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* Every month during the new moon Inuyasha undergoes a transformation into a weak, nearly helpless human. Every time this happens, some demon or other shows up to kick his ass and nearly kills him. '''You'd Expect:''' that the group would at least try to plan their returns to the village around this ''very specific and reliable'' weakness so that Inuyasha could go to Kagome's time period where he would be safe. '''Instead''' Inuyasha has never gone to Kagome's time even ''once'' during the new moon; instead the group is ''always'' out doing some sort of demon-hunting activity far away from Kaede's village.

* Speaking of Inuyasha's transformation, Naraku eventually finds out about this little development. '''You'd Expect:''' for him to spy on the heroes to find out exactly when Inuyasha turns into a human and use this information to launch a sneak attack. '''Instead''' Naraku never follows up on this, throwing away a perfectly good opportunity to kill Inuyasha and his friends.

== ''[[Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne]]'' ==

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* Maron's classmates make comments that she resembles the titular character in Miyako's presence. '''You'd Expect:''' Miyako would find out immediately Maron is Jeanne and decided not to arrest her after all. '''Instead:''' She refuses to believe they're the same person because of the resemblance, vowing to arrest her to prove her point.

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* {{spoiler|Miyako finally found out Maron is Jeanne upon seeing her transform.}} '''You'd Expect:''' {{spoiler|She retreats from the street to let her seal a demon attacking them.}} '''Instead:''' {{spoiler|She fainted from the revelation and Fin takes her hostage.}}

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* There's also episode 43 where {{spoiler|Miyako is not completely possessed by a demon, but manipulated by the [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] Fin Fish into killing Jeanne so that "she can get Maron back".}} After a while, Jeanne begins to fight back. '''You'd Expect:''' That she will just have to "checkmate" the demon within her. '''Instead:''' {{spoiler|She just took away the gun she's holding.}} Like that'll ever work. '''Even Worse:''' She doesn't fight back after that.

== ''[[Lyrical Nanoha]]'' ==

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* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (anime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'': [[Mad Scientist]] Sorceress Precia Testarossa needs all 21 Jewel Seeds (or, by her own estimates, at least 14) to activate a successful dimensional transference to Al-Hazard. Once she sees that her {{spoiler|cloned}} daughter, Fate, has lost her battle with Nanoha for control of '''all 21 Jewel Seeds,''' she zaps her and takes back the nine Jewel Seeds she had in her possession. '''You'd expect''': Precia to ''also'' zap Nanoha and swipe the remaining Jewel Seeds, which were on her person at the time. '''Or''' even earlier than that, send Fate to TSAB as [[The Mole]] to get her hands on the rest of the Seeds. '''Instead''': Neither thought occurs to her. Her subsequent attempt to use the nine Jewel Seeds to achieve dimensional transference ends catastrophically, and she perishes along with her lair.

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* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's|A's]]'', it's eventually revealed that {{spoiler|the entire plot is the machinations of one [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Admiral Gil Graham]], attempting his own secret plan to destroy the [[Artifact of Doom|Book of Darkness]] for good. It's taken roughly nine years to set up, and is rather convoluted and intricate}}. A significant part of the plan involves sending his familiars, {{spoiler|Lotte and Aria}} out to aid the Wolkenritter (the Book of Darkness' defense programs) against the heroes several times, before finally {{spoiler|killing them in front of their young master, driving her over the edge to justify using extreme measures}}. Naturally, since they're somewhat well known, disguises are employed. Not a problem, magic can be used for that. '''You'd expect''': Them to take disguises that, well, look like nothing, which shouldn't be that hard. Something that wouldn't stand out to anyone. They could even take different disguises each time, just to keep people guessing. '''Instead''': They take on forms heavily implied to be [[The Ace|Chrono Harloawn]]'s dead father, who died working on the Book of Darkness case the last time it appeared. Naturally, this ''can't'' be a coincidence, and the list of potential suspects is narrowed significantly. Before long Chrono has defeated the familiars easily, arrested their master, and confiscated the Device meant to accomplish the plan. [[Rousseau Was Right|It wouldn't have worked anyway]], but if you spend nine years on something, it's hard to believe a weak point like that would slip through.

