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** He also does the ExactWords thing that all genies do but with extra malice, such as somebody wishing for a legendary treasure of a sunken ship. Jafar teleports them to the ship, deep underwater. The next wish of the lamp owner was to stop them from drowning (paralleling Genie situation above) which Jafar solves by teleporting the lamp owner back to where they stood before the first wish. That's two wishes down.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter'':
** Rumpelstiltskin promises to grant a no-strings-attached wish to whomever hands Shrek in. But [[spoiler:he didn't specify any limits on who could claim it, allowing Shrek to turn ''himself'' in and claim the reward]].
** He then turns this around; [[spoiler:Shrek demands the release of all the other ogres as his reward, but Rumpelstiltskin keeps Fiona captive, since she's not entirely an ogre, chaining her and Shrek up where they can see each other but not come close enough to kiss]].

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* In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone'', Madam Mim immediately sets ground rules for her ShapeShifterShowdown with Merlin, among which is this: "No make-believe things", specifically, "Pink dragons and stuff." Being a foul cheat, she never had any intention of following them including at the climax when she becomes a purple dragon. When Merlin tries to call her out on this, she simply responds with, "Did I say 'No ''purple'' dragons?' ''Did I?!''" The "and stuff..." part of her "rules" clearly implies she did, but she's beyond caring at this point.

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Madam Mim immediately sets ground rules for her ShapeShifterShowdown with Merlin, among which is this: "No make-believe things", specifically, "Pink dragons and stuff." Being a foul cheat, she never had any intention of following them including at the climax when she becomes a purple dragon. When Merlin tries to call her out on this, she simply responds with, "Did I say 'No ''purple'' dragons?' ''Did I?!''" The "and stuff..." part of her "rules" clearly implies she did, but she's beyond caring at this point.
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* {{Subverted|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'': There AintNoRule saying a rat can't become a chef (in fact, the phrase "Anyone Can Cook" practically qualifies as ArcWords), but there ''is'' a rule that a rat can't be in a restaurant kitchen. Remy spends most of the film trying to be a chef without getting caught breaking the second rule.

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* {{Subverted|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'': There AintNoRule There's nothing saying a rat can't become a chef (in fact, the phrase "Anyone Can Cook" practically qualifies as ArcWords), but there ''is'' a rule that a rat can't be in a restaurant kitchen. Remy spends most of the film trying to be a chef without getting caught breaking the second rule.

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* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' has a plot ''filled'' with excessive Loophole Abuse. First of all, there's [[BigBad Dr. Facilier]] who promises his clients something they want ''figuratively'' and then screws them over by giving it to them ''literally''. In the opening song, he gives a balding guy hair... all over his body. With Naveen, he says that Naveen wants to "hop from place to place", but that it takes "green" to do that. Instead of giving Naveen money as the song implied, he turns him into a frog. For Naveen's butler Lawrence, he says that he can make Lawrence "exactly the man [he] always wanted to be", and does so by giving Lawrence an amulet that transforms him into Naveen (although this didn't exactly screw Lawrence over; it was necessary for Facilier's plan).

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* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' has a plot ''filled'' with excessive Loophole Abuse. Abuse.
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First of all, there's [[BigBad Dr. Facilier]] who promises his clients something they want ''figuratively'' and then screws them over by giving it to them ''literally''. ''literally''.
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In the opening song, he gives a balding guy hair... all over his body. body.
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With Naveen, he says that Naveen wants to "hop from place to place", but that it takes "green" to do that. Instead of giving Naveen money as the song implied, he turns him into a frog. frog.
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For Naveen's butler Lawrence, he says that he can make Lawrence "exactly the man [he] always wanted to be", and does so by giving Lawrence an amulet that transforms him into Naveen (although this didn't exactly screw Lawrence over; it was necessary for Facilier's plan).



** The most uplifting and beautiful example of this trope comes in the final scenes; as [[spoiler:Charlotte's kiss fails to transform both back, as it was past midnight and her title of Princess had already lost its legitimacy, Naveen and Tiana decide to get married nevertheless - as frogs - and then find out why Mama Odie was [[ShipperOnDeck shipping them so desperately]]; Naveen's still a prince, and when Tiana marries him, she becomes a princess. As he kisses her, he thus kisses a princess and both are transformed back to humans]].

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** The most uplifting and beautiful example of this trope comes in the final scenes; as [[spoiler:Charlotte's [[spoiler:Charlotte's]] kiss fails to transform both back, as it was past midnight and [[spoiler:and her title of Princess had already lost its legitimacy, Naveen and Tiana decide to get married nevertheless - as frogs - and then find out why Mama Odie was [[ShipperOnDeck shipping them so desperately]]; Naveen's still a prince, and when Tiana marries him, she becomes a princess. As he kisses her, he thus kisses a princess and both are transformed back to humans]].

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* In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', Tinker Bell gives Captain Hook the location of the Lost Boys' home if Hook agrees to take Wendy away, and adds that he not harm Peter, to which Hook confirms that he will not "lay a finger or a hook on Peter Pan." Later, after capturing the kids minus Peter, Hook lowers a timebomb into the lair.

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Tinker Bell gives Captain Hook the location of the Lost Boys' home if Hook agrees to take Wendy away, and adds that he not harm Peter, to which Hook confirms that he will not "lay a finger or a hook on Peter Pan." Later, after capturing the kids minus Peter, Hook lowers a timebomb into the lair.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'', [[WickedStepmother Lady Tremaine]] promises Cinderella permission to attend the ball ''if'' she finishes all the work and ''if'' she can find something suitable to wear.
-->'''Drizella:''' Mother! Do you realize what you just said!?\\

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[[WickedStepmother Lady Tremaine]] promises Cinderella permission to attend the ball ''if'' she finishes all the work and ''if'' she can find something suitable to wear.
-->'''Drizella:''' --->'''Drizella:''' Mother! Do you realize what you just said!?\\

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