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** Or to get Jack to gather the Seven Jewels together, an action that will [[NiceJobBreakingItHero give the Dark Lord ultimate power]].
* '''Double Subverted''': But TheDragon, who was charged with actually carrying out the job, ensured that the prophecy was accurate.

** Jack has to ''[[NoFourthWall buy]]'' [[MediumAwareness the ending]] [[NoFourthWall with the Dark Lord's defeat]], and must collect literal plot coupons until they lower the price enough that he can afford it.

* '''Straight''': Jack must collect the Seven Jewels, the Five Watery Geodes and the enormous Hallucinogenic Alexandrite Cluster to prevent the DarkLord from conquering the world.

* '''Straight''': Jack must collect the Seven Jewels to prevent the DarkLord from ending the world.
* '''Exaggerated''': The Seven Jewels were each chopped into 49 pieces and scattered over the world.
* '''Downplayed''': There are only two jewels, and Jack already has one at the beginning.

** After gathering the Seven Dread Jewels, the Five Watery Geodes, and the Hallucinogenic Alexandrite Cluster, Jack is told that he must gather all [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue one hundred and fifty-one]] of unique species of {{Mon}}s that roam the world, including the super-rare, one-of-a-kind, PreOrderBonus-only, {{Olympus Mon|s}} - much to his chagrin. He eventually decides that living under the DarkLord is a much more acceptable alternative.

* '''Enforced''': Making the hero pursue the Seven Dread Jewels and then the Five Watery Carbuncles helps organize the game.

** After gathering the Seven Dread Jewels, the Five Watery Geodes, and the Hallucinogenic Alexandrite Cluster, Jack is told that he must gather all [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue one hundred and fifty-one]] of unique species of {{Mon}}s that roam the world - including the super-rare, one-of-a-kind {{Olympus Mon|s}} - much to his chagrin. He eventually decides that living under the DarkLord is a much more acceptable alternative.

** After gathering the Seven Dread Jewels, the Five Watery Geodes, and the Hallucinogenic Alexandrite Cluster, Jack is told that he must gather all one hundred and fifty-one of unique species of {{Mon}}s that roam the world - including the super-rare, one-of-a-kind {{Olympus Mon|s}} - much to his chagrin. He eventually decides that living under the DarkLord is a much more acceptable alternative.

** After gathering the Seven Dread Jewels, the Five Watery Geodes, and the Hallucinogenic Alexandrite Cluster, Jack is told that he must gather all one hundred and fifty-one of the original Pokémon - including Mew - much to his chagrin. He eventually decides that living under the DarkLord is a much more acceptable alternative.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': The Seven Jewels were each chopped into forty-nine pieces and scattered over the world.

** After gathering the Seven Dread Jewels and the Five Watery Carbuncles, Jack is told that he must gather all one-hundred-fifty of the original Pokemon. He decides that maybe living under the DarkLord is an acceptable alternative.

** Or to get Jack to gather the Seven Jewels together, an action that will [[NiceJobBreakingItHero give the DarkLord ultimate power]].

* '''Zig Zagged''': Jack brings the Seven Jewels to defeat the DarkLord, and as above, they cement his power, but the Dragon steps in to ensure the fulfillment of the prophecy - but fails, as the BigBad's power now equals the Dragon's. Meanwhile Jack visits a [[AWizardDidIt wizard]], who crafts a weapon out of the seven jewels that the DarkLord's power cannot affect, because of the jewels, phlebotinum and [[Comicbook/GreenLantern yellow paint]]. Jack [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim cracks his skull.]]

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Subverted''': The DarkLord set up the prophecy to distract Jack from his real vulnerability.

* '''Parodied''': After gathering the Seven Dread Jewels and the Five Watery Carbuncles, Jack is told that he must gather all one-hundred-fifty of the original Pokemon. He decides that maybe living under the DarkLord is an acceptable alternative.

* '''Deconstructed''': Characters posing as heroes regularly collect random parts of random artifacts rather than doing anything that would actually help anyone.
* '''Reconstructed''': The characters are being steered subconsciously by genetic engineering or programming to select certain items and gather them together, even though they don't know why.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Jack brings the Seven Jewels to defeat the DarkLord, and as above, they cement his power, but the Dragon steps in to ensure the fulfillment of the prophecy - but fails, as the BigBad's power now equals the Dragon's. Meanwhile Jack visits a [[AWizardDidIt wizard]], who crafts a weapon out of the seven jewels that the DarkLord's power cannot affect, because of the jewels, phlebotinum and [[GreenLantern yellow paint]]. Jack [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim cracks his skull.]]

* '''Justified''': The DarkLord's invulnerability spell required a flaw to work, so he made up an ImpossibleTask that would kill him.

* '''Justified''': The DarkLord's invulnerability spell required a flaw to work, so he made up an ImpossibleTask that would kill him.

* '''Conversed''': Jack MAKES a prophecy, reasoning that nobody can defeat any aspiring dictators WITHOUT seven jewels, and buys them at a jeweler's shop.