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* ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]'' had Stark forgo the thorough safety inspection on his Mark II suit because he wanted to use this trope. The lessons he learned from were used as a [[Chekhov's Gun]] later on.

** Whereas {{spoiler|Stane can't hit the broad side of a barn once his targeting computers are... "disabled". }}

*** To say nothing of {{spoiler|the "icing problem"}}.

'''Stark:''' {{spoiler|"Might want to look into it!"}} }}

** Carried into ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]''. After the electrical discharges from Whiplash's weapons were able to disable his suit in ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]] II'', {{spoiler|Tony has upgraded his suit further to absorb excess electrical energy, which he can then channel into his repulsors. He uses this feature against Thor.}}

* Implied in the movie ''[[Sahara]]''. Dirk and Al [[MacGyvering]] a boat to explode ([[Long Story]]), with a quick explanation that despite them calling it "The Panama Maneuver," they were actually in Nicaragua. After the boat explodes, an amazed side character asks the duo how they got it to work right the first time. Dirk sheepishly admits that it ''didn't'' work the first time...

* The movie ''[[Apollo 13]]'', while the ill-fated crew was stuck in space, they needed to temporarily move from the command module to the lunar module--and the carbon dioxide filters in the two modules were incompatible. Mission Control took a handful of its best people, stuck them in a room, and gave them all the spare parts the crew had available:

** And a [[An Aesop|lesson was learned]] about [[Boring but Practical|making everything compatible with each other]].

 

* ''[[Power Rangers]]'' lives upon this trope. Don't believe me? ''[[Two Words]]''. ''Red Rookie''.

* ''[[Scrubs]]'' has this throughout its entire run, but most notably in the first episode where J.D. is afraid to even touch a patient. Dr. Cox became his unwilling mentor when he dropped the cold truth on him and forced him to get the job done.

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': Interestingly enough, even the centuries-old Doctor.

* Inverted with a character on ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''. An applicant for House's diagnostic team was revealed to not have actually gone to med school. He worked as a janitor at the college and audited every class multiple times, and so had a large understanding of the textbooks and medical theory. But he never actually worked with patients or was actually trained to do certain procedures, not to mention didn't even have a medical license. Sneaking around that limitation is what led to House figuring out his secret.

== [[Stand Up Comedy]] ==

* This seems to be a theme in Christopher Titus's work.

 

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* The ''[[Order of the Stick]]'' prequel book "On The Origin Of PCs" deconstructs this trope by showing what happens if you take it too literally. Vaarsuvius, the future party wizard, is lamenting how his ascent to power is taking too long. Her friend Haley, the future rogue, tells him that if she wants to get more powerful, he should just become an adventurer. V brushes this off, saying that killing monsters isn't going to teach her more about magic and the workings of the universe. Haley points out that she recently killed a bunch of kobolds during an adventure, and when she got back to town she was better at picking locks.

Haley: Hey, it might! You haven't seen some of the things growing in my kitchen; I wouldn't put language skills past them. }}