocy for obvious reasons. If the plan somehow still ''works'' -- and is stated or implied to work not despite but ''because of'' how ridiculous it seems -- that's RefugeInAudacity.RefugeInAudacity and/or CrazyEnoughToWork.
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* In one commercial for Jameson's Irish Whiskey, Advertising/JohnJameson leaps overboard when one of his barrels of whiskey is lost in a storm to retrieve it, and while he's down there narrator says "In hindsight, that probably wasn't a good idea" when he sees a [[SeaMonster giant octopus]] start reaching towards him. Viewable [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOydQFJdx1k here]].
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* In one commercial for Jameson's Irish Whiskey, Advertising/JohnJameson leaps overboard when one of his barrels of whiskey is lost in a storm to retrieve it, and while he's down there narrator says "In hindsight, that probably wasn't a good idea" when he sees a [[SeaMonster giant octopus]] start reaching towards him. Viewable [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOydQFJdx1k here]].Viewable here.]]
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Compare the situational trope, NiceJobBreakingItHero, as well as DidntThinkThisThrough.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/MonsterInc'', Mike sums this up in a [[SarcasmMode sarcastic]] rant after [[spoiler:he and Sully get banished to the human world]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/MonsterInc'', ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', Mike sums this up in a [[SarcasmMode sarcastic]] rant after [[spoiler:he and Sully get banished to the human world]].
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-->'''Mike''': Oh, what a great idea [[spoiler:going to your ol' pal, Waternoose, [[SuddenlyShouting TOO BAD HE WAS IN ON THE WHOLE THING!]]]]
-->'''Mike''': Oh, what a great idea [[spoiler:going to your ol' pal, Waternoose, [[SuddenlyShouting TOO BAD HE WAS IN ON THE WHOLE THING!]]]]
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-->'''Uncle''': ''([[MisplacedRetribution To Jackie)'' Jackie]])'' You destroyed the demon! Yin and Yang! Now the world is out of balance! Nobody told you to destroy the demon!
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-->'''Uncle''': I said ''face'' the dragon, not ''waste'' the dragon!
** It happens when Jackie destroys the talismans. He had hoped that their power would be destroyed and would end people misusing their powers, but unfortunately their powers can't be destroyed; only their hosts (which were the talismans at the time) can. Their powers then sought out new hosts and he inadvertently started the talisman hunt all over again.
** It happens when Jackie destroys the talismans. He had hoped that their power would be destroyed and would end people misusing their powers, but unfortunately their powers can't be destroyed; only their hosts (which were the talismans at the time) can. Their powers then sought out new hosts and he inadvertently started the talisman hunt all over again.
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-->'''Uncle''': I said ''face'' ''([[MisplacedRetribution To Jackie)'' You destroyed the dragon, not ''waste'' demon! Yin and Yang! Now the dragon!
world is out of balance! Nobody told you to destroy the demon!
** It happens when Jackie destroys the talismans. He had hoped that their power would be destroyed and would end people misusing their powers, but unfortunately their powers can't be destroyed; only their hosts (which were the talismans at the time) can. Their powers then sought out new hosts and he inadvertently started [[GottaCatchThemAll the talismanhunt hunt]] [[HereWeGoAgain all over again.again]].
** It happens when Jackie destroys the talismans. He had hoped that their power would be destroyed and would end people misusing their powers, but unfortunately their powers can't be destroyed; only their hosts (which were the talismans at the time) can. Their powers then sought out new hosts and he inadvertently started [[GottaCatchThemAll the talisman
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* Owning a pet could turn into this trope in said pet's final years. The pain of watching a beloved dog or cat getting old, getting sick, and dying could make you wonder why you decided to get them in the first place considering the inevitable heartbreak experienced in the end.
