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* In the second season of ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]'' every single thing that can go wrong, ''does'' go wrong in order to kill off Maid Marian. Marian acts wildly [[Out of Character]]. Robin and the other outlaws are inexplicably missing at a crucial moment. No one bothers to give Marian a weapon to defend herself with. Every single one of Guy's [[Berserk Button]]s are pressed. The [[Idiot Ball]] is thrown about with such abandon that it leaves [[Plot Hole]]s in the scenery. The contrived sequence of events unfold with the sole purpose of forcing Guy and Marian into the "right" frame of mind that lead to her murder. (And it ''still'' doesn't make any sense).
* This is the driving force behind the plot, and the source of much of the humor, in ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]''.
* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'': In
* In ''[[Secret Love (South Korean TV series)|Secret Love]]'', Yoo-jung's father just happens to wander off without informing her
== Music ==
* [[Depeche Mode]]'s song "Blasphemous Rumors" is about a girl who tried to commit suicide at age sixteen. She fails, and learns to love life again. Then she dies in an accident.
* Countless country songs take advantage of this, often to a [[narm]]y extent. In fact, it's a common joke in the American south that if you play country music backwards, the singer's wife will return to him, bearing his dog and his
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