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'''[[Baleful Polymorph|Piglet!Yugo]]:''' *Oink*<br />

'''[[Baleful Polymorph|Piglet!Amalia]]:''' *Oink*<br />

A character is (sometimes, quite specifically) warned of the horrible things that can happen if they do '''Action A'''. [[Cassandra Truth|They blow off the warnings]]. After the terrible things happen, [[The Cassandra]] then informs them they have no-one to blame but themselves.

'''Bob:''' [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|What's the worst that can happen]]?<br />

''([[It Got Worse|terrible things happen]])''<br />

== Comic Books ==

* In [[Bone]], Lucius warns the regulars at his tavern not to be taken in by Phoney Bone's Mystery Cow scam. They don't listen to him (or rather, they do, but Phoney tricks them all over again), so after the race ends and the con is exposed, the townsfolk want to lynch Phoney, but are held off by Lucius, who later points out that they have no-one else to blame but themselves for being swindled;

* In their college years, [[Fantastic Four|Reed Richards]] warned [[Doctor Doom|Victor von Doom]] that he made a few miscalculations that would cause his new invention to malfunction. Victor didn't listen and the machine blew up in his face. Literally. Victor's oh-so-reasonable response was to drop out of college, build a suit of [[Powered Armor]], take over a country, and spend the rest of his life trying to ruin the lives of Reed Richards and his loved ones.

== Fan Works ==

* In the ''[[Bleach]]'' fic ''[[Hogyoku Ex Machina]]'', when Ishida warns Mayuri (not very hard, mind you) that it wouldn't be a good idea to have Ichigo attempt to place his [[Battle Aura|reiatsu]] into a rare and valuable crystal because he's clumsy, Mayuri blows him off. Then Ichigo (having a ''massive'' amount of reiatsu and no control over it, [[Unskilled but Strong|hence “clumsy”]]) makes the crystal explode.

'''Ishida:''' I told you so. }}

== Films -- Live-Action ==

* ''[[The Book of Eli]]'': In the first fifteen minutes of the movie, when the raider shoves Eli.

* ''[[The Dark Knight Saga]]''

** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] with:

'''[[Servile Snarker|Alfred]]:''' On that day, Master Wayne, even I won't want to. Probably. }}

** And its [[Ironic Echo]]...

'''Alfred:''' Today I don't want to. ''(they start to walk out)'' But I did bloody tell you. }}

* ''[[Ghostbusters]]'': [[Obstructive Bureaucrat|Walter Peck]] orders a Con Edison worker to shut off power to the Ecto-containment grid despite warnings from [[The Smart Guy|Egon Spengler]], [[Kavorka Man|Peter Venkman]], ''and the Con Ed worker''.

'''Stantz:''' Everything was fine with the system, until the power grid was shut off by dickless here. }}

* ''[[Gremlins]]''

:: Randall Peltzer acquires a mogwai anyway. Warnings about them are ignored and the gremlins run wild.

:: Ironically, the warnings ''were'' heeded. The mistake came from ''trusting an analog clock that turned out to be stopped'' because the evil Mogwai (later Gremlin) Spike had sabotaged it. The "do not get them wet" rule being broken was an accident.

* ''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]]'': After K shoots Jeebs:

* ''[[Monty Python and The Holy Grail]]'': Tim the Enchanter warns King Arthur about the deadly Rabbit of Caerbannog but Arthur doesn't believe him. During the battle three of Arthur's knights are killed by the Rabbit, including one who has his throat ripped out.

* ''[[The Goonies]]'': After realizing they're dealing with the wanted Fratelli gang.

* ''[[I, Robot (film)|I Robot]]'' has "Somehow, 'I told you so' doesn't quite say it." when the robots start rebelling. Or words to that effect.

* In the first of ''[[The Mummy Trilogy]]'' remake when the Americans find Imhotep's tomb and one of them reads the warning etched on it. Their guide (and [[Dirty Coward]]) Beni runs off yelling to beware the curse. They don't believe him thinking he's being superstitious. Of course Imhotep gets loose and starts draining the life of those that opened the casket. One of the Americans manages to escape but with his eyes and tongue taken. As the surviving American rests at a hotel, Beni (now working for Imhotep) tricks said American into meeting with a healer who is really Imhotep in disguise. Before the American is drained, Beni tells him that he did warn them not to open the tomb.

* In ''[[Codex Alera]]'', thanks to being [[Mindlink Mates]], Tavi and Kitai preempt the other saying this because they can ''feel'' the smug amusement on multiple occasions.

* Twice, pretty much word for word, in ''[[Darkness Visible]]''. The second time is a callback to the first.

