Sure Lets Go With That / Western Animation

Times where someone went "Sure, Let's Go with That" in Western Animation.

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• Adventure Time: In "Blood Under the Skin", Jake dons the Armor of Zelderon to fight the ghost guardian and save Finn when the latter refuses to wear it due to not wanting wear armor made for a woman. Once Jake grows to giant size while wearing the armor, the ghost thinks he's his mother, and the bewildered Jake decides to roll with it and orders the ghost to go out into the daylight, which restores the guardian to his normal self and rids him of his addiction to drop-ball.
• Atomic Betty lost her diary with notes of her missions as a Galactic Guardian. When Penelope found and read the diary, she assumed the entries were all made up and Betty allowed her to believe that.
  • Betty thought Noah's poem to her was written by Duncan to Penelope. Noah let her think she was right.
• Avatar: The Last Airbender has Iroh deciding to teach Zuko a powerful yet dangerous technique. As Zuko tries to understand why they're drinking tea instead of practising, he comes up with the explanation that it's because tea is a relaxing drink and will allow him to do better when he's taught.
  Iroh: Oh yeah, good point! ...I mean, yes.
• In one episode of Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-Lot, Grizzle attempts to capture the Care Bears by telling them he's turned over a new leaf and has a gift for them, which is actually a codeword-activated trap. When he accidentally sets off the trap and gets captured along with everyone else, the Care Bears realize he hadn't changed at all, but their visiting child friend, McKenna, interprets the situation as Grizzle "giving them the gift of togetherness." Grizzle very quickly agrees.
• In Central Park:
  • In Season 1 "Dog Spray Afternoon", when Cole is about to take Shampagne from Helen for a walk, Helen decides that she and Shampagne are going somewhere else and no kids are allowed, which makes Cole suspicious. Helen was planning to kill Shampagne by tricking him to run into a busy street, but changes her mind when she thinks about Cole. When Cole confronts her, he believes she ditched him because he walks too slow and Helen accepts that's the reason.
  • In Season 1 "Hot Oven", after Helen realizes she can get rid of Shampagne by getting him to bite Bitsy, she laughs evilly causing Augustus to ask her if she's laughing at him because he's a dog therapist and Helen went along with it.
• Used in the Danny Phantom episode "Doctor's Disorders". When the sleazy doctor (who is actually Spectra's assistant, Bertrand) speaks with the concerned parents of infected kids, he namedrops this trope when asked if he's from the government's disease control center, and when asked if the ill students are being kept safely under quarantine.
• Dan Vs. gives us this little gem, when Dan is on trial for crashing his car through the wall of a church. During a wedding. Dan explains it wasn't his fault: he swerved because he was going to run over a nun who jaywalked:
  Judge So you were swerving to avoid her?
  Dan: Uhhhhhh... yeah!
• In The Dragon Prince, Viren, in order to get Soren to stop trying to squash the insect acting as his magical communication relay with the elf mage Aaravos, went along with his son's assumption as to what it was:
  Viren: Do not smoosh the purple creature. Think of it as my animal familiar.
  Soren: So you're saying you've just adopted a little bug pal?
  Viren: [sighing exasperatedly] ...Yes, Soren, he is my 'little bug pal'.
• Elena of Avalor: When Victor tells Elena Esteban was willingly involved with Shuriki's invasion, she assumes Victor is lying. Esteban plays along with Elena's assumption.
• Became a Running Gag Catchphrase on The Fairly Oddparents to the point where they could parody it:
  Vicky: Hey, this microphone uses technology to make your voice deep and irresistible.
  Timmy: Uh... sure, let's go with that.
  Vicky: Which means everyone will think I'm you!
  Timmy: No! Let's not go with that!
  • In the "Jimmy Timmy Power Hour" trilogy, Cosmo and Wanda decide to play along with Jimmy Neutron's claims they're reality-bending computer programs so he does not realize they're fairies.
