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* In an early '70s TV commercial for the short-lived Cap'n Crunch variant ''Vanilly Crunch'', the good captain's ship is approached by Wilma the Whale, the mascot for that cereal. After the captain does a description of the cereal, he shoots a cannon at the whale! Turns out that pirate Jean [[La Foote]] (the "bad guy" in these ads) had disguised his now-sinking vessel as Wilma. Cap'n Crunch knew it because he described Vanilly Crunch and the whale didn't smile.
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Used to Hawkeye's advantage in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' to trick Envy, who was disguised as Roy, as part of her [[Batman Gambit]]. She aims a gun at him, saying that Roy never calls her "Lieutenant" in private. Cue Envy immediately breaking the form, cursing his luck and shouting "[[Everyone Can See It|I ''knew'' there was something going on with you two]]!
* This trope is a key plot point in the ''[[Weiss Kreuz]]'' OAV ''Verbrechen ~ Strafe''. During a mission briefing, when asked if she's well, Weiss's [[The Handler|handler]] Manx replies that she's having trouble with her allergy to black lilies. Much later, when Weiss finish springing their trap on the villain who was holding Manx hostage, they reveal that "[[Flower Motifs|black lily]]" is a codeword indicating "lies," and that Manx's comment had alerted them to the fact that the orders given in that mission briefing were fraudulent.
* In the Chuunin exams arc of ''[[Naruto]]'', Sasuke proposes using a password in case of enemy ninjas using doppelgangers to imitate one of them (again), and makes up a long poem as the passphrase. A few scenes later, Naruto excuses himself to pee, and when he returns he is quizzed for the passphrase, and successfully gives it. Of course, Sasuke knows that the real Naruto would not have remembered such a long passphrase, and that he was being spied on when he made it.
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* ''[[Super Robot Wars]]: Original Generation'' subverts this. When a main character's girlfriend disappears and later reappears, the character remarks that it's not her, because "even she wouldn't be silly at a time like this". When they break the mind control, she acts just like she did when she was mind-controlled. Another character mutters "Would never act like this in this situation, huh?".
* In ''[[Marvel Ultimate Alliance]]'', [[Doctor Doom]]'s henchmen get "Dum Dum" Dugan to come to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Omega Base by relaying a [[Distress Call]]. However, [[Nick Fury]] figures out it is a trap when Dugan (purposefully) lists Bruce Banner as being a scientist researching the Super Soldier Serum when he is in fact assigned to the Gamma Bomb project.
* A subtle one left for the player to notice occurs in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic II]]'' on Korriban. When the player encounters [[Trickster Mentor|Kreia]] in a tomb on the planet she supposedly won't set foot on, one way to deduce this is an illusion that's not of Kreia's making is hidden in "Kreia"'s dialog. By this point in the game, the player will have noticed [[The Nicknamer|Kreia refers to the other party members by anything ''but'' their name]]<ref>Except for one very specific instance where, outside of the player character's presence, she's taunting a character on how she knows that name is actually alias.</ref>, so perceptive players should notice when the "Kreia" they meet does this not just once, but twice in rapid succession.
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* In ''[[Questionable Content]]'', Faye and her [[Crazy Prepared]] mother have worked out a code phrase for when Faye was being held against her will.
{{quote|'''Faye''': No mother, the peaches are '''definitely not ripe'''.}}
* Belkar of ''[[The
{{quote|'''Belkar''': Let's stop the violence.
'''Side Character''': See? Even your other party member agrees which means-
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* In ''[[Something*Positive]],'' Eva had an Internet romance with someone who claimed to be Davan. Davan's friend Josh, however, was suspicious, partially because the e-mails all had perfect spelling, something Davan apparently doesn't bother with. Unfortunately for Eva, she didn't listen.
* In ''[[Exiern]]'' Neils tries to drop hints [http://www.exiern.com/?p=1340 here] that he has been be-spelled and is no longer fully in control of his own actions by calling Crown Princess Peonie the "Second In Line To The Throne" instead of the first. It seems like no one notices at the time though. Peonie had to have it spelled out to her after the inevitable kidnapping, but her father was just going along with it 'til he could get his other assets in play.
* ''[[Blue Yonder]]'' discovers his family [https://web.archive.org/web/20201228002516/https://www.smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=80060&articleNo=41 on an impromptu vacation] "to Omega Centuri".
== [[Web Original]] ==
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