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As entertainment critic Roger
Ebert once said, "If you disagree with something I write, tell me so, argue
with me, correct me--but don't tell me to shut up. That's not the American way."
So here's how the story goes. It's a Thanksgiving play, so we already know the complete plot. The Pilgrims land, Pocahontas shows up, everyone trades food, then Pocahontas -- who in this play is being portrayed by Wednesday Addams --
-- tells the audience all about the horrible things the pilgrims and their descendants will do to the Amerinds, followed by burning every last pilgrim at the stake.
I would pay to see that play.
This trope is for any time you're trying to put someone through a fully structured story -- only to have the characters blow the whole thing up. It's most common in roleplaying games, where the players tend to look at the game runner's carefully crafted ideas simply to find the best places for planting the explosives. But it can also happen in scripted fiction when the characters get a little metatextual on you, or self-aware, or simply start thinking and decide that the whole 'I must be an idiot to make this plot work' thing just isn't them and they're not going to do it.
There are numerous links in the example lists. Follow them at your own risks. Ribs do start to ache, y'know.
But for those who run such games or work with that kind of character -- it's only funny until it happens to you. And then, for whatever did it, it's hilarious.
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