History Sandbox / SurprisinglyRealisticOutcomeWickCheck

* {{Orion Drive}}
** ''WebComic/AtomicRobo'': This type of craft is the plan of ALAN, used to leave Earth for a voyage of discovery, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome which would do unfortunate things to the planet he left behind]]. '''Example involves unrealistic sci-fi technology'''

** PlayedForLaughs and for SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome in ''LightNovel/GoblinSlayer'', when the agile, lithe High Elf Archer performs this move jumping down from a second-story... and looks visibly pained and wobbly as she is getting up. '''Probably valid.'''

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** ''LightNovel/GoblinSlayer'': Warrior is a deconstruction of this. Like many fantasy heroes, Warrior grew up on a farm and was inspired by the stories of adventurers to become one himself. However, since he spent his entire life on a farm, he has little-to-no experience in fighting, no formal training, and no real knowledge of the world at large. Naturally, SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome occurs on his very first (and last) adventure. '''The adventure referred to here is slaying goblins, which is not realistic, although the scene is meant to shock viewers by subverting unrealistic fantasy tropes. Warrior's issue (described on the work's own SRO subpage) is that his sword is too big to wield in a narrow cave, which would be a valid SRO since it's something that's often ignored in fiction.'''

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* {{LightNovel/Shin High School DXD}}

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** Despite having two [[WesternAnimation/InsideOut additional]] [[{{WesternAnimation/Home}} witnesses]] to support his claim that someone in a kabuki mask was using his stolen microbot technology, [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6 Hiro]] is still unable to convince the police officer, since A) It is still an unbelievable claim and B) The officer recognized Hiro and Riley as the two kids arrested a few months ago, making them untrustworthy. '''Action has consequences. Involves unrealistic sci-fi technology.'''

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[[folder: Mentions/Potholes that are not outright incorrect (4)]]

[[folder: "Actions have Consequences" (16)]]

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[[folder: "Character not forgiven at end of story" (3)]]

[[folder: Real Life Example (4)]]

[[folder: ZCE (4)]]

[[folder: Other Misuse (8)]]

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[[folder: Mentions/Potholes that are not outright incorrect]]

[[folder: "Actions have Consequences"]]

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[[folder: "Character not forgiven at end of story"]]

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*** Applejack's desire to sell Apple Family food at the gala gets snubbed because nearly all of the attendees are stuck-up rich ponies who see eating that sort of food as below them. Prince Blueblood actually has the gall to ''spit it out'' in front of Applejack when he eats some, just because it's "common" food. '''Leaning towards valid'''
*** Rainbow Dash gets into the Wonderbolts' VIP area to hang out with them, but finds it impossible to talk to them because the area is so crowded and loud that the Wonderbolts can't hear her talking and are constantly being pulled aside for photos. '''Valid.'''

** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Many examples PlayedForLaughs:
*** 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. '''Valid realistic subversion of CeilingCling'''
*** A BadBoss keeps killing his ninja {{mooks}} [[YouHaveFailedMe for random failures,]] only to find that he killed all of them by the time the heroes showed up. '''Probably valid deconstruction of YouHaveFailedMe'''
*** 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 [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim Stroker just shoots her in the back from the ground.]] '''Also not sure, but leaning towards valid.'''
*** As mentioned above, Stroker and Hoop [[MuggedForDisguise mug two camera men for a disguise,]] with [[TapOnTheHead Stroker breaking a bottle on one guy's head]], with the other freaking out when the first man no longer moves. He convinces them not to knock him out and risk giving him a concussion by simply pretending to be unconscious. The two proceed to waste a lot of time getting the guys out of their clothes (with the conscious guy having to loosen his belt), and Hoop insisting on putting on one's underwear. The guy they're supposed to spy on gets mad when his "camera crew" turns up almost an hour late. '''Valid realistic deconstruction of MuggedForDisguise.'''

** In "Super Bowl", Shake gorges himself on nachos while trying to find tickets to the Super Bowl, and ends up overweight with acne, diabetes, and cancer. Frylock even points that Shake doesn't ''need'' to eat the nachos and can just pour the bags out to look for the tickets. Shake being Shake, though... '''Action has consequences'''
** In "Chicken and Beans," Shake, jealous that Meatwad's eponymous song got so popular to the point where it made him famous, decides to make his own food related song. However, it turns out Shake actually just plagiarized the lyrics to the Music/{{Scorpions}}' "Big City Nights", for which he ends up getting sued for copyright infringement. '''Action has consequences'''

*** His UnstoppableRage carries over to his next loop and actually proves to be a ''detriment'' to his efforts. While it restored his drive, it makes him too angry to strategize properly and hinders his efforts to make allies, since he is clearly unstable and doesn't think to offer any compelling evidence or reason for them to help him. '''Action has consequences.'''

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:

*** After Sara's attempted suicide fails and she recovers, she is reunited with her family. After she had an affair with her sister's fiancé, nearly got them all killed, and caused them so much avoidable grief that it destroyed Quentin's and Dinah's marriage and turned Quentin into an alcoholic. And then, to put the cherry on the cake, Sara ''resumed'' her relationship with Oliver. Her parents might be more forgiving, but Laurel is understandably ''pissed''. '''Action has consequences'''
*** In Season Three, Oliver has finally gotten the crime rate down. Problem is that after two massive terrorist attacks, the population is still dwindling as not that many people want to live in Starling City anymore. '''Action has consequences.'''
*** Also related to above, Isabel Rochev the other CEO, who lead the charge to oust Oliver out of Queen Consolidated because of his vigilante activities, the board of directors are in no hurry to want Oliver to resume his position as CEO after the former’s death despite the fact that Rochev engaged in multiple acts of terrorism and violence on Starling City just to spite the Queen family. '''Action has consequences'''
*** In Season Four Samantha demands Oliver keeps his son a secret from everyone he knows. Although he could have told Felicity the truth and lied to Samantha, Oliver goes along with it. Unsurprisingly Felicity isn't happy to discover her fiancé hid his son from her, risking making her a step-mother without her consent, and breaks off the engagement. '''Action has consequences'''
*** Damien Darhk regularly kills members of his organization for failure, and threatens the board providing his funding When his backers see a chance to get rid of him they quite naturally take it. '''Action has consequences'''
*** Considering The Ninth Circle is a massive evil organization as well as an ancient one, it's not really surprising that they turn on and try to kill Emiko after she has not only been wasting so much time and resources trying and failing to get petty revenge on her brother, but also wasted so much time away from the organization and killed the previous leader of the circle. If anything, it's surprising they didn't do it sooner. '''Example flat out says it's not actually surprising. Action has consequences.'''

*** Conversely, after rashly accepting a duel challenge from [[MagicKnight Julius]] out of wounded pride, he quickly [[CurbStompBattle finds himself completely outmatched]]. Even his attempts at being a CombatPragmatist fall flat, since as Julius points out, his smokescreen spell is only enough to trip up novice fighters or mindless beasts, not an experienced knight like himself. '''Action has consequences. Also involves unrealistic powers.'''
** A recurring problem that plagues Subaru is that while [[SaveScumming Return by Death]] gives him plenty of foreknowledge on his enemies plans he has a hard time convincing others to listen since he has no evidence that what he says is accurate, especially when he's initially a stranger to most of his allies. '''Involves unrealistic things. Also, if it happens many times, it's no longer surprising.'''
** While Subaru has "Return from Death", allowing him to retain accumulated knowledge from his previous lives, he doesn't gain much else when he is first transported. He would need to build on and practice new skills and spells by himself. '''Example involves unrealistic powers'''
** When joining Ram's search for Rem in the forest Subaru quickly tires, since despite being healed, he lost a fair amount of blood from the Mabeasts mauling him and his encounter with Elsa (which occurred less than a week apart). '''Action has consequences. Also involves unrealistic powers.'''
** While Subaru can (somehow) understand what people are saying just fine, the written language of Lugunica is completely different, leaving him functionally illiterate. He does starts getting lessons at Roswaal's mansion, but he is not an InstantExpert and even a month later Rem remarks that he still has trouble with anything more than the basics. '''Not sure. Sounds like a limitation of TranslatorMicrobes, which is unrealistic.'''

