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Sheiky-Baby
06/22/21 7:10:37 PM
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Whether it be from tv, film, game, book. What was the worst you've seen from this? Does everything being just a dream count?

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Turbam
06/22/21 7:11:59 PM
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Nabeshin, but it was really fucking funny so it's fine


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catboy
06/22/21 7:12:08 PM
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Not sure if surviving a death that would be impossible counts, but Final Fantasy 4 and Metroid: Other M are pretty bad with this.

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Returning_CEmen
06/22/21 7:13:03 PM
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The show Entourage

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Seaman_Prime
06/22/21 7:28:17 PM
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In Game of Thrones when Ayra gets stabbed in the gut, falls into a canal, and then just sleeps off her wounds in the next episode.
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a-c-a-b
06/22/21 7:36:58 PM
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The Stand is a great example.

Still a fantastic book though.
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Back_Stabbath
06/22/21 7:48:00 PM
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mass effect 3 crucible/catalyst

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ultimate reaver
06/22/21 7:53:57 PM
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The Stand end with god literally sticking his hand down from the sky and blowing everyone up. It's so abrupt and ridiculous that I'm not sure anything else compares

Another Stephen King story that's less often cited, Needful Things, ends with the main character suddenly getting the power to summon various other Stephen King monsters and send them at the villain. While incredibly funny, it's also absolutely ridiculous.


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Xavier_On_High
06/22/21 7:56:50 PM
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Seaman_Prime posted...
In Game of Thrones when Ayra gets stabbed in the gut, falls into a canal, and then just sleeps off her wounds in the next episode.

Doesn't the Lady Crane nurse her back to health? And she explains that she's experienced in nursing because of needing to fix up her boyfriends who get into tavern brawls. It's unlikely, but not a deus ex machina.

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UnholyMudcrab
06/22/21 7:58:15 PM
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Xavier_On_High posted...
Doesn't the Lady Crane nurse her back to health? And she explains that she's experienced in nursing because of needing to fix up her boyfriends who get into tavern brawls. It's unlikely, but not a deus ex machina.
No amount of stitching will fix the infection from jumping into what is essentially the city's sewer system

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Xavier_On_High
06/22/21 8:04:45 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
No amount of stitching will fix the infection from jumping into what is essentially the city's sewer system

Infection isn't always guaranteed for any wound. Particularly if it's arterial, because the pressure of the blood helps prevent pathogens from entering. Arya got lucky, sure, but it's not so improbable that it requires a deus ex machina. It's just bad writing.

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Hambo the Hog
06/22/21 8:06:48 PM
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The climax of every Harry Potter book, plus the backstory.

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A5modeu5
06/22/21 8:13:20 PM
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Seaman_Prime posted...
In Game of Thrones when Ayra gets stabbed in the gut, falls into a canal, and then just sleeps off her wounds in the next episode.


More like when she stabs the big bad from out of nowhere
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Lebronwon
06/22/21 8:15:46 PM
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The ending of Lord of The Flies.

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AvlButtslam
06/22/21 8:16:23 PM
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I just finished The Stand so its fresh in my mind.

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pfh1001
06/22/21 8:21:10 PM
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Hambo the Hog posted...
The climax of every Harry Potter book, plus the backstory.


Very much this. The last book in particular is bad about it.
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Zanzenburger
06/22/21 8:23:10 PM
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In the George of the Jungle 2 movie, the villain is defeated when the movie's narrator literally reaches into the movie and pulls him out.


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Sariana21
06/22/21 8:28:57 PM
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Hambo the Hog posted...
The climax of every Harry Potter book, plus the backstory.
Yep.

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Sariana21
06/22/21 8:29:11 PM
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Lebronwon posted...
The ending of Lord of The Flies.
Almost literally.

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Returning_CEmen
06/22/21 8:54:19 PM
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I think I still named the best example in this topic

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Hambo the Hog
06/22/21 9:12:24 PM
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pfh1001 posted...
Very much this. The last book in particular is bad about it.
Also the first one. And the second one. And the fourth one. And I don't remember the rest, but I assume they're still dumb bullshit.

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Sheiky-Baby
06/22/21 9:15:32 PM
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The Zeno button, and Whis being able to control time in DBS, were pretty damn bad.

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BilalPowell
06/22/21 9:19:31 PM
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Wizard of Oz

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Zanzenburger
06/22/21 9:34:13 PM
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I'd also argue that every episode of Fineas and Ferb fall into this.

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