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* On one episode of ''[[Total Drama World Tour]]'', [[Geek|Beth]] has to come up with a haiku highlighting one of [[Alpha Bitch|Heather]]'s positive attributes. The first line is "[[Trivially Obvious|Heather has ten toes]]," and the rest summarizes how that makes swimming easier.
* ''[[The Spectacular Spider Man]]'' subverts this when Aunt May tries to set [[The Hero|Peter]] up with [[Fiery Redhead|Mary Jane Watson]], saying she has "a wonderful personality." Peter shudders, quite certain it means she's ugly, and the phrase "wonderful personality" becomes a [[Running Gag]]. [[Hello, Nurse!|Then Peter actually meets her]].
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Done accidentally by Aang in 'The Cave of Two Lovers'. He and Katara aren't sure how to get out of a labyrinth, and Katara suggests that, based on the story they've read, maybe they're supposed to kiss. When Katara tries to play it cool, Aang takes it too far, acting like he wouldn't want to kiss her at all. He tries to save it by telling Katara that he'd rather kiss her than die, which he thinks is a compliment. Katara...doesn't.
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' sees this happen in "Lesson Zero". Twilight Sparkle, [[Sanity Slippage|(literally) madly desperate]] to find a friendship problem for her weekly report to Princess Celestia, tries to ''make'' a problem by getting the Cutie Mark Crusaders to fight over her favorite childhood toy, Smarty Pants. The Crusaders aren't interested in the ratty old doll, however, but are trying to be polite about it. When pressed to compliment it, the only thing Sweetie Belle can come up with is "Um, I really like her... mane?"
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