| 1 | Yes, these works are made by people like you… But we’re still flawed creatures. |
| 2 | |
| 3 | !!Works With Their Own Pages |
| 4 | [[index]] |
| 5 | * ''WhatAnIdiot/HarryPotterAndTheMagicOfTheBeasts'' |
| 6 | * ''WhatAnIdiot/MetalGearGreen'' |
| 7 | * ''WhatAnIdiot/MyBravePonyStarfleetMagic'' |
| 8 | * ''WhatAnIdiot/MyHeroAcademiaUnchainedPredator'' |
| 9 | * ''WhatAnIdiot/XChronicles'' |
| 10 | [[/index]] |
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| 12 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 13 | |
| 14 | [[folder:Anime/Manga]] |
| 15 | |
| 16 | !!''Manga/AkameGaKill'' |
| 17 | * 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 [[OneBulletLeft one explosive arrow left]].\ |
| 18 | '''You'd Expect''': Sayo to shoot Seryu. Even if she can't save Sheele, she can take out a dangerous enemy who will undoubtedly cause trouble in the future.\ |
| 19 | '''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. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | !!''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' |
| 22 | * ''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.\ |
| 23 | '''You'd Expect:''' Since Ichigo is willing to actually go to Yamamoto and ask him for a way to save them without NiceJobBreakingItHero happening, Yamamoto comes up with a plan to help him. Ichigo is '''playing by the rules''' this time and willing to listen to him. He even knows how to open a portal to Hell. So what would it hurt to quickly iron out a plan, give Ichigo a few Shinigami to help and let him go on his way?\ |
| 24 | '''Instead:''' Yamamoto treats him like a child and basically tells Ichigo to shut up and stay put. Prompting Ichigo to get desperate. Desperate enough to bust the gates of Hell open and triggering a war. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | !!''Manga/DeathNote'' |
| 27 | * In ''Fanfic/ThePrinceOfDeath'' Light Yagami finds himself in a PeggySue situation and with [[CameBackStrong God-like powers]] to boot.\ |
| 28 | '''You'd expect:''' That Light would keep this little bit of information to himself and exploit this situation to his advantage.\ |
| 29 | '''Instead:''' Light explains all about his situation, [[ExplainingYourPowersToTheEnemy his powers, and his weaknesses to L.]] |
| 30 | |
| 31 | !!''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' |
| 32 | * ''FanFic/Zero2ARevision'' |
| 33 | ** Plotting his return to power, Devimon creates ''Project Chimera'' in which Chimeramon are made up of the Digidestined's Digimons.\ |
| 34 | '''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.\ |
| 35 | '''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. |
| 36 | ** 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.\ |
| 37 | '''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.\ |
| 38 | '''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. |
| 39 | ** Both Ken and Umbradevimon are capable of teleporting to the Digidestined's location using their abilities.\ |
| 40 | '''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]].\ |
| 41 | '''Instead''': The Emperor only used this ability to kidnap Gatomon, the 2 Agumons and Patamon for his ''Project Chimera'' but never considers killing 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. |
| 42 | ** 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.\ |
| 43 | '''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.\ |
| 44 | '''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.\ |
| 45 | '''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. |
| 46 | ** 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.\ |
| 47 | '''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.\ |
| 48 | '''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 |
| 49 | ** 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]].\ |
| 50 | '''You'd Expect''': That Umbradevimon spams his [[FantasticNuke Doomsday Viper]] attack like there is no tomorrow while he is at his strongest.\ |
| 51 | '''Instead''': He just stands there and lets the other Digidestineds spam their attacks on him, only lightly retaliating their attacks.\ |
| 52 | '''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. |
| 53 | |
| 54 | !!''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'' |
| 55 | * After the disastrous Love Potion incident that nearly resulted in several deaths in ''FanFic/StupidDevilDog'', Montmorency is ordered to fix Saito and Louise gives her some money to cover the costs of the extremely rare potion ingredient she needs. Said money includes ''all'' of Saito's savings. The same Saito who nearly killed her and all his friends while under the aforementioned love potion.\ |
| 56 | '''You'd Expect:''' Montmorency, upon realizing she can't find said ingredient in town would simply return the money.\ |
| 57 | '''Instead''': She and Guiche spend all of Saito's money on various other things such as a silk dress.\ |
| 58 | '''The Result:''' Saito flies into a rage and barely resists killing them. |
| 59 | |
| 60 | !!''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' |
| 61 | * 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).\ |
| 62 | '''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.\ |
| 63 | '''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.\ |
| 64 | '''Now You'd Expect:''' England would take the hint, realize what he did was wrong, and apologize.\ |
| 65 | '''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. |
| 66 | |
| 67 | !!''Anime/HighSchoolDxD'' |
| 68 | * In ''Fanfic/TheLoneDragonEmperor'' Issei gives a warning to the Fallen Angels in Kuoh town after finding out their plans with Asia from Raynare: Leave Asia with him and get the fuck out of Kuoh, or he will kill all four of them.\ |
| 69 | '''You'd Expect''': They'd do as he says. Even though all four of them know he is the current Red Dragon Emperor, Raynare is the only one who knows that Issei ''isn't bluffing'' and will kill all of them, having experienced the brutal oppression of his immense power. Just meeting him the past two times had her already terrified, knowing that she has no chance against him.\ |
| 70 | '''Instead''': Mittlet, Donasheek, Kalawarner and Freed decide to kidnap Asia to steal her sacred gear while Issei is meeting with the ORC.\ |
| 71 | '''The Result''': Issei goes into an UnstoppableRage, rescues Asia by himself and brutalizes all four of the fallen angels by [[ClipItsWings ripping their wings off]], [[EyeScream gouging out Donasheek's eyes,]] [[TongueTrauma ripping Mittlet's tongue out]] and [[AnArmAndALeg ripping off both of Kalawarner's legs.]] He then warns them that if he finds out they're still in Kuoh after this, Asia will not save them the next time. The fallen get the hint and flee, abandoning Raynare in the process. |
| 72 | |
| 73 | !!''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' |
| 74 | * In ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureThe7thStandUser'', during Chaos Mode, the female protagonist can potentially be dirtied by the oil leaking from the ghost ship (actually [[ManiacMonkeys Forever]]'s Stand, Strength). She then can potentially bathe with Anne.\ |
| 75 | '''You'd Expect''': For the protagonist to get one of the Joestar Group to guard the room they're in. After all, while the protagonist is a Stand user, she could get ambushed in the bathroom alongside Anne, who is [[TheLoad not really useful]].\ |
| 76 | '''Instead''': The female protagonist dismisses them, leaving both the female protagonist and Anne to bathe together.\ |
| 77 | '''The Result''': Naturally, once Forever begins killing everyone in his Stand, he [[MarsNeedsWomen begins to go after the girls]]. During the boss fight against him, if the female protagonist takes too long to defeat Forever, Jotaro can potentially arrive at the worst possible moment, result in a [[OhCrap less-than stellar response]] from them (or the female protagonist with a Jotaro {{Fan|girl}} trait attempting a ShotgunWedding on him, much to his disgust). |
| 78 | |
| 79 | !!''Manga/LoveHina'' |
| 80 | * 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.\ |
| 81 | '''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.\ |
| 82 | '''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.\ |
| 83 | '''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. |
| 84 | |
| 85 | !!''Anime/MegaManNTWarrior'' |
| 86 | * 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...\ |
| 87 | '''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.\ |
| 88 | '''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.\ |
| 89 | '''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.\ |
| 90 | '''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.\ |
| 91 | '''Result''': Maylu has defected to World Three and her quest to destroy [=DenTech=] City. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Way to go, Roll]]. |
| 92 | |
| 93 | !!''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' |
| 94 | * ''Fanfic/{{Apotheosis|MHA}}'': |
| 95 | ** During the assault on the U.A. training camp, Izuku and Muscular are assigned together. When Kota wanders in, Izuku tells Muscular to leave Kota be.\ |
| 96 | '''You'd Expect:''' Muscular follows and obeys Izuku's orders so he won’t jeopardize the mission.\ |
| 97 | '''Instead:''' Muscular turns on Izuku, despite him being his explicit ''superior'' and tries to kill Kota to satiate his bloodlust.\ |
| 98 | '''End Result:''' Muscular gets into a battle against Izuku which ends with Muscular losing one of his arms, a broken jaw and knocked out, ready to be arrested by the authorities as well as Kota being saved. |
| 99 | ** Due to Izuku's antics, the government is cracking down on U.A in order to counteract the bad publicity. Shortly after they make this clear, Bakugou, who lacks a license that allows him to do hero work, charges into battle with a villain that Ochako was already fighting and ends up seriously injured. The staff at U.A has to figure out what to do.\ |
| 100 | '''You'd Expect:''' The staff to either expel Bakugou or place him under probation. After all, he acted completely recklessly and he's also part of the reason that Izuku is doing everything he's doing in the first place. Not to mention, he has a massive ego so knocking him down a peg or several might do him some good.\ |
| 101 | '''Instead:''' They expel ''Ochako'', while letting Bakugou off under the assumption that his injuries will teach him a lesson.\ |
| 102 | '''End Result:''' Bakugou learns nothing from the incident and Izuku uses the fact Ochako got expelled over something someone else did to recruit her to his side. |
| 103 | ** When [[spoiler: Mt. Lady and Uwabami have their quirks removed and kicked out of the hero system]], they are understandably upset. Izuku then gives them another chance to rejoin the system, regain their quirks and follow Izuku's new guidelines.\ |
| 104 | '''You'd Expect:''' They use this opportunity to get back into the hero business, or just reject the offer and live in anonymity.\ |
| 105 | '''Instead:''' [[spoiler: They pay off the media to slander Izuku with damning articles]].\ |
| 106 | '''End Result:''' They lose any sympathy they had when their little scheme gets exposed during Izuku's interview. |
| 107 | ** Class 1-A has managed to get a hold of Izuku's soul stone, after its been forged and before he has returned to claim it.\ |
| 108 | '''You'd Expect:''' For the kids to immediately bring the stone back to either UA or the police. They don't know exactly what the stone can do, or how to use it. They also know that Izuku is currently strong enough to fight All Might himself. The stronger students can hold off or incapacitate Izuku (which they do pull off during the subsequent battle), while say; Iida, can use his Super Speed to take the stone as far and faster way as possible.\ |
| 109 | '''Instead:''' They still decide to face Izuku and try use the stone against him.\ |
| 110 | '''End Result:''' Izuku returns, and the subsequent battle results in a curb stomp that leaves most of the students critically injured. Not only that, but Momo's attempt to replicate Izuku's gauntlet and utilize the soul stone's power completely fails because she doesn't know a damn thing about eithers' functions. |
| 111 | * 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]].\ |
| 112 | '''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.\ |
| 113 | '''Instead:''' Izuku doesn't bring anything and simply hopes someone nearby has some sort of fire-related Quirk.\ |
| 114 | '''The Result:''' Izuku fails the exam with only a few rescue points from sending Iida to save Ochako. |
| 115 | * ''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.\ |
| 116 | '''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.\ |
| 117 | '''Instead:''' She insults and belittles him for not knowing how to use his own Quirk.\ |
| 118 | '''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 that said form is a little girl is the only thing keeping him from punching her in the face for what she put him through. |
| 119 | * In ''Fanfic/MastermindStrategistForHire'', the Blue Dogs gang meet up with [[VillainProtagonist Izuku/Mastermind]], wanting a plan to rob Okane Bank from him.\ |
| 120 | '''You'd Expect:''' The Blue Dogs pay Izuku's fee for the plan.\ |
| 121 | '''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.\ |
| 122 | '''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.]] |
| 123 | * ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/42510501 Ghost]]'': |
| 124 | ** Ten years ago, Mirio had found Eri running out of an alleyway in tattered clothing, bandages all over her arms and legs, and she was deathly terrified of Overhaul.\ |
| 125 | '''You'd Expect''': He take her to Nighteye's agency, or at the least, ask a few probing questions to Overhaul.\ |
| 126 | '''Instead''': He believes Overhaul's lies and gives Eri back to him, believing that he is the girl's father.\ |
| 127 | '''The Result''': When Eri manages to escape again, she runs into Izuku, who proceeds to snatch her and run to Ryukyu's agency, but she holds a deep resentment to Mirio for it.\ |
| 128 | '''Later''': Nighteye finds out Izuku had rescued Eri from Overhaul.\ |
| 129 | '''You'd Think''': He would at the least, praise him for this. After all, he did rescue a child from a villain's clutches.\ |
| 130 | '''Instead''': He storms Ryukyu's agency and demands Izuku give Eri back to Overhaul, with Mirio backing him up, even threatening charges of Vigilantism and kidnapping.\ |
| 131 | '''The Result''': Mirio ruins his friendship with Nejire and almost gets charged with child endangerment when [[LieDetector Tsukauchi]] confirms that Overhaul '''isn't''' Eri's father, that Overhaul was performing horrible experiments on her, and that Izuku couldn't be charged with either vigilantism (he is Quirkless) or kidnapping unless Sir Nighteye wants to explain why Eri deserved what Overhaul did to her. |
| 132 | ** Ten years later, after Eri gives a ReasonYouSuckSpeech and WhatTheHellHero combo to Mirio, destroying his reputation in the public, Nighteye is left livid.\ |
| 133 | '''You'd Expect''': That he let this go. Ten years had passed, but it was his policies and actions that resulted in what was this mess happening in the first fucking place.\ |
| 134 | '''Instead''': He charges down to Eri's school and reams her out for ruining Mirio's reputation.\ |
| 135 | '''The Result''': Izuku, Maharo, Koda and Katsuma give Nighteye a black eye, broken jaw and wrist as well as [[GroinAttack kick him where the sun don't shine]]. After that, he is served a restraining order to prevent him from harassing Eri. |
| 136 | * 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.\ |
| 137 | '''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.\ |
| 138 | '''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.\ |
| 139 | '''The Result:''' Izuku freaks out, breaks out of the room, and goes on a rampage through the facility against the faculty. |
| 140 | * ''[[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.\ |
| 141 | '''You'd Expect''': Shinso to order Bakugo to walk out of bounds, like he did with Izuku in canon.\ |
| 142 | '''Instead''': He orders Bakugo to blast himself in the face.\ |
| 143 | '''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.\ |
| 144 | '''Result''': Bakugo uses his shirt as a makeshift gag before beating the crap out of him and winning the match. |
| 145 | * 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.\ |
| 146 | '''You'd Expect''': Izuku to do what Momo did and just wear his gym clothes instead of an obviously wrong costume.\ |
| 147 | '''Instead''': Izuku puts it on and ''runs across campus'' to All-Might to tell him about the mistake.\ |
| 148 | '''Result''': Izuku becomes an internet sensation when Kirishima and Mina record him attending heroics class in ''Momo's'' hero costume and post it online.\ |
| 149 | '''Even Worse''': Izuku does the same thing again later with Nejire's costume. |
| 150 | |
| 151 | !!''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' |
| 152 | * 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.\ |
| 153 | '''You'd expect:''' That Mizuki would KnowWhenToFoldEm, say "ScrewThisImOuttaHere" and beat a hasty retreat.\ |
| 154 | '''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]]. |
| 155 | * ''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, an 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.\ |
| 156 | '''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.\ |
| 157 | '''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. |
| 158 | * In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5012103/1/That-Look That Look]]'' Suna goes to war with Konoha again (this time because a plot by Temari and Kankuro to avenge Gaara got Kankuro killed). Naruto and Anko are ordered to stealthily take out a reservoir that supplies over 70% of Suna's water.\ |
| 159 | '''You'd Expect''': That Naruto follow his superior's orders: the two of them sneak in, cut communications, plant some explosives, and get out before blowing the place sky high.\ |
| 160 | '''Instead''': Naruto summons Manda to destroy the place which results in Suna being warned that he and Anko are in the area before the reservoir is destroyed. As a result, both are stuck deep in enemy territory with the enemy forces knowing both where they are and what they look like. Anko promptly [[WhatTheHellHero chews Naruto out for that]]. |
| 161 | ** From the same story, Naruto is partnered with Anko despite knowing she cheated on him because they have almost a decade of experience working together.\ |
| 162 | '''You'd Expect''': Naruto to put aside his dislike of Anko and follow orders since not only is she his superior officer, they're also in the middle of a war.\ |
| 163 | '''Instead''': He regularly back-talks her and disobeys her orders, even after she reminds him that he could receive a court-martial for such behaviour. |
| 164 | * ''Fanfic/TheLastPrayer'': |
| 165 | ** Very early in the story, Chouji spots a food pill he doesn't recognize and asks his mother about it.\ |
| 166 | '''You'd Expect''': His mother to explain it's an aphrodisiac that the clan produces and sells. Her son is sixteen and should already know about sex.\ |
| 167 | '''Instead''': She makes a vague comment about it "allowing kunoichi and shinobi to be friendly" and tells Chouji to ask his father.\ |
| 168 | '''The Result''': Chouji unknowingly drugs Ino with said aphrodisiac in an effort to make her more friendly to him and Shikamaru. She ends up having sex with Naruto while under its influence, with more than one character stating she was lucky to have been out in the wilds with him rather than in the middle of the village. |
| 169 | ** While infiltrating Konoha to recruit Sasuke, the Sound Four spot Naruto, who is their secondary objective.\ |
| 170 | '''You'd Expect''': Them to ignore Naruto and focus on Sasuke. Not only is Naruto not their primary objective, but they were specifically warned not to engage him in open combat.\ |
| 171 | '''Instead''': Kidomaru tries to snipe Naruto.\ |
| 172 | '''The Result''': Naruto uses his Perfect Kyuubi Mode and defeats all of them in a matter of seconds, killing all but Tayuya, whom was only spared out of curiosity. |
| 173 | ** A Hyuuga member of Root uses Gentle Fist to close Naruto's tenketsu.\ |
| 174 | '''You'd Expect''': Naruto to just forcibly reopen them with Kurama's chakra, just like he did in canon.\ |
| 175 | '''Instead''': Naruto forcibly opens his tenketsu by absorbing massive amounts of nature chakra and risks turning into a statue. |
| 176 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5669723/1/Naruto-One-Man-Team Naruto: One Man Team]]'': |
