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9* In ''WesternAnimation/The3LittlePigsTheMovie'', Feeno assures his siblings when they're escaping from the farm to avoid the knife of the butcher that no one will come to eat them in the forest... [[TheBigBadWolf he's proven quite wrong]].
10* In ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'' Iago says this gem, having grown to like being with the good guys and is lounging on a pillow surrounded by fruits. He then insults Jafar, and the lights go out and Jafar suddenly appears from the darkness.
11-->'''Iago:''' Oh, yeah. Bein' one of the good guys has his advantages. Ahh, advisor to Aladdin, the new grand vizier. And when Aladdin becomes Sultan, that will make ''me'' the grand vizier! Only I'm not gonna blow it like that ''idiot'' Jafar!! ''[eats a cluster of grapes]'' I'll ''never'' have to stand in his shadow ''again!'' ''[suddenly, the lights go out, spotlight switches on over Iago, and Jafar appears out of the darkness]'' '''[[OhCrap AWK! JAFAR!!!!]]''' ''[chuckles nervously]'' Buddy?''
12* In ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves'' during the opening song, Genie (imitating Creator/WalterCronkite) asks "What can possibly go wrong?" before the forty thieves sing their verse proclaiming they will rob the party.
13* ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'': On the voyage to America, Papa Mousekewitz leads the other mouse immigrants in a song about how all the hardships were behind them that they'd endured from cats in their respective homelands, because "There Are No Cats in America!" The song earns Papa a stern rebuke from his wife after their house in New York gets destroyed by an American cat gang.
14-->'''Mama:''' There are no ''what'' in America?
15* ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'': "You're going to Timbuktu, if it's the last thing I do!" [[spoiler: Cue a bunch of alley cats led by Thomas O'Malley subduing Edgar, then shoving him into the very crate he was going to use to send Duchess and her kittens to Timbuktu, and as a result, it's now Edgar that's the one going to Timbuktu.]]
16* In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', EccentricMillionaire Preston Whitmore tempted fate in the backstory when discussing the legendary Shepherd's Journal and the lost city of Atlantis with his good friend, Thaddeus Thatch.
17-->'''Whitmore:''' For years your granddad bent my ears with stories of that old book. I didn't buy it for a minute. So finally, I got fed up and made a bet with the old coot. I said "Thatch, if you ever actually find that so-called journal, [[TheBet I'll not only finance the expedition, but I'll kiss you full on the mouth!"]] Imagine my embarrassment when he ''found'' the darn thing... [''Holds up a photograph of himself and Thaddeus, wiping their mouths and looking thoroughly squicked out.'']
18* ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'': When Merida tries to sneak Bear!Elinor out of the castle, she notes that "It's not like anyone's gonna see you!". Cue Fergus and his men coming up the stairs.
19* Played with in the first ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'' movie:
20-->'''Radio:''' Things could be worse, you know!\
21'''Lampy:''' How?\
22'''Radio:''' How what?\
23'''Lampy:''' How could they be worse?\
24'''Radio:''' ''[after a beat]'' They couldn't. I lied.
25* ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'' uses this for amusement in its [[TheStinger stinger]]. [[NoAnimalsWereHarmed "No fish were harmed during the making of this movie."]] [[spoiler: Cue some random fish [[CarnivoreConfusion swimming away screaming while being chased by a bear,]] followed by Koda turning toward the camera and blushing before covering the lens, ending the film.]]
26* ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' has Hopper tempt fate upon seeing a bird standing right above him. To be fair, fate was CryingWolf earlier on, seeing as how the last bird Hopper saw before then turned out to be a fake one designed by Flik, and said bird showed up while Hopper was trying to strangle Flik. Still, it is interesting that his last words (aside from the screaming) were being said to Flik upon them seeing said bird...
27-->'''Hopper:''' Well, what's this? [[YourLittleDismissiveDiminutive Another one of your little bird tricks?]]\
28'''Flik:''' Ee-yup.\
29'''Hopper:''' Are there a bunch of little girls in this one too? Hello, girls!
30* In the Hungarian cult film ''Animation/CatCity'', mice are on the good side, and cats are criminals. At the beginning, a bank clerk assures a worrying client that to this bank, cats could only break into with a tank. [[ThereWasADoor Guess what happens next]]. And his very next line...
31-->'''Clerk:''' No! Over my dead body!
32* ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'':
33** Near the climax, when Flint and his team are flying to shut down the FLDSMDFR, he holds up the USB stick containing the kill code they need and expresses relief that he didn't lose it. Soon enough, the window on his side of his flying car gets shattered by a plate out of nowhere and the USB stick is defenestrated.
34** In [[WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs2 the sequel]], [[BigBad Chester V]] survives almost being HoistByHisOwnPetard by retracting into his vest and getting bounced out of his food bar processor, then brags that he saved himself only to get eaten by the Cheespider that he made seem like a threat earlier.
35* ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'' does this twice. First, the opening song, "According to Plan", is all about how "every tiny microscopic little thing" must be just perfect for the wedding. You couldn't be asking for it ''more''. Then, later, when Barkis is making his [[spoiler: wedding toast]], he says, "No force on Earth can tear us apart!" [[spoiler: Cue the invasion of the walking dead.]]
36* ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'': Miguel declares, "I'm gonna play in Mariachi Plaza if it kills me!" not long before he gets trapped in the Land of the Dead for stealing a guitar to play in the plaza.
37* ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'': "No, I've never met a shark, and I don't plan to."..."Well, if I ever meet a sea turtle, I'll ask him... right after I'm done talking to the shark."
38* ''Anime/FiveCentimetersPerSecond'':
39** Late in the second act, [[spoiler:Kanae says that if she doesn't successfully confess to Takaki after having finally regained her surfing skills, she'll never be able to do it.]] No prizes for guessing that it doesn't work out.
40** In the third act, [[spoiler:Takaki voices his belief that maybe-Akari will turn to greet him after they pass each other at the railway crossing.]] This too doesn't come to pass.
41* ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}'':
42** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'', Queen Elsa declares during her song "Let It Go", "You'll never see me cry!" She does cry, when [[spoiler:her sister Anna sacrifices herself to save her, succumbing to a curse that turns Anna into ice. Fortunately, the curse is reversed and Anna lives.]]
43** In ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'':
44*** During "Some Things Never Change," Anna explains that she copes with change by hanging on to some things that stay the same, especially the relationships with her loved ones. In the same song, Elsa proclaims "the flag of Arendelle will always fly," a sentiment Anna echoes. Anna, Elsa, Olaf, and Kristoff all sing about "holding on tight" to each other. The flag of Arendelle soon comes down when Elsa accidentally awakens the elemental spirits. Later in the movie, Kristoff and Elsa both leave the group and go off on their own, and then [[spoiler:Elsa and Olaf both die, with Olaf's melting signaling to Anna that Elsa has died too]].
45*** Olaf ends "When I Am Older" with the proclamation, "This is fine." Immediately afterward, Gale attacks.
46* ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'', "Captain Sternn" segment. While Sternn is fleeing Hanover Fiste, he takes refuge in a tunnel and says "Lost him" to his robot companion. A second later he hears Fiste smashing through things and approaching him.
47* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', after Herc cuts off the Hydra's head. Despite having trouble fighting it, Herc tells Phil "that wasn't so hard" before the monster grows three more heads.
48* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}'': Red is riding a cable car with Boingo.
49-->'''Boingo:''' Hey, you deliver up this far?\
50'''Red Puckett:''' Well, not usually. But I was thinking about what you told me earlier - about the Muffin Man? I need to protect Granny's recipes from that bandit's evil plan. They're gonna shut down everyone in the forest if we're not careful.\
51''[cue tram car doors flying open and Red struggling to keep her balance]''\
52'''Boingo:''' No! ''[one second later, Red falls]''
53* Towards the end of Franchise/{{Disney|AnimatedCanon}}'s ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'', [[spoiler:while Esmeralda is holding Quasimodo up over the edge of a building, while Frollo close by is standing, above a pool of molten copper, on a stone gargoyle, while carrying a sword, and says "and [[{{God}} he]] shall smite the wicked, and plunge them into the fiery pit!" [[KarmicDeath God then decided now would be a good time to smite a wicked man (Frollo) by making him slip up on the stone gargoyle and plunge him into the fiery pit.]]]]
54* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'':
55** "We're superheroes. What could happen?" Actually happens twice, with the same result.
56** "Don't worry Mrs. Parr. I can handle ''anything'' this baby dishes out..." [[spoiler:The baby turns out to have won the SuperpowerLottery, with a host of powers that include spontaneous combustion and turning into an ''actual'' devil.]]
57** "This is not the end of it! I'll get your son eventually! I'll get your son!" Seconds later, Bob makes sure it ''is'' the end of it by introducing Syndrome to the business end of a jet turbine.