• The Family Guy episode "When You Wish Upon A Weinstein": Max Weinstein says he cannot eat Lois's marshmallow and fish casserole. Lois assumes because it's not kosher, and after looking at it Weinstein lets her think that.
  Max: ...Yeah, let's go with that.
• In "Franklin and the Thunderstorm" from Franklin, Franklin is nervously staring out the window of the library, which he and his friends have taken refuge in, worried that there's going to be a thunderstorm. Bear asks him if he's sad because their game got rained out and he quickly agrees with this.
• Futurama:
  • When Bender is describing humans to the other robots in "Fear of a Bot Planet":
    Robot: Is it true that they bite you on the neck when you sleep to drain your transmission fluid, and then you become human yourself?
    Bender: Sure, why not?
  • A dark example occurs in "Leela's Homeworld", when Leela encounters a pair hooded strangers who have been tracking her life and assumes they killed her parents. They actually are her parents, but they're so ashamed of being mutants and because they want her to avoid the stigma associated with them, they let her think so and allow her to kill them in vengeance before Fry intervenes and reveals the truth.
  • In "Anthology of Interest", when Fry identifies Stephen Hawking as "That physicist who invented gravity" Hawking replies, "Sure, why not."
• In Gravity Falls, Dipper brings a video game character to life in the hopes that the character could beat up his rival. Due to said character acting like the world is a stereotypical fighting game from the nineties, we get this exchange:
  Dipper: His name is Robbie V. and he's kinda like my arch-enemy.
  Rumble McSkirmish: Did he kill your father?
  Dipper: Well, he's dating the girl I like and he posts a really annoying amount of status updates.
  Rumble McSkirmish: And then he killed your father!
  Dipper: Uh, sure!
• An episode of Jimmy Two-Shoes had Beezy dressing like Jimmy, telling Heloise "It's lucky you had an extra set of Jimmy clothes." Heloise mummers "Yeah, lucky..." before entering and reveling in her Jimmy-themed Stalker Shrine.
• In an episode of Justice League Unlimited, Hawkgirl and Wonder Woman are in the underworld to fight Felix Faust when they're attacked by some minor demons, but suddenly the demons are frightened by Hawkgirl's feathered wings. She catches on and goes with it:
  That's right, I'm an angel! You can mess with me if you want but [points upwards] I don't think you want to mess with the boss! (the demons flee)
• Kaeloo:
  • In one episode, Mr. Cat confesses to Kaeloo that he has a huge crush on her, but she assumes that he's joking about it. Fearing that he may be rejected, or worse, he pretends that he was indeed joking.
  • In Episode 138, Stumpy says he can't clean his room because he's "unable to move". Kaeloo scolds him for being lazy, but Mr. Cat suggests that he might have dyspraxia and explains what that is. After hearing the symptoms, Stumpy fakes them so that he can laze around all day without doing chores.
• Kim Possible:
  • In the episode "The Mentor of Our Discontent", Drakken has Shego don a blonde wig and dress in order to distract Martin Smarty, whilst he and Frugal Lucre break into his office. The distraction works, but Smarty becomes just a little too enamoured with Shego for her tastes, leading to this exchange;
    Martin Smarty: Well, hello...Being a single father such as I am, it would be my privilege to assist you, Miss...?
    Shego: Whoa! Back off!
    Martin Smarty: Miss...Wobakoff??
    Shego: Yeah...fine. Miss Wobakoff. Yeah...clever.
  • There's also the the misunderstanding Kim and Ron had over the Magno-Rings in "Car Alarm";
    (as Kim is about to jump out of the Sloth onto the Kepler)
    Wade: Wait! Before you go—
    (the glove box pops open revealing two golden rings; Kim and Ron stare wide-eyed at each other whilst Rufus hums "Here Comes The Bride")
    Ron: ...I had nothing to do with this!
