History Main / PrematureAggravation

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Homer Simpson does this with some frequency. Oddly enough, they usually spur him to do the right thing, although it is almost always for the wrong reasons. In one memorable example, Homer is initially unconcerned about Bart's escaping from the juvenile hall--his emotion is ratcheted up to alarm once his mental hypothesis concludes with Bart being forced into a shotgun wedding ''to an alien''.

* ''Series/SesameStreet'': In the {{picture book|s}} ''Some Friend!'', there's a story about one character wanting to borrow from another but overthinking it so much that they end up yelling at the poor, unsuspecting fool.

* ''Series/SesameStreet'':
** Ernie wants to borrow a vacuum cleaner from Herbert Birdsfoot, but goes through this while imagining Herbert's possible reaction to the request. When they finally meet:
--->'''Herbert:''' Oh, hello Ernie!\\
'''Ernie:''' Oh yeah?! Well if that's how you feel you can just ''keep'' your stupid old vacuum cleaner, ''so there!''
** There was a similar story in a {{picture books}} called ''Some Friend!''

** There was a similar story in a {{picture book}} called ''Some Friend!''

** There was a similar story in a {{picture book}}s called ''Some Friend!''

Compare MadAtADream, which is being angry at something that happened in a dream, and RejectionProjection, when a person who self-isolates mistakenly believes that they are being rejected by other people.

Compare MadAtADream and RejectionProjection, when a person who self-isolates mistakenly believes that they are being rejected by other people.

Compare MadAtADream.

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* The "jack story", popularised by the comedian Creator/DannyThomas. A travelling salesman gets a flat tire on a country road, and he starts walking along the road looking for a house to borrow a jack from. He gets increasingly aggravated during the troublesome journey, and starts imagining various reasons he's going to get rejected--they don't have a jack, he looks too suspicious, etc.--and after he finally reaches a house and knocks, as soon as the door is opened he just shouts "Keep your damn jack!" and storms off.

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* ''Film/DuckSoup:''
-->'''President Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx):''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM01v_vVnbg&feature=player_detailpage#t=61s I'd be unworthy of the high trust that's been placed in me]] if I didn't do everything in my power to keep our beloved Fredonia in peace with the world. I'd be only too happy to meet with Ambassador Trentino and offer him on behalf of my country the right hand of good fellowship. And I feel sure he will accept this gesture in the spirit of which it is offered. But suppose he doesn't. A fine thing that'll be. I hold out my hand and he refuses to accept. That'll add a lot to my prestige, won't it? Me, the head of a country, snubbed by a foreign ambassador. Who does he think he is, that he can come here, and make a sap of me in front of all my people? Think of it-- I hold out my hand and that hyena refuses to accept. Why, the cheap four-flushing swine, he'll never get away with it I tell you, he'll never get away with it!\\
(''Trentino (Louis Calhern) enters'')\\
So, you refuse to shake hands with me, eh?\\
(''Firefly {{glove slap}}s Trentino for the second time in two days and the war begins'')

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''': Homer Simpson does this with some frequency. Oddly enough, they usually spur him to do the right thing, although it is almost always for the wrong reasons. In one memorable example, Homer is initially unconcerned about Bart's escaping from the juvenile hall--his emotion is ratcheted up to alarm once his mental hypothesis concludes with Bart being forced into a shotgun wedding ''to an alien''.

-->-- '''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_T._McCutcheon John T. McCutcheon]]''', [[http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/381/johntmccutcheonontheima.gif writing the Laconic Wiki entry]] a full century before it exists

By the time Bob shows up, Alice's gotten herself so worked up that she blows up at the fictional events that have occurred in her mind. Usually before Bob even has a chance to open his mouth to say anything beyond "Hello."

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* In ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'', when Yukari finds a stray cat and tries to get the girls to take care of it, Sakaki starts thinking of what she would name it if she could take it home. This quickly leads her to dream up an elaborate and tragic backstory for the kitten, until she finally reduces herself to tears, much to Kagura's confusion.
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* From the classic Creator/MarxBrothers comedy ''Film/DuckSoup:''
-->'''President Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx):''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM01v_vVnbg&feature=player_detailpage#t=61s I'd be unworthy of the high trust that's been placed in me]] if I didn't do everything in my power to keep our beloved Fredonia in peace with the world. I'd be only too happy to meet with Ambassador Trentino, and offer him on behalf of my country the right hand of good fellowship. And I feel sure he will accept this gesture in the spirit of which it is offered. But suppose he doesn't. A fine thing that'll be. I hold out my hand and he refuses to accept. That'll add a lot to my prestige, won't it? Me, the head of a country, snubbed by a foreign ambassador. Who does he think he is, that he can come here, and make a sap of me in front of all my people? Think of it-- I hold out my hand and that hyena refuses to accept. Why, the cheap four-flushing swine, he'll never get away with it I tell you, he'll never get away with it!
-->(''Trentino (Louis Calhern) enters'')
-->So, you refuse to shake hands with me, eh?
-->(''Firefly {{glove slap}}s Trentino for the second time in two days and the war begins'')
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* The "jack story", popularised by the comedian Creator/DannyThomas. A travelling salesman gets a flat tire on a country road, and he starts walking along the road looking for a house to borrow a jack from. He gets increasingly aggravated during the troublesome journey, starts imagining various reasons he's going to get rejected - they don't have a jack, he looks too suspicious, etc. - and after he finally reaches a house and knocks, as soon as the door is opened he just shouts "Keep your damn jack!" and storms off.
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* In one ''Series/SesameStreet'' sketch, Ernie wants to borrow a vacuum cleaner from Herbert Birdsfoot, but goes through this while imagining Herbert's possible reaction to the request. When they finally meet:
-->'''Herbert:''' Oh, hello Ernie!
-->'''Ernie:''' Oh yeah?! Well if that's how you feel you can just ''keep'' your stupid old vacuum cleaner, ''so there!''
** There was a similar story in a picture book called ''Some Friend!''
* On ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', J.D.'s inner monologues sometimes lead to this.
** Two memorable ones: First, there was the time he went into an ImagineSpot to hypothetically talk to people who died because of him, so he could ask them whether they thought he killed them. This imagine spot takes place in a diner, and when he orders flapjacks discovers heaven doesn't serve them. He spends the rest of the episode calling flapjacks 'devil-cakes'.