== ''[[Mahoromatic]]'' ==

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** In chapter 107, Greed attacks Father to get the latter to grab him and absorb his philosopher's stone's souls. '''You'd expect''': This is supposed to distract Father long enough for Ed to attack him. '''Instead''': Greed gloatingly tells Father about this plan, giving Father the opportunity to counter Ed's attack.

** In Chapter 6, Ed and Al are being attacked by Scar, who has just blasted apart Al's left flank, and almost destroyed Ed's arm, thanks to his powers using his arm '''You'd Expect''': Ed to pick a strategy that involves staying the hell away from Scar's reach at all costs. '''Instead''': He charges Scar with a Blade Edge on the side of his automail. It goes about as well as you can imagine.

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* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (anime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'': [[Mad Scientist]] Sorceress Precia Testarossa needs all 21 Jewel Seeds (or, by her own estimates, at least 14) to activate a successful dimensional transference to Al-Hazard. Once she sees that her {{spoiler|cloned}} daughter, Fate, has lost her battle with Nanoha for control of '''all 21 Jewel Seeds,''' she zaps her and takes back the nine Jewel Seeds she had in her possession. '''You'd expect''': Precia to ''also'' zap Nanoha and swipe the remaining Jewel Seeds, which were on her person at the time. '''Or''' even earlier than that, send Fate to TSAB as [[The Mole]] to get her hands on the rest of the Seeds. '''Instead''': Neither thought occurs to her. Her subsequent attempt to use the nine Jewel Seeds to achieve dimensional transference ends catastrophically, and she perishes along with her lair.

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* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's|A's]]'', ~~{{spoiler|~~it's eventually revealed that the entire plot is the machinations of one [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Admiral Gil Graham]], attempting his own secret plan to destroy the [[Artifact of Doom|Book of Darkness]] for good. It's taken roughly nine years to set up, and is rather convoluted and intricate}}. A significant part of the plan involves sending his familiars, {{spoiler|Lotte and Aria}} out to aid the Wolkenritter (the Book of Darkness' defense programs) against the heroes several times, before finally {{spoiler|killing them in front of their young master, driving her over the edge to justify using extreme measures}}. Naturally, since they're somewhat well known, disguises are employed. Not a problem, magic can be used for that. '''You'd expect''': Them to take disguises that, well, look like nothing, which shouldn't be that hard. Something that wouldn't stand out to anyone. They could even take different disguises each time, just to keep people guessing. '''Instead''': They take on forms heavily implied to be [[The Ace|Chrono Harloawn]]'s dead father, who died working on the Book of Darkness case the last time it appeared. Naturally, this ''can't'' be a coincidence, and the list of potential suspects is narrowed significantly. Before long Chrono has defeated the familiars easily, arrested their master, and confiscated the Device meant to accomplish the plan. [[Rousseau Was Right|It wouldn't have worked anyway]], but if you spend nine years on something, it's hard to believe a weak point like that would slip through.

* In ''[[Kimi ni Todoke]]'', our heroine [[Shrinking Violet|Sawako]] looks like it has finally gotten into [[Extreme Doormat|her head]] that [[Nice Guy|Kazehaya]] ''does'' like her too. Valentine Day approaches. '''You'd expect''': Sawako gives Kazehaya chocolate. Even if it is just "duty" chocolate. '''Instead''': She gives chocolate to ''everyone'' but Kazehaya. You see, she's so honest that she couldn't give him just "duty" chocolate, but [[Extreme Doormat|too humble]] to dare to give him "love" chocolate. So she doesn't give him ''any''. '''Result''': Kazehaya is left absolutely confused. Does she like him or not? [[Poor Communication Kills|Their relationship is now worse]] than it was at the beginning of the story.

