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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:get medieval06802.gif\|link=Get Medieval\|~~right~~frame]] Basically, when a given character needing help (a place to stay, whatever) is approached by a prostitute who [[Double Entendre\|speaks with perhaps too much metaphor]], and [[Comically Missing the Point\|thinks]] her solicitation is an offer for assistance. Formerly named "Solicitation Mistaken For Help" and "Need a Hand - or A Handjob?" See also [[Platonic Prostitution]] and [[Accidental Innuendo]]. Related to [[Insult Backfire]] and [[Threat Backfire]]. {{noreallife\|we'd be here all day.}} {{examples}} == ~~Films -- Live-Action~~[[Film]] == * In ''[[I Am Sam]]'', Sam, a mentally handicapped single father, mistakes a streetwalker's mockery for a promise to help him raise his daughter. He is then arrested for soliciting her services. * Reversed in the movie ''[[The House Bunny]]''. The policeman asks the [[Playboy Bunny\|Bunny]] to "blow" and... well... she doesn't quite understand that he's trying to check her alcohol content. Line 15 ⟶ 17: {{quote\|'''Simone:''' You looking for a good time? '''Mick:''' Always looking for a good time! Name's Mick Dundee. }} == Jokes == * There's old joke where a clergyman encounters a prostitute, she says "I'll do anything you can describe in 3 words for $50". He thinks about it for a while, and then says "Paint my house." ** In one of his books, critic Joe Queenan's response to a (hypothetical) request of this nature was "do my taxes." * An engineering student approaches his friends at lunch one day riding up on a beautiful new bicycle. "Wow," says one of his friends, "where'd you get that bike?" The engineering student says, "Strangest thing. On my way back from class this morning, a gorgeous woman rode up on a bike, got off it, took off all her clothes and threw them on the ground, and told me, 'Take whatever you want!'" His friend nods sagely. "Good choice. Her clothes probably wouldn't have fit." == [[Literature]] == * ''[[Discworld]]'': Happens to men who approach the [[Band of Brothels\|Guild of Seamstresses]] to have their socks darned: * In ''[[~~Discworld/Guards Guards\|~~Guards! Guards!]]'', a naive Carrot ends up living in a house of "seamstresses" due to this sort of misunderstanding. He mentions that his first night there one of the girls asked if he wanted anything, but they had no apples, so he said no. * Variant: In ''[[~~Discworld/Feet of Clay\|~~Feet of Clay]]'', one character mentions that she was good at sewing, so she tried to join the Guild of Seamstresses. * Similarly, in ''[[~~Discworld/~~Night Watch (Discworld)\|Night Watch]]'', there is an actual seamstress who is often confused for the other type. * In ''[[~~Discworld/Reaper Man\|~~Reaper Man]]'', Windle Poons, a newly resurrected zombie, is asked by a "seamstress" if he's looking for a good time. He's somewhat addled by the fact that he can see and hear clearly for the first time in decades, and accepts her offer without thinking about it. She runs away when she gets a good look at him, though. In ''[[~~Discworld/Interesting Times\|~~Interesting Times]]'', Rincewind is approached by several beautiful, scantily-clad women who explicitly say that all of their men have died out and they need his help repopulating their island. However, due to years of living alone on a desert island, Rincewind's mind has deteriorated somewhat and he thinks they're offering to make him some mashed potatoes. * This happens in ''[[Don Quixote]]''.{{context}} == [[Live-Action TV]] == * ''[[Regenesis]]'': Bob Melnikov, while in New York, goes in a back street to rehearse a speech he's about to give. A prostitute approaches him, and he doesn't understand for what reason. Fortunately for him, she's a [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold]], and she does help him. * ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'' in the [[~~The~~ Rashomon Style\|antique silverware episode]]. Randy was told to wait around the station and ask people if they had "the package"; a gay guy misinterprets this. * The inverse happens on ''[[CSI]]'', when during her evaluation [[Cool Big Sis\|Catherine]] complains to [[Team Dad\|Grissom]] that because of her hours, she hasn't had sex in at least half a year. "[[Ship Tease\|How can I help]]?" Gil asks, and has to clarify that he doesn't mean THAT kind of help when Catherine raises her eyebrow at him. * A possible slight variation—in ''[[New Tricks]]'', a prostitute approaches Brian and asks him if "you've got the time," in a fashion that leaves little doubt as to what she really means. Brian, however, assumes she's literally asking what the time is, and proceeds to tell her, resulting in a frustrating back and forth for the both of them until he storms off in exasperation and she gripes to one of her friends, "Why can't they just ''say'' if they're gay?!" Line 43: * Inverted in the first episode of ''[[Northern Exposure]]'', where Joel mistakenly believes Maggie to be a prostitute based on her offers of help. She does not react well to this, of course. {{quote\|'''Maggie:''' I'm not a hooker, you jerk. ''I'm your '''landlord'''.''}} * A hilarious subversion of this happens to [[Handsome Lech\|Mateo]] in ''[[Benidorm]]''. Mateo has to dress up in drag for a double date, and has to wait outside a bar for a few minuites. An [[Dirty Harriet\|undercover cop]] shows up, asking if s/he has a place to go. A lot of non-entendres later ("I have to get out of these pants" (They were itchy)), and he is promptly arrested. == [[Video Games]] ==▼ ▲== Video Games == * In ''[[Fallout\|Fallout 3]]'', one of the joinable [[NPC]]s is Clover, an insane killer prostitute that you can own as a slave. When you strike up a conversation, she asks if she "can do anything for... or to... you." Sadly [[No Hugging, No Kissing\|your responses are entirely on the lines of tactics and gear management.]] == [[Web Comics]] ==▼ ▲== Web Comics == * ''[[Get Medieval]]'': Asher, lost in medieval Avignon, has a girl come to him and offer him "a warm bed to spend the night in". Being a clueless nerd, he considers it an invitation to sleep at her place. The trope is subverted at a later stage, as when they meet again in different circumstances, she does offer her help. * In ''[[RPG World]]'', this is how Diane ends up joining the party. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120818192738/http://www.robandelliot.cycomics.com/archive.php?id=225/%2F This page] of ''[[Rob and Elliot]]'' is a magnificent aversion. == [[Web Original]] ==▼ ▲== Web Original == * Played with in Episode 3 of [[Manwhores]] when a woman pulls up to Kevin, newly starting out his career: {{quote\|'''Kevin''': "You...uh, looking for a jump?" Line 65 ⟶ 62: '''Woman''': "Get in." }} == [[Western Animation]] == * ''[[The Simpsons (animation)\|The Simpsons]]'': Subverted in the episode "The Cartridge Family". When Marge takes Bart, Lisa and Maggie to a motel because Homer is acting [[Trigger Happy]], Bart is asked by a prostitute "are you looking for a good time?" He is (as always), but not in the manner she means, and Marge pulls him away before any [[Hilarity Ensues\|Hilarity can Ensue]]. * The pilot episode of ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' has a prostitute asking Hank and Dean if they're looking for some action. Being rather sheltered boy adventurers, they reply that they're always looking for action! And adventure! {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Sex Tropes]] [[Category:Comedy Tropes]] [[Category:Innuendo Tropes]] [[Category:The Oldest Profession]] ▲[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:No Real Life Examples, Please]]