Rule of thumb: Whenever someone asks, "What does this lever do?", never. Ever. pull it.
— The narrator, 1000 Ways to Die, "Death #219: Chairway to Heaven"
Joker: Speaking of old, they don't make 'em like this anymore... So, what's this button do?
Batman: Don't touch that.
Joker: What's this one do?
Batman: Don't touch that.
Joker: What's this one do?
Batman: Don't touch that.
Joker: OOH! SHINY! What does this one do?
Batman: You REALLY don't wanna touch that.
(Joker pushes the big red button and the Batmobile releases a spray of sleeping gas, knocking Joker out cold)
Batman: Told you not to touch it.
Batman: Don't touch that.
Joker: What's this one do?
Batman: Don't touch that.
Joker: What's this one do?
Batman: Don't touch that.
Joker: OOH! SHINY! What does this one do?
Batman: You REALLY don't wanna touch that.
(Joker pushes the big red button and the Batmobile releases a spray of sleeping gas, knocking Joker out cold)
Batman: Told you not to touch it.
— Batman: The Brave and the Bold, "Game Over for Owlman"
Alice: Ooh, what does this button do?
Batwoman: Pisses me off. Don't make me hit the ejector seat.
Alice: That exists?
Batwoman: Wanna find out?
Alice: Kinda.
Batwoman: Pisses me off. Don't make me hit the ejector seat.
Alice: That exists?
Batwoman: Wanna find out?
Alice: Kinda.
— Batwoman (2019), "Initiate Self-Destruct"
What was the last thing said aboard the Challenger?
Gee, I wonder what this Big Red Button does...
Gee, I wonder what this Big Red Button does...
— Black Comedy on the Challenger space shuttle explosion
Young Dee-Dee: [singing] Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh! What does this button do?!? [pushes a newborn Dexter's belly button]
Newborn Dexter: [cries]
Dee-Dee: [singing] Now I know what this button does, it makes my brother cry!
Newborn Dexter: [cries]
Dee-Dee: [singing] Now I know what this button does, it makes my brother cry!
Helix: What does this button do?
(lights go out)
Florence: That button tells me to hurt you, Helix.
Helix: Oh, okay. What does this button do?
(lights go out)
Florence: That button tells me to hurt you, Helix.
Helix: Oh, okay. What does this button do?
— Freefall
Rocket: All right, first you flick this switch, then this switch. That activates it. Then you push this button, which will give you five minutes to get outta there. Now whatever you do, don't push this button, because that will set off the bomb immediately, and we'll all be dead. Now, repeat back what I just said.
Baby Groot: I am Groot?
Rocket: Mm-hm.
Baby Groot: I am Groot.
Rocket: Uh–huh.
Baby Groot: [reaching for the death button, excitedly] I am Groot!
Rocket: [annoyed] NOOOOO!
Baby Groot: I am Groot?
Rocket: Mm-hm.
Baby Groot: I am Groot.
Rocket: Uh–huh.
Baby Groot: [reaching for the death button, excitedly] I am Groot!
Rocket: [annoyed] NOOOOO!
"To press or not to press is the trial of humanity. Want to press, but I mustn't, want to press, but I mustn't! Why do people reach out for switches? Because the switches are there!"
— Doctor Maki, commenting on Kamen Rider Fourze's Switches in the Kamen Rider OOO net movies
Jimmy: You can't just kill me like that, dude!
Grian: I didn't kill you on purpose; they left buttons on the floor, Jimmy!
Jimmy: And why did you press them?!
Grian: (with gritted teeth) BECAUSE I'M ME!
Grian: I didn't kill you on purpose; they left buttons on the floor, Jimmy!
Jimmy: And why did you press them?!
Grian: (with gritted teeth) BECAUSE I'M ME!
— Limited Life SMP, Day 6
"Uh, no, that does not make it work, except when it's on the tracks!"
— Mr. Rogers as his grandson was about to play with the trolley switch, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Judge: Why did the real killer sound the emergency buzzer?
Phoenix: In all probability... the killer didn't know what the button was for.
Judge: What do you mean...?
Phoenix: The killer probably thought, "I wonder what this does?" and pressed it to find out!
Ron: Oh! That's exactly how I make a lot of my mistakes too!
Godot: Ha...! Is there a functioning brain underneath all that ridiculous hair, Mr. Trite? The panel around the button is labeled quite clearly. It says "Emergency Buzzer".
Phoenix: Doh!
Godot: Let me guess. Maybe next, you'll want to claim this mysterious killer was illiterate?
Phoenix: In all probability... the killer didn't know what the button was for.
Judge: What do you mean...?
Phoenix: The killer probably thought, "I wonder what this does?" and pressed it to find out!
Ron: Oh! That's exactly how I make a lot of my mistakes too!
Godot: Ha...! Is there a functioning brain underneath all that ridiculous hair, Mr. Trite? The panel around the button is labeled quite clearly. It says "Emergency Buzzer".
Phoenix: Doh!
Godot: Let me guess. Maybe next, you'll want to claim this mysterious killer was illiterate?
Ren: See this button? DON'T TOUCH IT! It's the History Eraser Button, You Fool!!
Stimpy: ...so, what'll happen?
Ren: That's just it, we don't know! Maaaybe something bad, maaaybe something good. I guess we'll never know. Cause you're going to guard it. You won't touch it, will you?
Stimpy: ...so, what'll happen?
Ren: That's just it, we don't know! Maaaybe something bad, maaaybe something good. I guess we'll never know. Cause you're going to guard it. You won't touch it, will you?
— The Ren & Stimpy Show, "Space Madness"
"The Spinel will pick up that device out of curiosity. Hijinks will ensue."
— Sapphire, Steven Universe: The Movie
"Does this look familiar? Do you know what it is? Neither do I! I made it last night in my sleep. Apparently, I used Gindrogak. Highly unstable! I put a button on it, yes! I wish to press it, but... I'm not sure what will happen if I dooooo!"
— Gune, Titan A.E.
Do you know the button song?
The button song?
The button song?
When you play the button song
You find out what goes wrong!
The button song?
The button song?
When you play the button song
You find out what goes wrong!
— Wander, Wander over Yonder
Wonka: Just push a key and ZING! You are off! By now I pressed all the keys in the entire factory! Except one key! (points to Charlie the only key Wonka never pressed) Go ahead, Charlie, press it!
Charlie: Who, me? (presses it)
Wonka: Here we go! Not sure what's going to happen! Faster, faster! If we don't get enough speed, we will never get the day through!
Grandpa Joe: But where are we going to, Mr. Wonka?
Wonka: Up and Out!
Charlie: You mean it!
Wonka: Yes, I do!
Grandpa Joe: But the roof is made out of glass. It's going to smash into millions of pieces, And we will all be cut to ribbons.
Wonka: We might! (in caution) HOLD ON TIGHT, EVERYBODY! HERE IT COMES!
(The Wonkavator breaks through the roof glass and nobody was cut to ribbons)
Charlie: Who, me? (presses it)
Wonka: Here we go! Not sure what's going to happen! Faster, faster! If we don't get enough speed, we will never get the day through!
Grandpa Joe: But where are we going to, Mr. Wonka?
Wonka: Up and Out!
Charlie: You mean it!
Wonka: Yes, I do!
Grandpa Joe: But the roof is made out of glass. It's going to smash into millions of pieces, And we will all be cut to ribbons.
Wonka: We might! (in caution) HOLD ON TIGHT, EVERYBODY! HERE IT COMES!
(The Wonkavator breaks through the roof glass and nobody was cut to ribbons)
