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* ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeResolute'' had this, when Storm Shadow asks why his uncle/sensei won't teach him his famed Seventh Step, which is instant death for anyone it hits. His uncle says he is not ready, and Storm Shadow pulls off his mask dramatically, symbolically divesting himself of his attachment to the dojo. [[spoiler:It's actually a signal for an assassin to snipe his uncle, so Shadow can take over the dojo. When he sees the assassin, Snake Eyes runs forward, and the assassin shoots him first. The sensei turns around, puzzled, and since he's standing still, it's much easier for the killer to hit him.]] Oh, and it the miniseries was written by--wait for it--WarrenEllis.
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* ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeResolute'' had this, when Storm Shadow asks why his uncle/sensei won't teach him his famed Seventh Step, which is instant death for anyone it hits. His uncle says he is not ready, and Storm Shadow pulls off his mask dramatically, symbolically divesting himself of his attachment to the dojo. [[spoiler:It's actually a signal for an assassin to snipe his uncle, so Shadow can take over the dojo. When he sees the assassin, Snake Eyes runs forward, and the assassin shoots him first. The sensei turns around, puzzled, and since he's standing still, it's much easier for the killer to hit him.]] Oh, and it the miniseries was written by--wait for it--WarrenEllis.it--Creator/WarrenEllis.
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** In a SailorMoon sketch, the MonsterOfTheWeek gets a RagingStiffie after Serena transforms into her {{Fanservice}}-y outfit. He's embarrassed when he notices and tells Serena he doesn't feel like fighting anymore before retreating.
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** When Patchy the Pirate decides to throw a party, he sends some invitations for Spongebob and Patrick. However when the do receive them, they can't read it because the ink smeared underwater. [[RuleOfFunny Then they decide to throw the invitations into a fire]].
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** When Patchy the Pirate decides to throw a party, he sends some invitations for Spongebob and Patrick. However when the they do receive them, they can't read it because the ink smeared underwater. [[RuleOfFunny Then they decide to throw the invitations into a fire]].
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** In "Lemonhope", the titular character repeatedly [[RefusalOfTheCall refuses]] to rescue his siblings from the tyrannical Lemongrab despite the urging of Princess Bubblegum. Eventually, the guilt causes him repeated nightmares, so he finally fulfills his destiny, defeats Lemongrab and is apparently set to become Castle Lemongrab's new Earl...only for him to leave again, since he only did it to get rid of the nightmares. Doing something to soothe your conscience doesn't turn you into a hero.
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** In "Lemonhope", the titular character repeatedly [[RefusalOfTheCall refuses]] to rescue his siblings from the tyrannical Lemongrab despite the urging of Princess Bubblegum. Eventually, the guilt causes him repeated nightmares, so he finally fulfills his destiny, defeats Lemongrab and is apparently set to become Castle Lemongrab's new Earl... only for him to leave again, since he only did it to get rid of the nightmares. Doing something to soothe your conscience doesn't turn you into a hero.
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* The second season finale of ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldofGumball'' ("The Finale") ''embodies'' this trope. The Wattersons were fined by the city for the millions of dollars worth of damage they caused over the course of the series, half of the supporting characters sued them for their reckless behavior in the past, and Gumball and Darwin were forced to [[DisproportionateRetribution restart school from kindergarten]] for causing trouble and never doing any work. Larry (who has a different job every episode) was revealed to have so many jobs to [[FridgeLogic pay for all the damage the Wattersons caused that he was blamed for.]]
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* The second season finale of ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldofGumball'' ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' ("The Finale") ''embodies'' this trope. The Wattersons were fined by the city for the millions of dollars worth of damage they caused over the course of the series, half of the supporting characters sued them for their reckless behavior in the past, and Gumball and Darwin were forced to [[DisproportionateRetribution restart school from kindergarten]] for causing trouble and never doing any work. Larry (who has a different job every episode) was revealed to have so many jobs to [[FridgeLogic pay for all the damage the Wattersons caused that he was blamed for.]]
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** In "Bart Gets an F," Bart goes through the usual, "study or be held back" plot. Supposedly Bart will knuckle down, become a hardworking student, and pass with flying colors. The reality is that Bart is a lazy kid, and even on the verge of failing a test can't undo this fact. He does knuckle down, but he still gets an F.
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** In "Lemonhope", the titular character repeatedly [[RefusalOfTheCall refuses]] to rescue his siblings from the tyrannical Lemongrab despite the urging of Princess Bubblegum. Eventually, the guilt causes him repeated nightmares, so he finally fulfills his destiny, defeats Lemongrab and is apparently set to become Castle Lemongrab's new Earl...only for him to leave again, since he only did it to get rid of the nightmares. Doing something to soothe your conscience doesn't make turn you into a hero.
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** In "Lemonhope", the titular character repeatedly [[RefusalOfTheCall refuses]] to rescue his siblings from the tyrannical Lemongrab despite the urging of Princess Bubblegum. Eventually, the guilt causes him repeated nightmares, so he finally fulfills his destiny, defeats Lemongrab and is apparently set to become Castle Lemongrab's new Earl...only for him to leave again, since he only did it to get rid of the nightmares. Doing something to soothe your conscience doesn't make turn you into a hero.
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** In "Lemonhope", the titular character repeatedly [[RefusalOfTheCall refuses]] to rescue his siblings from the tyrannical Lemongrab despite the urging of Princess Bubblegum. Eventually, the guilt causes him repeated nightmares, so he finally fulfills his destiny, defeats Lemongrab and is apparently set to become Castle Lemongrab's new Earl...only for him to leave again, since he only did it to get rid of the nightmares. Doing something to soothe your conscience doesn't make turn you into a hero.
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* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode "[[FreakyFridayFlip The Great Brain Robbery]]", SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor and ComicBook/TheFlash end up switching bodies. While stuck in the Flash's body, Luthor takes the opportunity to find out his secret identity. He goes to the bathroom, stands in front of a mirror, takes off his mask... and has ''no idea'' who he's looking at.
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* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode "[[FreakyFridayFlip The Great Brain Robbery]]", SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor and ComicBook/TheFlash end up switching bodies. While stuck in the Flash's body, Luthor takes the opportunity to find out his secret identity. He goes to the bathroom, stands in front of a mirror, takes off his mask... and has ''no idea'' who he's looking at. Even the DVDCommentary lampshades this, with the creator's saying that they wanted to do this joke for a while since not even criminal super geniuses like Luthor would know ''everyone in the world''.
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*** This is actually a reference to a WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon "What's Opera Doc?" where at the end, Elmer strikes down Bugs with lightning. Instead of typical cartoon AmusingInjuries, Bugs is shown to be dead.
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** In "Bart Gets an F," Bart goes through the usual, "study or be held back" plot. Supposedly Bart will knuckle down, become a hardworking student, and pass with flying colors. The reality is that Bart is a lazy kid, and even on the verge of failing a test can't undo this fact. He does knuckle down, but he still gets an F.
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** "Das Bus," has Bart, Lisa, Milhouse, and their classmates stranded on a DesertedIsland. Bart believes it will be like paradise, complete with monkey butlers. They soon find out they have no skills to survive on a barren deserted island, and Ralph even poisons himself on the berries.
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** "Das Bus," has Bart, Lisa, Milhouse, and their classmates stranded on a DesertedIsland. Bart believes it will be like paradise, complete with monkey butlers. They soon find out they have It comes as no skills to survive surprise that a group of young, middle class kids who lack basic survival training can't build a civilization on a barren deserted island, and Ralph even poisons himself on the berries.berries you shouldn't eat.
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* [[NobleBigot Val-Yor]] in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' is horribly racist against Tamaranians like Starfire. But once she saves his life and completes the mission, he learns his lesson and- no wait, he's still racist. [[YouAreACreditToYourRace He just thinks Starfire is "one of the good ones"]].
** The rest of the Titans then call him out on it. How does he respond? By saying that Earthlings are "just like the [[FantasticSlur troqs]]". Not only did calling him out ''not'' make him see how wrong he is, it actually made him ''even more'' racist!
