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*''Anime/AkageNoAnne'': The Cuthberts own a ranch and sent a request to the orphanage for a farm boy to help run it. To Matthew's shock, they accidentally send a girl. While the Cuthberts are unsure if they want to keep her, when Anne tells them of her Dark and Troubled Past, they decide they'll roll with it.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': Several times, Mike makes klutzy mistakes, but they end up making Boo, a toddler, laugh. Not only that but through this, the monsters discover that human laughter can make electricity (and in fact, it makes more electricity than their previous source, human screams).
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* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'': Several times, Mike makes klutzy mistakes, but they end up making Boo, a toddler, laugh. Not only that but through this, the monsters discover that human laughter can make electricity (and in fact, it makes more electricity than their previous source, human screams).
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** In "Call of the Cutie", it's revealed that [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRainbowDash Rainbow Dash]] accidentally caused everyone in her friend group to get their cutie marks (those symbols on their thighs) by inadvertently making a "Sonic Rainboom" (a rainbow effect caused by breaking the sound barrier) and one thing leading to another. Fluttershy's cutie mark acquisition also happened after an accidental fall, and the rainboom also caused Twilight to accidentally hatch Spike.
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** In "Call of the Cutie", "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles The Cutie Mark Chronicles]]", it's revealed that [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRainbowDash Rainbow Dash]] accidentally caused everyone in her friend group to get their cutie marks (those symbols on their thighs) by inadvertently making a "Sonic Rainboom" (a rainbow effect caused by breaking the sound barrier) and one thing leading to another. Fluttershy's cutie mark acquisition also happened after an accidental fall, and the rainboom also caused Twilight to accidentally hatch Spike.
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* ''Film/AvengersEndgame'': During the time heist, the team blew it and allowed Loki to escape with the Tesseract. This [[Series/{{Loki|2021}} Loki variant]] ended up saving the entire multiverse.
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Compare MistakesAreNotTheEndOfTheWorld, for when mistakes are ''okay'', but still not beneficial. May cause a SurprisinglyHappyEnding, DeusExMachina, YouWereTryingTooHard, or MoralLuck. A character who benefits from this outcome may end up being an IdiotHoudini if they were directly responsible for the mistake. Sometimes overlaps with CryingARiver (or GiantsDropletHumansShower if it was a giant) if the tears come in useful (whether as SwissArmyTears or just because a lot of water was required), or with CreatingLifeIsUnforeseen if the artificial lifeform ends up liked or useful. SolidGoldPoop and FantasticMedicinalBodilyProduct could apply if the animal did not intend to secrete or excrete something beneficial, as could SurprisePregnancy if the parents end up liking the baby, FreakLabAccident if the powers are good, AllPartOfTheShow, and AccidentalCelebrity if they like being famous.
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Compare MistakesAreNotTheEndOfTheWorld, for when mistakes are ''okay'', but still not beneficial. May cause a SurprisinglyHappyEnding, DeusExMachina, YouWereTryingTooHard, MoralLuck, or MoralLuck.UnintentionalBackupPlan. A character who benefits from this outcome may end up being an IdiotHoudini if they were directly responsible for the mistake. Sometimes overlaps with CryingARiver (or GiantsDropletHumansShower if it was a giant) if the tears come in useful (whether as SwissArmyTears or just because a lot of water was required), or with CreatingLifeIsUnforeseen if the artificial lifeform ends up liked or useful. SolidGoldPoop and FantasticMedicinalBodilyProduct could apply if the animal did not intend to secrete or excrete something beneficial, as could SurprisePregnancy if the parents end up liking the baby, FreakLabAccident if the powers are good, AllPartOfTheShow, and AccidentalCelebrity if they like being famous.
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Compare MistakesAreNotTheEndOfTheWorld, for when mistakes are ''okay'', but still not beneficial. May cause a SurprisinglyHappyEnding, DeusExMachina, YouWereTryingTooHard, or MoralLuck. A character who benefits from this outcome may end up being an IdiotHoudini if they were directly responsible for the mistake. Sometimes overlaps with CryingARiver (or GiantsDropletHumansShower if it was a giant) if the tears come in useful (whether as SwissArmyTears or just because a lot of water was required), or with CreatingLifeIsUnforeseen if the artificial lifeform ends up liked or useful. SolidGoldPoop and FantasticMedicinalBodilyProduct could apply if the animal did not intend to secrete or excrete something beneficial, as could SurprisePregnancy if the parents end up liking the baby, FreakLabAccident if the powers are good, AllPartOfTheShow, and AccidentalCelebrity if they like being famous.
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* ''Recap/AsterixAndTheMagicCarpet'': On a visit to India, Cacofonix (whose [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands new-found]] ability to summon storms by singing is needed to trigger a monsoon) turns out to have [[LostVoicePlot lost his voice]], and the doctors who examine him declare that he needs to spend all night soaking in a bath of elephant milk mixed with elephant dung and elephant hair, in order to clear [[ArtisticLicenseMedicine his sinuses]] -- which doesn't work. While he is sleeping in his tub, however, the villains capture him and dump him in a nearby ElephantGraveyard, figuring the elephants will trample him to death for intruding -- but since Cacofonix now smells like an elephant, [[UnexpectedKindness they instead accept him as one of their own]].
* The precise combination of metals in Franchise/CaptainAmerica's shield was a complete accident. At least, the initial combination of vibranium and steel was intended, but not the mysterious third component that somehow got into it when it was in a liquid state. Attempts to replicate it have all failed in comparison.
* In one ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' comic, a cleaning product causes a lump of Gary's slime to turn into a slime man. While the citizens are at first angry that he gets slime everywhere, they become pleased once they realise it's beneficial in some ways (for instance, it fixes one fish's squeaky door and clears another one's skin).
* The precise combination of metals in Franchise/CaptainAmerica's shield was a complete accident. At least, the initial combination of vibranium and steel was intended, but not the mysterious third component that somehow got into it when it was in a liquid state. Attempts to replicate it have all failed in comparison.
* In one ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' comic, a cleaning product causes a lump of Gary's slime to turn into a slime man. While the citizens are at first angry that he gets slime everywhere, they become pleased once they realise it's beneficial in some ways (for instance, it fixes one fish's squeaky door and clears another one's skin).
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* ''Recap/AsterixAndTheMagicCarpet'': On ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'': In "Recap/AsterixAndTheMagicCarpet", on a visit to India, Cacofonix (whose [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands new-found]] ability to summon storms by singing is needed to trigger a monsoon) turns out to have [[LostVoicePlot lost his voice]], and the doctors who examine him declare that he needs to spend all night soaking in a bath of elephant milk mixed with elephant dung and elephant hair, in order to clear [[ArtisticLicenseMedicine his sinuses]] -- which doesn't work. While he is sleeping in his tub, however, the villains capture him and dump him in a nearby ElephantGraveyard, figuring the elephants will trample him to death for intruding -- but since Cacofonix now smells like an elephant, [[UnexpectedKindness they instead accept him as one of their own]].
* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'': The precise combination of metals inFranchise/CaptainAmerica's Captain America's shield was a complete accident. At least, the initial combination of vibranium and steel was intended, but not the mysterious third component that somehow got into it when it was in a liquid state. Attempts to replicate it have all failed in comparison.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In one''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' comic, a cleaning product causes a lump of Gary's slime to turn into a slime man. While the citizens are at first angry that he gets slime everywhere, they become pleased once they realise it's beneficial in some ways (for instance, it fixes one fish's squeaky door and clears another one's skin).
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* ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'' Lin Fa's trait is she is a very absent-minded woman, but it always comes out right for her, she forgot a customer's order? the customer thanks her because they're on a diet, among other improbable good turns that baffles the main character.
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** In one "Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures" skit, an [[FunnyAnimal anthropomorphic rat]] named Big Bob phones the bakery Ernie and Bert are working at and asks for "chocolate surprise". When Ernie reveals they don't sell that, he asks for bread, pie, and chocolate cake. They end up making a huge mess due to spilled chocolate sauce, dough going everywhere from [[ImpossibleLeavening too much yeast]], and pies flying everywhere from an AssemblyLineFastForward. However, when Big Bob arrives, he reveals that that's what "chocolate surprise" is.
** In one episode, [[IneptMage Abby]] tries to cast a spell to make Baby Bear no longer [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes afraid of bees]]. It instead [[{{Animorphism}} turns him and Gordon into bees]], however, after temporarily living as a bee, he gets over his fear of his own accord.
** In a "Hero Guy" skit, Baby Bear and Hero Guy enter a drawing of a boat, only to find no ocean. However, they end up so sad that their combined tears make an ocean, allowing them to sail after all.
** In another "Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures" skit, Ernie accidentally attracts the missing herd of elephants back by blowing his nose, [[FooledByTheSound which they mistook for another elephant]].
** In one "Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures" skit, an [[FunnyAnimal anthropomorphic rat]] named Big Bob phones the bakery Ernie and Bert are working at and asks for "chocolate surprise". When Ernie reveals they don't sell that, he asks for bread, pie, and chocolate cake. They end up making a huge mess due to spilled chocolate sauce, dough going everywhere from [[ImpossibleLeavening too much yeast]], and pies flying everywhere from an AssemblyLineFastForward. However, when Big Bob arrives, he reveals that that's what "chocolate surprise" is.
** In one episode, [[IneptMage Abby]] tries to cast a spell to make Baby Bear no longer [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes afraid of bees]]. It instead [[{{Animorphism}} turns him and Gordon into bees]], however, after temporarily living as a bee, he gets over his fear of his own accord.
** In a "Hero Guy" skit, Baby Bear and Hero Guy enter a drawing of a boat, only to find no ocean. However, they end up so sad that their combined tears make an ocean, allowing them to sail after all.
