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== Comic Strips ==
* 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.
 
 
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== Literature ==
* ''[[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 ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Wyrd Sisters|Wyrd Sisters]]'', Hwel the playwright laments the poor special effects he's forced to use after the tin sheet used to make thunder gets bent, and shouts to the heavens that all he wanted was a decent [[Dramatic Thunder|dramatic thunderstorm]]. As one starts up, he wonders to himself if he should have asked for a wind machine while he was at it.
 
 
== Live-Action TV ==
* The ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode "Triangle":
{{quote| '''Willow:''' I wish Buffy was here!<br />
'''Buffy:''' I'm here!<br />
'''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 ''[[Stargate Atlantis (TV)|Stargate Atlantis]]'', Major Sheppard declares that he's been thinking how to find his kidnapped comrades on a Wraith-controlled planet. Immediately, the telepathic ship delivers him a life-signs detector. Then he says, "Now I'm thinking about a nice turkey sandwich." Nothing happens, and Lieutenant Ford remarks, "Worth a try."
* From ''[[Not Going Out]]'':
{{quote| '''Lee:''' Honestly, who do you know who could break a passport?<br />
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'''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.
* ''[[Scrubs (TV)|Scrubs]]'':
{{quote| '''J.D.:''' ''(inner monologue)'' It was weird thinking I'd never work with Dr. Cox again...<br />
''(Dr. Cox walks in, starts working with him)''<br />
'''J.D.:''' Every time I think something, the opposite happens... I am ''so'' not getting laid this weekend.<br />
'''Hideous Patient:''' You're cute. }}
* ''[[Lost Girl (TV)|Lost Girl]]'' #1x08, when Bo is at Trick's for information on the type of Fae that tried to kill her:
{{quote| '''Bo:''' Sorry to keep bugging you with all these questions. It's just, there's so many different types of Fae. I wish there was some kind of book or something to keep track.<br />
'''Trick:''' ''(takes out a big book)''<br />
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== Web Comics ==
* [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0069.html This happens] in ''[[The 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 />
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''([[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 ''[[Unshelved (Webcomic)|Unshelved]]'', Dewey is irritated by the library mascot Buddy the Book Beaver:
{{quote| '''Dewey:''' I wish he would just go away!<br />
'''Tamara:''' Buddy's been kidnapped!<br />
'''Dewey:''' Mira Sorvino! I wish for a date with Mira Sorvino! }}
* This is lampshaded in ''[[Goblins (Webcomic)|Goblins]]'' with the following exchange.
{{quote| '''Yodette:''' Will you two cut it out? We're supposed to be hunting goblins, and standing here arguing is not going to make them just fall out of the sky!<br />
''(cue long pause while her two companions wait for something to fall out of the sky)''<br />
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''(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 ''[[Questionable Content (Webcomic)|Questionable Content]]'':
{{quote| '''Marten:''' Dear universe: If this is really how you work, may I please have a 1952 Telecaster?}}
* Used in a ''Little Dee'' strip [http://littledee.net/archive/20100125.html strip]:
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'''Ted:''' I don't suspect that's gonna work.<br />
'''Vachel:''' Hey, it was worth a try! }}
* Perfectly set up in [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=684&overview=1&chibi=1&cover=1&page=1&check=1 this] ''[[Drow TalesDrowtales]]'' strip... but with no extra person to make the second wish.
* [[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 [[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.
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[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| '''Captain Hero:''' I wish we had one of those hot black chicks.<br />
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'''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 (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'':
{{quote| '''Homer:''' I'm sure glad the lightning round's over.<br />
''(lightning strikes him)''<br />
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'''Abe:''' That's not how it works, Gandhi.<br />
''(Abe leaves, and a butterfly appears carrying a dollar bill for Gandhi)'' }}
* ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)|Jackie Chan Adventures]]''
{{quote| "I wish one of them talismans would come to us for a change..."<br />
''(talisman detector glows)''<br />
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''(Poof comes flying through the window)''<br />
'''Cosmo:''' Cool. Let me try. I miss rump roasts! Come on, rump roasts! }}
* In the ''[[Phineas and Ferb (Animation)|Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "Rollercoaster: The Musical!" the [[Recurring Extra|recurring farmer couple]] do this.
{{quote| '''Wife:''' I can't believe you walked all the way to the service station for jumper cables, but you didn't bring the battery cart! What did you think, a battery cart was just gonna fall out of the sky?<br />
(''a battery cart falls out of the sky'')<br />
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'''Farmer:''' It doesn't work that way.<br />
'''Wife:''' Well, how ''does'' it work, then?! }}
** In ''[[Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across Thethe 2nd Dimension]]'', after Candace vanishes into the other dimension, Stacy tries to invoke the "mysterious force" that protects Phineas and Ferb from being busted in order to get Candace back. When Candace walks in, Stacy tries asking the mysterious force for a car.
* Happens in the ''[[Back Atat the Barnyard]]'' episode "The Farmer Takes A Woman".
{{quote| '''Peck:''' Now-now Otis, you can't expect a miracle to just zoom up out of nowhere.<br />
''(woman drives up to the farm)''<br />
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