** The rest of the Titans then call him out on it. How does he respond? By saying that Earthlings are "just like the [[FantasticSlur troqs]]". Not only did calling him out ''not'' make him see how wrong he is, it actually made him ''even more'' racist!
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* [[NobleBigot Val-Yor]] in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' is [[FantasticRacism horribly racist against Tamaranians like Starfire. Starfire.]] But once she saves his life and completes the mission, he learns his lesson and- no wait, he's still racist. [[YouAreACreditToYourRace He just thinks Starfire is "one of the good ones"]].
** The rest of the Titans [[WhatTheHellHero then call him out onit. it.]] How does he respond? By saying that Earthlings are "just like the [[FantasticSlur troqs]]". Not only did calling him out ''not'' make him see how wrong he is, it actually made him ''even more'' racist!
** The rest of the Titans [[WhatTheHellHero then call him out on
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** In the "Revenge on the Revenge of the Nerds", the nerds' antics land them in prison since they are illegal surveillance, identity theft and rape, among other things.
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** When Rainbow the Clown suffered an accident that turned him into the sound-and-color-hating "Mr. Mime." He almost succeeds in turning Townsville into a silent, monochromatic wasteland, but the girls set everything right with ThePowerOfRock. Rainbow's mind is freed from the evil and he thanks the girls for saving him - at which point they beat the tar out of him and have him carted off to jail, because... well... he kinda attacked a lot of people especially the girls.
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** When Rainbow the Clown suffered an accident that turned him into the sound-and-color-hating "Mr. Mime." He almost succeeds in turning Townsville into a silent, monochromatic wasteland, but the girls set everything right with ThePowerOfRock. Rainbow's mind is freed from the evil and he thanks the girls for saving him - at which point they beat the tar out of him and have him carted off to jail, because... well... he kinda attacked a lot of people especially people, including the girls.
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* Played with in an episode of ''Animaniacs'' with Rita and Runt where Runt tries to pull Rita through the bars of a cage by her tail. All that happens is that Rita's tail stretches out ridiculously long for the remainder of the scene. Rita even [[ThisIsReality tells Runt that it's not a cartoon]], but reassures him that her tail will heal. While it does deconstruct cartoon physics a little bit, particularly the trait of being able to be contorted through any space of any size, if it were truly realistic, Rita's tail would have been ripped off and she would have probably died from blood loss, pain from spinal trauma, or both.
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* Played with in an episode of ''Animaniacs'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' with Rita and Runt where Runt tries to pull Rita through the bars of a cage by her tail. All that happens is that Rita's tail stretches out ridiculously long for the remainder of the scene. Rita even [[ThisIsReality tells Runt that it's not a cartoon]], but reassures him that her tail will heal. While it does deconstruct cartoon physics a little bit, particularly the trait of being able to be contorted through any space of any size, if it were truly realistic, Rita's tail would have been ripped off and she would have probably died from blood loss, pain from spinal trauma, or both.both.
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'':
** When Francine discovers that the fireman who supposedly sacrificed his life to rescue her from a well when she was a child was still alive, she tries to readjust him to normal civilization, but he just can't handle it and dives back into the well. The narrator then explains that Francine was completely unaware that he died on impact due to diving head first into the well.
** After Roy Family locked up the Smiths and hundreds of others inside Familyland Theme Park, the people were divided into factions based on the part of the park that they enjoyed the most, with Stan, Steve, Roger, and Hayley being the leaders of those factions. War and chaos broke out among all of them, with many people being slaughtered and killed left and right. People were even killed just from the initial lockdown. When Francine was finally able to set the people free, they ''sued the crap out of the park'' and turned it into a memorial for the dead.
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'':
** When Francine discovers that the fireman who supposedly sacrificed his life to rescue her from a well when she was a child was still alive, she tries to readjust him to normal civilization, but he just can't handle it and dives back into the well. The narrator then explains that Francine was completely unaware that he died on impact due to diving head first into the well.
** After Roy Family locked up the Smiths and hundreds of others inside Familyland Theme Park, the people were divided into factions based on the part of the park that they enjoyed the most, with Stan, Steve, Roger, and Hayley being the leaders of those factions. War and chaos broke out among all of them, with many people being slaughtered and killed left and right. People were even killed just from the initial lockdown. When Francine was finally able to set the people free, they ''sued the crap out of the park'' and turned it into a memorial for the dead.
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** In "Filli Vanilli," Fluttershy manages to overcome her stage fright enough to sing with a quartet in front of her friends. She's offered a spot to join them, but turns it down, since one performance onstage for her closest friends doesn't completely cure her of stage fright.
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** The rest of the Titans then call him out on it. How does he respond? By saying that Earthlings are "just like the [[FantasticSlur troqs]]". Not only did calling him out ''not'' make him see how wrong he is, it actually made him ''even more'' racist!
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* Played with in an episode of Animaniacs with Rita and Runt where Runt tries to pull Rita through the bars of a cage by her tail. All that happens is that Rita's tail stretches out ridiculously long for the remainder of the scene. Rita even [[ThisIsReality tells Runt that it's not a cartoon]], but reassures him that [[IGotBetter her tail will heal]]. While it does deconstruct cartoon physics a little bit, particularly the trait of being able to be contorted through any space of any size, if it were truly realistic, Rita's tail would have been ripped off and she would have probably died from blood loss, pain from spinal trauma, or both.
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** In "Tag Sale, You're It!", one of the devices Rusty is selling in the titular sale is a prototype LaserBlade. As he explains, he canned the project because the Army has no use for melee weapons and toy companies aren't interested in something that costs over 2 million in parts alone. It's completely useless as an actual weapon: the blade is a beam of light. It doesn't behave like a solid object, as #24 discovers when he attempts to [[OhCrap fight Brock Sampson with it]].
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** In "Tag Sale, You're It!", one of the devices Rusty is selling in the titular sale is a prototype LaserBlade. As he explains, he canned the project because the Army has no use for melee weapons and toy companies aren't interested in something that costs over 2 million in parts alone. It's also completely useless as an actual weapon: the weapon. The blade is a beam of light. It light, so it doesn't behave like a solid object, as #24 discovers when he attempts to [[OhCrap [[EpicFail fight Brock Sampson with it]].
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** In "White Elephant" [[spoiler:we see what happens when you try to run a privately owned freelance spy agency: the FBI storms the place and arrests everyone for a laundry list of charges, including treason.]]
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** In "Homer Goes to College", [[WrongGenreSavvy Homer is convinced that college is nonstop]] WackyFratboyHijinks, and he learns the hard way that's not true, especially when his prank of kidnapping a rival school's mascot gets his nerd classmates expelled.
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* [[NobleBigot Val-Yor]] in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' is horribly racist against Tamaranians like Starfire. But once she saves his life and completes the mission, he learns his lesson and- no wait, he's still racist. [[YouAreACreditToYourRace He just thinks Starfire is "one of the good ones"]].
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* A common plot in the late 90s animation was a run-in with the DepartmentOfChildDisservices where a set of coincidences convinces the social worker that the family's children are being abused. ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' uses this plot for its pilot, then subverts it by having the social worker get chewed out by his boss and ReassignedToAntarctica for jumping to conclusions, and nearly having Bobby taken away from a very obviously loving family.
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* A common plot in the late 90s animation was a run-in with the DepartmentOfChildDisservices where a set of coincidences convinces the social worker that the family's children are being abused. ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' uses this plot for its pilot, then subverts it by having the social worker get chewed out by his boss and ReassignedToAntarctica for jumping to conclusions, and nearly having Bobby taken away from a very obviously loving family.family.
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* Done with incredible effect and enormous MoodWhiplash in the original ''WesternAnimation/AeonFlux'' pilot. It starts off with Aeon running around shooting faceless goons, making daring escapes, and infiltrating a base to heroic music... then switches to said faceless goons dying in pools of blood and corpses as Aeon runs by shooting at random. Faceless goons proceed to gain faces and tragic deaths, and we're left realizing that we assumed Aeon was the hero for no other reason than the tropes and the music.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' loves doing this and it is almost like the writers flip a coin to determine if a specific action will play out according to [[CartoonPhysics cartoon logic]] or will generate realistic effects. It's actually a good way to keep the audience guessing as they can never assume how things will play out based on [[GenreSavvy genre conventions]]. Examples include:
** When Peter [[ToTheBatNoun "goes to"]] the Peter-Copter and the Hinden-Peter he promptly crashes them into Joe's house causing substantial damage. Joe {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this by asking [[FriendsRentControl how Peter can afford those things.]]