    Wade: Ron... They're Magno-Rings. They'll help you hold on to the side of the Kepler.
    Ron: Haha! Right. That's what I thought they were... y'know... for.
• King of the Hill: When Dale had a dream that clued him to the fact his wife cheated on him with John Redcorn and her son Joseph was indeed a result of this, he concluded instead that he was a Native American like John Redcorn, who let Dale think he did interpret the dream correctly.
• In one episode of Lilo & Stitch: The Series, when Nani's boss Mr. Jameson comes over for dinner, they go through a huge amount of effort to hide the fact that Jumba, Pleakley, and Stitch are aliens. At the end of the episode, after the experiment-related hijinks are over, Mr. Jameson figures out that Jumba and Pleakley are foreign, because they have a "distinctive Canadian look" (since Jumba has four eyes and Pleakley only has one, you have to wonder what he thinks Canadians look like). Pleakley's response? "Yes! We're from the distinctive country of... Canadia!"
• In the second season of Mia and Me, when Mia's rival Violetta obtains a shard of the gem from Mia's bracelet and is transported to Centopia when Mia goes there, she encounters Shiva and Xolana during her first visit there. When the two of them ask what her name is, they mishear Violetta stumbling on her words as she attempts to figure out how to respond as "Varia", which Violetta then decides to use as her alias in Centopia so Mia won't recognize her.
• Miraculous Ladybug has several examples, in accordance with superhero tradition.
  • Nathalie switches the nametags on a present given to Adrien so he will think it came from his neglectful father, instead of its actual giver. Marinette sees the deception...but then she sees how happy Adrien is that his father (supposedly) paid him some attention for once, and decides to let it go.
• In My Little Pony: Twinkle Wish Adventure, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo try to cover for Cheerilee, who has gone after the missing Twinkle Wish, when the mayor asks where she is. Sweetie Belle says she's gone ballooning, which the mayor doesn't like the sound of, so Scootaloo quickly changes it to "she's gone to get balloons." The mayor takes this to mean Cheerilee is getting decorations for the festival, and Sweetie Belle replies brightly, "If you say so."
• In the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode "Swarm of the Century," the town of Ponyville is plagued by a swarm of parasprites, which destroy the town on the day that Princess Celestia is supposed to visit. However, Pinkie Pie manages to get rid of the 'sprites by putting together a one-man band and leading the bugs out of town, pied piper-style, just as the Princess arrives on the outskirts of town. Celestia assumes the procession is a parade in her honor, and Twilight Sparkle quickly assures her that it is, indeed, a parade. Though her subsequent speech about why she can't stick around due to an infestation of parasprites elsewhere raises the rather strong possibility that she is just messing with Twilight and allowing her to save face.
• In The Owl House, King is convinced he was once the mighty ruler of all demons, and it's ambiguous whether it's true or if he's just delusional, but Luz and Eda just sort of go with it, since all he usually does with this idea is try to make his stuffed animals into an army or claim a slide at the local playground as his throne. This gets a major Cerebus Retcon in the second season, where we find out how King came to live with Eda. He remembers very little of his life before her, and believes he was cursed into a smaller form with amnesia and that she rescued him. In actuality, she found him when he was a baby, and, believing him abandoned, took him in—initially as a pet, then as a friend/son when she realized he was sentient. When she saw him playing with his toys, she affectionately compared him to a king lording over his subjects, and told him stories about royalty and their armies and feasts... and he, being a very, very young child subconsciously trying to figure out what he was, took it literally. His mind linked the stories to his vague pre-Eda memories, and he grew up believing himself to be a king. Eda couldn't bring herself to break his heart, especially since she doesn't know what he really is, either, so she let him believe in this comforting lie for years, though she later acknowledges this as a mistake and tries to help mitigate the damage when the truth inevitably comes out.
