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* In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'', Chloe's home economics teacher asks her to "make their own curry". But when Chloe followed the recipe exactly, she just replies that what she cooked ''is'' her own curry. However, the teacher does not accept this and forces Chloe to redo it the following week.

** ''I want Ladybug to be my loving, devoted girlfriend'': Instead of the Ladybug he knows, ''Chloe'' is his doting, loving partner in crime, while the original Ladybug [[spoiler:has become the new Cat Heroine]].

** In ''Chloe's Lament'', Chloe wishes to [[RoleSwapAU swap places with Marinette]], expecting that this will make her the new Ladybug. In reality, this simply grants her the same ''opportunity'' Marinette had, which she unknowingly wastes by botching Fu's SecretTestOfCharacter.

* In the Salt-Shot ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/44607043/chapters/121613383 A Price to Pay]]'', Adrien betrays Marinette and helps his father make his Wish. However, [[PlotParallel much like how]] Adrien arrogantly assumes he and Marinette are "meant to be together" due to his [[EntitledToHaveYou entitlement complex]], Gabriel takes his wife's love for granted, only to learn that they're divorced, with Emilie furiously berating him for actions he'd taken in the new reality that convinced her that he was no longer the man she'd married. As Marinette points out, Gabriel's Wish only brought her back to life; that doesn't mean she has to be part of ''their'' lives.

* ''Fanfic/BeyondTheWall'': As long as you remain inside the village, Gaea will always love you. [[spoiler:And to the villagers, being dead and buried in the village, loved by Gaea, is preferable to being outside the walls and alive, but not loved by Gaea]].

* ''Fanfic/FoggyNightsAndPhantomFlights'': When [[Characters/Persona4YuNarukami Yu Narukami]] stays with the Dojima family for a year, he ends up sharing a room with his uncle's newly-adopted foster child [[Characters/Persona5GoroAkechi Goro Akechi]], who establshes some ground rules. Namely, Akechi puts in place a "No Girlfriends" policy for his new roomate, as he's a middle-schooler and he'd rather not walk in on anything unsavory. Yu responds by asking if boyfriends are still on the table, much to Akechi's [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe exasparation]].

* ''Fanfic/FoggyNightsAndPhantomFlights'': When [[VideoGame/Persona4 Yu Narukami]] stays with the Dojima family for a year, he ends up sharing a room with his uncle's newly-adopted foster child [[Characters/Persona5GoroAkechi Goro Akechi]], who establshes some ground rules. Namely, Akechi puts in place a "No Girlfriends" policy for his new roomate, as he's a middle-schooler and he'd rather not walk in on anything unsavory. Yu responds by asking if boyfriends are still on the table, much to Akechi's exasparation.

* ''Fanfic/FoggyNightsAndPhantomFlights'': When [[VideoGame/Persona4 Yu Narukami]] stays with the Dojima family for a year, he ends up sharing a room with his uncle's newly-adopted foster child [[Persona5/GoroAkechi Goro Akechi]], who establshes some ground rules. Namely, Akechi puts in place a "No Girlfriends" policy for his new roomate, as he's a middle-schooler and he'd rather not walk in on anything unsavory. Yu responds by asking if boyfriends are still on the table, much to Akechi's exasparation.

* ''Fanfic/FoggyNightsAndPhantomFlights'': When [[VideoGame/Persona4 Yu Narukami]] stays with the Dojima family for a year, he ends up sharing a room with his uncle's newly-adopted foster child [[Persona5/GoroAkechi]], who establshes some ground rules. Namely, Akechi puts in place a "No Girlfriends" policy for his new roomate, as he's a middle-schooler and he'd rather not walk in on anything unsavory. Yu responds by asking if boyfriends are still on the table, much to Akechi's exasparation.