** In one episode they watch a deconstruction of Looney Tunes, where Elmer Fudd approaches Bugs Bunny. Its starts off with the basic, "What's up, doc?" but then Fudd shoots Bugs repeatedly with his gun and Bugs dies a slow and painful death before Elmer Fudd casually snaps his neck and carries away the corpse.
*** This is actually a reference to a LooneyToons cartoon "What's Opera Doc?" where at the end, Elmer strikes down Bugs with lightning. Instead of typical cartoon AmusingInjuries, Bugs is shown to be dead.
** When Joe manages to tackle the robbery suspect and severs his spine in the process Peter jokes about the man's resulting paralysis, but Joe informs him that the man died.
** Also, when Joe went after [[spoiler: the real guy who crippled him,]] he kneecaps him in an ironic punishment. After thanking his friends for believing in him, Joe turns around, and realizes the guy bled out, as he apparently shot him in the artery. They quietly push his body downstream.
** When pretending to be the ''Series/TheATeam'', Peter and friends expect the workers demolishing the park to flee in panic, crashing their vehicles in the process and then slinking off in shame, defeated. The foreman educates them how even if they weren't killed outright by the [[ATeamFiring reckless shooting]] or vehicle crash, even a minor fender bender can result in serious neck injury and partial numbness.
** Stewie forgets about his babysitter's boyfriend whom he locks in the trunk of Brian's car. When he remembers after 3 weeks it is clear that the person has died.
** The clown that Peter has kept in the ceiling somewhere in order to pop up when Lois admitted Peter was right. Unfortunately, this hasn't happened for years, so when it finally does, all Peter gets is a skeleton in a colorful wig. This is a throwback to an earlier gag involving Peter having bought Meg a pony in preparation for his screwing up.
--> '''[[TooDumbToLive Peter]]''': Oh... oh right, ponies like food, don't they?
** In one episode, the family wins the lottery, and one of Peter's decisions is to buy a giant room full of gold coins and [[PooledFunds dive into it]] ''a la'' ScroogeMcDuck.
---> ''(cue the room, Peter dives into the coins, only to bloodily hit them hard)''
---> '''Peter:''' Aaahhh!! It's not a liquid! It's a great many pieces of solid matter, that form a hard floor-like surface! Ahhh!!
** In a WhatIf mini-episode, the first Viewer Mail special, the family is exposed to toxic waste, get superpowers, and start oppressing the town. Mayor West decides someone needs to stop them, finds some toxic waste, and rolls around in it. He gets lymphoma. This does, however, make the Griffins realize they're being dicks, and they vow to stop. And West says the doctors told him he'll be fine.
** Peter once accidentally set fire to the pediatric wing of a hospital, killing 19 children. It seemed like a throwaway gag until his boss passed him over for a promotion because of it. [[FridgeLogic Why she led him to believe he was still in the running for the promotion up to that point]] is unclear. Judging by her tone, she may have been surprised by the fact that he hadn't figured it out himself. (Then subverted when Peter's sentence was only [[MediumAwareness until next Sunday.]])
* ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax'': In one episode, a barbarian has recently rampaged through a village, killing everyone. Max the KidHero goes inside a house to check the carnage and immediately hops out, vomiting. He's seen gore all the time on television, but realizes it didn't prepare him for this.
* ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeResolute'' had this, when Storm Shadow asks why his uncle/sensei won't teach him his famed Seventh Step, which is instant death for anyone it hits. His uncle says he is not ready, and Storm Shadow pulls off his mask dramatically, symbolically divesting himself of his attachment to the dojo. [[spoiler:It's actually a signal for an assassin to snipe his uncle, so Shadow can take over the dojo. When he sees the assassin, Snake Eyes runs forward, and the assassin shoots him first. The sensei turns around, puzzled, and since he's standing still, it's much easier for the killer to hit him.]] Oh, and it the miniseries was written by--wait for it--WarrenEllis.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'', Hal and Kilowog try to pose as a pair of Atrocitus' guards. The problem is, [[MuggedForDisguise once they knock out some guards and steal their uniforms]], they realize that the armor was meant for average humanoids, not the super-burly Kilowog. Another group of Atrocitus' men happen by and catch Kilowog struggling in vain to cram himself into the armor.
* Megatron in ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' is a CombatPragmatist, and he'll do anything if it means his goals are met.
** When his plan to simply [[spoiler:kill off the proto-humans]] fails and he later [[spoiler:finds the Decepticon battleship ''Nemesis'']], the first thing he does with it is [[spoiler:try to blow all proto-humans off the face of the Earth]]. Even when [[spoiler:Dinobot II]] tries to tell him that it's an overkill to use [[spoiler:giant ship-to-ship lasers]] to kill [[spoiler:a primitive tribe of organics]], Megatron pretends to consider it for a second, and then pushes the button anyway.
** Reality ensues again when after spending half the episode shooting anything that moves, Megatron loses everything when he doesn't have the energy for a shot when he actually needs it.
** A scene seemingly parodying the one from ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'': Optimus is going all over the place showing off his sword moves, and Megatron just shoots him.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''
** A magnificent example occurs during Tombstone and Spidey's first tête-à-tête confrontation. The crime boss offers Spider-Man a chance to work for him. Spider-Man refuses and calls him out to "finish this". "Very well," sighs Tombstone... and then [[VillainWithGoodPublicity calls the cops]] and accuses Spidey of invading his personal space, attacking his guards and threatening him. Spider-Man probably suffered cognitive dissonance at that point from the fact that ''the villain was legitimately siccing cops on him, the hero''!
** His fight against Sandman and Rhino, where Spidey uses Rhino's weight against him rather than fighting him directly.
** Speaking of the Rhino, Peter attempted to use the old cartoon cliche of knocking over a shelf and tripping him with the contents. Rhino just steps on them.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
** After two episodes of turmoil, Aang finally unleashes his Avatar State. The assaulted army stops, watching in awe as the Avatar prepares to unleash his spiritual wrath upon them--and then he gets shot down immediately. With [[MagnificentBastard Azula]], [[TransformationIsAFreeAction transformation is]] ''[[SubvertedTrope NOT]]'' [[TransformationIsAFreeAction a free action.]]
** The episode with the Sun Warriors subverts DurableDeathtrap by revealing that the Sun Warrior civilization is, in fact, still extant, and they were maintaining and resetting the traps.
** In "Sokka's Master", Aang tries on a ridiculously oversized suit of ScaryImpracticalArmor. He can't even move in it, falling over after a single step.
* The first episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' has the title character stopping some thugs from getting tribute money, only to be immediately arrested for property damage she caused.
** The first episodes of season 2 basically show that TheHero would ''not'' be happy if TheMentor hid important things from them "for their own good", would likely develop serious trust issues, and would probably get pretty annoyed about being constantly bossed around and told that they are TheChosenOne.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''
** A rather jarring example when, after moving into the gritty, more realistic Citiesville, the girls' attempts to fit in are all met with either laughter or cold dismissal. The final straw was when the mayor of Citiesville called them in after they had stopped some bank robbers - not to congratulate the girls, but for blowing up a bridge to stop their getaway:
-->'''Mayor:''' Let me tell you some words. [[WhatTheHellHero At what point did it seem like a good idea to blow up the Citiesville Bridge?]]\\
'''Blossom:''' Uh...\\
'''Mayor:''' NO! Do you realize the two crooks that you caught stole approximately four hundred dollars? Do you realize that you did ''over three '''MILLION''' dollars in property damage to that bridge?!'' '''IT'S NOT REPLACEABLE!'''
