History SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome / LiveActionFilms

* ''Film/{{Wonka}}'': The Chief of Police attempts to coerce Wonka into giving up his chocolate business by roughing him up, his chosen method being to dunk his head into the nearby fountain while ordering him not to sell chocolate in town. Wonka politely informs him that he couldn't hear him while underwater.

* ''Film/TheCableGuy'': Unlike most examples of basketball in fiction where dunking a basketball is used for dramatic effect. This film shows that dunking a basketball into the net, regardless of a person's size, will break it (which is why there are now rules that dunking is prohibited be it a glass or wooden/cork backboard).

** Sarah seeing Alan getting sucked into a board game shook her psyche to the core. Her getting blown off by others when she tried to explain what happened also lead her into isolating herself. When she encounters the adult Alan when he escapes from the game 26 years later she is understandably very freaked out.
** Alan's disappearance had a devastating effect on his father who poured everything he had into finding him and neglecting his work, eventually giving up on the factory entirely when he believed Alan was dead. This damaged the whole town as the factory was the main source of employment and income and it's now overcome with poverty and homelessness when Alan comes back.
* ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'':
** The offenses that got the four teens detention in the first place [[TruthInTelevision are considered punish-worthy in real-life schools]]:
*** Bethany gets detention for video-chatting on her phone ''during a quiz'' in class. Phones are banned in classrooms because they tend to be very distracting in school environments (and also because they are an easy way to cheat); the video-chat was clearly disturbing the focus of the other students, and her teacher points out that just because ''Bethany'' was finished with the quiz, it didn't mean that she could act like the others weren't there.
*** Martha gets detention for [[ThatCameOutWrong accidentally insulting Coach Webb]] and refusing to participate in gym class. In the former case, rudeness towards teachers, even when accidental, isn't tolerated in schools. In the latter case, regardless of whether or not it's your least-favorite subject, refusing to participate and skipping out on a required class has consequences.
*** Spencer and Fridge get detention for cheating when Fridge's teacher (who was Spencer's teacher the previous year) notices how the two essays utilized the same metaphor, and realizes Spencer has been doing Fridge's homework for him, then reports it to the principal. Schools tend to take cheating ''very'' seriously; Fridge gets booted off the football team, and it's likely that the only reason Spencer didn't get into even more trouble was that he had a good record at that point and the principal [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure isn't that strict of a guy]]. Spencer even lampshades this, telling Fridge they're lucky not to be ''expelled''.
** Being stuck as a character of the opposite sex Bethany does not know how to pee while in a male body and needs Fridge and Spencer to explain it to her.
** Bethany tells Martha that she once wore a bikini to school and was sent to the principal's office for it.
** Spencer and Martha attempt a BigDamnKiss, [[spoiler:but since the two are very socially awkward introverts, their inexperience really shows through the most unpleasant kiss to ever involve Creator/DwayneJohnson and Creator/KarenGillan]].
** Spencer and Martha try the margaritas Alex makes, giddy over being technically old enough to consume alcohol in-game, and they immediately do a SpitTake. Margaritas are highly bitter even with the sugar and salt, and are an acquired taste.
** By contrast, Fridge gets plastered after drinking several margaritas made by Alex, forgetting that he now weighs half of what he did in the real world.
** Bethany [[spoiler:gives up her second life in order to revive Alex]]. Her teammates treat this as a big shock because they consider her to be so self-absorbed, but when you think about it, it's really not a shock — [[spoiler:being kind of a jerk doesn't mean you're in favor of effectively ''murdering'' someone by inaction. [[EveryoneHasStandards Most people would react similarly in that situation]].]]
** Martha tries to do the SupermodelStrut Bethany taught her — which involves long, loping strides — while walking downhill. Rather than looking sexy by any means, she mostly ends up stumbling and tripping over her own feet on the uneven terrain. In addition, her attempts to distract the NPC guards by flirting with them also fails, since they only have a single pre-programmed response and are incapable of reacting to what she's doing or responding in any other way. [[LetsGetDangerous So she decides to do what Ruby Roundhouse does best.]]
** Bethany and Alex develop feelings for each other, especially after Alex saves the team and Bethany saves him. [[spoiler:By the time they meet in the real world, due to Alex returning to 1996, he's two decades older than her. Also, he got married and has children. Bethany sadly accepts this, though she's heartened that Alex named his daughter after her because she saved his life.]]
* ''Film/LethalWeapon2''
** BigBad Arjen Rudd is flaunting the fact that he has DiplomaticImpunity from being prosecuted for his crimes. Much to Rudd's fatal surprise, Murtaugh shoots Rudd in the head and announces that "[[BondOneLiner it's just been revoked]]" after Rudd shoots Riggs, and Murtaugh suffers no legal consequences. Diplomatic immunity extends to being unable to be arrested or prosecuted; Rudd had to learn the hard way that being shot in self-defense isn't covered.
** Murtaugh sits motionless on the toilet all night to prevent a bomb from going off in the toilet. By the next morning, Murtaugh being stuck in that position for that long means he can't stand up on his own, which Murtaugh realizes to his horror since [[OhCrap this means he won't be able to escape the bomb blast]] because of a DeadMansSwitch. Riggs ends up having to yank Murtaugh off the toilet and throw him into the bathtub in a split second to survive the blast.

