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** Light, still being a student, has been keeping his Death Note activities in the afternoon to late evening. L comments upon this, suggesting Kira is a student. '''You'd Expect:''' Light would try and dissuade the notion by suggesting that it is just a coincidence and many people may only be able to attack in the afternoon, not just students, being the [[Chessmaster]] he is. '''Instead:''' He begins writing down names to die in a more spread out fashion that day the night before, leading L to deduce that the Kira has insider information about the investigation and prompting him to lock everyone in the same room together, which forces Light to actually get on the team to keep up with his opponent.

** It's the endgame! Light and Near face off in the ultimate battle of wits. The fate of the world rides on these moments. Light's plan? To perfectly recreate the act of using the Death Note with a fake, then ensuring Near swaps the fake for another fake. Essentially, they will have believed that they disarmed him, unaware that they've only captured a harmless copy! Meanwhile, he keeps the ''real'' Death Note hidden away, then replacing the fake with the real one at the last moment! That way, the copy they "know" is fake is anything but! That way, when they allow him to incriminate himself, he'll instead slaughter them all at once, and the world will be his! '''You'd expect''' that Light [[The Chessmaster]] would keep an eye on the ''real'' Death Note at all times, test it prior to the epic finish, keep several backups stored, maybe lend that page he keeps in his watch to the assassin, and hey, maybe even a grenade or two just in case. As long as they die, however they die, he wins. And even if they don't, they won't have any evidence directly linking him to Kira. '''Instead''' he puts the original in a safe miles away, under ''no observation'', doesn't bother testing it, and then loudly incriminates himself in front of all of them. Then he tries to use a Death Note (ironically, a functioning Death Note page that could have killed them all had he given it to his lackey instead), in front of several people with much faster guns. Twice.

* Happens to [[Terrible Trio|Team Rocket]] on numerous occasions, usually used as an [[Ass Pull]].

** In ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon Paparazzi]]'' they've successfully captured Pikachu and defeated Ash and Todd. '''You'd expect:''' Them to the get the heck out of there. '''Instead:''' They throw bombs at Ash and Todd and are fooled into posing for a shot, where the bombs blow up in their hands, thus defeating them.

** In another episode, Ash is fighting Misty in the Whirl Islands Tournament. When Misty tries to use her last Pokémon, Psyduck comes out. Ash has his Kingler out on the field. However, Psyduck has a tendency to go into a Psycho rage when it gets a headache. Ash ''knows'' this; he has seen it on numerous occasions. '''You'd Expect:''' Ash to command Kingler to tickle Psyduck, or better yet, nudge it into the water. '''Instead:''' Ash commands Kingler to use Vicegrip. On Psyduck's head. A few seconds later, Ash's face comes in contact with flying crab.

** Ash's general stupidity in regards to Team Rocket. '''You'd Expect''': Ash, over his many encounters with Team Rocket, to smart up and realize that their weapons/tools/whatever are more often than not designed to nullify electric attacks. '''Instead''': Time and again, Ash sics Pikachu's Thunderbolt on their asses as a first attack, with unsuccessful results.

** On a similar note... '''You'd Expect''' Ash and his company to recognize Jessie and James's hair colors, styles, and voices after all the constant encounters, and learn to identify them through such. '''Instead''' they fall for the [[Paper-Thin Disguise|disguises]] almost every time.

** At the end of the eighth movie, Lucario needs to use his Aura power to heal the [[World Tree]], but the amount of Aura required would be fatal to him. '''You'd Expect''' Lucario to ask Ash, who has recently been revealed to have Aura power, to help him heal the tree, thus preventing a [[Stupid Sacrifice|senseless loss of life]]. '''Instead''' Lucario does it himself and dies a tragic, pointless death.

** In ''[[Pokémon: The Movie 2000]]'', the villain Gelarden has just captured Moltres and Ash & co accidentally. '''You'd Expect''': The villain to keep Ash and friends imprisoned, or just for kicks, dump them into the sea. '''Instead''': ''He lets them go as he [[Just Between You and Me|monologues]].'' A few minutes later, his flying base is in ruins and the two birds he captured have escaped. Nice work, moron.

