History Sandbox / SurprisinglyRealisticOutcomeWickCheck

** ''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.'''

* {{Characters/Astral Chain}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Breaking out of the city, knocking out guards, using your Legion without permission. Not to mention [[spoiler: partially being the reason there's a massive storm from the Astral Plane that everyone has to deal with.]] Yeah, you're getting arrested regardless of how useful you are to Neuron. '''Example involves unrealistic powers, but is more about being punished for disobediance than the powers themselves. Not sure.'''
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Just like the player character, not even his expertise is enough to save him from the consequences of [[spoiler: breaking into Zone 09 and inadvertently causing the Astral Plane to start shifting into Earth. Unlike the player, who gets arrested but still has enough power to keep their job, Hal gets ''fired'' and becomes a wanted fugitive]]. '''Action has consequences'''
* {{Arrow/Tropes N To S}}

*** Moira tells Walter that his investigation is angering dangerous people. Walter is kidnapped and spends months locked in a bare cell. Walter is rescued by the vigilante. Walter hands Moira divorce papers. '''Action has consequences'''
*** In Season One finale "Sacrifice", Det. Lance finally tells his superior that over the past several months he had been in-contact with the Hood and tries to explain that the Hood is trying to stop Malcolm's attack on the Glades. [[CassandraTruth The chief don't buy it]] and suspends him, asking [[TurnInYourBadge for his badge and gun]]. It doesn't seem to matter afterwards, although he is still demoted to beat cop for his trouble. '''Not sure'''
*** 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'''
*** Numerous characters take rather awful beatings from the Deathstrokes in Season 2, but they're mostly costumed vigilantes, who are likely prepared for when they get the stuffing kicked out of them. In the season finale, Quentin is hurled into a table by a goon, and he coughs up blood and passes out due to a collapsed lung. '''Possibly valid. It explains how the show sets up an expectation (MadeOfIron) and subverts it realistically.'''
*** Also in Season 2, Roy is dosed with Mirakuru and has difficulty controlling the insanity. The Arrow takes him on as his apprentice, and he manages to get Roy to snap out of it as a critical juncture by revealing his identity. This does not magically cure his rage issues; only the removal of the drug from his system does that. '''Example involves unrealistic SuperSerum'''
*** 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.'''
*** Despite being the son of the former CEO and caring much more about the company, the board of Queen Consolidated are resistant to the idea of Oliver taking over the company given his detachment from it and his general inexperience. So as soon as Ray Palmer enters the scene, they gladly give the job to him instead. Oliver even acknowledges soon after that it was probably better for Palmer to become CEO and even thought it was selfish of him to try to get the company back after his behavior in the previous seasons. '''Not sure. Doesn't explain why it's surprising.'''
*** 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'''
*** Laurel's first outing as a vigilante goes like this. She ambushes a wife-beater with a baseball bat. After getting a couple of shots in, the guy takes the bat from her and beats her badly enough to put her in the hospital. Afterwards, Laurel seeks training. '''Weak character beaten by stronger character. Not sure if it counts.'''
*** 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'''
*** In Season Five, the chickens have come home to roost for Oliver in the form of Prometheus, a supervillain whose father was killed by Oliver in the first season. Granted, most of people on the list Oliver killed off were CorruptCorporateExecutive characters who were never meant to be sympathized with. However, just like in real life, even those people have their loved ones, be they wives or children, who will want revenge on you for killing their relatives. It was practically inevitable that Oliver would create a Prometheus sooner or later through his actions in the first season because chances are, not every person on the list that Oliver removed would be a lone miser whom nobody would miss. '''Might be valid, though the "practically inevitable" implies that this might fail the "surprisingly" part of the trope.'''
*** Oliver may be a certified badass and hardened killer but he is still regularly beaten by opponents with superior training, more experience, or actual powers. Forcing him to get better training himself or seek outside help. '''Weaker character is beaten by stronger one. If it happens enough times, it's no longer surprising.'''
*** 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.'''
* {{Characters/Final Fantasy XIV Sharlayan And Thavnair}}
** The title of one book in the Great Gubal Library reads, "The Culinary Applications of Coblyns". As for why anyone would want to eat a tentacled creature with bug-like eyes and a maw of razor sharp teeth used to consume any number of potentially toxic minerals, the author writes, [[ForScience "Why not?"]] This introduction is followed by a note that these are the last words he ever wrote, as the [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome original author of the book died as coblyn feelers are poisonous when consumed]]. Despite this, the second author vows to finish their brother's work. '''Example involves eating unrealistic monsters'''
* {{Fanfic/Empathy}} '''Has an entire page of examples. See folder below.'''
* {{Fanfic/The Coming Of The True Heroes}}
** 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'''
* {{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.'''
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:

* {{Film/Quigley Down Under}}
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Quigley sends back Marston's invitation letter with holes punched in it, and writing down the distance from which he took those shots. Since no one actually saw him taking the supposed shots, ''nobody'' takes Quigley's claim seriously and he has to prove it in front of the entire station in an elaborate marksmanship stunt. '''Probably valid.'''
** When being dumped in the outback, Quigley manages to kill all the goons at the scene. However, since one of them was trying to run away at full speed in his wagon, the horses are ''still running away'' once the driver is dead, leaving Quigley and Cora stranded. '''Not sure'''
** Despite this being a western, the action takes place in Australia, rather than the Wild West. So after [[spoiler:killing Marston and the majority of his goons and antagonizing the local military garrison]], Quigley is accounted for all the murders he committed and there is a WantedPoster of him. He only gets away by [[spoiler:lying about his identity]]. '''Not sure. Might be a valid subversion of genre convention.'''
* {{PlayingWith/Made Of Iron}}
** Bob manages to take a lot of damage without dying or passing out. However, he is later informed that this will [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome have detrimental effects on his body]]. '''Example is from a PlayingWith page based on a vague hypothetical story, so it might or might not count.'''
* {{Literature/World War Z}}
** One unnamed fellow attempts this by bolting a cleaver to a hockey stick and rollerblading along fast enough to decapitate a zombie in one swing. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome He gets tripped and pulled into a sewer very quickly.]] '''Not sure. ''Not'' tripping while rollerblading isn't necessarily unrealistic.'''
* {{MiraculousLadybug/Tropes N To Z}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
*** Hawk Moth is a fully developed adult who is taller and larger than either hero with his own Miraculous to even the playing field. The few times he bothers to fight Ladybug and Cat Noir directly, he can usually fight them to a standstill single handedly. '''Stronger character beats weaker characters. Also, these characters have unrealistic powers that could make the physical difference less relevant.'''
*** Even though Lila [[spoiler:lied about being Ladybug's friend and that her grandmother was also a superhero]] in the episode "Volpina", she's still hurt that Ladybug would reveal this in front of her crush Adrien all the while chastising her for it -- something that Adrien even [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out on]]. (Made worse since Marinette mostly did it to keep Lila from dating him.) Later, when Ladybug tries to apologize over the incident, [[RejectedApology Lila refuses to accept it]] and runs off. '''Another "character isn't forgiven" example.'''
*** In "Simon Says", Marinette is grounded by her parents over her numerous absences from school due to her superhero alter ego. '''Possibly valid unexpected realistic consequences of WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld.'''
*** Though PoliceAreUseless is used a lot in the series, most of the time it's not due to deliberate incompetence, but rather the fact that the non-powered police have no real way of going against [[MonsterOfTheWeek the ever-changing assortment of superpowered villains]] that Hawk Moth sends out. '''Example involves unrealistic monsters.'''

