History TemptingFate / AnimatedFilms

* ''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.

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'':

''(The ground begins to rumble)''
'''Ruber:''' Wanna bet?

** "This is not the end of it! I'll get your son eventually! I'll get your son!" Seconds later, Bob makes sure it's the end of it and Syndrome is introduced to the business end of a jet turbine.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'':

** "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.]]

* In the 2012 version of ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax'' 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.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'':

** "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.]]

** "'It's safer in the cockpit than the cargo area'... what an idiot."

* From ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'':

* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' when Mei goes to the 4*Town concert against her mother's wishes, we get this exchange:

''[cue a shot of an absolutely furious Ming heading to the [=SkyDome=] as an indescribably humongous red panda]''

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-->'''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?''

* ''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.
--> '''Mama:''' "There are no ''what'' in America?"

--> '''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.'']

'''Radio:''' ''(after a beat)'' They couldn't. I lied.

* Near the climax of ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'', 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.

* 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.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'':
** 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]].
** Olaf ends "When I Am Older" with the proclamation, "This is fine." Immediately afterward, Gale attacks.

''(Cue tram car doors flying open and Red struggling to keep her balance)''\\
'''Boingo:''' No! ''(One second later, Red falls)''

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'': "Escape from Chor-Gom Prison is ''IMPOSSIBLE!''" [[spoiler: Guess Tai Lung likes a challenge.]]
** 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 lands on his head.
* ''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.
* The premise of the song "I Just Can't Wait to be King" from the film ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''. Unfortunately, becoming king has a fairly drastic requirement...

[''cue DramaticThunder'']

--> '''The Lorax''': That's it. That's the last one. [[LampshadeHanging That may stop you...]]

''(the decorations hit a low bridge and fall off the car; Mickey runs over to them)''\\

''(a car runs over the decorations)''

'''Poppet:''' ''(whispering)'' Katsuma, don't shout.\\

---> '''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!

---> '''Mulan:''' I never want to see a naked man again. [''Cue the stampede of naked men'']

''(the Nut Job explodes)''

--> '''Perry Babcock''': Where are the police when they are needed!?\\
''Sheriff Hopkins crashes her motorcycle into the Babcocks' car, slides across the car and rams into Perry''.

* In ''WesternAnimation/PlaymobilTheMovie,'' Marla's "This can't possibly get any worse!" is immediately followed by a rainstorm.

''([[GilliganCut Cue Moses and Rameses being scolded for the chaos the race caused]])''\\

(They walk in; ''the entire crowd'' sees them and cheers loudly)\\

* In ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'', Lady Eboshi recommends caution with wounded opponents:

** [[spoiler: She's got the courtesy [[LampshadeHanging to deliver]] her own IronicEcho, though.]]

-->'''Miguel:''' Tulio, look on the positive side, at least things can't ge-- ([[CueTheRain immediate thunderstorm]])\\
'''Tulio:''' (angry) Excuse me, were you going to say ''"worse"?!''\\

(They continue to argue as the camera pulls out to show [[ThreateningShark at least a half dozen sharks]] following their boat.)

'''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!

'''Marianne:''' ''(singing)'' I'm coming straight on for you!\\
'''The Bog King:''' ''(angry groan)''

---> [[spoiler:'''Rex''': Woody, look. I see daylight! We're gonna be okay!]]
---> [[spoiler:'''Woody''': I don't think that's daylight...]]
---> [[spoiler:*Cue incinerator*]]

-->'''Miriam''': Your mom must've gone nuclear.
-->'''Mei''': Who cares? What's she gonna do, ground me? (laughs, her friends join in)
--> [[spoiler: ''(cue a shot of an absolutely furious Ming heading to the [=SkyDome=] as an indescribably humongous red panda)'']]

''(car explodes due to the propane tanks in the back detonating)''

* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' when Mei defies her mother and successfully gets to the 4*Town concert on time, we get this exchange:

---> '''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!"

---> '''Mulan:''' "I never want to see a naked man again." [''Cue the stampede of naked men'']

* Towards the end of Franchise/{{Disney|AnimatedCanon}}'s ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', [[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.]]]]

* 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]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/PlaymobilTheMovie,'' Marla's "This can't possibly get any worse!" is immediately followed by a rainstorm.

