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* ''Literature/HowISurvivedMiddleSchool'': Twice in ''Can You Get an F in Lunch?''.
** At the end of the first day at school, Jenny reminisces with her childhood friend Addie over their fifth-grade teacher at Addie's locker after the latter blew her off earlier. Jenny thinks this means they're still friends, but Dana shows up and Addie leaves to go shopping with her.
** The next week, Jenny and Felicia see Addie on the school bus with her makeup still on, which Felicia has a laugh over because Addie only applies her makeup at school and normally takes it off before getting home so she won't get in trouble with her mom. Addie then asks Jenny if she can hang out with her to do their homework together, which Jenny thinks is promising until Addie washes off her makeup in the bathroom at her house (implicitly proving she only pretended to be friendly to her so she could get a chance to remove it). Despite this, Jenny remains hopeful that this means they're still friends, especially because Addie mentions she's going shopping with Dana and Claire that weekend and there's extra room in the minivan...until the next day, when Jenny brings this up in front of them, Dana and Claire laugh at her and Addie denies ever inviting her, humiliating her.
** At the end of the first day at school, Jenny reminisces with her childhood friend Addie over their fifth-grade teacher at Addie's locker after the latter blew her off earlier. Jenny thinks this means they're still friends, but Dana shows up and Addie leaves to go shopping with her.
** The next week, Jenny and Felicia see Addie on the school bus with her makeup still on, which Felicia has a laugh over because Addie only applies her makeup at school and normally takes it off before getting home so she won't get in trouble with her mom. Addie then asks Jenny if she can hang out with her to do their homework together, which Jenny thinks is promising until Addie washes off her makeup in the bathroom at her house (implicitly proving she only pretended to be friendly to her so she could get a chance to remove it). Despite this, Jenny remains hopeful that this means they're still friends, especially because Addie mentions she's going shopping with Dana and Claire that weekend and there's extra room in the minivan...until the next day, when Jenny brings this up in front of them, Dana and Claire laugh at her and Addie denies ever inviting her, humiliating her.
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* Literature/VanasHeritage: After she gets abducted by Vladr and his mercenaries, Nirvy tries to escape captivity as the opportunity presents itself. She almost manages to escape but gets caught by Vladr in his beast form.
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* Literature/VanasHeritage: ''Literature/VanasHeritage'': After she gets abducted by Vladr and his mercenaries, Nirvy tries to escape captivity as the opportunity presents itself. She almost manages to escape but gets caught by Vladr in his beast form.
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* Literature/VanasHeritage: After she gets abducted by Vladr and his mercenaries, Nirvy tries to escape captivity as the opportunity presents itself. She almost manages to escape but gets caught by Vladr in his beast form.
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* ''Literature/WoodrowsTrumpet'': In the final act, Woodrow reconciles with his brother Benson, who offers to buy Woodrow, Nadean, and [[HiredHelpAsFamily Ellis]] a farm far away where they can live the way Woodrow is used to without feuding with their neighbors about it, and they are prepared to move away and start fresh. Then a fight between the suburbanites and those locals who've just been using Woodrow and Nadean as an excuse to oppose the newcomers for their own reasons leads to Nadean being accidentally shot and Woodrow fatally struck with a nightstick when he attacks the man who shot her.
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* ''Literature/INeedAWee'': A doll offers her toilet, but it's too small for Alan to use.
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* In "Literature/DamnatioMemoriae" by Laura Marcelle Giebfried, this happens to Enim near the end of the novel when [[spoiler:Enim finally thinks he has found the killer after Jack has been accused and driven away from the island. But then the author throws in a major MindScrew and things go FromBadToWorse from there...]].
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* In "Literature/DamnatioMemoriae" ''Literature/DamnatioMemoriae'' by Laura Marcelle Giebfried, this happens to Enim near the end of the novel when [[spoiler:Enim finally thinks he has found the killer after Jack has been accused and driven away from the island. But then the author throws in a major MindScrew and things go FromBadToWorse from there...]].
