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'''Virgil:''' A lot of 'em.
'''Doctor:''' Does your father know what you've been doing?
'''Virgil:''' No! And he can't! Hold on... whoa, doc, [[Lampshade Hanging|we are talking about two different things here]]!
|[[Static Shock]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}l4B5VyOHdqc episode 2.]}}
Two characters are discussing something... but they're discussing two totally different things. Their actions and responses—vague enough to be applied to either topic—happen to match up so well, though, that neither notices for some time, if at all.
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{{examples}}
== Advertisement ==
* In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHvyH73oZrU a Vonage VOIP commercial], a couple with a new child walk into the room where the father refers to their daughter as "their new bundle of joy". Hearing the word "Bundle" the wife remembers something and explicitly states that they are loosing a lot of money to his current phone bundle and they should drop it. The husband, seemingly unable to hear the word "Phone" in her sentence, thinks she is talking about their child. So when she states they should get rid of the bundle as it will just get harder to do the longer they don't, the husband has a look of utter horror on his face.
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* Several times in ''[[School Rumble]]''. A notable one is when Eri idly asks Tenma if she's seen a male body before. Tenma says yes, referring to a wrestling match she had recently gone to with Karasuma. The resulting conversation has Eri thinking Tenma is talking about sex while Tenma describes the various moves she saw at the match.
* In ''[[Ichiban Ushiro no Dai Maou]]'', when Akuto goes to visit Junko's father, he doesn't realize that the reason for the visit is a marriage interview, rather than just a typical meet and greet. Junko however, thought he knew, and their conversation is pretty ambiguous until she secretly meets with him in his room at night.
== Comic Books ==
* Happens in ''[[X-Factor (comics)|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]].
* Neil Gaiman loved to do this in his ''[[Sandman]]'' comic series, with at least three separate occurrences.
== Fan
* In the ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' fanfic ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', {{spoiler|Kyon and his father}} have a chat. {{spoiler|Kyon}} thinks {{spoiler|his father}} found out about his connections to a [[Yakuza]] family. {{spoiler|His father}} is actually talking about an [[Arranged Marriage]].
** Earlier, {{spoiler|Kyon and Mori}} had a conversation about protection. {{spoiler|Kyon}} thought they were talking about bulletproof armour when actually...
*** Which started when {{spoiler|Mori}} misunderstood a comment about people ''literally'' [[Innocent Innuendo|sleeping together]].
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'''Detective Krevoy:''' This wasn't your first time, was it, Ted? How many we talking?
'''Ted:''' Hitchhikers? I don't know - fifty... a hundred maybe - who keeps track? Hey, I know this is the Bible Belt, but where I come from this is not that big a deal. }}
* Played straight in ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' when Lazar Wolf wants to ask Tevye for permission to marry his daughter, but since Lasar is a butcher, Tevye assumes he wants to buy Tevye's milk cow. See the entry under Theater.
* Done in a totally non-comedic fashion in ''[[Shutter Island]]'' when Teddy Daniels finds George Noyce. {{spoiler|Noyce actually gives away the entire, cruel [[Twist Ending]]: that Teddy is actually [[Tomato in the Mirror|Andrew Laeddis (who Teddy believes is responsible for his wife's death]]... [[Prophecy Twist|and he's right)]], that he's an inmate of the asylum, and that the entire "investigation" is just a game for Teddy's benefit. Teddy, however, is so wrapped up in his delusions that he can't understand anything Noyce is saying (except for the bit about experiments in the lighthouse, which, ironically, are ''Noyce's'' delusions), and the audience is so trusting of Teddy's subjective point of view that they can't appreciate Noyce's words [[Fridge Brilliance|until the movie's over]].}}
* Applied liberally in Roberto Begnini's ''[[Johnny Stecchino]]'', where many, many people converse with Dante on the actions of his [[Identical Stranger]], the titular mob informant which he is unwittingly playing [[Body Double]] for, while Dante himself is talking about something much more innocent, like the banana he stole.
