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* ''Fanfic/TheTrajectoryOfLaughter'': Future Miyuki wanted to play for Sawamura, so he elected for a surgery that ultimately proved to be fatal.
* ''Fanfic/TheTrajectoryOfLaughter'': Future Miyuki wanted to play for Sawamura, so he elected for a surgery that ultimately proved to be fatal.
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* ''Fanfic/WishCarefully'': The possibility of one is teased, as Lucius notes that [[spoiler:Harry Potter hasn't appeared in public for years and might have died of natural causes]]. If this is in fact the case, that further reduces the chances of [[spoiler:their desperate plans to overthrow Voldemort]] ever succeeding.
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* Queen Cersei still found a way to kill King Robert in the fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12347153/1/Game-of-Thrones-No-One-s-Pawn No One's Pawn]]'', despite Lancel Lannister refusing to be the triggerman.
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* Queen Cersei still found a way to kill King Robert in the fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12347153/1/Game-of-Thrones-No-One-s-Pawn No One's Pawn]]'', ''Fanfic/NoOnesPawn'', despite Lancel Lannister refusing to be the triggerman.
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* ''Fanfic/AlternateWorlds'': Najenda [[{{LampshadeHanging}} observes]] that even if Tatsumi bent over backwards desperately trying to please [[{{Yandere}} Esdeath]], she's {{sadist}}ic enough that she'd eventually destroy his village ''anyway'', simply [[ForTheEvilz for the hell of it]].
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* ''Fanfic/AlternateWorlds'': Najenda [[{{LampshadeHanging}} observes]] that even if Tatsumi bent over backwards desperately trying to please [[{{Yandere}} Esdeath]], she's {{sadist}}ic enough that she'd eventually destroy his village ''anyway'', simply [[ForTheEvilz purely [[ForTheEvulz for the hell of it]].
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* ''Fanfic/SashaAndTheFrogs'': Chapter 5 revolves around Sasha and the Plantars' efforts to make pizza. which culminate in [[spoiler:all the ingredients they gathered falling into the tomato plant monster's stomach acid]]. Sasha is understandably less than thrilled with this outcome.
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* ''Fanfic/SashaAndTheFrogs'': Chapter 5 revolves around Sasha and the Plantars' efforts to make pizza. which culminate in [[spoiler:all the ingredients they gathered falling into the tomato plant monster's stomach acid]]. Sasha is understandably less than thrilled with this outcome.
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* ''Fanfic/AnEagleAmongLions'': After everything [[spoiler:Seteth and Flayn]] go through in order to go into hiding, they get attacked by the Hurricane King's henchmen, forcing them to struggle their way back to Garreg Mach as they try to fend off their pursuers as best they can, knowing that [[spoiler:the Hurricane King and Thales]] are waiting for them there.
* ''Fanfic/AnEagleAmongLions'': After everything [[spoiler:Seteth and Flayn]] go through in order to go into hiding, they get attacked by the Hurricane King's henchmen, forcing them to struggle their way back to Garreg Mach as they try to fend off their pursuers as best they can, knowing that [[spoiler:the Hurricane King and Thales]] are waiting for them there.
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* ''Fanfic/FindingALoud'': While the existence of the show makes it a ForegoneConclusion that Lincoln will [[spoiler:get adopted by the Louds]], it's also clear that his deep-rooted insecurities will return despite all his efforts to conquer them... and he'll have ''even more sisters'' to [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter compare himself to]].
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* ''Fanfic/AlternateWorlds'': Najenda [[{{LampshadeHanging}} observes]] that even if Tatsumi bent over backwards desperately trying to please [[{{Yandere}} Esdeath]], she's {{sadist}}ic enough that she'd eventually destroy his village ''anyway'', simply [[ForTheEvilz for the hell of it]].
* ''Fanfic/AlternateWorlds'': Najenda [[{{LampshadeHanging}} observes]] that even if Tatsumi bent over backwards desperately trying to please [[{{Yandere}} Esdeath]], she's {{sadist}}ic enough that she'd eventually destroy his village ''anyway'', simply [[ForTheEvilz for the hell of it]].
