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* In ''[[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|Ah My Goddess]]'', there's a non-death related example in the beginning: Keiichi makes a wish that he didn't think would really be granted, to have a Goddess like Belldandy, whom he just met, stay with him forever.

* Near the beginning of ''[[Monster (Anime)|Monster]]'', Dr. Tenma says in front of the [[Converse With the Unconscious|apparently unconscious]] Johan that his corrupt superiors at the hospital "would be better off dead!" So Johan kills them.

* ''[[Labyrinth (Film)|Labyrinth]]'': When Sarah mutters to her colicky infant brother, "I wish the goblins would come and take you away. Right now," she has no idea they are listening.

* In ''[[Throw Momma From the Train]]'', Owen overhears Larry saying he wished his ex-wife were dead. He tries to kill said ex-wife so Larry will "owe" him the murder of Owen's mother. {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|Turns out the wife survives]], and Larry is not very good at murdering people.}}

* In ''[[The Fifty First State]]'', an unfortunate miscommunication occurs when DeSousa asks one of his assistants to "take care" of a nervous chemist. The assistant then goes into henchman mode, [[Hilarity Ensues|kills the chemist and stuffs him into the car boot]], instead of following the intended meaning which was "[[Don't Explain the Joke|look after him]]".

* In ''[[Oh God|Oh God! You Devil]]'', failed musician Bobby Sheldon, at the end of his rope following yet another boring, low-paying, dead-end gig, says aloud to himself, "I'd sell my soul to make it in this business". Unfortunately for him, the Devil has a habit of noticing when people say things like that.

* In ''[[The Thief of Bagdad (Film)|The Thief of Bagdad]]'', Prince Ahmad sees the princess in an All-Seeing Eye and discovers that she is being courted by the villain. Understandably upset by this, he says "Oh, I wish I were in Bagdad right now!" His sidekick, the eponymous thief Abu, is annoyed by Ahmad's angsting over the princess by this point, so he says "I wish you were!" Unfortunately, a [[Literal Genie]] is standing nearby, and whisks the prince away to Bagdad. Without Abu.

* [[Weird Al Yankovic]]'s song ''Albuquerque'':

* In ''[[Richard II (Theatre)|Richard II]]'', Bolingbroke (aka [[Henry IV]]) says, "Have I no friend will rid me of this living fear?" and Exton interprets this as an order to kill the already defeated King Richard. Henry develops a serious [[Guilt Complex]] about this and tries to [[The Atoner|atone]] [[Values Dissonance|by launching a crusade]].

* In the [[Discworld]] novel ''[[Discworld (Literature)/A Hat Full of Sky|A Hat Full of Sky]]'', Tiffany says that the Nac Mac Feegle can be like this.

* In ''[[The Eyes of Kid Midas (Literature)|The Eyes of Kid Midas]]'', the protagonist, Kevin Midas, snaps at a bully, telling him to "Go to Hell!" Unfortunately, Kevin forgets that he's wearing his [[Reality Warping]] sunglasses, and...[[Dragged Off to Hell|oops]].

* In an episode of ''[[Black Adder]]'', Richard IV was telling the story to his wife to contrast the situation there with how happy he is with the current Archbishop, and a couple of Mooks overheard and decided to "help." The two of them [[Table Space|sitting at opposite ends of a very long table]] contributed to the misunderstanding. He initially said "Never again will I have to say "Who will rid me of this turbulent priest" (he had in fact had several of the previous archbishops murdered), but had to repeat the last bit.

* Inverted with the ''[[That Mitchell and Webb Look]]'' sketch that has a villain [[Never Say Die|insisting on]] using [[Deadly Euphemism|Deadly Euphemisms]] in a way that his staff finds "needlessly ambiguous."

* [[Forgotten Realms (Tabletop Game)|Forgotten Realms]] has a village called Maskyr's Eye. Back when humans were new in that part of the world, a human mage wanted a quiet place [[Mage Tower|for his tower]] and liked one vale. The territory did belong to a dwarven kingdom, so he got audience and asked Tuir "Stonebeard" (called so for grim stoicism -- ''[[Up to Eleven|for a dwarf]]''). The king didn't trust humans ''or'' powerful mages at all, and thus said "on one condition only: pluck thy right eye and give it to me here and now". He intended it as a somewhat poetical refusal and didn't expect anyone would really do such a thing.

* ''[[Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|Schlock Mercenary]]'' has this:

* ''[[Nerf Now (Webcomic)|Nerf Now]]'' [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/734 warns us] about dangers of overusing metaphorical arguments.