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'''Even Worse:''' Instead of hiding the mask in a location where the natives won't find it, like the bottom of the ocean or deep underground in an unpopulated region of the planet, they put the mask in a random crate and dump it into the planet's atmosphere.\\

* In the AU ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfic [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9651701/2/She-Who-Skitters-in-Darkness She Who Skitters in Darkness]], Skitter's powers have recently [[TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening manifested]], and as a result she joins the Wards, a teenage superhero group. The Wards unmask themselves, revealing their private identities, and Skitter does the same. Then it's revealed that one of the Wards- [[spoiler:Shadow Stalker]]- goes to the same high school as Skitter, and has been viciously bullying her for years. Skitter deeply resents her because of this. Worsening the situation is that [[spoiler:Shadow Stalker]]'s abuse ''directly'' led to Skitter developing her powers and suffering severe emotional trauma.\\

!!''WesternAnimatin/TheSimpsons''

'''You'd Expect:''' For Alpha to realize that leaving the artifact containing an OmnicidalManiac on a planet full of life is a ''[[{{Understatement really bad idea}}'' and to search for a different hiding place, preferably one that ''doesn't'' have any life on it. After all, this is just the first world that he's come across and there are plenty of other planets to choose from.\\

* In the backstory of ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'', Alpha's team want to keep the [[EvilMask Mask of]] [[ArtifactOfDoom Darth Nihilus]] from falling into Darth Vader's hands. They just have discovered that the mask is a HauntedFetter containing the evil spirit of Darth Nihilus after witnessing said spirit use the Force to kill a dozen people in mere seconds. In the aftermath of this slaughter, the droids realize that EvilIsNotAToy and decide that NoManShouldHaveThisPower.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' For them to go for the obvious solution: [[NoMacGuffinNoWinner destroy the mask so no one can have it.]] Granted, the mask later turns out to be [[MadeOfIndestructium indestructible]], but they had no way of knowing that. Besides, there's no reason they can't just HurlItIntoTheSun or drop it into a [[UsefulNotes/BlackHoles black hole]].\\
'''Instead:''' They don't even bother trying to destroy the mask. To his credit, Alpha comes up with an alternative solution: hide the mask on a random planet in the Unknown Regions where the Sith will never find it. It's a fairly solid plan... except for what happens next.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' For Alpha to realize that leaving the artifact containing an OmnicidalManiac on a planet full of life is a ''really bad idea'' and to search for a different hiding place, preferably one that ''doesn't'' have any life on it. After all, this is just the first world that he's come across and there are plenty of other worlds to choose from.\\
'''Instead:''' Alpha decides that this planet is the perfect hiding spot and orders the Mask of Nihilus to be dumped into its atmosphere while brushing off the objections of his squadmates who point out what was just stated above.\\

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11634797/1/Killing-Your-Dark-Future Killing Your Dark Future]]'' Seryu and her Teigu Koro are about to kill Sheele, Sayo has only one explosive arrow left.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Sayo to shoot Seryu. Even if she can't save Sheele, she can take out a dangerous enemy who will undoubtably cause trouble in the future.\\
'''Instead''': She shoots Sheele in a MercyKill despite the fact that Sheele was gonna die anyway completely passing up a chance to kill a dangerous foe and obtain her Teigu.

* ''Fanfic/AProtectorsPride''. Oh damn! Ichigo's sisters and mother have been taken to hell! Naturally Ichigo wants to go save them and can even go GodMode should things go south. Unfortunately Ichigo needs [[GrumpyOldMan Yamamoto's]] go ahead.\\

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13438258/25/ 151 Pokeshipping Stories]]'' has on its 25th chapter a flashback of how Misty's mother died. To contextualize, the two are enjoying a beach day, and there's a ''freaking'' Gyarados sleeping by the shore nearby. Misty's mother apparently has experience with Water Pokémon, enough to know how dangerous Gyarados can be.\\
'''You'd Expect''': That Misty's mother would keep a tight hold of her daughter's hand all the time, or better, to get them both out of there ASAP.\\
'''Instead''': She doesn't, and somehow while she's distracting herself raving about how dangerous Gyarados are, Misty goes off on her own and ''gets close to the Gyarados'', waking it up.\\
'''Result''': Misty's mother is forced to push her out of the way, and gets eaten by the Gyarados.

'''Instead:''' SkewedPriorities kicks in and he wastes time considering a load of useless wishes, before he wishes for a bigger penis. And it never even occurs to him to make one of the other two wishes.

'''Instead''': He writes down on the notebook, not realizing it's a fake one. On the top of that, he blurted out to Jeanne, Miyako, and Chiaki that he's Kira. As soon as the 40 second countdown ends, they're not dead. Now they know the truth.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1177856 The Max Starfield Series]]'':
** The past. Chloe is angsting over the disappearance of her best friend Max, not knowing that she was taken away to Coruscant to become a Jedi. Her mother Joyce knows what happened, but despises Jedi due to the fact that her husband was killed in a battle between a Jedi and a street gang.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Joyce would at least do Chloe the decency of explaining what happened to her best friend, after seeing how badly it's affected her.\\
'''Instead''': Joyce says nothing, for no apparent reason besides her hatred of Jedi. The result is that Chloe take Max's disappearance far harder than she might have done otherwise.
** In the present day, Max and Chloe break into the Jedi Temple archives to investigate a potential threat to the Jedi Order, and then leave Coruscant to follow up on their information, Max disobeying orders to remain at the temple in the process. Victoria, a Jedi Padawan who resents Max becoming a full-blown Jedi before her, observes the two as they do all this, and later sees them share a romantic embrace before departing the temple. She reports what she sees to Mace Windu, with the result that when Max and Chloe return to Coruscant with news of an imminent attack on the Jedi Temple, they are immediately hauled before the Jedi Council for questioning.\\
'''You'd Expect''': The council would at some point ask why the two women felt the need to do what they did. Even if they don't entirely trust them, it's not like they have no reason to suspect an attack on the temple, given that they originally assigned Max to investigate such a thing.\\
'''Instead''': The council is far more concerned about Max being in a forbidden relationship, and are all set to expel her for it before Chloe reaches her breaking point and yells to them about the upcoming attack. Even then, they disregard the word of the two women on the basis that Chloe's a smuggler, and Max has broken the Jedi code.\\
'''Result''': The Jedi only realize the attack's coming when Darth Chiaros's starship is in Coruscant's orbit. They only survive it because Chloe returned to break Max out of her confinement at the temple following her expulsion, and was later persuaded by her to try and stop it, whereas before she had been happy to leave the Jedi to their fate.

* ''FanFic/{{Alex}}'' has the titular antagonist doing a press conference at the Candy Kingdom where she pins the blame on the dark swamp event on Marceline. On top of that, she shows them of Marcie's crimes against Princess Bubblegum since "What Was Missing".\\

'''Instead''': They take Alex at her word. As soon as Marceline shows up, they started [[ProducePelting throwing rotten tomatoes]] at her for the things she had done to their princess. What's worse is that Finn and Jake, who are ''also'' friends of Princess Bubblegum in canon, also believe Alex.

** Alya has been trying to help Marinette confess her crush to Adrien. However, when she tries to arrange for an outing to the wax museum to become a impromptu date, texting Marinette with the news and ordering her to 'submit to her fate', Marinette replies that she's already ''at'' the museum with Luka, babysitting Manon.\\

* In another ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' fanfic [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9550053/1/The-Fey-Family-Cousin The Fey Family Cousin]] the police receive an anonymous call informing them about a murder, telling them to check DNA on the murder weapon but specifically demanding that they won't check fingerprints.\\

'''Even Worse:''' Detective Gumshoe decides that "prepare the evidence" means "make sure it's clean'' and wipes the prints from the weapon so when finally someone wants to check those prints there are no prints to check.
* This was how the BadFuture of the Franchise/MassEffect's fic ''[[Fanfic/CrucibleMassEffect Crucible]]'' started. First, we have Garrus who felt into depression because he thought Shepard was dead after the Reaper War. He was trying to find a way to relieve himself (which, for turians, is mainly sex) when Perdita Marius approached him. She was the daughter of General Marius, who is known for his ruthless, racist and dominating nature who was gathering more power for him during this unstable period.\\

