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Consider [[Didn't Think This Through]], when one person does it. Because this requires some knowledge of what went wrong previously, the fixes ''may'' have been thought through, just not [[Crazy Prepared|for every possible interaction]], or maybe even [[Failed a Spot Check|overlooking exceedingly obvious interactions]].

Compare [[Tragic Mistake]], [[Hoist By His Own Petard]], [[Didn't See That Coming]], [[Right Hand Versus Left Hand]] and [[Gift of the Magi Plot]]. Alternatively, "[[Sarcasm Mode|Nice job]] [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero|breaking it, hero]]/[[Nice Job Fixing It Villain|fixing it, villain]]!". [[Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat]] is a [[Villain Ball]] subtrope. The [[Poisoned Chalice Switcheroo]] can often lead to this. If pulling this on another party is part of a gambit, it can overlap with [[Kansas City Shuffle]].

Compare [[Tragic Mistake]], [[Hoist By His Own Petard]], [[Didn't See That Coming]], [[Right Hand Versus Left Hand]] and [[Gift of the Magi Plot]]. Alternatively, "[[Sarcasm Mode|Nice job]] [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|breaking it, hero]]/[[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain|fixing it, villain]]!". [[Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat]] is a [[Villain Ball]] subtrope. The [[Poisoned Chalice Switcheroo]] can often lead to this. If pulling this on another party is part of a gambit, it can overlap with [[Kansas City Shuffle]].

Since at least a temporary [[Bad Ending]] is the point of this trope, '''expect some spoilers'''.

== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==

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== [[Literature]] ==

* In one of the ''[[Star Trek]]'' novels written by William Shatner, two independent groups are trying to rescue hostages from a base in low orbit around a planet. Saving them requires destroying either the main power generator or the backup power generator -- but not ''both'', as that would cause the base to lose orbit and everyone to die. One of the groups chooses to disable the main generator for their rescue attempt, while the other group chooses to disable to backup generator. Both put their plans into motion at exactly the same time. Tragedy results.

* In the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]] [[Expanded Universe]]'' novel ''[[Virgin Missing Adventures|Cold Fusion]]'' the Doctor does this to himself. There are some galaxy shattering grenades that can be disarmed by [[Reverse the Polarity|reversing the polarity of the neutron flow]], which he does so he can fake out the villain by pretending that they've won when they send the duds to the target. Then [[Timey Wimey Ball|his past self]] finds the grenades and re-reverses the polarity thinking ''he's the one'' disarming them. Which means the bombs are live when sent to their target.

* In the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]] [[Expanded Universe]]'' novel ''[[Virgin Missing Adventures|Cold Fusion]]'' the Doctor does this to himself. There are some galaxy shattering grenades that can be disarmed by [[Reverse the Polarity|reversing the polarity of the neutron flow]], which he does so he can fake out the villain by pretending that they've won when they send the duds to the target. Then [[Timey-Wimey Ball|his past self]] finds the grenades and re-reverses the polarity thinking ''he's the one'' disarming them. Which means the bombs are live when sent to their target.

* One of [[GK Chesterton]]'s ''Paradoxes of Mr Pond'', "[http://www.wikilivres.info/wiki/The_Paradoxes_of_Mr._Pond/Chapter_I The Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse]", concerns a field marshal whose soldiers were too eager to obey his orders, with the result that the orders were not carried out. If only one man had been that loyal it would have worked, but with two soldiers determined to fulfill his orders to execute a poet, the man ends up released.

* The Russian fable about Yeruslan Lazarevich includes him battling a king who can only be killed by a particular sword. The sword lies under the head of a giant who already tried to fight him. Fortunately for Yeruslan, the head is still alive, and warns him of the catch - strike the king only once. A second strike will heal him.

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* In one ''[[Mad About You]]''. Paul & Jamie left their apartment in the middle of the night still in their pajamas. Paul "pushed the little button" which deactivates the latch lock on the door so that they could get back in and not have to take their keys. Jamie doesn't know that Paul did that so she pushes the little button too, so now they're locked out but don't discover that until they come back from whatever adventure they had.

* Several episodes of ''[[The Outer Limits (TV)|The Outer Limits]]'' [[Revival]] feature this as the [[Cruel Twist Ending]].

* On an episode of ''[[~~Gilligans~~ Island (TV)|Gilligans Island]]'', a homing pigeon landed on the island, and the gang realized they could send a note home with it. The Professor said the pigeon was too thin to make the trip home, however, and needed to fatten up with a proper diet and exercise. But the rest of the gang, impatient to leave, overfed the bird, and the next morning the bird was too fat to make the trip.

* On an episode of ''[[Gilligan's Island (TV)|Gilligans Island]]'', a homing pigeon landed on the island, and the gang realized they could send a note home with it. The Professor said the pigeon was too thin to make the trip home, however, and needed to fatten up with a proper diet and exercise. But the rest of the gang, impatient to leave, overfed the bird, and the next morning the bird was too fat to make the trip.

== [[Video Games]] ==