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== Film ==
* In ''[[Mission: Impossible (film)||Mission Impossible]] - Ghost Protocol'', a Russian character tells his wife in English that they need to get out of the country after the Kremlin bombing. His son, who's in the room, asks them why they're talking in English.
* Attempted in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|The Lord of the Rings]]: The Two Towers'', when Legolas tells Aragorn in Elvish that Helm's Deep's defenders are outnumbered and will die, but Aragorn angrily yells in Common that he will die along with them before storming off.
* In ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'', the Jew Hunter speaks in English so the French-speaking Jews hiding under the floorboards can't understand what he and the farmer are talking about.
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* In a Movie Comics strip based on [[Windtalkers]], one of the two characters pretends to take the other prisoner and deliver him to the Japanese. The Japanese soldiers converse in Japanese and decide to kill them both, unbeknownst to them.
* In ''[[Kevin and Kell]]'', Kell and Frank speak Feline while discussing {{spoiler|Frank's plan to overthrow R.L.}} to prevent their fleas from catching word of this. {{spoiler|R.L. already knows Feline, making this a subversion}}
* Attempted by Lucien and Luther in ''[[Bite Me! (webcomic)||Bite Me]]''. {{spoiler|They find out Claire speaks German as well}}.
== Western Animation ==
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