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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 if they think they are good at it in the first place.
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.
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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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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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. ContrastSpringtimeForHitler SpringtimeForHitler, which is when a character tries to suck at something for benefit benefit, only to succeed instead 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.
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
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* ''Film/JackFrost1997'': At the beginning of the movie, Ryan made his father some oats to eat as a snack. In the end, these oats are what melts Jack Frost because he [[LethalChef added antifreeze]] thinking it'd keep his father warm.
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* ''Film/JackFrost1997'': At the beginning of the movie, Ryan made his father some oats to eat as a snack. In the end, these oats are what melts Jack Frost because he [[LethalChef added antifreeze]] antifreeze]], [[InsaneTrollLogic thinking it'd keep his father warm.warm]].
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* 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.]]
* In a ''Literature/WarriorCats'' short-story featured in the "Battles of the Clans" field guide, Mistystar is seen training a group of apprentices in water combat. Rushpaw, the smallest, is having trouble swimming due to the water temperature and her size. After driving everyone crazy with her problems, she accidentally splashes water everywhere when they're tasked with ambushing Mistystar. She thinks she ruined everything when Mistystar admits that the water splash made her think the apprentices were on the other side of the stream -- and that it could be considered a brand new battling tactic.
* In a ''Literature/WarriorCats'' short-story featured in the "Battles of the Clans" field guide, Mistystar is seen training a group of apprentices in water combat. Rushpaw, the smallest, is having trouble swimming due to the water temperature and her size. After driving everyone crazy with her problems, she accidentally splashes water everywhere when they're tasked with ambushing Mistystar. She thinks she ruined everything when Mistystar admits that the water splash made her think the apprentices were on the other side of the stream -- and that it could be considered a brand new battling tactic.
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* In a ''Literature/WarriorCats'' short-story featured in the "Battles of the Clans" field guide, Mistystar is seen training a group of apprentices in water combat. Rushpaw, the smallest, is having trouble swimming due to the water temperature and her size. After driving everyone crazy with her problems, she accidentally splashes water everywhere when they're tasked with ambushing Mistystar. She thinks she ruined everything when Mistystar admits that the water splash made her think the apprentices were on the other side of the stream
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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 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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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'': Sheen is noted a being a DreadfulMusician, yet in "Attack of The Twonkies", his horrible singing ends up proving to be a lullaby to the twonkies whereas everybody else's singing is what causes them to attack in the first place.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'': Sheen is noted a as being a DreadfulMusician, yet in "Attack of The Twonkies", his horrible singing ends up proving to be a lullaby to the twonkies whereas everybody else's singing is what causes them to attack in the first place.
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* Any time you see a [[XylophoneGag piano or xylophone]] turn up in an old cartoon, and the sheet music reads "Those Endearing Young Charms", it's this trope you have to thank.
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* 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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* 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'' ''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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* Legasov pulls this off on accident in ''Series/Chernobyl'', when he directly confronts Charkov (a high-ranking KGB member) to release Khomyuk from custody, despite Scherbina trying to be diplomatic about it. This actually saves Legasov and gets Khomyuk released; Legasov's performance was so bad that he came off as too much of a "naive idiot" (in Scherbina's words) to be a threat.
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* Legasov pulls this off on accident in ''Series/Chernobyl'', ''Series/{{Chernobyl}}'', when he directly confronts Charkov (a high-ranking KGB member) to release Khomyuk from custody, despite Scherbina trying to be diplomatic about it. This actually saves Legasov and gets Khomyuk released; Legasov's performance was so bad that he came off as too much of a "naive idiot" (in Scherbina's words) to be a threat.
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* 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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* 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 [[DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound 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 [[DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound terrible singers]], 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 [[MostAnnoyingSound 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 [[MostAnnoyingSound [[DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound terrible singers]], both in-universe and [[ContinuityNod to the players of the previous games]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': Tucker is likewise [[DreadfulMusician a terrible singer]], as shown in the episode "Fanning the Flames". But late in that episode, Danny weaponizes Tucker's bad singing to break Ember's musical hypnotic spell over not just their hometown of Amity Park but the entire world, as the concert he interrupted was being broadcast worldwide.
