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Occasionally used for drama, where the situation is meant to be thought-provoking instead of funny.
Named for ''[[You Can't Do That
Compare [[Opposite Day]], [[Persecution Flip]].
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== [[Literature]] ==
* One scene in ''[[Discworld
* "Disobedience", by ~A. A. Milne~, is about a three-year-old boy whose mother wanders away from his supervision and gets lost.
* In ''[[The
== [[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!]]''
** [[Overly Long Gag|Also]], "the Baby Snatchers"... {{spoiler|gangs of men dressed up as babies who kidnap adults}}.
* ''[[You Can't Do That
* Pretty much the point of ''[[
** 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.
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== Video Games ==
* This occurs between two minor NPCs in ''[[
== Web Comics ==
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'''Marge:''' He ''is'' your father!<br />
'''Homer:''' ''([[Beat]])'' Cosmic. }}
** The trope is [[Playing
{{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.
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