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** In one "Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures" skit, an [[FunnyAnimal anthropomorphic rat]] named Big Bob phones the bakery Ernie and Bert are working at and asks for "chocolate surprise". When Ernie reveals they don't sell that, he asks for bread, pie, and chocolate cake. They end up making a huge mess due to spilled chocolate sauce, dough going everywhere from [[ImpossibleLeavening too much yeast]], and pies flying everywhere from an AssemblyLineFastForward. However, when Big Bob arrives, he reveals that that's what "chocolate surprise" is.
** In one episode, [[IneptMage Abby]] tries to cast a spell to make Baby Bear no longer [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes afraid of bees]]. It instead [[{{Animorphism}} turns him and Gordon into bees]], however, after temporarily living as a bee, he gets over his fear of his own accord.
** In a "Hero Guy" skit, Baby Bear and Hero Guy enter a drawing of a boat, only to find no ocean. However, they end up so sad that their combined tears make an ocean, allowing them to sail after all.
** In another "Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures" skit, Ernie accidentally attracts the missing herd of elephants back by blowing his nose, [[FooledByTheSound which they mistook for another elephant]].
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* ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'': "Home is Where the Bear Is" reveals that Bear occasionally drops crumbs when he eats bread and cheese, which Tutter then enjoys eating.
* ''Series/SesameStreet'':
** In one "Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures" skit, an [[FunnyAnimal anthropomorphic rat]] named Big Bob phones the bakery Ernie and Bert are working at and asks for "chocolate surprise". When Ernie reveals they don't sell that, he asks for bread, pie, and chocolate cake. They end up making a huge mess due to spilled chocolate sauce, dough going everywhere from [[ImpossibleLeavening too much yeast]], and pies flying everywhere from an AssemblyLineFastForward. However, when Big Bob arrives, he reveals that that's what "chocolate surprise" is.
** In one episode, [[IneptMage Abby]] tries to cast a spell to make Baby Bear no longer [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes afraid of bees]]. It instead [[{{Animorphism}} turns him and Gordon into bees]], however, after temporarily living as a bee, he gets over his fear of his own accord.
** In a "Hero Guy" skit, Baby Bear and Hero Guy enter a drawing of a boat, only to find no ocean. However, they end up so sad that their combined tears make an ocean, allowing them to sail after all.
** In another "Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures" skit, Ernie accidentally attracts the missing herd of elephants back by blowing his nose, [[FooledByTheSound which they mistook for another elephant]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBalladOfNessie'', Nessie cries due to being homeless, but ends up making Loch Ness, ending on AnAesop about how ItsOkayToCry.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': Several times, Mike makes klutzy mistakes, but they end up making Boo, a toddler, laugh. Not only that, but through this, the monsters discover that human laughter can make electricity (and in fact, it makes more electricity than their previous source, human screams).
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* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': Several times, Mike makes klutzy mistakes, but they end up making Boo, a toddler, laugh. Not only that, that but through this, the monsters discover that human laughter can make electricity (and in fact, it makes more electricity than their previous source, human screams).
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** In "Fishy", Bertie tries to prank [[NerdyBully Nick]] with a maggot sandwich during a [[FishingEpisode fishing trip]]. He fails, but ends up catching a large carp that was attracted to the sandwich.
** In "Mud", Bertie accidentally scores a goal in soccer/football, leading to a draw, which the school considers as good as a win, since they were playing against a notoriously hard-to-beat team called Cropper Lane.
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* ''Literature/TheGirlWhoNeverMadeMistakes'': [[TheAce Beatrice]] attempts to juggle a [[WaterGunsAndBalloons water balloon]], a pepper shaker, and Humbert the hamster, only for the latter unleash an IllTimedSneeze from the [[PepperSneeze pepper]]. He pops the balloon with his claws and Beatrice ends up soaked from head to toe. The audience is shocked that someone as talented as her actually messed up for once, but they laugh anyway because of how hilarious it was, and Beatrice is just glad they had a positive response.
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* ''Literature/TheGirlWhoNeverMadeMistakes'': [[TheAce Beatrice]] attempts to juggle a [[WaterGunsAndBalloons water balloon]], a pepper shaker, and Humbert the hamster, only for the latter to unleash an IllTimedSneeze from the [[PepperSneeze pepper]]. He pops the balloon with his claws and Beatrice ends up soaked from head to toe. The audience is shocked that someone as talented as her actually messed up for once, but they laugh anyway because of how hilarious it was, and Beatrice is just glad they had a positive response.
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* In the ''Literature/{{Mog}}'' book "Mog's Bad Thing", Mog falls out of the attic window and lands in the tent of a "most unusual cat" competition. This makes her win, since the judges note it's unusual for a cat to "fly".
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** In "In Which Eeyore Has a Birthday and Gets Two Presents", Pooh tries to give honey to Eeyore for a [[BirthdayEpisode birthday present]], while Piglet tries to give a balloon. However, the balloon pops and Pooh eats the honey. Despite this, however, Eeyore likes the burst balloon and the pot, since he enjoys [[IncrediblyLameFun putting the balloon in the pot and taking it out again over and over]].
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** In "In Which Eeyore Has a Birthday and Gets Two Presents", Pooh tries to give honey to Eeyore for a [[BirthdayEpisode birthday present]], while Piglet tries to give him a balloon. However, the balloon pops and Pooh eats the honey. Despite this, however, Eeyore likes the burst balloon and the pot, since he enjoys [[IncrediblyLameFun putting the balloon in the pot and taking it out again over and over]].
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* In the Literature/BookOfGenesis, Joseph's brothers, out jealousy for their father's clear favoritism, throw Joseph down a well and then sell him to Egyptian slavers. Joseph endures further trials in Egypt, including imprisonment after a FalseRapeAccusation--but this unexpectedly puts him in the position to interpret a prophetic dream from the Pharaoh himself. Impressed by Joseph's wisdom, Pharaoh promotes him to be his right-hand man, and Joseph's leadership helps save Egypt and its neighbors (including Joseph's old family) from a seven-year famine. When Joseph reunites with his brothers, and they fear that he holds a justified grudge against them, Joseph reassures them of his forgiveness by pointing out it was their misdeed that put him in the position to save an entire nation.
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* In the Literature/BookOfGenesis, Joseph's brothers, out of jealousy for their father's clear favoritism, throw Joseph down a well and then sell him to Egyptian slavers. Joseph endures further trials in Egypt, including imprisonment after a FalseRapeAccusation--but this unexpectedly puts him in the position to interpret a prophetic dream from the Pharaoh himself. Impressed by Joseph's wisdom, Pharaoh promotes him to be his right-hand man, and Joseph's leadership helps save Egypt and its neighbors (including Joseph's old family) from a seven-year famine. When Joseph reunites with his brothers, and they fear that he holds a justified grudge against them, Joseph reassures them of his forgiveness by pointing out it was their misdeed that put him in the position to save an entire nation.
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* ''VideoGame/RuphandAnApothecarysAdventure'': Brill accidentally falling into the Earth Cave at the start of the game sets her on the path to become a hero.
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** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E12BabyCakes Baby Cakes]]", Pinkie Pie is trying to cheer up the Cake twins (month-old babies) by dancing and accidentally [[PowderGag knocks over a sack of flour and spills it on herself]]. This cheers them up.
** In "Call of the Cutie", it's revealed that Rainbow Dash accidentally caused everyone in her friend group to get their cutie marks (those symbols on their thighs) by inadvertently making a "Sonic Rainboom" (a rainbow effect caused by breaking the sound barrier) and one thing leading to another. Fluttershy's cutie mark acquisition also happened after an accidental fall, and the rainboom also caused Twilight to accidentally hatch Spike.
** In "Call of the Cutie", it's revealed that Rainbow Dash accidentally caused everyone in her friend group to get their cutie marks (those symbols on their thighs) by inadvertently making a "Sonic Rainboom" (a rainbow effect caused by breaking the sound barrier) and one thing leading to another. Fluttershy's cutie mark acquisition also happened after an accidental fall, and the rainboom also caused Twilight to accidentally hatch Spike.
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** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E12BabyCakes Baby Cakes]]", [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicPinkiePie Pinkie Pie Pie]] is trying to cheer up the Cake twins (month-old babies) by dancing and accidentally [[PowderGag knocks over a sack of flour and spills it on herself]]. This cheers them up.
** In "Call of the Cutie", it's revealed that [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRainbowDash RainbowDash Dash]] accidentally caused everyone in her friend group to get their cutie marks (those symbols on their thighs) by inadvertently making a "Sonic Rainboom" (a rainbow effect caused by breaking the sound barrier) and one thing leading to another. Fluttershy's cutie mark acquisition also happened after an accidental fall, and the rainboom also caused Twilight to accidentally hatch Spike.
** In "Call of the Cutie", it's revealed that [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRainbowDash Rainbow
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E10FlamingMoes Flaming Moe's]]", Homer throws together an {{impossibly delicious|Food}} cocktail out of leftover bits of liquor, plus cough syrup and a cigarette-ash flambé, thanks to his and Patty's inattentiveness.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E10FlamingMoes Flaming Moe's]]", [[Characters/TheSimpsonsHomerSimpson Homer Simpson]] throws together an {{impossibly delicious|Food}} cocktail out of leftover bits of liquor, plus cough syrup and a cigarette-ash flambé, thanks to his and Patty's inattentiveness.
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** In "Stuck in the Wringer", [=SpongeBob=] is trapped in a wringer, and his plight has been made worse by [[LethallyStupid Patrick squeezing permanent glue in it.]] Patrick ends up crying TearsOfRemorse, which land on the wringer and free [=SpongeBob=] from it.
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** In "Ripped Pants", [=SpongeBob=] [[SplittingPants tears his pants]] (hence the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin episode's title]]) in front of a bunch of people, including Sandy. He's initially embarrassed by it until he sees how much it's made them all laugh, and he decides to keep amusing them with more jokes about torn pants.
