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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''
** In Volume 6, Cordovan will not allow Team RWBY, ORNJ or Qrow into Atlas or Mantle because of heightened security caused by two school attacks. The Atlas military does make an exception for Weiss, due to the Schnee's family's influence. Regardless, they need a plan to get the lamp relic under protection.\\
'''You’d Expect:''' Have Weiss go to Atlas with the relic under the guise of seeing her family again, deliver the relic to Ironwood, and ask for permission to get the rest of the team a cleared ride to Atlas. Qrow's ability to turn into a bird could allow him to follow Weiss to Atlas with little suspicion.\\
'''Alternatively:''' The team would write a letter to Ironwood and Winter explaining everything and asking for clearance.\\
'''Instead:''' The team commits a federal crime by stealing an airship from the military.\\
'''The Result:''' Cordovin goes haywire and sends a giant mech after the airship, leading to a huge fight between her and the heroes. They only stop after getting notified of an incoming Grimm attack.\\
'''Also:''' The stolen airship causes the team to be arrested immediately when they set foot in Mantle.
** In Volume 8, Team RWBY use the Staff of Creation to summon a genie that can help them evacuate the citizens of Atlas and Mantle to a safe spot.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' The girls to tell the genie to open up a set of pathways leading to Mistral, Vale, Vacuo, and Menagerie, giving the citizens multiple areas to flee to and not overwhelming the Kingdoms with immigrants.\\
'''Instead:''' Team RWBY insists on having the pathways and portals lead to a single spot in only Vacuo, which could lead to a massive overpopulation problem for the Kingdom.\\
'''Even Worse:'''The citizens and the rest of the team don't even arrive at a populated area in Vacuo like Shade Academy. Instead they're dropped in the middle of the desert, surrounded by sandstorms and hungry Grimm.

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* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss''
** In Episode 2 titled “Loo Loo Land”, Stolas can clearly see that his daughter is upset today after overhearing him and Stella yell at each other. In order to cheer her up, Stolas tells Octavia that he’ll take her to Loo Loo Land to “have a day” together. Octavia replies in annoyance that she’d rather kill herself.\\
'''You'd expect:''' Stolas would instead Octavia what she and him can do together to brighten up her day, and see what she wants.\\
'''Alternatively:''' Stolas could have a private talk with Octavia to try and get her to feel better.\\
'''Instead:''' Stolas goes through with it anyway and drags her around the theme park, despite Octavia’s facial and body language showing that she isn’t having fun at all. Stolas does not realize this until the end of the episode.
** In Episode 4 “C.H.E.R.U.B.”, the angels are trying to get an old rich man to not kill himself by showing him the joys and cares of life. All of a sudden, I.M.P. barges into his mansion and straight up tells the old man to not listen to the cherubs and that he should kill himself anyway because life is terrible.\\
'''You’d expect:''' The cherubs to chase off or kill the imps as soon as they can so they don’t cause any trouble.\\
'''Instead:''' They don’t bother doing this until the end of the episode in an area full of stage equipment that could be lethal. Leaving I.M.P. be allows them to ruin the old man’s experiences throughout the episode.\\
'''The Result:''' This stage fight leads to the old man dying in an accident and the cherubs being banished from Heaven for something they didn’t do.
** In Episode 6 “Truth Seekers”, Blitzo and Moxie are captured by two federal agents. After trying to question the demons and getting only insults in return, the agents exit the room and resort to hitting them with Truth Bomb gas. This gas forces Blitzo and Moxxie to start spouting truthful terms about each other, before going through a [[HelpfulHallucination hallucinative dream sequence.]]\\
'''You’d expect:''' The agents would return to the room and start bombarding them with questions, while forcing them to stay awake.\\
'''Instead:''' Blitzo and Moxie are stuck in a drooling trance from an outside perspective. The agents just sit there with popcorn and drinks watching them drool without bothering to wake them up for answers.
** In Episode 7 "Ozzie's", Moxxie books a reservation to the titular club as a one year anniversary celebration for himself and Millie. He also books a ticket to sing a song about how much he adores his wife. As it turns out, sentimental love is banned by the club's management.\\
'''You'd expect:''' Moxxie would do his research, learn of Ozzie's rule against sentimental affection and try to get a reservation to another club that's more accepting of his and Millie's gentle love.\\
'''Alternatively:''' Moxxie takes Millie to Ozzie's without reserving to sing a love song for her there, saving the tune for when they're in private. They are less likely to be called out this way.\\
'''Instead:''' Moxxie goes into the club blind, sings his song, and gets insulted in front of a crowd by Ozzie's top dogs, Asmodeus and Fizzarolli. This eventually leads to both him and Millie being kicked out.
** In Season 2, Episode 1 titled "The Circus", a young Stolas has taken a liking towards the circus boy Blitzo. This catches the attention of Paimon, Stolas' father, whom approaches Blitzo's father asking if he could buy Blitzo to make Stolas happy for a while on his birthday. Blitzo's father, named Cash Buckzo, is a [[OnlyInItForTheMoney money-grubbing asshole.]]\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Knowing Paimon's rich status as a Goetia, Cash Buckzo would put an extremely high price on Blitzo's head to suck in as much money as he can from Paimon.\\
'''Instead:''' Cash Buckzo sells his son for $5 and an ugly condom, before telling little Blitzo to steal as much money as he can from the Goetia home, risking his son getting caught and himself being put under scrutiny for theft.\\
'''Fortunately:''' Blitzo pulls off stealing a multitude of treasures without the Goetia family knowing.



* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss''
** In Episode 2 titled “Loo Loo Land”, Stolas can clearly see that his daughter is upset today after overhearing him and Stella yell at each other. In order to cheer her up, Stolas tells Octavia that he’ll take her to Loo Loo Land to “have a day” together. Octavia replies in annoyance that she’d rather kill herself.\\
'''You'd expect:''' Stolas would instead Octavia what she and him can do together to brighten up her day, and see what she wants.\\
'''Alternatively:''' Stolas could have a private talk with Octavia to try and get her to feel better.\\
'''Instead:''' Stolas goes through with it anyway and drags her around the theme park, despite Octavia’s facial and body language showing that she isn’t having fun at all. Stolas does not realize this until the end of the episode.
** In Episode 4 “C.H.E.R.U.B.”, the angels are trying to get an old rich man to not kill himself by showing him the joys and cares of life. All of a sudden, I.M.P. barges into his mansion and straight up tells the old man to not listen to the cherubs and that he should kill himself anyway because life is terrible.\\
'''You’d expect:''' The cherubs to chase off or kill the imps as soon as they can so they don’t cause any trouble.\\
'''Instead:''' They don’t bother doing this until the end of the episode in an area full of stage equipment that could be lethal. Leaving I.M.P. be allows them to ruin the old man’s experiences throughout the episode.\\
'''The Result:''' This stage fight leads to the old man dying in an accident and the cherubs being banished from Heaven for something they didn’t do.
** In Episode 6 “Truth Seekers”, Blitzo and Moxie are captured by two federal agents. After trying to question the demons and getting only insults in return, the agents exit the room and resort to hitting them with Truth Bomb gas. This gas forces Blitzo and Moxxie to start spouting truthful terms about each other, before going through a [[HelpfulHallucination hallucinative dream sequence.]]\\
'''You’d expect:''' The agents would return to the room and start bombarding them with questions, all while forcing them to stay awake.\\
'''Instead:''' Blitzo and Moxie are stuck in a drooling trance from an outside perspective. The agents just sit there with popcorn and drinks watching them drool without bothering to wake them up for answers.
** In Episode 7 "Ozzie's", Moxxie books a reservation to the titular club as a one year anniversary celebration for himself and Millie. He also books a ticket to sing a song about how much he adores his wife. As it turns out, sentimental love is generally frowned upon by the club's main staff, Asmodeus and Fizzarolli.\\
'''You'd expect:''' Moxxie would do his research about Ozzie's rule against gentle love and try to get a reservation to another club that's more accepting of his and Millie's love.\\
'''Alternatively:''' Moxxie takes Millie to Ozzie's without reserving to sing a love song for her there, and instead gives her the song when they're in private. That way they're less likely to be mocked and exposed for their special type of love.\\
'''Instead:''' Moxxie goes into the club blind, sings his song, and gets insulted in front of a crowd by Ozzie's top dogs. This eventually leads to both him and Millie being kicked out.
** In Season 2, Episode 1 titled "The Circus", a young Stolas has taken a liking towards the circus boy Blitzo. This catches the attention of Paimon, Stolas' father, whom approaches Blitzo's father asking if he could buy Blitzo to make Stolas happy for a while on his birthday. Blitzo's father, named Cash Buckzo, is a [[OnlyInItForTheMoney money-grubbing asshole.]]\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Knowing Paimon's rich status as a Goetia, Cash Buckzo would put an extremely high price on Blitzo's head to suck in as much money as he can from Paimon.\\
'''Instead:''' Cash Buckzo sells his son for $5 and an ugly condom, before telling little Blitzo to steal as much money as he can from the Goetia home, risking his son getting caught and himself being put under scrutiny for theft.\\
'''Fortunately:''' Blitzo pulls off stealing a multitude of treasures without the Goetia family knowing.

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'''Instead:''' Stolas goes through with it anyway and drags her around the theme park, despite Octavia’s facial and body language showing that she isn’t having fun at all. Stolas does not realize this until the end of the episode.


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'''Instead:''' Stolas goes through with it anyway and drags her around the theme park, despite Octavia’s facial and body language showing that she isn’t having fun at all. Stolas does not realize this until the end of the episode.