* ''[[FanFic/ErisGame Eri's Game]]'': Eri has taken some potshots on the police at the building her [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Kenzo Hiryu]] is. She knows she's gonna meet her end and knows there's gonna be a lot of men with guns outside the building. What should she do?\\
'''You'd Expect''': That Eri should know that if she tries a death wish like that, the mysterious force ([[spoiler:who is none other than Shiki]]) that keeps on foiling her death attempts would foil this one. Even if she accepted her death, she would try to stay alive\\
'''Instead''': Eri boldly opens the building and strides on the police who are all pointing guns at her. She manages to take some of them before dying. This time, the mysterious force isn't there to stop her. That finally got her death wish for sure, but...\\
'''Even Worse''': The reason the mysterious force ([[spoiler:Shiki]]) doesn't foil this one because of her battle with the Game Master at that time.
* In the lost ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' webcomic ''Future of Despair'', [[DefrostingIceQueen Panne]] is married to [[CuteAndPsycho Henry]] and pregnant with their son Yarne. Her Taguel instincts and what she remembers of their traditions dictate that a Taguel mother must give birth in isolation ''and'' in her beast form.\\
'''You'd Expect''': For Panne to tell Henry (a man with ''severe'' mental/emotional issues [[PleaseDontLeaveMe of the abandonment kind]] [[BlueAndorangeMorality among]] [[BloodKnight others]], which she's ''very'' aware of) to give her a hand and help her find an adquate yet kinda isolated place to deliver their child without any risks. That way she can safely become a mom without having to give up on her instincts, and not to mention Henry gets to participate in the birth of their son even if he can't be present.\\
'''Instead''': Unable to "resist her instincts", she transforms and runs away from the mostly safe palace she and Henry are currently staying in, ''completely alone and behind Henry's back'', to have baby Yarne in the woods. She's then mistaken as a wild animal by two local hunters and [[HumanPincushion gets shot full of arrows]], ''barely'' managing to [[DeathByChildbirth give birth before kicking it]] - which soon sends the ''already'' mentally unstable Henry through a SanitySlippage and a DespairEventHorizon crossing - and sooner or later will cause him to throw his own life away, therefore leaving a very young Yarne (whom he [[ParentalNeglect already was neglectful to]]) [[OrphansOrdeal almost completely alone]]. Enjoy becoming a member of the Website/WomenInRefrigerators club and ruining your whole family's lives '''for no other reason than your own stupidity disguised as ~irresistible instincts~''', Panne!
* In "[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/707722 The Nascent]]", [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Robin aka the Female Avatar]] is pregnant with her and Chrom's daughter Lucina and very close to being due. She, however, has MANY duties as the Queen of Ylisse and therefore is in danger of neglecting both herself and her soon-to-be-born little girl, even when she can barely afford to rest.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' That Robin decides to prioritize her health and baby Lucina's own and work until it's time, then take a break to give birth safely before re-taking her workload. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa#Family_life It's actually *not* as hard as people would believe]].\\
'''Instead:''' She stupidly '''hides/suppresses her contractions''' for the sake of "working for Ylisse", which leads her to collapse and almost fall victim to DeathByChildbirth.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11281809/1/Phoenix-Wright-Ghosts-of-the-Past Phoenix Wright: Ghosts of the Past]]'': Iris is haunted by Dahlia's spirit slowly driving her insane. Phoenix and the rest decide to let Maya channel Dahlia to find ''some'' solution.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' That if they're channeling the vilest murderess anyone of them ever known they'd do it in the safe place far from anything that can be used as a weapon and make sure Maya is restrained during chanelling.\\
'''Instead:''' They do it in a ''kitchen'' with barely any precautions. As a result Dahlia sends half of the cast to the hospital and almost kills Athena with a kitchen knife.

'''Instead''': She reads it anyway.\\

* In ''FanFic/InTheEyeOfTheBeholder'', the protagonists come into conflict with Sycophanta, a group of rival Persona-users who want to inflict Narcissus Syndrome on the entire world in the name of evolution. When Sycophanta goes into the MagicalLand, their forms change into that of their ideal selves, meaning they know who the heroes are while the heroes have no clue who they are.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' For them to hold on to this advantage and milk it for all its worth.\\
'''Instead:''' They confront the heroes in the real world and reveal themselves ''literally the next day''.
* In VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition's ''FanFic/WalkingInCircles'', when Evelyn meets Vivienne, the latter attempts to convince the former to allow her to join the Inquisition. The problem here is that Vivienne is Pro-Circle while Evelyn is as Anti-Circle as a mage can get.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Vivienne to convince the Inquisitor by offering to push for changes within the Circle System, acknowledging that the way the current Circle works is a mistake and that the Chantry was wrong in its treatments toward mages.\\
'''Instead:''' She declares that mages should be all contained for Thedas to accept them, never mind that she herself is a mage who walk freely and dining in luxury among Orlesian nobles while ignoring the plight of her kind. She also tells Evelyn to not judge all Circles based on her own experiences. But Evelyn doesn't just hate the Circles for what she has endured there but also because she saw the oppression and suffering of countless other mages. Finally, Vivienne claim that the Mage-Templar war happened because both sides are in it, but the war started in the first place was because the Chantry decided to Annual all Circles, including the neutral or non-violent ones, instead of just the ones that acted aggressively first.\\
''' Result:''' Evelyn swears that she will never support the Circles while having her view that magic should be fully brought back to this world so that mages won't have to be oppressed anymore enforced. And thus [[WellIntentionedExtremist she continues to support Solas's plan of taking down the Veil]], effectively preparing to doom the current world for it. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Great job, Vivienne!]]

* ''FanFic/{{Alex}}'' has the titular antagonist herself doing a press conference at the Candy Kingdom where she pins the blame on the dark swamp event on Marceline. On top of that, she shows them of Marcie's crimes against Princess Bubblegum since "What Was Missing".\\

* In ''Fanfic/BitterTearsAnAnonAMissFic'', after the school-wide confession is made by the Cute Mark Crusaders about being Anon-A-Miss, Gilda and a few of her friends beat up Apple Bloom in retaliation for the trouble that the CMC caused.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Gilda and her friends would be sneaky about their attack and leave no evidence of them bullying Apple Bloom. They're already skating on thin ice, since the only reason Apple Bloom and the other CMC don't report these attacks is they feel like they have it coming. Even then, the bullies know that if they're caught, Principal Celestia will come down on them. They also have to take extra care to avoid being seen by even a single school staff member, because the staff would report it to Celestia immediately.\\
'''Instead:''' Gilda and her friends take pictures with their smartphones of Gilda beating up Apple Bloom, and send the pictures to other students. Celestia eventually gets a hold of these pictures, and suspends Gilda and her friends for two weeks. Celestia even lampshades how dumb Gilda's actions were.

* ''WebComic/HowIBecameYours''
** Katara is separated from Zuko and, unbeknownst to him, pregnant with his child. Toph tells her that a gift from the Fire Nation had just arrived, which is a basket of fruit and a note signed by Zuko. Happy, but also sad over finally having contact with him, Katara eats some of the fruit and immediately miscarries.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Katara to quickly come to the realization that the miscarriage resulted from eating fruit that came from an outside source and likely laced with some poison to induce miscarriages.\\
'''Instead:''' Katara is convinced for ''three years'' that it came from her being depressed over not seeing Zuko for six months. It takes Mai to ''tell her'' that she had laced the fruit with some poison, to make Katara realize this.
** Azula ignores her banishment from the Fire Nation and approaches Mai, with the intent to blackmail her into getting an influential seat on the Fire Nation's senate.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Azula to go to ''Zuko'' for blackmail, because she has an easier chance to manipulate him. Mai was the person who outright defied her, stating she cared more for Zuko than being afraid of Azula ''and'' Mai is a very accomplished knife-thrower.\\
'''Instead:''' Azula approaches Mai and gets stabbed with a poison-tipped knife, which resulted in Azula almost dying of bloodloss while being poisoned and eventually losing her memories.
* ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'':
** Right before the Changeling invasion begins, Prince Jewelius has his assistant Vivian help Twilight Sparkle and Princess Cadance out of the crystal caves. Once they've interrupted the wedding ceremony to stop Queen Chrysalis, Jewelius proudly tells the latter of what he did. She's very surprised that [[spoiler:she has been betrayed by [[EvilAllAlong Jewelius]] who convinced her to start the invasion in the first place]].\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Chrysalis would [[spoiler:reveal to everypony her now broken partnership with Jewelius and that he helped her to infiltrate Canterlot as well as steal Cadance's identity. Even if he calls her a liar, doing that would help her deny him whatever he seeks to gain out of betraying her]].\\
'''Instead:''' Chrysalis [[spoiler:brushes off the entire issue, confident her victory is assured anyway. She ends up being shrunken and trapped in a glass jar, and it's not until a week later that she gets a chance to expose Jewelius to the heroes when all of them are at his mercy and locked up in cells along with her]].
** After [[ForWantOfANail Twilight has stopped the Changelings]], the [[BitchInSheepsClothing previously well-mannered]] Jewelius starts acting aggressively and blames Princess Celestia, Shining Armor and Twilight's friends ([[KickTheDog and even Cadance who can't be held accountable for being taken by surprise and imprisoned]]) for letting the invasion happen by [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass refusing to listen to Twilight about Chrysalis]], all the while the wedding guests and some guards are present. He doesn't really give anypony a chance to properly explain themselves, and Vivian points her horn threateningly toward Celestia the moment the princess opens her mouth.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Celestia would understand that she needs to assert herself, sternly stop her nephew from making biased accusations, and start properly clearing things up for everypony.\\
'''Instead:''' Celestia takes no action to stop her nephew from speaking even when he's addressing the ponies in Canterlot's streets. She only asks him to calm himself while letting her own nervousness show, and says that everything would have been resolved differently if Twilight -- the hero who just stopped the Changelings -- had just kept a cool head and brought evidence to back up her accusations.[[note]]Jewelius overrules this argument by pointing out that before that, Celestia herself chose not to postpone the wedding and first deal with the looming threat of unknown attackers she was warned about.[[/note]] [[NotHelpingYourCase She makes it worse for herself and the other heroes]] by telling them to run right after Jewelius has promised in his speech to correct their mistakes. This backfires horribly, as the escape attempt fails and makes them look as guilty as Jewelius says they are. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero This in turn leads to them all being imprisoned and scorned on by everypony, while Jewelius makes himself Equestria's king.]]
** When the [[HeroWithBadPublicity disgraced heroes]] -- Celestia, Cadance, Shining Armor, the Mane Five and Spike -- sneak inside Canterlot's castle in search of Twilight, they come across an intersection of three hallways on their way to the library. They [[LetsSplitUpGang decide to split into three groups]] and reach the library through the three different routes, believing they'll be less likely to get caught if they aren't all together.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' The princesses and Shining Armor would first use their knowledge of the castle to give each group instructions on how to best reach the library through the different paths and possibly avoid any patrolling guards. Or better yet, Celestia, Cadance and Shining Armor should each be leading one of the groups.\\
'''Instead:''' The fugitives split up randomly (with Celestia and Shining Armor both in one group and Cadance in another) and start finding their ways without further discussions. Only the group consisting of Celestia, Shining Armor and Spike reaches the library and finds Twilight without being noticed. All the others are found by [[TheBrute Commander Hildread]], leading Cadance to [[YouShallNotPass buy them time to escape]] and end up being injured by [[spoiler:Jewelius]]. That in turn leads to Twilight -- who has been [[CorruptTheCutie manipulated by Jewelius]] during the past week -- renouncing her brother, friends and mentor in anger before she detains them with a magic dome and allows them to be imprisoned.
** When the fugitive heroes escape from Jewelius' clutches, [[spoiler:all the Changelings escape from Canterlot's dungeons as well]], causing mass panic among Canterlot's citizens.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' [[PragmaticVillainy If only for the sake of his image]], Jewelius would pacify the citizens, make preparations against [[spoiler:a new Changeling invasion]], and try to get rid of the heroes later, or at least discreetly.\\
'''Instead:''' Jewelius [[SkewedPriorities absolutely refuses to spare a thought]] for [[spoiler:the Changelings]] until he's done with the heroes, even when Twilight herself asks him to focus on [[spoiler:the Changelings who're definitely more of a threat to ponies than the fugitive heroes she and other ponies are already starting to forgive]]. He tries to get the citizens off his back by having Twilight lie to them, but [[SuddenPrincipledStand she disobeys his orders]], and [[VillainBall he allows her to realize his true nature in their following argument]], leading her to escape from Canterlot with the Elements of Harmony and reconcile with the other heroes. [[spoiler:After Jewelius' army is petrified by the Elements and he's cornered by the heroes, the Changelings take their chance to kill him while he's at his weakest.]]