| 177 | ** Every clan occasionally has to replace scrolls or books containing extremely sensitive information due to damage or simple age.\ |
| 178 | '''You'd Expect''': The clans to burn or otherwise destroy the scrolls/books to make sure no one can get their hands on them. Doubly so as rooting through people's garbage is a legitimate way of gathering information even in real life.\ |
| 179 | '''Instead''': Except for the Nara and Aburame clans, every clan just throws the old copies in the trash.\ |
| 180 | '''The Result''': Naruto steals said scrolls out of their garbage and has more information on Konoha's various clans than anyone in the world. |
| 181 | ** The Hyuuga elders decide Hinata is a disgrace for starting a relationship with Naruto and want her dealt with.\ |
| 182 | '''You'd Expect''': They'd just toss her into the Branch Family and maybe quietly kill her off later.\ |
| 183 | '''Instead''': They go to her hospital room, explicitly expel Hinata from the clan, ''then'' try to brand her with the Caged Bird Seal and kill her. Naruto ends up catching them in the act.\ |
| 184 | '''The Result''': Not only is Hinata legally untouchable, but the Hyuuga clan is in hot water for trying to apply their seal to someone who isn't a member of their clan.\ |
| 185 | '''You'd Then Expect:''' They'd either back off entirely or at least try to be subtle about getting rid of Hinata.\ |
| 186 | '''Instead:''' The Hyuuga keep pulling obvious stunts like trying to assign Hinata a B Rank mission, even though she's been a genin for only a few months and B Ranks are exclusively for jonin and veteran chunin. |
| 187 | |
| 188 | !!''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'' |
| 189 | * ''Fanfic/OjamajoDoremiRiseOfTheShadows'': Two examples, one of which coming from the sequel. |
| 190 | ** The Queen right before the climax.\ |
| 191 | '''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.\ |
| 192 | '''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. |
| 193 | ** ''Witches at World's End'', courtesy of, once again, the Queen:\ |
| 194 | '''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.\ |
| 195 | '''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. |
| 196 | |
| 197 | !!''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' |
| 198 | * ''[[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.\ |
| 199 | '''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.\ |
| 200 | '''Instead''': She doesn't, and somehow while she's distracting herself by raving about how dangerous Gyarados are, Misty goes off on her own and ''gets close to the Gyarados'', waking it up.\ |
| 201 | '''Result''': Misty's mother is forced to push her out of the way, and gets eaten by the Gyarados. |
| 202 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12879916/28/The-Longest-Road The Longest Road]]'' Erika is busted after Pokemon Leauge Inspector discovered that she violated rule 142 by denying Ash a chance to battle.\ |
| 203 | '''You'd Expect''': Erika will try to somehow defuse the situation and solve the problem peacefully.\ |
| 204 | '''Instead''': Erika is trying to kick INSPECTOR and her companions out with brute force. She insults everyone and starts Pokemon fight\ |
| 205 | '''Result''': Erika can kiss not only her gym leader license, but also her TRAINER license good buy. The same goes for her co-workers. In addition, Erika ends in prison. |
| 206 | * In ''Fanfic/{{Traveler}}'' Jonathan, one of Ash's traveling companions, has to fight Lt. Surge.\ |
| 207 | '''You'd Expect''': Jonathan to take advantage of ElementalRockPaperScissors and use his Rhyhorn which is immune to electrical moves and resists Raichu's coverage moves.\ |
| 208 | '''Instead''': He uses Charmander, hoping it will evolve mid-battle like Ash's Nidoran did, ignoring that Ash nearly lost even with said evolution.\ |
| 209 | '''The Result:''' Surge's Raichu [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomps]] his Charmander. |
| 210 | * In ''Fanfic/TravelsOfTheTrifecta'', Paul is heading for Snowpoint City, and plans to take the toughest section of Route 216.\ |
| 211 | '''You'd Expect''': That he'd at least dress warmly and have his Pokemon help get through obstacles, considering he has a Weavile which is well-suited for a cold climate.\ |
| 212 | '''Instead''': He doesn't change his clothes at all even though Conway warns him to do so, and when faced with a wall of snow and Weavile wants to help him, he outright threatens to release Weavile and all his Pokemon for daring to suggest that he might need help (because of a bet he had made with Conway).\ |
| 213 | '''Result''': He gets through the wall of snow, but is too tired and frostbitten to notice his surroundings, and ends up falling off a cliff and ends up needing his Pokemon and Conway to save his life. |
| 214 | * ''Fanfic/LatiasJourney'': |
| 215 | ** The Ghost King wants to apologize to Latias for destroying her city, killing all her friends, and ultimately traumatizing her.\ |
| 216 | '''You'd Expect:''' He'd do everything Pokemonly possible not to dig himself a deeper hole. Wait for her to calm down before sending someone to speak on his behalf, since he can't leave the Realm of Mists. And maybe send a messenger who's not a Ghost-type. Also, drop the bounty on Ash's head, because killing him would just piss her off even more.\ |
| 217 | '''Instead:''' He sends Shedinja, ''the very Pokemon who killed Latias' best friend,'' to hunt her down with a squadron of ghosts and capture her. Oh, and Shedinja is also a {{Jerkass}}, and would rather terrorize her for several days instead of just bringing her right to the King.\ |
| 218 | '''Then:''' Once the King gets to speak to Latias when she has Mewtwo as her bodyguard, he tells her right to her face that he's going to kill Ash anyway, [[HonorBeforeReason because he never breaks his promises]]. |
| 219 | ** Fearow's gimmick is that he eats other Pokemon and gets stronger from it.\ |
| 220 | '''You'd Expect:''' He'd eat Latias ''immediately'', because she's a legendary Pokemon.\ |
| 221 | '''Instead:''' He tries to [[GratuitousRape rape her for no reason]], which delays him long enough for Pidgeot to rescue her.\ |
| 222 | '''Then:''' He is later killed by Latias' NewPowersAsThePlotDemands - powers that could have been his, had he not screwed around. |
| 223 | ** The apocalypse had started. [[spoiler:Deoxys']] lands his fortress in the middle of Ever Grande City after destroying everything outside said city. The Chosen have assembled...and then AlphaBitch Lady Ho-Oh shows up, already ranting.\ |
| 224 | '''You'd Expect:''' Ignore her bullshit, she's small potatoes compared to the SatanicArchetype staring them in the face. If she can't be ignored, lock her up somewhere so she can't get in the way.\ |
| 225 | '''Instead:''' Our heroes dogpile on her, and Sadic threatens to eat her. She escapes.\ |
| 226 | '''Then:''' Lady Ho-Oh immediately joins forces with [[spoiler:Deoxys]], and interrupts Lord Ho-Oh's battle with Leviathan. As a result, Misdreavus gets eaten thanks to being distracted, and Lord Ho-Oh gets dragged into Dark Latios' realm where he is tortured, mutilated, and killed. |
| 227 | * In ''Fanfic/{{Morphic}}'', one of the main characters, Jean, is a [[HalfHumanHybrid half-Vulpix]]. They need to evolve a Growlithe into an Arcanine, for plot reasons. They need a Fire Stone for that.\ |
| 228 | '''You'd Expect:''' Anybody else than Jean takes the Fire Stone and gives it to Growlithe.\ |
| 229 | '''Instead:''' Jean takes the Stone and goes through a BodyHorror transformation into a half-Ninetales. |
| 230 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14108691/33/Blasting-Off Blasting Off!]]'': |
| 231 | ** Jessie and Jamie volunteer to return Cam's security card down to the ground floor after he finishes his mission in Silph Co, allowing him to secure the president for Giovanni.\ |
| 232 | '''You'd Expect''': Since they're tired, they'd just take the elevator to the ground floor and be done within seconds.\ |
| 233 | '''Instead''': They try to find a warp tile down to the ground floor without knowing which tile goes where.\ |
| 234 | '''The Result''': The pair get hopelessly lost and accidentally drop the security card somewhere, allowing Red to pick find it.\ |
| 235 | '''Even Worse''': There aren't any warp tiles that go to the ground floor. |
| 236 | ** After Red singlehandedly takes down Team Rocket at Silph Co and claims the Masterball, Giovanni is literally screaming with rage as he rants at the whole of Team Rocket.\ |
| 237 | '''You'd Expect''': Jessie to do what everyone else is doing, keeping her head down and not saying anything. Attracting Giovanni's attention when he's that furious can't possibly end well.\ |
| 238 | '''Instead''': She steps forward and loudly answers one of Giovanni's rhetorical questions.\ |
| 239 | '''The Result''': Giovanni's rage becomes wholly focused on her and Jamie, especially after he learns they're the reason Red got her hands on a security card. |
| 240 | |
| 241 | !!''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' |
| 242 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6492923/1/Becoming-a-Man-Among-Men Becoming a Man Among Men]]'' |
| 243 | ** Ranma has no interest in Akane but does develop feelings for Kasumi who likewise gains feelings for him.\ |
| 244 | '''You'd Expect''': Genma and Soun to fully support their possible relationship as it'll unite the schools just like they want.\ |
| 245 | '''Instead''': They continue to insist that Ranma has to marry Akane, whom he can't stand. |
| 246 | ** From the same story, Akane repeatedly challenges Kodachi to fights only to lose every time.\ |
| 247 | '''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.\ |
| 248 | '''Instead''': Akane challenges Kodachi to an honor duel between their families.\ |
| 249 | '''The Result''': Akane loses terribly and now her family owes a debt to the Kunos. Fortunately, Kodachi simply wants Akane to stop challenging her, [[ItsAllAboutMe though Akane insists such a thing is terribly unfair]] [[NeverMyFault and she shouldn't have to pay any sort of forfeit to Kodachi.]] |
| 250 | * ''[[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.\ |
| 251 | '''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.\ |
| 252 | '''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. |
| 253 | * ''[[http://florestica.com/dbsommer/twhn/index.htm Those Who Hunt Ninjas]]'' has Ryoga find a magic doll that can grant a single wish.\ |
| 254 | '''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]].\ |
| 255 | '''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. |
| 256 | |
| 257 | !!''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'' |
| 258 | * ''FanFic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness'': |
| 259 | ** 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.\ |
| 260 | '''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.\ |
| 261 | '''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. |
| 262 | ** 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?\ |
| 263 | '''You'd expect:''' That Akua and Kahlua would actually realize that Kiria had more sinister motives in mind.\ |
| 264 | '''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]]. |
| 265 | ** 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.\ |
| 266 | '''You'd expect''': That Sun would KnowWhenToFoldEm and back off of the already pissed-off Kokoa.\ |
| 267 | '''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.\ |
| 268 | '''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]].\ |
| 269 | '''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. |
| 270 | |
| 271 | !!''Manga/{{Sekirei}}'' |
| 272 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7892592/5/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.\ |
| 273 | '''You'd Expect''': Them to remember that Higa ''regularly kidnaps, blackmails, and assassinates rival Ashikabi'' and not tell him a thing.\ |
| 274 | '''Instead''': They brag about how great their Ashikabi, Minato Sahashi, is.\ |
| 275 | '''The Result''': Higa sends assassins after Minato who nearly kill him.\ |
| 276 | '''Even Worse''': Minato's Sekirei are actually ''surprised'' he did so. |
| 277 | |
| 278 | !!''Anime/YuGiOh'' |
| 279 | * 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.\ |
| 280 | '''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.\ |
| 281 | '''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 some time 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]]. |
| 282 | ** 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.\ |
| 283 | '''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.\ |
| 284 | '''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]]. |
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| 286 | |
| 287 | [[folder:Crossover]] |
| 288 | * In ''Fanfic/BlackSky'', Timoteo Vongola freezes his adopted son for attacking and almost killing him. However, Xanxus was ''extremely'' pissed about being lied his entire life about the fact he wasn't a true Vongola.\ |
| 289 | '''You'd Expect''': Timoteo to unfreeze Xanxus in a controlled environment and try to explain why he couldn't muster the courage to explain the truth.\ |
| 290 | '''Instead''': He lets his adopted son rot in the basement for several years because the youth's issues need his entire attention and he currently has too much on his plate. His mother points that as a Mafia Boss, he will ''always'' have too many urgencies to attend, but he refuses to listen.\ |
| 291 | '''Even Worse''': When Timoteo's mother - Xanxus' adopted grandmother - dies in her sleep, Timoteo persists in keeping Xanxus on ice because it would be cruel to awake him only to attend the funeral, not thinking that maybe Xanxus would like to say goodbye.\ |
| 292 | '''The Result''': Xanxus' wife ends up kidnapping her husband because she understood very well she would never have him back otherwise, meaning that Xanxus is reanimated outside the Vongola's sphere of influence and is irate about losing so many years of his life. |
| 293 | ** When Xanxus reveals he's awake and kicking, he flatly announces his desire to take some distance with the Vongola Boss, still irate after one year of freedom.\ |
| 294 | '''You'd Expect''': Timoteo to accept he screwed up big time, wait for his adopted son to contact him and properly apologize for ruining his life.\ |
| 295 | '''Instead''': He harasses the Varia because he wants to talk right now, and when Xanxus comes to introduce his wife tries to downplay his responsibility in the entire mess leading to the youth's six-years-long captivity.\ |
| 296 | '''The Result''': The Varia refuses to let him contact their Boss and Xanxus firmly disavows him as his father. |
| 297 | * 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.\ |
| 298 | '''You'd Expect:''' The guy with both magic ''and'' telekinesis to find some way of lifting and carrying Ron without having to drag him.\ |
| 299 | '''For Added Stupidity:''' He has two pony-sized loyal wolves with him. One of them could presumably carry Ron as well.\ |
| 300 | '''Instead:''' Harry has to lug his friend all the way up several flights of moving stairs. |
| 301 | ** In the next book, it's much more serious, after the Triwizard Champions meet and [[spoiler: Harry's name comes out of the Goblet of Fire]], and Snape, as per canon, makes a snarky remark about it.\ |
| 302 | '''You'd Expect:''' Knowing that Harry is a very powerful demigod who hates him for having been a SadistTeacher, Snape would keep his mouth shut.\ |
| 303 | '''Instead:''' Snape antagonizes Harry, who's recently been through a TraumaCongaLine and so is obviously quite touchy, and gets a ''nasty'' ShutUpHannibal. Honestly? Snape is lucky he didn't do worse.\ |
| 304 | '''The Result:''' Harry gets a detention and Snape gets embarrassed in public. |
| 305 | * In ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtWarios'' Wario's actions that trigger the plot. So he finds a book with demonic rituals in it.\ |
| 306 | '''You'd Expect''': Really anything but what he does. Options include talking to their god buddy Rosalina, talking to anyone, not using the demonic book...\ |
| 307 | '''Instead''': He uses it to try to become ghosts after death without reading the fine print.\ |
| 308 | '''As a Result''': They become murderous unstoppable Ghosts and kill several people within the game alone. Rosalina [[spoiler:not wanting to kill her friends, tries to use time travel to destroy the book and prevent the ritual, not realizing that the Ghosts are immune to being erased with time travel, and that she herself will forget she used time travel, causing a nigh endless loop.]] |
| 309 | * In ''A Flower Amongst Devils'', 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.\ |
| 310 | '''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.\ |
| 311 | '''Instead:''' Raiser decides to break into the Gremory house and confront Minako, calling her out to a fight.\ |
| 312 | '''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. |
| 313 | * 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 discover that the mask is a HauntedFetter containing the evil spirit of Darth Nihilus and have just witnessed said spirit kill a dozen people in mere seconds. In the aftermath of this slaughter, the droids realize that EvilIsNotAToy and decide that NoManShouldHaveThisPower.\ |
| 314 | '''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 at the time. Besides, there's no reason they can't just, say, drop the mask into a [[UsefulNotes/BlackHoles black hole]] or HurlItIntoTheSun.\ |
| 315 | '''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 uncharted space where Vader will never find it. It's a fairly solid plan... except for what happens next.\ |
| 316 | '''Then:''' After a series of {{Blind Jump}}s, their starship comes across an unexplored planet inhabited by a pre-spaceflight civilization.\ |
| 317 | '''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 planets to choose from.\ |
| 318 | '''Instead:''' Alpha chooses said planet as the mask's hiding spot while brushing off the objections of his squadmates who point out what was just stated above.\ |
| 319 | '''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 drop it into the planet's atmosphere.\ |
| 320 | '''The Result:''' That primitive world turns out to be [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Remnant]] and the mask is almost immediately found by a random monk who Nihilus corrupts to the Dark Side. This kicks off a series of DisasterDominoes that eventually lead to Jaune stumbling across the mask and becoming possessed by Darth Nihilus's Force ghost. |
| 321 | * 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.\ |
| 322 | '''You'd Expect''': Luna to acknowledge that due to the [[AIIsACrapshoot Geth]] A.I. aren't trusted and to act like a V.I. around people who don't know the truth.\ |
| 323 | '''Instead''': She constantly acts in a way that reveals her nature as an A.I. and either ignores or doesn't notice Harry's and Hermione's attempts to stop her.\ |
| 324 | '''The Result''': Both Harry and Hermione regularly have to quickly explain that Luna isn't like the Geth and is not a threat, lest someone shoot first and ask questions later. |
| 325 | * [[FanFic/AManOfIron A Song Of Metal And Marvels]]: |
| 326 | ** Several readers noted that Jon [[spoiler: when he first dons the Iron Man suit]] should've killed Gregor Clegane when he had the chance as Gregor had been weakened and on his knees. It's ultimately subverted, though, as Tony later points out that killing Gregor would have prompted Tywin to obliterate Iron Pointe. |
| 327 | *** Played straight by Gregor himself [[spoiler:after becoming the Iron Monger]]. Instead of attacking the Riverlands like Tywin ordered him to, he [[spoiler:assaults Iron Pointe, kills Obediah and kidnaps Pepper in order to lure Iron Man in for a rematch]]. This rash act of vengeance gives Tony an excuse to kill him without consequence (and the fact that [[spoiler:the rematch takes place in an isolated mine, with no one around]] allows Tony to make up a story about what really happened, forging an even better cover for his SecretIdentity). |
| 328 | *** Even Gregor's contingency plan for evading reprisal for this act would likely have failed, as depriving himself of Tywin's protection paints a huge target on his back. Sure, sending an assassin would be foolhardy, given his status as TheJuggernaut (though since there's so many Marvel characters running around, ''no'', not that one), but his more influential foes (which would now include Tywin) have access to many powerful poisons, and it wouldn't be hard to arrange for one to be slipped into his food. |