  • Years ago Amity Blight abruptly ordered her best friend Willow Park out of her seventh birthday party. When Willow asked if it was because of her underdeveloped and poorly controlled magical abilities, apologizing for "not getting the spells right", Amity promptly concurred rather than admit her parents threatened to ruin the middle-class girl's long term prospects unless Amity cut ties with her immediately. They were teenagers before Willow discovered the truth and they started to reconcile.
• The Patrick Star Show:
  • In "Klopnodian Heritage Festival", some Klopnodian woman teach Squidina about raising the flag; she points out that it's not a flag, but a tablecloth with a mustard stain on it. The women deny this.
    Squidina: ...Alright, alright! It's a flag!
  • Squidina does it again in "Tying the Klop-Knot", when she fears that the wedding is ruined when Patrick's future self travels back in time to fight him over the wedding cake. Turns out she actually just completed the latest tradition, earning the Klopguardians' approval.
    Squidina: Oh! (giggles) Yeah, well, y'know, that was, totally on purpose... (smiles nervously)
• In the Phineas and Ferb episode "Chez Platypus," Perry the Platypus attempts to do his usual "break down the door" entrance, only to get his foot stuck in the door. Dr. Doofenshmirtz starts to help him out, commenting, "You're really trapped in here...just like I planned!" And then he goes off to describe his latest scheme, leaving Perry with his foot in the door.
• This is how the Pound Puppies get a puppy adopted in one episode of the 2010 series:
  A puppy jumps into the arms of a debarking airline pilot
  Pilot: Well, what have we here?
  His son runs up to greet him
  Son: Daddy! Oh boy, you brought me a puppy?
  Wife: Oh, Scott, you're so thoughtful. (smooch)
  Pilot: Er, uh, yes, yes, I am.
  • "Lucky the Dunce" also features an example playing off Cookie's Cannot Spit It Out attraction to Lucky
    Lucky: C'mon! Let's go, dogs, go! (heroically charges offscreen)
    Cookie: (admiring tone) I love it when he talks that way.
    Squirt: Yeah, it's almost like you can see the gears of genius working in his brain.
    Cookie: (nervous, eyes shifting) Uh... sure, that's how I meant it, yeah.
• Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja: Hannibal McFist once tried to destroy the Ninja with a Powered Armor. When the Ninja removed the helmet, he assumed McFist was being forced. McFist tried to play along but the Ninja wondered why somebody would force him. Since McFist failed to come up with an excuse, the Ninja figured out McFist is a Villain with Good Publicity.
• Rick and Morty:
  • In "Total Rickall", Morty has Rick at gunpoint because he believes he's an alien parasite that implants fake memories. Rick, in turn, believes Morty is a parasite and taunts him, daring him to shoot him, since apparently most of his memories of Morty were awful. After Morty realises that parasites only create good memories and thus Rick is real, he asks him if that's what he's been trying to tell him by insulting him. By the way Rick answers affirmatively, it's heavily suggested that this trope is in use.
    Morty: I figured it out, Rick! The parasites can only create pleasant memories. I know you're real because I have a ton of bad memories with you!
    Rick: Hoooly crap, Morty, you're right!
    Morty: Isn- isn- isn't that what you were trying to make me understand by yelling at me?
    [Beat]
    Rick: ... Well, yeah, duh-doy! T-took you long enough.
  • Later, during a standoff with a Council Rick that was holding Summer hostage, Morty shoots his own Rick in the head with a pistol Rick had given to him earlier, thinking Rick was liable to shoot Summer to get to the Council Rick. Both Summer and Morty are baffled when Rick gets up, with at worst a small first degree burn on his forehead. When Summer asks what just happened, Rick explains it was "the oldest Rick trick in the book," and shows her the side of the pistol he gave to Morty, with "Fake gun, shoot me in standoff" written on its side.
  Morty: Haha, yeah, good thing I saw that message.