* ''[[FanFic/PonyPsychologySeries Secrets and Lies]]'': Twilight Sparkle has been the victim of numerous acts of vandalism, culminating in a confrontation with the insane pony responsible where Twilight is goaded into vaporizing her in the heat of the moment, and evidence indicates to her that Discord is responsible, attempting to weaken the Elements of Harmony and break out.\\
'''You'd Expect''': As this is the sequel to a story where the rest of the Mane Six hiding their issues led to utter insanity and Twilight needed to uncover said issues and reassure the others of the strength of their friendship in spite of it all, that Twilight could now gather said friends, explain the situation in full (putting her own unfortunate act in the context of Discord, as that was how she was trying to deal with the guilt), and inform Celestia as well (understandably afraid of the Princess's reaction, but ''[[MadGod Discord]]'').\\
'''Instead''': She tries hiding it all from ''everyone'' except for vague warnings (and a few rants doubting her friends' ability to support her) that ultimately drive all of Ponyville into chaos. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice]] [[SelfFulfillingProphecy going]], Twi.
* In one meme-story based on the "Steamed Hams" incident from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Principal Skinner needs to pee.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Skinner to excuse himself and go to the bathroom. After all, the ''actual short that the story was based upon'' shows that he has no problem with excusing himself to Superintendent Chalmers, and he doesn't have to specify why he's leaving.\\
'''Instead''': He just holds it in.\\
'''Result''': Chalmers notices that Skinner looks a bit off, and assumes there's something wrong with him, then he [[PottyFailure wets himself]] and ends up being punished by [[MyBelovedSmother Agnes]].

'''Instead:''' She [[IResembleThatRemark gets into a fight]] with another student who teased her, which earns her a scolding from Celestia and a recommendation that she transfer to another school, which is basically a warning that she'll be expelled if she doesn't clean up her act.\\

* A few times in ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3303241/1/A_Very_Special_Arthur A Very Special Arthur]]''.
** In the beginning, after Arthur hits his head on the bottom of the pool, they get out to call 911.\\
'''You'd Expect''': That his friends would take him out of the pool, since he's still submerged in water and unconscious after hitting his head.\\
'''Instead''': They leave him in the pool, underwater, for 20 minutes until the ambulance arrives, which causes him severe brain damage and leaves him mentally handicapped (and this is following the in-story logic behind this, as Arthur would be dead in real life).
** Arthur’s friends try to reverse his condition, but are told that the only hope for doing so, stem cell treatment, is illegal. They then decide to replicate the process that caused it in order to get him back to normal.\\
'''You’d Expect''': Them to use simple logic (as well as listen to the Brain when he points this out) and determine that pushing him into the pool would only make it worse.\\
'''Instead''': They go through with it, and are surprised when it makes Arthur's condition even worse.

!!''Anime/OjamajoDoremi''
* ''Fanfic/OjamajoDoremiRiseOfTheShadows'': Two examples, one of which coming from the sequel.
** The Queen right before the climax.\\
'''You'd expect''': The Queen would, after freeing herself from her bonds, to silently move away and either A) [[CombatPragmatist ambush Black Queen]], thereby interrupting, if not outright stopping the spell and possibly letting her steal one or more of the Seven Seals to use for herself or B) escape and regroup.\\
'''Instead''': She announces her intentions to stop Black Queen's EvilPlan and launches an attack. Black Queen effortlessly parries the attack since she now had plenty of time to prepare. This leads to Evil Rin trying to run her though with her dagger, forcing Majorin to take the hit and die as a result.
** ''Witches at World's End'', courtesy of, once again, the Queen:\\
'''You'd expect''': The Queen, after sensing Black Queen's return, to get the Seven Seals and use her SuperMode to guarantee a win on her part and stop Black Queen once and for all. Or, at the very least, force Black Queen to reveal her ace early and give the protagonists ample time to prepare countermeasures for it.\\
'''Instead''': The Queen opts for her new CoolSword (and ''only'' her CoolSword; not even her GameBreaker levels of magic are used) even though she can't use the full extent of its power outside of her SuperMode, and tries to run Black Queen through. Cue CurbstompBattle, and ''not'' in the Queen's favor.

'''Instead''': He harasses the Varia because he wants to talk right now, and when Xanxus comes to introduce his wife tries to downplay his responsability in the entire mess leading to the youth's six-years-long captivity.\\

* In the Literature/HarryPotter[=/=]Franchise/MassEffect story ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7966035/1/Lightning-among-the-Stars Lightning Among the Stars]]'' Luna is an A.I. acting as the V.I. (less intelligent and emotional A.I.) for Harry's and Hermione's ship.\\

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7685439/29/The-Shadow The Shadow]]'' [[Franchise/StarWars The Rebel Alliance]] tries to infiltrate Coruscant on Empire Day, reasoning that traffic would be high enough they could slip through.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' The Rebel Alliance would send a few minor or lesser known members in a common ship.\\
'''Instead:''' Han and Leia go in the Millenium Falcon. The two most recognizable members in the most recognizable ship they have.\\
'''The Result:''' They get captured pretty much the moment they entered Coruscant's atmosphere, though it was partly due to Vader ordering all ships to be on the lookout of any YT series Corellian freighters. The only reason they escaped was because Vader ''let them''.\\
'''Even Worse''': They considered taking a more inconspicuous ship but decided the Falcon's speed in case they get caught was more important than ''actually lowering the odds of getting caught''.

* In ''Fanfic/SoullessShell'', Arnold has been sentenced to death for rape by Leif, who is the incredibly powerful [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking leader]] of the vermin of Redwall, but manages to escape and convince his guards to join him.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Him to flee the country, given that no creature alive can even hope to challenge Leif. Failing that, you'd expect him to come up with a plan to take Leif by surprise and use his guards to gain an advantage in numbers.\\
'''Instead''': Arnold decides that vengeance against Leif can wait until after he's raped a young girl. Since RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil Leif finds him, [[OneWingedAngel turns into a demon]], and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown kills him]]. His guards aren't even present, and soon afterward try to attack Leif in revenge, only to get killed fairly easily.

* From the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' [[HateFic spitefic]] ''[[http://twispitefic.livejournal.com/20352.html Resisting Devotion]]'', Quil tries to start a romantic relationship with Claire, who's just turned 18. He tries to kiss her, but she pulls away from him. (Quil at least has the sense not to pull a Sam Uley, figuring that doing so will make Claire hate him.)\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Quil to apologize for suddenly kissing her. It's not likely that she would automatically hate him for it; they've been good friends for several years and she was probably just shocked that he made an advance like that.\\
'''Instead:''' The first thing he does when she asks what he's doing is reveal that he's loved her since she was a child. ''That'' does make Claire hate him, and she states that she'll be putting a restraining order out on him at the end of the fic.

