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* ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow'' actually has an episode that [[DiscussedTrope discusses]] this trope. After Odie finds a bottle with a genie in it at the beach, Jon does some research and discovers that while some genies are good, some are also bad. Garfield frees the genie (named Omar) and as expected, he is a bad genie, and he demands that ''Jon'' grant ''him'' three wishes. When he has one wish left, he uses it to get unlimited wishes. When Jon fails to comply, he is turned into a frog. Thankfully, Garfield discovers that to defeat the genie, he has to get him to say his own name backward.

** One of the few villains to make two non-consecutive appearances was one of these. Normally resembling a beautiful woman, the Djinn's true form was a demon and it rivaled the Djinn from ''Wishmaster'' in its ability to screw people over. For example, when the crook who accidentally released it wished to be "the world's most infamous thief", the Djinn turned him into a HalfHumanHybrid, reasoning that ''no one'' could ''ever'' forget a burglar who looked like a rat monster. Worse still, she could '''force''' people to speak their heart's desire, allowing her to torment even the people who knew better than to deal with her. Unfortunately for her, however, when the time came to force ''Martin's'' wish out of him, the words that came out of his mouth were "I wish I knew how to save my friends", a wish that was either too selfless or too simple to corrupt.
** The Christmas Episode has an evil Elf who grants wishes but actually grants the exact opposite of what they want. Ultimately, Martin's wish was to "Have a paranormal Christmas", which, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard being forced to grant the wish undid everything he did to everyone else and caused him to go away, making it a perfectly normal holiday]].
* The ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'' episode "Soda Genie" has Rad, Enid and KO encounter a Soda Genie named Citrus Twisty. Enid is all too aware that genies are known to intentionally misinterpret wishes out of spite, so she tries to make a contract to ensure that Citrus Twisty will not grant any of KO's wishes with an ironic twist. This doesn't stop Twisty from tricking KO into wishing that she make Rad a burger, the phrasing of the wish turning Rad into a burger rather than making a burger appear for him to eat. Enid tries to take legal action and the suit ends with Citrus Twisty locked up in jail. KO feels bad for Twisty, so he uses his second wish for [[FreeingTheGenie Citrus Twisty's freedom]]. While Citrus Twisty thanks KO for freeing her, she refuses to turn Rad back to normal with the claim that using the second wish to free her means that she's no longer obligated to grant the third wish. [[UngratefulBastard Even when KO suggests that Citrus Twisty could still turn Rad back to normal as a show of gratitude for him wishing for her freedom, Twisty rudely refuses and just flies off]], [[SnapBack leaving Rad stuck as a burger until the next episode]].
* In one ''WesternAnimation/PennZeroPartTimeHero'' episode, Boone uses this trope to his advantage when he's captured by the villain during a mission where he happens to be a genie, interpreting all the wishes inconveniently.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' has a wishing well that follows this trope. A group of three archers wish to be the best warriors. The well complies but forces them to use their superhuman hearing and skills to protect it for eternity. After beating the archers at their own game, Jack stabs the well with his sword, freeing the world from its evil.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty'' episode,

* In an ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' episode, the Aqua Teens meet Gene-E, a tiny genie who's only interest is alcohol and money. Once the group makes their wishes, all Gene does is turn them {{invisib|ility}}le and he's so drunk he can't reverse the effect. Gene also turned Carl tiny despite Carl's wish was to be invisible as well.

* The Rainy Devil in ''Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' makes a deal with Kanbaru Suruga that obviously references ''Monkey's Paw'', to the point where she actually gets her arm replaced with that of a monkey and interprets wishes very liberally and dangerously for everyone involved. [[spoiler:Subverted, as instead of misinterpreting anything the devil simply obeys her hidden desires to the letter, which are far darker than what she'd expected.]]

* ''Fanfic/BatmanRestlessDreams'': While he's not an actual djinn, he states that he's able to trap people in his nightmare world when they wish that their lives were different.

* ''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings'' suggests this as a possible way that the [[CosmicHorror Nothing]] might grant "favors". One of the source books includes an example of a Shiba bodyguard who was being blackmailed by the [[DesignatedVillain Scorpion Clan]] and made a deal with an agent of the Nothing to get rid of the Blackmail. The agent did so--by telling everyone the Shiba's secret, eliminating the hold that the Scorpion had on him but ruining his life in the process.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX1xdnHh-pI This fake ad]] is for a law office that specializes in genie cases.

* [[http://5secondfilms.com/watch/shazaam-the-lazy-genie "Shazaam: The Lazy Genie"]] from ''WebVideo/FiveSecondFilms'' isn't as destructive as some of the others on this page, but he does waste his "master's" wishes in trivial and embarrassing ways.
* In WebVideo/{{Stampylong|nose}}head's 2014 Halloween special, he tells the story of an evil pig who transforms into a zombie pigman by night called Mr Porkchop. He was originally a human pig shepherd who was trying to raise the largest pig in order to win a competition. A witch offers to grant his wish for a pig larger than every other in exchange for all his other pigs. When he agrees, she just turns him into a Pigman and takes all his pigs.

* ''WebVideo/{{Oxventure}}'' has a D&D campaign in which one of their party gains a hammer with the ability to summon a skeleton army that will do the bidding of the wielder, and the skeletons follow the trope. They are set to rebuild a town hall, only for the skeletons to destroy an orphanage to get the material for the project. When they ask the skeletons to rebuild the orphanage that can hold "all of the orphans", the skeletons use the orphans as the mortar for the building construction.
* Played for BlackComedy in WebVideo/DoorMonster's aptly-titled "I Have Nightmares About Genies": The genie (played by Kyle) demands that JP choose whether he will burn down JP's house or severely flood it, describing in detail how either option will likely end in JP's slow death. [[spoiler:When he hesitates, the genie adds: "Pick one, [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill or I'll do both.]]"]] The video ends before we can see his decision.

* Warren Plotnik from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cyberchase}}'' is apparently an evil genie described by Hacker as the evilest being in all of Cyberspace, and actually wants to free him in one episode so he can overthrow the Mother Board and take over Cyberspace himself. Unfortunately, Warren's only weakness turns out to be his own mother.

* The witch from the ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'' episode "Cyborg the Barbarian" is an odd case. She screws her master over at every turn, but she is perfectly straight with Cyborg, even offering to send him home when her master clearly intends to kill him. Of course, her master is a complete {{Jerkass}} and she is obviously twisting his wishes on purpose.

** Rumpelstiltskin offers the titular character, who has grown weary of a settled life as a father and seeks to relieve his past as a hated ogre, to live out the dream for a day in exchange for another day from his past. The problem is that Rumpel ends up stealing the day Shrek was ''born'', which triggers a [[ForWantOfANail chain reaction of events]] that leads to a dystopian alternate universe where ogres are persecuted and enslaved.