** During the three-episode [[Enemy Mine]] tournament arc where Ash and [[The Rival|Paul]] are forced to work together, Ash comes across Paul's [[Training from Hell|intense]] training methods and how injured Chimchar was, all in the name of harnessing Blaze - the whole reason Paul caught Chimchar in the first place and kept him as long as he did, and the whole reason he's even in the tournament in the first place ([[Griefer|this is already a big strike against him]]). Keep in mind that this is the night before their next match. Chimchar is taken to the Pokémon Center, and Paul is explicitly told by [[The Medic|Nurse Joy]] that Chimchar would be far too worn out to battle tomorrow and would need rest. He is also aware that his next match involves a Zangoose, and that Chimchar fears this particular species. '''You'd expect''' Paul to take her advice and have Chimchar sit this one out. You know, since she IS a doctor for Pokémon and knows what she's talking about. Not only would this give Chimchar a chance to physically and psychologically recover, it would also ease Ash off his case. And who knows - maybe Blaze could come out the following round? '''Instead''' Paul ignores Nurse Joy's warning and uses Chimchar in their battle the next day. Not only that, he then has Chimchar attack [[Jerkass|knowing that his moves would end up hurting Ash's Turtwig as well]] and finally, fed up with its '[[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|weakness]]', [[Rage Quit|leaves Ash to finish the battle solo]]. After the fight, he abandons Chimchar without a second thought, just like several other Pokemon he once handled. '''Taking the stupidity even further''', [[Stop Having Fun Guy|the kind of trainer Paul was meant to represent]] would ''know better'' than to send into an important match a Pokemon that clearly needs bench time, professional opinion or otherwise. Furthermore, anyone with even a shred of empathy would know that throwing a Pokemon against something it flat-out fears is more likely to petrify it than to trip [[Super Mode]]. And yet, despite [[Stupid Evil|such flagrant disregard for both his Pokemon and his teammate, especially in front of such a massive audience]], [[Karma Houdini|Paul was not reprimanded one whit, either on-the-spot or in hindsight]]. Were it not for his [[Draco in Leather Pants|leather pants]] and [[Creator's Pet|the author's favoritism for him]], this would be the moment that [[Moral Event Horizon|destroyed any sympathy he deserved]].

** In [[Pokémon: The First Movie|Pokémon the First Movie]], Mewtwo, having been persuaded to work with Giovanni, is still wondering what his purpose is. '''You'd Expect''': Giovanni would keep in mind Mewtwo is the strongest Pokémon ''ever'', and can take down multiple opponents all at once, AND that prior to this, he destroyed an entire laboratory and all those inside in a fit of rage over the scientists not caring about him, just what he is. Thus he should be careful not to offend/anger Mewtwo. '''Instead''': He tells Mewtwo that, as Mewtwo was created by humans, his purpose is to serve them and not question it. Mewtwo promptly causes an explosion and takes off.

** Barry is battling Ash. Ash's Chimchar defeats Barry's Staraptor. '''You'd expect:''' Barry to send out his Empoleon, taking advantage of [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]] ''and'' the fact that Empoleon is a fully evolved Pokémon with powerful attacks, unlike Chimchar. '''Instead:''' He sends out his Roserade, giving ''Ash'' [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]] advantage. '''However:''' His Roserade is also powerful, taking out Chimchar [[Curb Stomp Battle|in a matter of seconds]]. Plus, defeating Chimchar despite type disadvantage may have been Barry's way of showing off.

* In ''[[Pokémon Special]]'':

** Jasmine is traveling through Ecruteak City when there's an earthquake. '''You'd Expect:''' She run somewhere she won't get crushed. '''Instead:''' She runs to what has to be the most structurally weak building in the area: a crumbling, 700-year-old wooden tower! Not just inside it, either, but to the top!

