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#"Duh! Of course!"
 
Perfect set-up for a [[You Are Grounded]] or [[Can't Get Away Withwith Nuthin']]. Pertains to [[Peer Pressure Makes You Evil]].
 
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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== [[Film]] - Animated ==
* ''[[Antz (Animation)|Antz]]'': Z tries to stop the foreman from finishing a tunnel that {{spoiler|leads to a lake, which will flood the entire colony}} by asking him this. As the foreman considers it thoughtfully, Z comments that he's asking the wrong guy.
 
== [[Film]] - Live Action ==
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{{quote| ''"Suppose everyone thought that way."''<br />
''"Then I'd be a damned fool to think otherwise!"'' }}
* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s [[Warhammer 40000]] [[GauntsGaunt's Ghosts]] novel ''Ghostmaker'', Bragg is asked if the Ghosts would jump off a cliff if Gaunt told them to and says yes, of course, is that a trick question? {{spoiler|Bragg, while not the sharpest knife in the drawer, is deliberately playing up his [[Big Guy]] role to convince them he's [[The Fool]] because he knows one is [[The Mole]].}}
 
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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{{quote| '''His Mother''': So? If the two of them were going to jump off a bridge, would you jump, too?<br />
'''Melanie''' (big sister): Do you have to ask? You know he would. }}
* ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel -Air]]'': Will tells his uncle's jerk of a rival to "Drop dead!" and he does right then and there.
{{quote| '''Will''': Come on, man! If I told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it?!}}
* 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."
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== Radio ==
* ''[[Old Harry's Game (Radio)|Old Harrys Game]]'', the sitcom set in Hell. Thomas is talking to a woman who killed herself because she listened to him when to told her to commit fraud and was subsequently arrested (or something like that). He denies responsibility "If I told you to put your head in the oven... OK bad example".
 
== [[Web Animation]] ==
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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"!]
* Dr. Gardevoir attempts this with the Sniper in ''[[Level 30 Psychiatry (Webcomic)|Level 30 Psychiatry]]''
{{quote| '''Gardevoir''': ''[[Squick|You threw jars of your own urine at people?]]''<br />
'''Sniper''': ''Saxton Hale said it would be cool.''<br />
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Rugrats (Animation)|Rugrats]]'': A variation occurs in the episode "Driving Miss Angelica", where Angelica has successfully tricked Chuckie into being her slave, and she now blames him when her orders have gotten them trapped in a closet.
{{quote| '''Chuckie''': But, Angelica, you ordered me to come up here.<br />
'''Angelica''': Do you always do everything I tell you? If I told you to jump off a bridge, would you?!<br />
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'''Penny''': If it was fun.<br />
'''Oscar''': Fun?! }}
* ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'':
{{quote| '''Marge''': What on earth possessed you to get an earring?<br />
'''Bart''': Milhouse has one.<br />
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'''Marge''': If no one else jumped off the Empire State Building, would you not jump?<br />
'''Bart''': ...kinda? }}
* In the ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'' pilot, Bender refuses to bend bars, saying he's only programmed to bend girders.
{{quote| '''Fry:''' If you were programmed to jump off a bridge, would you?<br />
'''Bender:''' I'll have to check my program. (small pause) Yep. }}
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{{quote| '''Lula:''' So if everyone had the plague you want it too?<br />
'''Candy:''' Yes! DUH! }}
* From the ''[[Dan Vs.]]'' episode "New Mexico":
{{quote| '''Elise''': Okay, but we're having salad for dinner.<br />
'''Chris''': ...Dan said we were having burgers.<br />
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'''Chris''': *thinks about it*<br />
'''Elise''': CHRIS! }}
* ''[[The Legend of Tarzan (Animation)|The Legend of Tarzan]]'': A kid injures himself after trying to imitate Tarzan, citing his ability to jump from the top of a waterfall and land safely. His aunt begins to ask the question before realizing it's a poor example.
* From the [[Phineas and Ferb]] episode, "Escaliferb" during a [[Leap of Faith]] moment:
{{quote| '''Buford/Bufavulous:''' Mother always told me if all the other kids were jumping off a cliff, I should to.<br />
'''Baljeet/Baljeetolas:''' Your mother said that?<br />
'''Buford/Bufavulous:''' She was not a nurturer. Let's go! ''(jumps)'' }}
* In a [[Darkwing Duck (Animationanimation)|Darkwing Duck]] episode while DW is under the effect of a [[Love Potion]] (which makes him all buddy/buddy with Negaduck), Negaduck tells him to jump off a cliff, so he does. He even yells Geronimo on his way down.
{{quote| '''Negaduck:''' And to think, all this time all I had to do was ask.}}
 
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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 (Literaturenovel)|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.
* [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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