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'''Buffy:''' Are you crazy? What did you say that for? [[GenreSavvy Now something bad is gonna happen.]]\\
'''Xander:''' [[ThisIsReality What do you mean? Nothing's gonna happen.]]\\

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'''Buffy:''' Are you crazy? What did you say that for? [[GenreSavvy Now something bad is gonna happen.]]\\
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'''Xander:''' [[ThisIsReality What do you mean? Nothing's gonna happen.]]\\\\



'''Buffy:''' [[DiscussedTrope It's the ultimate jinx!]]\\

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'''Buffy:''' [[DiscussedTrope It's the ultimate jinx!]]\\jinx!\\
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'''Buffy:''' [[InvokedTrope It's the ultimate jinx!]]\\

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'''Buffy:''' [[InvokedTrope [[DiscussedTrope It's the ultimate jinx!]]\\
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'''Xander:''' [[RealityEnsues What do you mean? Nothing's gonna happen.]]\\

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'''Xander:''' [[RealityEnsues [[ThisIsReality What do you mean? Nothing's gonna happen.]]\\



'''Buffy:''' It's the ultimate jinx!\\

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'''Buffy:''' [[InvokedTrope It's the ultimate jinx!\\jinx!]]\\
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'''Buffy:''' Are you crazy? What did you say that for? Now something bad is gonna happen.\\
'''Xander:''' What do you mean? Nothing's gonna happen.\\

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'''Buffy:''' Are you crazy? What did you say that for? [[GenreSavvy Now something bad is gonna happen.\\
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'''Xander:''' [[RealityEnsues What do you mean? Nothing's gonna happen.\\]]\\
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* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': This is [[{{Cyborg}} 18]]'s (rather understandable) reaction to learning that Krillin asked for [[WorldsStrongestMan Goku]] to punch him. Krillin's explanation is that ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime, since he wanted to know how strong Goku had gotten.


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* ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'': The animals in general have this reaction to learning that [[spoiler: Verne returned all the food they had gather over the week to the humans (or at least tried to)]], with Ozzie saying the trope name word-for-word.


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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS16E6TheDInApartment23 The D in Apartment 23]]", Lois says this verbatim when calling out Brian for writing a racist tweet. Brian gives a JustJokingJustification but Lois points out that they live in a time where you can't just say whatever you want online and expect to get away with it.
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** In the episode "Family Business", Lao-Shi says this verbatim to Sun Park after finding out she was already bringing Haley into battle for her dragon training. His reaction is more than justified, seeing as how despite being a ChildProdigy, Haley is still only 8 years old.

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** In the episode "Family Business", Lao-Shi says this verbatim to Sun Park after finding out she was already bringing Haley into battle for her dragon training. His reaction is more than justified, seeing as how despite being because while she may be a ChildProdigy, Haley is still only 8 years old.
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** In the episode "Family Business", Lao-Shi says this verbatim to Sun Park after finding out she was already bringing Haley into battle for her dragon training. His reaction is more than justified, seeing as how despite being a ChildProdigy, Haley is still only 8 years old.
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--->'''Bloo:''' I was thinking it would be funny.

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--->'''Bloo:''' I was thinking it would be was funny.
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** "[[Recap/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriendsS1E9WorldWideWabbit World Wide Wabbit]]" has Frankie ask this to Bloo when he starts a website based on Herriman's embarrassing "funny bunny" video that got ''20 million hits.''
--->'''Bloo:''' I just thought it was funny.

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** "[[Recap/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriendsS1E9WorldWideWabbit World Wide Wabbit]]" has Frankie ask this to Bloo when he starts a website based on Herriman's embarrassing "funny bunny" video that got ''20 million hits.''
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--->'''Bloo:''' I just thought it was thinking it would be funny.
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'''Dr. Reese:''' The last few months, you've been preaching to me that I can see my patients as either a threat or as an opportunity. Was I afraid in there? ''Yes''. But my fear no longer controls me, I control it, and now Ben controls his, too!\\

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'''Dr. Reese:''' The last few months, you've been preaching to me that I can see my patients as either a threat or as an opportunity. Was I afraid in there? ''Yes''. But my fear no longer controls me, I control it, and now Ben controls his, too!\\
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* ''Series/ChicagoMed'': In the Season 3 episode "Down by Law", a patient named Ben has checked himself into the psychiatric ward due to having repetitive homicidal thoughts towards his wife, who happens to be pregnant. So Dr. Reese's bright idea to help him is via exposure therapy; by ''locking herself in a room with him and '''giving him a knife'''''. While Ben ultimately doesn't harm her or himself, she gets reamed out by Dr. Charles for defying his orders and recklessly putting herself and Ben in danger.
-->'''Dr. Reese:''' Dr. Charles, I know I didn't take your approach today—\\
'''Dr. Charles:''' "Didn't take my approach"?! You directly defied my orders and put yourself and ''your patient'' in real danger!\\
'''Dr. Reese:''' Ben isn't dangerous. I think I just proved that.\\
'''Dr. Charles:''' The only thing you proved to me is that you are reckless and insubordinate, and I have half a mind to suspend you again!\\
'''Dr. Reese:''' The last few months, you've been preaching to me that I can see my patients as either a threat or as an opportunity. Was I afraid in there? ''Yes''. But my fear no longer controls me, I control it, and now Ben controls his, too!\\
'''Dr. Charles:''' You are missing the point! I appreciate that exposure therapy has given you a newfound sense of confidence, but it ''does not'' make you all-knowing and invincible. What you just did in there was ''unbelievably'' stupid!
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* In the backstory of ''Franchise/MassEffect'', this was the salarian and asari response when they learned how the turians responded to humanity opening a mass relay: destroying the fleet that did it and conquering the planet involved. ''Without telling the humans why they did it.'' (Randomly opening mass relays has a high, historically-proven chance of letting very bad things into civilized space.) Naturally, humanity took this as an act of war, turning FirstContact into a diplomatic nightmare.