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* ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie''. Maybe don't create the world's strongest pokemon to use for your own personal gain/ world domination without any way to control it. Also see GoneHorriblyRight
* The corrupt World Government in ''Manga/OnePiece'' often makes decisions that are this trope. The biggest one to date it the Summit War. They managed to capture the late pirate king Gol D. Roger's son Portgas D. Ace and wanted to not only end Roger's bloodline but also use Ace as bait to draw in Whitebeard, the strongest pirate in the world at the time, so they could defeat Whitebeard and his crew. Unfortunately several outside factors made things go south very fast. While the World Government had no control over the outside factors that turned what should have been a great victory into a PyrrhicVictory it should have been obvious to the World Government that things wouldn't go down so simply to say nothing of the fact that [[DidNotThinkThisThrough they really didn't consider the ramifications in the long term]]. To wit:
** Ace's brother [[TheHero Luffy]] tried to rescue him at the super prison Impel Down and when that didn't work, Luffy made a huge jail break that ended up releasing some of the most dangerous prisoners in the world. The Government's reaction to that was to cover it up so they wouldn't lose the people's faith despite the fact that if such prisoner's start something ([[CardCarryingVillain which they will]]) the escape will be exposed anyway and the government will lose face for both the escape and lying to the people.
* The corrupt World Government in ''Manga/OnePiece'' often makes decisions that are this trope. The biggest one to date it the Summit War. They managed to capture the late pirate king Gol D. Roger's son Portgas D. Ace and wanted to not only end Roger's bloodline but also use Ace as bait to draw in Whitebeard, the strongest pirate in the world at the time, so they could defeat Whitebeard and his crew. Unfortunately several outside factors made things go south very fast. While the World Government had no control over the outside factors that turned what should have been a great victory into a PyrrhicVictory it should have been obvious to the World Government that things wouldn't go down so simply to say nothing of the fact that [[DidNotThinkThisThrough they really didn't consider the ramifications in the long term]]. To wit:
** Ace's brother [[TheHero Luffy]] tried to rescue him at the super prison Impel Down and when that didn't work, Luffy made a huge jail break that ended up releasing some of the most dangerous prisoners in the world. The Government's reaction to that was to cover it up so they wouldn't lose the people's faith despite the fact that if such prisoner's start something ([[CardCarryingVillain which they will]]) the escape will be exposed anyway and the government will lose face for both the escape and lying to the people.
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* ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie''. Maybe don't create the world's strongest pokemon Pokémon to use for your own personal gain/ world gain/world domination without any way to control it. Also see GoneHorriblyRight
GoneHorriblyRight.
* The corrupt World Government in ''Manga/OnePiece'' often makes decisions that are this trope. The biggest one to dateit is the Summit War. They managed to capture the late pirate king Gol D. Roger's son Portgas D. Ace and wanted to not only end Roger's bloodline but also use Ace as bait to draw in Whitebeard, the strongest pirate in the world at the time, so they could defeat Whitebeard and his crew. Unfortunately several outside factors made things go south very fast. While the World Government had no control over the outside factors that turned what should have been a great victory into a PyrrhicVictory it should have been obvious to the World Government that things wouldn't go down so simply simply, to say nothing of the fact that [[DidNotThinkThisThrough [[DidntThinkThisThrough they really didn't consider the ramifications in the long term]]. To wit:
** Ace's brother [[TheHero Luffy]] tried to rescue him at the super prison Impel Down and when that didn't work, Luffy made a huge jail break that ended up releasing some of the most dangerous prisoners in the world. The Government's reaction to that was to cover it up so they wouldn't lose the people's faith despite the fact that if suchprisoner's prisoners start something ([[CardCarryingVillain which they will]]) the escape will be exposed anyway and the government will lose face for both the escape and lying to the people.
* The corrupt World Government in ''Manga/OnePiece'' often makes decisions that are this trope. The biggest one to date
** Ace's brother [[TheHero Luffy]] tried to rescue him at the super prison Impel Down and when that didn't work, Luffy made a huge jail break that ended up releasing some of the most dangerous prisoners in the world. The Government's reaction to that was to cover it up so they wouldn't lose the people's faith despite the fact that if such
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** While they did succeed in beating Whitebeard, [[FamousLastWords with his final breath,]] [[DyingMomentOfAwesome he confirmed that the world famous treasure that belong to Roger and everyone was looking for did in fact exist.]] The fleet admiral Sengoku reacted with a look of both fear and rage when Whitebeard did this as he knew that with the word out more pirates would now venture out to find One Piece and a newer, bigger, and more chaotic age of piracy would begin. With his final breath, Whitebeard basically [[AllForNothing invalidated every aim the world government had by starting this war making all of the Marine's spent resources and sacrifices a complete waste.]]
