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In mythological, religious and fantasy works, somebody does or says something that shows he's in need of an attitude adjustment. Either a being (often a deity or similarly powerful creature) or Fate itself will act overtly to [[Aesop|teach this lesson]]. Unfortunately, the direct victim of this tutelage isn't the person in need of the lesson, but rather one or more persons close to him who haven't been shown to have done anything wrong. Typical victims are children, spouses and colleagues of the culprit, and the suffering often involves their deaths. In light of this, the culprit expresses remorse and either changes his ways or gives way to grief. Either way, he won't be making ''that'' mistake again. It is rarely/never mentioned that the entirely innocent suffer the most.
This often overlaps with [[Revenge
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== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[Star Trek:
* In a ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'' episode Sabrina's boyfriend Harvey is turned into a beast by her ugly aunt to teach her lesson about shallowness. The ugly aunt is treated as a [[Purity Sue]], entirely justifed in teaching Sabrina her lesson while everyone ignores the fact that the blameless Harvey is the one who finds himself growing fur, claws and tusks.
== Radio ==
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== Western Animation ==
* Disney's ''[[Pinocchio (Disney film)|Pinocchio]]''. Pinocchio plays hooky from school and ends up being kidnapped and taken to Pleasure Island. His creator, the kindly woodcarver Gepetto goes looking for him and ends up getting trapped inside Monstro the whale. Pinocchio learns a lesson about being a good boy from the experience.
* In Disney's ''[[Beauty and
* This is parodied in a ''[[The Simpsons|Simpsons]]'' example: A "[[Treehouse of Horror]]" episode had a fortuneteller curse Homer's family because he insulted her. They suffer through freakish transformations, and Bart actually dies, but Homer goes on refusing to [[Curse Escape Clause|reverse the curse by apologizing]] because none of it's happening to ''him''. It's especially [[Jerkass|egregious]] given that the apology would even resurrect Bart.
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