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* One episode of ''Series/TheGoodGuys'' was about two inept robbers who got lucky and stole some diamonds. Unfortunately, the restaurant that they robbed was a front for Israeli gangsters. They can't even hock the stones anymore because the Israelis are very well-connected and might find out.
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* ''Fanfic/ForHisOwnSake'': Naru overhears a man and woman discussing something and jumps to the conclusion that the man's being "perverted." After punching him across the room, she finds out [[spoiler:he was teasing his wife about trying a fighting game at a nearby arcade even though she's not very good at them. After being forced to apologize before making excuses, like claiming the woman was probably lying, they have her arrested for assault. The next day at Tokyo University, Naru realizes her actions had a greater scope than she anticipated. The man she punched was going to be her career advisor. Not only does he not want anything to do with her, but she's soon expelled by the Board of Directors for assaulting one of the faculty.]]
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE51TheManWhoKilledBatman The Man Who Killed Batman]]", a petty criminal trying to score big, Sid the Squid, participates in a small-time drug run but (apparently) accidentally kills the Caped Crusader himself. This just gets him in trouble. First, another criminal goes after him to gain VillainCred by taking down the guy who took down Batman. Next, he gets caught up in a police raid and finds out that the cops are determined to get the notorious "Sid the Squid". After that, he gets sprung from prison by the Joker, who wants to kill him for [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou depriving him of the chance to kill Batman himself]]. Finally, he runs to mob boss Rupert Thorne, who [[CassandraTruth doesn't believe his story]] about escaping so many perils by dumb luck and thinks Sid is trying to take over his drug racket.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE51TheManWhoKilledBatman The Man Who Killed Batman]]", a petty criminal trying to score big, Sid the Squid, participates in a small-time drug run but (apparently) accidentally kills the Caped Crusader himself. This just gets him in trouble. First, another criminal goes after him to gain VillainCred by taking down the guy who took down Batman. Next, he gets caught up in a police raid and finds out that the cops are determined to get the notorious "Sid the Squid". After that, he gets sprung from prison by the Joker, who wants to kill him for [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou depriving him of the chance to kill Batman himself]]. Finally, he runs to mob boss Rupert Thorne, who [[CassandraTruth doesn't believe his story]] about escaping so many perils by dumb luck and thinks Sid is trying to take over his drug racket.racket, so as he gets ready to [[ShootTheDangerousMinion shoot Sid to remove said "threat"]] Batman ([[FakingTheDead who exploited the belief he was dead]] to follow Sid and find out who he works for) [[BigDamnHeroes barges in to beat up Thorne]].
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* ''Fanfic/TheSoulmateTimeline: Akasuki Suzumebachi, having fallen on hard times and wanting to get out before a Walpurgisnacht arrives, decides to kidnap a rich kid for money; she knows full well that this will draw police attention, but she figures she can evade that with her abilities as a Magical Girl. Unfortunately, her target is [[spoiler:Hitomi Shizuki, one of Madoka's best friends]], and so this action also draws the attention of the Magical Girls of Mitakihara, especially after Nagisa, someone who Akasuki had tried to target earlier before circumstances forced her to not go through with it, mentions to Kyoko that she met Suzumebachi at the hospital.
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* ''Film/Twins1988'': Vincent tricks Julius into helping him steal a car. Vince finds out that there's a prototype fuel injector worth five million dollars in the trunk. He plans to deliver it in order to get the reward money, but the criminal who was supposed to steal it is on his tail.
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* ''Film/Twins1988'': Vincent tricks Julius into helping him steal a car. Vince finds out that there's a prototype fuel injector worth five million dollars in the trunk. He plans to deliver it in order to get the reward money, but the criminal who was supposed to steal it is on his tail.tail and he has a personal code to absolutely LeaveNoWitnesses.
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* ''Film/Twins1988'': Vincent tricks Julius into helping him steal a car. Vince finds out that there's a prototype fuel injector worth five million dollars in the trunk. He plans to deliver it in order to get the reward money, but the criminal who was supposed to steal it is on his tail.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE51TheManWhoKilledBatman The Man Who Killed Batman]]", a petty criminal trying to score big, Sid the Squid, participates in a small-time drug run but (apparently) accidentally kills the Caped Crusader himself. This brings down the wrath of the entire RoguesGallery, the police ''and'' the rest of the Gotham underworld (looking to take him out because they now see him as a large threat) on his head.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE51TheManWhoKilledBatman The Man Who Killed Batman]]", a petty criminal trying to score big, Sid the Squid, participates in a small-time drug run but (apparently) accidentally kills the Caped Crusader himself. This brings just gets him in trouble. First, another criminal goes after him to gain VillainCred by taking down the wrath guy who took down Batman. Next, he gets caught up in a police raid and finds out that the cops are determined to get the notorious "Sid the Squid". After that, he gets sprung from prison by the Joker, who wants to kill him for [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou depriving him of the entire RoguesGallery, the police ''and'' the rest of the Gotham underworld (looking chance to kill Batman himself]]. Finally, he runs to mob boss Rupert Thorne, who [[CassandraTruth doesn't believe his story]] about escaping so many perils by dumb luck and thinks Sid is trying to take him out because they now see him as a large threat) on over his head.drug racket.
