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Occasionally performed by a solitary figure (but even then he often bragged about it beforehand).
 
Popular [[Horror Tropes|Horror Trope]]. Often makes them [[Too Dumb to Live]]. "Hey everyone, we should ''so'' go to the abandoned camp ground where dozens have been slaughtered in the last year and have a party with bad music and alcohol! Afterwards, [[Let's Split Up, Gang!|we'll all split up]] and [[Death Byby Sex|have sex]]!!"
 
Compare [[Kimodameshi]]. [[Scare Dare]] involves even younger characters, children, and is much less likely to be dangerous.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' novel ''[[Brothers of the Snake (Literature)|Brothers of the Snake]]'', Space Marines are forbidden to try a stunt, diving into a sea trench and leaving something. One young Marine does it, and has an older Marine come to ensure that he needs no help. Then, later, another tries, and the Marine who goes after him is only able to recover the corpse.
* 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 40000]] [[Space Wolf]] novel ''Sons of Fenris'', Lieutenant Paulinus tries to remember his travels in the city in his younger days. He was ashamed of them -- "callow youths looking for cheap thrills" -- but now, he needs to lead his men in those sections.
* 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 (Literature)|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 ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Carpe Jugulum|Carpe Jugulum]]'', the old Count even named his castle "Dontgonearthe Castle" to invoke this trope. It worked.
* 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 (Film)|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'.
* Or the [[I CarlyICarly|Sam Puckett Rule]]
* Half the population of [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Sunnydale]].
** The rest? [[Extra-Strength Masquerade|In serious denial]].
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