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{{quote|''[[Stock Phrases|Drop and give me twenty!]]''}}
A typical strategy of the gym teacher, sports coach, martial arts instructor, and the [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]], this is when failure at some task is commonly punished by performing some sort of physical exercise, with pushups or running both being common examples. This '''Physical Fitness Punishment''' serves two purposes: It gives the wrongdoer incentive not to mess up again, but it [[Wax On, Wax Off|also helps them become stronger]], which is particularly handy if they are training to be in the military or a sports team.
A common variation is for ''[[Guilt By Association|everybody]]'' in the group to get the same punishment for one person's misdeed, to motivate them to keep him in line. Such punishment can, of course, be typical in [[Training
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Medabots]]'', Coach Mountain loved forcing any kids he caught misbehaving by making them run laps to the point of exhaustion.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* In a ''[[The Simpsons (Comic Book)|The Simpsons]]'' comic book story [[The Ditz|Ralph Wiggum]] gets $20 conned out of him by the bullies. They then overhear Chief Wiggum tell Ralph that he'll give him 18 tomorrow. They "convince" Ralph to let them have it instead of him - so the Chief makes them run 18 laps. It's Ralph's standard punishment for being stupid. (Actually, the standard is 20 but the Chief was feeling generous towards Ralph and reduced it.)
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* In the ''[[Harry Potter]]/[[Sailor Moon]]/[[Ranma ½]]'' crossover ''[[The Girl Who Loved]]'', [[Training from Hell]] under Ranma's direct supervision is the punishment assigned to the Slytherin students involved in an attack on Harry.
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Animal House]]'': The ROTC commander [[The Neidermeyer|Douglas Neidermeyer]] once gives the cadets the command "Now drop and give me twenty!" because they're "worthless and weak".
* Taken [[Up to Eleven]] in the movie ''[[Biloxi Blues]]''; a soldier says something vaguely impertinent in ranks, so the [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] played by [[Christopher Walken]] has the ''entire platoon'' do ''two hundred'' pushups. To make matters worse, the offending cadet [[Potty Emergency|has to pee]] the entire time.
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* In ''[[Meet the Robinsons]]'', the gym teacher appoints himself judge of the science fair because it's in his gym. When he's disappointed by one of the projects, he has the kid who made it run laps.
* In ''[[The Pacifier]]'', Zoey's boyfriend tries to sneak in through a window, setting off the alarm. Lt. Shane, who's guarding/babysitting the kids while their mom's away, catches the teen and tells him to give him twenty. He takes out his wallet before Shane clarifies that he meant ''pushups'', not dollars.
* ''[[Remember the Titans]]'': During his [[Training
{{quote|'''Coach Boone:''' ''We will be perfect in every aspect of the game. You drop a pass, you run a mile. You miss a blocking assignment, you run a mile. You fumble the football, and i will break my foot off in your John Brown hind parts... [[Rule of Three|and then you will run a mile.]] Perfection. Let's go to work. ''}}
* Happens in ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]''.
{{quote|'''Career Sergeant Zim:''' [[Corpsing|Do you think I'm funny?]] Do I make you laugh? Do you think I'm a comedian?
'''"Kitten" Smith:''' [Shaking his head "no"] Sorry...!
'''Zim:''' The first and last words out of your stinking holes will be "sir". Do you get me?
'''Smith:''' Sir, sorry...sir.
'''Zim:''' See that armory? Run around it!
[Zim smacks him on the leg with his baton.]
'''Smith:''' YEOW!
'''Zim:''' RUN, I SAID! Bronski, keep pace!
[Corporal Bronski takes out after him, laying a baton across his backside every time he slows.] }}
** In the [[Direct to Video]] sequel, ''Hero Of The Federation'', Captain Dax deflects a female trooper's sexual advances (her excuse being that she had "excess energy" she needed to burn off) by having her do a hundred pushups.
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