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* ''Fanfic/AlexandraQuick'': During ''Deathly Regiment'', Alex learns that she might be able to use a Time-Turner to go back and [[spoiler:save Max's life]], as, [[spoiler:her sister Valeria]] is a Historicist who owns one, and both she and Alex go to Roanoke during the holidays. So Alex steals the Time-Turner, returns to Charmbridge and goes down into the basement... [[spoiler:and is knocked out by somebody wielding a wand, resulting in the Time-Turner getting confiscated, Valeria getting into serious trouble, and Alex missing her chance]]. That said, it's pointed out that [[spoiler:successfully traveling back in time would've meant having to find some way of living undetected for six months]].
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* ''Fanfic/AThingOfVikings'': PlayedWith through Kerr's story. A thrall from the town Mildew controls, Kerr spends several chapters fleeing for his life, finally making it to a village that's regularly visited by dragons... only for [[spoiler:Dagur to catch and murder him, slaughtering and enslaving the whole place to LeaveNoWitnesses]]. However, this results in [[spoiler:a boy from that village becoming part of Mac Bethad's court, while Berk sends an assassin after Dagur]]. Eventually, ChekhovsGun goes off when [[spoiler:Mac Bethad, convinced that [[ImproperlyParanoid Berk already knows]] that he sponsored Mildew, schemes to kidnap Hiccup, Astrid and Wulfhild while they're visiting and hold them hostage. The boy from the village warns them, and they learn that Dagur and his forces are currently in Mac Bethad's castle]].
* ''Fanfic/AThingOfVikings'': PlayedWith through Kerr's story. A thrall from the town Mildew controls, Kerr spends several chapters fleeing for his life, finally making it to a village that's regularly visited by dragons... only for [[spoiler:Dagur to catch and murder him, slaughtering and enslaving the whole place to LeaveNoWitnesses]]. However, this results in [[spoiler:a boy from that village becoming part of Mac Bethad's court, while Berk sends an assassin after Dagur]]. Eventually, ChekhovsGun goes off when [[spoiler:Mac Bethad, convinced that [[ImproperlyParanoid Berk already knows]] that he sponsored Mildew, schemes to kidnap Hiccup, Astrid and Wulfhild while they're visiting and hold them hostage. The boy from the village warns them, and they learn that Dagur and his forces are currently in Mac Bethad's castle]].
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* ''Fanfic/LegacyOfTheRedSun'': Small one. [[spoiler:In a bit of dialogue, Han tells how he let a Wookie named Chewbacca free when he was told to skin him, but didn't go on the run with him. He later found Chewbacca had been killed in the street.]]
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* ''Fanfic/LegacyOfTheRedSun'': Small one. [[spoiler:In In a bit of dialogue, Han tells how he let [[spoiler:let a Wookie named Chewbacca free when he was told to skin him, but didn't go on the run with him. him]]. He later found Chewbacca out that [[spoiler:Chewbacca had been killed in the street.]]street]].
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* After several convoluted plans involving multiple fidelius charms, polyjuice, and learning the lost art of scrying to steal the Philosopher's Stone in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11574569/33/Dodging-Prison-and-Stealing-Witches-Revenge-is-Best-Served-Raw Dodging Prison and Stealing Witches]]'', Harry learns it's a fake from a prerecorded message triggered by the stone moving too far from the Mirror of Erised.
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* After several convoluted plans involving multiple fidelius charms, polyjuice, and learning the lost art of scrying to steal the Philosopher's Stone in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11574569/33/Dodging-Prison-and-Stealing-Witches-Revenge-is-Best-Served-Raw Dodging Prison and Stealing Witches]]'', ''Fanfic/DodgingPrisonAndStealingWitches'', Harry learns it's a fake from a prerecorded message triggered by the stone moving too far from the Mirror of Erised.
