Line #8 Main/DefiedTrope


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4	->'''Ira Kane:''' ''[pointing at one of the aliens]'' Snag it and put it in the bucket.\
5	'''Harry Block:''' Uh-uh. I've seen this movie; the black dude dies first. ''You'' snag it.
6	-->-- ''Film/{{Evolution\|2001}}'' defying BlackDudeDiesFirst (while also simultaneously [[TropeNamers naming it]])
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8	A Defied Trope happens when a character knows, InUniverse, that a trope is about to happen, either due to being GenreSavvy or because someone is trying to {{invoke\|dTrope}} it, and then actively attempts to {{avert\|edTrope}} it, {{subvert\|edTrope}} it, or {{invert\|edTrope}} it. They might succeed or they might [[DoubleSubversion fail]]. The point is that the character is ''attempting'' to avoid a straight run of the trope, in-universe.
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10	Contrast InvokedTrope, ExploitedTrope, DiscussedTrope.
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12	[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] a simple SubvertedTrope, which is not prompted by any characters.
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20	* In the ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth'' manga, Gumshoe defies TreacheryCoverUp, when it turns out that the murderer, [[spoiler:Police Chief Chase Clink]] killed someone to prevent a secret that would seemingly do harm to the police department's credibility from coming to light, although unbeknownst to the killer, it actually would not have been relevant. Gumshoe says that even though he knows how people will react, the public needs to learn the truth.
21	* In ''Manga/TheDisastrousLifeOfSaikiK'', Chiyo tries to make a romantic CrashIntoHello meeting with Saiki happen by carrying a stack of books and "coincidentally" bumping into him. Saiki, aware of her plan and not interested in her scheme, uses his psychic powers to dodge her attempt and avoid having a conversation with her.
22	* ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' defies DestructiveSavior early on by introducing the Dividing Driver as early as Episode 3. It creates a safe battlefield in any area by shifting the rest of the matter out of the way temporarily.
23	* ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'':
24	** Kay defies CurbStompBattle in the match between Saunders and Oarai. She chooses not to come at them with all their tanks despite outnumbering them two to one, because she believes it would be unfair, after hearing that one of her subordinates was [[spoiler:eavesdropping on Oarai's radio transmissions]] without her knowledge or approval.
25	** In "Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu", DreamingOfAWhiteChristmas gets defied; because Oarai and all other schools are on ships, they can go anywhere for the colder months. As such, they end up just off the coast of Australia, where it's warm enough to wear bikinis and swimwear, much to Saori's chagrin, as she thinks a white Christmas is more romantic.
26	* In a episode of ''Manga/HozukisCoolheadedness'', King Enma try to set-up various romantic situations between Hozuki and Maki by creating [[ContrivedCoincidence Contrived Coincidences]] with the help of the gods. [[CelibateHero Hozuki]] successively defies each and every one of them. When he make it so that [[FateDrivesUsTogether they so happen to run into each other]] while both in the human world, he keep his usual [[MarriedToTheJob stricly professional]] attitude and stay focused on what he was doing. When she happen to feel dizzy from hunger and nearly collapse on him, before [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes a bug]] appear to scare her so that she jump at him, he simply suggest that she get inside a café to rest. And when she is about to [[LiterallyFallingInLove literally fall]] right into his arms from a stair, instead of catching her, he use one hand to deflect her fall so that she safely land sitting on the ground.
27	* Kagome Higurashi from ''Manga/InuYasha'' openly defies UnrequitedTragicMaiden [[spoiler: and LoveMakesYouEvil]]. When she's told ''[[MindRape repeatedly]]'' by [[spoiler: The Baby]] that her feelings for Inuyasha are completely one-sided and she's selfish for even thinking he can love her back, that he'll never love her like he loved Kikyou [[spoiler: and that she must pull a FaceHeelTurn]], she ultimately tells him that yes, she ''is'' jealous of Kikyou and she ''is'' aware that Kikyou will always be important to Inuyasha... but that said circumstances ''do NOT invalidate HER own feelings'', and no one has right to tell her otherwise. [[spoiler: And then she rejects the Baby's FHT offer.]]
28	* Contrasting the {{invoked\|Trope}} BodyguardCrush in ''Literature/KazeNoStigma'', Kazuma goes out of his way to keep Ayano at a distance and offend her as much as possible so she doesn't get attached to him either. It doesn't really work.
29	* In one of ''Franchise/TheKingOfFighters'' manga, [[spoiler: Kyo Kusanagi]] defies SmoochOfVictory when [[spoiler: he stops his just-released-from-a-DeathTrap girlfriend Yuki from kissing him, because he believes that [[ItsNotYouItsMe it's his fault she was kidnapped]] [[BreakTheCutie and emotionally broken]].]]
30	* In the ''[[Manga/MagicKnightRayearth Magic Knight Rayearth II]]'' anime, Ferio busts into Fuu's in-progress escape from Fahren's ship, being her LoveInterest and all. When she starts casting a spell to assist as though she's half of a BattleCouple, Ferio stops her--he wants to do a RescueRomance instead. He does live up to the BattleCouple trope a few episodes later, when they both fight monsters summoned by Debonair.
31	* Rei Kiriyama from ''Manga/MarchComesInLikeALion'' defies both attempts by his adopted sister Kyoko to manipulate him into losing his professional shogi matches [[ThrowingTheFight on purpose]].
32	* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'': ScrewThisImOuttaHere is defied by Mari Nagare/Maria Akeboshi, who explicitly targets Kowase and Shikimi first because she knows that, unlike the rest of the gang, the two would try to run away the second they realized someone was after them. And Maria has no intention of letting any of them escape her wrath.
33	* ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'' defies FakeRelationship in one issue. Mikoshiba explains to Sakura that he needs a fake girlfriend in order to ward off a suitor. Both of them are very familiar with romance stories, and thus independently realize that the flow of the conversation will lead to them fake-dating (either by Sakura offering or Mikoshiba asking), which neither of them want to do, so they both trail off...[[HypocriticalHumor and get offended that the other didn't offer/ask]]. Mikoshiba winds up bringing Seo, who is more or less convincing.
34	* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', the League of Villains attempt to invoke the RivalTurnedEvil trope with Bakugo, kidnapping him in order to turn him to their side. They have good reason for thinking this would work, as Bakugo initially seems to be [[ObviousJudas a perfect candidate to corrupt]], being a childhood friend-turned-bully of [[TheHero Midoriya]], and having grown resentful of Midoriya's recent progress as a hero. Not to mention that Bakugo is seen as such a [[BloodKnight violent]], [[HairTriggerTemper ill-tempered]] {{Jerkass}} that even the other heroes have doubts that he will remain on their side. However, Bakugo ultimately refuses to join the League, and even accepts his classmates' help in his rescue despite his InferioritySuperiorityComplex and DontYouDarePityMe attitude.
35	* The second season of ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' is all about the characters defying the roles assigned to them by [[RageAgainstTheAuthor the writer of the story]].
36	* In ''Manga/SengokuYouko'', the Tribe of the Void, who made their nation prosper for years by finding a way to artificially manipulate fate, thinks they can ScrewDestiny by using time travel and a massive amount of spirit energy to undo the meteor crash that annihilated their nation. However, [[spoiler: the seer tells them that the meteor is the universe's way of punishing them for abusing the power of fate, so even if they kill Senya and stop its fall, other cataclysmic natural disasters will strike them until they're all wiped out.]]
37	* ''Manga/SummerTimeRendering'' defies CassandraTruth when Shinpei, who is aware that looping back to the past after an evil clone of Mio killed him twice is an outlandish claim, decides to avoid being labeled a crazy person by filming evidence of Shadow Mio and using it to successfully convince Mio and Sou of the existence of the shadows. He decides to leave out the time travel part until later loops when he has Shadow Ushio to back up his story.