* In the ''Persona 5'' post-series story ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24923296 The F Word]]'', Sae fears that Makoto might be distracted from studying for her University Exam by her boyfriend Ryuji. After a series of events, Sae manages to tell Ryuji that Makoto has been busy between her exams, getting their friend Ren out of prison, and her chores, thinking it will get him to leave Makoto alone for two weeks. When she comes home one day, she finds that Ryuji has been doing household chores at their house so Makoto would have more free time to not only study but to rest. Makoto later tells Sae that Ryuji got to the alternate meaning thanks to their friend Shiho Suzui.

* ''Fanfic/OversaturatedWorld'': Discord wanted to build a new science facility in Canterlot High. Celestia agreed, as long as it was not a human testing installation. So Discord made the [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Not A Human Testing Installation]]. [[spoiler:It is in fact quite capable of human testing.]]

* ''Fanfic/ABriefHistoryOfEquestria'': King Aurum uses this to insure that Princess Platinum takes the throne without having to marry (and give power to) any of the [[DecadentCourt corrupt nobles]]. As he points out, Unicorn law says that Queens can't rule, but not that a mare can't be King.

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* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/49891492#bookmark-form An Explosive Way to Start the Day!]]'': When Honoka, who is suffering from a hangover, is putting ketchup in her cereal, she tells her girlfriend Umi that she couldn't get the milk. Umi is annoyed at first that Honoka had forgot to buy milk this week, and then Honoka clarifies that she ''didn't buy the milk, she just can't get to it because there's [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight a landmine in front of the fridge]].

* In ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36981/120-Days-of-Blueblood 120 Days of Blueblood]]'', Prince Blueblood does this twice.

* In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXJ_ZWE265k&t=61s Choices]]'' by [=DuoCartoonist=] (since deleted due to COPPA and reuploaded by an independent channel), a young unicorn named [[YoungFutureFamousPeople Celestia]] worries for her sister's safety, and asks for the help of an imprisoned being named Discord. Discord offers her a [[DealWithTheDevil deal]], promising that, should she sign with him, "the day [Luna] takes her final breath will ''never come to pass''". After Celestia signs, she (and presumably Luna) is transformed into an [[PhysicalGod Alicorn]].
* In ''Fanfic/DiariesOfAMadman'', both Navarone and Discord love this trope. The former practically makes it an art form, given how often he does it.
* In ''Webcomic/FriendshipIsMagic'', Sweetie Belle asks Spike for a dollar in exchange for a photo of Rarity, but it turns out the photo barely features her in it. Later, Spike falls for it again when Sweetie asks for a plushie in exchange for a photo of Rarity at the beach. Spike was clearly expecting it to depict Rarity in a sexy swimsuit, but it turned out to be Rarity at four years old playing in the sand.
* ''Fanfic/InnerDemons'': When Applejack is captured by [[FaceHeelTurn Queen Twilight's]] forces while trying to rescue Rarity, she promises to not try to escape. As she and Rarity are breaking out, she explains that she has no intention of ''trying'' to escape; they are ''going'' to escape.
** This also pops up during the FinalBattle — Queen!Twilight said that she would wait for the heroes in Tartarus to fight them one final time. However, as [[spoiler: [[HeelFaceTurn Scootaloo]]]] points out, she didn't say that ''her army'' would wait, and indeed her EliteMooks start marching on Ponyville while she's fighting the Element bearers. Fortunately, [[TheCavalry the Royal Guard]] shows up to [[YouShallNotPass keep them busy]].

* In the ''Fanfic/OversaturatedWorld'', Discord wanted to build a new science facility in Canterlot High. Celestia agreed, as long as it was not a human testing installation. So Discord made the [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Not A Human Testing Installation]]. [[spoiler:It is in fact quite capable of human testing.]]