*** When trying to figure out how to deal with Elsa, at no point does Subaru consider directly fighting her himself. After all she's clearly a dangerous assassin who could kill [[MightyGlacier Rom]] and [[FragileSpeedster Felt]] with ease while he is a [[{{NEET}} former shut-in]] with no combat experience. '''Not surprising if he knows it would be a bad idea.'''

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:

** ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' spent three seasons tearing apart [[DeconstructorFleet many, many sitcom tropes]], and showing how [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome believing them will make a person lonely and miserable]]. By Season 4, Bojack, by putting in the effort, actually begins to get the happiness he craved. '''Miused pothole that yet again probably dates back to the trope being named Reality Ensuses.'''

* {{Funny/Scott Pilgrim}}
** After he's defeated, Gideon explodes into $ 7,777,777 in coins. The crowd is amazed, then [[OhCrap horrified]]... [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Then in pain when they're hit by the falling coins]]. '''Not sure. People exploding into coins is obviously not realistic, but it's reasonable to assume that if it happened in real life, the rapidly-moving small objects would be dangerous, unlike [[MoneySpider the video game trope being parodied here]] where the coins just teleport into the inventory of whoever touches them.'''
** ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm''
*** ''exemplary'' MagnificentBastard and [[ManipulativeBastard master manipulator]], while [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]] is a fact of life among the superhero set - especially since the brutality the villains are capable of is not remotely soft-pedalled, as they include abominations both [[HumanoidAbomination humanoid]] and [[EldritchAbomination not]], as well as [[HumansAreBastards all too human evils]]. Plus, [[EvilIsPetty the petty cruelties]] of humanity are demonstrated with aching clarity. SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome occurs, a ''lot''. '''DeconstructionFic throwing in this trope as a "badge of Honor".'''

** ''LightNovel/GoblinSlayer'': Warrior is a deconstruction of this. Like many fantasy heroes, Warrior grew up on a farm and was inspired by the stories of adventurers to become one himself. However, since he spent his entire life on a farm, he has little-to-no experience in fighting, no formal training, and no real knowledge of the world at large. Naturally, SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome occurs on his very first (and last) adventure. '''The adventure referred to here is slaying goblins, which is not realistic, although the scene is meant to shock viewers by subverting unrealistic fantasy tropes.'''

* {{Literature/Rhythm Of War}}
** [[TheArchmage Jasnah]] is not very good at swordfighting. Being a woman who lived in a society where only men were supposed to fight, she never got the years of training and experience lighteyed men get. Fortunately in battle her Blade, Plate and Radiant powers more than make up for it, and she's able to win her duel against [[spoiler: Ruthar]] anyway by [[CombatPragmatist attacking him while]] [[WouldNotHitAGirl he's distracted complaining about having to duel a woman.]] '''Example involves unrealistic powers.'''
* {{Characters/Steven Universe Pink Diamond}}
** TokenGoodTeammate: Implied. She was a RoyalBrat, which is already somewhat of an improvement to the other Diamonds, but also a CheerfulChild, and her attempt to colonize the Earth is mostly just an attempt to prove herself worthy of being a Diamond. See also WhiteSheep below. [[spoiler:Confirmed with the reveal that she's Rose Quartz. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Of course]], she had to become this ''with time''. Being raised by the other Diamonds caused her to do less than stellar things at first, like throwing destructive temper tantrums and abandoning Spinel, but she later experienced CharacterDevelopment and rebelled against the other Diamonds' ways, including saving the Earth.]] '''Example involves unrealistic aliens.'''
* {{Characters/The Camp Half Blood Series Percy Jackson}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: After he'd gone missing for over half a year in ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus''. Percy had a lot to catch up in the mortal world, as a result he is absent for most of the third series. '''Not sure. Depends on how he went missing (is it something unrealistic?) Anyway, it sounds like it's just another case of "consequences exist" without being surprising.'''
* {{Fanfic/Erased Potential}}
** Nedzu's willingness to exploit Izuku and Toshinori for his own ends quickly costs him not only their trust, but that of Aizawa, Hizashi, and others who learn about his actions as well. Without that trust, doing his job becomes significantly harder. '''Action has consequences.'''
* {{Recap/The Saga Of Avatar Korra Book 1 Ch 19 Freedom}}
** Mako gets in trouble for torturning Manu during Chapter Fourteen even though it served a good purpose. '''Action has consequences. Possibly a deconstruction of ExaltedTorturer.'''
* {{Characters/BalanWonderworld}}
** Subverted from the start in the novel. Fiona acknowledges that the dolphin just wanted to play and didn’t mean her any harm, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome but the experience traumatized her regardless.]] '''Trauma takes time to recover from and can occur even from innocent intentions. Not an example, probably a relic of an old Reality Ensues pothole.'''
* EpicFlail
** ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'': this is Azog the Defiler's weapon in his final showdown with Thorin. It looks more like a huge chunk of stone attached to a chain than a "regular" weapon. He learns the [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome hard way]] that its a terrible weapon to use on a frozen river. '''Not sure, but it seems more like a realistic but not surprising consequence of the weapon Azog chose.'''
* StealthHiBye
** The Rangers in ''Literature/RangersApprentice'' are well known for this, to the point that it's commonly suspected they have black magic. Halt in particular likes appearing apparently out of nowhere. SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome comes in when Horace, wearing a Ranger cloak, tries to pull this off... and it's pointed out that he's ''[[PlayedForLaughs a tall man wearing a cloak too small for him and riding a one-ton warhorse]]''. '''Maybe an example but the wording implies this is another Reality Ensues artifact.'''
** In ''Literature/TheRiseOfKyoshi'', we learn that Avatar Kyoshi's LoveInterest Rangi did this ''a lot'', regularly teleporting in out of seemingly nowhere. It then gets hilariously [[DeconstructiveParody subverted and deconstructed]] when Kyoshi manages to actually ''see'' Rangi pull this trick off and it turns out that [[StatingTheSimpleSolution she just runs in or out really fast while nobody is looking directly at her]], which is also why [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome she's frequently out of breath]] when conversations start. '''A DeconstructiveParody is mutually exclusive with this trope, I'm fairly sure. And even if it's not, this pothole is incorrect use because it's not a shock that someone who is running around a lot would be out of breath.'''
* FamilyFriendlyFirearms
** Parodied in Harry Partridge's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZpxMyoFpds Bo-Starr]]" short. The titular character is charged at by the [[SarcasmMode ever-menacing]] Grass Man, and his companion tells him to use his laser "stun ray". Bo-Starr does so, only for [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome the laser to kill Grass Man in a single shot]]. He than awkwardly flicks a switch he'd forgotten to hit that switches the weapon to stun mode and [[BlackComedy pointlessly shoots it at Grass Man's corpse]].'''Another I'm not sure on, true a laser would kill someone in one shot, but the problem was that the weapon is in kill mode, not stun mode. I'm leaning towards a no and saying that the example is fine, as a parody of FamilyFriendlyFirearms, but the pothole is unneeded and incorrect.'''
* {{Anime/Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie Rebellion}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Homura's main magical girl gimmick is stopping time, which she always uses for combat and getting out of sticky situations. The other magical girls know this from all the times and reasons she's used it, and start exploit her ability's weaknesses to stop her from abusing it when they sense her suspiciousness or hostility.[[note]]Mami tying a ribbon onto Homura after latter tries to kidnap and kill Bebe, Sayaka using her sword to jam Homura's shield when she tries to run from the former.[[/note]] '''Example revolves around magical powers and methods of countering them, so it's not realistic by any means.'''

