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Due to the nature of this trope with [[Shown Their Work|multiple cultural references]] in quick succession, some of the allusions may fly over the audience's head. This usually doesn't actually hurt the comedic potential though.
 
See [[WhosWho's On First?]] for this trope dealing solely with people with unfortunately confusing names.
 
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== [[Comedy]] ==
* [[Abbott and Costello]]'s famous "[[WhosWho's On First?]]" comedy routine, where Abbott tries identifying the players of a baseball team to Costello, but Costello's constant misinterpretation of the players' names and nicknames as non-responsive answers leads to Abbott constantly invoking the trope ... and leaving Costello even more confused and frustrated!
 
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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