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* Early in ''[[AIR]]'', Yukito's explanation about why he was hugging Kano is like this, and leads to Hijiri getting angry and charging him with scalpels. Luckily, [[Dojikko|Misuzu's]] intervention means that Hijiri's reaction is [[Played for Laughs]].
* In ''[[The World God Only Knows]]'', Keima has an accidental pervert moment with Haqua with a [[Tsundere|predictable]] result despite him not even really caring. A bit later, he reassures her by saying he has no memory of her naked body anyway. This might help normally, only Haqua is already bothered by the way he never shows attraction to anyone or anything outside of his games. Cue getting hit again.
* A dramatic example occurs in ''[[Happy Yarou Wedding]]'', when a drunken makeout session is suddenly halted by Yuuhi and Todou fears he's made him uncomfortable and lies that he mistook him for his dead wife. Since Yuuhi had stopped because he was shocked to realize he was in love with Todou, this crushes him and he decides to never return. Todou then persistently texts him with messages like "I have no interest in men" and "sorry for making you feel bad" in attempt to get him to come back, but of course this just makes Yuuhi even more upset.
* In ''[[FLCL]]'', Mamimi confronts Naota and accuses him of having a crush on Haruko, to which Naota replies, "How can you like someone who's insane?" The problem is that Mamimi is a pyromaniac arsonist, and Naota knows this.
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'''Beetle:''' ''What?'' <small>Don't kill me</small>. }}
* Rocky (from the Swedish furry comic, not the boxer) once gets into this when meeting his current girlfriend's father (I think it was...). He wants to compliment him on his house, but makes a [[Freudian Slip]] and substitutes "dick" for "house", and then it gets worse. The girlfriend's father shuts him up with the wonderful comeback: "Kid, if you've put your foot in your mouth, at least have the sense to stand still!"
* Used as a visual metaphor in the furry comic ''[[ISO]]'', when Cody has to swiftly make up lies about his supposed girlfriend to keep his parents from finding out about Doug, as well as the fact he's on the outs with Todd [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|and has a roommate he can't stand]].
* The tie-in comic for [[Star Trek Elite Force]] involves Beissman responding enthusiastically to the assignment of [[Distracted by the Sexy|watching Seven's back.]] She handles it in her [[Deadpan Snarker|usual manner.]]
{{quote|'''Seven:''' That hole you're digging is getting deeper.}}
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* Was made into something of an art by ''[[Coupling]]'', in which attempted conversation-starters, usually by the hapless Jeff, devolved into such subjects as amputation, and collecting human ears in a bucket. In fact, this page used to be called "Bucket Of Ears".
{{quote|'''Jeff:''' You have the eyes of ten women. ...I don't mean, like, [[Having a Heart|in a jar]]. I wasn't accusing you.}}
** A non-Jeff example is when Steve talks to Jane's psychiatrist Jill. She thinks that he's nervous because sometimes what she does makes people nervous in a social context. Believing her to be Jane's girlfriend, he tells her that "you girls" have got "the best of both worlds." When pushed to explain what he's talking about, he uses a metaphor Jeff brought up earlier in the episode:
{{quote|'''Steve:''' Well erm, you've got four breasts...
'''Jill:''' I'm sorry?
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'''Hoyt:''' (clocks him square in the face) I MEANT HOW COULD YOU?! }}
* On ''[[The Muppet Show]]'', Miss Piggy tells [[Danny Kaye]] how thrilled she is to meet him. Danny says that they've actually met before, which she might not remember because it was a long, long time ago. Then he realizes women don't like to be reminded of their ages, and says it was back when she was thin. The punchline comes during their subsequent musical number: "I'm sorry I said I knew you when you were thin. I ''never'' knew you when you were thin."
* Frequently, this is what people do on ''[[Survivor]]'' when the jury really doesn't like them and is just picking between the lesser of two-three evils.
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== Real Life ==
* It is possible to do this to oneself in an argument, especially if you're using [[The War On Straw|straw men]] in the first place.
* There's an old story about a German mayor who didn't want people let their dogs run unleashed in the local forest, so he had put up a sign stating: "Anyone who'll let his dog run unleashed in the forest will be shot!" When someone remarked that this could be read as if the ''owners'' of the dogs were shot, the mayor had it "improved" to: "Anyone who'll let his dog run unleashed in the forest will be shot, the dog!" ("Dog" being a somewhat outdated insult.)
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