* {{Film/Ghosts Of Mississippi}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: De La Beckwith knew at the first trials that all he had to do was get one white juror in Mississippi to find him not guilty, and so believes that even one of the black jurors may sympathize with him due to his age. Obviously, they didn't. '''Borders on ZCE and while it is realistic, it's hardly a shock that things may be different due to times changing.'''
* {{Fanfic/With Confidence}}
** Just because a person has a quirk, it doesn't make them automatically powerful or capable. Quirks like pulling your eyeballs out or stretching your fingers aren't actually all that useful for heroism, which Izuku points out in his BreakingSpeech. This, coupled with their terrible personalities, means that his classmates probably wouldn't have made it as heroes. '''Example involves unrealistic powers.'''
* {{Recoiled Across The Room}}
** [[JustForFun/{{Troperithmetic}} Basically, it's]] BlownAcrossTheRoom [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome. Subtrope of LawOfInverseRecoil. Related to {{BFG}} through RuleOfCool, and ToonPhysics through RuleOfFunny. The {{Invoked|Trope}} version is RecoilBoost, defied by AnchoredAttackStance. Contrast WeaponizedExhaust. '''From the trope description. The paragraph above mentions this does not happen in real life, so it's a self-contradicting trope description.'''
* {{Named Weapons}}
** In ''Ghosts of the Past'', sequel of ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'', Harry eventually gets a sword of his own, a sabre designed along the lines of a shashka (Russian Cossack cavalry sabre). At first, it doesn't have a name, but after his first fight with it - where Dracula, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome a far more physically powerful and experienced swordsman easily disarms him and stabs him with it,]] before using it as an impromptu lightning rod, a process that with a few spells from Doctor Strange, actually reforges it - he decides to give it a name. Considering how it got powered up, [[DeadpanSnarker Carol]] suggests he call it "Kebab". In the end, he names it [[spoiler: Curtana]], after the legendary sword of mercy and justice. '''"Stronger person defeats weaker person" not surprising.'''
* {{Characters/A Practical Guide To Evil}}
** DidntSeeThatComing: For all her GenreSavvy, she can, very occasionally, get hit with this when people subvert the heck out of expected norms -- or, absolutely ''insist'' on deconstructive SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome. Hierarch calling her out using statecraft and legal means and, thereby, dismissing her existence until, presumably, she gets a date and time to pitch up for her court appearance... kind of hit her like a bucket of ice-cold water from nowhere. That's on top of Tyrant basically setting her up for that little stunt in the first place. '''Not sure, since it's just talking about how the trope happens in the work, but doesn't specify any examples since it's not the main point of this example.'''
* {{Quotes/The Straight And Arrow Path}}
-->''"For me, [[MyGreatestFailure my moment came]] with a hostage situation at Kroger. Multiple shooters. I showed up, I'm letting arrows fly, my aim is perfect. But...there's [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome only so many arrows a quiver can hold.]] I just ran out. And then...we lost a lot of good people that day. Then you start to question, like, fucking arrows against TEC-9's?"'' '''Running out of arrows is a realistic issue media sometimes ignores, but I don't know if it's surprising in this show specifically.'''
* {{Characters/Jojos Bizarre Adventure Stardust Crusaders The Joestar Group}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Tragically, despite Iggy being smarter, stronger, and more empowered than any other dog, he's still just a small fragile animal. As such, he's not killed in a grandiose way, but instead kicked to death]]. '''Weak character with superpowers is beaten by strong character with superpowers. Not realistic enough for this trope.'''
* {{Film/Honey We Shrunk Ourselves}}
** Wayne apparently has a court order preventing him from using the shrinking machine (which he breaks, naturally). Considering what happened [[Film/HoneyIBlewUpTheKid the last time]], it's understandable. '''Action has consequences.'''
* {{Farm Boy}}
** ''LightNovel/GoblinSlayer'': Warrior is a deconstruction of this. Like many fantasy heroes, Warrior grew up on a farm and was inspired by the stories of adventurers to become one himself. However, since he spent his entire life on a farm, he has little-to-no experience in fighting, no formal training, and no real knowledge of the world at large. Naturally, SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome occurs on his very first (and last) adventure. '''The adventure referred to here is slaying goblins, which is not realistic, although the scene is meant to shock viewers by subverting unrealistic fantasy tropes.'''
* {{Playing With Character Type}}
** In ''Film/PunchDrunkLove'', his character is, like always, antisocial, [[ManChild emotionally immature]], and [[HairTriggerTemper prone to uncontrollable fits of anger]]. Instead of that being a source of comedy, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome it leads to awkward, embarrassing situations, and the character leads a lonely, depressing life.]] Creator/RogerEbert discussed this in his [[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20021018/REVIEWS/210180308/1023 review]] of the film. '''Not sure. Might be valid since it explains why audiences would expect something different to happen.'''

