History Main / PleaseIWillDoAnything

* For many tropers, when you hear Please I Will Do Anything, you think of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6m7NR6iYjg#t=73s this scene]] from ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' (too bad for the Count that he didn't have the "Anything" Inigo wanted...):
-->'''Inigo Montoya''': "Offer me money."
-->'''Count Rugen''': "Yes!"
-->'''Inigo Montoya''': "Power, too, promise me that."
-->'''Count Rugen''': "All that I have and more. Please."
-->'''Inigo Montoya''': "Offer me everything I ask for!"
-->'''Count Rugen''': "Anything you want..." [[ILied *attacks again*]]
-->'''Inigo Montoya''': ''*stabs Rugen*'' "I want my father back, you son of a bitch!"

--> '''Woman''': I'll do anything!
--> '''Trinity''': Good. Jump.

* In ''Film/TheTalesOfRobinHood'', Marian begs to Lady Sallyforth that she will do anything if only the torture stops. Lady Sallyforth is only too eager to take her up on the offer.

* David Gerrold's ''Literature/TheWarAgainstTheChtorr'' novel ''A Season for Slaughter''. Jim [=McCarthy=] does this when begging Randy Dannenfelser for access to a prowler robot so he can look for "Lizard" Tirelli.

* A GoodIsNotNice version in ''Panic in Philly''. This is TheMafia don's response when he discovers that Literature/MackBolan has not only infiltrated his operation posing as a Mafia Commission ProfessionalKiller, but has sent [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes his own son]] to the Commission [[DecapitationPresentation bearing the head of Mack Bolan]] -- actually the man Bolan has [[KillAndReplace Killed And Replaced]]. Bolan responds coldly, "No way. That was my grand slammer."

A stock phrase and a sentiment. The usual response is, "''Anything???''" A character, usually a sympathetic one, is all out begging another for a favor--or to be spared a cruelty.

* For many tropers, when you hear PleaseIWillDoAnything, you think of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6m7NR6iYjg#t=73s this scene]] from ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' (too bad for the Count that he didn't have the "Anything" Inigo wanted...):

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* In the opening of ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'', the heroine is arrested for prostitution, the punishment for which is [[CrapsackWorld left to the arresting officer's discretion]]. She makes this offer. The policemen explain that yes, she ''will'' do anything--then they'll kill her.

* The MeatLoaf song ''I would do anything for love (but I won't do that)''. Believe it or not, the song was inspired by an argument over buying a box of raisins.

* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'': Italy says this when Germany finds him in a tomato box. PlayedForLaughs, obviously.

* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' manga. [[spoiler: BrokenBird Rin Sohma offers to sleep with her cousin Shigure if he tells her how to break the curse of the clan. He declines said offer.]]
* A very {{squick}}y version occurs in ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion'', in which an ''underaged'' cub [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Lea/Raya]] offered herself as a bride to the ''adult'' lion [=BuBu=], in hopes of making him spare [[BadassInDistress Kimba]]. Even [[SmugSnake Totto, Bubu's advisor]] [[EvenEvilHasStandards seemed appalled by this]].

%%* If a girl ever says this in a hentai doujin, expect live eels or an enema kit to show up by the next page, if not the next ''panel''.
* ''Manga/GokujouDrops'': Komari pleads with Yukio to sponsor her, insisting that she'll do anything to return the favor.
* In the first episode of ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'', Fuu says this to the man guarding our heroes who are due to be executed. The guard is rather annoyed to find that ''doesn't'' include sex.
* Played for laughs in ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'': the recipient takes their sweet time loudly and enthusiastically highlighting how great an opportunity it is, to the giver's disgust, until he comes up with something completely unexpected and rather heart-warming.

