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Compare [[It Works Better With Bullets]], [[For Want of a Nail]]. Contrast [[Infinite Supplies]], [[Offscreen Villain Dark Matter]], [[Perpetual Motion Monster]]. A subtrope and subversion of [[Crazy Prepared]].
 
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== Webcomics ==
* A variation in ''[[The B Movie Comic (Webcomic)|The B Movie Comic]]'': The [[Big Bad]] of the second movie sends [[Austin Powers|sharks with]] [[Frickin' Laser Beams]] after the heroes, only forgetting that a shark can only live underwater...
* Used twice in ''[[Eight 8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]''--first when Bikke tries to attack the Light Warriors with his pirate minions, only to discover that they are all dead or dying of scurvy because he was [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/11/23/episode-218-foiled-again/ too cheap to buy supplies]. Later happens to Thief, who [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/05/15/episode-846-ninja-chow/ forgot to feed his lawninja].
{{quote| '''Black Mage''': [[Lampshade Hanging|I don't get it. If they're dead then how did they know when to deploy? Hell, how have they been following us?]]<br />
'''Thief''': They are '''exceptionally''' trained. }}
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