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* ''Fanfic/TheLamentSeriesChaoticNeutral'': ''Chloé's Lament'' sees her teaming up with Hawkmoth as Miracle Queen, then successfully backstabbing him to take control of the whole operation with her MindControl wasps. But she finds her victory over Ladybug unsatisfying, since the ensorcelled Marinette can't even react to her EvilGloating, and Adrien rejects her offer to [[WeCanRuleTogether rule by her side]], revealing just how much [[HatedByAll her peers hate her]]. She angrily makes a Wish on the stolen Miraculi to [[RoleSwapAU have Marinette's life]], expecting the world to be rewritten so that ''she'' becomes Paris' beloved protector while Marinette winds up a despised AlphaBitch. Unfortunately for her, both girls retain their usual personalities, so Chloé's Wish not only negates her victory, it leaves her worse off than before; her father's no longer the Mayor, meaning she's no longer [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty protected from the consequences of her actions]] by his wealth and connections.
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* ''Fanfic/TheLamentSeriesChaoticNeutral'': ''Chloé's Lament'' sees her teaming up with Hawkmoth as Miracle Queen, then successfully backstabbing him to take control of the whole operation with her MindControl wasps. But she finds her victory over Ladybug unsatisfying, since the ensorcelled Marinette can't even react to her EvilGloating, and Adrien rejects her offer to [[WeCanRuleTogether rule by her side]], revealing just how much [[HatedByAll her peers hate her]].her]] and declaring that he [[PostSupportRegret regrets all the time he spent defending her]], having realized too late just how [[ItsAllAboutMe self-absorbed]] she was all along. She angrily makes a Wish on the stolen Miraculi to [[RoleSwapAU have Marinette's life]], expecting the world to be rewritten so that ''she'' becomes Paris' beloved protector while Marinette winds up a despised AlphaBitch. Unfortunately for her, both girls retain their usual personalities, so Chloé's Wish not only negates her victory, it leaves her worse off than before; her father's no longer the Mayor, meaning she's no longer [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty protected from the consequences of her actions]] by his wealth and connections.
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* ''Fanfic/Team7Ascension' ''Fanfic/Team7Ascension'' has Kakashi attempt to get back to Konoha as quickly as possible after hearing about Suna's betrayal. His efforts culminate in him [[spoiler:losing his Sharingan before he's captured]].
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* ''Fanfic/ADashOfLogic'': In "Atlantis Squarepantis", none of the cast can carry a tune well enough to fuel the magical Atlantean bus -- in fact, their efforts cause it to start falling apart. Squidward kicks the trunk in a fit of rage, which [[PercussiveMaintenance gets it running]] -- only for it to fly off towards Atlantis without any passengers. The others then chase after him, wielding TorchesAndPitchforks.
* ''Fanfic/ADashOfLogic'': In "Atlantis Squarepantis", none of the cast can carry a tune well enough to fuel the magical Atlantean bus -- in fact, their efforts cause it to start falling apart. Squidward kicks the trunk in a fit of rage, which [[PercussiveMaintenance gets it running]] -- only for it to fly off towards Atlantis without any passengers. The others then chase after him, wielding TorchesAndPitchforks.
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* ''Fanfic/PrincessOfTheBlacks'': Narcissa refuses to divorce Lucius because she wants to remain Draco's legal guardian. After [[spoiler:Lucius dies under suspicious circumstances]], Draco dissolves the marriage himself, rendering her efforts effectively useless.
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* ''Fanfic/HopToIt'' [[PlayedWith plays with this]] during the Beacon Arc. After Rabbit recovers the Beacon, she ignores the order to destroy it, attempting instead to use it to find other kwamis without alerting Hawk Moth. This reveals that any kwami bound to a Miraculous cannot leave it or their holder... which confirms to her that all of the remaining kwami ''do'' have holders, and that [[spoiler:the Mantis, Firefly and Dragonfly holders have arrived in Paris]]. Then it turns out that [[spoiler:this is exactly what Omega ''wanted'' her to do]].