58* In the ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' short ''WesternAnimation/RileysFirstDate'', Riley freaks out when she realizes her mother left Jordan with her father. Her mother tries to insist he wouldn't do anything embarrassing, but can't even finish the thought before rock music starts blaring from down the stairs.
59* The Earthworm in ''Film/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'', as he ponders what kind of bait would be good for seagulls.... ahem.
60* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'':
61** "Escape from Chor-Gom Prison is ''IMPOSSIBLE!''" Guess Tai Lung likes a challenge.
62** Tai Lung taunts Po with "What are you gonna do, big guy? Sit on me?" Shortly after, both Po and him are tumbling down the mountain stairs and Po's butt lands on his head.
63* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'': After revealing to the Master Builders that he himself isn't one, and failing to deliver a motivational speech, Emmet somberly remarks that it couldn't get any worse. Cue a giant golf ball crashing through the wall.
64* The premise of the song "I Just Can't Wait to be King" from the film ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}''. Unfortunately, becoming king has a fairly drastic requirement...
65* In ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'': Eric uses an ''extremely'' poor choice in words with the following line:
66-->'''Eric:''' Believe me, Grim, when I find the right girl, I'll know. Without a doubt. It'll just -- BAM! -- hit me...like lightning.\
67''[cue {{dramatic thunder}}]''
68* In the 2012 version of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lorax|2012}}'', The Once-ler delivers the line "I intend to keep biggering and BIGGERING, and turning more truffula trees into thneeds! AND NOTHING IS GOING TO STOP ME!" right before the final truffula tree falls.
69-->'''The Lorax:''' That's it. That's the last one. [[LampshadeHanging That may stop you...]]
70* In ''WesternAnimation/MickeysTwiceUponAChristmas'', Mickey is trying to get home with Christmas decorations (tied to the roof if his car) to replace the ones Pluto broke.
71-->'''Mickey:''' I'm making good time. This shortcut is a lifesaver.\
72''[the decorations hit a low bridge and fall off the car; Mickey runs over to them]''\
73'''Mickey:''' Well, at least it's not all broken. \
74''[a car runs over the decorations]''
75* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': When Mike and Sully are fleeing to their apartment after Boo gets loose in the sushi restaurant Mike was taking Celia to, he comments that he doesn't think it could've gone any worse. Following this, the CDA encases the surrounding area behind them in a decontamination field.
76* In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'', Oozma Kappa comes last in the first event of the Scare Games, meaning that Mike now has to leave the university, and Dean Hardscrabble taunts that only a miracle could have saved them. Before she even finishes her sentence, the judges reveal that one of the fraternities cheated at the event and are disqualified, allowing Oozma Kappa to remain in the games.
77* In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'', Gallaxhar seemingly has Ginormica at his mercy, trapped in a cage of energy. He boasts "Don't bother, that force field is impenetrabl--" but doesn't even get to finish his sentence before Ginormica breaks through the field and tries to grab him.
78-->'''Gallaxhar:''' Woah! What the [[PardonMyKlingon flagnar]]?!
79* ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters'': ''the Movie'' has a scene where [[FriendToAllLivingThings Poppet]], [[LargeHam Katsuma]], [[TeamPet Blinki and Mr. Snoodle]] are on a snowy mountain peak.
80-->'''Katsuma:''' This is crazy! We're never gonna find our way in a blizzard!\
81'''Poppet:''' ''[whispering]'' Katsuma, don't shout.\
82'''Katsuma:''' Why? Ya think I'm gonna trigger an avalanche?!\
83''[a bunch of snow falls]''
84* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'':
85** When preparing Mulan for her meeting with the matchmaker, which ends disastrously, her grandmother sings:
86--->'''Grandmother Fa:''' Beads of jade for beauty / You must proudly show it / Now add a cricket just for luck / And even you can't blow it!
87** Later, after narrowly escaping the lake with her disguise intact:
88--->'''Mulan:''' I never want to see a naked man again. ''[cue the stampede of naked men]''
89* At the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/TheNutJob2NuttyByNature'':
90-->'''Surly:''' Take it easy, Andie. It's not like the Nut Job's gonna explode.\
91''[the Nut Job explodes]''
92* ''WesternAnimation/{{ParaNorman}}'':
93** For starter:
94--->'''Perry Babcock:''' Where are the police when they are needed!?\
95''[Sheriff Hopkins crashes her motorcycle into the Babcocks' car, slides across the car and rams into Perry]''
96** In another example, Norman arrives at the graveyard near Mr. Prederghast's home with the book, and reassures himself that all he's got to do is read it, stop the curse, and then go home and continue life as usual. [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong Sounds easy enough.]] [[spoiler: Except he's reading it in the wrong spot. The curse goes off anyway, causing all hell to break loose.]]