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* {{My Little Panzer}}
** Played with in the ''[[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Donald Duck]]'' comic "The Hypno-Gun." Although he considers it extremely irresponsible, Donald has no trouble believing that someone is marketing a MindControlDevice as a children's toy. Unbeknownst to him, of course the toy doesn't ''really'' hypnotize people -- [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome the boys were just pretending]] (unfortunately, this doesn't protect their uncle from [[YourMindMakesItReal the power of suggestion...]]). '''Might be valid if the story leads you to believe the device actually works.'''
* {{Characters/Back To The Future}}
** RippleEffectProofMemory: He's the only one (aside from Doc, of course) to remember the events of the Twin Pines timeline after settling down in the Lone Pine timeline, in which his actions in the past dramatically improved the lives of himself and his family. While the films don't dwell on the ramifications of this, the comics deal with [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome his eventual existential crisis]] as a result of the shift. '''Example involves unrealistic time travel.'''
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When he [=KO=]s Biff with that Haymaker, he recoils in pain briefly. As he was previously a noncombatant, his knuckles were, presumably, not previously toughened up. '''Probably valid as a subversion of InvulnerableKnuckles, but not sure if it's not too brief to count as surprising.'''
* {{Absurdly Bright Light}}
** In ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'', Turtle Team initially customizes their Pz 38(T) with a [[BlingOfWar gold paint job]] that makes the tank glow so much in the sun it has permanent LensFlare. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome This ensures that it's really easy for enemy tanks to see them]] and they ditch it for a more historically-accurate brown before the first match of the tournament. '''Not sure. Is the audience led to believe the gold paint job will have no consequences?'''
* {{Recap/My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic S 1 E 26 The Best Night Ever}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: An entire episode focused around it. A massive event that's seen as the greatest event of the year that anyone who's anyone will get to go to? You're going to run into a few problems: '''The GGG ''is'' built up as an event where the ponies' dreams will come true, and the song sets up the unrealistic expected outcomes'''
*** Twilight's desire to spend some quality time with Princess Celestia ends up failing because Celestia is obligated to welcome each and every individual guest to the party, leaving her with no time to talk to her and catch up. '''Leaning towards valid.'''
*** 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.'''
*** Rarity wants to woo Prince Blueblood, who she sees as the stallion of her dreams. It turns out that he's a stuck-up, arrogant prick who has no idea of how to treat a lady. '''Probably not valid. Someone being nice isn't unrealistic.'''
*** Pinkie Pie sees it as the biggest party in Equestria and wants to have fun, but the event is a formal one where any dancing is going to be slow, rather than high-energy, and the music is all classical. As a guest, she has no say in how to liven up the events. Even when Pinkie Pie tries, only the musicians are into her suggestions. '''Not sure. It's already clear that the party will be formal rather than fun, so it might fail the surprising part of the trope.'''
*** Fluttershy wants to go and see all of the animals in the castle garden, but unfortunately the animals are too scared of her and do their best to avoid her, which steadily grates on her until she finally goes nuts. '''Example involves Fluttershy's unrealistic animal handling powers failing.'''
** And poor Spike wanted to spend the night with his best friends, but with them all busy doing their own things he ends up alone and upset. '''Not sure.'''
* {{Fanfic/The Royal Couple}}

** In the "Dress Code" side story, in which Shujin actually enforces the dress code, Haru gets in trouble for wearing her canonical NonUniformUniform to school. Makoto doesn't even make it out the door before Sae makes her change. '''Not sure. Does the fic lead you to think she won't get in trouble?'''
** Even if you stay anonymous, it's possible to leave enough clues for someone to deduce your identity if you're not careful. After finding a hateful letter in Makoto's locker, Makoto does some digging and uncovers the sender's identity. '''Not sure. It's been a really long time since I've played ''Persona 5'', but I'm pretty sure Makoto was established as being good at deduction, so it might not count as surprising.'''
** After Makoto rekindles her passion for becoming a police officer, she realizes that a single criminal conviction will preclude her chances of achieving that goal, which is why she's determined to clear the Phantom Thieves' name. '''Action has consequences.'''
* {{Film/Quigley Down Under}}
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:

* {{Fanfic/Nymph And The Corrupted Miraculous}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Marinette's classmates are easily able to determine that she was the thread wielding champion due to them sharing hairstyles, wearing a costume that mixed French and Chinese design much like Marinette is half French and half Chinese, and most obviously the champion didn't use their legs the whole fight. '''Seems like a valid subversion of ClarkKenting.'''
* {{Fanfic/The Karma Of Lies}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
*** Lila notes at one point how there is no such thing as a truly anonymous bank account. '''Why would anyone expect there to be one?'''
*** It's explicitly confirmed that people have died during akuma attacks (though Miraculous Cure resurrected them), and that Syren in particular killed tens of thousands of people when she abruptly flooded Paris. '''Example involves unrealistic monsters.'''