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* ''Fanfic/TheLamentSeriesChaoticNeutral'': ''Chloé's Lament'' sees her teaming up with Hawkmoth as Miracle Queen, then successfully backstabbing him to take control of the whole operation with her MindControl wasps. But she finds her victory over Ladybug unsatisfying, since the ensorcelled Marinette can't even react to her EvilGloating, and Adrien rejects her offer to [[WeCanRuleTogether rule by her side]], revealing just how much [[HatedByAll her peers hate her]]. She angrily makes a Wish on the stolen Miraculi to [[RoleSwapAU have Marinette's life]], expecting the world to be rewritten so that ''she'' becomes Paris' beloved protector while Marinette winds up a despised AlphaBitch. Unfortunately for her, both girls retain their usual personalities, so Chloé's Wish not only negates her victory, it leaves her worse off than before; her father's no longer the Mayor, meaning she's no longer [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty protected from the consequences of her actions]] by his wealth and connections.
* ''Fanfic/TheLamentSeriesChaoticNeutral'': ''Chloé's Lament'' sees her teaming up with Hawkmoth as Miracle Queen, then successfully backstabbing him to take control of the whole operation with her MindControl wasps. But she finds her victory over Ladybug unsatisfying, since the ensorcelled Marinette can't even react to her EvilGloating, and Adrien rejects her offer to [[WeCanRuleTogether rule by her side]], revealing just how much [[HatedByAll her peers hate her]]. She angrily makes a Wish on the stolen Miraculi to [[RoleSwapAU have Marinette's life]], expecting the world to be rewritten so that ''she'' becomes Paris' beloved protector while Marinette winds up a despised AlphaBitch. Unfortunately for her, both girls retain their usual personalities, so Chloé's Wish not only negates her victory, it leaves her worse off than before; her father's no longer the Mayor, meaning she's no longer [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty protected from the consequences of her actions]] by his wealth and connections.
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* ''Fanfic/Team7Ascension' has Kakashi attempt to get back to Konoha as quickly as possible after hearing about Suna's betrayal. His efforts culminate in him [[spoiler:losing his Sharingan before he's captured]].
* ''Fanfic/Team7Ascension' has Kakashi attempt to get back to Konoha as quickly as possible after hearing about Suna's betrayal. His efforts culminate in him [[spoiler:losing his Sharingan before he's captured]].
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* ''Fanfic/LegacyOfTheRedSun'': Small one. [[spoiler:In a bit of dialogue, Han tells how he let a Wookie named Chewbacca free when he was told to skin him, but didn't go on the run with him. He later found Chewbacca had been killed in the street.]]
* The ending of ''Fanfic/TheStoryToEndAllStories'' is somewhat anticlimactic as it turns out that [[spoiler:the Nothing isn't as much of a threat as it's made out to be]].
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* In the fancomic ''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-new-twelve-labors-of-heracles-a-fate-grand-order-comic-update-the-end.809726/ The New Twelve Labors of Heracles]]'', Jason buys a Holy Grail from fBay and charges it by having Heracles recreate his twelve labors, which will give Heracles enough strength to battle Zeus in the Lostbelts. [[spoiler:At the end of the labors, the grail only had enough power to create a single Saint Quartz... which Jason pockets despite the frustration.]]
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* After several convoluted plans involving multiple fidelius charms, polyjuice, and learning the lost art of scrying to steal the Philosopher's Stone in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11574569/33/Dodging-Prison-and-Stealing-Witches-Revenge-is-Best-Served-Raw Dodging Prison and Stealing Witches]]'', Harry learns it's a fake from a prerecorded message triggered by the stone moving too far from the Mirror of Erised.
* Chapter 18 of ''Fanfic/DumbledoresArmyAndTheYearOfDarkness''. Hans Belsen, basically an Expy of Josef Mengele, shows up to the school because he wants to torture children. When Neville and Jack Sloper insult him ''later that chapter,'' he immediately leaves the school instead of, you know, torturing them.
-->"BAM! Other side of his face goes, and Alecto was so furious, she kicked him out of the class. Said he had lost the privilege of learning from Belsen. So that's when I raised my hand and asked if I could lose the privilege too, and Belsen just gave the whole class this long look, looked back at Alecto, and told her that he had been under the impression the teachers controlled Hogwarts, not the students, and he left." -- Jack Sloper describing the surprisingly quick defeat of Nazi torturers.