* 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.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'':
** When preparing Mulan for her meeting with the matchmaker, which ends disastrously, her grandmother sings:
---> '''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!"
** Later, after narrowly escaping the lake with her disguise intact:
---> '''Mulan:''' "I never want to see a naked man again." [''Cue the stampede of naked men'']
* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'':
** "'It's safer in the cockpit than the cargo area'... what an idiot."
** "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.]]
** In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''.
---> [[spoiler:'''Rex''': Woody, look. I see daylight! We're gonna be okay!]]
---> [[spoiler:'''Woody''': I don't think that's daylight...]]
---> [[spoiler:*Cue incinerator*]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'':
** "We're superheroes. What could happen?" Actually happens twice, with the same result.
** "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.]]
** "This is not the end of it! I'll get your son eventually! I'll get your son!" Seconds later, Bob makes sure it's the end of it and Syndrome is introduced to the business end of a jet turbine.

* ''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!
* 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...
-->'''Clerk:''' No! Over my dead body!
* Played with in the first ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'' movie:
-->'''Radio:''' Things could be worse, you know!\\
'''Lampy:''' How?\\
'''Radio:''' How what?\\
'''Lampy:''' How could they be worse?\\
'''Radio:''' ''(after a beat)'' They couldn't. I lied.
* In ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'', Lady Eboshi recommends caution with wounded opponents:
-->'''Eboshi:''' Cut off a wolf's head, and it still has the power to bite.
** [[spoiler: She's got the courtesy [[LampshadeHanging to deliver]] her own IronicEcho, though.]]
* ''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.

* ''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...
-->'''Hopper:''' Well, what's this? [[YourLittleDismissiveDiminutive Another one of your little bird tricks?]]\\
'''Flik:''' Ee-yup.\\
'''Hopper:''' Are there a bunch of little girls in this one too? Hello, girls!
* ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine''. Ringo says "Nothing ever happens to me." Cue the title vehicle's appearance.
* ''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.]]
* Towards the end of Franchise/{{Disney|AnimatedCanon}}'s ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', [[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.]]]]
* ''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.]]

* 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.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}''. "Hear that beetle talk; you'd think something was gonna happen to us." [[spoiler: Cue Lampwick turning into a donkey.]]
* ''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.
--> '''Mama:''' "There are no ''what'' in America?"

* ''WesternAnimation/{{ParaNorman}}'':
--> '''Perry Babcock''': Where are the police when they are needed!?\\
''Sheriff Hopkins crashes her motorcycle into the Babcocks' car, slides across the car and rams into Perry''.
** 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.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}'': Red is riding a cable car with Boingo.
-->'''Boingo:''' Hey, you deliver up this far?\\
'''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.\\
''(Cue tram car doors flying open and Red struggling to keep her balance)''\\
'''Boingo:''' No! ''(One second later, Red falls)''
* 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.
* 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.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'':
** 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]].
** Olaf ends "When I Am Older" with the proclamation, "This is fine." Immediately afterward, Gale attacks.

* 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.

* ''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.

* 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.
-->'''Mickey:''' I'm making good time. This shortcut is a lifesaver.\\
''(the decorations hit a low bridge and fall off the car; Mickey runs over to them)''\\
'''Mickey:''' Well, at least it's not all broken. \\
''(a car runs over the decorations)''
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'': Eric uses an ''extremely'' poor choice in words with the following line:
-->'''Eric:''' Believe me, Grim, when I find the right girl, I'll know. Without a doubt. It'll just - BAM! - hit me...like lightning.\\
[''cue DramaticThunder'']
* 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.
-->'''The Bog King:''' Oh, no! Not another princess! Well, at least you don't sing.\\
'''Marianne:''' ''(singing)'' I'm coming straight on for you!\\
'''The Bog King:''' ''(angry groan)''
* 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.
-->'''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?''

* 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]]:
-->'''Judy:''' Okay, maybe... maybe some of the evidence survived.\\
''(car explodes due to the propane tanks in the back detonating)''

* At the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/TheNutJob2NuttyByNature'':
-->'''Surly:''' Take it easy, Andie. It's not like the Nut Job's gonna explode.\\
''(the Nut Job explodes)''
* Near the climax of ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'', 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.
** 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.
* ''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.
* ''Anime/FiveCentimetersPerSecond'':
** 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.
** 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.
* ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters'': ''the Movie'' has a scene where [[FriendToAllLivingThings Poppet]], [[LargeHam Katsuma]], [[TeamPet Blinki and Mr. Snoodle]] are on a snowy mountain peak.
-->'''Katsuma:''' This is crazy! We're never gonna find our way in a blizzard!\\
'''Poppet:''' ''(whispering)'' Katsuma, don't shout.\\
'''Katsuma:''' Why? Ya think I'm gonna trigger an avalanche?!\\
''[a bunch of snow falls]''

* ''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.]]

* 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.

%%* Film/LeagueOfSuperPets: When a bunch of shelter pets end up with superpowers, a squirrel complains that he was the only one among them who didn't get any. Cue [[ShockAndAwe lightning hands]].