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[[File:sockobama-thumb-400x505.jpg|frame|The Obama Sock Monkey: Popular in Japan. Considered racist in America. Adorable everywhere.]]
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* Similarly, this happened in ''[[One Piece]]''. Whitebeard's flag originally had swastika-like crossbones, but was changed from that chapter-on-out to be more like a plus sign.
* Kaede's [[Instant Fanclub]] in ''[[SHUFFLE!]]!'' is called Kitto Kitto Kaede, or KKK. The English dub changes this to Knights of Kissing Kaede to preserve the [[Alliteration]] of all the fanclub names—but every time the club is mentioned, someone notes that they're "not the guys with the sheets".
* [[Hayao Miyazaki]]'s 1986 film ''
** Swift used the name as a [[Shout-Out]] to a comment from Martin Luther referring to Reason as a "whore" (in the sense that one can manipulate logic to reach a desired conclusion).
** For the same reason, this is why "Laputa" is the [[Freud Was Right|target to be bombed]] in ''[[Doctor Strangelove]]''.
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* A zoo in Germany was so honored that President [[Barack Obama|Obama]] visited their town they named an animal after him - a monkey.
* In Japanese Sign Language, the syllable "se" is indicated by a [[Flipping the Bird|single raised middle finger]]. Pointed ''toward'' the signer in this case, but still.
* In 2013, Fukushima Industries launched a new mascot character, which in English they named with a portmanteau of "Fukushima" and "happy". Half a year later, they dropped the English name [[w:Fukuppy|Fukuppy]] for some reason...
== Offensive: [[Bite the Wax Tadpole]] ==
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** On that note, remember Reebok's [[Horny Devils|"Incubus"]] brand [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4182/is_19970220/ai_n10104158 running shoe for women]?
* The name of the Nintendo Wii caused a certain amount of amusement in the English-speaking world when it was first announced, but has since been accepted by the public.
** It remains a viable vein of comedy gold, as
* When ''[[Titanic]]'' was released, there was a good deal of snickering in Lebanon as the title, in its English pronunciation, sounds awfully close to "Come, let's fuck!" in the local dialect.
* Coon Cheese was named for the family that founded (and still owns) the company. They can trace their name back further than any racist usage.
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* English dialect case: [[wikipedia:Electrolux#Slogan|"Nothing sucks like an Electrolux."]] Though this bit of [[Double Entendre]] was intentional.
** [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MPVFXHtCKsA/Suy2jBU928I/AAAAAAAAAoc/fe50Kwah_f8/s400/FILE0905.JPG Similarly...]
* The American
** Something not at all lost on Americans who dislike the change, some of whom have taken to calling it the "Syphilis Channel".
* The webpages of a woman named [[wikipedia:Ziva Kunda|Ziva Kunda]] were popular amongst Czech and Slovak teenagers, as her name translates to "a living cunt".
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