 In "Ruddigore", the baronets are cursed to die if they do not commit a horrible crime every day, but failing to commit such a crime is committing suicide, a horrible crime (a realization that brings them all back to life).In Terry Pratchett's "Moving Pictures", a book is said to inflict terrible fates on any man opening it, but causes only mild annoyance to the Librarian, who is in fact an orangutan.In "The Return of Jafar", the sequel to Disney's film "Aladdin", the main villain Jafar, after becoming a genie, is unable to use his powers to directly kill living beings.