History Main / PleaseIWillDoAnything

* Happens twice in ''Film/TheUntouchables''. First when George, the man who was checking the alcohol cargo in the Canadian frontier, gets scared after Jim Malone shoots a gangster's corpse to intimidate him and promises to talk about Capone's tax evasion. Then at the Chicago Train Station, where Walter Payne, Capone's bookkeeper, is held at gunpoint by a gangster and encourages Ness to kill him, promising he will tell anything about Capone's tax evasion in the trial.

* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', a plea like this serves as the FamousLastWords of [[spoiler:Bill Cipher, who is pleading for mercy from Stan just before the latter punches and destroys him]].

* There is a joke about a BrainlessBeauty university student who needs to pass an upcoming exam. She comes to her professor's office, poses seductively, and [[SextraCredit offers 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 ''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.

* Manga/TokyoGhoul: When Mutsuki pleads with Kaneki not to leave him for his ghoul friends and one true love Touka he uses this phrase. He also tells Urie he is in love with Sasaki/Kaneki and says there is nothing he can do about it. He declares to Urie and Kaneki he would do anything if he could about his love for Kaneki.

* {{Invoked|Trope}} in ''Series/ColdCase'' by serial killer George Marks when he talks "hypothetically" about his crimes.

* {{Invoked|Trope}} in ''Series/ColdCase'' by serial killer George Marks.

* In the Live 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.

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

* ''FanFic/BackToTheFuturePrequel'': Doc begs Hank to release Marty, telling him "I'll do anything you say." Hank doesn't listen.

* ''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.
* PlayedForLaughs in the ''FanFic/TamersForeverSeries'' Takato will only [[spoiler: forgive Ruki for sleeping through his battle with Chaos if she ''kisses'' Chaos. She takes a third option and instead kisses ''Takato'', since they're the same person]].

* ''[[FanFic/LostBoysSaga Broken Heroes]]'': After forcing Sora to join the Organization, Xemnas finds out that he's been in contact with his friends against orders and threatens their lives. Sora begs him to spare their lives using this trope, upon which Xemnas makes Sora his slave (heavily implied SexSlave).

* In several episodes of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants''.

* The "[[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/then-perish Then Perish]]" meme.
-->[[UsefulNotes/BarackObama M-mr obama]] [[ElmuhFuddSyndwome pwease I'm drowning H-hewwo im scawed Ill do anything fow you mr obama pwease hewp]]\\
Anything?\\
Anything for you mr obama :3\\
Then perish

* 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. She is only saved by the arrival of V.

* Used as a MeaningfulEcho in Disney's ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'':

* In the Disney version of ''Disney/PeterPan'', just when it looks like Captain Hook has the drop on Peter, Peter grabs the ship's skull-and-crossbones flag and wraps up Hook in it. In the process, Hook loses his sword, Peter takes it and threatens Hook with it, which leads to him nervously saying a variation on this line:

* In ''Disney/BigHero6'', billionaire Alistair Krei responds to an attempt on his life with this offer. However, given that his attacker is motivated by [[spoiler:revenge for his daughter, whose death he believes was caused by Krei's reckless pursuit of profit]], the implicit offer of money in exchange for Krei's life is angrily rejected.

* ''Series/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!"]]

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Discworld/NightWatch''. When the Night Watch captures one of [[StateSec the Unmentionables']] hired goons, they trick him into believing that he's in for some serious ColdBloodedTorture and he squeaks that he'll answer any question they want. Vimes, [[DeadpanSnarker being Vimes]], immediately asks him [[UnexpectedlyObscureAnswer about the orbital velocity of the moon]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': The Weird Sisters ask [=MacBeth=] what he would be willing to trade for Demona's aid in protecting his family and kingdom. He answers, "Anything."

--> [[ElmuhFuddSyndwome Ill do anything fow you]] [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama mr obama]]!
--> Then perish.

* ''Literature/NightfallSeries'': Myra, when she tries to stop Prince Vladimir from killing the boy from the human farm. She even stops snarking and calls him ‘my lord’ and ‘your Highness,’ which she had repeatedly refused to do before. [[spoiler: It doesn’t work.]]

If the other is ready to listen, expect to be ''doing'' anything. A particularly cruel villain will take the pleading character at their word, extort something out of them [[LeonineContract that they'd never agree to otherwise]], and then [[DidYouActuallyBelieve gloat]] and [[ILied commit the atrocity anyway.]] Hope against hope that it won't cross over into ScarpiaUltimatum or even worse territory. In short, this can be the perfect set-up to [[ISurrenderSuckers trick the other into lowering their defenses and launch a surprise attack]].

If the other is ready to listen, expect to be ''doing'' anything. A particularly cruel villain will take the pleading character at their word, extort something out of them [[LeonineContract that they'd never agree to otherwise]], and then [[DidYouActuallyBelieve gloat]] and [[ILied commit the atrocity anyway.]] Hope against hope that it won't cross over into ScarpiaUltimatum or even worse territory.

--> [[ElmuhFuddSyndwome Ill do anything fow you]] [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama mr obama]] [[ElmuhFuddSyndwome pwease hewp]]
--> Anything?
--> Anything for you mr obama :3
--> Then perish
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