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Alice and Bob are about to part ways for a while. Alice is going to be alone in a situation, possibly her first time in such a situation, and Bob feels compelled to give advice, so he tells her, "Don't do anything I wouldn't do."

Can go one of a few ways. It may make Alice seriously consider, What Would Bob Do? Depending on the situation, Alice may be wondering if there is anything Bob wouldn't do. Occasionally, in these situations, Bob may realize this and correct the phrase to "Don't do anything I would do."

Examples of Don't Do Anything I Wouldn't Do include:

Film

Come See the Paradise
Gosford Park
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle

Freakshow: Just don't do anything the good Lord wouldn't do.

Little Manhattan
Mermaids

Rachel Flax: Don't do anything I wouldn't do! Or don't do anything I would!

Sweet Smell of Success

Sidney Falco: Don't do anything I wouldn't do! That gives you a lot of leeway...

The Munsters' Revenge

Literature

Discworld's Nanny Ogg: "Don't do anything I wouldn't do, if you ever find anything I wouldn't do."

Live Action TV

Fawlty Towers

Miss Gatsby: And don't do anything *we* wouldn't do!

Basil: Oh, of course not. Just some light breathing...

Married... with Children episode "No Pot to Pease In"
Quantum Leap

Al: Don't do anything I wouldn't do. And if you do, take pictures.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Treachery, Faith, and the Great River"
The Facts of Life episode "Sex Symbol"
The League of Gentlemen
When Castle's teenage daughter is going to the prom he tells her date "Don't do anything I would do."
Steve Austin says this to Goldberg when he gives him a ticket to 2004's No Way Out. That pretty much translates as "Go ahead and kick Brock Lesnar's ass, he deserves it".
In Sex and the City, Samantha's boyfriend Smith is about to leave for a work-related venture. Samantha tells him not to do anything she wouldn't, to which he wryly repsonds "What things don't you do?" Samantha: "There are some things.... Karaoke. I don't do that."
MASH:

Major Burns: Don't do anything I wouldn't do.

Colonel Potter: Major, I wouldn't want to do anything you would do!

The Cosby Show: When Theo is about to head out to his Senior Prom he assures Cliff "I won't do anything you wouldn't do." Cliff responds, "Just remember: I married my prom date."

Professional Wrestling

In WWE, Stone Cold Steve Austin said this to Goldberg when handing him a ticket to the No Way Out pay-per-view in 2004, in which Goldberg's enemy Brock Lesnar was defending the WWE Championship. The problem with this was soon afterward lampshaded by Vince McMahon:

Vince McMahon: There isn't a damn thing you wouldn't do!

Video Games

World of Warcraft: When a warlock dismisses a pet succubus, she sometimes says this line before disappearing.

Web Comics

Inverted in this strip of Doonesbury: "Don't do anything I would do!"

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 [[Alice and Bob]] are about to part ways for a while. Alice is going to be alone in a situation, possibly her first time in such a situation, and Bob feels compelled to give advice, so he tells her, "Don't do anything I wouldn't do."
-Can go one of a few ways. It may make Alice seriously consider, [[What Would X Do|What Would Bob Do?]] Depending on the situation, Alice may be wondering if there is anything Bob wouldn't do. Occasionally, in these situations, Bob may realize this and correct the phrase to "Don't do anything I would do."
+Can go one of a few ways. It may make Alice seriously consider, [[What Would X Do?|What Would Bob Do?]] Depending on the situation, Alice may be wondering if there is anything Bob wouldn't do. Occasionally, in these situations, Bob may realize this and correct the phrase to "Don't do anything I would do."
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 {{quote| '''Miss Gatsby''': And don't do anything *we* wouldn't do!<br />
 '''Basil''': Oh, of course not. [[Deadpan Snarker|Just some light breathing...]] }}
-* ''[[Married With Children]]'' episode "No Pot to Pease In"
+* ''[[Married... with Children]]'' episode "No Pot to Pease In"
 * ''[[Quantum Leap]]''
 {{quote| '''Al''': Don't do anything I wouldn't do. And if you do, take pictures.}}
-* ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "Treachery, Faith, and the Great River"
+* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "Treachery, Faith, and the Great River"
 * ''[[The Facts of Life]]'' episode "Sex Symbol"
 * ''[[The League of Gentlemen]]''
 * When [[Castle]]'s teenage daughter is going to the prom he tells her date "Don't do anything I ''would'' do."
 * [[Professional Wrestling|Steve Austin]] says this to Goldberg when he gives him a ticket to 2004's ''No Way Out''. That pretty much translates as "Go ahead and kick Brock Lesnar's ass, he deserves it".
-* In ''[[Sex and The City]]'', Samantha's boyfriend Smith is about to leave for a work-related venture. Samantha tells him not to do anything she wouldn't, to which he wryly repsonds "What things don't you do?" Samantha: "There are some things.... Karaoke. I don't do that."
+* In ''[[Sex and the City]]'', Samantha's boyfriend Smith is about to leave for a work-related venture. Samantha tells him not to do anything she wouldn't, to which he wryly repsonds "What things don't you do?" Samantha: "There are some things.... Karaoke. I don't do that."
 * ''[[MASH]]'':
 {{quote| '''Major Burns''': Don't do anything I wouldn't do.<br />