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** While they did succeed in beating Whitebeard, [[FamousLastWords with his final breath,]] [[DyingMomentOfAwesome he confirmed that the world famous treasure that belong belonged to Roger and that everyone was looking for did in fact exist.]] The fleet admiral Sengoku reacted with a look of both fear and rage when Whitebeard did this as he knew that with the word out more pirates would now venture out to find One Piece and a newer, bigger, and more chaotic age of piracy would begin. With his final breath, Whitebeard basically [[AllForNothing invalidated every aim the world government had by starting this war making all of the Marine's spent resources and sacrifices a complete waste.]]
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*** What if anything did the World government get out of all of this? They ''admitted'' they only wanted Ace dead because of his [[SinsOfTheFather parentage]], not because he was particularly threatening in and of himself. Whitebeard was on ''life support'' and would have died anyway in a few more years. Creator/{{Confucius}} say, "Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito" - the WG basically set off an ''[[ApocalypseHow extinction level event]]'' to kill two particularly annoying bears.
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*** What if anything did the World government Government get out of all of this? They ''admitted'' they only wanted Ace dead because of his [[SinsOfTheFather parentage]], not because he was particularly threatening in and of himself. Whitebeard was on ''life support'' and would have died anyway in a few more years. Creator/{{Confucius}} say, "Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito" - the WG basically set off an ''[[ApocalypseHow extinction level event]]'' to kill two particularly annoying bears.
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* In ''Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol'', after the Kremlin explodes, Ethan is taken to hospital and is suspected to be responsible for the explosion. The Russian cop Sidorov is sent to the hospital to investigate, but Ethan manages to free himself and climbs out of the window to [[TrashLanding jump down into a refuse container]], but realises that it's way to high.
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* In ''Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol'', after the Kremlin explodes, Ethan is taken to hospital and is suspected to be responsible for the explosion. The Russian cop Sidorov is sent to the hospital to investigate, but Ethan manages to free himself and climbs out of the window to [[TrashLanding jump down into a refuse container]], but realises that it's way to too high.
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* ''Terry and the Pirates'' episode "Deadly Species" (1952)
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* ''Terry and the Pirates'' episode "Deadly Species" (1952)(1952):
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* ''Series/TrailerParkBoys'' episode "Propane, Propane"
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* One stand-up comedian says that this is the reason why men do so many stupid and idiotic things, because guys aren't thinking about the past or the future and are only concerned with having a good time right now. He uses UsefulNotes/BillClinton as an example, and claims Bill would have gotten off scott free if he had just told the truth.
-->"Mr. President, are we to understand that she just walked right into your office and started...well, you know."
-->"Mr. President, are we to understand that she just walked right into your office and started...well, you know."
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* One stand-up comedian says that this is the reason why men do so many stupid and idiotic things, because guys aren't thinking about the past or the future and are only concerned with having a good time right now. He uses UsefulNotes/BillClinton as an example, and claims Bill would have gotten off scott scot free if he had just told the truth.
-->"Mr. President, are we to understand that she just walked right into your office and started... well, you know."
-->"Mr. President, are we to understand that she just walked right into your office and started... well, you know."
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* The song "[[TitleDrop A Good Idea At the Time]]" by OkGo both expresses SympathyForTheDevil and is an [[ShoutOut explicit homage]] to Music/TheRollingStones song of the same, portraying Lucifer as simply a guy after a good time who keeps winding up causing horrific situations throughout history, usually because of [[ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime this trope]] and the consumption of [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy ludicrous amounts of booze]].
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* The song "[[TitleDrop A Good Idea At the Time]]" by OkGo Music/OKGo both expresses SympathyForTheDevil and is an [[ShoutOut explicit homage]] to Music/TheRollingStones song of the same, portraying Lucifer as simply a guy after a good time who keeps winding up causing horrific situations throughout history, usually because of [[ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime this trope]] and the consumption of [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy ludicrous amounts of booze]].
