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* One of the [[Older Than Feudalism|earliest]] examples is the Greek myth of King Midas. Everything he touched turned to gold. When he tried eating and drinking, he discovered the downside. (This also qualifies as [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]] and [[Be Careful What You Wish For]], as his golden touch was a wish granted by the god Dionysius as a reward for the hospitality Midas had shown to his friend and tutor Silenus.)
** Nathaniel Hawthorne's version of the story in ''A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys'' (1852) has Midas embracing his daughter and [[Taken for Granite|turning her into a gold statue]].
** The ''[[Dinosaur Comics]]'' version of Midas is [https://web.archive.org/web/20090430122920/http://qwantz.com/archive/001355.html even worse].
** Shel Silverstein also sent up this trope in his poem ''Squishy Touch'':
{{quote|''Everything King Midas touched''
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