History Main / DontDoAnythingIWouldntDo

* ''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."

* Inverted in [[http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/archive/2010/12/13 this strip]] of ''{{Doonesbury}}'': "Don't do anything I ''would'' do!"
* Backfires in Webcomic/OzyAndMillie when Pirate Captain Locke [[http://ozyandmillie.org/2000/03/15/ozy-and-millie-326/ pretends to be Millie at school:]]

* In 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."

* ''Series/{{Mash}}'':
-->'''Major Burns''': Don't do anything I wouldn't do.
-->'''Colonel Potter''': Major, I wouldn't want to do anything you ''would'' do!

* ''GosfordPark''

* ''LittleManhattan''

* ''SweetSmellOfSuccess''

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* ''FawltyTowers''
-->'''Miss Gatsby''': And don't do anything *we* wouldn't do!
-->'''Basil''': Oh, of course not. [[DeadpanSnarker Just some light breathing...]]
* ''MarriedWithChildren'' episode "No Pot to Pease In"

* In ''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."

* In ''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."

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': When a warlock dismisses a pet [[HornyDevils succubus]], she sometimes says this line before disappearing.

* [[ProfessionalWrestling Steve Austin]] says this to Goldberg when he gives him a ticket to 2004's ''No Way Out''. That pretty much translates as "Go ahead and kick Brock Lesnar's ass, he deserves it".
* In ''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 repsonds "What things don't you do?" Samantha: "There are some things.... Karaoke. I don't do that."

* In Wrestling/{{WWE}}, StoneColdSteveAustin said this to {{Goldberg}} when handing him a ticket to the ''No Way Out'' pay-per-view in 2004, in which Goldberg's enemy BrockLesnar was defending the WWE Championship. The problem with this was soon afterward lampshaded by VinceMcMahon:
--> '''VinceMcMahon:''' There isn't a '''damn thing''' you wouldn't do!

* ''TheFactsOfLife'' episode "Sex Symbol"

* ''{{Mermaids}}''

* Backfires in OzyAndMillie when Pirate Captain Locke [[http://ozyandmillie.org/2000/03/15/ozy-and-millie-326/ pretends to be Millie at school:]]

-->'''Ozy:''' [{{Facepalm}}] [Thinking] Shoot... I forgot he's ''met'' her.

* ''{{MASH}}'':

* ''Little Manhattan''
* ''Mermaids''

* ''QuantumLeap''

* When {{Castle}}'s teenage daughter is going to the prom he tells her date "Don't do anything I ''would'' do."

* In {{WWE}}, StoneColdSteveAustin said this to {{Goldberg}} when handing him a ticket to the ''No Way Out'' pay-per-view in 2004, in which Goldberg's enemy BrockLesnar was defending the WWE Championship. The problem with this was soon afterward lampshaded by VinceMcMahon:

* ''WorldOfWarcraft'': When a warlock dismisses a pet [[HornyDevils succubus]], she sometimes says this line before disappearing.

* ''HaroldAndKumar Go to White Castle''

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* ''{{Sweet Smell of Success}}''
-->'''Sidney Falco''': Don't do anything I wouldn't do! That gives you a lot of leeway...

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* {{Discworld}}'s Nanny Ogg: "Don't do anything I wouldn't do, if you ever find anything I wouldn't do."

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* ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "Treachery, Faith, and the Great River"

* ''WorldOfWarcraft'': When a warlock dismisses a pet [[HornyDevils succubus]], she sometimes says this line before disappearing. [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean If you know what she means.]]

* In ''Sex and the City'', 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 repsonds "What things don't you do?" Samantha: "There are some things.... Karaoke. I don't do that."

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A statement often intended to be ironic, as the one saying it is known for his loose standards.

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!!Examples:

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* ''Come See the Paradise''
* ''GosfordPark''
* ''HaroldAndKumar Go to White Castle''
-->'''Freakshow''': Just don't do anything the good Lord wouldn't do.
* ''Little Manhattan''
* ''Mermaids''
-->'''Rachel Flax''': Don't do anything I wouldn't do! Or don't do anything I would!
* ''Sweet Smell of Success''
* ''TheMunsters' Revenge''

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* {{Discworld}}'s Nanny Ogg: "Don't do anything I wouldn't do, if you ever find anything I wouldn't do."

[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* ''FawltyTowers''
-->'''Miss Gatsby''': And don't do anything *we* wouldn't do!
* ''MarriedWithChildren'' episode "No Pot to Pease In"
* ''QuantumLeap''
-->'''Al''': Don't do anything I wouldn't do. And if you do, take pictures.
* ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "Treachery, Faith, and the Great River"
* ''TheFactsOfLife'' episode "Sex Symbol"
* ''TheLeagueOfGentlemen''
* When {{Castle}}'s teenage daughter is going to the prom he tells her date "Don't do anything I ''would'' do."
* [[ProfessionalWrestling Steve Austin]] says this to Goldberg when he gives him a ticket to 2004's ''No Way Out''. That pretty much translates as "Go ahead and kick Brock Lesnar's ass, he deserves it".
* In ''Sex and the City'', 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 repsonds "What things don't you do?" Samantha: "There are some things.... Karaoke. I don't do that."
* ''{{MASH}}'':
-->'''Major Burns''': Don't do anything I wouldn't do.
-->'''Colonel Potter''': Major, I wouldn't want to do anything you ''would'' do!

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* ''WorldOfWarcraft'': When a warlock dismisses a pet [[HornyDevils succubus]], she sometimes says this line before disappearing. [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean If you know what she means.]]
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