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** In "Stuck in the Wringer", [=SpongeBob=] is trapped in a wringer, and his plight has been made worse by [[LethallyStupid Patrick squeezing permanent glue in it.]] [[Characters/SpongeBobSquarePantsPatrickStar Patrick Star]] ends up crying TearsOfRemorse, which land on the wringer and free [=SpongeBob=] from it.
** In "Ripped Pants",[=SpongeBob=] [[Characters/SpongeBobSquarePantsTitularCharacter SpongeBob SquarePants]] [[SplittingPants tears his pants]] (hence the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin episode's title]]) in front of a bunch of people, including Sandy. He's initially embarrassed by it until he sees how much it's made them all laugh, and he decides to keep amusing them with more jokes about torn pants.
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Most mistakes are an inconvenience at best, but these are, despite all odds, happy. Perhaps someone (maybe a LethalChef) dropped or burned some food, but the other character is an ExtremeOmnivore and prefers the food that way, or maybe they flood a place, but the water ends up cleaning it. It might lead to the person [[IMeantToDoThat pretending it was never an accident]].
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* AccidentalAimingSkills: Someone aims at something and hits something else, but the "something else" was a more impressive thing to hit.
* AccidentalArt: A character accidentally makes something that's wrongly taken as art.
* AccidentalAthlete: Someone accidentally comes across as athletic.
* AccidentalDanceCraze: A character is scratching themselves, squirming, etc. and mistaken for dancing, sparking a dance craze.
* AccidentalDiscovery: A character discovers or invents something by accident.
* AccidentalHero: A character accidentally does something that gets them hailed as a hero, but they never actually did anything heroic.
* AchievementsInIgnorance: A character does something amazing simply due to not knowing that it should have been hard or impossible.
* BadassUnintentional: When someone does something that's not just good, but outright ''heroic'', purely by accident.
* CaughtInTheRain: Characters get caught in the rain, but it leads to them kissing or having sex.
* CrashIntoHello: Two people crash into each other, but they end up falling in love.
* DisqualificationInducedVictory: Someone wins a game/contest/etc, but only because everyone else was disqualified.
* GoodBadBug: A video game glitch that the players end up liking.
* GoodBadTranslation: A mistranslation the viewers like.
* HappilyFailedSuicide: Someone tries to kill themselves but fails, yet they stop being suicidal shortly afterwards.
* InsultBackfire: Someone is made happy by someone else's remark, even though said remark was meant to be an insult.
* LifesavingMisfortune: Something that's unlucky in the short term but prevents the person from dying.
* LiterallyFallingInLove: Characters fall on top of each other, but it leads to them being romantic, often for the first time.
* LuckBasedSearchTechnique: A character finds a secret passage by accident.
* MeetCute: When lovers' first meeting is a cute, comical accident.
* MiraculousMalfunction: A machine glitches out in a way that leads somewhere very good.
* MoralLuck: When a character is praised in-story for the accidental good that resulted from their actions.
* PlaceboEurekaMoment: Someone accidentally inspires someone else.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: A character comes to the right conclusion, despite faulty reasoning.
* SerendipitousSurvival: A character is only alive because they were away when a disaster happened.
* SerendipityShock: A character happens to suddenly receive one's greatest desire and it can/will never be taken away.
* SerendipityWritesThePlot: A story that was written due to a real-life error.
* SpringtimeForHitler: A character tries to do something incorrectly, but does it correctly.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: Someone comes to the wrong conclusion about what someone else is doing, but the wrong conclusion benefits the other person in some way, so they play along.
* ThrowItIn: A line of dialogue or scene that was unscripted but was kept in because the creators liked it. Also known as an ad-lib.
* UnintentionallyKarmic: Someone (usually a [[TheDitz stupid]] or naive character) gives someone else their due punishment, but it was by mistake because [[InnocentlyInsensitive they wanted to be the other one's friend]].
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Compare MistakesAreNotTheEndOfTheWorld, for when mistakes are ''okay'', but still not beneficial. May cause a SurprisinglyHappyEnding, DeusExMachina, YouWereTryingTooHard, or MoralLuck. Sometimes overlaps with CryingARiver (or GiantsDropletHumansShower if it was a giant) if the tears come in useful (whether as SwissArmyTears or just because a lot of water was required), or with CreatingLifeIsUnforeseen if the artificial lifeform ends up liked or useful. SolidGoldPoop and FantasticMedicinalBodilyProduct could apply if the animal did not intend to secrete or excrete something beneficial, as could SurprisePregnancy if the parents end up liking the baby, FreakLabAccident if the powers are good, AllPartOfTheShow, and AccidentalCelebrity if they like being famous.
!!Examples that don't fit any subtropes
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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* ''Franchise/HelloKitty'': In a cartoon that's a parody of ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'', Kitty as Alice bawls OcularGushers after she's unable to reach the key to unlock the exit door. [[CryingARiver Her tears flood the room]] and the pressure of the water forces the door open, thus allowing her to get outside.
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[[folder:Asian Animation]]
* ''Animation/NoonboryAndTheSuper7'': In "[[Recap/NoonboryAndTheSuper7S1E18HideAndGoSqueak Hide and Go Squeak]]", Rosygury is about to [[GreenThumb send vines to attack the Super 7]], but Pongdybory [[SneezeOfDoom sneezes strongly enough to send her flying]].
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''Recap/AsterixAndTheMagicCarpet'': On a visit to India, Cacofonix (whose [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands new-found]] ability to summon storms by singing is needed to trigger a monsoon) turns out to have [[LostVoicePlot lost his voice]], and the doctors who examine him declare that he needs to spend all night soaking in a bath of elephant milk mixed with elephant dung and elephant hair, in order to clear [[ArtisticLicenseMedicine his sinuses]] -- which doesn't work. While he is sleeping in his tub, however, the villains capture him and dump him in a nearby ElephantGraveyard, figuring the elephants will trample him to death for intruding -- but since Cacofonix now smells like an elephant, [[UnexpectedKindness they instead accept him as one of their own]].
* The precise combination of metals in Franchise/CaptainAmerica's shield was a complete accident. At least, the initial combination of vibranium and steel was intended, but not the mysterious third component that somehow got into it when it was in a liquid state. Attempts to replicate it have all failed in comparison.
* In one ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' comic, a cleaning product causes a lump of Gary's slime to turn into a slime man. While the citizens are at first angry that he gets slime everywhere, they become pleased once they realise it's beneficial in some ways (for instance, it fixes one fish's squeaky door and clears another one's skin).
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[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': In one strip, Calvin [[SneezeOfDoom sneezes so hard that he sends himself into outer space]]. He lets out another sneeze, thus pushing himself back to earth.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13792105/1/Baby-Date Baby Date]]'', a fanfic of ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'', Stripe accidentally makes his baby niece Bluey laugh by stubbing his toe.
* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': Ami accidentally created her minion "Tiger" due to magical healing not working as intended, but in doing so, Tiger had personality traits that complemented Ami's more than most other minions and cares more about Ami's survival too, so was really good for Ami, since Tiger has been the main reason for Ami's survival twice over.
* ''Fanfic/AGreenChristmas'': A relatively small example; Professor Utonium is about to light the fireplace, but Blossom [[SneezeOfDoom sneezes fire]] involuntarily, which lights it for him.
* ''Fanfic/ThePeaceNotPromised'': Severus' wedding ring is set with chips from both [[spoiler:an alchemical Death Focus Stone]] and [[spoiler:a Philosopher's Stone]]. He only intended it as jewelry, but the combination of the two powerful magics turns out to be [[spoiler:a protection against the Killing Curse]].
* ''Fanfic/{{Pokempanions}}'': In ''I, Snubbot'', Minun the ChildProdigy builds a RobotKid named Snubbot, who [[{{Imprinting}} sees him as her father because he was the first thing she ever saw]]. While he intended to give her a personality, he did not know she would do this, but he is happy and flattered when she does.
* ''Fanfic/PoundAndPumpkinCakesAdventuresAndMisadventuresInPottyTraining'': In "Silly Sweetie Belle", Sweetie Belle accidentally ends up with [[WearingItAllWrong Pumpkin Cake's pull-up on her head]], but it makes Pumpkin laugh.
* ''Fanfic/TantabusMarkII'': Princess Luna [[CreatingLifeIsUnforeseen accidentally created an artificial intelligence]] instead of her intended unthinking robot, who she accepts as her daughter by the third story, and said daughter still achieves the intended goal of reducing her workload. Zigzagged, however, as while it ended up happily, Luna wasn't pleased at first.
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[[folder:Films - Animation]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBalladOfNessie'', Nessie cries due to being homeless, but ends up making Loch Ness, ending on AnAesop about how ItsOkayToCry.
* ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho2008'': When Horton accidentally bumps the clover that carries the dust speck upon which Whoville is, it accidentally causes a condo to build itself.
* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': Several times, Mike makes klutzy mistakes, but they end up making Boo, a toddler, laugh. Not only that, but through this, the monsters discover that human laughter can make electricity (and in fact, it makes more electricity than their previous source, human screams).
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[[folder:Films - Live-Action]]
* ''Film/CatsAndDogs'': Mr. Tinkles is furious with Calico for buying a cork launcher instead of a gun. In his rage, he accidentally sets the place on fire with the cork launcher.
-->'''Mr. Tinkles''': I'm so clever.
* ''Film/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': In ''Rodrick Rules'', Rodrick's band Löded Diper plays a song called "Exploded Diaper" and no one appears to be interested until Susan starts dancing in the background for the fun of it. The audience loves her moves and starts cheering, and the performance becomes a hit.
* ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'': Subverted -- Seymour accidentally cuts his thumb on a rose, which attracts the plant Audrey II, which makes Seymour realises it feeds on blood. This saves Audrey II, but then later, it grows into a ManEatingPlant, meaning that it would have been better had it died.