38	* At the end of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', [[spoiler: AGodAmI is deliberately shot down by the potential god-figure himself, who in response to his potential use of power and leadership simply states that he is "just Simon the Digger."]] And if that trope had not been defied, [[spoiler: the BadEnding from the beginning of the show would have happened]].
39	* In the second ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' drama CD, Karina assures Barnaby that she has no intention of letting their animosity towards each other become BelligerentSexualTension. So far she's proven successful: not only is any attraction between them still absent, they're now competing with each other for ''[[FriendVersusLover Kotetsu's]]'' attention.
40	-->'''Karina:''' You know those situations where people hate each other's guts at first, but then developing feeling for each other?\
41	'''Barnaby:''' Yeah?\
42	'''Karina:''' That's not going to happen. I'll rip down those {{Event Flag}}s myself if I have to.
43	* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'':
44	** Judai says he realizes it's pointless to give a KirkSummation to Yubel.
45	** When Asuka is encouraged to become an IdolSinger, she actively refuses to become one.
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49	* ''Comicbook/BlackOrchid'' begins with a villain defying BondVillainStupidity after catching the title character operating undercover in his organization: instead of monologuing about his plans or putting her in a death trap, he just shoots her in the head. (He doesn't know that [[GoodThingYouCanHeal she can regenerate]]... [[spoiler:but he sets the corpse on fire to make sure there's no evidence… and the Orchid still comes back with a heavy case of CloneAngst]]).
50	* At the end of volume 2 of ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}'' the eponymous superheroine saves the life of a criminal who's holding her hostage, [[WhatMeasureIsAMook because he's still a human being with a wife and a daughter]].
51	* In ''{{Magazine/Mad}}'', the Ventriloquist Priest defies WhatYouAreInTheDark by using ventriloquism to make it seem as though the statues of saints are talking about the people who don't give money, scaring them into donating. Similarly, in "A Mad Look At," a priest videotapes the collection and the parishioners, sweating profusely, start giving more generously.
52	* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'':
53	** [[spoiler: Ozymandias delivers a typical BreakingSpeech to the heroes 35 minutes ''after'' he'd already completed his EvilPlan. He's not a moron.]]
54	** [[spoiler: He also had made sure he drew the heroes all the way down to Antarctica- his EvilPlan goes down in New York- even before doing that. There is CrazyPrepared, and then there is this.]]
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58	* ''Fanfic/TheSunWillComeUpAndTheSeasonsWillChange'' defies CassandraTruth. [[spoiler: Mary knows nobody would believe her about the Infinity Train, so she doesn’t even bother trying to tell anybody about it. Instead, she claims that after running away, she survived out in the woods, met Nora and lived in the hut the latter had created for a while, [[MetaphoricallyTrue and then when Nora had tried to kill her after finding out that she was autistic]] she ran out of the woods and decided to go back home. She also told the police what she knew about Nora’s neo-Nazi ideals and her ties with Xander, but didn’t tell them about her SpitefulSuicide as she thought her body would have remained stuck in the Infinity Train’s realm. The story does come under scrutiny between the lack of physical evidence that Mary was at the hut and nobody being able to figure out Nora’s cause of death after her body ''was'' returned to Earth. However, as there was no evidence ''disproving'' Mary’s testimony and since Nora’s memories gave Mary details about the hut that she would only have known if she had actually seen it, the police decide to just close the cases on Mary and Nora’s disappearances.]]
59	* ''Fanfic/{{Reconciliation}}'' seems to be headed towards {{Cuckold}} at first glance; [[VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo Hanako]], after her Bad Ending, has isolated herself from Lilly and Hisao out of guilt for eight years. During this time, Lilly and Hisao have gotten together, and Hanako still has feelings for Hisao. The twist that forces Hanako out of her self-imposed isolation, since she's unable to bring herself to even see either of them, however, is [[spoiler:Lilly calling her to inform her of Hisao's death]].
60	* In ''Fanfic/AceCombatTheEquestrianWar'', a rookie griffon soldier named Slip ''almost'' pulls a ScrewThisImOuttaHere, but he [[GenreSavvy seems to know what happens to deserters in war stories]], so he decides to keep fighting. Shortly after this sudden bout of courage, he's killed.
61	* There's a ''subversion'' of a defied trope in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'': both times [[CardCarryingVillain Dr. Brainstorm]] refutes EnemyMine, he ends up playing it straight.
62	* Despite being played straight before, ''[[SimultaneousArcs Part 3 - Twilight]]'' of ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'' defies ActingForTwo: [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney The Judge]] refuses to talk to {{AudioPlay/Doctor Whooves\|AndAssistant}} as he's afraid [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall it might cause some sort of paradox if he does]].
63	* One of the ''Fanfic/TheAwkwardAdventuresOfMeghanWhimblesby'', after she falls into ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', is when she bathes in a stream. In fear of OutdoorBathPeeping, Meghan takes a quick bath. She is out, dressed, and walking away from the stream, when Legolas arrives. Meghan mentions her bath, Legolas apologizes, but Meghan laughs. "You didn't get a free show or anything, so we're good."
64	* Rachel of ''Fanfic/TheGamesOfTheGods'', who also fell into ''The Lord of the Rings'', defies SailorEarth. Rachel says no when Elrond tries to recruit Rachel into the Fellowship of the Ring. Rachel never becomes the Tenth Walker.
65	* In ''Fanfic/BoysDoTankary'', surprisingly enough, the GaryStu main characters defy CurbStompBattle by holding back when they could have almost instantly defeated Darjeeling's forces (who won against Miho in a practice game in canon), so that they could see what Miho and the others could do, and so that they wouldn't end up relying on the boys.
66	* ''Fanfic/HomeWithTheFairies'' presents another way to defy OutdoorBathPeeping. The bandits want to watch as Maddie and the other prisoners bathe in a stream. They all refuse to bathe.
67	* ''Fanfic/NecessaryToWin''
68	** Kana defies TheReasonYouSuckSpeech against [[OriginalCharacter Ceylon]], the outgoing commander of St. Gloriana. Despite despising [[{{Jerkass}} Ceylon]], Kana simply tells Ceylon that since she'll be gone soon, she's not worth the speech, which has a similar effect.
69	** Hiroe defies YouHaveFailedMe, after [[spoiler:losing to Black Forest]].
70	-->'''Hiroe''': I've never scapegoated any of my teammates for my losses; I'm not about to start with ''my sister.''
71	** Maho defies AlwaysSaveTheGirl and PsychoSupporter. While she is determined to live up to her mother's expectations for being the Nishizumi heiress so that Miho will not have to, she also does not want to do anything that Miho would not approve of, feeling guilty when she unwittingly shoots an enemy tank that was on her way to rescue some of her teammates.
72	** Teru defies WellDoneSonGuy, saying that it's almost impossible to live your life solely for someone else's approval.
73	* In ''Fanfic/TheStalkingZukoSeries'', Suki defies SatelliteLoveInterest, worrying that the rest of the Gaang (to say nothing of the viewers) view her as nothing more than Sokka's girlfriend. This, combined with missing her TeamMom status among the Kyoshi Warriors, drives her to find her own role in the Gaang.
74	* ''Fanfic/OutOfTheShadows'' defies TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized. Once the riots and revolts started in reaction to the behavior of the royals, the Institute passed enough reforms to pacify the population to a degree, but Ballister notes that more change is still on the horizon.
75	* ''Fanfic/RWBYReckoning'' had a meta case: the author stated at the very beginning of the story that they know how people responded to the related problems of any SelfInsertFic, and that he would take steps to avoid going down that road.
