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Alice has convinced Bob to attend a therapy session with her for some reason or another (whether it's a group session, Bob seeing the shrink on his own, or with Alice varies). She's doing this because, in her mind, Alice believes the doctor will tell Bob that he's wrong, and Alice is right.
Most of the time, the therapist will side with Bob's beliefs, maybe even pointing out that [[Hannibal Lecture|Alice is at fault]]. Naturally, [[Hilarity Ensues]] as Alice can't ''STAND'' the idea that she's wrong.
Some of the possible results that could occur:
* Group Session: The rest of the group sides with Bob, pointing out that Bob's a brave man for putting up with Alice for so long.
* Bob and Alice together: Alice will go on a [[Motive Rant]], usually along the lines of "How dare you side with Bob, you quack? Did you get your degree out of a cereal box? You were supposed to say ''It's not Alice's fault; you're wrong, Bob, so do whatever she says''?!"
* Bob solo: Similar to the Together example, except it'll be revealed (often by the door swinging open) that Alice has been listening in on the session via door leaning, and the same type of rant as above.
In other words, Alice's attempt to railroad Bob into a [[Sarcasm Mode|better man]] has crashed and burned.
Not to be confused with [[Critical Psychoanalysis Failure]], where the attempt at therapy backfires so badly that the therapist ends up mentally broken.
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== Film ==
* While not therapy-related, a similar situation happened with two girls in [[Nancy Drew]], [[The Movie of the Book|The Movie Of The Books]], when Inga takes Nancy into a clothes boutique to update her "retro" look:
{{quote|'''Inga:''' Hi? Obviously, someone here needs a little help with their look.
'''Boutique Clerk:''' Oh. It's not that bad.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* It happened in an episode of ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'', during a group session. Of course, Jill is pissed that the whole group sided with Tim, and not her [[Sarcasm Mode|(after all, she did graduate with a 4.0 average)]].
* In the ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' "Marriage Counselor" sketch, a man brings his wife into a marriage counselor; the counselor then [[Instant Seduction|seduces her right in front of him]].
* Happened in Swedish sketch show ''[[Gabba Gabba]]'', (though the details are a bit fuzzy). In short, The Siblings are recurring characters, trying to get their stuff back after a fire. Once, they went to therapy, and the therapist kept agreeing with The Brother, who was always [[The Fool|the cheerful fool]] of the two, whereas The Sister was a bit more overbearing, yet with an angry streak. The therapist agreeing with The Brother caused The Sister to freak, which led to the therapist agreeing more with the Brother, and so on...
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