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* ''Film/JackFrost1997'': At the beginning of the movie, Ryan made his father some oats to eat as a snack. At the end these oats are what melts Jack Frost, because he [[LethalChef added antifreeze]] thinking it'd keep his father warm.
* At the end of ''Film/TheSevenLittleFoys'', the recently widowed Eddie Foy successfully defends himself and his children against a prosecution for illegal entertainment by performing for the judge and convincing him that his family's act is so bad that it can't be entertainment.
* At the end of ''Film/TheSevenLittleFoys'', the recently widowed Eddie Foy successfully defends himself and his children against a prosecution for illegal entertainment by performing for the judge and convincing him that his family's act is so bad that it can't be entertainment.
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* ''Film/JackFrost1997'': At the beginning of the movie, Ryan made his father some oats to eat as a snack. At In the end end, these oats are what melts Jack Frost, Frost because he [[LethalChef added antifreeze]] thinking it'd keep his father warm.
* At the end of ''Film/TheSevenLittleFoys'', the recently widowed Eddie Foy successfully defends himself and his children againsta prosecution for illegal entertainment by performing for the judge and convincing him that his family's act is so bad that it can't be entertainment.
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* In a ''Literature/WarriorCats'' short-story featured in the "Battles of the Clans" field guide, Mistystar is seen training a group of apprentices in water combat. Rushpaw, the smallest, is having trouble swimming due to the water temperature and her size. After driving everyone crazy with her problems, she accidentally splashes water everywhere when they're tasked with ambushing Mistystar. She thinks she ruined everything, when Mistystar admits that the water splash made her think the apprentices were on the other side of the stream-- and that it could be considered a brand new battling tactic.
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* In a ''Literature/WarriorCats'' short-story featured in the "Battles of the Clans" field guide, Mistystar is seen training a group of apprentices in water combat. Rushpaw, the smallest, is having trouble swimming due to the water temperature and her size. After driving everyone crazy with her problems, she accidentally splashes water everywhere when they're tasked with ambushing Mistystar. She thinks she ruined everything, everything when Mistystar admits that the water splash made her think the apprentices were on the other side of the stream-- stream -- and that it could be considered a brand new battling tactic.
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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, disguise because Florentine minstrels as a whole are known to be [[MostAnnoyingSound terrible singers]], both in-universe and [[ContinuityNod to the players of the previous games]].
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* Invoked in a cartoon featured in ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' titled "Mickey and the Goat Man". Mortimer promises the Goat Man to give them a spectacular show if the Goat Man lets him, Mickey, and Minnie go. Minnie however tells Mickey to perform lousily, which Mickey does by purposefully screwing up his parts in the performance. In the end, the Goat Man lets Mickey and Minnie go saying that he keeps the things he likes having loved Mortimer's performance, but hated Mickey's.
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* Invoked in a cartoon featured in ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' titled "Mickey and the Goat Man". Mortimer promises the Goat Man to give them a spectacular show if the Goat Man lets him, Mickey, and Minnie go. Minnie however Minnie, however, tells Mickey to perform lousily, which Mickey does by purposefully screwing up his parts in the performance. In the end, the Goat Man lets Mickey and Minnie go saying that he keeps the things he likes having loved Mortimer's performance, performance but hated Mickey's.
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--> '''Barkin''': Amazing. The worst squirrel call I've ever heard turns out to be a mutant wiener dog call.
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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.
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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.
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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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'': After Clumsy Smurf brings a fuzzle in the village and it's revealed to be an all-devouring viviparous ExplosiveBreeder, 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'': After Clumsy Smurf brings a fuzzle in the village and it's revealed to be an all-devouring viviparous ExplosiveBreeder, 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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* In ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'', Gian's DreadfulMusician status is often used as a weapon.
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* Invoked in a cartoon featured in ''WesternAnimation/TheHouseOfMouse'' ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' titled "Mickey and the Goat Man". Mortimer promises the Goat Man to give them a spectacular show if the Goat Man lets him, Mickey, and Minnie go. Minnie however tells Mickey to perform lousily, which Mickey does by purposefully screwing up his parts in the performance. In the end, the Goat Man lets Mickey and Minnie go saying that he keeps the things he likes having loved Mortimer's performance, but hated Mickey's.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'': Sheen is noted a being a DreadfulMusician, yet in "Attack of The Twonkies", his horrible singing ends up proving to be a lullaby to the twonkies whereas everybody else's singing is what causes them to attack in the first place.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'': Sheen is noted a being a DreadfulMusician, yet in "Attack of The Twonkies", his horrible singing ends up proving to be a lullaby to the twonkies whereas everybody else's singing is what causes them to attack in the first place.