76	* [[Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries Ash's Butterfree]] in a sidestory of ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' defies [[spoiler: MurderTheHypotenuse, when he finds out that the Pink Butterfree found herself another mate. He has a moment alone with his "rival", where he could easily kill him and say that a Fearow did it, [[WhatYouAreInTheDark but ultimately can't bring himself to do it,]] [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy and decides to let his mate be happy with him]].]]
77	* ''Fanfic/ShadowsOverMeridian'' defies WonTheWarLostThePeace. Jade explains to Phobos and his followers that if they just overpower Elyon, the Rebellion and Guardians will rally the people against them, so they need to destroy the people's faith in Elyon to win the war.
78	* ''Fanfic/TheUltimateEvil'' defies Jade Chan's love of using LoopholeAbuse to go LeeroyJenkins in chapter 12. [[OriginalCharacter Valerie]] — who has carried Jade and Paco out of the temple the fight over the Pan'Ku Box is taking place — not only tells them to WaitHere, but makes sure to quickly phrase her order to make clear Jade and Paco can only stay where they are or move further away from the temple if the place they are in becomes unsafe. Jade spends a few seconds seconds sputtering (then groaning) in annoyance as she tries to find a loophole but can't find it.
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82	* Gaston from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' defies DrowningMySorrows. After having been rejected by Belle, he slumps in a chair in the tavern, when [=LeFou=] offers him "more beer". Gaston replies that "nothing helps", and chucks the glasses in the fireplace. [[MemeticMutation No one abstains like Gaston!]]
83	* ''WesternAnimation/IsleOfDogs'' defies WorthlessTreasureTwist: when two packs of dogs get ready to fight over a bag of garbage that may contain food, Rex calls a time-out and asks to check the contents of the bag to make sure it's worth it. After the bag is opened and Rex checks the contents and affirms that there's food inside, Chief says it's WorthIt and starts the fight.
84	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'', superhero costume designer Edna Mode doesn't incorporate [[SuperheroesWearCapes capes]] into the costumes she designs, and lists several CapeSnag incidents to explain why. This turns out to be a ChekhovsGun with a villain. This has long been addressed in actual comics (for one, capes are easily detachable), and the ''[[WatsonianVSDoylist real]]'' reason for "no capes" is that the animators didn't want to deal with [[NoFlowInCGI cape physics and animation]] over the course of a film.
85	* In ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'', [[{{Snowlems}} Olaf]] longs to one day [[TragicDream experience summer]], setting himself up for a DeathByIrony. [[spoiler:When [[AnIcePerson Elsa]] stops the EndlessWinter she created, she gives Olaf his own snow cloud so he wouldn't melt in the heat.]]
86	* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'', Ralph [[spoiler:is about to make a HeroicSacrifice to save Vanellope, but she drives her kart to catch him just after he set off ChekhovsVolcano, but before he would be killed by it]].
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90	* ''Film/AustinPowersInternationalManOfMystery''. Dr Evil has captured Austin and wants to place him in "an easily escapable situation involving an overly elaborate and exotic death" (Dr. Evil's words), and [[StatingTheSimpleSolution his son Scott wonders]] [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim why they can't just shoot him]]. Despite Scott's best efforts, Dr Evil's ContractualGenreBlindness prevails, and Austin predictably escapes from the [[SharkPool pool of mutated sea bass]] that he's suspended over.
91	* In ''Film/DickTracy'', the Blank offers Tracy [[EnemyMine an alliance to take out]] [[TheDon "Big Boy" Caprice]] (the fact that [[spoiler:the Blank is actually [[TheChanteuse Breathless Mahoney]] and she has a crush on Tracy being also a factor]]) because they both want him gone. [[ByTheBookCop Tracy]]'s having none of it.
92	-->'''Dick Tracy:''' Is the enemy of my enemy my friend, or is the enemy of my enemy my enemy?\
93	'''Pat Patton:''' Tracy, what'd you say?\
94	'''Dick Tracy:''' The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.\
95	'''Pat Patton:''' What'd he say?\
96	'''Sam Catchem:''' He said the enemy of his enemy is his enemy.\
97	'''Pat Patton:''' Oh.
98	* In ''Film/DjangoUnchained'', as the last member of the Candieland organization still alive and ([[TheManBehindTheMan secretly]]) the architect of a serious chunk of the pain Django and his wife Broomhilda have suffered, Stephen the head slave tries to FaceDeathWithDignity. Django instead makes sure he will FaceDeathWithDespair by blowing his kneecaps off and leaving him screaming in agony and shouting IneffectualDeathThreats for the couple of minutes it takes [[StuffBlowingUp for the dynamite Django set in the Candieland manor to count down]].
99	* In ''Film/{{Dogma}}'', Serendipity tries to goad Azrael into [[JustBetweenYouAndMe explaining his evil scheme to them]], but he says, "Oh, no you don't: I've seen enough ''Film/JamesBond'' movies to know that you never reveal all the details of your plan, no matter ''how'' close you think you are to winning."
100	* ''Film/GalaxyQuest'':
101	** [[RedShirt Guy]] is, in essence, a Defied Trope in character form.
102	---> '''Guy''': Did you ever ''watch'' the show?
103	** Guy receives a defiance of his own in the final act of the film: Because he was only a RedShirt extra in the eponymous show, he spends the whole film believing that his only destiny is to die a horrible death and offers to do a HeroicSacrifice strictly because he's the most expendable. [[TheSmartGuy Kwan]] instead talks him out of it, convinces him that his role is to be the PluckyComicRelief, and uses the ''Protector'''s teleporter to SummonBiggerFish on the bad guys.
104	* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse''
105	** At the end of ''Film/IronMan1'', Tony mocks all the typical angst-riddled consequences he can expect to face because of his SecretIdentity, only to declare that he's Iron Man at a press conference.
106	** During the ColdOpen of ''Film/AntMan1'', Tony's father Howard defies CreateYourOwnVillain ''and'' ResignationsNotAccepted by flat-out refusing to detain Hank Pym after the latter quits SHIELD and takes his shrinking tech with him.
107	---> '''Howard''': You really wanna find out what it's like when you can't see him coming? I've known Hank Pym for a long time, he's no security risk. Not unless we make him one.
108	* Prince Herbert from ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' tries repeatedly to break out into an IWantSong, but his attempts are constantly foiled (complete with LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand) by his father.
109	* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'' defies ClaimingViaFlag. At the climax, when all of the parties have arrived to the Fountain of Youth, the Spanish side has everybody else outgunned and surrounded so a MeleeATrois is impossible. Still, [[MauveShirt Lieutenant Graves]] tries to put down a British flag and claim the Fountain in the name of the King. A split second after he has finished saying that, [[NoNonsenseNemesis the Spaniard]] puts a bullet in his heart and carries on his assignment [[spoiler:to destroy the Fountain in the name of the Church, because the Fountain is pagan sorcery and man should only achieve immortality through God -- in his defense, [[PoweredByAForsakenChild the Fountain works by absorbing a victim's lifeforce and giving it to other people]], so he is in fact correct]], adding that [[PetTheDog he wants everybody to take note of Graves' bravery]].
110	* ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' defies PainlessDeathForAPrice. Mr. Blonde, the PsychoPartyMember of the heist team, managed to capture a cop during the chaos of escaping the heist gone wrong (and police sting, summoned by TheMole amongst the team) and gets ready to torture him. The other members of the team argued long and hard about the cop having knowledge of who is the mole and whether or not [[TortureIsIneffective torturing him would make him cough it out]], but Blonde makes clear to the cop he does not gives a damn. He just wants to kill a cop. And if the cop knows anything about the sting and he gives it out during the torture to try to make Blonde stop or to get a MercyKill, it's not going to happen. And so the torture begins...
111	* The ''Film/{{Scream}}'' films are supposedly loaded with this, yet most HorrorTropes in them are usually played straight or [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]].
