History Main / AndThatWouldBeWrong

Not to be confused with AndThatsTerrible. Complete opposite of NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat, where a character proposes something good as if it were bad, leading to a hasty retraction. Compare ShuttingUpNow.

'''Jayne:''' He was non-specific as to how.\\

'''Jayne:''' Pain is scary.

-->'''Lassier:''' If I weren't a cop, I would shoot him in a darkened alley and leave evidence to suggest that his own people were behind it... and when I say I, I mean a fake, imaginary detective to be played by Powers Booth\\

->'''Jessie''': ''Who wants to bet Danny is taping this vacation so that he can deduct it off his tax returns?''
->'''Danny''': ''Well I could do that. But that would be wrong.''
->--''FullHouse''

Not to be confused with [=~And That's Terrible~=]. Complete opposite of NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat, where a character proposes something good as if it were bad, leading to a hasty retraction. Compare ShuttingUpNow.

* Sometimes happens on ''{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}'', particularly with Anya.
* In one ''[[MarriedWithChildren Married... With Children]]'' episode, Peggy has to go back to school to complete her home-ec credit and ends up in the same class as Kelly. A girl in the class leaned over and said, "Hey, Kelly, you up for vandalizing the graveyard tonight?" very casually, as if this was a normal activity for them. Seeing Peggy's shocked look, Kelly says, "No, Susan. That would be wrong."

* ''{{The Order of the Stick}}'': Vaarsuvius, in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0696.html this strip]], points out that, "As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." Cue other [=OOTSers=] looking at him/her funny, [[{{Familiar}} Blackwing]] whispering, and V invokes ([[TropeNamer and names]]) the trope.

* In ''[=~8-Bit Theater~=]'', Red Mage and Thief discuss abandoning the [[HeroicBSOD BSOD]]-ing Black Mage:

* Referenced in ''FamilyGuy'': Hey, that's way better than what I was thinking; I was gonna suggest we kill and eat the kids! You know... half-jokingly at first so I could gauge your reaction...
* ''{{The Fairly OddParents}}''

'''Wanda:''' Bad. How do most ten year olds make money?

* RichardNixon. On the Watergate tapes, Nixon says of one of his enemies, "we could kill him", and in an interview with David Frost, Nixon claimed that the next thing he said, accidentally erased from the tape, was "... but that would be wrong." It became something of a MemeticMutation back in the day. Different in that Nixon was no protagonist, let alone a hero.
** Says volumes about the man that And That Would Be Wrong is his saving throw.

-->'''Bernadette:''' Oh, I take pacts very seriously. One time at my lab, a petri dish of genetically modified super-virus went missing. That day we made a pinky swear never to admit we crossed Ebola with the common cold.\\

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* In one MarriedWithChildren episode Peggy had to go back to school to complete her home-ec credit and ended up in the same class as Kelly. A girl in the class leaned over and said, "Hey, Kelly, you up for vandalizing the graveyard tonight?" very casually, as if this was a normal activity for them. Seeing Peggy's shocked look, Kelly says, "No, Susan. That would be wrong."
* ''{{The Big Bang Theory}}'' has the following exchange with Bernadette. "Oh, I take pacts very seriously. One time at my lab, a petri dish of genetically modified super-virus went missing. That day we made a pinky swear never to admit we crossed Ebola with the common cold."\\
"Why the hell would you cross Ebola with the common cold?"\\
"We never did. (beat) That would be a terrible, terrible thing."
* From ''{{Bones}}'' -- Colin Fisher, who had recently been in a mental hospital, describes a victim's injury: "The brain would have bled out, thus releasing him into sweet oblivion." (beat) "Which is death, and is sad, not happy."

--->'''Haley:''' I mean, there's probably some ubermagic that would bind his soul or something... but that's kinda on the Evil side of the street if you ask me.\\

--->'''Vaarsuvius:''' Of course not. I'd never tamper with the fundamental nature of reality when bored. That would be wrong.
** Also, in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0171.html this comic]], Haley decides slavery is wrong after all.
*** Seems she has since decided that [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0750.html it was wrong indeed.]] Progress is progress.

* In ''EightBitTheater'', Red Mage and Thief discuss abandoning the [[HeroicBSOD BSOD]]-ing Black Mage:
--->'''Thief''': Leaving him to rot would be wrong.
--->'''Red Mage''': So very wrong.
--->'''Fighter''' (holding up a sword): Kind of '''chainsaw''' wrong.
--->'''Thief''': Okay, good thing we're all on the same page then!

