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'''Instead''': Odysseus takes time to gloat at his foe and gives him '''his real name.''' Unfortunately for him, Polyphemus is the son of Poseidon, the very sea god who's already pissed at Odysseus's lack of humility. Poseidon then ensures that the trip home is a living nightmare.

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'''Instead''': Odysseus takes time to gloat at his foe and gives him '''his real name.''' Unfortunately for him, Polyphemus is the son of Poseidon, the very sea god who's already pissed at Odysseus's lack of humility. Polyphemus promptly informs Poseidon of what Odyessus did to him via shouting to the heavens. Poseidon then ensures that the trip home is a living nightmare.

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* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'':
** In one arc where Rosalyn babysits, she has to study for a test the following day.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Knowing [[EnfantTerrible the previous times she has babysat Calvin]], for her to realize that this is a bad idea. She needs complete concentration so she can do well on her test and she would be risking another restless night if she watched over Calvin.\\
'''Instead''': She comes over anyway with the promise that she'll have an easy night because Calvin's hiding from her.\\
'''So''': Calvin slips downstairs after his parents leave to greet Rosalyn.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Rosalyn to put her notes away, tell Calvin she needs to be left alone and go somewhere where she won't be disturbed. If anything, she can just put Calvin to bed early like she usually does since that usually shuts him up quick.\\
'''Instead''': She simply tells Calvin to be quiet and warns him not to touch her notes which she leaves strewn on the table. Calvin steals them and threatens to flush them down the toilet.
** Calvin and Hobbes want to set up their G.R.O.S.S. headquarters in the garage where a car is taking up most of the room. Hobbes suggests that to Calvin that he could ask his mom to move the car out of the garage.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Calvin to do just that. If mom says no, they can set up their club somewhere else.\\
'''Instead''': He and Hobbes push it out of the garage where it rolls down the driveway and ends up in a ditch.
** Calvin finds Susie's Binky Betsy doll on the sidewalk and decides to hold the toy for ransom. He drafts an anonymous ransom note demanding $100 if Susie wants to see Binky Betsy again.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Calvin to avoid drawing attention to himself on the ransom note or to at least figure out that "anonymous" means nameless.\\
'''Instead''': He signs the note "Sincerely, Calvin", at the end.
** Calvin had ''completely'' forgotten his class's insect collection assignment and he tries to enlist Susie's aid (despite her objections) [[LastMinuteProject when he hastily puts it together without much success]]. He then asks her to assist in making up scientific names for his "bugs" without drawing attention to the teacher.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Susie to simply ignore him since she knows his "project" is going to fail anyway or raise her hand to notify Miss Wormwood since she usually does this.\\
'''Instead''': She shushes him, drawing Miss Wormwood's attention to her and getting her sent elsewhere in the classroom.\\
'''Also''': Miss Wormwood notices Susie and Calvin talking to each other.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Miss Wormwood to simply question Susie and diplomatically offer her a chance to explain herself. After all, not only does she often come to Susie's defense (who she's aware is a great student) when Calvin's acting up but she also puts up with Calvin's disruptive antics practically ''every day'', so she should make [[StealthPun an educated guess]] that it involves ''him'' and promptly deal with it.\\
'''Instead''': She accuses Susie of bothering ''him'' and sends her further up front the rows of desks to separate the two.\\
'''Thus''': Susie is (understandably) ticked about this and feels Calvin should have received this penalty instead. [[PassingNotesInClass She receives a note from Calvin passed to her]] and isn't pleased with what it says.\\
'''You'd Then Expect''': Susie to either quietly discard the note and, once again, either ignore him or alert the teacher to the fact that Calvin is bothering him.\\
'''Instead''': She starts to write a hateful note back to him, only to get caught by Miss Wormwood ''again'' and sent to the principal's office.\\
'''Luckily''': The principal bails her out and [[LaserGuidedKarma Calvin gets in a]] ''[[LaserGuidedKarma ton]]'' [[LaserGuidedKarma of hot water for it]].
* ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'' [[WhatAnIdiot/DickTracy has its own page]].

