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* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance (Webcomic)|Sluggy Freelance]]'', when Torg [http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=990228 exorcises the demon K'Z'K out of Gwynn], he sets K'Z'K free upon the world. Subverted in that this was actually intentional: they needed the Demon out of Gwynn so that they could use their plan on it directly and not harm her. However...
** Done again almost immediately afterwards, {{spoiler|when Riff's attempt to freeze the demon in time actually sends it ''back'' in time, creating all sorts of havoc during the middle ages}}.
* In ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'', after defeating Xykon and scattering his forces, [[Spoony Bard]] Elan activates a self-destruct rune that blows up the entire dungeon, because he wanted his dramatic [[Outrun the Fireball]] scene. Turns out that the self-destruct took out the magical Gate that was {{spoiler|sealing away a world-destroying abomination, so the loss of the Gate brings the world one step closer to destruction}}. The only consolation of this massive act of stupidity was the Gate couldn't be recaptured by the [[Big Bad]] later on (and the Order wouldn't have known that he might try). They ultimately decide that in hindsight, this was the necessary thing to do, even if they didn't know it at the time.
** Later on, [[Knight Templar|Miko Miyazaki]] {{spoiler|destroys the Azure City Gate}} unnecessarily. Worse yet, she chooses precisely the wrong moment to do so. If she had been stalled for even a few more rounds, {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Xykon]] ''and'' [[The Dragon|Redcloak]] would be dead}}, which among other things would have denied the goblin army its powerful and competent leadership.
** Later yet, [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|Celia]] manages to {{spoiler|reach a settlement with}} the local Thieves' Guild. While this fixes a lot of immediate problems, one outcome was that [[Lovable Rogue|Haley]] {{spoiler|(who deserted the Guild in the past) must give 50% of her loot to the Guild to maintain the fiction that she never really left.}} Since she needed all of it for her {{spoiler|"get her father out of jail"}} plan, she is... upset, to say the least.
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'''Lirian:''' Crap. }}
** Vaarsuvius, while drunk on {{spoiler|the power of three epic evil spellcasters}}, defeats a black dragon that was menacing [[Ambiguous Gender|his/her]] family. He/she casts {{spoiler|the genocidal spell ''Familicide'' on the dragon, exterminating the dragon's entire bloodline}}. Later it's revealed that {{spoiler|Girard Draketooth, the epic-level illusionist that is charged with protecting one of the all-important Gates,}} was the grandson of a relative of said dragon. Thus he and his family {{spoiler|were wiped out by the spell, leaving the Gate defenseless}}.
* In the first chapter of ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', Antimony helps a lost [[Living Shadow|Shadow-Man]] return to his [[The Lost Woods|forest home]], by assembling a Robot to escort him there (since the rules prohibited Annie from going herself). She also tells Robot that he only has to return to the Court afterwards if he wants to, so he decides to go exploring the woods. Several chapters later, Robot returns, [[Demonic Possession|possessed]] by another, violent and malicious shadow-creature, and the process of stopping the shadow results in Robot getting impaled on a [[BFS]] and deactivated. A few chapters later, Annie finds out that the people of the forest have not been on good terms with the Court for the past decade, and that they [[Magic Versus Science|hate technology on principle]]. Nice job completely screwing over your friend ''and'' causing a diplomatic crisis, hero.
* ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'' has a nice scene where Muffin {{spoiler|Dragoon's pet parrot (dragon)}} reveals to the light warriors that Bahamut, {{spoiler|who they had previously awakened, would only awaken when the world is about to be destroyed.}} Only Red Mage seems to care, though in retrospect any acts of "good" the Light Warriors do usually makes everything worse for someone else.
* During the "Sin City" (no, [[Sin City|not that one]]) [[Story Arc|arc]] of ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'', Dominic reveals to The Infernomancer that the demon lord he was supposedly bound to serve didn't have control over him, meaning he didn't have to follow any orders. The Infernomancer's response? "Now I get to kill you the way I've always wanted to -- ''slowly!''"
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** And again with the Anthelerix. Both cases were such colossal screwups that Vanderbeam has since repeatedly suggested that Quine would do a better job of doing his job if he were to just sit quietly on the Paradigm someplace where no one has to look at him.
*** That comment is more due to Vanderbeam's irrational hatred of Quine. In the Anthelerix's case, the responsibility arguably rests with Admiral Huff. You'd think that the ''Paradigm'' being teleported back to Earth was a sign that maybe the Anthelerix didn't want anyone disturbing them for the time being, but noooo...
* The party of ''[[Darths and Droids (Webcomic)|Darths and Droids]]'' pretty much does this all the time.
** One of the more obvious examples was completely ruining Darth Maul's attempt to retrieve the [[MacGuffin|Lost Orb]] (and also setting up {{spoiler|Jango Fett's revenge}}).
** However, the prize for most unintentional consequences goes to Jim for his attempt to rig the pod race. Let's see...
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*** In Jim's defense, they ''did'' win. But it should be noted that they only got into that pod race to raise money for weapons ''they never used anyway''.
