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** As stupid a decision to jump into a hot spring without checking the water temperature is, it has actually happened several times throughout history, including 22 incidents in Yellowstone since 1870 alone. In [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hope-springs-eternal/ one incident at Yellowstone from 1981]], a tourist by the name of David Allen Kirwan dived into the Celestine Pool hot spring to save his dog, and sustained such severe burns that [[{{Squick}} his flesh came off his foot when his friends tried to remove his shoe]], and for quite obvious reasons he died not long after. His dog was similarly unlucky, and like his owner was effectively boiled alive, having been killed instantly, then [[NoBodyLeftBehind dissolved into in the hot water]] before David could reach him.
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* VindicatedByHistory: While it was a BoxOfficeBomb and got mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, nowadays it's more well-regarded for its (mostly) accurate depiction of volcanology, as well as its impressive practical effects.
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--> '''Greg:''' It's coffee time! Coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee! Cappuccino, java, YES!

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--> ---> '''Greg:''' It's coffee time! Coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee! Cappuccino, java, YES!



--> '''Harry:''' Terry...um...why don't we just forget Spider Legs for now, and you get your backside back up here, eh?
--> '''Terry:''' Not a chance. After the $450,000 we put into this beast...it oughta be able to stand on its head...split the atom, and fart "The Star-Spangled Banner!"
--> ''(the rest of the team cracks up)''

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--> ---> '''Harry:''' Terry...um...why don't we just forget Spider Legs for now, and you get your backside back up here, eh?
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eh?\\
'''Terry:''' Not a chance. After the $450,000 we put into this beast...it oughta be able to stand on its head...split the atom, and fart "The Star-Spangled Banner!"
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Banner!"\\
''(the rest of the team cracks up)''

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* KarmicOverkill: The only major sin [[spoiler:Paul Dreyfuss committed was not immediately believing Harry 100% that the volcano was going to erupt at the very start. Not only did Paul have very legitimate reasons for waiting to push the panic button, he even has the team stay long after they normally would at any other investigation, waiting for something to happen, even beyond the time frame he initially allotted. When the seemingly inactive volcano finally does show legitimate proof that it is preparing to erupt, he immediately presses the panic button, does everything he needs to do to get the town prepped, apologizes to Harry, and orders the rest of the team to safety while offering to stay behind himself in the danger zone to try and help Harry off the mountain (the rest of the team stay too). Despite all of that, he dies from drowning after the military orders their evacuation and the bridge he's on collapses from under him. Definitely a heavy-handed death for someone that was nowhere near an outright villain, or a Mayor Vaughn.]]

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* KarmicOverkill: The only major sin [[spoiler:Paul Dreyfuss committed was not immediately believing Harry 100% that the volcano was going to erupt at the very start. Not only did Paul have very legitimate reasons for waiting to push the panic button, he even has the team stay long after they normally would at any other investigation, waiting for something to happen, even beyond the time frame he initially allotted. When the seemingly inactive volcano finally does show legitimate proof that it is preparing to erupt, he immediately presses the panic button, does everything he needs to do to get the town prepped, apologizes to Harry, and orders the rest of the team to safety while offering to stay behind himself in the danger zone to try and help Harry off the mountain (the rest of the team stay too). Despite all of that, he dies from drowning after the military orders their evacuation and the bridge he's on collapses from under him. Definitely a heavy-handed death for someone that was nowhere near an outright villain, or a Mayor Vaughn. Aside from Harry, Rachel, and the kids, he's literally the last one out of Dante's Peak.]]


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** Also, [[spoiler: the visible after effects of Harry getting his arm broken near the end is enough to make any audience member's arm hurt. When you consider the character was supposedly trapped for at least a day with that injury and no treatment, it makes it all the more squick-worthy.]]

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