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[[caption-width-right:350:[[SarcasmMode Congratulations]], [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse Mickey]], you've just created [[EldritchAbomination The Blot]]!\\

* The second season of ''Podcast/TheBlackTapes'' ends on the reveal that the Axis Mundi, the place where a five part symphony had to be played to usher in the apocalypse is not Mount Ararat, as originally suspected, but [[spoiler: the Pacific Northwest Stories studio itself, and that the show has ''been'' playing that symphony on the show on the show via the Unsound and the other audio files Alex and Nic thought had been coming from someone they knew]].
* In the final battle of season 1 of ''Podcast/DarkDice'' Iaus Innskeep kills a bone devil, kicking its body into an abyss, [[spoiler: which provides the last blood sacrifice needed to release [[EldritchAbomination the Nameless God]].]]
* In the Gemini arc of ''Podcast/{{Sequinox}}'', the girls are sent to a BadFuture dimension and later find out it became that way because [[spoiler: they were ''too'' good at defeating their StarterVillain Scorpio. The Night Queen responded by launching a full scale invasion of Earth, desolating the girls' home town just by touching it, and sending out hordes of stars and foot soldiers to wipe out humanity.]]
* In ''Podcast/InterstitialActualPlay'', Criss' plan to defeat the Smoke Monster is to use his magic to portal away the plug that keeps the island's magic contained. [[spoiler: It brings the Smoke Monster down to normal, but also causes the island to begin to self-destruct]].

* In ''Podcast/TheAdventureZone: Balance Arc'', it turns out [[spoiler: our heroes were directly responsible for the creation of 3 of the 7 Grand Relics that have been causing untold chaos and destruction. Also, Lucretia, in an attempt to fix the problem, wiped the memories of the tres horny boys, Lup, Barry Bluejeans, and Davenport. All this to prevent The Hunger from finding and devouring The Light of Creation.]]
* In ''Podcast/TheMagnusArchives'', Jon destroys a table that he believes gives life to a monster that has been terrorizing him and his friends. After he breaks the table, he learns the table was actually keeping it contained, and that he's made it much more powerful than before.
* In the Black Box season of ''Podcast/WithinTheWires'', the pilot's efforts to see his wife and child end up causing [[spoiler:an IID raid on their commune]].

* Myth/NorseMythology: Fenrir was originally was originally beloved by all, since he was basically a cute wolf puppy. Over time, however, he grew large and fierce, until only Tyr dared to approach him, and one of Odin's visions foretold he was one of the monsters destined to end the world. Eventually the gods decide to chain him, and Fenrir swears revenge. It is ambiguous, though, whether or not he would have become evil anyway.

* A double-barrelled example in the second episode of ''WebAnimation/HunterTheParenting''. Marckus and Door decided it would be a good idea to force their captured vampires into a death match ForScience... which leads to [[spoiler: Pyotr [[MonstrousCannibalism diablerizing]] the other two and escaping]]. They don't know about [[spoiler: diablerizing, because Big D keeps most information about vampires to himself because he's too concerned his sons will be KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade.]]

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** Nice Job Opening the Box, Pandora, and releasing pain and sickness into the world. Although she was rigged to this because the gods were cheesed off at Prometheus.
** Nice job, Prometheus, in stealing fire and teaching mankind how to cheat the gods. After receiving fire, the humans began to make sacrifices to the gods in thanks. They burned up lots of great-smelling food, which the gods found pleasing, and calmed Zeus' anger. Prometheus, upset at seeing his creations burning up the best parts of their hard-earned food, decided to change this. He ordered the humans to butcher a cow and split it into two piles: one was all the steaks, ribs, etc. (the good eating parts) covered in bones and sinew. The other pile was all the organs and viscera covered in "snow-white fat". Prometheus then asked Zeus to come down and pick for himself which pile he wanted for his daily sacrifice. Zeus, being powerful but not terribly smart, picks the better-looking pile, and ends up the fool, which reignited his rage. Essentially, Prometheus wasn't punished for stealing fire, he was punished for teaching men how to cheat the gods!

