Stopped Reading Too Soon

Title: Stopped Reading Too Soon

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A character stops reading a message too soon. Hilarity Ensues.

Subtrope of Poor Communication Kills.

Anime and Manga

 * In Love Hina Christmas Special: Silent Eve this is what sets off the whole Idiot Plot.
 * In Ranma ½, Genma trains the very young Ranma in the Nekoken technique (by dumping him in a pit full of hungry cats wrapped in fish) after reading a single page in a martial arts manual -- had he just turned the page, Genma would have seen that the next sentence basically said, "Only an idiot would do this, as even if it works it will drive the student insane."

Live-Action TV

 * In the episode of M*A*S*H where a "friendly" bomb falls in the middle of the unit, the doctors set out to disarm the bomb by following the instructions given by one of their colleagues. He stops reading at the wrong place ...