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*** '''You’d Expect''': Them to use simple logic (as well as listen to the Brain when he points this out) and determine that pushing him into the pool would only make it worse.

*** '''Instead''': They go through with it, and are surprised when it makes Arthur's condition even worse.

** '''You’d Expect''': The other Scanrangers to sit back and watch. Or, to just get out of there.

** '''Instead''': [[Sixth Ranger|Takeshi]], for some reason, runs out and asks to help Peter. Momentarily distracted telling Takeshi to leave, Peter is left vulnerable to a fatal blow by Blackorg.

** '''Instead''': Jason decides to marry a princess named Glauce so he could have wealth and fame and the like, even though Medea has already had two children by him (and is, as mentioned above [[Cute and Psycho]] to the extreme) ''and the man's patron goddess is HERA'', also known as the goddess of marriage and the most vengeful out of the Olympians. So Medea kills Jason's new bride, the bride's father, and their two children in revenge before taking off. Jason dies alone and forgotten many years later, when the Argo's ancient, rotting prow breaks right over his head.

*** It gets worse. Jason had taken a vow to be faithful to Medea, and the traditional divine punishment for breaking oaths, according to Herodotus? Killing off the oathbreaker's entire family, which makes Jason's anger at Medea for doing just that very a much a what an idiot moment.

** '''You'd Expect''': Odysseus to just get to his ship, set sail and never look back.

** '''Instead''': Odysseus takes time to gloat at his foe and gives him '''his real name.''' Unfortunately for him, Polyphemus is the son of Poseidon, the very sea god who's already pissed at Odysseus's lack of humility. Poseidon then ensures that the trip home is a living nightmare.

** '''You'd Expect''': Kane to immediately go straight to General Manager Teddy Long and threaten to walk out with the belt if Teddy doesn't force Edge to give [[Paul Bearer]] back, especially since kidnapping non-wrestlers isn't something Long is supposed to condone anyway. If Teddy refused to give Paul back, he could ''easily'' make good on his threat until Teddy finally caves or gets kicked out for someone else with some sense who will do the right thing. In other words, what [[CM Punk]] did in 2011, except more specific to a brand (Smackdown), less "Voice of the Voiceless", and more "GIVE ME BACK MY DAD!".

** '''Instead''': Kane keeps scrambling around and running after wherever Edge showed his face last like a blubbering idiot, and is driven to the point of pleading humanity in desperation. He ends up with Teddy right in front of him at least twice, yet can only ask "Where's Paul!?" or "Where's Edge!?".

* On the 12/5/11 airing of ''Monday Night Raw'', Randy Orton is in a match with the Miz. They're both out of the ring and Randy slams Miz. Wade Barrett comes out and watches the match and both the Miz and Randy are close to being counted out. Randy pushes the Miz into the ring.

** '''You'd Expect''': Randy to ignore Wade and continue the match.

** '''You'd Expect''': That he'd come to the obvious conclusion that his search is over — his twin lives in this town, and the character's just being mistaken for him.

** '''Instead''': He grows progressively more and more confused about everything that happens and ultimately concludes that the entire town's full of witches who are tricking him. Nobody figures it out until the twins come face-to-face.

** '''You'd Expect''': She'd put two and two together. This centaur has bad intentions towards her. This centaur hates her husband. He's not actually going to give her something helpful. He was shot with poisoned arrows. Love potion = deadly poison.

** '''Instead''': At a moment when Herakles has fallen in love with another woman, she tries to save her marriage by using the love potion on him. It kills him brutally.