** Congratulations, Joseph. Thanks to the economic policies you put in place to take advantage of your prophetic dreams, [[NephariousPharaoh a future Pharoah]] will enslave virtually the entire known world, including your own people.
* The [[Myth/NorseMythology Norse gods]]' treatment of Fenrir, one of the monsters destined to end the world, may well have been a significant factor in his decision to do so. He was Loki's kid (don't ask). Fenris was originally beloved by all, since he was basically a cute puppy. Over time, however, he grew large and fierce, until only Tyr (not Thor, Tyr) dared to approach him. Eventually, they decided to chain him, and had the dwarves forge an unbreakable chain. Fenris gets suspicious, and tells Tyr that he'll only let him feed him if he puts his arm in the wolf's mouth first. This goes about as well as you'd expect (hence why Tyr only has one arm), but Fenris is bound, and has a sword stabbed through his jaw. I'd like to destroy the world too.

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* A double-barrelled example in the second episode of ''WebAnimation/HunterTheParenting''. Marckus and Door decided it would be a good idea to force their captured vampires into a death match ForScience... which leads to [[spoiler: Pyotr [[MonsterousCannibalism diablerizing]] the other two and escaping]]. They don't know about [[spoiler: diablerizing, because Big D keeps most information about vampires to himself because he's too concerned his sons will be KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade.]]

* [[Literature/TheBible Adam and Eve]], who ate the ForbiddenFruit from the Tree of Knowledge which resulted [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom in sin entering the world]].

** Nice job, Prometheus, in stealing fire and teaching mankind how to cheat the gods. After receiving fire, the humans began to make sacrifices to the gods in thanks. They burned up lots of great-smelling food, which the gods found pleasing, and calmed Zeus' anger. Prometheus, upset at seeing his creations burning up the best parts of their hard-earned food, decided to change this. He ordered the humans to butcher a cow and split it into two piles: one was all the steaks, ribs, etc (the good eating parts) covered in bones and sinew. The other pile was all the organs and viscera covered in "snow-white fat". Prometheus then asked Zeus to come down and pick for himself which pile he wanted for his daily sacrifice. Zeus, being powerful but not terribly smart, picks the better-looking pile, and ends up the fool, which reignited his rage. Essentially, Prometheus wasn't punished for stealing fire, he was punished for teaching men how to cheat the gods!

[[caption-width-right:350:[[SarcasmMode Congratulations]], [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse Mickey]], you've just created [[EldritchAbomination The Blot]]! [[FromBadToWorse Now just wait until you try to fix your mistake]].]]

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[[caption-width-right:300:[[SarcasmMode Congratulations]], [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse Mickey]], you've just created [[EldritchAbomination The Blot]]! [[FromBadToWorse Now just wait until you try to fix your mistake]].]]

* [[Literarure/TheBible Adam and Eve]], who ate the ForbiddenFruit from the Tree of Knowledge which resulted in sin entering the world.

* Adam and Eve, who ate the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge which resulted [[CrapsackWorld in sin entering]] [[HumansAreBastards the world]].

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...but [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle not so fast]]! It turns out that by the very act of success, they've unwittingly [[FromBadToWorse made things worse]]. Maybe the now-dead antagonist was actually holding back an [[SealedEvilInACan even greater evil]]. Maybe the villain, having been defeated or damaged, is now [[OneWingedAngel transformed into a new, ultimate, unstoppable, invincible, angry form]], often [[TorturedMonster against the villain's will]]. Maybe the villain, despite their villainy, was serving some other greater good — keeping the world/universe/nature/whatever politically or literally {{balance|BetweenGoodAndEvil}}d — and their demise throws things into chaos. Maybe the so-called villain [[GoodAllAlong was actually]] a HeroAntagonist, and you just [[UnwittingPawn unwittingly]] handed a huge victory to [[EvilAllAlong the real villain]]. Maybe [[SaveThePrincess that princess you saved]] is [[DecoyDamsel a cold-hearted tyrant]] at the head of an oppressive regime, or even a SealedEvilInACan. Perhaps taking down the villain has resulted in an EvilPowerVacuum, and now even worse guys are fighting to fill the void that the previous villain left, causing even more havoc than that previous villain could have ever dreamed. Or perhaps [[IDidWhatIHadToDo the only means]] of foiling the villain involves [[GodzillaThreshold questionably massive "collateral damage"]] and is [[MoralEventHorizon so extreme]] that you're now the worst example of HeWhoFightsMonsters, MyGodWhatHaveIDone, or FullCircleRevolution. For whatever reason, the hero's victory over death and destruction directly or indirectly leads to an even greater wave of death and destruction, or something else that puts a DownerEnding spin on everything. Oh dear.