** [[Elite Mook|Ark]] uses a bound-and-gagged Flannery as a hostage to lure [[Wild Child|Sapphire]] into an airtight cable car, which he [[Locked in a Room|locks]] and then [[Drowning Pit|floods]] with his Azumarill - but not before knocking out Toro and putting an air bubble around his head to make certain he can breathe in the flooded car. '''You'd Expect''' Ark to let the water do the work. He can breathe; they can't. The entire situation, at that point, was engineered so he couldn't hope to lose. '''Instead''' not only does he summon a Sharpedo to expedite the killing, but even after its teeth are broken off, he flagrantly violates [[Evil Gloating|Rule 6]] of the [[Evil Overlord List]], with some of the gloating going straight into [[Tempting Fate]]. Yes, Sapphire ''can'' hold her breath that long, and she ''does'', up to the point ''she manages to cut a hole in the glass with the same teeth she just broke off!''

* ''[[Blue Drop]]'':

** Hagino is the commander of an alien battleship who learns about her people's plan to invade the earth, which she is squarely opposed to since the has grown to love the planet and its inhabitants--[[Girls Love|and one inhabitant in particular: Mari]]. '''You'd Expect:''' Hagino puts all of her knowledge and resources on the line to stall the invasion and to save as many people as possible—including herself and the girl she loves. She'd be a greater asset to the Earth's resistance when she's alive, after all. '''Instead:''' She wastes a lot of time and energy rehearsing a silly [[School Play]], because the girl she loves is in it as well. Once the invasion starts, she can't do much more than {{spoiler|put on a kamikaze-act to save her girl's city from destruction}}. Although this is very heroic, it is also very stupid and wasteful. Hagino's people obviously have a lot of trouble thinking clearly when under the influence of hormones, as is also shown in the manga.