* ''Film/NannyMcPheeAndTheBigBang'': When [=McPhee=] uses magic to save Mr. Eidelweiss so that instead of exploding from eating the explosive putty, he just burps instead, his burp ends up harvesting the corn.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/AndyGriffithsJustSeries'': In the story "Kittens, Puppies, and Ponies" from "Just Shocking", Andy writes a story about the eponymous animals being killed by [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals a bad man named Mr. White]]. He intended to write this as catharsis for losing a writing contest, but accidentally impresses [[NightmareFetishist Lisa]], his crush.
* ''Literature/AngelaNicely'': In "Cupcake Wars", Angela and [[SitcomArchNemesis Tiffany]] both decide to make cupcake stands at the school fair, leading to a petty fight between them. When Angela tries to make rainbow-frosted cupcakes, the icing mixes together, leading to ugly-looking icing. At first, this accident is far from happy, but when someone tells her the cupcakes look like "blobby monsters", she decides to turn that into a marketing ploy by encouraging buyers to add monster decorations to them.
* ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'': The sequence of events that led to Anne Shirley coming to Green Gables led to a proverbial game of telephone. Matthew and Marila [[WantedASonInstead never wanted a girl]], they wanted a boy [[AdoptAServant that could help on the farm]]. Instead they got Anne. For the longest time they refer to Anne's arrival as a mistake. It actually takes four years for Marila to admit that this was more than an accident, it was something akin to divine intervention.
* In the Creator/RichardScarry book ''The Best Mistake Ever! And Other Stories'', Huckle is told to buy groceries, but he forgets to bring his shopping list, so he buys junk food instead. His mother is initially exasperated, but Auntie Rose is pleased at how delicious it is. Huckle's mother tells her son that this really was [[TitleDrop the best mistake ever]].
* ''Literature/CuriousGeorge'': In "Curious George Goes to the Hospital", George gets up to [[CuriousAsAMonkey his usual shenanigans]] at a hospital, which unintentionally cheers up a sad girl named Betsy.
* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKidRodrickRules'': Greg writes a story called ''Rory Screws Up''. In it, a monkey named Rory accidentally rings the doorbell (though it's not specified how he did so). His owners think he's smart and give him [[StockAnimalDiet bananas]] as a treat.
* ''Literature/DirtyBertie'':
** In "Fishy", Bertie tries to prank [[NerdyBully Nick]] with a maggot sandwich during a [[FishingEpisode fishing trip]]. He fails, but ends up catching a large carp that was attracted to the sandwich.
** In "Mud", Bertie accidentally scores a goal in soccer/football, leading to a draw, which the school considers as good as a win, since they were playing against a notoriously hard-to-beat team called Cropper Lane.
** In "Snore", Bertie and his classmates are at sleepaway camp, but Nick has to bunk with Darren and Eugene (who hate him and vice versa) and Bertie has to bunk with Trevor (who he hates for being Nick's best friend) and Warren (who he finds annoying because Warren is ProneToTears). Bertie, Darren, and Eugene try to carry a sleeping Nick into Trevor and Warren's room, but [[NotWhereTheyThought accidentally carry him]] into [[SternTeacher Miss Boot]]'s room. However, Bertie, Darren, and Eugene then run away, so Miss Boot thinks Nick snuck into her room to cause trouble and [[{{Unishment}} puts him into Trevor and Warren's room]] and Bertie into Darren and Eugene's room, meaning all six boys got the bunkmates they wanted anyway.
** In "Royal", Bertie hopes to meet the Queen at a party at Buckingham Palace. He does, but purely by accident, [[MistakenIdentity thinking she's just a random old lady]].
* In ''The Giant's Loo Roll'', a [[OurGiantsAreBigger giant]] accidentally drops a toilet roll, and some humans find the paper useful (one woman, for instance, makes underwear from it).
* ''Literature/TheGirlWhoNeverMadeMistakes'': [[TheAce Beatrice]] attempts to juggle a [[WaterGunsAndBalloons water balloon]], a pepper shaker, and Humbert the hamster, only for the latter unleash an IllTimedSneeze from the [[PepperSneeze pepper]]. He pops the balloon with his claws and Beatrice ends up soaked from head to toe. The audience is shocked that someone as talented as her actually messed up for once, but they laugh anyway because of how hilarious it was, and Beatrice is just glad they had a positive response.
* At the end of ''The Grouchy Ladybug'', the two ladybugs eat some aphids off a leaf, intending to just have food. As it turns out, however, the plant was sentient and it says, "Thank you" to them.
* ''Gus the Dinosaur Bus'': Gus cries after he's no longer allowed to take the kids to school. His tears then fill an empty swimming pool, and he now has a new job; being a slide for all the kids.
* ''Literature/HandasSurprise'': The title character is carrying a basket of fruit to her friend Akaio, however, animals take all the fruit. However, as she walks past a tangerine tree, tangerines fall into the basket, and [[ContrivedCoincidence they happen to be his favourite fruit]].
* In ''The Midnight Story'' by Creator/MargaretMahy, a griffin cries after the protagonist reads him a sad story, and [[CryingARiver his tears fill a pit]], that ends up being made into a swimming pool.
* In the ''Literature/{{Mog}}'' book "Mog's Bad Thing", Mog falls out of the attic window and lands in the tent of a "most unusual cat" competition. This makes her win, since the judges note it's unusual for a cat to "fly".
* In ''Naughty Ninja Takes a Bath'', a man struggles to bathe his son Finn, who's pretending to be a ninja, and their soap-filled chase ends up inadvertently cleaning the house.
* In ''Poo Dunnit'', [[RoadApples a bear poops near a mouse's den]]. While she initially doesn't like this, she and her friends eventually plant the seeds that were in the dung and use it to fertilise them, thereby growing flowers.
* ''Literature/{{Rapunzel}}'': In some versions of the story, the prince's [[EyeScream eyes get ripped out]], and then Rapunzel cries on him, [[SwissArmyTears inadvertently making the eyes grow back]].
* ''Literature/ThelmaTheUnicorn'': Subverted -- Thelma, [[NeverTrustATitle a horse]], wants to be a unicorn, so when she [[CoincidentalAccidentalDisguise gets paint and glitter spilled on her and an ice cream cone on her head]], she enjoys being mistaken for a unicorn... that is, until she becomes an AccidentalCelebrity and finds herself [[LonelyAtTheTop missing her friend Otis]], so she decides to go back to living as a horse.
* ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'':
** In "In Which Eeyore Has a Birthday and Gets Two Presents", Pooh tries to give honey to Eeyore for a [[BirthdayEpisode birthday present]], while Piglet tries to give a balloon. However, the balloon pops and Pooh eats the honey. Despite this, however, Eeyore likes the burst balloon and the pot, since he enjoys [[IncrediblyLameFun putting the balloon in the pot and taking it out again over and over]].
** In "In Which a House is Built at Pooh Corner for Eeyore", Eeyore tries to build himself a house, but doesn't do a very good job, so Pooh and Piglet mistake it for a random pile of sticks. They use said sticks to build him another house, thinking he's still homeless, and this ends up being better than the original house since it's in a warmer part of the forest.
* ''Literature/TheWitchInTheCherryTree'': The little boy accidentally burns some cupcakes, but the eponymous witch prefers them burnt anyway, so he gives them to her.
* ''Literature/YertleTheTurtleAndOtherStories'': Yertle forces all his fellow turtles to stand on each other's backs to form a tower so that he can have a bigger "throne" to sit on. At the very bottom, one named Mack belches loudly, causing everybody to lose their balance and collapse. This frees them from Yertle's tyranny, while the latter ends up becoming a laughingstock.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'': "Home is Where the Bear Is" reveals that Bear occasionally drops crumbs when he eats bread and cheese, which Tutter then enjoys eating.
* ''Series/TheJoyOfPainting'': The line, "We don't make mistakes, we make happy little accidents," was practically creator and host Creator/BobRoss's AuthorCatchphrase. While painting, he would frequently narrate how he goofed on something, and then show the audience how to improvise with the "happy accident" and use it to draw something else.
* ''Series/SesameStreet'':
** In one "Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures" skit, an [[FunnyAnimal anthropomorphic rat]] named Big Bob phones the bakery Ernie and Bert are working at and asks for "chocolate surprise". When Ernie reveals they don't sell that, he asks for bread, pie, and chocolate cake. They end up making a huge mess due to spilled chocolate sauce, dough going everywhere from [[ImpossibleLeavening too much yeast]], and pies flying everywhere from an AssemblyLineFastForward. However, when Big Bob arrives, he reveals that that's what "chocolate surprise" is.
** In one episode, [[IneptMage Abby]] tries to cast a spell to make Baby Bear no longer [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes afraid of bees]]. It instead [[{{Animorphism}} turns him and Gordon into bees]], however, after temporarily living as a bee, he gets over his fear of his own accord.
** In a "Hero Guy" skit, Baby Bear and Hero Guy enter a drawing of a boat, only to find no ocean. However, they end up so sad that their combined tears make an ocean, allowing them to sail after all.
** In another "Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures" skit, Ernie accidentally attracts the missing herd of elephants back by blowing his nose, [[FooledByTheSound which they mistook for another elephant]].
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': In "The Emissary", the transporter is broken, so O'Brien, not knowing how to fix it, [[PercussiveTherapy pounds on it in frustration]]. That [[PercussiveMaintenance gets it working]].
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': In "Drone", a lab accident results in the creation of a Borg-like, but individual, boy named One. The EMH and Seven of Nine, whose technology were part of the accident, enjoy this and [[ParentsForADay accept him as their son of sorts]], but [[spoiler:unfortunately, he ends up [[DeathOfAChild dying]] as part of a HeroicSacrifice.]]
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[[folder:Magazines]]
* In one issue of the ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters'' magazine, Sprinkles makes muffins, but accidentally gets them wet being an [[AnimateInanimateObject anthropomorphic watering can]]. However, Buck loves them that way.