| 329 | ** When Joffrey (as King) attempts to have Ned Stark executed, he's rudely interrupted by a certain flying magical knight that has proven to be lethal to even Gregor Clegane himself, demanding the freedom of both Ned and Sansa Stark. What does he do? Grab Sansa to prevent her from escaping, use her as a HumanShield so Iron Man can't blast him, then accidentally dash her skull against the steps of the Great Sept of Baelor. Then he has the chutzpah to claim it was Iron Man's fault. The only reason Iron Man couldn't turn him into a bloody smear is because Cersei [[DivingSave saves his ass in the last second]] at the cost of [[AnArmAndALeg her left hand]], and even ''that'' gives him a scar matching Sandor Clegane. He barely survives the ensuing ''riot'' -- because ''most of King's Landing witnessed this'' -- but he gets his ZeroPercentApprovalRating ahead of schedule. |
| 330 | ** [[spoiler: In-universe, Tyrion calls out Cersei and the Small Council for dressing some redhead girl as Sansa Stark, pointing out even if Ned Stark had not ''witnessed'' his daughter's death, no one would believe she "miraculously" healed a shattered skull]]. |
| 331 | *** [[spoiler:He also makes a good point when he said he would have locked "Sansa" up if she came to him pretending to have resurrected; the Night's Queen has many of Sansa's Tully features (most notably the MostCommonSuperPower), but she's also clearly ''five years older''. She should have been extensively questioned at least, because people just can't spring back from the grave because they felt like it, and they ''certainly'' don't age five years when doing so. Occam's Razor says that this is ''not'' Sansa, but some person who is either being paid by the council, or is lying through her teeth- and lying badly, at that, given what she looks like]]. |
| 332 | *** [[spoiler:Then it turns out that Pycelle sent a message to the Starks, offering to trade Sansa for Jaime. [[WordOfGod Mr Chaos]] has stated that the only reason the Starks weren't angrier is because they simply thought Pycelle was trying to trick them, rather than claiming Sansa was alive. Tyrion actually blows his stack at the freaking Night's Queen upon finding out about it.]] |
| 333 | ** The Ironborn already tried an attack on the Greenlanders, so they're at lower manpower and without the element of surprise. But when we touch base with them again, it turns out Balon was so full of hubris that despite the North and King's Landing still being active and alert, decides that [[SarcasmMode now would be the PERFECT time to restart independence moves]].dying. |
| 334 | * From the ''Franchise/StarWars''[=/=]''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' crossover ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1177856 The Max Starfield Series]]'': |
| 335 | ** 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.\ |
| 336 | '''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.\ |
| 337 | '''Instead''': Joyce says nothing, for no apparent reason besides her hatred of Jedi. The result is that Chloe takes Max's disappearance far harder than she might have done otherwise. |
| 338 | ** In the present day, Max, now a Jedi Knight, is tasked with investigating the theft of an ancient book from the Jedi Temple archives. Max later informs Yoda, Mace Windu and Yarael Poof that a figure with A) an army of mooks, B) a top secret research facility in the Maw that happens to be surrounded by the dark side, and C) the services of a Mandalorian bounty hunter (i.e. Nathan Pris'kott) is using information from the stolen book to weaponize Ysalamiri hormones, a PowerNullifier for Force-users. She voices her fears that said figure intends to attack the Jedi Temple, based on both her findings and a recent vision she had of such an attack taking place.\ |
| 339 | '''You'd Expect''': The Jedi would take such news very seriously. Even if Max hasn't specifically mentioned her vision (which would be an idiotic moment on her part, given that Yoda himself admitted she had a talent for foresight, so she has little-to-no reason to assume the masters would just dismiss it), they're quite clearly dealing with a wealthy and sinister figure who possesses the means to exploit one of their major weaknesses.\ |
| 340 | '''Instead''': Despite Yoda claiming that he and the other two masters will discuss the matter with the rest of the council, at no point are the Jedi shown following up on Max's findings.\ |
| 341 | '''Result''': Chloe, suspecting that the council are just going to sit on their asses over the matter, convinces Max to go rogue if it means stopping Nathan and his backer. Being only a smuggler and a rookie Jedi however, they end up in over their heads when the backer turns out to be the Sith Lord Darth Chiaros, with both women narrowly avoiding getting killed by him. Chloe and Max being driven to take matters into their own hands also sets in motion a chain of events which ends with Max [[spoiler:following her love for Chloe and leaving the Jedi Order]]. |
| 342 | ** As part of the above, Max and Chloe break into the archives to learn the name and location of the Ysalamiri homeworld, and then leave Coruscant to follow up on their information, Max disobeying orders to remain at the temple in the process. Victoria, who resents Max for becoming a full-blown Jedi Knight 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.\ |
| 343 | '''You'd Expect''': The council would at some point ask why the two women felt the need to do what they did, for no other reason than to try and find out what information they got from the archives. 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.\ |
| 344 | '''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.\ |
| 345 | '''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. |
| 346 | ** In the [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21824710/chapters/52084066 second mainline fic of the series]], Nathan seeks to murder Max and Chloe as revenge for the latter defeating and maiming him on Chiaros's starship. By the time of the fic's second chapter, he manages to track them down to a cantina on Corellia.\ |
| 347 | '''You'd Expect''': Nathan would have enough common sense to try and avoid being caught in the act when taking his revenge, for his own sake if not that of his clan.\ |
| 348 | '''Instead''': He blasts the cantina with a missile launcher from within a public square, and lets himself get caught doing so on a security log, having apparently [[FailedASpotCheck failed to take notice of any surveillance cameras in the area]]. He does wear his helmet, but while this keeps him specifically from being implicated, the helmet in question bears the insignia of Clan Pris'kott.\ |
| 349 | '''Result''': While Nathan is able to escape the authorities on Corellia, his father Sha'in is furious at having to cover up his son's crime in order to protect the clan's reputation, and has him confined to the clan stronghold while refusing to provide him with further healing and/or cybernetics for his maiming. The botched murder attempt also leads to Max and Chloe discovering Nathan's still alive and coming after him in turn, which ends up causing an explosive confrontation within the stronghold, thus giving Sha'in even more reason to be angry at his son's foolishness. |
| 350 | ** Following the above moment, Max is implicated in the death of a Jedi Master, and the Jedi Council decide to send two Jedi to bring her back to the temple for questioning. One of those Jedi is Kate Marsh, here a devout follower of the Jedi code with potent Force-assisted tracking skills.\ |
| 351 | '''You'd Expect''': For the second person, they would pick someone who isn't likely to compromise the mission.\ |
| 352 | '''Instead''': They choose Victoria, on the basis that she knew Max personally. Which might be okay, except Victoria is Max's [[TheRival rival]], has nearly always been antagonistic towards her, and is still stewing after getting beaten by Max in a duel and having to be saved by her months ago (the council having apparently failed to notice this).\ |
| 353 | '''Result''': Victoria lets her personal feelings get the better of her on Mandalore, which leads directly into the moment below, as well as her attempting to ''murder'' Max when the two of them end up fighting. |
| 354 | ** Later on in the fic, Victoria and Kate track Max and Chloe to Mandalore, and insist that Max come back to the temple with them. Max is hesitant to do so, fearing that Nathan would try to attack her there and potentially reignite the Mandalorian-Jedi War, but is otherwise willing to talk things out with the two Jedi in another location.[[note]]She wants to leave out of concern that Clan Pris'kott will be looking for her and Chloe after their failed attempt to kill Nathan.[[/note]] Being emotionally compromised as detailed above, Victoria uses Max's reluctance as an excuse to attack her, but is quickly disarmed and sent to the ground.\ |
| 355 | '''You'd Expect''': Kate, being [[RedOniBlueOni far more level-headed than Victoria]], would try to keep the situation from escalating any further. Max's actions were pretty much justified self-defense here, and she's otherwise been quite reasonable given the circumstances. Maybe ask why exactly she and Chloe can't stick around, or even try and get Victoria to calm down.\ |
| 356 | '''Instead''': Despite urging Victoria against violence mere seconds ago, Kate ''immediately'' joins her in attacking Max, shattering any chance of a peaceful resolution to the current conflict.\ |
| 357 | '''Result''': During the subsequent lightsaber duel, Chloe sabotages the hyperdrive of Victoria and Kate's starship. She and Max later escape to Alderaan, and when the other two try and follow them through hyperspace, their engines fail and leave them stranded in Mandalore's orbit. |
| 358 | * In the ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''[=/=]''Franchise/SailorMoon'' crossover ''Fanfic/WhiteDevilOfTheMoon'', Nephrite survives a botched ambush by Sailors Mars and Jupiter, Vita, and Chrono, and manages to escape with [[spoiler:Miyuki Takamachi]] as a hostage.\ |
| 359 | '''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!''\ |
| 360 | '''Instead''': [[TooDumbToLive He doesn't.]]\ |
| 361 | '''The Result''': [[spoiler:Miyuki]] comes this close to bisecting Queen Beryl, who promptly throws Nephrite in the dungeons accused of intentionally bringing an armed assassin to her.\ |
| 362 | '''Even Worse''': He literally abducted her just after she tried to ambush him. '''''Who comes to an ambush without any weapons?!''''' |
| 363 | * In the ''Franchise/MarvelComics''[=/=]''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' story ''Blue Bell'', Buffy is given weaponry to fight vampires by Hawkeye, including a specially made bow that cost over $50,000 and a pair of specially made batons. Hawkeye tells her that the bow is extremely expensive and to make sure she switches to the batons when fighting in melee.\ |
| 364 | '''You'd Expect''': Buffy to actually follow his advice as she knows the weapons are extremely high quality and expensive.\ |
| 365 | '''Instead''': She decides to beat several vampires over the head with her bow.\ |
| 366 | '''The Result''': Buffy breaks a $50,000 dollar weapon after owning it for less than an hour. |
| 367 | * ''Fanfic/TheRiseOfDarthVulcan'': Dodger is nearly murdered by Ted in a fit of rage after the latter mistakenly believes Dodger betrayed him.\ |
| 368 | '''You'd Expect:''' Dodger decides hanging out with an unstable person who can easily kill him and has just tried to kill him on suspicion of being TheMole might be a bad idea in the long run and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere runs away with his Tooth Breezies]].\ |
| 369 | '''Instead:''' He places all blame for the incident on Luna for making him an unwitting spy and stays with the guy who nearly killed him. Though this could be justified if he's only pretending to stay loyal to Ted out of fear. |
| 370 | * In ''[[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Series-1285 Roanapur Knights]]'', Xander confronts Riley over using Slayers bought from slavers in military operations, including assassinations.\ |
| 371 | '''You'd Expect''': Riley to explain his objections over the operation to Xander and that he's trying to keep the girls out of things or at least protect them, but has been threatened with replacement by someone who cares far less about the girls. Or even that the only operation they're intended to be used in is capturing a corrupt general guarded by vampires.\ |
| 372 | '''Instead''': Riley keeps insisting that he's JustFollowingOrders and lets Xander think the Slayers were used to assassinate [[Anime/BlackLagoon Garcia Lovelace's father]].\ |
| 373 | '''The Result''': Xander starts beating the hell out of Riley who has to be saved by the other soldiers in his group. |
| 374 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13957545/1/RWBY-Rose-In-Black RWBY: Rose In Black]]'', Roman and Neo barely survive an encounter with a [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} symbiote-possessed]] [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Ruby Rose]], although they lose the Dust they stole and suffer heavy injuries. When they report back to a displeased Cinder, they tell her that Ruby is wearing an alien organism.\ |
| 375 | '''You'd Expect''': Cinder to take their explanation seriously, or at least recognize that Ruby is a bigger threat than she thought and start preparing accordingly.\ |
| 376 | '''Instead''': She laughs off their claims and continually underestimates Ruby while carrying out her plan.\ |
| 377 | '''Result''': [[spoiler:Cinder's plan ends up a complete failure. Ruby discovers the truth about her early and gets her arrested at the dance, then using her symbiote to sabotage the Black Queen virus to prevent her from taking control of Atlas's robot army. By the time Cinder realizes her error in judgment, she has been maimed by Ruby's Silver Eyes and is desperately pleading for her life as Ruby forcibly removes the Fall Maiden's power from her and the symbiote attacks her mind.]] |
| 378 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6438802/33/A-Spark-of-Genius A Spark of Genius]]'', the entire island of Themyscira is sent to {{Hell}} and after [[YearInsideHourOutside a year (a week on Earth)]] [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Xander]] comes with a HumongousMecha and supplies to help them.\ |
| 379 | '''You'd Expect''': Hippolyta to realize that trapped inside ''{{Hell}}'' would be a bad time to continue discriminating against men and let him into the city.\ |
| 380 | '''Instead''': She insists that he leave the supplies at the gate and remain outside the fortified city. |
| 381 | * In ''Fanfic/TeenageJinchurikiShinobi'' Hun's army of purple dragon mooks are curbstomped by the new Team Seven (Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Kin, and [[OriginalCharacter Himeko]]) and The Ninja Turtles.\ |
| 382 | '''You'd Expect''': He retreats since his army is defeated, especially since how the turtles have defeated him numerous times in the past, and sees just how strong Naruto and Himeko were in their last encounter.\ |
| 383 | '''Instead''': He came charging at all nine of them. If he had problems with just the turtles, what gave him the idea that he could fight them plus 5 of Konoha's greatest chuunin? |
| 384 | * ''To Kill A Thief'': [[Manga/DeathNote Light Yagami]] has it on with his final plan to kill [[Manga/PhantomThiefJeanne Jeanne]].\ |
| 385 | '''You'd Expect''': He has to check out on his Death Note to make sure Miyako doesn't touch it and write down not only her name, but also Jeanne's and Chiaki's to make them die of heart attacks quickly.\ |
| 386 | '''Instead''': He writes down on the notebook, not realizing it's a fake one. On 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. |
| 387 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10727834/1/The-World-s-End The World's End]]'': A US General has learned of a group of superhumans (the [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Scoobies]]) who've taken a town with the highest murder rate in the country and reduced it by 85%.\ |
| 388 | '''You'd Expect''': Him to either keep an eye on this group or try to hire them so they're working for the government.\ |
| 389 | '''Instead''': He deems the Scoobies a threat to National Security for being teenagers with superpowers. Then he tries to frame them for mass murder and trick them and the WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague into destroying each other.\ |
| 390 | '''The Result''': The Justice League and Scoobies learn the truth before anyone's killed and keep in contact in case of an impending apocalypse, leaving both groups stronger than they were beforehand. |
| 391 | * ''Fanfic/TheInfiniteLoops'': All the time in the universe couldn't prevent these moments, looper or otherwise. |
| 392 | ** In one [[Fanfic/TheMLPLoops MLP loop]], [[PrinceCharmless Prince Blueblood]] decides to overthrow the Government ala KlingonPromotion by attacking the leaders while they are having a meeting.\ |
| 393 | '''You'd Expect''': Blueblood to gather up an army or poison them. The people present consist of ''five'' alicorns (Celestia, Luna, Twilight, Shining Armor, and Cadance), a Greater Dragon (Spike), Sombra, Discord and Chrysalis. Even if all of them other then Sombra weren't loopers, they could still crush him easily.\ |
| 394 | '''Instead''': He attacks them by himself ''only armed with a knife''. The only reason he lives is because the loopers don't think he's worth the effort (and they are too busy laughing in his face). |
| 395 | ** A newly looping [[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor Grodus]] has just returned from talking to TEC and finds that Peach has just escaped her cell. In addition, she's [[PowerGlows glowing]] and her hair is standing up on end.\ |
| 396 | '''You'd Expect''': Grodus to realize something is very wrong and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere run like hell]].\ |
| 397 | '''Instead''': He attempts to boss Peach around.\ |
| 398 | '''Result''': Peach, who was already in a bad mood, beats him to death. Granted, he's a Looper, so DeathIsCheap for him, but it's still a stupid move. |
| 399 | * ''Fanfic/WithPearlAndRubyGlowing'': |
| 400 | ** [[WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}} Mirabel]] has just learned about all of the remaining Palace traitors and wants to expose them before they harm anyone else. Problem? No one believes her because the person she learned them from is both mute and has Capgras Syndrome and she has Narcissistic Personality Disorder.\ |
| 401 | '''You'd Expect:''' Her to send an anonymous tip to the police. Even if she doesn't have the greatest opinion of the police due to the stories she's heard from the Palace, better than nothing.\ |
| 402 | '''Instead:''' She attempts to confront the traitors (who, reminder, are all at best simply dangerous and at worst outright rapists and human traffickers) by herself.\ |
| 403 | '''The Result:''' The traitors don't fess up, six out of seven of them rape ''her'', and she is sold to the Ark by Amelia in order to keep her quiet. The only reason the last part doesn't stick is because Bruno and Isabela manage to rescue her before anyone can harm her. |
| 404 | ** Earlier, [[WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} Shan Yu]] catches [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit the Weasels]] rescuing [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 Della]], his BabyFactory slave-wife.\ |
| 405 | '''You'd Expect''': He'd [[JustShootHim Just Shoot Them]].\ |
| 406 | '''Instead''': He pauses to correct their leader's {{Malapropism}}.\ |
| 407 | '''The Result''': Smartass shoots ''him,'' allowing the group to make their escape. |
| 408 | ** [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Ghetsis]] is a hardline vegan who runs Team Plasma, which in this fic's world is a PETA analogue called PLASMA.\ |
| 409 | '''You'd Expect''': Someone who (supposedly) cared so much about animals to know which ones are safe to handle.\ |
| 410 | '''Instead''': He keeps a Komodo dragon in his room.\ |
| 411 | '''The Result''': [[KarmicDeath Naturally, it eats him.]] |
| 412 | ** [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 Flintheart Glomgold]] is in a South African prison, which contains a gang known as the 28s, who pretty much specialize in PrisonRape. Glomgold, however, manages to get protection from the 26s.\ |