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 ** Light, still being a student, has been keeping his Death Note activities in the afternoon to late evening. L comments upon this, suggesting Kira is a student.<br />'''You'd Expect:''' Light would try and dissuade the notion by suggesting that it is just a coincidence and many people may only be able to attack in the afternoon, not just students, being the [[Chessmaster]] he is.<br />'''Instead:''' He begins writing down names to die in a more spread out fashion that day the night before, leading L to deduce that the Kira has insider information about the investigation and prompting him to lock everyone in the same room together, which forces Light to actually get on the team to keep up with his opponent.
 ** It's the endgame! Light and Near face off in the ultimate battle of wits. The fate of the world rides on these moments. Light's plan? To perfectly recreate the act of using the Death Note with a fake, then ensuring Near swaps the fake for another fake. Essentially, they will have believed that they disarmed him, unaware that they've only captured a harmless copy! Meanwhile, he keeps the ''real'' Death Note hidden away, then replacing the fake with the real one at the last moment! That way, the copy they "know" is fake is anything but! That way, when they allow him to incriminate himself, he'll instead slaughter them all at once, and the world will be his!<br />'''You'd expect''' that Light [[The Chessmaster]] would keep an eye on the ''real'' Death Note at all times, test it prior to the epic finish, keep several backups stored, maybe lend that page he keeps in his watch to the assassin, and hey, maybe even a grenade or two just in case. As long as they die, however they die, he wins. And even if they don't, they won't have any evidence directly linking him to Kira.<br />'''Instead''' he puts the original in a safe miles away, under ''no observation'', doesn't bother testing it, and then loudly incriminates himself in front of all of them. Then he tries to use a Death Note (ironically, a functioning Death Note page that could have killed them all had he given it to his lackey instead), in front of several people with much faster guns. Twice.
-* Happens to [[Terrible Trio|Team Rocket]] on numerous occasions, usually used as an [[Ass Pull]].
-** In ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon Paparazzi]]'' they've successfully captured Pikachu and defeated Ash and Todd.<br />'''You'd expect:''' Them to the get the heck out of there.<br />'''Instead:''' They throw bombs at Ash and Todd and are fooled into posing for a shot, where the bombs blow up in their hands, thus defeating them.
-** In another episode, Ash is fighting Misty in the Whirl Islands Tournament. When Misty tries to use her last Pokémon, Psyduck comes out. Ash has his Kingler out on the field. However, Psyduck has a tendency to go into a Psycho rage when it gets a headache. Ash ''knows'' this; he has seen it on numerous occasions. <br />'''You'd Expect:''' Ash to command Kingler to tickle Psyduck, or better yet, nudge it into the water. <br />'''Instead:''' Ash commands Kingler to use Vicegrip. On Psyduck's head. A few seconds later, Ash's face comes in contact with flying crab.
-** Ash's general stupidity in regards to Team Rocket.<br />'''You'd Expect''': Ash, over his many encounters with Team Rocket, to smart up and realize that their weapons/tools/whatever are more often than not designed to nullify electric attacks. <br />'''Instead''': Time and again, Ash sics Pikachu's Thunderbolt on their asses as a first attack, with unsuccessful results.
-** On a similar note...<br />'''You'd Expect''' Ash and his company to recognize Jessie and James's hair colors, styles, and voices after all the constant encounters, and learn to identify them through such.<br />'''Instead''' they fall for the [[Paper-Thin Disguise|disguises]] almost every time.
-** At the end of the eighth movie, Lucario needs to use his Aura power to heal the [[World Tree]], but the amount of Aura required would be fatal to him. <br />'''You'd Expect''' Lucario to ask Ash, who has recently been revealed to have Aura power, to help him heal the tree, thus preventing a [[Stupid Sacrifice|senseless loss of life]]. <br />'''Instead''' Lucario does it himself and dies a tragic, pointless death.
-** In ''[[Pokémon: The Movie 2000]]'', the villain Gelarden has just captured Moltres and Ash & co accidentally.<br />'''You'd Expect''': The villain to keep Ash and friends imprisoned, or just for kicks, dump them into the sea.<br />'''Instead''': ''He lets them go as he [[Just Between You and Me|monologues]].'' A few minutes later, his flying base is in ruins and the two birds he captured have escaped. Nice work, moron.