* {{Characters/Future GPX Cyber Formula}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In his debut CF race at the US Grand Prix, he is hoping for an easy win and quickly gains the lead at the beginning. Then he gets a 60-second penalty for a false start, he goes over the speed limit and gets an engine blowout for his trouble. '''Not sure'''
* {{Safety Gear Is Cowardly}}
** There are perfectly good reasons to have safety gear. They protect you and keep you from getting killed or severely injured in an accident or combat. But some people don't understand that. They believe that safety is for wimps, or believe that they are a badass without any safety gear. Or because he's a KarmaHoudini, he doesn't need it. They might actually throw away or take off the gear if it's offered. SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome if [[LaserGuidedKarma he dies in an accident]], or Safety Guy lives through one. However, if he has a real ability that doesn't need it (like NighInvulnerability), then it makes more sense to shun protection. '''If this trope is common enough, then averting it would be a valid subversion of expectations.'''
* {{Literature/Miles Taylor And The Golden Cape}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In "Attack Of The Alien Horde", on his first official outing as Gilded, Miles puts out a raging fire along a highway. First, he tries to blow it out, but just ends up making it worse. Then, he rips a nearby water tower off its legs and opens it up, pouring the water all over the fire and putting it out. When he gets back to the school, however, Henry tells him he not only destroyed that town's local landmark, but that the purpose of a water tower is to keep water elevated so there's enough [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrostatics#Hydrostatic_pressure hydrostatic pressure]] for a building's faucets to function. In a nutshell, Henry tells Miles that, thanks to him, that town is now without water. '''Valid example showing the unexpected realistic consequences of an action.'''
* {{WesternAnimation/Stroker And Hoop}}
** HeadBlast: In the episode "Just Voodoo It (aka, For Whom The Bear Tolls)", before rushing in to face a horde of zombies, Double-Wide wires C.A.R.R.'s AI to a shotgun mounted on a helmet that he wears into the fray. When C.A.R.R. starts firing the gun, however, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Double-Wide remembers guns have recoil,]] and he ends the episode in a neck brace. '''Not sure, but leaning towards 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.'''
*** 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). '''Also might be valid, but I'm slightly less sure about this one.'''
*** In one episode, Stroker is attempting to sneak into a facility. He knocks out the guards outside the building, and proceeds to sneak past the security guard who watches the security monitors. The security guard asks who he is, so Stroker disguises his voice (badly) in hopes of fooling him. However, the security guard reveals he was messing with Stroker, and watched him knock out the guys on the security monitors. Stroker was apparently counting on him to be asleep on the job. The security guard responds by saying he just really likes his job (and finds the urine sample chamber hilarious). '''Not sure'''
*** 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.'''
* {{Film/Uncut Gems}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome [[spoiler:Howard wins the big bet on the Celtics in the climax of the movie. He then lets in Phil (who was threatening Howard after being locked in his door for several hours) who then proceeds to shoot and kill Howard. A violent hotheaded mobster who has been constantly butting heads with Howard during the whole movie, was not going to be okay with being locked in the room for over three hours no matter how much money Howard just made. No amount of money is worth the shit Howard pulls on them.]] '''Not sure'''
* {{Franchise/Conan The Barbarian}}
** DoesNotLikeShoes: Many characters, even more so if they're female. On one hand, it's justified given the hot and dry locales Conan frequents, but other times the terrain would be unforgivingly rugged and characters would still go barefoot. Sometimes though SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome happens and takes a toll, showing what happens when there's a need for foot protection (see Natalia). '''Valid deconstruction of the trope.'''

* {{Shown Their Work}}
** Compare DoingItForTheArt, NarrativeFiligree (both also about going above and beyond in regards to production quality), LampshadedTheObscureReference, SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome, WriteWhatYouKnow (when a work showcases a lot of in-depth information as a result of the creator having prior knowledge of the subject as opposed to needing to research it) and any ArtisticLicense. '''Trope description mentions that it can lead to SRO. Valid.'''

* {{Monumental Theft}}
** ''WesternAnimation/COPSAnimatedSeries'': As a birthday present for Big Boss, Berserko tries to steal the Cornucopia Bridge, by inflating the world's largest balloon and blowing up the supports. The C.O.P.S. stop him before he can fire the explosives so we don't see the bridge fly, but their reaction upon seeing the huge balloon inflated inside the bridge says that [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome it wouldn't work]]. '''The show sets up something, and we are told it couldn't actually happen since it's not realistic. Possibly valid, although since the realistic outcome never actually happens it would be a subversion of SRO.'''

* {{Creator/HG Wells}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Despite the comparisons between him and Verne above, his story "The New Accelerator" attempts to realistically show the dangers that would result if someone were to develop the ability to move at super-speed. (ie, clothes catching on fire due to the friction.) '''Example involves unrealistic power. Might fit better under RequiredSecondaryPowers.'''

* {{Laconic/Redwall}}
** [[FunnyAnimal Furries]] live in and defend an abbey in a HighFantasy world. SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome happens. '''Just a laconic page referring to the work's supposed uage of the trope. The work's SRO subpage isn't officially on the Wick Check list, but I might give it a look later.'''
* {{FanficRecs/Star Wars Legends}}
** ''Comments'': I was actually debating which sub page to put this one since it technically isn't a KOTOR story so let's have it here. It's a slight AU (Divergences are laid out in the first chapter) about the Mandalorian Wars and follows a Revanchist Jedi Padawan as she disobeys the council and goes off to war. I really like this story because it's a boots on the ground look at the conflict. We see Revan and Malak but they exist as distant political figures or symbols, not part of the main cast. The real focus is on Mekumi's perspective. There's a fair bit of SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome going on with the reality of what it would be like for warrior monks to suddenly enlist, which is fun. Strongly reccomend. '''Fanfic Recommendation commenting on the trope's supposed presence. Not clear if it counts or not.'''

* {{High Pressure Blood}}
** Done realistically in ''Film/BlackHawkDown''. A soldier is shot in the leg and begins to spray blood from the wound, tipping off the medics that he is hemorrhaging and [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome won't make it through the night]]. '''Doesn't explain why it's surprising.'''

* {{Characters/Diary Of An Analog Protagonists}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Her attempt to retire and live up to her status as an heir to her mother would've been fine... had it not been for the fact this isn't ''our'' real world this is taking place in, so much so as opposed to this being ''her's''; the same real world which had a nuclear strike narrowly averted because of a rampaging Mega Level, and previously was given a full scale invasion of Japan by a literal Vampire Demon Digimon, auroras in the sky constantly trying to connect the two worlds, and most importantly of all, [[spoiler:a reoccurring enemy of former [=DigiDestined=] who absolutely refuses to let any of them retire and live to tell about it.]] '''Example involves unrealistic monsters preventing the expected outcome.'''