* In ''[[Girls Bravo]]'', Koyomi and Tomoka, natives of the planet Seiren, come Earth to find a husband for Maharu. Once they find a suitable match, they intend to return to Seiren using their Aqua Lamps (two tiny silver beads). '''You'd expect''': Them to keep the Aqua Lamps somewhere where they can't easily be stolen. After all, without the Aqua Lamps they're trapped on Earth. At the very least, you'd expect them to keep an eye on their magical items. '''Instead''': The antagonist steals their Aqua Lamps with no trouble at all, and days (possibly weeks) elapse before they even become aware of the theft.

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* In ''[[Berserk]]'' Guts tries to leave the Band of the Hawk to embark on his own dream, but [[Yandere|Griffith]] [[If I Can't Have You|doesn't want any of that]] and battles Guts for his freedom - which he loses, being his very first defeat. Guts promptly leaves to set off on his journey, leaving his friends and comrades behind. '''You'd expect''' Griffith to just pick himself up and get over it, since most of the hard work that the Band of the Hawk fought for was already over and all Griffith really had to do in order to obtain the Kingdom of Midland was to wait around and marry Princess Charlotte. Plus, Griffith said that a true friend to him wouldn't let anything get in the way of his dream, which was exactly what Guts was doing in the first place. '''Instead''' Griffith has a [[Living Emotional Crutch|total emotional breakdown after Guts left,]] and did some truly downward-spiraling behavior that involved him {{spoiler|sleeping with the princess, getting imprisoned and tortured for a year,}} and just throwing away all of that hard-earned work. '''The Result''': [[It Got Worse]]. ''Really'' worse.

** In the same chapter, the King of Midland hears word of what Griffith has done and storms into Charlotte's room. He sees that she has some love bites on her neck and some puddles by the windows where Griffith made his exit. However, the King is only truly convinced when he uncovers some blood stains on Princess Charlotte's bed. '''You'd expect''' that Charlotte just lie and say that her period had just started. '''Instead''' she just sits there and stares at her father. '''The Result''': The King [[Wife Husbandry|begins to manifest]] [[Parental Incest|his very disturbing feelings]] [[No Yay|toward his daughter.]]

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* ~~''[[Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne]]'':~~ Maron's classmates make comments that she resembles the titular character in Miyako's presence. '''You'd Expect:''' Miyako would find out immediately Maron is Jeanne and decided not to arrest her after all. '''Instead:''' She refuses to believe they're the same person because of the resemblance, vowing to arrest her to prove her point.

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** {{spoiler|Miyako finally found out Maron is Jeanne upon seeing her transform.}} '''You'd Expect:''' {{spoiler|She retreats from the street to let her seal a demon attacking them.}} '''Instead:''' {{spoiler|She fainted from the revelation and Fin takes her hostage.}}

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** There's also episode 43 where {{spoiler|Miyako is not completely possessed by a demon, but manipulated by the [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] Fin Fish into killing Jeanne so that "she can get Maron back".}} After a while, Jeanne begins to fight back. '''You'd Expect:''' That she will just have to "checkmate" the demon within her. '''Instead:''' {{spoiler|She just took away the gun she's holding.}} Like that'll ever work. '''Even Worse:''' She doesn't fight back after that.

* ''[[Pretty Sammy|Magical Project S]]'' has Ramia finding out Misao's father is coming to visit her. '''You'd Expect:''' She'll just give her some slack and be with her father. '''Instead:''' She has her transformed into Misa on that day. '''Result:''' Sasami and Misao have discovered their magical girl identities in the end. [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain|Congratulations, Ramia, for making that happen]].

* ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'': Caren saves the mermaid trio from the Black Beauty Sisters. '''You'd Expect:''' She'd join them. '''Instead:''' [[Aloof Ally|She refuses to join them]] all because she thinks Rina left her twin sister, Noel, to get captured. '''Result:''' The Black Beauty Sisters captures her easily. Caren has bought all that on herself because she thinks she can rescue Noel ''by herself''.

