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See also [[Curiosity Killed the Cast]], [[Don't Touch It You Idiot]], [[Schmuck Bait]], and [[Wanting Is Better Than Having]]. Prime source of [[Cold Turkeys Are Everywhere]], [[Do Not Do This Cool Thing]] and the [[Streisand Effect]].

 

 

== Anime and Manga ==

** This is how Skuld got "impregnated" with her angel.

** Aoshima is implied to lust after Belldandy because of this trope.

* In episode 57 of ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'', Viper the Elder captures Kururu with a trap hidden in a box marked "Don't you dare open this!" As he goes to open the box, Kururu even remarks "That just makes me want to open it even more."

* The sealed door at the Fuuka Shrine in ''[[Mai-HiME (Anime)|Mai-HiME]]'', episode 6. Mai and her friends are warned ahead of time by Shiho's grandfather never to open it, out of fear of unleashing a great evil. Midori, who had been sneaking around the place all day playing [[Adventurer Archaeologist]], gets locked inside the shrine with seemingly no way out. She didn't hear the warning. Guess what happens next.

* In ''[[Mamotte Shugogetten]]'', one of Shaorin's previous masters was a little girl. When she wanted to go to the town near their house, Shaorin told her absolutely no, because the wolves were near it. Shaorin later goes to town herself, leaving the girl all alone. The instant Shaorin leaves, the little girl leaves as well. This leads to the girl being fatally injured by the wolves and dying in Shaorin's arms.

** In a more literal example, the Devil Fruits, which give the eaters superpowers but make them unable to swim, even taking away their buoyancy. And due to the fact that that world is mostly water, it's a heavy price to pay for anyone who would be a major part of the plot.

* Arguably, any person who wants Sousuke from ''[[Full Metal Panic]]''. Which is [[Even the Guys Want Him|a lot of people]]. Pretty much every one of them ''knows'' that it's [[The Stoic|near impossible]] for him to [[Chaste Hero|ever return their feelings]]. And although each one of them normally has another person who is in love with them, they can't seem to help but be drawn to the mysterious and unattainable Sousuke. It came as a huge shock to most characters that he started to have some reciprocating feelings towards Kaname - something even ''she'' didn't know or expect (as she herself even thought that having feelings for him is hopeless, but it's something she just can't help).

== Literature ==

* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by [[Piers Anthony]] in the ''[[Xanth (Literature)|Xanth]]'' series. All knowledge not suitable for children (foul language and especially sex) is supposed to be protected by a ''literal'' Adult Conspiracy (''The Color of Her Panties'' employs the Conspiracy as a major plot element). With a name like that, children in Xanth are practically compelled to try to break the Conspiracy (though breaches don't appear to occur very often).

* In [[CS Lewis (Creator)|CS Lewis]]'s ''[[The Magicians Nephew]]'', the primary reason Digory rings the [[Schmuck Bait|bell]] in Charn is [[Curiosity Is a Crapshoot|to find out what will happen]], but the warning of unspecified danger in the bell's inscription doesn't help, either.

** In the same book, this trope is why Queen Jadis climbs the garden wall and ''steals'' apples of immortality which are offered freely to anyone who comes in by the gate and takes them for the sake of others. Digory, who learned his lesson after the incident with the bell, is not tempted by this warning; Jadis gives him pause only when she tells him the fruit could cure his mother's illness.

* We all know what happens when you invoke [[Candle Jack]], but none of us can ever resi

* Spoiler tags. Especially if it's a series you care about. You know you want to find out {{spoiler|nooooo! They killed your favorite character!!}}

 

 

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