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* 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 ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', Peggy is on the verge of being jailed in Mexico for kidnapping charges. She is advised to defend herself in Spanish; her translations are so horrible that the judge acquits her.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', Peggy is on the verge of being jailed in Mexico for kidnapping charges. charges thanks to an unfortunate misunderstanding. She is advised to defend herself in Spanish; her translations are so horrible that the judge becomes convinced it was a mistake and acquits her.
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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, 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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* In the Donald Duck story "The Call of C'Russo", 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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* In the Donald Duck story "The Call of C'Russo", "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/{{Asterix}}'': Cacofonix's DreadfulMusician status is sometimes used to save the day (to his chagrin, as he's convinced he has real talent that's wasted the village barbarians):
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* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': In the episode "Bonding", Ron gets stuck to Mr. Barkin and is forced to attend Pixie Scouts with him. Ron even has to take part in squirrel calling. Unfortunately, his squirrel call is so awful, it scares the squirrels away. Then when the scouts are up against mutant wiener dogs, Ron's squirrel call is what tames them.
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** In the episode "Bonding", Ron gets stuck to Mr. Barkin and is forced to attend Pixie Scouts with him. Ron even has to take part in squirrel calling. Unfortunately, his squirrel call is so awful, it scares the squirrels away. Then when the scouts are up against mutant wiener dogs, Ron's squirrel call is what tames them.
** In the episode "Bonding", Ron gets stuck to Mr. Barkin and is forced to attend Pixie Scouts with him. Ron even has to take part in squirrel calling. Unfortunately, his squirrel call is so awful, it scares the squirrels away. Then when the scouts are up against mutant wiener dogs, Ron's squirrel call is what tames them.
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** In "Hidden Talent", Kim has some difficulty with consistently hitting high notes. However, a dissonant attempt at a high note proves to be just the thing to [[GlassShatteringSound shatter a wall of ice]] and enable her to escape Drakken's DeathTrap. She does manage to pull off a flawless singing performance at the talent show afterwards.
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* ''VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus'': B.J. Blazkowicz's BadBadActing is what saves him from [[spoiler:being shot by a lunatic Adolf Hitler]], a fate that befell the other three candidates for [[spoiler:his propaganda film]].
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* Subverted in ''VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus'': B.J. Blazkowicz's BadBadActing is what saves him from [[spoiler:being shot gets criticized by a lunatic Adolf Hitler]], a fate [[spoiler:Adolf Hitler, so long as he follows the actual lines in the script]]. However, B.J's fierce EnforcedMethodActing in the action scene impresses [[spoiler:Hitler so much that befell he accepts B.J's position for the other three candidates for [[spoiler:his propaganda film]].job, executing the last remaining actor in the troupe]].
* In ''VideoGame/DeathRoadToCanada'', Irritating characters (or characters with a supremely low Wit and Attitude stat) have the ability to annoy bandits, traders, [=NPCs=], etc. This often ends poorly. However, doing this a third time in a row yields tremendous benefits (indicated by glowing exclamation marks).
* In ''VideoGame/DeathRoadToCanada'', Irritating characters (or characters with a supremely low Wit and Attitude stat) have the ability to annoy bandits, traders, [=NPCs=], etc. This often ends poorly. However, doing this a third time in a row yields tremendous benefits (indicated by glowing exclamation marks).
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* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutron'': Sheen is noted a being a DreadfulMusician, yet in "Attack of The Twonkies", his horrible singing ends up proving to be a lullaby to the twonkies whereas everybody else's singing is what causes them to attack in the first place.
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* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutron'': ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'': Sheen is noted a being a DreadfulMusician, yet in "Attack of The Twonkies", his horrible singing ends up proving to be a lullaby to the twonkies whereas everybody else's singing is what causes them to attack in the first place.
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** In ''ComicBook/AsterixAndTheNormans'', he ends up teaching a bunch of Vikings the meaning of fear (they aren't afraid to die or get hurt, but the thought of sitting through another of his recitals turns their legs to jelly).