* In the AU ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfic [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9651701/2/She-Who-Skitters-in-Darkness She Who Skitters in Darkness]], Skitter's powers have recently [[TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening manifested]], and as a result she joins the Wards, a teenage superhero group. The Wards unmask themselves, revealing their private identities, and Skitter does the same. Then it's revealed that one of the Wards- [[spoiler:Shadow Stalker]]- goes to the same high school as Skitter, and has been viciously bullying her for years. Skitter deeply resents her because of this. Worsening the situation is that [[spoiler:Shadow Stalker]]'s abuse ''directly'' led to Skitter developing her powers and suffering severe emotional trauma.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' [[spoiler:Shadow Stalker]] to recognize that she and Skitter are now [[BullyingADragon on the same level,]][[note]]The Wards have only begun to analyse Skitter's powerset, but they can tell it's very formidable.[[/note]] and that Skitter is [[NotAfraidOfYouAnymore no longer]] the [[TookALevelInBadass fearful, powerless girl]] who [[spoiler:Shadow Stalker]] once tormented. If that weren't enough, [[spoiler:Shadow Stalker]] could consider that she is surrounded by a group of ''literal'' superheroes who would NOT take kindly to her bullying their newest recruit. (The Wards are ''well'' aware of [[spoiler:Shadow Stalker]]'s sadism, and put her on probation to try and curb it.)\\
'''Instead:''' [[spoiler:Shadow Stalker]] actively attacks Skitter, relentlessly taunting her and dismissing Skitter's TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening as 'pathetic'. She continues to do this even after the Wards' leader orders her to stop, ''and'' after Skitter's anger at [[spoiler:Shadow Stalker]] makes lightbulbs shatter and the room's electricity short out. At no point does she think 'Hey, maybe I shouldn't try to agitate the superpowered girl with a serious grudge against me!' As a result, [[spoiler:Shadow Stalker]] is nearly kicked off the team [[note]](and actually may have been, we just don't find out because of the POV switch)[[/note]] and Skitter's PowerIncontinence puts the fear of God into everyone in the room. [[note]]Incidentally, Skitter ''then'' runs away from the Wards and is recruited by an opposing team of supervillains. So [[spoiler:Shadow Stalker]]'s idiocy has directly weakened her team ''and'' lost them a promising recruit.[[/note]]
* ''Fanfic/PartiallyKissedHero'' contains numerous examples, in part because everyone other than the GaryStu needs to be an idiot for the plot to work, and in part because of the author's [[Creator/AynRand Randian]] belief that everyone who disagrees with him is too stupid to remember to breathe:

'''You'd expect:''' Dumbledore, the greatest wizard on Earth, to recognize the obvious signs of a Confundus Charm, and also, since he is unusually familiar with Muggle culture and reads Muggle newspapers, to do the research on Colonel Sanders and learn that he is a now-deceased fast food magnate, and thus conclude that this is someone's idea of a prank.\\

** Harry, Hermione and Luna have exorcised Professor Binns, leaving History of Magic without a teacher. Luckily for them, they are able to Transfigure Moaning Myrtle into his likeness so that she can fill in for him. On her first day teaching, she shows the students ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' films, claiming that they are about the ancient history of the magical world.\\

'''What's more:''' These are witches. Even if they are too panicked to pull the door open or blast it down with magic, shouldn't they be able to cast a Bubble-Head Charm to save themselves? It's unlikely that they would forget that in a matter of life or death.

* ''Fanfic/EigaSentaiScanranger''
** In Episode 29, [[BadassPreacher Peter]] uses the [[GreenLanternRing Film Power]] of all-mighty God to fight [[BigBad Blackorg]] and is inches away from winning...\\
'''You’d Expect''': The other Scanrangers to sit back and watch. Or to just get out of there.\\
'''Instead''': [[SixthRanger Takeshi]], for some reason, runs out and asks to help Peter. Momentarily distracted telling Takeshi to leave, Peter is left vulnerable to a fatal blow by Blackorg.
*** Earlier that same episode, Blackorg gave the Scanrangers a nasty CurbstompBattle. Takeshi, in particular, took a direct heat ray to the chest and now has a gaping wound.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Someone in Camp Paramount's collective braintrust, whether it's the Scanrangers or the higher-ups, to order Takeshi to ICU immediately.\\
'''Instead''': They do nothing, indirectly leading to the moment mentioned above. Nobody gets Takeshi checked out for his injuries until he '''passes out in the next episode.'''
** Episode 4 has Blackorg off to fight the Scanrangers while [[TheDragon Anark Key]] and [[TheBrute Ug]] steal Byte, a robot spider which they later program to [[MakeMyMonsterGrow make their monsters grow.]] Blackorg [[CurbstompBattle utterly owns]] the Scanrangers.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Blackorg to do what he apparently came to do [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim and kill the Rangers]]. Later, he'd unleash an army of giant [[MonsterOfTheWeek Cyber Creatures]] on the world.\\
'''Instead''': Blackorg leaves them to suffer [[MindRape a spell that saps their self-confidence]]. The Rangers get over the spell before episode's end.
*** Several times throughout the series, a villain will have the Scanrangers on the ropes.\\
'''You'd Expect''': The villain to kill the Rangers. And Blackorg would let them do it.\\
'''Instead:''' The villain, either by their own accord or by Blackorg's orders, backs off.
** Episode 5 has guest villain Lord Maliss hold [[TheMentor Professor Alex]] at gunpoint in front of [[PluckyComicRelief B.C.]], [[TheChick Toni]] and [[TheSmartGuy Nick]]. Maliss orders the Rangers to [[PutYourGunDownAndStepAway to surrender their morphers or the Professor gets it]]. The Rangers are apparently aware of how [[ILied these situations turn out]], for they give Maliss fakes. Please note that Nick has [=Hologram=] powers un-moprhed.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Nick would use his hologram powers to provide a distraction for Professor Alex to escape.\\
'''Instead''': The Rangers do nothing and are [[HeroBall legitimately shocked]] when Maliss guns down Professor Alex in front of them. [[spoiler: Fortunately, the Professor had a bulletproof vest on, but none of the Rangers knew that.]]
** Episode 8 has the Camp Paramount support team develop a new BFG for the Rangers.\\
'''You'd Expect''': That they'd warn people to stay out of the testing range for the new weapon.\\
'''Instead''': [[NoOSHACompliance They don't]]; BC nearly gets vaporized when he inadvertently walks into the line of fire.
** Episode 9 opens with an unnamed character running from an unseen attacker (which later turns out to be the MonsterOfTheWeek) inside a theatre.\\
'''You'd Expect''': He'd immediately make a bee line for the exit.\\
'''Instead''': He makes a bee line for the stage and dies when he accidentally falls off.
** Scanranger vs Jetman sees our heroes paired with the ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman.'' A friendly alien tells them they have twenty-eight hours to find an important MacGuffin; otherwise, the space-time continuum will collapse.\\
'''You'd Expect''': The two Sentai would get on the case right away.\\
'''Instead''': The two Sentai shrug the important deadline and hang-out together. By the time they remember they had a plot, '''twelve hours''' have passed. By the time they recover the MacGuffin and thwart the villains, another '''thirteen hours''' have passed. They spend up to the last moment of the deadline hanging out some more.
*** Earlier, when the Rangers realize they're in Tokyo...\\
'''You'd Expect''': The Scanrangers to brush up their Japanese in order to communicate with the locals. This isn't a problem for B.C. and [[TheGenericGuy Kunio]], who are both Japanese and know the language. Perhaps the other three can learn from them or use them as interpreters.\\
'''Instead''': It doesn't occur to [[TheLeader Vin]] that they should do this until he sees B.C. and Kunio do it.
** Episode 17:
*** [[TheDarkChick Vixen]] plans to cause chaos at the upcoming Valentine's Day dance. A key part of her plan is to abduct a student named Dean, infuse him with excessive energy, and have him blow up the Rangers at the dance. She knows he has a crush on Toni, so he has a reason to get to the dance.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Vixen to ensure that Dean gets to the dance (i.e. hook him up with Toni). She'd also turn Dean against the Scanrangers to insure he'd blow them up.\\
'''Instead:''' Vixen leaves Dean to his own devices. It's only by dumb luck that Dean gets to go at all [[note]]He was walking by when Toni decided on a date[[/note]]. And since he had no reason to want to blow up the Rangers, Dean uses his excessive energy to blow up the MonsterOfTheWeek instead.
*** Speaking of the dance...\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Vixen to account for Danger Woman, the local guest heroine scheduled to perform at the event. A fact advertised on the posters that she clearly saw.\\
'''Instead:''' She doesn't and is taken by surprise when Danger Woman gets involved.
*** Vixen sends her MonsterOfTheWeek, Kuro Cupid, on a test run to spread his HatePlague across campus. The affected students cause a riot.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' The campus administration to recognize the crisis and cancel classes immediately and order non-affected personnel to stay off campus.\\
'''Instead:''' They do not. The Scanrangers wait until after classes (which is itself idiotic) before tending to the problem.
*** Once the Rangers do tend to the problem, they figure out the solution in no time: ThePowerOfLove.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Vixen to realize that her plan is no good now that the Rangers know how to counteract Kuro Cupid. She'd either send him out for one final assault or, if she wants to carry out her original plan, scrap Kuro Cupid for a new monster or upgrade him.\\
'''Instead:''' She carries out her original plan with an unmodified Kuro Cupid. It's just her luck that the Rangers forget how to deal with the monster's spell the second time around.
** In Episode 21, Nick is left in a coma after a fight with [[ThePsychoRangers Benedict's Brigade.]] He meets an alien while in limbo who tells him of how the Brigade had earlier destroyed his planet and left him the only survivor.\\
'''You’d Expect''': Nick, one of few people in the universe to have successfully fought off the Brigade, would vow to keep Earth from suffering the same fate as his new friend's planet.\\
'''Instead''': [[BystanderSyndrome He asks the alien what the story has to do with him.]]