• Robot Chicken: As Darth Sidious falls down the deep shaft in Death Star II, he decides to apologise to various people he wronged before he dies. He phones Jar-Jar Binks and apologises for manipulating him. The Gungan answers "Right... Yousa manipulated me." and after hanging up, puts on a dark cloak and erupts in maniacal laughter.
  • Boba Fett, answering the door in a bathrobe, slippers and his helmet, is asked by a courier to sign for a "Mr. Bob A. Feet." He shrugs and says, "Sure, whatever..."
• The Simpsons:
  • In "Homie the Clown", Homer is being held at gunpoint by the local Legitimate Businessmen's Social Club, who believe him to be Krusty the Klown, when the real Krusty bursts in.
    Homer: Krusty! You came to save me!
    Krusty: Yeah... that's what I did.
  • In "Last Exit to Springfield", Homer has to excuse himself during a union negotiation with Burns to use the bathroom. This leads to an Overly Long Gag of Homer looking through doors to find the bathroom, which cuts back to Burns discussing how the negotiation is going with Smithers. When Homer comes back:
    Burns: I take it you found the bathroom?
    Homer: (guiltily) Uh...yeah, that's right!
  • In "Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part Two", Marge tries to bury Grampa's gun, but Grampa digs it back up:
    Grampa: Oh, you're the bee's knees, baby. I missed you bad.
    Marge: Were you talking to me?
    Grampa: Uh... yes.
    Marge: [shudders]
  • In "Treehouse of Horror":
    Ominous Voice: They are all against you, Bart. You must kill them all. They all must die...
    Bart: Are you my conscience?
    Ominous Voice: I— Yes! I am...
  • Played straight and subverted in the same scene in "Beyond Blunderdome" when Marge fantasizes about Mel Gibson during sex:
    Homer: You're thinking about me, right?
    Marge: Of course, Homie. Aren't you thinking about me?
    Homer: I will now!
  • A recurring gag of the series is someone famous appearing in a mundane position, to which someone mistakes them as simply someone who coincidentally looks the same. Said famous person responds. "Yeah. Looks like."
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars: In "Bombad Jedi", Padmé claims to Gunray that Ono never intended to leave the Republic and that the entire episode was a plan to capture the Viceroy. Ono, having seen what the Separatists' ways are like and having come to regret the brief alliance, goes along with this immediately.
• In the Sushi Pack episode "Red Hot Chili Planet," Wasabi runs away from home and is caught by The Hot Squad. They accuse him of being sent to spy on them, which Wasabi truthfully denies. So they ask if he's there to join them instead. Wasabi thinks for a moment and then agrees.
• Tom and Jerry Tales: Tom once entered a cat show and Jerry and Nibbles decided to sabotage him. One of their plans included adding lemon juice at his voice spray for his Pagliacci act. With the sounds he made once the juice made effect, the narrator assumed (and announced) that Tom gave up opera and decided to imitate bird songs. Tom decided to play along.
• In the T.U.F.F. Puppy episode "Snap Dad", Snaptrap starts dating Dudley's mother and says they met at the laundromat.
  Dudley's Mom: No grown man should be walking around with ketchup on his shirt.
  Snaptrap: Yes...that's what it was, ketchup. Lots and lots of ketchup.
• Happens in We Bare Bears. Panda meets a beautiful French girl online named Celine, but gets so nervous chatting with her on webcam that Grizzly and Ice Bear pose as him when he chickens out, but it becomes a mess when they fall in love with her too. Panda eventually confesses the charade to her, but Celine admits that she hasn't been honest herself: she's not really French, she's from New Jersey. When she signed up for the website, autocorrect changed her hometown from Paramus to Paris, and she just went with it.
• In Young Justice (2010), when Superboy needs a civilian name, Martian Manhunter suggests "Kent". Not privy to Superman's identity, Miss Martian and Superboy assumed he was referring to the late Kent Nelson whom they had met earlier.
  Superboy: "Wait, shouldn't I be 'Conner Nelson' then?"

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