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* In ''{{CLANNAD}} ~After Story~'', Shima grants Misae's wish to always be with her -- alas, he does that [[spoiler:in the form of a cat]], which is obviously not what Misae meant at all.
** It's not as if [[ButNowIMustGo he had a choice in the matter.]]

* In a chapter of a {{Doraemon}} manga, Doraemon introduces a robot genie that is literally this trope. Incapable of magic, the robot goes out and ''rob'' and even ''abduct'' people to fulfill Nobita's wishes. Tho in this case, the Jerkass part is that it's a jerkass to the people it's robbing/abducting and not to Nobita.

* In one of the chapters of a {{Doraemon}} manga, Doraemon introduces a robot that tests the purity of the heart of a person and grants the person 3 wishes if they're worthy. Gian and Suneo finds out when the robot grants Shizuka three wishes, and arranges to trick the robot into thinking them worthy. Greed then overcome te boys and without thinking, uses their their final wishes to turn both of them into antropomorphic pigs during a heated argument. It took Shizuka to use her last wish to undo the damages the boys caused.
** In another chapter of a different manga, Doraemon introduces another robot genie that is literally this trope. Incapable of magic, the robot goes out and ''rob'' and even ''abduct'' people to fulfill Nobita's wishes.

** In another chapter of a different manga, Doraemon introduces another robot genie that is literally this trope. Incapable of magic, the robot goes out and ''rob'' others to fulfill Nobita's wishes.

*** In the second game, the driver of Outlaw 2, the sister of the driver of Outlaw from the first game, demands to see her brother, and Calypso responds by hurtling ''her'' into space the same way he did her brother. [[spoiler:This turns out to be a XanatosGambit on her part, as she was GenreSavvy enough to modify her police car for space flight. She rescues her brother and the two return to Earth, plotting revenge.]]

*** [[FridgeLogic So what happens if you say, "I wish this gem would explode and kill everyone here?"]]
**** I imagine it would first remain intact and not kill anyone. Then it would explode and kill everyone there.
**** Or it would teleport everybody someplace else, then explode and kill everyone ''there'' instead.

* More the result of incompetence than malice, but the witch in [[{{Goosebumps}} ''Be CarefulWhatYouWishFor'']] crosses the line when Samantha Byrd wishes her enemy would just disappear - and then ''everyone on the planet'' goes with her. At the end, Judith says "Why don't you fly away, Byrd?" for the thirteenth time in the book, and Samantha is turned into a bird.

Genie jackassery is a natural repercussion of the original mythology since most wish-granting djinn were imprisoned and enslaved by sorcerers (usually [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon this specific one]]) and are ''rather unhappy with their servitude''.

** He also has to obey the LiteralGenie conventions, though. When a security guard wishes for him to go away, he's forced to just that. However, he threatens the guard as he walks away, causing him to say "The only way your coming through this door is through me. And that is something I'd love to see." The results are predictable.

* An episode of ''SamuraiJack'' had a wishing well that followed this trope. A group of soldiers wished to be the best warriors. The well complied, but forced them to protect it. Then Jack killed it with his sword.

As you can plainly see, oftentimes the JackassGenie just seems to be [[KickTheDog taking cheap shots at characters who are literally helpless before them]]. As a result, expect the JackassGenie to be the clear villain in whatever work of media it appears in. The LiteralGenie can be excused somewhat if they're just naturally [[TheDitz ditzy]] or are trying to teach you a lesson [[AnAesop about being careful what you wish for]], the JackassGenie can lay no such claim. If there is any lesson to be learned with them, it might only be "Don't make deals with magical beings that want to screw you over."

As you can plainly see, oftentimes the JackassGenie just seems to be [[KickTheDog taking cheap shots at characters who are literally helpless before them]]. As a result, expect the JackassGenie to be the clear villain in whatever work of media it appears in.

If there's really a moral here, it might not be "Don't make deals with magical beings that want to screw you over."

* The witch from the ''Teen Titans'' episode "Cyborg the Barbarian". THough she seemed to be on the level with Cyborg, so perhaps it was just her master she hated.

* In FateStayNight there's one of these. [[spoiler: The Holy Grail itself. It will interpret every wish as a desire for distruction.]]

* The witch from the ''Teen Titans'' episode "Cyborg the Barbarian".

In short, you just can't win; no matter what you wish, the JackassGenie will find a way to twist it so you end up worse off. [[strike: You're really going to have to make your wish specific to outsmart this guy.]] No. See, that's the trap. Unless you know a rule he ''has'' to follow, there's always MovingTheGoalposts. "Oh, the words you used mean something else in a very obscure dialect in AnotherDimension."

Even worse is when they grant your wish normally, and then set you on fire "because you didn't say you didn't want to be set on fire."

Unfortunately, very few characters are GenreSavvy enough to take this approach, so oftentimes the JackassGenie just seems to be taking cheap shots at characters who are literally helpless before them. As a result, expect the JackassGenie to be the clear villain in whatever work of media it appears in.