There Are No Rules: Difference between revisions

* The trailer for ''[[Leatherheads]]'': "In the early days of Football, the rules were simple. There were no rules." Or something like that.

* Parodied in ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''. Logan has challenged Butch to a fight for leadership of the Hole in the Wall gang.

'''Butch:''' ([[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Gives Logan a kick]] [[Groin Attack]], disabling him)<br />

'''Butch:''' Well, if there aint' going to be any rules, let's get the fight started. Someone count 1,2,3 go.<br />

* In ''[[Grease]]'' (1978), Leo says "The rules are... there ain't no rules!"

* ''Out Cold:''

'''Luke:''' [Shines flashlight in Anthony's eyes] That's really more of a guideline than a rule. Do NOT interrupt. }}

* Variant from the first ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'' movie, at the cage match:

'''Promoter''': Anything goes, but he'll take it personal. }}

* In ''[[Mad Max]]: Beyond Thunderdome'':

** And Max ''still'' manages to break the rules.

* [[Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy|No touching of the hair or face...and that's it!]]

* Captain Jack from the first ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' gives an entire speech to Will on how there are no rules when it comes to duels aside from any physical barriers.

** And then there's the pirates' opinion of the Pirate Code: "The Code is more what ya might call 'guidelines' than actual rules."

* The live-action ''[[Popeye (film)|Popeye]]'' with Robin Williams has an organized fight, where the gamesmaster announces, "Now, you all know the rules: there are no rules."

* In [[Paul Robinson]]'s ''[[Instrument of God]]'', "The Sign by The Right of ''The Road''" states "There is no law except the Law of the Jungle in the Frontier, anyone may do anything to anyone out there. Rule #1 doesn't apply there, there are no rules."

* Said word-for-word in the [[Matthew Hawkwood]] novel ''Rapscallion'', just before Hawkwood's duel with the Marmeluke:

"There are no rules," Matisse said }}

 

* Happens in an episode of ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' where the [[Monster of the Week]] makes Tommy and Jason hate each other. They almost end up in a fight arranged by Bulk, who says "The only rule is - there are no rules!"

* Parodied in ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' when Francis moved in with Richie for a while.

* ''[[Dark Angel]]'' episode "Fuhgeddaboudit"

* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' series finale:

* The tournament in the ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' episode "The Shadow of the Sorcerer":

'''Arthur''': It counts for nothing. The only rule is ... [[There Are No Rules]]. }}

* Heavily subverted in ''Community''. During a [[Duel to the Death]] in the Sun Chamber, the announcer gets a [[Large Ham|little bit over the top]].

'''Replacement Announcer''': Geez, Dennis, are you on coke? Take that crap off and sit down! [The original announcer dejectedly slinks away] Sorry about that. Of course there are rules. }}

 

 

* Played with in ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]: Chain of Memories'', when Hades sets up a tournament to get Cloud and Hercules to fight each other so that Hercules will be weakened enough for him to take him to the underworld. When Sora steps in to fight him to save Hercules:

* In the ''[[Dragon Age]]'' series, the rules of the Orlesian "game" (i.e. the cutthroat competition for power and prestige between Orlesian nobles) have been summed up as "Anything goes" in the [[Encyclopedia Exposita]].

 

 

* From ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation," in which Homer goes to a Rock 'N' Roll fantasy camp:

* In "[[Fairly Oddparents]]"

'''Cosmo:'''Well, that's the second rule. }}

* In ''[[Regular Show]]'', Mordecai exploits a literal lack of rules, including no rule against having rules.