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{{quote|'''Jimmy''': But dad, all my friends are gonna be there!,
'''[[Cloudcuckoolander|Hugh]]''': I know, son, [[Metaphorgotten|but if all your friends were named Cliff, would you jump off them]]? I don't think you would.
|''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron|Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius]]''}}
It's a familiar scenario. Kid wants something from parent they know won't be easy to get. The first argument they make is almost always, "Everybody else is going to that concert!"/ "All my friends have this body part pierced!"/ "Everyone at my school is wearing one!" or something similar.
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'''Kate:''' I'd be right behind her. You're ''such'' a Dad. }}
== Fan
* In the Harry Potter fanfic ''Fire Burns'', Katherine and Remus have an argument over Katherine having killed someone on Voldemort's orders.
{{quote|'''Remus:''' If someone told you to jump off a bridge would you do it?
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{{quote|'''Ward''': Would you expect Wally to jump off a roof just because Chip did?
'''Beaver''': How high a roof, Dad? }}
* ''[[
{{quote|'''Col. Flagg''': This Chandler fellow decides he doesn't want to fight anymore. Soon other soldiers decide not to fight anymore. You know what will happen if everyone decides not to fight anymore?
'''B.J.''' Peace? }}
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'''Homestar:''' Yes! }}
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* ''[[Karate Bears Webcomic]]'' [http://www.karatebears.com/2010/11/jump-of-bridge.html actually do jump off a bridge]
* Parodied in ''[[Girl Genius]]'', where [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100312 Agatha tells Gil that he does not get to die just because "everyone else did"!]
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'''Sniper''': Like he did in "Saxton Hale vs the Red Cliffs of Doomver"?
{{spoiler|'''Gardevoir's split personality'''}}: Has that cliff jumping question ever worked? }}
* ''[[xkcd|XKCD]]'' has [https://xkcd.com/1170/ tackled this one
{{quote|'''Kid''': Which scenario is more likely: every single person I know, many of them levelheaded and afraid of heights, abruptly went crazy at exactly the same time...or the bridge is on fire?}}
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** [http://www.problempets.co.uk/media/overtounbridge.asp And dogs.]
* The ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' [[Fan Dumb]] went to a all new low when [http://www.examiner.com/x-4908-Twilight-Examiner~y2009m7d15-Twilight-fan-cliffdives-where-Bella-did-Quileute-Nation-not-responsible-for-the-incident someone jumped off a cliff] because Bella did it.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100503135809/http://www.outpostnine.com/gaijin_smash/2009/01/japanese-people-say-the-darndest-things---version-xp.html This post] on [[Gaijin Smash]] discusses the cultural gap on date excuses.
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