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{{trope}}
{{quote|'''Jaime:''' I just wish I could meet a cute girl who'd be okay with all the weird.
'''Traci 13:''' ''(teleporting into the room)'' Are you Jaime Reyes? The Blue Beetle?
'''Paco:''' ''(jaw gaping)'' Say "I wish for a Porsche" before it wears off! ''Say "I wish for a Porsche" before it wears off!''|''[[Blue Beetle]]''}}
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Compare [[Cue the Flying Pigs]] and [[Be Careful What You Wish For]], where the unexpected thing is a [[Deus Ex Machina]].
{{examples|Examples}}▼
== [[Advertising]] ==
* There is a State Farm commercial that runs like this; one of the characters sitting around wishes they had reliable insurance, and a State Farm agent occurs. They then proceed to wish for a variety of increasing luxuries such as a sandwich, a pool table, and a hot tub, which all appear. They then wish for a woman (the girl from 4b). The original had the typical version inverted: a group of girls wish for a hot guy with consecutively more exotic qualities. One of the follow-ups has a fighting couple wish for new partners, when the man and woman transform into more attractive versions of themselves. Of course, the woman berates the guy for wishing her more attractive, ''[[Double Standard|when she did it to him first.]]''
== [[Comic Books]] ==▼
▲== Comic Books ==
* Happens in the ''[[Blue Beetle]]'', as mentioned in the page quote.
== [[Fan Works]] ==▼
* From a ''[[Zits (Comic Strip)|Zits]]'' strip:▼
{{quote| '''Jeremy:''' WOULD IT BE SO TERRIBLE IF SOMETHING INTERESTING ACTUALLY HAPPENED DURING THIS STUPID VACATION?!<br />▼
'''Hot Girl:''' ''(appears out of nowhere)'' Hi!<br />▼
'''Jeremy:''' And as long as you're at it, would it be so terrible if I had a million bucks, too? }}▼
* The author of ''[[The Perishers (Comic Strip)|The Perishers]]'' confesses to playing with this trope after noticing that he invariably came into possession of things resembling things he had recently introduced into the comic. This was his entire motivation in creating the character of Fiscal Yere, an incredibly rich child. It didn't work.▼
▲== Fan Works ==
* ''[[Vision of Escaflowne Abridged]]'' has it... Then later a callback to Lampshade.
== [[Film]] ==
* From ''[[Robots]]'':
{{quote|
''(angry mob runs past the window)''
'''Fender:''' Wow! That was great, psychic friend! Now say, "Money should be falling from the sky!" }}
* ''[[Dogma]]'': "Guys like us don't just fall out of the fuckin' sky, you know!" Cue man falling from the sky right in front of them. "Beautiful, naked, big-tittied women just don't fall out of the sky, you know!"
== [[Literature]] ==▼
▲== Literature ==
** From ''[[
▲* ''[[Discworld (Literature)|Discworld]]''
▲** From ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Hogfather|Hogfather]]'' comes the closest thing to deconstructing this trope:
▲{{quote| '''Susan:''' You're calling things into being.<br />
'''The Dean:''' Things like the Give the Dean a Huge Bag of Money Goblin? }}
** During the play near the end of ''[[
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* The ''[[
{{quote|
'''Buffy:''' I'm here!
'''Willow:''' I wish I had a million dollars! }}
* In the Pilot of ''[[Friends]]'', Ross says, "I just want to be married again" right before Rachel appears wearing a wedding dress. Chandler immediately jumps in, "And ''I'' just want a million dollars!"
* Played with in ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', when House says that stating things doesn't make them true and, to demonstrate, shuts his eyes and declares, [[All Guys Want Cheerleaders|"I am surrounded by naked cheerleaders!"]] Nothing happens, of course, and he opens his eyes again and says, "See?"
* In "Rising", the pilot episode of ''[[
* From ''[[Not Going Out]]'':
{{quote|
''([[The Ditz|the cleaner]] walks in)''
'''Lee:''' Honestly, who do you know that's a beautiful nymphomaniac rich widow?
''(nothing happens)''
'''Lee:''' Oh, so it's just the one wish then. }}
* Shortly after [[
{{quote|
* In the episode "[[Chuck]] Versus the Gravitron":
{{quote|
''(they do)''
'''Morgan:''' I could have asked for anything! Swedish bikini team. Uh, DeLorean, flying DeLorean! }}
** What's even better is that like two episodes later he ''gets'' a DeLorean.
* ''[[
{{quote|
''(Dr. Cox walks in, starts working with him)''
'''J.D.:''' Every time I think something, the opposite happens... I am ''so'' not getting laid this weekend.
'''Hideous Patient:''' You're cute. }}
* ''[[
{{quote|
'''Trick:''' ''(takes out a big book)''
'''Bo:''' I also want a pony. }}
* Ethan from ''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]]''. In the opening two-parter, while he and the other soon-to-be Rangers are looking for Kira, he mentions that it's "not like she's just gonna fall out of the sky and land right in front of us." Kira promptly drops out of the villain's [[Portal Network]] and lands on the hood of their car. Ethan then waits until the ''end'' of the season before completing the
{{quote|
'''Kira:''' Were you knocked on the head or something?
