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*** {{spoiler|It works.}}

* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' metafic epic ''[http://www.misssandman.com/LOTR/ofum.html The Official Fanfiction University of Middle Earth]'' tackles this in an early chapter, when the heroine spends a day with everything going wrong determinedly resisting the temptation to demand what else could go wrong ("for as everyone know, that is an invitation to get a demonstration of just what else can go wrong. The gods/God/evil forces/whatever you believed in were nothing if not equipped with a sense of irony. It's a vital God-quality, that."), until one thing too many does and she lets it slip. She then yells out that she didn't mean it... to no avail.

** On the way to the blimp:

{{quote|'''Tristan:''' I sure hope we don't encounter any more intrusive subplots.

'''Tristan:''' Oh, son of a bitch! }}

** On the blimp:

* The second part of the last episode of ''[[Vision of Escaflowne Abridged]]''.

{{quote|'''Dornkirk:''' You can't destroy it you silly girl! It's protected by causality itself! There isn't a force in the world that can possibly destroy it.

'''Dornkirk:''' ... except for that. }}

* Upon getting 8 red coins in a difficult ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' level, [[Chuggaaconroy]] jokes "Yay. Now watch me die on the way to that." [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZFMIJoOFlQ&feature=related And we do. (around 8:55)]

** During the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N05tws1q-N0 outtakes from the third Rival battle]: "What the heck was I worried about, it's a freaking Rattata." {{spoiler|Said Rattata then uses Quick Attack, gets a critical hit, and kills off his last Pokémon.}} "WHAT?! WHAT?! WHAT?!"

* Subverted in episode 45 of ''[[Pretty Cure Heavy Metal]]''. After taking a single whiff of a cigarette, Shugo says she doesn't want to get addicted. Guess what? She's remained smoke-free ever since.

* Lampshaded in ''[[Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality]]'' during the {{spoiler|Stanford Prison Experiment}} arc. Dumbledore declared himself invincible and an {{spoiler|Azkaban guard}} asks in astonished horror if he really just said that. Her commander says that he can get away with it since not even fate takes Dumbledore seriously anymore.

{{quote|'''Inara''': They seem to be expecting an auditor.

'''The Doctor''': Good. No one will get too fussed when we go about asking nosy questions then.

'''Inara''': As long as the ''real'' auditors don't show up, we should be alright.

'''The Doctor''': *''winces''* Oh, did you ''have'' to say that? [[Genre Savvy|Now they're bound to turn up. I swear, everyone has to go and jinx it all, saying things like 'It can't possibly get any worse' or 'Ooh, it's unsinkable!']] }}

* ''[[Turnabout Storm]]'':

** [[Ace Attorney|Phoenix]] comments on how the prosecutors in his world are almost always stuck-up, smug and arrogant. [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|Twilight]] assures him that nopony in Equestria is like that... Cue [[Jerkass|Trixie]] making entrance... ''[[Incoming Ham|loudly]]''.