* Les Grossman's [[Cluster F-Bomb|infamous]] exchange with Flaming Dragon in ''[[Tropic Thunder]]''. They're a group of warlords trying to ransom a hostage, and he thinks they're a rival talent agency trying to sign his biggest star. Possibly subverted in that I doubt Grossman's approach would have been any different had he known they were warlords.
{{quote|'''Grossman''': "Take a step back and literally '''FUCK YOUR OWN FACE!''' I don't know what kind of Pan-Pacific bullshit power play you're trying to pull on me, but Asia, Jack, is my territory. So whatever you're thinking, you better think again! Otherwise I'm gonna have to head down there and I will rain down an ungodly fucking firestorm upon you! you're gonna have to call the fucking United Nations and get a fucking binding resolution to keep me from fucking destroying you. I'm talking about scorched earth motherfucker! I will massacre you! I WILL '''FUCK YOU UP'''!"}}
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* 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 ''[[Being There]]'' (both movie and source novella), the vast majority of the conversations [[Seemingly-Profound Fool|Chance the Gardener]] has with other characters turn out as this due to their preconceived notions about him—because he ''looks and sounds'' like a cultured businessman, that's what he's assumed to be, rather than the mentally-challenged gardener he actually is.
* 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:
{{quote|'''Fiona:''' You heard what I said?
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* In ''[[Enemy of the State]]'', [[Will Smith|Dean]] weaponizes this trope. {{spoiler|Early in the movie some [[Chekhov's Gunman|Chekhov's Gunmen]] [[The Mafia|Mafiosi]] confronted him about a tape being used as evidence in a legal case he was on}}. In the main plot of the movie an acquaintance had slipped Dean a tape with evidence of murder by an NSA agent. When Dean has finally figured out the plot but got captured by the NSA, {{spoiler|he tells the NSA agents that the Mafiosi have the tape they want. A meeting is arranged and the NSA and Mafia play out this trope. They end up murdering each other rather thoroughly, never realizing that they were talking about two completely different tapes.}}
* In ''[[The Rescuers Down Under]]'', Bernard tries to propose to Bianca, but misplaces the ring. While he looks for it, Bianca receives word of the mission to Australia, and when Bernard returns and tries to propose again, she thinks he's talking about the mission and accepts. He is delighted, but is perplexed that she wants to do it now, and that she only needs to wear khaki shorts and hiking boots.
* A very unusual musical version is done in the little-seen French film ''[[Les jolies choses]] (Pretty Things)'' (2001): towards the the end, Lucie {{spoiler|who is really Marie pretending to be her famous sister, as Lucie committed suicide}} performs in a concert and sings the title song, the lyrics of which include her addressing someone named "Lucie" angrily ("tu peux partir, je ne t'aime pas"—you can leave, I don't love you) and then eventually saying "mais toi, c'est moi" (but you are me) and ending on a bittersweet loving note: "les jolies choses, c'est la mort...maintenant Lucie dort, maintenant, Lucie, dors" (the pretty things are death; now Lucie is sleeping, now, Lucie, sleep). The audience is cheering and singing along, thinking it's just a hypothetical song referring to herself and employing poetic license, entirely missing the [[Lyrical Dissonance]] and not realizing she's really talking about {{spoiler|her twin's suicide, first expressing anger at her selfishness and then realizing her love for her and forgiving her and finally wishing her peace.}} It's actually really powerful.
* Used repeatedly, between varying people, in ''[[Ruthless People]]'', to glorious effect. A [[Gold Digger]] thinks she send her boyfriend a blackmail tape with him murdering his wife, but it's a man having loud sex with a prostitute. So the boyfriend calls the girlfriend thanking her for sending him the tape and promising to do the same thing to her. This makes the girlfriend fear for her safety and send the tape to a judge... who turns out be the exact man having sex, and while she thinks she's just helping him with his investigation, he thinks she's blackmailing him with the tape to arrest her boyfriend.
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