History NiceJobBreakingItHero / WebComics

* Cale, the protagonist of {{Looking for Group}}, has a long history of causing this kind of events. Due to his status of {{Small Steps Hero}}, who has the misfortune of living in a {{Crapsack World}} where sometimes [[MurderistheBestSolution murder is in fact the best solution]]:

** Killing [[spoiler: Tavor]], who was the leader of {{TheEmpire]] and caused the much more competent [[spoiler:[[WellIntentionedExtremist Aellon]]]] [[DragonAscendant to take over command]].

* Cale, the protagonist of {{Looking for Group}}, has a long history of causing this kind of events. Due to his status of {{Small Steps Hero}}, who has the misfortune of living in a {{Crapsack World}} where sometimes [[MurderistheBestSolution murder is in fact the best solution]]. It's a long list:

** Unifying the northern races to fight against [[TheEmpire Legara]], but his search for more allies, led to [[YouAreTooLate them being too late]] to join the major battle against their common enemy and caused the death of a supporting character and the capture of another.

-->Looked like he needed a win.

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** Vaarsuvius, while drunk on [[spoiler:the power of three epic evil spellcasters]], defeats a black dragon that was menacing [[AmbiguousGender his/her]] family. He/she casts [[spoiler:the genocidal spell ''Familicide'' on the dragon, exterminating the dragon's entire bloodline]]. Later it's revealed that [[spoiler:Girard Draketooth, the epic-level illusionist that is charged with protecting one of the all-important Gates,]] was the grandson of a relative of said dragon. Thus he and his family [[spoiler:were wiped out by the spell, leaving the Gate defenseless]].

* ''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20121126 This]]'' strip of ''GirlGenius.'' Can we just say, "Whoops"?

* ''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20121126 This]] strip of ''GirlGenius.'' Can we just say, "Whoops"?

*** [[ItGotWorse To make things worse]], Haley doesn't even ''have'' most of [[spoiler:her past few years' worth of loot]] any more, having lost [[spoiler:most of a dragon's hoard [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0245.html in a fire]]]]. Just to break even, she'd have to [[spoiler:steal twice that much all over again and give it all to the Guild -- half belonging to the Guild outright, and the rest paying off her debt to them]]. Haley's solution? [[spoiler:Desert the guild all over again, killing [[EvilCounterpart Crystal]] while she's at it,]] when the Order gets together again.

* In ''Webcomic/CuantaVida'', Bleu fails to kill the RED Sniper, as he (Bleu) DoesNotLikeKilling. This leads to [[spoiler: RED Spy's death when he [[TakingTheBullet takes a bullet]] for BLU Sniper]], which in turn leads to [[spoiler: the introduction of Rojo, a CompleteMonster who loves nothing more than [[FateWorseThanDeath mutilating]] his opponents]]. [[SarcasmMode Nice going, Jordi!]]

* In ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'', after defeating Xykon and scattering his forces, SpoonyBard Elan activates a self-destruct rune that blows up the entire dungeon, because he wanted his dramatic OutrunTheFireball scene. Turns out that the self-destruct took out the magical Gate that was [[spoiler:sealing away a world-destroying abomination, so the loss of the Gate brings the world one step closer to destruction]]. The only consolation of this massive act of stupidity was the Gate couldn't be recaptured by the BigBad later on (and the Order wouldn't have known that he might try). They ultimately decide that in hindsight, this was the necessary thing to do, even if they didn't know it at the time.

** In ''Start of Darkness''...

** One of the players accidentally mistakenly referred to a [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Nexu nexu]] as "Nixon", thereby giving the DM ''ideas''. Now, [[TheVietnamWar what]] [[RichardNixon contemporary]] [[{{Scandalgate}} 70's events]] gave GeorgeLucas the inspiration for {{the empire}}'s formation, again?

* ''Webcomic/WarbotInAccounting'' is already GallowsHumor enough, but [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2010/06/07/warbot_14-the-all-nighter/ look what happens]] when Warbot actually tries to ''help''...
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' Jade sends her friend John a birthday present. [[spoiler: Using her precognitive abilities, she sends John a weapon to fight [[BigBad Jack Noir.]] Unfortunately, the Noir intercepts the gift and ends up using it to defeat the black queen and take her power. Jack then uses this power to singlehandedly obliterate both the black AND white armies and destroy the entire planet of Prospit, which ends up also killing Jade's dream self. Nice job.]]

* The party of ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' pretty much does this all the time, one of the most obvious being completely ruining Darth Maul's attempt to retrieve the [[MacGuffin Lost Orb]]. However, if the course of the strip is in accordance with the movies sufficiently, then they also inadvertently created Darth Vader and ensured the destruction of the Jedi...to win a pod race. But in their defense, they ''did win''.
** Don't forget: they only got into that pod race to raise money for weapons ''they never used anyway''.

