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{{trope
[[File:Beavis and Butthead.png|350px|thumb|right|This trope is why these two exist.]]
Characters (adolescent or young adults, usually) get together to do something [[Fearless Fool|manifestly dumb]] and often [[Forbidden Fruit|prohibited]], but hey, they're young and so immortal, aren't they? The hold-outs are often persuaded because they don't want to look like a [[Dirty Coward]], and often one of the bolder characters urges it's [[Not Cheating Unless You Get Caught]]. Visiting an abandoned house or performing a ritual are common. [[Bullying a Dragon]] can be a form of it; you're not afraid of him just because he can warp space-and-time with his thoughts! The [[Call
Occasionally performed by a solitary figure (but even then he often bragged about it beforehand).
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Note: does not cover shows that set challenges; this is something the characters dream up of their own stupidity.
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKpZ_6BSDhU This 2011 Hyundai Sonata ad.]
{{quote|"This year, 3 million young adults out there will get their drivers' license. Better get yourself a safe car."}}
== [[
* Bruce Banner became the Hulk because Rick Jones accepted a dare to drive onto a ''[[Too Dumb to Live|nuclear testing site.]]'' To his credit, Rick has spent a good chunk of the rest of his life trying to make it up to Bruce as best he can.
* The game of chicken in ''[[Rebel Without a Cause]]''.▼
* The game of ship's mast in ''[[Death Proof]]''.▼
* ''[[Zombieland]]'' averts this with [[Wise Beyond Their Years|Little Rock]].▼
== [[Literature]] ==
* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s ''[[Warhammer
* In [[Poul Anderson]]'s ''[[Operation Chaos]]'', when Stephan goes back to college after the war, a prankster conjures up [[Elemental Embodiment|a fire elemental]], and it escapes his control.
* In Lee Lightner's [[Warhammer
* The fake terrorists from [[Larry Niven]] and Pournelle's book ''Oath of Fealty'' - see [[Too Dumb to Live]] for more information on this.
* [[Older Than Print]]: In ''[[Beowulf]]'', the titular hero describes his and his cousin's swimming across the sea as something they did when they were young and prideful.
* In [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[
* In [[Sandy Mitchell]]'s ''Cain's Last Stand'', [[Ciaphas Cain]] observes that Kayla has too much sense to keep up with Jurgen's crazy driving, despite the delusions of immortality that youth gives.
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▲* The game of chicken in ''[[Rebel Without a Cause]]''.
▲* The game of ship's mast in ''[[Death Proof]]''.
▲* ''[[Zombieland]]'' averts this with [[Wise Beyond Their Years|Little Rock]].
▲== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Law and Order]]'' and its spinoffs sometimes have to deal with the aftermath of a hazing gone wrong; ditto [[CSI]].
* Alex Russo of [[Wizards of Waverly Place]] defines this trope to a T - so very much so that the trope could also be called 'The Alex Russo Rule'.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Bumblebee in ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' might not technically be a kid (as far as we can tell), but he's got the mind of one and does equivalent stupid stuff. The most notable might be his upgrading himself with illegal and dangerous boosters and sneaking out onto an underground racing circuit with Sari.
* [[Beavis and Butt-Head]] are this trope personified.
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