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* ''Literature/TheBadBox'': Despite difficulties brought on by his curses, Benny manages to answer every question on a test and it looks like he'll finally get to rid himself of a curse. But then it turns out that while he did get a perfect score, Mrs. Gustafson thinks that means he must have cheated, and he gets another curse forced on him instead. At the same time, Mika discovers that it doesn't matter how hard she studies for a test, she can't actually do well on one since her touch dissolves the paper, meaning that she, too, can never rid herself of any curses by honest means.
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* ''Literature/RainbowMagic'': In [[Literature/RainbowMagicAmberTheOrangeFairy Amber]]'s book, both Rachel and Kirsty see something sparkly and think it's a fairy. However, their hopes are quickly dashed when they realize the sparkly things are just a crab and a candy wrapper, respectively.
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** Literature/MonstrousRegiment has a subversion. During the court martial Sergeant Jackrum tries to use their blackmail material on the third of the third of the army high command that are women pretending to be men. This seems to be a normal hope spot when the only effect this seems to have is to lessen their punishment. The war is going to continue. And then, we find out that Wazzer had The Duchess guiding her the whole time, and possesses her to give the Generals a huge TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. It works.
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** Literature/MonstrousRegiment has a subversion. During the court martial Sergeant Jackrum tries to use their blackmail material on the third of the third of the army high command that are women pretending to be men. This seems to be a normal hope spot when the only effect this seems to have is to lessen their punishment. The war is going to continue. And then, then we find out that Wazzer had The Duchess guiding her the whole time, time and The Duchess possesses her to give the Generals a huge TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. It works.
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* Done purposely in Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/GoingPostal'':
** Moist von Lipwig, imprisoned, attempts the old trick of digging his way out of prison with a spoon. Having worn his spoon down to the hilt to loosen one stone in the wall he takes it out only to discover... Another wall. With fresh mortar, implying it had been made while he was digging his way through the last one. [[spoiler:Vetinari, of course, knew and had it put in intentionally, to give the prisoners something to focus on and increase their morale while still making sure they wouldn't get out. He also [[MagnificentBastard provided a new spoon, placed in a small hollow between the two walls]].]]
** Hope Spot becomes a RunningGag in this book. Moist gets another spot when he's about to be hanged and Vetinari's clerk shows up... not to tell them there's been a reprieve, but to hurry up.
** Vetinari gives Moist and [[spoiler:Reacher Gilt]] the option to work for him... or, if they don't want to, just walk out the door and he won't bother them again. Of course, there's a loooooong drop on the other side of that door...
*** This particular one is {{lampshaded}} in a brilliant fashion by Moist's narration; he ''instantly'' recognized from Vetinari's tone and ExactWords ("you will never hear from me again") that he should file the door idea under "Deeply Suspicious".
** Vetinari also inflicts this on the Grand Trunk board members who Moist has just revealed to be a bunch of (negligently homicidal) crooks. “It would be iniquitous to detain these men here any longer. …To the cells with them.”
** Moist von Lipwig, imprisoned, attempts the old trick of digging his way out of prison with a spoon. Having worn his spoon down to the hilt to loosen one stone in the wall he takes it out only to discover... Another wall. With fresh mortar, implying it had been made while he was digging his way through the last one. [[spoiler:Vetinari, of course, knew and had it put in intentionally, to give the prisoners something to focus on and increase their morale while still making sure they wouldn't get out. He also [[MagnificentBastard provided a new spoon, placed in a small hollow between the two walls]].]]
** Hope Spot becomes a RunningGag in this book. Moist gets another spot when he's about to be hanged and Vetinari's clerk shows up... not to tell them there's been a reprieve, but to hurry up.
** Vetinari gives Moist and [[spoiler:Reacher Gilt]] the option to work for him... or, if they don't want to, just walk out the door and he won't bother them again. Of course, there's a loooooong drop on the other side of that door...
