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* ''[[DuckTales]]''
** From the original series, [[Ditzy Genius]] Gyro Gearloose. Although well-meaning, he a habit of following instructions a little too close to the letter, then being honestly confused when someone complains about the results ("well, you asked for..."). When told to make a [[Sci Fi]] show set "as real as it could be", he constructed a fully functioning spacecraft. When told to build a guard robot that wouldn't let anyone near Scrooge's money bin, he failed to include the obvious exception of Scrooge himself.
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** Another example occurs in ''[[DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp]]''. Here the good genie is forced to grant whatever wishes his owners give him, even if they are bad ideas. {{spoiler|Fortunately Scrooge is ''[[Genre Savvy]]'' enough to put everything right with two wishes at the end, saving one wish for freeing the genie.}}
** In the relaunch episode "The First Adventure!", [[Artifact of Doom| the Papyrus of Binding]]. Bradford tries to warn his impulsive henchman Black Herring of the dire consequences of using it wrong:
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