-** During the three-episode [[Enemy Mine]] tournament arc where Ash and [[The Rival|Paul]] are forced to work together, Ash comes across Paul's [[Training from Hell|intense]] training methods and how injured Chimchar was, all in the name of harnessing Blaze - the whole reason Paul caught Chimchar in the first place and kept him as long as he did, and the whole reason he's even in the tournament in the first place ([[Griefer|this is already a big strike against him]]). Keep in mind that this is the night before their next match. Chimchar is taken to the Pokémon Center, and Paul is explicitly told by [[The Medic|Nurse Joy]] that Chimchar would be far too worn out to battle tomorrow and would need rest. He is also aware that his next match involves a Zangoose, and that Chimchar fears this particular species.<br />'''You'd expect''' Paul to take her advice and have Chimchar sit this one out. You know, since she IS a doctor for Pokémon and knows what she's talking about. Not only would this give Chimchar a chance to physically and psychologically recover, it would also ease Ash off his case. And who knows - maybe Blaze could come out the following round?<br />'''Instead''' Paul ignores Nurse Joy's warning and uses Chimchar in their battle the next day. Not only that, he then has Chimchar attack [[Jerkass|knowing that his moves would end up hurting Ash's Turtwig as well]] and finally, fed up with its '[[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|weakness]]', [[Rage Quit|leaves Ash to finish the battle solo]]. After the fight, he abandons Chimchar without a second thought, just like several other Pokemon he once handled.<br />'''Taking the stupidity even further''', [[Stop Having Fun Guy|the kind of trainer Paul was meant to represent]] would ''know better'' than to send into an important match a Pokemon that clearly needs bench time, professional opinion or otherwise. Furthermore, anyone with even a shred of empathy would know that throwing a Pokemon against something it flat-out fears is more likely to petrify it than to trip [[Super Mode]]. And yet, despite [[Stupid Evil|such flagrant disregard for both his Pokemon and his teammate, especially in front of such a massive audience]], [[Karma Houdini|Paul was not reprimanded one whit, either on-the-spot or in hindsight]]. Were it not for his [[Draco in Leather Pants|leather pants]] and [[Creator's Pet|the author's favoritism for him]], this would be the moment that [[Moral Event Horizon|destroyed any sympathy he deserved]].
-** In [[Pokémon: The First Movie|Pokémon the First Movie]], Mewtwo, having been persuaded to work with Giovanni, is still wondering what his purpose is. <br />'''You'd Expect''': Giovanni would keep in mind Mewtwo is the strongest Pokémon ''ever'', and can take down multiple opponents all at once, AND that prior to this, he destroyed an entire laboratory and all those inside in a fit of rage over the scientists not caring about him, just what he is. Thus he should be careful not to offend/anger Mewtwo.<br />'''Instead''': He tells Mewtwo that, as Mewtwo was created by humans, his purpose is to serve them and not question it. Mewtwo promptly causes an explosion and takes off.
-** Barry is battling Ash. Ash's Chimchar defeats Barry's Staraptor.<br />'''You'd expect:''' Barry to send out his Empoleon, taking advantage of [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]] ''and'' the fact that Empoleon is a fully evolved Pokémon with powerful attacks, unlike Chimchar.<br />'''Instead:''' He sends out his Roserade, giving ''Ash'' [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]] advantage.<br />'''However:''' His Roserade is also powerful, taking out Chimchar [[Curb Stomp Battle|in a matter of seconds]]. Plus, defeating Chimchar despite type disadvantage may have been Barry's way of showing off.
-* In ''[[Pokémon Special]]'':
-** Jasmine is traveling through Ecruteak City when there's an earthquake.<br />'''You'd Expect:''' She run somewhere she won't get crushed.<br />'''Instead:''' She runs to what has to be the most structurally weak building in the area: a crumbling, 700-year-old wooden tower! Not just inside it, either, but to the top!
-** [[Elite Mook|Ark]] uses a bound-and-gagged Flannery as a hostage to lure [[Wild Child|Sapphire]] into an airtight cable car, which he [[Locked in a Room|locks]] and then [[Drowning Pit|floods]] with his Azumarill - but not before knocking out Toro and putting an air bubble around his head to make certain he can breathe in the flooded car.<br />'''You'd Expect''' Ark to let the water do the work. He can breathe; they can't. The entire situation, at that point, was engineered so he couldn't hope to lose.<br />'''Instead''' not only does he summon a Sharpedo to expedite the killing, but even after its teeth are broken off, he flagrantly violates [[Evil Gloating|Rule 6]] of the [[Evil Overlord List]], with some of the gloating going straight into [[Tempting Fate]]. Yes, Sapphire ''can'' hold her breath that long, and she ''does'', up to the point ''she manages to cut a hole in the glass with the same teeth she just broke off!''
 * ''[[Blue Drop]]'':
 ** Hagino is the commander of an alien battleship who learns about her people's plan to invade the earth, which she is squarely opposed to since the has grown to love the planet and its inhabitants--[[Girls Love|and one inhabitant in particular: Mari]]. <br />'''You'd Expect:''' Hagino puts all of her knowledge and resources on the line to stall the invasion and to save as many people as possible—including herself and the girl she loves. She'd be a greater asset to the Earth's resistance when she's alive, after all. <br />'''Instead:''' She wastes a lot of time and energy rehearsing a silly [[School Play]], because the girl she loves is in it as well. Once the invasion starts, she can't do much more than {{spoiler|put on a kamikaze-act to save her girl's city from destruction}}. Although this is very heroic, it is also very stupid and wasteful. Hagino's people obviously have a lot of trouble thinking clearly when under the influence of hormones, as is also shown in the manga.