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* In the novel ''The Prisoner of Pineapple Place'', set in an invisible alley of invisible residents, the protagonist believes the words of the Pledge are "One nation, ''invisible'', with liberty and justice for all". The story suggests this might be an intentional [[Mondegreen]] on the teacher's part, given the residents' own invisibility.
* There's a running joke in ''[[Good Omens (Literature)|Good Omens]]'' about how all cassette tapes left in cars will eventually metamorphose into tapes of "The Greatest Hits of Queen". Crowley listens to the song "Radio Ga Ga", hearing the lyrics "''All we need is Radio Ga Ga''". It's actually "''All we'' hear ''is Radio Ga Ga.''"
* "Olive, the other reindeer ..." (''[[Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer]]'': "...
* One of [[Beverly Cleary]]'s ''[[Ramona Quimby]]'' books had the titular protagonist thinking that the lyrics of ''The Star-Spangled Banner'' began "Oh say can you see, by the dawnzer's lee light" and becoming convinced that "dawnzer" must be another word for "lamp."
* John T. Sladek's novel ''The Müller-Fokker Effect'' (really!) has the following version of ''The Star-Spangled Banner'':
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At the toilet's last cleaning. }}
* An in-universe mondegreen names the book ''[[Snot Stew]]'': it comes from the [[Cute Kitten|kitten protagonists]] mishearing the human children arguing: "Is not!" "Is too!" becomes "S'not!" "S'tew!"
* ''A Monk Swimming'' by Malachy McCourt (a memoir of growing up in Ireland and moving to America) uses a mondegreen from the prayer "Hail Mary" -- "blessed art thou amongst women".
* Novelization of ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'' has this dialogue between Gunray and Anakin:
{{quote| '''Gunray:''' Palpatine promised to leave us in peace!<br />
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* The title ''[[The Catcher in The Rye (Literature)|The Catcher in The Rye]]'' comes from an in-universe Mondegreen, Holden mishears the song "Comin' Thru the Rye" and adopts this mistaken phrase as his future purpose in life, forming a mental image of himself catching kids who are running around in a rye field (which is inexplicably placed on "some crazy cliff," which to him is symbolic of [[Moral Guardian|protecting them from adult themes]], especially sex. The song is actually, very ironically, about two lovers meeting to have sex in a rye field.
* Several books by Gavin Edwards (before the Internet made reading and sharing mondegreens easy), in the 1990's are collections of these sent in by readers: '''Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy'', ''He's Got The Whole World in his Pants'', ''When a Man Loves a Walnut'', and ''Deck the Halls with Buddy Holly''.
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