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* Taken to a truly weird level by one issue of ''ComicBook/SwampThing'' (one that predated the [[MyRealDaddy iconic]] Creator/AlanMoore run). Though the UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode still held some sway back then, ''Swamp Thing'' was emphatically ''not'' a series for children, and freely talked about children being abducted and killed by the stranger (the story was, in fact, RippedFromTheHeadlines of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_murders_of_1979%E2%80%9381 the Atlanta child murders]]). The weirdness comes in when it turns out the killer is a [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed very on-the-nose parody]] of ''[[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Fred Rogers]]'' - who was [[DemonicPossession demonically possessed]], but the narrative implicitly blames him for the murders anyways, because his show teaches little kids to treat every stranger as a friend.
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* Taken to a truly weird level by one issue of ''ComicBook/SwampThing'' (one that predated the [[MyRealDaddy iconic]] Creator/AlanMoore run). Though the UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode MediaNotes/TheComicsCode still held some sway back then, ''Swamp Thing'' was emphatically ''not'' a series for children, and freely talked about children being abducted and killed by the stranger (the story was, in fact, RippedFromTheHeadlines of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_murders_of_1979%E2%80%9381 the Atlanta child murders]]). The weirdness comes in when it turns out the killer is a [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed very on-the-nose parody]] of ''[[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Fred Rogers]]'' - who was [[DemonicPossession demonically possessed]], but the narrative implicitly blames him for the murders anyways, because his show teaches little kids to treat every stranger as a friend.
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* ''Film/HomeAlone'': A brief moment, when a shop worker is suspicious about Kevin being by himself. She questions him relentlessly about where his family is, and when she asks "where do you live?", Kevin replies "I can't tell you, because you're a stranger".
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* In one of the humorous stories framing the puzzles in ''The Mensa Puzzle Book'', Victor Serebriakoff claimed that when he was a child he pulled an elaborate verbal practical joke on his mother, folowing which she told him that if a strange man ever came up to him and offered him sweets and a ride in a motor car, he should ''go''.
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* An odd version happens in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''[='s=] fifth season finale, "The Cutie Re-Mark". In an attempt to avert ForWantOfANail and get the filly Rainbow Dash to perform the Sonic Rainboom, Twilight flies up to join her and tells her about everything. However, since Twilight is still one with NoSocialSkills and ''all of time/space'' is on the line, she comes off as incredibly creepy, causing Rainbow Dash to fly away and allow ForWantOfANail to hit again.
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* An odd version happens in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''[='s=] fifth season finale, "The Cutie Re-Mark". In an attempt to avert ForWantOfANail an AlternateTimeline and get the filly Rainbow Dash to perform the Sonic Rainboom, Twilight flies up to join her and tells her about everything. However, since Twilight is still one with NoSocialSkills and ''all of time/space'' is on the line, she comes off as incredibly creepy, causing Rainbow Dash to fly away and allow ForWantOfANail the PointOfDivergence to hit again.
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* Briefly parodied in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'': "R2-D2, you know better than to trust a strange computer!"
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* Briefly parodied in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'': "R2-D2, you know better than to trust a strange computer!"
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* ''The Adventures of Capricorn'' is an educational video series starring the namesake Capricorn (or "Corny" for short), an alien exchange student who learns social skills on Earth and is played by Creator/RichardStevenHorwitz of all people, six years before he voiced ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''. The first video in the series, "Get Street Smart: A Kid's Guide to Stranger Dangers" has Corny learning about this trope by undergoing a GroundhogDayLoop on which he gets kidnapped constantly.
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* ''The Adventures of Capricorn'' is an educational video series starring the namesake Capricorn (or "Corny" for short), an alien exchange student who learns about social skills on Earth and is played by Creator/RichardStevenHorwitz Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz of all people, six years before he voiced ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''. The first video in the series, "Get Street Smart: A Kid's Guide to Stranger Dangers" has Corny learning about this trope by undergoing a GroundhogDayLoop on which he gets kidnapped constantly.
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* ''The Adventures of Capricorn'' is an educational video series starring the namesake Capricorn (or "Corny" for short), an alien exchange student who learns social skills on Earth and is played by Creator/RichardStevenHorwitz of all people, six years before he voiced ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''. The first video in the series, "Get Street Smart: A Kid's Guide to Stranger Dangers" has Corny learning about this trope by undergoing a GroundhogDayLoop on which he gets kidnapped constantly.
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* At least suggested in ''Literature/TheSpiderAndTheFly'', where a Spider entices an innocent but wary Fly to come into his house with promises of nice things, only to snare and eat her when she finally gives in. Given that it's a BeastFable for children about the dangers of predatory people, the fate of the Fly could be shorthand for any number of horrible things.
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* ''Film/TrickyPeople'', a 1998 video produced by Nest Entertainment, is a rather serious PSA about sexual abuse and stranger danger... which stars a silly yellow [[Series/BarneyAndFriends Barney-esque]] dinosaur named Yello Dyno. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1qGYdlH8k4 Watch]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YfoIEPIaQY it]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcDqb9rZ3VE here]] (with snarky annotations).
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* ''Film/TrickyPeople'', a 1998 video produced by Nest Entertainment, is a rather serious PSA about sexual abuse and stranger danger... which stars a silly yellow [[Series/BarneyAndFriends Barney-esque]] dinosaur named Yello Dyno. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1qGYdlH8k4 Watch]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YfoIEPIaQY it]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcDqb9rZ3VE here]] (with snarky annotations).
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Compare and contrast InternetSafetyAesop, the stock lessons for the modern age about not trusting strangers online.
