History Main / SpringTimeForHitler

** Much of the continued success of the franchise can be attributed to this trope. When Saban managed to get his adaptation of ''KyroryuSentaiZyuranger'' greenlit, Fox expected to run the show for one 40-episode season and be done with it. Then the ratings and toy sales came in, and ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' was the biggest hit of its time. They quickly commissioned more footage from Toei and renewed the show at the last minute; hurriedly editing the intended finale.
** After the disappointment of ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' (which suffered for trying to adapt the parody Sentai ''GekisouSentaiCarranger'' into a serious storyline), the budget was severely cut and the show was entering its intended final season. The footage from ''DenjiSentaiMegaranger'' turned out to be technology-based. Judd Lynn decided to move forward with a ''Power Rangers'' series based on a space story. Not only did the resulting series,''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' save the franchise, it turned out to be the GrowingTheBeard moment for the series and the standard for future ''Power Rangers'' seasons.

* When Jason Narvy tried out for the role of [[MightyMorphinPowerRangers Skull]], he was tired of the entertainment industry and was as obnoxious as possible during the audition. For reasons that should be obvious to ''PowerRangers'' fans, this ended up getting him the part.

** Subverted earlier in [[spoiler: Itachi's fight with Sasuke.]] He was intentionally trying to lose, but he's so powerful that even half dead and nearly blind he still kicked the crap out of [[spoiler: Sasuke]]. What got [[spoiler: the Sauce]] the victory was [[spoiler: Itachi]] literally dropping dead on the spot due to an unrelated disease.

* There is a belief that the Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s writers and Wrestling/JohnCena are attempting to have him pull a FaceHeelTurn by making his opponents (except TheNexus) look good, but the female and younger male members of the WWE Universe are eating this up and cheering for Cena even more.

* On the Divas side, Wrestling/BethPhoenix and Natalya have turned heel and supposedly formed an alliance to stop the WWE from being taken over by "the Barbie doll Divas." They're still getting more pop than current Divas Champion Wrestling/KellyKelly. What makes the last scenario all the more absurd is that Beth was friends with Kelly literally ''one day'' before Kelly won the championship. Her abrupt heel turn only came about because Kelly's scheduled feuding partner, Kharma, had to take a year off from wrestling after becoming pregnant.
* After RicFlair assumed leadership of the WWF Wrestling/VinceMcmahon had an episode long VillainousBreakdown, where he finally reveals that he intends to pull this trope and kill the business. He plans to inject a lethal dose of poison and do what killed WCW: bring in the NWO.
** Speaking of the which: Hollywood HulkHogan was suppose to be the ultimate heel when he joined the NWO. While it seemed this way at first, Hollywood Hogan became so popular, the NWO pretty much took over WCW and almost all of the good guys ended up turning into heels just to keep up. Why? because by that time, most fans saw the [[VillainWithGoodPublicity NWO wrestlers as heroes]] and [[HeroWithBadPublicity WCW wrestlers as the heel.]] As mentioned above, this among other things, ultimately lead to WCW's demise. Which is ironic since the storyline of the NWO was about them taking over and destroying WCW from within.

Not to be confused with GoneHorriblyRight, where a person aims to succeed rather than fail, and does succeed, and the success turns out to be a bad thing instead of a good thing. See also ReversePsychology. When the sheer magnitude of fail is impressive in itself, that's EpicFail.

* Thane, the dying repentant assassin of ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', willingly joins what is by all accounts a suicide mission to perform TheLastDance -- he's dying of a terminal illness and wants to die doing something right for the galaxy. If you play your cards right, Thane can come through the suicide mission unharmed. If you take the time to gain his loyalty (and play your paragon cards right) you can reconnect him to his estranged son, giving him a reason to want to live till the end, if he survives.
** [[spoiler:But if he survives [=ME2=], he ''will'' die in ''MassEffect3''.]]

* There is a {{WMG}} that the Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s writers and Wrestling/JohnCena are attempting to have him pull a FaceHeelTurn by making his opponents (except TheNexus) look good, but the female and younger male members of the WWE Universe are eating this up and cheering for Cena even more.

* Many fans questioned the idea of giving {{WWE}} wrestler Finlay, a no-nonsense Irish brawler, a leprechaun sidekick (later named Hornswoggle), and soon the rumors came out that it happened because an executive within the company (head of talent relations John Laurinitis was the most-often-fingered culprit) disliked Finlay, and set up the gimmick with the creative team in an effort to make him fail. However, the sheer absurdity (Hornswoggle would randomly appear from under the ring to present the commentary team with cans of Guinness) and ComedicSociopathy (Finlay would only refer to Hornswoggle as "the little bastard" and often used him as a projectile weapon to win matches) soon won fans over, not only making Finlay more over, but also gaining Hornswoggle a sizable following of his own.

Not to be confused with GoneHorriblyRight, where a person aims to succeed rather than fail, and the success turns out to be a bad thing instead of a good thing. See also ReversePsychology. When the sheer magnitude of fail is impressive in itself, that's EpicFail.

In a variation, the person will fail at the initial task as planned, but somehow manage not to accomplish the hidden goal that the failure was supposed to yield. The person is now doubly cursed, as they now have to deal with the fallout from their planned failure without being able to enjoy the rewards of the goal they were actually striving for.

* Hollywood HulkHogan was suppose to be the ultimate heel when he joined the NWO. While it seemed this way at first, Hollywood Hogan became so popular, the NWO pretty much took over WCW and almost all of the good guys ended up turning into heels just to keep up. Why? because by that time, most fans saw the [[VillainWithGoodPublicity NWO wrestlers as heroes]] and [[HeroWithBadPublicity WCW wrestlers as the heel.]]