'''Result:''' The hammer magically smacks Willow and leaves a four foot crater in Xander's lawn. And after all of that, Xander ''still'' has to tell Buffy not to use the hammer to break up the rest of his patio when they remove the pieces, citing that if anything goes even slightly wrong, she will destroy his house.

* ''FanFic/{{Alex}}'' has the titular antagonist herself doing a press conference at the Candy Kingdom where she pins the blame on the dark swamp event on Marceline. On the top of that, she shows them of her crimes against Princess Bubblegum since "What Was Missing".\\
'''You'd Expect''': The Candy People will know that she's a friend of their princess and that she can't just charge her for all this.\\
'''Instead''': They believe her word. As soon as Marceline shows up, they started throwing rotten tomatoes at her for the acts she had done to their princess. What's worse is that Finn and Jake also believe Alex.

* Another [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]] fic, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2904675/1/Sendai Sendai]]'' [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin has Ranma and Akane move to Sendai]]. Morishita, a guy at their new school who's the closest thing to a {{Muggle}} in the Ranma 1/2 universe, attacks Ranma, jealous of his relationship with Akane, but is easily beaten. That same day, he tries to gang up on Ranma with some of his friends, and again, is easily beaten.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Morishita to realise that he's got no hope of beating Ranma in a fight, and subsequently stop trying to antagonize the guy.\\
'''Instead:''' He gets some more friends to attack Akane, and they end up suffering an even worse beatdown because of Akane's lack of skill compared to her fiancée. And even if this wasn't the case, Ranma would have almost certainly gotten pissed with them.
* In Chapter Six of the ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fic [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9806609/1/What-a-Way-to-Fall What a Way to Fall]] (a sequel to the Financial Crisis Gangbang story), England (along with the rest of the world) has just met the new personification of the USA, a young girl that ReallyWasBornYesterday and also possesses her predecessor's memories (including those of the assault that made Alfred kill himself).\\
'''You'd Expect:''' England would keep his distance from the girl, or at least courteously introduce himself to her to let her know he's not going to hurt her like he hurt her predecessor.\\
'''Instead:''' England, viewing the new America as a [[ReplacementGoldfish second chance to make things right]], tries to ''kidnap her'' and take her back with him to raise her himself. Canada (New!America's guardian) thankfully foils this and rightfully calls England out on trying to force the girl to play out a redemption fantasy.\\
'''Now You'd Expect:''' England would take the hint, realize what he did was wrong, and apologize.\\
'''Instead:''' He tries to justify himself by accusing Canada of being unfit to care for the new America. This only deepens Canada's already [[BrokenPedestal broken trust and resentment]] for him, and when England ''does'' try to apologize, Canada [[RejectedApology shoots it down]] and cuts England out of his life for good.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6492923/1/Becoming-a-Man-Among-Men Becoming a Man Among Men]]'' Ranma has no interest in Akane but does develop feelings for Kasumi who likewise gains feelings for him.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Genma and Soun to fully support their possible relationship as it'll unite the schools just like they want.\\
'''Instead''': They continue to insist that Ranma has to marry Akane, who he can't stand.
** From the same story, Akane repeatedly challenges Kodachi to fights only to lose every time.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Akane to realize that she can't beat Kodachi as she is and either stop fighting her or at least hold off until she's gotten some proper training in.\\
'''Instead''': Akane challenges Kodachi to an honor duel between their families.\\
'''The Result''': Akane loses terribly and now her family owes a debt to the Kunos. Fortunately, Kodachi simply wants Akane to stop challenging, [[ItsAllAboutMe though Akane insists such a thing is terribly unfair]] [[NeverMyFault and she shouldn't have to pay any sort of forfeit to Kodachi.]]
* In ''Fanfic/ContractLabor'', Motoko attacks Keitaro after some OutOfContextEavesdropping leads her to believe he attacked Naru, and her actions put her at risk of being evicted from the Hinata House because she violated the rules.\\
'''You'd expect''': That Motoko would go along with it quietly and accept responsibility for her actions, especially considering her brief MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment after Tsuruko told her of her mistake.\\
'''Instead''': Motoko not only shows no regret, but actually decides to [[NeverMyFault blame]] ''[[NeverMyFault Keitaro]]'' for the trouble because she just ''cannot'' let go of her AllMenArePerverts mentality, leading to her challenging Keitaro to an honor duel, with the loser being forced to leave the Hinata House.\\
'''The result''': Motoko not only loses pathetically, but the Aoyama family is so disgusted by her actions that they disown her and leave her to fend for herself for a minimum of two years.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12974846/3/Embers Embers]]'', Izuku's Quirk is the ability to pull fire towards him (though he can't generate it), which he learns to launch using a combination of gymnastics and kung fu, creating something similar to [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender firebending]].\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Since students taking the Yuuei entrance exam are allowed to bring items to support their Quirks, he'd bring a blowtorch or other source of fire with him to the exams.\\
'''Instead:''' Izuku doesn't bring anything and simply hopes someone nearby has some sort of fire related Quirk.\\
'''The Result:''' Izuku fails the exam with only a few rescue points from sending Iida to save Ochako.
* [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]] fic ''[[http://florestica.com/dbsommer/twhn/index.htm Those Who Hunt Ninjas]]'' has Ryoga find a magic doll that can grant a single wish.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Him to use the wish for something useful, such as getting rid of either his [[InvoluntaryShapeshifter curse]] or his [[NoSenseOfDirection terrible sense of direction]].\\
'''Instead:''' SkewedPriorities kicks in and he wastes time considering a load of useless wishes, before he wishes for a bigger penis. And it never even occurs to him to make one of the other two wishes.

