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* ''[[Goodfellas]]'' was intended in a way to be the anti-''Godfather.'' It was based on a true story and portrayed most mobsters as uneducated, crude, petty, sociopathic, and oftentimes downright incompetent and brutal. But it wound up having the same cultural effect as ''The Godfather'' anyhow. The gangster that [[Robert De Niro]]'s character was based on was reportedly thrilled such a great actor was portraying him, and kept trying to get in touch with DeNiro from prison to give him pointers. Similarly, the real Henry Hill wrecked his witness protection because he couldn't resist bragging about the movie.
** This one might have been partially because of the weird mixed messages the movie was sending. While the mob characters were usually portrayed as not so bright, unnecessarily violent, what have you, but Henry Hill's own comments at the end of the movie make it very clear that he wishes he was still in the life, and one would go as far as to say that getting caught is the only thing he regrets about being a gangster at all.
* ''[[Scarface]]''. Even though the entire film is set up to show that Tony's destruction is inevitable, even though he ends up [[Lonely
* ''[[Johnny Dangerously]]'' a gangster movie [[Parody]], [[Spoof Aesop|pokes fun]] at this with a deliberate [[Broken Aesop]]. The title character uses his life story to convince a young [[It Makes Sense in Context|puppy thief]] that "crime doesn't pay"... and then has him hop in his expensive car with his beautiful gangster's moll wife and confess to the audience "OK, maybe it pays a ''little''."
* ''[[Little Caesar]]'' attempts to show that hard, honest work will lead to success whilst crime does not pay. It makes the gangster cooler, more interesting, and more important than his straight-laced best friend.
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{{quote|"I have told my sons that they are not under any circumstances to take part in massacres, and that the news of massacres of enemies is not to fill them with satisfaction or glee. I have also told them not to work for companies which make massacre machinery, and to express contempt for people who think we need machinery like that."}}
* The scenes of sinful revelry and luxury (like the island of Acrasia) in ''[[The Faerie Queene]]'' are, to many, the most appealing parts of the work. This is largely due to [[Values Dissonance]].
* The entirety of the [[Warhammer
** This can even be seen in stories where the protagonists are actually the bad guys in the wider 'verse, such as the Chaos Marines. You find yourself rooting for the protagonist even as the story tells you about the world of innocent humans that their race has invaded, enslaved, tortured or brutally slaughtered.
* One of Disney's kiddie books featured [[Donald Duck]] eating a poorly balanced, junk-filled meal...that the mouth waters just in childhood memory of it.
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* Occasionally played with on ''[[Top Gear]]'' when, for instance, the presenters solemnly (and with perfect insincerity) state that they strictly obey the speed limit at all times, or state "this is something we mustn't do" before engaging in impromptu drag races on public streets.
* In-universe in ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]''; Hal would tell his sons about his youthful escapades, supposedly as cautionary tales. As Lois puts it, "Cautionary tales do not end with 'It was so cool!'"
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{{quote|'''Adam:''' Remember, kids, [[Lampshade Hanging|no matter how much fun I'm having]], under no circumstances should you try this at home.}}
** A great example would be when they were test whether drafting behind a big rig to see if doing so could increase mileage. Despite the fact that they spent nearly as much time stressing how crazy attempting to draft a big rig is as they did actually testing the myth, for some people, that's just not quite enough to balance out the simple fact that ''it actually works''.
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** Edwin Starr's "War". The lyrics denounce the act of war quite [[anvilicious]]ly, but it sounds like a good song to kick ass to. It was used for fight scenes in ''[[Rush Hour]]'', ''[[Small Soldiers]]'', and ''Agent Cody Banks 2''.
** [[Metallica]]'s "For Whom the Bell Tolls". Despite being about the futility of war, it's a totally kick ass song that gets your adrenaline pumping.
** [[Rise Against]]'s "Hero of War" is definitely intended as an anti-war song. It tells the story of a teenager who joins the military because he'll get to see the world, [[Dare to Be Badass|carry a gun]], and he'll even get paid. The war psychologically destroys him, going through [[Training
** While not exactly a "catchy" song per say, Bob Dylan's "With God On Our Side" tends to get people thinking that it's a patriotic statement, despite being more about how having God on your side is little more than an excuse to go to war and force your ideals upon others because both sides will always claim this.
* [[Black Sabbath]]. Many of their early lyrics dealt with the horrors of things like violence, war, Satan and so on. This has inspired legions of metal bands to write lyrics about how ''awesome'' these same things are.
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* ''[[Cooking Mama]], The Unauthorized PETA Edition'' shows Mama brutally killing and gruesomely preparing a turkey with cartoonish graphics. Game developer [http://www.raphkoster.com/2008/11/26/cooking-mama-the-unauthorized-peta-edition-mama-kills-animals-petaorg/ Raph Koster explains] that his kids found it gleeful fun.
** Even Nintendo apparently found it amusing, given that their response was to ''have Cooking Mama herself put out a press release complaining about it''. It's like they said to themselves, "Nobody's going to get their message from it, we aren't going to worry."
* ''[[Wings (video game)|Wings]]'' arguably subverts this; the game DOES use [[World War
* ''[[Fable III]]'' has a morality system like the others. The system completely breaks when you are forced to raise funds to save civilians. The kingdom has 6.5 million people and they can be saved at the cost of one gold each (convenient). So that means if you give 10 gold to a begger it is a morally good act but if you put it into saving 10 lives it is morally neutral. The biggest problem comes when you can choose to build a brothel. The net profit will same 1.5 million people but it is considered immoral. Why is this relevent here? Because every load screen shows you the projected casualtys. Saving a comunity of hippies or 300 000 peoples lives? The whole section teaches that being a tyrant is the way to save your people... well that or buy every property in the kindom and rent them out which could be argued is also a form of economic tyrany.
* In ''[[Pokémon]]'', both the games and the [[Pokémon (anime)|anime]], treating Pokémon as tools is "wrong". The evil teams and the rivals all lose because they treated their Pokémon bad, you won because you WUUUUUV them. Except the best strategy is to dump all the crappy Pokémon you catch into the PC forever and push the ones you keep in your party to their limits. Sure, they get sad if they faint and they get happy if you use Potions on them...but Happiness is a mostly useless stat and unless you horribly suck as a trainer they will simply be happy enough as time passes. The "best" competitive players even [[Tyke Bomb|breed new Pokémon to raise as weapons from the day they're hatched]]. (And throw the parents forever into the PC.)
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* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' [[Played for Laughs|Gleefully]] used. [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=396 Just look] at those efficiently designed, finely crafted, aesthetically appealing savage tools of destruction... Tea in her fencing suit and wide smile objects to your [[I Like Swords|unhealthy fascination with swords]]! Though it doubles as foreshadowing, as later "enjoy, but don't forget what it's about" became a good plot point.
* ''Quitting Time'' presents: [http://quitting-time.com/2009/02/04/customer-of-the-week-pure-evil/ Pure Evil].
* Invoked in [http://somethingpositive.net/sp08312004.shtml this] ''[[Something
* Jason Love. "[http://www.jasonlove.com/cartoons/00003-funny-cartoons-movies.gif Warning]" from Jason Love's cartoons.
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