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* [[DC Comics]]' Johnny Thunder would on occasion have this problem with his Thunderbolt—although it probably was more due to Johnny's overall dimwit nature than any defect in the Bahdnesian spirit that did his bidding (who was compelled to be a Literal Genie whether it wanted to be or not, rather than doing so through misunderstanding, mischief, or malevolence). It occasionally even worked in his favor; once, when threatened with certain death by the Black Dragon Society, his wish that "the other Justice Society members were here to see me in this fix!" was taken quite literally by the T-Bolt—resulting in a room full of Golden Age superheroes opening up a huge can of whup-ass on the Dragons.
* Deadshot, also of DC Comics, had orders from [[Suicide Squad|Amanda Waller]] to stop Rick Flag from killing Senator Cray. Deadshot tracked down Flag and the senator, and then killed the senator himself! [[Exact Words|After all, Waller had only told him to stop]] ''[[Exact Words|Rick Flag]]'' [[Exact Words|from killing Cray]]. When Waller confronted him about this, Deadshot quips, "I don't read minds.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130313033310/http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=30%3Aframes-and-panels-index&id=808%3Ajimmy-rides-a-giant-hot-dog-i-dont-get-it-either&Itemid=24#content This] completely inexplicable example. On the web site's message board, it is a mystery ''to this day'' [[Noodle Incident|what the hell Jimmy Olsen wished for]] that literally meant... well, that. The [http://silverage.greatnow.com/reviews/Jimmy_Olsen_85.htm explanation is here]. It's actually ''two'' compounded Literal Genie moments (the second one with an extremely contrived choice of phrase).
* ''[[Fables]]'' has a particularly nasty version of this that ends with the wisher dying in what is explained to be literally the most horrible way he can imagine. It takes several days. It's also a bit of a subversion as {{spoiler|his words were changed by a witch as he said them specifically in order to cause this.}}
* ''[[XXXenophile]]''
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