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* ''[[Everest]]'': one of the kids had braces, whose tendency to contract in extreme cold would become a problem on the high altitudes of Everest. As a result, he was sent home.
* Parodied in ''[[The Onion Movie]]''. We are introduced to the "inspirational portrait of the week", which involves a man with no legs (and then no arms) first declaring that he wanted to do ballet since he was a child. After maybe 15 seconds, what he wanted to do all his life was hockey. A sequence of him follows being tackled harshly.
* ''[[Harry Potter
* In ''[[From Russia with Love]]'', Tatiana Romanova explains that she wanted to be a ballerina, but was rejected for being too tall.
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* ''[[No Ordinary Family]]'' seems to be trying to subvert this with the son's [[Applied Phlebotinum|super-smarts]] canceling out his learning disability. His teacher has a particular awkward moment where he repeatedly calls him too stupid to have passed a quiz without cheating. Although the jury is still out on whether using a power that reveals the answers to you is cheating.
* ''[[Father Ted]]'': Played for laughs: when the theft of a whistle is pinned on Ted due to a misunderstanding with Dougal, Ted tries to justify stealing it by improvising a story about a boy who is paralyzed except for his eyes, and needs the whistle to achieve his lifelong dream of training horses.
* ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'': Wataru's best friend [[Fun Personified|Kengo]], an aspiring rock guitarist, sustains [[Game-Breaking Injury|injuries that render him unable to play anymore]] in his attempt to be a [[Vampire Hunter|Fangire Hunter]]. This, [[Trauma Conga Line|among other things]], leads to Kengo [[Took a Level In Badass|becoming a badass]] while [[Took a Level
** A similar incident happened to [[Cloudcuckoolander|Kaidou]] in ''[[Kamen Rider Faiz]]'', although it takes place before the series. He's seen coming to terms with it, but it's implied that this is the reason for his [[Jerkass]] attitude.
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