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* In ''Fanfic/TheNewAdventuresOfInvaderZim'', Dib spends all of Episode 5 trying to retrieve the journal of Abraham Van Helsing, hoping that it'll contain information he can use against [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Norlock]]. After fighting his way through various {{death trap}}s, he ultimately [[spoiler: finds out that the journal is useless, just containing random ramblings]].
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* ''Fanfic/{{Juxtapose}}:''
** Class 1-A spends the entire Sports Festival trying to guess what Izuku's Quirk was. At the very end, he straight up tells everyone.
** After spending years trying to groom Mirio into the perfect successor for One For All, Sir Nighteye ultimately [[spoiler:agrees with Toshinori's decision to name Izuku his successor after seeing him restore the value All Might placed in "Toshinori Yagi" and opening a path for All Might to peacefully retire]].
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* ''Fanfic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': In the sequel, ''Picking Up the Pieces'', the group's trip to the Griffish Isles to find Wind Breaker's mother... which ends in them not only ''not'' finding her, but after five days of travel to get to the griffon they think ''might'' be her, they find she has the wrong color eyes and has just received a letter that will reunite her with her real son. [[spoiler: To top it off, once they get back to Canterlot, Rex does some of his own work... and discovers Wind had blood family there all along, in the form of his grandmother Hush Tone, a relationship which neither of them knew about until Rex's DNA tracker revealed it.]]
* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/191621/not-the-same Not the Same]]'' tells the story of Spike and Rarity's relationship, and the way everypony tries to separate them because [[FantasticRacism a dragon can't date a pony]]. [[spoiler:Throughout the fic, hints are dropped that Rarity's behavior has been unusual, which culminate when, after Spike manages to get everypony to accept the love he and Rarity had, it turns out she was a changeling, and the real Rarity had been away for a while. [[WhatYouAreInTheDark Spike then is tempted into continuing his relationship with changeling!Rarity]], but he chooses to free the real Rarity instead, but since the whole thing had been part of the changeling's spell, he's not in with Rarity anymore. The fic ends with [[TearJerker Twilight trying to comfort Spike]] [[LampshadeHanging as he wonders what was the point of all the suffering he went through]], unable to answer his question.]]
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* In the ''Fanfic/JuniorOfficers'' chapter "Kitsune Fox in Hat Trouble", Kitsune searches the Octopod looking for a missing hat. Turns out the hat wasn't missing; Tunip had taken it without Kitsune seeing and given it to Shellington.
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* In ''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/dont-be-an-impel-down-er-one-piece-si.386260/page-40#post-21946100 Don't Be An Impel Down-er]]'', the [[SelfInsertFic Self-Insert]] is born to a prisoner in Level Six of Impel Down. For the crime of "Being Born", he's sentenced to fifty years in prison, less with good behavior. After seventeen years of being a model prisoner, even getting a decade taken off his sentence, [[YouAreNumberSix Prisoner 10013]] is informed that the higher ups changed their minds and his is now a life sentence. Warden Magellan, the one to inform him, [[PetTheDog allows Prisoner 10013 to step outside and see the sky for the first time]] before he has to go back to his cell. Subverted when a Cipher Pol agent comes to offer him a job in exchange for release from Impel Down.
* In ''Fanfic/ThisBites'', [[spoiler:for all the crew's efforts, Merry's keel still snapped, meaning she's still doomed]].
** But...[[spoiler:in the end, Cross found a way to save her, though [[HumanityEnsues she'll no longer be the ship of the Straw-Hats.]]]]
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* Queen Cersei still found a way to kill King Robert in the fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12347153/1/Game-of-Thrones-No-One-s-Pawn No One's Pawn]]'', despite Lancel Lannister refusing to be the triggerman.