* ''Film/T2Trainspotting'':
** Even though Renton did, after twenty years, give Sick Boy his £4000 share of the original £16000, Sick Boy is still angry that Renton stole the money in the first place, because they were supposed to be best friends, despite Renton saying (in both the first film and this one) that Sick Boy would have done the same thing to Renton if only he'd thought of it first.
** Spud also reveals that giving him his share of the money at all wound up doing him little good in the end. As a result of a sequence of misfortunes, he did what one would expect a heroin addict who received a large amount of money would do; blew it all on skag and wound up going further downhill.
** The film stresses that Renton's decision at the end of the first film, while being made out of a genuine desire of self-betterment, was also incredibly selfish and wound up hurting those close to him in ways he didn't even think of. The worst of it being Renton's mother, who was heart-broken when he left, left his room as it was in a sort of keepsake, and wound up dying while vainly hoping that he would return some day.
** During their fight at the pub, Sick Boy [[GrievousBottleyHarm tries to use a glass shard from a broken glass bottle]] to stab Renton. He only succeeds in cutting his own hand instead.

* ''{{Film/Jumanji}}'': The first time Van Pelt uses his new shotgun, he misses a few shots that, for an experienced hunter, should be very simple to make. Turns out that firing an unfamiliar weapon with an improperly set sight is just as tricky for a magically generated GreatWhiteHunter as for anyone else.

* ''Film/TheEqualizer3'': It doesn't matter how much of a {{Badass}} you are, even in the ''Equalizer'' universe. Getting shot InTheBack ''hurts''. '''A lot.''' The pain is so great that when it happens to [=McCall=], he is DrivenToSuicide -- except he has no bullets left. The resulting pain leads him to pass out while fleeing the winery, and he likely would have bled out were it not for the arrival of Gio, who rescues him and brings him to Altamonte.

* ''Film/{{Ma}}'':
** After getting on so well the first night, Ma invites the kids out to drink with her a second time, but they reply that they can't because they all have homework and other responsibilities. You can't party all the time.
** While most high school outcasts don't become as unhinged as Ma, the movie does highlight the fact that a victim of severe bullying can be haunted by the trauma for the rest of their lives, while the bullies themselves are able to grow into functional adults and write off their past behavior as childhood immaturity.

* ''Film/X2022'': Getting shot in the face, even with a shotgun, won’t necessarily kill you immediately, as poor Lorraine demonstrates.

* In ''Film/RoboCop1987'' the director hired paramedics and told them do do what they would ''actually'' do if presented with a dying patient with fatal gunshot wounds. Most of the dialog was written (or ad-libbed) on the spot, and the scene holds up very well.

* ''Film/TheyLive'': The resistance movement is largely made up of homeless people and blue-collar workers, ordinary people with no real combat training. Every time they face the superior numbers and weaponry of the aliens' shock troops, it ends with the rebels getting curbstomped.

* In ''Film/RichieRich'', [[BigBad Lawrence Van Dough]] spends the entire movie trying to break into the Rich family vault to steal their money. However, by the time he actually makes it in, however, he finds that [[WorthlessTreasureTwist it's full of nothing]] [[AllThatGlitters but keepsakes and photo albums]]. Their actual money is in banks, stocks, and real estate. (This is in contrast to the ''ComicBook/RichieRich'' comics, where his mansion indeed has vaults stuffed with cash and valuables.)

* In ''The Awaken Punch'', a 1970s Kung Fu movie, the hero tracks down the leader of the gangsters responsible for murdering his family and kidnapping his love interest, and kills him after a brutal fight. S.O.P., right? Well, then he gets arrested for nine major offenses, including the deaths of six other gang members. [[DownerEnding The End!]]

** Vincent Vega [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace names a trope by accidentally shooting Marvin in the face]]. While Vincent claims the car went over a bump, he was still waving around a loaded gun with his finger on the trigger. It was only a matter of time before somebody got shot. The aftermath also shows just how messy shooting someone in the head actually is, and the disgusting work of cleaning up a crime scene is what follows the remainder of that section of the movie as Vincent and Jules have to literally pick blood and brains out of the backseat.
** Upon seeing Marsellus Wallace out in the street, Butch tries to run Marsellus over with his car. Butch hits Marsellus and knocks him to the ground, but since Butch barely had any room to accelerate, Marsellus is dazed but not badly hurt. Also, Butch suffers some injures himself because after striking Marsellus because he zoomed right into a busy intersection, immediately got hit by another car, and he wasn't wearing a seat belt.

** Vincent Vega [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace names a trope]] by accidentally shooting Marvin in the face. While Vincent claims the car went over a bump, he was still waving around a loaded gun with his finger on the trigger. It was only a matter of time before somebody got shot. The aftermath also shows just how messy shooting someone in the head actually is and the hard, disgusting work of cleaning up a crime scene.
** Upon seeing Marsellus Wallace out in the street, Butch tries to run Marsellus over with his car. Butch hits and injures Marsellus, but since Butch barely had any room to accelerate, Marsellus is dazed and possibly concussed when he regains consciousness, but otherwise not badly hurt. Also, Butch suffers some injures himself because after striking Marsellus, he zoomed right into a busy intersection, immediately was hit by another car, and he wasn't wearing a seat belt.

* In ''Film/RoboCop1987'' the director hired actual paramedics and told them do do what they would ''actually'' do if presented with a dying patient with fatal gunshot wounds. Most of the dialog was written (or ad-libbed) on the spot, and the scene holds up very well.

* In ''Film/RoboCop1987'' the director hired actual paramedics and told them do do what they would ''actually'' do if presented with a fast-dying patient with fatal gunshot wounds. Most of the dialog was written (or ad-libbed) on the spot, and the scene holds up very well.

* In ''Film/RoboCop1987'' the director hired actual paramedics and told them do do what they would ''actually'' do if presented with a patient with hopeless gunshot wounds. Most of the dialog was written (or ad-libbed) on the spot, and the scene holds up very well.

* In ''Film/RoboCop1987'' the director hired actual paramedics and told them do do what they would actually if presented with a patient with hopeless gunshot wounds. Most of the dialog was written (or ad-libbed) on the spot, and the scene holds up very well.