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{{trope}}
{{quote|<poem>'''Mr. Incredible:''' [[Burning Building Rescue|The building's getting weaker by the second!]] It's gonna come down on top of us!
'''[[Samuel L. Jackson|Frozone:]]''' ''I'' WANTED TO GO ''BOWLING!''</poem>|''[[The Incredibles]]''}}
When the characters are in the middle of doing some particularly dangerous or adventurous activity and something's just happened that's warranted an [[Oh Crap]] response, the [[Genre Savvy]] [[Only Sane Man]], [[Straight Man]], [[Commander Contrarian]] or [[The Lancer]] points out how ''he'' never wanted to be there in the first place. Frequently said in the form of "''I'' wanted to [do something safer]," often followed by, "... but ''no'', you had to go and [do something else]!"
Compare [[I Don't Think That's Such a Good Idea]]. Not to be confused with [[Refusal of the Call]].
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* During the Club of Heroes reunion in ''[[Batman]]'' comics, when it becomes evident that the world's greatest detectives are trapped on an island with a murder to solve, the Musketeer is quick to note that he wanted to play five-a-side rugby.
== Fan Works ==▼
* Zuko in [http://limey404.deviantart.com/art/the-gaang-does-not-approve-WIP-169747592 this drawing] of [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|the Gaang's]] reactions to ''[[The Last Airbender]]'':▼
== Film -- Animation ==
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* In the film ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'', Butch (Paul Newman) says to Sundance (Robert Redford), "Kid, the next time I say, 'Let's go someplace like Bolivia,' let's ''go'' someplace like Bolivia." {{spoiler|[[Bolivian Army Ending|Bolivia doesn't work out too well, either]]}}
* John McClane in ''[[Die Hard]]'' is huddled in an air vent, thinking about how he's going to try to beat a whole gang of bad guys and why he's even in the building: "Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs..."
* ''[[Independence Day]]'': One character says while kicking an unconscious alien, "I could've been at a barbeque!"
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* This is played differently on occasion in ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' by Calvin's dad. "See, if we had gotten a dog like I wanted..."
== Western Animation ==
* In an episode of ''[[Veggie Tales]]'', the sled the characters are riding crashes:
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'''Bob:''' Mousetrap.
'''Larry:''' Huh?
'''Bob:''' ''I'' wanted to play Mousetrap -- you roll your dice, you move your mice. Nobody gets hurt. }}
* ''[[Rugrats]]'':
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''pause''
'''Tommy:''' Chuckie, [[Are You Done Yet?|are you through?]]
'''Chuckie:''' Um, yeah, that's about it.
'''Tommy:''' Then LET'S GO! }}
** Grandpa Lou, when the parents take the babies to the movies, responds with this almost verbatim.
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* In one episode of ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]'', even though they were given the opportunity to go on vacation, the team still went on a dangerous mission. X-R, the only one who wanted to take up the furlough, continuously stated throughout the episode, "I wanted to go to Mahambis Six!"
* Sokka laments in the first episode of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', "I'm just a guy... with a boomerang... I didn't ask for all this flying... and magic..."
▲== Fan Works ==
▲* Zuko in [http://limey404.deviantart.com/art/the-gaang-does-not-approve-WIP-169747592 this drawing] of [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|the Gaang's]] reactions to ''[[The Last Airbender]]'':
▲{{quote| '''Zuko:''' I wanted to see ''[[Toy Story]]''.}}
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