* In ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'', after defeating Xykon and scattering his forces, SpoonyBard Elan activates a self-destruct rune that blows up the entire dungeon because he wanted his dramatic OutrunTheFireball scene. Turns out that the self-destruct took out the magical gate that was sealing a world-destroying abomination whose destruction brings the world one step closer to destruction. The only consolation of this massive act of stupidity was the Gate couldn't be recaptured by the Lich and his crony after he reformed (because the Order wouldn't have any idea that they needed to secure it). They ultimately decide that in hindsight, this was the necessary thing to do, even if they didn't know it at the time.
** In an example later in the comic, [[spoiler:BunnyEarsLawyer Celia manages to make a settlement with the local Thieves' Guild. While this settlement fixes a lot of their problems, part of the agreement was that [[LovableRogue Haley]] (who betrayed the Guild in the past) donates 50% of her loot to the Guild as apology. Since all this loot is part of her "get her father out of jail" fund, she is... upset, to say the least.]]
*** [[spoiler: Haley doesn't even ''have'' the loot [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0245.html anymore.]] To pay off the Guild at all she'll need to steal twice that much over again, giving 50% of the new thefts to the Guild outright and paying off the balance with the other 50%; just to end up back at zero as regards getting her father out of jail.]]
**** [[spoiler:Haley gets out of this by killing Crystal and leaving when they meet up with the rest of the group]].
** In an example earlier then the above one, [[spoiler:Miko Miyazaki chooses precisely the wrong moment to destroy the Gate of Azure City - if she had been stalled for even a few more rounds, Xykon ''and'' Redclock would be dead and the goblin army wouldn't have had its highly competent leader and incredibly powerful Sorcerer to consolidate their conquest of Azure City.]]
** [[spoiler: Girard, one of the creators of the Gates, was paranoid that his former associate and fellow Gate-maker Soon would break their vow and try to interfere with the Gates. So he gave Soon and everyone else the wrong coordinates for his gate, booby-trapped the decoy area, and gave the real location to the one person he trusted, Serini. Thing is, Soon never broke his word, being a Paladin. When the decoy area is approached years later by the Order of the Stick to try and defend it from Xykon, they're almost killed by Girard's paranoia and have no idea where the real Gate is. [[BigBad And guess who has his bony hands on Serini's diary]]?]]

-->[[spoiler: '''Lirian:''' Even if you locate them, my friends will stop you from conquering the other four Gates.]]

-->[[spoiler: '''Xykon:''' Did you- Did you just say, "the ''other'' four Gates"?]]
-->''(BeatPanel)''
-->[[spoiler: '''Lirian:''' Crap.]]
** Vaarsuvius, while drunk on [[spoiler:the power of three epic evil spellcasters]], defeats a black dragon that was menacing its children. He/she casts the genocidal spell Familicide on the dragon, which exterminates the dragon's entire bloodline, and any creature related to that bloodline. Later it's revealed that [[spoiler:Girard Draketooth, the epic-level illusionist that is charged with protecting one of the all-important Gates,]] was the grandson of a relative of said dragon. Thus his entire clan was wiped out by the spell, [[spoiler:leaving the Gate defenseless.]]

* [[http://www.brawlinthefamily.com/?p=1166 Part 5]] of the "Snake in the Grass" storyline in ''BrawlInTheFamily''. [[spoiler: At least the date ended well...]]

** In an example earlier then the above one, [[spoiler:Miko Miyazaki chooses precisely the wrong moment to destroy the Gate of Azure City - if she had been stalled for even a few more rounds, Xykon ''and'' Redclock would be dead and Azure City wouldn't have had its highly competent leader and incredibly powerful Sorcerer to consolidate their conquest of Azure City.]]

** Then there's Karkat's big screw-up, which more or less caused everything that ever went wrong. [[spoiler: He was in such a hurry to beat the game that he decided that the final frog needed to fix Bilius Slick's genetic sequence was unnecessary. Turns out that code was the only thing preventing the frog from getting a massive tumor, meaning he essentially gave the kids' universe cancer.]]

** Vaarsuvius, while drunk on [[spoiler:the power of three epic evil spellcasters]], defeats a black dragon that was menacing its children. They cast the genocidal spell Familicide on the dragon, which exterminated the dragon's entire bloodline, and any creature related to that bloodline. Later it's revealed that [[spoiler:Girard Draketooth, the epic-level illusionist that is charged with protecting one of the all-important Gates,]] was the grandson of a relative of said dragon. Thus his entire clan was wiped out by the spell, [[spoiler:leaving the Gate defenseless.]]

** Vaarsuvius [[spoiler: while drunk on the power of three epic evil spellcasters, defeats a black dragon that was menacing it's children. They cast the genocidal spell Familicide on the dragon, which exterminated the dragon's entire bloodline, and any creature related to that bloodline. Come strip 842, it's revealed that Girard Draketooth, the epic-level illusionist that is charged with protecting one of the all-important Gates, was the grandson of a relative of said dragon. Thus his entire clan was wiped out by the spell, leaving the Gate defenseless.]]

** Vaarsuvius [[spoiler: while drunk on the power of three epic evil spellcasters, defeats a blac dragon that was menacing it's children. It the raised the dragon and cast the genocidal spell Familicide on her, which exterminated the dragon's entire bloodline, and any creature related to that bloodline. come strip 842, it's revealed that Girard Draketooth, the epic-level illusionist that is charged with protecting one of the all-important Gates, was the grandson of a relative of said dragon. Thus his entire clan was wiped out by the spell, leaving the Gate defenseless.]]

* During the 1999 arc of ''{{Asperchu)),'' Jivin stops past Bionic from committing suicide over Ian's rejecting of him. Considering the things Bionic would do in the present, it might have been better for everyone to let him die.

* In ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'', after defeating Xykon and scattering his forces, SpoonyBard Elan activates a self-destruct rune that blows up the entire dungeon because he wanted his dramatic OutrunTheExplosion scene. Turns out that the self-destruct took out the magical gate that was sealing a world-destroying abomination whose destruction brings the world one step closer to destruction. The only consolation of this massive act of stupidity was the Gate couldn't be recaptured by the Lich and his crony after he reformed (because the Order wouldn't have any idea that they needed to secure it). They ultimately decide that in hindsight, this was the necessary thing to do, even if they didn't know it at the time.

* ''WarbotInAccounting'' is already GallowsHumor enough, but [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2010/06/07/warbot_14-the-all-nighter/ look what happens]] when Warbot actually tries to ''help''...