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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': What ''really'' makes [[Characters/AdventureTimeTheLich The Lich]] so dangerous is [[GeniusBruiser his uncanny intelligence and ability to learn from past failures]]. If you hinder or defeat him, you can be ''damn'' sure [[ItOnlyWorksOnce whatever method you used won't work again]], as he'll have accounted for it. Billy defeats him with a magic gauntlet? The first thing he does upon returning is destroy said gauntlet. His MorphicResonance gives away his disguises too often? [[spoiler:He hides it by ''[[GenuineHumanHide killing Billy and wearing his skin]]''.]] [[BenevolentGenie Prismo]] interferes with his plans and aids Finn and Jake? [[spoiler:He just [[OrcusOnHisThrone waits until he gets an opening]], then kills Prismo's physical body so the heroes can't go to him for help again.]] There's no second chances with this guy. [[spoiler: Only the Blood of a Guardian and his good half Sweet Pea were able to take him down permanently.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': What ''really'' makes [[Characters/AdventureTimeTheLich [[BigBad The Lich]] so dangerous is [[GeniusBruiser his uncanny intelligence and ability to learn from past failures]]. If you hinder or defeat him, you can be ''damn'' sure [[ItOnlyWorksOnce whatever method you used won't work again]], as he'll have accounted for it. Billy defeats him with a magic gauntlet? The first thing he does upon returning is destroy said gauntlet. His MorphicResonance gives away his disguises too often? [[spoiler:He hides it by ''[[GenuineHumanHide killing Billy and wearing his skin]]''.]] [[BenevolentGenie Prismo]] interferes with his plans and aids Finn and Jake? [[spoiler:He just [[OrcusOnHisThrone waits until he gets an opening]], then kills Prismo's physical body so the heroes can't go to him for help again.]] There's no second chances with this guy. [[spoiler: Only the Blood of a Guardian and his good half Sweet Pea were able to take him down permanently.]]



** The entire show covers a little under one year, yet [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderAvatarAang Aang]] learned three other bending practices, [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderSokka Sokka]] became a passable swordsman, [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderZuko Zuko]] increases his firebending, and [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderKatara Katara]] has become a virtual waterbending goddess. Sozin's comet gives them added incentive. On another note, this is the reason [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTophBeifong Toph Beifong]] learned metalbending -- because she ''really'' wanted to get out of a metal box.

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** The entire show covers a little under one year, yet [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderAvatarAang Aang]] learned three other bending practices, [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderSokka [[BadassNormal Sokka]] became a passable swordsman, [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderZuko Zuko]] increases his firebending, and [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderKatara [[MakingASplash Katara]] has become a virtual waterbending goddess. Sozin's comet gives them added incentive. On another note, this is the reason [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTophBeifong [[DishingOutDirt Toph Beifong]] learned metalbending -- because she ''really'' wanted to get out of a metal box.

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* ''WesternAnimation/AceVenturaPetDetective'': Having observed the Mask's penchant for giving others wedgies, Ace makes sure to put a mousetrap down his own pants for safety. It works.



* IT and other computer professionals can relate to this as well. Many can only learn by doing, which leads to Malware being installed when you want to download a program to use or entire coding not working because of misspellings. Also, no matter how careful one may be, you're gonna brick a laptop/desktop or two just messing around with the registry or trying to remove malware.
** Computer issues also tend to fall into classes of problems, with fixes tending to work with said class rather than an issue specific to the computer. Getting malware because you're installing random apps? Perhaps the issue isn't so much the apps, but rather one shouldn't be running things willy-nilly without something else to vet them or running them in an isolated, throwaway environment. This can result into the general umbrella of proper op-sec: don't trust anything you don't know or can't verify. However, building the knowledge to identify classes of problems takes experience.
* In some Christian denominations, such as the Roman Catholic Church, some Orthodox churches, and the Episcopal Church an individual will be named a Coadjutor Bishop of a diocese with right of succession. Such Bishops usually work alongside the current Bishop for a period of time to gain leadership experience. Usually this is done in cases where a Bishop is planning to retire soon so a new Bishop can take over immediately.
** In the past the Roman Catholic Church would sometimes appoint a Coadjutor Bishop to a diocese as a way of [[ReassignedToAntarctica easing the current Bishop out of office]].

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* IT and other computer professionals can relate to this as well. Many can only learn by doing, which leads to Malware being installed when you want to download a program to use or entire coding not working because of misspellings. Also, no matter how careful one may be, you're gonna brick a laptop/desktop or two just messing around with the registry or trying to remove malware.
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malware. Computer issues also tend to fall into classes of problems, with fixes tending to work with said class rather than an issue specific to the computer. Getting malware because you're installing random apps? Perhaps the issue isn't so much the apps, but rather one shouldn't be running things willy-nilly without something else to vet them or running them in an isolated, throwaway environment. This can result into the general umbrella of proper op-sec: don't trust anything you don't know or can't verify. However, building the knowledge to identify classes of problems takes experience.
* In some Christian denominations, such as the Roman Catholic Church, some Orthodox churches, and the Episcopal Church an individual will be named a Coadjutor Bishop of a diocese with right of succession. Such Bishops usually work alongside the current Bishop for a period of time to gain leadership experience. Usually this is done in cases where a Bishop is planning to retire soon so a new Bishop can take over immediately. \n** In the past past, the Roman Catholic Church would sometimes appoint a Coadjutor Bishop to a diocese as a way of [[ReassignedToAntarctica easing the current Bishop out of office]].



* The famous Edison quote: "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
** A slightly less famous paraphrased Tesla quote also addressed Edison's methodology: "If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search. I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety percent of his labor."

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* The famous Edison quote: "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
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" A slightly less famous paraphrased Tesla quote also addressed Edison's methodology: "If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search. I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety percent of his labor."



** German General Gotthard Heinrici as the undisputed defensive expert of the Heer took this to an extreme: he could spend time in the front lines, just watching and listening, and predict not only where the Russians were about to launch an attack, but ''when'' - right down to the hour. [[note]]he used this knowledge to pull back his army from the front line in the threatened sector, with the result of the Red Army wasting its artillery barrage on empty trenches. Heinrici's intact army would then meet them in combat.[[/note]]

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** * German General Gotthard Heinrici as the undisputed defensive expert of the Heer took this to an extreme: he could spend time in the front lines, just watching and listening, and predict not only where the Russians were about to launch an attack, but ''when'' - right down to the hour. [[note]]he used this knowledge to pull back his army from the front line in the threatened sector, with the result of the Red Army wasting its artillery barrage on empty trenches. Heinrici's intact army would then meet them in combat.[[/note]]

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