Line #24 Main/DontDoAnythingIWouldntDo


1	->''"Don't do anything I wouldn't do! (beat) That gives you a lot of leeway..."''
2	-->-- '''Sidney''', ''Film/SweetSmellOfSuccess''
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4	One character tells another "not to do anything I wouldn't do." Usually this is when they [[LetsSplitUpGang part ways]], and the one giving advice has nothing else to say.
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6	This can go one of a few ways. It may make the advisee seriously consider, WhatWouldXDo. Depending on the situation, they may be wondering if there is anything the advisor wouldn't do. Occasionally, in these situations, the advisor may realize this and correct the phrase to "Don't do anything I would do."
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8	Alternatively, it can be a ShipperOnDeck giving advice to a character in regard to romancing their LoveInterest; in which case, it often ends up embarrassing the couple.
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10	Sometimes related to AntiRoleModel, the character that sets a bad example for everyone.
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12	!!Examples:
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14	[[AC:Comic Books]]
15	* ''ComicBook/StarWarsDoctorAphra'': In the FourthWallMailSlot of one issue, [[ComedicSociopathy peppy torture-droid]] Triple-Zero signs off with this phrase. "So do literally anything, except show mercy."
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17	[[AC:Comic Strips]]
18	* ''ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}}'': {{Inverted}} in [[http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/archive/2010/12/13 this strip]]. "Don't do anything I ''would'' do!"
19	* ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'':
20	** In the 2015-01-01 strip, Jeremy combines this with ConfusingMultipleNegatives to trick his mom into letting him go out.
21	-->'''Connie:''' Behave yourself\
22	'''Jeremy:''' Don't worry. I'll only not do things you wouldn't not do.\
23	'''Pierce:''' So you can go?\
24	'''Jeremy:''' As long as we're gone before she counts the 'nots'.
25	** In another, his dad asks him to "don't do anything I wouldn't do" when going out with friends. Jeremy points out that he never does anything his dad ''would'' do, which doesn't give him a lot of room to do anything. Walt reveals he knows that, and is proud to have come up with the idea.
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27	[[AC:Fan Works]]
28	* ''Fanfic/AshesOfThePast'': A variant when Misty tells Pikachu, "don't let your trainer get into any trouble he can't get out of!" Pikachu responds that he wouldn't be able to tell what that looks like.
29	--> '''Pikachu:''' On the list of things he can get out of we've already got the collapse of time itself and a fossil apocalypse.
30	* ''Fanfic/ADifferentLesson'': At the end of the story, Mantis is stated to have given Crane a bit of advice as he goes on the road with Mei Ling and [[spoiler:Jia]]. Unsurprisingly for a CovertPervert like the insect (and speaking to a NiceGuy and ExtremeDoormat like Crane), it consists of the StockPhrase "Don't do anything I wouldn't do."
31	* ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'': Said by Spectrem to John and George. Hilariously, he's so square that he ''means'' it.
32	* ''Fanfic/TheRigelBlackChronicles'': Lily starts to say this to Harriett but then realises that she's in the presence of both James and Sirius (two mischievous troublemakers) and settles for "don't do anything ''Remus'' wouldn't do". Like in canon, Remus is more responsible than his friends and therefore a better role model for her daughter to emulate.
33	* ''Fanfic/TheSecretReturnOfAlexMack'': Willow says this when Alex and Ray are going home after graduation. Ray, however, can't think of anything a pair of teenagers might get up to that Willow wouldn't do.
34	* ''Fanfic/ThisBites'': When Chopper finally gets his hands on Dr. Hogback, with full knowledge of everything he's been practicing, Cross advises him to not do anything he wouldn't do. Lassoo reminds Cross of everything [[CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon he'd said he'd do]] to [[HateSink Spandam]], and Cross replies that he stands by everything he just said.
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36	[[AC:Films -- Live-Action]]
37	* ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'': Terry jokingly tells Curt this when seeing him off at the airport at the end.
38	%%* ''Film/{{Come See the Paradise}}''
39	%%* ''Film/EvilRoySlade''
40	* ''Film/FrightNight2011'': Given verbatim by Peter when he [[spoiler:leaves Charley and Amy alone in his penthouse so they can have sex]].
41	--> '''Peter''': [[PlayedForLaughs That doesn't narrow it down. That's like, mini-golf and sushi.]]
42	%%* ''Film/GosfordPark''
43	* ''Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle'':
44	-->'''Freakshow''': Just don't do anything the good Lord wouldn't do.
45	%%* ''Film/LittleManhattan''
46	* ''Film/{{Mermaids\|1990}}'':
47	-->'''Rachel Flax''': Don't do anything I wouldn't do! Or don't do anything I would!
48	%%* ''Series/TheMunsters' Revenge''
49	* ''Film/SweetSmellOfSuccess'':
50	-->'''Sidney Falco''': Don't do anything I wouldn't do! That gives you a lot of leeway...
51	* ''Film/FrightNight2011'': "Don't do anything I wouldn't do-- well, that doesn't narrow it down. That's like, mini-golf and sushi."
52	* ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'': Tony Stark explains to Peter Parker how an Avenger should behave, which is basically not emulating Tony's behavior ''and'' minding some of the things he avoids doing (out of personal experience and common sense).
53	-->'''Tony:''' Don't do anything I ''would'' do.\
54	''[Peter nods]''\
55	'''Tony:''' And definitely don't do anything I ''wouldn't'' do.\
56	''[Peter looks confused]''\
57	'''Tony:''' There's a little grey area in there, and that's where ''you'' operate. Alright?
58	* ''Film/StageDoor'':
59	-->'''Eve:''' Remember, Hattie, don't do anything Butch wouldn't do.
