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== Anime & Manga ==

* Much of the comedy in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' is of this form, applied to Shinji: no matter how well-meaning or responsible he's being, the world will punish him for it, usually via Asuka or Gendou. The show seems to imply that it's somehow his own fault for being such an avoidant [[Extreme Doormat]].

* ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]'' - An interesting... Variation, of sorts, of this trope can be found in the anime, where eternally pessimistic teacher Itoshiki Nozomu's attempts at, [[Chewing the Scenery|in the most dramatic way possible]], explaining what is currently [[Driven to Suicide|driving him to commit suicide]], as well as explaining why it is doing so, usually goes rather well for him... That is, until [[The Pollyanna|impossibly optimistic]], [[Stepford Smiler|or whatever it is]] [[Beware the Nice Ones|she really is]], Fuura Kafuka, ([[Meaningful Name|notice anything about that name?]]) decides to explain her pov, and/or put her spin, on things, at which point reality becomes unhinged and comes tumbling down in a chaotic mess with the accuracy of a precision strike and one single target: Itoshiki Nozomu.

** One prime example could be when she, after Nozomu had ranted about how clumsy people got away with little to no consequences, helpingly(?) tried to teach [[Control Freak|Kitsu]] [[Ax Crazy|Chiri]] how to be a proper [[The Klutz|klutz]]. By the end of the day, Chiri had tipped a bucket full of acid in front of the passing by Nozomu, [[It Makes Sense in Context|cooked a man when mistaking salt and sugar]], gone overkill when she was supposed to burn the food and burned down the entire school instead, and [[Comedic Sociopathy|stabbed Nozomu with a knife, believing he was somebody else]].