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A [['''DIY Disaster]]''' is when a device's faulty nature is shown by the fact that when a button is pushed or a lever is pulled that is supposed to do one thing, it does something else that a different button or lever is supposed to do, such as a car's window button activates the windshield wipers. It's frequently used after someone has tried to repair or modify the device in question to show their mechanical ineptitude. In spite of the name, this doesn't need to be the result of a botched do-it-yourself job; the device could be wired that way on purpose, for example. There's also a variation where the electricity and plumbing (and sometimes the gas) get mixed up, [[Epic Fail|so you get water coming out of the lightbulbs or some similar mix-up]]. Doesn't make the slightest bit of sense, but [[Rule of Funny]] applies.

Not to be confused with [[What Does This Button Do?]], where a person's inexperience with the device in question, rather than the device's faulty nature, causes the unexpected result. If a person doesn't know what a button does and presses it anyways, something unexpected happens, and [[Hilarity Ensues]], it's [[What Does This Button Do?]]. If the button is ''supposed'' to do one thing, but when pressed, does another, it's a [['''DIY Disaster]]'''.

Though a [['''DIY Disaster]]''' can be an [[Epic Fail]], an [[Epic Fail]] that results from a do-it-yourself project is not necessarily a DIY disaster. If a person presses a button and something completely unexpected happens that shouldn't have happened at all, it's an [[Epic Fail]]. If a person presses a button and something happens that's supposed to happen when they push a ''different'' button, it's [['''DIY Disaster]]'''.

Similar to [[Wiper Start]], although a [['''DIY Disaster]]''' is the result of the design of the car, not the incompetence of its operator. One of the worst results that can come about from [[Doom It Yourself]] or a [[Do It Yourself Plumbing Project]]. Almost always [[Played for Laughs]].

* In one episode of ''[[King of the Hill]]'', Bill's kitchen is one of these. Flipping the light switch, for example, causes the microwave to start. This inspires Hank to do something similar with his own kitchen to discourage a pair of [[Hipster|Hipsters]]s from buying his house, which Peggy had accidentally sold.