History Main / YouWouldDoTheSameForMe

* ''Series/HoratioHornblower'': In "The Duchess and the Devil", Horatio ends up in Spanish jail, and by some incredible chance, his friend Archie from his ship who was lost during a raid had been imprisoned there as well. Archie's health and spirits are broken, and seeing his friend as a self-assured Acting Lieutenant is the last straw. He [[DrivenToSuicide tries to starve himself]] so that they could plan their escape and not consider him or wait for him to get better. When Horatio notices, Archie refuses to get helped. It's a very poignant scene when Horatio insists that Archie would do the same for him, but Archie refutes by telling him that he would never be in his position, feeling that Horatio never screws up.

* ''Series/HoratioHornblower'': In "The Duchess and the Devil", Horatio ends up in Spanish jail, and by some incredible chance, his friend Archie from his ship who was lost during a raid has been imprisoned there as well. Archie feels DrivenToSuicide. His spirits are broken and seeing his friend as a self-assured Acting Lieutenant is the last straw. He tries to starve himself so that they could plan their escape and not consider him or wait for him to get better. When Horatio notices, Archie refuses to get helped. It's a very poignant scene when Horatio insists that Archie would do the same for him, but Archie refutes by telling him that he would never be in his position, feeling that Horatio never screws up.

* Rampant in the StargateVerse, what with the TrueCompanions constantly getting themselves into trouble. A particularly heartwarming example occurs in StargateAtlantis after Sheppard mounts a daring rescue to save Teyla and her newborn baby.

-->But I'll walk through fire. Through fire. Oh—I'll walk through fire for you. Through fire 'Cos I know you'd do the same for me ...

-->You'd do the same for me, wouldn't you?

-->Wouldn't you do the same for me if you knew I was dying?

-->I hope you would have done the same for me.

-->You did the same for me once.

-->I'm sure if the situation were reversed, you'd do exactly the same for me.

* When [[{{Firefly}} Mal]] is held hostage, Kaylee says to Zoe, "If it were any one of us, captain wouldn't hesitate." As she's arming up with Simon and Book.

* {{Discussed|Trope}} in Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality. Harry explains that, in a true Prisoner's dilemma, you want to figure out how the other prisoner is going to react--if the prisoner is different enough to act opposite to you, then you rat him/her out. If not, you don't--knowing full well that the other person like you will come to the same conclusion, which is the only reason you're silent in the first place.

* In one episode of ''EverybodyHatesChris'', Chris abandons his Homecoming date to help Greg. It's clear that Chris' date will hate him forever, but Chris valued Greg's friendship too much to abandon him for a girl. Greg says he would do the same thing for Chris; Narrator Chris notes that years later, when the situation came up, he ''didn't''.

* In one episode of ''EverybodyHatesChris'', Chris abandons his Homecoming date to help Greg. When Greg says she'll hate him forever, Chris doesn't care, and is comforted when Greg says Chris would have done the same for him. Narrator Chris notes that years later, when the situation came up, he ''didn't''.

** Which is given a TakeThat in the preview for ''StarTrekIntoDarkness'', where Kirk wonders "what would Spock do if it was me down there? [the caldera of an active volcano]". Bones promptly responds "he would let you die."

* ''DueSouth''

* {{Invoked|Trope}} / {{Exploited|Trope}} in ''ResidentEvil''

* This trope happens in ''TheSimpsonsMovie'', as Ned is saving them from the mob. He starts to tell Bart that Homer would do the same thing, but a glaring look from Bart causes him to backtrack.

* G'Kar and Londo on {{Babylon 5}}

* In an episode of ''{{CSI}}'', a guy steals his recently deceased friend's corpse from an ambulance so he can [[OfCorpseHesAlive "attend"]] one last party with him and other friends. Once the police shows up and informs him that he's going to jail for this he calmly replies "He would have done it for me".

* {{Invoked|Trope}} in ''FinalFantasyIX''

* In the ''{{Futurama}}'' episode "Jurassic Bark", a jealous Bender has tossed Fry's fossilized pooch Seymore into a lava pit. Despite fact that it's a [[TooDumbToLive lava pit]], he strips down to his tighty-whities and rushes to save his old friend. His reasoning? [[LoveMakesYouDumb "He'd do the same for me!"]]

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* In William King's ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' novel ''SpaceWolf'', after Ragnar comes to Kjel's aid when two other aspirants are beating him, Kjel thanks him, and Ragnar dismisses it, "Think nothing of it. You'd do the same for me."

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* {{Invoked|Trope}}/{{Exploited|Trope}} in ''ResidentEvil''

* In the ''{{Futurama}}'' episode "Jurassic Bark", a jealous Bender has tossed Fry's fossilized pooch Seymore into a lava pit. Despite fact that it's a [[TooDumbToLive lava pit]], he strips down to his tighty-whities and rushes to save his old friend. His reasoning? [[LoveMakesYouDumb "He'd do the same for me!"]]

* The end of ''StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'', after Kirk and the others have spent the duration of the film trying to save Spock:

* ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': "Soldiers of the Empire"

* On ''TheSimpsons'', when Homer asks why Ned's helping him, and Ned says that Homer would do the same. Cue ImagineSpot of Homer not helping Ned in any way, shape or form. Homer confirms anyway.

* [[LukeMochrieAndTheInners Luke Mochrie]] said this to [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] in ''SuburbanKnights''. This marked the beginning of the thawing out of their rivalry.

May be played for [[PlayedForLaughs laughs]] or [[PlayedForTears tears]] when that it is painfully obvious that ''no'', Alice ''wouldn't''. Genders don't matter. Flip the words around a bit and you get "I'd do the same for you," which makes this a guilt trip, not that that's always a bad thing. If it's a more serious situation, such as after a ShootTheDog, you may hear, "And I expect you to do the same for me."

May be PlayedForLaughs, in that it is painfully obvious that ''no'', Alice ''wouldn't''. Genders don't matter. Flip the words around a bit and you get "I'd do the same for you," which makes this a guilt trip, not that that's always a bad thing. If it's a more serious situation, such as after a ShootTheDog, you may hear, "And I expect you to do the same for me."

* [[ChannelAwesome Luke Mochrie]] said this to FilmBrain in ''SuburbanKnights''. This marked the beginning of the thawing out of their rivalry.

* ''TheNeverEndingStory II: The Next Chapter''

* In an episode of ''{{CSI}}'', a guy steals his recently deceased friend's corpse from an ambulance so he can [[OfCorpseHesAlive
"attend"]] one last party with him and other friends. Once the police shows up and informs him that he's going to jail for this he calmly replies "He would have done it for me".

** Same thing happens on ''TheSimpsonsMovie'', as Ned is saving them from the mob. He starts to tell Bart that Homer would do the same thing, but a glaring look from Bart causes him to backtrack.

* ''ResidentEvil''

* ''FinalFantasyIX''

* ''StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock''
-->You would have done the same for me.

* Sort-of [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] in Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality. Harry explains that, in a true Prisoner's dilemma, you want to figure out how the other prisoner is going to react--if the prisoner is different enough to act opposite to you, then you rat him/her out. If not, you don't--knowing full well that the other person like you will come to the same conclusion, which is the only reason you're silent in the first place.