History Main / WishingForMoreWishes

* In ''Anime/RanmaOneHalf'', during the Anime version of the Wishing Sword arc, Genma gets Kuno's Wishbringer. But as only one wish is left, he asks for 10 more wishes first. A foot appears from the sword kicking him in the face for rule violation. It wouldn't have worked anyway; Genma fails the magical voice recognition too.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': When learning that the Relic of Knowledge (which looks like an ornate lantern) can answer up to three questions per century, Nora excitedly asks if they can "Ask for more questions" to which Ren tiredly tells her that's not how it works.

** When Mr. Crocker and Norm the Genie team up to kill Timmy, Norm explains to Crocker that while genies say that people can't wish for more wishes, they actually can do so (as Norm puts it, "[genies] have been bluffing for centuries"). Crocker uses the effectively unlimited wishes to set up Wile. E. Coyote-esque traps for Timmy- and just like Wile. E, none of them work, making him use more wishes to fix his self-inflicted injuries.

* ''Literature/BruceCovillesBookOf Spine Tinglers'': Miranda Alice uses her first wish to get a thousand wishes in ''Those Three Wishes''.

** Mr. Crocker rubs a genie lamp, releasing the genie and earning ThreeWishes. However, since genie wishes have no limitations, [[LoopholeAbuse every third wish involves him for wishing three more]]. The genie, named Norm, explains to Crocker that while genies say that people can't wish for more wishes, they actually can do so (as Norm puts it, "[genies] have been bluffing for centuries"). Norm's the one who ultimately convinces Crocker to keep wishing more wishes so they can work together to get revenge against Timmy Turner. Crocker uses the wishes to set up Wile. E. Coyote-esque traps for Timmy- and just like Wile. E, none of them work.

* In the children's novel ''[[http://www.amazon.com/Three-Many-Wishes-Jason-Reid/dp/1550376535 The Three And Many Wishes of Jason Reid]]'', the titular character meets a rare wish-granter who ''hasn't'' already encountered the oldest trick in the book and is actually forced to grant him extra wishes. However, his magic is not inexhaustible, and the more and larger wishes he grants, the more exhausted he becomes. In the end, Jason "gives back" all of his previous wishes in exchange for one final wish that he really, ''really'' wants.

* Played with in ''Wishing Season'' by Creator/EstherFriesner. It is standard for a genie to say that wishing for more wishes isn't allowed in his or her preamble, but BrilliantButLazy Student Genie Khalid forgets on his first time out, and is enslaved by a mortal for several years till he is rescued.

* PlayedForDrama in ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'': anyone capturing a Banshee will have three wishes granted in the limits of the particular banshee's powers, and [[BenevolentGenie if the Banshee cannot grant the wish she'll merely state so and it won't count for the number]]... But the Banshee is effectively enslaved to her captor until she has granted all wishes, so when Ari, angry at Yua (the most powerful Banshee) for her inability to grant his ''real'' wish and cure his son from his vaguely defined disorder, wishes for her to grant ''all'' his wishes he turned her into a slave until he dies or she finds a way to get free. [[spoiler:Eventually [[MalevolentGenie Yua twists a wish in such a way to leave him helpless in front of the Guardians expecting they'll kill him]], only to be caught by surprise when they just walk away and free her directly]].

* Manga/AssassinationClassroom: When the cast challenges class 3-A, the sides agree that the losing team must obey one request from the victor. Naturally, class 3-A's planned request is "Follow all the rules put forth in this {{Doorstopper}} of a document, which also includes the provison 'Do Whatever We Tell You To'".

* ''Film/WonderWoman1984''. Maxwell Lord gets around the one-wish limit by wishing to ''become'' the Dreamstone, thereby ensuring his supply of wishes is only limited by the number of people he can trick into wishing for something he also wants to happen. Furthermore, it also allows him to choose what costs are paid by the wishers, so he profits on both ends of the scale.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', Mr. Crocker rubs a genie lamp, releasing the genie and earning ThreeWishes. However, since genie wishes have no limitations, [[LoopholeAbuse every third wish involves him for wishing three more]]. The genie, named Norm, explains to Crocker that while genies say that people can't wish for more wishes, they actually can do so (as Norm puts it, "[genies] have been bluffing for centuries"). Norm's the one who ultimately convinces Crocker to keep wishing more wishes so they can work together to get revenge against Timmy Turner. Crocker uses the wishes to set up Wile. E. Coyote-esque traps for Timmy- and just like Wile. E, none of them work.