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* In ''Videogame/{{Portal 2}}'' you're given the opportunity to remove BigBad [=GLaDOS=]' control over the facility and replace her with Wheatley, a cheery, kindhearted robot that's done nothing but help you. Seems like a great idea, right? Well, keep in mind that you should have noticed by this point that the "cheery, kindhearted robot that's done nothing but help you" is in fact an ''idiot.'' But the immediate effect is that [[spoiler:''anyone'' who gets put in charge of the facility is driven insane(good job turning your only friend into a [[FaceHeelTurn homicidal maniac]]) and said friend is actually a ''literal'' IdiotBall; "He's the product of the greatest minds of a generation working together with the express purpose of building the dumbest moron who ever lived." And you just put him in charge of the facility that was taking great effort to kill you ''before'' you put a vicious idiot in the driver's seat]].
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* In ''Videogame/{{Portal 2}}'' you're given the opportunity to remove BigBad [=GLaDOS=]' control over the facility and replace her with Wheatley, a cheery, kindhearted robot that's done nothing but help you. Seems like a great idea, right? Well, keep in mind that you should have noticed by this point that the "cheery, kindhearted robot that's done nothing but help you" is in fact an ''idiot.'' But the immediate effect is that [[spoiler:''anyone'' who gets put in charge of the facility is driven insane(good insane (good job turning your only friend into a [[FaceHeelTurn homicidal maniac]]) and said friend is actually a ''literal'' IdiotBall; "He's the product of the greatest minds of a generation working together with the express purpose of building the dumbest moron who ever lived." And you just put him in charge of the facility that was taking great effort to kill you ''before'' you put a vicious idiot in the driver's seat]].
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* Another real life example. Back in 1988 Nintendo wanted to develop a CD peripheral for the SNES. They first partnered with Sony, but after discovering the deal gave Sony unprecedented control over the games on it, they bailed and partnered with Philips. This made Sony none too happy at the betrayal. The SNES never got a CD add-on, Philips got temporary rights to misuse [[VideoGame/HotelMario Nintendo]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames IPs]], and Sony got busy preparing for the formal announcement of the Playstation. NiceJobBreakingItHero indeed.
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* Another real life example. Back in 1988 Nintendo wanted to develop a CD peripheral for the SNES. They first partnered with Sony, but after discovering the deal gave Sony unprecedented control over the games on it, they bailed and partnered with Philips. This made Sony none too happy at the betrayal. The SNES never got a CD add-on, Philips got temporary rights to misuse [[VideoGame/HotelMario Nintendo]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames IPs]], and Sony got busy preparing for the formal announcement of the Playstation.UsefulNotes/PlayStation. NiceJobBreakingItHero indeed.
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* In ''Webcomic/CommanderKitty'', while the line itself is never said, [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2012/01/01/seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time/ it's the title of a strip where the truth comes out about Zenith Central...and in light of what's been revealed so far, it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.]]
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* In ''Webcomic/CommanderKitty'', while the line itself is never said, [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2012/01/01/seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time/ it's the title of a strip where the truth comes out about Zenith Central... and in light of what's been revealed so far, it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.]]
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* In the opening quote for one of the chapters in TheGrimnoirChronicles, this is the defense offered by the people who accidentally caused the Dust Bowl by magically altering the weather.
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* In the opening quote for one of the chapters in TheGrimnoirChronicles, ''Literature/TheGrimnoirChronicles'', this is the defense offered by the people who accidentally caused the Dust Bowl by magically altering the weather.
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* Another real life example. Back in 1988 Nintendo wanted to develop a CD peripheral for the SNES. They first partnered with Sony, but after discovering the deal gave Sony unprecedented control over the games on it, they bailed and partnered with Philips. This made Sony none too happy at the betrayal. The SNES never got a CD add-on, Philips got temporary rights to misuse Nintendo IP, and Sony got busy preparing for the formal announcement of the Playstation. NiceJobBreakingItHero indeed.
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* Another real life example. Back in 1988 Nintendo wanted to develop a CD peripheral for the SNES. They first partnered with Sony, but after discovering the deal gave Sony unprecedented control over the games on it, they bailed and partnered with Philips. This made Sony none too happy at the betrayal. The SNES never got a CD add-on, Philips got temporary rights to misuse Nintendo IP, [[VideoGame/HotelMario Nintendo]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames IPs]], and Sony got busy preparing for the formal announcement of the Playstation. NiceJobBreakingItHero indeed.
