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{{quote|'''Sadlygrove:''' Yugo? Amalia?
'''[[Baleful Polymorph|Piglet!Yugo]]:''' *Oink*
'''[[Baleful Polymorph|Piglet!Amalia]]:''' *Oink*
'''Sadlygrove:''' I wouldn't want to play the "I warned you" card... ''(deep breath)'' '''[[Hypocritical Humor|BUT I WARNED YOU!]]'''|''[[Wakfu]]'', "The Dragon-Pig"}}
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.
{{quote|'''Alice:''' Do not take the [[Shmuck Bait]]. If you do, [[It Got Worse|terrible things will happen]]. Do not [[Tempting Fate|tempt fate]].
'''Bob:''' [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|What's the worst that can happen]]?
''([[It Got Worse|terrible things happen]])''
'''Alice:''' I Warned You. }}
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* 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"
{{quote|'''Azmuth:''' Ben Tennyson, I warned you of the consequences of tampering with the [[Transformation Trinket|Omnitrix]].
'''Ben Tennyson:''' I was just trying to...
'''Azmuth:''' Defy my instructions. Well, you have succeeded! The escape geno types...
'''Ben Tennyson:''' What?
'''Azmuth:''' Your [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|transformations]]. They will perish if they aren't restored to the Omnitrix [[Timed Mission|in 24 hours]]. And if they do, their powers will be [[Lost Forever|lost to you forever]]! }}
* ''[[Sealab 2021]]''
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{{quote|'''Sparks:''' ''(closing door)'' It's not broken, you just...
''(the door fails to open)''
'''Sparks:''' You just press the... you ju... [[Captain Obvious|The door's broken]]. Wha-wha-wha-what the hell?
'''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."
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