* ''Spider'': In one story, a monster named Gobbleslop [[CryingARiver floods the world with his tears]] out of loneliness. A poverty-stricken little girl drinks it all and is grateful for this, so [[InterspeciesFriendship she becomes his friend]].
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[[folder:Mythology and Religion]]
* In the Literature/BookOfGenesis, Joseph's brothers, out jealousy for their father's clear favoritism, throw Joseph down a well and then sell him to Egyptian slavers. Joseph endures further trials in Egypt, including imprisonment after a FalseRapeAccusation--but this unexpectedly puts him in the position to interpret a prophetic dream from the Pharaoh himself. Impressed by Joseph's wisdom, Pharaoh promotes him to be his right-hand man, and Joseph's leadership helps save Egypt and its neighbors (including Joseph's old family) from a seven-year famine. When Joseph reunites with his brothers, and they fear that he holds a justified grudge against them, Joseph reassures them of his forgiveness by pointing out it was their misdeed that put him in the position to save an entire nation.
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'': Fate magic can manufacture these; for example, it can make you slip on a banana peel so you'd dodge a bullet or make someone mistakenly leave the door into a secure building open for you.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', the ''Heavensward'' Goldsmith questline revolves around making a pair of gifts for a HappilyMarried couple. Said couple winds up accidentally ordering the same music box as a surprise gift for the other, leaving the Warrior and Marcel scrambling to find a way to make the gift meaningful without producing two identical music boxes. After learning about the mishap, the couple has a laugh about how they're so in tune with one another that they ordered the same gift. The couple is even more delighted to find that said music boxes play two different versions of the same song that sound even better together.
* In ''Francine's Tough Day'', a LicensedGame for ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', Francine [[WorfHadTheFlu is playing soccer badly due to her shoelaces repeatedly untying]], and she only scores one goal, and that's due to standing up at the right time to accidentally head the ball. When her friends ask her how the game went, you can make her tell the truth, tell a "little lie" (i.e. [[LyingByOmission state that she "scored a goal"]]), or tell a "big lie" (i.e. pretend the game went perfectly).
* On a licensed game for ''VideoGame/GordonTheGardenGnome'', accidentally planting a seed in the wrong bed isn't happy for you, but it's happy for the slugs, who eat the resulting plant. Lampshaded when they say, "Oops! That looks tasty!".
* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'': Pit is sent to destroy the Mirror of Truth to stop the Underworld Army from using it to multiply their forces. However, in the process of breaking it, Pit accidentally creates an evil copy of himself called Dark Pit, whom Palutena orders Pit to eliminate. Fortunately, the angel fails in this endeavor and Dark Pit is revealed to not actually be evil, later becoming an ally who even helps save Pit's life.
* ''VideoGame/RuphandAnApothecarysAdventure'': Brill accidentally falling into the Earth Cave at the start of the game sets her on the path to become a hero.
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* ''WebAnimation/MinilifeTV'': In "WORLD RECORD BREAKING!!!", Chris and Ian attempt to break the world record for the world's largest head tower. Ian forgets to contact the air marshal to make sure no airplanes accidentally knock over the tower, but the data is recorded in time and Chris and Ian celebrate with a midair high-five before attempting to break an additional world record for the longest midair high-five. As they do this, they end up breaking a third world record for the most head injuries caused in a minute as air traffic knocks over the head tower, which Ian does feel slightly guilty for causing.
* ''WebAnimation/PrincessLili'': In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFAXZU8YFsk this]] cartoon, Princess Lili is having a PottyEmergency, but due to [[ToiletTrainingPlot not knowing how to use her potty yet]], she just runs around frantically. However, she trips, lands on the potty, and pees into it accidentally.
* ''WebAnimation/SimonsCat'': In one video, there are fireworks outside, which [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes both cats are afraid of]]. The kitten runs over to the easy-chair and accidentally pries two pieces off with his claws, but the pieces land in his ears, satisfying him since he can now no longer hear the fireworks. Then, he accidentally lies on the grown cat, satisfying him because the kitten is now covering his ears.
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* One meme is claiming that one accidentally built a shelf.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'': In "Betty Boop's Ker-choo", one of the many ways Betty wins the car race [[WorkingThroughTheCold that she is competing in despite a cold]] is her inadvertently pushing her car along by sneezing.
* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldOriginals'': In "Pumpkin Trouble", Garfield plants a pumpkin seed and becomes bored as he waits for it to grow. Odie passes by just then and [[UrineTrouble pees on it]], thus causing it to sprout into the size of a beanstalk.
* ''WesternAnimation/HorribleHistories'': In "The Savage Stone Age", Mo and Stitch find a dead animal and throw it away in disgust. However, a cavewoman catches it, and she likes the taste.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'':
** In "Funny Business", Lincoln is trying to help Luan work as a [[NonIronicClown party clown]]. However, the kids don't find him funny at all. That is, until he accidentally falls down, which they find hilarious.
** In "Butterfly Effect", Lincoln unintentionally wrecks an experiment Lisa has made and fears that she will disown him, but to his surprise, she's actually glad he did, as it proved a hypothesis she had formulated.
** In "The Whole Picture", a {{Flashback}} shows that on his seventh birthday, Lincoln accidentally careened down the bowling lane with a ball stuck on his hand, but that it made him get a strike.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyFriendsTiggerAndPooh'': In "Lumpy Mixes a Mystery", Lumpy wants to paint a birdhouse purple but has no purple paint. They don't realise that paint can mix together until Lumpy sneezes and knocks the paint cans over, leading to some red and yellow paint mixing together. Upon realising this, they discover the combination for purple and make purple paint.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E7Bats Bats!]]", the bats inadvertently fertilise the apple trees [[ArtisticLicenseBiology with their spit]].
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E12BabyCakes Baby Cakes]]", Pinkie Pie is trying to cheer up the Cake twins (month-old babies) by dancing and accidentally [[PowderGag knocks over a sack of flour and spills it on herself]]. This cheers them up.
** In "Call of the Cutie", it's revealed that Rainbow Dash accidentally caused everyone in her friend group to get their cutie marks (those symbols on their thighs) by inadvertently making a "Sonic Rainboom" (a rainbow effect caused by breaking the sound barrier) and one thing leading to another. Fluttershy's cutie mark acquisition also happened after an accidental fall, and the rainboom also caused Twilight to accidentally hatch Spike.
* ''WesternAnimation/PegPlusCat'': In "[[Recap/PegPlusCatS1E49TheHighNoonProblem The High Noon Problem]]", Cat accidentally gets rid of Bad Jack, a cowboy who annoys the populace of a town by tickling the citizens, by bumping into him, making him [[HoistByHisOwnPetard tickle himself with his own feather]].
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'':
** The Girls themselves were [[CreatingLife created]] when Mojo Jojo shoved Professor Utonium into the bottle of Chemical X, causing it to drip into the concoction, which gave them their superpowers. Less beneficially, however, the explosion of Chemical X also [[UpliftedAnimal gave Mojo his intellect]] and he became a genuine threat.
** In "[[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS6EP4MoLinguishOopsIDidItAgain Oops, I Did It Again]]", Professor realizes that almost everything genuinely useful he has built was done by accident after he unintentionally makes sloppy joes through his own clumsiness. He feels ashamed of the fact that he rarely creates anything good on purpose, but he comes to terms with it by the end when he has an OpinionChangingDream about what would've happened if the creation of the Girls had gone according to plan; his life wouldn't have been as exciting.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'': In the "Slimer" short "[[Recap/TheRealGhostbustersSlimer10StickyFingers Sticky Fingers]]", Slimer tries to re-paper the walls, only to not be able to due to a series of mishaps. However, the Ghostbusters and Janine prefer the walls without wallpaper anyway.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E10FlamingMoes Flaming Moe's]]", Homer throws together an {{impossibly delicious|Food}} cocktail out of leftover bits of liquor, plus cough syrup and a cigarette-ash flambé, thanks to his and Patty's inattentiveness.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
** In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E2ClubSpongeBobMyPrettySeahorse Club [=SpongeBob=]]]", a nearby plane is about to fall, so it jettisons some food and other things... which land near [=SpongeBob=], Patrick, and Squidward, who are lost in a jungle. [[JokeAndReceive And this was right after Squidward had said, "As if the solution to all their problems would fall right out of the sky!]]".
** In "Stuck in the Wringer", [=SpongeBob=] is trapped in a wringer, and his plight has been made worse by [[LethallyStupid Patrick squeezing permanent glue in it.]] Patrick ends up crying TearsOfRemorse, which land on the wringer and free [=SpongeBob=] from it.
** In "Ripped Pants", [=SpongeBob=] [[SplittingPants tears his pants]] (hence the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin episode's title]]) in front of a bunch of people, including Sandy. He's initially embarrassed by it until he sees how much it's made them all laugh, and he decides to keep amusing them with more jokes about torn pants.
** In "The Goobfather", [=SpongeBob=] is delivering an order to Bubble Bass when he trips on a loose nail. The food bounces off the table and splats into the ceiling fan, mixing it up into a smoothie-like substance. Bubble Bass likes it and Mr. Krabs decides to sell it as an official new food.
** In "The Sponge Who Could Fly", [=SpongeBob=]'s hair dryer gets in his pants while he's on the phone, causing them to inflate. He begins to float and he is overjoyed now that he's achieved his dream of flying.
** In one episode, [=SpongeBob=] accidentally slips on grease, leading to Mr. Krabs emptying the grease tank outside the [[LethalEatery Chum Bucket]], giving Plankton the idea of using the grease in his cooking.
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[[folder:Real Life]]
* Many animals spread seeds from plants entirely by accident, whether by pooping them out, regurgitating them, or carrying them on their physical bodies.[[note]]Some birds spread seeds deliberately, but they're an exception.[[/note]]
* Some animals' prey consists of pest species, so they eat the animals, intending just to have lunch, but unintentionally doing good by getting rid of a pest.
