History TemptingFate / LiveACtionTV

* The infamous Belgrave Middleway episode of ''Series/Ambulance2016' has one paramedic start his shift by hoping for a quiet night. His colleague shoots him a DeathGlare and says "You've jinxed it now." Most of the episode focuses on a multi-car and lorry traffic accident that results in ''six'' fatalities. Tempting Fate indeed.

** At the conclusion the episode "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E01CaveDwellers Cave Dwellers]]" Servo complains at the end of the episode that this was 'the worst movie' the Mads had ever sent them. [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E21MonsterAGoGo Considering]] [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E24ManosTheHandsOfFate some]] [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E15TheWildWorldOfBatwoman of]] [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E21TheBeastOfYuccaFlats the]] [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E19InvasionOfTheNeptuneMen films]] [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E05BeingFromAnotherPlanet the Mads]] [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E23TheCastleOfFuManchu later sent]] Servo definetly shouldn't have said that seeing as how the Mads took that as a challenge.

** Mike further tempts fate by declaring the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S07E03DeathstalkerAndTheWarriors episode]] ''[[Film/DeathstalkerAndTheWarriorsFromHell'' and stating the movie was the most "ambitiously bad movie" the SOL inhabitants had ever screened. You [[Film/TheGiantSpiderInvasion sure]] about that, Mike?

** Mike Nelson asks about Joel and the Bots in the episode "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E12Mitchell Mitchell]]." About an hour and a half later he found out.
-->'''Mike:''' Say, what is the deal with this guy and these cute robots?

** At the conclusion the episode "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E01CaveDwellers]]" Servo complains at the end of the episode that this was 'the worst movie' the Mads had ever sent them. [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E21MonsterAGoGo Considering]] [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E24ManosTheHandsOfFate some]] [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E15TheWildWorldOfBatwoman of]] [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E21TheBeastOfYuccaFlats the]] [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E19InvasionOfTheNeptuneMen films]] [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E05BeingFromAnotherPlanet the Mads]] [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E23TheCastleOfFuManchu later sent]] Servo definetly shouldn't have said that seeing as how the Mads took that as a challenge.

* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': Tom Servo's favorite riff. "It can't [blank]! Doodly-doodly-doo! It can [blank]!"

* ''Series/{{Chernobyl}}: This is almost the motto of the Soviet Union. The disaster happened because of CuttingCorners on nuclear reactor design, and when the FailsafeFailure became apparent, they made it a state secret to avoid having to admit an embarrassing and expensive mistake. After all, it would take someone being ''really reckless'' to push a reactor to the point where the emergency shutdown button became a detonator. Except, of course, there's always someone, somewhere, who is that reckless. The attitude, and its costs, are summed up perfectly in Legasov's conversation with the head of the KGB in the final episode. (And the KGB are ''still'' tempting fate, believing that they've successfully coerced Legasov into silence without realizing that his brutal experiences and [[YourDaysAreNumbered the knowledge that he'll die of radiation-induced cancer soon]] would make him consider a ThanatosGambit.)

* ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'': Meanwhile, ''in'' this show... asked why, when everything else is powered down, the Dark Vault still has power:
-->'''Claudia Donovan:''' Backup generators, cause everything's so dangerous. Don't worry, these should hold up long enough for us to... ''[power goes down]'' realize my karma sucks.

'''[[DropInCharacter Kimmy]]''': (entering the house while wearing a t-shirt with "JESSE & THE RIPPERS" but with "BARRY" printed over "JESSE") Barry is GOD! Can you believe they're opening for [[Music/RollingStones the Stones]]?

* The infamous Belgrave Middleway episode of ''Series/{{Ambulance}}'' has one paramedic start his shift by hoping for a quiet night. His colleague shoots him a [[DeathGlare Death Glare]] and says "You've jinxed it now." Most of the episode focuses on a multi-car and lorry traffic accident that results in ''six'' fatalities. Tempting Fate indeed.

** Speaking of the crash: Later in the episode they showed some of the footage from that day. It starts with Hammond explaining the rocket car with ''"This ignites the afterburner. And when that happens, I haven't got 5,000 horse powers. I've got 10,000 horse powers. [[FunnyAneurysmMoment And possibly the biggest accident you've ever seen in your life.]]"''

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*** Right at the moment of the junior horse-riding contest, the mother of the girl Michelle befriends runs off after noticing her daughter is absent. Danny smugly states that the woman's daughter must have been unable to handle the pressure of the competition, only for Stephanie to mention that Michelle is also missing from the line-up, causing Danny and Joey, to start searching for Michelle, with Jesse joining them soon afterwards.

* ''Series/FullHouse'':
** After Danny witnesses the mess in Stephanie and Michelle's room as the result of Michelle's leaf-collection "hobby" late in the episode "The Apartment", Danny meets Jesse in the kitchen and asks him if the day can get any worse. Then they see the cement truck pouring cement into the house as the result of CarMeetsHouse.
-->'''Jesse''': Yup.
-->'''Danny''': My kitchen!

-->'''Stephanie''': THIS is a double two-thumbs-way-up. They'll probably show this on parent-teacher nights.
** When Jesse's attempt at playing multiple instruments at once goes badly wrong ([[EpicFail it ends with an amplifier short-circuiting]]) during "Comet's Excellent Adventure", he [[GetOut orders Joey out of the basement studio]], claiming that he doesn't need Joey anymore. The phone rings right as Joey is about to leave, prompting Jesse to request Joey's help by getting the phone and answering the call while Jesse himself tries to fix the broken amplifier.
** Early in the episode "Making Out is Hard to Do", Jesse tells [[Series/TheBradyBunch Barry Williams]], who's trying to promote the Rippers at the time, that one shouldn't expect to make it big in music quickly. Cue the new Rippers song becoming a smash hit and pushing the band to stardom quickly, causing Jesse to give up music altogether. He does decide to reverse his "giving up music" decision late in the episode, but only after suffering a HumiliationConga that turns out to be AllJustADream.
** Early in the episode "Up on the Roof", Jesse claims "Finally, peace and quiet" once nearly every other Tanner household member leaves and tilts his chair back for a moment of relaxation, which ends abruptly within seconds when [[DropInCharacter Kimmy]] barges inside the house screaming '''"D.J.!!!"''', [[PeopleFallOffChairs the shock from which causes Jesse to fall back -- literally -- on his chair]].

---->'''Dorothy''': Hasta la vista, baby.

*** Blanche asks Dorothy for her "honest advice" about how Blanche's body in her bikini looks. Too bad for Blanche, Dorothy's "honest advice" is not pleasant for her, as she insinuates in her comment that [[YouAreFat Blanche has gained weight]].[[note]] The result of Blanche weighing herself further verifies it.[[/note]]

** Early in the episode "The Blond Leading the Blind", Cheyenne states that Van writes poetry when he's upset after Van seeing his car being wrecked, at which point Jake anticipates using one of Van's poems for his own use in class, only to change his mind after hearing Van recite a poem he wrote, as his response to Cheyenne asking him about his opinion towards Van's poem makes it clear.