* In ''Manga/LuckyStar'', ClosetOtaku Izumi Wakase asks "How much otaku talk is too much?" before finding out that Yutaka was watching on Patricia's end of the chat. When she begs Yutaka in person not to say anything about it, Hiyori has an ImagineSpot where Izumi says the trope name to a guy who's apparently willing to take her up on the offer. The ''real'' Izumi feels Yutaka [[ImagineSpotting should pick her friends more carefully...]]
* In ''Manga/AnatoliaStory'', Princess Alexandra of Arzawa offers herself as a slave (and implicitly [[SexSlave in a sexual manner]]) to a "young boy" who has led the Hitite conquer of seven Arzawan cities, in a very heartfelt but incredibly misguided attempt to help her country. It turns out, however, that this Ishtar person [[{{Bifauxnen}} is actually a girl named Yuri]] and she's already the concubine of a Hitite prince, so she makes Alexandra her LadyInWaiting instead.
* In the ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' prequel ''To Rule Flame'', this happens between [[spoiler: Yumi and Shishio]]. More exactly: [[spoiler: Yumi's best friend Hanabi has been bloodily murdered and her TokenMiniMoe other companions Akari and Kogari have been kidnapped. Fed up with the indifference of her brothel's owner and already embittered from her DarkAndTroubledPast, Yumi offers herself to Shishio (whom she had BelligerentSexualTension with up until then) and says she'll be his lover in exchange for both revenge and the surviving girls's rescue. Shishio accepts the deal, fulfills his part with the aid of the Juppongatana, and from then on Yumi is his DarkMistress.]]
* ''Anime/KotouraSan'': Young Haruka begs this to her mother in an attempt to get the latter [[PleaseDontLeaveMe to not leave the former.]] [[KickTheDog Kumiko pushes Haruka onto the ground,]] [[IHaveNoSon tells her that she wishes she never gave birth to her,]] [[TearJerker and leaves her anyway.]]

* In the first ComicBook/{{Cerebus}} comic to feature Red Sophia, in which she offers it to him after he beats her it a sword fight (she attacked)... and instead of having her do something... erotic, he uses her as a pack mule.

* ''FanFic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness Act II'': In chapter 21, Mizore pleads with Miyabi to spare her mother's life using this trope, to which Miyabi forces her to have sex with him in exchange for her mother's life; it's made that much worse by the fact that Miyabi was Mizore's [[VirginTension first]]. Immediately after doing so, once Mizore is out of earshot, Miyabi goes back on his word and personally orders Tsurara's execution to [[MakeAnExampleOfThem set an example to anyone who dares disobey Fairy Tale]], and mocking Mizore for being foolish enough to believe him.

** First when Belle is pleading for her father's life

* King Roland of Druidia in ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' tells the hero Lone Starr that he'll pay anything if Lone Starr will rescue his daughter. Lone Starr agrees to do it for a million spacebucks ([[KeepTheReward but, what with becoming a hero in the process of rescuing her, he ends up taking only 248 spacebucks for food, gas and tolls]]).

* In ''Film/{{Bent}}'' Max's general {{plan}} of escape from a concentration camp seems to be ''whatever'' it takes.

* Jesse does this to his foster dad in ''Film/FreeWilly'', when he's begging him to help save the whale.
* In ''Film/{{Oldboy 2003}}'', [[spoiler:Dae-su Oh begs his former captor not to tell Mi-do that he is her father, offering to be his dog. He ends up cutting his tongue out, which works.]]
* The second joke example above is played straight in ''Film/TheLifeOfDavidGale'', though the two do in fact later [[TeacherStudentRomance have sex]] and her FalseRapeAccusation sets the plot in motion.
* ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'': A wealthy woman’s husband is kidnapped. She answers to the cops that she’ll give his captors whatever they wish… until they answer that they want her Wonka bars. Not jewels, not money, but her Wonka bars. [[ImThinkingItOver Suddenly she’s not so willing.]]

* In ''Film/ANewHope'' Grand Moff Tarkin orders the Death Star to blow up Alderaan, invoking this trope to the captured Princess Leia in order to get her to reveal the location of the rebel base in exchange for sparing her home world. Leia gives up a location, but Tarkin orders Alderaan destroyed anyway.
** Of course [[spoiler: Leia was lying about the rebel base; the location had been long abandoned.]]

