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** An example would be in the [[Sword of Truth|novels of Terry Goodkind]], where the main character effectively ends up as a benevolent capitalist dictator, the series having explored the weaknesses of all other forms of government. The last chapter of the series features that character ''ordering his followers'', ironically enough, to no longer do the devotion, a ritual that has over time turned the heads of his family into objects of a cult of personality.

* The basic message of the essay ''Self-Reliance'' was "Everyone should be a nonconformist".

* Lampshaded in one of [[Maus]]'s self-referential meta-sections.

** Therapist: There's no way to explain the story that you're trying to tell. Maybe there just shouldn't be any more stories.

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* ''[[Depict 1]]'' combines this with [[Mission Control Is Off Its Meds]]. If he says you need to collect gems, you die the moment you touch them. If he says the [[Spikes of Doom|spikes will kill you]], you can pick them up and use them as throwing weapons. If you fail to "press Esc to end the game" at what he says is the ending, he leaves you in a huff.

* In [[Bit.Trip|Bit.Trip FLUX]], this ''would'' be the message {{spoiler|to the ''player'', ''from'' the player character in the ending. His journey is over, but yours isn't. '''Put down the controller and live your life.'''}} Instead this trope is played with, as {{spoiler|[[Sheathe Your Sword|it is required for the ending to the series.]]}}

* Almost every conspiracy theorist peppers his theory with requests to "think for yourself" and "form your own opinion". Obviously enough, if your own opinion does not match his own, you are either a governmental agent or just too dumb to see the Truth.

** Which leads some to the logical conclusion that conspiracy theorists are part of a [[Viral Marketing]] [[Xanatos Gambit|government conspiracy to cause this effect on people]].

* A famous quote, attributed to Buddha himself encapsulates this trope pretty well: “Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, [[Lampshade Hanging|not even if I have said it]], unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”