** When Rainbow the Clown suffered an accident that turned him into the sound-and-color-hating "Mr. Mime." He almost succeeds in turning Townsville into a silent, monochromatic wasteland, but the girls set everything right with ThePowerOfRock. Rainbow's mind is freed from the evil and he thanks the girls for saving him - at which point they beat the tar out of him and have him carted off to jail, because... well... he kinda attacked a lot of people especially the girls.
* The second season finale of ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldofGumball'' ("The Finale") ''embodies'' this trope. The Wattersons were fined by the city for the millions of dollars worth of damage they caused over the course of the series, half of the supporting characters sued them for their reckless behavior in the past, and Gumball and Darwin were forced to [[DisproportionateRetribution restart school from kindergarten]] for causing trouble and never doing any work. Larry (who has a different job every episode) was revealed to have so many jobs to [[FridgeLogic pay for all the damage the Wattersons caused that he was blamed for.]]
** So how do they try and fix this? They break out of prison and end up destroying the town again, in the hopes that [[InsaneTrollLogic making things worse would make]] [[BreakingtheFourthWall everything would work itself out like it usually does]]. When this doesn't work, the entire town breaks into their house and tries to kill them, ending the episode (but strangely, not the series).
* ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'' fights the first MonsterOfTheWeek in the city and causes major damage. For the rest of the series, the city is shown being rebuilt, while the team tries to draw away future monsters out to the country where they're less likely to do harm.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''
** The [[WingedHumanoid eponymous heroes]] always have to explain to their human allies that they can't actually fly; they can only glide, meaning there are often situations where their wings are of no use, like falling into pits and having to climb out.
** In one episode, Broadway [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace accidentally shoots]] Elisa. You'd think she'd be fully recovered by the next episode, but she spends it (and the next few) on crutches. It really drives home [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped how dangerous guns can be]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
** In the episode "The Homer They Fall", Homer Simpson has a condition which renders him largely impervious to the effects of head trauma, which he uses to gain success in amateur boxing by tiring his opponents out. He winds up getting set up in a fight with an {{expy}} of Mike Tyson, who pummels him so hard that [[ItMakesSenseInContext he forgets where he parked his car]].
** When Lisa befriended a beached whale, and Homer came to the rescue with helicopters to save it... But it turned out that it was just Lisa's HopeSpot, and the whale died like many beached whales do.
** In "Bart Vs. Australia" Homer tries to get in a kangaroo's pouch only to realize it's not a pocket, and actually full of mucus.
** In "The PTA Disbands", a tour guide in Fort Springfield is giving a lecture on a "fully restored and in ready to fire condition" Civil War cannon aimed directly at the base of a manned lookout tower. She mentions that these cannons are "''very'' sensitive and that the "''slightest'' jolt" can set them off as the Springfield Elementary bus starts swerving towards the cannon. The bus hits it and... one of the cannon's wheels falls off.
-->'''Tour Guide''': Of course for safety reasons, we don't keep the cannon ''loaded''. That's just common sense.
** When Homer builds a church on an island, he imitates the Flintstones by using a pelican as a cement mixer; as he gives it a pat, the bird just falls on the ground motionless.
** "The Boys of Bummer" has the overused plot of the town mocking and attacking Bart over losing a ball game. The sad twist is that Bart [[DrivenToSuicide attempts suicide]] as a result.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' often plays the various injuries encountered in SpyFiction realistically:
** Whenever a character is exposed to explosions or gunfire, they suffer temporary deafness, sometimes accompanied by a [[ShellShockSilence loud ringing noise]]. It's happened to Archer so many times he mentions that he thinks he's developing tinnitus.
** When Ray gets knocked out via a TapOnTheHead, he has to see a neurologist.
** Barry had his leg broken so many times by Archer that his femur is held together by metal pins. [[spoiler:Until he gets rebuilt as a cyborg.]]
** Traintop battles are noted to be noisy, filled with 100 mph winds, and *spit* bugs getting in your mouth constantly. Archer doesn't know why people like them too much.
** Ray,[[spoiler: fresh from having his legs roboticized, tries to lift a jeep in order to get it out of a ditch, believing that his cyborg SuperStrength will get it out. He winds up critically injuring himself because while his ''legs'' are augmented, his ''spine'' isn't.]]
-->'''Archer:''' You have bionic legs and you ''[[WhatAnIdiot lift with your back]]''!?
** When Cheryl's brother Cecil asks the ISIS crew about how his sister has been doing lately, they start reminiscing about times in which Cheryl acted completely crazy with amusement (such as an incident in which she spent a month believing she was a werewolf). Cecil however is utterly horrified at the fact that his sister's mental state has degenerated so much. It later transpires that he's been secretly recording their statements to get evidence to get Cheryl committed: not just to get access to her half of the fortune (which he needs since his charitable ventures have bankrupted him) but because Cheryl is a legitimate danger to herself and others... and the ISIS crew ''agrees'', to the point that Lana flat out says that he could have just talked to them instead of resorting to subterfuge (though it turns out there was another reason for it...).
** The series usually averts BottomlessMagazines, usually with a heavy dose of lampshading. One of the notable times is when Ron and Archer are on the run from a bunch of crazy fetishists (it makes sense in context) Archer threatens them with his handgun, but Ron dares Archer to actually shoot them. Archer then points out that he had emptied his only clip shooting at the goons that were chasing them a while back and was bluffing. While the two resumes running Ron wonders how he could be out of bullets so fast, to which Archer points out that a handgun not only holds a finite number of bullets, but also a very small amount because of it's relative size.
* In ''WesternAnimation/FriskyDingo'', Killface and Xander run against each other for presidency for most of the second season before it's pointed out that neither of them are eligible, as Killface wasn't born in the US and Xander is under 35.
* The very premise of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' involves the [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]] sending their sidekicks on missions that would otherwise get the League into serious trouble (such as infiltrating sovereign nations), given the realistic political climate.
** In one episode, [[DragonLady Cheshire]] [[MuggedForDisguise replaces a female server at an Asian tea ceremony by stealing the woman's dress]]. Aqualad [[PaperThinDisguise sees through the disguise immediately]].
** Kid Flash breaks his arm during the battle with the [[LegionOfDoom Injustice League]], and subsequently spends the next few episodes wearing a cast.
** It's established that since Kid Flash's SuperSpeed burns an inordinate amount of calories, [[WizardNeedsFoodBadly he requires a constant stream of nourishment in order to function]]. He's almost ''always'' shown snacking on something when out of costume, and usually takes protein bars with him on missions.
** All the League's [[HeroWithBadPublicity bad publicity]] in season two is because of actual secrets they kept being exposed to the public, and the public ''not'' being happy that they have things like a space station.
* An episode of ''AquaTeenHungerForce'' parodied the superhero genre, and had Master Shake expose himself to radioactive waste in order to give himself superpowers. The plan fails, and instead he just gets very sick. Throughout the episode, you can see his condition gradually worsening.
* In ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'' "The Parents", Dan engages in an epic fight with the hippies to save the kid he bonded with from being adopted by them. Then the adoption agency lady arrives with a cop and tells him that his background check disqualifies him from adopting the kid. Dan lets the kid go back to the hippies, but not before making him promise to steal from them at every possible opportunity.
* [[DepravedKidsShowHost Sadistic reality show host]] Chris [=McLean=] from the ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' series pulls off a lot of insanely dangerous stunts with no repercussions, since [[AmusingInjuries nobody is ever permanently harmed]] ([[SubvertedTrope well, maybe a few]]). He takes it to a new level in ''Revenge of the Island'', though, dumping tons of biohazardous waste on the island, and bragging about it--on live TV, remember. At the end of the season, authorities wait until the contestants are safe, then arrest him for creating a hazardous environment.
* This is the premise of the show ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'', SequelSeries to the film ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'', as the vikings learn how to live with big, fire-breathing creatures with no sense of the boundaries they should respect. Dealing with problems caused by the new status quo is at the center of a number of plots in the first part of the series.
* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' does this regularly. Every episode has at least one instance of a cartoon's characters coming face to face with a problem that would be faced by ordinary people. And having no idea of what to do.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-VGyp8PJIk This]] sketch, when Franchise/GIJoe is deployed to Afghanistan during TheWarOnTerror, and they all get massacred when they use their cartoonish tactics on the Taliban. This leaves Duke wondering aloud who will protect the world from Cobra. After that, Seal Team Six goes to Cobra's command and riddles them full of bullets.
** In one sketch, a woman wants her husband to ravish her like [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain Jack Sparrow]]... and he proceeds to (in his smarmiest Jack Sparrow voice) explain the actual hazards of being a seafaring pirate in the time of the Black Pearl (such as syphilis). Needless to say, the wife finds herself extremely turned off soon after.
* ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'' managed to pull this off in the episode "Alone", by showing what kind of psychological damage the [[ReallyGetsAround town bicycle]] might have after years upon years of being used and abused sexually. And this was after her [[CharacterizationMarchesOn earlier characterization]] as a HospitalHottie.
-->'''Nurse Bendy:''' We all need people who aren't mean to me, or that act like they only care about doing... dirty, awful things to you. We need family because they ''care'' that I'm a real person who has thoughts of sadness, sometimes, along with happy thoughts or... scared, or aloneness thoughts.
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''
** The Ice King is under a curse that acts as a thinly veiled Alzheimer's metaphor. Despite the show being exactly the kind of setting where ThePowerOfLove and ThePowerOfFriendship should prevail in that situation and recover his mind... it doesn't. Just like with real Alzheimer's patients, no amount of reminders or familial caring can make him recognize his loved ones or remember the person he was, and it only ever ends with the loved ones in tears and onlookers either baffled or starting to cry themselves.
** In the episode "Davey", Jake tries to make Finn quit being Davey by dressing like a robber and robbing someone. Instead of breaking character and being a hero, he calls the police and Jake gets arrested.
** Several episodes show that Finn's PrecociousCrush on Bubblegum is immensely painful to him. Unrequited love ''hurts'' even if you're still friends with that person, and despite starting a relationship with Flame Princess his feelings don't magically go away and still linger despite his best efforts to move on.
** In three words, the end of "Lady and Peebles" shows a common consequence of long term relationships that most children's shows rarely mention: "[[spoiler:I am pregnant!]]"
* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', in keeping with the show's Deconstruction of Jet-Age Boy Adventurer stories.
** In the episode "Ice Station Impossible," where Doctor Impossible flies Doctor Venture out onto the tundra to kill him. Impossible is actually gloating and telling Venture exactly what he's planning to do along the way, but since they're in an Expy of the [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Fantasticar]], complete with open cockpits, Rusty can't hear a damned thing due to the ambient wind noise.
** In "Tag Sale, You're It!", one of the devices Rusty is selling in the titular sale is a prototype LaserBlade. As he explains, he canned the project because the Army has no use for melee weapons and toy companies aren't interested in something that costs over 2 million in parts alone. It's completely useless as an actual weapon: the blade is a beam of light. It doesn't behave like a solid object, as #24 discovers when he attempts to [[OhCrap fight Brock Sampson with it]].
** One of the show's repeated themes is how the horrifically traumatizing the Boy Adventurer lifestyle is. Rusty is a prime example of this, having become a pill popping {{Jerkass}} failure in his adulthood. The episode "Self-Medication" takes this even further with Rusty attending a therapy group for former boy adventurers (including grown up expies of WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest and Literature/TheHardyBoys) and coming to the conclusion that he was ''the most well adjusted of the group''.
* ''WesternAnimation/StrokerAndHoop''
** One time, the heroes hide from the suspect on the slanted ceiling, he walks in, sits at his desk, and calls for security to get them out of his office. Also, Hoop didn't close his phanny pack and his gun just fell on the guy's desk.
** A BadBoss keeps killing his ninja {{mooks}} for random failures, only to find that he killed all of them by the time the heroes showed up.
** Hoop and his ninja girlfriend fight, jumping high like the wire-work in Wuxia films, and fighting on the vertical face of a building, right up until Stroker just shoots her in the back from the ground.
** In one episode Stroker solves the whole "Which is the real one" cliché just like you would expect someone to in RealLife: he just incapacitates ''both'' people so that the good guys can figure out which is which at their leisure, without having to worry about making a mistake (and still screwed it up).
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
** In the first season finale a day at the dance in the royal gala goes south for everyone. The gala turns out to be much less easygoing than the hard partying Pinkie thought, the guests are upper crust and unaccustomed to Applejack's food, the celebrities Rainbow Dash and Twilight wanted to hang out with are more busy with everyone else, the royal prince Rarity wanted to impress just looks down on her and everyone else, and the animals at the royal zoo turn out to have no experience dealing with outsiders, even one as non-offensive as Fluttershy, which turns her LoveHungry.
** "The Return of Harmony, part 1" has [[GodOfEvil Discord]] set up a game for the ponies to play in order to beat him, involving [[DivideAndConquer separating them in a maze]] and using MoreThanMindControl to [[CorruptTheCutie corrupt them into the opposite of their true selves]]. Then comes [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Fluttershy]], who resists Discord's mind games and remains herself, so Discord... corrupts her with brute force magic anyway. What, did you expect the ''villain'' to play ''fairly''?
** Given how ThePowerOfFriendship seems to solve everything, "Hurricane Fluttershy" is much more this trope than the usual formulas. No, someone can't just "get over" long-term childhood bullying and it will often leave big emotional scars, but they can still work against it and it doesn't have to rule their life. No, a TrainingMontage won't suddenly make someone an expert at what they failed before and they will only improve slightly, but it's still an improvement and still something to be proud of. No, pushing you and your team harder won't let you break the record you wanted when a chunk of your team is missing, but you still have people depending on you and that's more important than some record.
** In "Over A Barrel", Pinkie Pie's song-and-dance performance solves absolutely nothing. It doesn't make the Appaloosa's ponies and the Bison stop hating each other, nor does it solve the land dispute. In fact, at one point, it actually makes things worse.
* On ''CloneHigh'', Skunkie-Poo's acts of violence against Scudworth using such cartoon staples as dynamite and an anvil, while non-fatal, cause otherwise serious and extremely painful injuries.
* In a short of ''WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner'', the coyote dresses in a Super-Costume and then jumps off a cliff expecting to fly like Superman, only to plummet to the ground.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' gleefully demonstrates how neither shiving a person in the neck nor shooting oneself is either easy, quick or painless.
* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode "[[FreakyFridayFlip The Great Brain Robbery]]", SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor and ComicBook/TheFlash end up switching bodies. While stuck in the Flash's body, Luthor takes the opportunity to find out his secret identity. He goes to the bathroom, stands in front of a mirror, takes off his mask... and has ''no idea'' who he's looking at.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' is a show that typically plays fast and loose with logic and realism, so it can be particularly jarring when it suddenly decides to follow the rules it so often disregards. Case in point: in one episode, Sandy Cheeks is dared to eat a Krabby Patty in one bite. She takes the patty, opens her mouth wide, and splatters it all over her diving helmet.
** Plankton turns Krabs into a baby, but still needs Spongebob's help to get the door to the Krusty Krab open. While Spongebob reaches for the door with the key, Plankton gloats about his plan in a close-up, then the camera pulls back to show that Spongebob heard the whole thing, on account of him being ''about a foot away'', and the yellow fry cook promptly yells for the police.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamKnight'', when Batman tries to close the range on Deadshot by charging, Deadshot doesn't suddenly become a graduate of the ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy. Deadshot promptly lampshades the stupidity of trying to charge at a gunman.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'', Grandpa Max and Enoch are both seeking an ancient superweapon. When Enoch gets the MacGuffin and grabs it, it comes apart in his hands. As it turns out, ancient artifacts aren't always in the best condition.
