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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"Don't let Vox do to you what he did to me."''
|[[Famous Last Words|Last words]] of : '''Ace Hardlight''', ''[[Ratchet: Deadlocked]]''}}
Bob meets George. Now, George represents what will become of Bob if he takes a certain path. Unfortunately, George has either become evil or else his life has ended up sucking. George will either warn Bob to not make the mistake he did or else he will encourage Bob to follow in his footsteps. The latter is, of course, more likely to occur when George is evil. Either way, Bob will ultimately decide that he does not want to be the next George.
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For when the warning goes opposite way, see [[Fling a Light Into the Future]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Doraemon]]'': It's the eponymous robot's raison d'etre to stop Nobita from becoming a [[Future Loser]], but occasionally, Future Nobita himself appears to whip his younger self into studying diligently. These are some of the [[Nightmare Fuel|most unsettling episodes]], since Future Nobita knows his past-self's tricks and possess Doraemon's future gadgets.
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* ''Disney's The Kid'' is a rather weird take on this trope...starting with the fact that it's told from the Jacob Marley's perspective.
* The 1972 film version of ''[[EC Comics (film)|Tales From The Crypt]]'' has a rather grim subversion of this. The Crypt-Keeper shows a group of strangers visions of the hideous fates awaiting each of them as a result of various wicked actions; at the end of the film, he reveals that these visions are not warnings of what might happen, but records of what has ''already'' happened; they're already dead, and destined for Hell.
* ''[[Repo! The Genetic Opera
* ''[[Coraline]]'' has the title character refusing to let the Other Mother sew buttons in her eyes when she asks her to do so, even though the Other Mother had treated her with adoration up until that point. It turns out that she made an excellent choice by not doing so. It turned out that the Other Mother had invited three children to her realm before her after seeing what was wrong in their lives, as she did with the title character herself. Only in their case they had decided to allow her to
== [[Literature]] ==
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