* {{Funny/Furry Fight Chronicles}}
** Next, Cookie tries scaring off Kalita with a DeathGlare. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome The fox just casually shoves the squirrel off.]] '''Not sure'''
* {{Characters/LA Noire}}
** ConsummateProfessional: Mal takes his job [[IncrediblyLamePun DEAD]] serious. He's most definitely not the typical DeadpanSnarker coroner usually portrayed in fiction such as in ''Series/{{CSI}}''. He cracks no jokes, does not make fun of the dead and sees no morbid humor in his profession. He goes in, gets the evidence, provides it and that's that. Considering his first appearance has him snarking about how nobody has ever laughed at his jokes during the time he worked at the morgue, his professionalism seems be a case of SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome as his workplace isn't the really best place to have a sense of humor. '''Not sure. The example explains why it's surprising and realistic, but a character having a specific personality isn't really an "outcome".'''

* {{Earn Your Bad Ending}}
** ''[[VideoGame/PoliceQuest2 Police Quest II]]'' concludes in a climactic shootout between [[TheHero Sonny Bonds]] and his arch-nemesis [[BigBad Jessie Bains]], in which Sonny shoots Jessie dead. Afterwards, Sonny is temporarily suspended until the police review board rules his shooting justified as self-defense… ''unless'' you fire on Bains first, which you have a window of less than two seconds to do before Bains start shooting. In this case, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Sonny shooting Bains dead is ruled as unjustified, and Sonny is arrested for murder.]] '''Not sure if it's surprising since the game always punishes the player for acting like an action hero instead of being a ByTheBookCop.'''

* {{Defictionalization}}
* ''VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideoGame'': Ever since the game came out in 2009, a few enterprising fans have figured out various ways of making their Proton Pack replicas actually do the things which the packs in the game do (pop a slime canister out of the top of the pack, eject the "fuel rods" when the pack shuts down, etc.). Granted, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome the effects aren't as exaggerated as they are in the game]], but it's still quite impressive. '''Misuse due to being a real life example.'''

* {{Characters/Equestria At War Riverlands}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Destroy all farming tools, and farming output plummets. When food production plummets, people die. This is still somewhat surprising because due to game mechanics and norms, most focuses and decisions achieve their intended result, even those with completely opposite solutions to the same problem.]] '''Might fit better under UnexpectedlyRealisticGameplay if it's about game mechanics. At least it bothers to explain why it's surprising and realistic.'''

* {{Quotes/Who Wants To Live Forever}}
-->[[Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi I am Evangeline A.K. McDowell.]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent A vampire.]] [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld I've been alive for 700 years.]] [[LivingForeverIsAwesome What? You're jealous?]] Settle down, youngster. {{Immortality}} [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome isn't as good as it sounds.]] It can be quite harsh on you, you know. [[Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi Well, there are fun times along the way.]] [[{{Deconstruction}} But when you're living a long life, before you know it... you'll be on your own at the end. No, even before that you'll grow tired of the things you loved. Devotion and attachment become impossible. You'll rapidly forget just about everything.]] [[ShaggyDogStory Bringing up things isn't worth it anymore.]] [[TearJerker What kind of fate... is this?]]\\
[[{{Reconstruction}} This is the story of such people,]] [[HypocriticalHeartwarming who ended up being such trivial.]]
--->-- Opening narration of ''Manga/UQHolder'' '''Example involves unrealistic immortal vampires'''
* {{Manga/Yuri Is My Job}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When you compulsively tell lies, you shouldn't be surprised if people have trouble believing ''anything'' you say. While Hime's intentions for lying to her other "friends" are good, since she wants to protect Mitsuki, Mitsuki understandably begins to question how much she can trust Hime after Hime confesses to being a liar. '''Action has consequences'''
* {{Anime/Zambot 3}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Kids being pilots of a HumongousMecha can actually be psychologically straining, and immaturity can lead to deaths. Also, cities do not get magically repaired after getting smashed down during a battle between giant robots, and often the cast has to fight on the ruins of a city destroyed in an earlier battle. '''Example involves unrealistic giant robots. Might count as a regular deconstruction of KidHero.'''

* {{Film/Jason Goes To Hell The Final Friday}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The film starts out with Jason being ambushed and killed by a small army of FBI agents with enough firepower to kill a city. Turns out a supernatural killer who's killed dozens of people isn't going to go unnoticed very long and once found out, people are going to want to do something about it rather then just let him continue to kill another day. '''Example involves unrealistic killer.'''
* {{PlayingWith/Fertile Feet}}
** Alice has to be [[TooImportantToWalk carried when around nature in most climates]] because of her FertileFeet. While the flowers are beautiful [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome they are a virulent invasive species which are poisonous to livestock and any human who eats them]]. Walking about outside on his own two feet would cause serious harm. There are some medicinal usages but they need to be done with great caution by experts. '''Hypothetical example involving unrealistic superpowers'''

* {{Animation/Padak}}
** NatureIsNotNice: A rare example where this trope is applied to the anthropomorphized personalities of the characters. Despite being fully sentient animals who want to live, by the end of the day, fish are [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome still driven by animal instinct]]; most of the main cast will nip at each other's fins and even [[SapientEatSapient gleefully devour their own dying brethren]], all without the slightest shred of guilt. And the first thing Padak does after waking up in an aquarium inhabited by cute clownfish? [[spoiler:''Proceed to eat nearly every single one of the terrified clownfish in the aquarium-like popcorn'', despite being the only fish to object to her tank mates' savagery prior, simply because her hunger due to days of starvation and being dazed means that her natural instincts override all else.]] '''This pothole is the only reference to the trope on the page. Not enough context to tell if it's valid or not.'''

* {{Fanfic/After The Fall Miraculous Ladybug}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: After being killed, having his Miraculous taken away and generally being confronted with the weight of his own failure, Adrien has an emotional breakdown. He spends much of the rest of the story depressed. '''Traumatic (and unrealistic) events have consequences. Not surprising. Only arguably realistic.'''
* {{Minecraft/Tropes G To L}}
** GoldMakesEverythingShiny: Subverted: Sure, you can make a sword out of that gold you just mined. It'll be roughly as effective as one made of ''wood'' and break about as quickly. Logical, given that [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome in its pure form, it's one of the softer metals.]] On the other hand, using [[BoringButPractical iron]]... '''Since this one is about gameplay, it's actually a case of UnexpectedlyRealisticGameplay.'''

