History Main / MyWayOrTheHighway

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* In the third season of TheWalkingDead, the normally mellow and friendly [[TheLeader Rick]] passes the DespairEventHorizon after some... [[MemeticMutation stuff and things]] and tells the rest of the group that their camp is not a democracy anymore and anyone that's not happy is free to leave.

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* In the chorus for the LimpBizkit song "My Way," singer Fred Durst insists to do things his way--his way "or the highway."

* Switch says this to Neo in ''Film/TheMatrix''. There is then a cutaway to the empty, rain soaked road outside the car.
* In ''ThePacifier'', VinDiesel's line was "We do things my way. No highway option".

* In ''ThePacifier'', VinDiesel's line was "We do things my way. No highway option."

* ''Film/RoadHouse'' is the TropeNamer.
** Following naturally from the ''Film/RoadHouse'' example, [[MST3K Crow T. Robot's]] "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZyJCV_dyug Let's have a Patrick Swayze Christmas]]" features the line, "It's my way or the highway this Christmas at my bar-har-haaaaar."

* [[DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines Dick Dastardly]] imposes this on Zilly when he tries to shirk out of a mission or on Muttley when he tries weasel another medal for fetching Zilly.

* In an ''[[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]] Annual'', Wonder Man, while shooting a film, actually ''can't remember'' this line, ruining a take.

* ''RoadHouse'' is the TropeNamer.
** Following naturally from the ''RoadHouse'' example, [[MST3K Crow T. Robot's]] "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZyJCV_dyug Let's have a Patrick Swayze Christmas]]" features the line, "It's my way or the highway this Christmas at my bar-har-haaaaar."

-->'''Dastardly:''' (''sternly'') No, you don't get a medal of you do!

* Swedish expression "Management by Perkele" stems from this. It refers to Finnish management mentality ("either you do this or not"), which contrasts with Swedes' more discussion-oriented decision-making.

* Switch says this to Neo in ''TheMatrix''. There is then a cutaway to the empty, rain soaked road outside the car.

* A ''KimPossible'' episode uses this as the title ([[TitleOnlyChorus and chorus]]) of a boy band's song.

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* In the first episode of BuffyTheVampireSlayer, she confronts a vampire and tells him "Now, we can do this the hard way, or... well, actually there's just the hard way."

* A common accusation of Bruce Wayne's Batman by Dick Grayson of ''BatmanAndRobin'': "It's your way or the highway!"

A [[StockPhrases Stock Phrase]] used to describe cases where people are (for whatever reason) unwilling to negotiate with the other party over what they are going to do next.

Unlike TheEasyWayOrTheHardWay, there is no threat of coersion or violence: If the one party will not cooperate, they will simply be abandoned while the other party continues their plan of action. It may therefore carry an implication that the person is expendable.

Sometimes, it's a parent doing a variation on "My House, My Rules."

The favored CatchPhrase of the ControlFreak.

* Blossom and Buttercup use this on each other in ThePowerpuffGirls episode "Three Girls And A Monster," fighting over using brains or brawn to bring down a giant reptilian monster. Neither is effective...Bubbles uses polite asking to bring down her beast.

* In an [[ComicBook.TheAvengers Avengers]] annual, Wonder Man, while shooting a film, actually ''can't remember'' this line, ruining a take.

* In ''Pacifier'', [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]]'s line was "We do things my way. No highway option."

* In Pacifier, The Rock's line was "We do things my way. No highway option."