** In ''ComicBook/AsterixAndTheMagicCarpet'', his singing is so bad it causes rain to start falling. An Indian mage hears of this and asks for his help to fight a drought in the Ganges.
** In ''ComicBook/AsterixAndTheSecretWeapon'', his singing is the last straw for the female Roman legionaries, who refuse to fight any longer.
** In ''ComicBook/AsterixAndTheMagicCarpet'', his singing is so bad it causes rain to start falling. An Indian mage hears of this and asks for his help to fight a drought in the Ganges.
** In ''ComicBook/AsterixAndTheSecretWeapon'', his singing is the last straw for the female Roman legionaries, who refuse to fight any longer.
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** In ''ComicBook/AsterixAndTheNormans'', ''ComicBook/Asterix And The Normans'', he ends up teaching a bunch of Vikings the meaning of fear (they aren't afraid to die or get hurt, but the thought of sitting through another of his recitals turns their legs to jelly).
** In''ComicBook/AsterixAndTheMagicCarpet'', ''Asterix And The Magic Carpet'', his singing is so bad it causes rain to start falling. An Indian mage hears of this and asks for his help to fight a drought in the Ganges.
** In''ComicBook/AsterixAndTheSecretWeapon'', ''ComicBook/Asterix And The Secret Weapon'', his singing is the last straw for the female Roman legionaries, who refuse to fight any longer.
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* ''Film/JackFrost1997'': At the beginning of the movie, Ryan made his father some oats to eat as a snack. At the end these oats are what melts Jack Frost, because he [[LethalChef added antifreeze]] thinking it'd keep his father warm.
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* ''Film/JackFrost1997'': At the beginning of the movie, Ryan made his father some oats to eat as a snack. At the end these oats are what melts Jack Frost, because he [[LethalChef added antifreeze]] thinking it'd keep his father warm.
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* ''Film/JackFrost1997'': At the beginning of the movie, Ryan made his father some oats to eat as a snack. At the end these oats are what melts Jack Frost, because he [[LethalChef added antifreeze]] thinking it'd keep his father warm.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'': Cacofonix's DreadfulMusician status is sometimes used to save the day (to his chagrin, as he's convinced he has real talent that's wasted the village barbarians):
** In ''ComicBook/AsterixAndTheNormans'', he ends up teaching a bunch of Vikings the meaning of fear (they aren't afraid to die or get hurt, but the thought of sitting through another of his recitals turns their legs to jelly).
** In ''ComicBook/AsterixAndTheMagicCarpet'', his singing is so bad it causes rain to start falling. An Indian mage hears of this and asks for his help to fight a drought in the Ganges.
** In ''ComicBook/AsterixAndTheSecretWeapon'', his singing is the last straw for the female Roman legionaries, who refuse to fight any longer.
* In the Donald Duck story "The Call of C'Russo", 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.
* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'': Cacofonix's DreadfulMusician status is sometimes used to save the day (to his chagrin, as he's convinced he has real talent that's wasted the village barbarians):
** In ''ComicBook/AsterixAndTheNormans'', he ends up teaching a bunch of Vikings the meaning of fear (they aren't afraid to die or get hurt, but the thought of sitting through another of his recitals turns their legs to jelly).
** In ''ComicBook/AsterixAndTheMagicCarpet'', his singing is so bad it causes rain to start falling. An Indian mage hears of this and asks for his help to fight a drought in the Ganges.
** In ''ComicBook/AsterixAndTheSecretWeapon'', his singing is the last straw for the female Roman legionaries, who refuse to fight any longer.
* In the Donald Duck story "The Call of C'Russo", 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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You have something you enjoy doing. Everybody does. However, you are the worst at what you enjoy doing. Whether it is [[LethalChef cooking]], [[DreadfulMusician singing]], or [[DrivesLikeCrazy driving]] [[CaptainCrash just about anything]], you are often the last person people would turn to for these tasks. Then a situation arrives where you are the only person able to take care of the problem. Why? Because your terrible performance is the only solution.
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 if they think they are good at it in the first place.
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.
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* In ''Manga/{{Nisekoi}}'', the plan for sabotaging Marika's wedding to save her from a forced marriage includes using Kosaki's LethalChef status to give everybody food poisoning.