* {{Assurance Backfire}}
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'' the dog expects Mittens the cat to be calmed down by being reminded she's with Bolt, but she evidently doesn't trust Bolt to know what he's doing because he thinks he really does have superpowers and therefore can perform all sorts of death-defying stunts without realizing SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome. '''Clearly an example where the words "Reality Ensues" were originally used and replaced during the rename without checking the context. This one sounds more like WrongGenreSavvy since the premise is that Bolt thinks he has powers, but the audience knows he doesn't.'''

* {{Fanfic/Project Alternate Gentaro}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Unlike most stories in the Pantheon, this story takes pains to mention how much one's actions are reflected in a real-life setting. '''Insufficient context.'''

* {{Decon Recon Switch}}
** ''Anime/DaiGuard'' is another HumongousMecha example; it starts out as a {{deconstruction}} of the genre heavy on the SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome, but then builds back up everything it tore down better than ever. Early in the series, for example, the heroes construct the ever-popular [[ThisIsADrill drill arm]] to deal with an enemy, only to find out that the drill's enormous torque makes it almost impossible to control. But rather than switch to another weapon that is BoringButPractical, they put their heads together and come up with a giant [[PileBunker pile driver]] arm that works even better than the drill while maintaining the RuleOfCool. It gets taken further later in the series; when the pile driver arm is out of commission, the heroes break out the drill arm again. Only this time it works ''flawlessly'' because their extensive piloting experience allows them to compensate for the torque. '''Seems like yet another Reality Ensues relic, plus it's all based around humungous mechas which are not particularly realistic. Example is fine, SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome being here probably isn't.'''

* {{Characters/Campus Life}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: As she learned the hard way, her fight with Ayane and the damage she caused was ''not'' EasilyForgiven. Even when she offered to repair the damages, Dedede ''still'' refused out of spite. '''Not sure. I've noticed a few examples that are "character doesn't get forgiven by the end of the episode", which bug me since it implies that forgiveness is inherently unrealistic. Which it might be, in some cases, but unless the work explicitly says that the deed is too big to just forgive, then it's subjective.'''
* {{Charlie Brown From Outta Town}}
** {{Discussed}} early on, when Tiger Mask recollects the story of a Tiger's Cave wrestler who didn't want to pay the organization 50% of his earnings used a different mask to wrestle and a SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome occurred: Tiger's Cave identified him ''immediately'' from his build and style and sent wrestlers with orders to hit him exclusively in the head [[DrivenToSuicide until he threw himself under a train]]. That's why, when Tiger Mask rebelled, he didn't bother to use a different mask. '''Probably not surprising if it's something that happened before the story.'''

* {{AgentsOfSHIELD/Tropes A To E}}
** Ruby vs. Carl Creel in "Inside Voices". She dodges almost every single one of his blows while getting off some pretty strong hits of her own...and does almost no damage to him whatsoever because [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome a fully grown man who's built like a tank is going to take very little injury from a 90-pound teenage girl, no matter how skilled she is]], and that's ''without'' him [[LiteralMetaphor literally]] being MadeOfIron. '''Not sure'''

* {{Characters/Pony POV Series Epilogue Timeline Villains}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The main problem with Starswirl banishing them to the human world in general. It's revealed that while the human world has no magic and should be therefore render them powerless, they still kept their HatePlague and EmotionEater powers. Until Sunset opened the portal to Equestria, they have been sustaining themselves off witch hunts they fabricated, particularly in a certain place called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials Salem]] and starting {{Flame War}}s on the internet. This also applies to the main POV timeline as well. '''Example involves unrealistic powers.'''

* {{Funny/Smosh Games}}
** By the end of it, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome they end up getting kicked out]]. '''Why would we expect the crew to not get in trouble for messing with golf carts?'''

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* {{Fanfic/The Alternate Timeline}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: At the beginning of ''Alternatively'', Steve and Tony have no way of knowing who is and who isn’t HYDRA. In fact, for all they know, their fellow Avengers could be HYDRA. '''Not sure. Feels like misuse.'''
*** Bucky's metal arm causes strain for his muscles; as a result, he is in constant pain. Tony offers to make a new one for him, but it won't be for a while because Bucky isn't in the right frame of mind to properly consent to it. '''Example involves unrealistic ArtificialLimbs.'''
*** Tony knows Bucky isn't truly responsible for killing his parents, and is aghast at what he's been put through. However, he finds it difficult to be around him and for a long time, he can't bring himself to call Bucky by his first name. '''Action has consequences'''

* {{Film/The Best Man}}
** EasilyForgiven: At first. The first film strongly insinuates that Lance forgave Harper over his take in the affair but the sequel showcases that no matter how genuinely sorry Harper is, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome it will take a long while before Lance would truly forgive him.]] '''Another "character isn't forgiven by the end" example. Not sure about those.'''

* {{Funny/Street Fighter III}}
** Unlike most other locations in the series, Yun's fight in ''New Generation'' actually [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin takes place on a street]] in Hong Kong. The result is a combo of a FunnyBackgroundEvent and SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome; an elderly couple is just a few feet away from the fray, and the worried wife yanks her husband back whenever an attack gets too close for comfort. There's also a bus driver who's visibly annoyed and yelling at them for blocking traffic. Meanwhile, [[SeenItAll a bird merchant looks bored]] while enjoying a smoke. In ''2nd Impact'', he'll still be smoking, but will look pretty confused and scratch his head if you accidentally break open his crates. On the other side of the street, a guy is absentmindedly stirring his ramen bowl because he's too distracted by the spectacle. In the second area - which would later become Yang's stage in ''2nd Impact'' - the manager is clearly pleading for everyone to stop fighting. If you break his statues, he'll get angry and crumble to his knees in despair. '''IIRC most stages in the series have people cheering the fighters or just ignoring them, so having people actually be scared of the attacks might be a valid example.'''

* {{Fanfic/Ashs Coma}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Unlike the many times in the show where Ash is struck by Pikachu's electricity, this fan theory insinuates that it was more severe. '''Since the "setup" was in a completely different work, this probably belongs under another trope.'''