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** "[[Recap/GhostInTheShellSACS1Episode19 Embraced by a Disguised Net -- CAPTIVATED]]": A member of an OrganLegging gang accidentally kidnaps the daughter of a politician who was denying their existence. The team is able to take advantage of this trope by having the politician denounce the gang to make the kidnapper panic (they know she's a professional who won't kill the girl). [[spoiler:It turns out that [[UnknownCharacter a rival]] had given her a list which included the politician's daughter so she'd be branded a traitor.]]
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** "[[Recap/GhostInTheShellSACS1Episode19 Embraced by a Disguised Net -- CAPTIVATED]]": A member of an OrganLegging OrganTheft gang accidentally kidnaps the daughter of a politician who was denying their existence. The team is able to take advantage of this trope by having the politician denounce the gang to make the kidnapper panic (they know she's a professional who won't kill the girl). [[spoiler:It turns out that [[UnknownCharacter a rival]] had given her a list which included the politician's daughter so she'd be branded a traitor.]]
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* The ''Creator/JohnGrisham'' book ''Rogue Lawyer'' has a young woman kidnapped by a sex trafficking ring turn out to be the daughter of the deputy chief of police. [[DownplayedTrope although it's still two years before they manage to catch the guys, during which time they've continued operating business as usual]].
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* The ''Creator/JohnGrisham'' book ''Rogue Lawyer'' has a young woman kidnapped by a sex trafficking ring turn out to be the daughter of the deputy chief of police. [[DownplayedTrope although Although, it's still two years before they manage to catch the guys, during which time they've continued operating business as usual]].
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "The Man Who Killed Batman", a petty criminal trying to score big, Sid the Squid, participates in a small-time drug run but (apparently) accidentally kills the Caped Crusader himself. This brings down the wrath of the entire RoguesGallery, the police ''and'' the rest of the Gotham underworld (looking to take him out because they now see him as a large threat) on his head.
* In the episode "Seconds" from ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', a watchmaker named Francis Grey steals a rare watch from his shop, setting off the alarm. In the confusion, he accidentally causes a major traffic accident. He's sentenced to seventeen years and plans revenge after discovering he has the ability to rewind time for a few seconds. [[spoiler:At the end, his plan killed his son, and his grief somehow supercharges his power, returning him to just before he took the watch. He leaves it there this time.]]
* An unfortunate one-shot robber in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' happened to break into the titular girls' house. The only reason they didn't unleash their full fury onto him right then and there was because it was the middle of the night and they didn't want to wake the Professor. The look of OhCrap on his face when he saw a picture of Bubbles shooting out her heat vision is priceless.
* In the episode "Seconds" from ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', a watchmaker named Francis Grey steals a rare watch from his shop, setting off the alarm. In the confusion, he accidentally causes a major traffic accident. He's sentenced to seventeen years and plans revenge after discovering he has the ability to rewind time for a few seconds. [[spoiler:At the end, his plan killed his son, and his grief somehow supercharges his power, returning him to just before he took the watch. He leaves it there this time.]]
* An unfortunate one-shot robber in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' happened to break into the titular girls' house. The only reason they didn't unleash their full fury onto him right then and there was because it was the middle of the night and they didn't want to wake the Professor. The look of OhCrap on his face when he saw a picture of Bubbles shooting out her heat vision is priceless.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "The Man Who Killed Batman", a petty criminal trying to score big, Sid the Squid, participates in a small-time drug run but (apparently) accidentally kills the Caped Crusader himself. This brings down the wrath of the entire RoguesGallery, the police ''and'' the rest of the Gotham underworld (looking to take him out because they now see him as a large threat) on his head.
*''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'': In the episode "Seconds" from ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', "[[Recap/TheBatmanS4E8Seconds Seconds]]", a watchmaker named Francis Grey steals a rare watch from his shop, setting off the alarm. In the confusion, he accidentally causes a major traffic accident. He's sentenced to seventeen years and plans revenge after discovering he has the ability to rewind time for a few seconds. [[spoiler:At the end, his plan killed his son, and his grief somehow supercharges his power, returning him to just before he took the watch. He leaves it there this time.]]