{{spoiler|'''Lewis:''' Very well then, Wilson, stay and gibber in your precious office,’ I told him crossly. ‘But if we fail, consider this as me saying “I bloody warned you!}} }}

* Polly to Digory in ''[[The Magicians Nephew]]'' after he falls for the [[Shmuck Bait]] that [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|wakes up the White Witch]]. In ''[[Prince Caspian]]'', when it turns out that Lucy was right about the route the group should have taken and they'll have to go back the way they came, Peter congratulates her on pointing this out ''without'' saying "I told you so."

== Live-Action TV ==

* ''[[Babylon 5]]'', episode "Severed Dreams":

* ''[[Doctor Who]]''

** From the episode "School Reunion":

'''Mickey Smith:''' Though I have prepared a little "I was right" dance which I can show you later. }}

** The Doctor also plays this line for drama ''all the time''. Especially Ten. It goes with his 'I'm giving you a chance' mantra, which the [[Monster of the Week]] almost invariably ignores.

** He says it verbatim in "Runaway Bride" after blowing up and drowning the last of the Racnoss.

* In ''[[Coach]]'' Hayden go to say this over and over after his [[Women Are Wiser|wiser]] wife Christine finally makes a mistake and gets arrested after a rowdy bachelorette party by not listening to him.

* In the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "2010", Jack O'Neill is very much in "I told you so" mode from the beginning; if they had listened to his warnings about the Aschen ten years ago, they wouldn't need to [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]] now by using the Stargate as a time machine.

== Video Games ==

* In ''[[LA Noire]]'', {{spoiler|1=Cole is planning on investigating Elysian Fields which McKelty, the captain of the Arson desk, finds that unacceptable}}.

{{spoiler|1='''McKelty:''' You're about to do what? Leland Monroe, he's a personal friend of the Mayor and the Chief. Are you out of your mind?! I'm warning you, Phelps.}} }}

* ''[[Heavy Rain]]'' would have this case when {{spoiler|Norman is planning of accusing Blake of being the Origami Killer}}.

{{spoiler|'''Blake:''' Watch your fucking mouth, Norman. You're about to make the biggest mistake of your life.}} }}

* In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood|Assassin's Creed Brotherhood]]'', Claudia's Jerk Ass (former) boyfriend Ducio (who Ezio beat the crap out of for abusing her) makes a return as a ship captain that got his hands on 3 of [[Da Vinci]]'s paintings that Ezio needs. Ducio, who has no idea that Ezio has become [[Mugging the Monster|a master Assassin]], begins mouthing off, thinking that his crew will back him up. Ezio drops a rather ominous "I am warning you", and Ducio, not taking the hint, begins trashing Claudia. Ezio decks Ducio with a punch to the face and proceeds to mop the floor with him and his crew. Much fun is had for the player.

* Defied in [http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/06-yesterday-was-thursday/ron/ a strip] of ''[[Dumbing of Age]]''.

* ''[[Our Little Adventure]]'' has a lovely example [http://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0233.html from Julie to Angelika.]

* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'', [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0556.html "Nuthin' but Net"]: Elan, Durkon and Daigo are caught in a trap left by island orcs. Durkon and Daigo get out and try to leave, despite Elan begging them to return under the net... Cue the orcs immediately catching Durkon and Daigo and beating them up.

* In ''[[Ben 10]]'', one episode starts with Gwen warning Ben against playing around with the Omnitrix when he doesn't understand it. After accidentally breaking off a part and trying to fix it with gum, it starts changing him into counterproductive alien hybrids. In a [[Running Gag]], Gwen refuses to make the expected "I told you so" speech, which drives Ben crazy waiting for it.

* ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force|Ben 10 Alien Force]]'' episode "Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 2"

'''Ben Tennyson:''' I was just trying to...<br />

'''Azmuth:''' Defy my instructions. Well, you have succeeded! The escape geno types...<br />

** A [[Running Gag]] in the episode "In the Closet", in which [[Ax Crazy|Murphy]] sucker-punches everyone who enters the utility closet they're locked in, declaring "I warned him," when the closest he comes to a warning is "stop it," and then only [[Inverted Trope|half the time]].

** In the same episode, however, the trope is played straight when Marco warns Sparks that the door is broken.

'''Sparks:''' You just press the... you ju... [[Captain Obvious|The door's broken]]. Wha-wha-wha-what the hell?<br />

'''Marco:''' ''Idiota! Cabeza de piedras!'' }}

* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'': "Lisa the Vegetarian," after Lisa has twice questioned the use of meat and her teacher/Lunchlady pressed the "Independent thought alarm."

'''Willie:''' I warned ye! Didn't I warn ye?! That colored chalk was forged by Lucifer himself! }}

* In ''[[American Dad]]'', {{spoiler|Stan once framed his wife for murder just so he wouldn't have to hear her say this}}. This episode is even titled "Four Little Words". He realized, though, that he could circumvent this by admitting his guilt before Francine has a chance to say it. It doesn't make her any less enraged, though.