'''Instead:''' They don’t bother doing this until the end of the episode in an area full of stage equipment that could be lethal. In fact, leaving I.M.P. be allows them to ruin the old man’s experiences.\\
'''The Result:''' The later fight leads to the old man dying in an accident and the cherubs being banished from Heaven for something they didn’t do.
** In Episode 6 “Truth Seekers”, Blitzo and Moxie are captured by two federal agents. After trying to question the demons and getting only insults in return, the agents exit the room and resort to hitting them with Truth Bomb gas. This gas forces Blitzo and Moxxie to start spouting truthful terms about each other, before going through a hallucinative dream sequence.\\

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'''Instead:''' They don’t bother doing this until the end of the episode in an area full of stage equipment that could be lethal. In fact, leaving Leaving I.M.P. be allows them to ruin the old man’s experiences.experiences throughout the episode.\\
'''The Result:''' The later This stage fight leads to the old man dying in an accident and the cherubs being banished from Heaven for something they didn’t do.
** In Episode 6 “Truth Seekers”, Blitzo and Moxie are captured by two federal agents. After trying to question the demons and getting only insults in return, the agents exit the room and resort to hitting them with Truth Bomb gas. This gas forces Blitzo and Moxxie to start spouting truthful terms about each other, before going through a [[HelpfulHallucination hallucinative dream sequence.\\]]\\



** In Episode 7 "Ozzie's", Moxxie books a reservation to the titular club as a one year anniversary celebration for himself and Millie. He also books a ticket to sing a song about how much he adores his wife. As it turns out, sentimental love is generally frowned upon by the club's main staff, Asmodeus and Fizzarolli.\\
'''You'd expect:''' Moxxie would do his research about Ozzie's rule against gentle love and try to get a reservation to another club that's more accepting of his and Millie's love.\\
'''Alternatively:''' Moxxie takes Millie to Ozzie's without reserving to sing a love song for her there, and instead gives her the song when they're in private. That way they're less likely to be mocked and exposed for their special type of love.\\
'''Instead:''' Moxxie goes into the club blind, sings his song, and gets insulted in front of a crowd by Ozzie's top dogs. This eventually leads to both him and Millie being kicked out.



'''You'd Expect:''' Given Paimon's rich status as a Goetia, Cash Buckzo would put an extremely high price on Blitzo's head to suck in as much money as he can from Paimon.\\
'''Instead:''' Cash Buckzo just sells his son for $5 and an ugly condom, before telling little Blitzo to steal as much money as he can from the Goetia home, risking his son getting caught and himself being put under scrutiny for theft.

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'''You'd Expect:''' Given Knowing Paimon's rich status as a Goetia, Cash Buckzo would put an extremely high price on Blitzo's head to suck in as much money as he can from Paimon.\\
'''Instead:''' Cash Buckzo just sells his son for $5 and an ugly condom, before telling little Blitzo to steal as much money as he can from the Goetia home, risking his son getting caught and himself being put under scrutiny for theft.
theft.\\
'''Fortunately:''' Blitzo pulls off stealing a multitude of treasures without the Goetia family knowing.
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* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss''
** In Episode 2 titled “Loo Loo Land”, Stolas can clearly see that his daughter is upset today after overhearing him and Stella yell at each other. In order to cheer her up, Stolas tells Octavia that he’ll take her to Loo Loo Land to “have a day” together. Octavia replies in annoyance that she’d rather kill herself.\\
'''You'd expect:''' Stolas would instead Octavia what she and him can do together to brighten up her day, and see what she wants.\\
'''Alternatively:''' Stolas could have a private talk with Octavia to try and get her to feel better.\\
'''Instead:''' Stolas goes through with it anyway and drags her around the theme park, despite Octavia’s facial and body language showing that she isn’t having fun at all. Stolas does not realize this until the end of the episode.

