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{{trope}}
{{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.
The first rebuttal the parent makes in defense will inevitably be, "So, if the whole world/ your whole school/ all your friends were going to jump off a bridge, would you jump, too?"
The response will most likely be one of three, in increasing order of frequency:
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#"Duh! Of course!"
Perfect set-up for a [[You Are Grounded]] or [[Can't Get Away
Variations occur where the players are not parents and children, but the pattern is always the same. "Cliff" may also be substituted for "bridge." Another variation is "If X told you to jump off a cliff, would you?" or "If all your friends stuck their heads in the oven, would you do it?"
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{{examples}}
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Turns up in ''[[Batwoman]]'' when Kate and her father (who knows her secret identity) argue over whether she should take time to recover from being drugged in her last fight.
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'''Colonel Kane:''' And if Alice jumped off a bridge?
'''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
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'''Katherine:''' I'd ask them to demonstrate. }}
== [[Film]] - Animated ==
* ''[[
== [[Film]] - Live Action ==
* The movie ''[[Heathers]]'' asks the question, "If the coolest kids in school committed suicide, would others follow?" with a resounding, "Yes!" A dark way to address [[Truth in Television]], but [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped]].
** [[Life Imitates Art]]: In 2006-2008, a lot of teenagers in Bridgend, Wales decided to commit suicide on Bebo for no reason other than the fact that [[What an Idiot!|everyone else was doing it]].
* ''[[Coneheads]]'': Beldar Conehead's reaction at his daughter, Connie's fake tattoo on her cone.
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'''Beldar:''' If everyone jumped into a bitumious cauldron, would you jump in too?
'''Connie:''' I am not a little cone anymore, dad! }}
* ''[[Suicide Club]]'': Proven. The whole movie is about a wave of suicides among schoolchildren all over the country for seemingly no apparent reason. A group of school-kids are on the roof talking about the recent wave of suicides. One says, "We should kill ourselves too!" Guess what happens? The whole lot of them end up jumping off the building. One girl left who's too scared ends up dragging a friend along screaming "Now we have to! We have to!" Turns out {{spoiler|the current hot idol band is sending subliminal messages in their songs encouraging young people to kill themselves}}. They never explain why, but it's Japanese cinema, what do you expect?
== Jokes ==
* There's a joke which responds to the question with "I'm a lifeguard."
* An old Smothers Brothers routine:
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'''Tommy''': Not anymore. }}
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* Literary Example: Jessi Ramsey says in one of the ''[[Babysitters Club]]'' books that this is one of her mother's favorite arguments.
* Subversion in this snippet from a conversation in ''[[Catch-22]]'':
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''"Then I'd be a damned fool to think otherwise!"'' }}
* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s [[Warhammer
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Straight example in ''[[My Brother and Me]]'': D.D. wants a haircut like his two best friends are getting.
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'''Melanie''' (big sister): Do you have to ask? You know he would. }}
* ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel
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* An episode of ''[[The Bill]]'' featured Diane Noble trying to talk down a daredevil kid from jumping off a bridge. At one point she says "If everyone else jumped off... never mind."
* ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]'' had this dialogue in one episode:
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'''Beaver''': How high a roof, Dad? }}
* ''[[
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'''B.J.''' Peace? }}
* From ''[[The Mentalist]]'':
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'''Lisbon''': If there was overtime, sure. }}
* When ''[[The Osbournes]]'' had their reality program, Jack went to the beach with some friends who all thought it would be fun to jump off a pier. Jack did it, landed wrong, broke his arm and had to call his mom from the hospital. Sharon asked "Why did you do that?". Jack answered "Because all my friends were doing it." Sharon probably realized asking the stock phrase would be rather foolish.
* [[El Chavo
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'''Don Ramón''': You're so obedient.(El Chavo shows pride over this). And if I tell to jump off a bridge, you would do it?
'''Chavo''': I'm obedient, not retarded. }}
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== Radio ==
* ''[[Old Harry's Game
== [[Web Animation]] ==
* Happens in ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' as well, when Homestar is attempting to be cool in the Strong Bad Email "[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail95.html the bet]":
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'''Marzipan:''' Homestar, that is not cool.
'''Homestar:''' Yes, it is. Strong Bad said so.
'''Marzipan:''' Well, if Strong Bad told you to jump off a bridge--
'''Homestar:''' Yes! }}
==
* ''[[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"!]
* Dr. Gardevoir attempts this with the Sniper in ''[[
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'''Sniper''':
'''Gardevoir''':
'''Sniper''':
{{spoiler|'''Gardevoir's split personality'''}}:
* ''[[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?}}
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[
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'''Angelica''': Do you always do everything I tell you? If I told you to jump off a bridge, would you?!
'''Chuckie''': Probably. }}
* Used straight in a ''[[The Proud Family]]'' episode in regards to a concert.
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'''Oscar''': If all your friends jumped off a cliff, would you do it?
'''Penny''': If it was fun.
'''Oscar''': Fun?! }}
* ''[[The Simpsons (
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'''Bart''': Milhouse has one.
'''Marge''': If Milhouse jumped off a cliff...
'''Bart''': Milhouse jumped off a cliff?! I'm there! }}
** and again, but reversed to Bart's confusion:
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'''Marge''': If no one else jumped off the Empire State Building, would you not jump?
'''Bart''': ...kinda? }}
* In the ''[[
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'''Bender:''' I'll have to check my program. (small pause) Yep. }}
* ''[[Recess]]'': Vince, a fourth-grader, is talking with his parents about a wildly popular movie that they won't let him go see.
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'''Mom:''' If every kid at school jumped off a bridge, would you do it too?
'''Vince:''' If it was going to be the only thing they talked about the next day, yes! }}
* An episode of ''[[Bobby's World]]'' had a [[Running Gag]] of his parents constantly saying this to him, with Bobby responding with things like "Well, if I was hot, I might..." At the end of the episode, he wants them to go by the bridge so he can "see all the action".
** In another episode, [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|he]] [[
* ''[[Dave the Barbarian]]'' "That Darn Ghost"
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'''Candy:''' Yes! DUH! }}
* From the ''[[Dan Vs.]]'' episode "New Mexico":
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'''Chris''': ...Dan said we were having burgers.
'''Elise''': If Dan jumped off a cliff, would you?
'''Chris''': *thinks about it*
'''Elise''': Chris!
'''Chris''': *stammers* I mean, it depends.
'''Elise''': Don't jump off a cliff!
'''Chris''': Well, I wasn't planning on it.
'''Elise''': But if Dan jumped, you would?
'''Chris''': *thinks about it*
'''Elise''': CHRIS! }}
* ''[[
* From the [[Phineas and Ferb]] episode, "Escaliferb" during a [[Leap of Faith]] moment:
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'''Baljeet/Baljeetolas:''' Your mother said that?
'''Buford/Bufavulous:''' She was not a nurturer. Let's go! ''(jumps)'' }}
* In a [[Darkwing Duck (
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== [[Real Life]] ==
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* [[Truth in Television]]: [http://www.livescience.com/animals/ap_050708_sheep_deaths.html Sheep do it too.]
** [http://www.problempets.co.uk/media/overtounbridge.asp And dogs.]
* The ''[[Twilight (
* [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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