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[[folder:Film - Live Action]]
* ''Film/JackFrost1997'': At the beginning of the movie, Ryan made his father some oats to eat as a snack. At the end these oats are what melts Jack Frost, because he [[LethalChef added antifreeze]] thinking it'd keep his father warm.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Literature]]
* In a ''Literature/WarriorCats'' short-story featured in the "Battles of the Clans" field guide, Mistystar is seen training a group of apprentices in water combat. Rushpaw, the smallest, is having trouble swimming due to the water temperature and her size. After driving everyone crazy with her problems, she accidentally splashes water everywhere when they're tasked with ambushing Mistystar. She thinks she ruined everything, when Mistystar admits that the water splash made her think the apprentices were on the other side of the stream-- and that it could be considered a brand new battling tactic.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* 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 [[MostAnnoyingSound terrible singers]], both in-universe and [[ContinuityNod to the players of the previous games]].
* ''VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus'': B.J. Blazkowicz's BadBadActing is what saves him from [[spoiler:being shot by a lunatic Adolf Hitler]], a fate that befell the other three candidates for [[spoiler:his propaganda film]].
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''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]]).
* In ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', Peggy is on the verge of being jailed in Mexico for kidnapping charges. She is advised to defend herself in Spanish; her translations are so horrible that the judge acquits her.
* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutron'': Sheen is noted a being a DreadfulMusician, yet in "Attack of The Twonkies", his horrible singing ends up proving to be a lullaby to the twonkies whereas everybody else's singing is what causes them to attack in the first place.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': In the episode "Bonding", Ron gets stuck to Mr. Barkin and is forced to attend Pixie Scouts with him. Ron even has to take part in squirrel calling. Unfortunately, his squirrel call is so awful, it scares the squirrels away. Then when the scouts are up against mutant wiener dogs, Ron's squirrel call is what tames them.
--> '''Barkin''': Amazing. The worst squirrel call I've ever heard turns out to be a mutant wiener dog call.
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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 if they think they are good at it in the first place.
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.
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!! Examples
[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* In ''Manga/{{Nisekoi}}'', the plan for sabotaging Marika's wedding to save her from a forced marriage includes using Kosaki's LethalChef status to give everybody food poisoning.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Film - Live Action]]
* ''Film/JackFrost1997'': At the beginning of the movie, Ryan made his father some oats to eat as a snack. At the end these oats are what melts Jack Frost, because he [[LethalChef added antifreeze]] thinking it'd keep his father warm.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Literature]]
* In a ''Literature/WarriorCats'' short-story featured in the "Battles of the Clans" field guide, Mistystar is seen training a group of apprentices in water combat. Rushpaw, the smallest, is having trouble swimming due to the water temperature and her size. After driving everyone crazy with her problems, she accidentally splashes water everywhere when they're tasked with ambushing Mistystar. She thinks she ruined everything, when Mistystar admits that the water splash made her think the apprentices were on the other side of the stream-- and that it could be considered a brand new battling tactic.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Video Games]]
* 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 [[MostAnnoyingSound terrible singers]], both in-universe and [[ContinuityNod to the players of the previous games]].
* ''VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus'': B.J. Blazkowicz's BadBadActing is what saves him from [[spoiler:being shot by a lunatic Adolf Hitler]], a fate that befell the other three candidates for [[spoiler:his propaganda film]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''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]]).
* In ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', Peggy is on the verge of being jailed in Mexico for kidnapping charges. She is advised to defend herself in Spanish; her translations are so horrible that the judge acquits her.
* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutron'': Sheen is noted a being a DreadfulMusician, yet in "Attack of The Twonkies", his horrible singing ends up proving to be a lullaby to the twonkies whereas everybody else's singing is what causes them to attack in the first place.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': In the episode "Bonding", Ron gets stuck to Mr. Barkin and is forced to attend Pixie Scouts with him. Ron even has to take part in squirrel calling. Unfortunately, his squirrel call is so awful, it scares the squirrels away. Then when the scouts are up against mutant wiener dogs, Ron's squirrel call is what tames them.
--> '''Barkin''': Amazing. The worst squirrel call I've ever heard turns out to be a mutant wiener dog call.
[[/folder]]