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'''Kaz:''' Yeah, except Peyton used girl [[Mons|creatures]], and Crystella used [[Theme Deck|guy creatures]].<br />

'''Sarah:''' Which proves that... girls are better than guys?<br />

*** Also, upon having her plan to brainwash the world foiled, Jasmine's immediate reaction is to try to destroy the entire planet, a rather extreme case of [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]] that quite neatly avoids any moral ambiguity, no matter how Lilah (who happens to be evil herself) tries to spin it.

* Airing bravely (or perhaps coincidentally) in the midst of the Terri Schiavo debate's worst excesses, ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' had a plot requiring Hal to choose whether to pull the plug on a similar patient. In the end, {{spoiler|in a parody of this trope, Hal solves the problem with [[Take a Third Option|a hitherto unconsidered third option]]. We never learn what this option is, only that it involved [[Noodle Implements|Radio Shack and a hat]].}}

* ''[[Private Practice]]'' did this with an episode where the doctors were asked to sterilize a woman living in a relationship with her biological brother (the pair had met without knowing about their blood relation). Much screentime was spent by the cast agonizing whether or not they were encouraging incest by agreeing to the procedure or not. In the end, the question became moot when it was revealed that the brother had known all along, causing the couple to break up.

* ''[[Law & Order|Law and Order]]'' has refined this into an art form. Earlier seasons generally pulled it off better, relying on the debate being resolved with [[Chekhov's Gun|a previously-introduced detail]]. Later seasons used the [[Ass Pull]] with impunity, as every half-hearted [[Chewbacca Defense]] became a brilliant legal strategy the DAs were too incompetent or ill-prepared to overcome until they picked up on the one fact they missed during all of their trial prep.