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* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'':
** In one arc where Rosalyn babysits, she has to study for a test the following day.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Knowing [[EnfantTerrible the previous times she has babysat Calvin]], for her to realize that this is a bad idea. She needs complete concentration so she can do well on her test
''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' and she would be risking another restless night if she watched over Calvin.\\
'''Instead''': She comes over anyway with the promise that she'll have an easy night because Calvin's hiding from her.\\
'''So''': Calvin slips downstairs after his parents leave to greet Rosalyn.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Rosalyn to put her notes away, tell Calvin she needs to be left alone and go somewhere where she won't be disturbed. If anything, she can just put Calvin to bed early like she usually does since that usually shuts him up quick.\\
'''Instead''': She simply tells Calvin to be quiet and warns him not to touch her notes which she leaves strewn on the table. Calvin steals them and threatens to flush them down the toilet.
** Calvin and Hobbes want to set up their G.R.O.S.S. headquarters in the garage where a car is taking up most of the room. Hobbes suggests that to Calvin that he could ask his mom to move the car out of the garage.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Calvin to do just that. If mom says no, they can set up their club somewhere else.\\
'''Instead''': He and Hobbes push it out of the garage where it rolls down the driveway and ends up in a ditch.
** Calvin finds Susie's Binky Betsy doll on the sidewalk and decides to hold the toy for ransom. He drafts an anonymous ransom note demanding $100 if Susie wants to see Binky Betsy again.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Calvin to avoid drawing attention to himself on the ransom note or to at least figure out that "anonymous" means nameless.\\
'''Instead''': He signs the note "Sincerely, Calvin", at the end.
** Calvin had ''completely'' forgotten his class's insect collection assignment and he tries to enlist Susie's aid (despite her objections) [[LastMinuteProject when he hastily puts it together without much success]]. He then asks her to assist in making up scientific names for his "bugs" without drawing attention to the teacher.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Susie to simply ignore him since she knows his "project" is going to fail anyway or raise her hand to notify Miss Wormwood since she usually does this.\\
'''Instead''': She shushes him, drawing Miss Wormwood's attention to her and getting her sent elsewhere in the classroom.\\
'''Also''': Miss Wormwood notices Susie and Calvin talking to each other.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Miss Wormwood to simply question Susie and diplomatically offer her a chance to explain herself. After all, not only does she often come to Susie's defense (who she's aware is a great student) when Calvin's acting up but she also puts up with Calvin's disruptive antics practically ''every day'', so she should make [[StealthPun an educated guess]] that it involves ''him'' and promptly deal with it.\\
'''Instead''': She accuses Susie of bothering ''him'' and sends her further up front the rows of desks to separate the two.\\
'''Thus''': Susie is (understandably) ticked about this and feels Calvin should have received this penalty instead. [[PassingNotesInClass She receives a note from Calvin passed to her]] and isn't pleased with what it says.\\
'''You'd Then Expect''': Susie to either quietly discard the note and, once again, either ignore him or alert the teacher to the fact that Calvin is bothering him.\\
'''Instead''': She starts to write a hateful note back to him, only to get caught by Miss Wormwood ''again'' and sent to the principal's office.\\
'''Luckily''': The principal bails her out and [[LaserGuidedKarma Calvin gets in a]] ''[[LaserGuidedKarma ton]]'' [[LaserGuidedKarma of hot water for it]].
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''ComicStrip/DickTracy'' [[WhatAnIdiot/CalvinAndHobbes have their]] [[WhatAnIdiot/DickTracy has its own page]].pages]].
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* And how 'bout probably the most famous one in mythology? Paris has been chosen as a judge to determine who's the most beautiful at a wedding feast by giving his choice an apple labeled as "For the Fairest". Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena all try to bribe him — Hera offers WorldDomination, Athena offers genius smarts and martial skill, and Aphrodite offers the love of the most beautiful woman in the world.\\

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* And how 'bout probably the most famous one in mythology? Paris has been chosen as a judge to determine who's the most beautiful at a wedding feast by giving his choice an apple labeled as "For the Fairest". Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena all try to bribe him — Hera offers WorldDomination, [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]], Athena offers genius smarts and martial skill, and Aphrodite offers the love of the most beautiful woman in the world.\\
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'''You'd Expect:''' For him to say or do ''anything'' to distract her from the situation and protect his meaningful (and expensive) goods.\\

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'''You'd then Expect:''' For him to say or do ''anything'' to distract her from the situation and protect his meaningful (and expensive) goods.\\
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'''For Added Stupidity''': She doesn't even know if he's cheating, she wrecks his car on an unfounded suspicion.

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'''For Added Stupidity''': She doesn't even know if he's cheating, she wrecks his car on an unfounded suspicion.



'''Instead''': There are two main versions of the myth. In the first, Pecos actually ''does'' do what You'd Expect... after Sue has spent several days bouncing and possibly even whacking her head against the moon. She survives, but is so pissed off that she breaks off their engagement and never speaks to him again. In the second version of the myth, Pecos shoots her so she won't have to suffer a horrible death from thirst. Yep.

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'''Instead''': There are two main versions of the myth. In the first, Pecos actually ''does'' do what You'd Expect... after Sue has spent several days bouncing and possibly even whacking her head against the moon. She survives, survives but is so pissed off that she breaks off their engagement and never speaks to him again. In the second version of the myth, Pecos shoots her so she won't have to suffer a horrible death from thirst. Yep.