112	** One genuine instance is when the second of the two killers is apparently dead at the end of [[Film/Scream1996 the first film]]. Randy Meeks says this is the moment when the killer comes back to life for one last scare. The killer promptly does, but Sidney, without flinching, puts a bullet in his head: "Not in my movie." Sidney then goes on to defy JokerImmunity through the rest of the series by killing the "Ghostface" copy-cat-of-the-film as well, usually by BoomHeadshot. Maybe the ''[[LegacyCharacter concept]]'' of the Ghostface will live on, especially [[IfItBleedsItLeads with all of the media trying to profit from it]], but the killers sure ''don't''.
113	** Also used in [[Film/Scream2 the second film]]. A black man leaves town when the bodies start piling up, because he knows "[[BlackDudeDiesFirst how long brothers last in these movies]]". He lives.
114	** In ''Film/Scream2022'', after several movies in which the Ghostface killers aimed to obtain FameThroughInfamy and got it (although [[PyrrhicVictory they didn't lived to enjoy it]]), which then fed into [[FranchiseZombie keeping the "Stab" franchise going]] and inspire more Ghostfaces; Gale Weathers makes clear that she will do her absolute damnedest to prevent it from happening this time, beginning by writing a tell-all book about this film's spree which will focus only on the victims (including [[spoiler:Dewey, Gale's ex-boyfriend]]) and won't so much as mention the Ghostfaces' name. [[spoiler:It didn't work: not only are the Ghostfaces [[Film/ScreamVI of the next film]] [[AvengingTheVillain family members of these Ghostfaces out to get revenge]], their first casualties are a couple of copycat Ghostfaces who wanted to begin a spree of their own aiming to kill the survivors of this film [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou and got in the way]]. It's also eventually revealed that, try as she might, [[ImmoralJournalist she just couldn't stop herself from writing an article exposing the killers' names anyway]].]]
115	-->'''Gale Weathers''': Let those fuckers die in anonymity.
116	* In ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'', Bogs and "The Sisters" are a gang at the prison who rape new inmates. It's made clear from the start that this is more about sadism and dominance than actual homosexual attraction, defying DepravedHomosexual.
117	-->'''Red:''' The Sisters have taken quite a likin' to you. Especially Bogs.\
118	'''Andy Dufresne:''' I don't suppose it would help if I told them that I'm not homosexual.\
119	'''Red:''' Neither are they. You have to be human first. They don't qualify.
120	* In ''Film/UnfaithfullyYours'', Daphne asks her sister [[PrettyInMink what fur she will be wearing]] to avoid DressesTheSame.
121	* In ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}'', Tony is ordered to cross the MoralEventHorizon by killing a mother and her children along with an informant to save his own ass but instead he rants about how he doesn't need the guilt in his life and instead prevents the murder from happening, dooming himself in the process.
122	* Creator/JasonFlemyng pointed out in an interview for ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' that he tried to avoid the cliché shot of the villain looking over the shoulder at their tail, as it always looks like the villain has ''just'' realised they had a tail for the first time.
123	* In the original ''Film/ScaryMovie'', the black reporters defy BlackDudeDiesFirst with this gem:
124	-->'''Black Reporter: ''' Reporting live for Black TV. White folks are dead, we're getting the fuck out of here!
125	* In ''Film/{{Evolution\|2001}}'', Harry is asked to grab a small alien monster, and he refuses based on BlackDudeDiesFirst. [[spoiler:And he lives through the film.]]
126	* In ''Film/AllIWantForChristmas'' Hallie goes to see a MallSanta, and she sees a car passing close by the sidewalk about to cause a RoadsideWave. She quickly steps back, keeping her winter coat and [[PrettyInMink fur muff]] pristine, while the people in front get splashed with wet snow.
127	* In ''Film/BladeRunner'', Rick Deckard attempts to back out of his OneLastJob, only for [[DaChief Bryant]] to give him a firm "[[ButThouMust No choice pal]]."
128	* ''Film/WithoutWarning1994'' defies ApocalypticGagOrder. When the government detects a wave of meteors en route to three of the world's biggest capitals (the work of aliens that are performing FirstContact and got irate when [[WeComeInPeaceShootToKill mankind decided to defend itself]]) and decides to keep quiet while they prepare a strategy to intercept them, TheWormGuy who theorized it's first contact immediately calls it quits, declares what is going on to the reporters broadcasting live, and leaves to spend what he believes are his (and mankind's) final hours with his family [[spoiler: (which turned out to be [[EverybodyDiesEnding a very accurate prediction]]).]]
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132	* ''Literature/Aeon14'': Tanis tries to [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn get Sera to wear clothes]] after the latter had the Mark X [=FlowArmor=] integrated into her morphable artificial skin against her (Tanis's) objections. Sera, who can make her skin look like she is clothed, rejects these attempts, [[PosthumanNudism not wanting to wear actual clothes anymore]] as well as pointing out to Tanis that she encouraged her (Sera) to be herself.
133	* The plot of the book in ''Down And Out In Purgatory'' by Creator/TimPowers revolves around a defiance of VengeanceDenied: after the man who murdered the protagonist's fiancee dies of natural causes before he can face justice, the protagonist [[AfterlifeAvenger pursues his quarry into the afterlife]].
134	* In ''Forward the Foundation'', Hari Sheldon proposes a method for the government to defy FameThroughInfamy when the newest headache to come out of the woodwork turns out to be game-seeking terrorists: [[{{Unperson}} refer to them in all files and news as "Moron Number [X]"]]. The story later says that the measure was extremely successful.
135	* Done in ''Literature/ItsKindOfAFunnyStory'', where the main character Craig refuses the possibility of heroin, because "If I were doing heroin, then I'd be a depressed teenager ''on heroin''. I didn't need to be that cliché."
136	* In ''Literature/{{Maskerade}}'', once a series of murders begin happening at an opera house, the first thing they do is put extra guards on the [[FallingChandelierOfDoom giant chandelier]], to keep it from being dropped on anybody.
137	* PlayedForDrama in ''Literature/CarpeJugulum'': As the Old Count explains, the newest generation of vampire hunters has [[NoNonsenseNemesis has completely tossed the old-school]] Hammer Horror-style rulebook of interaction that Counts, Hunters and the regular citizens of the region used to follow out the window and they do their absolute damnedest to ensure vampires can't escape their attacks and end up DeaderThanDead. Which would be kind of ''good'', except that this means the conflict will eventually devolve (if it hadn't already) to pure savagery.
138	* ''Literature/TheScrewtapeLetters'' plays with, but ultimately defies the DealWithTheDevil trope. Screwtape explains that it's fallen out of favor ever since Hell made the strategic switch from promoting Satanism to promoting atheism, which is seen as a safer bet.
139	* The ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' novel ''Literature/GreyKnights'' notes that the Inquisition defies NeverFoundTheBody in the case of Ghargatuloth; they sent the Grey Knight expedition down to Khorion IX instead of simply [[EarthShatteringKaboom calling Exterminatus on it]] because they needed eyes on the ground to see him die.
140	* The short story ''Literature/AnotherEndOfTheEmpire'' by Tim Pratt features the EvilOverlord Mogrash who is told the following prophecy: "A child dwells in the village of Misery Chin, in the mountain provinces to the east. If allowed to grow to manhood, he will take over your empire, overthrow your ways and means, and send you from the halls of your palace forever." Rather than raze the village to the ground as his ancestors would have done, which he realised would have [[SelfFulfillingProphecy only fulfilled the prophecy]] as the boy would [[NiceJobBreakingItHerod inevitably escape the slaughter somehow and take his revenge]], Mogrash tries to avert the prophecy by being nice, instituting reforms, and raising the boys who could be threats as his own sons. In the end the prophecy is fulfilled: [[ExactWords One of the boys becomes his heir, his empire is changed irrevocably and he decides to leave his palace]].