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* {{Fanfic/Empathy}}
** Despite having two [[WesternAnimation/InsideOut additional]] [[{{WesternAnimation/Home}} witnesses]] to support his claim that someone in a kabuki mask was using his stolen microbot technology, [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6 Hiro]] is still unable to convince the police officer, since A) It is still an unbelievable claim and B) The officer recognized Hiro and Riley as the two kids arrested a few months ago, making them untrustworthy. '''Action has consequences. Involves unrealistic sci-fi technology.'''
* {{Fanfic/The Coming Of The True Heroes}}
** Malty's attempts to frame Ben fall flat, since Nanoha and Fate point out the many holes within her testimony of events and her behavior afterwards. In addition, they provide several recordings that contradict her narration of events, and clearly show he went nowhere near her all night. Hell, they even catch her trying to break into their room on tape right before going straight to Motoyasu's. '''Action has consequences'''
* {{Bothering By The Book}}
** On the ''LetsPlay/EmpiresSMP'', in response to Joey [[ObligatoryWarCrimeScene killing one of her villagers]] to get the Crown from her[[labelnote:*]]Being in possession of the Crown makes someone the Emperor over all of the empires, who can make a rule that all other empires have to follow[[/labelnote]], Lizzie follows Joey's rule to bring him horses as tribute to the letter by breeding about 200 horses in a pit at the edge of the Lost Empire (Joey's Empire), then unleashing them all upon it. The plan might have seemingly [[SubvertedTrope backfired]] initially, as Joey planned on using the horse-tributes to make a velociraptor army, but the SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome of having 200 horses in a small space in a video game [[DoubleSubversion double-subverts]] it. '''Possibly valid.'''
--->'''Lizzie:''' Marvellous. There are so many horses here now; Joey might think he can build an army with all of these horses, but I don't know how he's gonna do anything with this amount of lag.
* {{FamilyGuy/Tropes Q To Z}} '''This show previously had its own misuse-filled page, although it was cleaned up and a subpage was no longer necessary.'''
** Watching a WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon where Bugs Bunny's "What's up Doc?" is answered by Elmer shooting him down and then snapping Bugs' neck. '''Valid'''
* {{Fanfic/The Spectre Trilogy}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Before Carla starts her journey, she’s advised to get a haircut as it’s dangerous to have very long hair out in the wild. '''Not surprising if she's warned about the danger before anything bad happens.'''
* {{Fanfic/The Conversion Bureau Not Alone}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: As per the rules of DeconstructionFic, this trope is all over the place. '''If it's a deconstruction fic, realistic outcomes are to be expected'''
*** The humans are not the least bit flattered by the ponies' HolierThanThou attitudes and the destruction of Cape Town leads to all of Earth declaring war for survival. '''Action has consequences'''
* {{Recap/Frasier S 02 E 07 The Candidate}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Because of Frasier making the whole 'abducted by aliens' thing public, well...you probably know how that effects Phil Patterson in the election. '''ZCE'''
* {{CodexEquus/Tropes A To B}}
** Like his mentor, [[Music/ElvisPresley Blue Suede Heartstrings]], Prince Healing Song is a musical prodigy. Despite losing his sight to retinoblastoma during infancy, Healing Song picked up the guitar and adapted to it by positioning it flat on his lap and playing it like a piano when he was only ''three years old''. Throughout his music career, he had played with both single-necked and double-necked guitars with equal amount of skill (hence his double-necked guitar Cutie Mark), though according to Healing Song, he learned to play the trumpet at one point, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome but has since gotten rusty due to playing the guitar more often]]. Healing Song is also an accomplished songwriter, being able to write his own songs with Braille during the Second Age, and he has a great auditory memory that allows him to remember anything he hears for a long time, including songs that came out in his day. He was also able to adapt to the change when he decided to move away from blues music, which he worked with for much of his career, to jazz music. His status as a prodigy would factor into his growth rates as a deity once he Ascended, as his physical and magical development would be accelerated at abnormal rates compared to "normal" deities. '''Action has consequences. Why would readers expect Healing Song's trumpet skills to not suffer after being neglected?'''
* {{Funny/Phineas And Ferb Season 1}}
** When the Fireside Girls come to rescue Phineas, Ferb and Candace, it looks like they'll make it back to the present right? [[{{Not}} Nope.]] [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome The time machine apparently has to be plugged in an electric source in order to go back to the present.]] '''Example involves an unrealistic TimeMachine, but might still count since even unrealistic machines can reasonably be expected to require electricity.'''
* {{Literature/The Road To Hell}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
*** Torgash passed a law where he excepts soldiers and guards to willingly soil themselves as opposed to using chamber pots or disposing of their waste properly. [[ThoseTwoGuys Sollox and Vulxcon]] inform him that a bunch of new recruits have gotten physically ill because they've spent so much time stuck inside the same fetid facility without bathing or changing their soiled pants. '''Possibly valid due to showing realistic consequences of PottyFailure'''
* {{WesternAnimation/The Grinch 2018}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
*** The whole idea of the Christmas heist is this. It takes a couple of days for the Grinch to actually start his heist, needing the proper planning and materials, as well as preparation for any screw-ups. Example: letting Max guide the sleigh because [[spoiler:Fred reunited with his family]]. '''Why would we expect the Grinch to instantly be ready for the heist?'''
* {{Funny/The Nostalgia Critic 2018 Episodes}}
** At the end, sick of all the Hyper Boner jokes, Devil Boner tries to remedy things by changing his name to "Devil Fangirl." He and Hyper both agree that's a terrible idea and just keep their names. Then they decide to consummate their marriage...by [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome passing out from the exhaustion of the wedding.]] '''Not enough context to determine if the pothole references a valid example.'''
* {{Characters/Darwins Game}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Using a high-power anti-materiel sniper rifle for hunting deer sounds like a good plan, on paper. But if the bullet is too high-powered, the bullet can pass right through the deer, causing it to run away, rather than killing it. '''Might be a valid example.'''
* {{LightNovel/Shin High School DXD}}
** [[spoiler: Sairaorg's team, Team Imperial Purpure, goes up against Team Shooting Star, a team of talented people who otherwise went unnoticed, like a Low-Class Devil with monstrous strength or a mage who can only use basic spells but with insane power, all lead by the wielder of the titular reclassified Longinus. Team Shooting Star manages to put Sairaorg and his peerage on the ropes at first, but because they're unexpected newcomers, they're also the only team in the main tournament without proper sponsors or support, which means that they hadn't been receiving proper post-match care. Thus, the built-up damage and exhaustion meant that they weren't able to fight at full capacity and Sairaorg ends up winning VictoryByEndurance.]] '''Doesn't really explain well why this is surprising.'''
* {{Manga/High Rise Invasion}}
** It's specifically stated by Brother that while the mask enhances your power to the limit of human physique, it will not alter your basic stamina. In a prolonged battle, the Angel who has the bigger body and/or wields the lighter weapon would eventually overpower the other Angel. Nise uses this to her advantage when fighting Ein: She is a growing teenager wielding a combat knife while Ein is hardly an adolescent who wields a long Japanese katana. '''Unrealistic magical mask isn't 100% omnipotent. Not realistic.'''
* {{Fanfic/Heels Over Head}}
** Piggot gets exposed to one of Taylor's Panacea Remix bandages, which restores her to what she looked like before Ellisburg... and promptly gets thrown into Master[=/=]Stranger screening for 'badly impersonating Director Piggot.' '''Example involves unrealistic magical bandages.'''
* {{Film/The Jungle Book 2016}}
** King Louie orders the Bandar-Log to throw Baloo off the cliff. Thing is, he's a bear and they're monkeys: as long as he puts forth any effort at all, they're not going to be able to move him. [[NoSell He barely even seems bothered by their efforts.]] '''Whether this fits or not depends on how it's presented. If it seems like they might succeed at throwing Baloo, it's an example. Otherwise it's just shoehorned.'''
* {{Characters/Ghost Recon Wildlands Santa Blanca Cartel}}
** It's implied in a Kingslayer file that him and his secret trafficking ring, which includes his own sicarios, is beginning to attract suspicion. A disgruntled sicario reports to his lieutenant that one of Reed's smugglers has demanded extra payment due to to the price of SB cocaine suddenly doubling due to 'inflation.' The smuggler is fated to be killed on the lieutenant's orders, but it's certain that sooner or later, Reed would've fallen under suspicion. '''Action has consequences. Doesn't explain why it's surprising.'''
* {{DeconstructedCharacterArchetype/Samurai Jack}}
** Jack also deconstructs TheBerserker and UnstoppableRage. While he normally has a handle on his temper, there are instances where he is prone to losing himself to his rage only for it to backfire spectacularly. In "Jack Vs Mad Jack", after a rough day of relentless attacks by bounty hunters, Jack's anger becomes more than he can contain and Aku takes advantage of this by creating Mad Jack, a manifestation of all of Jack's negative emotions. After a long battle, Jack manages to defeat Mad Jack by simply calming down. Season 5, however, shows that [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome just because you overcome your anger once doesn't mean you won't succumb to it again next time something deeply upsets you.]] [[spoiler:Aku destroying the final time portal in front of him was more than enough for Jack to lose himself to his rage once again, causing him to slay three innocent goats corrupted by Aku's magic. Because Jack lost control of his anger and tainted the blade with innocent blood, Jack rendered himself spiritually unworthy to wield the sword, causing it to abandon him and leave the mortal plane. It takes Jack realizing this and overcoming his anger again before he can reclaim his sword.]] '''Not sure. Might be valid if the show implies that overcoming Mad Jack meant a definitive end to Jack's anger issues.'''
* {{Characters/Code Geass Paladins Of Voltron}}
** SecretSecretKeeper: [[spoiler:[[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome She figured out that Lelouch was Zero on her own after hearing his voice]], but refused to believe it until Lelouch confessed it himself.]] '''Not enough context since it's just a pothole while talking about a different trope.'''

* {{Fanfic/Empathy}} '''Has an entire page of examples. See folder below.'''

** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome
*** Malty's attempts to frame Ben fall flat, since Nanoha and Fate point out the many holes within her testimony of events and her behavior afterwards. In addition, they provide several recordings that contradict her narration of events, and clearly show he went nowhere near her all night. Hell, they even catch her trying to break into their room on tape right before going straight to Motoyasu's. '''Action has consequences'''
*** While the [[InSpiteOfANail King still declares that Ben is guilty]], absolutely no-one else is convinced, especially since the whole trial was broadcast nationwide. '''Action of consequences. Previous example sounds like it would invalidate the "surprising" aspect.'''
*** Malty and Motoyasu try to poison Nanoha and Fate against Ben by saying he may try to attack them as well, Malty as a desperate ploy to undermine him while Motoyasu genuinely believes Malty's accusations. All this does is piss them off (with Fate slapping Malty) and incredulously ask if they expected them to believe someone they've just met over a friend they've known for years. '''Action has consequences'''
*** Relating to the above, while people were initially appalled to hear that the shield hero apparently raped someone, upon realizing it was [[SpoiledBrat Malty]] who made the accusations, no-one believes it. It's mentioned she's pulled [[FalseRapeAccusation the same stunt]] several times before, and the fact that that she is still known to [[ReallyGetsAround flirt and sleep with many men]] makes it abundantly clear that she was never a victim of rape. '''Action has consequences'''