* In ''Fanfic/KitsuneNoKenFistOfTheFox'', Some members of Mizuki's gang meet Naruto for the first time and assume he's a pushover. Except Naruto isn't--he's one of [[TheDreaded the Kyuushingai]], nine [[PersonOfMassDestruction people of mass destruction]] who laid waste to numerous cities over a one-year period. Naturally, Naruto gives them all a beating. Naturally, Mizuki hears about it, gathers the rest of the gang to go to Ino's family's greengrocery (since they were the last ones to have any known contact with Naruto). Fortunately, Naruto shows up right there and then, [[OneManArmy pummels Mizuki's mooks without getting a scratch on himself]], and ''then'' outs himself as a former Kyuushingai while debunking Mizuki's own claims of being part of that group.\\
'''You'd expect:''' That Mizuki would KnowWhenToFoldEm, say "ScrewThisImOuttaHere" and beat a hasty retreat.\\
'''Instead:''' Mizuki decides to challenge Naruto, figuring that if he can defeat the kid, he can legitimize his own false claims of being a Kyuushingai. [[CurbStompBattle The expected happens]].
* In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2938888/1/Legacy-of-the-Rasengan-I-Naruto Legacy of the Rasengan]], Kakashi has to train Sasuke to defeat Gaara, a A-Class demon container who has never once lost a fight. It's highly likely that he'll die, so he needs a way to protect himself. Recently, Kakashi copied a few of Naruto's self made jutsus that are more than capable of helping Sasuke during the fight.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' For Kakashi to explain the situation to Naruto and ask him for his permission to teach Sasuke his jutsu. Naruto, being the guy he is, would be more than willing to help a fellow teammate, especially since his life is on the line.\\
'''Instead:''' Kakashi teaches Sasuke Naruto's personal jutsus without his permission and without letting him know. Naruto find out while in the middle of the chunin exams and loses all trust in his teacher, referring to him as his "superior" rather than a teacher.
* ''Fanfic/LevelUpMHA'': When Izuku first developed his [[SuddenGameInterface Quirk]], he had no idea how to use it but said Quirk was sentient and could communicate with him. Unfortunately, said Quirk didn't actually know how she worked either.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Izuku's Quirk to realize that she is ''extremely'' complicated and a four year old isn't going to know how to properly utilize her. And perhaps they could work together to figure out what exactly his Quirk can do.\\
'''Instead:''' She insults and belittles him for not knowing how to use his own Quirk.\\
'''The Result:''' Izuku spends the next fourteen years resenting his Quirk and believing it is completely worthless and when she finally manifests a physical form, the fact said form is a little girl is the only thing keeping him from punching her in the face for what she put him through.
* In ''Fanfic/MastermindStrategistForHire'', the Blue Dogs gang meet up with [[VillainProtagonist Izuku/Mastermind]], wanting a plan to rob Okane Bank from him.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' The Blue Dogs pay Izuku's fee for the plan.\\
'''Instead:''' The gang instead holds Izuku at gunpoint in an attempt to get the plans to rob Okane Bank for free. Bear in mind this was one month after he had [[HostageSituation threatened to release plans to kill the top 50 Pro Heroes in Japan if he is captured or killed]], and had #8 Hero Wash killed in protective custody to show he was serious.\\
'''Result:''' Immediately after giving the Blue Dogs their plans, Izuku creates and sells plans to kill each member to their enemies. [[KarmicDeath All four of them end up killed as a result.]]
* In ''[[FanFic/MaylusRevenge Maylu's Revenge]]'', it's revealed that Roll was NotBrainwashed when she's Empress. During the match in the N1 Grand Prix...\\
'''You'd Expect''': Roll to maintain her cover, and at the same time, try to give out hints to [=MegaMan=], Lan, and of course Maylu, that she's still herself and try to do a little damage as possible.\\
'''Instead''': She doesn't do any of the above, trying to delete [=MegaMan=] for real, and telling off Maylu that she doesn't need to controlled by her anymore. Also, the matter of reverting back to her old self while grabbing a hold of the former.\\
'''So now you'd expect''': She would reveal her true colors and with the power of the rare twisted chip, she would defeat [=TorchMan=] so that she and her teammate would win and proceed to the finals of the N1.\\
'''Instead''': She continues to act like she's brainwashed by pretending like she was just getting [=MegaMan=] to drop his guard so that he will have no other options to do with her. Afterwards, she left the responsibility of being freed by Maylu inserting a Cyclone chip to free herself from the corrupted chip.\\
'''Result''': Maylu has defected to World Three and her quest to destroy [=DenTech=] City. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Way to go, Roll]].
* ''FanFic/OjamajoDoremiRiseOfTheShadows'': Two examples, one of which coming from the sequel.
** The Queen right before the climax.\\
'''You'd expect''': The Queen would, after freeing herself from her bonds, to silently move away and either A) [[CombatPragmatist ambush Black Queen]], thereby interrupting, if not outright stopping the spell and possibly letting her steal one or more of the Seven Seals to use for herself or B) escape and regroup.\\
'''Instead''': She announces her intentions to stop Black Queen's EvilPlan and launches an attack. Black Queen effortlessly parries the attack since she now had plenty of time to prepare. This leads to Evil Rin trying to run her though with her dagger, forcing Majorin to take the hit and die as a result.
** ''Witches at World's End'', courtesy of, once again, the Queen:\\
'''You'd expect''': The Queen, after sensing Black Queen's return, to get the Seven Seals and use her SuperMode to guarantee a win on her part and stop Black Queen once and for all. Or, at the very least, force Black Queen to reveal her ace early and give the protagonists ample time to prepare countermeasures for it.\\
'''Instead''': The Queen opts for her new CoolSword (and ''only'' her CoolSword; not even her GameBreaker levels of magic are used) even though she can't use the full extent of its power outside of her SuperMode, and tries to run Black Queen through. Cue CurbstompBattle, and ''not'' in the Queen's favor.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12942482/3/Out-of-Time Out of Time]]'', Izuku is one of the original quirk users who gets thrown roughly two centuries into the future. Naturally, Yuuei wants to meet with the original IdealHero but he gets attacked by Shigaraki before they can and is badly injured.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' That after healing Izuku, they'd have someone friendly and unassuming guarding him so that when he wakes up, he won't feel threatened.\\
'''Instead:''' They leave Midnight and Snipe guarding Izuku, so upon waking up from being badly injured, drugged, and kidnapped, the first thing he sees is the woman who drugged him and a man pointing a gun at him.\\
'''The Result:''' Izuku freaks out, breaks out of the room and goes on a rampage through the facility against the faculty.
* In ''Fanfic/ThePrinceOfDeath'' Light Yagami finds himself in a PeggySue situation and with [[CameBackStrong God-like powers]] to boot.\\
'''You'd expect:''' That Light would keep this little bit of information to himself and exploit this situation to his advantage.\\
'''Instead:''' Light explains all about his situation, [[ExplainingYourPowersToTheEnemy his powers, and his weaknesses to L.]]

* ''FanFic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness'':
** In Act II, Tsukune's [[SuperpoweredEvilSide inner ghoul]], in a HydePlaysJekyll scenario, approaches Kokoa, claiming to love her and not Moka, and to know a way around the Eia Dreahl, a sacred vampire pact punishable by death if broken that Kokoa invoked with Moka in an effort to steal Tsukune from her and lost.\\
'''You'd expect:''' That Kokoa would realize something was up, namely the fact that Tsukune couldn't possibly have known a way around the Eia Dreahl because he didn't know that it even ''existed'' before Kokoa invoked it.\\
'''Instead:''' LoveMakesYouDumb is in full effect, and Kokoa ends up tricked into giving the ghoul a massive surge of monster energy from her newfound [[SuperMode overcharge]] that enables it to become a full-fledged ghoul and [[SplitPersonalityTakeover usurp Tsukune's body completely]]. While Tsukune is soon given a [[RestrainingBolt Holy Lock]] to suppress the ghoul, she's so horrified and guilt-ridden over the fact that the ghoul played her so easily that she nearly kills herself.
** In Act III, Akua and Kahlua help Kiria in his plan to rewrite history in favor of the monsters with Chrono Displacement using Tsukune's inner ghoul, genuinely believing that that was the extent of Kiria's plan. In chapter 52, upon their defeat, Tsukune and the others point out that Kiria had three dozen cases of [[PsychoSerum Blackheart]] for usage in the plan; one little vial of Blackheart would be enough for the ghoul to change history in favor of the monster world, so if he had the power to change history as he saw fit, why would he make so much of the stuff for one use?\\
'''You'd expect:''' That Akua and Kahlua would actually realize that Kiria had more sinister motives in mind.\\
'''Instead''': Tsukune and co. have to practically spell it out to them that Kiria also planned to send Blackheart-infected monsters out to the dark lords themselves, as well as any other monster powerful enough to oppose him, to ensure that in the new timeline, he would be the only ruler, and that as part of his plan, he would have had Akua and Kahlua, and possibly Moka and Kokoa as well, infected with Blackheart and sent back to kill Issa and destroy the Shuzen empire from within, all of which is ''[[NotWhatISignedOnFor anything]]'' [[NotWhatISignedOnFor but what Akua and Kahlua wanted]].
** In Act VI, Kokoa and Sun end up having quite a tense relationship, because Sun, despite having spurned Gin's LoveConfession years before, is jealous of Kokoa's relationship with Gin and just can't get the hint that he doesn't love her anymore, which escalates into her [[DatePeepers spying on Gin and Kokoa having sex]]. When Kokoa finds out, she activates her overcharge while angrily demanding to know why Sun just can't understand that Gin is her boyfriend now.\\
'''You'd expect''': That Sun would KnowWhenToFoldEm and back off of the already pissed-off Kokoa.\\
'''Instead''': Sun flat-out tells Kokoa to her face that she doesn't deserve Gin at all, while causes Kokoa to ''completely'' blow her stack, punch her clean through a wall and T.K.O. her, and then chase Felucia, who was carrying Sun away, through the halls of Fang Fang's villa and attack them both in an UnstoppableRage.\\
'''The result''': Sun ultimately winds up in the infirmary brain dead from Kokoa's attack, with the group needing to find a magic spell to revive her (though it should be noted that Kokoa ''never'' meant to go that far, and is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified at what she did to Sun]].\\
'''Even worse''': As soon as Sun awakens, she tries pushing her luck with getting Gin ''again'', and Gin, with help from Arial, has to point-blank tell her that whatever they had is gone and Sun has to settle with being JustFriends or walk away. It works.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7892592/1/Sekirei-Guardian-of-the-North Sekirei: Guardian of the North]]'', Minato's Sekirei know that Higa regularly kidnaps, blackmails, and/or assassinates rival Ashikabi to make their Sekirei work for him. When he comes to collect a few of them, they tell him they've already been winged so he can't take them. Higa asks who their Ashikabi is so he can "congratulate" him.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Them to remember that Higa ''regularly kidnaps, blackmails, and assassinates rival Ashikabi'' and not tell him a thing.\\
'''Instead''': They brag about how great their Ashikabi, Minato Sahashi, is.\\
'''The Result''': Higa sends assassins after Minato who nearly kill him.\\
'''Even Worse''': Minato's Sekirei are actually ''surprised'' he did so.