141	* In the ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}'' novel, Atrus comes across one of the infamous D'ni puzzle-locks and tries to decipher it in the standard Myst OnlySmartPeopleMayPass fashion. His father Gehn picks up a blunt instrument and [[CuttingTheKnot smashes it open]].
142	* CassandraTruth is defied in ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'' by Professor Kirke. When Peter and Susan tell him they think Lucy is lying about discovering a portal to Narnia in the old wardrobe, the professor suspects she's actually telling the truth (after all, [[Literature/TheMagiciansNephew he knows quite a lot about Narnia]]) and convinces them to trust her.
143	* The premise of ''Literature/HowToSurviveAHorrorMovie'' is that it's teaching ''you'' how to Defy HorrorTropes.
144	* ''Literature/{{Messenger}}'' defies ThrowingOffTheDisability. Matty offers to heal Kira's twisted leg, but she turns him down.
145	* ''Literature/AnansiBoys'': Fat Charlie, when arrested on charges of embezzling money from his employer, goes off on a long rant about how his very kind ([[FairCop and pretty]]) interrogator is just playing GoodCopBadCop with him. She sighs and explains that no, there is no bad cop waiting in the wings, and yes, the police are in fact pretty sure he's innocent.
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149	* There's an LJ icon with "Spy Daddy" from ''Series/{{Alias}}'' that reads, "I am five steps ahead of you. I kill you in step four."
150	* In the first episode of Season 5, ''Series/{{Buffy\|the Vampire Slayer}}'' stakes Dracula again when he reforms from dust, and then reminds him she's still there when he starts reforming again, prompting him to blow away back to Transylvania.
151	** Then in the last episode of Season 5, Giles tries to invoke TheNeedsOfTheMany in making the case that it may come to a point where killing Buffy's not-really-sister Dawn is the only way to save the world (failure of which would lead to Dawn's death regardless, as well as everyone else's). Buffy defies the trope, forcing its aversion, by threatening that she would kill anyone who attempted to kill Dawn.
152	** Much earlier, in Season 3, Faith expects Willow to try to appeal to her better nature and get her to pull a HeelFaceTurn, clearly intending to pull a RedemptionRejection. She's taken aback when Willow instead gives her a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, telling her point-blank that it's too late for her and she's now nothing but "a big, selfish, worthless waste."
153	* ''Series/{{Community}}'': Abed's short story in "Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps" is a truly bizarre example: he creates a RationalFic in which the protagonists, a couple that are being stalked by an escaped SerialKiller, defy every single thing that would make them SlasherFilm victims: they were already [[SexSignalsDeath reluctant to have sex]] even before hearing about the escaped killer, they instantly call the police [[CellPhonesAreUseless from their fully charged cell phones]], [[PoliceAreUseless the police promptly answers the call]], and then they arm themselves and then [[BackToBackBadasses go stand back-to-back]] in the most defensible part of the cabin to wait for the cops to arrive. The reason why this is a bizarre example is because it's a ''[[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]]'' of rationalist fiction -- Abed got so focused in defying tropes [[StrawVulcan for logic's sake]] that he didn't make the story entertaining to anybody but himself (notably, the protagonists never encounter any obstacles, [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse like the killer the story takes a long time to set up]]).
154	* ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}'' defies WeHaveToGetTheBulletOut. Matt brings up to [[TheMedic Claire]] when asking for help in patching up Vladimir's bullet wound. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Claire tells him this is what he should do if he wants to kill the guy.]]
155	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
156	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia "Utopia"]]:
157	---> '''The Master''': "Now then, Doctor! Ooh! New voice! ... Anyway, why don't we stop and have a nice little chat where I tell you all my plans and you can work out a way to stop me -- [[{{NOT}} I]] ''[[{{NOT}} don't]]'' [[{{NOT}} think]]!"
158	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E6TheArmageddonFactor "The Armageddon Factor"]]: The Fourth Doctor has just assembled the Key to Time, granting him absolute power over all of creation. He launches into an "AGodAmI" speech, but drops the act immediately and reassures Romana that he's perfectly fine and has no delusions of deity.
159	* ''{{Series/Firefly}}''
160	** After being defeated, TheDragon declares WeWillMeetAgain. Mal promptly kicks him [[TurbineBlender into an engine intake.]]
161	** When Mal and Wash are captured by Niska, Zoe goes to rescue them, but Niska is in the mood for a SadisticChoice. Which is promptly short-circuited when Zoe, before Niska can even finish his offer, immediately chooses Wash.
162	** When Mal fought Niska's new Dragon, Zoe tells the crew to stand back because ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself. [[CombatPragmatist Mal]], who's very badly injured and exhausted (and even died during torture at one point), knowing what poor shape he's in and how much he's struggling, immediately yells that it really isn't, allowing the gang to open fire on his opponent, taking him down and saving Mal's life.
163	** When Mal and Zoe are being held for questioning by local authorities, Jayne makes a [[AppealToForce bid for power]], knowing the rest of the gang don't really have the ability to control him without Mal and Zoe there. However, prior to his take-over bid, he was ranting about leaving those idiots behind instead of rescuing them while Simon was patching up his injuries. Guessing that Jayne was serious about taking over, that no-one would be able to control him and that he wouldn't want to rescue Mal and Zoe, Simon pre-empts Jayne's AppealToForce moment by secretly injecting him with a general anaesthetic instead of a painkiller. When Jayne attempts to take control of the ship, he keels over unconscious instead. The rest of the crew (including Mal and Zoe when they learn what happened) are immensely relieved by Simon's foresight.
164	* ''Series/HannahMontana'': Miley is GenreSavvy enough to [[BathroomStallOfOverheardInsults check for feet under the stalls]] before talking about her SecretIdentity with Lilly in the ladies' room.
165	* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Durin relates to Elrond about his people's tradition of having secret names they reveal only to close family, such as wives, parents and siblings. Durin gets quickly emotional at the thought of losing his best friend forever and [[GivenNameReveal wants to reveal his secret name to Elrond]], only to be stopped before saying a single word. Elrond just simple considers they should save this moment for better times in the future.
166	* ''Series/TheXFiles'': In the MythArc episode "Tunguska", Mulder travels to Russia and takes Russian American Alex Krycek with him, defying LanguageBarrier. Never mind that Krycek is his nemesis and ChewToy (especially in this episode). He's a former FBI agent who collaborated with [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness the shady secret government organization]], but his language skills proved quite useful. He later ratted Mulder out since Krycek had connections to ''every'' shady organization on the show.
167	* ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'': When David proposes to Geraldine she ultimately decides to turn him down, saying just because they're the [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane People]] in the village doesn't mean [[BirdsOfAFeather they should get married.]]
168	* In ''Series/ADifferentWorld'', Whitley loved wearing furs, and when some tried to turn it from PrettyInMink to FurAndLoathing, she would just throw it back at them, pointing out that many of their complaints were invalid or hypocritical (although once in a while it didn't work).
169	* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'':
170	** On the season 1 finale, BigBad cyborg [[spoiler:John Garrett]] gets rebuilt and seems prepared for a season 2 comeback, when Phil Coulson promptly shoots him with a BFG.
171	** In season 3, when Andrew fears he's about to [[spoiler:become Lash permanently]], he surrenders himself to S.H.I.E.L.D., defying NeverGotToSayGoodbye. Coulson joins in, urging May (who was, in turn, trying to defy a HopeSpot) to talk to him.
