History Main / DontTryThisAtHome

A mandatory disclaimer heard at least once, and often more times, during any show which presents outrageous stunts or death-defying acts of derring-do. Mandatory because there are more than a few morons out there with so little common sense that they will actually ''try'' these things without the proper training and then [[FrivolousLawsuit sue everybody in sight]] when they get hurt (or their family will do it for them when [[TooDumbToLive they get killed]] or forgot/don't know how to sue). Sometimes played for laughs ''within'' a show, as a character [[BreakingTheFourthWall turns to the audience]] and says "Do ''not'' try this at home" before beginning the most comically dangerous part of the ZanyScheme.

* ''Film/ProjectX'' has a warning at the beginning that no one should attempt to re-create the events in the film; given that the film was inspired by events in real-life, this is useful -but hasn't stopped people from trying to emulate it though.

* Most of Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s video and DVD releases have a 30-second PSA, [[UsefulNotes/UserOperationProhibitFlag which you can't skip]], at the beginning which features wrestlers talking about the various serious injuries they've suffered, ending with an announcer saying, "Please, don't try this at home." And they've been having wrestlers tell the viewers not to try any stunts at home about three times per two-hour episode, probably due to ExecutiveMeddling caused by WWE trying to pander to children as their main audience. Later [=PSAs=] went one further, saying "Don't try this." No at home. Don't try it '''anywhere''', because kids used ExactWords and tried it outside of their homes.