* In the Pokemon fanfic Fanfic/TravelsOfTheTrifecta, Paul is heading for Snowpoint City, and plans to take the toughest section of Route 216.\\

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5393139/1/In-Vino-Veritas In Vino Veritas?]]'' has Ranma going into a drugstore while in his female form to buy a home pregnancy test for Akane. Shampoo sees him with the test kit and asks for an explanation, to which Ranma indicates that he got drunk and had sex with someone, though he doesn't say who.\\
'''You'd Think''': It would occur to Shampoo and Cologne that Ranma might be buying the test for another member of his UnwantedHarem, and is doing so in his female form simply for the sake of discretion. And also that Ranma might not want to be entirely forthcoming about sleeping with someone other than Shampoo.\\
'''Instead''': Both of them immediately assume that Ranma is into men and trying to get his female form pregnant, doing no investigating beyond asking Ranma some vague questions about "someone" being pregnant and Ranma's "unusual preference". Cologne even breaks off Ranma and Shampoo's engagement on the basis that he's not into women (ignoring the possibility that he might be into both genders).
* In ''Fanfic/YuGiOhForever'', during the Dueltropolis arc, world-class-level duelist Forrest Wiles (aka "Leo the Wildmaster" of the Zodiacs) is slated to duel Jillian Uriah, and he brings out his most powerful monster, Master of Oz, which has a base attack strength of 4200 points and a defense of 3700. He also has in his hand the magic card Wild Nature's Release, which increases the attack power of one selected monster by an amount equal to its defense points, and by contrast Jillian has on her side of the field a monster named Guardian of the Labyrinth, whose attack strength is currently at 1500 points, far weaker than the Master of Oz. And at the moment, Jillian's life points are 5150 points.\\
'''You'd expect:''' That Forrest would use Wild Nature's Release on Master of Oz, which would increase its attack power to 7900 (4200 + 3700) and make it strong enough to both destroy Guardian of the Labyrinth and wipe out Jillian's life points, thus winning him the duel. Furthermore, Jillian doesn't have any cards or card effects on her side of the field that would impede Forrest from doing so at all, or for such an attack not to succeed.\\
'''Instead:''' Forrest uses Wild Nature's Release on another of his monsters, Berserk Gorilla, whose base attack and defense are, respectively, 2000 and 1000, thus increasing its attack to 3000, and then uses that to destroy Guardian of the Labyrinth; he explicitly says that he ''could'' have used it on Master of Oz, but [[JustToyingWithThem he's having too much fun with her to end the duel prematurely]]. Unfortunately, this sets him up to be defeated by her later on, and sometime afterward fellow Zodiac member James Truesdale chews out Forrest for messing around in his duel because [[CasanovaWannabe he wanted to get into Jillian's pants]].
** Later in the same arc, when the group is on Pegasus' liner en route to Tokyo Dome, Seta Kaiba is slated to have his semi-final duel against Zander Zabel, TheDragon of the Zodiacs, who had only a short while earlier ditched his BitchInSheepsClothing appearance by almost killing one of the protagonists during his quarter-final duel (and the reader has already seen him brutalize one other opponent prior to all this). Given what they know of Zander at this point, Joey suggests to Yugi that they should just throw Zander overboard and thereby allow Seta to win the duel by default.\\
'''You'd expect:''' That Yugi would let Joey follow through on that idea, as he himself acknowledges that Zander and the organization he represents are bad news.\\
'''Instead:''' Yugi insists that the duelists should play out their battle and Zander should be knocked out of the competition fair and square. Joey calls him on this, pointing out that the Zodiacs clearly don't care about honor or CombatByChampion, but Yugi says that that doesn't give them, the good guys, to sink to the level of the bad guys. [[spoiler:Zander winds up losing his duel, but he still manages to activate a microchip that brainwashes Seta and turns him to the side of the Zodiacs]].
* ''FanFic/Zero2ARevision''
** Plotting his return to power, Devimon creates ''Project Chimera'' in which Chimeramon are made up of the Digidestined's Digimons.\\
'''You'd Expect''': That he ensures that Chimeramon is made up of every single Digidestined (Including Davis, Yolei, Cody and Ken) and himself, to ensure that the Digidestined will stand no chance against him, allowing him to become even grounds with the likes of Demon and Gravemon and during his last stand, only the super-powered humans can put a dent on him.\\
'''Instead''': For god knows whatever reason, he never considers using the Digimons of the new generation Digidestined, which allows Davis to use their DNA Digivolved megas along with their Holy Armor to beat the devil into the ground.
** Umbradevimon plots to create tension within Ken in hopes to weaken their teamwork starting with controlling him into torturing Shaun and attempting to kill Yolei.\\
'''You'd Expect''': When Ken, Yolei and Cody confronts the fused mega about what really happened, he tells a made-up story of how Ken's HeelFaceTurn is nothing more than a lie and that he is willingly working for Umbradevimon for a long time in hopes of making the Digidestined suffer, making Yolei and Cody more likely to consider Ken a complete traitor. Surely the tension between Ken will dramatically increase and renders the Digidestined unable to work together for a long time.\\
'''Instead''': [[VillainBall He tells them what really happened with Ken which ruins any tension that the Digidestined regarding Ken have for him]]. Him torturing them does nothing to compensate for Devil's stupidity.
** Both Ken and Umbradevimon are capable of teleporting to the Digidestined's location using their abilities.\\
'''You'd Expect''': [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim That they immediately use this advantage to kill them during their sleep]] [[spoiler: or at least in Umbradevimon's case, kill the Digidestined whose Digimons are not a part of him and imprison the Digimons that are a part of him]].\\
'''Instead''': The Emperor only used this ability to kidnap Gatomon, the 2 Agumons and Patamon for his ''Project Chimera'' but never considers to kill the partners until everything that he owned lost. Umbradevimon also only used this ability to kidnap Ken to create tension ([[VillainBall Which again would have worked if he hadn't made the mistake above]]) and to summon his Black gears to relay a threatening message.
** Having lost Omnimon as a result of Darkheart's absorption, the Digidestined are trying to figure out a way to enter the Real World to stop both Umbradevimon and Demon's invasion.\\
'''You'd Expect''': That Shaun himself buy some time with Darkheart by playing cat and mouse with him while the other Digidestined, having been relocated to a safe place, immediately find a Digiport that can relocate themselves to the Real World. To prevent Darkheart from doing the same, Shaun summons his evil half Nega to deal with him and break Davis free from the dark titan.\\
'''Instead''': The Digidestined immediately relocates themselves to where Yolei's crest is found but they have no time to plan their next move no thanks to Shaun's apparent cowardice by running away from the corrupted Child of Miracles as soon as possible.\\
'''The Result''': The Digidestined party starts to continuously dwindle to the likes of Darkheart, unable to teleport away from his pursuit for making them suffer. By the time Darkheart is finally defeated, Odaiba is a shell of their former self with thousands of people including Davis's parents and Cody's grandfather dead.
** After being repeatedly being humiliated by Nega despite [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Darkheart's]] best attempts, he realize that he can beat Nega simply by imagining a gun behind his back. Shaun summons his own evil side Nega in hopes to stall Darkheart as he frees Davis from Umbradevimon's corruption.\\
'''You'd Expect''': That Nega either keeps [[IShallTauntYou taunting Darkheart]] into beating himself into submission as or imagine him being trapped in a void of no return before fading away in order to buy more time for Shaun.\\
'''Instead''': He tells Darkheart his true reason for stalling him, not only making Shaun's last gamble [[SenselessSacrifice completely in vain]] but also become a part of the Dark angel's power after Darkheart punches him and absorbs him. NiceJobBreakingItHero
** Upon Darkheart and Mummymon's defeat, the Digidestined decides to head towards Umbradevimon's base. The devil makes a vow that [[LastVillainStand he will crush them]].\\
'''You'd Expect''': That Umbradevimon spams his [[FantasticNuke Doomsday Viper]] attack like there is no tomorrow while he is at his strongest.\\
'''Instead''': He just stands there and let the other Digidestineds spam their attacks on him, only lightly retaliating their attacks.\\
'''Result''': The Digidestined managed to found his weakness [[spoiler: by depowering the Digimons that are made up of him]] which result in his own downfall. "Piedmon" completely made sure of that.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/18731182/chapters/57852805#workskin The Power of Give and Take]]'': Shinso catches Bakugo in his Quirk at the start of their match.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Shinso to order Bakugo to walk out of bounds, like he did with Izuku in canon.\\
'''Instead''': He orders Bakugo to blast himself in the face.\\
'''Even Worse''': The next time uses his Quirk on Bakugo, it's when the boy is midleap, causing him to break out again and figure out Shinso's Quirk requires Bakugo verbally respond to him.\\
'''Result''': Bakugo uses his shirt as a makeshift gag before beating the crap out of him and winning the match.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/16431116/chapters/38472602 Something's Wrong with my suit?]]'': Izuku opens up his case containing his hero uniform but sees a different outfit that clearly isn't his.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Izuku to do what Momo did and just wear his gym clothes instead of an obviously wrong costume.\\
'''Instead''': Izuku puts it on and ''runs across campus'' to All-Might to tell him about the mistake.\\
'''Result''': Izuku becomes an internet sensation when Kirishima and Mina record him attending heroics class in ''Momo's'' hero costume and post it online.\\
'''Even Worse''': Izuku does the same thing again later with Nejire's costume.

'''You'd Expect''': Nephrite to show the common sense of a five-year old and ''check to see if she has any goddamn concealed weapons!''\\

'''The result:''' Harry and the others are emboldened to try it with ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'', leading to a panic as wizards come to think that [[TheMasquerade the Statute of Secrecy]] has been breached, [[MugglePower and the Muggles are fighting back]].

