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'''The result:''' A nearby boy gets the motivation he needed that led him to accept being a Raideen. With his new powers, he [[CruelAndUnusualDeath kills Berserker.]]

* ''LightNovel/RedoOfHealer'': As clever as Keyaru can be, there are some moments that can make you question that intelligence.[[note]]Or potentially believe that he's a masochist based on these examples.[[/note]]

'''You'd Expect:''' Him to remember when ''Agumon'' was [[Recap/DigimonAdventureE16TheArrivalOfSkullGreymon forced into evolving into a stronger form when he really wasn't ready for it]] [[Recap/DigimonAdventure02E9TheEmperorsNewHome and how that]] [[Recap/DigimonAdventure02E10TheEnemyIsMetalGreymon always turned out]] [[GoneHorriblyRight horribly right]]. While he may be furious, he should know not to meddle with powers beyond his control.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' Him to remember when ''Agumon'' was [[Recap/DigimonAdventureE16TheArrivalOfSkullGreymon forced into evolving into a stronger form when he really wasn't ready for it]] [[Recap/DigimonAdventure02E9TheEvilRingsMagicRunWild and how that]] [[Recap/DigimonAdventure02E10TheEnemyIsMetalGreymon always turned out]] [[GoneHorriblyRight horribly right]]. While he may be furious, he should know not to meddle with powers beyond his control.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' He would kidnap a homeless person off the street, or, failing that, ask the government for permission to experiment on incarcerated criminals or prisoners of war.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' Him to remember when ''Agumon'' was [[Recap/DigimonAdventureE16DarkEvolutionSkullGreymon forced into evolving into a stronger form when he really wasn't ready for it]] [[Recap/DigimonAdventure02E9TheEvilRingsMagicRunWild and how that]] [[Recap/DigimonAdventure02E10TheEnemyIsMetalGreymon always turned out]] [[GoneHorriblyRight horribly right]]. While he may be furious, he should know not to meddle with powers beyond his control.\\

'''You'd Expect''': Yai tell all his friends exactly what is going on when recruiting their help.\\

** After Levi catches [[spoiler:Zeke]] after the latter's escape attempt which resulted in him [[spoiler:turning Levi's comrades into titans, Levi restrains him by stabbing a thunder into his torso and tying the wire around his neck. This makes it so that if Zeke tries to resist, he'll end up pulling out the wire and blowing himself up]].\\

'''The Result:''' [[spoiler:When Levi moves in close to Zeke, he gets completely blindsided when the latter ''actually'' sets off the Thunder Spear, leaving him critically injured with the [[EyeScream permanent loss of his right eye]].]]

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': Levi and Mikasa have to go chase [[spoiler:the Female Titan because she ate Eren.]] Given how much experience he has, Levi comes up with a plan to take it down with Mikasa serving as a distraction.\\

'''End Result''': Because the human race is so ridiculously intolerant and just plain unintelligent, they end up losing the war against the machines, get enslaved to be their new energy source, and it winds up with the [[IdiotPlot current]] [[CrapsackWorld real world]] of the [[Franchise/TheMatrix Film Trilogy]].

'''Instead:''' She unplugs the computer, he loses his data and gets horribly angry, making their relationship worse. In fact, the entire first episode consists of Nao holding a planet-sized IdiotBall and '''faking''' {{tsundere}}-ness at her brother whenever they're getting close, for no reason other than [[IdiotPlot making their relationship harder and giving us a show to begin with]]. Had she been nicer, he wouldn't show much interest on [[ForgottenChildhoodFriend Iroha]] and the other girls and she could win his heart with little effort.

** In the second half of the 5th episode, the zombie idols become part of the Kashima Gatalympics (mud olympics), which ends up getting people all muddy, for promotion. The girls wear make up to hide the fact that they are zombies.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' That Kotaro would spray the girls with waterproof subsistances before they compete, so that when they wash off the mud, they don't up washing off their disguises. Note that he does do this later on in the 7th episode, after what we're about to describe here.\\
'''Instead:''' Kotaro never thinks of doing this. The girls all end up failing epicly at the bike balancing competition portion and get all muddy. When they rinse off the mud, it also washes their living makeup disguises, forcing them to spend the rest of the episode covered in mud. Kotaro at least learned his lesson when Franchouchou holds an outdoor concert during a rainy day by spraying them with waterproof substances (which its original purpose was for shoes).

* ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' (2003 anime):

* ''LightNovel/TheAsteriskWar'': Ayato Amagiri, who right off the bat performs an act like this - he has Julis's handkerchief, and wants to return it.\\

'''Instead''': [[ViolationOfCommonSense He jumps up onto the balcony to return it]]...catching her in her state of undress. He ends up invoking the DoubleStandard FelonyMisdemeanor.

* ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'': Haruyuki, as Silver Crow, manage to reduce Nomi AKA Dusk Taker down to a tiny sliver of health.\\

'''Instead:''' She doesn't. As a result, [[spoiler:[[KillEmAll they get slaughtered except for one and Saya herself]].]]

'''Instead:''' [[spoiler:Kirie doesn't decide to leave until it's far too late, months after the events start happening. Both she and Shuichi suffer the consequences.]] Also, with each new chapter, she seems to have forgotten the terrible things that happened in the last chapter.

'''Instead''': She goes completely apeshit, violently berates and [[KickThemWhileTheyreDown physically assaults an already injured and depressed Shouko]] in the hospital parking lot, [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming blames her for the whole thing]] while accusing her of playing the victim (Newsflash, bitch: She isn't), and tells her she should have died instead. Why isn't she in juvie yet?\\

* ''Anime/{{Canaan}}'': Hakko is led to a room in the "Factory", where she finds someone sitting in a chair in Liang Qi's clothes, facing away from her.\\

** The insect-themed QuirkyMiniBossSquad (composed of three ninja) are sent to go capture Nanami, the IllGirl sister of the protagonist. They decide in probably reasonable ninja procedure to go one at a time (ostensibly because two are only there as transportation and backup respectively) to subdue and capture her to hurt her older brother. The first, Kamakiri, arrives at her location and ambushes her with his Praying Mantis close combat style nails (long and sharp) but is quickly defeated off screen and rendered unconscious.\\

'''The Result''': While Su-Won vows to be a better king than Il, he knows very well that his victory is PyrrhicVillainy and senseless, even when he finds out Yona and Hak are alive. They no longer love him, though Yona admits she's not ready to hate him yet. Xing prepares to battle him in retaliation for what his father did. Yona is no longer interested in being a princess or a ruling leader, but she does all that she can to prove that she is more than what Su-Won and Hak thought she was, and to protect the ones that she loves. She manages to force Su-won to broker peace when he prepares to fight Xing, and calls him out for thinking that his father was justified in executing prisoners and soldiers who had surrendered. Su-won realizes too late that if he had tried to win the throne honorably, then Yona wouldn't oppose him. She doesn't ''want'' the throne back, or him, but if she did, she could easily cause civil war.

** Eipisode 4. Ayano just had a fight with Shu over him not seeming to care about their relationship and is upset about it. Kisara comes over to comfort her and tells her what is going on with Shu.\\

'''Result''': The following episode, [[spoiler:[[BatmanGambit Ayano decides to have an intimate moment with Shu, knowing that Kisara would take those memories and keep them within her]] She even gloats about it in the episode afterwards.]] This ends up breaking the latter.