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* In one of ''[[Devil May Cry: The Animated Series|Devil May Cry]]'' TV series there was a genie who offers to grant your wish, but he will not grant your wish to be rich or beautiful, because "it's impossible" or "I don't like the idea." Instead he will stalk you and wait until you say to someone: "I wish you die."

* In a chapter of a ''[[Doraemon]]'' manga, Doraemon introduces a robot genie that is literally this trope. Incapable of magic, the robot goes out to ''rob'' and even ''abduct'' people to fulfill Nobita's wishes. Though in this case, the jackass part is that it's a jackass to the people it's robbing/abducting and ''not'' to Nobita.

* Kameo from ''[[~~Jo Jo~~'s ~~Bizarre Adventure|Jo Jos~~ Bizarre Adventure]]'' fit this role to perfection (not surprisingly, as he was one of Dio's servants). He encountered Polnareff alone and promised him 3 wishes. Polnareff first wished for gold, and at first Kameo seemed honest, creating a glittering pile of treasure with no negative effects whatsoever. Then Polnareff remembered his guilt over not being able to save Sherry or Avdol and wished that they both be brought back to life. Kameo interpreted this as ''two'' wishes (giving Polanreff no way to escape the consequences), then leaded Polnareff to his newly-raised sister and ally...which were actually twisted simulacrums that promptly attempted to kill him.

* Kameo from ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' fit this role to perfection (not surprisingly, as he was one of Dio's servants). He encountered Polnareff alone and promised him 3 wishes. Polnareff first wished for gold, and at first Kameo seemed honest, creating a glittering pile of treasure with no negative effects whatsoever. Then Polnareff remembered his guilt over not being able to save Sherry or Avdol and wished that they both be brought back to life. Kameo interpreted this as ''two'' wishes (giving Polanreff no way to escape the consequences), then leaded Polnareff to his newly-raised sister and ally...which were actually twisted simulacrums that promptly attempted to kill him.

* Romeo from ''Make 5 Wishes''. To make it even worse, the first, small wish that Hanna asks for, for her crush to finally notice her, is granted without any ill effects at all, leading to her becoming more bold and making bigger wishes that backfire on her horribly. For the fifth and final wish, {{spoiler|she thinks he's screwed her over again, but he hasn't. She just doesn't ''realize'' that the fifth wish was granted exactly as she wanted.}}

* The wish-granting devil in ''[[Dorohedoro]]'' prefers to grant wishes that are stupid or selfish. The main characters figure this out, and realize that he can be manipulated into granting selfless wishes if they're phrased in such a way as to sound selfish.

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{{quote|'''Genie:''' Let me get this straight. You want me to ''raze'' all your ability scores...?}}

* One [[GURPS]] supplement offers a perk that causes any wish the character makes to err in his favor automatically specifically to avoid players writing out multipage wishes to avoid getting screwed over. Needless to say it's a tad over-powered for what should be a relatively minor ability.

* In ''[[Warhammer]]'', Daemons of Tzeentch love using this trope. It helps that most people are too terrified by their appearance to focus on wording the wish correctly.

* In ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'', Daemons of Tzeentch love using this trope. It helps that most people are too terrified by their appearance to focus on wording the wish correctly.

** Example: ''Warhammer'' spinoff game ''Mordheim'' features a character who made the mistake of wishing for a Lord of Change to make him the greatest mage in the world. The daemon did just that, making him 15 feet tall.

*** [[Square-Cube Law]]+ [[Squishy Wizard]]?