** In Episode 4 “C.H.E.R.U.B.”, the angels are trying to get an old rich man to not kill himself by showing him the joys and cares of life. All of a sudden, I.M.P. barges into his mansion and straight up tells the old man to not listen to the cherubs and that he should kill himself anyway because life is terrible.\\
'''You’d expect:''' The cherubs to chase off or kill the imps as soon as they can so they don’t cause any trouble.\\
'''Instead:''' They don’t bother doing this until the end of the episode in an area full of stage equipment that could be lethal. In fact, leaving I.M.P. be allows them to ruin the old man’s experiences.\\
'''The Result:''' The later fight leads to the old man dying in an accident and the cherubs being banished from Heaven for something they didn’t do.
** In Episode 6 “Truth Seekers”, Blitzo and Moxie are captured by two federal agents. After trying to question the demons and getting only insults in return, the agents exit the room and resort to hitting them with Truth Bomb gas. This gas forces Blitzo and Moxxie to start spouting truthful terms about each other, before going through a hallucinative dream sequence.\\
'''You’d expect:''' The agents would return to the room and start bombarding them with questions, all while forcing them to stay awake.\\
'''Instead:''' Blitzo and Moxie are stuck in a drooling trance from an outside perspective. The agents just sit there with popcorn and drinks watching them drool without bothering to wake them up for answers.
** In Season 2, Episode 1 titled "The Circus", a young Stolas has taken a liking towards the circus boy Blitzo. This catches the attention of Paimon, Stolas' father, whom approaches Blitzo's father asking if he could buy Blitzo to make Stolas happy for a while on his birthday. Blitzo's father, named Cash Buckzo, is a [[OnlyInItForTheMoney money-grubbing asshole.]]\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Given Paimon's rich status as a Goetia, Cash Buckzo would put an extremely high price on Blitzo's head to suck in as much money as he can from Paimon.\\
'''Instead:''' Cash Buckzo just sells his son for $5 and an ugly condom, before telling little Blitzo to steal as much money as he can from the Goetia home, risking his son getting caught and himself being put under scrutiny for theft.
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* ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'':''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'': Much of the show's humor comes from much of its tertiary cast being TooDumbToLive:
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** In [[https://notalwaysright.com/does-no-one-follow-the-general-orders-to-the-sentry-anymore/282055/ this story]], two patients are on the same ward in a military hospital. One of them is a prisoner, serving time for desertion. However, when the shift changes in the middle of the night, the new guard doesn't know which patient is the prisoner.\\
'''You'd expect''': He would make certain to confirm the prisoner's identity with the guard he's relieving before taking over duty.\\
'''Instead''': One of the patients is awake, so the guard simply asks him who's who, and accepts the answer he's given at face value. It turns out to be the prisoner, who, unsurprisingly, identifies his sleeping roommate as the prisoner and takes the opportunity to escape.
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* ''Webcomic/DangerouslyChloe'':
** Abby injects herself with succubus blood to get a bigger chest and ends up becoming a demon with horns and wings. She comes to Chloe for questions and Chloe decides to look into a way to get Abby back to normal.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Chloe to take Abby to Adora, her mother, who stated all the way back in ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'' when Chloe is first sent to Tartarus Academy that if she needs any sort of help, she's more than welcome to come to her.\\
'''Instead:'''Chloe conveniently forgets her mother exists and ends up going to Sgt. Slash-Stab, a {{sadist}}ic {{Troll}} who cheerfully [[OutGambitted Out-Gambits]] people who try to manipulate her, and [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter thinking she'd help her undo Abby's transformation into a half-succubus]]. All that happened was things got a thousand times worse.
** Later, after Sgt.Slash-Stab coerces Abby into signing a contract that makes her a full-blown succubus, Teddi finds out about what happened and loses his shit with Chloe.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' For the first thing to Chloe to state is that Abby injected herself with Succubus blood on her own and that there were two demon hunters (Tandy and Gabrielle) trying to kill them both later (Although Chloe didn't realize they were both going to be spared.) and that she only took them both to Hell to escape from them.\\
'''Instead:''' She leaves all of that out and words things in ways that anger Teddi to a point where she refuses to listen to Chloe's explanations.\\
'''Also:''' Teddi accuses Chloe of being nothing but a demon sent from hell to torment him and his family.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Chloe to, again, explain that Abby injected herself with succubus blood herself and tell of the encounter with Tandy and Gabrielle. \\
'''Instead:''' She finds it relevant and necessary to tell the already angry Teddi that he's technically right since it's the reason Slash-Stab lets Chloe stay there, and starts to mention her college credits.\\
'''The Result:''' Teddi finally loses it and kicks Chloe out of the DeCarlo house.
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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'':

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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'':''Website/SCPFoundation'':
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* ''WebVideo/{{Smosh}}: In "MOLESTER MOON", the titular character makes an appearance to molest and kill people whenever the Moon emoji is texted three times to a person. This has happened twice so far with two of Ian and Anthony's friends.\\

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* ''WebVideo/{{Smosh}}: ''WebVideo/{{Smosh}}'': In "MOLESTER MOON", the titular character makes an appearance to molest and kill people whenever the Moon emoji is texted three times to a person. This has happened twice so far with two of Ian and Anthony's friends.\\

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'''You'd Expect''': the Foundation to contain this by ensuring it can never assimilate any more people.\\
'''Instead''': they feed it a new person each month to keep it appeased, allowing it to grow even more dangerous.

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'''You'd Expect''': the The Foundation to contain this by ensuring it can never assimilate any more people.\\
'''Instead''': they They feed it a new person each month to keep it appeased, allowing it to grow even more dangerous.
* ''WebVideo/{{Smosh}}: In "MOLESTER MOON", the titular character makes an appearance to molest and kill people whenever the Moon emoji is texted three times to a person. This has happened twice so far with two of Ian and Anthony's friends.\\
'''You'd Expect''': For them to avoid texting the moon Emoji three times, or as Ian suggested, call the police about this.\\
'''Instead''': ''[[TooDumbToLive Anthony assumes Ian is the Molester Moon and texts the moon Emoji three times to him!]]''\\
'''As A Result''': Understandably, Ian retaliates by texting Anthony the moon Emoji three times to him, which gets both him and Ian targeted by the Molester Moon.\\
'''The Following Happens''': Anthony and Ian are in a dead end, but the Molester Moon is having trouble going through the doorway thanks to his width.\\
'''You'd Then Expect''': For the Molester Moon to turn sideways to fit through the doorway.\\
'''Instead''': He yells "[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Ah!]] [[BleepDammit **** it]]!" and leaves.

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* ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'': In Act III, Dr. Horrible has finally turned the tables on his ArchEnemy, Captain Hammer, by shooting him with a [[TimeStandsStill Freeze Ray]].\\

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* ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'': ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'':
** Captain Hammer manages to damage the device which allows Dr. Horrible to control the truck with Wonderflonium.\\
'''You'd Expect''': That Captain Hammer would stop the truck immediately.\\
'''Instead''': He jumps off the truck to flirt with a woman on the street. The truck goes out of control which could have injured or killed someone which nearly happened to Penny. On top of that Horrible managed to steal the Wonderflonium.\\
'''To Be Fair''': He at least tried to save Penny by pushing her into the trash, but there is no denying that his actions were very reckless.
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In Act III, Dr. Horrible has finally turned the tables on his ArchEnemy, Captain Hammer, by shooting him with a [[TimeStandsStill Freeze Ray]].\\

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* ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'':
** L'Manburg's tactics for preparing for the Doomsday War leave much to be desired to some.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' The L'Manburgians to work to cover their weaknesses and assign trusted people to guard their most valuable gear so that they'll be ready for the war.\\
'''Instead:''' The L'Manburgians' strategy basically amounts to hoping they'll outnumber and swarm the Anarchists, which isn't the best tactic when two of the three Anarchists (''especially'' Techno) are a OneManArmy. They also leave their arms supply completely undefended.\\
'''As a Result:''' Their ZergRush strategy bites them when the much-more-organized Anarchists just send in [[OneManArmy Techno]], who is able to stall for long enough for the ''real'' destruction to begin. And leaving the arms supply undefended bites them when Fundy moves to blow it up and barely has to put in any effort to do so.
*** Furthermore, Tommy knows about Techno's Hound Army and Withers, and knows where each of them are located due to his brief alliance with Techno.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Tommy to ''say literally anything about them to L'Manburg'', send a group to the Wither cave to seize the skulls, and send another group to the L'Manburg underground to find the Hound Army. The Hound Army especially is at its most vulnerable, as they're all sitting down and in one spot, meaning they can't fight back if someone decides to attack them.\\
'''Alternatively:''' If Tommy doesn't remember where either the skulls or hounds are, he can at least tell L'Manburg that they ''exist'', so that the L'Manburgians can prepare in advance.\\
'''Instead:''' Tommy says nothing about them.\\
'''As a Result:''' Techno, who outright ''expected'' Tommy to say something, is able to hide away the Wither skulls and safely relocate the Hound Army, costing L'Manburg the chance for a pre-emptive strike and meaning the Anarchists have two of their deadliest forces not only on standby, but completely hidden from L'Manburg's knowledge.
*** Lastly, the L'Manburgians opt to meet up right before the war for final preparations.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Them to meet up in L'Manburg, or at least somewhere ''close'' to it, so that they can keep a close eye on L'Manburg. Given how close the war is to starting, they shouldn't be meeting up far away, because it'd cost valuable time getting from one place to another.\\
'''Instead:''' They meet in Eret's Fortress, which is in the heart of the Greater Dream SMP--in other words, pretty far from L'Manburg.\\
'''As a Result:''' L'Manburg is entirely undefended, which would be bad enough if the Anarchists attacked on schedule. But it's even worse, as the Anarchists decide to attack early, meaning that only Tommy is able to show up before the war begins, and that most of the L'Manburgians are absent for the early stages of the war. By the time many of the defenders arrive, there's not much of a nation to defend anymore.
** Much later on, in Season 3, Tommy considers hiring people to work for his hotel, and checks the tab-list to see his options. Online at the time were Ranboo, who Tommy doesn't know too well but is generally on good terms with due to the letters he wrote Tommy in exile, and Jack Manifold, who has literally tried to [[WouldHurtAChild nuke him]].\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Anyone thinking (not even logically, just at all) would expect Tommy to pick Ranboo. Alternatively, if he doesn't ''want'' to pick Ranboo, he can wait until more people are online, but at the very least the correct answer is ''"pick literally anyone but Jack".''\\
'''Instead:''' [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter Tommy picks Jack.]][[note]]To be fair, Tommy didn't know about the nuclear bomb part, but Jack has openly attempted to murder him at least once in addition to the nuke.[[/note]]\\
'''As a Result:''' Jack ends up plotting behind Tommy's back, and when Tommy is sealed in Pandora's Vault he takes the opportunity to usurp control of the hotel.



* ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'':
** L'Manburg's tactics for preparing for the Doomsday War leave much to be desired to some.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' The L'Manburgians to work to cover their weaknesses and assign trusted people to guard their most valuable gear so that they'll be ready for the war.\\
'''Instead:''' The L'Manburgians' strategy basically amounts to hoping they'll outnumber and swarm the Anarchists, which isn't the best tactic when two of the three Anarchists (''especially'' Techno) are a OneManArmy. They also leave their arms supply completely undefended.\\
'''As a Result:''' Their ZergRush strategy bites them when the much-more-organized Anarchists just send in [[OneManArmy Techno]], who is able to stall for long enough for the ''real'' destruction to begin. And leaving the arms supply undefended bites them when Fundy moves to blow it up and barely has to put in any effort to do so.
*** Furthermore, Tommy knows about Techno's Hound Army and Withers, and knows where each of them are located due to his brief alliance with Techno.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Tommy to ''say literally anything about them to L'Manburg'', send a group to the Wither cave to seize the skulls, and send another group to the L'Manburg underground to find the Hound Army. The Hound Army especially is at its most vulnerable, as they're all sitting down and in one spot, meaning they can't fight back if someone decides to attack them.\\
'''Alternatively:''' If Tommy doesn't remember where either the skulls or hounds are, he can at least tell L'Manburg that they ''exist'', so that the L'Manburgians can prepare in advance.\\
'''Instead:''' Tommy says nothing about them.\\
'''As a Result:''' Techno, who outright ''expected'' Tommy to say something, is able to hide away the Wither skulls and safely relocate the Hound Army, costing L'Manburg the chance for a pre-emptive strike and meaning the Anarchists have two of their deadliest forces not only on standby, but completely hidden from L'Manburg's knowledge.
*** Lastly, the L'Manburgians opt to meet up right before the war for final preparations.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Them to meet up in L'Manburg, or at least somewhere ''close'' to it, so that they can keep a close eye on L'Manburg. Given how close the war is to starting, they shouldn't be meeting up far away, because it'd cost valuable time getting from one place to another.\\
'''Instead:''' They meet in Eret's Fortress, which is in the heart of the Greater Dream SMP--in other words, pretty far from L'Manburg.\\
'''As a Result:''' L'Manburg is entirely undefended, which would be bad enough if the Anarchists attacked on schedule. But it's even worse, as the Anarchists decide to attack early, meaning that only Tommy is able to show up before the war begins, and that most of the L'Manburgians are absent for the early stages of the war. By the time many of the defenders arrive, there's not much of a nation to defend anymore.
** Much later on, in Season 3, Tommy considers hiring people to work for his hotel, and checks the tab-list to see his options. Online at the time were Ranboo, who Tommy doesn't know too well but is generally on good terms with due to the letters he wrote Tommy in exile, and Jack Manifold, who has literally tried to [[WouldHurtAChild nuke him]].\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Anyone thinking (not even logically, just at all) would expect Tommy to pick Ranboo. Alternatively, if he doesn't ''want'' to pick Ranboo, he can wait until more people are online, but at the very least the correct answer is ''"pick literally anyone but Jack".''\\
'''Instead:''' [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter Tommy picks Jack.]][[note]]To be fair, Tommy didn't know about the nuclear bomb part, but Jack has openly attempted to murder him at least once in addition to the nuke.[[/note]]\\
'''As a Result:''' Jack ends up plotting behind Tommy's back, and when Tommy is sealed in Pandora's Vault he takes the opportunity to usurp control of the hotel.
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** When Duck Guy brings up a chart showing different parts of a [[FurryDenial human]] brain while talking about the concept of time, Tony then proceeds to stop Duck Guy in his explanations by beeping and shouting MEH! MEH! MEH! over and over to the point that it becomes too loud for the puppets to bear without covering their ears.\\

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'''Even Worse:''' They apparently told NO ONE ELSE in the church hierarchy either, because when Hurak dies, his successor approves Durkon's petition to return home. However, Durkon never receives the message due to the messenger's run-in with Team Evil.\\

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* WebAnimation/{{mashed}}: In "Omnileaks", Everybody's secrets have been leaked and Sombra is held accountable. When they can't find any actual leads, they decide to let her go while asking Winston for the password to her handcuffs.\\

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* WebAnimation/{{mashed}}: ''WebAnimation/InanimateInsanity'': The fight scene with [=MePhone5=].
** '''You'd Expect:''' [=MePhone4=] and/or 4S to chase [=MePhone5=] to run his battery down. As [=MePhone5=] can't eat to get energy the way 4 and 4S can, he'd have to find his charger, and he doesn’t have the power to generate one. Without a charger, [=MePhone5=] can't get energy. [=MePhone4=] could then send [=MePhone5=] to his watery grave, without killing himself, Bow, or 4S.\\
'''Instead:''' They let [=MePhone5=] shoot at them, while they try to punch and kick him. Then 4S forced Taco to shoot a lemon, and in turn, both 4 and 5 end up in the water with Bow, dead.\\
'''The Result:''' Bow dies, and [=MePhone4S=] is forced to sacrifice himself to revive [=MePhone4=].
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* ''WebVideo/StampysLovelyWorld'': Stampy can fall into this at times, especially during a Hit The Target attack or if it [[TrademarkFavouriteFood involves cake]]. [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs Sometimes it's both.]] For example:
** In Episode 165, ''Ocean Adventure'', Stampy runs into a lava-filled corridor with a cake trap at the end, under the assumption that Lee Bear had prepared it as a surprise.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Stampy to question if Lee placed the cake there, and/or why the room is covered with lava, among other suspicions.\\
'''Instead''': He thanks Lee and rushes to the cake without hesitation, falling for the trap hook, line, and sinker, and getting himself in HTT's Kitty Cat Cage for his troubles.
** In Episode 184, ''Clone Calamity'', Stampy decides to make sure nobody could ever use the Cloning Contraption again after Hit The Target made his own clone army.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Stampy to destroy the actual machine.\\
'''Instead''': Stampy only destroys the button for the Cloning Contraption. The only thing anyone would have to do to get it up and running again would be to make a new button and stick it on, which someone (it's not clear who) does between Episode 184 and Episode 300, ''Everything''. This leads to [[spoiler:Hit The Target and Veeva Dash eventually utilizing the machine to create ''an even bigger clone army than the one that prompted Stampy to destroy the button'', as well as the deaths of Bengy, Corey, and [[DisneyDeath apparently Fluffy]] at the hands of said army.]]
** In Episode 320, ''Sleepy Stampy'', Stampy finds a random cake (laced with a "Sleeping Potion" by Hit the Target) after getting gold for his building and running into it on the way.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Stampy to wonder why the cake was there, most likely remembering the cake trap by HTT.\\
'''Instead''': [[AesopAmnesia He eats the cake without any question of where it came from]], and falls asleep long enough for Hit the Target to loot him and drag him to HTT's new castle.

