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'''Iwata:''' Hmm...It was kinda dull, you know... }}
** They were of course talking about Iwata's brief stay in [[Robot Girl|Ropponmatsu II's]] [[Gender Bender|body]]. Sumiyoshi warns the two from making such comments in public.
* In ''[[xxxHolic
{{quote|'''Watanuki:''' Are you... sure about this?
'''Yuko:''' I'm ready, Watanuki. Now. Give it to me. ''(the viewer is then shown the full scene of Yuko holding a bat)'' Pitch, Boy!
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* The first ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' series includes a scene of Riza Hawkeye in bed, moaning things like "Mmm, that tickles!" and "Oh, you're so bad!" only to pull the covers off to reveal her dog licking her foot.
* Happened in the first ''[[Bleach]]'' movie when {{spoiler|Senna}} was staying over at Ichigo's house.{{spoiler|Senna}} was speaking in a very "suggestive" tone when she said that Ichigo's bed was comfortable and that she wanted to sleep in it.One of Ichigo's little sisters Yuzu and Ichigo's father were listening in on the conversation and thought something "different" was going on.
* ''[[Kodomo no Jikan]]'''s second season's OAV: Kuro-chan and Shiro-chan starts with Rin making some very provocative sounds and saying some rather lewd things. Just to have the camera pan out to show that she is just at the nurses office and only getting a needle in the arm.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Used late in ''[[Y: The
** And again, in a conversation that simply cannot be anything other than two characters (one of whom is involved with another main character) giving mid-coital instructions... and that's exactly what it is. However, they're talking to their pet monkeys, who they've finally managed to coax into having sex (the male monkey, like the male main character, is the last male of his species and they very much want an impregnated female).
* In a comic by Michael Kupperman, [[The Who|Roger Daltrey]] is continually thwarted in his quest for a "bird" (girl) by an old man who uses this technique to introduce him to actual birds.
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== [[Fan Works]] ==
* The amount of fan-fics based around this trope could comfortably fill their own sub-genre. It boils down to one character
* Chapter 30 of ''[[A Day Indoors]]'' dials this trope—and the reactions to it—to 11, with [[Mahou Sensei Negima|Kotaro]] wondering why his flubbed lines in a rehearsal of ''Little Red Riding Hood'' leave Natsumi swooning in his arms or [[Shotacon|Ayaka]] and Chizuru getting impressive [[Nosebleed]]s.
* The ''[[Naruto]]'' fic ''Cat Flap'', about {{spoiler|Sasuke trying to sneak Naruto out of his house... yeah, it doesn't make that much sense in context either}} that ended on the words "Harder Sasuke!"
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Turns out he was trying to cook a souffle with his heat vision. }}
* Inverted in the short film version of ''[[D.E.B.S.]]'', where the [[Charlie's Angels|Charlies Angels]]-like team thinks their colleague is being tortured, but her screams are actually the [[Girls Love|villainess giving her an orgasm]].
* In ''[[Police Story]]'', [[Jackie Chan]]'s star witness finds out he set her up to accept his protection by staging a hit for him to save her from. She gets back at him by setting his tape player to record over their interview, then manipulating events so it'll sound like their actions (such as Jackie spilling juice on her, and her sitting on a cactus) sound like they're about to have sex. Particularly cool here is that there are two English dubs of the movie plus the directly translated DVD subtitles, giving us three different versions that all work perfectly.
* In ''[[Pee-wee's Big Adventure|Pee Wees Big Adventure]]'', waitress Simone's jealous boyfriend Andy hears conversation between her and PW that's [[Not What It Looks Like|not how it sounds]]...
* ''[[Look Who's Talking]]'' does this with trying to get a splinter out.
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{{quote|"Oh he's good! (struggle stops) Okay, maybe not that good."}}
* The opening scene of ''[[Van Wilder]]'' shows the titular character apparently receiving a blowjob from an elderly asian woman. Turns out she's a tailor measuring him for new trousers. (While enjoying a lollipop).
* In ''[[Her Alibi]]'' Tom Selleck is accidentally shot in the ass with an arrow while talking on the phone to his editor. The following scene (as Selleck tries not to let on what's happened) gives the editor the idea that sex is occurring. While his girlfriend is trying to help him he shouts "Don't touch the shaft!"
* Toward the very end of ''[[Igor]]'', the main character shows [[Frankenstein's Monster|Eva]] a blueprint. She asks him if he's really going to make it, and Igor replies that if it doesn't work out, they'll just adopt. The camera then shifts to Eva's POV, showing a blueprint for a dog.
* In ''[[Disturbia]]'' there was a sequence showing how the protagonist dealt with his being stuck alone at home due to house arrest. One scene starts with the camera panning across the room. Before it reaches the protagonist, a rhythmic noise made by furniture can be heard, along with moans and grunts of pleasure from the character. As the camera focuses on him it is revealed that he was trying to scratch the itch on his leg which was covered by the GPS bracelet put on him for his arrest, when all the time the audience were led to believe he was satisfying a different kind of itch.
