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* ''[[Rentaghost]]'': The Perkins are given a magical amulet that grants all their wishes. They do not realise this, however, and persist in expressing odd wishes, which the amulet then proceeds to grant, usually in a fairly literal manner.
* In ''[[The Collector (TV series)|The Collector]]'', which is all about making [[Deal with the Devil|Deals with the Devil]], the Devil always finds some way for a poorly phrased deal to backfire. For example, the main character's lover dies of [[The Plague]] after his 10-year deal is up because he asked for "more time with her," not that she be fully cured and live.
* A ''[[Mad]]'' magazine comic starts with a guy complaining about how everyone looks down on him and calls him a schmuck, saying things like, "''Schmuck'', you couldn't find a decent job?" or, "''Schmuck'', you couldn't marry a nice girl?" His luck seems to change when he finds a genie, and wishes for "a zillion bucks". When the genie asks ''how'' he wants that, he exclaims, "IN CASH!" and is promptly flattened by a ton of money bags. The genie says, "''Schmuck'', you could have asked for it in a check!"▼
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== Newspaper Comics ==
* In ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'', Calvin is falling from a great height and while searching for some way to save himself, finds his [[Voluntary Transformation|Transmogrifier Gun]], which can turn anything into whatever he's thinking of. He gleefully proclaims "I'll just point it at myself and transmogrify! I'm safe!", at which point he turns into... well, a safe.
== Periodicals ==
▲* A ''[[Mad]]'' magazine comic starts with a guy complaining about how everyone looks down on him and calls him a schmuck, saying things like, "''Schmuck'', you couldn't find a decent job?" or, "''Schmuck'', you couldn't marry a nice girl?" His luck seems to change when he finds a genie, and wishes for "a zillion bucks". When the genie asks ''how'' he wants that, he exclaims, "IN CASH!" and is promptly flattened by a ton of money bags. The genie says, "''Schmuck'', you could have asked for it in a check!"
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