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* Red kryptonite has unpredictable effects on ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' which last for forty-eight hours and are never repeated. As the essay ''[[http://news.ansible.co.uk/plotdev.html The Well Tempered Plot Device]]'' puts it, this means the writer can try on any daft idea they like with no effect to the comic's continuity.
* Red kryptonite has unpredictable effects on ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' which last for forty-eight hours and are never repeated. As the essay ''[[http://news.ansible.co.uk/plotdev.html The Well Tempered Plot Device]]'' puts it, this means the writer can try on any daft idea they like with no effect to the comic's continuity.
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** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'': Enrico Pucci enlists Sports Maxx to use his Limp Bizkit to [[{{Necromancer}} revitalize]] the bone of DIO. Upon touching it, the bone inexplicably vanishes from sight and makes it way towards the maximum security ward, having gain insight on
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureTheJoJoLands The JoJoLands]]'': To see the potentiality of the [[GreenRocks lava rock]] the team acquired, Usagi throws a twenty dollar bill that had been touched by the rock. In a few seconds, the team is surprised when the exact same bill makes it way back to them after Paco is given a refund for
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* Red kryptonite has unpredictable effects on ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' which last for forty-eight hours and are never repeated. As the essay ''[[http://news.ansible.co.uk/plotdev.html The Well Tempered Plot Device]]'' puts it, this means the writer can try on any daft idea they like with no effect to the comic's continuity.
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* Red kryptonite has unpredictable effects on ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' which last for forty-eight hours and are never repeated. As the essay ''[[http://news.ansible.co.uk/plotdev.html The Well Tempered Plot Device]]'' puts it, this means the writer can try on any daft idea they like with no effect to the comic's continuity.
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* The Lab Ray in ''{{Website/Neopets}}'', which can add stats, take them away, change species, or even change gender.
* The ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' attack Metronome, which allows a 'Mon that knows it to perform almost ANY attack at random.
** There's also the slightly-more-controlled Assist/Cat's Paw, which randomly uses a move from one of your teammates' movesets.
* In ''VideoGame/DungeonCrawl'' one can worship the god Xom, who can do essentially anything to you on a whim, good or bad. The probability of getting a good effect is raised by how amusing Xom finds you at the moment- and the easiest way of amusing him is by doing things that have random and potentially disastrous outcomes, like drinking unidentified potions.
* The ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' attack Metronome, which allows a 'Mon that knows it to perform almost ANY attack at random.
** There's also the slightly-more-controlled Assist/Cat's Paw, which randomly uses a move from one of your teammates' movesets.
* In ''VideoGame/DungeonCrawl'' one can worship the god Xom, who can do essentially anything to you on a whim, good or bad. The probability of getting a good effect is raised by how amusing Xom finds you at the moment- and the easiest way of amusing him is by doing things that have random and potentially disastrous outcomes, like drinking unidentified potions.
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* ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': The Consortium had once created "The Gatekeeper Project" in which they gave [[DesignerBabies seven artificially created subjects]] their own unique abilities to experiment with to find a way of destroying [[EldritchLocation Limen]]. Several of the [[StoryBreadcrumbs research notes]] found in the facility indicated the staff did not take into account how the subjects wouldn't be able to properly control their strong powers due to being too young, and the result led to an interdimensional rift opening within their facility, leading to the project's shutdown.
* The Lab Ray in''{{Website/Neopets}}'', ''Website/{{Neopets}}'', which can add stats, take them away, change species, or even change gender.
* The ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' attack Metronome, which allows a 'Mon that knows it to perform almost ANY attack atrandom.
**random. There's also the slightly-more-controlled Assist/Cat's Paw, which randomly uses a move from one of your teammates' movesets.
* In''VideoGame/DungeonCrawl'' ''VideoGame/DungeonCrawl'', one can worship the god Xom, who can do essentially anything to you on a whim, good or bad. The probability of getting a good effect is raised by how amusing Xom finds you at the moment- and the easiest way of amusing him is by doing things that have random and potentially disastrous outcomes, like drinking unidentified potions.
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* The ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' attack Metronome, which allows a 'Mon that knows it to perform almost ANY attack at
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* In ''VideoGame/PathOfExile'', corrupting a piece of equipment via a Vaal Orb can do a variety of things to an item. It can add a powerful implicit modifier or change a [[SocketedEquipment gem socket]] to white. It might also do nothing, or worse, transform the item into something else entirely. While powerful, the downside is that once an item is Corrupted, it can't be modified further, except for very certain aspects which are prohibitively expensive. The Altar of Corruption can add two implicit modifiers, change every socket color to white, or outright destroy the item.
