Idiot Plot/Fairy Tale

Examples of the in s include:


 * Any Fairy Tale or Aesop which includes a warning not to do something guarantees the character will disobey. The worst part is that due to the Rule of Three, the character will often be warned three times not to do something, and then they go and do just that three times. Most people, even if they hadn't been listening the first time, would have caught on after that.