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* In the ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' fanfic ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', the Computer Society President finds it strange that Haruhi's biggest priority on Kyon's first "encounter" with Yamane (which ended with {{spoiler|an attempt to kill Tsuruya followed by Kyon dangling Yamane outside a window in the third floor}}) is Kyon's record, and preventing it getting back to Kyon's mother.

* In [[X-Men]] fanfic ''[[Mutatis Mutandis]]'' by [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2359030/Artemiss_Liege Artemis's Liege],teenagers Rogue, Anole, and Northstar are trapped on the edge of a battlefield during the [[Marvel Civil War]], facing an armed [[The Punisher|Punisher]]. Rather than help explain the misunderstanding, Jean-Paul begins texting on his cell phone, not for help, but for entertainment, as a gun is held to his face.

 

== Film ==

* [http://www.cracked.com/article_19197_the-7-most-ridiculous-cases-misplaced-priorities.html This Cracked list] links to a number of real-life cases of this. Of particularly terrifying note, is the mother who locked her infant son in her car on a hot day. When rescue workers arrived, she refused to let them break a window to get him out, even as he started to show signs of heat stroke. Thankfully they just waited until she left to get her spare key and broke him out anyway.

* Politicians frequently and heavily come under fire for having these, especially when they'll try to find some smaller project to increase their approval rating. One that was fairly common in recent years said to the effect of, "There's a war going on, and you're focusing on trying to ban gay marriage?"

 

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