** The ''Scourge'' league added tainted currency items that can only be used on corrupted items, but have even more wildly varied results. For example, a Blacksmith's Whetstone adds a set amount of Quality to an item, up to 20%. The tainted version sets it to anywhere between 0 to 29%.
** The ''Scourge'' league added tainted currency items that can only be used on corrupted items, but have even more wildly varied results. For example, a Blacksmith's Whetstone adds a set amount of Quality to an item, up to 20%. The tainted version sets it to anywhere between 0 to 29%.
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* In ''VideoGame/PathOfExile'', corrupting a piece of equipment via a Vaal Orb can do a variety of things to an item. It can add a powerful implicit modifier or change a [[SocketedEquipment gem socket]] to white. It might also do nothing, or worse, transform the item into something else entirely. While powerful, the downside is that once an item is Corrupted, it can't be modified further, except for very certain aspects which are prohibitively expensive. The Altar of Corruption can add two implicit modifiers, change every socket color to white, or outright destroy the item.
**item. The ''Scourge'' league added tainted currency items that can only be used on corrupted items, but have even more wildly varied results. For example, a Blacksmith's Whetstone adds a set amount of Quality to an item, up to 20%. The tainted version sets it to anywhere between 0 to 29%.
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* PlayedWith in the ''Literature/{{Spellsinger}}'' series: Jon-Tom Meriweather's spellsinging is predictably unpredictable. Sometimes he gets exactly what he wants. Sometimes he gets approximately what he wants, but the specific details are off in one way or another. And every now and then, he gets something that isn't at all what he wants, but still does what he needs. He gets better at spellsinging as the series goes on, but even in the final book he still has trouble with this.
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* The Heart of Gold's improbability drive in ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' works by producing a near-infinite number of unpredictable results and then "picking" the desired one (usually going from Point A to Point B) and sticking with it. Of course, the temporary side effects of engaging it (such as turning into a penguin or generating sperm whales) aren't exactly pleasant. At one point this is {{invoked}} by activating the Improbability Drive without specifying any desired result at all, on the theory that since Our Heroes are about to be killed by oncoming missiles, any outcome at all is preferable. It works, as the missiles are transformed into a bowl of petunias and a very confused whale, which is very bad for the petunias and whale, but very good for Our Heroes.
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* The Heart of Gold's improbability drive in ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978'' works by producing a near-infinite number of unpredictable results and then "picking" the desired one (usually going from Point A to Point B) and sticking with it. Of course, the temporary side effects of engaging it (such as turning into a penguin or generating sperm whales) aren't exactly pleasant. At one point this is {{invoked}} by activating the Improbability Drive without specifying any desired result at all, on the theory that since Our Heroes are about to be killed by oncoming missiles, any outcome at all is preferable. It works, as the missiles are transformed into a bowl of petunias and a very confused whale, which is very bad for the petunias and whale, but very good for Our Heroes.
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* Wiki/{{SCP|Foundation}}-[[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-914 914]], AKA "The Clockworks" is entirely based on this, as is [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-261 SCP-261]], a profoundly unpredictable vending machine.
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* Wiki/{{SCP|Foundation}}-[[http://scp-wiki.Website/{{SCP|Foundation}}-[[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-914 914]], AKA "The Clockworks" is entirely based on this, as is [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-261 SCP-261]], a profoundly unpredictable vending machine.
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* ''Any'' casting in ''TabletopGame/{{FATAL}}'', with possible miscast effects including "caster thinks he's a cat" (funny), "caster becomes a serial rapist" (not funny, but [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor apparently intended to be]]), "caster gets raped by gay ogres" (DudeNotFunny) and "accidentally casts [[TitleDrop F.]][[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt A.]][[MercyKill T.]][[KillEmAll A.]][[TotalPartyKill L.]]" (a wonderful chance to play a different game).
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* ''Any'' casting in ''TabletopGame/{{FATAL}}'', with possible miscast effects including "caster thinks he's a cat" (funny), "caster becomes a serial rapist" (not funny, but [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor apparently intended to be]]), "caster gets raped by gay ogres" (DudeNotFunny) (not at all funny) and "accidentally casts [[TitleDrop F.]][[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt A.]][[MercyKill T.]][[KillEmAll A.]][[TotalPartyKill L.]]" " (a wonderful chance to play a different game).
