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May overlap with [[Metaphorgotten]] if the person giving the example genuinely forgot the unfortunate ending of it. Also overlaps with [[Analogy Backfire]].
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* In [[Dumb and Dumber]], Lloyd tricks Sea Bass and his friends into picking up Lloyd and Harry's tab at a restaurant. They rush off in their van before Sea Bass can catch them. While on the road:▼
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
{{quote| '''Harry''': That was great! Did you come up with that yourself?<br />▼
* During the first season of ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', mercenaries Sosuke and Kurz are trapped behind enemy lines with a civilian, Kaname, that [[Escort Mission|they have to protect]]. Low on ammo, Kurz wounded, and enemy forces surrounding them, Kaname mentions ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'', specifically bringing up its [[Bolivian Army Ending]]. Kurz doesn't take it well. Sosuke, with help, [[Take a Third Option|Takes a Third Option]].
'''Lloyd''': No, I saw it in a movie once.<br />▼
'''Harry''': Let me guess, they get away scot free?<br />▼
== [[Film]] ==
▲* In ''[[Dumb and Dumber]]'', Lloyd tricks Sea Bass and his friends into picking up Lloyd and Harry's tab at a restaurant. They rush off in their van before Sea Bass can catch them. While on the road:
'''Lloyd''': No! Even better, they catch up with a guy a few miles down the road and slit his throat. It was ''good''... }}
* In ''[[Scrubs]]'', Eliot often tries to cheer people up by remembering one of her relatives being in a similar situation. These stories all end with the relative committing suicide.▼
* In ''[[Gnomeo and Juliet]]'', Gnomeo has a chat with a statue of [[William Shakespeare]], who tells him that [[Romeo and Juliet|he knows this story]]. When Gnomeo asks what happens to the lovers in that story, Shakespeare tells him that they both die.
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'''Shakespeare:''' My dear boy, this is a tragedy.
'''Gnomeo:''' Yeah, you're telling me, mate! It's rubbish! There's gotta be a better ending than ''that!'' }}
* ''[[Judge Dredd (
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'''Fergie:''' And these, these refugees, they made it through, right?
'''Dredd:''' Actually, they were roasted. But the theory's sound. }}
* Near the conclusion of ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]'', [[Adult Child|Billy]] and his partner, [[Only Sane Man|Taggart]], find themselves outnumbered and pinned down by enemy gunfire. Despite the gravity of their situation, it's made clear that Billy is having the time of his life, as he gleefully recalls how [[Butch Cassidy and
* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', in the episode about the cave of two lovers, the hippie nomad who tells the Gaang about the secret cave, sings to them a song about it. The song ends with "...aaaand death!".▼
** The "Secret Tunnel" song in "Cave of Two Lovers" actually ends with "and diiiieeeee", as the hippie musician who was singing it finally remembered the last words of said song. ▼
== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[Sea Quest DSV]]'' the crew are exploring an ancient alien spacecraft. One of them brings up a science fiction story he read as a kid that was about a similar situation, except the ship hadn't really crashed. The characters in the story were trapped when the ship took off again and dissected.▼
* In the ''[[
* [[Played for Laughs]] in Stephen Colbert's speech at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2007 when he compares G.W. Bush's presidency to [[Rocky (Film)|Rocky]]:▼
{{quote| "''... But does he stay down? NO! Like Rocky, he GETS BACK UP and IN THE END HE actually loses in the first movie... um...''"}}▼
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
▲* In ''[[Scrubs]]'', Eliot often tries to cheer people up by remembering one of her relatives being in a similar situation. These stories all end with the relative committing suicide.
▲* In ''[[
* In ''[[The George Lopez Show]]'', Carmen compares her relationship to ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''. George is quick to point out that they both die.
* Inverted in ''[[The Golden Girls]]'' when Rose tells a story about some people from her home town in an effort to dissuade a friend from doing something. Though her friends expect a bad ending to the story to further the moral she's apparently getting at, Rose says that the people involved became quite rich and lived happily ever after.
* The dour Scot Frazer in ''[[
▲* Near the conclusion of [[Beverly Hills Cop]], [[Adult Child|Billy]] and his partner, [[Only Sane Man|Taggart]], find themselves outnumbered and pinned down by enemy gunfire. Despite the gravity of their situation, it's made clear that Billy is having the time of his life, as he gleefully recalls how [[Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid]] found themeselves in a similar situation when facing the [[Bolivian Army Ending|Bolivian Army.]] Taggart tells Billy, if they make it out alive, he's going to make him pay.
* Inverted in an episode of ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', in which the gang tell anecdotes within anecdotes within anecdotes all trying to convince Ted not to do something. All of them have bad endings except for one. Barney's. Because he's crazy.▼
▲* The dour Scot Frazer in ''[[Dads Army]]'' is fond of doing this, much to Mainwaring's exasperation.
▲* Inverted in an episode of [[How I Met Your Mother]], in which the gang tell anecdotes within anecdotes within anecdotes all trying to convince Ted not to do something. All of them have bad endings except for one. Barney's. Because he's crazy.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* One of the more famous scenes of ''[[Spongebob SquarePants]]'' invokes this; the mysterious tale of ''[[The Ugly Barnacle (Literature)|The Ugly Barnacle]]''.▼
* Kevyn in ''[[Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|Schlock Mercenary]]'' once [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2009-09-27 did remind] a lieutenant about military anecdotes on how the different branches handle the task at hand. They eventually got their punchline, of course.▼
▲* In the ''[[Warrior Cats (Literature)|Warrior Cats]]'' series, one young cat's spine is broken when a tree falls and she's pinned by the branches. Jayfeather, the medicine cat, tries to encourage her by telling her how ShadowClan once had a cat with a similar injury and had told him about their experiences. Unfortunately, ShadowClan's warrior had ended up dying because of complications with it, which doesn't encourage Jayfeather's patient much.
* If a person playing ''[[Maniac Mansion]]'' picks Michael, they get this before heading into the mansion:
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
▲* Kevyn in ''[[
{{quote|'''Ebbirnoth''': So when you say you want the building secured...
'''Kevyn''': I don't want a punchline.}}
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'':
▲** In
▲** The "Secret Tunnel" song in "Cave of Two Lovers" actually ends with "and diiiieeeee", as the hippie musician who was singing it finally remembered the last words of said song.
▲* One of the more famous scenes of ''[[
== Other Media ==
▲* [[Played for Laughs]] in Stephen Colbert's speech at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2007 when he compares G.W. Bush's presidency to [[Rocky (
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