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{{quote|'''Girl #1:''' Ben's hot, but I think he's gay.
'''Girl #2:''' No way. Why?
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This trope is the [[Inverted Trope|inversion]] of the [[Un Entendre]].
See also: [[Comically Missing the Point]]. Can be used for [[Double Entendre
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* In ''[[The Man Without A Face]]'', Chuck Norstadt is asked by his mother if his mentor "touched him." Being a young kid, he takes her literally, and it's clear to the audience that he doesn't understand what his mother is really asking him. [[Tear Jerker|Hilarity does not ensue.]]
* ''[[Idiocracy]]''. Joe never catches on that Rita is a prostitute, despite the euphemisms she has. She eventually says a [[Sure, Let's Go with That]] for painting.
* A hilarious [[Running Gag]] in ''[[Baseketball]]'' is how Jenny McCarthy's character keeps misinterpreting Baxter Cain's sexual
** Which is odd, considering that you could easily interpret that as her ''thinking'' he's doing such innuendo, but [[Un Entendre|he's meaning it literally]]. After all, laying carpet wearing a tight dress like that probably wasn't intentional.
* In ''[[Mallrats]]'', someone makes a remark that another character likes to have sex with women "in a very uncomfortable place." [[Strange Minds Think Alike|Several characters]] misinterpret this and ask if he means the back of a Volkswagen.
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{{quote|'''Amy''': Kiss me where I've never been kissed before.
'''Sheldon''': You mean like Salt Lake City? }}
* In one episode of ''[[Hello Cheeky]]'', John gives the joke "The world's long-distance swimming record is held by Liza Garotti, a very successful callgirl from Venice". Tim stands around blinking for a while, before saying that he fails to see the humor in
{{quote|'''Barry:''' ...John didn't say 'a switchboard operator', he said 'a callgirl'.
'''Tim:''' It's the same thing, isn't it? ...Isn't it?
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** There's also a running gag of the difference between a "dancer" and a dancer.
** [http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws135/ This comic has a two for one special]
* [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0212.html This] ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'' strip. ("The proper term is 'Smite Evil,' not 'Bump Uglies.'") Subverted in hindsight; Miko knows full well what the various [[Double Entendre
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