History Main / AnythingButThat

--->'''Dr. Klahn''': Show him... BatmanAndRobin!\\
'''CIA Agent''': No! No, please! Anything but that!

Classic reaction to when family or the {{Nakama}} are threatened. For many heroes, someone they love being hurt because of them is literally the worst punishment they could possibly receive at the hands of a villain.

* Played horrifyingly straight in [[1984]].[[spoiler: DO IT TO JULIA!!!]]

* "[[{{Shrek}} Not the gum-drops buttons!]]"

* The infamous "[[{{Narm}} No! Not the ]]'''[[{{Narm}} mind probe]]'''!" line from ''[[DoctorWho TheFiveDoctors]]

* The infamous "[[{{Narm}} No! Not the ]][[{{Narm}} '''mind probe''']]!" line from ''[[DoctorWho TheFiveDoctors]]

* The infamous "[[Narm No! Not the ]][[Narm '''mind probe''']]!" line from ''[[DoctorWho TheFiveDoctors]]

** This was a recurring gag in the LooneyTunes shorts ''[[http://fliiby.com/file/595627/7faipxbjp7.html It's Hummer Time]]'' and ''[[http://www.jogyjogy.com/watch.php?id=19703 Early To Bet]]'', both directed by Robert [=McKimson=]. The unnamed cat protagonist is put by his bulldog antogonist through a series of bizarre punishments, each of which he recoils from with a "No, no! Not that! Not '________'! Not that! NOOOOT THHAAAATT!"

** That scene is parodied in TheNostalgiaCritic's review (being called 'a preferred execution method in Southeast Asia')

[[AC:Web Original]]
* In a ''TheSpoonyExperiment'' / ''AtopTheFourthWall'' crossover, Linkara (an alternate one that looks like Spoony) will take reading ''Warrior #2-#3'' over watching ''TNAImpact''.
* [[TheNostalgiaCritic "NOT THE GRENADE! NOT THE GRENADE!"]]
** The Critic himself begged not to do TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial with this line.

* What MeatLoaf would do for love.
--> Now I'm waitin' for the end of time, so I can end my time with you!

-->'''Scar:''' [[SelfDeprication NO! ANYTHING but THAT!]]

-->'''Scar:''' NO! ANYTHING but THAT!

* [[NostalgiaCritic "NOT THE GRENADE! NOT THE GRENADE!"]]

[[StockPhrase Standard response]] when someone is threatened with something. It tends to come off as a bit of an overreaction; the speaker must know that there are far worse things that could happen, but might be jusified if it is [[YourWorstNightmare Their Worst Nightmare]]. Often played for comedy when the threat is relatively minor.

** That scene is parodied in ThatGuyWithTheGlasses (being called 'a preferred execution method in Southeast Asia')

** ''{{Superman}}: The Man of Steel'' #3 featured a dark ShoutOut to the cartoon when Magpie's version of "Happy Birthday" had a lit dynamite stick in a mook's mouth, as another mook sobbed the above line.

* This was a recurring gag in the LooneyTunes shorts ''It's Hummer Time'' and ''Early To Bet'', both directed by Robert [=McKimson=]. The unnamed cat protagonist is put by his bulldog antogonist through a series of bizarre punishments, each of which he recoils from with a "No, no! Not that! Not '________'! Not that! NOOOOT THHAAAATT!"

* Bug's Bunny in the spoof of 1001 Atabian Nights. As they prepare to throw him in boiling oil he says that's quite fine, but just as long as they don't throw him down that deep, dark hole. The hole of course is his way out of the place and he escapes once they throw him in.