Tempting Fate: Difference between revisions

Compare [[Schmuck Bait]]. For the supertrope to this, see [[Trope Telegraphing]]. Contrast the [[Godzilla Threshold]] for where things really ''can't'' get any worse.

 

 

== Subtropes ==

* "'''FIRE AT WILL!'''" - ''Never'' say this if your name - or the name of someone nearby whom you like - is "Will".

* "You'll pay for that..." — The most common response to this one (before the hero shows [[Threat Backfire| he doesn't believe it]]) is, [[Obligatory Joke|"Just send me the bill."]] Yeah, [[Deadpan Snarker]] heroes ''never'' get tired of that one.

 

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