* And how 'bout probably the most famous one in mythology? Paris has been chosen as a judge to determine who's the most beautiful at a wedding feast by giving his choice an apple labeled as "For the Fairest". Aphrodite, Hera and Athena all try to bribe him — Hera offers WorldDomination, Athena offers genius smarts and martial skill, and Aphrodite offers the love of the most beautiful woman in the world.\\

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* And how 'bout probably the most famous one in mythology? Paris has been chosen as a judge to determine who's the most beautiful at a wedding feast by giving his choice an apple labeled as "For the Fairest". Aphrodite, Hera Hera, and Athena all try to bribe him — Hera offers WorldDomination, Athena offers genius smarts and martial skill, and Aphrodite offers the love of the most beautiful woman in the world.\\



* And then there's Jason, former leader of the Argonauts, he who retrieved the Golden Fleece, and a hero actually under the divine patronage of Hera. He returns from the journey victorious, since he had the love and assistance of the powerful, CuteAndPsycho princess Medea, who has gone so far as to murder her own brother as a distraction so Jason and his crew could escape her father's wrath.\\

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* And then there's Jason, former leader of the Argonauts, he who retrieved the Golden Fleece, and a hero actually under the divine patronage of Hera. He returns from the journey victorious, victorious since he had the love and assistance of the powerful, CuteAndPsycho princess Medea, who has gone so far as to murder her own brother as a distraction so Jason and his crew could escape her father's wrath.\\



'''Instead''': Jason decides to marry a princess named Glauce so he could have wealth and fame and the like, even though Medea has already had two children by him (and is, as mentioned above, CuteAndPsycho to the extreme) ''and the man's patron goddess is HERA'', also known as the goddess of marriage and the most vengeful of the Olympians. So Medea kills Jason's new bride by burning her alive, the bride's father (by accident: he tried to save his daughter, and failed. He also set the royal palace on fire with his attempt), and their two children in revenge before taking off. Jason dies alone and forgotten many years later, when the Argo's ancient, rotting prow breaks right over his head.

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'''Instead''': Jason decides to marry a princess named Glauce so he could have wealth and fame and the like, even though Medea has already had two children by him (and is, as mentioned above, CuteAndPsycho to the extreme) ''and the man's patron goddess is HERA'', also known as the goddess of marriage and the most vengeful of the Olympians. So Medea kills Jason's new bride by burning her alive, the bride's father (by accident: he tried to save his daughter, and failed. He also set the royal palace on fire with his attempt), and their two children in revenge before taking off. Jason dies alone and forgotten many years later, later when the Argo's ancient, rotting prow breaks right over his head.



* In Literature/TheBible, the Isrealites have been wandering in the wilderness. {{God}} has clearly shown his power more than once, and gets very upset when they disobey. Which they do, often. This entry isn't that, though. This is ''special'', above and beyond. God had just gotten down smiting them ''again'', when they started to complain about missing eating meat. Manna from heaven every day (except the sabbath) just wasn't enough. So God told them that they want meat, do they? Well they're gonna get meat. So much meat that it comes out of their nostrils (literally what the Bible says God said) and they'll be sorry because they despised God enough to complain about not eating meat when he was giving them manna from heaven... And then a bunch of quail, enough for a month, showed up near the camp.\\

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* In Literature/TheBible, the Isrealites have been wandering in the wilderness. {{God}} has clearly shown his power more than once, and gets very upset when they disobey. Which they do, often. This entry isn't that, though. This is ''special'', above and beyond. God had just gotten down smiting them ''again'', ''again'' when they started to complain about missing eating meat. Manna from heaven every day (except the sabbath) just wasn't enough. So God told them that they want meat, do they? Well Well, they're gonna get meat. So much meat that it comes out of their nostrils (literally what the Bible says God said) and they'll be sorry because they despised God enough to complain about not eating meat when he was giving them manna from heaven... And then a bunch of quail, enough for a month, showed up near the camp.\\



'''Furthermore:''' Each time the Philistines try this, Delilah shouts, "Wake up, the Philistines are upon you!" (Presumably this is to confirm Samson's strength is actually gone.)\\

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'''Furthermore:''' Each time the Philistines try this, Delilah shouts, "Wake up, the Philistines are upon you!" (Presumably (Presumably, this is to confirm Samson's strength is actually gone.)\\



'''Instead''': They keep doing the same thing over and over again, and each time it fails. Eventually Delilah finds out the secret and they're able to capture him, but then...\\

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'''Instead''': They keep doing the same thing over and over again, and each time it fails. Eventually Eventually, Delilah finds out the secret and they're able to capture him, but then...\\



'''You'd Expect''': Susie to simply ignore him since she knows his "project" is going to fail anyway or raise her hand to notify Miss Wormwood, since she usually does this.\\

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'''You'd Expect''': Susie to simply ignore him since she knows his "project" is going to fail anyway or raise her hand to notify Miss Wormwood, Wormwood since she usually does this.\\



'''Insetad''': He continues to antogonize the cat, and continues to get his house damage or destroyed.