* In ''FanFic/ContractLabor'', Motoko attacks Keitaro after some OutOfContextEavesdropping leads her to believe he attacked Naru, and her actions put her at risk of being evicted from the Hinata House because she violated the rules.\\

* In the backstory of ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'', Alpha's team want to keep the [[EvilMask Mask of Darth Nihilus]] -- a powerful Sith artifact -- from falling into Darth Vader's hands. They have discovered that the mask [[SoulJar contains Darth Nihilus's soul]] and just witnessed Nihilus's spirit wipe out all life in the vicinity. In the aftermath of this slaughter, the droids realize that EvilIsNotAToy and decide that NoManShouldHaveThisPower.\\

* In ''Fanfic/AFlowerAmongstDevils'', Raiser has lost the fight to Rias and her Peerage. He finds out that Minako -- a ShrineMaiden who can summon gods to her command -- was part of the reason why they won in the first place.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' For Raiser to accept the loss and move on with his life. Even though Minako taught Rias and her peerage, he should have recognized the fact that they won fair and square and that there was really nothing he could do to go against her anyway. His family is already on thin ice with the Youkai due to his actions almost breaking the alliance with them. Anything else and he could get into serious trouble.\\
'''Instead:''' Raiser decides to break into the Gremory house and confront Minako, calling her out to a fight.\\
'''As a result:''' He not only gets his ass kicked, but his actions have basically shamed his family name in front of most of the Devil community. His family was forced to give up his sister to the Youkai clan in order to appease the many insults he made onto their family name.

* In the backstory of ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'', an adventure-seeking droid named Alpha wants to keep an ancient Sith artifact known as the [[EvilMask Mask of Darth Nihilus]] from falling into Darth Vader's hands. He and his team have discovered that the mask is possessed by the evil spirit of Darth Nihilus and previously witnessed Nihilus's ghost ruthlessly slaughter a rival pirate gang. In the aftermath, the droids realize that EvilIsNotAToy and come to the conclusion that NoManShouldHaveThisPower.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' For Alpha and his team to go for the simple solution and [[NoMacGuffinNoWinner destroy the mask so no one can have it.]] Granted, the mask later turns out to be [[MadeOfIndestructium indestructible]], but they had no way of knowing that. Besides, there's no reason they can't just HurlItIntoTheSun or drop it into a [[UsefulNotes/BlackHoles black hole]].\\
'''Instead:''' They don't even bother trying to destroy the mask. To his credit, Alpha comes up with an alternative solution: dump the mask on a random planet in the Unknown Regions where the Sith will never find it. It's a fairly solid plan... except for what happens next.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' For Alpha to realize that leaving the artifact containing a mass-murdering ghost on an inhabited planet is a ''really bad idea'' and to search for a different hiding place, preferably one that ''doesn't'' have an alien civilization already living on it. This is only the first world that he's come across and there are plenty of other worlds to choose from.\\
'''Instead:''' Alpha decides that this planet is the perfect hiding spot and orders the Mask of Nihilus to be dropped into its atmosphere while brushing off the objections of his crew members who point out what was already stated above.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' For Alpha and his team to go for the simple solution and [[NoMacGuffinNoWinner destroy the mask so no one can have it.]] Granted, the mask later turns out to be [[MadeOfIndestructium indestructible]], but they had no way of knowing that. Besides, there's no reason they can't just HurlItIntoASun or drop it into a [[UsefulNotes/BlackHoles black hole]].\\

'''You'd Expect:''' For Alpha and his team to go for the simple solution and [[NoMacGuffinNoWinner destroy the mask so no one can have it.]] Granted, the mask later turns out to be [[MadeOfIndestructium indestructible]], but they had no way of knowing that. Besides, there's no reason they can't just fire the mask into a sun or drop it into a black hole.\\

* In ''FanFic/ThePrinceOfDeath'' Light Yagami finds himself in a PeggySue situation and with [[CameBackStrong God-like powers]] to boot.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' For Alpha and his team to go for the simple solution and [[NoMacGuffinNoWinner destroy the mask so no one can have it.]] Granted, the mask later turns out to be [[MadeOfIndestructium indestructible]], but they had no way of knowing that. Besides, there's no reason they can't just dump the mask into a sun or a black hole.\\

* In the backstory of ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'', an adventure-seeking droid named Alpha wants to keep an ancient Sith artifact known as the [[EvilMask Mask of Darth Nihilus]] from falling into Darth Vader's hands. He and his team have discovered that the mask is possessed by the evil spirit of Darth Nihilus and previously witnessed Nihilus's ghost ruthlessly slaughter a rival pirate gang. In the aftermath, the droids realize that EvilIsNotAToy and come to the conclusion that [[NoManShouldHaveThisPower no one can be allowed to have the mask.]]\\
'''You'd Expect:''' For Alpha and his team to go for the simple solution and destroy the mask so [[NoMacGuffinNoWinner no one can have it.]] Granted, the mask is later shown to be [[MadeOfIndestructium indestructible]], but they had no way of knowing that. Besides, there are other ways to dispose of the mask, like dropping it into a sun or a black hole.\\

* PlayedForLaughs in ''FanFic/ChildOfTheStorm,'' [[TheHero Harry]] kvetches to Carol about having to drag Ron up the stairs at Hogwarts after the latter fell into a food coma in the kitchens.\\

* ''FanFic/ToKillAThief'': [[Manga/DeathNote Light Yagami]] has it on with his final plan to kill [[Manga/PhantomThiefJeanne Jeanne]].\\

'''What's more:''' These are witches. Even if they are too panicked to push the door open or blast it down with magic, shouldn't they be able to cast a Bubble-Head Charm to save themselves? It's unlikely that they would forget that in a matter of life or death.

** Dumbledore is brought to the Hospital Wing because three of his students, Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle, have been admitted and are raving about a [[OxymoronicBeing Muggle Dark Lord]] named Colonel Sanders, due to a Confundus Charm.\\

** Harry and his harem flood the Ministry in order to destroy the records of who is pureblood, leaving [[InnocentBystander the archivists]] (and others) there to drown. Nothing blocks the exit, which is a door that opens outward to safety.\\

* ''Fanfic/TellingLiesNoMama'': In addition to her classmates, Lila has been lying to her mother, letting her think that the school was shut down for months because Ladybug is an incompetent hero who lets monster run rampant. Not only that, she tells her classmates stories that imply that her parents are neglectful and cheat money out of their diplomat positions, using embassy funds and hours to go globetrotting instead of actually doing their jobs.\\

** [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou Garrus was forced to abandoned his son Gaius]] right after the child's suffered three traumatic events ([[HeroicSacrifice his mother Shepard's death]], being forced to live in [[HarmfulToMinors Mondala]] and [[ChildrenForcedToKill killed a man in self-defence]]). He gave the boy to Lantar Sidonis and his wife so they could take him out of Council space.\\

* “Fanfic/TellingLiesNoMama”: In addition to her classmates, Lila has been lying to her mother, letting her think that the school was shut down for months because Ladybug is an incompetent hero who lets monster run rampant. Not only that, she tells her classmates stories that imply that her parents are neglectful and cheat money out of their diplomat positions, using embassy funds and hours to go globetrotting instead of actually doing their jobs.\\
‘’’You’d Expect:’’’ Lila to keep those stories just among her classmates, where the chances of them repeating them to her busy mother are low.\\
‘’’Instead’’’: Lila gives multiple interviews, detailing these supposed vacations and exploits of hers, on a very popular blog, where her parents and their employers can see it, basically telling the whole world that her mother let her go on an airplane runway and shirked her diplomatic responsibilities to go jetsetting.\\
‘’’Result’’’: Lila’s mother sees the interviews on the Ladyblog and storms to the school, tearing all her daughter’s lies to shreds while screaming at her for her deceit, crumbling her empire and destroying her reputation among the class.\\

* “Fanfic/TellingLiesNoMama”: In addition to her classmates, Lila has been lying to her mother, letting her think that the school was shut down for months because Ladybug is an incompetent hero who lets monster run rampant. Not only that, she tells her classmates stories that imply that her parents are neglectful and cheat money out of their diplomat positions, using embassy funds and hours to go globetrotting instead of actually doing their jobs.
‘’’You’d Expect:’’’ Lila to keep those stories just among her classmates, where the chances of them repeating them to her busy mother are low.
‘’’Instead’’’: Lila gives multiple interviews, detailing these supposed vacations and exploits of hers, on a very popular blog, where her parents and their employers can see it, basically telling the whole world that her mother let her go on an airplane runway and shirked her diplomatic responsibilities to go jetsetting.
‘’’Result’’’: Lila’s mother sees the interviews on the Ladyblog and storms to the school, tearing all her daughter’s lies to shreds while screaming at her for her deceit, crumbling her empire and destroying her reputation among the class.

* “Fanfic/TellingLiesNoMama”: In addition to her classmates, Lila has been lying to her mother, letting her think that the school was shut down for months because Ladybug is an incompetent hero who lets monster run rampant. Not only that, she tells her classmates stories that imply that her parents are neglectful and cheat money out of their diplomat positions, using embassy funds and hours to go globetrotting instead of actually doing their jobs.

* “Fanfic/TellingLiesNoMama”: In addition to her classmates, Lila has been lying to her mother, letting her think that the school was shut down for months because Ladybug is an incompetent hero who lets monster run rampant. Not only that, she tells her classmates stories that imply that her parents are neglectful and cheat money out of their diplomat positions, using embassy funds and hours to go globetrotting instead of actually doing their jobs.

''Even Worse''': Izuku does the same thing again later with Nejire's costume.