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* ''Literature/ChillinInAnotherWorldWithLevel2SuperCheatPowers'': When the Kingdom of Klyrode sees that Flio's stats are average at best, he is dismissed from consideration as a hero-candidate in favour of a different hero-candidate with far better starting stats. The King of Klyrode then sends him to die in a distant forest and Flio finds out about the UriahGambit when he discovers the enchantments on the bag given to him. ''Big'' mistake. Flio turns out to be a case of MagikarpPower, and upon levelling up to Level 2, his stats reach ''infinite'' while the seemingly better hero-candidate never manages to improve his stats and turns out to be a coward lacking any proper ability to lead troops in battle, meaning Flio turns out to be the better candidate all along. [[spoiler:The First Princess later discovers this after removing her father and his appointed hero from power when an oracle referred to him as the true hero candidate, and knowing her kingdom alienated Flio, tries to make amends. Even then, she realizes that Flio will never want fight for humanity against demons after how her father alienated him, and settles for making sure he doesn't outright join the demon side since if he does, the human races won't stand a chance]].

* ''Literature/ChillinInAnotherWorldWithLevelTwoCheatPowers'': When the Kingdom of Klyrode sees that Flio's stats are average at best, he is dismissed from consideration as a hero-candidate in favour of a different hero-candidate with far better starting stats. The King of Klyrode then sends him to die in a distant forest and Flio finds out about the UriahGambit when he discovers the enchantments on the bag given to him. ''Big'' mistake. Flio turns out to be a case of MagikarpPower, and upon levelling up to Level 2, his stats reach ''infinite'' while the seemingly better hero-candidate never manages to improve his stats and turns out to be a coward lacking any proper ability to lead troops in battle, meaning Flio turns out to be the better candidate all along. [[spoiler:The First Princess later discovers this after removing her father and his appointed hero from power when an oracle referred to him as the true hero candidate, and knowing her kingdom alienated Flio, tries to make amends. Even then, she realizes that Flio will never want fight for humanity against demons after how her father alienated him, and settles for making sure he doesn't outright join the demon side since if he does, the human races won't stand a chance]].

* In ''Fanfic/FashionUpgrade'', [[BitchInSheepsClothing Miss Bustier]] forces Marinette to transfer to another class, blaming her for all of the recent tension. She comes to regret this after realizing that the former class rep was effectively her HypercompetentSidekick, as well as her most organized student and the best at planning projects. Without Marinette, Bustier simply doesn't know how to manage her students when they start getting unruly, relying upon others to step up and solve problems without their [[AdultsAreUseless useless excuse for a teacher]].

** In [[Fanfic/RaiseYourselvesUp Raise Yourselves Up (We're Done)]]'', Miss Bustier informs Marinette and Chloé that they won't be permitted to join the rest of the class on their annual school trip. It turns out that [[AdultsAreUseless Bustier]] is so used to having Marinette handle all the organizing that she doesn't [[NeverFilledOutOfficialPaperwork get any of the necessary paperwork filled out]] -- forget the passports, she doesn't even submit the forms for any ''permission slips''! Oh, and Chloé's father always made generous donations to ensure their trips were well-funded, but since his daughter won't be involved this year, he doesn't bother giving them any money at all.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS9E11SpongeBobYoureFired SpongeBob, You're Fired!]]", Mr. Krabs fires [=SpongeBob=], his best fry cook who helps bring in a majority of the Krusty Krabs' customers, for the sole purpose of saving a nickel (and not a figurative amount of money, an ''[[TheScrooge actual]]'' nickel). When [[ApatheticClerk Squidward]] asks Mr. Krabs why he couldn't just fire him, Mr. Krabs tells Squidward that he can't since [[UltimateJobSecurity Squidward he has seniority]] (this is despite the fact that corrupt bosses usually fire employees with seniority because they'd save more money that way). Mr. Krabs attempts to cook Krabby Patties by himself, claiming to have been a five-time Golden Spatula in the Navy. Naturally, [[CordonBleughChef Mr. Krabs can't cook]] and the Krusty Krab nearly goes out of business. [[StatusQuoIsGod Mr. Krabs re-hires SpongeBob at the end of the episode]], and installs a pay toilet to make up for the missing nickel.

* ''The Story Of The Banisher Side After Banishing The Party Member'' turns this trope on its head while still playing it straight. Silver-Rank party Stardust banishes SupportPartyMember Est in the typical fashion, and he leaves resentful. However, it is revealed that this was not done out of genuine malice, but because the increased rank of the party was meaning increased dangers and the members were genuinely afraid they would not be able to protect Est from the foes they would face, a fear that was not helped by him suffering a serious wound shortly before this decision was made. Each member is also well aware of the non-combat contributions Est made regularly and how much he could enhance their fighting ability, but they still made the decision to protect him. While Est goes on the typical route of discovering strength that makes him overpowered (and his resentment growing), Stardust is stuck trying to unlearn all of their tactics that revolved around Est's support at the same time they are working in a new and unfamiliar party member.

** ''[[Fanfic/TatteredRemainsOfBrokenDreams Tattered Remains of Broken Dreams (Yours, Not Mine)]]'' neatly illustrates both examples. Marinette's classmates tear up her school sketchbook; she reveals [[VandalismBackfire all of the projects inside]] were things she was doing for ''them'' which are now canceled. Luka is {{disappointed|InYou}} to learn his sister and the rest of Kitty Section were involved in the vandalism, and the band eventually breaks up, with Luka getting onto a demo album with Jagged Stone.