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[[Alice and Bob|Alice]] uses a figure of speech. Bob reiterates the usual metaphorical meaning. Alice says no, she meant it literally.
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** ''Adolescence of Utena'': "Utena is the vehicle through which Anthy escapes from Ohtori."
** In the show, Nanami thinks she's (literally) laid an egg and asks her brother how he feels about girls who lay eggs. "Do you know why we've been able to live together so happily? It's because you aren't the type of girl who lays eggs."
* In ''[[Rocket Girls]]'', Yukari is offered a job that's "so simple even a monkey could do it"
* A variation occurs in an episode of ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'', when Chiyo, overwhelmed at the preparations for the Culture Fest, begs someone to turn back the clock before it's too late. [[Cloudcuckoolander|Osaka]] takes this as literal instruction.
* In ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', the last half of the episode is set to a backdrop of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy". {{spoiler|When Kaworu enters Heaven's Door to merge with Adam (and destroy humanity)}}, they sing a part with two of these metaphors:
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== Comic Strips ==
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'': Several of Calvin's [[Imagine Spot
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== Puppet Shows ==
* Tons of jokes on ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' involve
* This extends to a number of other Muppet works. ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'', for example, features jokes about "starting off with a bang", "drinks on the house", and a "fork in the road".
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** One of the bits of flavor text:
{{quote|''Humans do not understand the nature of crime on Nigerian campuses. They do not understand why it seems so hard to fight. I did not understand, until I became [[A God Am I|Noble]]; until I could ''see'' it. The gangs are not packs of rogues. They are not criminals. They are a hydra. Cut off one head and two more grow. This is not a metaphor. This is not a verbal device. They are a hydra. I have seen it rage with my own two eyes.''}}
** Being a game about [[Anthropomorphic Personification
{{quote|''The stone was as heavy as my sins. That's not a metaphor, not exactly. That's how heavy my mistress had made it.''}}
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* This is a commonly used punchline in ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]''.
* In ''[[Meat Shield (webcomic)|Meat Shield]]'', Leonid the pseudo-lich once did [http://www.meatshield.net/archive/179-a-little-soul-searching/ a bit of soul-searching]. Since at the time he was a disembodied head that had been stuffed inside his [[Soul Jar]], this didn't take very long. (For that matter, the fact that this particular phylactery is indeed a jar may fall into Literal Metaphor too.)
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' had Coyote and Renard referring to Annie as "fire-headed girl" and telling her "there's a fire in you... fire that belonged to your mother!"
* In ''Lowroad'', when Giselle [http://lowroad75.comicgenesis.com/d/20090427.html was followed by] her (deservedly) [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]], [http://lowroad75.comicgenesis.com/d/20090402.html Garon]:
{{quote|'''Butler''': Madam, I thing you should know he is undressing you with his eyes. }}
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== Web Original ==
* ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall]]'': Where bad comics burn. This is ''usually'' a figure of speech referring to the comic being [[Caustic Critic|critically roasted]], but on three occasions thus far he has literally set the comics on fire once he's finished reviewing them.
* [[Jesu Otaku]] often says metaphorical-sounding things in her anime reviews immediately before showing clips of those exact things
* [[Transolar Galactica]]'s first episode revolves around Captain Trigger ordering his helmsman to steer to the "second star to the right, straight on 'til morning".
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{{quote|'''Malory''': And is Krieger...hard at work?
'''Archer''': He literally might be, yes. }}
* [[Looney Tunes|Marvin the Martian's]] "[[Earthshattering Kaboom|Earth-shattering kaboom]]" was a literal metaphor. Then it became metaphorical
* In ''[[The Cleveland Show]]'', Mr. Waterman is trying to find the rest of his Santa costume:
{{quote|'''Mr. Waterman:''' Where's my [[The Beard|beard]]?
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