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* CheaterGetsCheatedOn: Cheating on someone leads to getting cheated on in return.



* SexualKarma: For giving good sex, you get good sex.

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* SexualKarma: For giving good sex, you get good sex, and for giving bad sex, you get bad sex.
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* KarmicShunning: A character's misdeeds lead to them being cut off by their former loved ones.

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* AdaptationalKarma - for when a KarmaHoudini is punished in an adaptation of the original story
* CallItKarma - for when it's not but the term fits
* CartesianKarma - for when penance must be paid for your evil deeds whilst brainwashed
* KarmaHoudini - for the character who doesn't face punishment for any of their wrongdoings
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty - for when a KarmaHoudini eventually does receive punishment for their actions
* KarmaMeter - for an easy to read guide to your [=Karma=] levels
* KarmicButtMonkey - for a person whose suffering is used as punishment for their own jerkish actions
* KarmicDeath - for when a death was deserved and a fitting punishment for the misdeeds of the person who died
* KarmicInjury - when a character is injured in a manner identical or similar to injuries they have inflicted on someone else.
* KarmicJackpot - for when the character does something good, and gets a suitably great reward in return.
* KarmicMisfire - for when an innocent character is wrongly punished instead of a guilty character
* KarmicNod - for when a character accepts that his/her karmic punishment was deserved
* KarmicOverkill - for when a person's karma goes beyond what is truly deserved
* KarmicProtection - for a fair punishment, don't be too evil
* KarmicRape - when LaserGuidedKarma hits in a very sensitive spot
* KarmicSTD - a character gets a sexually transmitted disease for their misdeeds
* KarmicThief - for when a thief only targets those who deserve it
* KarmicTransformation - for when you become the thing you hate
* KarmicTrickster - for balancing the world's karma (or at least that's the excuse)
* KarmicTwistEnding - for making sure that Aesop sticks
* LaserGuidedKarma - for [=Karma=] with ridiculously good timing
* OffscreenKarma - for when punishment is unseen or will happen
* ThePunishmentIsTheCrime - the punishment for committing an evil deed is having to live with the knowledge that you did it
* SexualKarma - for giving good sex, you get good sex
* UnintentionallyKarmic - a character who’s well-meaning actions and attempts end in karmic misfortune for the bad guy instead.

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* AdaptationalKarma - for when AdaptationalKarma: When a KarmaHoudini is punished in an adaptation of the original story
story.
* CallItKarma - for when CallItKarma: When it's not exactly karma but the term fits
fits.
* CartesianKarma - for when CartesianKarma: When penance must be paid for your evil deeds whilst brainwashed
brainwashed.
* KarmaHoudini - for {{Hellistics}}: Unrelated events turn out to be connected with each other just to screw over the character(s).
* KarmaHoudini: A
character who doesn't face punishment for any of their wrongdoings
wrongdoings.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty - for when a KarmaHoudiniWarranty: A KarmaHoudini eventually does receive punishment for their actions
actions.
* KarmaMeter - for an easy to read KarmaMeter: An easy-to-read guide to your [=Karma=] levels
levels.
* KarmicButtMonkey - for a KarmicButtMonkey: A person whose suffering is used as punishment for their own jerkish actions
actions.
* KarmicDeath - for when a KarmicDeath: A death was deserved and a fitting punishment for the misdeeds of the person who died
died.
* KarmicInjury - when a KarmicInjury: A character is injured in a manner identical or similar to injuries they have inflicted on someone else.
* KarmicJackpot - for when the KarmicJackpot: A character does something good, and gets a suitably great reward in return.
* KarmicMisfire - for when an KarmicMisfire: An innocent character is wrongly punished instead of a guilty character
character.
* KarmicNod - for when a KarmicNod: A character accepts that his/her karmic punishment was deserved
deserved.
* KarmicOverkill - for when a KarmicOverkill: A person's karma goes beyond what is truly deserved
deserved.
* KarmicProtection - for a KarmicProtection: A fair punishment, don't be too evil
evil.
* KarmicRape - when KarmicRape: When LaserGuidedKarma hits in a very sensitive spot
spot.
* KarmicSTD - a KarmicSTD: A character gets a sexually transmitted disease for their misdeeds
misdeeds.
* KarmicThief - for when a KarmicThief: A thief only targets those who deserve it
it.
* KarmicTransformation - for when KarmicTransformation: When you become the thing you hate
hate.
* KarmicTrickster - for balancing KarmicTrickster: Balancing the world's karma (or at least that's the excuse)
excuse).
* KarmicTwistEnding - for making KarmicTwistEnding: Making sure that Aesop sticks
sticks.
* LaserGuidedKarma - for [=Karma=] LaserGuidedKarma: Karma with ridiculously good timing
timing.
* OffscreenKarma - for when OffscreenKarma: When punishment is unseen or will happen
happen.
* ThePunishmentIsTheCrime - the ThePunishmentIsTheCrime: The punishment for committing an evil deed is having to live with the knowledge that you did it
it.
* SexualKarma - for SexualKarma: For giving good sex, you get good sex
sex.
* UnintentionallyKarmic - a UnintentionallyKarmic: A character who’s whose well-meaning actions and attempts end in karmic misfortune for the bad guy instead.
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This page originally read "Describe Karma here." Yikes! Of course that's also the whole point. Karma is a complex spiritual concept whose [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma disambiguation]] is perhaps best left not to Wiki/TVTropes or Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}, but to actual religious study.

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This page originally read "Describe Karma here." Yikes! Of course that's also the whole point. Karma is a complex spiritual concept whose [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma disambiguation]] is perhaps best left not to Wiki/TVTropes Website/TVTropes or Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}, Website/{{Wikipedia}}, but to actual religious study.
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* ThePunishmentIsTheCrime - the punishment for committing an evil deed is having to live with the knowledge that you did it

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* KarmicInjury - when a character is injured in a manner identical or similar to injuries they have inflicted on someone else.


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* KarmicInjury - when a character is injured in a manner identical or similar to injuries they have inflicted on someone else.
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* KarmicDeath - for when a death was deserved and a fitting punishment for the misdeeds of the person who died.
* KarmicJackpot - when the character does something good, and gets a suitably great reward in return.

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* KarmicDeath - for when a death was deserved and a fitting punishment for the misdeeds of the person who died.
died
* KarmicJackpot - for when the character does something good, and gets a suitably great reward in return.



* KarmicOverkill

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* KarmicOverkillKarmicOverkill - for when a person's karma goes beyond what is truly deserved



* OffscreenKarma - when punishment is unseen or will happen

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* OffscreenKarma - for when punishment is unseen or will happen
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* UnintentionallyKarmic - a character who’s well-meaning actions and attempts end in karmic misfortune for the bad guy instead.
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* KarmicButtMonkey - for a person whose suffering is well-deserved because they were jerks

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* KarmicButtMonkey - for a person whose suffering is well-deserved because they were jerksused as punishment for their own jerkish actions
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* KarmicButtMonkey - for a person whose suffering is well-deserved because they were jerks
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* KarmicOverkill
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* KarmicDeath - for when a death was deserved

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* KarmicDeath - for when a death was deserveddeserved and a fitting punishment for the misdeeds of the person who died.

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