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== Anime ==
* ''[[Baccano!]]'' has a notable example. {{spoiler|Ronnie, the demon with the immortality elixir,}} has this power, noted its drawbacks, and ''turns it off''.
* [[Knight Templar]] slash [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] Enrico Pucci seeks to invoke this in Part 6 of ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure|Jojo's Bizarre Adventure]]''. His belief is that if mankind already knows what their futures hold for them, there will be no more reason for war or suffering, since all the uncertainty will be taken out of life. In order to pull this off, Pucci {{spoiler|''resets all of existence'' by speeding up time to the point of the universe's destruction and recreation. However, he stops just short of a full cycle in order to finish off [[Tagalong Kid|Emporio Alnino]], the only one of the good guys who wasn't [[Killed Off for Real]]. [[Hoist by His Own Petard|This is Pucci's undoing]], as Emporio pulls out an [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower]] to finish off Pucci for good.}}
* This is what Eriol claims was Clow Reed's motivation for setting events in motion to pass his powers on to ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]''. ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' and ''[[xxxHolic]]'', however, present an [[Reality Warper|altogether]] [[Power Incontinence|different]] [[Undead|reason]].
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'' gives us the Oracle Twins. One of them always sees bad futures, and has become so used to hearing bad news that everything makes her bright and perky. She is not an example of this trope. The other sister, however, only sees good futures, and in the spirit of this trope acts unenthusiastic all the time due to having all of the surprises taken out of life.
* The protagonist of ''[[All Dogs Go to Heaven]]'' discovers a book in which all his future actions are written, and learns that in heaven, there are absolutely no surprises. The book didn't predict that he would ''flee heaven'' because of this.
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