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** Jade destroys Shendu after they beat him at the end of season 1. Unfortunately this allows other forms of evil beings to come forth, since the world NEEDS a balance of good and evil. The only reason it seems things float towards the good side of things is because said evil is sealed, NOT destroyed.
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** Jade destroys Shendu Shendu's physical form after they beat him at the end of season 1. Unfortunately this allows other forms of evil beings to come forth, since the world NEEDS a balance of good and evil.BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil. The only reason it seems things float towards the good side of things is because said evil is sealed, NOT destroyed.
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** It happens when Jackie destroys the talismans. He had hoped that their power would be destroyed and would end people misusing their powers, but unfortunately their powers can't be destroyed only their hosts (which were the talismans at the time) can. So now their powers seek out new hosts and he inadvertently started the talisman hunt all over again.
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** It happens when Jackie destroys the talismans. He had hoped that their power would be destroyed and would end people misusing their powers, but unfortunately their powers can't be destroyed destroyed; only their hosts (which were the talismans at the time) can. So now their Their powers seek then sought out new hosts and he inadvertently started the talisman hunt all over again.
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* The ''[[Literature/HorribleHistories]]: 20th Century'' novel lists a whole bunch of useless 20th century inventions that ''seemed'' like good ideas, but weren't. They're even referred to with the acronym "[[FunWithAcronyms SLAGIATT]]" - "Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time!"
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* The ''[[Literature/HorribleHistories]]: ''Literature/HorribleHistories: 20th Century'' novel lists a whole bunch of useless 20th century inventions that ''seemed'' like good ideas, but weren't. They're even referred to with the acronym "[[FunWithAcronyms SLAGIATT]]" - "Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time!"
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* Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie. Maybe don't create the world's strongest pokemon to use for your own personal gain/ world domination without any way to control it. Also see GoneHorriblyRight
* The corrupt World Government in {{One Piece}} often makes decisions that are this trope. The biggest one to date it the Summit War. They managed to capture the late pirate king Gol D. Roger's son Portgas D. Ace and wanted to not only end Roger's bloodline but also use Ace as bait to draw in Whitebeard, the strongest pirate in the world at the time, so they could defeat Whitebeard and his crew. Unfortunately several outside factors made things go south very fast. While the World Government had no control over the outside factors that turned what should have been a great victory into a PyrrhicVictory it should have been obvious to the World Government that things wouldn't go down so simply to say nothing of the fact that [[DidNotThinkThisThrough they really didn't consider the ramifications in the long term]]. To wit:
* The corrupt World Government in {{One Piece}} often makes decisions that are this trope. The biggest one to date it the Summit War. They managed to capture the late pirate king Gol D. Roger's son Portgas D. Ace and wanted to not only end Roger's bloodline but also use Ace as bait to draw in Whitebeard, the strongest pirate in the world at the time, so they could defeat Whitebeard and his crew. Unfortunately several outside factors made things go south very fast. While the World Government had no control over the outside factors that turned what should have been a great victory into a PyrrhicVictory it should have been obvious to the World Government that things wouldn't go down so simply to say nothing of the fact that [[DidNotThinkThisThrough they really didn't consider the ramifications in the long term]]. To wit:
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* Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie.''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie''. Maybe don't create the world's strongest pokemon to use for your own personal gain/ world domination without any way to control it. Also see GoneHorriblyRight
* The corrupt World Government in{{One Piece}} ''Manga/OnePiece'' often makes decisions that are this trope. The biggest one to date it the Summit War. They managed to capture the late pirate king Gol D. Roger's son Portgas D. Ace and wanted to not only end Roger's bloodline but also use Ace as bait to draw in Whitebeard, the strongest pirate in the world at the time, so they could defeat Whitebeard and his crew. Unfortunately several outside factors made things go south very fast. While the World Government had no control over the outside factors that turned what should have been a great victory into a PyrrhicVictory it should have been obvious to the World Government that things wouldn't go down so simply to say nothing of the fact that [[DidNotThinkThisThrough they really didn't consider the ramifications in the long term]]. To wit:
* The corrupt World Government in