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 * Every month during the new moon Inuyasha undergoes a transformation into a weak, nearly helpless human. Every time this happens, some demon or other shows up to kick his ass and nearly kills him.<br />'''You'd Expect:''' that the group would at least try to plan their returns to the village around this ''very specific and reliable'' weakness so that Inuyasha could go to Kagome's time period where he would be safe.<br />'''Instead''' Inuyasha has never gone to Kagome's time even ''once'' during the new moon; instead the group is ''always'' out doing some sort of demon-hunting activity far away from Kaede's village.
 * Speaking of Inuyasha's transformation, Naraku eventually finds out about this little development.<br />'''You'd Expect:''' for him to spy on the heroes to find out exactly when Inuyasha turns into a human and use this information to launch a sneak attack.<br />'''Instead''' Naraku never follows up on this, throwing away a perfectly good opportunity to kill Inuyasha and his friends.
+== ''[[Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne]]'' ==
+* Maron's classmates make comments that she resembles the titular character in Miyako's presence.<br />'''You'd Expect:''' Miyako would find out immediately Maron is Jeanne and decided not to arrest her after all.<br />'''Instead:''' She refuses to believe they're the same person because of the resemblance, vowing to arrest her to prove her point.
+* {{spoiler|Miyako finally found out Maron is Jeanne upon seeing her transform.}}<br />'''You'd Expect:''' {{spoiler|She retreats from the street to let her seal a demon attacking them.}}<br />'''Instead:''' {{spoiler|She fainted from the revelation and Fin takes her hostage.}}
+* There's also episode 43 where {{spoiler|Miyako is not completely possessed by a demon, but manipulated by the [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] Fin Fish into killing Jeanne so that "she can get Maron back".}} After a while, Jeanne begins to fight back.<br />'''You'd Expect:''' That she will just have to "checkmate" the demon within her.<br />'''Instead:''' {{spoiler|She just took away the gun she's holding.}} Like that'll ever work.<br />'''Even Worse:''' She doesn't fight back after that.
+== ''[[Lyrical Nanoha]]'' ==
+* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (anime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'': [[Mad Scientist]] Sorceress Precia Testarossa needs all 21 Jewel Seeds (or, by her own estimates, at least 14) to activate a successful dimensional transference to Al-Hazard. Once she sees that her {{spoiler|cloned}} daughter, Fate, has lost her battle with Nanoha for control of '''all 21 Jewel Seeds,''' she zaps her and takes back the nine Jewel Seeds she had in her possession.<br />'''You'd expect''': Precia to ''also'' zap Nanoha and swipe the remaining Jewel Seeds, which were on her person at the time. '''Or''' even earlier than that, send Fate to TSAB as [[The Mole]] to get her hands on the rest of the Seeds.<br />'''Instead''': Neither thought occurs to her. Her subsequent attempt to use the nine Jewel Seeds to achieve dimensional transference ends catastrophically, and she perishes along with her lair.
+* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's|A's]]'', it's eventually revealed that {{spoiler|the entire plot is the machinations of one [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Admiral Gil Graham]], attempting his own secret plan to destroy the [[Artifact of Doom|Book of Darkness]] for good. It's taken roughly nine years to set up, and is rather convoluted and intricate}}. A significant part of the plan involves sending his familiars,  {{spoiler|Lotte and Aria}} out to aid the Wolkenritter (the Book of Darkness' defense programs) against the heroes several times, before finally  {{spoiler|killing them in front of their young master, driving her over the edge to justify using extreme measures}}. Naturally, since they're somewhat well known, disguises are employed. Not a problem, magic can be used for that.<br />'''You'd expect''': Them to take disguises that, well, look like nothing, which shouldn't be that hard. Something that wouldn't stand out to anyone. They could even take different disguises each time, just to keep people guessing.<br />'''Instead''': They take on forms heavily implied to be [[The Ace|Chrono Harloawn]]'s dead father, who died working on the Book of Darkness case the last time it appeared. Naturally, this ''can't'' be a coincidence, and the list of potential suspects is narrowed significantly. Before long Chrono has defeated the familiars easily, arrested their master, and confiscated the Device meant to accomplish the plan. [[Rousseau Was Right|It wouldn't have worked anyway]], but if you spend nine years on something, it's hard to believe a weak point like that would slip through.