* On ''Series/DeadLikeMe'', George gets a dog (J.D.) and is kicked out of her apartment because Daisy is [[BlatantLies allergic to dogs]]. George moves in with Mason, but while at work is overcome by an irrational fear that Mason would bring J.D. into a hot tub and use him to pick up chicks and promptly moves out. George later chastises Mason for this imagined slight, leaving Mason confused.
* The central joke of the Self-Righteous Brothers on ''Series/HarryEnfieldAndChums'', who get more and more worked up about entirely hypothetical scenarios involving celebrities.
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* The comic strip linked to in the page quote is from 1905.
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* In the seconds before doing an ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC'' skit with Franchise/{{Batman}} shortly after the release of ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', Comicbook/IronMan finds himself sympathizing with Batman about how the movie will never live up to the hype that's built up around it... only, after saying his familiar "Hi, I'm a Marvel," line, suffering through a dream sequence in which it does, and more besides. As a result, after Iron Man faces an ordeal with hyperactive fans, time travellers from a future where the success of ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' has resulted in a utopia, an alien species opening trade relations based on the movie's wonderfulness, Santa Claus skipping Christmas to catch it and Jesus putting ''the Rapture'' on hold just so that he can catch the twelve o'clock screening, he comes back to reality:
-->'''Batman''': ... and I'm Batman.
-->'''Iron Man''': ''[Snapping]'' Oh, fine, yes! Okay? I know! Alright?! You're ''Batman''! You're ''awesome''! ''Fine''! ''I get it''! Alright?! Huh? ''Huh''?! '''''Huh'''''?! ''[Storming off]'' '''''GOD'''''!!!!
-->'''Batman''': ''[Bemused]'' ... Fine, I'm a [=DC=].
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* [[http://xkcd.com/439/ This]] ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' strip combines this trope with SuperWindowJump.
* A variation: In [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/196/ this]] ''[[Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'' strip, Jean has just been harshly reminded of something stupid Bob did months ago. She shows up for their date and starts yelling at him for no apparent reason.
* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''

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* [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] does this with some frequency. Oddly enough, they usually spur him to do the right thing, although it is almost always for the wrong reasons. One memorable example has Homer initially unconcerned about Bart's escaping from juvenile hall- his emotion is ratcheted up to alarm once his mental hypothesis concludes with Bart being forced into a shotgun wedding ''to an alien''.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheBrakShow'' has Brak's father declaring a ''hypothetical'' brother dead to him after imagining what he would be like.
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-->'''Herbert:''' "Oh, hello Ernie!"
-->'''Ernie:''' "Oh yeah?! Well if that's how you feel you can just ''keep'' your stupid old vacuum cleaner, ''so there!''"

* The "jack story", popularised by the comedian Danny Thomas. A travelling salesman gets a flat tire on a country road, and he starts walking along the road looking for a house to borrow a jack from. He gets increasingly aggravated during the troublesome journey, starts imagining various reasons he's going to get rejected - they don't have a jack, he looks too suspicious, etc. - and after he finally reaches a house and knocks, as soon as the door is opened he just shouts "Keep your damn jack!" and storms off.

-->--'''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_T._McCutcheon John T. McCutcheon]]''', [[http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/381/johntmccutcheonontheima.gif writing the Laconic Wiki entry]] a full century before it exists

* A variation: In [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20071113.html this]] ''[[Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'' strip, Jean has just been harshly reminded of something stupid Bob did months ago. She shows up for their date and starts yelling at him for no apparent reason.

* In the seconds before doing an ''ImAMarvelAndImADC'' skit with Franchise/{{Batman}} shortly after the release of ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', Comicbook/IronMan finds himself sympathizing with Batman about how the movie will never live up to the hype that's built up around it... only, after saying his familiar "Hi, I'm a Marvel," line, suffering through a dream sequence in which it does, and more besides. As a result, after Iron Man faces an ordeal with hyperactive fans, time travellers from a future where the success of ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' has resulted in a utopia, an alien species opening trade relations based on the movie's wonderfulness, Santa Claus skipping Christmas to catch it and Jesus putting ''the Rapture'' on hold just so that he can catch the twelve o'clock screening, he comes back to reality:

* In [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=1195 this]] ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' strip, Elliot starts out consciously trying not to be prejudiced against Melissa for wronging Justin but thinking about it makes him angry to the point that when he actually meets her, his greeting is dripping with barely suppressed rage.

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* From the classic MarxBrothers comedy ''DuckSoup:''

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* On ''DeadLikeMe'', George gets a dog (J.D.) and is kicked out of her apartment because Daisy is [[BlatantLies allergic to dogs]]. George moves in with Mason, but while at work is overcome by an irrational fear that Mason would bring J.D. into a hot tub and use him to pick up chicks and promptly moves out. George later chastises Mason for this imagined slight, leaving Mason confused.

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