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* In the backstory of ''Franchise/MassEffect'', this was the salarian and asari response when they learned how the turians responded to humanity opening a mass relay: destroying the fleet that did it and conquering the planet involved. ''Without telling the humans why they did it.'' (Randomly opening mass relays has a high, historically-proven chance of letting very bad things into civilized space.space, but [[DidntThinkThisThrough an uncontacted species would have no way of knowing this]].) Naturally, humanity took this as an act of war, turning FirstContact into a diplomatic nightmare.
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* Implied in ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' books about starfighters, such as the ''Literature/XWingSeries''. One type of "Ugly," spaceships cobbled together Frankenstein-style from various parts, combines the ball cockpit of a TIE Fighter with a Y-Wing's engines. The result is slow, sluggish, unshielded, and only has a pair of lasers for weapons, giving it all the downsides of its parent vehicles and none of the benefits. This Ugly design is variously known as the T-Wing, TYE-Wing, Die-Wing, and most tellingly as the Why-Fighter.
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* In the TV movie "[[https://youtu.be/Jd-4EnFfVp8?si=1LmRv_L11rFlxhYL Aftermath]]", as a family tries to reconcile after an incident of sexual abuse, the mother blasts the father for his actions--"I caught you with your hands between her (the daughter's) legs! What were you thinking?!". He can only feebly respond "I wasn't."
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* In ''Series/HellsKitchen'', Chef Ramsay does not suffer fools lightly. If any of the chefs do something incredibly bone-headed, especially if it hits his {{Berserk Button}}s, he will ask what their thought process was in doing so. Sometimes, the chefs themselves will express disbelief in one of their actions or even lampshade it themselves when they do so.

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** "Mac Daddy": Bloo says this about Mac having apparently conjured up "Cheese". Mac's response: "Exactly, I wasn't thinking."
** "World Wide Wabbit" has Frankie ask this to Bloo when he starts a website based on Herriman's embarrassing "funny bunny" video that got ''20 million hits.''

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** "Mac Daddy": Bloo says this about Mac having apparently conjured up "Cheese". Mac's response: "Exactly, I wasn't thinking."
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"[[Recap/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriendsS1E9WorldWideWabbit World Wide Wabbit" Wabbit]]" has Frankie ask this to Bloo when he starts a website based on Herriman's embarrassing "funny bunny" video that got ''20 million hits.''


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** "[[Recap/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriendsS2E5MacDaddy Mac Daddy]]": Bloo says this about Mac having apparently conjured up "Cheese". Mac's response: "Exactly, I wasn't thinking."
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* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Said verbatim by Lestat de Lioncourt in the second episode when he rebukes Louis de Pointe du Lac for throwing caution into the wind by murdering the assistant of Alderman Fenwick.

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* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Said verbatim by Lestat de Lioncourt in "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E2AfterThePhantomsOfYourFormerSelf ...After the second episode Phantoms of Your Former Self]]" when he rebukes Louis de Pointe du Lac for throwing caution into the wind by murdering the assistant of Alderman Fenwick.
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* In the backstory of ''Franchise/MassEffect'', this was the salarian and asari response when they learned how the turians responded to humanity opening a mass relay: destroying the fleet that did it and conquering the planet involved. ''Without telling the humans why they did it.'' (Randomly opening mass relays has a high, historically-proven chance of letting very bad things into civilized space.) Naturally, humanity took this as an act of war, turning FirstContact into a diplomatic nightmare.
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* In ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', Kaname tends to yell this whenever Sousuke does something insane. More often than not, he proceeds to explain the ridiculously complicated terrorist plot that he foiled to justify his actions. Sometimes the plot is even real.

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* In ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'', Kaname tends to yell this whenever Sousuke does something insane. More often than not, he proceeds to explain the ridiculously complicated terrorist plot that he foiled to justify his actions. Sometimes the plot is even real.
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* PlayedForLaughs in the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' DLC ''Seasons of Infamy''. In a quest involving the Order of Assassins, you can come across a group thugs standing over an unconscious member of the group. One of the thugs doesn't have a high opinion of his unconscious co-worker's intelligence:
-->"What was this idiot thinking?!? You see a ninja, ''you let the ninja pass!'' That's common sense!"

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