* FairlyOddParents
--> '''Timmy''': What do you mean I can't just make three tickets appear like magic?
--> ''"DA RULES" appear.''
--> '''Wanda''': Timmy, it's sold out! If we gave you three of the tickets, it means we'd be taking them away from somebody else who already has them!! (off Timmy's "I don't care" glare) And that would be stealing. (off his glare) Which is bad.
--> '''Timmy''': Well, can't you just make three extra theater seats??
--> '''Wanda''': That would violate the fire code!
--> '''Timmy''': I have to buy those tickets from Francis! I wish I had 1500 dollars.
--> '''Wanda''': That's counterfeiting. (off glare) Which is bad.
--> '''Timmy''': Darn it!I'll have to do it the old fashioned way...
--> '''Cosmo''': Blackmail?
--> '''Wanda''': Bad. How do most ten year olds make money?

-->''You may notice you're down to only one [choice] when it comes time to determine the team leader. It's not that we think any incompetent can be team leader. It's not like this test is purposely designed to put the person least familiar with Alpha Complex etiquette in charge. Trust us. It's not like that at all.''

Not to be confused with [=~And That's Terrible~=]. Complete opposite of NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat, where a character proposes something good as if it were bad, leading to a hasty retraction.

* [[DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog Captain Hammer's]] penultimate speech. Once he drops the 'tiny cue cards', he says, "She turned me on to this whole homelessness things. Which is terrible. And I realized something..."

* ''[=~Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends~=]'' has this little exchange with how to make their neighbor want to move, since everyone wanted his room.
-->'''Coco:''' ''(shifty eyed)'' [[PokemonSpeak Co-co-]]''coco''.\\
'''Mac:''' ... Coco, if we did that I think we would go to jail.\\
'''Coco:''' ''(frown)''

** Similarly, there's a scene in Season 2 where Debra blows off Dexter's attempts to find her a new apartment while she's rooming with him. His inner monologue: "I will not kill my sister, I will not kill my sister, I will not kill my sister..."

* Sometimes happens on BuffyTheVampireSlayer, particularly with Anya.
* ''{{Dexter}}'' says this about a noisy dog who's been keeping his girlfriend awake at night.

-->'''Mal:''' I've given Jayne here the job of finding out.
-->'''Jayne:''' He was non-specific as to how.
-->'''Mal:''' Now, you only got to scare him.
-->'''Jayne:''' Pain is scary.

* Happens routinely in the ''{{Paranoia}}'' books, but always with the obvious implication "but Alpha Complex is a CrapsackWorld, so that wrong thing is ''exactly'' what will happen".
---> You may notice you're down to only one [choice] when it comes time to determine the team leader. It's not that we think any incompetent can be team leader. It's not like this test is purposely designed to put the person least familiar with Alpha Complex etiquette in charge. Trust us. It's not like that at all.

* ''{{The Order of the Stick}}'': Vaarsuvius, in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0696.html this strip]], points out that, "As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." Cue other [=OOTSers=] looking at him funny, [[{{Familiar}} Blackwing]] whispering, and V invokes ([[TropeNamer and names]]) the trope.

* In ElGoonishShive, [[spoiler: when Sensei Greg is forced to close his dojo,]] Greg states that part of the reason is because that his training could give people random, unpredictable powers, which could easily turn into a case of BadPowersBadPeople, BadPowersGoodPeople, PowerIncontinence, etc.
-->'''Sensei Greg''': My training could inadvertently give a sociopath atomic breath or something. While awesome, that would be totally irresponsible.

* Used by MovieBob in his review of TheLosers explaining that the best use of the film would be for under 17 year old to get into the theater so they can go see the far prerable but R-Rated KickAss, except AndThatWouldBeWrong

* ''DannyPhantom'' example: Danny, Sam and Tucker find themselves looking in on [[FutureMeScaresMe future Danny]] [[BadFuture destroying Amity Park]]. Naturally, Sam and Tucker are appalled; Danny, on the other hand...

* FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends had this little exchange with how to make their neighbor want to move, since everyone wanted his room.
-->'''Coco:''' *shifty eyed* [[PokemonSpeak Co-co-]]''coco''.
-->'''Mac:''' ... Coco, if we did that I think we would go to jail.
-->'''Coco:''' *frown*

** Says volumes about the man that AndThatWouldBeWrong is his saving throw.

* Sometimes happens on BuffyaTheVampireSlayer, particularly with Anya.

* Actually happens with the ''{{Paranoia}}'' rulebook, although since this is mostly to give people ideas, it's closer to a subversion.

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* Actually happens with the ''{{Paranoia}}'' rulebook, although since this is mostly to give people ideas, it's closer to a subversion.

Not to be confused with [=~And That's Terrible~=].