Don't Do Anything I Wouldn't Do

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• Star Wars: Doctor Aphra: In the Fourth-Wall Mail Slot of one issue, peppy torture-droid Triple-Zero signs off with this phrase. "So do literally anything, except show mercy."

• Doonesbury: Inverted in this strip. "Don't do anything I would do!"
• Zits:
  • In the 2015-01-01 strip, Jeremy combines this with Confusing Multiple Negatives to trick his mom into letting him go out.
    Connie: Behave yourself
    Jeremy: Don't worry. I'll only not do things you wouldn't not do.
    Pierce: So you can go?
    Jeremy: As long as we're gone before she counts the 'nots'.
  • In another, his dad asks him to "don't do anything I wouldn't do" when going out with friends. Jeremy points out that he never does anything his dad would do, which doesn't give him a lot of room to do anything. Walt reveals he knows that, and is proud to have come up with the idea.

• The Keys Stand Alone: The Soft World: Said by Spectrem to John and George. Hilariously, he's so square that he means it.

Crossover

• My Hero Playthrough: Inverted for laughs. Inko tells Tsu and Izuku she is trusting them to be alone together. Tsu responds that they won't do anything Inko and Midnight wouldn't do. ^note Inko and Midnight are "friends with benefits" at that point, and Tsu knows it.

Kung Fu Panda

• A Different Lesson: At the end of the story, Mantis is stated to have given Crane a bit of advice as he goes on the road with Mei Ling and Jia. Unsurprisingly for a Covert Pervert like the insect (and speaking to a Nice Guy and Extreme Doormat like Crane), it consists of the Stock Phrase "Don't do anything I wouldn't do."

One Piece

• This Bites!: When Chopper finally gets his hands on Dr. Hogback, with full knowledge of everything he's been practicing, Cross advises him to not do anything he wouldn't do. Lassoo reminds Cross of everything he'd said he'd do to Spandam, and Cross replies that he stands by everything he just said.

Pokémon

• Ashes of the Past: A variant when Misty tells Pikachu, "don't let your trainer get into any trouble he can't get out of!" Pikachu responds that he wouldn't be able to tell what that looks like.
  Pikachu: On the list of things he can get out of we've already got the collapse of time itself and a fossil apocalypse.
• The Secret Return of Alex Mack: Willow says this when Alex and Ray are going home after graduation. Ray, however, can't think of anything a pair of teenagers might get up to that Willow wouldn't do.

Potter Verse

• The Rigel Black Chronicles: Lily starts to say this to Harriett but then realises that she's in the presence of both James and Sirius (two mischievous troublemakers) and settles for "don't do anything Remus wouldn't do". Like in canon, Remus is more responsible than his friends and therefore a better role model for her daughter to emulate.

• American Graffiti: Terry jokingly tells Curt this when seeing him off at the airport at the end.
• Fright Night (2011): Given verbatim by Peter when he leaves Charley and Amy alone in his penthouse so they can have sex.
  Peter: That doesn't narrow it down. That's like, mini-golf and sushi.
• Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle:
  Freakshow: Just don't do anything the good Lord wouldn't do.
• Mermaids:
  Rachel Flax: Don't do anything I wouldn't do! Or don't do anything I would!
• Sweet Smell of Success:
  Sidney Falco: Don't do anything I wouldn't do! That gives you a lot of leeway...
• Fright Night (2011): "Don't do anything I wouldn't do— well, that doesn't narrow it down. That's like, mini-golf and sushi."
• Spider-Man: Homecoming: Tony Stark explains to Peter Parker how an Avenger should behave, which is basically not emulating Tony's behavior and minding some of the things he avoids doing (out of personal experience and common sense).
  Tony: Don't do anything I would do.
  [Peter nods]
  Tony: And definitely don't do anything I wouldn't do.
  [Peter looks confused]
  Tony: There's a little grey area in there, and that's where you operate. Alright?
• Stage Door:
  Eve: Remember, Hattie, don't do anything Butch wouldn't do.
• Sweet Smell of Success:
  Sidney: Don't do anything I wouldn't do! That gives you a lot of leeway...

• Castle Perilous: A rare example where the Stock Phrase is both justified and completely accurate—Incarnadine instructs Jeremy to tell this to his doppelganger because, as a Mirror Universe Evil Twin, what the real Incarnadine "wouldn’t do" is, well, evil.
• Dirty Little Secrets: Kayleigh tells Lucy this when she leaves her best friend alone with Josh. And it's clear from the context that Kayleigh would be okay with anything Lucy would do with Josh.
• Discworld: Nanny Ogg: "Don't do anything I wouldn't do, if you ever find anything I wouldn't do."
• I Was a Teenage Fairy:
  Mab: (as Barbie prepares for a party) Do everything I would do.
• Legacy of the Force: As Jaina's heading off for a date, her younger cousin Ben uses this phrase. Jaina replies that she will, and hopefully he won't, yet.