*** Watching a WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon where Bugs Bunny's "What's up Doc?" is answered by Elmer shooting him down and then snapping Bugs' neck. '''Valid'''
*** A version of ''Film/HomeAlone'' has the burglars easily evading the childish traps and shooting Kevin dead to avoid witnesses. '''DeconstructiveParody'''
*** A take on ''Film/DirtyDancing'' has Johnny's "nobody puts Baby in the corner" speech interrupted by Baby's father having him arrested for being a 41-year old man sleeping with a teenager and sent to jail. '''DeconstructiveParody'''
*** A deleted scene from one episode has the family watching "Sassy Sitcom Secretary in Real Life" where the title character makes a smart-ass insult to her bosses...who are totally thrown and fire her on the spot. '''Valid'''
*** A parody of ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' has Andy waiting for Red to meet him in the small Mexico town he talked of. It takes months for Andy to realize that when you only mention a town once in what seems to be a random conversation, there's a good chance the other person will never realize it was meant as a serious meeting place years later. '''Valid'''
*** Finding the man who crippled him, Joe shoots him in the kneecaps. He tells the gang he didn't want to kill the guy, [[OnlyAFleshWound just give him a small taste of what he did to Joe]] and when he recovers, he'll understand. When Joe turns around, he finds the man has bled to death. '''Valid'''
*** When Peter and the gang pretend to be Series/TheATeam, they tell the construction workers at a site that they're only going to have their vehicles crashed and they'll be able to walk it off. The workers point out how even a minor accident tends to leave long-term damage to your neck and nerves. '''Not an example if the surprisingly realistic outcome doesn't actually happen.'''
*** Winning the lottery, Peter decides to [[PooledFunds jump into a pile of gold and swim around in it]] like Scrooge [=McDuck=], and breaks half his body on the hard gold bars and coins. '''Valid'''
** When Quagmire loses his pilot's license, Peter drugs the pilots of a plane so Quagmire can land it and be a hero. It does work (though not how he actually planned) but Peter is then arrested for hijacking and public endangerment. '''Action has consequences'''
*** Not to mention how Peter and Stewie are responsible for the deaths of people because of dumb accidents than in another cartoon are just played for laughs. '''Too vague due to referring to multiple examples without explaining any of them.'''
*** Peter strings a bunch of firecrackers together, holding them in his palm as if expecting a boom that will just leave his face looking smoking. When they go off earlier than expected, Peter loses all his fingers. '''Valid'''
*** Losing his hearing from being a DJ, Peter thinks his other senses will now be heightened. A deaf woman tells him he'll be lucky if he's not run over by a bus within three months. '''Outcome doesn't actually happen.'''
*** Peter is thrown he's still suffering bad health after quitting smoking. His doctor tells him that if you've been smoking for years, the effects aren't going to just magically vanish when you stop. '''Realistic, but is it surprising?'''
*** In a parody of ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'', Peter points out that Cinderella and the Prince entered in an "ill advised long-term relationship" and points out it only lasted 7 months as they got married before even getting to know each other. '''Possibly valid deconstruction of HappilyEverAfter'''
*** When Peter gets kidney failure, Brian offers his own kidney to replace his. Just as the surgery is about to take place, Dr. Hartman steps in to offer his own kidney. When asked why, he matter-of-factly points out that Brian is a ''dog'' and thus it's completely impossible for him to be the organ donor to a human being without both dying. '''Not sure, leaning towards valid'''
*** In "Screams of Silence", the guys are ready to isolate and take out Jeff Fecalman, but as Quagmire plans to take a pistol to him, Jeff takes out a shotgun at the ready. Real life domestic abusers aren't all cowards who just beat women; but they can be just dangerous and crazy enough to go after a man who stands up to them too. '''Not sure. Is the audience specifically led to believe Jeff would be unarmed and easily killed?'''
*** Two instances in "Road to the North Pole". First, when Stewie and Brian get to the North Pole, they discover that it's a dystopia. The demand for presents from billions of children every year has driven Santa and the elves to madness, the reindeer eat the elves because there's no other food for them, and the elves are forced to inbreed, resulting in severely deformed children.\\\
Second, when Brian and Stewie are SubbingForSanta on Christmas Eve, they completely and {{epic|Fail}}ally fail. They struggle to get the reindeer to even fly, then they crash land on the roof of their first house. When they go down the chimney, they forget the presents outside, then lock themselves out while retrieving them. They're forced to break back in to put the presents under the tree, at which point the father of the home discovers them and Stewie beats him within an inch of his life with a baseball bat before he can call the police. Then his wife and daughter enter the scene, and it only gets worse from there; Stewie bludgeons the woman with the bat and ties up the little girl. And ''then'' [[FromBadToWorse the police arrive]]. '''Example involves unrealistic Christmas magic'''
--->'''Stewie:''' This was one house! We've been here for an hour and a half! First of all, we're not even Santa anymore; this has been a home invasion, but an hour and a half, Brian! It's gonna be light in six hours, and we have to deliver to the whole rest of the world! There's two apartment buildings on this block alone!\\
'''Brian:''' No wonder Santa lost his mind. This is ridiculous, we can't do this!\\
'''Stewie:''' Nobody can, it's inhuman!
*** In "Road to India" Brian attempts to win money on the Indian version of ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', only to fail because the questions are about Indian culture, which Brian has no knowledge of. '''Possibly valid.'''
*** In "Something, Something, Something, Dark Side" Dak Ralter actually tries to take on the Empire by himself like he boasted...[[CurbStompBattle with predictable results]]. '''"Weak character beaten by stronger ones". Might count only if it seems like he could do it.'''
* {{Fanfic/The Spectre Trilogy}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Before Carla starts her journey, she’s advised to get a haircut as it’s dangerous to have very long hair out in the wild. '''Not surprising if she's warned about the danger before anything bad happens.'''
** Sending almost all her money to her sister leaves Carla with little to spend on medical supplies – which causes major problems when Tess gets poisoned. '''Action has consequence. Why would readers expect Carla to have no financual issues?'''
*** Since she’s unfamiliar with some of the species on her team, Carla has to look them up on a database in order to learn about them. '''Shoehorn'''
*** When [[spoiler: sabotaging Team Scythe during the blackout in Mauville City]], Carla tries pulling her hood up to disguise herself – and then realises that won’t hide her face completely and she’ll be in real trouble if she’s recognised. She’s forced to use her scarf to hide the lower half of her face. '''Subversion of PaperThinDisguise, but it's not surprising if Carla points out why the trope wouldn't work before the outcome happens.'''
*** Carla loses weight from the constant travelling. '''Action has consequences. Are readers led to believe she wouldn't lose weight?'''
*** Aspiring trainers don’t officially need parental permission to become a trainer or obtain a licence. Naturally, some people are unhappy with that and are actively trying to change it. '''Pokémon trainers don't exist, unrealistic'''
*** Since several trainers on the blacklist are teenagers, there are rules in place to protect them. Unfortunately, said trainers are on the blacklist for a reason and aren’t willing to come along quietly when hunters come for them. '''Same as above, unrealistic.'''
*** When a pokémon gets poisoned, the problem can be fixed easily but when a human gets poisoned it's an entirely different matter. '''Unrealistic monster poison'''
*** Trainers have to be able to actually take care of the pokémon on their teams. [[spoiler: Tally reluctantly decides to give her Wailmer away, because she knows she won't be able to look after him properly once he evolves. She's very upset by her decision and worries that Boing hates her.]] '''If it's a common plot point, it's no longer surprising, especially if the character sees the realistic outcome coming and specifically avoids it.'''
*** If there's a serious incident - such as [[spoiler: a rogue team taking hostages at a hotel]] - the authorities will react as quickly as they can as soon as they hear of it. In fact, Carla and her friends only inflict a small amount of damage on Team Scythe before the teleporters arrive. '''Subversion of PoliceAreUseless, but it's not clear if the subversion comes as a surprise.'''
* {{Fanfic/The Conversion Bureau Not Alone}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: As per the rules of DeconstructionFic, this trope is all over the place. '''If it's a deconstruction fic, realistic outcomes are to be expected'''
*** The humans are not the least bit flattered by the ponies' HolierThanThou attitudes and the destruction of Cape Town leads to all of Earth declaring war for survival. '''Action has consequences'''
*** The destruction of Cape Town itself leads to the displacement of millions of people, creating a severe refugee crisis, and even after the humans win, the barrier has wiped out the infrastructure, leaving behind nothing but a blank patch of land. '''Same. Why would audiences expect the destruction of an entire town to not cause tons of problems?'''
*** It's revealed at the end that Celestia's approval ratings have slipped down among a sizable number of ponies due to [[spoiler:the combination of losing the war, missing their friends and family members they had to leave behind on Earth, and the off-putting behaviors of the newfoals]]. '''Same. Why would that be surprising or realistic?'''
*** Seeing another species being threatened with what amounted to genocide leads to the other races on Equus becoming scared for their own safety and their trust in the ponies is completely wiped out. '''Why would it be surprising that a pro-genocide group is hated by everyone else?'''
* {{Recap/Frasier S 02 E 07 The Candidate}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Because of Frasier making the whole 'abducted by aliens' thing public, well...you probably know how that effects Phil Patterson in the election. '''ZCE'''
* {{CodexEquus/Tropes A To B}}
** Like his mentor, [[Music/ElvisPresley Blue Suede Heartstrings]], Prince Healing Song is a musical prodigy. Despite losing his sight to retinoblastoma during infancy, Healing Song picked up the guitar and adapted to it by positioning it flat on his lap and playing it like a piano when he was only ''three years old''. Throughout his music career, he had played with both single-necked and double-necked guitars with equal amount of skill (hence his double-necked guitar Cutie Mark), though according to Healing Song, he learned to play the trumpet at one point, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome but has since gotten rusty due to playing the guitar more often]]. Healing Song is also an accomplished songwriter, being able to write his own songs with Braille during the Second Age, and he has a great auditory memory that allows him to remember anything he hears for a long time, including songs that came out in his day. He was also able to adapt to the change when he decided to move away from blues music, which he worked with for much of his career, to jazz music. His status as a prodigy would factor into his growth rates as a deity once he Ascended, as his physical and magical development would be accelerated at abnormal rates compared to "normal" deities. '''Action has consequences. Why would readers expect Healing Song's trumpet skills to not suffer after being neglected?'''
** Prince Léon, originally a one-shot Alicorn character who appeared in a French magazine as Celestia's very young cousin, is a divine Godling in the Codexverse, being capable of powerful [[TheEmpath empathy]] and [[HolyBurnsEvil divine purification]]. For one, he ''[[AchievementsInIgnorance accidentally]]'' purged the current host of Mr. Hide, one of Ispita's Fallen angels, significantly harming Mr. Hide and defeating him. However, while he's got a lot of potential, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome he's still a toddler, so he wouldn't be fighting much for the time being until he's older]]. '''Unrealistic example of GooGooGodlike'''
** '''[=Randomfan11=]:''' - GreaserDelinquents (quite a few Codexverse characters are benevolent, heroic Greasers), music (including the works of Music/ElvisPresley and Music/StevieRayVaughan, which partially influenced their inclusion into the Codexverse), [[PsychicPowers psychic]] characters, family bonding/drama, opportunities for characters to EarnYourHappyEnding, [[DarkAndTroubledPast sympathetic backstories]], {{Karma Houdini}}s getting their comeuppance (especially if [[AdaptationalKarma they didn't get it in their source material]]), ThePowerOfFriendship, deconstructions of certain tropes, people being [[WhatTheHellHero taken to task by others]] over amoral and/or questionable decisions, {{Surprisingly Realistic Outcome}}s in general. '''Talks about how an author likes using this trope. Not clear if they're referring to actual examples or misuse.'''
** BreakTheHaughty: Since ''Codex Equus'' runs on SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome, this trope applies whenever someone, especially if they're powerful and great in some way, start acting in a manner that warrants receiving LaserGuidedKarma from those who don't agree with them. '''Same as above, meta-example rather than an actual example'''
* {{Funny/Phineas And Ferb Season 1}}
* When the Fireside Girls come to rescue Phineas, Ferb and Candace, it looks like they'll make it back to the present right? [[{{Not}} Nope.]] [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome The time machine apparently has to be plugged in an electric source in order to go back to the present.]] '''Example involves an unrealistic TimeMachine, but might still count since even unrealistic machines can reasonably be expected to require electricity.'''
* {{Literature/The Road To Hell}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:

*** Harvon is not the only person in Kosslivo who's tired of Torgash's brutal laws. Other residents in Kosslivo, like Krun, openly hate him and would gladly enjoy watching him die just so they won't have to deal with his sadistic behavior any longer. '''People hating a tyrant isn't surprising.'''
*** On that same note, it's mentioned that someone else within Torgash's kingdom is trying to topple his empire, and they're secretly freeing some of his slaves. '''Same as above'''
*** In chapter 4, Harvon is disgusted when an orc is killed in the middle of a tavern, and no one around him--not even his best friend Shurrmvin--is remotely fazed by it and continues going about their business. Considering that many residents in the kingdom are either killed or mutilated for even attempting to defy Torgash's empire, this kind of behavior isn't all that uncommon. '''Not sure'''
*** It's mentioned in chapter 3 that Torgash ordered his troops to sack a city during a parade. Two Royals from a neighboring kingdom called Myllgard were slaughtered in the chaos, which will no doubt result in a war he initially had no intention of starting. '''Action has consequences. Why would this come as a surprise?'''
*** Harvon, Shurrmvin, Hykler, Jervow, Aerotan, and Gendyl are all forced to kill an entire platoon of their fellow orcs in chapter 7. Except for Aerotan and Gendyl (the former being TheStoic, and the latter a borderline sociopath), all of them are devastated at what they did and come close to having an emotional breakdown. '''Not sure. Why would it be surprising that having to kill a lot of people is traumatic?'''
*** Chapter 13 has Mernal fighting off goblins while he's naked. This makes it easier for one goblin to strike him in the groin and another to shoot an arrow at his buttocks, both of which seriously wound him. '''Deconstruction of FullFrontalAssault, but doesn't explain why/if it's surprising.'''

*** Zig-zagged. Despite his enthusiasm the sleigh is more than three times Max's size and weight, so when he tries to pull, he ends up digging himself into the snow. But he finds the strength to pull it anyway. '''Valid double subversion.'''
*** Since the town's Christmas tree is hundreds of feet high with proportionate sized ornaments, the Grinch doesn't even bother trying to steal it, focusing instead on the stuff he can actually fit in his sleigh. '''If the Grinch doesn't try to steal the whole tree because he knew it was impossible, it's not an example.'''
*** Unlike the other two incarnations, [[spoiler:the sleigh actually does fall off Mount Crumpit, being a vehicle with thousands of pounds worth of Christmas decorations and presents just leaning on the edge of a cliff. And when the Grinch tries to grapple to the edge, ''the cliff itself'' falls]]. '''Might be valid since it mentions previous adaptations setting up different expectations, which are subverted here for the sake of being more realistic.'''
*** Though the Whos [[spoiler:do not hold any grudges against the Grinch for his scheme, they ''are'' more stunned than forgiving when the Grinch returns their things, and after he apologizes, he slinks miserably away to his cave. He does not feel good about returning the presents ''at all'', especially because of the real reason why he wanted to steal them in the first place. Also, rather than a grand, town-wide feast taking place, Cindy-Lou later drops by to invite him to a relatively small Christmas dinner at her house, which he attends with an equal mixture of graciousness and deep shyness, especially since he does not come out of his cave that much aside from grocery-shopping. Also, the Grinch was worried about how the Whos' would react to him being there]]. '''Another "Character isn't 100% instantly forgiven" example, except he ''is'' forgiven, so it's just things happening and being shoehorned into this trope.'''

** Two of the teams in the Azazel Cup end up losing due to realistic complications rather than outright tactics or force:
*** [[spoiler: Sairaorg's team, Team Imperial Purpure, goes up against Team Shooting Star, a team of talented people who otherwise went unnoticed, like a Low-Class Devil with monstrous strength or a mage who can only use basic spells but with insane power, all lead by the wielder of the titular reclassified Longinus. Team Shooting Star manages to put Sairaorg and his peerage on the ropes at first, but because they're unexpected newcomers, they're also the only team in the main tournament without proper sponsors or support, which means that they hadn't been receiving proper post-match care. Thus, the built-up damage and exhaustion meant that they weren't able to fight at full capacity and Sairaorg ends up winning VictoryByEndurance.]] '''Doesn't really explain well why this is surprising.'''
** [[spoiler: Team Black Satan of Darkness Dragon King, a team made up of Maou-class and Transcendental-class Artificial Devils and led by a High-Class Grim Reaper, ends up losing to Team Babel Belial, the team of Rating Game Champion Diehauser Belial. While the Artificial Devils were far more powerful, they were also mentally children, and thus couldn't coordinate well, especially against experienced veterans such as Belial and his team. Balberith, one of the Transcendental-classes, in particular, was too focused on replicating moves from the Oppai Dragon show he liked instead of fighting more intelligently.]] '''Example involves unrealistic artificial demons.'''
** [[spoiler: Just because its leadership was killed off doesn't mean that the Khaos Brigade is gone. Its spies and researchers just went underground until they could find another group to back.]] '''Might be better under Decapitated Army as a subversion.'''

** The Angels have to eat. So, they have to remove their masks. Also, if, say, the Angels sneeze, they are allowed to remove their masks for a short while to wipe the snot off their face. This also applies if they need to wash their face. '''Just a description of a LogicalWeakness without explaining why it's surprising.

