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* ''Fanfic/TheRigelBlackChronicles'': Lily starts to say this to Harriett but then realises that she's in the presence of both James and Sirius (two mischevious troublemakers) and settles for "don't do anything ''Remus'' wouldn't do". Like in canon, Remus is more responsible than his friends.
* ''Fanfic/TheSecretReturnOfAlexMack'': Willow says this when Alex and Ray are going home after graduation. Ray, however, can't think of anything a pair of teen-agers might get up to that Willow wouldn't do.

%%* ''Come See the Paradise''

* ''Series/TheMunsters' Revenge'':

* In the FourthWallMailSlot of one issue of ''ComicBook/StarWarsDoctorAphra'', [[ComedicSociopathy peppy torture-droid]] Triple-Zero signs off with this phrase. "So do literally anything, except show mercy."

* Inverted in [[http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/archive/2010/12/13 this strip]] of ''ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}}'': "Don't do anything I ''would'' do!"

* Said by Spectrem to John and George in ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World''--and he's so square that he ''means'' it.
* Lily starts to say this to Harriett in ''Fanfic/TheRigelBlackChronicles'', then realises that she's in the presence of both James and Sirius, and settles for "don't do anything ''Remus'' wouldn't do."
* Willow says this in ''Fanfic/TheSecretReturnOfAlexMack'' when Alex and Ray are going home after graduation. Ray, however, can't think of anything a pair of teen-agers might get up to that Willow wouldn't do.

* ''Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle''

* ''Film/{{Mermaids}}''

* ''Film/SweetSmellOfSuccess''

* ''Series/TheMunsters' Revenge''

* ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' has Tony Stark explain to Peter Parker how an Avenger should behave:

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

* ''Series/BetterOffTed''

* ''Series/FawltyTowers''

* ''Series/QuantumLeap''

* 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/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "Treachery, Faith, and the Great River"
%%* ''Series/TheFactsOfLife'' episode "Sex Symbol"
%%* ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen''
* When Series/{{Castle}}'s teenage daughter is going to the prom, he tells her date, "Don't do anything I ''would'' do."
* In ''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 repsonds "What things don't you do?" Samantha: "There are some things.... Karaoke. I don't do that."
* In the ''Series/{{MASH}}'' episode "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."
* ''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."
* ''Series/DoctorWho''. [[TomboyishName Bill Potts]] brings home Penny instead of a boyfriend to her mother's relief, unaware that her adopted daughter is a closet lesbian. When 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 mom wouldn't even conceive of doing.

* ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'': Between Dorothy and Sophie-
-->"Don't do anything I wouldn't do."
-->"I think I crossed that line when I got a ''date''."

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

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

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* In the FourthWallMailSlot of one issue of ''ComicBook/StarWarsDoctorAphra'', [[ComedicSociopathy peppy torture-droid]] Triple-Zero signs off with this phrase. "So do literally anything, except show mercy."
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* Inverted in [[http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/archive/2010/12/13 this strip]] of ''ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}}'': "Don't do anything I ''would'' do!"
* ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'':
** In the 2015-01-01 strip, Jeremy combines this with ConfusingMultipleNegatives to trick his mom into letting him go out.
-->'''Connie:''' Behave yourself\\
'''Jeremy:''' Don't worry. I'll only not do things you wouldn't not do.\\
'''Pierce:''' So you can go?\\
'''Jeremy:''' As long as we're gone before she counts the 'nots'.
** 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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* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': When a warlock dismisses a pet [[HornyDevils succubus]], she sometimes [[DoubleEntendre says this line]] before disappearing.

-->'''Tony:''' Don't do anything I would do. And definitely don't do anything I wouldn't do. There's a little grey area in there, and that's where you operate.

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* ''Series/DoctorWho''. [[TomboyishName Bill Potts]] brings home Penny instead of a boyfriend to her mother's relief, unaware that her adopted daughter is a closet lesbian. When 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 a SpotOfTea. Then the Pope walks in the door and Bill spends the rest of the episode doing things that mom wouldn't even conceive of doing.

* ''Come See the Paradise''
* ''Film/EvilRoySlade''
* ''Film/GosfordPark''

* ''Film/LittleManhattan''

* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' episode "No Pot to Pease In"

* ''Series/TheFactsOfLife'' episode "Sex Symbol"
* ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen''
* When Series/{{Castle}}'s teenage daughter is going to the prom he tells her date "Don't do anything I ''would'' do."

* ''Series/GoldenGirls'': Between Dorothy and Sophie-

* In ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce,'' as Jaina's heading off for a date, her younger cousin Ben uses this phrase. Jaina replies that she ''will,'' and hopefully [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar he won't, yet.]]

* ''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.]]

* ''Series/BetterOffTed"
-->''Linda''': Don't do anything I wouldn't do! (Whispers) There's nothing I wouldn't do.
-->''Friend''': I know, I was your roommate.

* In the FourthWallMailSlot of one issue of ''ComicBook/StarWarsDoctorAphra'', peppy torture-droid Triple-Zero signs off with this phrase. "So do literally anything, except show mercy."

* ''TheLeagueOfGentlemen''

'''Tony:''' Don't do anything I would do. And definitely don't do anything I wouldn't do. There's a little grey area in there, and that's where you operate.

* ''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!"

* ''TheMunsters' Revenge''