Innocent Innuendo: Difference between revisions

* In the four-part ''[[Crayon Shin-chan]]'' story arc ''The High School Years'', Shin is a boxer in school, and when his crush sees him practicing while walking down a sidewalk in the rain, she thinks to herself "He's taken up boxing again, which represents everything I most loathe in this world. And yet... he looks so hot doing it. I'm getting so wet just standing here watching him... I really should go inside where it's not raining."

* In episode 22 of ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', Germany rushes over, apparently thinking that North Italy's brother is raping him and got "stuck", only to find that it was just a chunk of his hair...

* In an early episode of ''[[Rune Soldier Louie]]'', a scene begins showing sweet young thing Ila bouncing up and down, eyes closed, apparently in the throes of sexual ecstasy as offscreen Louie is heard grunting and huffing; it turns out that she is actually sitting on Louie's back as he does a set of pushups. (Given Ila's feelings about Louie, she may well ''have'' been in the throes of sexual ecstasy, but the scene still isn't the one the viewer initially thinks it is.)

* In one scene in ''[[Maburaho]]'', Shikimori Kazuki appears to be having sex with an offscreen female while Kamishiro Rin's voice offers encouragement such as "more" and "faster". The camera then shows that Rin is standing next to Kazuki, making him do pushups.

*** [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/breadbasket Yeast bowl], you say?

** "I'm the only one around who might be inclined to twiddle your handle again." from ''Thief of Time''. {{spoiler|Susan was indeed talking about turning a handle, as the person she was addressing had a wind-up time-storage device on his back, and he needed it to be kept wound so that he wouldn't fall victim to the frozen time affecting the rest of the Discworld.}}

{{quote|"Madam," he said coldly, "I am an officer of the Watch and I must warn you that the course of action you are suggesting breaks the laws of the city--" and also of several of the more strait-laced gods, he added silently "--and I must advise you that his Lordship should be released unharmed immediately--"}}

* In ''[[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy (novel)|So Long And Thanks For All The Fish]]'', Ford Prefect is approached by a woman who offers him a good time and says she has a special service for rich people to make them happy. It turns out that her special service is to tell rich people that it's perfectly alright to be rich and they shouldn't feel guilty about it (she has a degree in psychology and economics and so can sound pretty convincing).

* Many teenagers in the early '80s thought that Billy Squier's song "The Stroke" had sexual connotations—which is the main reason the song was a hit. (Yeah, and that drum lick's pretty cool, too...) The song is actually about the politics of the music industry.

* The '40s R&B song "Big Ten Inch Record," later popularized by Aerosmith. There are also many other songs based on innocent innuendos.

* [[Da Yoopers]] has a song called "My First Time Ever", which sounds like it's about a sexual affair, talking about how she "spread her legs" and finally how the "white stuff came". It turns out that the song is really about his first time {{spoiler|milking a cow}}.

* [[ACDC]]'s "Big Balls" is about the pleasure an upperclass gentleman takes in holding his massive... ballroom dances.

* Parodied in ''[[Bigger Than Cheeses]]'' ([http://www.biggercheese.com/index.php?comic=418 NWS link]) and ''PVP'': when a character overhears a conversation that sounds like two people having sex, the [[Genre Savvy]] eavesdropper displays awareness of this trope and avoids leaping to conclusions, only for it to be revealed that the overheard characters genuinely were having sex.

** ''[[PvP (webcomic)|PvP]]'' had [[Running Gag|about a week straight of these types of gags]], including Skull thinking it meant Brent was actually a [[Superhero]], and culminating in Cole getting [[Genre Savvy]] and saying he knew they were just moving a desk around... except that time Brent and Jade actually ''were'' having sex in the office.

* Another example is [http://flakypastry.runningwithpencils.com/comic.php?strip_id=90 this] ''[[Flaky Pastry]]'' strip.

* Used in an ''[[RPG World]]'' comic, turning out to be one of the characters struggling to put on a shirt that's too small for him with the help of one of the other party members, accompanied by an almost apologetic note from the author.

** Also inverted in [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=221 this strip], where it takes perfectly innocent dialogue from ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star FOX]] 64'' and...well...

* ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'' once had Princess Voluptua moaning in despair when it appeared a villain was about to conquer the Earth. Bob's girlfriend Jean [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20061212.html heard the moaning coming from Bob's bedroom window.]

* In ''[[Ménage à 3]]'': "[[Camp Gay|Dillon]]! What have you done to my giant-size '''man-thing'''?! It's... it's all '''STICKY!!!'''" Yes, this sentence ''can'' have an innocent meaning. [http://www.menagea3.net/d/20090702.html Look here, and the following strips.]

* Inverted in ''[[Looking for Group]]'' when someone thinks they overhear a murder.

* In the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "The Remains of the Platypus", there is a scene where it is made to look like Perry (who was transformed into a butler) was shaving Doofenshmirtz's groin area... except the camera zooms out and we see Doof with a towel and Perry is shaving his legs.

 

* A famous postcard had a nerdy guy next to an apparently blushing young woman: The text says, "Do you like [[Rudyard Kipling|Kipling?]] To which she responds "I don't know, you naughty boy, I've never kipled!"

 

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