*** This particular one is {{lampshaded}} in a brilliant fashion by Moist's narration; he ''instantly'' recognized from Vetinari's tone and ExactWords ("you will never hear from me again") that he should file the door idea under "Deeply Suspicious".
** Vetinari also inflicts this on the Grand Trunk board members who Moist has just revealed to be a bunch of (negligently homicidal) crooks. “It would be iniquitous to detain these men here any longer. …To the cells with them.”
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* Done purposely in Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/GoingPostal'':
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** ''Literature/GoingPostal'' uses this multiple times:
*** Moist von Lipwig, imprisoned, attempts the old trick of digging his way out of prison with a spoon. Having worn his spoon down to the hilt to loosen one stone in the wall he takes it out only to discover... Another wall. With fresh mortar, implying it had been made while he was digging his way through the last one. [[spoiler:Vetinari, of course, knew and had it put in intentionally, to give the prisoners something to focus on and increase their morale while still making sure they wouldn't get out. He also [[MagnificentBastard provided a new spoon, placed in a small hollow between the two walls]].]]
** Hope Spot becomes a RunningGag in this book. *** Moist gets another spot when he's about to be hanged and Vetinari's clerk shows up... not to tell them there's been a reprieve, but to hurry up.
** *** Vetinari gives Moist and [[spoiler:Reacher Gilt]] the option to work for him... or, if they don't want to, just walk out the door and he won't bother them again. Of course, there's a loooooong drop on the other side of that door...
*** This particular one is {{lampshaded}} in a brilliant fashion by Moist's narration; hedoor. Moist ''instantly'' recognized from Vetinari's tone and ExactWords ("you will never hear from me again") that he should file the door idea under "Deeply Suspicious".
**Suspicious". It's unclear whether or not [[spoiler: Gilt did]].
*** Vetinari also inflicts this on the Grand Trunk board members who Moist has just revealed to be a bunch of (negligently homicidal) crooks. “It would be iniquitous to detain these men here any longer. …To the cells with them.””
** Literature/MonstrousRegiment has a subversion. During the court martial Sergeant Jackrum tries to use their blackmail material on the third of the third of the army high command that are women pretending to be men. This seems to be a normal hope spot when the only effect this seems to have is to lessen their punishment. The war is going to continue. And then, we find out that Wazzer had The Duchess guiding her the whole time, and possesses her to give the Generals a huge TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. It works.
** ''Literature/GoingPostal'' uses this multiple times:
*** Moist von Lipwig, imprisoned, attempts the old trick of digging his way out of prison with a spoon. Having worn his spoon down to the hilt to loosen one stone in the wall he takes it out only to discover... Another wall. With fresh mortar, implying it had been made while he was digging his way through the last one. [[spoiler:Vetinari, of course, knew and had it put in intentionally, to give the prisoners something to focus on and increase their morale while still making sure they wouldn't get out. He also [[MagnificentBastard provided a new spoon, placed in a small hollow between the two walls]].]]
*** This particular one is {{lampshaded}} in a brilliant fashion by Moist's narration; he
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*** Vetinari also inflicts this on the Grand Trunk board members who Moist has just revealed to be a bunch of (negligently homicidal) crooks. “It would be iniquitous to detain these men here any longer. …To the cells with them.
** Literature/MonstrousRegiment has a subversion. During the court martial Sergeant Jackrum tries to use their blackmail material on the third of the third of the army high command that are women pretending to be men. This seems to be a normal hope spot when the only effect this seems to have is to lessen their punishment. The war is going to continue. And then, we find out that Wazzer had The Duchess guiding her the whole time, and possesses her to give the Generals a huge TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. It works.
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* In ''Literature/{{Starburst}}'', after her first week at the Festival, comedian Rene Browlow is prepared to give up because she feels that nobody likes her shows and her accommodation is terrible, but her mood picks up when one of the Festival organisers is able to show her a recent positive review of her act and helps her find a better place to stay.