| 413 | '''You'd Expect''': Glomgold to keep his head down and not do anything stupid. As a white man in a South African prison during apartheid, he has a massive target on his back and most likely won't get a second chance should he do something to anger the gang.\ |
| 414 | '''Instead''': He tries to cheat the 26s' leader.\ |
| 415 | '''The Result''': The 26s promptly hand him over to the 28s, who violently assault him repeatedly. |
| 416 | * ''Fanfic/TotalDramaEverything'' |
| 417 | ** Rarity has just spied on Nom Nom, Mandy and Deadpool and learned about their alliance, as well as their plans for the game.\ |
| 418 | '''You'd Expect:''' Her to go right to the other campers and expose them right then and there.\ |
| 419 | '''Or:''' Call them out at the next challenge.\ |
| 420 | '''Instead:''' She does tell Snake, but she also tells Nom Nom ''to his face'' that she knows about him and is going to expose him.\ |
| 421 | '''The Result:''' Nom Nom tricks her into not telling via convincing her that she would be putting pressure on the couples, blackmails her into sabotaging the others in the paintball challenge and then gets voted out when she is no longer of use. While she does expose him, she still should have not told him she was going to do so and she could have avoided being voted out. |
| 422 | *** Nom Nom has Rarity in his back pocket via {{Blackmail}}ing her with the threat of voting her out.\ |
| 423 | '''You'd Expect:''' Him to keep her around. An extra number (even if they aren't willing) is always helpful in a game like this.\ |
| 424 | '''Instead:''' He pulls a YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness on her and has her voted out.\ |
| 425 | '''The Result:''' Threat now void, Rarity promptly reveals ''everything'' to the other contestants before she's fired off the island. The only reason Nom Nom or his alliance mates aren't voted out right away is because he and Mandy are skilled manipulators or they win challenges. |
| 426 | ** Vicky wants to be a villain. However, she knows that some of her contestants have been playing for three seasons and are wise to certain tricks. Fire and Story have also hinted that she is evil.\ |
| 427 | '''You'd Expect:''' Her to be on her best behavior. Nom Nom and Ivy at least kept up a friendly façade for a good chunk of time.\ |
| 428 | '''Instead:''' She acts like a complete {{Jerkass}} to everyone and obviously tries to sabotage Webby, even talking to herself about this plan.\ |
| 429 | '''The Result:''' She is the first person sent home. |
| 430 | * ''Fanfic/SuperRWBYSisters''. It's revealed at the end of "RWBY Partners in Time" that the Shroobs hail from a dying world and, naturally, need to find a new place to live ASAP. They discover the Mushroom Kingdom and decide that it is the perfect place for them to settle.\ |
| 431 | '''You'd Expect:''' The Shroobs to come peacefully and explain their problems to the heroes.\ |
| 432 | '''Instead:''' They launch an AlienInvasion and attack or attempt to kill the heroes at pretty much every turn.\ |
| 433 | '''The Result:''' The heroes, naturally wanting to defend their homes from what they believe to be hostile invaders, kill off most of the Shroobs as well as both rulers. The heroes even directly tell the Elder Princess Shroob that had they simply explained to them what they wanted, they would have been happy to let the Shroobs live in the Mushroom Kingdom.\ |
| 434 | '''In Fact:''' Once the remaining Shroobs surrender, the heroes ''do'' allow them to simply move in, meaning that hundreds of deaths could have been avoided if the Shroob princesses were willing to simply talk things out. |
| 435 | [[/folder]] |
| 436 | |
| 437 | [[folder:Film]] |
| 438 | !!Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} |
| 439 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12825040/1/Love-Sick Love Sick]]'', Egon has a very bad stomach ache, which he suspects is [[RupturedAppendix appendicitis]], but he's AfraidOfDoctors, due to an incident in his childhood where doctors were unsympathetic about an injury he sustained.\ |
| 440 | '''You'd Expect''': Him to [[FaceYourFears face his fear]] and go to the hospital. After all, experiencing something you're afraid of is a small price to pay for being treated for a disease that could kill you (appendicitis can and does kill people if they don't get the surgery) and he has faced up to scarier things (in the [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 canon]], he helped prevent the literal Apocalypse). Also, this is ''Egon'', who's well-known for being a logical pragmatist.\ |
| 441 | '''Instead''': He decides to just stay at home and hope it goes away.\ |
| 442 | '''The Result''': Janine needs to take him to the hospital, where it turns out it ''is'' appendicitis. |
| 443 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12573127/1/Under-the-weather Under the Weather]]'': |
| 444 | ** Egon has a cold, and Janine wants to take care of him.\ |
| 445 | '''You'd Expect''': Egon to tell Janine that he can take care of himself (which he would logically be able to; a cold isn't a very serious illness, he is a full-grown man, and an intelligent one to boot, and he would have lived alone before moving into the firehouse), and to stay away from him, as he is contagious. If Janine insisted on taking care of Egon anyway due to the mad crush she has on him, you'd expect Egon to wear something like a health mask.\ |
| 446 | '''Instead''': Egon lets Janine take care of him, which includes standing very close to him.\ |
| 447 | '''The Result''': She catches his cold, resulting in a HereWeGoAgain ending. |
| 448 | ** In the middle of the story, it is revealed that Egon checked his temperature ''before'' going to the mission, and it was 104 degrees.\ |
| 449 | '''You'd Expect''': Him to realise that what he had wasn't [[PlotAllergy allergies]], but rather a bona fide disease, and thus [[OutSick not go on the mission]], while telling his coworkers that he was wrong and thus they should stay away from him as he's contagious. You'd then expect him to take medicine to lower his temperature.\ |
| 450 | '''Instead''': He [[WorkingThroughTheCold goes on the mission anyway]], is seemingly in denial that he's actually sick, and it takes Janine to convince him to take medicine. Lampshaded when Janine calls the decision stupid. |
| 451 | |
| 452 | !!Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse |
| 453 | * In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14750820/chapters/34105899 To Intervene]]'', Tony Stark spends months negotiating with the US government to hand over leadership and liability of the Avengers to the Defense Intelligence Agency, making a point to send emails to the Avengers any time there's any change in the negotiations.\ |
| 454 | '''You'd Expect:''' The other Avengers to keep up to date on what's happening since it has a significant impact on their operations.\ |
| 455 | '''Instead:''' Steve just gives an offhand reply thanking Tony for the update without ever reading the emails.\ |
| 456 | '''The Result:''' The Avengers are completely unprepared when contacted by the DIA for the expected meet and greet.\ |
| 457 | '''Even Worse:''' Steve tries to blame Tony for not keeping him updated, and when it's proven Steve was replying to emails without reading them, he tries to claim that Tony should've given them a heads up if it was important, ignoring that's ''exactly what said emails were doing''. |
| 458 | ** Before this, Tony retires from the Avengers and eventually decides to hold a press conference detailing that he's stepped down from the Avengers entirely and plans to have no more dealings with them outside end of the world scenarios.\ |
| 459 | '''You'd Expect:''' Steve to offer no comment on it since Tony's been officially retired from the Avengers for months.\ |
| 460 | '''Instead:''' He furiously calls up Tony and lambasts him for talking to the press without clearing it with him first and demands to know what Tony is thinking retiring from the Avengers.\ |
| 461 | '''The Result:''' Steve solidifies Tony's decision to wash his hands of the Avengers and further proves to him that none of them, barring Vision was ever actually his friend. |
| 462 | |
| 463 | !!''Franchise/StarWars'' |
| 464 | * 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.\ |
| 465 | '''You'd Expect:''' The Rebel Alliance would send a few minor or lesser-known members in a common ship.\ |
| 466 | '''Instead:''' Han and Leia go in the Millenium Falcon. The two most recognizable members in the most recognizable ship they have.\ |
| 467 | '''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''.\ |
| 468 | '''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''. |
| 469 | |
| 470 | [[/folder]] |
| 471 | |
| 472 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 473 | !!''Literature/HarryPotter'' |
| 474 | * ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8695313/6/Black-Heir Black Heir]]'': Harry has a magical contract that forces Narcissa Malfoy to do whatever he writes on it. When he decides that he's restricted her freedom too much, he asks for advice from her on how to change it (after ordering her to tell the truth). Narcissa suggests that on top of not being able to reveal his secrets, he should make it so she can't harm or allow him to be harmed in any way, shape, or form and that he force her to not hate or resent him for what he did.\ |
| 475 | '''You'd Expect''': Harry to take her advice since she has to be honest about what would be good failsafes against her acting against him.\ |
| 476 | '''Instead''': He decides that manipulating her emotions would be too harsh. Cue Narcissa painlessly knocking him out, changing every rule he's written, then destroying the contract so that while it's still in effect, he can't change anything on it anymore. |
| 477 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11574569/28/Dodging-Prison-and-Stealing-Witches-Revenge-is-Best-Served-Raw Dodging Prison and Stealing Witches]]'': |
| 478 | ** While testing a scrying spell outside (any wards at all will stop it) Hermione and Daphne spot a wounded unicorn, which they know is being hunted by Voldemort.\ |
| 479 | '''You'd Expect:''' When they use their Sense Danger spell and it gives the result signaling the ''highest amount of danger'' they would run back inside the warded building that Voldemort can't enter. The unicorn will die but they won't needlessly expose themselves to Voldemort, who doesn't even know they're present.\ |
| 480 | '''Instead:''' Daphne insists they have to save the unicorn.\ |
| 481 | '''The Result:''' The two are nearly murdered by Voldemort and only barely escape due to the unicorn in question. |
| 482 | ** Later, John Potter figures out Harry has also time traveled.\ |
| 483 | '''You'd Expect:''' John would confront Harry about this in private so the fact he time traveled doesn't get out.\ |
| 484 | '''Instead:''' He shouts his accusation in the (fairly crowded) library. Harry has to quickly throw up a privacy charm and inform him that long term time travel is highly illegal and would get them both dissected to figure out how they did it. Justified given that John's defining trait is his inability to think things through, contrasting with Harry's status as a GuileHero. |
| 485 | ** At one point, Daphne arranges a meeting with the head of the Nimbus broom company and tells him she can increase the efficiency of his company's brooms between 5% and 10%.\ |
| 486 | '''You'd Expect:''' The man to salivate over the idea. At the very least, he'd hear her out so he's not potentially throwing away a massive amount of money.\ |
| 487 | '''Instead:''' He tries to storm out of the meeting as a waste of time. Daphne barely convinces him to actually look at the device she brought which does exactly what she claims. |
| 488 | ** This trope is what kicks the story off in the first place. After failing to destroy Voldemort, [[PeggySue John was sent back in time]] and given four years by Death and Fate to prepare himself.\ |
| 489 | '''You'd Expect:''' Having been given this second chance, John would take his second chance at this battle seriously.\ |
| 490 | '''Instead:''' He allows himself to be killed for no reason, thinking he is in a GroundhogDayLoop and the entities will give him as many chances as he needs to get it right.\ |
| 491 | '''The Result:''' Death and Fate give up on John and send his brother Harry back in time instead. |
| 492 | * In ''Fanfic/ForLoveOfMagic'': |
| 493 | ** At one point, Penelope Clearwater's future career is ruined by Lucius Malfoy [[DisproportionateRetribution because she once gave his son detention]]. After learning what happened, Penelope goes to her boyfriend Percy Weasley and tells him.\ |
| 494 | '''You'd Expect:''' Percy to agree that's a horribly petty thing to do and maybe see if his father could get her a job working in his office.\ |
| 495 | '''Instead:''' Percy tells Penelope that she should be more careful about who she assigned detentions to.\ |
| 496 | '''The Result:''' Penelope immediately dumps him. |
| 497 | ** Several years later, a massive attack on London has irreparably broken the Statute of Secrecy due to several giants, an army of inferi, and Voldemort himself. After the fighting is over, [=ICW=] Obliviators apparate in.\ |
| 498 | '''You'd Expect:''' Them to find out what's going on before doing anything.\ |
| 499 | '''Instead:''' They start memory charming every single muggle they can find without any idea of the situation.\ |
| 500 | '''The Result:''' Not only do they erase all the good will the aurors had built up by working with the muggle police, several of them are killed when said police open fire on what appears to be a group of nutjobs threatening people with sticks.\ |
| 501 | '''Even Worse:''' The Obliviators completely ruin any chance the Ministry of Magic had for controlling the reveal of magic to the muggle world. If not for Harry being encouraged to step in and give a series of interviews, any lunatic could have released whatever information they wanted to cause untold chaos. |
| 502 | * In one ''Literature/HarryPotter'' story, Ginny decides to dose Harry with a love potion. A note on the recommended dosage is cut off halfway and continued on the next page: "Potion should be re-administered -"\ |
| 503 | '''You'd Expect''': That Ginny would turn the page to make sure she gets the dosage right.\ |
| 504 | '''Instead''': She StoppedReadingTooSoon and assumes the recipe says, "Potion should be re-administered as necessary"\ |
| 505 | '''The Result''': Harry nearly dies of an overdose from Ginny administering the love potion every day (the recipe called for once a month). |
| 506 | * ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/3807777/1/ Harry Potter and the Acts of Betrayal]]'': Dumbledore, Molly, Ron and Ginny are planning to turn Harry and Hermione into love slaves using love potion.\ |
| 507 | '''You'd Expect''': That they would make sure everything remained between them.\ |
| 508 | '''Instead''': Ginny writes about their plan in detail in her diary, which she leaves lying around for anyone to find.\ |
| 509 | '''The Result''': Hermione finds the diary entry and discovers what's really happening. Lampshaded by Dumbledore. |
| 510 | * In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11898648/9/Harry-Potter-and-the-Rune-Stone-Path chapter 9]] of ''Harry Potter And The Rune Stone Path'', Harry Potter has just finished telling Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape about the rescue from the Chamber of Secrets he organized, including the rune he used to reflect the magic of a basilisk's gaze so he wouldn't get killed or petrified. Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape have moments of idiocy lampshaded by Minerva [=McGonagall=].\ |
| 511 | '''You'd expect:''' Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape to infer that protection that reflects a basilisk's gaze would also reflect an attempt at mind-reading, and either not try to read Harry Potter's mind or ask his permission and ask him to take off his glasses first.\ |
| 512 | '''Instead:''' Dumbledore tries to read Harry's mind without permission.\ |
| 513 | '''The Result:''' Dumbledore gets a PokeInTheThirdEye headache.\ |
| 514 | '''At this point you'd expect:''' Snape to realize trying to mind-read Harry is a bad idea and not do it.\ |
| 515 | '''Instead:''' Snape tries to read Harry's mind without permission too.\ |
| 516 | '''The Result:''' Now both Dumbledore and Snape have headaches from getting a PokeInTheThirdEye, AND everybody is mad at them for trying to barge into Harry's mind without permission. |
| 517 | -->'''[=McGonagall=]:''' And both were fools! Honestly, you all just finished a tale where Harry's glasses were used to effectively reflect a basilisk stare! What idiot would think a simple legilimency spell would break through that sort of protection?! |
| 518 | * ''[[http://gehayi.livejournal.com/130381.html Turnabout]]'' [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation reinterpets]] Peter Pettigrew as a loyal friend who was forced to betray the Potters by Voldemort. From there, the canon events happen as usual. Now let's go to the graveyard scene, specifically to the moment when Harry and Cedric Diggory have been portkeyed there, and Voldemort has ordered Peter to kill Cedric.\ |
| 519 | '''You'd Expect:''' Peter to take advantage of Voldemort's weakened state and [[spoiler:Crouch Jr's]] absence, and refuse to carry out his orders, before explaining the truth about his "betrayal" to Harry, warning them about Voldemort's plan, and asking them to turn the weakened Dark Lord over to Dumbledore/the Ministry, unless of course he wants to do it himself. That way, he can make up for his past actions, eliminate the threat of Voldemort for good, and perhaps redeem himself in the eyes of Harry and his former friends.\ |
| 520 | '''Instead:''' Peter does the exact same things as his canon self, and it doesn't occur to him that he could betray Voldemort until the final battle, by which point many people have been killed in the Second Wizarding War.\ |
| 521 | '''Also:''' Peter's reason for going ahead with the resurrection ceremony is that, if he doesn't cut Harry to use his blood, another Death Eater would do far worse...never mind that none of the other Death Eaters are present, hardly any of them believe that Voldemort's still alive, and Voldemort apparently has no way of summoning them to his side (you'd think he would have done so a lot sooner if that was the case) in his weakened state. |
| 522 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10362319/13/Bolts-from-the-Blue When the First Task Went Wrong]]'': |
| 523 | ** Harry is facing the Hungarian Horntail while the school watches from the stands.\ |
| 524 | '''You'd Expect:''' The tournament organizers would make absolutely sure the stands are completely safe from the dragons in case they decide to attack the spectators.\ |
| 525 | '''Instead:''' Absolutely no defenses have been put up.\ |
| 526 | '''The Result:''' When a student throws an apple at the Horntail, it takes offense and roasts everyone in that section of the stands. |
| 527 | ** Later, all four of the dragons have broken free and are engaged in a dogfight over Hogwarts.\ |
| 528 | '''You'd Expect:''' Everyone would flee immediately and ignore any petty grudges in favor of saving themselves.\ |
| 529 | '''Instead:''' Several Slytherins stop to mock Harry and blame him for the massive [=FUBAR=].\ |
| 530 | '''The Result:''' They're all crushed to death when the dying Welsh Green falls from the sky. |
| 531 | * ''Fanfic/PartiallyKissedHero'': |
| 532 | ** Dumbledore is brought to the Hospital Wing because three of his students, Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle, have been Confunded and are raving about a [[OxymoronicBeing Muggle Dark Lord]] named Colonel Sanders.\ |
| 533 | '''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.\ |
| 534 | '''Instead:''' He takes it completely seriously, actually believes that Colonel Sanders is a new threat to his power, and is caught off-guard enough for [[spoiler:Malfoy to stab him with a chicken bone spiked with basilisk venom]]. |
| 535 | ** 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.\ |
| 536 | '''You'd expect:''' A Muggle-born student to recognize the story and call out this bullshit, if not in class, then at least fill in their pureblood counterparts once class is dismissed. You would also expect that at least one non-Muggle-born would think something's fishy, since the "history" shown is clearly incompatible with their world.\ |
