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* This is what happens in ''[[Dark Sun]]'' when they kill the Dragon which had been plaguing the world. Turns out he and the Sorcerer Kings had been keeping a greater evil Rajaat imprisoned. Whoops.
* Played with as [[Running Gag]] in ''[[Myth Adventures|Myth Inc. In Action]]'', in which Guido and Nunzio enlist in the army to try to sabotage it from within. Every attempt they make to mess with its efficiency and operations, however, not only turns out to ''help'' the army, but gets them involuntarily promoted for their excellent leadership. Nice Job ''Not'' Breaking It, Hero!
* [[Jack Vance (Creator)|Jack Vance]]'s "The Miracle Workers" was set on a planet where human colonists made [[Hollywood Voodoo]] ''work'' to replace their aging technological weapons. When the planet's natives finally decided to attack the humans, one of the "jinxmen" noticed that dying natives spewed a purple foam . Deciding this foam must be associated in the aliens' minds with death, he used his powers to project the image of purple foam into the minds of a large group of natives. Another jinxman explained, "Then he learned that purple foam means not death--purple foam means fear for the safety of the community, purple foam means desperate rage." So he tried to intimidate them with an effect that turned them into [[Determinator|Determinators]]. Oops.
* ''[[Septimus Heap (Literature)|Septimus Heap]]'' has several [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero]] moments:
** Marcia returning to the Castle in ''Magyk''.
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