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* In the horrifying dystopia that is ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', one of the most iconic objects were the telescreens, which could never be switched off or silenced; and were also used by the government for keeping watch on people everywhere, including in their homes.
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* In the horrifying dystopia that is ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', one of the most iconic objects were the telescreens, which could never be switched off or silenced; and were also used by the government for keeping watch on people everywhere, including in their homes. Only members of the elite Inner Party get this luxury, and even then, having them off for more than a few minutes will arouse suspicion.
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* ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' has a scene that centers around this trope. As the title character and his team of family/friends are hiding in a bar from zombies, the jukebox automatically turns on due to being on random. SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome occurs. Oh, and the kicker: The movie is set in England, and the song that plays - [[Music/{{Queen}} Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now."]] It takes an axe or something to stop Freddie Mercury.
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* ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' has a scene that centers around this trope. As the title character and his team of family/friends are hiding in a bar from zombies, the jukebox automatically turns on due to being on random. SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome occurs. Oh, and the kicker: The movie is set in England, and the song that plays - [[Music/{{Queen}} Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now."]] It takes an axe or something to stop Freddie Mercury.
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Compare SorcerersApprenticePlot. See also AIIsACrapshoot for a sci-fi equivalent, and if it's a character struggling to shut off a superpower they may have, then that's PowerIncontinence. Has nothing to do with IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn.
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Compare SorcerersApprenticePlot. See also AIIsACrapshoot for a sci-fi equivalent, and if it's a character struggling to shut off a superpower they may have, then that's PowerIncontinence. A common element of DigitalHorror. Has nothing to do with IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn.
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* In the ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E40AThingAboutMachines "A Thing About Machines"]] an AssholeVictim discovers that the clock ringing is the one that he destroyed the innards of yesterday.
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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In the ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E40AThingAboutMachines "A "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E4AThingAboutMachines A Thing About Machines"]] Machines]]", an AssholeVictim discovers that the clock ringing is the one that he destroyed the innards of yesterday.
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The Fairy Tales page calls this story "Sweet Porridge"
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* In ''Literature/SweetPorridge'', a girl is given a pot that can only be stopped from making porridge by saying the words "Stop, little pot, stop!" When the girl's mother uses the pot but does not know the words to stop it, the whole town becomes submerged in porridge.
* A similar plot is used in the tale ''Literature/WhyTheSeaIsSalt'', in which a sea captain commands a magic hand mill to grind salt, but nobody knows how to stop it.
--> "It went on grinding with never a halt,
--> and that is the reason why the sea is salt."
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* In ''Literature/SweetPorridge'', a girl is given a pot that can only be stopped from making porridge by saying the words "Stop, little pot, stop!" When the girl's mother uses the pot but does not know the words to stop it, the whole town becomes submerged in porridge.
* A similar plot is used in the tale ''Literature/WhyTheSeaIsSalt'', in which a sea captain commands a magic hand mill to grind salt, but nobody knows how to stop it.
--> "It went on grinding with never a halt,
--> and that is the reason why the sea is salt."
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* In the fairy tale ''Literature/TheMagicPorridgePot'', the pot can only be stopped from making porridge by the words "stop little pot, stop". When the girl's mother forgets these words, the whole town becomes submerged in porridge. A similar plot is used in the tale ''Literature/WhyTheSeaIsSalt'', in which a sea captain commands a magic hand mill to grind salt, but nobody knows how to stop it.
--> "It went on grinding with never a halt,
--> and that is the reason why the sea is salt."
--> "It went on grinding with never a halt,
--> and that is the reason why the sea is salt."
