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== Live-Action TV ==

* In the ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)|~~Doctor Who]]'' episode "World War Three", after Joseph Green delivers a speech about an alien threat with "[[Does This Remind You of Anything?|massive weapons of destruction]]", the following exchange occurs:

* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "World War Three", after Joseph Green delivers a speech about an alien threat with "[[Does This Remind You of Anything?|massive weapons of destruction]]", the following exchange occurs:

{{quote| '''The Doctor:''' He's making it up. There's no weapons up there, there's no threat. He just invented it.<br />

'''Harriet Jones:''' Do you think they'll believe him?<br />

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** Although you don't need to hit the head at all. It's just that in the first play through you can't do enough damage to overcome its [[Healing Factor]].

** You can also shoot it in the face with a pistol.

* In ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]'', when the player is told by a conniving thief to pull one of two levers. It obviously makes no difference which is pulled, as the party is captured and the materia not returned either way. [[But Thou Must]]...

* In ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]'', when the player is told by a conniving thief to pull one of two levers. It obviously makes no difference which is pulled, as the party is captured and the materia not returned either way. [[But Thou Must!]]...

* One town in ''[[Breath of Fire]] 4'' is filled with traps designed to scare away intruders. Fall for one particular trap and you'll be told by an amused villager that "not even the animals are dumb enough to fall for that one!"

* ''[[Endless Frontier]]'' has this exchange.

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'''[[Chekhov's Boomerang|Pyrite Parrot]]:''' *Squawk* It's me, Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate!<br />

'''Guybrush:''' Shut up, you! }}

* In ''[[Portal 2 (Video Game)|Portal 2]]'', [[G La DOS]]'s chamber features a back door labelled: "[[G La DOS]] Emergency Shutdown and [[The Cake Is a Lie|Cake Dispensary]]". Naturally, there's [[But Thou Must|nothing to do]] but try to open it. [[G La DOS]] can't believe it when you fall for it.

* In ''[[Portal 2 (Video Game)|Portal 2]]'', [[G La DOS]]'s chamber features a back door labelled: "[[G La DOS]] Emergency Shutdown and [[The Cake Is a Lie|Cake Dispensary]]". Naturally, there's [[But Thou Must!|nothing to do]] but try to open it. [[G La DOS]] can't believe it when you fall for it.

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== Real Life ==

* The origin of the term "[~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Murphy%27s_law~~ Murphy's law]".

* The origin of the term "[[wikipedia:Murphychr(27)s law|Murphy's law]]".

* The concept behind The [[Darwin Awards]] which collects such stories that [[Black Comedy|result in death]].

** Or removing themselves from the gene pool through... [[Groin Attack|other methods.]]

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*** Actually, he started the invasion in June. It took longer than expected. The Nazis actually expected to launch their attack on May 1, but had to delay for six weeks to conquer Yugoslavia. Many historians speculate that the extra six weeks of warm weather in Russia might have resulted in victory.

** [[The Princess Bride (Film)|And never go in against a Sicilian when ]]''[[The Princess Bride (Film)|death ]]''[[The Princess Bride (Film)|is on the line!]]

** Only one man has actually successfully conquered Russia. That was [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Batu_Khan~~ Batu Khan] (who was almost as [[Badass]] as [[The Scourge of God|his grandfather Genghis]]). And Russia wasn't united at the time.

** Only one man has actually successfully conquered Russia. That was [[wikipedia:Batu Khan|Batu Khan]] (who was almost as [[Badass]] as [[The Scourge of God|his grandfather Genghis]]). And Russia wasn't united at the time.

*** Though by ''not'' being dumb enough to try in the middle of another war anything more than a short campaign to punish princes who killed his ambassadors. Being strong and unobtrusive made Horde attractive, so when the prince of the richest Russian city had to choose whether to deal with them or the Crusaders, he bothered to travel all the way to Batu and became his son's "[[blood Brother|blood brothers]]" to join as a client-state.

* Somehow, people are still falling for the Nigerian Scam.

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