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Florestan
Since: May, 2015
8th Dec, 2023 01:07:48 PM
Possibly Advice Backfire, or a Broken Aesop, or an in-universe version of "Do Not Do This Cool Thing"...
Veanne
Since: Jul, 2012
9th Dec, 2023 03:16:07 AM
Definitely Advice Backfire
When someone tells someone not to do something, but, in a twist of irony, it encourages them to do it anyway. For example, in one episode of South Park, there is an anti-smoking presentation, but it is incredibly cringy. The people delivering it tell the kids that if they avoid smoking, they will grow up to be just like them. Not wanting that, the four main boys immediately start to try smoking. Is there a trope for this? Thank you!