* ''Fanfic/ThePalaververse'': From ''Treasures'': Cervile does this to others and himself, trying to forget uncomfortable truths through rephrasing, and "In a manner of speaking":
-->"You tricked me as well, I guess," she said at last. "You said [[spoiler:he was still in residence]]."\\
Cervile hesitated before speaking. "In a manner of speaking —"

** In the planned ''Alya's Lament'', Alya thinks she can avoid any problems by simply Wishing to know Hawk Moth's SecretIdentity. The Wish responds by [[RealityWarpingIsNotAToy creating a new reality]] where ''she'' is Hawk Moth. This scenario is also explored in the [[RecursiveFanfiction Recursive Fanfics]] ''[[Fanfic/RecklessnessMiraculousLadybug Recklessness]]'' and ''Fanfic/VillainOfYourOwnStory''.

* ''Fanfic/ADevilAmongstWorms: When questioned by Dragon and Watchdog regarding whether she can Master others, Makima states that her powers only work on "lower-lifeforms", leading them to assume she can only control animals, completely leaving out the fact that being the "Control Devil" her power applies to anything she considers "lower lifeforms", which includes humans.

** Earlier, Kuushou asks why Sarutobi is doing some paperwork and after receiving an explanation of how paperwork keeps the village running, Kuushou elaborates that he's not asking why the paperwork is being done but why ''Sarutobi'' is the one doing it. Some of it might be important enough to require the Hokage's input, but more a trivial one like someone wanting to expand their restaurant definitely does not. Sarutobi does some research and learns there's roughly a dozen Chuunin whose job it is to go over all the paperwork he receives, handle the trivial stuff, and forward the more important paperwork to him.

** Earlier, Kuushou asks why Sarutobi is doing some paperwork and after receiving an explanation of how paperwork keeps the village running, Kuushou elaborates that he's not asking why the paperwork is being done but why Sarutobi is the one doing it. Some of it might require the Hokage's input, but someone wanting to expand their restaurant definitely does not. Sarutobi does some research and learns there's roughly a dozen Chuunin whose job it is to go over all the paperwork he receives, handle the trivial stuff, and forward the more important paperwork to him.[[/folder]]

* In ''Fanfic/{{Buried}}'', an aspiring criminal kidnapped Kim and buried her alive, then told Drakken what he did, hoping to impress him. Drakken promised the kidnapper that if he took her to the site where he buried Kim, he and Shego would see to it that the kidnapper would "never work another day in his life". Once he leads them to the burial site, Drakken and Shego kept their word...by killing him, as [[EvenEvilHasStandards they were disgusted by what this monster had done to Kim]].

** [[spoiler:Peter demands Echidna to explain why she transports the other Spider-Men, sans Miles, to the Witches' Domain.]]
--> '''[[spoiler:Echidna:]]''' [[spoiler:You're right, it is just you. And another you. And another you.]]
** [[spoiler:When the Spider-Men make a deal with her, Echidna asks that as compensation for her help, she wants the opportunity to see into their lives.]] [[spoiler:Turns out it is never exclusively just the three Peters but every Spider across the Multiverse.]]

** Invoked at the beginning, when Bisca and Alzack put a job request for a PrinceCharming for their daughter's birthday party with a thirty jewel reward they can eat. When Erza sees the offer, she eagerly asks if it can be [[BigEater all the cake she can possibly eat if she takes the job]]. Alzack nervously says yes, before whispering to Bisca that they're gonna need a lot of cake.
** The request itself was because Asuka asked her parents if she can have her Prince charming come. While her parents thought she meant hiring one of guys at their guild to play the role, she actually meant if her PrecociousCrush Panther Lily can come. After all the arguing of which of them is more charming, the guys (minus [[OnlySaneMan Laxus]] and plus Erza) are devastated that a [[CatFolk talking black cat]] is considered more charming than any of them.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11224824/1/Double-Trouble Double Trouble]]'', Mira and Erza have become pregnant at the same time, though it is clear that Mira is getting bigger than expected, which becomes a touchy subject for her. So when Natsu asks her if [[InnocentlyInsensitive she knows she's having twins]], [[BerserkButton she sends him crashing into the floor since she thought he called her fat]]. However, it turns out Natsu ''did'' meant the truth about twins, since his [[SuperHearing dragon hearing]] picked up two sets of heartbeats in Mira's womb.