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE51TheManWhoKilledBatman The Man Who Killed Batman]]", a petty criminal trying to score big, Sid the Squid, participates in a small-time drug run but (apparently) accidentally kills the Caped Crusader himself. This brings down the wrath of the entire RoguesGallery, the police ''and'' the rest of the Gotham underworld (looking to take him out because they now see him as a large threat) on his head.
* An unfortunate one-shot robber in''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' happened ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' happens to break into the titular girls' house. The only reason they didn't don't unleash their full fury onto him right then and there was is because it was it's the middle of the night and they didn't don't want to wake the Professor. The look of OhCrap on his face when he saw sees a picture of Bubbles shooting out her heat vision is priceless.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE51TheManWhoKilledBatman The Man Who Killed Batman]]", a petty criminal trying to score big, Sid the Squid, participates in a small-time drug run but (apparently) accidentally kills the Caped Crusader himself. This brings down the wrath of the entire RoguesGallery, the police ''and'' the rest of the Gotham underworld (looking to take him out because they now see him as a large threat) on his head.
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* ''VideoGame/RobocopRogueCity'': At one point of the game, Robocop gets sidetracked in his search for the Torch Head gang by [[MayorPain Mayor Kuzak]], who [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections orders Robo to prioritize finding his niece's stolen 6000 SUX]]. Robocop's investigation leads to the thief, the member of a local chop shop who lost the 6000 SUX he was assigned to steal and stole Miss Kuzak's car to replace it because [[YouHaveFailedMe he knew what was going to happen if the gang found out about his screw-up]]. He certainly did not expected to anger the mayor or get his gang massacred by Robocop (they didn't wanted to come quietly, so there was… trouble).
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* ''VideoGame/RobocopRogueCity'': At one point of the game, Robocop gets sidetracked in his search for the Torch Head gang by [[MayorPain Mayor Kuzak]], who [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections orders Robo to prioritize finding his niece's stolen 6000 SUX]]. Robocop's investigation leads to the thief, the member of a local chop shop who lost the 6000 SUX he was assigned to steal and stole Miss Kuzak's car to replace it because [[YouHaveFailedMe he knew what was going to happen if the gang found out about his screw-up]]. He certainly did not expected to anger the mayor or get his gang massacred by Robocop (they didn't wanted to come quietly, so there was… trouble).[[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption trouble]]).
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* ''VideoGame/RobocopRogueCity'': At one point of the game, Robocop gets sidetracked in his search for the Torch Head gang by [[MayorPain Mayor Kuzak]], who [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections orders Robo to prioritize finding his niece's stolen 6000 SUX]]. Robocop's investigation leads to the thief, the member of a local chop shop who lost the 6000 SUX he was assigned to steal and stole Miss Kuzak's car to replace it because [[YouHaveFailedMe he knew what was going to happen if the gang found out about his screw-up]]. He certainly did not expected to anger the mayor or get his gang massacred by Robocop.
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* ''VideoGame/RobocopRogueCity'': At one point of the game, Robocop gets sidetracked in his search for the Torch Head gang by [[MayorPain Mayor Kuzak]], who [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections orders Robo to prioritize finding his niece's stolen 6000 SUX]]. Robocop's investigation leads to the thief, the member of a local chop shop who lost the 6000 SUX he was assigned to steal and stole Miss Kuzak's car to replace it because [[YouHaveFailedMe he knew what was going to happen if the gang found out about his screw-up]]. He certainly did not expected to anger the mayor or get his gang massacred by Robocop.Robocop (they didn't wanted to come quietly, so there was… trouble).
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* ''VideoGame/RobocopRogueCity'': At one point of the game, Robocop gets sidetracked in his search for the Torch Head gang by [[MayorPain Mayor Kuzak]], who [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections orders Robo to prioritize finding his niece's stolen 6000 SUX]]. Robocop's investigation leads to the thief, the member of a local chop shop who lost the 6000 SUX he was assigned to steal and stole Miss Kuzak's car to replace it because [[YouHaveFailedMe he knew what was going to happen if the gang found out about his screw-up]]. He certainly did not expected to anger the mayor or get his gang massacred by Robocop.
