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# An [[Idiot Hero]] cannot be involved. The issue here is that the problem is the fault of the instruction giver, not the hero. If the hero is of the sort that, if he knew exactly what he had to do, he would still screw it up, then it doesn't count.
# Half-truths, [[From a Certain Point of View|pretend-truths]], and the like do not count. Even if the person sending the hero on the mission ''purposely'' tells the hero half the story with good intent, because the very act of telling him the whole story would immediately doom the hero to failure, then it doesn't count.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Prior the [[Mistborn]] series, a prophesied hero went on a quest to destroy a great evil, but gave into temptation and became a living god instead. {{spoiler|Except this was the RIGHT thing to do, because it drained [[Sealed Evil in A Can|Ruin's]] power for a millennium. When Vin is faced with the same choice, she refuses the power, which [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|lets Ruin can take over the world]]. How could they have misinterpreted the prophecy so badly? Because Ruin edited all the history books.}}
* Happens ''literally'' in ''[[Monster (Literature)|Monster]]''. Judy is the [[Chosen One]] destined to save the universe, but her reception with the universe is rather crappy, leading to [[Cosmic Plaything|the universe consistently screwing up her life]].
* ''[[The War Gods]]'': Tomanak doesn't like to lead his champions by the hand, so he generally nudges them toward where he wants them. Also, in the beginning Bahzell has only a vague notion that he's supposed to be heading west, and [[Refusal of the Call|turns east]] when he realizes he's getting [[The Call|the call]].
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
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* ''[[Transformers the Movie|Transformers: The Movie]]'' '86. The Matrix is to be used by the Chosen One to light the Autobots' darkest hour. Problem is, no one knows who the chosen one is, and they just assume that it is whoever the leader of the Autobots happens to be at the time. They also don't know exactly when their darkest hour will be, which isn't helped by the fact that in this movie the Autobots day can be summed up in 3 words: [[It Got Worse]]. This results in Optimus Prime being killed, and Ultra Magnus getting killed while attempting to use the Matrix. Eventually it is revealed that Hot Rod is the one to open the Matrix, and their darkest hour is when Unicron tries to destroy Cybertron.
** Although another example may come in the [[Transformers Generation 1|television series]], and the two part "Return of Optimus Prime." In that case, the "Darkest Hour" in question was the release of the Hate Plague, which not only endangered the Autobots and Decepticons, but all sentient life in the cosmos. In that case, the Matrix was also used to light their Darkest Hour. It's just that the chosen one was dead at the time, and had to be revived before he could use the Matrix to save the day. And in fitting with the prophecy where "All are One," at the end the hostilities between the different factions were resolved. At least for the time being.
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