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** Happens in Chapter 25 of the Negima fanfic ''[[A Day Indoors]]'' between Negi & Yuuna, when Yuuna misinterprets just what is required to form a Pactio. {{spoiler|(Negi: "We're supposed to kiss!" Yuuna (having just stripped nude): "Sounds like a great way to start!" (jumps him))}}

* A staple of ''[[Mitsudomoe]]''. Such as Shinya's fangirls mistaking a younger photo of the triplets' dad for their crush. Futaba being a [[Daddy's Girl]] leads to some awkward tension between them.

* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', The Elric's begin talking to Maria Ross when she mentions {{spoiler|Hughes's}} death. However, due to Mustang telling them that he retired to the countryside, they think Ross is talking about his ''retirement''. {{spoiler|It's then subverted when she mentions that he received a double promotion. When the Elrics question the flawed logic of somebody retiring and receiving a Double Promotion, both parties realize what happened.}}

* Expertly done in an episode of ''[[Irresponsible Captain Tylor]]'', where the main character has a running conversation with himself which has little do with what several characters who come in one at a time have to say to him... but somehow manages to sound okay to them. Is easily the series' [[Crowning Moment of Funny]].

== Comic Books ==

* Happens in ''[[X-Factor]]'' #29, when Theresa tries to tell Jamie she's pregnant with his child, and Jamie thinks she's trying to quit the team. The situation is resolved and lampshaded by [[Genre Savvy|Monet]], who apparently recognizes the situation from [[Three's Company]].

== Fan Fiction ==

* ''[[Sideways]]'': Paul Giamatti's poetic description of why he loves Pinot Noir probably isn't about wine.

* In ''[[Touch Of Pink]]'' Alim and Giles discuss a man who's played an important role in their lives. Giles talks about the [[Jerk Jock|guy]] he's been sleeping with, Alim talks about his imaginary friend, and both are surprised that the other already knows.

* In [[Billy Wilder]]'s ''The Emperor's Waltz'', the Emperor is suggesting the breeding of two poodles. The general he is talking to believes they are discussing an [[Arranged Marriage]] for his daughter.

* A very good one happens in the first ''[[Shrek]]'' movie when Shrek overhears Donkey's conversation with Fiona about {{spoiler|her turning into an ogre at night. Because he hears only part of the conversation, when she says, "Who could love such a hideous, ugly beast?", he thinks she's referring to him.}} The confrontation he has with her the next day is very much two different conversations:

* ''[[iCarly]]'':In ''iEnrage Gibby'', when Carly is talking to Mr. Klemish, She thinks they're talking about a bad review of Spencer's sculptures, while Mr. Klemish thinks they're talking about Spencer's fake death.

* Dear God, ''all the time'' on ''[[Coupling]]''. Notable examples include: Sally thinking Patrick's girlfriend is stepping out on him with Jeff, while Patrick's girlfriend (who's bisexual and in favor of an open relationship) thinks Sally is hitting on her; Patrick flirting with Jane's therapist, with each one believing the other is gay; and the telephone mess involving a phony bar full of Australians and "Giselle, the French bitch" that leads to Susan and Steve's break-up.

* In ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' near the start of season 6, Carlos and Lynette have a conversation where Carlos is talking about Lynette having breast implants while Lynette thinks he is talking about her pregnancy that she is trying to keep a secret from him, no [[Mistaken Confession]] resulted though.

** An earlier example (Season 5): Lynette thinks that Tom is using the warehouse where his group rehearse to have sex with another woman. It actually happens that one of his sons is using said warehouse for that. When Lynette confronts Tom, Tom thinks that he's speaking about their son, but after Tom tells her about it, Lynette realizes in horror that his son is having sex with an older woman(much to Tom's shock, as well).

* The ''[[A Bit of Fry and Laurie]]'' sketch "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B38g-tLOTFI My Dear Boy]". {{spoiler|It's actually a subversion; the punch line of the sketch is that they were talking about the same thing all along.}}

* An episode of [[Leverage]], ''Three Nights of the Hunter'', has a very brief example. The mark for the episode, a journalist, has been steered towards a politician to ask about an alleged government project called "Destiny". The Destiny that he thinks she means is his favourite stripper.