* An example from ''[[American Psycho]]'': what seems to be a sex scene turns out to be Patrick Bateman exercising while a slasher movie is playing on video.
* ''[[
* At one point in ''[[I Wanna Hold Your Hand]]'', one of the main girl characters is forced to hide in a hotel room closet. Before she can leave, the room becomes occupied by a man and his hired lady escort. The girl(and the viewers) can't see anything, but can hear giggles and sighs of pleasure. The girl finally decides that she has to get out of there even though she'll be seen. She bursts out of the closet and... the couple is fully clothed, having a picnic, and the lady is [[Rule 34|rubbing mayonnaise on the guy's bald head]].
* In ''[[Down With Love]]'', Catcher ([[Ewan McGregor]]) is talking about his socks to Peter (David Hyde Pierce), and his secretary eavesdrops on the intercom mid-conversation:
{{quote|'''Peter:''' What would you say is the average length, for most men?
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== Literature ==
* There is a running gag in the ''[[Discworld]]'' novels where there is a reference to hanging someone up by their "figgin" or removing or roasting said figgin. Invariably accompanying these instances there is either a footnote revealing that a figgin is a raisin pastry or a moment where one of the characters is shown wondering why the prospect of those punishments would cause so much terror.
** Similarly, in ''Feet of Clay'' a dwarf baker demands that the criminals who robbed him should be hung up by the ''bura'zak-ka'' (town hall). "Now now, you know we don't practice that punishment in Ankh-Morpork." (Because Ankh-Morpork doesn't have a town hall.) After all, they kicked Olaf Stronginthearm in the ''bad'dhzakz'' (yeast bowl). A [[Fictionary]] can be a rich source of stuff like this.
*** [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/breadbasket Yeast bowl], you say?
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* 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).
* In the seventh ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' book, surprisingly it is [[The Comically Serious|Hermione]] that comes out with one while the gang is making Polyjuice Potion to all turn into Harry. While watching the potion change colors, she blurts out:
{{quote|'''Hermione''': Ooh, you look much tastier than Crabbe and Goyle, Harry.
'''(everyone gives her strange looks)'''
Oh, you know what I mean! }}
* ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (novel)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]'': When Chauvelin first meets up with Marguerite at the Fisherman's Rest, the latter confides her boredom and unhappiness in her marriage to her old friend, who says he knows the perfect remedy. It turns out to be helping him track down the Scarlet Pimpernel, but in context, it at first sounds like he wants her to have an affair with him. (Note that some adaptations actually [[Promoted to Love Interest|promote Chauvelin to a suitor/lover]] of Marguerite, making this [[Hilarious in Hindsight]].)
* From ''[[Twilight (novel)|New Moon]]'':
{{quote|'''Bella''': I put on my pajamas and crawled into bed. Life seemed dark enough at the moment that I let myself cheat. The hole - holes now - were already aching, [[A Date with Rosie Palms|so why not?]]}}
* In ''[[Who Cut the Cheese?]]'' by Stilton Jarlsberg:
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** In another, Mary the paralegal's description of her day falls into this territory as Ted (and the viewer) believes that she's a prostitute.
** Before she was a Canadian pop star, Robyn was on a kids show called Space Teens. It contained truckloads of Innocent Innuendo. It included such bits as the 'Beaver Song' and two teenage girls solving math problems while controlling a very long joystick to the encouraging words of Alan Thicke. The cameraman had shaky hands so all the footage is extra 'bouncy'. Barney even lampshades this by describing Robyn's TV career as one would describe that of a porn actress.
* ''[[Three's
** Jack and Chrissy are hiding in the bathroom, eavesdropping on Janet and her date, who, unbeknownst to them, are talking about some ferns Janet has in the apartment. They overhear Janet's friend remark, "Those are two beauties!" and [[Hilarity Ensues]] with the following further remarks: "If you want them to grow, you've got to put them in the window." "They feel a little dry. When was the last time you steamed them?" "They're so delicate!" "I've never seen such gorgeous exaltatus!" (Jack to Chrissy: [[Is That What They're Calling It Now?|"I've never heard them called ''that'' before!"]])
* An [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kclq2zGQy4w entire episode] of the British children's series ''[[Rainbow (TV series)|Rainbow]]'' was comprised of a series of sexual innuendos, including a comment about, "Playing with our friends' (toy) balls," and "plucking our twangers (a musical instrument)". It was made by the cast and crew for their own edification, and with absolutely no intent of broadcast. Appropriately, it's even more over-the-top than most examples on this page.
* Lester in ''[[Beakman's
* [[Benny Hill]] used this gag and many others of the same stripe on ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]''.
* The episode of ''[[Skins]]'' "Jal" has Sid helping Jal into her dress in a fitting room. We cut to outside in the shop where them struggling with the zipper sounds like them struggling with "other things". When Sid leaves the fitting room he is told by a woman that he is a pervert, much to his confusion.
