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A sub-trope of [[Million to One Chance]]. Not always related with the [[Other Stock Phrases|Stock Phrase]] "What could possibly go wrong?". In these cases, it's often said seriously by characters performing a [[A Simple Plan|"simple" task]] where it does indeed appear that nothing can go wrong (although the end result is similar... something does). When this trope is in effect, [[Viewer Stock Phrases|it's said sarcastically by the audience]], or one of the more [[Genre Savvy]] characters in the story, when a very obvious danger is being foreshadowed. |
A sub-trope of [[Million to One Chance]]. Not always related with the [[Other Stock Phrases|Stock Phrase]] "What could possibly go wrong?". In these cases, it's often said seriously by characters performing a [[A Simple Plan|"simple" task]] where it does indeed appear that nothing can go wrong (although the end result is similar... something does). When this trope is in effect, [[Viewer Stock Phrases|it's said sarcastically by the audience]], or one of the more [[Genre Savvy]] characters in the story, when a very obvious danger is being foreshadowed. |
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See [[Finagle's Law]], [[Tempting Fate]], [[Mugging the Monster]], [[Phlebotinum Rebel]], and [[Failsafe Failure]]. Compare [[Gone Horribly Right]]. |
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