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* In ''[[Angel]]'', the prophecy that {{spoiler|Angel will kill his son}} turns out to be a demonic fake. The demon in question spent the last few hundred years perverting it so that the real prophecy wouldn't come true. ''Both versions'' end up happening.

** Slightly subverted on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' though; the prophecy about Buffy says she's going to die to free The Master - she does, she recovers, and is more or less prophecy-free from there on out.

* Similarly, ''[[Babylon 5]]'' is full of prophecies, and Narns are the only species with no telepaths. When Narn Ambassador G'Kar yells in the first season that one night, the Centauri will awaken to find the Narn's teeth at their throat, it's clearly just ambassadorial bluster...that also happens to come true, {{spoiler|near the very end of the show}}.

** Played straighter with all the other prophecies—whether via Centauri death-dream, Vorlon vagueness, [[Stable Time Loop]], or whatever Lorien's deal was, they all get taken utterly seriously, met with trepidation and some degree of fatalism by all parties involved.

* Abed from ''[[Community]]'' makes several predictions weeks to hours in advance about [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|actions, conversations, and menstruation cycles]] of the rest of the study group. Every last one is shown on screen or implied to be correct.

* In ''[[Lexx]]'' the time prophets could see into the distant past and because [[Eternal Recurrence|time is cyclic]] in the two universes it meant they could effectively predict the future. One of them predicted that His Divine Shadow would wipe out the [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Brunnen-G]] and [[Genocide Backfire|then one of them]] would end his reign. Sure enough, the Shadow destroyed the Brunnen-G and reanimated one warrior as an undead assassin, only for said warrior to regain his free will and fulfill his destiny 2,008 years later.

 

* ''[[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]'' has a subversion in one of the playable archetypes: The tribe of the character is known for its oracles and she utters quite a few prophecies. However, she never learnt the rite for receiving them and just makes them up as she goes to lend her own plans more weight than they'd be afforded otherwise since she is a Metis (shameful and near-outcast offspring of two werewolves mating with each other).

 

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* ''[[Dominic Deegan]], Oracle for Hire'': This trope is subverted. Most of Dominic's prophesies are only possibilities, and he has been known to become a [[Chessmaster]] and manipulate everyone so that the most desirable possibility comes true. The one time he ''does'' get a vision that is unavoidable, the [[Tonight Someone Dies|Fated Fatal]], it only tells him ''that'' someone will die, with no clue as to who, when, or how.

* In ''[[Hitmen for Destiny]]'' there is an organization called Destiny and it's job is to ensure that various prophecies are fulfilled {{spoiler|due to the fact that it's a moneymaking venture and destiny, their moneymaker, is fallible}}. The point of this is discussed in spoilerific detail [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/thorsby/destiny/series.php?view=archive&chapter=40932 here].

* In ''The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny'', it's prophesied that "only one will survive--" and it comes true: {{spoiler|Mr. Rogers!}}

 

== Western Animation ==

{{quote|''Sokka: But the fortuneteller was wrong! You didn't have a safe journey, you were almost killed!''

''Old Man: But I wasn't! Alright, have a good one...'' }}

* ''[[Winx Club]]'': Subversion: {{spoiler|When giving the Winx the Black Gift, the ethereal fairies specifically say "More than one human being could be beyond life's threshold, but you may rescue one person. This is the prophecy, Winx." The next scene seems to suggest that there would be a dilemma between using it on Duman or someone else (many were expecting Bloom, from the trailer that followed the episode). As it turns out, Duman has long been destroyed before the Black Gift comes into play, leaving only Nabu in danger. And then when Layla decides to summon the Black Gift to use on Nabu, Ogron takes it away and uses it on a flower, meaning that it is neither used by the Winx, nor on a person.}}

* ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'': [[Executive Meddling]] actually ''prevented'' the fulfillment of at least one aspect of a prophecy in the finale. See [[Executive Meddling]] for details.

* Double Subverted in ''[[Kim Possible]]'', when foreign exchange student/heir to his country's throne, Prince Wally, is almost killed in an assassination attempt to fulfill an ancient prophecy that the country's monarchy will end with Prince Wally. The characters pat themselves on the back for a good job averting the prophecy, when Wally, impressed with Democracy, claims he will [[Abdicate the Throne]]. Thus fulfilling the prophecy.

 

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