97* ''Anime/PatlaborTheMovie'': Seitaroh Sakaki and Asuma Shinohara visit Shinohara Heavy Industries, Asuma's father's company, to investigate the connection between the Hyper Operating System and the string of runaway Labors. The head of production insists to Sakaki on the factory floor that the HOS is completely safe, only minutes before Asuma, in a different room, inserts a HOS master disk into their mainframe to look at the code and triggers the virus across their entire system.
98* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}''. "Hear that beetle talk; you'd think something was gonna happen to us." [[spoiler: Cue Lampwick turning into a donkey.]]
99* In ''WesternAnimation/PlaymobilTheMovie'', Marla's "This can't possibly get any worse!" is immediately followed by a rainstorm.
100* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'': Quite a few examples:
101** At the beginning, Moses and Rameses have caused chaos during their chariot race.
102--->'''Rameses:''' You don't think we'll get in trouble for this, do you?\
103'''Moses:''' [[TemptingFate No, not a chance]].\
104''[[[GilliganCut Cue Moses and Rameses being scolded for the chaos the race caused]]]''\
105'''Seti:''' ''Why'' do the gods torment me with such reckless, destructive, ''blasphemous'' sons!?
106** Later when they're late for a banquet:
107--->'''Rameses:''' I'm done for! Father will kill me!\
108'''Moses:''' Don't worry. Nobody will even notice us coming in!\
109''[they walk in; ''the entire crowd'' sees them and cheers loudly]''\
110'''Rameses:''' "Nobody will even notice..."\
111'''Moses:''' Heh-heh-heh...
112** A more dramatic example occurs later on. Rameses reacts to his son's fear of Moses after the first nine Plagues by threatening to kill every single Hebrew, and concludes with the phrase "And there shall be a great cry in all of Egypt, such as never has been or ever will be again!". [[GoneHorriblyRight The day after the Tenth Plague, every parent of Egypt cried the death of their firstborn]].
113* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'': "I've climbed a mountain, I've crossed a river, and I'm almost there!" To be fair, she had already made it past a number of obstacles -- being a young, black, poor, woman... It was just that the magic took it to a whole new level of obstacles, and she couldn't have anticipated that!
114* In ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'', Lady Eboshi recommends caution with wounded opponents. [[spoiler:She gets the courtesy [[LampshadeHanging to deliver]] her own IronicEcho, though.]]
115-->'''Eboshi:''' Cut off a wolf's head, and it still has the power to bite.
116* At the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'', during the song, “Your Favorite, Fearless Hero,” Puss repeatedly claims that he’s never been touched by a blade. Guess what happens later in the film?
117* ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'', when Ruber and the Griffin end up trapped under a giant ogre's butt;
118-->'''Griffin:''' Well, master, at least things can't get any worse.\
119''(The ground begins to rumble)''\
120'''Ruber:''' Wanna bet? \
121''(The ogre'' farts, ''sending Ruber and the Griffin flying into a wall)''
122* ''WesternAnimation/ReignOfTheSupermen'' sees [[spoiler:Cyborg-Superman engage in a bit of EvilGloating to Lois about the real Superman not being around to save her. Not only does Clark save Lois from Henshaw, his rocket plows right into the fiend just after the words "Even he can't save you" left Henshaw's mouth. And Henshaw ''still'' doesn't learn as he proceeds to tell Superman he wants Clark to watch Lois die and tell him to open his eyes. Superman, having regained his powers thanks to Lois, uses his heat vision to zap Henshaw's cybernetic arm off.]]
123* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'', when Tulio and Miguel are stuck on the rowboat with no food, we get this gem:
124-->'''Miguel:''' Tulio, look on the positive side, at least things can't ge-- ''[[[CueTheRain immediate thunderstorm]]]''\
125'''Tulio:''' ''[angry]'' Excuse me, were you going to say ''"worse"?!''\
126'''Miguel:''' Er... no\
127''[they continue to argue as the camera pulls out to show [[ThreateningShark at least a half dozen sharks]] following their boat]''
128* From ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'':
129-->'''Friar Tuck:''' Well, it's raining now. Things couldn't get worse!\
130'''Sheriff of Nottingham:''' ''[from behind them]'' Howdy, friar! ''[the Sexton [[RecordNeedleScratch plays a dissonant chord on the organ]]]'' Looks like I came by just in time!
131* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sahara}}'': Ajar tells Saladin he'll have to kill him to take his watermelon. Saladin then uses a stone not to kill Ajar, but beat him into unconsciousness so he can claim said watermelon for himself.
132* In ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'', Shrek is called to King Harold's side. Already annoyed by the kingly duties placed on him during Harold's sickness, he yells, "Someone better be dying!" That someone turns out to be Harold himself.
133* ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut''. After the Baldwin family's home gets bombed by the Canadian Air Force, all of them are dead except for a single survivor. He triumphantly boasts "Ha ha! You missed me!" right before the last plane drops a bomb on his head as well.
134* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'': When Peter B. meets Spider-Man Noir, followed by Peni Parker and her MiniMecha SP//dr, he remarks that things can't possibly get any weirder. Then [[FunnyAnimal Spider-Ham]] enters the room and says "It ''can'' get weirder!"
135** In [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse the sequel]], after the BigBad seemingly vanishes ComicBook/SpiderManIndia2023 calls it "another easy adventure for ComicBook/SpiderMan", causing the other three [[GenreSavvy more experienced Spider-Men]] with him to [[ThisIsGonnaSuck panic for this reason]].
136* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater'', [=SpongeBob=] and the gang don't know how to go to the surface.
137-->'''Squidward:''' The only way we're going out there [[spoiler: is if some Fairy Godmother shows up and helps us breathe air!\
138''[Bubbles the dolphin suddenly appears]'']]
139* In ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'', the Bog King has been suffering from a captive princess who won't stop singing when her sister breaks in trying to free her.
140-->'''The Bog King:''' Oh, no! Not another princess! Well, at least you don't sing.\
141'''Marianne:''' ''[singing]'' I'm coming straight on for you!\
142'''The Bog King:''' [angry groan]
143* ''Franchise/ToyStory'':
144** When Woody and Buzz board the Pizza Planet delivery truck in order to catch up to Andy, they argue whether they should stay in the cabin where they're more likely to be spotted or hide on the covered bed of the truck. Buzz insists that "it's safer in the cockpit than the cargo area" and sits on the passenger's seat and puts on the seatbelt where a pile of pizza boxes conveniently hides him from the view of the deliveryman while Woody hides on the covered bed, mockingly repeats Buzz's words and calls him an idiot. Cue the deliveryman gunning it and Woody being thrown all over the place by his reckless driving and being squashed between the side of the bed and a toolbox for the rest of the ride.
145** "Oh, now Buzz! What could Andy ''possibly'' get that is worse than YOU?" Cue [[spoiler: the reveal that he's gotten a new puppy. Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'', where the toys and the puppy have become friends.]]
146** In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''.
147--->'''Rex:''' Woody, look. I see daylight! We're gonna be okay!\
148'''Woody:''' I don't think that's daylight...\
149''[cue incinerator]''
150* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei goes to the 4*Town concert against her mother's wishes, and later on, we get this exchange:
151-->'''Miriam:''' Your mom must've gone nuclear.\
152'''Mei:''' Who cares? What's she gonna do, ground me? ''[laughs, her friends join in]''\
153''[cue a shot of an absolutely furious Ming heading to the [=SkyDome=] as an unfathomably massive red panda]''
154* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'':
155** While Roger is standing guard inside Maroon Studios he says "No one gets the drop on Roger Rabbit!" Seconds later he's [[TapOnTheHead conked on the head and knocked out]] by a frying pan.
156** Lampshaded later when Jessica says the only reason she knocked him out and stuffed him in the trunk of a car was because she didn't want him getting hurt. Lampshadeded ''again'' when Eddie responds with obvious irony, "Yeah, that makes perfect sense." Well, it would make perfect sense to a ''toon''.
157* ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine''. Ringo says "Nothing ever happens to me." Cue the title vehicle's appearance.
158* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' when Judy and Nick hijack and then promptly crash the subway car that was being used as a lab to produce the [[PsychoSerum Night Howler extract]]:
159-->'''Judy:''' Okay, maybe... maybe some of the evidence survived.\
160''[car explodes due to the propane tanks in the back detonating]''

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