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** There's also the time Brian was trying to find out from Sandra whether he was paid the same or more than Gerry and Jack; in retrospect, he earned the strange look she gave him when he asked her "Are you fully cognizant of the size of my packet? Is it a large one or a bit...''(makes a 'teeny' gesture with his fingers)''?"
* In one of John Mortimer's ''Rumpole'' stories, Claude Erskine-Browne overhears conversations between young secretary Dot Clapton and one of the judges that causes him to believe she is being sexually harassed. He tries to comfort her, and ends up accidentally harassing her himself. It is later revealed that she and the judge are both members of a theatre guild, and that they were rehearsing a scene.
* Subversion: ''[[In the Red]]'' was a BBC miniseries about politics and publicity. One of the protagonists is the speech-writer for the leader of a minor political party—he mainly got the job because he has a degree in English, and fancies the leader's daughter, but is too nerdy to do anything about it. By the end of the final episode the leader is facing a vote of no confidence, and the speech-writer cannot come up with anything better than a frank and forthright apology for only doing his best in difficult circumstances. Immediately upon finishing recording this into his dictaphone, the daughter comes into his hotel room, and takes her top off. Cut to next morning, and an anonymous secretary quietly picks up the dictaphone from the bedroom floor, trying not to wake the sleeping couple. That afternoon, the leader gives his speech in a triumphal manner. After the words as dictated by the speech-writer, he carries on: "I want you to take me. I do. Yes. Oh yes. Oh yes!" It got a standing ovation from the party.
* The ''[[Frasier]]'' episode "Matchmaker" subverts this by having Frasier discussing the same things he always does (music, clothing) with a man he doesn't know to be gay who assumes that he (Frasier) is hitting on him.
* ''[[The X-Files]]'' does this a few times with [[Agent Mulder]] shown watching what ''sounds'' like a porn video, only to be revealed as either a legitimate FBI surveillance tape or "World's Worst Swarms" about someone being attacked by bees.
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== Music ==
* The Ames Brothers' song [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ames+brothers+naughty+lady+of+shady+lane&aq=0&oq=%22ames+brothers%22+%22naughty&aqi=g1 "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane"] is entirely built around this trope, seeming to use roundabout language to describe a woman of ... questionable virtue who has recently moved into the neighborhood, but who might be redeemed by the right man. However, the last line of the song reveals that {{spoiler|the Naughty Lady is in fact a nine-day-old baby, and all the apparent euphemisms in the song are literal truths}}.
* The Pogues' song "Small Hours" has one: "Now that you're alone with me -- Close the door and turn the key -- We'll stay up late and watch TV..."
* "Me [[PSP]]" by The Lancashire Hotpots is made of this trope: "I try talking to the wife but she doesn't understand, the pleasure that it gives me when I hold it in me hand..."—referring, of course, to the eponymous handheld gaming device.
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* 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.
* [[Songs to Wear Pants To]]'s song [http://www.songstowearpantsto.com/songs/the-struggle-to-become-a-baseball-player/ The Struggle To Become A Baseball Player] starts out with some very... suggestive grunts and moans, but then reveals itself just to be {{spoiler|part of the struggle to become a baseball player.}}
* [[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.
** Arguably they drop all pretense in the second half of the song where they start chanting "pullem, suckem, pullem, suckem!". Does it count as innocent innuendo when they clearly gave up trying to keep it a pun half way through?
*** This song was ''never'' innocent -- it was written expressly to mock those who complained about the innuendo in other AC/DC songs.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN7dYDYfvVg "I CAN SWING MY SWORD!"] by [[Tobuscus]]. Which is really funny because he really is talking about a sword made of diamonds...
* "Back That Thing Up" by Justin Moore starts out sounding like another [[Stuffy Old Songs About the Buttocks]], with lines such as "Back that thing up / Put it in reverse, let Daddy load it up". Then in the bridge he says, "Ain't no time to play today, no rolling in the hay". Read [http://www.the9513.com/justin-moore-back-that-thing-up/ this review] for a fuller analysis.
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Faster, faster, it is so exciting!
I could **** forever; **** until I drop!'' }}
** The music video for [[Lemon Demon]]'s song, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbDV1afDSn0 "Geeks in Love"] has a blink-and-you'll-miss it example: at 3:12, a [[Censor Box]] covering up the girl {{spoiler|playing foosball with}} the guy. "OMG HOTT {{spoiler|foosball}} ACTION!"
* The [[Official Fanfiction University]] of ''[[Redwall]]'' had a scene like this which turned out to be a boy getting a tattoo.
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{{quote|See John run. Run, John. Run.}}
* Used by Canadian radio personalities Mad Dog and Billie in a contest to see who had the strongest stomach for weird food. She brought tongue, he brought pickled bulls' testicles. ("I sucked your tongue, you have to lick my balls!")
* ''The [[Doctor Demento Show]]'' is full of songs with innocent
* In an episode of ''[[Hello Cheeky]]'', this is done in ''one sentence'', with the title of a parody song given as ''I Wanna Give It To You, Babe, But I Can't Get It Down Off The Wardrobe''.
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