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'''Bob:''' ''[looks at Alice]'' [[Stock Phrase|You'd do the same for me.]] }}
 
[[Stock Phrase]] that can be a way to brush off a thanks, being similar to [[Think Nothing of It]] with more than the surface meaning, or a [[Friendship Moment|moment of friendship]] and [[The Power of Trust|trust]]. Can be, "I'd hope you'd do the same for me," which could be more powerful, as it takes expectation of anything in return out of the equation, or "You did the same for me," to emphasize the friendship from both angles.
 
May be played for [[Played for Laughs|laughs]] or [[Played for Drama|tears]] when that it is painfully obvious that ''no'', Alice ''wouldn't''. Genders don't matter. Flip the words around a bit and you get "I'd do the same for you," which makes this a guilt trip, not that that's always a bad thing. If it's a more serious situation, such as after a [[Shoot the Dog]], you may hear, "And I expect you to do the same for me."
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== Fanfiction ==
* [[Discussed Trope]] in [[Harry Potter and Thethe Methods of Rationality]]. Harry explains that, in a true Prisoner's dilemma, you want to figure out how the other prisoner is going to react—if the prisoner is different enough to act opposite to you, then you rat him/her out. If not, you don't--knowing full well that the other person like you will come to the same conclusion, which is the only reason you're silent in the first place.
 
== [[Film]] ==
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== [[Literature]] ==
* In William King's ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000]]'' novel ''[[Space Wolf]]'', after Ragnar comes to Kjel's aid when two other aspirants are beating him, Kjel thanks him, and Ragnar dismisses it, "Think nothing of it. You'd do the same for me."
 
== [[Live Action Television]] ==
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