172	** After they have successfully captured Ward and he refuses to talk to anybody else but Skye, Coulson refuses because he knows Ward will try to HannibalLecture her and "fill her head with lies", and only agrees when Skye insists that she can deal with that herself. During the interrogation, every single time Ward tries to so much as say a syllable for anything that isn't an answer to her questions, Skye hits the "off" switch of the intercom and turns to walk away, forcing Ward to draw her attention again so he can continue to answer questions.
173	* Della Street from ''Series/PerryMason'' had refused a number of marriage proposals by Perry, being aware that DemotedToSatelliteLoveInterest will likely follow.
174	* ''Series/SexEducation'':
175	** BiggerIsBetterInBed is defied when Kyle (who bases his advice off of porn) tells Dex that his girlfriend isn't orgasming because he might have a small penis. Otis and Maeve set Dex straight, telling him that penis size isn't the most important factor in satisfying sex.
176	** Anwar (who is gay) defies the TragicAIDSStory: he has seen too many movies where a gay character dies of AIDS, and thus never engages in unprotected sex. The nurse also clarifies that medications that will help HIV-positive people live normal lives now exist.
177	* ''Series/{{Schmigadoon}}'': GenreSavvy theater fan Melissa is dumped in the wilderness. When the lighting turns purple and a similarly dressed dancer approaches her, she realizes it's a DreamBallet and shuts it down.
178	-->'''Melissa:''' No no, we're not having a dream ballet. They're annoying and stupid and slow everything down. Nobody likes a dream ballet.
179	* In the second episode of ''Series/{{Superstore}}'', the black, wheelchair-bound Garrett knows that the company magazine likes playing up InspirationallyDisadvantaged on its covers, so when a reporter drops by to do a story about the store, he spends the day avoiding her photographer to avoid being played as such.
180	* ''Series/{{Psych}}'': Doing this is what got Mr. Yin (a SerialKiller with a penchant for choosing a detective and forcing him to go through overly-complicated CriminalMindGames [[ConnectTheDeaths to hopefully prevent yet another death]]) caught. Shawn Spencer, after a while of getting dragged around by Yin's scheme, decided to quit and toss the cell phone Yin was using to deliver the clues into the ocean. [[spoiler:It was a BatmanGambit to piss off Yin and force him (or rather [[SamusIsAGirl her]]) to do something stupid. That "something stupid" ended up being her walking up to Shawn with a gun and angrily ranting that he ruined her game, while Shawn's friends hid nearby]].
181	* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': The episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E9TheMeasureOfAMan The Measure of a Man]]" defies DoWellButNotPerfect. Riker is ordered to be the prosecutor in a hearing to determine whether or not Data will be considered JustAMachine by the Federation and [[TheyWouldCutYouUp taken away to be disassembled for study]], and when Riker obviously hesitates about doing that because Data is his friend, he is told that if he refuses or accepts but the judge suspects that he is doing a sub-par performance because of said friendship, she will immediately pass the sentence that Data is a non-sentient machine.
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186	* Creator/WaltDisney built [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Walt Disney World]] with the intent of avoiding the GoneHorriblyRight scenario Disneyland fell victim to: his company purchased large tracts of cheap land in a quiet but economically viable part of Florida, keeping the project a secret to avoid a burst of land speculation. This was ultimately successful: they acquired enough space for four different theme parks, two water parks, and numerous other attractions.
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189	[[folder:Video Games]]
190	* In ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'', the player can ask [[BigBad Irenicus]] to [[JustBetweenYouAndMe explain his plans and motivations]]. He flatly replies, "No, you warrant no villain's exposition from me."
191	* Survivors in ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' who run out of HP while holding a gun may [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled shoot themself]] to avoid being DevouredByTheHorde.
192	* The FinalBoss fight of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' has Nero decide [[spoiler:the CainAndAbel trope is not happening on his watch, and he forcibly intervenes in Dante and Vergil's DuelToTheDeath to stop them]].
193	-->''"Nero, having found his own reasons to fight, comes between [[spoiler:his father and uncle. There will be no fratricide this day.]]"''
194	* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' presents this in the guise of one of the final TakeAThirdOption choices. A player actively seeking to achieve some sort of compromise between two factions is rewarded with a rather large "boom".
195	* ''VideoGame/EvilDeadHailToTheKing'' was a straight-up ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' clone with an ''Franchise/EvilDead'' look, including the puzzles (though, thankfully, most were much less obtuse and nonsensical than RE). However, in the latter part of the game, Ash, in a cutscene, reads the plaque on a door. After noting the overly complicated puzzle mechanism required to open it, and [[CuttingTheKnot just shoots the door open with his boomstick]].
196	* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'', there is a scene in which Ike is given a choice to either play RousingSpeech straight or defy it (it doesn't affect the game at all outside the scene). If you choose to defy it, Mist is annoyed by how boring it is, but Ike says he's perfectly happy being boring.
197	* In ''VideoGame/FreedomFighters2003'', you can prevent [[RespawningEnemies soviet reinforcements]] from coming in by blowing up the bridges their armored transport cars cross, and blowing up the helipads supplying assault and transport helicopters.
198	* [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle]] defies a SadisticChoice in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''. Xaldin kidnaps her and takes the rose that can lift Beast's curse, [[SadisticChoice forcing Beast to choose which he'll give back]]. Although Beast chooses for Belle to be safe, she elbows Xaldin, saving herself and the rose.
199	* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' has one of the guys who write the saferoom graffiti proclaim that [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters "WE ARE THE REAL MONSTERS"]]. The guy ''underneath'' him says "No, that's the zombies".
200	* ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Link: The Faces of Evil]]'' and MotivationalKiss: "How about a kiss, for luck?" "You've ''got'' to be kidding me."
201	* In ''VideoGame/Portal2'', the FinalBoss defies BossArenaIdiocy by studying the recordings of how you defeated the previous boss and deliberately setting up the arena to avoid those same mistakes. The trope is then [[ZigZaggedTrope zig zagged]] by having the boss make a new set of glaringly obvious mistakes.
202	-->'''[[spoiler:Wheatley]]:''' "I took the liberty of watching the tapes of you killing her, and I am not going to make the same mistakes. Four-part plan is this: One, no portal surfaces. Two, start the [[DeadlyGas neurotoxin]] immediately. Three, bomb-proof shields for me, leading directly into number four: bombs, for throwing at you. You know what, this plan is so [[TemptingFate good]] that I'm going to give you a sporting chance and turn off the neurotoxin. I'm joking, of course. Goodbye."
203	** And taken further at the end: [[spoiler:"PART FIVE! [[BoobyTrap BOOBY TRAP]] THE STALEMATE BUTTON!"]]
204	** [[spoiler:Unfortunately for Wheatley, he failed to defy the final trope: Chell opening a portal right under him, with the other side on the surface of the moon.]]
205	* According to its FlavorText, the fourth Anti Corruption Initiative in ''VideoGame/RebelInc'' reduces Corruption by "banning the printing of high denomination currency", which [[ImpliedTrope presumably]] works by making it harder to stuff a BriefcaseFullOfMoney as a bribe, which is a practice that has actually picked up some pace in real life.
206	* Edge Master from the ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'' defies the practice of [[NamedWeapons naming weapons]]. His philosophy is that it is the soul that makes the warrior, not the weapon. A weapon is a tool, nothing more.
207	* [[WarmUpBoss King Bob-omb]] from ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' defies and {{invert\|ed Trope}}s RingOut: he will ''not'' accept being thrown out of the arena as a defeat, and will instead accuse Mario of cheating, then leap back into the arena with all his health regained.
208	* ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' often defies the TakeCover trope, especially on higher difficulty levels: explosives can destroy most cover. Bunch of aliens/troopers cluttered behind cover? Throw a grenade at them and have your buddies shoot them. Then, the [[MiniMecha MEC Trooper]] has an ability specifically designed to destroy cover.
