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It's usually a "[[Famous Last Words|famous last words]]" situation as they immediately find themselves too close and getting in over their head with trouble.
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== Anime & Manga ==
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* In the [[Adam West]] ''[[Batman (TV)|Batman]]'' this phrase is used when they decide to find a supervillain's hideout, only to get captured.
* ''[[Babylon 5]]'' fighter pilots who encounter Shadow warships can expect a very quick death if they say this. Results vary a bit more on random wrecks or [[Negative Space Wedgie|Negative Space Wedgies]].
* In the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' episode "Flesh and Stone", a blinded Amy and a group of soldiers who are standing guard in the woods<ref> ...consisting of treeborgs, in a spaceship, being hunted by psychotic stone angels, but that's not important right now.</ref> spy a bright light in the distance. [[Properly Paranoid|Soldiers being soldiers]], some are sent off to investigate. {{spoiler|The catch being that the light will [[Ret -Gone]] you out of existence, meaning more soldiers are soon sent to check out the mysterious white light, having ''no idea'' three of their former-comrades have already "gone for a closer look" before them...}}
 
 
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