| 537 | '''Instead:''' Everyone buys it hook, line and sinker. Even the ''teachers''. Even ''[=McGonagall=] and Dumbledore''.\ |
| 538 | '''The result:''' Harry and the others are emboldened to try it with ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'', 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]]. |
| 539 | ** Harry and his harem flood the Ministry in order to destroy the records of who is a pureblood, leaving [[InnocentBystander the archivists]] (and others) there to drown. Nothing blocks the exit, which is a door that opens inward to safety.\ |
| 540 | '''You'd expect:''' The archivists to pull the door open and escape, long before the room floods enough to make that impossible.\ |
| 541 | '''Instead:''' Both archivists frantically try to push the door open, and, even if one grants that they were panicked, it boggles the mind that they never even ''attempted'' to open it the other way.\ |
| 542 | '''The result:''' They drown, and [[TooDumbToLive the narrative blames them for their own stupidity]].\ |
| 543 | '''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 [[ForgotAboutHisPowers forget that in a matter of life or death]]. |
| 544 | ** Dumbledore has reunited with [[spoiler:his lover Grindelwald]], and the two of them have gathered an army and come to the River Styx, intending to become invulnerable by dipping themselves in its waters. The only snag in this plan is that anyone, or anything, who touches the Styx unprotected loses all their memory and skills, and thus drowns within minutes, while at the same time burning to a crisp. After losing several henchmen, they eventually discover how to gain the river's protection without losing their memories and dying.\ |
| 545 | '''You'd expect:''' Dumbledore would not experiment on any of his Horcrux clones, since they are far too valuable to risk.\ |
| 546 | '''Instead:''' He tests the final agreed-upon protections on his clones first, and loses four Horcruxes within minutes without Harry having to lift a finger. |
| 547 | * ''[[https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/enter-the-dragon-harry-potter-shadowrun.7861/page-3#post-2085638 Enter the Dragon]]'': Harry was in a coma for a few weeks and his friend Abigail has been worried sick about him so Harry wants to contact her and let her know he's okay now, however owls are outright terrified of him so he can't just use one to send her a letter.\ |
| 548 | '''You'd expect:''' Harry to simply ask one of his friends to send Abigail a letter for him.\ |
| 549 | '''Instead:''' Harry wastes a week learning how to make an animated letter to send to her.\ |
| 550 | '''The result:''' Abigail spends over a week (the letters are slower than owls) longer than needed worrying about him because Harry's too stubborn to do anything but pursue the first solution he thinks of, something Abigail lampshades. |
| 551 | * In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21949021?view_adult=true Harry Potter: Master of Malicious Compliance]]'', Fudge and Umbridge want to get Harry out of the picture as he has been exposing the corruption and incompetence of the Ministry. To do this, they decide to send a Dementor after Dudley and frame Harry for using magic in front of muggles.\ |
| 552 | '''You'd expect:''' Them to make sure that Harry is actually at Privet Drive so that the FrameUp is at least plausible, since Harry doesn't actually know the Patronus Charm.\ |
| 553 | '''Instead:''' They don't.\ |
| 554 | '''The Result:''' The idea that Harry was the one to stop the Dementor is quickly destroyed because he spent the summer with Hermione's family (who live in ''London'') and Amelia Bones quickly realizes that there was an attempt to frame Harry, with Fudge and Umbridge being fingered as the prime suspects. |
| 555 | * ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'': Ebony kills a "prep" at the movies.\ |
| 556 | '''You'd Expect''': The audience to fear the murderer in the theatre.\ |
| 557 | '''Instead''': They clap, seeing the "prep" as an AssholeVictim. |
| 558 | !!''Literature/TheHungerGames'' |
| 559 | * In the [[Recap/TheSilverscaleArenaS1E9August2021 ninth episode]] of ''Fanfic/TheSilverscaleArena'', after the Hallowed Jhen Mohran and the Dah'ren Mohran Boss Event, Cy recaps to Belladonna about how Kass, one of the people they got closest to, is dead and that everyone else wants their heads. Then a while later, they end up running into Cleopetrix, the person who had killed Kass.\ |
| 560 | '''You'd Expect:''' For Cy and Belladonna to kill her immediately to avenge Kass' death and get rid of a possible threat.\ |
| 561 | '''Instead:''' They let her go, ''several times'', thinking she's NotWorthKilling, and even troll her at one point by pretending to be interested in learning about ''VideoGame/RaidShadowLegends''.\ |
| 562 | '''The Result:''' Cleopetrix manages to outlast every other contestant besides the two, then manages to kill Belladonna and nearly kills Cy in their fight in the final chapter. |
| 563 | ** In the 29th episode, during the Honeycomb game, Angel Dust gets frustrated trying to carve his honeycomb into the correct shape and brings out his tommy gun.\ |
| 564 | '''You'd expect:''' For Angel Dust to start shooting at the guards in an attempt to escape. Even if it didn't work, he could have [[TakingYouWithMe taken several of the guards down with him]].\ |
| 565 | '''Alternatively:''' For him to kill as many of the other contestants as he could to try and win by default.\ |
| 566 | '''Instead:''' He fires his tommy gun at the honeycomb, which destroys it, getting him eliminated. It also gets Quill-Weave killed when on of his bullets ricochets and destroys her honeycomb, costing her the game as well. |
| 567 | |
| 568 | !!''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' |
| 569 | * In ''Fanfic/SoullessShellRedwall'', Arnold has been sentenced to death for rape by Leif, who is the incredibly powerful leader of the vermin of Redwall, but manages to escape and convince his guards to join him.\ |
| 570 | '''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.\ |
| 571 | '''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. |
| 572 | |
| 573 | !!''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' |
| 574 | * From the ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga 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.)\ |
| 575 | '''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.\ |
| 576 | '''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'' makes Claire hate him, and she states that she'll be putting a restraining order out on him at the end of the fic. |
| 577 | [[/folder]] |
| 578 | |
| 579 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 580 | !!''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' |
| 581 | * ''FanFic/MorticiaIsPregnant'' |
| 582 | ** Morticia has been unwell. First, she was throwing up an awful lot, nauseous, had the beginning of a baby bump, and was off her food. |
| 583 | *** '''You'd Expect''': Her to be concerned and tell the others. |
| 584 | *** '''Instead''': She is more concerned at the prospect of [[WeightWoe getting fat]] and keeps mum. |
| 585 | ** Morticia has been acting OutOfCharacter: She's been a LazyBum and changed her LimitedWardrobe. |
| 586 | *** '''You'd Expect''': The others to wonder why she was acting differently and be a bit worried. |
| 587 | *** '''Instead''': They do...initially, but when she brushes it off as nothing, they forget about it. |
| 588 | ** Morticia's MorningSickness has confined her to bed and she's still out of character. |
| 589 | *** '''You'd Expect''': Everyone else to be concerned and try to FindTheCure. |
| 590 | *** '''Instead''': They just carry on like everything's okay. |
| 591 | ** Morticia goes into labour and calls Gomez's name. |
| 592 | *** '''You'd Expect''': Him to reply. |
| 593 | *** '''Instead''': He doesn't and tells her to be quiet instead. She tries again. |
| 594 | *** '''You'd Then Expect''': Him to apologise and reply. |
| 595 | *** '''Instead''': He continues to 'shh' her, so Morticia keeps trying. |
| 596 | *** '''You'd''' '''''Then''''' '''Expect''': Him to finally apologise and reply. |
| 597 | *** '''Instead''': He continues to tell her to be quiet and even starts to be rude. |
| 598 | *** '''You'd''' '''THEN''' '''Expect''': Morticia to worry about why he's being so out of character. |
| 599 | *** '''Instead''': She calls him names. |
| 600 | *** '''You'd''' '''''THEN''''' '''Expect''': Him to instantly be concerned for her and apologise. |
| 601 | *** '''Instead''': He says "I don't know why I married you" |
| 602 | *** '''You'd THEN Expect''': Her to think something was wrong with him and be worried. |
| 603 | *** '''Instead''': She slaps him and walks off in labour. |
| 604 | *** '''Result''': [[spoiler: She falls down the stairs and almost dies.]] |
| 605 | ** Morticia gets pregnant with a child she doesn't want. |
| 606 | *** '''You'd Expect''': Her to consider adoption and abortion. |
| 607 | *** '''Instead''': She gets depressed and tries to kill herself. |
| 608 | *** '''Result''': She ends up in hospital with the baby dead. |
| 609 | ** Morticia gets kidnapped by a sadistic rapist. |
| 610 | *** '''You'd Expect''': Her to attempt to escape and her family to rescue her. |
| 611 | *** '''Instead''': They don't until ''nine whole months later''. |
| 612 | |
| 613 | !!''Series/{{Babylon 5}}'' |
| 614 | * In ''FanFic/OrderInChaos'' the Centauri and the Orieni go at war, and the Minbari immediately warn them to not violate their neutrality or they'll pay.\ |
| 615 | '''You'd Expect:''' Given the Minbari's superior technology would allow them to flatten both sides at the same time before they realize they've been attacked, Centauri and Orieni would stay the hell away from them.\ |
| 616 | '''Instead:''' The Centauri emperor actually anticipates the Minbari demand by decreeing Minbari space forbidden for the duration of the war, and the Orieni government, after some rumbling on how the Minbari are their natural allies, accept their demand. The problem is that some Centauri raiders decide to prey on Minbari shipping in Minbari space to make a quick buck with their advanced technology, while the Orieni decide to try and bypass the fortifications of the Centauri border systems by passing into neutral space, and accidentally penetrate Minbari space, prompting the Minbari to inflict a CurbStompBattle to both at the same time before repeating their demands.\ |
| 617 | '''You'd Expect:''' The Orieni and Centauri governments to apologize and the raiders to run like they're chased by an angry god.\ |
| 618 | '''Instead:''' The governments do just that, and they're spared. The raiders not only continue their activities, but don't even bother to change their base.\ |
| 619 | '''Result:''' The Minbari find them, and one of the ships approaching their base is armed with an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin antimatter converter]]. Boom. |
| 620 | |
| 621 | !!''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' |
| 622 | * Buffy in ''[[https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-28404-230/DianeCastle+Xendra.htm Xendra]]'' is shown many, many times that her new magical hammer is massively heavier for everyone and everything else than it is for her, including a moving van barely being able to haul it.\ |
| 623 | '''You'd Expect:''' Buffy to be aware of how heavy the hammer is and be very careful about what she does with it.\ |
| 624 | '''Instead:''' She negligently puts the hammer on Xander's picnic table.\ |
| 625 | '''Result:''' The hammer goes right through the picnic table and his patio, doing roughly ten thousand dollars worth of damage to his backyard.\ |
| 626 | '''You'd Then Expect:''' Everyone would treat the extremely powerful and extremely heavy magical hammer with kid gloves to avoid causing any more problems.\ |
| 627 | '''Instead:''' Willow tries to see if she can move it with magic.\ |
| 628 | '''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. |
| 629 | |
| 630 | !!''Franchise/SuperSentai''/''Franchise/PowerRangers'' |
| 631 | * ''Fanfic/EigaSentaiScanranger'' |
| 632 | ** In Episode 29, [[BadassPreacher Peter]] uses the Film Power of all-mighty God to fight [[BigBad Blackorg]] and is inches away from winning...\ |
| 633 | '''You’d Expect''': The other Scanrangers to sit back and watch. Or to just get out of there.\ |
| 634 | '''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. |
| 635 | *** 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.\ |
| 636 | '''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.\ |
| 637 | '''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.''' |
| 638 | ** 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.\ |
| 639 | '''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.\ |
| 640 | '''Instead''': Blackorg leaves them to suffer [[MindRape a spell that saps their self-confidence]]. The Rangers get over the spell before episode's end. |
| 641 | *** Several times throughout the series, a villain will have the Scanrangers on the ropes.\ |
| 642 | '''You'd Expect''': The villain to kill the Rangers. And Blackorg would let them do it.\ |
| 643 | '''Instead:''' The villain, either by their own accord or by Blackorg's orders, backs off. |
| 644 | ** Episode 5 has guest villain Lord Maliss hold [[TheMentor Professor Alex]] at gunpoint in front of [[PluckyComicRelief B.C.]], [[TheHeart 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.\ |
| 645 | '''You'd Expect''': Nick would use his hologram powers to provide a distraction for Professor Alex to escape.\ |
| 646 | '''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.]] |
| 647 | ** Episode 8 has the Camp Paramount support team develop a new BFG for the Rangers.\ |
| 648 | '''You'd Expect''': That they'd warn people to stay out of the testing range for the new weapon.\ |
| 649 | '''Instead''': [[NoOSHACompliance They don't]]; BC nearly gets vaporized when he inadvertently walks into the line of fire. |
| 650 | ** Episode 9 opens with an unnamed character running from an unseen attacker (which later turns out to be the MonsterOfTheWeek) inside a theatre.\ |
| 651 | '''You'd Expect''': He'd immediately make a bee line for the exit.\ |
| 652 | '''Instead''': He makes a bee line for the stage and dies when he accidentally falls off. |
| 653 | ** 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.\ |
| 654 | '''You'd Expect''': The two Sentai would get on the case right away.\ |
| 655 | '''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. |
| 656 | *** Earlier, when the Rangers realize they're in Tokyo...\ |
| 657 | '''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.\ |
| 658 | '''Instead''': It doesn't occur to [[TheLeader Vin]] that they should do this until he sees B.C. and Kunio do it. |
| 659 | ** Episode 17: |
| 660 | *** 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.\ |
| 661 | '''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.\ |
| 662 | '''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. |
| 663 | *** Speaking of the dance...\ |
| 664 | '''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.\ |
| 665 | '''Instead:''' She doesn't and is taken by surprise when Danger Woman gets involved. |
| 666 | *** Vixen sends her MonsterOfTheWeek, Kuro Cupid, on a test run to spread his HatePlague across campus. The affected students cause a riot.\ |
| 667 | '''You'd Expect:''' The campus administration to recognize the crisis and cancel classes immediately and order non-affected personnel to stay off campus.\ |
| 668 | '''Instead:''' They do not. The Scanrangers wait until after classes (which is itself idiotic) before tending to the problem. |
| 669 | *** Once the Rangers do tend to the problem, they figure out the solution in no time: ThePowerOfLove.\ |
| 670 | '''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.\ |
| 671 | '''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. |
| 672 | ** 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.\ |
| 673 | '''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.\ |
| 674 | '''Instead''': [[BystanderSyndrome He asks the alien what the story has to do with him.]] |
| 675 | * ''Fanfic/PowerRangersWingForce'': Algrin, having returned from a battle where he had to use his SuperMode that drains his power every time he uses it, decides to kill the Queen and take her place.\ |
| 676 | '''You'd Expect:''' That he rest up before beginning his attempt and wait for the right time.\ |
| 677 | '''Instead:''' He attacks her immediately after getting back.\ |
| 678 | '''The Result:''' Algrin is easily defeated and forced off the ship. |
| 679 | |
| 680 | !!''Series/TheXFiles'': |
| 681 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9385981/1/Look-After-You Look After You]]'': |
| 682 | ** Scully has the flu.\ |
| 683 | '''You'd Expect''': Her to be able to diagnose herself, being a doctor and all, and not go to work, knowing that she is contagious.\ |
| 684 | '''Instead''': She does go to work.\ |
| 685 | '''The Result''': Everyone can immediately tell she is sick. |
| 686 | ** Scully's flu has made her [[AppetiteEqualsHealth lose her appetite]].\ |
| 687 | '''You'd Expect''': Her to realise that even if she doesn't feel hungry, that's the disease talking, and she still needs nutrition. Even if she's too nauseous to actually ''eat'', you'd expect her to drink something with nutrients in it, like juice or an electrolyte drink, or, since she is a doctor, give herself nutrients intravenously.\ |
| 688 | '''Instead''': She does not give herself nutrients in any way.\ |
| 689 | '''The Result''': She passes out from low blood sugar. |
| 690 | [[/folder]] |
| 691 | |
| 692 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 693 | |
| 694 | !!''Franchise/AceAttorney'' |
| 695 | * In ''[[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.\ |
| 696 | '''You'd Expect:''' That no sane person would rely on police listening to such request in the first place but if they did the police wouldn't listen to them and check the fingerprints anyway.\ |
| 697 | '''Instead:''' They listen and don't check the fingerprints on the murder weapon.\ |
| 698 | '''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. |
| 699 | * ''[[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.\ |
| 700 | '''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.\ |
| 701 | '''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. |
| 702 | * ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutJackpot'': [[spoiler: Richard Gunner has just had all of his claims of not being the killer refuted, and all of his attempts at LoopholeAbuse, namely his legally dead status and subsequent claim of not being the real him, foiled by evidence rendering both moot. As a last resort, he decides that he'll rat out the Cadaverini's dealings and hoarding of the illicit materials in the Royal Flush Casino to the FBI in exchange for a lighter sentence and potentially a full acquittal.]]\ |
| 703 | '''You'd Expect:''' [[spoiler: That considering how it's been established that [[HatedByAll everyone in the courtroom]] is deadset on preventing him from becoming a KarmaHoudini, he'd keep his mouth shut, make a show of getting arrested, and look for a chance to make the deal in private. Additionally, if the deal somehow goes south or isn't possible, he can feel safe in the knowledge that the Cadaverinis will likely never realise that he tried to rat them out.]]\ |
| 704 | '''Instead:''' [[spoiler: He proceeds to engage in full-on EvilGloating about what he plans do towards everyone in the courtroom and live to thousands of people, [[TooDumbToLive including the Cadaverinis]].]]\ |
| 705 | '''As A Result:''' [[spoiler: Apollo and everyone else are quick to render his value to the FBI as an informant moot by revealing that Rex House's previous cheating coming to light has transferred all of The Deck's assets, including the Royal Flush Casino, back to Charles Argine, who proceeds to offer the FBI his full cooperation in their investigation, leaving Gunner with nothing but a murder conviction and [[FromBadToWorse a massive target on his back]] for his troubles.]] |
| 706 | |
| 707 | !!''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' |
| 708 | * ''Fanfic/ANewHopeDanganronpa'' |
| 709 | ** For the first real motive in ''A New Hope'', Teruteru Hanamura sees a hostage video involving his mother, [[spoiler: and decides to commit murder to get to her. He targets Himiko Yumeno and lures her into the Aquarium by taking her staff.]]\ |