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'''Insetad''': '''Instead''': He continues to antogonize antagonize the cat, and continues to get his house damage damaged or destroyed.



'''Instead''': Gantu, apparently thinks the DNA-tracking cannons will be enough, raises the glass, and leaves to get some answers from the higher-ups. Stitch spits on the audience, prevously impossible because of the glass in the way, causing a short circuit, resulting in a blackout, which disables the tracking cannons and allows him to escape under cover of darkness.

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'''Instead''': Gantu, apparently thinks the DNA-tracking cannons will be enough, raises the glass, and leaves to get some answers from the higher-ups. Stitch spits on the audience, prevously previously impossible because of the glass in the way, causing a short circuit, resulting in a blackout, which disables the tracking cannons and allows him to escape under cover of darkness.



'''You'd Expect''': He call together the best minds on economics and try to work out a policy that prospered as much of the population as possible, and revisit it from time to time.\\

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'''You'd Expect''': He call calls together the best minds on economics and try to work out a policy that prospered as much of the population as possible, and revisit it from time to time.\\



'''Instead''': He hurriedly starts his car, shifts into reverse, and floors the gas, driving into a lightpole. Oops!
* Ride/IndianaJonesAdventure: The queue is full of disabled booby traps, allowing anyone to reach the chamber of destiny. The temple is famous for the idol that [[DisproportionateRetribution send to to the gates of doom if you look into its eyes]].\\

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'''Instead''': He hurriedly starts his car, shifts into reverse, and floors the gas, driving into a lightpole.light pole. Oops!
* Ride/IndianaJonesAdventure: The queue is full of disabled booby traps, allowing anyone to reach the chamber of destiny. The temple is famous for the idol that [[DisproportionateRetribution send to to the gates of doom if you look into its eyes]].\\



* A string of commercials for Nowwhat.com insurance company ran in the mid 2000s. One commercial had a young man put in a new air conditioning system in his apartment window.\\

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* A string of commercials for Nowwhat.com insurance company ran in the mid 2000s.mid-2000s. One commercial had a young man put in a new air conditioning system in his apartment window.\\
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* ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'' [[WhatAnIdiot/DickTracy has its own page]].
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* In Literature/TheBible, the Isrealites have been wandering in the wilderness. {{God}} has clearly shown his power more than once, and gets very upset when they don't obey. Which they do, often. This entry isn't that, though. This is ''special'', above and beyond. God had just gotten down smiting them ''again'', when they started to complain about missing eating meat. Manna from heaven every day (except the sabbath) just wasn't enough. So God told them that they want meat, do they? Well they're gonna get meat. So much meat that it comes out of their nostrils (literally what the Bible says God said) and they'll be sorry because they despised God enough to complain about not eating meat when he was giving them manna from heaven... And then a bunch of quail, enough for a month, showed up near the camp.\\

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* In Literature/TheBible, the Isrealites have been wandering in the wilderness. {{God}} has clearly shown his power more than once, and gets very upset when they don't obey.disobey. Which they do, often. This entry isn't that, though. This is ''special'', above and beyond. God had just gotten down smiting them ''again'', when they started to complain about missing eating meat. Manna from heaven every day (except the sabbath) just wasn't enough. So God told them that they want meat, do they? Well they're gonna get meat. So much meat that it comes out of their nostrils (literally what the Bible says God said) and they'll be sorry because they despised God enough to complain about not eating meat when he was giving them manna from heaven... And then a bunch of quail, enough for a month, showed up near the camp.\\
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'''Instead''': He lets her guilt-trip him to the point where he tells her about his hair. She then has it cut off while he's asleep, rendering him helpless. The Philistines then capture him, blind him, and throw him in prison.
** Furthermore, each time the Philistines try this, Delilah shouts, "Wake up, the Philistines are upon you!" (Presumably this is to confirm Samson's strength is actually gone.)\\

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'''Instead''': He lets her guilt-trip him to the point where he tells her about his hair. She then has it cut off while he's asleep, rendering him helpless. The Philistines then capture him, blind him, and throw him in prison.
** Furthermore, each
prison.\\
'''Furthermore:''' Each
time the Philistines try this, Delilah shouts, "Wake up, the Philistines are upon you!" (Presumably this is to confirm Samson's strength is actually gone.)\\

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* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Linus hands her security blanket to [[RememberTheNewGuy Eudora]] to hold but she mistakes it as a gift. After a while, he gets Snoopy to retrieve the blanket but Eudora tells him she gave it to [[OhCrap the cat next door]].\\

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* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Linus ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'':
**Linus
hands her security blanket to [[RememberTheNewGuy Eudora]] to hold but she mistakes it as a gift. After a while, he gets Snoopy to retrieve the blanket but Eudora tells him she gave it to [[OhCrap the cat next door]].\\




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** Speaking of the cat next door, it's a very short-tempered creature that damages or destroys Snoopy's doghouse every time he antagonizes it.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Snoopy would eventually recognize the pattern and stop provoking the cat next door.\\
'''Insetad''': He continues to antogonize the cat, and continues to get his house damage or destroyed.

