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** In addition to repeatedly breaking into Dexter's apartment and leaving no trace, the Ice Truck Killer (acting alone) [[Determinator|once retrieved one of Dexter's victims from the bottom of the ocean OVERNIGHT just to mess with him.]]
* [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] in ''[[The West Wing]]''--after a day of chasing down a leak, and not being able to find it, C.J. finally snaps at Toby...
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** Keep in mind, however, that {{spoiler|Dan was sent to his castle by another Creature with plans of her own.}}
* [[Lawful Evil]] villain [[Order of the Stick|Redcloak]] hangs a lampshade this, about all the background work he does in running the empire which [[Chaotic Stupid|Xykon]], the [[Big Bad]], rules thanks in large part to Redcloak:
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* ''[[Xkcd]]'' used this [http://www.xkcd.com/282/ Mussolini for a pun].
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* There are a few occasions in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' where the bad guys' army seems to be thwarted by incompetence of and poor communication between its forces which have nothing to do with the actions of the protagonists.
* Lampshaded in ''[[The Emperor's New Groove|The Emperors New Groove]]'', when Kronk and Yzma make it back to the palace before Kuzco and Pacha ''in spite of'' having a delay.
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'''Yzma''': I - How ''did'' we get here before them, Kronk?
'''Kronk''' You got me. (Displays a map that shows them having fallen into a ravine) By all accounts it doesn't make sense. }}
* Averted in ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]''. Maleficent spends years trying to find Aurora to no avail, only to discover that her cronies have spent 16 years looking for an infant.
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