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A [[Stock Phrase]]. Some characters will occasionally utter this phrase. They're usually people who decide to do something their subordinates failed to do on their behalf. Never send an amateur to do a job you need an expert for, namely, the guy in charge.
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Compare [[Risking the King]].
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== Film ==
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== Western Animation ==
* Dick Dastardly occasionally invoked this trope in ''[[Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines]]''.
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* ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'':
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** In another episode, local mailman [[Meaningful Name|Herman Post]] was fired and his former boss, not able to find a mailman willing to take over the turf out of fear of Garfield, decided to deliver the mail himself. After enduring Garfield, he begged Herman to take the job back.
* In ''[[Steven Universe]]'', Holly Blue Agate uttered this line as she draws out her whip and attacked Steven and company.
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