* In the ''Dark'' series Razvan begs with EvilSorcerer Xavier for his daughter's life, saying "I'll do anything.'' That's a mistake when you're talking to a sorcerer and it enables Xavier to take possession of Razvans mind and body.
* David Gerrold's ''Literature/TheWarAgainstTheChtorr'' novel ''A Season for Slaughter''. Jim [=McCarthy=] does this when begging Randy Dannenfelser for access to a prowler robot so he can look for "Lizard" Tirelli.
* ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'': Violet says this to Count Olaf in the first book when she learns he captured her baby sister Sunny in a bird cage and dangled her from the window of his tower. Count Olaf's response is "Anything? Would you consider marrying me during the play tomorrow?"

* In the Life Action TV show of ''Manga/{{Jin}}'', Kyotaro, a samurai, privately begs actor Sawamura for money and declares he would do anything (though not with the exact words.) Sawamura tells him to "partake in a show"--that show being to prostrate himself before Sawamura in the streets and publically plead, which Kyotaro does.
* In ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "Encounter at Farpoint", when Picard believes his away team to be in danger, he makes said bargain in exchange for Q bringing them back. When they're teleported to the bridge, he echoes the bargain to Picard. [[spoiler:But it wasn't Q who brought them back, but the creature.]]
* In ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "The Maquis Pt. 2", Quark discusses this trope with a Vulcan Maquis member Sakonna. Citing the Third Ferengi Rule of Acquisition, "Never spend more than an acquisition is worth," Quark argues that Sakonna's declaration that the Maquis will "pay any price" to insure peace is illogical; since the Cardassian government's plan to provide Cardassian settlers with illegal weapons has been foiled, "The price of peace is at an all-time low."

* ''Series/{{Lost}}'': Kate does one of these in "I Do" when Pickett is threatening to shoot Sawyer, but then Jack calls on the walkie-talkie JustInTime and saves the day, more or less.
* On ''Series/{{Angel}}'', Angel's sworn enemy, Holtz [[spoiler: manages to get his hands on Angel's baby son, Connor]]. Holtz threatens to break his neck unless Angel [[spoiler: allows him to take the baby away]]. Angel not only agrees but, when it seems like Holtz is faltering, [[spoiler: begs him to simply take the boy, instead of hurting him]].

* The beginning of the "Let's Go to the Mall" video that Barney shows on his laptop in an episode of Series/HowIMetYourMother plays around with this trope.
* [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]] says this pretty much word for word in the Season 4 finale when [[spoiler: the Daleks captured him and his Tardis and [[ForcedToWatch make him watch]] as his Tardis (with Donna inside it) is sent to the core of the ship to be incinerated]].
* In Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth, Jack pleads with the 456 to [[spoiler: spare Ianto's life when it released a virus in the building where both he and Ianto were]].
--> '''456''': [[IWillFightSomeMoreForever You said you would fight]].
--> '''Jack''': [[AintTooProudToBeg Then I take it back, alright? I take it all back, but not him]]!

* ''OnceUponATime'': Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold gets some variation of this often. Usually along the lines of "I'll pay any price." At least once, when dealing with [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Anna]], [[LampshadeHanging he gleefully says to himself, "I love it when they say that!"]]

* ''Series/The100'': Clarke Griffin does this in [[{{Recap/The100S03E02}} Wanheda Part Two]] when she has been kidnapped by Roan (who is seemingly taking her to her death) and Bellamy comes to rescue her but is captured by Roan himself. Roan puts a knife to Bellamy's throat and is about to kill him when Clarke pleads for Bellamy's life by offering to go with Roan without resistance. Roan agrees to the deal and lets Bellamy live, though he does knock Bellamy out.
--> Clarke: "No, please. Please don't! I'll do anything! I'll stop fighting. Just please don't kill him!"

* Leonora in ''IlTrovatore'' offers herself to the Conte Di Luna in exchange for her beloved Manrico's life. [[spoiler: But, little does Di Luna know, Leonora ingests poison after he agrees. So, by the time Manrico has been set free, she remain faithful to him forever in death.]]

