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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.
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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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'''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
{{quote|'''Remus:''' If someone told you to jump off a bridge would you do it?
'''Katherine:''' I'd ask them to demonstrate. }}
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{{quote|''"Suppose everyone thought that way."''
''"Then I'd be a damned fool to think otherwise!"'' }}
* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s [[Warhammer
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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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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* 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 del Ocho]] from all, have the most intelligent response.
{{quote|'''Chavo''': [[Literal-Minded|You told me to do that]]
'''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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'''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 ''[[Level 30 Psychiatry]]''
{{quote|'''Gardevoir''':
'''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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'''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"
{{quote|'''Lula:''' So if everyone had the plague you want it too?
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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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