** One of the players accidentally mistakenly referred to a [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Nexu nexu] as "Nixon", thereby giving the DM ''ideas''. Now, [[The Vietnam War|what]] [[Richard Nixon|contemporary]] [[Scandalgate|70's events]] gave [[George Lucas]] the inspiration for [[The Empire]]'s formation, again?
* The ''[[FreakangelsFreak Angels]]'' had wanted to {{spoiler|cause a huge but non-threatening destructive gesture as a means of putting the army off the notion of continuing to chase them (or at least distracting them for a while}}. Instead, their ''severe'' underestimation of just how powerful they are {{spoiler|caused them to inadvertantly cause destructive shockwaves which ended civilisation}}.
* Thomil of ''[[Juathuur]]'' accidentally kills [http://oneway.juathuur.com/1/?strip_id=65 Beshren's daughter]. Ratheel is even worse when it come to [http://oneway.juathuur.com/1/?strip_id=326 breaking useful stuff].
* [http://www.brawlinthefamily.com/?p=1166 Part 5] of the "Snake in the Grass" storyline in ''[[Brawl in The Family (Webcomic)|Brawl in Thethe Family]]''. {{spoiler|At least the date ended well...}}
* ''[[Warbot in Accounting (Webcomic)|Warbot in Accounting]]'' is already [[Gallows Humor]] enough, but [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2010/06/07/warbot_14-the-all-nighter/ look what happens] when Warbot actually tries to ''help''...
* In ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'' Jade sends her friend John a birthday present. {{spoiler|Using her precognitive abilities, she sends John a weapon to fight [[Big Bad|Jack Noir.]] Unfortunately, the Noir intercepts the gift and ends up using it to defeat the black queen and take her power. Jack then uses this power to singlehandedly obliterate both the black AND white armies and destroy the entire planet of Prospit, which ends up also killing Jade's dream self. Nice job.}}
** In Act 5, we finally find out why the [[Troll|Trolls]] think the kids fucked up the game so badly. {{spoiler|It's actually ''their own fault'', as Vriska made John fall asleep, forcing [[Reality Warper|Bec]] to prototype Jade's kernelsprite with himself, and granting [[Big Bad|Jack Noir]] near-omnipotence.}}
*** {{spoiler|Retroactively. Bec Noir already existed in their universe, so whether or not Vriska did anything, the Kid's Session would still cause his existence. She just wants to kill Jack to prove her worth to the rest of the group.}}
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* In ''[[Penny and Aggie]],'' when Stan confronts the [[The Sociopath|sociopathic]] Cyndi about her attempt to deceive his best friend Jack, and other classmates, into thinking she wanted to sleep with them, he taunts her for not thinking big enough, so as to imply she's lost her touch and shake her confidence. Instead, she says "You're right. You're so right," and [[Evil Laugh|giggles ominously]]. Stan himself admits in the next strip that he made things worse.
* The bad guy of [[Planescape Survival Guide]] took a few minutes to explain in detail to Milny exactly how she broke everything in [http://planescapecomic.com/177.html this episode].
* In ''[[Cuanta Vida (Webcomic)|Cuanta Vida]]'', Bleu fails to kill the RED Sniper, as he (Bleu) [[Does Not Like Killing]]. This leads to {{spoiler|RED Spy's death when he [[Taking the Bullet|takes a bullet]] for BLU Sniper}}, which in turn leads to {{spoiler|the introduction of Rojo, a [[Complete Monster]] who loves nothing more than [[Fate Worse Than Death|mutilating]] his opponents}}. [[Sarcasm Mode|Nice going, Jordi!]]
* Congrats, [[Goblins|Big Ears]]! {{spoiler|Your [[Critical Failure]] at healing Complains' fractured arm has lead directly to Chief dying a slow, agonizing death.}}
* In ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'', Abraham and his great idea to make the Dewitchery Diamond. What he needed was to remove or suppress the lycanthropy of ''one guy''. What he did is create a [[Booby Trap]] for [http://egscomics.com/?date=2006-05-05 unaware shapeshifters and users of cosmetic magic], with [[Necessary Drawback|side effects]] that in turn suffer several other side effects in such a way that whatever problem caused its activation ''spreads''. And it's nigh indestructible, so all this fun never ends.
** [[Lord of the Rings|They need to find a volcano and a hobbit or two.]]
*** It was [[Didn't Think This Through|Abraham]]. Others mostly settle on locking damn thing away.
** Lets not forget the fact that good ole' Abe thinks it might be ''intelligent!''
* In ''[[Tales of the Questor (Webcomic)|Tales of the Questor]]'' Quentyn is sent on a quest to slay a dragon. He actually succeeds, but only after that success does he learn two critical facts:
## There were {{spoiler|''two'' dragons, not one}}.
## The one true [[Berserk Button]] for dragons is {{spoiler|finding the body of a dead dragon}}.
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