| 710 | '''You'd Expect:''' [[spoiler: Teruteru to knock Himiko unconscious to minimize bloodspill, and then throw her body and the staff into the piranha tank to dispose of her easily. Since there wouldn't be any evidence pointing to him, he could've just appeared at the scene and acted as if he was just as shocked at the rest of the students. It'd be just like the second murder of ''VisualNovel/{{Danganronpa V3|Killing Harmony}}'', but at least Teruteru never had any loose clothing that would be the only evidence present.]]\ |
| 711 | '''Instead:''' [[spoiler: He decides to injure Himiko as quickly as possible, making her bleed everywhere (and it's even more than normal since it turns out that she's a hemophiliac). She is left with enough consciousness to write Teruteru's name [[CouldntFindAPen with her own blood]] before dying. After Hanamura does toss her body into the tank, he realises he has a lot of blood to clean.]]\ |
| 712 | '''Then:''' [[spoiler: Nekomaru Nidai shows up and finds Teruteru cleaning the blood, with a bottle of bleach and Himiko's bloodied staff in his possession.]]\ |
| 713 | '''You'd Expect:''' [[spoiler: Teruteru to pour the bleach at Nekomaru to distract [[LeaveNoWitnesses and potentially poison him]], then locking himself into a safe room and cleaning himself up.]]\ |
| 714 | '''Instead:''' [[spoiler: He asks Nekomaru to cover for him to save his own skin. Then, when Nekomaru becomes even more aggravated, Teruteru tries to ''attack him.'' Nekomaru, being [[BullyingADragon way bigger and fitter than Teruteru]], ends up defeating him in a CurbStompBattle. If Hanamura valued his life rather than being a DirtyCoward, he wouldn't have ended up provoking Nidai into murdering him, and indirectly causing his [[IHaveYourWife beloved mother]] [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness to get murdered since she was no longer useful without her son]]. Even if Teruteru was unaware of Himiko's hemophilia, he could've at least tried to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere run to a safe place]].]] |
| 715 | ** In ''Sea of Tranquility'', [[spoiler: Rene Musil is aware of a few clues to Miyaki and Mikhail's respective murders, like Miyaki being killed by a combat knife and Mikhail being unable to escape the Green House due to its door being chained. He ends up blurting out this information to people [[INeverSaidItWasPoison who were unaware of those factors at the time]] in the trial, not to mention how he would already garner suspicion with the fact that the Ultimate Exterminator would be an expert in pesticides.]]\ |
| 716 | '''You'd Expect:''' [[spoiler: Rene to explain how he knew about this information and give himself a reasonable alibi to justify his claims. There is still the possibility of him being innocent.]]\ |
| 717 | '''Instead:''' [[spoiler: He begins to act in ways [[NotHelpingYourCase that a true culprit would act]], such as flat-out refusing to explain himself and saying things like "I will not die in this place", "You people can't touch me" and "Don't you dare vote for me" as if he knew he was going to be executed. Then he enters a VillainousBreakdown and demands for everyone to vote for the ''"damn air head"'' or the ''"snake bitch"'' rather than himself, and everyone becomes suspicious enough to vote for him. Because of his inability to prove his alibi, Rene ends up being the first to be executed.]] |
| 718 | ** At the beginning of ''Kuma-Kuma Land'', the Despairs [[spoiler: have captured a hundred students that were being considered for future Hope's Peak classes.]]\ |
| 719 | '''You'd Expect:''' [[spoiler: They would make the most of these students, spread out their deaths through killing games and the like for maximum despair, possibly even try brainwashing some into becoming Despairs themselves.]]\ |
| 720 | '''Instead:''' [[spoiler: They just shove then all on a rigged roller coaster and just wastefully let eighty potential ultimates die randomly in the ensuing ride.]] |
| 721 | * In [[https://www.deviantart.com/hadrasfan9/art/Tenko-Chabashira-In-Distress-823715136 this]] comic, Tenko finds Fuyuhiko in an alleyway and plans to beat him up due to [[DoesNotLikeMen her hatred of men]]. Before she can attack, however, Peko comes over and asks what she's doing, while making it clear that she cares about Fuyuhiko and is not pleased to see her stalking him.\ |
| 722 | '''You'd Expect:''' Seeing as Tenko is well aware of the fact that not only is Peko armed, but already rather annoyed over the fact she was stalking Fuyuhiko, she would cut her loses and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere run for it]]. With any luck, Peko will just let her go.\ |
| 723 | '''Or:''' If she ''really'' needs to beat up Fuyuhiko, try to disarm or knock out Peko first.\ |
| 724 | '''Instead:''' She tries to attack Fuyuhiko with ''[[TooDumbToLive Peko standing right there]]''.\ |
| 725 | '''The Result:''' Peko [[CurbStompBattle effortlessly defeats her]], ties her up and explains what she was doing to Fuyuhiko, who makes plans to torture her until she starts liking men. |
| 726 | * ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaAnother'': |
| 727 | ** In the first chapter, Mitch manages to kill Kiyoka and now has to deal with hiding her body.\ |
| 728 | '''You'd Expect:''' That he would abandon the plan and leave the body as it is. Only two people had alibies at that moment of time, and students would have hard time trusting them while investigating the murder.\ |
| 729 | '''Instead:''' He decides to frame a female student and drags Kiyoka's body to the bathroom and makes it look like a suicide. And while doing so, he leaves quite a lot of hints not just at the culprit's gender, but also at their own ''talent'', leading to Yuki exposing him as Kiyoka's murderer.\ |
| 730 | '''As A Result:''' Mitch undergoes [[CruelAndUnusualDeath a truly horrific execution]] solely because he wanted to make one of the girls a scapegoat for his crime. |
| 731 | ** In the third chapter, Kinji kidnaps Kanata and plans to kill her, but then [[TheBigGuy Kakeru]] arrives, puts two and two together and incapaciates him.\ |
| 732 | '''You'd Expect:''' That Kakeru would make sure Kinji is restrained, disarmed or otherwise unable to pose any threat while trying to get the unconscious Kanata to safety.\ |
| 733 | '''Instead:''' He just leaves Kinji be and even turns his back to him, all while trying to rouse Kanata to her senses rather than bailing out there and then.\ |
| 734 | '''Result:''' Kinji recovers rather quickly and fatally stabs Kakeru before proceeding with his scheme and murdering Kanata next. |
| 735 | * ''Fanfic/TheUltimateHope'': After Sayaka loses her nerve and doesn't attempt to kill Leon, Junko decides to have Mukuro become the first killer. Mukuro is reluctant, but agrees. Before she leaves, she asks Junko if her plan is still have Mukuro escape through a trap door so she can help behind the scenes.\ |
| 736 | '''You'd Expect''': Junko to lie and say that she will, much like in game, then kill Mukuro once she's [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness served her purpose]], especially since Mukuro is already reluctant about going through with the plan.\ |
| 737 | '''Instead:''' Junko openly admits that she has no plans to spare her sister and will subject her to [[CruelAndUnusualDeath execution]] if she is caught.\ |
| 738 | '''The Result:''' Mukuro realizes that Junko only thinks of her like a tool and [[HeelFaceTurn promptly turns on her]]. Junko spends some time banging her head against the wall when she realizes how stupid that was. |
| 739 | |
| 740 | !!''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' |
| 741 | * In ''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.\ |
| 742 | '''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.\ |
| 743 | '''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.\ |
| 744 | ''' 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!]] |
| 745 | |
| 746 | !!''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' |
| 747 | * 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.\ |
| 748 | '''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.\ |
| 749 | '''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]]. |
| 750 | * 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.\ |
| 751 | '''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.\ |
| 752 | '''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. |
| 753 | |
| 754 | !!''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' |
| 755 | * In Chapter 26 of ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24633634/chapters/59515543 Statistics]]'', Joyce and David want to know if Chloe would be willing to spend Thanksgiving with them. There's just one massive problem here; Chloe is transgender in this fic, and has been estranged from the couple for years after an openly transphobic David forced her onto the streets, with Joyce doing nothing to stop him due to her own internalized transphobia. In the present day, Chloe is willing to have a try at rebuilding her relationship with her mother, but has lain down a number of rules for Joyce to follow, one of which is that she only talks to David when she wants to.\ |
| 756 | '''You'd Expect''': Since Joyce has Chloe's phone number, she would simply call or text her with her question directly. Even if she doesn't realize the full extent of how much David's abused her, Chloe has been very vocal about not wanting to talk to him.\ |
| 757 | '''Instead''': She gets David to put the question to her in the Blackwell library, despite Chloe having made clear that she despises the man, and doesn't want to spend any more time around him than necessary.\ |
| 758 | '''Result''': David immediately turns hostile after Chloe politely explains that she's planning to spend Thanksgiving with Max, subjecting her to a number of transphobic remarks - while making clear that the only reason he's not deadnaming her is to keep people from complaining - all while having the gall to be angry at her for not wanting to spend time with the man who used to beat her in the garage to try and "man her up". Chloe is only saved when the librarian intervenes, but she's endured enough to traumatize someone who'd never met David before, and she makes clear that she won't be talking to Joyce for a while. |
| 759 | * ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/25173118/chapters/61004263 We Know You're Watching]]'': |
| 760 | ** Rachel and Chloe are dating, but Rachel eventually figures out that Chloe and Max both have feelings for each other. She's completely fine with this - even falling for Max herself upon getting to know her - and the couple decide to see if Max would be interested in entering into a polyamorous relationship with them.\ |
| 761 | '''You'd Expect''': Rachel and Chloe would just sit Max down and admit their feelings for her. They should know that she's far from savvy when it comes to social and romantic stuff, given how long they've both known her.\ |
| 762 | '''Instead''': Rachel convinces Chloe to let her subtly encourage Max to eavesdrop on the couple having sex, partly because she thinks it'll be more entertaining than simply talking to her, and partly so that Max can enjoy some [[GirlOnGirlIsHot lesbian]] {{Fanservice}} (The fact that Rachel and Chloe have a mutual exhibitionism kink presumably also factors into their decision-making).\ |
| 763 | '''Result''': Far from being "just a bit of fun", Rachel's scheme ends up causing severe anxiety for Max, due to the socially awkward girl truly believing that the other two would end their friendships with her over her voyeurism. When she learns that her actions caused emotional pain for her friend/crush, Rachel ends up feeling very guilty (and it's not hard to imagine that Chloe would be the same, if not worse).\ |
| 764 | '''Fortunately''': When Max comes clean about how much pain the other two have caused her, Rachel has the good sense to apologize and make clear that she would never have pulled her little stunt if she'd known how much harm it was going to cause. This leads to Max getting over her anxiety, forgiving her, and making clear that she would be more than happy to have Rachel and Chloe as her first ever girlfriends. As an added bonus, Max turns out to have feelings for Rachel as well as Chloe, meaning that Rachel gets more out of the relationship than just [[ShipperOnDeck feelings of compersion towards the other two]]. |
| 765 | ** At the same time as the above moment, Max doesn't do herself any favors. She listens in on Rachel and Chloe having sex in the former's dorm room, but bolts after accidentally pressing down on a loose floorboard and alerting the couple to her presence. Despite her quick exit, she convinces herself that the other two know it was her listening in, and that she's lost them as friends as a result.\ |
| 766 | '''You'd Expect''': That after getting over her initial shock and guilt at being caught - and noticing the absence of any hostile response from Rachel and Chloe - Max would at least consider that her fears might be a little overblown. Chloe has been her best friend since childhood, and unlike in the games, the two of them never fell out of contact after William's death, with Rachel making very clear that Max's emotional support was a massive help to Chloe during that time. As for Rachel, she's made no secret of the fact that she admires Max greatly thanks to both the aforementioned support, and the glowing testimony she's gotten about her from Chloe. Absolute worst case scenario, the other two demand an explanation and apology from Max, but consider forgiving her after getting it.\ |
| 767 | '''Instead''': Max sticks to her wildly off-the-mark assumption for roughly two days, only abandoning it after Rachel explicitly assures her that they're still friends despite knowing she was listening in on them. |
| 768 | ** The night after the above, Max once again finds herself a witness to Rachel and Chloe having sex, this time coming across the two of them in the shower. Rachel catches her in the act, but only smiles and carries on with the sex right in front of her, and then proceeds to act completely normal the next morning. This all confuses the hell out of Max, and she actually attempts to ask Rachel what's going on after class, but is prevented from doing so by a group of loitering students.\ |
| 769 | '''You'd Expect''': Max would just go to Rach's dorm room during her free time, or even call or send her a text if she's so desperate for answers.\ |
| 770 | '''Instead''': For ''no apparent reason'', Max just sits on her metaphorical ass for the rest of the day, only bothering to try and talk to Rachel after getting a suggestive call from her that evening. |
| 771 | |
| 772 | !!''Franchise/MassEffect'' |
| 773 | * This was how the BadFuture of ''[[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.\ |
| 774 | '''You'd Expect:''' Garrus'd tell Perdita to go away and blow off steam with someone else that had no connection with him or just find a hooker or share his pain with his father. And even if he didn't know that Perdita had ulterior motive, he'd wait a little bit longer before getting on it with her.\ |
| 775 | '''Instead:''' he immediately jumped into bed with the woman.\ |
| 776 | '''Result:''' Unsurprisingly, she became pregnant after just a few weeks, [[ShotgunWedding forcing Garrus to marry her]], only for Shepard to show up, with [[HalfHumanHybrid her own big stomach]]. |
| 777 | ** Garrus then faced a crossroad: Either he break off his engagement with Perdita to go with Jane and their son and ''may'' lost Hadrian's custody; or marry the turian in a loveless marriage, completely under Marius's control and share Gaius's custody with Shepard which will expose the child to the dangers on Palaven. Garrus's father, Avitus, told him to go with Jane and he will help his son to win back Hadrian's custody with helps from the North (which was a powerhouse that Criptine's been fearing for thousand of years).\ |
| 778 | '''You'd Expect:''' Garrus'd listen and trust his father and go with Jane.\ |
| 779 | '''Instead:''' He decided to fix his mess on his own, chose to marry Perdita and effectively became Marius's puppet.\ |
| 780 | ''' Result:''' Victus lost his Primarch-ship to Marius who then activated discriminating bills that oppressed and rendered the Hybrids and their parents to that lesser than cattle, Shepard and Gaius's life were in constant dangers and eventually, Gaius was molested and mutilated by Perdita while his parents were not around. [[FromBadToWorse It only gets worse from there...]] |
| 781 | ** Atilius was the one started the whole mess with Marius because of how he deal with the man. In details, the turian discovered that Marius's driven his wife, Atilius's sister, to death [[DomesticAbuse through abuse]] and was now using his daughter (along with her brother and their cousins) for his [[ParentalIncest sick pleasures]]. Atilius then kidnapped Marius to punish him.\ |
| 782 | '''You'd Expect:''' He'd either expose Marius's crimes to the public (since there're several witnesses from the victims, to the victims' parents to the house's servants) or secretly execute him and take in his niece Perdita.\ |
| 783 | '''Instead:''' He asked an asari friend who put a lock onto Marius's mind that would give him great pain whenever he come near anyone sexually and then let the man go after a week of torture because his friend Avitus persuaded him not to kill Marius.\ |
| 784 | ''' Result:''' There're more than one way for people to get off other than through sex, and Marius continue to wreck havocs onto everyone and still held complete power over Perdita. Looking up the above sections to know more about the damages. |
| 785 | ** Atilius knew that damages have been done to Perdita and she may have some mental sickness.\ |
| 786 | '''You'd Expect:''' He'd take her to professional psychologists and make sure she's okay.\ |
| 787 | '''Instead:''' He secretly did the evaluations by ''himself'', only checked to see how Perdita behaved around her kid, saw that she passed all the test with no trouble and decided to give her the benefits of doubts and tell no one about it. Even when in the recent years after her pregnancy, Perdita's been drinking heavily, went into drug addiction and was [[AbusiveParent a horrible parent even to her own child]] which indicated something was ''[[SanitySlippage very wrong with her]]'', Atilius still kept quiet.\ |
| 788 | ''' Result:''' She molested and mutilated her step-son Gaius during a drunken/high-on-drug fit, later it revealed that she did grope him once when he was a baby and sometimes looked at her own son in sexual views. |
| 789 | ** Miranda was in danger of being caught by both the Alliance and Cerberus so she must leave her son Tiberius to his father Adrien and run away so [[GiveHimANormalLife her baby could have a normal life]].\ |
| 790 | '''You'd Expect:''' She'd ask her Normandy friends who would have the skills and resources to hide and protect her, especially the master thief Kasumi and Liara, the Shadow Broker.\ |
| 791 | '''Instead:''' Miri wanted to have control over her own fate and deal with everything alone.\ |
| 792 | ''' Result:''' After decades of constant running without any peace, Cerberus finally caught up with her. They raped, tortured and disgraced Miranda to death and beyond that. Meanwhile, her son Tiberius grew up with a huge self-esteem issues, fucked up many things in his life due to his lack of motherly guidance and his father's overcompensating parenting. |
| 793 | ** [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou Garrus was forced to abandon 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.\ |
| 794 | '''You'd Expect:''' Garrus'd tell the couple to explain everything for Gaius later with the promise that one day they could be together again.\ |
| 795 | '''Instead:''' He decided that it was too dangerous for Gaius to know anything and wanted to protect his son's innocence (which, by that point, was non-existence) and forced the Sidonis to swear that they will never tell Gaius the truth no matter what.\ |
| 796 | ''' Result:''' Gaius's already had doubt about Garrus's love for him due to several events before, this one plus another happened later cemented his belief that Garrus hated him and betrayed his mother. It took ''decades'' to settle the mess on Palaven and by that point it was already too late. Any attempt to reunite with him from Garrus was futile and Gaius grew up with serious problems, coupled with some more tragedies, finally became a DeathSeeker who resented his bio-father while Garrus was now a lonely old man who only lived to regret the past. |