* A common plot in the late 90s animation was a run-in with the DepartmentOfChildDisservices where a set of coincidences convinces the social worker that the family's children are being abused. ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' uses this plot for its pilot, then subverts it by having the social worker get chewed out by his boss and ReassignedToAntarctica for jumping to conclusions, and nearly having Bobby taken away from a very obviously loving family.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' loves doing this and it is almost like the writers flip a coin to determine if a specific action will play out according to [[CartoonPhysics cartoon logic]] or will generate realistic effects. It's actually a good way to keep the audience guessing as they can never assume how things will play out based on [[GenreSavvy genre conventions]]. Examples include:
** When Peter [[ToTheBatNoun "goes to"]] the Peter-Copter and the Hinden-Peter he promptly crashes them into Joe's house causing substantial damage. Joe {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this by asking [[FriendsRentControl how Peter can afford those things.]]
** In one episode they watch a deconstruction of Looney Tunes, where Elmer Fudd approaches Bugs Bunny. Its starts off with the basic, "What's up, doc?" but then Fudd shoots Bugs repeatedly with his gun and Bugs dies a slow and painful death before Elmer Fudd casually snaps his neck and carries away the corpse.
*** This is actually a reference to a LooneyToons cartoon "What's Opera Doc?" where at the end, Elmer strikes down Bugs with lightning. Instead of typical cartoon AmusingInjuries, Bugs is shown to be dead.
** When Joe manages to tackle the robbery suspect and severs his spine in the process Peter jokes about the man's resulting paralysis, but Joe informs him that the man died.
** Also, when Joe went after [[spoiler: the real guy who crippled him,]] he kneecaps him in an ironic punishment. After thanking his friends for believing in him, Joe turns around, and realizes the guy bled out, as he apparently shot him in the artery. They quietly push his body downstream.
** When pretending to be the ''Series/TheATeam'', Peter and friends expect the workers demolishing the park to flee in panic, crashing their vehicles in the process and then slinking off in shame, defeated. The foreman educates them how even if they weren't killed outright by the [[ATeamFiring reckless shooting]] or vehicle crash, even a minor fender bender can result in serious neck injury and partial numbness.
** Stewie forgets about his babysitter's boyfriend whom he locks in the trunk of Brian's car. When he remembers after 3 weeks it is clear that the person has died.
** The clown that Peter has kept in the ceiling somewhere in order to pop up when Lois admitted Peter was right. Unfortunately, this hasn't happened for years, so when it finally does, all Peter gets is a skeleton in a colorful wig. This is a throwback to an earlier gag involving Peter having bought Meg a pony in preparation for his screwing up.
--> '''[[TooDumbToLive Peter]]''': Oh... oh right, ponies like food, don't they?
** In one episode, the family wins the lottery, and one of Peter's decisions is to buy a giant room full of gold coins and [[PooledFunds dive into it]] ''a la'' ScroogeMcDuck.
---> ''(cue the room, Peter dives into the coins, only to bloodily hit them hard)''
---> '''Peter:''' Aaahhh!! It's not a liquid! It's a great many pieces of solid matter, that form a hard floor-like surface! Ahhh!!
** In a WhatIf mini-episode, the first Viewer Mail special, the family is exposed to toxic waste, get superpowers, and start oppressing the town. Mayor West decides someone needs to stop them, finds some toxic waste, and rolls around in it. He gets lymphoma. This does, however, make the Griffins realize they're being dicks, and they vow to stop. And West says the doctors told him he'll be fine.
** Peter once accidentally set fire to the pediatric wing of a hospital, killing 19 children. It seemed like a throwaway gag until his boss passed him over for a promotion because of it. [[FridgeLogic Why she led him to believe he was still in the running for the promotion up to that point]] is unclear. Judging by her tone, she may have been surprised by the fact that he hadn't figured it out himself. (Then subverted when Peter's sentence was only [[MediumAwareness until next Sunday.]])
* ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax'': In one episode, a barbarian has recently rampaged through a village, killing everyone. Max the KidHero goes inside a house to check the carnage and immediately hops out, vomiting. He's seen gore all the time on television, but realizes it didn't prepare him for this.
* ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeResolute'' had this, when Storm Shadow asks why his uncle/sensei won't teach him his famed Seventh Step, which is instant death for anyone it hits. His uncle says he is not ready, and Storm Shadow pulls off his mask dramatically, symbolically divesting himself of his attachment to the dojo. [[spoiler:It's actually a signal for an assassin to snipe his uncle, so Shadow can take over the dojo. When he sees the assassin, Snake Eyes runs forward, and the assassin shoots him first. The sensei turns around, puzzled, and since he's standing still, it's much easier for the killer to hit him.]] Oh, and it the miniseries was written by--wait for it--WarrenEllis.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'', Hal and Kilowog try to pose as a pair of Atrocitus' guards. The problem is, [[MuggedForDisguise once they knock out some guards and steal their uniforms]], they realize that the armor was meant for average humanoids, not the super-burly Kilowog. Another group of Atrocitus' men happen by and catch Kilowog struggling in vain to cram himself into the armor.
* Megatron in ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' is a CombatPragmatist, and he'll do anything if it means his goals are met.
** When his plan to simply [[spoiler:kill off the proto-humans]] fails and he later [[spoiler:finds the Decepticon battleship ''Nemesis'']], the first thing he does with it is [[spoiler:try to blow all proto-humans off the face of the Earth]]. Even when [[spoiler:Dinobot II]] tries to tell him that it's an overkill to use [[spoiler:giant ship-to-ship lasers]] to kill [[spoiler:a primitive tribe of organics]], Megatron pretends to consider it for a second, and then pushes the button anyway.
** Reality ensues again when after spending half the episode shooting anything that moves, Megatron loses everything when he doesn't have the energy for a shot when he actually needs it.
** A scene seemingly parodying the one from ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'': Optimus is going all over the place showing off his sword moves, and Megatron just shoots him.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''
** A magnificent example occurs during Tombstone and Spidey's first tête-à-tête confrontation. The crime boss offers Spider-Man a chance to work for him. Spider-Man refuses and calls him out to "finish this". "Very well," sighs Tombstone... and then [[VillainWithGoodPublicity calls the cops]] and accuses Spidey of invading his personal space, attacking his guards and threatening him. Spider-Man probably suffered cognitive dissonance at that point from the fact that ''the villain was legitimately siccing cops on him, the hero''!
** His fight against Sandman and Rhino, where Spidey uses Rhino's weight against him rather than fighting him directly.
** Speaking of the Rhino, Peter attempted to use the old cartoon cliche of knocking over a shelf and tripping him with the contents. Rhino just steps on them.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
** After two episodes of turmoil, Aang finally unleashes his Avatar State. The assaulted army stops, watching in awe as the Avatar prepares to unleash his spiritual wrath upon them--and then he gets shot down immediately. With [[MagnificentBastard Azula]], [[TransformationIsAFreeAction transformation is]] ''[[SubvertedTrope NOT]]'' [[TransformationIsAFreeAction a free action.]]
** The episode with the Sun Warriors subverts DurableDeathtrap by revealing that the Sun Warrior civilization is, in fact, still extant, and they were maintaining and resetting the traps.
** In "Sokka's Master", Aang tries on a ridiculously oversized suit of ScaryImpracticalArmor. He can't even move in it, falling over after a single step.
* The first episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' has the title character stopping some thugs from getting tribute money, only to be immediately arrested for property damage she caused.
** The first episodes of season 2 basically show that TheHero would ''not'' be happy if TheMentor hid important things from them "for their own good", would likely develop serious trust issues, and would probably get pretty annoyed about being constantly bossed around and told that they are TheChosenOne.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''
** A rather jarring example when, after moving into the gritty, more realistic Citiesville, the girls' attempts to fit in are all met with either laughter or cold dismissal. The final straw was when the mayor of Citiesville called them in after they had stopped some bank robbers - not to congratulate the girls, but for blowing up a bridge to stop their getaway:
-->'''Mayor:''' Let me tell you some words. [[WhatTheHellHero At what point did it seem like a good idea to blow up the Citiesville Bridge?]]\\
'''Blossom:''' Uh...\\
'''Mayor:''' NO! Do you realize the two crooks that you caught stole approximately four hundred dollars? Do you realize that you did ''over three '''MILLION''' dollars in property damage to that bridge?!'' '''IT'S NOT REPLACEABLE!'''