* Animal pollination is accidental on behalf of the animal: they're just intending to eat the flower or collect nectar and/or pollen, but the pollen ends up on them, and then they spread it to another flower.
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-->-- '''Creator/BobRoss'''
Most mistakes are an inconvenience at best, but these are, despite all odds, happy. Perhaps someone (maybe a LethalChef) dropped or burned some food, but the other character is an ExtremeOmnivore and prefers the food that way, or maybe they flood a place, but the water ends up cleaning it. It might lead to the person [[IMeantToDoThat pretending it was never an accident]].
Super-trope to:
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* AccidentalAimingSkills: Someone aims at something and hits something else, but the "something else" was a more impressive thing to hit.
* AccidentalArt: A character accidentally makes something that's wrongly taken as art.
* AccidentalAthlete: Someone accidentally comes across as athletic.
* AccidentalDanceCraze: A character is scratching themselves, squirming, etc. and mistaken for dancing, sparking a dance craze.
* AccidentalDiscovery: A character discovers or invents something by accident.
* AccidentalHero: A character accidentally does something that gets them hailed as a hero, but they never actually did anything heroic.
* AchievementsInIgnorance: A character does something amazing simply due to not knowing that it should have been hard or impossible.
* BadassUnintentional: When someone does something that's not just good, but outright ''heroic'', purely by accident.
* CaughtInTheRain: Characters get caught in the rain, but it leads to them kissing or having sex.
* CrashIntoHello: Two people crash into each other, but they end up falling in love.
* DisqualificationInducedVictory: Someone wins a game/contest/etc, but only because everyone else was disqualified.
* GoodBadBug: A video game glitch that the players end up liking.
* GoodBadTranslation: A mistranslation the viewers like.
* HappilyFailedSuicide: Someone tries to kill themselves but fails, yet they stop being suicidal shortly afterwards.
* InsultBackfire: Someone is made happy by someone else's remark, even though said remark was meant to be an insult.
* LifesavingMisfortune: Something that's unlucky in the short term but prevents the person from dying.
* LiterallyFallingInLove: Characters fall on top of each other, but it leads to them being romantic, often for the first time.
* LuckBasedSearchTechnique: A character finds a secret passage by accident.
* MeetCute: When lovers' first meeting is a cute, comical accident.
* MiraculousMalfunction: A machine glitches out in a way that leads somewhere very good.
* MoralLuck: When a character is praised in-story for the accidental good that resulted from their actions.
* PlaceboEurekaMoment: Someone accidentally inspires someone else.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: A character comes to the right conclusion, despite faulty reasoning.
* SerendipitousSurvival: A character is only alive because they were away when a disaster happened.
* SerendipityShock: A character happens to suddenly receive one's greatest desire and it can/will never be taken away.
* SerendipityWritesThePlot: A story that was written due to a real-life error.
* SpringtimeForHitler: A character tries to do something incorrectly, but does it correctly.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: Someone comes to the wrong conclusion about what someone else is doing, but the wrong conclusion benefits the other person in some way, so they play along.
* ThrowItIn: A line of dialogue or scene that was unscripted but was kept in because the creators liked it. Also known as an ad-lib.
* UnintentionallyKarmic: Someone (usually a [[TheDitz stupid]] or naive character) gives someone else their due punishment, but it was by mistake because [[InnocentlyInsensitive they wanted to be the other one's friend]].
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Compare MistakesAreNotTheEndOfTheWorld, for when mistakes are ''okay'', but still not beneficial. May cause a SurprisinglyHappyEnding, DeusExMachina, YouWereTryingTooHard, or MoralLuck. Sometimes overlaps with CryingARiver (or GiantsDropletHumansShower if it was a giant) if the tears come in useful (whether as SwissArmyTears or just because a lot of water was required), or with CreatingLifeIsUnforeseen if the artificial lifeform ends up liked or useful. SolidGoldPoop and FantasticMedicinalBodilyProduct could apply if the animal did not intend to secrete or excrete something beneficial, as could SurprisePregnancy if the parents end up liking the baby, FreakLabAccident if the powers are good, AllPartOfTheShow, and AccidentalCelebrity if they like being famous.
!!Examples that don't fit any subtropes
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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* ''Franchise/HelloKitty'': In a cartoon that's a parody of ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'', Kitty as Alice bawls OcularGushers after she's unable to reach the key to unlock the exit door. [[CryingARiver Her tears flood the room]] and the pressure of the water forces the door open, thus allowing her to get outside.
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[[folder:Asian Animation]]
* ''Animation/NoonboryAndTheSuper7'': In "[[Recap/NoonboryAndTheSuper7S1E18HideAndGoSqueak Hide and Go Squeak]]", Rosygury is about to [[GreenThumb send vines to attack the Super 7]], but Pongdybory [[SneezeOfDoom sneezes strongly enough to send her flying]].
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''Recap/AsterixAndTheMagicCarpet'': On a visit to India, Cacofonix (whose [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands new-found]] ability to summon storms by singing is needed to trigger a monsoon) turns out to have [[LostVoicePlot lost his voice]], and the doctors who examine him declare that he needs to spend all night soaking in a bath of elephant milk mixed with elephant dung and elephant hair, in order to clear [[ArtisticLicenseMedicine his sinuses]] -- which doesn't work. While he is sleeping in his tub, however, the villains capture him and dump him in a nearby ElephantGraveyard, figuring the elephants will trample him to death for intruding -- but since Cacofonix now smells like an elephant, [[UnexpectedKindness they instead accept him as one of their own]].
* The precise combination of metals in Franchise/CaptainAmerica's shield was a complete accident. At least, the initial combination of vibranium and steel was intended, but not the mysterious third component that somehow got into it when it was in a liquid state. Attempts to replicate it have all failed in comparison.
* In one ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' comic, a cleaning product causes a lump of Gary's slime to turn into a slime man. While the citizens are at first angry that he gets slime everywhere, they become pleased once they realise it's beneficial in some ways (for instance, it fixes one fish's squeaky door and clears another one's skin).
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[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': In one strip, Calvin [[SneezeOfDoom sneezes so hard that he sends himself into outer space]]. He lets out another sneeze, thus pushing himself back to earth.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13792105/1/Baby-Date Baby Date]]'', a fanfic of ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'', Stripe accidentally makes his baby niece Bluey laugh by stubbing his toe.
* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': Ami accidentally created her minion "Tiger" due to magical healing not working as intended, but in doing so, Tiger had personality traits that complemented Ami's more than most other minions and cares more about Ami's survival too, so was really good for Ami, since Tiger has been the main reason for Ami's survival twice over.
* ''Fanfic/AGreenChristmas'': A relatively small example; Professor Utonium is about to light the fireplace, but Blossom [[SneezeOfDoom sneezes fire]] involuntarily, which lights it for him.
* ''Fanfic/ThePeaceNotPromised'': Severus' wedding ring is set with chips from both [[spoiler:an alchemical Death Focus Stone]] and [[spoiler:a Philosopher's Stone]]. He only intended it as jewelry, but the combination of the two powerful magics turns out to be [[spoiler:a protection against the Killing Curse]].
* ''Fanfic/{{Pokempanions}}'': In ''I, Snubbot'', Minun the ChildProdigy builds a RobotKid named Snubbot, who [[{{Imprinting}} sees him as her father because he was the first thing she ever saw]]. While he intended to give her a personality, he did not know she would do this, but he is happy and flattered when she does.
* ''Fanfic/PoundAndPumpkinCakesAdventuresAndMisadventuresInPottyTraining'': In "Silly Sweetie Belle", Sweetie Belle accidentally ends up with [[WearingItAllWrong Pumpkin Cake's pull-up on her head]], but it makes Pumpkin laugh.
* ''Fanfic/TantabusMarkII'': Princess Luna [[CreatingLifeIsUnforeseen accidentally created an artificial intelligence]] instead of her intended unthinking robot, who she accepts as her daughter by the third story, and said daughter still achieves the intended goal of reducing her workload. Zigzagged, however, as while it ended up happily, Luna wasn't pleased at first.
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[[folder:Films - Animation]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBalladOfNessie'', Nessie cries due to being homeless, but ends up making Loch Ness, ending on AnAesop about how ItsOkayToCry.
* ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho2008'': When Horton accidentally bumps the clover that carries the dust speck upon which Whoville is, it accidentally causes a condo to build itself.
* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': Several times, Mike makes klutzy mistakes, but they end up making Boo, a toddler, laugh. Not only that, but through this, the monsters discover that human laughter can make electricity (and in fact, it makes more electricity than their previous source, human screams).
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[[folder:Films - Live-Action]]
* ''Film/CatsAndDogs'': Mr. Tinkles is furious with Calico for buying a cork launcher instead of a gun. In his rage, he accidentally sets the place on fire with the cork launcher.
-->'''Mr. Tinkles''': I'm so clever.
* ''Film/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': In ''Rodrick Rules'', Rodrick's band Löded Diper plays a song called "Exploded Diaper" and no one appears to be interested until Susan starts dancing in the background for the fun of it. The audience loves her moves and starts cheering, and the performance becomes a hit.
* ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'': Subverted -- Seymour accidentally cuts his thumb on a rose, which attracts the plant Audrey II, which makes Seymour realises it feeds on blood. This saves Audrey II, but then later, it grows into a ManEatingPlant, meaning that it would have been better had it died.
* ''Film/NannyMcPheeAndTheBigBang'': When [=McPhee=] uses magic to save Mr. Eidelweiss so that instead of exploding from eating the explosive putty, he just burps instead, his burp ends up harvesting the corn.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/AndyGriffithsJustSeries'': In the story "Kittens, Puppies, and Ponies" from "Just Shocking", Andy writes a story about the eponymous animals being killed by [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals a bad man named Mr. White]]. He intended to write this as catharsis for losing a writing contest, but accidentally impresses [[NightmareFetishist Lisa]], his crush.
