History Main / TemptingFate

* "We don't [[SupportPartyMember need]] [[TheHeart you]] and you're not one of us! Goodbye and Good Riddance!" -- You have just RemovingTheCrucialTeammate and are now stuck in DysfunctionJunction.

* "I'm not talking, and there isn't anything you can do to make me." -- [[WeHaveWaysOfMakingYouTalk They have at least one way]] to make you spill the beans, and when they use it, you will be talking.
* "SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace" -- "That's my cue to crash this wedding."

* "SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace" -- Cue someone bursting through the door with an objection.

* "StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred" -- While chances are some heroes might not strike you down to avoid sinking as low as you, some won't listen and will instead strike you down anyway.

For the supertropes to this, see TropeTelegraphing and BeCarefulWhatYouSay. Compare SchmuckBait, InstantlyProvenWrong, SpeakOfTheDevil, ThreatBackfire, and TooGoodToBeTrue. Contrast the GodzillaThreshold for where things really ''can't'' get any worse and AlreadyTheCase where fate has acted before the tempting.

!!Subtropes and related tropes:

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!!Other Examples:

* "LetsHaveAnotherBaby" -- While this ''might'' be successful, more often than not you'll end up [[LawOfInverseFertility unable to conceive]] or divorced at best and with one of you dead at worst.

* ''WebVideo/TheBuggerAnthology'': In "The Dalek Invasion of Funk", Dalek Bertha says Health and Safety won't find out that someone took a dump in the ventilation system as long as nobody sets off the Health & Safety Violation Alarm. Cut to the Doctor finding the button that activates said alarm and pressing it.

** Robert Calvert's 1974 solo debut, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyBPXuWzHL0 Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters]]'', has several examples, being a satirical account of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter#German_service the Luftwaffe's controversial adoption of the]] F-104 Starfighter. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_bribery_scandals Defence Minister Franz Josef Strauss]] [[Music/TheBonzoDogBand (Vivian Stanshall)]] is mad with desire at resurrecting German air superiority, later being enticed by an American con man [[{{Music/Traffic}} (Jim Capaldi)]]. The latter sells the titular F-104 Starfighter Plane in bulk, refitting them as the "F-104G" (for Germany, as Strauss squees over). The F-104 was a fighter infamous for its safety record, quickly becoming known as ''Der Witwenmacher (The Widowmaker)'', with at least ''30%'' of the planes having crashed.

* Because Wrestling/TripleH, the WWE Champion, had been drafted to Smackdown in 2008, Smackdown had two champions and Raw had none. Wrestling/{{Edge}}, the World Heavyweight Champion, came to Raw to insult [[TheWoobie Jim Ross]] and Wrestling/{{Batista}}, who he had beaten the night before. He then proceeded to brag about how Raw had no champion, about how none of the top contenders would ever get a shot at his title, and how he would never come back to Raw. Unfortunately for Edge, he didn't count on Batista beating the tar out of him, or Wrestling/CMPunk (whom he had neglected to mention) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxQkHcOjQhM cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase to become the new World Heavyweight Champion.]]

!!Subtropes:

There's a LongList of tropes and StockPhrases that are specific varieties of TemptingFate, either in the temptation or in the response:

* "WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong" -- You're about to find out. "How hard could it be?" usually gets the same response.

* "What difference does one more make?" -- They're a OneManArmy, and can make a bigger difference than your entire side can ever hope to make.
* "StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred" -- While chances are some heroes might not strike you down to avoid sinking as low as you, some won't listen and will instead strike you down anyway.
* "Your powers are useless against me." -- Just one move of your muscle and those powers will hurt you bad.

* "Your powers are useless against me." - Just one move of your muscle and those powers will hurt you bad.

* A recent example would be at ''Extreme Rules 2012 Pre-Show'' where Wrestling/TheBigShow had to defend his Intercontinental Championship against former champion Wrestling/CodyRhodes that was determined to be a Tables Match (where the only way to win is to put your opponent through a table). About 45 minutes into the actual show, Cody kicks Big Show's leg out from under him and he ends up stepping onto (and breaking, technically "going through") the table.

* "YouAndWhatArmy" -- Either they'll procure an army at that moment, or they'll prove [[OneManArmy they don't need one]].

* Part way through the video for Music/CatHairballs, [[WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy Stimpy]] (who is hwarfing up hairballs for Ren to stamp and send down a conveyor belt) reassures "Don't you fret, I won't run out, I've lots more hair to spare." This is not long before the video focuses on Stimpy running out of body parts to lick and starts desperately slurping and hwarfing, which has begun to take a physical tole on Stimpy. By the end, Stimpy is half dead and licked clean. And after a final failed attempt at hwarfing, passes out on the conveyor belt and [[PainToTheAss gets violently stamped on the ass]] with a painful ''hularf'' sound effect, which leaves a ButtBrand across Stimpy's butt cheeks.

* "IShallReturn." -- Not likely. ''Maybe'' if you're an ImplacableMan or a {{Determinator}}, but even then [[RasputinianDeath it's not a guarantee]].