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212	* A rare example of a [[DoubleSubversion double-defiance]]: [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2268.html this]] ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' strip.
213	* ''Webcomic/DMOfTheRings'': The DM will not tolerate OffTheRails when he can help it. Only twice do the players pull it off.
214	* ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo'' does this with an old classic:
215	-->'''Rayne:''' [[CutHimselfShaving I fell down some stairs.]]\
216	'''Noel:''' No he didn't. I beat the shit out of him with a smile on my face.
217	* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
218	** Dark lord Tarquin is so GenreSavvy that he hands out ''guidelines'' on defying tropes to his guards. [[spoiler: They work.]]
219	** CoolOldGuy Julio Scoundrel defies MentorOccupationalHazard.
220	--->'''Elan:''' Will I ever see you again?\
221	'''Julio Scoundrél:''' Well, as an older mentor figure, the most likely scenario is that I'd return only to be randomly killed by an enemy of yours so that you can cradle my dying body while swearing revenge -- so don't take it personally if I say I sincerely hope we never cross paths again.
222	** Much later, [[spoiler: Elan does end up seeing Julio again, when he desperately needs something that can blindside his very GenreSavvy father. Moreover, he convinces Julio to come specifically for the privilege of defying the trope ''in person.'']]
223	** Elan the bard explicitly defies the ThirdActMisunderstanding -- a staple of many a RomCom -- when reunited with Haley once more, previously having met a girl who had a crush on him before dying.
224	--->'''Elan''': I'm torn, because on one hand, I want to share something important that happened to me while we were apart... But on the other hand, [[ContractualGenreBlindness bardic tradition demands that I withhold it all so that at some later point, you can accidentally learn an incomplete version and jump to all of the wrong conclusions – later leading to entertaining dramatic conflict later in our relationship]].\
225	'''Haley''': So...what are you going to do?\
226	'''Elan''': Tell you everything. How are we supposed to get a happy ending if we can't be honest?
227	* Webcomic/AxeCop advises the families of crime fighters to hide in the bushes outside their house with guns every night to avert AndYourLittleDogToo.
228	* In ''Webcomic/KnightsOfBuenaVista'', Adriana's PlayerCharacter is so [[MinMaxing Min-Maxed]] out that she can cause the apocalypse if certain conditions are met. The GameMaster avoids those conditions by banning one of them from the campaign (specifically [[NoodleImplements gummi worms]]).
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231	[[folder:Web Original]]
232	* The point of the EvilOverlordList.
233	* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'':
234	** In Linkara's "Extreme Super Christmas Special #1" review, the ghosts from Literature/AChristmasCarol show up. Linkara flatly tells them that he does not want to make a YetAnotherChristmasCarol nor does he need to (he already loves Christmas ''and'' comic books), and tells them to promptly GTFO.
235	** In 2021, the ghost of Marley (played by Viga) shows up to attempt this again, but Linkara is not having any of it and shoots her with his Magic Gun. Marley decides ScrewThisImOuttaHere and goes haunts WebVideo/QuintonReviews, who reluctantly obliges despite already being visited.
236	* In the Nostalgia Critic's review of ''Film/BabesInToyland'', the Ghost Of Christmas Future tries to do this with him, but the Critic defies it as well. The Ghost gets his revenge by making him review TheGrinch next week.
237	* ''Webanimation/DumaRagu'': An InUniverse example with IAmNotShazam. In ''MENTOLOS GYÓGYSZER'' (''MINT MEDICINE'') Simon points out [=DumaRagu=] is actually the title of the series and not his name.
238	* In WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment's review of the ''Wing Commander'' movie, he takes one look at the cover (showing Matthew Lillard and Freddie Prinze Jr.) and shrieks in terror. He explains thusly: "You know that thing, [[CoversAlwaysLie you can't trust a book by its cover?]] Well fuck you! That's books, not movies!"
239	* ''WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown'':
240	** When Film Brain learns that [[Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi M. Bison's plan]] amounts to an "evil property development scheme", he interrupts the [[Film/StreetFighter OF COURSE!]] saying it doesn't deserve that [[RunningGag joke]].
241	** The Nostalgia Critic had attempted to defy (via aversion) that same RunningGag in one of his reviews (the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog). It didn't work; the RunningGag forced itself into the review despite the Critic's attempts to stop it.
242	* [[http://thatfellowinthecoat.com/somejerkcaptaineo.php Part two of this video]] on ''WebVideo/MrCoatAndFriends'' defied PreviouslyOn, noting that [[WhereDoYouThinkYouAre it was on the internet]], and we could just watch part one.
243	* The hentai flash site Zone Archive had apparently been pestered to make a something related to ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. So they did...however not what you would expect. After bringing up a shot of Pinkie Pie in NaughtyTentacles, selecting pretty much any of the animation options [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=turycXIxRiw causes this to happen.]] It speaks for itself.
244	* [[PluckyGirl Rebecca Stone]] and [[AngryBlackManStereotype Tacoma Narrows]] in ''WebVideo/DemoReel'' refuse to be the MsFanservice and EthnicScrappy in their ShowWithinAShow, and it only takes a couple of threats to quit and {{dope slap}}s before their wishes are more than respected.
245	* ''WebVideo/MovieFights'' host, Andy Signore, is aware that he tends to say "This is tough" before making a call for the debate rounds, and would try not to say it whenever possible. He would sometimes lampshade this.
246	-->'''Andy:''' No, I will not say, "This is tough,"
247	* In Creator/TomSka's comedy sketch ''[[https://youtu.be/Bwic3hJ4q1A The Wish]]'', Hedy tries to get a Genie to grant her [[WishingForMoreWishes infinite wishes]], mainly through LoopholeAbuse like wishing for a cloning machine ([[DontExplainTheJoke so she can get infinite wishes]]), but the Genie makes it abundantly clear she can only have a maximum of three wishes and will not let her work around it.
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251	* In one [[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle Sonic Says segment]] of ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'', Tails is [[PercussiveTherapy about to slam his computer in frustration]] when Sonic restrains him before delivering AnAesop about learning how to use computers.
252	* At the end of an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'', he's forced to [[EnemyMine work with Quackerjack]], one of the regular villains, to stop a greater villain. When the greater villain is stopped, Quackerjack asks if this is where they [[ThePowerOfLove show the greater villain love and kindness, and he vows to mend his evil ways]]. Neither Quackerjack, nor Darkwing think so. They just beat him down further.
253	* The ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim'' episode "Hyper Psy-Crow" almost ends with a "HereWeGoAgain" ending (actually called that) after a ResetButton of the episode's events. Jim won't stand for it, and just [[DropTheCow drops a cow]] on Psy-Crow before he can enact his scheme again.
254	* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': The episode ''[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E8IrrationalTreasure Irrational Treasure]]'' defies TheGreatestStoryNeverTold and SuccessAsRevenge. After the search for the hidden meaning of Pioneer Day leads to Dipper and Mabel Pines discovering that the government of the United States changed the founder of Gravity Falls from disgraced ex-President Quentin Trembley to Nathaniel Northwest (the town's fool and manure shoveler) to maintain Trembley's UnPerson status, Mabel (who began this mess to find something to make [[AlphaBitch Pacifica Northwest]] upset) decides to keep quiet and find happiness in being weird (because she and Trembley were two of a pod). Dipper, [[BigBrotherInstinct still upset about Pacifica’s bullying of Mabel]], says he "didn't learned anything", gives Pacifica the government's files, and walks back to Mabel with a big smile on his face as Pacifica reads them and gets upset.
255	-->'''Dipper''': Man, revenge is underrated! [[RevengeIsSweet That felt awesome!]]