** Because one of Amy's powers' limits is that she can't affect herself, the Panacea Remix turns Taylor's body into an exact duplicate of Amy's... which turns out to be ''very'' uncomfortable for Taylor, as Amy's body is ''very'' different from Taylor's. So in some places she's bulging out of her clothes and in others they're way too lose, because the clothes didn't change when she did. '''Unrealistic magic bandages again.'''
** Taylor's powers give her powers are thematically opposite whatever capes are in her range. Gaining a potentially endless amount of power sounds good. However as each powers main purpose is to be the perfect counter to a single cape, not every power has applications beyond countering that one person. '''Unrealistic superpowers.'''

** Mowgli [[spoiler:wielding a torch stolen from the man-village. A young kid with no experience with handling fire while running through a jungle turns out to be disastrous, as Mowgli accidentally sets many of the trees aflame.]] '''Doesn't explain why it's surprising.'''
** Khan is a widely feared, ruthless, powerful tiger. That said, a herd of stampeding buffalo don't hesitate to run him down when he happens to be in their path, and indeed, may not have even had a chance to realize he was in the way. '''Doesn't explain why it's surprising.'''

** Reed's ingenious idea to smuggle as much cocaine as possible in bush planes across South America is certainly viable, as the bush planes can avoid radar detection by flying at low altitude. But it also results in said planes being torn up to make them as light as possible to hide said cocaine, barely being held together with duct tape. Too often, the planes become flying death traps that their pilots struggle to handle, as seen in the many plane wrecks throughout Koani. '''Same as above.'''

** ThrowingOffTheDisability: [[spoiler:The healing pods on the Castle of Lions successfully restore her legs and eyesight, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome though after years of disuse, she needs physical therapy to be able to properly walk again]].]] '''Example involves unrealistic healing pods.'''

** Raboniel notes the difficulties of space travel, even in the magic-suffused cosmere. Evidently, the only reliable method of inter-world travel is through the Cognitive Realm. For those who tried to use magic alone, well... '''Unrealistic magical space travel.'''
--->'''Raboniel:''' You can’t travel to Braize in the Physical Realm. That would take... well, I have no idea how long. Plus there’s no air in the space between planets. We sent [[GravityMaster Heavenly Ones]] to try it once. No air, and worse, the strange pressures required them to carry a large supply of Voidlight for healing. Even so prepared, they died within hours.

** When Toshinori drops by another student's place unannounced in the wake of the USJ attack, their parental figure bars his way and asks for proof that he works at U.A. '''Action has consequences.'''
** [[DirtyKid Mineta]] is kicked out of Class 1-A and forced to take weekly counselling for his perverted antics and [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish motivations]]. '''Possibly valid deconstruction of something that's usually PlayedForLaughs in canon.'''
** Nedzu's intention to downplay and minimize the acknowledged impact of the USJ attack further undermines his standing with parents and staff alike. Being the principal does not grant him ''carte blanche'' to ignore any advice that clashes with what ''he'' wants to do; Recovery Girl resolves to remind him of this when he blows off her recommendation that Class 1-A be excused from the Sports Festival. '''Action has consequences.'''
** After his [[WreckedWeapon eskrima rods got wrecked]] during the USJ attack, Izuku is left struggling to rebuild his faith in his own weapons, afraid that they'll wind up failing him again. '''Action has consequences.'''

** Asami still has some problems with the fact Mako tortured Manu. '''Same as above.'''
** Even though Korra's healing saved Asami's life, Asami still needs medical attention due to the fact Korra was not able to completely heal her since it was only her first time and the stab wounds have caused her to have some difficulty breathing. '''Example might involve unrealistic HealingHands (the character page mentions that Korra used waterbending to heal Asami, not sure if it's referring to the same incident described here.)'''
** Tenzin and other authority figures don't want to reveal Korra to the public yet because it is likely they will connect her to the Red Lotus terrorist attacks. '''Not an example if they see the outcome coming and avoid it.'''
** Unalaq and his family are still recovering from the attack Korra herself participated in during Chapter Fifteen. '''Why would we expect them to recover instantly?'''
** As happy as Korra and her family are to be together again, things are a little awkward for them due to the fourteen year separation. Senna even lampshades herself that while they can be a family again, they can never get back the years they lost. '''Consequences exist.'''

** Death Arms just standing there doing nothing while Katsuki was being attacked by the Sludge Villain gets him heavy criticism from Izuku, Mitsuki, and the public, and his reputation takes a serious hit. Bad quirk matchup or not, a hero acting like a bystander while a kid is about to lose his life is not acceptable. '''Action has consequences.'''
** Inko was ''not'' [[LockedOutOfTheLoop completely unaware]] that her son was being bullied. Despite all his efforts to hide the AwfulTruth from her, she still helped him deal with the aftermath, such as replacing all of his destroyed property. They went through so many bandages and ointments that the convenience store started setting some aside for them to ensure they'd have it. However, there was only so much Inko could do, as not only would Izuku not admit to being bullied, but the school actively stone-walled her every time she tried to find out what was going on. Now that she knows for certain? She goes to Aldera and has a [[MamaBear little]] [[TranquilFury chat]] with the principal... '''Action has consequences.'''
** All three of the Bakugou's end up requiring therapy after the incident with the Sludge Villain, Katsuki because he was almost murdered and his parents because they almost had to watch their son be murdered. '''Characters don't overcome trauma instantly'''
** Izuku refuses to clean Dagobah Beach without any safety equipment out of justified fear of infection, used needles, and tetanus from the rusted metal. '''Not an example if he foresees the realistic outcome and avoids it.'''
** While Izuku's revenge against Hada Shiro is justified and the bully needed to learn a lesson, Nedzu points out that a kid who feels like he has nowhere to go and no options left would probably turn to villainy. He asks Izuku to tone down his response next time. '''Same as above, also involves unrealistic super-villainy.'''
** All Might may be the Number One hero, but this doesn't qualify him to be a teacher. Spending time with Izuku shows him that he can barely handle his protégé, let alone an entire class of teenagers. Because of this, [[spoiler:he requests that Nedzu allow him to be a teaching assistant so he has enough time to learn the ropes]]. '''Hero isn't 100% perfect. Not necessarily surprising.'''
** Izuku mentions that Quirk analysts like himself have to be careful with how much they reveal, especially if their analyses are made public. One analyst unthinkingly revealed a major weakness in a hero called Zephyr. The next villain Zephyr fought exploited said weakness and injured him badly enough to force the hero to retire. '''Example involves unrealistic superheroes and villains.'''

** Mitch happily thinks that he doesn't need to take his regular potassium vitamins for his medical condition. Come a few hours later, he's feeling very ill and begging Adam desperately to help him find the bottle his mother left on the counter. '''Action has consequences.'''

** ''LightNovel/GoblinSlayer'': Warrior is a deconstruction of this. Like many fantasy heroes, Warrior grew up on a farm and was inspired by the stories of adventurers to become one himself. However, since he spent his entire life on a farm, he has little-to-no experience in fighting, no formal training, and no real knowledge of the world at large. Naturally, SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome occurs on his very first (and last) adventure. '''The adventure referred to here is slaying goblins, which is not realistic, althogh the scene is meant to shock viewers by subverting unrealistic fantasy tropes.'''

