It's either a sign that of too much mythology, or too much TV tropes, but when my first thought on watching Michael Scofield getting himself sent to jail is "Please don't throw me in dem dar briar patch!", it's probably a sign of too much something. *grins* Though I think it's more mythology than Tropes, for this one, because I'd heard of Br'er Rabbit long before I found the internet, let alone the site. Heh.
For the record, though? Michael Scofield can briarpatch like nobody's business. Shame he has to look so perpetually smug about it, but then ... well, the archetypes he's borrowing off of tended to be fairly smug themselves. *grins*