60	* ''Film/SweetSmellOfSuccess'':
61	-->'''Sidney''': Don't do anything I wouldn't do! That gives you a lot of leeway...
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63	[[AC:Literature]]
64	* ''Literature/CastlePerilous'': A rare example where the StockPhrase is both justified and completely accurate--Incarnadine instructs Jeremy to tell this to his doppelganger because, as a MirrorUniverse EvilTwin, what the real Incarnadine "wouldn’t do" is, well, ''evil''.
65	* ''Literature/DirtyLittleSecrets'': Kayleigh tells Lucy this when she leaves her best friend alone with Josh. And it's clear from the context that Kayleigh would be okay with ''anything'' Lucy would do with Josh.
66	* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': Nanny Ogg: "Don't do anything I wouldn't do, if you ever find anything I wouldn't do."
67	* ''Literature/IWasATeenageFairy'':
68	-->'''Mab:''' ''(as Barbie prepares for a party)'' Do ''everything'' I would do.
69	* ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce'': As Jaina's heading off for a date, her younger cousin Ben uses this phrase. Jaina replies that she will, and hopefully he won't, yet.
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71	[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
72	* ''Series/BetterOffTed'':
73	-->'''Linda''': Don't do anything I wouldn't do! (Whispers) There's nothing I wouldn't do.
74	-->'''Friend''': I know, I was your roommate.
75	* Series/{{Castle\|2009}}: When the title character's teenage daughter is going to the prom, he tells her date, "Don't do anything I ''would'' do."
76	* ''Series/TheCosbyShow'': When Theo is about to head out to his Senior Prom he assures Cliff "I won't do anything you wouldn't do." Cliff responds, "Just remember: I ''married'' my prom date."
77	%%* ''Series/TheFactsOfLife'' episode "Sex Symbol"
78	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E6Extremis "Extremis"]], [[TomboyishName Bill Potts]] brings Penny home instead of a boyfriend to her mother's relief, unaware that her adopted daughter is a closet lesbian. When her mom gives this trope as she's walking out the door, the audience naturally expects a GilliganCut to lesbian snogging; instead, Bill and Penny enjoy tea. Then the Pope walks in the door and Bill spends the rest of the episode doing things that her mom wouldn't even conceive of doing.
79	* ''Series/FawltyTowers'':
80	-->'''Miss Gatsby''': And don't do anything we wouldn't do!\
81	'''Basil''': Oh, of course not. [[DeadpanSnarker Just some light breathing...]]
82	* ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'': Between Dorothy and Sophie.
83	-->"Don't do anything I wouldn't do."
84	-->"I think I crossed that line when I got a ''date''."
85	%%* ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen''
86	%%* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' episode "No Pot to Pease In"
87	* ''Series/{{MASH}}'': In [[Recap/MashS4E20TheNovocaineMutiny "The Novocaine Mutiny"]], Frank Burns says this to Colonel Potter as the latter is heading to Tokyo on R&R, prompting Potter to reply, "I don't know that I'd ''want'' to do anything you would do."
88	* ''Series/QuantumLeap'':
89	-->'''Al''': Don't do anything I wouldn't do. And if you do, take pictures.
90	* ''Series/SexAndTheCity'': Samantha's boyfriend Smith is about to leave for a work-related venture. Samantha tells him not to do anything she wouldn't, to which he wryly responds "What things don't you do?" Samantha: "There are some things... Karaoke. I don't do that."
91	* ''Series/{{Sliders}}'': Rembrandt utters this phrase and a confused Colin remarks "...I do not think I know him well enough to know what he would or would not do under certain circumstances."
92	* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': In episode [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS07E06TreacheryFaithAndTheGreatRiver "Treachery, Faith, and the Great River"]].
93	* ''Series/YesMinister:'' Unusual CouldSayItBut example, when Hacker is [[BlatantLies definitely not]] telling Sir Humphrey to leak documents to the press during his upcoming meal with a journalist.
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95	[[AC:Professional Wrestling]]
96	* Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin said this to Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} when handing him a ticket to the ''No Way Out'' pay-per-view in Wrestling/{{WWE}} 2004. In it, Goldberg's enemy Wrestling/BrockLesnar was defending the WWE Championship. The problem with this was soon afterward lampshaded by Wrestling/VinceMcMahon.
97	--> '''Vince [=McMahon=]:''' There isn't a '''damn thing''' you wouldn't do!
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99	[[AC:Video Games]]
100	* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': When a warlock dismisses a pet [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus]], she sometimes [[DoubleEntendre says this line]] before disappearing.
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102	[[AC:Web Comics]]
103	* ''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie'': Backfires when Pirate Captain Locke [[http://ozyandmillie.org/2000/03/15/ozy-and-millie-326/ pretends to be Millie at school:]]
104	-->'''Ozy:''' Just don't do anything Millie wouldn't do.
105	-->'''Locke:''' Okay, that should be easy enough. '''''Listen up, everybody! We're going to consolidate our pirate booty, and then pillage the principal's office!'''''
106	-->'''Ozy:''' [{{Facepalm}}] Shoot... I forgot he's ''met'' her.
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108	[[AC:Western Animation]]
109	* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Steven's dream of Garnet gives him this advice for the big dance, much to the delight of the "live studio audience".
110	* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'': "Fraidy Cat" had Tom's chicken-hearted cousin visiting, and he's scared of mice. After several scenes of confusion, Tom and his cousin team up to fool Jerry. Tom's rear shows up behind a wall and Jerry is about to kick it, when his cousin (whom Jerry thinks is Tom gone cowardly) shows up at the other end and says "I wouldn't kick me if I were you!"
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