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* On ''[[Veronica Mars]]'' Cassidy Casablancas is always referred to as 'Beaver', in the s2 finale he finally snaps, yelling "MY NAME IS CASSIDY!"
** Lampshaded since Veronica Mars calls him Cassidy (and whenever she calls him Beaver, she corrects herself).
* In ''[[Sherlock]]'', Holmes is not a psychopath. He's a high-functioning sociopath
* In one episode of ''[[Special Unit 2]]'' they were trying to catch a djinn before she could grant her 3000th wish and be free. To do this, their resident gearhead created a capturing device:
{{quote|'''Jonathan''' [describes the device, using terms involving sucking and a storage bag]
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== Pro Wrestling ==
* Within ''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]'', the people who wrestle are not "wrestlers", they're "superstars", and female wrestlers are called "divas". And the titles they wrestle for are not "belts", they're "championships". Nor are "wrestling fans" called such; they're the "WWE Universe". Also, it's not even called pro-wrestling anymore, it's "sports entertainment"... or at least, it was. "Sports" has been put in the banned list too, so now it's just "entertainment" or "action soap opera". And they don't even have "athletes" or "sportsmen", but "entertainers with tremendous athletic prowess". [[Vince McMahon]] doesn't seem to like to be reminded that he runs a professional wrestling company.
** This has led to a fun game of [[Loophole Abuse]] with rival company [[TNA]]. A few [[TNA]] fansites have begun to claim that [[TNA]] is now the number one wrestling company in the world, since [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] is fighting the world "wrestling" at every turn.
** Over the past decade or so, anyone whose seen to be particularly rebellious or anti-establishment within WWE (ex: [[Joey Styles]], [[Chris Jericho]], [[CM Punk]]) will make fun of the term "sports entertainment", boldly emphasize "wrestling", or simply do both. Interestingly, many of these people have some significant connection to [[ECW]].
* Similar to, and possibly the inspiration for, the ''Grinch'' movie example above, is wrestler "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. Piper is legitimately of Scottish descent, and often wears a traditional kilt to the ring. Of course, his opponent will invariably comment about how he doesn't want to wrestle someone in a "skirt". Piper's response: "It's not a skirt, it's a kilt!", [[Berserk Button|followed by some serious pummeling]].
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