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* ''LetsPlay/DashieGames'': Towards the end of Dashie's playthrough of ''Life Is Strange Episode 2: Out Of Time,'' he gets to the part where [[spoiler:Max tries to convince Kate not to commit suicide]]. The point is, he has no prior knowledge of this. The decisions he chooses is [[spoiler:"Things will get better," "It was in silent mode," "I'm gathering proof," "Be strong," "Your mother," and finally, because Dashie knows someone named Matthew and that it was 11:30 at this point, "Matthew 11:28."]] After all of these decisions due to having no prior knowledge and no walkthrough to guide him as a result, in the end, [[spoiler:Dashie ultimately ends up saving Kate]]. Due to his success in this, ''Life Is Strange'' became one of his requested games and it racked up a lot of likes.

* Because Matt Engarde in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll'' is [[TheSociopath a sociopath]], and as such considers hiring an assassin to kill someone to be like hiring a bug exterminator, he fools the Magatama, elsewhere demonstrated to detect lies the ''person doesn't know they're telling''' without knowing what the Magatama is when he says he didn't kill Juan Corrida.

* Because Matt Engarde in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll'' is [[TheSociopath a sociopath]], and as such considers hiring an assassin to kill someone to be like hiring a bug exterminator, he fools the Magatama, elsewhere demonstrated to detect lies the ''person doesn't know they're telling'' without knowing what the Magatama is when he says he didn't kill Juan Corrida.

* ''[[WebVideo/LifeSMP Double Life SMP]]'': On Day 4, Martyn and Joel end up accidentally killing the "Ranchers' Revenge" [[BossInMooksClothing Warden]] with fall damage while playing around with [[RodAndReelRepurposed fishing rods]]. In their defense, it had already lost most of its health in the previous episode from drowning when Tango brought it up to the surface, making their job much easier that it would otherwise have been.

** As a joke, a male reddit user decided to urinate on a pregnancy test to see what would happen. The pregnancy test came out positive and the user discovered that he had testicular cancer via a tumour. Turns out pregnancy tests can detect beta human chorionic gonadotropin, a hormone in the blood and the urine produced by the developing placenta, beta hCG can also signal testicular cancer. It should be noted that this method isn't reliable and if people are concerned about their health then they should consult a medical professional for advice and a proper examination.

#RightForTheWrongReasons -- the plan happened to work because of circumstances they were unaware of at the time

#StrategySchmategy

Please note that this trope ''[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant is not]]'' just doing something despite not knowing how, or doing something by accident / blind luck. It is specifically doing something thought to be impossible because you don't know it is "impossible".

#AccidentalDiscovery - to which the adage "not knowing it was impossible, he went and did it" is usually applied
#AccidentallyRealFakeAddress - a fake address (or similar) that a person makes up ends up being real after all.
#AutopilotArtistry - someone succeeds at something they normally fail at when they aren't thinking about it.
#BeginnersLuck - being new to this business, and really, really good at it.
#BeyondTheImpossible - for impossible events or people trying to break the rules
#CentipedesDilemma - someone is able to do something but stops being able to once they start thinking about it
#ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve - devices powered by believing they'll work
#CrazyEnoughToWork - the craziest plans always work
#{{Determinator}} - the person knows it's impossible, but tries anyway

#IThoughtEveryoneCouldDoThat - thinking that their Achievement is a feat anyone could do
#MagicFeather - an object gives people confidence to do things they only ''think'' are impossible for themselves
#PowerBornOfMadness - person ''does'' the impossible deeds because he no longer cares they're supposed to be impossible
#ReminderOfImpossibility - if they can't do it anymore once it's pointed out that they shouldn't be able to it
#RightForTheWrongReasons - the plan happened to work because of circumstances they were unaware of at the time
#RunsOnIgnorance - devices that work only if you don't know how they work
#ScrewTheRulesTheyreNotReal - breaking the rules because you just don't care about them

#TooDumbToFool - a fool immediately sees through a lie or other treachery because they're too stupid to even know what either of those would imply

* ''[[WebVideo/LifeSMP Double Life SMP]]'': On Day 4, Martyn and Joel end up accidentally killing the "Ranchers' Revenge" [[BossInMooksClothing Warden]] with fall damage while playing around with [[RodAndReelRepurposed fishing rods]].[[note]]It had already lost most of its health in the previous episode from drowning when Tango brought it up to the surface.[[/note]]

* In an ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' story, the [[TheKlutz klutzy]] Archie [[EasyAmnesia loses his memory]] following an athletic mishap. Reggie toys with him by telling him he's the school's champion athlete, expecting that Archie will humiliate himself, only to be astonished when Archie proceeds to accomplish incredible athletic feats, such as a record-breaking pole vault ''without using a pole.'' When Archie throws a javelin beyond school property, accidentally puncturing a guy's tire, he gets a [[InjuryBookend memory-restoring punch in the head]] and [[StatusQuoIsGod reverts to his usual clumsiness]].

* In ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'', this has been used as an explanation for why RealityWarper Franklin Richards is so much more powerful as a young child than various adult versions of him (introduced via TimeTravel) have been: he doesn't realize that all of the things he's doing are impossible. An adult Franklin who actually understands the laws of physics needs to think of ways to work around them, even though based on the way his powers work that's only a psychological limitation.
* In one Creator/CarlBarks ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'' comic, the Beagle Boys trick [[WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} Super Goof]] into ingesting a formula that makes him ''so'' hungry he [[BigEater eats everything in sight]], gaining a ''huge'' amount of weight. When he finally gets his act together and goes after them, he's so fat he can barely stay airborne. But he still apprehends the villains when he ''falls'' on them.

* ''Comicbook/TheSandman1989'': Dream and Death meet Hob Gadling, a 14th-century peon who believes that people only die because they accept death as inevitable. By choosing to reject death, he believes he can live forever. Now, Hob's premise is completely, horribly wrong, but Death is so amused by his ignorance that she grants his wish. In a roundabout sort of way, this also makes him completely correct, [[RightForTheWrongReasons just not for the reason he thinks]]. Hob ended up becoming one of Dream's few friends.

* In ''ComicBook/SevenPsychopaths'', this is the in-story rationale for recruiting a RagtagBunchOfMisfits to assassinate Hitler--all the sane people in the military have long since dismissed the notion of assassinating Hitler as impossible, so the only ones who stand a chance of succeeding are those who are [[CrazyEnoughToWork too crazy to realize it's impossible]].
* [[Characters/MarvelComicsTaskmaster Taskmaster]] was on the receiving end of this in his fight with Characters/{{Deadpool|WadeWilson}}. Taskmaster has the ability to analyze and duplicate any physical action, so he can instantly master any combat style just by observing it. Deadpool starts acting completely at random and kicks his ass.
* In a comic book story based on ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'', Dick Dastardly believes the other racers can cross the [[PaintedTunnelRealTrain painted tunnels]] he makes because they don't know it's not real.
* {{Discussed|Trope}} in ''Comicbook/YoungJustice'':

'''Superboy:''' ''You'' know [[Comicbook/{{Impulse}} Bart]], Wondy. If we don't ''tell'' him he can't, he may ''forget'' that he can't and go in circles forever.