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* One of the [[Older Than Feudalism|earliest]] examples is the Greek myth of King Midas. Everything he touched turned to gold. When he tried eating and drinking, he discovered the downside. (This also qualifies as [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]] and [[Be Careful What You Wish For]], as his golden touch was a wish granted by the god Dionysius as a reward for the hospitality Midas had shown to his friend and tutor Silenus.) |
* One of the [[Older Than Feudalism|earliest]] examples is the Greek myth of King Midas. Everything he touched turned to gold. When he tried eating and drinking, he discovered the downside. (This also qualifies as [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]] and [[Be Careful What You Wish For]], as his golden touch was a wish granted by the god Dionysius as a reward for the hospitality Midas had shown to his friend and tutor Silenus.) |
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** Nathaniel Hawthorne's version of the story in ''A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys'' (1852) has Midas embracing his daughter and [[Taken for Granite|turning her into a gold statue]]. |
** Nathaniel Hawthorne's version of the story in ''A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys'' (1852) has Midas embracing his daughter and [[Taken for Granite|turning her into a gold statue]]. |
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** The ''[[Dinosaur Comics]]'' version of Midas is [http://qwantz.com/archive/001355.html even worse]. |
** The ''[[Dinosaur Comics]]'' version of Midas is [https://web.archive.org/web/20090430122920/http://qwantz.com/archive/001355.html even worse]. |
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** Shel Silverstein also sent up this trope in his poem ''Squishy Touch'': |
** Shel Silverstein also sent up this trope in his poem ''Squishy Touch'': |
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{{quote|''Everything King Midas touched'' |
{{quote|''Everything King Midas touched'' |