History Main / LaserGuidedKarma

->''"Instant karma's gonna get you''\\
''Gonna knock you right on the head''\\
''You better get yourself together''\\
''Pretty soon you're gonna be dead"''
-->-- '''JohnLennon''', "Instant Karma"

* During the filming of ''[=~Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song~=]'', director Melvin Van Peebles had his 13-year old son, Mario, shoot a scene as a young Sweetback. The scene was where Sweetback lost his virginity to a old hooker. [[FanDisservice It was as disturbing as it sounds]] - especially since Mario's skinny frame made him look all of 9. Trying to shoot this scene today would've resulted in a vice raid and a nice long talk with Child Services - at a minimum. Instant Karma got Melvin when he caught gonorrhea during his own (un-simulated) sex scene during the same filming.

:: Then, after Joker calls:

* The Eludidated Brethren of the Ebon Night, who summon the dragon in ''Discworld/GuardsGuards'' end up burnt to death as soon as the dragon slips the leash. ''The Discworld Companion'' lampshades this in the entry for the Brethren "The thing about karma on the Discworld is that it often happens real ''soon''".
* Walter The Weremouse, by John Dashney, works on this trope. Walter Wampler stops on his way home from work to help an old woman who's struggling with her grocery bags, and when they've been successfully trucked home she reveals that it was actually a SecretTestOfCharacter; she appears to people who don't even have the opportunity for potential (much like Walter, whose life is at such a dead end that occasionally people forget he exists), and if they pass her test, she gives them a special cheese that, aside from being the most delicious cheese anyone's ever tasted, gives them just enough of a shove that they can make their lives go much better, but will have unpleasant consequences if eaten after midnight (hence why the book is called Walter ''the Weremouse'').

* EdEddnEddy are ALWAYS falling victim to this. For example, when the Eds play a trick on Jimmy in ''Tinker Ed'', this leads to Sarah and Jimmy setting up an elaborate trap for them to fall into, resulting in an embarrassing photo being taken of them in fairy-tale costumes which is promptly handed off to Kevin to show to the other kids.

* TomAndJerry has Jerry provoking Tom for little to no reason at all and [[KarmaHoudini almost never gets punished for it]], but one rare exception occurs in - ''The Million Dollar Cat'' where Tom got tired of Jerry's bullshitting and attacked him even if it's losing a million dollars.
->'''Tom:''' Gee, I'm throwing away a '''MILLION''' dollars...'''BUT I'M HAPPY!'''

* During the filming of ''[[SweetSweetbacksBaadasssssSong Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song]]'', director Melvin Van Peebles had his 13-year old son, Mario, shoot a scene as a young Sweetback. The scene was where Sweetback lost his virginity to a old hooker. [[FanDisservice It was as disturbing as it sounds]] - especially since Mario's skinny frame made him look all of 9. Trying to shoot this scene today would've resulted in a vice raid and a nice long talk with Child Services - at a minimum. Instant Karma got Melvin when he caught gonorrhea during his own (un-simulated) sex scene during the same filming.

--->-Then, after Joker calls

--->- And later you see crowds of people in the streets, trying to kill him. Basically, before he could even resort to appeasement, he ends up being the victim of others' appeasement. It would be TOO cruel an irony if not for the fact that Reese was an extortionist.

* Three guys [[http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/1054639/sydney-ninjas-rescue-student-from-attackers attempt to mug someone]] in Sydney, outside what turns out to be [[InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja a ninjitsu class]].* From the Maury Povich Show, we have [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1BQEJLbK0w this]] fine speciment of humanity. It's hard to feel sympathy for this bum given that he apparently never paid one thin dime in child support to the kids' mother.

* ''KingOfTheHill'' - "Suite Smells of Excess": In the Texas vs. Nebraska game, Hank impersonates a VIP ex-Nebraska player over the phone and [[spoiler:attempts to sabotage Nebraska by giving their secondary coach an idiotic play. [[SpringtimeForHitler The unexpected play]] ''[[SpringtimeForHitler works]]'' [[SpringtimeForHitler and Nebraska wins the game.]]]]

* ''KingOfTheHill'' - ''Suite Smells of Excess'': In the Texas vs. Nebraska game, Hank impersonates a VIP ex-Nebraska player over the phone and [[spoiler:attempts to sabotage Nebraska by giving their secondary coach an idiotic play. The unexpected play ''works'' and Nebraska wins the game.]]

->''Instant karma's gonna get you\\
Gonna knock you right on the head\\
You better get yourself together\\
Pretty soon you're gonna be dead''
-->-- '''John Lennon''', "Instant Karma"

->''Karma police, arrest this man.''

* Another example from the NHL in which during a match, player Steve Sullivan was hit in the face with a teammates stick causing a cut across his nose. Cue a fan heckling Steve as he skates off. Two short handed goals by Sullivan later, the opposing teams goalie Patrick Roy attempts to clear the puck, only to have it go over the glass and hit the same heckler in the forehead. Bonus points for the man's female friend (who is covering his cut with a cloth) giving Steve a thumbs up as he skates by with a few words of his own.

* Many fans of the series have always suspected that the studio being the TalesSeries hates making money. Recently, they were declared as [[http://kotaku.com/5568531/end-of-story-for-tails-studio being close to bankruptcy]]. Looks like we were all spot-on.

* Three guys [[http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/1054639/sydney-ninjas-rescue-student-from-attackers attempt to mug someone]] in Sydney, outside what turns out to be [[InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja a ninjitsu class]].
* On an episode of FamilyGuy, Chris asks out a girl with Down Syndrome, assuming she will be sweet and polite as a result of her disability. She eventually turns out to be a selfish attention whore that criticizes everything Chris does and throws him out, and mentions that her mother is "the former governor of Alaska". SarahPalin immediately took offense, supposedly at the treatment of people with Down Syndrome. She went on TheOReillyFactor and complaining that Fox allowed such an offensive show to air. [[CrowningMomentOfAweosme It THEN turned out the girl's actress has Down Syndrome in real life, and had a few words on "the way former Governor Palin carries her son Trig around under her arm like a piece of french bread looking for sympathy and votes." Ms. Palin declined to comment further.]]
* From the Maury Povich Show, we have [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1BQEJLbK0w this]] fine speciment of humanity. It's hard to feel sympathy for this bum given that he apparently never paid one thin dime in child support to the kids' mother.

*On an episode of FamilyGuy, Chris asks out a girl with Down Syndrome, assuming she will be sweet and polite as a result of her disability. She eventually turns out to be a selfish attention whore that criticizes everything Chris does and throws him out, and mentions that her mother is "the former governor of Alaska". SarahPalin immediately took offense, supposedly at the treatment of people with Down Syndrome. She went on TheOReillyFactor and complaining that Fox allowed such an offensive show to air.
** [[CrowningMomentOfAweosme It THEN turned out the girl's actress has Down Syndrome in real life, and had a few words on "the way former Governor Palin carries her son Trig around under her arm like a piece of french bread looking for sympathy and votes." Ms. Palin declined to comment further.]]

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*In a positive example from DeadliestCatch, the Hillstrand brothers had a fantastic haul shortly after they rescued a man from drowning.