** When Rainbow the Clown suffered an accident that turned him into the sound-and-color-hating "Mr. Mime." He almost succeeds in turning Townsville into a silent, monochromatic wasteland, but the girls set everything right with ThePowerOfRock. Rainbow's mind is freed from the evil and he thanks the girls for saving him - at which point they beat the tar out of him and have him carted off to jail, because... well... he kinda attacked a lot of people especially the girls.
* The second season finale of ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldofGumball'' ("The Finale") ''embodies'' this trope. The Wattersons were fined by the city for the millions of dollars worth of damage they caused over the course of the series, half of the supporting characters sued them for their reckless behavior in the past, and Gumball and Darwin were forced to [[DisproportionateRetribution restart school from kindergarten]] for causing trouble and never doing any work. Larry (who has a different job every episode) was revealed to have so many jobs to [[FridgeLogic pay for all the damage the Wattersons caused that he was blamed for.]]
** So how do they try and fix this? They break out of prison and end up destroying the town again, in the hopes that [[InsaneTrollLogic making things worse would make]] [[BreakingtheFourthWall everything would work itself out like it usually does]]. When this doesn't work, the entire town breaks into their house and tries to kill them, ending the episode (but strangely, not the series).
* ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'' fights the first MonsterOfTheWeek in the city and causes major damage. For the rest of the series, the city is shown being rebuilt, while the team tries to draw away future monsters out to the country where they're less likely to do harm.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''
** The [[WingedHumanoid eponymous heroes]] always have to explain to their human allies that they can't actually fly; they can only glide, meaning there are often situations where their wings are of no use, like falling into pits and having to climb out.
** In one episode, Broadway [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace accidentally shoots]] Elisa. You'd think she'd be fully recovered by the next episode, but she spends it (and the next few) on crutches. It really drives home [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped how dangerous guns can be]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
** In the episode "The Homer They Fall", Homer Simpson has a condition which renders him largely impervious to the effects of head trauma, which he uses to gain success in amateur boxing by tiring his opponents out. He winds up getting set up in a fight with an {{expy}} of Mike Tyson, who pummels him so hard that [[ItMakesSenseInContext he forgets where he parked his car]].
** When Lisa befriended a beached whale, and Homer came to the rescue with helicopters to save it... But it turned out that it was just Lisa's HopeSpot, and the whale died like many beached whales do.
** In "Bart Vs. Australia" Homer tries to get in a kangaroo's pouch only to realize it's not a pocket, and actually full of mucus.
** In "The PTA Disbands", a tour guide in Fort Springfield is giving a lecture on a "fully restored and in ready to fire condition" Civil War cannon aimed directly at the base of a manned lookout tower. She mentions that these cannons are "''very'' sensitive and that the "''slightest'' jolt" can set them off as the Springfield Elementary bus starts swerving towards the cannon. The bus hits it and... one of the cannon's wheels falls off.
-->'''Tour Guide''': Of course for safety reasons, we don't keep the cannon ''loaded''. That's just common sense.
** When Homer builds a church on an island, he imitates the Flintstones by using a pelican as a cement mixer; as he gives it a pat, the bird just falls on the ground motionless.
** "The Boys of Bummer" has the overused plot of the town mocking and attacking Bart over losing a ball game. The sad twist is that Bart [[DrivenToSuicide attempts suicide]] as a result.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' often plays the various injuries encountered in SpyFiction realistically:
** Whenever a character is exposed to explosions or gunfire, they suffer temporary deafness, sometimes accompanied by a [[ShellShockSilence loud ringing noise]]. It's happened to Archer so many times he mentions that he thinks he's developing tinnitus.
** When Ray gets knocked out via a TapOnTheHead, he has to see a neurologist.
** Barry had his leg broken so many times by Archer that his femur is held together by metal pins. [[spoiler:Until he gets rebuilt as a cyborg.]]
** Traintop battles are noted to be noisy, filled with 100 mph winds, and *spit* bugs getting in your mouth constantly. Archer doesn't know why people like them too much.
** Ray,[[spoiler: fresh from having his legs roboticized, tries to lift a jeep in order to get it out of a ditch, believing that his cyborg SuperStrength will get it out. He winds up critically injuring himself because while his ''legs'' are augmented, his ''spine'' isn't.]]
-->'''Archer:''' You have bionic legs and you ''[[WhatAnIdiot lift with your back]]''!?
** When Cheryl's brother Cecil asks the ISIS crew about how his sister has been doing lately, they start reminiscing about times in which Cheryl acted completely crazy with amusement (such as an incident in which she spent a month believing she was a werewolf). Cecil however is utterly horrified at the fact that his sister's mental state has degenerated so much. It later transpires that he's been secretly recording their statements to get evidence to get Cheryl committed: not just to get access to her half of the fortune (which he needs since his charitable ventures have bankrupted him) but because Cheryl is a legitimate danger to herself and others... and the ISIS crew ''agrees'', to the point that Lana flat out says that he could have just talked to them instead of resorting to subterfuge (though it turns out there was another reason for it...).
** The series usually averts BottomlessMagazines, usually with a heavy dose of lampshading. One of the notable times is when Ron and Archer are on the run from a bunch of crazy fetishists (it makes sense in context) Archer threatens them with his handgun, but Ron dares Archer to actually shoot them. Archer then points out that he had emptied his only clip shooting at the goons that were chasing them a while back and was bluffing. While the two resumes running Ron wonders how he could be out of bullets so fast, to which Archer points out that a handgun not only holds a finite number of bullets, but also a very small amount because of it's relative size.
* In ''WesternAnimation/FriskyDingo'', Killface and Xander run against each other for presidency for most of the second season before it's pointed out that neither of them are eligible, as Killface wasn't born in the US and Xander is under 35.
* The very premise of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' involves the [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]] sending their sidekicks on missions that would otherwise get the League into serious trouble (such as infiltrating sovereign nations), given the realistic political climate.
** In one episode, [[DragonLady Cheshire]] [[MuggedForDisguise replaces a female server at an Asian tea ceremony by stealing the woman's dress]]. Aqualad [[PaperThinDisguise sees through the disguise immediately]].
** Kid Flash breaks his arm during the battle with the [[LegionOfDoom Injustice League]], and subsequently spends the next few episodes wearing a cast.
** It's established that since Kid Flash's SuperSpeed burns an inordinate amount of calories, [[WizardNeedsFoodBadly he requires a constant stream of nourishment in order to function]]. He's almost ''always'' shown snacking on something when out of costume, and usually takes protein bars with him on missions.
** All the League's [[HeroWithBadPublicity bad publicity]] in season two is because of actual secrets they kept being exposed to the public, and the public ''not'' being happy that they have things like a space station.
* An episode of ''AquaTeenHungerForce'' parodied the superhero genre, and had Master Shake expose himself to radioactive waste in order to give himself superpowers. The plan fails, and instead he just gets very sick. Throughout the episode, you can see his condition gradually worsening.
* In ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'' "The Parents", Dan engages in an epic fight with the hippies to save the kid he bonded with from being adopted by them. Then the adoption agency lady arrives with a cop and tells him that his background check disqualifies him from adopting the kid. Dan lets the kid go back to the hippies, but not before making him promise to steal from them at every possible opportunity.
* [[DepravedKidsShowHost Sadistic reality show host]] Chris [=McLean=] from the ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' series pulls off a lot of insanely dangerous stunts with no repercussions, since [[AmusingInjuries nobody is ever permanently harmed]] ([[SubvertedTrope well, maybe a few]]). He takes it to a new level in ''Revenge of the Island'', though, dumping tons of biohazardous waste on the island, and bragging about it--on live TV, remember. At the end of the season, authorities wait until the contestants are safe, then arrest him for creating a hazardous environment.
* This is the premise of the show ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'', SequelSeries to the film ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'', as the vikings learn how to live with big, fire-breathing creatures with no sense of the boundaries they should respect. Dealing with problems caused by the new status quo is at the center of a number of plots in the first part of the series.
* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' does this regularly. Every episode has at least one instance of a cartoon's characters coming face to face with a problem that would be faced by ordinary people. And having no idea of what to do.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-VGyp8PJIk This]] sketch, when Franchise/GIJoe is deployed to Afghanistan during TheWarOnTerror, and they all get massacred when they use their cartoonish tactics on the Taliban. This leaves Duke wondering aloud who will protect the world from Cobra. After that, Seal Team Six goes to Cobra's command and riddles them full of bullets.
** In one sketch, a woman wants her husband to ravish her like [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain Jack Sparrow]]... and he proceeds to (in his smarmiest Jack Sparrow voice) explain the actual hazards of being a seafaring pirate in the time of the Black Pearl (such as syphilis). Needless to say, the wife finds herself extremely turned off soon after.
* ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'' managed to pull this off in the episode "Alone", by showing what kind of psychological damage the [[ReallyGetsAround town bicycle]] might have after years upon years of being used and abused sexually. And this was after her [[CharacterizationMarchesOn earlier characterization]] as a HospitalHottie.
-->'''Nurse Bendy:''' We all need people who aren't mean to me, or that act like they only care about doing... dirty, awful things to you. We need family because they ''care'' that I'm a real person who has thoughts of sadness, sometimes, along with happy thoughts or... scared, or aloneness thoughts.
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''
** The Ice King is under a curse that acts as a thinly veiled Alzheimer's metaphor. Despite the show being exactly the kind of setting where ThePowerOfLove and ThePowerOfFriendship should prevail in that situation and recover his mind... it doesn't. Just like with real Alzheimer's patients, no amount of reminders or familial caring can make him recognize his loved ones or remember the person he was, and it only ever ends with the loved ones in tears and onlookers either baffled or starting to cry themselves.
** In the episode "Davey", Jake tries to make Finn quit being Davey by dressing like a robber and robbing someone. Instead of breaking character and being a hero, he calls the police and Jake gets arrested.
** Several episodes show that Finn's PrecociousCrush on Bubblegum is immensely painful to him. Unrequited love ''hurts'' even if you're still friends with that person, and despite starting a relationship with Flame Princess his feelings don't magically go away and still linger despite his best efforts to move on.
** In three words, the end of "Lady and Peebles" shows a common consequence of long term relationships that most children's shows rarely mention: "[[spoiler:I am pregnant!]]"
* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', in keeping with the show's Deconstruction of Jet-Age Boy Adventurer stories.
** In the episode "Ice Station Impossible," where Doctor Impossible flies Doctor Venture out onto the tundra to kill him. Impossible is actually gloating and telling Venture exactly what he's planning to do along the way, but since they're in an Expy of the [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Fantasticar]], complete with open cockpits, Rusty can't hear a damned thing due to the ambient wind noise.
** In "Tag Sale, You're It!", one of the devices Rusty is selling in the titular sale is a prototype LaserBlade. As he explains, he canned the project because the Army has no use for melee weapons and toy companies aren't interested in something that costs over 2 million in parts alone. It's completely useless as an actual weapon: the blade is a beam of light. It doesn't behave like a solid object, as #24 discovers when he attempts to [[OhCrap fight Brock Sampson with it]].
** One of the show's repeated themes is how the horrifically traumatizing the Boy Adventurer lifestyle is. Rusty is a prime example of this, having become a pill popping {{Jerkass}} failure in his adulthood. The episode "Self-Medication" takes this even further with Rusty attending a therapy group for former boy adventurers (including grown up expies of WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest and Literature/TheHardyBoys) and coming to the conclusion that he was ''the most well adjusted of the group''.
* ''WesternAnimation/StrokerAndHoop''
** One time, the heroes hide from the suspect on the slanted ceiling, he walks in, sits at his desk, and calls for security to get them out of his office. Also, Hoop didn't close his phanny pack and his gun just fell on the guy's desk.
** A BadBoss keeps killing his ninja {{mooks}} for random failures, only to find that he killed all of them by the time the heroes showed up.
** Hoop and his ninja girlfriend fight, jumping high like the wire-work in Wuxia films, and fighting on the vertical face of a building, right up until Stroker just shoots her in the back from the ground.
** In one episode Stroker solves the whole "Which is the real one" cliché just like you would expect someone to in RealLife: he just incapacitates ''both'' people so that the good guys can figure out which is which at their leisure, without having to worry about making a mistake (and still screwed it up).
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
** In the first season finale a day at the dance in the royal gala goes south for everyone. The gala turns out to be much less easygoing than the hard partying Pinkie thought, the guests are upper crust and unaccustomed to Applejack's food, the celebrities Rainbow Dash and Twilight wanted to hang out with are more busy with everyone else, the royal prince Rarity wanted to impress just looks down on her and everyone else, and the animals at the royal zoo turn out to have no experience dealing with outsiders, even one as non-offensive as Fluttershy, which turns her LoveHungry.
** "The Return of Harmony, part 1" has [[GodOfEvil Discord]] set up a game for the ponies to play in order to beat him, involving [[DivideAndConquer separating them in a maze]] and using MoreThanMindControl to [[CorruptTheCutie corrupt them into the opposite of their true selves]]. Then comes [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Fluttershy]], who resists Discord's mind games and remains herself, so Discord... corrupts her with brute force magic anyway. What, did you expect the ''villain'' to play ''fairly''?
** Given how ThePowerOfFriendship seems to solve everything, "Hurricane Fluttershy" is much more this trope than the usual formulas. No, someone can't just "get over" long-term childhood bullying and it will often leave big emotional scars, but they can still work against it and it doesn't have to rule their life. No, a TrainingMontage won't suddenly make someone an expert at what they failed before and they will only improve slightly, but it's still an improvement and still something to be proud of. No, pushing you and your team harder won't let you break the record you wanted when a chunk of your team is missing, but you still have people depending on you and that's more important than some record.
** In "Over A Barrel", Pinkie Pie's song-and-dance performance solves absolutely nothing. It doesn't make the Appaloosa's ponies and the Bison stop hating each other, nor does it solve the land dispute. In fact, at one point, it actually makes things worse.
* On ''CloneHigh'', Skunkie-Poo's acts of violence against Scudworth using such cartoon staples as dynamite and an anvil, while non-fatal, cause otherwise serious and extremely painful injuries.
* In a short of ''WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner'', the coyote dresses in a Super-Costume and then jumps off a cliff expecting to fly like Superman, only to plummet to the ground.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' gleefully demonstrates how neither shiving a person in the neck nor shooting oneself is either easy, quick or painless.
* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode "[[FreakyFridayFlip The Great Brain Robbery]]", SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor and ComicBook/TheFlash end up switching bodies. While stuck in the Flash's body, Luthor takes the opportunity to find out his secret identity. He goes to the bathroom, stands in front of a mirror, takes off his mask... and has ''no idea'' who he's looking at.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' is a show that typically plays fast and loose with logic and realism, so it can be particularly jarring when it suddenly decides to follow the rules it so often disregards. Case in point: in one episode, Sandy Cheeks is dared to eat a Krabby Patty in one bite. She takes the patty, opens her mouth wide, and splatters it all over her diving helmet.
** Plankton turns Krabs into a baby, but still needs Spongebob's help to get the door to the Krusty Krab open. While Spongebob reaches for the door with the key, Plankton gloats about his plan in a close-up, then the camera pulls back to show that Spongebob heard the whole thing, on account of him being ''about a foot away'', and the yellow fry cook promptly yells for the police.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamKnight'', when Batman tries to close the range on Deadshot by charging, Deadshot doesn't suddenly become a graduate of the ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy. Deadshot promptly lampshades the stupidity of trying to charge at a gunman.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'', Grandpa Max and Enoch are both seeking an ancient superweapon. When Enoch gets the MacGuffin and grabs it, it comes apart in his hands. As it turns out, ancient artifacts aren't always in the best condition.
* A common plot in the late 90s animation was a run-in with the DepartmentOfChildDisservices where a set of coincidences convinces the social worker that the family's children are being abused. ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' uses this plot for its pilot, then subverts it by having the social worker get chewed out by his boss and ReassignedToAntarctica for jumping to conclusions, and nearly having Bobby taken away from a very obviously loving family.