* ''Literature/AngelaNicely'': In "Cupcake Wars", Angela and [[SitcomArchNemesis Tiffany]] both decide to make cupcake stands at the school fair, leading to a petty fight between them. When Angela tries to make rainbow-frosted cupcakes, the icing mixes together, leading to ugly-looking icing. At first, this accident is far from happy, but when someone tells her the cupcakes look like "blobby monsters", she decides to turn that into a marketing ploy by encouraging buyers to add monster decorations to them.
* ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'': The sequence of events that led to Anne Shirley coming to Green Gables led to a proverbial game of telephone. Matthew and Marila [[WantedASonInstead never wanted a girl]], they wanted a boy [[AdoptAServant that could help on the farm]]. Instead they got Anne. For the longest time they refer to Anne's arrival as a mistake. It actually takes four years for Marila to admit that this was more than an accident, it was something akin to divine intervention.
* In the Creator/RichardScarry book ''The Best Mistake Ever! And Other Stories'', Huckle is told to buy groceries, but he forgets to bring his shopping list, so he buys junk food instead. His mother is initially exasperated, but Auntie Rose is pleased at how delicious it is. Huckle's mother tells her son that this really was [[TitleDrop the best mistake ever]].
* ''Literature/CuriousGeorge'': In "Curious George Goes to the Hospital", George gets up to [[CuriousAsAMonkey his usual shenanigans]] at a hospital, which unintentionally cheers up a sad girl named Betsy.
* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKidRodrickRules'': Greg writes a story called ''Rory Screws Up''. In it, a monkey named Rory accidentally rings the doorbell (though it's not specified how he did so). His owners think he's smart and give him [[StockAnimalDiet bananas]] as a treat.
* ''Literature/DirtyBertie'':
** In "Fishy", Bertie tries to prank [[NerdyBully Nick]] with a maggot sandwich during a [[FishingEpisode fishing trip]]. He fails, but ends up catching a large carp that was attracted to the sandwich.
** In "Mud", Bertie accidentally scores a goal in soccer/football, leading to a draw, which the school considers as good as a win, since they were playing against a notoriously hard-to-beat team called Cropper Lane.
** In "Snore", Bertie and his classmates are at sleepaway camp, but Nick has to bunk with Darren and Eugene (who hate him and vice versa) and Bertie has to bunk with Trevor (who he hates for being Nick's best friend) and Warren (who he finds annoying because Warren is ProneToTears). Bertie, Darren, and Eugene try to carry a sleeping Nick into Trevor and Warren's room, but [[NotWhereTheyThought accidentally carry him]] into [[SternTeacher Miss Boot]]'s room. However, Bertie, Darren, and Eugene then run away, so Miss Boot thinks Nick snuck into her room to cause trouble and [[{{Unishment}} puts him into Trevor and Warren's room]] and Bertie into Darren and Eugene's room, meaning all six boys got the bunkmates they wanted anyway.
** In "Royal", Bertie hopes to meet the Queen at a party at Buckingham Palace. He does, but purely by accident, [[MistakenIdentity thinking she's just a random old lady]].
* In ''The Giant's Loo Roll'', a [[OurGiantsAreBigger giant]] accidentally drops a toilet roll, and some humans find the paper useful (one woman, for instance, makes underwear from it).
* ''Literature/TheGirlWhoNeverMadeMistakes'': [[TheAce Beatrice]] attempts to juggle a [[WaterGunsAndBalloons water balloon]], a pepper shaker, and Humbert the hamster, only for the latter unleash an IllTimedSneeze from the [[PepperSneeze pepper]]. He pops the balloon with his claws and Beatrice ends up soaked from head to toe. The audience is shocked that someone as talented as her actually messed up for once, but they laugh anyway because of how hilarious it was, and Beatrice is just glad they had a positive response.
* At the end of ''The Grouchy Ladybug'', the two ladybugs eat some aphids off a leaf, intending to just have food. As it turns out, however, the plant was sentient and it says, "Thank you" to them.
* ''Gus the Dinosaur Bus'': Gus cries after he's no longer allowed to take the kids to school. His tears then fill an empty swimming pool, and he now has a new job; being a slide for all the kids.
* ''Literature/HandasSurprise'': The title character is carrying a basket of fruit to her friend Akaio, however, animals take all the fruit. However, as she walks past a tangerine tree, tangerines fall into the basket, and [[ContrivedCoincidence they happen to be his favourite fruit]].
* In ''The Midnight Story'' by Creator/MargaretMahy, a griffin cries after the protagonist reads him a sad story, and [[CryingARiver his tears fill a pit]], that ends up being made into a swimming pool.
* In the ''Literature/{{Mog}}'' book "Mog's Bad Thing", Mog falls out of the attic window and lands in the tent of a "most unusual cat" competition. This makes her win, since the judges note it's unusual for a cat to "fly".
* In ''Naughty Ninja Takes a Bath'', a man struggles to bathe his son Finn, who's pretending to be a ninja, and their soap-filled chase ends up inadvertently cleaning the house.
* In ''Poo Dunnit'', [[RoadApples a bear poops near a mouse's den]]. While she initially doesn't like this, she and her friends eventually plant the seeds that were in the dung and use it to fertilise them, thereby growing flowers.
* ''Literature/{{Rapunzel}}'': In some versions of the story, the prince's [[EyeScream eyes get ripped out]], and then Rapunzel cries on him, [[SwissArmyTears inadvertently making the eyes grow back]].
* ''Literature/ThelmaTheUnicorn'': Subverted -- Thelma, [[NeverTrustATitle a horse]], wants to be a unicorn, so when she [[CoincidentalAccidentalDisguise gets paint and glitter spilled on her and an ice cream cone on her head]], she enjoys being mistaken for a unicorn... that is, until she becomes an AccidentalCelebrity and finds herself [[LonelyAtTheTop missing her friend Otis]], so she decides to go back to living as a horse.
* ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'':
** In "In Which Eeyore Has a Birthday and Gets Two Presents", Pooh tries to give honey to Eeyore for a [[BirthdayEpisode birthday present]], while Piglet tries to give a balloon. However, the balloon pops and Pooh eats the honey. Despite this, however, Eeyore likes the burst balloon and the pot, since he enjoys [[IncrediblyLameFun putting the balloon in the pot and taking it out again over and over]].
** In "In Which a House is Built at Pooh Corner for Eeyore", Eeyore tries to build himself a house, but doesn't do a very good job, so Pooh and Piglet mistake it for a random pile of sticks. They use said sticks to build him another house, thinking he's still homeless, and this ends up being better than the original house since it's in a warmer part of the forest.
* ''Literature/TheWitchInTheCherryTree'': The little boy accidentally burns some cupcakes, but the eponymous witch prefers them burnt anyway, so he gives them to her.
* ''Literature/YertleTheTurtleAndOtherStories'': Yertle forces all his fellow turtles to stand on each other's backs to form a tower so that he can have a bigger "throne" to sit on. At the very bottom, one named Mack belches loudly, causing everybody to lose their balance and collapse. This frees them from Yertle's tyranny, while the latter ends up becoming a laughingstock.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'': "Home is Where the Bear Is" reveals that Bear occasionally drops crumbs when he eats bread and cheese, which Tutter then enjoys eating.
* ''Series/TheJoyOfPainting'': The line, "We don't make mistakes, we make happy little accidents," was practically creator and host Creator/BobRoss's AuthorCatchphrase. While painting, he would frequently narrate how he goofed on something, and then show the audience how to improvise with the "happy accident" and use it to draw something else.
* ''Series/SesameStreet'':
** In one "Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures" skit, an [[FunnyAnimal anthropomorphic rat]] named Big Bob phones the bakery Ernie and Bert are working at and asks for "chocolate surprise". When Ernie reveals they don't sell that, he asks for bread, pie, and chocolate cake. They end up making a huge mess due to spilled chocolate sauce, dough going everywhere from [[ImpossibleLeavening too much yeast]], and pies flying everywhere from an AssemblyLineFastForward. However, when Big Bob arrives, he reveals that that's what "chocolate surprise" is.
** In one episode, [[IneptMage Abby]] tries to cast a spell to make Baby Bear no longer [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes afraid of bees]]. It instead [[{{Animorphism}} turns him and Gordon into bees]], however, after temporarily living as a bee, he gets over his fear of his own accord.
** In a "Hero Guy" skit, Baby Bear and Hero Guy enter a drawing of a boat, only to find no ocean. However, they end up so sad that their combined tears make an ocean, allowing them to sail after all.
** In another "Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures" skit, Ernie accidentally attracts the missing herd of elephants back by blowing his nose, [[FooledByTheSound which they mistook for another elephant]].
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': In "The Emissary", the transporter is broken, so O'Brien, not knowing how to fix it, [[PercussiveTherapy pounds on it in frustration]]. That [[PercussiveMaintenance gets it working]].
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': In "Drone", a lab accident results in the creation of a Borg-like, but individual, boy named One. The EMH and Seven of Nine, whose technology were part of the accident, enjoy this and [[ParentsForADay accept him as their son of sorts]], but [[spoiler:unfortunately, he ends up [[DeathOfAChild dying]] as part of a HeroicSacrifice.]]
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[[folder:Magazines]]
* In one issue of the ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters'' magazine, Sprinkles makes muffins, but accidentally gets them wet being an [[AnimateInanimateObject anthropomorphic watering can]]. However, Buck loves them that way.
* ''Spider'': In one story, a monster named Gobbleslop [[CryingARiver floods the world with his tears]] out of loneliness. A poverty-stricken little girl drinks it all and is grateful for this, so [[InterspeciesFriendship she becomes his friend]].
