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Regardless of how the character came by his negative opinion of the despised group, this trope almost always leads to [[An Aesop]] about how all members of a group are individuals and should be treated as such and not be negatively stereotyped just because the last AB-positive you met killed your entire family and ate your dog. Not all AB-positives are evil! Thus, stating "Never Trust a (whatever)!" is just [[Tempting Fate]].
A slightly modified version of the trigger statement might be expressed as "Only '''they''' are ever '''Like That'''"
Obviously this is subverted if it turns out that, whoops, yes, [[Exclusively Evil|all AB-positives are in fact evil]] and [[The Farmer and the Viper|not to be trusted.]] It's [[In the Blood]], as it were. Normally only done in cases of [[Fantastic Racism]], although certain authors actually try to make [[Real Life]] groups fit this mold. We don't like those authors.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' parodied this - actually using [[Personality Blood Types|blood type AB]] as their example. [[The Straight Man]] Haruhi brushes this off as
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{{quote|'''Herod:''' Well, just one more piece, then I'm done. ''Trust no one'', my friend, no one. Not your most grateful freedman. Not your most intimate friend. Not your dearest child. Not the wife of your bosom. Trust no one.
'''Claudius:''' No one? Not even you? }}
** In the book, Herod gives Claudius this advice repeatedly, and he's absolutely right. Claudius once writes him a letter saying that he has taken Herod's advice and trusts no
* [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] in one episode of ''Father of the Pride'', where the [[Moral of the Story]] is that just because somebody's from a poor minority group doesn't mean they're incapable of crime.
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== Real Life ==
* [[wikipedia:Epimenides paradox|"All Cretans are liars"]]
* "Never trust a man with [[Two First Names]]."
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