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* In Season 4 of ''Series/TheWire'', a state's witness from a key case is murdered in an alley, right as long-shot mayoral candidate Carcetti is making a big deal about the monumental crime levels of the city in general and the lack of protection for anyone [[TheMobBossIsScarier who actually dares to testify against the drug gangs]] in particular. The resulting scandal is so damaging to the current mayor, and the timing is so perfect (coming just before the election) that it actually helps Carcetti win the mayoral election. After the election, the case is still unsolved and Detective Greggs continues to investigate -- and discovers that the death wasn't a murder meant to silence the witness, but a stray round from two drunken idiots shooting at bottles two blocks away.
-->'''Detective Norris:''' So our guy's dead because a bullet misses a bleach bottle and this fuck Carcetti gets to be the mayor behind the stupidity. I fucking love this town.
-->'''Detective Norris:''' So our guy's dead because a bullet misses a bleach bottle and this fuck Carcetti gets to be the mayor behind the stupidity. I fucking love this town.
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* In Season 4 of ''Series/TheWire'', a state's witness from a key case is murdered in an alley, right as long-shot mayoral candidate Tommy Carcetti is making a big deal about the monumental crime levels of the city in general and the lack of protection for anyone [[TheMobBossIsScarier who actually dares to testify against the drug gangs]] in particular. The resulting scandal is so damaging to the current mayor, incumbent Mayor Royce, and the timing is so perfect (coming just before the election) that it actually helps Carcetti win the mayoral election. After the election, the case is still unsolved and Detective Greggs continues to investigate -- and discovers that the death wasn't a murder meant to silence the witness, but a stray round from two drunken idiots shooting at bottles two blocks away.
-->'''Detective Norris:''' So our guy's dead because a bullet misses a bleachbottle bottle, and this fuck Carcetti gets to be the mayor behind the stupidity. I fucking love this town.
-->'''Detective Norris:''' So our guy's dead because a bullet misses a bleach
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* ''Website/NotAlwaysRight'': One story has a college student claim a young teenager's phone is his own, despite her claims to the contrary. A security guard opens the phone and finds a lot of pictures of the girl in provocative poses and wearing ParentalFashionVeto outfits. He gives the student the choice between admitting to stealing the young girl's phone, or owning a phone filled with what is legally ''child pornography''.
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* ''Website/NotAlwaysRight'': One story has a college student claim a young teenager's phone is his own, despite her claims to the contrary. A security guard opens the phone and finds a lot of pictures of the girl in provocative poses and wearing ParentalFashionVeto outfits. He gives the student the choice between admitting to stealing the young girl's phone, or owning a phone filled with what is legally ''child pornography''.
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* In ''FanFic/OriginStory'', Alex Harris and the ComicBook/{{Runaways}} decide to strike back at Norman Osborn by stealing a shipping container from a secure dock (they're inspired to do it by a similar scene in Film/LethalWeapon2), thinking they'll net maybe a couple of million dollars in cash. Turns out the container they steal contains over 10 '''''billion''''' dollars in cash, plus a car, plus a stack of high-grade plasma-screen TV's, plus around $300,000 in really high-grade champagne. The theft is enough to cause Oscorp stock to drop thirty points.
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** Alex Harris and the ComicBook/{{Runaways}} decide to strike back at Norman Osborn by stealing a shipping container from a secure dock (they're inspired to do it by a similar scene inFilm/LethalWeapon2), ''Film/LethalWeapon2''), thinking they'll net maybe a couple of million dollars in cash. Turns out the container they steal contains over 10 '''''billion''''' dollars in cash, plus a car, plus a stack of high-grade plasma-screen TV's, plus around $300,000 in really high-grade champagne. The theft is enough to cause Oscorp stock to drop thirty points.
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* {{Discussed}} in the comments to the ''FanFic/TriptychContinuum'' story ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/338433/1/sick-little-ponies-and-one-dragon/twilight-magic-minus-magic Magic Minus Magic]]''. A pair of thieves break into Twilight Sparkle's library to steal her rare book collection. Twilight confronts them, at which point the elder of the two decides to ''kill'' her. While she had reason to believe she could take Twilight (who was currently unable to work magic due to Rhynorn's Flu), the thief is still forgetting two things she should know perfectly well.
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* {{Discussed}} in the comments to the ''FanFic/TriptychContinuum'' story ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/338433/1/sick-little-ponies-and-one-dragon/twilight-magic-minus-magic Magic Minus Magic]]''. A pair of thieves break into Twilight Sparkle's library to steal her rare book collection. Twilight confronts them, at which point the elder of the two decides to ''kill'' her. While she had reason to believe she could take Twilight (who was currently unable to work magic due to Rhynorn's Flu), the thief is still forgetting two things she should know perfectly well.well:
