Tropers Do It / On Live Action TV

Live Action TV does it in person:

• Alton Brown does it with food.
• John Locke does it because no one tells him what he can't do!
  • Jack fixes people by doing it.
  • Ben lies in order to do it.
  • Sawyer has to do it because there's nothing good for him on this charming island.
• Mork does it with his finger.
• Jack Bauer does it in 24 hours.
  • Kim does it trapped with mountain lions with mountain lions.
• Captain Kirk does it boldly.
  • Spock does it logically.
  • McCoy does it in a shuttle-craft.
  • Kevin Riley will do it...ONE MORE TIME!
  • Klingons do it with honor.
  • The Ferengi do it for the money.
  • The Founders do it disguised as something else.
  • Ben Sisko can live with himself for doing it.
  • Geordi LaForge does it to Ghost Love Score.
  • Nobody likes the fact that Wesley Crusher can do it better than his peers at such a young age.
  • Ickle!Chekov can do zat!! He can do zat!!
    • Nero does it on a first name basis.
  • Starfleet captains do it at warp speed
  • The Doctor isn't programmed to do it. He's a doctor, not a troper.
  • Dax did it back when she was one of her previous hosts.
• Matt Foley did it IN A VAN, DOWN BY THE RIVER!
  • Mr. Bill always gets hurt doing it.
  • The Coneheads do it with their skulls!
  • Christopher Bruce Dickinson thinks doing it is great, but could use a little more cowbell.
  • Did I ever tell you about the time Bill Brasky did it?
  • WARNING: Doing it with Happy Fun Ball can cause nausea, vomiting, and the urge to do the Funky Chicken on Route 66 at midnight.
  • Pat does it with... um... who DOES Pat do it with?!
  • Sean Connery did it with your mother last night!
• MacGyver does it with a paperclip, a tube sock, his pocket knife, and a stop watch.
• Rachel and her roommates do it in their apartment all day long.
• Buffy Summers has this whole doing-the-it-ness thing going on.
  • Buffybot does it programmably.
  • Spike bloody well does it, pet.
  • Angel can't do it or else he'd lose his soul.
• River does it...and no power in the 'verse can stop her.
  • Jayne does it in his bunk.
    • Jayne does it with his gun
  • Simon and Kaylee did it

while River watched.

• Kaylee did it with batteries for a year.
  • Oh God, Mal can't know that!
• Mal does it in tight pants.
• When Mal does it ,he aims to misbehave
• Zoe and Wash do it against Mal’s orders
• Wash does it like a leaf on the wind

• The Winchesters do it in the Impala.
  • Castiel does it in a trenchcoat.
  • Bobby Singer does it sensibly in a trucker cap.
• Time Lords can do it anywhere, in all of reality--backwards OR forwards (but only a maximum of thirteen times).
  • The Doctor does it in a blue phone box, with a Sonic Screwdriver.
    • ....But nobody can agree on which Doctor did it best.
  • Sarah Jane Smith does it with Sonic Lipstick (and a small metal dog).
  • Captain Jack Harkness will do it longer than any other being in the universe.
    • Captain John Hart does it subversively with a poodle.
  • The Master does it to "Voodoo Child".
    • And with Scissor Sisters!
    • ...And also with two thumbs up!
    • The Master also does it so you will obey him.
  • Davros does it with untold numbers of Daleks.
  • Leela does it in a leather bikini.
  • Mickey Smith does it because he was left alone in the car.
  • Zoe Heriot does it mind-bogglingly quickly.
  • Vislor Turlough only does it when he's tied up.
  • Jamie McCrimmon did it in a kilt.
  • Ben Jackson and Polly Wright did it in the 60's. Unfortunately, the episode was wiped by the BBC.
  • Taren Capel does it with lots of robots.
  • Ian and Barbara do it back in their own time at last.
  • WOTAN does it with war machines.
  • The Psychic Circus does it for the Gods of Ragnarok.
  • Ramón Salamander does it like the Doctor.
  • Daleks do it with plungers.
  • The Scientific Reform Society does it, for paradise, with the K-1 robot.
  • Victoria Waterfield does it loudly.
  • Mavic Chen does it for even more power.
  • Oak and Quill do it creepily.
  • Ace does it with a BASEBALL BAT!
  • Tlotoxl does it to discredit Barbara.
  • Count Grendel does it with androids.
  • Adric will never know if he did it right.
  • The Caretakers won't do it because there's no procedure given in their rulebook.
  • Tegana does it in the service of the Noghai.
  • Fitz Kreiner does it with himself.
  • The Weeping Angels can only do it when nobody's looking. Even each other.
  • River Song does it backwards.
  • Zygons do it with the Skarasen.
  • Sontarans do it with Rutans for the honor of Sontar!
• Heroes do it with idiot balls.
  • Peter and Claude do it in public.
  • Sylar does it hands-free.
  • Hiro does it with waffles.
  • True heroes do it with Claire.
• Tim Taylor can do it if you give him MORE POWER!
  • Tim Taylor does it with MORE POWERFUL tools.
• Wolf does it with Virginia for life.
• Sheriff Buck does it, makes you do it because you can't help yourself, and gets away with it -- because no one knows he does it.
• Rangers do it in groups of five, sometimes six or seven, maybe even eight. With explosions in the background.
  • Villains do it with their monsters in a big way.
• The last time Al Bundy enjoyed doing it was back in high school.
  • Peg Bundy does it on the couch while watching Oprah.
  • Jefferson's too pretty to get a real job, so he just does it.
  • Bud lies about doing it so that nobody notices all of the blow-up dolls in his room.
  • Kelly does it and gets all the details wrong.
• Ralph Hinkley forgot how to do it.
• Charlie Crews does it zen-style.
• Alan Shore does it in bunny ears.
  • Denny Crane does it every time.
• Edmund Blackadder does it with a cunning plan.
• Ned does it with his fickle finger.
  • Chuck and Ned do it without touching!
• Cameron does it while completely calm.
• House does it with everybody, especially with Wilson and Cuddy.
  • House may pretend that he only does it with women, but he actually does it with everyone.
  • House does it better than anyone else, and flaunts it.
    • House does it like Sherlock Holmes.
• Shawn Spencer fakes it, but somehow he makes it look convincing.
  • Lassiter does it obsessively.
• The Python Crew does it my place bouncy bouncy.
  • The Spanish Inquisition does it unexpectedly.
  • The parrot doesn't do it any more.
  • Biggus Dickus does it in Wome.
  • King Arthur does it with coconuts.
  • Brian does it because he's a very naughty boy.
  • The Larch does it from quite a long way away.
  • Vikings do it with spam.
• Mike (and before him, Joel) and the Bots do it in space.
• Will Smith is moving in with his auntie and uncle to do it in Bel Air.
• Harmon Rabb, Jr. does it better than both Maverick in the air and Kaffe in the courtroom, while also taller.
• Bill Nye does it For Science!.
• The Shinkengers do it after reporting to the Emperor and being authorized to do so by the providence
• DCI Gene Hunt does it with armed bastards.
  • Possibly also with Sam Tyler.
  • Sam Tyler does it when he's mad, in a coma, or back in time.
  • Alex Drake does it with constructs. And Thatcherite Wankers.
• Beakman does it only with adult supervision, with appropriate safety precautions taken, following all directions exactly, and using no substitutions. Bada-bing!
  • Josie (or Liza, or Phoebe...your choice) helps Beakman do it.
  • The penguins are watching Beakman and the others do it.
  • Lester does it in a rat suit.
• The A-Team does it without ever hitting the target.
  • Hannibal loves doing it when a plan comes together.
  • Murdock does it in a helicopter with frightening accuracy.
• Wayne Brady does it so he doesn't have to choke a bitch.
• 'Allo 'Allo! does it with a catch phrase:
  • Rene Artois is NOT doing it with the waitress, you stew-pid woman. And not with the other waitresses either.
  • Michelle of the Resistance does it only once.
  • Lt. Gruber does it in his little tank
  • Herr Flick of the Gestapo does it comically seriously and follows "The Gestapo Handbook on How To Do It".
    • Herr von Smallhausen does it with Herr Flick.
  • Madame Fanny does it in bed, when London flashes the knobs.
  • Monsieur Alphonse the Undertaker does it swiftly and with style.
  • Officer Crabtree doos it vit a butt acksont.
• Humans do it for the fifth time after four epic fails.
• Kurt Hummel does it fashionably.
  • Emma does it cleanly.
  • Brittany doesn't know how to do it...
  • Will Schuester does it from the top.
  • You think doing it is hard?Try doing it with Sue Sylvester while being waterboarded, that's hard!
• Horatio Caine does it... wearing sunglasses.
• Gil Grissom does it where the evidence leads him to do it
  • Sara Sidle does it with Gil Grissom by long distance
  • Gil and Sara came back to do it with a new team six years later
  • Lady Heather expects you to do it whenever and however she tells you to do it.
• Michael Westen does it with duct tape and C4
• Conan O'Brien will do it IN THE YEAR 2000!
• Temperance Brennan does it scientifically
  • Temperance Brennan bones
• Merlin Does it secretly
• Duncan Macleod does it with his sword
  • Methos was doing it long before anyone else was even thinking of doing it
• Sherlock does it to stop being bored.
• Roy Desoto and John Gage do it when Rampart tells them to
  • Chet, Marco and Captain Stanley do it with their hoses
  • Mike Stoker does it with his fire engine
  • Drs. Brackett and Early and Dixie do it medically
• Joe Friday does it just for the facts
• Malloy and Reed do it on patrol
• Tony DiNozzo does it with everyone.
  • McGee does it with computers.
  • Abby does it in the lab.
  • Jimmy does it in the morgue.
  • Ducky does it a bow tie.
  • Ducky does it while talking a lot.
  • Gibbs does it while not talking.
  • Gibbs does it with a headslap.
  • Gibbs can do it from a mile away.
  • Ziva does it easy as cake.^note "Easy as pie, Ziva."
• Sauron does it deceiving everyone.
  • Sauron would also love to bind himself to Galadriel and do it with her, literally.
  • Galadriel does it with Halbrand, who is Sauron in disguise.
  • Adar does it with Orcs.
  • Nori does it with a stranger.
• Every Targaryen does it with their relatives.

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