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* In the TED Klein story ''Nadelman's God'', Nadelman, a guy who once wrote a poem about a vengeful, [[God Is Evil|evil god]] gets an obsessive fan who tries to make a trash golem as in the poem. On receiving one stalking call too many, Nadelman yells "I wish you and your mother were out of my life!" down the phone. Unfortunately, it's the golem who's on the line and it [[Literal Genie|puts the creepy fan and his mother out of everyone's life]].

* In ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' {{spoiler|It is eventually revealed that the assassination attempt on Bran is this. King Robert mentioned how it would be better if Bran were simply put out of his misery after his injury. Prince Joffrey, having heard this, steals one of his father's knives and commissions a killer to do the deed.}}

{{quote|She had learned to be careful not to wish for anything that might be achievable by some small, determined, strong, fearless, and fast men who were also not above giving someone a good kicking if they felt like it. }}

* Invoked in ''[[Sailor Nothing]]''. The [[Alpha Bitch]] Ami has been a thorn in the side for the heroes for all of the story, with pretty much all of them having some sort of grudge against her. {{spoiler|Thus, in order to show the heroes just what it means to ''hate'' somebody, [[The Dragon|Argon]] decides to [[Fate Worse Than Death|give them what they want]], or ''thought'' they want until they actually saw what it entailed.}}

 

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