| 797 | |
| 798 | !!''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' |
| 799 | * 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.\ |
| 800 | '''You'd Expect:''' For them to hold on to this advantage and milk it for all its worth.\ |
| 801 | '''Instead:''' They confront the heroes in the real world and reveal themselves ''literally the next day''. |
| 802 | |
| 803 | !!''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' |
| 804 | * ''Fanfic/PokemonMysteryDungeonWhatCameAfter'': Really, Riolu's reaction to Team Guile beating Team Everlasting to a certain job is this.\ |
| 805 | '''You'd Expect:''' He'd simply eat the loss and instead focus on future work.\ |
| 806 | '''Instead:''' He personally travels to Kaia Town (where their base is) and eavesdrops on them to find out what job they intend to complete next, so he can beat them to it.\ |
| 807 | '''As A Result:''' He gets knocked out by a Boldore, and has to be saved by the none-the-wiser Steenee. |
| 808 | |
| 809 | !!''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' |
| 810 | * ''FanFic/SonicHighSchool'': In the first chapter, Sonic realizes he's late for school.\ |
| 811 | '''You'd Expect''': He would run directly to school.\ |
| 812 | '''Instead''': He decides to run to the bus stop.\ |
| 813 | '''Later:''' In his first class, English, the students have a weekly assignment where they have to write journal entries, which the teacher then reads at random to the class.\ |
| 814 | '''You'd Expect''': Sonic would realize this and not write anything too personal or embarrassing in there.\ |
| 815 | '''Instead''': He decides to write about how his balls itch, embarrassing himself in front of the whole class.\ |
| 816 | '''You Might Also Expect''': The teacher would see what he's written and decide to read a different entry, thereby sparing Sonic from embarrassment (and thus sparing the class from disruption.)\ |
| 817 | '''Instead''': She reads it anyway. |
| 818 | |
| 819 | !!''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' |
| 820 | * ''Fanfic/InkopolisChaos'': Lieutenant Rebecca Obsidian seeks to kill all deserters from the Octarian Army; Natalie Octarine is among those she has a particular grudge against.\ |
| 821 | '''You'd Expect''': Her to send a squad of [[EliteMooks hypnotized Octolings]] after her. Like [[{{Mooks}} the living detached octopus arms]], they'll do whatever they're told, yet are substantially more intelligent and dangerous. Besides, death in this fic is permanent outside sanctioned sporting events or otherwise near respawn spots.\ |
| 822 | '''Instead''': She orders Dylan, Natalie's ''own brother'', to find and kill her.\ |
| 823 | '''The Result''': Dylan takes the chance to desert from the Octarians, and he provides food, shelter, and other resources to his sister while she is homeless in Inkopolis. |
| 824 | |
| 825 | !!''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' |
| 826 | * ''Fanfic/TheSeaShadow'': Beldam and Marilyn have been under the opinion that Vivian [[spoiler:was dead due to Beldam's attack on her many years prior to the story.]] Once they all reunite, it becomes clear that Vivian does remember anything about them or about her past with the Shadow Sirens.\ |
| 827 | '''You'd Expect''': Them to not give her her memories back. After all, Vivian doesn't remember anything, meaning that she doesn't remember [[spoiler:what Beldam did or the Shadow Queen.]] Keeping her in the dark would make her easier to fight since she won't have personal stakes.\ |
| 828 | '''Instead''': Beldam gives Vivian her memories back as a dream.\ |
| 829 | '''The Result''': Vivian, once she gets her thoughts together, [[spoiler:rats out Beldam's true loyalties to the group (revealing the Shadow Queen to them, costing them the element of surprise if they do succeed in bringing her back) and is now out for blood against her older sister.]] |
| 830 | |
| 831 | !!''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' |
| 832 | * ''WebAnimation/SuperSmashAdventures'': There are plenty of moments where both the heroes and villains fall victim to this trope. |
| 833 | ** Falco makes it to Peach's Castle and is about to go inside.\ |
| 834 | '''You'd Expect:''' He'd be cautious since he and Fox saw enemies working for different villains that were attacking them earlier. After all, Armados said that Peach's Castle has a new ruler, so it's safe to say that the entire place would have minions everywhere.\ |
| 835 | '''Instead:''' True to his typical personality, he recklessly runs in without thinking.\ |
| 836 | '''As a Result:''' He gets curb-stomped by the villains' minions and captured. How? Bowser managed to see him coming in his Arwing and was crazy-prepared. |
| 837 | ** Bowser Jr. manages to kidnap Maple during the night and is heading back to his father's castle with her in tow.\ |
| 838 | '''You'd Expect:''' He would at least keep her inside his Junior Clown Car so she would be safe.\ |
| 839 | '''Instead:''' He holds her up in the air.\ |
| 840 | '''As a Result:''' He ends up losing her after passing through some clouds. |
| 841 | ** King K. Rool lits the fuses of Admiral Bobbery's crew, so the ship that the heroes were on would explode. His plan worked, and he doesn't see the heroes anymore.\ |
| 842 | '''You'd Expect:''' He would check the waters to make sure there were no survivors, ensuring that he and the other villains will proceed with their plans without interference.\ |
| 843 | '''Instead:''' He assumes all of the heroes are dead and flies away gloating.\ |
| 844 | '''As a Result:''' The heroes survive the explosion and end up at their intended destination. |
| 845 | ** Kirby inhales Bobbery's crew so the ship would not explode.\ |
| 846 | '''You'd Expect:''' He would spit them out to a safe distance, and everything would be all fine.\ |
| 847 | '''Instead:''' [[NiceJobBreakingItHero He swallows them and turns into Bomb Kirby, carrying a larger Bob-omb.]]\ |
| 848 | '''As a Result:''' Said Bob-omb explodes and destroys the ship, sending all the heroes flying. Even before that, ''Falco called Kirby out on it.'' |
| 849 | * ''[[Fanfic/SuperSmashBrothersGuardiansArise Super Smash Bros: Guardians Arise!]]'' |
| 850 | ** Master Hand manages to recover the Smashers' souls and place them into jars. In order to defeat Tabuu, Master Hand insists on finding the Guardians, humans who are meant to be bonded to Smashers. These humans will inherit their powers and abilities, and thus provide a fighting edge against Tabuu.\ |
| 851 | '''You'd Expect''': Master Hand, being a supposedly omnipotent being, to waste no time and start finding suitable Guardians for the Smashers to inhibit. The easier they get things done, the easier it will be to formulate a plan to stop Tabuu from accumulating more power. \ |
| 852 | '''Instead:''' Master Hand teams up with deities he could've asked for aid in order to defeat Tabuu to ''create a prophecy'' that states that the Guardians will awaken in 100 years. \ |
| 853 | '''As a Result:''' Many of the Smashers and Guardians end up in a ton of angst over losing everything at the hands of Tabuu. In fact, everything could have been avoided if he did this earlier. |
| 854 | |
| 855 | |
| 856 | !!''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' |
| 857 | * ''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?\ |
| 858 | '''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\ |
| 859 | '''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...\ |
| 860 | '''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. |
| 861 | [[/folder]] |
| 862 | |
| 863 | [[folder:Webcomic]] |
| 864 | !!''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' |
| 865 | * ''FanFic/{{Hivefled}}'': Equius and Eridan receive a rambling, emotional IM message from Gamzee, babbling about how his mentor is giving him the creeps. Reading between the lines, it's quite obvious that said mentor is touching him inappropriately, but it's not entirely clear how Gamzee feels about this or even if he knows what's going on, as he's clearly typing while high as a kite.\ |
| 866 | '''You'd Expect''': Them to ask for clarification, and then tell him what's going on and tell him he should be running away.\ |
| 867 | '''Instead''': They [[PoorCommunicationKills assume he's bragging]] and tell him to just keep doing what he's doing. |
| 868 | ** Lereal, the leader of the Sufferists, has been recruiting people and has managed to stay hidden. The Sufferists are in no real danger, but Lereal isn't satisfied with staying hidden and staying alive. Karkat, Sollux, Nepeta, Kanaya and Tavros, the descendants of some major rebels, arrive, and Lereal takes this as a sign that the Sufferists will triumph over the oppressors. However, once Gamzee is rescued, he warns his friends and Lereal that the Condesce and Grand Highblood know exactly where they are and ''will'' come after them.\ |
| 869 | '''You'd Expect''' that Lereal would at least try to move the Sufferists to a new, safer location, even if he didn't trust Gamzee, and that he'd realise that even though the Sufferists number in their hundreds, they're no match for the fleet.\ |
| 870 | '''Instead''' he decides that with Karkat on their side, they can't lose. The Sufferists attack the fleet and are wiped out, leaving only two ships alive- one containing Karkat and co, who flee to Earth, and the other containing a group who decided to mutiny, and who made it out but whose whereabouts are now unknown. ''Great one'', Lereal. |
| 871 | [[/folder]] |
| 872 | |
| 873 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 874 | !!''Franchise/{{RWBY}}'' |
| 875 | * In the fanfic ''Fanfic/ForgedDestiny'', when Salem is summoned in Book 8, all of the Hunters present know that: Raven wants to wish Salem into the physical world, that wish would have potentially apocalyptic repercussions, Salem can grant the wishes of those other than her summoner if she so chooses (as seen with both Jaune and Lisa), and that all of the Greycloaks have been disposed of by Raven.\ |
| 876 | '''You'd think:''' That one of them would ask Salem to kill Raven, sacrificing their life to put an end to the Greycloak threat once and for all.\ |
| 877 | '''Instead:''' Blake, Pyrrha, and Yang all leave while Jaune makes his way to Ruby \ |
| 878 | '''The result:''' Jaune and Ruby simply watch as Raven successfully summons Salem fully into the world before subsequently dying. |
| 879 | !!''Literature/{{Worm}}'' |
| 880 | * In the AU ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfic ''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.\ |
| 881 | '''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.)\ |
| 882 | '''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]] |
| 883 | [[/folder]] |
| 884 | |
| 885 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 886 | !!''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' |
| 887 | * ''Fanfic/AlexMovieVillain'' 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 Marcy's crimes against Princess Bubblegum since "What Was Missing".\ |
| 888 | '''You'd Expect''': The Candy People to know that Marceline is a friend of their princess and that she can't just charge her for all this.\ |
| 889 | '''Instead''': They take Alex at her word. As soon as Marceline shows up, they start [[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 Marceline and Princess Bubblegum in canon, also believe Alex. |
| 890 | ** In chapter 9, Marceline and Princess Bubblegum prepare to go to Alex's castle.\ |
| 891 | '''You'd Expect''': They should take Finn and Jake with them to investigate the place in order to see what Alex just did and regain their memories of being friends with the former.\ |
| 892 | '''Instead''': They went there by themselves. As a result, Alex kicks their asses and reveals her plot. |
| 893 | |
| 894 | !!''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' |
| 895 | * A few times in ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3303241/1/A_Very_Special_Arthur A Very Special Arthur]]''. |
| 896 | ** In the beginning, after Arthur hits his head on the bottom of the pool, they get out to call 911.\ |
| 897 | '''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.\ |
| 898 | '''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). |
| 899 | ** 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.\ |
| 900 | '''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.\ |
| 901 | '''Instead''': They go through with it, and are surprised when it makes Arthur's condition even worse. |
| 902 | |
| 903 | !!''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' |
| 904 | * ''Webcomic/HowIBecameYours'' |
| 905 | ** 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.\ |
| 906 | '''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.\ |
| 907 | '''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. |
| 908 | ** 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.\ |
| 909 | '''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.\ |
| 910 | '''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. |
| 911 | |
| 912 | !!''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' |
| 913 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13349649/1/Reunited Reunited]]'', Cree's counterpart from the mirror universe, Eerc, kidnaps her in order to steal her life due to wanting the respect Cree has.\ |
| 914 | '''You'd Expect:''' Eerc to, once she's hidden Cree in an abandoned mine in the mirror universe, ensure there's no way Cree can return to her world, either by sealing off the entrance to the mirror world or [[MurderIsTheBestSolution murdering her]].\ |
| 915 | '''Instead:''' Eerc breaks her back and leaves her there, smugly assuming that no one would find her and that even if someone did, Cree would be dead from hunger/thrist/elements.\ |
| 916 | '''The Result:''' Cree survives long enough for Tommy and Chad to find and rescue her, allowing her to reclaim her life. |
| 917 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13934331/1/Boxed-In Boxed In]]'', the Steve comes up with the idea that, during a battle between some Teen Ninjas and Sector V aboard a cargo ship, he'll set off some explosives that will knock Numbuh 5 into one of the shipping crates, letting the Teens capture her later. However, he knows that Cree will no doubt be the one fighting her sister, which will put her in the range of fire.\ |
| 918 | '''You'd Expect:''' He'd warn Cree in advance what the plan is. After all, getting knocked into a dark crate would no doubt freak anyone out even if they aren't afraid of the dark or tight spaces.\ |
| 919 | '''Instead:''' He doesn't, only revealing the truth to Cree once he's pulled the crate out of the ocean what's implied to be several hours later.\ |
| 920 | '''The Result:''' Cree is justifiably pissed off by the Steve not only nearly getting her killed, but casually acting like it's no big deal that he could have possibly killed her. This, in combination with her spending the hours trapped with her sister to talk things out, leads to her pulling a HeelFaceTurn and usurping him as leader of the Teen Ninjas. |
| 921 | |
| 922 | !!''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' |
| 923 | * ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/mrtyedye/art/Fanfic-Peeking-Through-the-Fourth-Wall-Ep-1-712977264 Bunking In]]'': Lincoln has inexplicably become more clingy and doesn't want to sleep alone. Each pair of sisters reluctantly allows him to bunk with them, but only for one night each. Then, Lincoln annoys Lola, Lynn, and Lisa.\ |
| 924 | '''You'd Expect:''' For them to shrug it off, since they only allowed him to bunk with them for one night.\ |
| 925 | '''Instead:''' They, along with Lori, try to form a plan.\ |
| 926 | '''Bonus Idiot Points:''' Luan is annoyed at Lincoln for "ruining" her pie prank even though it was successful, Lola is annoyed at him for leaving comics on the floor when she could've just asked him to move them, and Lisa is annoyed at him for preventing her experimental substance from exploding, yet if the explosion was intentional, why wasn't she taking notes?\ |
| 927 | '''Then:''' They prank him with towels with drawn-on eyes and Lori's voice, pretending they're ghosts.\ |
| 928 | '''You'd Expect''': For Lincoln to recognise both that it wasn't a real ghost and that it's Lori speaking. Even in canon episodes such as "The Price of Admission" and "Jeers for Fears", when he mistook random objects for scary things, he realized his mistake pretty quickly and only made it in the first place because he was already afraid.\ |
| 929 | '''Instead''': He falls for it hook, line, and sinker. |
| 930 | * In ''Fanfic/LincolnIsDone'': |
| 931 | ** Lincoln has a NightmareSequence in which his sisters disown him and send him to {{Hell}}.\ |
| 932 | '''You'd Expect''': Him to realise that dreams aren't real, and that his sisters do love him. True, they teased him over ripping his underwear, and Lola clogged the toilet and blamed him, but this is normal behaviour for siblings, and the sisters also proved they did love him on that same day by (perhaps proving that they care too ''much'' about him) by nursing his hurt ankle excessively.\ |
| 933 | '''Instead''': He decides that the dream [[MadAtADream proves that the sisters don't love him]], so he [[TheRunaway runs away]]. |
| 934 | ** Lincoln has run away to the [=McBride=] house and accused the sisters of being abusive to him.\ |
| 935 | '''You'd Expect''': The sisters to realise that Lincoln is being unreasonable, and they're not the monsters he's claiming they are. The only reasons he's angry are because they teased him (which is normal for siblings), Lola wrongly got him [[YouAreGrounded grounded]] (and for only a day, to boot), and they were bad in a nightmare he had.\ |
| 936 | '''Instead''': They take Lincoln's words to heart and believe they truly are bad.\ |
| 937 | '''The Result''': They become extremely miserable, and Luna, Lynn, and Lola even try to ''kill'' themselves (luckily, they don't actually do it). |
| 938 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12459102/1/Loud-heroes Loud Heroes]]'': In Chapter 10, the Loud siblings (under their superhero team identity of the L-Crew) raid the headquarters of Mr. [=McCann's=] corporation, which engages in illegal dumping of toxic waste. When they get close to the entrance, an employee urgently comes to inform Mr. [=McCann=] about the appearance of "freaks in costumes" that might be up to no good; Mr. [=McCann=] quickly figures that he's talking about the L-Crew, and tells the worker to do whatever he can to prevent them from breaking in. This prompts Lana/Wildgirl to [[{{Animorphism}} shapeshift into a gorilla]] as a disguise while the rest of the L-Crew hide themselves from the entrance. Not knowing about Wildgirl's capabilities, the employee falls for the bait and tells Mr. [=McCann=] that all he can see now is a seemingly harmless gorilla.\ |
| 939 | '''You'd Expect:''' Mr. [=McCann=] to immediately tell the worker that the gorilla is actually Wildgirl, then call the company's communications team that they're in an emergency situation to ensure the whole workforce is aware. Given that he knows the L-Crew well, he shouldn't be fooled by whatever bait the team might set up for him or his workers, even if he can't predict that a couple members could crash in from other places outside the headquarters' entrance.\ |
| 940 | '''Instead:''' He comes to check on the entrance and falls for the bait without any reflection about what he's seeing, shrugging the "gorilla" off instead, as if he didn't even think the more mundane problem of a simple animal being in front of the building was plausible too.\ |
| 941 | '''The Result:''' Wildgirl catches Mr. [=McCann=] off-guard when she breaks through the door, all while the other L-Crew members subsequently show up. |
| 942 | * ''[[https://theloudhousefanon.fandom.com/wiki/Scaring_is_Caring Scaring is Caring]]'': |
| 943 | ** The sisters are eavesdropping on Lincoln, and [[OutOfContextEavesdropping hear him say]] that he is going to "finish them off" the next day.\ |
| 944 | '''You'd Expect''': Them to presume he's talking about a homework project or something.\ |
| 945 | '''Instead''': They [[MistakenForMurderer think he's talking about killing them]].\ |
| 946 | '''The Result''': They spend the entire fanfic paranoid that their brother is a murderer, and it's not until the end that it's revealed he's not. |
| 947 | ** Lisa sees what she thinks are Rita and Lynn Sr.'s [[OffWithHisHead severed heads]].\ |