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Compare DrugsAreBad, another favorite kids-show message in the 1980s. See also, MemeticMolester, for fictional characters who are portrayed in a way that makes it a good idea for them to stay away from kids.
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Compare DrugsAreBad, another favorite kids-show message in the 1980s. See also, MemeticMolester, for fictional characters who are portrayed in a way that makes it a good idea for them to stay away from kids.
kids. The plot may involve a RedRidingHoodReplica, as a familiar tale about an innocent child who encounters a conniving predator.
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* ''ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus'': One strip showed a tearful Jeffy running indoors, leaving a kindly-looking elderly woman standing in confusion on the sidewalk, wailing, "Mommy! A '''stranger''' talked to me!"
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* ''ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus'': One strip showed a tearful Jeffy running indoors, leaving a kindly-looking elderly woman standing in confusion on the sidewalk, wailing, "Mommy! A '''stranger''' talked to me!"
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* There was a [[VerySpecialEpisode Very Special Comic Book]] starring ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' in which his next-door-neighbor kid was being molested by his (female) babysitter. In it, Spidey shares that ''he'' was molested, pre-superpowers, [[http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/superhero2.jpg by someone who looked suspiciously like Uncle Ben]]. Spidey [[BizarroEpisode never references or even acknowledges this story in any other continuity]], but can you really blame him? Supposedly, the original draft of the story said the molester ''was'' Uncle Ben, with all the attendant {{Squick}} involved. One time when ExecutiveMeddling was used for good, as this approach would've made it really hard to see Spider-Man's origin the same way again. It was packaged with a ''ComicBook/PowerPack'' comic about the Powers family helping a child who ran away from abuse in her immediate family. Both comics were reviewed by Dr. Scott of ''Polite Dissent'' [[https://web.archive.org/web/20170609075537/http://www.politedissent.com/archives/982 here]].
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* There was a [[VerySpecialEpisode Very Special Comic Book]] starring ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' in which his next-door-neighbor kid was being molested by his (female) babysitter. In it, Spidey shares that ''he'' was molested, pre-superpowers, [[http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/superhero2.jpg by someone who looked suspiciously like Uncle Ben]]. Spidey [[BizarroEpisode never references or even acknowledges this story in any other continuity]], but can you really blame him? Supposedly, the original draft of the story said the molester ''was'' Uncle Ben, with all the attendant {{Squick}} involved. One time when ExecutiveMeddling was used for good, as this approach would've made it really hard to see Spider-Man's origin the same way again. It was packaged with a ''ComicBook/PowerPack'' comic about the Powers family helping a child who ran away from abuse in her immediate family. Both comics were reviewed by Dr. Scott of ''Polite Dissent'' [[https://web.archive.org/web/20170609075537/http://www.politedissent.com/archives/982 here]].
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* Zigzagged in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13934752/3/Scattered-Fragments-of-Illusion Scattered Fragments of Illusion]]''. Harry's school has a talk about "stranger danger" every year, but when he's eight the officer giving the talk comments that according to recent evidence, the biggest danger can come from people you know and trust.
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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14126298/10/Harmony-Times-Two Harmony Times Two]]'':
-->'''Madame Bones:''' Dumbledore ''never'' came to visit you?\\
'''Harry:''' Don't know. What's he look like?\\
'''John:''' He has a gray beard that goes down to his belt, has gray hair that is just as long in back, wears brightly colored choir-robes with moving designs on them, and he offers students candy whenever he first starts talking with them.\\
'''Harry:''' Does he drive a car? In primary school, we were told that if you see someone like that, he'll try to trick you into getting into his car.
-->'''Madame Bones:''' Dumbledore ''never'' came to visit you?\\
'''Harry:''' Don't know. What's he look like?\\
'''John:''' He has a gray beard that goes down to his belt, has gray hair that is just as long in back, wears brightly colored choir-robes with moving designs on them, and he offers students candy whenever he first starts talking with them.\\
'''Harry:''' Does he drive a car? In primary school, we were told that if you see someone like that, he'll try to trick you into getting into his car.
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->''"Kids, there's nothing more cool than being hugged by someone you like! But [[MemeticMutation if someone tries to touch you in a place or in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable, that's]] ''[[MemeticMutation no]]'' [[MemeticMutation good]]! It's your body; no one has the right to touch you if you don't want them to. So, what do you do? First, you say 'NO!' Then, you get outta there! Most important, you gotta tell someone you trust, like your parents, your teacher; a police officer."''
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* In ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'', Amelia catches Edwina helping the former's kid daughter Kate find the latter's toy. Amelia tells Kate not to talk to strangers, but Kate retorts that Amelia talks to Edwina all the time.
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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14051350/31/Motherly-Love Motherly Love]]'' Sirius and Amelia have a four-year-old Harry and Susan recite safety procedures while waiting for their flight to Hawaii.
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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14051350/31/Motherly-Love Motherly Love]]'' Sirius and Amelia have a four-year-old Harry and Susan recite safety procedures while waiting for their flight to Hawaii.San Francisco.
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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14051350/31/Motherly-Love Motherly Love]]'' Sirius and Amelia have a four-year-old Harry and Susan recite safety procedures while waiting for their flight to Hawaii.
-->'''Amelia:''' Very good, and if someone you don't know grabs you?\\
'''Susan:''' Shout 'help, stranger, stranger, help' and run to where there are people; a shop or policeman or fireman.
-->'''Amelia:''' Very good, and if someone you don't know grabs you?\\
'''Susan:''' Shout 'help, stranger, stranger, help' and run to where there are people; a shop or policeman or fireman.