'''Ethan:''' What? Last time I did that, it worked. ''(the missing characters appear)'' See? }}
▲{{quote|
▲'''Jeremy:''' And as long as you're at it, would it be so terrible if I had a million bucks, too? }}
▲* The author of ''[[
== [[Web Animation]] ==
* From ''[[The Demented Cartoon Movie]]'':
{{quote|
''(it happens, killing him)''
'''Guy 2:''' You know what? It would suck if a large generic wad of cash were to appear right in front of me that I could do whatever I wanted with. Huh? Huh??
''(a shoe kicks his head off)'' }}
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0069.html This happens] in ''[[The Order of the Stick
▲== Web Comics ==
▲* [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0069.html This happens] in ''[[Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]''.
▲{{quote| '''Roy:''' I really wish we had someone who could fly us out of here.<br />
▲''(a turned-to-stone sylph falls from the ceiling)''<br />
▲'''Roy:''' GAAAH!<br />
▲''([[Beat Panel]])''<br />
'''Haley: I really wish I had a bajillion gold pieces!!''' }}
* In [http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020705 this comic] from ''[[
{{quote|
'''Tamara:''' Buddy's been kidnapped!
'''Dewey:''' Mira Sorvino! I wish for a date with Mira Sorvino! }}
* This is lampshaded in ''[[
{{quote|
''(cue long pause while her two companions wait for something to fall out of the sky)''
'''Yodette:''' What are you guys looking for?
'''Baka:''' Well after a comment like that I half-expected a goblin to fall out of the sky due to unrelated circumstances.
'''Short Archer:''' Yeah, me too.
'''Yodette:''' That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
''(Dies-Horribly [a goblin] then falls off of the overhanging cliff and into the river; cue smug looks from the other two)'' }}
* ''[[Dinosaur Comics]]'' does it [http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=1495 here].
* In [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1543 a strip] of ''[[
{{quote|
* Used in a ''Little Dee'' strip [https://web.archive.org/web/20100620092800/http://littledee.net/archive/20100125.html strip]:
{{quote|
''(Henry-Henry crashes them)''
'''Vachel:''' I meant to say, "We're gonna land before Henry-Henry gives us ice cream and leads us gently into landing!"
'''Ted:''' I don't suspect that's gonna work.
'''Vachel:''' Hey, it was worth a try! }}
* Perfectly set up in [https://web.archive.org/web/20120628161630/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=684&overview=1&chibi=1&cover=1&page=1&check=1 this] ''[[
* ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' did this a while ago [http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2001/02/16 right here]. They never did get those doughnuts, though.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* On [[
==
* ''[[
▲* On [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]] review of [[Snick]], he declares that [[Hypocritical Humor|anyone who shouts all the time]] should be shot,<ref>He is shot in the forehead.</ref> unshot,<ref>The bullet hole disappears.</ref> and given a big bag of money.<ref>Unusually, he immediately receives a bag of money.</ref> He then asks for and receives some lounge music too.
▲* ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'': A man tells his wife to imagine "a happy healthy baby boy at play. Now put him in a magic bubble and release him into the universe." When Stewie, in a bubble, rolls by, the man tells his wife to imagine Lindsay Lohan naked and doing a backwards crab walk. Later on, Lohan appears at Peter's door doing just that.
* First episode of ''[[Drawn Together]]'':
{{quote|
'''Foxxy Love:''' Bling-bling, Foxxy's in the house!
'''Captain Hero:''' I wish we had [[Dead Baby Comedy|a 12-year-old girl and a donkey!]] ''(nothing happens)'' Damn! }}
** The wish actually does come true in a later episode.
* Homer tries this in one episode of ''[[The Simpsons (
{{quote|
''(lightning strikes him)''
'''Homer:''' Hmmm... I sure hope there isn't an ice-cream round!
''(lightning strikes him again)'' }}
* ''[[Clone High]]'': after a [[Tempting Fate|"It can't get any worse"]]:
{{quote|
'''Abe:''' That's not how it works, Gandhi.
''(Abe leaves, and a butterfly appears carrying a dollar bill for Gandhi)'' }}
* ''[[
{{quote|
''(talisman detector glows)''
"I wish I had a million bucks!" }}
* ''[[The Fairly
{{quote|
''(Poof comes flying through the window)''
'''Cosmo:''' Cool. Let me try. I miss rump roasts! Come on, rump roasts! }}
* In the ''[[
{{quote|
(''a battery cart falls out of the sky'')
'''Wife:''' Okay... what did you think, a million dollars was just going to fall out of the sky?
'''Farmer:''' It doesn't work that way.
'''Wife:''' Well, how ''does'' it work, then?! }}
** In ''[[Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across
* Happens in the ''[[Back
{{quote|
''(woman drives up to the farm)''
'''Freddy:''' You can't expect a plate of boneless chicken to just drop out of nowhere. ''(nothing happens)'' I'M WAITING! }}
** [[Brick Joke|And later, he's still waiting.]]
== [[Real Life]] ==▼
▲== Real Life ==
* The standard way of saying "Speak of the Devil!" in Egyptian Arabic is to say (translated) "Would that I had said 'a million pounds'!" (or some other large sum of money). This is occasionally turned into "Would that I had said 'a quarter-pound piece'!" (either as an insult or jokingly with friends). (For those not in the know, a quarter of an Egyptian pound is worth slightly more than four cents.)
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