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* In ''Fanfic/OldManHenderson'', the eponymous character starts a crusade of revenge against the local cult of Hastur that results in the destruction of both that cult and the local cult of Cthulhu, as well as the deaths of countless members of both cults, all but two of Henderson's allies, a good half-dozen or so other player characters (the majority of which owned by the same player), Hastur, and Old Man Henderson himself, all because he thought the cult stole his lawn gnomes. At the end, however, as Hastur and Old Man Henderson lay dying, Hastur informs him that the cult never stole his gnomes, Henderson had donated them to charity, then [[TheStoner got high]] and forgot about it. Henderson apologizes for "[[{{Understatement}} overreacting]]".
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* In ''Fanfic/BeingDeadAintEasy'', after spending two and a half hours moving Kaiba's chair across the room and spinning it to where he can sit down, Joey realizes that not only could he have sat on the bed and not wasted so much energy, he'll have to move the chair back before Kaiba wakes up in three hours.
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* ''Amazing Man'', a short story by Eneasz Brodski, is about a SupermanSubstitute who finally got fed up with all those [[PunyHumans puny earthlings]], especially the reporters who insisted on slandering him, and decided that the only way to make the world a better place was to rule it himself. [[spoiler:"It's about ethics in superhero journalism!"]]
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* ''Fanfic/LegacyOfTheRedSun'': Small one. [[spoiler:In a bit of dialogue, Han tells how he let a Wookie named Chewbacca free when he was told to skin him, but didn't go on the run with him. He later found Chewbacca had been killed in the street.]]
* The ending of ''Fanfic/TheStoryToEndAllStories'' is somewhat anticlimactic as it turns out that [[spoiler:the Nothing isn't as much of a threat as it's made out to be]].
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* In the fancomic ''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-new-twelve-labors-of-heracles-a-fate-grand-order-comic-update-the-end.809726/ The New Twelve Labors of Heracles]]'', Jason buys a Holy Grail from fBay and charges it by having Heracles recreate his twelve labors, which will give Heracles enough strength to battle Zeus in the Lostbelts. [[spoiler:At the end of the labors, the grail only had enough power to create a single Saint Quartz... which Jason pockets despite the frustration.]]
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* After several convoluted plans involving multiple fidelius charms, polyjuice, and learning the lost art of scrying to steal the Philosopher's Stone in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11574569/33/Dodging-Prison-and-Stealing-Witches-Revenge-is-Best-Served-Raw Dodging Prison and Stealing Witches]]'', Harry learns it's a fake from a prerecorded message triggered by the stone moving too far from the Mirror of Erised.
* Chapter 18 of ''Fanfic/DumbledoresArmyAndTheYearOfDarkness''. Hans Belsen, basically an Expy of Josef Mengele, shows up to the school because he wants to torture children. When Neville and Jack Sloper insult him ''later that chapter,'' he immediately leaves the school instead of, you know, torturing them.
-->"BAM! Other side of his face goes, and Alecto was so furious, she kicked him out of the class. Said he had lost the privilege of learning from Belsen. So that's when I raised my hand and asked if I could lose the privilege too, and Belsen just gave the whole class this long look, looked back at Alecto, and told her that he had been under the impression the teachers controlled Hogwarts, not the students, and he left." -- Jack Sloper describing the surprisingly quick defeat of Nazi torturers.
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* In ''Fanfic/TheNewAdventuresOfInvaderZim'', Dib spends all of Episode 5 trying to retrieve the journal of Abraham Van Helsing, hoping that it'll contain information he can use against [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Norlock]]. After fighting his way through various {{death trap}}s, he ultimately [[spoiler: finds out that the journal is useless, just containing random ramblings]].
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* ''Fanfic/{{Juxtapose}}:''
** Class 1-A spends the entire Sports Festival trying to guess what Izuku's Quirk was. At the very end, he straight up tells everyone.
** After spending years trying to groom Mirio into the perfect successor for One For All, Sir Nighteye ultimately [[spoiler:agrees with Toshinori's decision to name Izuku his successor after seeing him restore the value All Might placed in "Toshinori Yagi" and opening a path for All Might to peacefully retire]].