• Better Off Ted:
  Linda: Don't do anything I wouldn't do! (Whispers) There's nothing I wouldn't do.
  Friend: I know, I was your roommate.
• Castle: When the title character's teenage daughter is going to the prom, he tells her date, "Don't do anything I would do."
• The Cosby Show: When Theo is about to head out to his Senior Prom he assures Cliff "I won't do anything you wouldn't do." Cliff responds, "Just remember: I married my prom date."
• Doctor Who: In "Extremis", Bill Potts brings Penny home instead of a boyfriend to her mother's relief, unaware that her adopted daughter is a closet lesbian. When her mom gives this trope as she's walking out the door, the audience naturally expects a Gilligan Cut to lesbian snogging; instead, Bill and Penny enjoy tea. Then the Pope walks in the door and Bill spends the rest of the episode doing things that her mom wouldn't even conceive of doing.
• Fawlty Towers:
  Miss Gatsby: And don't do anything *we* wouldn't do!
  Basil: Oh, of course not. Just some light breathing...
• The Golden Girls: Between Dorothy and Sophie.
  "Don't do anything I wouldn't do."
  "I think I crossed that line when I got a date."
• M*A*S*H: In "The Novocaine Mutiny", Frank Burns says this to Colonel Potter as the latter is heading to Tokyo on R&R, prompting Potter to reply, "I don't know that I'd want to do anything you would do."
• Quantum Leap:
  Al: Don't do anything I wouldn't do. And if you do, take pictures.
• Sex and the City: Samantha's boyfriend Smith is about to leave for a work-related venture. Samantha tells him not to do anything she wouldn't, to which he wryly responds "What things don't you do?" Samantha: "There are some things... Karaoke. I don't do that."
• Sliders: Rembrandt utters this phrase and a confused Colin remarks "...I do not think I know him well enough to know what he would or would not do under certain circumstances."
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: In "Treachery, Faith, and the Great River", O'Brien says this phrase to Nog, who snarkily answers back that's too restrictive.
  Chief O'Brien: Don't do anything I wouldn't do.
  Nog: Chief, I can't operate under those kinds of restrictions.
• Yes, Minister: Unusual Could Say It, But... example, when Hacker is definitely not telling Sir Humphrey to leak documents to the press during his upcoming meal with a journalist.

• "Stone Cold" Steve Austin said this to Goldberg when handing him a ticket to the No Way Out pay-per-view in WWE 2004. In it, Goldberg's enemy Brock Lesnar was defending the WWE Championship. The problem with this was soon afterward lampshaded by Vince McMahon.
  Vince McMahon: There isn't a damn thing you wouldn't do!

• Gods: Zig-Zagged near the beginning of the fourth world. hint item appears before a hole you can fall through. Collecting it displays the words: "I wouldn't go down there." If you ignore the hint the first time, a platform will stop you from falling into a trap, along with a bonus. The platform will disappear soon after, though, meaning that you could fall into the trap if you were to drop down the hole again.
• Injustice 2: When Superman goes against Scarecrow or Doctor Fate, should he be the first to speak, his response to their threats is "I wouldn't threaten me, Doctor."
• World of Warcraft: When a warlock dismisses a pet succubus, she sometimes says this line before disappearing.

• Ozy and Millie: Backfires when Pirate Captain Locke pretends to be Millie at school:
  Ozy: Just don't do anything Millie wouldn't do.
  Locke: Okay, that should be easy enough. Listen up, everybody! We're going to consolidate our pirate booty, and then pillage the principal's office!
  Ozy: [Facepalm] Shoot... I forgot he's met her.

• Johnny Bravo: In the segment "Yukon Yutz", Johnny gets involved with tracking down a criminal named 'Slimey Pierre' who aims to 'dam up all of Canada's rivers and bring the great white north to its knees.' Once Johnny tracks Slimey Pierre down to his latest dam, Johnny spots a single twig at the base of the wooden dam to which Slimey Pierre responds with "I wouldn't touch that if I were you." Johnny being Johnny naturally removes the twig, causing the whole dam to fail and unleash a flood a second later, ultimately leading to Slimey Pierre's arrest, and Johnny also getting arrested for destroying a town, alongside trying to eat old growth forest, and planning to steal a colony of beavers.
• Merrie Melodies: "Dog-Gone Modern" features The Two Curious Puppies exploring a "House of Tomorrow" exhibit and its various hazardous devices. One of these appears as a pair of buttons in between two chairs and below a sign saying "AUTOMATIC CONTROL". When the small dog reaches for the buttons, the sign changes, saying "I WOULDN'T TOUCH THAT, CHUM." Not long after, the small dog gives in to his temptation and hits the upper button. The Sign then changes, saying "O.K. BUDDY, YOU ASKED FOR IT." and then drops down from the wall as a drop-down table for the chairs, frightening the small dog away.
• Steven Universe: Steven's dream of Garnet gives him this advice for the big dance, much to the delight of the "live studio audience".
• Tom and Jerry: In "Timid Tabby", Tom's chicken-hearted cousin visits, and he's scared of mice. After several scenes of confusion, Tom and his cousin team up to fool Jerry. Tom's rear shows up behind a wall and Jerry is about to kick it when his cousin (whom Jerry thinks is Tom gone cowardly) shows up at the other end and says "I wouldn't kick me if I were you!"