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So the enemy is a [[Literal Genie]], and has been attempting to corrupt the heroes by [[Make a Wish|giving them wishes]], or maybe after the heroes are done will be free to wreak havoc. [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]!
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It usually helps if the hero doesn't succumb to the temptation of trying to benefit from the wishes and defeat the genie at the same time, but some have beaten the odds and have accomplished that. Usually the results are a dramatic explosion, but not always. Sometimes it's merely a [[Reset Button]] being pushed.
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== Live Action TV ==
* In the new ''[[Twilight Zone]]'' series, episode "I of Newton", based on a short story by Joe Haldeman, a physics professor is confronted with a demon who'll kill him if he can't find a wish he can't grant. Said genie tells the man that he's capable of doing anything, even the impossible, in physics; and he can go anywhere and is aware of all existence. Teacher finally gets rid of him by "putting his last wish in the form of a command, 'Get lost.'"
** Aware of all existence? Is he Laplace's Demon?
* In the original ''Twilight Zone'' episode "The Man in the Bottle", a genie grants a man four [[Be Careful What You Wish For|Monkey's Paw]] type wishes. The third wish is to become the ruler of a country who can't be overthrown, so the genie turns him into Hitler at the end of World War II. The man's last wish is that all of the previously granted wishes be canceled.
* ''[[VR Troopers]]'' and ''[[Weird Science]]'' both have a villain who wishes to have never met the wish granter. Followed to a letter.
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* Likewise, in ''[[DuckTales]]'', an evil genie is thwarted by the ''villain'' wishing he had never found the genie's lamp, which results in it being lost underground.
* ''[[Extreme Ghostbusters]]'' presented a [[Logic Bomb]] for an evil genie, "I wish you won't grant this wish."
* ''[[The Fairly
** There's also a literal interpretation of [[Your Head Asplode|Wishplosion]], in the form of Magical Backup. If a godparent can't grant wishes to their kids, they explode into confetti.
* ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'' episode "Cinderella Cat" features a genie doing a Marlon Brando impression (he's a Fairy "Godfather", [[Parental Bonus|get it?]]). Garfield wishes for lasagna, and the Godfather gets it from a vendor. Garfield wishes for money, and the genie gets it from a bank. Garfield tries to forego his last wish, but the genie insists, so... he wishes for a fairy god''mother'' to appear, who turns out to be his wife. She promptly started berating him, and they both left, leaving Garfield to deal with this book he found...
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