* Hollywood HulkHogan was suppose to be the ultimate heel when he joined the NWO. While it seemed this way at first, Hollywood Hogan became so popular, the NWO pretty much took over WCW and almost all of the good guys ended up turning into heels just to keep up.

* Henry from NoMoreHeroes is a quasi-example, created as a parody of cooler-than-thou rivals, and even moreso in the sequel. Of course, it didn't stop him from becoming one of the [[EnsembleDarkhorse most beloved characters in the game.]]

* Henry from NoMoreHeroes is a quasi-example, created as a parody of cooler-than-thou rivals, and even moreso in the sequel. Of course, it didn't stop him from becoming one of the most beloved characters in the game.

** "Suite Smells of Excess": Hank and his friends sneak into the box seats at a Texas-Nebraska football game, only to discover it belongs to a famous Nebraska player. Late in the game the Nebraska coach calls the box to ask for advice and Hank, pretending to be the player, gives him a terrible suggestion so that Nebraska will lose -- only for it to work perfectly against all odds, costing Texas the game.

* Sakurai supposedly included the ''WiiFit'' trainer in the fourth ''SuperSmashBros'' game as a way to prove the FanDumb wrong and to get people to stop asking requests for characters, and seemed to expect that she'd get largely reviled. While there certainly are skeptics, her inclusion has actually turned her into a sort of MemeticBadass among the Smash community and people are legitimately excited to play as her, for [[FightingClown obvious reasons]].

* ''Literature/BrewstersMillions''. It was first adapted into film in 1914, then remade in 1921, 1935, 1945, and then one last time in 1985. The films are adaptations of a novel written in 1902 by George Barr [=McCutcheon=]. Brwester is set to inherit a vast fortune, but in order to receive the full amount, he must spend a large portion within a time limit and have absolutely nothing to show for it by the end. In each version, many of Brewster's feverish attempts to waste money wind up unexpectedly making a profit. For example, in the 1985 Creator/RichardPryor version, Brewster places a series of absurd longshots. Not only does every one hit, leaving him several hundred thousand in the black, but the word has been put out on him leaving him unable to place another big bet in Chicago. He then decides to run for Mayor of New York, hoping to lose money though campaign expenses. To his horror, the populace sees him as a breath of fresh air compared to the unlikable career politicians, and he finds himself on the verge of winning and has to pull out. (Winning the office itself would be considered an asset, since it comes with salary and benefits).

* In an episode of {{Hyouka}}, Oreki attempts to convince Chitanda that he'd just gotten lucky with his theory-making (stating that theories can stick to anything) by playing a game with her. He follows an intercom announcement calling a student to the staff room for something happened at a shop the day prior to an explanation that's logical but likely too complicated to be correct. [[spoiler:His theory was that the student had purchased merchandise at the shop with a counterfeit 10,000 yen bill that had been given to him as payment, and then felt guilty and wrote an apology letter (which is why the announcement was read using the date instead of "yesterday"), leading police to turn up at the school (thus the announcement only being read once, as the school officials were nervous, and him being called to the staffroom instead of the councilor's office) looking for a trail on the person that produced it.]] Not only does he get it right, but he impresses Chitanda further in the process.

* In an episode of {{Hyouka}}, Oreki attempts to convince Chitanda that he'd just gotten lucky with his theory-making (stating that theories can stick to anything) by playing a game with her. He follows an intercom announcement calling a student to the staff room for something happened at a shop the day prior to an explanation that's logical but likely too complicated to be correct. [[spoiler:His theory was that the student had purchased merchandise at the shop with a counterfeit 10,000 yen bill that had been given to him as payment, and then felt guilty and wrong an apology letter (which is why the announcement was read using the date instead of "yesterday"), leading police to turn up at the school (thus the announcement only being read once, as the school officials were nervous) looking for a trail on the person that produced it.]] Not only does he get it right, but he impresses Chitanda further in the process.

* TropeNamer: Creator/MelBrooks's ''Film/TheProducers'', in which two theatrical producers sell 25,000% of the production to investors and plan to create a play that will close on opening night, receiving almost no income, and therefore net them a substantial profit from the unused investment, since the IRS doesn't investigate flops. Basically, they're trying to pull the theatrical version of a Ponzi scheme. Their efforts to create a flop result in a blatantly pro-Nazi musical called ''Springtime for Hitler'', a production starring a spaced-out hippie as Hitler. Unfortunately for the producers, audiences mistake the musical for a {{satire}} and love it. Because the play does not flop, the producers will be completely unable to pay back their investors, resulting in their exposure in investment fraud.

** Referencing Creator/KevinSmith's assertion that the widely-panned ''JerseyGirl'' was "not for the critics", Tycho and Gabe created the [[DadaComics bizarre]] ''[[DadaComics non sequitur]]'' [[DadaComics characters]] of [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/24/ Twisp (anthropomorphic cat in period suit who speaks only single words) and Catsby (articulate miniature devil)]], because they were mystified that they couldn't create anything their fans would dislike. Unsurprisingly, the experiment backfired and Twisp and Catsby became fan favourites.

* Sakurai supposedly included the ''WiiFit'' trainer in the fourth ''SuperSmashBros'' game as a way to prove the FanDumb wrong and to get people to stop asking requests for characters, and seemed to expect that she'd get largely reviled. While there certainly are skeptics, her inclusion has actually turned her into a sort of MemeticBadass among the Smash community and people are legitimately excited to play as her, for [[FightingClown obvious]] [[LethalJokeCharacter reasons]].