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* This tends to happen quite often in the ''[[Grimm Fairy Tales]]'' comic series.
* The 2011 "Heart of the Monster" arc in [[The Incredible Hulk]]s is built around this trope - Hulk and his team encounter a Wishing Well. Everyone involved is [[Genre Savvy]] enough to know what it will twist every wish it grants. What they don't know is the intentions of the Red She-Hulk, who used it to wish doom on her ex-husband.... if she meant it, his circumstances are going to improve, but if she ''liked'' him... {{spoiler|As it turns out, she hated him at the time, meaning all of his dreams briefly came true.}}
** It's almost become a [[Running Gag]] in
* [[Doctor Strange]], in a moment of grief after losing Clea, wished he were dead. Enter [[Despair Event Horizon|D'Spayre]], who put him through a series of [[Mind Screw]]s so painful that Strange nearly [[Driven to Suicide|took his own life]].▼
▲* It's almost become a [[Running Gag]] in [[The Incredible Hulk]]'s comic, in that the Hulk is beset by the army, villains, and even other heroes, and he bellows '''"LEAVE HULK ALONE!"''', something they never seem to do. In ''[[Hulk: The End]]'', which takes place in a [[Bad Future]] setting, the Hulk is the [[Sole Survivor]] of a nuclear war, his only company being Banner's side of his personality, one growing weaker and weaker. Finally, in one of Banner's increasingly waning periods of control, he has a heart attack, meaning the Banner side of him is dead. The Hulk is now ''truly'' alone; his reaction to getting what he always wanted?
{{quote|'''Hulk:''' Hulk, strongest one there is... Hulk ''only'' one there is... Hulk feels... cold.}}
▲* [[Doctor Strange]], in a moment of grief after losing Clea, wished he were dead. Enter [[Despair Event Horizon|D'Spayre]], who put him through a series of [[Mind Screw]]s so painful that Strange nearly [[Driven to Suicide|took his own life]].
== Fairy Tales ==
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