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'''You'd Expect''': The Philistines to make sure his hair stays cut, just in case. It's not an effort-intensive task, after all.\\

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'''You'd Expect:''' Now that he's at their mercy, the Philistines would proceed to kill their hated enemy to ensure an extended rule over Israel.\\
'''Instead:''' They're perfectly content with simply [[EyeScream gouging his eyes out]] and putting him to work on a treadmill.\\
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Expect''': The Philistines to make sure his hair stays cut, just in case. It's not an effort-intensive task, after all.\\




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* In Israel and Judah, several kings have been worshipping idols and bringing trouble on the nation.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Upon seeing or hearing of these disasters, other kings would try to obey God.\\
'''Instead:''' They keep following the evil kings' examples, and Israel is eventually taken into captivity. You know how Einstein defined stupidity at "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"? In this case, it's more like "doing the same thing many others have done and expecting different results".
* Elijah has confronted Baal's prophets and challenged them to a contest. The groups build two altars, one for God and one for Baal, but put no fire onto either one. The challenge is that whoever sends fire down from heaven is the true God. [[ForegoneConclusion Unsurprisingly, God wins]], and Elijah has Baal's prophets all put to death. A week later, it starts raining, putting an end to a three-year drought.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Upon witnessing all this, Ahab and (probably) [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Jezebel]] would come to their senses, ditch Baal, [[HeelFaceTurn and start worshipping God]]. If nothing else, you'd think [[HumiliationConga Baal's failure to answer his prophet's prayers]] would cause them to realize what a phony he is, and if their children (and several other kings) follow this conversion to God, it would likely have prevented (or at least delayed) Israel's descent into captivity.\\
'''Instead:''' Not only does Jezebel ''[[FacePalm still]]'' keep calling to false gods, but she even sends Elijah a message saying she'll put him to death.
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* A string of commercials for Nowwhat.org ran in the mid 2000s. One commercial had a young man put in a new air conditioning system in his apartment window.\\

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* A string of commercials for Nowwhat.org com insurance company ran in the mid 2000s. One commercial had a young man put in a new air conditioning system in his apartment window.\\



'''Instead:''' He's so anxious to use it that he just basks in his coolness...only for it to fall out of his ''second-story'' apartment window and onto his car below, destroying them both.

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'''Instead:''' He's so anxious to use it that he just puts it in by closing the window on it and basks in his coolness...only for it to fall out of his ''second-story'' apartment window and onto his car below, destroying them both.
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* A string of commercials for Nowwhat.org ran in the mid 2000s and featured people in awkward and expensive situations [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot that could have easily been avoided.]] One commercial had a young man put in a new air conditioning system in his apartment window.\\

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* A string of commercials for Nowwhat.org ran in the mid 2000s and featured people in awkward and expensive situations [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot that could have easily been avoided.]] 2000s. One commercial had a young man put in a new air conditioning system in his apartment window.\\
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* Creator/LabZeroGames, the creators of VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}, like a fan-made character named Juju by a fan named Ceemcneil so they contact Juju's creator that they might buy the rights of Juju from him and make her a DLC character in exchange for Ceemcneil to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement to not discuss the deal for the time being. \\
'''You'd Expect:''' Ceemcneil listen to Lab Zero Games and honor the NDA and not talk about Juju is coming to Skullgirls until notice.\\
'''Instead:''' Hours after signing the NDA, Ceemcneil in his arrogance began telling fans everywhere about the deal that his character Juju is coming to Skullgirls, including in the same forums the developers visit! Realizing that Ceemcneil could not be trusted and was difficult to work with, Lab Zero Games drop any plans of making Juju canon in Skullgirls including retconning any hint of her existence.
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'''Instead:''' They just give the tourists a warning.

