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You Know What to Do

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You Know What to Do	comment	A Stock Phrase, generally delivered by a superior or employer to their subordinates, implying they engage in some piece of procedure or protocol that they are familiar with. Expect it to be immediately followed by a Smash Cut to the characters engaging in the implied act. Can be used dramatically or comically, but either way the point of the phrase is either a simple ploy to keep the audience from knowing what the characters are up to, or just to avoid the redundancy of having a character describe an act, only to immediately show it being carried out. If you think about it, this is really a very odd phrase to use in a regular professional capacity, as that kind of vagary can easily lead to misunderstandings and somewhat belies the usefulness of giving orders in the first place. But it can be justified when the order is given over an insecure channel, like a public telephone, to avoid incrimination. Often the "you know what to do" involves killing somebody. May be an attempt to maintain Plausible Deniability. May involve nonverbal communication like handing someone something or a Secret Message Wink. May be subverted, if the recipient decides to turn the tables and do something unexpected, or just misunderstands and takes the phrase in a different way than intended. Still, despite its particular age, this trope is more often played straight than lampshaded. See also Unspoken Plan Guarantee.
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You Know What to Do / int_11affb50	comment	Subverted in Reign of Fire:
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You Know What to Do / int_2212773a	comment	Angel. Used for a Bait-and-Switch in "Double or Nothing". Angel is playing an Absurdly High-Stakes Game that if he loses will cost him his soul (which will turn him evil). He hands Cordy a wooden stake and says she knows what to do if that happens, implying a Staking the Loved One scene. When Angel does lose the game, Cordy instead rams the stake through the Big Bad's palm, holding him in place so Angel can lop off his head.
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You Know What to Do / int_23d2ea71	comment	In Donkey Kong Country, King K. Rool sends Klump and Krusha find out what's causing a banging noise that's keeping all of Kongo-Bongo Island awake (it's Eddie the Mean Old Yeti, by the way). While communicating with them, K. Rool notices the Crystal Coconut flying around.
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You Know What to Do / int_31ea2c8f	comment	Kyle XY episode "The List Is Life"
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You Know What to Do / int_45854dfc	comment	Starship Troopers: Rico's sargeant utters this but the movie makes it pretty clear what that means.
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You Know What to Do / int_4cc06582	comment	In Hot Fuzz, after Chief Inspector Butterman is finally convinced that the scene of an "accident" might be a murder, he rattles off orders to each of the police officers on the scene, finishing with this phrase to the two main characters. Cut to them standing around, holding down the crime scene.
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You Know What to Do / int_67a9bbe6	comment	Zero Wing: In the opening cutscene, after CATS reveals to the crew that all their base are belong to him, the Captain orders the ship to take off every ZIG, and makes sure to tell the pilots this as they proceed to move ZIG For Great Justice.
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You Know What to Do / int_9068877a	comment	Red vs. Blue, Sarge gives a Rousing Speech in Revelation (Season 8), ending with…
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You Know What to Do / int_90a62d7d	comment	Hot Shots! Part Deux
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You Know What to Do / int_a0ae46e	comment	Toy Story
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You Know What to Do / int_a183d57f	comment	Futurama: In "A Fishful of Dollars", Mom uses a security video to instruct her sons on how to bankrupt the newly-rich Fry.
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You Know What to Do / int_a2add1d3	comment	During a Salmon Run shift in Splatoon 2, this is how Mysterious Employer Mr. Grizz instructs your crew to deal with a Cohock Charge. Considering that he gives you a cannon specifically for this event, it's not hard to figure out what he wants you to do.
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You Know What to Do / int_a32b6a64	comment	Variations of this were used all the time on The West Wing. The implication is that the characters were all so smart and good at their jobs and in tune with each other that they could leave some things unsaid. Unfortunately, the audience sometimes ended up confused. Charlie (black) goes out with Zoey (white, and the President's daughter). Bartlett tells him: "You go out with Zoey, you're gonna get your picture taken. And you'll get letters. You know what to do with them?" Charlie just nods. The standard listen-to-your-heart Aesop would be "throw them in the trash", and many viewers might assume that's what is meant. But in the West Wing, of course, the real answer is "Hand them in to the Secret Service for exhaustive forensic analysis!"
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You Know What to Do / int_acf36b57	comment	Cats & Dogs
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You Know What to Do / int_c897a969	comment	Cube Escape: In both Paradox and Hotel, Mr. Crow will hand you a knife in the forest and claim that "You know what to do." (Which tends to only be partially true at times). Later, within a flashback in The White Door, the bartender of the Rusty Lake Theatre (who is actually Mr. Crow) hands Bob a revolver and states, "Mr. Hill, You know what to do."
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You Know What to Do / int_ca47629	comment	In the intro to Brain Dead 13, this one is spoken by Dr. Nero Neurosis to Fritz when describing his plan to kill Lance after fixing his computer.
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You Know What to Do / int_d38fe19f	comment	In Star Wars: Clone Wars, Obi-Wan addresses an ARC trooper squad ahead of their special mission.
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You Know What to Do / int_ea4f62db	comment	Family Guy
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You Know What to Do / int_f037be0c	comment	The Witch says this to Maugrim in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe as she sends him to hunt down the Pevensies.
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Hot Shots! Part Deux / int_f7cff22f	type	You Know What to Do
Nintendo Power Promo Videos / int_f7cff22f	type	You Know What to Do
Starship Troopers / int_f7cff22f	type	You Know What to Do
Generality	seeAlso	You Know What to Do
Cube Escape (Video Game) / int_f7cff22f	type	You Know What to Do
qxlkbh (Webcomic) / int_f7cff22f	type	You Know What to Do

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