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'''Instead:''' He completely ignores Falco and is hyper focused on ending Fox's life to bother with him. \\

'''The Result''': Hillary losing his goggles led to the hiking crew giving up, which led to nobody surmounting Mt. Everest, which ends up to be [[ForWantOfANail one of the catalysts for the]] BadFuture.

* ''[[VideoGame/NinjaGaidenNES Ninja Gaiden]]'' [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem (NES]][[UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 /PC-Engine):]] Ryu Hayabusa brings the Shadow Demon Statue to Dr. Walter Smith, who has the Light Demon Statue, and learns from him that both of the artifacts contain the power of a demon that tried to destroy the world, all of a sudden, a ninja steals the Shadow Demon Statue, prompting Ryu to try and get it back.\\

* ''Manga/{{Strider}}'': The UsefulNotes/{{N|intendoEntertainmentSystem}}ES Game has these two moments:

'''Instead:''' He keeps using Bode as his spy, smugly threatening Cata's life if he didn't get more information on Cere, which causes Bode to leak the Hidden Path intel to Darth Vader and the Inquisitorius, and causes Denvik's Jedha operation to be performed months ahead of its intended date, resulting in Cere's death by Vader and Cal tipping dangerously closer to the Dark Side.\\
'''It Gets Worse:''' When Cal goes to the Imperial Security Bureau's Satellite Station in the Nova Garon system to find Bode and the Tanalor Compass, he meets Denvik and chews him out for what he did.

** It's revealed in the Pacifist route that, before the events of the game, [[spoiler:Chujin realized that he was one of the few Boss Monsters in the underground. To prove his theory of being able to transform a monster into a Boss Monster with a serum, he attempted to fuse his soul with a fallen human's soul he acquired earlier. Unfortunately, it didn't work and his soul began to deteriorate. In his last recording before he dies, he leaves a message for his wife, Ceroba, to continue his research of fusing souls. However, he tells her to not involve their young daughter Kanako as his final wish. Kanako eventually discovers the tapes and naively tries to convince Ceroba to fuse her soul with the serum.]]

** It's revealed in the Pacifist route that, before the events of the game, [[spoiler:Chujin realized that he was one of the few Boss Monsters in the underground. To prove his theory of being able to transform a monster into a Boss Monster with a serum, he attempted to fuse his soul with a fallen human's soul he acquired earlier. Unfortunately, it didn't work and his soul began to deteriorate. In his last recording before he dies, he leaves a message for his wife, Ceroba, to continue his research of fusing souls. However, he tells her to not involve their young daughter Kanako as his final wish. Kanako eventually discovers the tapes and tries to convince Ceroba to fuse her soul with the serum.]]

** The Allies in the finale of ''Hamartia''. They need to keep the [[AchillesHeel Paradox Conductors]] safe, as the [[TimeManipulation Paradox]] [[TacticalSuperweaponUnit Engine's]] [[LightEmUp Prism]] [[DeathRay Cannons]] are the only reliable counter they have to [[PersonOfMassDestruction Libra]], the SuperSoldier with PsychicPowers who's just repelled their prior assault on the Mental Omega Device, crushed most of the Southern Cross Division's forces already and is the greatest threat to the Paradox Engine on the field.\\

** The Allies in the finale of ''Hamartia''. They need to keep the Paradox Conductors safe, as the Paradox Engine's Prism Cannons are the only reliable counter they have to [[PersonOfMassDestruction Libra]], the SuperSoldier with PsychicPowers who's just repelled their prior assault on the Mental Omega Device, crushed most of the Southern Cross Division's forces already and is the greatest threat to the Paradox Engine on the field.\\

'''As A Result''': All the Prism Cannons go down right as the Engine has recharged and is moving into position for the final attack, leaving the Allies with only the [[TimeStandStill Time Freeze]] on their side...which Libra can already NoSell thanks a stolen Chrono Backpack. The Allies' final gambit fails as the still-active Libra cripples the Paradox Engine before it can de-sync the Mental Omega from the world, allowing Epsilon to butcher almost all of the remaining Allied forces and unleash their global mind control, leaving it up to the [[LaResistance Foehn Revolt]] to fight back.

