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Why? Because you really don't want to know what's down there.
 
However, sometimes the person won't listen and they will look down anyway. Cue [[Freak -Out]]. A massive source of [[Schmuck Bait]].
 
When invoked in a comedy or an animated work, may lead to the realization that [[Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress]]... two seconds before you start falling.
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== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
* Inverted in ''[[The CastleofCastle of Cagliostro (Anime)|The Castleof Cagliostro]]'': Lupin tells Clarisse to look down in order to ''calm'' her so she realizes they're hanging several hundred feet in the air from a thin line and screaming and flailing at the strange man holding her is a really bad idea.
* Inverted in a different manner in an episode of ''[[Slayers]]''. The gang is clinging to a rope across a chasm, and Filia tells Gourry to not look ''up''. This is because he's holding on to her legs and she's wearing a dress.
 
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Done in an episode of ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]''. Also used in ''[[WakkosWakko's Wish (Film)|Wakkos Wish]]'':
{{quote| '''Yakko''': Now don't look down.<br />
'''Wakko''': Do you get vertigo?<br />
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