Crapshoot
Crapshoot noun - A risky undertaking.
Usage example: there are almost no sure bets in the movie business—almost everything is a crapshoot
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Whether cherub fanartists will play straight, avert, or invert this trope is often a crapshoot.
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Is a Crapshoot: Peter and Shelly discover that his software program won't play well unless it's playing a human.
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Is a Crapshoot: The robots in "Five Nights at Freddy's" simply want you to come play with them... Amnesiac Dissonance: The protagonist of "September" (see Wham Line below).
Source: Music / The Living Tombstone
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