| 948 | '''You'd Expect''': Her to double-check to make sure it wasn't just an illusion.\ |
| 949 | '''Instead''': She doesn't.\ |
| 950 | '''The Result''': This adds to the sisters' paranoia that Lincoln is a killer, when actually not only is he innocent, the parents aren't even dead -- the heads were just sculptures. |
| 951 | ** The sisters are now thoroughly convinced that Lincoln is a murderer.\ |
| 952 | '''You'd Expect''': One of them to call the police.\ |
| 953 | '''Instead''': Not a single sister does; they instead decide to just avoid provoking him.\ |
| 954 | '''Luckily''': Lincoln is not actually a murderer. |
| 955 | ** As it turns out, the parents went away to visit Albert.\ |
| 956 | '''You'd Expect''': Them to tell their daughters as well as Lincoln, and especially tell Lori, since as the oldest, she would be in charge.\ |
| 957 | '''Instead''': They, for some reason, only tell Lincoln.\ |
| 958 | '''The Result''': The girls have no idea why the parents aren't around, thus [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom allowing the girls to believe they've been murdered]]. |
| 959 | |
| 960 | !!''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' |
| 961 | * ''Fanfic/CheshireMiraculousLadybug'': Master Fu, Tikki and Adrien/Misterbug are under the opinion that the titular Cheshire/Marinette is a VillainWithGoodPublicity and, as such, want to get her Miraculous away from her as soon as possible.\ |
| 962 | '''You'd Expect:''' Them to either boast Misterbug and the other heroes' publicity or reveal the Cat Miraculous' DarkAndTroubledPast. After all, Cheshire has been on the scene already for a while and is known for always being around to help while Misterbug and the other heroes are all brand new.\ |
| 963 | '''Instead:''' They attack Cheshire completely unprovoked and even ignore the akuma to do so.\ |
| 964 | '''The Result:''' Cheshire manages to boost her own reputation by defeating the akuma, causing her support to rise even higher while the others swiftly become [[HeroWithBadPublicity Heroes With Bad Publicity]], meaning that when Misterbug ''does'' reveal the Cat Miraculous' past, Paris sees it as him trying to slander the person he attacked for no reason to the point where even other akumas themselves call him and the other heroes out on it.\ |
| 965 | '''You'd Now Expect:''' The heroes to focus on the akumas, [[EnemyMine even if they have to work with Cheshire to do so]] or at the very least, attack Cheshire in private.\ |
| 966 | '''Instead:''' Both King Monkey and Queen Bee attempt to attack Cheshire in public.\ |
| 967 | '''The Result:''' Misterbug's faction's reputation sinks even further. |
| 968 | * ''Webcomic/DadVillainAU'': Tom/Viceroy has found out who Hawkmoth is via a successful BatmanGambit and Gabriel is now at his mercy.\ |
| 969 | '''You'd Think''': Gabriel would keep his mouth shut about what he wished.\ |
| 970 | '''Or At The Least''': Give him who is the Peacock Miraculous wielder, as like it or not, this is a seven foot tall man who could easily snap him in half like a twig.\ |
| 971 | '''Instead''': He does EvilGloating about his wish, even intentionally stating that he wanted Ladybug to suffer by seeing all her loved ones die first, before she too suffered the same fate.\ |
| 972 | '''The Result''': A very pissed off Viceroy slams his head into the ground as the public wonders what the hell Gabriel was talking about.\ |
| 973 | '''Even Worse''': His own son, Adrien, who is aware his father did something immoral, is now one of the targets for the Peacock Miraculous backlash, which combined with his own father's gloating, meant that his father ''gleefully signed his own son's death warrant'' because he hated Marinette and wanted her to suffer. |
| 974 | * ''FanFic/TheOneToMakeItStay'': |
| 975 | ** 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 an 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.\ |
| 976 | '''You'd Expect:''' For Alya to consider the possibility that Marinette is ''already'' on a date, or to acknowledge that she already had other plans.\ |
| 977 | '''Instead:''' She tracks her down at the museum, accuses her of 'avoiding her call' despite how Marinette gave her a very clear answer about what she was doing, and attempts to grab her wrist and ''drag her'' off to see Adrien over her protests.\ |
| 978 | '''Later:''' Alya stages an 'emergency meeting' at Marinette's house, ''without'' letting Marinette know she or any of the other girls were coming, in order to propose another ZanyScheme to sabotage Adrien's outing with Kagami. Again, Marinette insists that she is not interested, and declares outright that she's given up on Adrien and is dating Luka after he [[LoveConfession confessed to her]].\ |
| 979 | '''You'd Expect:''' Alya to respect her friend's choices, even if she's disappointed that she wasn't able to help her hook up with Adrien after all.\ |
| 980 | '''Instead:''' She accuses Marinette of only agreeing to date Luka in order to [[OperationJealousy make Adrien jealous]].\ |
| 981 | '''As a Result:''' Marinette is so hurt by Alya implying she's that [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]] and frustrated by her stubborn refusal to just ''listen'' to her that she decides they should take a break from each other over the summer.\ |
| 982 | '''Now You'd Expect:''' For Alya to take the hint.\ |
| 983 | '''Instead:''' Alya immediately decides to try staging an OperationJealousy of her own by trying to hook Lila up with Adrien... without letting Lila in on the OperationJealousy part. Because Lila is just [[BitchInSheepsClothing sweet enough]] that she'd agree to this sort of thing, so there's no reason to ask if she's okay with it, right? Like, say, making sure ''she'' doesn't have any kind of feelings for Adrien...? |
| 984 | ** In ''All the Laughs We Had in the Past'', Chat Noir gets into a massive argument with Ladybug, blaming her for Chloe's akumatization into Miracle Queen and all the recent tension stemming from his [[DoggedNiceGuy constant harassment of her]]. Ladybug and the other heroes [[WhatTheHellHero call him out]] on his SkewedPriorities, and he splits off from them. Miracle Queen then vanishes, and he is approached by a Ladybug who is acting completely different, abruptly expressing interest in him.\ |
| 985 | '''You'd Expect:''' Chat Noir to find her abrupt personality flip strange, or to acknowledge that they are currently in the middle of dealing with an akuma with unknown powers and that everything about this is completely unlike his partner.\ |
| 986 | '''Instead:''' He happily assumes that Ladybug has finally given in to all his advances and ditched the fight and her responsibilities to apologize and make out with him.\ |
| 987 | '''As a Result:''' They kiss, and Miracle Queen uses his distraction to [[spoiler:steal his ring, exposing his SecretIdentity and helping the Black Cat Miraculous end up in Hawkmoth's hands]]. |
| 988 | * ''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 monsters 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.\ |
| 989 | '''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.\ |
| 990 | '''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.\ |
| 991 | '''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. |
| 992 | |
| 993 | !!''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' |
| 994 | * In ''Fanfic/TheAssassinationOfTwilightSparkle'', [[BigBad Amadeus Blueblood]], the true mastermind of Twilight's assassination, having long been able to keep [[DreamWalker Princess Luna]] from uncovering his connection to the conspiracy thanks to the Dreamless Sleep Potion, is now on the run for the Kingdom of Unicornia.\ |
| 995 | '''You Would Think:''' That Amadeus, now more than ever, would shield his mind from Luna's intrusion, at the very least until he reaches Unicornia, which is presumably outside of her range.\ |
| 996 | '''Instead:''' Already thinking that he was out of range, Amadeus doesn't take the Potion. The story tries to justify this in that Luna has a self-imposed limitation which forbids her from probing people's minds for evidence under the grounds of being unable to properly separate memory from dreams, but it's very hard to swallow that a supposedly Macchiavellic figure would trust their opponent to always play by the rules.\ |
| 997 | '''Result:''' Luna is able to detect Amadeus' dreamscape and enter it, which she otherwise would have been unable to do. |
| 998 | * In ''Fanfic/BitterTearsAnAnonAMissFic'', after the school-wide confession is made by the Cutie 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.\ |
| 999 | '''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.\ |
| 1000 | '''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. |
| 1001 | * ''Fanfic/TheFlashSentryChronicles'': In ''Dragon's Awakening'', Heart gets this twice. |
| 1002 | ** Heart was told to stay behind by Flash since Dragons are [[ImmuneToFire immune to his fire]].\ |
| 1003 | '''You'd Expect''': Heart to listen to him and stay behind to help Starlight and others with protecting Ponyville.\ |
| 1004 | '''Instead''': Heart went LeeroyJenkins by disobeys his mentor and went into the portal. |
| 1005 | ** Twilight was about to tell Heart about her plan.\ |
| 1006 | '''You'd Expect''': Heart to listen to her plan.\ |
| 1007 | '''Instead''': Once again, he went LeeroyJenkins by running off to try to take on a ''giant'' sized wood dragon without bothering to listen to Twilight's plan for him. |
| 1008 | * ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'': |
| 1009 | ** 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]].\ |
| 1010 | '''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]].\ |
| 1011 | '''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]]. |
| 1012 | ** After 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.\ |
| 1013 | '''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.\ |
| 1014 | '''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.]] |
| 1015 | ** 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.\ |
| 1016 | '''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.\ |
| 1017 | '''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. |
| 1018 | ** 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.\ |
| 1019 | '''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.\ |
| 1020 | '''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.]] |
| 1021 | * ''Fanfic/{{Quiververse}}'': Towards the end of ''Six Nights (and a Day) With Sunset'', Sunset is recounting the events that led to her self-imposed exile in the human world. During that recount, Sunset paints herself in the worst possible light, while either ignoring or whitewashing Celestia's wrongdoings along the way. This occurs in front of Celestia, who wants to reconcile with Sunset and help her move on from her dark past.\ |
| 1022 | '''You'd Expect:''' Celestia owns up to her mistakes, admitting that Sunset turned to her for answers before her breaking in to the restricted archives and was refused each time, and that Sunset's expulsion was in itself a mistake on Celestia's part that led to the events of the first Equestria Girls film.\ |
| 1023 | '''Instead:''' Celestia reinforces the view that it's all Sunset's fault. Sunset remains in her pit of self-loathing. Because of this, when Anon-A-Miss occurs, Sunset concludes that she deserves what's happening to her, and that she'll never be able to move on, leading to her suicide attempt. And even after that fiasco is resolved, its scars, combined with her continued self-loathing over events where Celestia deserves a significant amount of the blame, [[spoiler: end up attracting the Nightmare's attention, leading to her nearly becoming its newest host]]. |
| 1024 | * ''[[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.\ |
| 1025 | '''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]]'').\ |
| 1026 | '''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. |
| 1027 | * ''Fanfic/VengeanceOfDawn'': |
| 1028 | ** Breaking Dawn was formerly Princess Celestia's personal student, but due to her bad behavior and repeated breaking of school rules, which she previously used [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections her status as the Princess's student]] to get away with, she is stripped of her position and replaced by a young Twilight Sparkle, but allowed to stay at the School for Gifted Unicorns.\ |
| 1029 | '''You'd Expect:''' Dawn to start trying to be a better student and follow school rules, which will prove Celestia wrong about her and possibly give her a chance to earn her position back.\ |
| 1030 | '''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 transfers to another school, which is basically a warning that she'll be expelled if she doesn't clean up her act.\ |
| 1031 | '''You'd Then Expect:''' Dawn to finally take a hint and start keeping her head down.\ |
| 1032 | '''Instead:''' She [[WouldHurtAChild impulsively attacks Twilight in a fit of rage.]] This is the final straw that forces Celestia to expel her from the school. |
| 1033 | ** After Dawn is expelled, she's forced to take various blue-collar jobs in order to make ends meet while living in a poor apartment.\ |
| 1034 | '''You'd Expect:''' Dawn to focus on keeping her job, which she needs to survive, now that she no longer has Celestia's favor.\ |
| 1035 | '''Instead:''' Dawn continues to think she's too good for low-class jobs as Celestia's former student, doesn't bother to work hard, and subsequently gets fired. This apparently happens several times in a row, until she can only get a job at a clothing store out of pity, and she even gets fired from that one.\ |
| 1036 | '''You'd THEN Expect:''' Dawn to finally realize that holding on to her pride has cost her ''literally everything,'' and maybe learn some humility.\ |
| 1037 | '''Instead:''' Nope. Dawn [[NeverMyFault blames Twilight for her terrible situation]] and begins creating an elaborate plot to depose her and take back her position as Celestia's student. |
| 1038 | |
| 1039 | !!''WesternAnimation/PawPatrol'' |
| 1040 | * ''Fanfic/TheAccident'': Ryder at the end. He only has to press one button [[spoiler:to save Marshall from the laser about to disintegrate him]], only to hear Katie, his girlfriend who had also gone missing, unexpectedly call out to him.\ |
| 1041 | '''You'd expect:''' Ryder to quickly press the button [[spoiler:and save Marshall]] before doing anything else.\ |
| 1042 | '''Instead:''' Ryder leaves [[spoiler:Marshall in the laser chamber]] to talk to Katie.\ |
| 1043 | '''As a result:''' Katie (revealed to be brainwashed) attacks Ryder and activates [[spoiler:the laser override, sealing Marshall's demise]].\ |
| 1044 | '''Furthermore:''' Ryder is established as caring so deeply for his pups that losing one has the potential to break him, but this evidently doesn't stop him from forgetting all about them when his girlfriend is involved. |
| 1045 | |
| 1046 | !!''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' |
| 1047 | * In one meme-story based on the "Steamed Hams" incident from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Principal Skinner needs to pee.\ |
| 1048 | '''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.\ |
| 1049 | '''Instead''': He just holds it in.\ |
| 1050 | '''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]]. |
| 1051 | |
| 1052 | !!''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' |
| 1053 | * ''Fanfic/DespairIsland'': After [[spoiler:Ezekiel and Courtney lose a challenge, Courtney and Duncan agree to vote Ezekiel off. However, [Harold likes Zeke, so he backstabs the alliance and proposes that Geoff and Bridgette vote Courtney off due to Zeke's status as a NiceGuy. However, the desire to survive of both Geoff and Bridgette outweighs their morals and they vote Ezekiel off.]]\ |
| 1054 | '''You'd Expect:''' [[spoiler:That Harold doesn't do anything suspicious at the ceremony. Duncan and Courtney are surely going to assume that the latter ended up in the bottom two thanks to Ezekiel's vote]]. [[spoiler:Geoff and Bridgette are friends with Harold, so they are likely not going to rat him out.]]\ |
| 1055 | '''Instead:''' [[spoiler:Harold sucks in a breath of air when Courtney gets the last marshmallow.]]\ |
| 1056 | '''The Result:''' [[spoiler:Duncan and Courtney easily conclude that Harold tried to backstab the alliance, threaten him during some of the following challenges, and even warn the Screaming Gophers about Harold's actions, making it difficult for him to find another ally.]] |
| 1057 | * ''Fanfic/IslandOfTheSlaughtered'': On the first day on the island, it's discovered that a SerialKiller is present and he's not happy about other people being there.\ |
| 1058 | '''You'd Expect:''' Chris to get everyone off the island as soon as possible, campers and crew alike.\ |
| 1059 | '''Instead''': Chris only evacuates the crew, abandoning the campers.\ |
| 1060 | '''The Result''': The killer slaughters over half the cast, with only seven survivors total, and Chris' reputation plummets when news gets out that he abandoned a bunch of teenagers to die, especially since he waits a full month before mounting a rescue and he ends up getting killed by the vengeful spirits of those he left to die. |
| 1061 | * ''Fanfic/TotalDramaAllStarsRewrite'': |
| 1062 | ** In the rewrite of "Suckers Punched", Noah is forced to fight Eva as his opponent in the boxing challenge. While fighting, Eva reveals that Chris told her that if she wins her fight, she'll get a spot in the game. Noah points out that Chris is most likely not telling the truth and indeed, Chris is not planning to let her back in the game, win or lose.\ |
| 1063 | '''You'd Expect:''' Chris to not tell [[HairTriggerTemper Eva]] this and wait until the fight is over to try and get rid of her.\ |
| 1064 | '''Instead''': Chris casually mentions that he has no plan to let Eva come back in the game, while also calling her a has been.\ |
| 1065 | '''Result''': Eva attempts to attack Chris and while she is doesn't succeed in giving him the NoHoldsBarredBeatdown she clearly wanted to, she does manage to knock one of his teeth out. |
| 1066 | ** At the beginning of "Zeek and Ye Shall Find", Mal has had the votes he tried to plant of Alejandro replanted on him. Owen and Noah were in the cabin sleeping at the time and Mal has been terrorizing Owen almost the whole game, giving him reason to believe it was him.\ |
| 1067 | '''You'd Expect:''' Him to try and get Noah out of the cabin so he can interrogate Owen if it was him.\ |
| 1068 | '''Or:''' Realize that Owen would be too scared to try and leave him alone.\ |
| 1069 | '''Instead:''' Mal starts to interrogate Owen in the cabin after Zoey and Cameron leave.\ |
| 1070 | '''Result:''' Noah catches him red handed after faking falling asleep. And because he's not gullible like Zoey, Mal can't weasel his way out and Noah ends up learning the truth about him. |
| 1071 | |
| 1072 | !!''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' |
| 1073 | * ''Fanfic/BadIdea'': Dick confronts Bruce about his bullying problem in Chapter 15, frustrated that he isn't allowed to defend himself. Bruce decides to do something about it on his own terms. |
| 1074 | ** '''You'd Expect''': That he confront the bullies' parents and possibly get the school involved to prevent this from happening again, using his influence as the richest man in Gotham to ensure that Dick doesn't have to worry about being harassed anymore. |
| 1075 | ** '''Instead''': He goes out as Batman and threatens the bullies while '''in costume and uses Dick's name'''. Note, that he had previously told Dick [[{{Hypocrite}} that he couldn't defend himself at the risk of exposing his secret ID]]. |
| 1076 | ** '''The Result?''': [[spoiler: One of the bullies figures out that Bruce and Dick are the Dynamic Duo and attacks Dick '''again''', only this time, Dick [[GroinAttack kicks him in the crotch]].]] Dick and Alfred are also pissed at Bruce for the action, with Alfred suggesting contacting the school and parents like a concerned father might do. Bruce also puts himself on sour terms with the two of them for doing something so out of character. The story ends with Bruce attempting to make amends with Dick, [[BittersweetEnding but deciding to leave the boy alone and respect his wishes for once when Dick refuses to talk to him.]] |
| 1077 | ** '''However''': This was {{enforced|Trope}} by the author, wanting to show the [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools consequences of the fandom's typical solution to bully fics]], rather than just discussing it. |
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