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* ''Videogame/{{Dungeonmans}}:'' The "World Champion" perk. Its pro? More Champion monsters spawn in the world, meaning you get extra items, experience, the works. Its con? ...well, more Champion monsters spawn in the world and they are just as capable of murdering you as ever, so you're gonna have death breathing down your neck even more than usual. The game uses the exact same wording for both just to drive it in.
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* In ''Literature/AlienInASmallTown'', Paul does spend some time in prison and it is apparently dreadful, but he's ultimately released and not given any further punishment. The implication is that Dwight knows Paul well enough to realize he'll never forgive himself for his crime, and any further punishment would be pointless (and additionally, really pursuing the matter would draw more attention to a crime the higher-ups would prefer the public to just forget about).

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* In ''Literature/AlienInASmallTown'', Paul does spend some time in prison and it is apparently dreadful, but he's ultimately released and not given any further punishment. The implication is that Dwight knows Paul well enough to realize he'll never forgive himself for his crime, and so any further punishment would be pointless (and additionally, really pursuing the matter would draw more attention to a crime that the higher-ups would prefer the public to just forget about).
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* Users of the Metric system and UsefulNotes/AmericanCustomaryMeasurements think this of each other.
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* There's also God's decision in the Literature/BookOfJudges that since the Israelites wouldn't get rid of the Caananites, then they'll be stuck with them forever, and they wouldn't always have ascendency over them. Given that the main reason God wanted them gone was because they were a temptation to start worshipping other gods besides Him, guess what happens. (Especially since Israel had made a covenenant that would cause bad things to happen to them if they stopped exclusively following God)

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* There's also God's decision in the Literature/BookOfJudges that since the Israelites wouldn't get rid of the Caananites, then they'll be stuck with them forever, and they wouldn't always have ascendency over them. Given that the main reason God wanted them gone was because they were a temptation to start worshipping other gods besides Him, guess what happens. (Especially since Israel had made a covenenant covenant that would cause bad things to happen to them if they stopped exclusively following God)
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* There's also God's decision in the Literature/BookofJudges that since the Israelites wouldn't get rid of the Caananites, then they'll be stuck with them forever, and they wouldn't always have ascendency over them. Given that the main reason God wanted them gone was because they were a temptation to start worshipping other gods besides Him, guess what happens. (Especially since Israel had made a covenenant that would cause bad things to happen to them if they stopped exclusively following God)

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* There's also God's decision in the Literature/BookofJudges Literature/BookOfJudges that since the Israelites wouldn't get rid of the Caananites, then they'll be stuck with them forever, and they wouldn't always have ascendency over them. Given that the main reason God wanted them gone was because they were a temptation to start worshipping other gods besides Him, guess what happens. (Especially since Israel had made a covenenant that would cause bad things to happen to them if they stopped exclusively following God)

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* "Literature/{{The Ghoul|1934}}" by Creator/ClarkAshtonSmith: {{Invoked|Trope}} when an AntiVillain is arrested for seven murders. He explains that a LeonineContract with a [[OurGhoulsAreCreepier ghoul]] forces him to feed it eight people in exchange for his late wife's safety. Hearing this, the judge frees him, shocking the court -- but the next morning, the murderer's gnawed corpse is found in the ghoul's cemetery, their bargain complete.



** This is also seen in ''Literature/TheScrewtapeLetters'', where the Enemy ({{God}}) and the angels essentially tell the devils that if they ever understood love, the doors to heaven would be thrown wide open to them. Of course, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood the devils are so divorced from good]] that they don't get it and instead think of love as some sort of WeaksauceWeakness of God's, and so keep on suffering. Getting put in their 'Try to comprehend good' department is one of the worst jobs a devil could get.


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* ''Literature/TheScrewtapeLetters'': The Enemy ({{God}}) and the angels essentially tell the devils that if they ever understood love, the doors to heaven would be thrown wide open to them. Of course, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood the devils are so divorced from good]] that they don't get it and instead think of love as some sort of WeaksauceWeakness of God's, and so keep on suffering. Getting put in their 'Try to comprehend good' department is one of the worst jobs a devil could get.
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* In ''Literature/AlienInASmallTown'', Paul does spend some time in prison and it is apparently dreadful, but he's ultimately released and not given any further punishment. The implication is that Dwight knows Paul well enough to realize he'll never forgive himself for his crime, and any further punishment would be pointless.

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* In ''Literature/AlienInASmallTown'', Paul does spend some time in prison and it is apparently dreadful, but he's ultimately released and not given any further punishment. The implication is that Dwight knows Paul well enough to realize he'll never forgive himself for his crime, and any further punishment would be pointless.pointless (and additionally, really pursuing the matter would draw more attention to a crime the higher-ups would prefer the public to just forget about).

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