* {{CoolGuns/Machine Guns}}
** Often appears in ''Manga/CityHunter'' as the weapon of choice of Kaori and Umibozu (at least when they aren't firing [=RPG-7s=] or [=M60=] recoiless rifles), always from the hip. Kaori, being a tall but not particularly large woman, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome can't hit anything due the recoil throwing off her aim]], while Umibozu can fire it one-handed (and even [[GunsAkimbo wield one in a hand and a M60 recoiless rifle in the other]]) [[JustifiedTrope because he's just that large and strong]]. '''If it happens often, then it's not surprising.'''

* {{Characters/Rise Of Anatis Miraculous Heroes}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Just because someone is given superpowers, admires a superhero, and wants to fight alongside them, doesn’t automatically mean they’re the best candidate. Chloé might admire Anatis and loved being Queen Bee for her 15MinutesOfFame, but her original reasons for her heroism are only for glory, attention, and approval from her mom, and at the time she was an unrepentant jerkass and bully who refused to accept responsibility; giving her superpowers wouldn’t encourage her to change much anyway. This was something that Anatis knew and realized that Chloé needed professional help. She seems more willing to do this than her canon counterpart after Anatis delivered a ''huge'' ReasonYouSuckSpeech to her mom. '''Example involves unrealistic superpowers. Also, Anatis sees the "outcome" coming and prevents it before it leads to what would supposedly be this trope.'''

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* {{Fanfic/Knight Of Salem}}
** The Crown has been active for so long that when Jax’s death breaks his hold on the abductees, there’s a slew of terrified people waking up to compromised positions - adult and child alike, many of whom were gone for months or even years. The news on this breaks in record time with Salem, Tyrian and Jaune ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Gillian]], [[TeamPet now a cat]]) prominently displayed where Ozpin can’t miss it. '''Not sure what "The Crown" is, but it sounds like an unrealistic magical artifact.'''
* {{LightNovel/Re Zero}}
** In general, the series pulls no punches about how outclassed a person from real life would fare in a fantasy world full of monsters, MagicKnight's and [[LittleBitBeastly demihumans]]. Subaru may be in good shape by real world standards, but in the WorldOfBadass he is outclassed by every named character over the age of 12 in terms of combat ability. [[ResurrectiveImmortality Return by Death]] is the main reason he has survived past ''his first day''. '''Example involves unrealistic things'''
*** 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.'''
*** 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.'''
** At one point Subaru falls off a cliff and attempts to reduce the momentum by sticking a sword into it like in movies. It works!.... And then the sword breaks since he just shoved and dragged though solid rock. '''Probably valid. Explains what the expected outcome is and why it wouldn't work.'''
** 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.'''
** Seeing Betelgeuse [[spoiler: kill Rem]] snaps Subaru out of his HeroicBSOD and sends him into an UnstoppableRage, ranting that he'll kill the Sin Archbishop. This does not lend him any extra strength however, and he eventually tires, wearing out the skin on his wrists while straining against his restraints. '''Not sure. Does the story lead the audience to think rage would allow Subaru to escape?'''
*** 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.'''

* {{Three Point Landing}}
** 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.'''

* {{LeeroyJenkins/Real Life}}
** In the realm of business, Leeroy may be a positive role model. Peter Drucker, among others, recommends a "Ready, Fire, Aim" mentality, suggesting that barging forward and firing at a lot of targets can yield better (and will certainly yield quicker) results than involving a bunch of people in planning sessions to select a few targets. "Move fast and break things" is a motto of Silicon Valley start-up culture. Unfortunately, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome this doesn't always work]], with startups hemorrhaging capital while trying to steal market share from each other by cutting costs so low there is no chance at a profit, or just starting up unrealistic business plans with little chance of success. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubble#Bursting_of_the_bubble The Dot-com Crash]] was the natural result of this, with overhyped companies collapsing and causing trillions of dollars in stock value to evaporate in mere months. '''Real life example, not valid.'''

* {{Characters/American Gods 2017 The Old Gods}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The main reason of her fall from grace and loss of followers? She stayed near her birthplace of Sheba... in the Middle East, which eventually shifted from as open as the West to a more fundamentalist culture (through violent force). When she opted to come to America, she rode high (if not worshipped) until the 1980s... when the AIDS epidemic killed off most of her remaining worshippers (and closed the door on the lifestyle that kept her alive for ''decades''). '''Action has consequences. Also involves unrealistic gods.'''

* {{Film/Clueless}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Cher has spent most of the movie using the power of persuasion to get her way, from earning higher grades in debate class rather than putting in actual work. Her dad encourages this behavior, as a lawyer. Then she tries the same tactics [[spoiler:during her driving test after she makes some minor mistakes and then scrapes several parked cars. Her instructor isn't impressed by how she tries to talk her way into a passing grade and tells her that's not how life or road safety works]]. '''Valid. Explains how the work sets up an expectation, and then subverts it due to being unrealistic.'''

* {{Seeking The Intangible}}
** The outcome of the search will vary: usually, SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome occurs and the character does not find the thing they were searching for, but occasionally they do, in which case it's usually represented by a glow. They will generally get the thing back despite it not actually being a physical thing, but it depends on the story whether they learn it's not a physical thing or not. For instance, one story might have Alice search for her sense of humour, only to be told by Bob that a sense of humour isn't something that you can lose like keys, and she gets it back by laughing at her mistake. Another story might have Charles lose his voice and happen to get it back at lunch, leaving him with the [[FalseCause erroneous belief]] that the voice was in his food. '''Description claims the trope often leads to SRO, but the trope doesn't seem very realistic in the first place. Also, the wording is slightly awkward due to the sentence originally saying "Reality Ensues".'''