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'''Instead:''' They just give the tourists a warning.warning.
* A string of commercials for Nowwhat.org ran in the mid 2000s and featured people in awkward and expensive situations [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot that could have easily been avoided.]] One commercial had a young man put in a new air conditioning system in his apartment window.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' That he would make sure it was ''absolutely'' secure before using it.\\
'''Instead:''' He's so anxious to use it that he just basks in his coolness...only for it to fall out of his ''second-story'' apartment window and onto his car below, destroying them both.
** Another commercial had a man about to go on a date and primps himself before he gets out of his car to greet his date.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' That he would do this before getting out.\\
'''Instead:''' He opens the door and primps himself. Predictably, a speeding car goes by and whisks his driver's side door off.
** Quite possibly the worst one of them all features a man who has an engagement ring to propose to his girlfriend. He's understandably nervous and drops the ring in the kitchen drain.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' That he would immediately find any way to retrieve the ring (plumber, unhooking the sink, etc.)\\
'''Instead:''' He freezes like a DeerInTheHeadlights. [[FromBadToWorse And it only gets worse from there!]] His girlfriend sees him peering over the sink and mindlessly asks if the sink is clogged again.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' For him to say or do ''anything'' to distract her from the situation and protect his meaningful (and expensive) goods.\\
'''Instead:''' [[EpicFail He sits idly by as she turns on the garbage disposal and shreds up the ring, believing that she "fixed" his problem.]]\\
'''Consolation Prize:''' They're both kind of stupid and are at least made for each other.
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'''Thus''': Susie is (understandably) ticked about this and feels Calvin should have received this penalty instead. [[PassingNotesInClass She receives a note from Calvin passed to her]] [[{{Understatement}} and isn't pleased with what it says]].\\

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'''Thus''': Susie is (understandably) ticked about this and feels Calvin should have received this penalty instead. [[PassingNotesInClass She receives a note from Calvin passed to her]] [[{{Understatement}} and isn't pleased with what it says]].says.\\
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** Calvin had ''completely'' forgotten his class's insect collection assignment and he tries to enlist Susie's aid (despite her objections) [[LastMinuteProject when he hastily puts it together without much success]]. He then asks her to assist in making up scientific names for his "bugs" without drawing attention to the teacher.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Susie to simply ignore him since she knows his "project" is going to fail anyway or raise her hand to notify Miss Wormwood, since she usually does this.\\
'''Instead''': She shushes him, drawing Miss Wormwood's attention to her and getting her sent elsewhere in the classroom.\\
'''Also''': Miss Wormwood notices Susie and Calvin talking to each other.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Miss Wormwood to simply question Susie and diplomatically offer her a chance to explain herself. After all, not only does she often come to Susie's defense (who she's aware is a great student) when Calvin's acting up but she also puts up with Calvin's disruptive antics practically ''every day'', so she should make [[StealthPun an educated guess]] that it involves ''him'' and promptly deal with it.\\
'''Instead''': She accuses Susie of bothering ''him'' and sends her further up front the rows of desks to separate the two.\\
'''Thus''': Susie is (understandably) ticked about this and feels Calvin should have received this penalty instead. [[PassingNotesInClass She receives a note from Calvin passed to her]] [[{{Understatement}} and isn't pleased with what it says]].\\
'''You'd Then Expect''': Susie to either quietly discard the note and, once again, either ignore him or alert the teacher to the fact that Calvin is bothering him.\\
'''Instead''': She starts to write a hateful note back to him, only to get caught by Miss Wormwood ''again'' and sent to the principal's office.\\
'''Luckily''': The principal bails her out and [[LaserGuidedKarma Calvin gets in a]] ''[[LaserGuidedKarma ton]]'' [[LaserGuidedKarma of hot water for it]].
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* Theseus and Pirithous want to marry daughters of Zeus\\

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* Theseus and Pirithous want to marry daughters of Zeus\\Zeus.\\
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'''Instead:''' They just give the tourists a warning.
* When the final build of the game VideoGame/ParanauticalActivity was released on Steam, it was still labelled as early access despite not being the case.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' The developer, Mike Maulbeck, to speak with Valve calmly and rationally about the mistake.\\
'''Instead:''' He tweets death threats to Gabe Newell and calls Valve incompetent.\\
'''The Result:''' Valve pulled the game from steam completely and banned Code Avarice from their service. It took selling the IP to another company to get it put back onto Steam.

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'''Instead:''' They just give the tourists a warning.
* When the final build of the game VideoGame/ParanauticalActivity was released on Steam, it was still labelled as early access despite not being the case.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' The developer, Mike Maulbeck, to speak with Valve calmly and rationally about the mistake.\\
'''Instead:''' He tweets death threats to Gabe Newell and calls Valve incompetent.\\
'''The Result:''' Valve pulled the game from steam completely and banned Code Avarice from their service. It took selling the IP to another company to get it put back onto Steam.
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* In Literature/TheBible, the Isrealites have been wandering in the wilderness. {{God}} has clearly shown his power more than once, and gets very upset when they don't obey. Which they do, often. This entry isn't that, though. This is ''special'', above and beyond. God had just gotten down smiting them ''again'', when they started to complain about missing eating meat. Manna from heaven every day (except the sabbath) just wasn't enough. So God told them that they want meat, do they? Well they're gonna get meat. So much meat that it comes out of their nostrils (literally what the Bible says God said) and they'll be sorry because they despised God enough to complain about not eating meat when he was giving them manna from heaven.. And then a bunch of quail, enough for a month, showed up near the camp.
'''You'd Expect''': All of the Israelites realize that Hate Gifts From God are a ''bad thing'' and beg forgiveness. Or at least go back to eating the manna, which is still there. (Actually, some did, because some Israelites were still around after this)