** The Allies in the finale of ''Hamartia''. They need to keep the Paradox Conductors safe, as the Paradox Engine's Prism Cannons are the only reliable counter they have to [[PersonOfMassDestruction Libra]], the AxCraxy SuperSoldier who's just repelled their prior assault on the Mental Omega Device, crushed most of the Southern Cross Division's forces already and is the greatest threat to the Paradox Engine on the field.\\

'''As A Result''': All the Prism Cannons go down right as the Engine has recharged and is moving into position for the final attack, leaving the Allies with only the Time Freeze on their side...which Libra can already NoSell thanks a stolen Chrono Backpack. The Allies' final gambit fails as the still-active Libra cripples the Paradox Engine before it can de-sync the Mental Omega from the world, allowing Epsilon to butcher almost all of the remaining Allied forces and unleash their global mind control, leaving it up to the [[LaResistance Foehn Revolt]] to fight back.

** The Allies in the finale of ''Hamartia''. They need to keep the Paradox Conductors safe, as the Paradox Engine's Prism Cannons are the only reliable counter they have to [[PersonOfMassDestruction Libra]], the AxeCraxy SuperSoldier who's just repelled their prior assault on the Mental Omega Device, crushed most of the Southern Cross Division's forces already and is the greatest threat to the Paradox Engine on the field.\\

'''Even Worse''': The one time they ''do'' have Robot Tanks sitting at the one entrance to the last Paradox Conductor, '''all''' of them are programmed to go check on the nearby Cryo supplies in the event they're damaged, instead of just having one go while the other two stay. Predictably, the Infiltrators that Epsilon get into the Engine have no trouble weaving around the dog patrols and luring the Robot Tanks away with some sabotage.\\
'''As A Result''': All the Prism Cannons go down right as the Engine has recharged and is moving into position, leaving the Allies with only the Time Freeze on their side...which Libra can already NoSell thanks a stolen Chrono Backpack. The Allies' final gambit fails as Libra cripples the Paradox Engine before it can de-sync the Mental Omega from the world, allowing Epsilon to butcher almost all of the remaining Allied forces and unleash their global mind control, leaving it up to the [[LaResistance Foehn Revolt]] to fight back.

** The Allies in the finale of ''Hamartia''. They need to keep the Paradox Conductors safe, as the Paradox Engine's Prism Cannons are the only reliable counter they have to [[PersonOfMassDestruction Libra]], the AxeCraxy SuperSoldier who's just repelled their prior assault on the Mental Omega Device, crushed most of the Southern Cross Division's forces already and is the greatest threat to the Paradox Engine on the field.
'''You'd Expect''': They would have [[TrueSight Robot Tanks]] and [[TheNoseKnows Attack Dogs]] practically sitting on the Paradox Conductors in case Epsilon somehow manage to get Infiltrators into the Engine. After all, they've already managed to sneak an attack force right on top of the London Fortress, and the Allies REALLY can't afford to take chances with the [[LastStand utterly]] [[DarkestHour dire straits]] they're in.
'''Instead''': They have intermittent dog patrols in random corridors or roaming quite far away from the Conductors themselves, while what Robot Tanks they have in the area tend to just sit around and do nothing.
'''Even Worse''': The one time they ''do'' have Robot Tanks sitting at the one entrance to the last Paradox Conductor, '''all''' of them are programmed to go check on the nearby Cryo supplies in the event they're damaged, instead of just having one go while the other two stay. Predictably, the Infiltrators that Epsilon get into the Engine have no trouble weaving around the dog patrols and luring the Robot Tanks away with some sabotage.

* ''VideoGame/{{Pedestal}}'':

** When Ethan escorts Joel out of Saint Mary's Hospital, Joel gets the best of Ethan, holds him at gunpoint, askz where the operating room is and shoots Ethan in the midsection twice.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Ethan to either say nothing or give Joel the wrong directions. He's going to die no matter what.\\
'''Instead:''' He tells Joel the correct location of the operating room.\\
'''As a result:''' Joel finishes Ethan off before making his way to the operating room, killing most of the Firelies along with the surgeon and escaping with Ellie. Sure, Joel would have likely found the OR anyway, but by remaining silent or lying, Ethan could have stalled Joel long enough so that he'd be killed before finding Ellie, or would be too late to stop the surgery.

