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* In the [[Cooking Duel]] of ''[[Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya]] 2wei'', while Suzuka was wrapping up Tatsuko like a mummy to prevent her from further screwing up the cake they were baking, Nanami breaks the fourth wall to address the readers.
{{quote|'''Nanami:''' Kids, be good and don't imitate this please!}}
* When Walker uses an [[Aerosol Flamethrower]] in the sixth ''[[Durarara!!]]'' [[Light Novel]], the narration notes that this is, in fact, a ''terrible'' idea and more likely to set ''you'' on fire than your opponent. It then notes that Walker knows this and does it anyway, [[Cloudcuckoolander|because he's Walker.]]
* In the second ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'' OAD, packaged with vol. 43 of the manga in September 2011, Keiichi does the old Mentos and Diet Coke eruption trick by holding the Mentos in his mouth and spitting them into a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke. An onscreen caption says "He is using it the wrong way. Children, don't do what he's doing." (Putting the Mentos in his mouth would probably make them less effective anyway, since the nucleation points on their surfaces would dissolve away.)
* A shot in [[Sanka Rea]] that shows Chihiro's grandfather eating hydrangea leaves includes a warning to the viewer that hydrangea leaves are poisonous, and that the grandfather's acts should not be imitated.
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* "Neither you nor your dumb little buddies should attempt anything seen on this show." The original, funnier opening warning of ''[[Jackass]]''. Changed to a more serious disclaimer when [[Too Dumb to Live|one of their stunts]] ''[[Too Dumb to Live|was]]'' [[Too Dumb to Live|tried at home.]]
** The show also told viewers not to submit videos of their own stunts, and that any tapes they received would be thrown away unwatched.
* ''[[Brainiac: Science Abuse]]'' not only uses this a lot, but invariably reinforces it a few seconds later with "No, really -- Don't." Often associated with putting things in microwave ovens that cause them to explode.
** "No, really" was Richard Hammond's coda. When Vic Reeves took over, he changed it to "Don't try this at home -- or indeed any other place". This was probably because the producers realised that the phrase alone is so clichéd now that people don't actually register its meaning any more when they hear it.
* [[Penn & Teller]] produced a special entitled ''Don't Try This At Home!'' which subverted this by mostly containing stunts which were impossible to do at home anyway, such as enclosing themselves in a tent with a million bees, or counterweighting a truck with several tons of stage weights to drive it over Teller's chest. Further subverted for humourous effect later in the special, when they demonstrate the use of hydraulic squibs for producing blood effects by having Teller throw marshmallows at Penn's fake body -- near the end of the scene, Penn yells, "Guess what, kids? You ''can'' try this at home!"
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* ''[[Tomica Hero Rescue Fire]]'' had a variation/lampshade. Ritsuka was fighting a pair of [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja|Ninja]] [[Mooks|Jakkast]] who were using a [[Improvised Weapon|giant spoon and a large metal pot]]. She attacked them because she didn't want to see any cute little kids imitating them.
* On an episode of ''[[QI]]'' it was revealed that custard is dense enough to walk on if you have, say, a kiddie pool full of it. The panel jumped at the opportunity to tell any kids watching that they definitely ''should'' try this at home.
** The footage shown of someone actually walking on custard was from an episode of [[Brainiac: Science Abuse]], which is already mentioned above. In fact, the occurence might be considered a [[Shout-Out]] to the show.
** The trope was also applied to [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|the pronounciation of]] [[Vincent van Gogh]].
* [[The Goodies|"We would like to point out that Ecky Thump is the ancient Lancastrian art of self defence. When practised by the untrained, it could be dangerous."]]
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* Every episode of ''[[Total Drama Island]]'' begins with Chris informing us that "This episode of TDI contains scenes of extreme stunts performed by animated teens. Do not try any of what you see here at home. Seriously, you could get really messed up." The latest version has him going out of his way to stress the part about "Animated Teens"; as he says the words 'animated teens' very slowly, the letters A-N-I-M-A-T-E-D T-E-E-N-S are themselves animated to emphasize how stupid it would be to do what he forces his victims to do.
** Maybe in the original, but never in the American version. Considering our [[Media Watchdogs]], that's rather surprising.
* Supposedly part of an aborted [[Executive Meddling|plan]] to give [[American Dragon: Jake Long|Jake Long's dragon form]] helmet was based on the prospect of children imitating it. Yeah, children turning into a dragon and flying without a helmet, makes perfect sense.
* Sometimes in ''[[Animaniacs]]'' before they were about to viciously attack an enemy or do a dangerous stunt, Yakko would tell the audience "Kids don't try this at home."
* Sometimes before they were about to do something dangerous in the original ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' cartoon, Raphael would say, "Kids don't try this at home."
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