* Subverted between Brian and Justin in an episode of [[Queer as Folk]]. They are both aware of the fact that their discussion concerns two different things at once (namely, whether Brian should accept Justin back on his firm, and whether they should resume their relationship).

** In another episode, Brian and Michael are very upset about the night before; Brian because Babylon was closed down and Michael because he found out that Melanie and Lindsey had broken up months ago without telling anyone. [[Hilarity Ensues|Hilarity Ensues:]]

* On ''[[Modern Family]]'', Claire tries to encourage Haley to break up with her dimbulb boyfriend Dylan, using an analogous couple in the soap opera they're watching. Haley thinks Claire's talking about her own marriage, which happened to start out the same way.

** Also happened when Luke read Haley's diary on the computer, but Claire thought he had stumbled across pornographic pictures.

** After Jay accidentally insults a pair of vacation acquaintances, Gloria tells them he's going senile. Then they try to talk to Manny about it, beginning with "We hear he's a little off his game," which gets Manny thinking they're talking about Jay's golf skills ("He does swear a lot. The worst is when he goes in the woods.").

* The ''[[Spin City]]'' episode "The Great Pretender" has Mike being named sexiest man in New York City and finding himself unable to perform after a mistimed comment from the Mayor about not being able to get away from the public eye. He finally asks the Mayor if he had any "problems" when running for office, and he tells him about the time he took his wife on a romantic getaway... only to have his golf game run out the window. Mike ends up running with it and ends up getting great advice, though the Mayor remains oblivious throughout the conversation.

* On ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' Cory and Eric have one of these where Cory thinks Topanga told Eric that she is pregnant and Eric thinks that Cory is talking about Topanga's diet, which is what she actually told Eric about.

* In the [[Angel]] episode ''Fredless'', Fred runs to Lorne, [[The Empath]], for help after panicking and running away from her parents, who have been looking for her for years. Lorne says something about "those monsters" being after her, and both she and the audience are led to think he means her parents... {{spoiler|Nope, turns out she was being followed by ''literal'' monsters, in the form of demons from what appeared to be just a bit of b-plot - her parents have nothing but good intentions}}. Interestingly, given how Lorne's powers seem to work, it seems likely that ''he'' wasn't entirely sure what the specific threat was, just that something dangerous was after her.

* In ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]'' Trevet and Syd wonder if Gage would like Salsa (the dance). After he comes in he claims he loves Salsa, especially on chips.

* In an episode of [[Castle]], Beckett asks the [[Body of the Week|victim]]'s therapist what problems he came to her for. She said he had battled depression, which led to an eating disorder: "His diet was horrible. Scraps from the garbage... dead birds, even his own feces." After a beat, Castle realizes she was actually talking about the victim's ''dog''.

* ''[[Fiddler On the Roof]]'': Tevye and Lazar Wolf meet up in a bar in one scene. Lazar Wolf wants to talk about potentially marrying Tevye's daughter Tzeitel. However, Tevye doesn't know that, believing that Lazar Wolf wants to buy one of his cows. Cue an awkward conversation between the two with [[Double Entendre|Double Entendres]] and innuendos abound.

* In an relatively old Norwegian theater piece, ''Rett i Lomma'' ("Right in the Pocket", referring to money easily obtained through fraud), the [[Villain Protagonist]] (Erik) has spent the last two years making up fake personalities to cash in on their various "illnesses" and subsequent state support money. Then a tax inspector shows up and wants some signatures on a few papers in order to confirm the next payment to "Mr. Thomasen". Erik promptly says he is Thomasen and signs the paper. But the inspector also needs Erik's signature. He asks his friend Normann to do this, but the attempt is thwarted as Normann is forced to take on another role as the inspector mentions other people and Erik begins lying about them too. This leads to him and Normann having to play various fake roles in order to cover up the fraud as more and more oblivious people arrive at the scene and begin asking questions. [[Hilarity Ensues]] as they take on more and more ridiculous personality traits and come up with more and more complex excuses. Most conversations are then misunderstood as the roles become too complex to keep track of. Several scenes have not double, but ''multi-layered'' conversations.

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