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* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': Whenever Numbah 4 does his homework, it is always one hundred percent incorrect. However, Numbah 5 manages to weaponize Numbah 4's homework twice in the series. First time is when the Delightful Children From Down The Lane hire some kids to steal everybody's homework. Numbah 4's is the first one the teacher looks at which gets the delightful children in trouble (Numbah 4 attempts to call them out on it, but Numbah 5 stops him). Second time is against a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent weredog]] who feasts on homework. Numbah 5 takes Numbah 4's and feeds it to the weredog, giving it a stomachache ([[TooSpicyForYogSothoth bad homework tastes terrible to weredogs]]).

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* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': Whenever Numbah Numbuh 4 does his homework, it is always one hundred percent incorrect. However, Numbah Numbuh 5 manages to weaponize Numbah Numbuh 4's homework twice in the series. First time is when the Delightful Children From Down The Lane hire some kids to steal everybody's homework. Numbah Numbuh 4's is the first one the teacher looks at which gets the delightful children in trouble (Numbah (Numbuh 4 attempts to call them out on it, but Numbah Numbuh 5 stops him). Second time is against a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent weredog]] who feasts on homework. Numbah Numbuh 5 takes Numbah Numbuh 4's and feeds it to the weredog, giving it a stomachache ([[TooSpicyForYogSothoth bad homework tastes terrible to weredogs]]).
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* In the Donald Duck story "ComicBook/TheCallOfCRusso", a beautiful singer's voice will wake up an EldritchAbomination that will destroy the world. Donald, who is actually a terrible singer, receives a potion that causes his voice to improve and wakes it up. Later, when his terrible voice returns, it's also what puts the monster back to sleep.

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* ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'': In the Donald Duck story "ComicBook/TheCallOfCRusso", a beautiful singer's voice will wake up an EldritchAbomination that will destroy the world. Donald, who is actually a terrible singer, receives a potion that causes his voice to improve and wakes it up. Later, when his terrible voice returns, it's also what puts the monster back to sleep.



* One of the best examples if this is in Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's ''Literature/GoodOmens'' when Newton Pulsifer helps save the world by [[spoiler:being really bad with technology]].

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* One of the best examples if this is in Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's ''Literature/GoodOmens'' when ''Literature/GoodOmens'': Newton Pulsifer helps save the world by [[spoiler:being really bad with technology]].



* Due to his voice, it is commonly known to many that WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck is a [[DreadfulMusician terrible singer]], yet his bad singing ends up being what saves his family from being eaten by a giant plant monster in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' episode "The Town Where Everyone Was Nice". His terrible singing was too much for the plant to take, killing it.

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* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': Due to his voice, it is commonly known to many that WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck is a [[DreadfulMusician terrible singer]], yet his bad singing ends up being what saves his family from being eaten by a giant plant monster in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' episode "The Town Where Everyone Was Nice". His terrible singing was too much for the plant to take, killing it.
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* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'', Ezio goes undercover as a Florentine WanderingMinstrel to infiltrate the Sultan's palace during an official gathering of Istanbul's elites. His vocal talents are atrocious and everyone at the palace tries to chase him away — but this is just perfect for his disguise, because Florentine minstrels as a whole are known to be terrible singers, both in-universe and [[ContinuityNod to the players of the previous games]].

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* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'', Ezio goes undercover as a Florentine WanderingMinstrel to infiltrate the Sultan's palace during an official gathering of Istanbul's elites. His vocal talents are atrocious and everyone at the palace tries to chase him away — but this is just perfect for his disguise, because Florentine minstrels as a whole are known to be terrible singers, both in-universe and [[ContinuityNod [[TakeThatScrappy to the players of the previous games]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'': After Clumsy Smurf brings a fuzzle in the village and it's revealed to be an all-devouring scissiparous ExplosiveBreeder,[[note]]As in, "it reproduces asexually by [[AsteroidsMonster splitting itself in two]], exponentially"[[/note]] the day is saved when it turns out the (hordes of) fuzzles enjoy Harmony Smurf's awful music, which he uses to lure the fluffy pink tide out of the village.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'': ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'': After Clumsy Smurf brings a fuzzle in the village and it's revealed to be an all-devouring scissiparous ExplosiveBreeder,[[note]]As in, "it reproduces asexually by [[AsteroidsMonster splitting itself in two]], exponentially"[[/note]] the day is saved when it turns out the (hordes of) fuzzles enjoy Harmony Smurf's awful music, which he uses to lure the fluffy pink tide out of the village.
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This is moments where somebody being bad at something ends up ultimately being played off as a good thing. Maybe their horrible skill ends up pleasing a monster whereas a skilled professional only pisses it off even more. This may result in them [[GiftedlyBad choosing to never get better afterward]] so as to keep it as a powerful weapon in the future or ask to get more involved in public performances [[GiftedlyBad if they think they are good at it in the first place]].

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This is moments where somebody being bad at something ends up ultimately being played off as a good thing. Maybe their horrible skill ends up pleasing a monster whereas a skilled professional only pisses it off even more. This may result in them [[GiftedlyBad choosing to never get better afterward]] so as to keep it as a powerful weapon in the future or ask to get more involved in public performances [[GiftedlyBad [[HighHopesZeroTalent if they think they are good at it in the first place]].
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Can often overlap with SpannerInTheWorks depending on the circumstances. See also ChekhovsSkill, when someone is established at being good at an activity that later becomes important. Compare to BlessedWithSuck. Contrast SpringtimeForHitler, which is when a character tries to suck at something for benefit, only to succeed instead, and compare and contrast with CrisisMakesPerfect, for when a character succeeds in performing an action he's failed at previously {{just in time}} to save the day.

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Can often overlap with SpannerInTheWorks depending on the circumstances. See also ChekhovsSkill, when someone is established at being good at an activity that later becomes important. Compare to BlessedWithSuck. Contrast SpringtimeForHitler, which is when a character tries to suck at something for benefit, only to succeed instead, and DoWellButNotPerfect where a character deliberately performs ''well enough'' but not ''the best''. A compare and contrast with CrisisMakesPerfect, for when a character succeeds in performing an action he's failed at previously {{just in time}} to save the day.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'': In the episode "Sleeping Giant", a rock giant is attacking the town and Stick’s horrible singing actually helps put it to sleep.

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