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Occasionally used for drama, where the situation is meant to be thought-provoking instead of funny.
Occasionally used for drama, where the situation is meant to be thought-provoking instead of funny.


Named for ''[[You Can't Do That On Television]]'', which would use that line as a [[Catch Phrase]] to start a series of such sketches.
Named for ''[[You Can't Do That on Television]]'', which would use that line as a [[Catch Phrase]] to start a series of such sketches.


Compare [[Opposite Day]], [[Persecution Flip]].
Compare [[Opposite Day]], [[Persecution Flip]].
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== [[Literature]] ==
== [[Literature]] ==
* One scene in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Moving Pictures|Moving Pictures]]'' parodies ''[[King Kong]]''; a giant woman[[hottip:*:actually a {{spoiler|Dungeon Dimensions creature in disguise}} holds a normal-sized ape (the Librarian) in one hand while climbing a tall building.
* One scene in ''[[Discworld/Moving Pictures|Moving Pictures]]'' parodies ''[[King Kong]]''; a giant woman[[hottip:*:actually a {{spoiler|Dungeon Dimensions creature in disguise}} holds a normal-sized ape (the Librarian) in one hand while climbing a tall building.
* "Disobedience", by ~A. A. Milne~, is about a three-year-old boy whose mother wanders away from his supervision and gets lost.
* "Disobedience", by ~A. A. Milne~, is about a three-year-old boy whose mother wanders away from his supervision and gets lost.
* In ''[[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'', there is a poem about five Golgafrincham princes who, amongst other things, 'rescue beautiful monsters from ravening princesses'.
* In ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', there is a poem about five Golgafrincham princes who, amongst other things, 'rescue beautiful monsters from ravening princesses'.


== [[Live Action Television]] ==
== [[Live Action Television]] ==
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** As well as one sketch about a world where ''everyone'' is [[Superman]], but one of them is secretly... ''[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|THE BICYCLE REPAIRMAN!]]''
** As well as one sketch about a world where ''everyone'' is [[Superman]], but one of them is secretly... ''[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|THE BICYCLE REPAIRMAN!]]''
** [[Overly Long Gag|Also]], "the Baby Snatchers"... {{spoiler|gangs of men dressed up as babies who kidnap adults}}.
** [[Overly Long Gag|Also]], "the Baby Snatchers"... {{spoiler|gangs of men dressed up as babies who kidnap adults}}.
* ''[[You Can't Do That On Television]]''
* ''[[You Can't Do That on Television]]''
* Pretty much the point of ''[[Absolutely Fabulous (TV)|Absolutely Fabulous]],'' where the daughter is the one telling the adults to turn the boom box down and to stop drinking so much.
* Pretty much the point of ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]],'' where the daughter is the one telling the adults to turn the boom box down and to stop drinking so much.
** The show grew out of a sketch on French & Saunders called ''Modern Mother and Daughter'', which presented this as being somewhat [[Truth in Television]].
** The show grew out of a sketch on French & Saunders called ''Modern Mother and Daughter'', which presented this as being somewhat [[Truth in Television]].
* In an episode of ''[[Grace Under Fire]]'', a middle-aged dad was staying at his son's house, they have a fight, and the dad storms into his room and starts blasting swing music. The son pounds on the door and tells him to turn it down.
* In an episode of ''[[Grace Under Fire]]'', a middle-aged dad was staying at his son's house, they have a fight, and the dad storms into his room and starts blasting swing music. The son pounds on the door and tells him to turn it down.
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== Video Games ==
== Video Games ==
* This occurs between two minor NPCs in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XIII]]''. The player first meets the father who complains that he lost his son and his son told him that he should always stay in one place if they get separated, while the son is nearby complaining about his father getting lost. When father and son meet up the son chastises the father for not staying in one place as he was told. Considering the tiny number of NPCs and otherwise standard NPC dialogue in the game it's rather odd that they would bother to add this bit of characterization in an area where many gamers will miss it (one must explicitly intentionally backtrack to hear the final conversation between father and son).
* This occurs between two minor NPCs in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]''. The player first meets the father who complains that he lost his son and his son told him that he should always stay in one place if they get separated, while the son is nearby complaining about his father getting lost. When father and son meet up the son chastises the father for not staying in one place as he was told. Considering the tiny number of NPCs and otherwise standard NPC dialogue in the game it's rather odd that they would bother to add this bit of characterization in an area where many gamers will miss it (one must explicitly intentionally backtrack to hear the final conversation between father and son).


== Web Comics ==
== Web Comics ==
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'''Marge:''' He ''is'' your father!<br />
'''Marge:''' He ''is'' your father!<br />
'''Homer:''' ''([[Beat]])'' Cosmic. }}
'''Homer:''' ''([[Beat]])'' Cosmic. }}
** The trope is [[Playing With a Trope|utterly screwed with]] when Homer says:
** The trope is [[Playing with a Trope|utterly screwed with]] when Homer says:
{{quote| '''Homer:''' Oh sure, when he's in trouble he's ''my'' father!}}
{{quote| '''Homer:''' Oh sure, when he's in trouble he's ''my'' father!}}
* The ''[[High School Musical]]'' parody episode of ''[[South Park]]'', where the kid's dad was a rather flamboyant singer, and the kid wanted to play basketball.
* The ''[[High School Musical]]'' parody episode of ''[[South Park]]'', where the kid's dad was a rather flamboyant singer, and the kid wanted to play basketball.
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