 == ''[[Mahoromatic]]'' ==
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 ** In chapter 107, Greed attacks Father to get the latter to grab him and absorb his philosopher's stone's souls.<br />'''You'd expect''': This is supposed to distract Father long enough for Ed to attack him.<br />'''Instead''': Greed gloatingly tells Father about this plan, giving Father the opportunity to counter Ed's attack.
 ** In Chapter 6, Ed and Al are being attacked by Scar, who has just blasted apart Al's left flank, and almost destroyed Ed's arm, thanks to his powers using his arm<br />'''You'd Expect''': Ed to pick a strategy that involves staying the hell away from Scar's reach at all costs.<br />'''Instead''': He charges Scar with a Blade Edge on the side of his automail. It goes about as well as you can imagine.
-* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (anime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'': [[Mad Scientist]] Sorceress Precia Testarossa needs all 21 Jewel Seeds (or, by her own estimates, at least 14) to activate a successful dimensional transference to Al-Hazard. Once she sees that her {{spoiler|cloned}} daughter, Fate, has lost her battle with Nanoha for control of '''all 21 Jewel Seeds,''' she zaps her and takes back the nine Jewel Seeds she had in her possession.<br />'''You'd expect''': Precia to ''also'' zap Nanoha and swipe the remaining Jewel Seeds, which were on her person at the time. '''Or''' even earlier than that, send Fate to TSAB as [[The Mole]] to get her hands on the rest of the Seeds.<br />'''Instead''': Neither thought occurs to her. Her subsequent attempt to use the nine Jewel Seeds to achieve dimensional transference ends catastrophically, and she perishes along with her lair.
-* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's|A's]]'',  {{spoiler|it's eventually revealed that the entire plot is the machinations of one [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Admiral Gil Graham]], attempting his own secret plan to destroy the [[Artifact of Doom|Book of Darkness]] for good. It's taken roughly nine years to set up, and is rather convoluted and intricate}}. A significant part of the plan involves sending his familiars,  {{spoiler|Lotte and Aria}} out to aid the Wolkenritter (the Book of Darkness' defense programs) against the heroes several times, before finally  {{spoiler|killing them in front of their young master, driving her over the edge to justify using extreme measures}}. Naturally, since they're somewhat well known, disguises are employed. Not a problem, magic can be used for that.<br />'''You'd expect''': Them to take disguises that, well, look like nothing, which shouldn't be that hard. Something that wouldn't stand out to anyone. They could even take different disguises each time, just to keep people guessing.<br />'''Instead''': They take on forms heavily implied to be [[The Ace|Chrono Harloawn]]'s dead father, who died working on the Book of Darkness case the last time it appeared. Naturally, this ''can't'' be a coincidence, and the list of potential suspects is narrowed significantly. Before long Chrono has defeated the familiars easily, arrested their master, and confiscated the Device meant to accomplish the plan. [[Rousseau Was Right|It wouldn't have worked anyway]], but if you spend nine years on something, it's hard to believe a weak point like that would slip through.
 * In ''[[Kimi ni Todoke]]'', our heroine [[Shrinking Violet|Sawako]] looks like it has finally gotten into [[Extreme Doormat|her head]] that [[Nice Guy|Kazehaya]] ''does'' like her too. Valentine Day approaches.<br />'''You'd expect''': Sawako gives Kazehaya chocolate. Even if it is just "duty" chocolate.<br />'''Instead''': She gives chocolate to ''everyone'' but Kazehaya. You see, she's so honest that she couldn't give him just "duty" chocolate, but [[Extreme Doormat|too humble]] to dare to give him "love" chocolate. So she doesn't give him ''any''.<br />'''Result''': Kazehaya is left absolutely confused. Does she like him or not? [[Poor Communication Kills|Their relationship is now worse]] than it was at the beginning of the story.