'''Instead:''' After knocking them out, they just ''let them go''. This is apparently out of some self-righteous belief that since only Joel was their target, killing anyone else would be wrong, but ''come on''. They lost the moral high ground when they tortured a man to death in front of his loved ones, and leaving witnesses who can identify them and seek revenge is just asking for trouble.\\

'''The Result:''' Tommy and Ellie hunt them down and kill nearly all of them, along with dozens if not hundreds of their troops, leading to the near-total destruction of the WLF. Abby narrowly survives two(!) vicious fights with Ellie, the second only because Ellie has a last-second change of heart.

** '''You'd Expect''': Given her husband didn't wish to involve Kanako and he died as a result of his research, that Ceroba would stay firm in her refusal. While this would upset Kanako, it's a small price to pay.
** '''Instead''': Despite initially refusing, she eventually gives in and injects her with the serum. Kanako [[DeadlyEuphemism falls down]] almost immediately after the injection and is subsequently sent to Alphys' lab in the hopes that her life can be saved. Unknown to anybody but Alphys and a player who played Undertale, [[AndIMustScream Kanako is then most likely transformed into an Amalgamate]]. Ceroba is ''shocked'' that this happened despite what happened to her husband.

** When Ethan escorts Joel out of Saint Mary's Hospital, Joel gets the best of Ethan and holds him at gunpoint, asks where the operating room is and shoots Ethan him in the midsection twice.\\

** Bode Akuna, [[spoiler:a former Jedi who survived the Great Jedi Purge and lost his wife to the Inquisitors]], is Commander Lank Denvik's spy who kept tabs on Cal Kestis since the Ninth Sister's death and the extraction of high class information from Senator Daho Sejan's yacht to give to Saw Gerrera in order to find Cere Junda, a wanted Jedi who was responsible for the death of Second Sister/[[spoiler:Trilla]], [[Literature/StarWarsJediBattleScars trying to corrupt Fifth Brother into giving up the Dark Side]], and overall, aiding Cal's journey in fighting the Empire while trying to restore the Jedi to their former evil glory [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith before Palpatine's Empire destroyed them for trying to overthrow him in a coup just for not wanting a new Chancellor to ruin the coming Empire with crappy reforms such as cutting down on army sizes and shutting down construction of weapons meant to keep the peace, such as the Death Star]]. However, the Empire has pretty strict rules on who gets to kill Jedi, [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou since that's the Inquisitorius and Darth Vader/Anakin's job]], and Denvik is crossing a serious line that could end his life.

'''Instead:''' He keeps using Bode as his spy, smugly threatening Cata's life if he didn't get more information on Cere, which causes Bode to leak the Hidden Path intel to Darth Vader and the Inquisitorius, and causes Denvik's Jedha operation to be performed months ahead of its intended date, which results in Cere's death by Vader and Cal tipping dangerously closer to the Dark Side.\\

'''Instead''': General Vargas tells you that no other Ranger teams are available and orders you do your best to save one and do your best to save the second other after. While it's true that the Rangers have been spreading too thin in the Wasteland for a long time, there's a special team of Elite Rangers tasked of hunting down rogue Rangers that get out of line. Was it really hard for Vargas to make an exception to the Elite Rangers' usual orders and send them to save the second area? Unless there are dozens of rogue Ranger teams constantly causing havoc, but the narrative is silent on this matter. And there's also many Rangers inside the Citadel on guard duty that could have been dispatched, more than your party of seven.\\

'''Instead''': General Vargas tells you that no other Ranger teams are available and orders you do your best to save one and do your best to save the second other after. While it's true that the Rangers have been spreading too thin in the Wasteland for a long time, there's a special team of Elite Rangers tasked of hunting down rogue Rangers that get out of line. Was it really hard for Vargas to make an exception to the Elite Rangers' usual orders and send them to save the second area? Unless there are dozens of rogue Ranger teams constantly causing havoc, but the narrative is silent on this matter. And there's also many Rangers inside the Citadel on guarding duty taht could have been dispatched, more than your party of seven.\\

* ''VideoGame/TombRaiderI'' has Lara at one point being held captive by Natla's goons. Lara's artifacts get taken and is [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no longer useful to Natla]]. Natla then orders her men to kill Lara.\\