* {{WesternAnimation/Aqua Teen Hunger Force}}
** In "Super Hero," Shake attempts to give himself superpowers by exposing himself to radiation. He instead ends up getting radiation poisoning, with his condition worsening as the episode progresses. '''Action has consequences'''
** 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'''
** In "She Creature", Carl loses a bet to a couple mobsters and in exchange for not castrating him, he lets them use the creature living in his absolutely ''filthy'' pool to dispose of dead bodies. After Frylock sanitizes the pool and stuns the mobsters with his eye beams, Carl tells him to finish them off, only for Frylock to point out how bad an idea that is; they know who Carl is and where he lives, and he still owes them money. And even if Frylock ''does'' kill them, their boss will just send more people after Carl. That's why it's called a "mob". '''Misuse: It's not surprising if it's explained why something would be a bad idea before it's done.'''
** In "Fry Legs", Frylock slips into full {{Yandere}} mode over a computer repairwoman who doesn't return his affections, [[MurderTheHypotenuse murdering her boyfriend]] in the middle of a crowded restaurant. [[PoliceAreUseless You'd expect the police to be completely incompetent on a show like this]], but no; in no time at all, three cops are at the Aqua Teens' house, and when Meatwad keeps stalling them, one gets fed up, maces both him and Shake, and threatens to come back with a search warrant and arrest them for harboring a fugitive. '''Probably valid. The example explains what the expected unrealistic outcome is.'''
** In "The Greatest Story Ever Told", the Mooninites finally try to use their painfully-slow Quad Laser in an actual gunfight, and are immediately gunned down. '''Not sure. Probably misuse since it involves unrealistic technology.'''
* {{Blog/Ask Fluffle Puff}}
** One fan question is just a string of emojis, which are interpreted as a fancy rain of emoji confetti, leading to Fluffle running outside and jumping around joyfully. The comic ends with both Chrysalis and Marksaline using safety scissors to get the confetti out of Fluffle's fur. '''Action has consequences'''
** Another comic has Fluffle stuffing herself into a SailorFuku, which somehow leaves her barely able to move (despite her having done cosplay a dozen times already). '''Possibly valid example. It explains why the audience would expect a different, less realistic outcome.'''

* {{Characters/Criminal Case Supernatural Investigations}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Felix learns the hard way that getting into an attic on a wheelchair is not that easy. '''"Wheelchair users cannot go up stairs" is common knowledge. Not surprising.'''

** ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'' does this to the HopeBringer. [[GuileHero Kelsier]] is a charismatic thief trying to raise a rebellion against the tyrannical Lord Ruler, which he manages by capitalizing on his (admittedly deserved) reputation as a powerful Mistborn, master thief, and the only person to escape [[TheAlcatraz the Pits of Hathsin]]. He wins over the rebel army by playing off of their lack of knowledge of Allomancy, even the RebelLeader Yeden, who barely trusts him at first. Yeden believes in him so much that halfway through the book, he tries to take a local garrison that [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome swiftly crushes the small, untrained army]]. After the Lord Ruler kills Kelsier, his backup plan is revealed: if he couldn't kill the Lord Ruler, he would martyr himself, spurring everyone who looked up to him to rebellion. By fostering his reputation, rumors of his name and cause spread all across the empire, giving the rebel cause an army of tens of thousands. He even faked his own resurrection using another trick. Long after his death, the religion he founded gives the downtrodden Skaa hope in a CrapsackWorld. '''Pothole that probably doesn't fit, a small untrained army of rebels losing to a larger group of better trained an equipped soldiers is hardly a shocker.'''

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* {{Letting The Air Out Of The Band}}
** In the last part of the "Undetected" run in ''Stealing The Diamond,'' Henry now has the diamond in his possession; all that stands between him is the guard downstairs. One of the options to get past him is to jump over him with the diamond in tow. A very triumphant music track plays...but it abruptly stops when Henry [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome falls down due to the diamond being very heavy.]] '''Valid example'''

* {{Time Travel For Fun And Profit}}
** The ending of ''Film/HotTubTimeMachine'' reveals that [[spoiler:Lou, who [[IChooseToStay chose to stay]] in 1986, became immensely wealthy using his knowledge of the future to get an early lead on the tech boom, founding the search engine "[[Website/{{Google}} Lougle]]". He also became the frontman of Music/MotleyCrue (now called "Motley Lüe") along the way. SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome in the second film, however, where Lougle is now falling apart because Lou, having run out of ideas to steal from the original timeline, is now running the company into the ground with his terrible business decisions (among them moving the company's HQ to [[ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans New Orleans' French Quarter]] so he could get drunk and party).]] Earlier in the film, Lou also ''tries'' this by betting on the AFC Championship game, only for the ButterflyOfDoom to kick in with disastrous results. '''Example involves unrealistic time travel. Also, it uses "SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome" as a verb, showing that the renaming from "Reality Ensues" wasn't done very well.'''

* {{Blood Splattered Innocents}}
** ''Manga/IAmAHero'': Happens to Hiromi in an early chapter, when a suicidal zombie decapitates itself in front of her. This doesn't seem to trouble her very much, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome except as a result of the infection risk from having it near her eyes]]. '''Example involves unrealistic zombies.'''

* {{ExtremeOmnivore/Live Action TV}}
** ''Series/{{MASH}}'': In one episode, Klinger's [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption attempt of the week]] to get a Section 8 discharge is to declare that he's going to eat a jeep. He is seen on screen consuming the windshield wipers and swallowing a bolt dipped in motor oil. (SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome quickly - he gets ''very'' sick.) '''Almost certianly a Reality Ensues relic, and no shocker, eating motor oil, plastic, and metal is bad for you.'''

* {{LoopholeAbuse/Real Life Law}}
** A woman in Spain decided to lay legal claim to the Sun, having figured out that since nobody's done so yet it was free game. [[ArtisticLicenseEconomics She told the media that she intended to demand a fee for people's "use" of sunlight and use the money to help the environment.]] The bemused judge presiding over the case, rather than just pointing out any of the number of reasons this was ridiculous, decided to play along and told the woman that she could own the Sun and sell people sunlight... if she's fine with being liable to be [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome sued]] by the billions of people who choose not to pay her, since she can't selectively turn the Sun off and can't force her products on people against their will. The woman gave up her plan. '''Real life example, not allowed.'''

* {{Literature/Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban}}
** LawfulStupid: Sir Cadogan, while filling in for the traumatised Fat Lady as guardian to Gryffindor Tower, allows Sirius to break into a tower full of sleeping children simply because Sirius has Neville's list of Gryffindor common room passwords. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome He's immediately fired for this]] and [=McGonagall=] has to convince the Fat Lady to return to her old job, which she does on the condition that two security trolls guard her at all times. '''Not sure. On one hand, it revolves around unrealistic magical talking paintings. On the other hand, the expected purpose of passwords is that if you know it, you can go in, so the security letting the wrong person in just because he obtained the password illegitimately would be something worthy of punishment. But that might just count as "Action has consequences".'''