256	* [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraAsamiSato Asami Sato]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' defies ClingyJealousGirl and GreenEyedMonster, as she ''never'' clings to her boyfriend Mako to spite Korra, and [[spoiler: when she finds out about the kiss incident between Korra and Mako]], she mostly keeps her feelings to herself. Until it's time for her to confront ''Mako'' on it, and as she does so she makes a point of ''not hating Korra herself''. She also defies [[spoiler: DaddysLittleVillain. To the point that when her evil father Hiroshi [[WeCanRuleTogether offered her]] a [[StaticStunGun shock glove]], she took it...and [[CombatPragmatist used it on him]].]]
257	* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''
258	** defies ALessonLearnedTooWell. In "[[Recap/KingOfTheHillS8E8RichHankPoorHank Rich Hank, Poor Hank]]", Bobby mistakenly thinks that his father is rich when he overhears Hank telling Peggy about his $1,000 annual bonus from work but mistakenly gets the idea that Hank makes that much per day. At first, Bobby tries to get his father to spend his money, which backfires when Hank tries to teach Bobby the value of a dollar by showing how much money Bobby spent and suggests Bobby could make money by taking littered cans to the recycling center, but this only reinforces Bobby's misjudgment that Hank is being stingy. Bobby steals Hank's emergency credit card and goes to the mall. After Bobby is caught and he tells Hank he knows he's rich, Hank clarifies Bobby's earlier misconceptions -- the $1,000 check was an annual bonus and the strongbox of oil receipts was a collection of receipts what Hank has spent on the truck, such as oil changes. They return all of the items which Bobby had purchased, save for a nonrefundable jet ski. Bobby, feeling bad for the trouble he caused and learning of his family's real income, works hard at his punishment and adopting Hank's attitude towards the value of a hard day's work and an honest dollar. At first, Hank is happy and proud of Bobby, but when they try to sell the jet ski to a rich father buying it for his spoiled son Eric, Hank becomes uncomfortable when he sees that Bobby is too eager to please Eric, who treats him like garbage. This prompts Hank to decide not to sell the jet ski to Eric's father. As Hank and Bobby ride the jet ski to test it, he tells Bobby they're not selling the jet ski, they will sell it in a year and carry it on his credit card until then. The episode ends with Hank and Bobby talking about a responsible way to use a credit card and Hank happy that Bobby learned his lesson about earnest work and not behaving like that spoiled brat.
259	** defies UngratefulBastard. After Dale offers to help John Redcorn get some of his tribe's land returned to him, he ends his affair with Nancy realizing that it would be an awful way to repay a man he considers to be a friend.
260	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
261	** In "The Best Night Ever", the ponies are running away from the chaos they've caused at the Grand Galloping Gala and Rarity drops her glass slipper. Pinkie Pie lampshades the trope of TheGirlWhoFitsThisSlipper and Rarity, who has no interest in meeting [[PrinceCharmless Prince Blueblood]] ever again, screams and crushes the slipper into shards.
262	** In "Just for Sidekicks", Spike, the pets of the Mane Six and the Cutie Mark Crusaders have to hide from the Mane Six when they step into their train car. Spike's GrowlingGut threatens to expose them, setting up the trope of LaserGuidedKarma for Spike, but Angel defies it by retrieving his last gem which he uses to quiet his stomach.
263	** Occurs to ''a [[ThatRemindsMeOfASong musical number]]'' in "Somepony to Watch Over Me," which comes to a screeching mid-word halt when Apple Bloom is reminded that her big sister is en route to her room.
264	--->'''Apple Bloom''': ''We're gonna make my sister see''\
265	''I don't need her watchin' over me...''\
266	'''Scootaloo''': STOP! No time for a song! (''Listens carefully to some hoofsteps approaching from outside Apple Bloom's door'') Applejack's coming!
267	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': ALessonLearnedTooWell is defied in the episode ”Moaning Lisa". After Lisa tells Marge that she feels depressed, Marge tells her what her own mother did: [[StepfordSmiler shove all of her bad feelings deep inside and show the world a smile]]. Five seconds later Marge drops Lisa at the school and she sees how Lisa is going to take the lesson, which is to [[ExtremeDoormat let everybody else step all over her and boss her around with a smile on her face]]. Marge instantly switches to MamaBear mode, yanks Lisa back into the car, and tells her to forget what she just told her; Lisa is free to feel however she wants and Marge will be there for her every step of the way.
268	* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
269	** Attempted, but failed in "Two Days Before The Day After Tomorrow". Stan wants to just confess what they did to avoid the usual antics, and it doesn't work, instead turning into an IAmSpartacus moment.
270	** Done successfully in "Krazy Kripples". The main characters agree that they don't want to have any part in the episode's plot. They actually don't (letting secondary characters run the episode), and agree at the end that they're glad that they didn't get involved.
271	** In "Woodland Critter Christmas", Stan tries to defy a GilliganCut by [[InteractiveNarrator arguing with the narrator]]. He fails.
272	** In "Pandemic" and "Pandemic 2: The Startling", Craig is dragged along on the boy's adventure, and gets stranded with them in Peru. They find ancient ruins [[TheChosenOne depicting Craig in some kind of prophecy]], but [[RefusalOfTheCall he says he doesn't care]], and the boys spend the next several minutes in a montage walking with Craig as he just declares over and over that he wants nothing to do with it. Ultimately [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] when he again tries to walk away from the villain, and steps on a panel that causes him to shoot EyeBeams at it while he does nothing but comment in a deadpan tone.
273	* Raven from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' is aware of the BadPowersBadPeople trope, and despite the fact that [[spoiler: her powers come from her demon father]], she does her best to be a good gal. [[spoiler:Jinx eventually does the same]].
274	* In the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'' finale, [[Characters/Ben10Vilgax Vilgax]] defies the DemotedToDragon trope by faking submission to Diagon, taking advantage on him to get rid of the third member of the BigBadEnsemble and then [[OutGambitted out-gambit]] his "master" by consuming him, thus remaining the final villain.
275	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', in the Season 2 episode "The Breakup" Theodore Jasper "T.J." Detweiler defies FriendshipFavoritism. Ms. Grotke asks the class to write about their best friends. This causes problems for T.J., however: he can't choose a best friend. And while this strains his friendship with his friends and causes the gang to break up, he still can't choose a friend. In the end, T.J. writes a report about how all five of his friends are his bests friends, and how special they all are. This ends up reconciling the group.
276	* In ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' episode "The Equestranauts", [[Characters/BobsBurgersBobBelcher Bob Belcher]] defies AllForNothing. When Tina's favorite horse doll is stolen, Bob goes undercover at a convention as a fan of the show the doll is from to get it back. After being caught and almost given an embarrassing tattoo, while getting a small part of it on his rear, he gets the doll back. Tina decides she's too old to play with dolls and puts it away. Not pleased with her decision after everything he went through, Bob [[TranquilFury quietly]], [[SuddenlyShouting then shouting]], orders Tina to continue playing with it, which she does. The same episode also defies OnlySmartPeopleMayPass when the man who stole the doll places it in his room's safe as a final act of defiance and says that the code is an incredibly obscure piece of trivia of the show (Bob had to study a lot of it to infiltrate the convention). Bob [[CuttingTheKnot just calls hotel security and explains what happened, and they open the vault for him]].
277	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' defies BirthdayPartyGoesWrong. The kids (except Leni -- because they think she'll spoil the surprise -- and Lily) are making a surprise birthday party for their mother Rita. However, things don't work out: Lana uses toilet paper, gum, and brown balloons (which Lynn thinks look like poop) as decorations, Lynn's subs she provides are covered in BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce, Lola's cake is too sweet, Luan's jokes are all about Rita being old, Luna can't think of a song Rita would like, and Lisa has invited three men Rita doesn't like. However, this all happens before Rita gets home and when they realise things are going south, they get Leni over, who throws a successful party for Rita.
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