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[[folder:Mythology and Religion]]
* In the Literature/BookOfGenesis, Joseph's brothers, out jealousy for their father's clear favoritism, throw Joseph down a well and then sell him to Egyptian slavers. Joseph endures further trials in Egypt, including imprisonment after a FalseRapeAccusation--but this unexpectedly puts him in the position to interpret a prophetic dream from the Pharaoh himself. Impressed by Joseph's wisdom, Pharaoh promotes him to be his right-hand man, and Joseph's leadership helps save Egypt and its neighbors (including Joseph's old family) from a seven-year famine. When Joseph reunites with his brothers, and they fear that he holds a justified grudge against them, Joseph reassures them of his forgiveness by pointing out it was their misdeed that put him in the position to save an entire nation.
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'': Fate magic can manufacture these; for example, it can make you slip on a banana peel so you'd dodge a bullet or make someone mistakenly leave the door into a secure building open for you.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', the ''Heavensward'' Goldsmith questline revolves around making a pair of gifts for a HappilyMarried couple. Said couple winds up accidentally ordering the same music box as a surprise gift for the other, leaving the Warrior and Marcel scrambling to find a way to make the gift meaningful without producing two identical music boxes. After learning about the mishap, the couple has a laugh about how they're so in tune with one another that they ordered the same gift. The couple is even more delighted to find that said music boxes play two different versions of the same song that sound even better together.
* In ''Francine's Tough Day'', a LicensedGame for ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', Francine [[WorfHadTheFlu is playing soccer badly due to her shoelaces repeatedly untying]], and she only scores one goal, and that's due to standing up at the right time to accidentally head the ball. When her friends ask her how the game went, you can make her tell the truth, tell a "little lie" (i.e. [[LyingByOmission state that she "scored a goal"]]), or tell a "big lie" (i.e. pretend the game went perfectly).
* On a licensed game for ''VideoGame/GordonTheGardenGnome'', accidentally planting a seed in the wrong bed isn't happy for you, but it's happy for the slugs, who eat the resulting plant. Lampshaded when they say, "Oops! That looks tasty!".
* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'': Pit is sent to destroy the Mirror of Truth to stop the Underworld Army from using it to multiply their forces. However, in the process of breaking it, Pit accidentally creates an evil copy of himself called Dark Pit, whom Palutena orders Pit to eliminate. Fortunately, the angel fails in this endeavor and Dark Pit is revealed to not actually be evil, later becoming an ally who even helps save Pit's life.
* ''VideoGame/RuphandAnApothecarysAdventure'': Brill accidentally falling into the Earth Cave at the start of the game sets her on the path to become a hero.
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* ''WebAnimation/MinilifeTV'': In "WORLD RECORD BREAKING!!!", Chris and Ian attempt to break the world record for the world's largest head tower. Ian forgets to contact the air marshal to make sure no airplanes accidentally knock over the tower, but the data is recorded in time and Chris and Ian celebrate with a midair high-five before attempting to break an additional world record for the longest midair high-five. As they do this, they end up breaking a third world record for the most head injuries caused in a minute as air traffic knocks over the head tower, which Ian does feel slightly guilty for causing.
* ''WebAnimation/PrincessLili'': In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFAXZU8YFsk this]] cartoon, Princess Lili is having a PottyEmergency, but due to [[ToiletTrainingPlot not knowing how to use her potty yet]], she just runs around frantically. However, she trips, lands on the potty, and pees into it accidentally.
* ''WebAnimation/SimonsCat'': In one video, there are fireworks outside, which [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes both cats are afraid of]]. The kitten runs over to the easy-chair and accidentally pries two pieces off with his claws, but the pieces land in his ears, satisfying him since he can now no longer hear the fireworks. Then, he accidentally lies on the grown cat, satisfying him because the kitten is now covering his ears.
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* One meme is claiming that one accidentally built a shelf.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'': In "Betty Boop's Ker-choo", one of the many ways Betty wins the car race [[WorkingThroughTheCold that she is competing in despite a cold]] is her inadvertently pushing her car along by sneezing.
* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldOriginals'': In "Pumpkin Trouble", Garfield plants a pumpkin seed and becomes bored as he waits for it to grow. Odie passes by just then and [[UrineTrouble pees on it]], thus causing it to sprout into the size of a beanstalk.
* ''WesternAnimation/HorribleHistories'': In "The Savage Stone Age", Mo and Stitch find a dead animal and throw it away in disgust. However, a cavewoman catches it, and she likes the taste.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'':
** In "Funny Business", Lincoln is trying to help Luan work as a [[NonIronicClown party clown]]. However, the kids don't find him funny at all. That is, until he accidentally falls down, which they find hilarious.
** In "Butterfly Effect", Lincoln unintentionally wrecks an experiment Lisa has made and fears that she will disown him, but to his surprise, she's actually glad he did, as it proved a hypothesis she had formulated.
** In "The Whole Picture", a {{Flashback}} shows that on his seventh birthday, Lincoln accidentally careened down the bowling lane with a ball stuck on his hand, but that it made him get a strike.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyFriendsTiggerAndPooh'': In "Lumpy Mixes a Mystery", Lumpy wants to paint a birdhouse purple but has no purple paint. They don't realise that paint can mix together until Lumpy sneezes and knocks the paint cans over, leading to some red and yellow paint mixing together. Upon realising this, they discover the combination for purple and make purple paint.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E7Bats Bats!]]", the bats inadvertently fertilise the apple trees [[ArtisticLicenseBiology with their spit]].
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E12BabyCakes Baby Cakes]]", Pinkie Pie is trying to cheer up the Cake twins (month-old babies) by dancing and accidentally [[PowderGag knocks over a sack of flour and spills it on herself]]. This cheers them up.
** In "Call of the Cutie", it's revealed that Rainbow Dash accidentally caused everyone in her friend group to get their cutie marks (those symbols on their thighs) by inadvertently making a "Sonic Rainboom" (a rainbow effect caused by breaking the sound barrier) and one thing leading to another. Fluttershy's cutie mark acquisition also happened after an accidental fall, and the rainboom also caused Twilight to accidentally hatch Spike.
* ''WesternAnimation/PegPlusCat'': In "[[Recap/PegPlusCatS1E49TheHighNoonProblem The High Noon Problem]]", Cat accidentally gets rid of Bad Jack, a cowboy who annoys the populace of a town by tickling the citizens, by bumping into him, making him [[HoistByHisOwnPetard tickle himself with his own feather]].
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'':
** The Girls themselves were [[CreatingLife created]] when Mojo Jojo shoved Professor Utonium into the bottle of Chemical X, causing it to drip into the concoction, which gave them their superpowers. Less beneficially, however, the explosion of Chemical X also [[UpliftedAnimal gave Mojo his intellect]] and he became a genuine threat.
** In "[[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS6EP4MoLinguishOopsIDidItAgain Oops, I Did It Again]]", Professor realizes that almost everything genuinely useful he has built was done by accident after he unintentionally makes sloppy joes through his own clumsiness. He feels ashamed of the fact that he rarely creates anything good on purpose, but he comes to terms with it by the end when he has an OpinionChangingDream about what would've happened if the creation of the Girls had gone according to plan; his life wouldn't have been as exciting.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'': In the "Slimer" short "[[Recap/TheRealGhostbustersSlimer10StickyFingers Sticky Fingers]]", Slimer tries to re-paper the walls, only to not be able to due to a series of mishaps. However, the Ghostbusters and Janine prefer the walls without wallpaper anyway.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E10FlamingMoes Flaming Moe's]]", Homer throws together an {{impossibly delicious|Food}} cocktail out of leftover bits of liquor, plus cough syrup and a cigarette-ash flambé, thanks to his and Patty's inattentiveness.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
** In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E2ClubSpongeBobMyPrettySeahorse Club [=SpongeBob=]]]", a nearby plane is about to fall, so it jettisons some food and other things... which land near [=SpongeBob=], Patrick, and Squidward, who are lost in a jungle. [[JokeAndReceive And this was right after Squidward had said, "As if the solution to all their problems would fall right out of the sky!]]".
** In "Stuck in the Wringer", [=SpongeBob=] is trapped in a wringer, and his plight has been made worse by [[LethallyStupid Patrick squeezing permanent glue in it.]] Patrick ends up crying TearsOfRemorse, which land on the wringer and free [=SpongeBob=] from it.
** In "Ripped Pants", [=SpongeBob=] [[SplittingPants tears his pants]] (hence the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin episode's title]]) in front of a bunch of people, including Sandy. He's initially embarrassed by it until he sees how much it's made them all laugh, and he decides to keep amusing them with more jokes about torn pants.
** In "The Goobfather", [=SpongeBob=] is delivering an order to Bubble Bass when he trips on a loose nail. The food bounces off the table and splats into the ceiling fan, mixing it up into a smoothie-like substance. Bubble Bass likes it and Mr. Krabs decides to sell it as an official new food.
** In "The Sponge Who Could Fly", [=SpongeBob=]'s hair dryer gets in his pants while he's on the phone, causing them to inflate. He begins to float and he is overjoyed now that he's achieved his dream of flying.
** In one episode, [=SpongeBob=] accidentally slips on grease, leading to Mr. Krabs emptying the grease tank outside the [[LethalEatery Chum Bucket]], giving Plankton the idea of using the grease in his cooking.
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* Many animals spread seeds from plants entirely by accident, whether by pooping them out, regurgitating them, or carrying them on their physical bodies.[[note]]Some birds spread seeds deliberately, but they're an exception.[[/note]]
* Some animals' prey consists of pest species, so they eat the animals, intending just to have lunch, but unintentionally doing good by getting rid of a pest.
* Animal pollination is accidental on behalf of the animal: they're just intending to eat the flower or collect nectar and/or pollen, but the pollen ends up on them, and then they spread it to another flower.
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