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Conversely, this trope can be played for major tragedy if as a result of all this someone is actually seriously physically hurt. Even worse if the only person around was the one who made the leap, and thus also incapacitated themselves and made even more trouble for the eventual rescuers.
Note that, name notwithstanding, the activity in question is not necessarily swimming, much like [[Forgot I Could Fly]]. If they actually ''do'' swim very well in the attempt, the reminder that they can't is invoking the [[
A [[Sub Trope]] of [[Remembered Too Late]].
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{{quote| "Oh no, I just remembered, I can't swim!"}}
* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'': after Perry the Platypus [[Freaky Friday Flip|switches bodies]] with Candace he once still tried to give a slow-motion tail-slap to Dr. Doofenschmirtz, but just span around pointlessly because he didn't have a tail anymore. After getting mocked for this, he then starts beating Doofenschmirtz with a purse [[Hammerspace|from nowhere.]]
* In ''[[The Zeta Project]]'', the titular [[Do
* In one [[Pepe Le Pew]] cartoon, Pepe sees Penelope on a cruise boat and runs after it. As he sinks he calmly tells the audience, "Silly me, I forgot I cannot swim."
* In one episode of ''[[Codename Kids Next Door]]'', Numbuh 4 dove at an aspargus sea to chase what he believed to be a cheeseburger and then he remembered he couldn't swim.
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