History Main / WalkOnTheWildSideEpisode

It's almost a given that they will go overboard and something akin to WeWantOurJerkBack happens where the rest of the characters realise they do need some order and discipline in their lives, which the responsible one provided. They'll be back to being responsible by the end of the episode and they'll either reveal how much they hated being spontaneous or resolve to be a bit more fun without going overboard.

* ''Our Own League'':
** Proper princess and responsible team leader Donna briefly becoming Circe the Sorceress's protégée [[LadyOfBlackMagic Troia]] in ''Teen Titans: Witch-Hunt'' is treated as an extreme version of this trope. The chapter where the Titans first face Troia is aptly titled "Good Girl goes Bad".
** It is revealed in ''Teen Titans: Race to the Start'' that Damian and his stepmother Selina regularly plan nights for him to dress up as Catwoman's sidekick Stray, and go indulging in theft and her morally flexible kind of vigilantism. As he puts it when his friends find out, "Once a month, I need a night to not be me."
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* Used as a bit of a joke in the film of ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'', where Hermione remarks that it's fun breaking the rules. It's worth noting that in the book, it is Hermione's idea to start up an illegal Defence Against the Dark Arts society which could technically count as an example of the trope.
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* Terry Pratchett's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Discworld/MakingMoney'' has an example that gives a ShoutOut to the ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'' example below: the austere and humorless bank clerk ''Mavolio'' Bent, a man who ran away from the circus to join a bank, suddenly re-asserts his destiny and heritage as a circus clown.
* In the ''Literature/LabyrinthsOfEcho'' novella ''A Trip to Kettari'', the resident {{Stoic}} Shurf consumes an otherworldly drug (specifically, marijuana) and gambles away all the funds he and Max were given for the mission in a single night. He deeply regrets the incident for years to come.
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* In a two-part episode of ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'', Disc Jockey Dr. Johnny Fever falls into an alter-ego (Rip Tide) a shallow host of a Disco-themed t.v. show. This provides him with more fame and a larger fanbase but it also causes him to give into his urge to exploit his fame to satisfy his basest desires.
* In the Season two Episode ''A Many Splendored Thing'' of the show ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'', uptight detective Tim Bayliss investigates a murder that involved participants of an SM sex club. The end of the episode finds him (having been given a kinky-looking jacket as a gift) strolling along Baltimore's infamous sex strip "The Block".
* Monica in ''Series/{{Friends}}'' got two examples of this:
** One was a minor subplot where the other friends suggest she not get so uptight about things like coasters and leaving her shoes out of her room. The end of that episode has a moment where she can't sleep because she's worrying about leaving the aforementioned shoes. She gets to considering putting them in her closet and getting up early to put them back out before she realises "you need help" and goes to sleep.
** Another episode had someone stealing her credit card. When Monica tracked the woman down, she found said woman a lot of fun and started doing everything with her to the point where she was drunk in the middle of the day and kept missing work.
* One episode of ''Series/FullHouse'' has SuperOCD Danny caving in to his family and friends' requests to loosen up and becomes "Dirty Dan".
* In ''Series/WhatILikeAboutYou'', Jeff says to Val he wishes she was more spontaneous. She goes a bit wild during the episode but reveals at the end the whole experience "nearly killed me".
* In ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', Zelda temporarily moves in with Sabrina and her college roommates and decides to become a "hang-loose gal" which involves eating the entire contents of the fridge, spending all night at a rave, driving around in a van with a guy named Vick and trying to get a tattoo. In this case it's resolved by Zelda's subconscious stopping her from doing something untrue to herself.
* In ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'', Lizzie bonds with a bad girl in detention and starts going bad herself until her friends convince her she's a good girl at heart with a terribly made documentary.
* ''Series/PartyOfFive'':
** In the third episode, straight-A student and bookworm Julia convinces her friend to start going to parties during the week. The friend eventually has enough and [[BrotherChuck disappears from the show]] but Julia keeps on with this new lifestyle and her grades start slipping. Her brothers try to convince her to go back to her goodie-two-shoes persona but she eventually finds a balance.
** Pops up as a joke in the second season where Charlie tells Kirsten she's a lot like her mother, prompting her to fret that she doesn't always make plans.
---> '''Kirsten:''' You know what, I was supposed to call the man about the invitations today. And you know what? I didn't. (''claps hands'') What the hell!
* Parodied in an episode of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' where Elliott decides to go out on the town for the night. She steps out of a taxi and her hat is immediately stolen. She jumps right back into the taxi and screams "get me out of here".
* ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' has Malcolm turning his brain off for one episode in an attempt to get with a ditzy girl. It works fine until his mom catches them about to drink beer and make out on the football field, a situation where his brain would have come up with a way out of it.