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* {{Animated Tattoo}}
** [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-021 SCP-021]] is a tattoo dragon. It eats pigment found in the host's skin, which could be either melanin or other tattoos, which it prefers. Its movement [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome painfully irritates the skin]] almost like a tattoo serially removed and reapplied would feel like, giving the people hosting it an increased pain threshold but also greater aggression. '''Example involves unrealistic things'''

* {{Eat Dirt Cheap}}
** ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'': Upon collecting the Philosopher's Stone, Magnus wraps it in a glove, uses the Glutton's Fork (which allows the user to turn non-magical items edible), and eats the whole thing[[note]]Griffin's reaction to this is a passionate "[[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe What the]] ''[[PrecisionFStrike fuck?!]]"''[[/note]]. Problem being, the Philosopher's Stone is one of the most powerful magic objects in existence, and as a result, only the glove around it turns edible, meaning Magnus just swallowed a rock. SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome occurs when Taako and Merle end up having to use some incredibly creative spell-combinations to get it out before it completely wrecks Magnus's digestive system. '''Example involves unrealistic magic.'''

* {{Literature/Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban}}
** LawfulStupid: Sir Cadogan, while filling in for the traumatised Fat Lady as guardian to Gryffindor Tower, allows Sirius to break into a tower full of sleeping children simply because Sirius has Neville's list of Gryffindor common room passwords. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome He's immediately fired for this]] and [=McGonagall=] has to convince the Fat Lady to return to her old job, which she does on the condition that two security trolls guard her at all times. '''Not sure. On one hand, it revolves around unrealistic magical talking paintings. On the other hand, the expected purpose of passwords is that if you know it, you can go in, so the security letting the wrong person in just because he obtained the password illegitimately would be something worthy of punishment. But that might just count as "Action has consequences".'''

* {{ChildSoldiers/Anime And Manga}}
** In ''Anime/DayBreakIllusion'', we have what happened if MagicalGirl series [[DarkerAndEdgier didn't have]] [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome purification power]], and [[CuttingTheKnot the only way to stop]] [[DemonicPossession Daemonia]] is by [[MurderIsTheBestSolution killing them]] [[IDidWhatIHadToDo with the host]]. It's especially [[BreakTheCutie troublesome]] if the Daemonia [[KillTheOnesYouLove is someone you know]]. '''Involves unrealistic magical girls.'''

* {{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'''

* {{LooneyTunes/Tropes S To U}}
** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The plot of every ''Private Snafu'' story. '''ZCE'''

** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Destroy all farming tools, and farming output plummets. When food production plummets, people die. This is still somewhat surprising because due to game mechanics and norms, most focuses and decisions achieve their intended result, even those with completely opposite solutions to the same problem.]] '''Might fit better under UnexpectedlyRealisticGameplay if it's about game mechanics. At least it bothers to explain why it's surprising and realstic.'''
* {{Funny/What If 2021}}
** The SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome when a ShoutOutToShakespeare is given to an alien unfamiliar with his work. To humans, the phrase [[Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice "pound of flesh"]] has become such an ingrained vernacular that Fury uses it totally casually, only for Loki to be a bit weirded out and intrigued at the concept. '''Example involves unrealistic gods.'''

** ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'' does this to the HopeBringer. [[GuileHero Kelsier]] is a charismatic thief trying to raise a rebellion against the tyrannical Lord Ruler, which he manages by capitalizing on his (admittedly deserved) reputation as a powerful Mistborn, master thief, and the only person to escape [[TheAlcatraz the Pits of Hathsin]]. He wins over the rebel army by playing off of their lack of knowledge of Allomancy, even the RebelLeader Yeden, who barely trusts him at first. Yeden believes in him so much that halfway through the book, he tries to take a local garrison that [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome swiftly crushes the small, untrained army]]. After the Lord Ruler kills Kelsier, his backup plan is revealed: if he couldn't kill the Lord Ruler, he would martyr himself, spurring everyone who looked up to him to rebellion. By fostering his reputation, rumors of his name and cause spread all across the empire, giving the rebel cause an army of tens of thousands. He even faked his own resurrection using another trick. Long after his death, the religion he founded gives the downtrodden Skaa hope in a CrapsackWorld. '''Pothole that probably doesn't fit, a small untrained army of rebels losing to a larger group of better trained an equipped soldiers is hardly a shocker.'''

* {{WhatCouldHaveBeen/Theme Parks}}
** Would you believe that there really was going to be a ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' amusement park? [[http://gizmodo.com/metropolis-the-real-life-town-that-superman-couldnt-s-1172537331 Gizmodo]] has the story. Cliff Notes version: Metropolis, Ill, and Creator/DCComics had planned to open a theme park centered around the legendary Man of Steel. A set of concept pictures and designs were drawn by Creator/NealAdams showing off everything the theme park would have had, including a massive Fortress of Solitude topped with a stained-glass roof and a room filled with statues of Superman's greatest foes. A comic book, "The Superman Story", was also made around this time to showcase it. The park would have cost around the tune of $25 million USD. Then, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome the OPEC oil crisis hit]] and they were forced to back down. However, one has to wonder how long it would have lasted - about a decade later would have been ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' and it would have rendered it all moot. '''Real Life example, not allowed.'''

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* ''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.'''

** 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.

* {{Epic Flail}}
* {{Stealth Hi Bye}}
* {{Characters/Balan Wonderworld}}
* {{Family Friendly Firearms}}

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*** [[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.]] '''
** [[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.]]
** [[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.]]

* {{DarthWiki/Crappy Trope Definitions}}

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* {{FamilyGuy/Tropes Q To Z}}

"'''Action has consequences'''" means that the example simply describes an action and its consequences, without explaining why it's surprising or realistic.

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* {{Fanfic/Empathy}}

* {{WhatCouldHaveBeen/Theme Parks}}

** LawfulStupid: Sir Cadogan, while filling in for the traumatised Fat Lady as guardian to Gryffindor Tower, allows Sirius to break into a tower full of sleeping children simply because Sirius has Neville's list of Gryffindor common room passwords. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome He's immediately fired for this]] and [=McGonagall=] has to convince the Fat Lady to return to her old job, which she does on the condition that two security trolls guard her at all times. '''Not sure. Probably misuse since it revolves around magical talking paintings.'''

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