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* In Literature/TheBible, the Isrealites have been wandering in the wilderness. {{God}} has clearly shown his power more than once, and gets very upset when they don't obey. Which they do, often. This entry isn't that, though. This is ''special'', above and beyond. God had just gotten down smiting them ''again'', when they started to complain about missing eating meat. Manna from heaven every day (except the sabbath) just wasn't enough. So God told them that they want meat, do they? Well they're gonna get meat. So much meat that it comes out of their nostrils (literally what the Bible says God said) and they'll be sorry because they despised God enough to complain about not eating meat when he was giving them manna from heaven..heaven... And then a bunch of quail, enough for a month, showed up near the camp. \n\\
'''You'd Expect''': All of the Israelites realize that Hate Gifts From God are a ''bad thing'' and beg forgiveness. Or at least go back to eating the manna, which is still there. (Actually, some did, because some Israelites were still around after this)this)\\
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* In Literature/TheBible, the Isrealites have been wandering in the wilderness. {{God}} has clearly shown his power more than once, and gets very upset when they don't obey. Which they do, often. This entry isn't that, though. This is ''special'', above and beyond. God had just gotten down smiting them ''again'', when they started to complain about missing eating meat. Manna from heaven every day (except the sabbath) just wasn't enough. So God told them that they want meat, do they? Well they're gonna get meat. So much meat that it comes out of their nostrils (literally what the Bible says God said) and they'll be sorry because they despised God enough to complain about not eating meat when he was giving them manna from heaven.. And then a bunch of quail, enough for a month, showed up near the camp.
'''You'd Expect''': All of the Israelites realize that Hate Gifts From God are a ''bad thing'' and beg forgiveness. Or at least go back to eating the manna, which is still there. (Actually, some did, because some Israelites were still around after this)
'''Instead''': A significant amount gather up the quail and dig in. And yes, the instant they bit into the meat, everyone who ate died from the plague.
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'''Instead:''' They just give the tourists a warning.

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'''Instead:''' They just give the tourists a warning.warning.
* When the final build of the game VideoGame/ParanauticalActivity was released on Steam, it was still labelled as early access despite not being the case.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' The developer, Mike Maulbeck, to speak with Valve calmly and rationally about the mistake.\\
'''Instead:''' He tweets death threats to Gabe Newell and calls Valve incompetent.\\
'''The Result:''' Valve pulled the game from steam completely and banned Code Avarice from their service. It took selling the IP to another company to get it put back onto Steam.

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* "Dark Lady" by Music/{{Cher}}: A woman who visits a fortune teller's shop, where she is told that her lover has been cheating on her. Unbeknownst to the woman, the fortune teller is his mistress.\\
'''You'd Expect''': The fortune teller to go about her business with the woman's mate in a secluded area where they won't be discovered.\\
'''Instead''': They have the affair in the woman's bedroom. She picks up the fortune teller's scent, tracks them back to her lair and shoots them both.
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* Ride/IndianaJonesAdventure: The queue is full of disabled booby traps, allowing anyone to reach the chamber of destiny. The temple is famous for the idol that [[DisproportionateRetribution send to to the gates of doom if you look into it's eyes]].\\

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* Ride/IndianaJonesAdventure: The queue is full of disabled booby traps, allowing anyone to reach the chamber of destiny. The temple is famous for the idol that [[DisproportionateRetribution send to to the gates of doom if you look into it's its eyes]].\\
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'''Instead:''' They just give the tourists a warning.
* [[http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2017/10/russian-woman-killed-in-dangerous-holiday-stunt.html Natalia Borodina]], Russian real estate agent on holiday in the Dominican Republic, decided to [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl show off her topless breasts]] and lean out of a moving car.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Her "[[ToxicFriendInfluence friend]]" driving the car would try to stop her doing something so dangerous. Or at least remind her that she's being a bad rolemodel for her 8-year-old son, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids who saw all this]].\\
'''Instead:''' {{Reality Ensues}}. Ms Borodina [[TooDumbToLive hits her head on pole and dies]], with the embarassing {{NSFW}} tape of her fatal nude stunt [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axm_61clgyY posted online for all to gawk at]]. [[TraumaCongaLine To add to the pain]], the {{Shockingly Expensive Bill}} of returning her remains to Russia is too much for her family to afford.