* In ''Series/TheBrothersGarcia'', Larry gets sick of being called a goodie two shoes and tries to throw a WildTeenParty that predictably gets out of control.
%%* Several ''Franchise/StarTrek'' episodes based on the holo-deck could qualify for this. ZERO CONTEXT
* ''Series/{{Wings}}'' provided the "Joe Blows" two-parter. Part 1 sees Joe so overwhelmed by being taken advantage of or constantly annoyed from all sides. So after thirty-five years of being the most responsible person on Nantucket, he finally loses it, gives an epic TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and then steals Lowell's motorcycle to get away. By the time we catch up with him in Part 2, he's now partying and living it up in bars along the coast. He's basically become like Brian, who is now trying to keep the airline afloat and be the responsible brother.
* The ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' episode "The Pineapple Incident" has the gang convince Ted to drink instead of think. He wakes up next morning with a sprained ankle, burned coat, several drunken messages on Robin's phone and a girl he's never met before in bed next to him. Oh, and a pineapple for which [[TheUnreveal we never get an explanation]].
* On ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Willow gets a little fed up with her reputation as Old Reliable and flirts with danger a bit by doing a dark incantation with Anya. It doesn't end very well.
** Spoofed when Spike invites Buffy to try out TheDarkSide and [[EvilFeelsGood see how good it feels]]. She ends up sitting in the back room of a BadGuyBar, getting drunk and snarking at her not-a-boyfriend as he gambles for [[IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten kittens]] with AmbiguouslyEvil demons.
* In ''Series/FamilyMatters'', the strait-laced Laura is peer-pressured by her two friends to sneak into a strip joint. And naturally, she's caught by her mother...who later admits to having done a similar thing in her own youth.
* On ''Series/NewGirl'', after Jess brings some furniture she found on the street home and Schmidt throws a hissy fit which culminates in ''destroying it'', she insists its time for him to lighten up. Winston and Nick tell her its a bad idea to try to change him, but are too caught up in their own immature feud to stop her. Jess eventually does get him to unwind and he turns into a dirty, drum-circle-loving, crystal-necklace-wearing, slacked who no longer cleans up after everyone in the apartment, does all the shopping, or shows up to work. As the apartment starts to fall apart around them, Jess has and the others have to stage an intervention and lure him back to acting like himself with some (literal) fancy-pants. After he's back to normal, he's a ''little'' less uptight and accommodating ([[StatusQuoIsGod but not much]]).
%%* The ''Series/UnhappilyEverAfter'' episode "Tiffany on the Wild Side".
* Emma in ''Series/H2OJustAddWater'' gets sick of being the responsible one and slacks off while her parents are away for the weekend. She eventually holds a WildTeenParty and comes to her senses when her mother's crystal ornament is smashed.
** A season earlier, she gets annoyed when Byron calls her "dependable" and decides to colour her hair. The one Cleo gives her is called "Scarlet Fever". Luckily she's only stuck with it in her mermaid form.
* ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'': Teddy finding out her nickname at school is GG (goody-goody) She tries to show she can be bad [[PokeThePoodle by drinking milk out of the carton.]] She refuses to swallow it, however, and runs to the sink to spit it out. Later on, Teddy makes a more earnest effort at being bad by ditching school and going to Super Adventure Land. After taking down a theft ring at the park, Teddy realizes she just doesn't have it in her to be a bad girl and embraces her goody-good image.
* ''Series/TheKicks'' episode "Go Big or Go Home" involves Devin sneaking out with Mirabelle while the team is away at a tournament, contrary to her usual behavior.
* An ''inversion'' happens in the ''Series/BosomBuddies'' episode "[=WaterBalloonGate=]": Kip, who likes pranks, drops a water balloon from the apartment window onto a passing car. Said car happens to belong to ''UsefulNotes/RichardNixon''... and one Secret Service visit later, Kip not only decides to cut out pranking but becomes decidedly humorless and anti-fun until his friends get him to snap out of it.
* In ''Series/KimsConvenience'', Janet starts to act rebellious when she feels she doesn't receive enough appreciation from her parents.
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* As old as Creator/WilliamShakespeare: in ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'', the rigid Puritan Malvolio lets it all hang out by dressing in flamboyant fashions meant for somebody twenty years younger and protests his love for his shocked female employer.
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[[folder:Web Comics]]
* In an early ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'' arc, Unity convinces Sweetheart to take out her frustration by going on a rampage. [[SubvertedTrope However]], being [[RuleAbidingRebel Sweetheart]], her idea of rampaging is... ''spilling coffee on someone's lawn''. And [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone she's utterly horrified with herself afterwards]].
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* There is an episode of ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' titled "Walk on the Wild Side" that plays with this trope. It involves all the X-girls and Boom-Boom forming a vigilante crime-fighting group, even Jean who is the responsible one. The Aesop of the episode is that fighting crime (with people willing and able ''to kill you'' and that ''can'' succeed if you're unprepared, [[MugglesDoItBetter mutant powers be damned]]) is not exactly the best place for a "YouGoGirl" mentality.
* Susie in ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp'' gets told she's too perfect by the popular girls and decides to go bad for the episode. '''[[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Angelica]]''' of all people tells her to calm down.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'', Ginger gets fed up of being called a nice girl and crashes a high school party. This leads to a rumour getting started about her and a bad boy called Jake. When she starts getting bullied for being "[[SlutShaming fast]]", Ginger realises she preferred being known as a nice girl.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' has an episode where Squidward gets so fed up with Spongebob and Patrick's antics that he decides to move out into a gated community filled with other squids who share his interests. Inside, he finds that everyone else has a Easter Island head house, everyone else loves playing the clarinet, everyone else loves riding their paddlebikes, everyone else loves ballet dancing, and everyone else enjoys eating canned bread. He's thrilled at this, but soon gets bored of the same routine every day, to the point where he starts going out of control and just lets loose while playing around with a leaf blower. The other citizens filled a formal list of complaints, but Squidward tells them off by flying his leaf blower into the sky while screaming wildly.
* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' had this happen to [[ThePollyanna Eugene]], of all people, when he learns that actor portraying his favorite TV superhero is in fact a massive jerk.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Katara decides to pull a scam with Toph to prove she can be fun. It backfires, horribly.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** This happens to Marge on many occasions, ranging from running from the law with her friend after stealing her ex's car in "Marge on the Lamb", taking part in a monster truck rally in "Jaws Wired Shut", and gaining road rage from a Canyonero in "Marge Simpson in Screaming Yellow Honkers". [[DrivesLikeCrazy Driving]] seems to be her recurring BerserkButton.
** In "Separate Vocations", Lisa becomes a delinquent after getting "Homemaker" in an IneptAptitudeTest and being told that she'll never become a professional Jazz musician due to her stubby fingers. This culminates with her committing an expulsion worthy offense (stealing all of the teachers' guides) to which Bart takes the fall, not wanting her to ruin her life.
* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries'' had two episodes like this, both centering on Rolly:
** "Bad to the Bone" was about Rolly fooling [[TheBully Mooch]] and his gang into thinking he attacked Cydne the snake after being teased for being "soft", though he really only wrestled an empty snakeskin. After that, Mooch lets Rolly join his gang, and dubs him "Snake Stomper".
** "Walk on the Wild Side" was about Rolly becoming a con artist under Swamp Rat's wing, after the other pups accuse him of being a "sucker".
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'' had Nikki ''[[PokeThePoodle trying]]'' to do this.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' episode "Let Your Hare Down", Bloo finally gets Mr. Herriman to loosen up. [[WeWantOurJerkBack The cast (except Bloo) quickly regrets this]] as the house descends into anarchy with Heriman's new hippie-like attitude to rules and life.
* One ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' short has Dee Dee getting one GetOut yell too many from Dexter and firing back a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech that affects Dexter so bad that makes him decide to look for more zen in life, asking Dee-Dee to teach him. Unfortunately, when given the request to "go wild" on his laboratory (to show his "detachment from his earthly possessions" in the Zen way), he becomes such [[LaughingMad a demented savage]] that [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Dee Dee becomes seriously frightened]] and [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan slaps some sense back into him]], [[BreakTheCutie tearfully asking for forgiveness]] in trying to make Dexter something that he's not.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode "Rebel Without a Teddy Bear", after Tommy's favorite toy lion is taken away, Angelica convinces him to go bad in order to get it back. Tommy's first bad act is to [[PokeThePoodle throw his empty juice cup on the floor.]] He soon escalates to real mischief with some guidance from Angelica.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In "Last One Out of Beach City" Pearl tries to act more rebellious, both to impress Steven and Amethyst and for her own sake (feeling that she's "lost her edge" since becoming a ''literal'' [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters rebel]]). Pearl ends up leading the cops on a wild chase after running a red light to catch up with a "Mystery Girl" who caught her eye.
* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'', sweet little Lydia goes through this but not of her own doing in "Dr. Beetle And Mr. Juice." After getting spritzed accidentally with Beetlejuice's perfume concoction, Lydia transforms into a prank-playing troublemaking biker and paints the Neitherworld red.
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* ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' has Malcolm turning his brain off for one episode in an attempt to get with a ditzy girl. It works fine until he gets his mom catches them about to drink beer and make out on the football field, a situation where his brain would have come up with a way out of it.

* In a two-part episode of ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' Disc Jockey Dr. Johnny Fever falls into an alter-ego (Rip Tide) a shallow host of a Disco-themed t.v. show. This provides him with more fame and a larger fanbase but it also causes him to give into his urge to exploit his fame to satisfy his basest desires.
* In the Season two Episode ''A Many Splendored Thing'' of the show ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' uptight detective Tim Bayliss investigates a murder that involved participants of an SM sex club. The end of the episode finds him (having been given a kinky-looking jacket as a gift) strolling along Baltimore's infamous sex strip "The Block".
* Monica in ''Series/{{Friends}}'' got two examples of this.

* In ''Series/WhatILikeAboutYou'' Jeff says to Val he wishes she was more spontaneous. She goes a bit wild during the episode but reveals at the end the whole experience "nearly killed me".
* In ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' Zelda temporarily moves in with Sabrina and her college roommates and decides to become a "hang-loose gal" which involves eating the entire contents of the fridge, spending all night at a rave, driving around in a van with a guy named Vick and trying to get a tattoo. In this case it's resolved by Zelda's subconscious stopping her from doing something untrue to herself.

* ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' has Malcolm turning his brain off for one episode in an attempt to get with a ditzy girl. It works fine until he gets into a situation where his brain would have come in handy.
* In ''Series/TheBrothersGarcia'' Larry gets sick of being called a goodie two shoes and tries to throw a WildTeenParty that predictably gets out of control.

* ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'' Teddy finding out her nickname at school is GG (goody-goody) She tries to show she can be bad [[PokeThePoodle by drinking milk out of the carton.]] She refuses to swallow it, however, and runs to the sink to spit it out. Later on, Teddy makes a more earnest effort at being bad by ditching school and going to Super Adventure Land. After taking down a theft ring at the park, Teddy realizes she just doesn't have it in her to be a bad girl and embraces her goody-good image.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'' Ginger gets fed up of being called a nice girl and crashes a high school party. This leads to a rumour getting started about her and a bad boy called Jake. When she starts getting bullied for being "[[SlutShaming fast]]", Ginger realises she preferred being known as a nice girl.

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'' had Nikki [[PokeThePoodle doing this.]]

* One ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' short has Dee Dee getting one GetOut yell too many from Dexter and firing back a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech that affects Dexter so bad that makes him decide to look for more zest in life, asking Dee-Dee to teach him. Unfortunately, when given the request to "go wild" on his laboratory (to show his "detachment from his earthly possessions" in the Zen way), he becomes such [[LaughingMad a demented savage]] that [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Dee Dee becomes seriously frightened]] and [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan slaps some sense back into him]], [[BreakTheCutie tearfully asking for forgiveness]] in trying to make Dexter something that he's not.

* There is an episode of ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' titled "Walk on the Wild Side" that plays with this trope. It involves all the X-girls and Boom-Boom forming a vigilante crime-fighting group, even Jean who is the responsible one. The Aesop of the episode is that fighting crime (with people willing and able ''to kill you'' and that ''can'' succeed if you're unprepared, [[MugglePower mutant powers be damned]]) is not exactly the best place for a "YouGoGirl" mentality.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In "Last One Out of Beach City" Pearl tries to act more rebellious, both to impress Steven and Amethyst and for her own sake (feeling that she's "lost her edge" since becoming a ''literal'' [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters rebel[[). Pearl ends up leading the cops on a wild chase after running a red light to catch up with a "Mystery Girl" who caught her eye.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In "Last One Out of Beach City" Pearl tries to act more rebellious, both to impress Steven and Amethyst and for her own sake (feeling that she's "lost her edge"). Pearl ends up leading the cops on a wild chase after running a red light to catch up with a "Mystery Girl" who caught her eye.

** In another episode, Lisa becomes a delinquent after getting "Homemaker" in an IneptAptitudeTest and being told that she'll never become a professional Jazz musician due to her stubby fingers. This culminates with her committing an expulsion worthy offense (stealing all of the teachers' guides) to which Bart takes the fall, not wanting her to ruin her life.

** This happens to Marge on many occasions, ranging from running from the law with her friend after stealing her ex's car in "Marge on the Lamb", taking part in a monster truck rally, and gaining road rage from a Canyonero in "Marge Simpson in Screaming Yellow Honkers". [[DrivesLikeCrazy Driving]] seems to be her recurring BerserkButton.

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* Used as a bit of a joke in the film of ''Film/HarryPotter and the Order of the Phoenix'', where Hermione remarks that it's fun breaking the rules. It's worth noting that in the book, it is Hermione's idea to start up an illegal Defence Against The Dark Arts society which could technically count as an example of the trope.

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* Terry Pratchett's Literature/{{Discworld}} novel ''Discworld/MakingMoney'' has an example that gives a ShoutOut to the ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'' example below: the austere and humourless bank clerk ''Mavolio'' Bent, a man who ran away from the circus to join a bank, suddenly re-asserts his destiny and heritage as a circus clown.

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* There was an episode of ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' titled "Walk On The Wild Side" that played with this trope. It involved all the X-girls and Boom-Boom forming a vigilante crime fighting group, even Jean who was the responsible one. The Aesop of the episode was that fighting crime (with people willing and able ''to kill you'' and that ''can'' succeed if you're unprepared, [[MugglePower mutant powers be damned]]) is not exactly the best place for a "YouGoGirl" mentality.

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* When a middle-aged man does this it's sometimes said that they're going through a "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midlife_crisis Midlife crisis]]".
** See HollywoodMidLifeCrisis
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* In an early ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'' arc, Unity convinces Sweetheart to take out her frustration by going on a rampage. However, being [[RuleAbidingRebel Sweetheart]], her idea of rampaging is... ''spilling coffee on someone's lawn''. And [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone she's utterly horrified with herself afterwards]].

** One was a minor subplot where the other friends suggest she not get so uptight about things like coasters and leaving her shoes out of her room. The end of that episode has a CrowningMomentOfFunny where she can't sleep because she's worrying about leaving the aforementioned shoes. She gets to considering putting them in her closet and getting up early to put them back out before she realises "you need help" and goes to sleep.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In "Last One Out of Beach City" Pearl tries to act more rebellious, both to impress Steven and Amethyst and for her own sake (feeling that she's "lost her edge").

* One ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' short has Dee Dee getting one GetOut yell too many from Dexter and firing back a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech that affects Dexter so bad that makes him decide to look for more zest in life, asking Dee-Dee to teach him. Unfortunately, when given the request to "go wild" on his laboratory (to show his "detachment from his earthly possessions" in the Zen way), he becomes such [[LaughingMad a demented savage]] that [[HorrifyingTheHorror Dee Dee becomes seriously frightened]] and [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan slaps some sense back into him]], [[BreakTheCutie tearfully asking for forgiveness]] in trying to make Dexter something that he's not.

* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', Pearl tries to act more rebellious in "Last One Out of Beach City" both to impress Steven and Amethyst, and for her own sake (feeling that she's "lost her edge").

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'', sweet little Lydia goes through this but not of her own doing in "Dr. Beetle And Mr. Juice." After getting spritzed accidentally with Beetlejuice's perfume concoction, Lydia transforms into a prank-playing troublemaking biker and paints Townsville red.

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'', sweet little Lydia goes through this but not of her own doing in "Dr. Beetle And Mr. Juice." After getting spritzed accidentally with Beetlejuice's perfume concoction, Lydia transforms into a prank-playing troublemaking bikerand paints Townsville red.

** This happens to Marge on many occasions, ranging from running from the law with her friend after stealing her ex's car, taking part in a monster truck rally and gaining road rage from a Canyonero. [[DrivesLikeCrazy Driving]] seems to be her recurring BerserkButton.

* Several ''Franchise/StarTrek'' episodes based on the holo-deck could qualify for this.

* The ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' episode "The Pineapple Incident" has the gang convince Ted to drink instead of think. He wakes up next morning with a sprained ankle, burned coat, several drunken messages on Robin's phone and a girl he's never met before in bed next to him. Oh and a pineapple that [[TheUnreveal we never find out where it came from]].

* An ''inversion'' happens in the ''Series/BosomBuddies'' episode "WaterBalloonGate": Kip, who likes pranks, drops a water balloon from the apartment window onto a passing car. Said car happens to belong to ''UsefulNotes/RichardNixon''... and one Secret Service visit later, Kip not only decides to cut out pranking but becomes decidedly humorless and anti-fun until his friends get him to snap out of it.

* There was an episode of ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' titled "Walk On The Wild Side" that played with this trope. It involved all the X-girls and Boom-Boom forming a vigilante crime fighting group, even Jean who was the responsible one.

''Series/TheKicks'' episode "Go Big or Go Home" involves Devin sneaking out with Mirabelle while the team is away at a tournament, contrary to her usual behavior.