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* ''ComicBook/{{Habibi}}'': Dodola's trick to "turn water into gold" by having the Sultan give her gold in exchange for water is quickly denounced as a trick.
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** Another issue has Kate having to swim across a flooded street. She dives underwater with her eyes open expecting to be able to see semi-normally like people do in movies. Unfortunately for Kate, movies do that for the audience's benefit and she quickly realizes her mistake when all she sees is vague blurs and gets bad eye strain. Upon exiting the water she lampshades this trope.
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** Another issue has Kate having to swim across a flooded street. She dives underwater with her eyes open expecting to be able to see semi-normally like people do in movies. Unfortunately for Kate, movies do that for the audience's benefit benefit, and she quickly realizes her mistake when all she sees is vague blurs and gets bad eye strain. Upon exiting the water water, she lampshades this trope.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Habibi}}'': Dodola's trick to "turn water into gold" by having the Sultan give her gold in exchange for water is quickly denounced as a trick.
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There is absolutely nothing realistic about this scenario, from using tranquilizer darts on small rodents to trying to save a species with just one breeding pair.
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* In ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'', the main character joins a society dedicated to the preservation of an endangered squirrel. The idea is to tranquilize the last male and mate it with the last female.[[note]]This wouldn't provide sufficient genetic diversity, but these guys aren't exactly geniuses.[[/note]] Dilbert's team get to work -- they fire the tranq from the rifle from a few feet away, there's a ReactionShot of their OhCrap faces, and then one of them points out that, perhaps, they should've used a smaller dart.
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* In the early issues of ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'', the managers of the wrestling league Peter worked for told him they could no longer pay him in cash. He had them make a check out to Spider-Man but the bank refused to cash it since Peter had no identification in that name. He suggested that the bank accept that his costume is proof of his identity but the teller simply pointed out that anyone can wear a costume.
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** Tim was trying to shoot the Punisher with a tranquilizer dart, which instead hits the Punisher's informant, Schitti, in the ear. Schitti is, quite reasonably, completely messed up from having knockout drugs injected directly into his brain, and the end of the story shows that, rather than snapping out of it in time, he is left with permanent brain damage. Which is still a happier ending than you'd expect for a mobster who was forced to work for the Punisher.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': In Issue #166, Superman briefly attempts to give powers to his {{Muggle|BornOfMages}} son through a special formula, but this inadvertently results in him becoming invisible. Success, right? Superman doesn't think so: The invisibility can't be turned off and his son points out how, being invisible, [[RequiredSecondaryPowers he now can't see, either]]. A rare observation to be made in any comic, let alone a Silver Age one!
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* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': In Issue #166, Superman briefly attempts to give powers to his {{Muggle|BornOfMages}} son through a special formula, but this inadvertently results in him becoming invisible. Success, right? Superman doesn't think so: The invisibility can't be turned off and his son points out how, being invisible, [[RequiredSecondaryPowers he now can't see, either]]. A rare observation to be made in any comic, let alone a Silver Age one!
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* ''ComicBook/{{Crossed}}'':
** At one point in "Wish You Were Here", the main character decides to analyze a recently destroyed military base where one of his cohorts, Selene, went missing. After a SherlockScan, he comes up with a CrimeReconstruction that the reader sees: the soldiers turned out to be {{Sociopathic Soldier}}s who wanted to turn Selene into a SexSlave a la ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'', and she managed to escape but sacrificed herself by detonating a grenade that destroyed the fortified entrance and let the Crossed inside. Sometime later, it is revealed that his theory is [[EntertaininglyWrong totally, totally wrong]]: the soldiers were actually quite welcoming to Selene, and the destruction of the base was completely unrelated to Selene's presence. He admits to himself when he sees Selene alive and well that thinking he could flawlessly piece together the events of a prior disaster from limited evidence when he's a writer by trade was probably kind of stupid.
