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== Film ==
* ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' has the iconic warning "Don't cross the streams," which they inevitably have to do at the end of the movie. As former [[Trope Namer]], it was also causing confusion, since this overlaps with [[Godzilla Threshold]]. In this case, the non-disaster when they do end up crossing the streams makes internal sense: they are firing into a {{spoiler|[[Parallel Universe]] and presumably, [[Inferred Holocaust|the disaster Egon predicts happens
* In ''[[Orgazmo]]'', Choda Boy swears off using his dangerous "Hamster Style" at a young age due to its unpredictability, but at the movie's (heh, heh) climax, he employs it with great results.
* Agent J in ''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]]'' is told by Agent K to never, ever touch the red button inside their car. When the two need to get across the city in a hurry and the tunnel is jammed, he is told to at last push the button—transforming the car into a high-speed rocket that drives along the ceiling of the tunnel.
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* ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]] 2'', kind of. When Iron Man and Rhodey fight in Tony's villa, they both fire their handcannons at each other at the same time and basically cause a huge explosion, a dangerous side-effect they hadn't predicted. So a [[Show, Don't Tell]] version of the warning. This is then used later on to take out the [[Big Bad]] when he has the upper hand.
* In the ''[[Lost in Space]]'' film, ships have hyperspace engines, but it is not a good idea to jump without coordinates or a jump gate as the exit vector would be random. The crew does this anyway when the ship is sabotaged and crashing into the sun.
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