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** The Imperial Ambassador was supposed to deliver a declaration that they considered the negotiations - it's complicated - to be over ''right before'' the attack was to take place. However, in characteristic Nipponese style the final declaration was 5000 characters long; consequently the Embassy failed to meet the unrealistic deadline they had been given. Moreover, just when they had ''finally'' gotten it all written down and printed out on nice paper and everything, the ambassador got stuck in traffic....

** The Imperial Ambassador was supposed to deliver a declaration that they considered the negotiations - it's complicated - to be over ''just'' before the attack was to take place. However, in characteristic Nipponese style the final declarationwas 5000 characters long; consequently the Embassy failed to meet the unrealistic deadline they had been given. Moreover, just when they had ''finally'' gotten it all written down and printed out on nice paper and everything, the ambassador got stuck in traffic....

** The Imperial Ambassador was supposed to deliver a declaration that they considered the negotiations - over the United States nigh-crippling embargo of strategic resources - to be over ''just'' before the attack was to take place. However in characteristic Nipponese style the notice was 5000 characters long, and the Embassy consequently failed to meet the unrealistic deadline they had been given. And just when they had ''finally'' gotten it all written down and printed out on nice paper and everything, the ambassador got stuck in traffic....

* The warning about the Japanese Pearl Harbor attack was telegrammed through civilian channels... so it showed up a day late. So here we are with a harbor full of sunken steel from the day before and "GUESS WHAT THE JAPANESE ARE COMING".
** Originally, the Japanese planned to have their ambassador deliver a declaration that they considered peace negotiations to be over, ''right'' before the attack. However, the declaration was 5000 words long, so it took too long to transmit and write down. Then the ambassador got stuck in traffic....
** This was shown in the film ''PearlHarbor''. The Naval Intelligence officer reaches the conclusion that the Japanese attack is imminent, and it reaches the President a few hours after it already occurred.

** Of course it [[AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle contracts]]. If it didn't, it wouldn't be ''shrink'' wrap, now would it? RimShot

->'''Monk Gyatso:''' ''(appearing in a vision/memory)'' Remember, Aang, if you ever fall into the water during a storm, never freeze yourself in a block of ice like a complete idiot.\\
'''Aang:''' ''(thinking)'' Well, I screwed the pooch on that one, didn't I?\\
-- ''AvatarTheAbridgedSeries''

* In the classic ''StarTrek: TOS'' episode "The Trouble With Tribbles", the seemingly uncontrollably reproducing Tribbles have just eaten the entire stock of a space station's supply of genetically engineered grain. Moments later, [=McCoy=] enters and shouts "I've got it! All we have to do is stop feeding them! If we stop feeding them, they won't reproduce!" A Tribble-covered Kirk replies "Now he tells me."

** In Legion's loyalty mission in MassEffect 2 you can hack the mainframe and send an electro-impulse that will rewrite all geths to make them good. After hacking the computer, Legion will inform that the pulse will kill all organic lifeforms inside the station due it's high electricity, giving the crew a minute to run away so that they won't fry. Shepard's response is exatly what you would think.

* From ''RedDwarf''

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* TheDresdenFiles has Harry go to a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Red Court]] party, where Harry meets Thomas, a White Court vamp. After drinks are served, Thomas quickly goes to Harry to tell him to not drink anything, as it's been spiked with Red Court venom. Thomas then looks at Harry's empty glass. "Oh."

* [[FanFic/RedVsBlue Red Vs Blue]]: Church, having traveled back in time, leaves a recorded message of what not to do and the consequences if the others do it in an alien base. All of it happens right as he's speaking it, prompting Caboose to beg "Stop saying these things! Or at least... say them sooner." [[WhatAnIdiot To the recording.]]

* The story "The Cold Equations" has a tragic example, when the stowaway learns that the penalty is [[spoiler:being ThrownOutTheAirlock because the ship has no safety margin to accommodate her extra mass]].

* In the ''New Batman Adventures'' episode ''Joker's Millions'', Harley delivers this great line:

* In ''{{Futurama}}'', Fry is sent to deliver a package to a desert planet. He drinks from the first bottle he sees, which turns out to be their emperor (the aliens are liquids). Then he opens the package which contains a sign reading "don't drink the emperor.", which he hangs next to dozens of the same sign in various alien languages.

Can also be PlayedForDrama, often creating a very stinging sense of {{irony}}.

** Of course it contracts. If it didn't, it wouldn't be ''shrink'' wrap, now would it? RimShot

* In MassEffect, there's a side quest where you scan the Keepers, mysterious insectoid creatures that maintain the space station. As it turns out, [[spoiler:The Keepers were created by the AbusivePrecursors and will let them come into Citadel space to destroy all organic life.]] If you complete the side quest, you get an email in the sequel that gives you this info two years after it would have been useful.

* Although not seen in the actual show, as the page quote illustrates, it was used quite effectively in [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]]: [[AvatarTheAbridged Series The Abridged Series]] where Gyastso warns Aang not to freeze himself in a [[HumanPopsicle block of ice]].

* Although not seen in the actual show, as the page quote illustrates, it was used quite effectively in [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]]: [[AvatarTheAbrdigedSeries The Abridged Series]] where Gyastso warns Aang not to freeze himself in a [[HumanPopsicle block of ice]].

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrink_wrap_contract Shrink wrap contracts]].

* The film version of ''HarryPotter and the Goblet of Fire''. The owl that delivered Sirius' letter bites Harry on the hand. Then Harry reads the letter's postscript, which says "the bird bites".