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* In the series finale epilogue of ''[[Caprica]]'', Clarice Willow. She may have genuinely believed that it was God's will to convert the "differently sentient" (Cylon robots) to monotheism, but when she outright encourages a robot rebellion and declares that there will be "a day of reckoning" for humanity during her prophecy can be described as misguided at best and suicidal at worst. Or she just forgot what species she belonged to.
* Timmy in ''[[Lassie (TV series)|Lassie]]''. While he never actually feel down a well, he got himself into a LOT of situations (many of which were much worse than falling down a well) to the point where you wonder why he's allowed to go even a few minutes without adult supervision.
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* ''[[Rescue 911]]'' features some rather surprising cases:
** Sealant overdose. A kid huffs butane and scotch guard.
** Three inexperienced cave divers explore a cave without training. Two survive.
* In ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|M*A*S*H]]'', Klinger's constant schemes aimed at getting out of the army (either through a Section-8 discharge or flat out desertion) were usually just absurd, but he did quite a few things that could have killed him. In one episode he tried to purposely make himself obese by eating whole salamis to get a medical discharge - ten of them later, he was ''really'' sick. Another time he claimed he was going to eat a jeep, one bite-sized piece at a time. Again, trying to eat metal and motor oil only made him really sick. And then then there was the time (told in a flashback by Colonel Blake) he tried to go AWOL with a homemade hang glider, the attempt showing he had never tried to hang glide before in his life. The man was lucky he survived long enough to be discharged at all,
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