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** Subverted in the last episode of ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]''. Master Vile reveals his scheme to turn the Rangers into powerless children and Zedd responds with "I hate to be the one to break the news to you, but we tried this once before and it ''failed''!" Of course, to Zedd's chagrin, Vile's version of the plan worked surprisingly well and came much closer to wiping out the Rangers than Zedd or Rita ever did.

* Lampshaded by the [[Big Bad]] in the first season of ''[[24]]'', when Ira Gaines points out he can still use Jack Bauer's daughter as leverage. Ironically, {{spoiler|Drazen would end up kidnapping Jack's daughter later on and using her in the same fashion}}.

* In the first season of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' The Master, angry that Buffy has been killing so many of his servants, sends a trio of vampire warriors to kill her. They almost do, but Angel shows up and they run away. When they return to report that Angel intervened, he [[You Have Failed Me|has them killed]], and has Darla try to remove Angel as a factor. While this at least shows he's paying attention to what caused the plan to fail, it doesn't change the fact that even if Darla gets rid of Angel, he's just killed off the only vampires he's got who not only survived their encounter, but sent her running.

 

== Webcomics ==

* Mentioned [http://www.captainsnes.com/2005/03/20/good-morning-videoland-episode-16/ here] in ''[[Captain SNES]]'' with regards to ''[[Captain N]]'':