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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.
The most benevolent form is [[Freeing the Genie]] - this act of immense selflessness might be [[Laser
Of course, whether or not the wording of the Wishplosion would work depends on the writer.
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== Anime & Manga ==
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* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'': This is how {{spoiler|the eponymous character}} simultaneously saves the universe, saves the [[Magical Girl|Magical Girls]], and {{spoiler|[[Ascend to A Higher Plane of Existence|becomes an omnipresent Goddess]]}} all with one logic-defying wish.
** Her wish {{spoiler|(personally destroy every witch ever before they're born)}} was against the laws of the universe {{spoiler|(since witches were an integral part of the life-cycle of a magical girl)}}. The solution to this dilemma? {{spoiler|[[The End of the World As We Know It|Destroy the current universe]] and [[Reset Button|recreate]] it so that the wish could be fulfilled.}}
** {{spoiler|It's important to note the significance of wishing to ''[[Exact Words|personally]]'' prevent the existence of witches. As per her wish, she appears in person before every magical girl who's about to witch out and collects their grief. After having collected this incalculable grief, she predictably overloads and is about to become Gretchen. [[But Wait! There's More!|But as she must abort witches with her own hands, as per her wish,]] Madoka simultaneously appears in a form strong enough to prevent Gretchen's existence. This is what allows her to exist as she does now.}}
== Comics ==
* In the ''[[
** Of course, this was her intention. They were in love. (Awwww!)
{{quote| '''Jamel:''' Zola! You did it! YOU DID IT!!! I'm free!!! FREE!!<br />
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== Web Comics ==
* In one of the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' parody stories in ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', Torg is confronted with a djinn who grants two wishes to anyone, although it will try to screw up the wish as much as possible. For some reason, this always entails "randomly" turning the wisher into chocolate. The djinn mentions that should anyone survive the first wish, the second one will be much less twisted. Torg's solution? {{spoiler|"Turn Torg Potter into chocolate." But that's not really his name.}}
** Later several of the protagonists run into demon-genies who could steal their souls at will and don't have to grant any wishes they don't want to, but like to play games by letting them try to think of wishes that will get them out. They're outwitted by {{spoiler|Aylee}} of all people, who in exchange to her soul wishes that Torg not be restrained by them in any way, which they take to mean that they won't restrain them ''within'' their own domain, but not allowed to ''leave''. Next Zoë, acting on {{spoiler|Aylee's}} instructions, pretends to try to make a wish so dreadful that they would let her go out of sheer [[Arson, Murder, and Admiration|admiration]]. She wishes that {{spoiler|blood of the innocents should rain all over their house. The head demon grants this with a shrug and is about to move on, when the soul of Torg's sentient sword, whose physical form is in the house, gains its [[Infinity
* ''[[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]]'': "I wish I'd gotten that question right." Now the number of electrons in a hydrogen atom is two! BOOM!
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