** While the Crossed are incredibly dangerous on the short term, the devolution in mentality of the Crossed virus also removes the understanding of how to scavenge or be a hunter-gatherer and they eventually die of hunger or exposure, as the ''Plus 100'' arc shows.
** At one point in "Wish You Were Here", the main character decides to analyze a recently destroyed military base where one of his cohorts, Selene, went missing. After a SherlockScan, he comes up with a CrimeReconstruction that the reader sees: the soldiers turned out to be {{Sociopathic Soldier}}s who wanted to turn Selene into a SexSlave a la ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'', and she managed to escape but sacrificed herself by detonating a grenade that destroyed the fortified entrance and let the Crossed inside. Sometime later, it is revealed that his theory is [[EntertaininglyWrong totally, totally wrong]]: the soldiers were actually quite welcoming to Selene, and the destruction of the base was completely unrelated to Selene's presence. He admits to himself when he sees Selene alive and well that thinking he could flawlessly piece together the events of a prior disaster from limited evidence when he's a writer by trade was probably kind of stupid.
** While the Crossed are incredibly dangerous on the short term, the devolution in mentality of the Crossed virus also removes the understanding of how to scavenge or be a hunter-gatherer and they eventually die of hunger or exposure, as the ''Plus 100'' arc shows.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Crossed}}'':
**''ComicBook/{{Crossed}}'': At one point in "Wish You Were Here", the main character decides to analyze a recently destroyed military base where one of his cohorts, Selene, went missing. After a SherlockScan, he comes up with a CrimeReconstruction that the reader sees: the soldiers turned out to be {{Sociopathic Soldier}}s who wanted to turn Selene into a SexSlave a la ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'', and she managed to escape but sacrificed herself by detonating a grenade that destroyed the fortified entrance and let the Crossed inside. Sometime later, it is revealed that his theory is [[EntertaininglyWrong totally, totally wrong]]: the soldiers were actually quite welcoming to Selene, and the destruction of the base was completely unrelated to Selene's presence. He admits to himself when he sees Selene alive and well that thinking he could flawlessly piece together the events of a prior disaster from limited evidence when he's a writer by trade was probably kind of stupid. \n** While the Crossed are incredibly dangerous on the short term, the devolution in mentality of the Crossed virus also removes the understanding of how to scavenge or be a hunter-gatherer and they eventually die of hunger or exposure, as the ''Plus 100'' arc shows.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Crossed}}'': At one point in "Wish You Were Here", the main character decides to analyze a recently destroyed military base where one of his cohorts, Selene, went missing. After a SherlockScan, he comes up with a CrimeReconstruction that the reader sees: the soldiers turned out to be {{Sociopathic Soldier}}s who wanted to turn Selene into a SexSlave a la ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'', and she managed to escape but sacrificed herself by detonating a grenade that destroyed the fortified entrance and let the Crossed inside. Sometime later, it is revealed that his theory is [[EntertaininglyWrong totally, totally wrong]]: the soldiers were actually quite welcoming to Selene, and the destruction of the base was completely unrelated to Selene's presence. He admits to himself when he sees Selene alive and well that thinking he could flawlessly piece together the events of a prior disaster from limited evidence when he's a writer by trade was probably kind of stupid.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Crossed}}'': ''ComicBook/{{Crossed}}'':
** At one point in "Wish You Were Here", the main character decides to analyze a recently destroyed military base where one of his cohorts, Selene, went missing. After a SherlockScan, he comes up with a CrimeReconstruction that the reader sees: the soldiers turned out to be {{Sociopathic Soldier}}s who wanted to turn Selene into a SexSlave a la ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'', and she managed to escape but sacrificed herself by detonating a grenade that destroyed the fortified entrance and let the Crossed inside. Sometime later, it is revealed that his theory is [[EntertaininglyWrong totally, totally wrong]]: the soldiers were actually quite welcoming to Selene, and the destruction of the base was completely unrelated to Selene's presence. He admits to himself when he sees Selene alive and well that thinking he could flawlessly piece together the events of a prior disaster from limited evidence when he's a writer by trade was probably kind of stupid.