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* ''Fanfic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': In the sequel, ''Picking Up the Pieces'', the group's trip to the Griffish Isles to find Wind Breaker's mother... which ends in them not only ''not'' finding her, but after five days of travel to get to the griffon they think ''might'' be her, they find she has the wrong color eyes and has just received a letter that will reunite her with her real son. [[spoiler: To top it off, once they get back to Canterlot, Rex does some of his own work... and discovers Wind had blood family there all along, in the form of his grandmother Hush Tone, a relationship which neither of them knew about until Rex's DNA tracker revealed it.]]
* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/191621/not-the-same Not the Same]]'' tells the story of Spike and Rarity's relationship, and the way everypony tries to separate them because [[FantasticRacism a dragon can't date a pony]]. [[spoiler:Throughout the fic, hints are dropped that Rarity's behavior has been unusual, which culminate when, after Spike manages to get everypony to accept the love he and Rarity had, it turns out she was a changeling, and the real Rarity had been away for a while. [[WhatYouAreInTheDark Spike then is tempted into continuing his relationship with changeling!Rarity]], but he chooses to free the real Rarity instead, but since the whole thing had been part of the changeling's spell, he's not in with Rarity anymore. The fic ends with [[TearJerker Twilight trying to comfort Spike]] [[LampshadeHanging as he wonders what was the point of all the suffering he went through]], unable to answer his question.]]
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* In the ''Fanfic/JuniorOfficers'' chapter "Kitsune Fox in Hat Trouble", Kitsune searches the Octopod looking for a missing hat. Turns out the hat wasn't missing; Tunip had taken it without Kitsune seeing and given it to Shellington.
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* In ''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/dont-be-an-impel-down-er-one-piece-si.386260/page-40#post-21946100 Don't Be An Impel Down-er]]'', the [[SelfInsertFic Self-Insert]] is born to a prisoner in Level Six of Impel Down. For the crime of "Being Born", he's sentenced to fifty years in prison, less with good behavior. After seventeen years of being a model prisoner, even getting a decade taken off his sentence, [[YouAreNumberSix Prisoner 10013]] is informed that the higher ups changed their minds and his is now a life sentence. Warden Magellan, the one to inform him, [[PetTheDog allows Prisoner 10013 to step outside and see the sky for the first time]] before he has to go back to his cell. Subverted when a Cipher Pol agent comes to offer him a job in exchange for release from Impel Down.
* In ''Fanfic/ThisBites'', [[spoiler:for all the crew's efforts, Merry's keel still snapped, meaning she's still doomed]].
** But...[[spoiler:in the end, Cross found a way to save her, though [[HumanityEnsues she'll no longer be the ship of the Straw-Hats.]]]]
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* Queen Cersei still found a way to kill King Robert in the fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12347153/1/Game-of-Thrones-No-One-s-Pawn No One's Pawn]]'', despite Lancel Lannister refusing to be the triggerman.
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* In ''Fanfic/OldManHenderson'', the eponymous character starts a crusade of revenge against the local cult of Hastur that results in the destruction of both that cult and the local cult of Cthulhu, as well as the deaths of countless members of both cults, all but two of Henderson's allies, a good half-dozen or so other player characters (the majority of which owned by the same player), Hastur, and Old Man Henderson himself, all because he thought the cult stole his lawn gnomes. At the end, however, as Hastur and Old Man Henderson lay dying, Hastur informs him that the cult never stole his gnomes, Henderson had donated them to charity, then [[TheStoner got high]] and forgot about it. Henderson apologizes for "[[{{Understatement}} overreacting]]".
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* In ''Fanfic/BeingDeadAintEasy'', after spending two and a half hours moving Kaiba's chair across the room and spinning it to where he can sit down, Joey realizes that not only could he have sat on the bed and not wasted so much energy, he'll have to move the chair back before Kaiba wakes up in three hours.
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* ''Amazing Man'', a short story by Eneasz Brodski, is about a SupermanSubstitute who finally got fed up with all those [[PunyHumans puny earthlings]], especially the reporters who insisted on slandering him, and decided that the only way to make the world a better place was to rule it himself. [[spoiler:"It's about ethics in superhero journalism!"]]
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