 * In ''[[Girls Bravo]]'', Koyomi and Tomoka, natives of the planet Seiren, come Earth to find a husband for Maharu. Once they find a suitable match, they intend to return to Seiren using their Aqua Lamps (two tiny silver beads).<br />'''You'd expect''': Them to keep the Aqua Lamps somewhere where they can't easily be stolen. After all, without the Aqua Lamps they're trapped on Earth. At the very least, you'd expect them to keep an eye on their magical items.<br />'''Instead''': The antagonist steals their Aqua Lamps with no trouble at all, and days (possibly weeks) elapse before they even become aware of the theft.
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 * In ''[[Berserk]]'' Guts tries to leave the Band of the Hawk to embark on his own dream, but [[Yandere|Griffith]] [[If I Can't Have You|doesn't want any of that]] and battles Guts for his freedom - which he loses, being his very first defeat. Guts promptly leaves to set off on his journey, leaving his friends and comrades behind.<br />'''You'd expect''' Griffith to just pick himself up and get over it, since most of the hard work that the Band of the Hawk fought for was already over and all Griffith really had to do in order to obtain the Kingdom of Midland was to wait around and marry Princess Charlotte. Plus, Griffith said that a true friend to him wouldn't let anything get in the way of his dream, which was exactly what Guts was doing in the first place.<br />'''Instead''' Griffith has a [[Living Emotional Crutch|total emotional breakdown after Guts left,]] and did some truly downward-spiraling behavior that involved him  {{spoiler|sleeping with the princess, getting imprisoned and tortured for a year,}} and just throwing away all of that hard-earned work.<br />'''The Result''': [[It Got Worse]]. ''Really'' worse.
 ** In the same chapter, the King of Midland hears word of what Griffith has done and storms into Charlotte's room. He sees that she has some love bites on her neck and some puddles by the windows where Griffith made his exit. However, the King is only truly convinced when he uncovers some blood stains on Princess Charlotte's bed.<br />'''You'd expect''' that Charlotte just lie and say that her period had just started.<br />'''Instead''' she just sits there and stares at her father.<br />'''The Result''': The King [[Wife Husbandry|begins to manifest]] [[Parental Incest|his very disturbing feelings]] [[No Yay|toward his daughter.]]
-* ''[[Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne]]'': Maron's classmates make comments that she resembles the titular character in Miyako's presence.<br />'''You'd Expect:''' Miyako would find out immediately Maron is Jeanne and decided not to arrest her after all.<br />'''Instead:''' She refuses to believe they're the same person because of the resemblance, vowing to arrest her to prove her point.
-** {{spoiler|Miyako finally found out Maron is Jeanne upon seeing her transform.}}<br />'''You'd Expect:''' {{spoiler|She retreats from the street to let her seal a demon attacking them.}}<br />'''Instead:''' {{spoiler|She fainted from the revelation and Fin takes her hostage.}}
-** There's also episode 43 where {{spoiler|Miyako is not completely possessed by a demon, but manipulated by the [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] Fin Fish into killing Jeanne so that "she can get Maron back".}} After a while, Jeanne begins to fight back.<br />'''You'd Expect:''' That she will just have to "checkmate" the demon within her.<br />'''Instead:''' {{spoiler|She just took away the gun she's holding.}} Like that'll ever work.<br />'''Even Worse:''' She doesn't fight back after that.
 * ''[[Pretty Sammy|Magical Project S]]'' has Ramia finding out Misao's father is coming to visit her.<br />'''You'd Expect:''' She'll just give her some slack and be with her father.<br />'''Instead:''' She has her transformed into Misa on that day.<br />'''Result:''' Sasami and Misao have discovered their magical girl identities in the end. [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain|Congratulations, Ramia, for making that happen]].
 * ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'': Caren saves the mermaid trio from the Black Beauty Sisters.<br />'''You'd Expect:''' She'd join them.<br />'''Instead:''' [[Aloof Ally|She refuses to join them]] all because she thinks Rina left her twin sister, Noel, to get captured.<br />'''Result:''' The Black Beauty Sisters captures her easily. Caren has bought all that on herself because she thinks she can rescue Noel ''by herself''.