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* It's pretty much a staple in ''Fanfic/Sonic.exe''. Even if there is no reason for anyone who plays it to believe it's cursed, it's on a suspect disc that may be full of viruses.

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* It's pretty much a staple in ''Fanfic/Sonic.exe''. Even if there is no reason for anyone who plays it to believe it's cursed, it's on a suspect disc that may be full of viruses.
** Tom hasn't heard from his friend Kyle in two weeks. When he finally gets a message from him, he is repeatedly told not to play the game because it will release a monster that is after and will presumably kill Kyle.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Tom to just not play the game, since he was told not to about 20 times.\\
'''Instead:''' [[TooDumbToLive Tom just]] [[AnthropicPrinciple plays the game]], releasing X and causing lots of chaos.
** In the sequel, the police deduce that the killer targets anyone who plays the game.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' [[JustEatGilligan The police to tell the public, which would pretty much stop any more murders from happening.]]\\
'''Instead:''' [[PoliceAreUseless They apparently can't be bothered to do that very obvious and simple thing that would solve all the conflict in the story]], thus letting X continue his murder spree.
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* ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'':
** L'Manburg's tactics for preparing for the Doomsday War leave much to be desired to some.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' The L'Manburgians to work to cover their weaknesses and assign trusted people to guard their most valuable gear so that they'll be ready for the war.\\
'''Instead:''' The L'Manburgians' strategy basically amounts to hoping they'll outnumber and swarm the Anarchists, which isn't the best tactic when two of the three Anarchists (''especially'' Techno) are a OneManArmy. They also leave their arms supply completely undefended.\\
'''As a Result:''' Their ZergRush strategy bites them when the much-more-organized Anarchists just send in [[OneManArmy Techno]], who is able to stall for long enough for the ''real'' destruction to begin. And leaving the arms supply undefended bites them when Fundy moves to blow it up and barely has to put in any effort to do so.
*** Furthermore, Tommy knows about Techno's Hound Army and Withers, and knows where each of them are located due to his brief alliance with Techno.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Tommy to ''say literally anything about them to L'Manburg'', send a group to the Wither cave to seize the skulls, and send another group to the L'Manburg underground to find the Hound Army. The Hound Army especially is at its most vulnerable, as they're all sitting down and in one spot, meaning they can't fight back if someone decides to attack them.\\
'''Alternatively:''' If Tommy doesn't remember where either the skulls or hounds are, he can at least tell L'Manburg that they ''exist'', so that the L'Manburgians can prepare in advance.\\
'''Instead:''' Tommy says nothing about them.\\
'''As a Result:''' Techno, who outright ''expected'' Tommy to say something, is able to hide away the Wither skulls and safely relocate the Hound Army, costing L'Manburg the chance for a pre-emptive strike and meaning the Anarchists have two of their deadliest forces not only on standby, but completely hidden from L'Manburg's knowledge.
*** Lastly, the L'Manburgians opt to meet up right before the war for final preparations.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Them to meet up in L'Manburg, or at least somewhere ''close'' to it, so that they can keep a close eye on L'Manburg. Given how close the war is to starting, they shouldn't be meeting up far away, because it'd cost valuable time getting from one place to another.\\
'''Instead:''' They meet in Eret's Fortress, which is in the heart of the Greater Dream SMP--in other words, pretty far from L'Manburg.\\
'''As a Result:''' L'Manburg is entirely undefended, which would be bad enough if the Anarchists attacked on schedule. But it's even worse, as the Anarchists decide to attack early, meaning that only Tommy is able to show up before the war begins, and that most of the L'Manburgians are absent for the early stages of the war. By the time many of the defenders arrive, there's not much of a nation to defend anymore.
** Much later on, in Season 3, Tommy considers hiring people to work for his hotel, and checks the tab-list to see his options. Online at the time were Ranboo, who Tommy doesn't know too well but is generally on good terms with due to the letters he wrote Tommy in exile, and Jack Manifold, who has literally tried to [[WouldHurtAChild nuke him]].\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Anyone thinking (not even logically, just at all) would expect Tommy to pick Ranboo. Alternatively, if he doesn't ''want'' to pick Ranboo, he can wait until more people are online, but at the very least the correct answer is ''"pick literally anyone but Jack".''\\
'''Instead:''' [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter Tommy picks Jack.]][[note]]To be fair, Tommy didn't know about the nuclear bomb part, but Jack has openly attempted to murder him at least once in addition to the nuke.[[/note]]\\
'''As a Result:''' Jack ends up plotting behind Tommy's back, and when Tommy is sealed in Pandora's Vault he takes the opportunity to usurp control of the hotel.

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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': The Foundation has a policy of containing anomalies rather than destroying them, where possible. But even then, there are some containment procedures that don't make sense.