** While the Crossed are incredibly dangerous on the short term, the devolution in mentality of the Crossed virus also removes the understanding of how to scavenge or be a hunter-gatherer and they eventually die of hunger or exposure, as the ''Plus 100'' arc shows.
** At one point in "Wish You Were Here", the main character decides to analyze a recently destroyed military base where one of his cohorts, Selene, went missing. After a SherlockScan, he comes up with a CrimeReconstruction that the reader sees: the soldiers turned out to be {{Sociopathic Soldier}}s who wanted to turn Selene into a SexSlave a la ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'', and she managed to escape but sacrificed herself by detonating a grenade that destroyed the fortified entrance and let the Crossed inside. Sometime later, it is revealed that his theory is [[EntertaininglyWrong totally, totally wrong]]: the soldiers were actually quite welcoming to Selene, and the destruction of the base was completely unrelated to Selene's presence. He admits to himself when he sees Selene alive and well that thinking he could flawlessly piece together the events of a prior disaster from limited evidence when he's a writer by trade was probably kind of stupid.
** While the Crossed are incredibly dangerous on the short term, the devolution in mentality of the Crossed virus also removes the understanding of how to scavenge or be a hunter-gatherer and they eventually die of hunger or exposure, as the ''Plus 100'' arc shows.
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* ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'':
** In Priest's run, the new Black Panther, Kasper Cole, falls from a 62nd-floor window after trying to leap onto a helicopter. He attempts to break his fall by clinging to a flagpole, noting that Spider-Man and Daredevil do it all the time, only for the flagpole to snap in half as soon as he grabs it.
** In the same run, a reporter named Kevin Trueblood tries to help out T'Challa by punching a bad guy in the head. Kevin ends up breaking his hand for his troubles and remarks that punching people [[InvulnerableKnuckles always looked so easy on the TV shows he used to watch as a kid]].
--->'''Black Panther:''' You should not hit a man in the side of the head with your fist. The man's head is harder. Remember that!
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* ''ComicBook/{{Crossed}}'': At one point in "Wish You Were Here", the main character decides to analyze a recently-destroyed military base where one of his cohorts, Selene, went missing. After a SherlockScan, he comes up with a CrimeReconstruction that the reader sees: the soldiers turned out to be {{Sociopathic Soldier}}s who wanted to turn Selene into a SexSlave a la ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'', and she managed to escape but sacrificed herself by detonating a grenade that destroyed the fortified entrance and let the Crossed inside. Some time later, it is revealed that his theory is [[EntertaininglyWrong totally, totally wrong]]: the soldiers were actually quite welcoming to Selene, and the destruction of the base was completely unrelated to Selene's presence. He admits to himself when he sees Selene alive and well that thinking he could flawlessly piece together the events of a prior disaster from limited evidence when he's a writer by trade was probably kind of stupid.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Crossed}}'': At one point in "Wish You Were Here", the main character decides to analyze a recently-destroyed recently destroyed military base where one of his cohorts, Selene, went missing. After a SherlockScan, he comes up with a CrimeReconstruction that the reader sees: the soldiers turned out to be {{Sociopathic Soldier}}s who wanted to turn Selene into a SexSlave a la ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'', and she managed to escape but sacrificed herself by detonating a grenade that destroyed the fortified entrance and let the Crossed inside. Some time Sometime later, it is revealed that his theory is [[EntertaininglyWrong totally, totally wrong]]: the soldiers were actually quite welcoming to Selene, and the destruction of the base was completely unrelated to Selene's presence. He admits to himself when he sees Selene alive and well that thinking he could flawlessly piece together the events of a prior disaster from limited evidence when he's a writer by trade was probably kind of stupid.