* Upon finding the tomb in which Frostmourne was held in Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos, Prince Arthas declared "Spirits of this place! I will do anything, pay any price, if only you will help me save my people!" This...didn't end well for him.
* A particularly cruel version exists in ''SuikodenII''. There's this villager who had her village utterly massacred by [[TheCaligula Luca Blight]]. She begs that she be spared if she does anything. Luca thinks a bit and forces her to act like a pig. She did so. Once the deed is done... Luca kills her anyway with this reasoning: '''"DIE, PIG!!!!"'''
* A variation occurs in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor''. When Mario asks Goldbob permission to use the giant cannon, Goldbob asks what it's worth to him. There are three responses; if Mario answers "Everything I have!" Goldbob asks twice if he's sure, then gives him permission. [[spoiler: (This is actually a SecretTestOfCharacter; while he does take all of Mario's things, he gives them all back a minute later.)]]

* According to ''PennyArcade'', [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/1/19/ this]] is the fifth stage of hacked-account grief.

* In ''The Four Tasks Of WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'', DM tells Count Duckula he'll do anything to obtain two tail feathers from him (as part of a deal to Baron Greenback, who has taken Penfold prisoner). Duckula's request: "Can you get me on television?"
* This was the biggest part of the plot of "The Joker's Favor", a famous episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. To summarize: A [[{{Everyman}} blue-collar worker named Charlie Collins]] was having a very bad day, and when he was coming home from work, a rude motorist cutting him off the last straw; he cussed the man out in a fit of road rage, only to find out, to his horror, it was the Joker. The villain chased the poor man down, and when Charlie begged for his life, making this exact plea, the Joker took him up on it, promising to let him go if he agreed to do him a favor, saying he'd think of one later. For two years, the Joker [[ItAmusedMe kept track of Charlie like a sadistic "hobby"]] (Charlie moving to Ohio with his family and changing his name didn't help much), then called him to tell him he wanted him to make good on that promise. The "favor" was part of the Joker's plan to infiltrate a testimonial dinner for Commissioner Gordon and plant a bomb; Charlie simply had to hold the door open. However, Charlie then found his hand glued to the doorknob, the Joker telling him [[ExactWords he never said he'd let him live this time]]. [[spoiler:Charlie got even in spades however, after Batman foiled the plan; after confronting the Joker in an alley and belting him across the face, he responded to his threat by producing a bomb of his own and threatening to kill both of them. Horrified at the thought of being killed in such a humiliating way (and realizing this wasn't fun anymore) the Joker surrendered all the information he had on Charlie and his family before Batman hauled him away.]]

* There is a joke about a BrainlessBeauty university student who needs to pass an upcoming exam. She comes to her professor's office, pose seductively, and [[SextraCredit offer to do "anything" for a good grade]]. The professor tells her to [[spoiler:[[BoringButPractical study for it]]]], if she's really willing to do anything.

* In the ''[[GuiltyPleasure Dark]]'' series Razvan begs with EvilSorcerer Xavier for his daughter's life, saying "I'll do anything.'' That's a mistake when you're talking to a sorcerer and it enables Xavier to take possession of Razvans mind and body.

* David Gerrold's ''TheWarAgainstTheChtorr'' novel ''A Season for Slaughter''. Jim [=McCarthy=] does this when begging Randy Dannenfelser for access to a prowler robot so he can look for "Lizard" Tirelli.

* ''Series/The100'': Clarke Griffin does this in [[{{Recap/The100S03E02}} Wanheda Part Two]] when she has been kidnapped by Roan (who is seemingly taking her to her death) and Bellamy comes to rescue her but is captured by Roan himself. Roan puts a knife to Bellamy's throat and is about to kill him when Clarke pleads for Bellamy's life by offering to go silently. Roan agrees to the deal and lets Bellamy live, though he does knock Bellamy out.

* ''Series/The100'': Clarke Griffin does this in [[{{Recap/The100S03E02}} Wanheda Part Two]] when she has been kidnapped by Roan (who is seemingly taking her to her death) and Bellamy comes to save her but is captured by Roan instead. Roan puts a knife to Bellamy's throat and is about to kill him when Clarke stops him and pleads, "No, please. Please stop! I'll do anything! I'll stop fighting. Just please don't kill him!" Roan contemplates for a second and then agrees to the deal and lets Bellamy live, though he does knock Bellamy out.