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* The guards at the ''[[Batman]]''-verse [[Bedlam House|Arkham Asylum]]. Whether it's letting the Joker substitute all their real guns for popguns, allowing him access to janitorial chemicals that let him mix together some Joker Venom, or constructing a ''hot air balloon that allows him to fly over the walls'', the increasingly ridiculous, contrived and unbelievable ways that the Joker and the other Bat-villains escape from Arkham would be construed as painfully bad in any other franchise. For the ''[[Batman]]'' comics, on the other hand, it's par for the course. |
* The guards at the ''[[Batman]]''-verse [[Bedlam House|Arkham Asylum]]. Whether it's letting the Joker substitute all their real guns for popguns, allowing him access to janitorial chemicals that let him mix together some Joker Venom, or constructing a ''hot air balloon that allows him to fly over the walls'', the increasingly ridiculous, contrived and unbelievable ways that the Joker and the other Bat-villains escape from Arkham would be construed as painfully bad in any other franchise. For the ''[[Batman]]'' comics, on the other hand, it's par for the course. |
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* In an early ''[[Johan and Peewit]]'' story, a bunch of guards abandon all common sense for a barrel of mead, leaving the guard room empty (and allowing Johan to sabotage the drawbridge). |
* In an early ''[[Johan and Peewit]]'' story, a bunch of guards abandon all common sense for a barrel of mead, leaving the guard room empty (and allowing Johan to sabotage the drawbridge). |
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* In the very first story of ''[[Diabolik]]'' it's mentioned that he had broken out of the supposedly unescapable prison of Asen. More recently a |
* In the very first story of ''[[Diabolik]]'' it's mentioned that he had broken out of the supposedly unescapable prison of Asen. More recently a flashback showed how he did it: he killed two guards who gave him a small opening, stole the uniform of one of them and ruined his face to slow identification, then took off his [[Latex Perfection|perfect mask]] and walked out dressed as a guard. Granted, that was before the police knew of his masks or his true face, but the guards still failed to notice a man in uniform who was ''not'' one of them... |
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* In ''[[Tintin|The Seven Crystal Balls]]'', Thompson and Thomson are assigned to guard Dr. Midge. They are suspicious of a package addressed to him which turns out to be a harmless present, but neglect the [[Dangerous Windows|windows]], which were the point of entry for previous attacks and the one that claims Dr. Midge. |
* In ''[[Tintin|The Seven Crystal Balls]]'', Thompson and Thomson are assigned to guard Dr. Midge. They are suspicious of a package addressed to him which turns out to be a harmless present, but neglect the [[Dangerous Windows|windows]], which were the point of entry for previous attacks and the one that claims Dr. Midge. |
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== Fan Works == |
== Fan Works == |
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