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'''Instead:''' They just give the tourists a warning.
* [[http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2017/10/russian-woman-killed-in-dangerous-holiday-stunt.html Natalia Borodina]], Russian real estate agent on holiday in the Dominican Republic, decided to [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl show off her topless breasts]] and lean out of a moving car.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Her "[[ToxicFriendInfluence friend]]" driving the car would try to stop her doing something so dangerous. Or at least remind her that she's being a bad rolemodel for her 8-year-old son, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids who saw all this]].\\
'''Instead:''' {{Reality Ensues}}. Ms Borodina [[TooDumbToLive hits her head on pole and dies]], with the embarassing {{NSFW}} tape of her fatal nude stunt [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axm_61clgyY posted online for all to gawk at]]. [[TraumaCongaLine To add to the pain]], the {{Shockingly Expensive Bill}} of returning her remains to Russia is too much for her family to afford.
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'''You'd Expect:''' Her "[[PoisonousFriendInfluence friend]]" driving the car would try to stop her doing something so dangerous. Or at least remind her that she's being a bad rolemodel for her 8-year-old son, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids who saw all this]].\\

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'''You'd Expect:''' Her "[[PoisonousFriendInfluence "[[ToxicFriendInfluence friend]]" driving the car would try to stop her doing something so dangerous. Or at least remind her that she's being a bad rolemodel for her 8-year-old son, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids who saw all this]].\\

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* [[http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2017/10/russian-woman-killed-in-dangerous-holiday-stunt.html Natalia Borodina]], a mother and real estate agent, decided to [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl show off her topless breasts]] and lean out of a moving car while on holiday.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Her "[[WithFriendsLikeThese friend]]" driving the car would try to stop her doing something so dangerous. Or at least remind her that she's being a bad rolemodel for her 8-year-old son.\\
'''Instead:''' {{Reality Ensues}}. Ms Borodina [[TooDumbToLive hits her head on pole and dies]], with the embarassing {{NSFW}} tape of her fatal nude stunt [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axm_61clgyY posted online for all to gawk at]].

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* [[http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2017/10/russian-woman-killed-in-dangerous-holiday-stunt.html Natalia Borodina]], a mother and Russian real estate agent, agent on holiday in the Dominican Republic, decided to [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl show off her topless breasts]] and lean out of a moving car while on holiday.car.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Her "[[WithFriendsLikeThese "[[PoisonousFriendInfluence friend]]" driving the car would try to stop her doing something so dangerous. Or at least remind her that she's being a bad rolemodel for her 8-year-old son.son, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids who saw all this]].\\
'''Instead:''' {{Reality Ensues}}. Ms Borodina [[TooDumbToLive hits her head on pole and dies]], with the embarassing {{NSFW}} tape of her fatal nude stunt [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axm_61clgyY posted online for all to gawk at]]. [[TraumaCongaLine To add to the pain]], the {{Shockingly Expensive Bill}} of returning her remains to Russia is too much for her family to afford.
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'''You'd Expect:''' Her "friend" driving the car would try to stop her doing something so dangerous. Or at least remind her that she's being a bad rolemodel for her 8-year-old son.\\

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'''You'd Expect:''' Her "friend" "[[WithFriendsLikeThese friend]]" driving the car would try to stop her doing something so dangerous. Or at least remind her that she's being a bad rolemodel for her 8-year-old son.\\
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'''Instead:''' {{Reality Ensues}}. Ms Borodina [[TooDumbToLive hits her head on pole and dies]], with the embarassing {{NSFW}} tape of her nude stunt [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axm_61clgyY available for all to gawk at]].

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'''Instead:''' {{Reality Ensues}}. Ms Borodina [[TooDumbToLive hits her head on pole and dies]], with the embarassing {{NSFW}} tape of her fatal nude stunt [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axm_61clgyY available posted online for all to gawk at]].
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* [[http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2017/10/russian-woman-killed-in-dangerous-holiday-stunt.html Natalia Borodina]], a mother and real estate agent, decided to [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl show off her topless breasts]] and lean out of a moving car while on holiday.

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* [[http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2017/10/russian-woman-killed-in-dangerous-holiday-stunt.html Natalia Borodina]], a mother and real estate agent, decided to [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl show off her topless breasts]] and lean out of a moving car while on holiday.\\
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'''Instead:''' They just give the tourists a warning.

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'''Instead:''' They just give the tourists a warning.warning.
* [[http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2017/10/russian-woman-killed-in-dangerous-holiday-stunt.html Natalia Borodina]], a mother and real estate agent, decided to [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl show off her topless breasts]] and lean out of a moving car while on holiday.
'''You'd Expect:''' Her "friend" driving the car would try to stop her doing something so dangerous. Or at least remind her that she's being a bad rolemodel for her 8-year-old son.\\
'''Instead:''' {{Reality Ensues}}. Ms Borodina [[TooDumbToLive hits her head on pole and dies]], with the embarassing {{NSFW}} tape of her nude stunt [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axm_61clgyY available for all to gawk at]].

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