...but [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle not so fast]]! It turns out that by the very act of success, they've unwittingly [[FromBadToWorse made things worse]]. Maybe the now-dead antagonist was actually holding back an [[SealedEvilInACan even greater evil]]. Maybe the villain, having been defeated or damaged, is now [[OneWingedAngel transformed into a new, ultimate, unstoppable, invincible, angry form]], generally [[TorturedMonster against the villain's will]] (or against their expectations, anyway). Maybe the villain, despite their villainy, was serving some other greater good — keeping the world/universe/nature/whatever politically or literally {{balance|BetweenGoodAndEvil}}d — and their demise throws things into chaos. Maybe the so-called villain [[GoodAllAlong was actually]] a HeroAntagonist, and you have been [[UnwittingPawn unwittingly]] helping [[EvilAllAlong the real villain]]. Maybe [[SaveThePrincess that princess you saved]] is [[DecoyDamsel a cold-hearted tyrant]] at the head of an oppressive regime, or a SealedEvilInACan. Perhaps taking down the villain has resulted in an EvilPowerVacuum, and now even worse guys are fighting to fill the void that the previous villain left, without a single regard for who else gets hurt. Or perhaps the only means of foiling the villain involves [[GodzillaThreshold questionably massive "collateral damage"]]. For whatever reason, the hero's victory over death and destruction directly or indirectly leads to an even greater wave of death and destruction, or at least an even greater threat of such. Oh dear.

In most cases, of course, the hero's new mission is to stop the new danger they've unleashed, preferably in a way that doesn't spawn ever greater menaces. Darker plotlines may [[DownerEnding end the story right there]] instead, and it's always possible the villain's demise inadvertently resulted in the [[EarthShatteringKaboom irreversible destruction]] or [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt horrifying mutation]] of the world. If used excessively, this trope often leaves an audience with a sense that [[NeverBeAHero the hero shouldn't have tried to change things for the better and indeed shouldn't have even left home]]. Can also be a moral about getting seriously involved in things without learning much about them.

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[[caption-width-right:300:[[SarcasmMode Congratulations]], [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse Mickey]], you've just created [[EldritchAbomination The Blot]]. [[FromBadToWorse Now just wait until you try to fix your mistake]].]]

Maybe the villain themselves [[VillainHasAPoint will warn the hero about the possible consequences]], as a last-ditch attempt to save their own skin, or as a bitter "parting shot" to ruin the hero's victory ("You fools... do you even know what you've done?"). Villains being villains, this may just be a bluff. Or maybe the villain will just lament over how the hero defeated them despite all their efforts - it wasn't some sort of {{plan}} of ''theirs'' for the hero to "win" and thus make things worse (if it was, that'd be MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning). Then again, PoorCommunicationKills often comes into play as the villain will usually be uselessly vague and give no concrete reason for why foiling him would be bad. On the other other hand, a clear warning might be taken as CassandraTruth anyway. You can't win.

In most cases, of course, the hero's new mission is to stop the new danger they've unleashed, preferably in a way that doesn't spawn ever greater menaces. Darker plotlines may [[DownerEnding end the story right there]] instead, and it's always possible the villain's demise inadvertently resulted in the [[EarthShatteringKaboom irreversible destruction]] or [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt horrifying mutation]] of the world. If used excessively, this trope often leaves an audience with a sense that [[NeverBeAHero the hero shouldn't have tried to change things for the better and indeed shouldn't have even left home]], which can be a FamilyUnfriendlyAesop, but also a more literal moral about getting seriously involved in things without learning much about them.

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[[caption-width-right:300:[[SarcasmMode Congratulations]], [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse Mickey]], you just created an EldritchAbomination. [[FromBadToWorse Now just wait until you try to fix your mistake]].]]