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Compare and contrast to [[Unwanted Harem]]. See also [[Gone Horribly Right]], where a character gets exactly what they wanted, only to realise that what they wanted wasn't in their own best interests.
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* Al Bundy, on ''[[Married With Children]]'', talked at length about the Bundy Curse, which assured that any good luck would be matched with an equal amount of bad luck as soon as he admitted he was getting lucky.
** This curse is put on its head in one episode where Al gets a whole slew of luck, and he fears he's going to die.
*** It didn't go quite that far, but was almost as bad. [[Yank the
* Though this never happened in ''[[Charmed (TV)|Charmed]]'', Piper had a perpetual fear that, whenever she felt contented, something (generally a [[Monster of the Week]]) would come along and ruin it.
** This could in fact be a real danger and weapon for in-universe Wicca. Magic tends to balance and use of the magic for selfish purposes will cause an eventual backlash. Bless somebody with good luck using magic and eventually the scales will balance violently.
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