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** [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-974 SCP-974]] is a monster that preys on children. If not fed children, it burrows into the ground and later emerges in a stronger form.\\
'''You'd Expect''': the Foundation to refuse to feed it children, and either keep it in a room where it can't burrow, or dig it up early to interrupt the transformation into a stronger form.\\
'''Instead''': the Foundation feeds it children to keep it appeased.

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** [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-974 SCP-974]] is a monster that preys on children. If not fed children, it burrows into the ground and later emerges in a stronger form.\\
'''You'd Expect''': the Foundation to refuse to feed it children, and either keep it in a room where it can't burrow, or dig it up early to interrupt the transformation into a stronger form.\\
'''Instead''': the Foundation feeds it children to keep it appeased.

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* WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged would have these:

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* Literature/DreamHighSchool's Mr. Army. He's not a real person and was brought into Dream High School by "Miss Paloma" by accident; she was having a nightmare when she switched from her dream to Dream High School, and Mr. Army still thinks they're in the nightmare. He could be seen as a sympathetic, confused character coming from an odd reality, or as a plain ol' idiot.

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** In ''Jiwi's Machines'' E4, Jiwi realizes that when Sam finishes his cake, the weight trigger will be activated,
and was brought Sam will fly backwards and land on the couch.\\
'''You'd expect:''' Jiwi would just move the dominoes at the start of the machine, which are right next to his feet, and so the machine would be disabled.\\
'''Instead:''' Jiwi tries to steal Sam's cake when he isn't looking, and when that doesn't work, he spills hot tea on Sam's lap. When Sam gets up and frantically tries to take his pants off, he bumps
into Dream High School by "Miss Paloma" by accident; she was having a nightmare when she switched from her dream to Dream High School, the machine and Mr. Army still thinks they're in the nightmare. He could be seen as a sympathetic, confused character coming from an odd reality, or as a plain ol' idiot.
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* Literature/NewYorkMagician: After [[spoiler:a building on fire partially collapses on him,]] Michel takes ''himself'' to task for not getting magical head protection, or protection against environmental hazards.
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* ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'':
** In BFB 1, iance, which has Lightning, who can fly, as one of their members, needs to find a flying basket to win the challenge.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Lightning to fly up and grab one of the baskets, and give to X, easily winning them the challenge.\\
'''Instead''': Pencil and Match insist on their team jumping as high as they can to get to the basket, and not getting anywhere close to it, causing them to lose the challenge.
** Back to "Get Digging", when Leafy throws knives Needle, Gelatin, and Puffball, Needle being made of metal, and Puffball could've just hovered with Gelatin up to avoid the knives.
** In "Bridge Crossing" Snowball tries to throw Tennis Ball off a cliff, but the latter bumps into a bridge.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Snowball to aim his shot somewhere else.\\
'''Instead''': Snowball breaks the bridge.
---> '''Snowball''': These dumb sticks are in the way!
** In BFB 16, the eliminated contestants get a chance to escape the EXIT through Spongy's holes when Spongy is partially eliminated. They reach to the surface.\\
'''You'd Expect''': For all of them to jump out and successfully escape.\\
'''Instead''': Only Loser does such a thing.\\
'''Result''': All other eliminated contestants (minus Spongy) are sucked right back into the EXIT by Four.
** In BFB 18, Firey sees through Bubble and Lollipop disguising as Flower. Then Gelatin shows up, carefully mimicking Flower’s personality.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Firey would see through the disguise, especially since he’d seen through even Lollipop disguising as Flower, and Lollipop actually has a shape similar to Flower!\\
'''Instead''': He ''falls for the personality mimicry,'' even though the appearance is obvious.\\
'''It Continues''': The '''real''' Flower shows up.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Firey would actually recognize that this was the real Flower.\\
'''Instead''': Firey mistakes Flower for an impostor, and then Gelatin accuses Flower of being Dora, who is eliminated (Taco even says that she's in ''TPOT''), and the entire team (''even Loser'') believes them.
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* ''Webcomic/AmazingAgentJennifer'': When Agent K and Master Control are trying to escape, and Agent L, [[spoiler: who killed the present Count Bruckenstein, which is an act of treason,]] is covering their escape. He tells them to go.\\
'''You'd expect''' Agent K to haul ass out of Bruckenstein with Master Control and leave Agent L behind, since he has no qualms with staying behind and is no longer a part of the agency.\\
'''Instead''' Agent K engages in combat with Agent L to try to bring him with them and having him answer for the treason, which delays their escape enough for Agent D, who had just pulled a FaceHeelTurn a few pages ago, to catch up with them, therefore ruining their shot at escaping.
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* ''WebAnimation/BarbieLifeInTheDreamhouse'': Ryan has the candy shop make a chocolate sculpture of him as a present for Barbie.

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* Machinima/RedVsBlue: In ''Blue vs. Red - Part 2'', Dylan and Jax are being held prisoner by the Blues and Reds. Temple has just finished telling them his tragic backstory and his motivations for killing Freelancers.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Jax to keep his mouth shut around the AxCrazy SerialKiller currently holding them prisoner.\\
'''Instead''': He mocks the latter's story for being too "cliche" and treats Temple's DarkAndTroubledPast like a B-movie screenplay. Unsurprisingly, Jax gets shot in response.
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