[[folder:''Empathy'' examples]]
!!''Fanfic/{{Empathy}}''
* Despite having two [[WesternAnimation/InsideOut additional]] [[{{WesternAnimation/Home}} witnesses]] to support his claim that someone in a kabuki mask was using his stolen microbot technology, [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6 Hiro]] is still unable to convince the police officer, since A) It is still an unbelievable claim and B) The officer recognized Hiro and Riley as the two kids arrested a few months ago, making them untrustworthy. '''Action has consequences. Involves unrealistic sci-fi technology.'''
* Earlier, when Riley [[spoiler: wakes up inside her head and meets her emotions]], she automatically screams in fright. '''Example involves unrealistic sentient emotions'''
* What the fanfic shows that the movie didn't was Hiro going through trial and error with his microbot idea. He doesn't come up with the neurotransmitter until Riley suggests it, unable to control all of the microbots at once with a regular controller used for Bot-fighting. '''Example involves unrealistic sci-fi technology'''
* After an embarrassing first introduction at the start of the story (i.e. meeting Hiro in a jail cell and knowing he was responsible for Riley being in a cell too), Riley's father is [[PapaWolf hesitant]] to allow Hiro to see his daughter. Thankfully, Riley's mom is more reasonable and convinces her husband to give the boy a chance. '''Action has consequences'''
* When Oh tries to help Hiro by working on the neural-transmitter, he calibrates it with a Boov's parameters in mind, which are very different from human physiology. When Riley tries to wear it, she's shocked into unconsciousness. '''Unrealistic sci-fi tech'''
* Riley struggles [[spoiler: [[HowDoIShootWeb with her new powers]], since there is no one with similar abilities.]] She is worried that the others think she is crazy when she tries explaining her [[spoiler: new empathetic abilities]] and thankful when Fred steps in to her defense. '''Unrealistic superpowers'''
* After [[spoiler: [[WhamEpisode Tadashi dies in the fire]]]], the next chapter shows how the others are dealing with it. Honey Lemon can't sleep because she keeps having nightmares, Gogo blames herself for what happened, Hiro isolates himself from everyone, and Riley [[spoiler: suffers from a HeroicBSOD from the overload of emotions she felt during that tragic moment.]] The Andersons are concerned with paying for therapy, but [[spoiler: Fred]] covers it for them. '''Characters react to major event. Not clear why it's supposed to be surprising.'''
* When Hiro is reluctant to let [[spoiler: Riley]] join them in the fight against [[spoiler: Yokai, Riley and Tip are pissed. Tip sides with Riley and admits that the [[OutOfFocus only reason she was hanging out with the others was because Riley was there]] and both storm off. Everyone makes up afterwards, this time letting Riley and Tip aide in the final battle.]] '''Action has consequences.'''
* The fire takes longer to destroy the building, but [[spoiler: Tadashi is still in the building when the explosion happens]]. '''Explosion kills person. Not surprising.'''
* [[{{WesternAnimation/Home}} Oh]] [[TheDogBitesBack becomes inspired to fight]] after watching the others take on [[spoiler: Yokai and the Gorg]]. He headbutts [[spoiler: Smek]], but immediately reels in pain from the blow. He lampshades what a horrible move it is to use. '''Possibly valid subversion or deconstruction of UseYourHead'''
* In the final chapter, Agent Dicker and General Monger point out that the Supers Ban just allowed supervillains to run rampant (since criminals wouldn't be bothered about breaking ''another'' law), and is only nominally recognized anymore. And they couldn't even get Metro Man to follow it at all in the first place. '''Example involves unrealistic superheroes and villains'''
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* The trend of this trope continues into the [[Fanfic/UnityFinmonster sequel]], which right off the bat shows that even after getting closure on [[spoiler: Tadashi's death]], Honey Lemon is still [[BrokenBird in mourning and tries to keep herself occupied]]. '''Character isn't an example of AngstWhatAngst. Doesn't explain why we'd expect that to happen.'''
* When [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles Mirage]] is assigned to retrieve the [[WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens Monster team]], [[WesternAnimation/DespicableMe Lucy]] angrily accuses the assignment of being a glorified delivery mission just because of Mirage's former alignment with Syndrome. '''Action has consequences.'''
* Hiro and Fred's dad suspect that the AVL is onto the secret identities of Big Hero 9. In the next scene, following Agent Dicker, it turns out it is not the case and that they are still working on it. While PaperThinDisguise might be in place, the organization doesn't really have much information to go by to determine the identities of the new crimefighters of San Fransokyo. Not to mention, they have other concerns of more importance to deal with, so a new group of superheroes would most likely be low on AVL's priority list. Also, because they're a government agency, with a fixed budget, they're limited by poor equipment and a shortage of competent personnel compared to their workload. '''Not sure. Might count since the first scene sets up an expectation and the second shows why that cannot happen.'''
* Mirage's parents died because when Excelsior and Dr. Nefario's battle caused damage to the pier they were on, her mother wanted to run, but her father stood his ground, sure that [[HoldingOutForAHero Excelsior would save them]]. He wasn't able to do so. '''Example involves unrealistic superhero.'''
* Mirage was not let off easy for her actions as Syndrome's lieutenant. She is still viewed as untrustworthy even years later, and even now as an agent of the AVL she still has a tracking device on her at all times, which is also an inhibitor designed to paralyze her if she's viewed as stepping out of line. '''Yet another "Character isn't forgiven" example'''
* The team can't carry their costumes around everywhere, especially since they're bulkier than the more spandex-like suits the Parrs wear. The reason that only Fred and Violet could respond to the attack on [=KreiTech=] was the simple fact that by chance, Fred was the only one near where the spare costumes were kept. '''Not sure. It does seem like a realistic subversion of some trope, but I'm not sure which one'''
* Like in a [[Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids certain movie]], the SizeShifter device that Doctor Cockroach made for Susan works by contracting the empty space in her molecules. This, however, does not actually change her mass, so she is ''much'' denser than a normal person at 5 feet. While this makes her ImmuneToBullets and gives her SuperStrength, furniture that hasn't been reinforced will collapse if she tries to use it, and she can't wear heels. '''Example involves unrealistic sci-fi tech'''
* As Honey doesn't have any superpowers, punching people in fights does manage to hurt her hands in the process. '''Valid subversion of InvulnerableKnuckles'''
* Even if the jerks they took out started it by trying to smash Susan over the head with a beer bottle, the police still want to talk with the girls after the bar fight. Even then, it's noted that it was extreme luck on their part that the police never asked for [=IDs=] and noticed that Violet was underage for being at a club. '''Action has consequences'''
* People ''did'' die in Titan's reign of terror over Metro City, and it's eventually confirmed that Margo's biological parents were among them. Those deaths are also why Bob is furious at Metro Man for faking his death — while Megamind was the one to give Titan his powers, he only did that to fill the void Metro Man left behind. And when Titan started his rampage, Metro Man, instead of intervening immediately, stood and watched, forcing Megamind to deal with Titan himself. '''Possibly valid subversion of InferredHolocaust'''
* Metro Man's decision may have allowed Megamind to reform and fulfill his potential as a hero, but it was still an extremely selfish and irresponsible decision that led to the deaths of dozens, potentially hundreds of people. Several of his friends, especially Mr. Incredible, are disappointed in him when they find out what he did. Even Megamind, the one who "benefited" the most from this, is implied to be unhappy with Wayne's choice even though he's come to accept it. '''Another "character isn't forgiven" example'''
* Big Hero 9 have good tech and some decent skills, but they're still rookie heroes. Thus when they first go up against the much more experienced villains of the [[LegionOfDoom Syndicate]], they get [[CurbStompBattle curbstomped]]. '''Weaker characters lose to stronger ones.'''
* When Abigail finds out about her father's crimes, she's horrified, and ultimately decides to cut ties with him. Despite the fact that everything he did was to [[PapaWolf save her life]], he still committed several crimes, including Tadashi's murder, the attempted murders of Big Hero 9 ([[WouldHurtAChild several of whom are children]]), and what could be best described as treason against humanity. '''Another "character isn't forgiven" example'''
* Riley is thinking about seeing her psychiatrist again after her MindRape experience, and shows signs of lingering trauma from the experience throughout the chapter. '''Example involves unrealistic (I assume) MindRape. There was talk in the cleanup thread of making "character doesn't fully recover from trauma after the story" into a separate new trope.'''
* The AVL aren't 100% trusting of Gru, and assign Lucy to join him undercover as a result.
* Wasabi's weapons have no non-lethal mode, so he had to keep holding back in his fight with El Macho to avoid killing him.
* Wasabi goes to his sensei hoping for further training after his fight with El Macho, but he has nothing further to teach him, besides his experience. '''Shoehorn'''
** When Wasabi brings up how El Macho was willing to fight dirty, Takahito chides him for thinking like that; that wasn't a tournament with rules and regulations, that was a real fight, [[CombatPragmatist where the only rule is to win]]. '''Possibly valid deconstruction of LetsFightLikeGentlemen'''
* Because they can't publish their works through official channels due to being wanted criminals and all, the super villain community created a network for publishing scientific papers pertaining to the various weapons, gadgets, and {{DoomsdayDevice}}s they've invented. '''Shoehorn'''
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