* ''ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}'':
** In the final issue of the original 1983 ''Hawkeye'' limited series, Crossfire attempts to kill Clint with his own bow and {{Trick Arrow}}, only for this to (literally) backfire when Cross finds himself unable to properly pull back the bowstring. It actually takes strength and consistent practice to properly use a bow with any sort of effectiveness.
** The very first issue of the [[ComicBook/Hawkeye2012 Fraction/Aja run]] opens with this. Clint falls from a great height and manages to catch himself with a [[TrickArrow grappling arrow]]... but still suffers some pretty severe injuries and ends up in the hospital for six weeks.
** In another issue, Kate [[BoundAndGagged tapes up and gags Madame Masque]] and [[MuggedForDisguise steals her costume]]. It's shown that she needs to use padding and a wig to complete the disguise, since her body type [[MostCommonSuperpower doesn't really resemble Masque's]].
** Another issue has Kate having to swim across a flooded street. She dives underwater with her eyes open expecting to be able to see semi-normally like people do in movies. Unfortunately for Kate, movies do that for the audience's benefit and she quickly realizes her mistake when all she sees is vague blurs and gets bad eye strain. Upon exiting the water she lampshades this trope.
* An issue from the Creator/ChipZdarsky run of ''ComicBook/TheInvadersMarvelComics'' ends with Bucky getting shot point blank in the back of the head. It's later revealed that even though the gun was only loaded with blanks, it was still close enough to knock him unconscious and give him a concussion. There's a reason why you're ''never'' supposed to point a gun at someone in real life, even with blanks. Even if they're less lethal than standard bullets, blanks have resulted in real deaths due to unsafe handling, such as the infamous death of actor Jon-Erik Hexum back in TheEighties.
** In the final issue of the original 1983 ''Hawkeye'' limited series, Crossfire attempts to kill Clint with his own bow and {{Trick Arrow}}, only for this to (literally) backfire when Cross finds himself unable to properly pull back the bowstring. It actually takes strength and consistent practice to properly use a bow with any sort of effectiveness.
** The very first issue of the [[ComicBook/Hawkeye2012 Fraction/Aja run]] opens with this. Clint falls from a great height and manages to catch himself with a [[TrickArrow grappling arrow]]... but still suffers some pretty severe injuries and ends up in the hospital for six weeks.
** In another issue, Kate [[BoundAndGagged tapes up and gags Madame Masque]] and [[MuggedForDisguise steals her costume]]. It's shown that she needs to use padding and a wig to complete the disguise, since her body type [[MostCommonSuperpower doesn't really resemble Masque's]].
** Another issue has Kate having to swim across a flooded street. She dives underwater with her eyes open expecting to be able to see semi-normally like people do in movies. Unfortunately for Kate, movies do that for the audience's benefit and she quickly realizes her mistake when all she sees is vague blurs and gets bad eye strain. Upon exiting the water she lampshades this trope.
* An issue from the Creator/ChipZdarsky run of ''ComicBook/TheInvadersMarvelComics'' ends with Bucky getting shot point blank in the back of the head. It's later revealed that even though the gun was only loaded with blanks, it was still close enough to knock him unconscious and give him a concussion. There's a reason why you're ''never'' supposed to point a gun at someone in real life, even with blanks. Even if they're less lethal than standard bullets, blanks have resulted in real deaths due to unsafe handling, such as the infamous death of actor Jon-Erik Hexum back in TheEighties.
* ''Punisher: War Zone'' mini-series, when the antagonist Tim attempts to snipe the Punisher from a tree, he misses and promptly gets two of his fingers shot off, forcing him to make a hasty retreat. Tim later says that people like Creator/BruceWillis make [[OnlyAFleshWound shrugging off non-fatal gunshot wounds look easy]], when in reality, getting shot often causes debilitating pain that makes it difficult to do much of anything, much less continue fighting.
* ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'': At one point, the Runaways have to fight a supervillain barely a week after they last caught him because they stupidly left him tied to a lamppost with a note for the police after the first battle. The guy easily got away the second the Runaways left. This is why most heroes like ComicBook/SpiderMan directly hand over villains to police or at least make sure they're securely trapped before leaving.
* In one of the ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion2008'' tie-in issues, Shanna the She-Devil tries to [[MuggedForDisguise mug a female S.H.I.E.L.D. agent for her uniform]]. Unfortunately, [[TapOnTheHead the karate chop Shanna uses to knock the woman out]] (often portrayed as non-lethal in most uses of this trope) ends up accidentally ''breaking her neck'' and killing her instantly. [[spoiler:However, it turns out the agent was actually a Skrull.]]
* ''ComicBook/SheHulk'':
** ''ComicBook/TheSensationalSheHulk'': In issue #19, Purple Hayes, a Batman {{Expy}}, tries to help an old woman being harassed by two thugs. Despite her martial arts training, the men are able to fight her off due to being larger and stronger than her.
** ''ComicBook/SheHulk2004'': A story in the Peter David issues has Jen dealing with an alien who murders a woman and takes her husband hostage. Jazinda, She-Hulk's Skrull companion, kills the alien. However, with no evidence that his wife was killed by aliens, the husband is still arrested for her murder as he is the only suspect the police can find.
* ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'': At one point, the Runaways have to fight a supervillain barely a week after they last caught him because they stupidly left him tied to a lamppost with a note for the police after the first battle. The guy easily got away the second the Runaways left. This is why most heroes like ComicBook/SpiderMan directly hand over villains to police or at least make sure they're securely trapped before leaving.
* In one of the ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion2008'' tie-in issues, Shanna the She-Devil tries to [[MuggedForDisguise mug a female S.H.I.E.L.D. agent for her uniform]]. Unfortunately, [[TapOnTheHead the karate chop Shanna uses to knock the woman out]] (often portrayed as non-lethal in most uses of this trope) ends up accidentally ''breaking her neck'' and killing her instantly. [[spoiler:However, it turns out the agent was actually a Skrull.]]
* ''ComicBook/SheHulk'':
** ''ComicBook/TheSensationalSheHulk'': In issue #19, Purple Hayes, a Batman {{Expy}}, tries to help an old woman being harassed by two thugs. Despite her martial arts training, the men are able to fight her off due to being larger and stronger than her.
** ''ComicBook/SheHulk2004'': A story in the Peter David issues has Jen dealing with an alien who murders a woman and takes her husband hostage. Jazinda, She-Hulk's Skrull companion, kills the alien. However, with no evidence that his wife was killed by aliens, the husband is still arrested for her murder as he is the only suspect the police can find.
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* ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': One issue has BatmanParody Nighthawk break his ankle trying to pull off a DynamicEntry by jumping off a building to attack some mooks.
* During Creator/WarrenEllis' ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'' run, the team travels to Denmark to capture Doctor Doom and turn him over to the U.S. military. The story ends with the Danish military [[KarmaHoudini not only protecting Doom]], but then forcibly ejecting both the Fantastic Four and the American soldiers from their country. Governments don't respond well to foreign groups barging onto their property to take an affluent citizen.
* In ''ComicBook/TheUnbeatableSquirrelGirl'', Nancy instantly sees through Chipmunk Hunk and Koi Boi's {{Paper Thin Disguise}}s and recognizes them as her classmates, Tomas and Ken. When Squirrel Girl expresses shock, Nancy asks how she could possibly have fallen for the ruse when all the boys used to hide their identities are {{Domino Mask}}s. Plus, when your roomie is obsessed with squirrels and then you meet a female superhero who calls herself "Squirrel Girl?" It's easy to make the connection.
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* Creator/MarkMillar: In an issue of ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'', the BatmanParody Nighthawk breaks his ankle trying to pull off a DynamicEntry by jumping off a building to attack some mooks.
