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* Adding a deliberately obvious "wink, wink" or "nudge" after the statement
 
See also [[Don't Explain the Joke]] and [[That's What She Said]]. Has a distinct familiarity with [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]] and [[Intercourse Withwith You]]. If the person being talked to still doesn't get it, see [[Entendre Failure]].
 
'''NOTE:''' This trope is about ''pointing out'' a [[Double Entendre]]. If you find a double entendre [[Sinkhole|sinkholed]] to this article or one of its former titles, remove the sinkhole.
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== Fan Fic ==
* ''[[Those Lacking Spines (Fanfic)|Those Lacking Spines]]'', a Kingdom Hearts fanfic, uses the term [[Unusual Euphemism|"...you know"]] to describe a certain male body part the members of Organization XIII were in danger of losing... if you know what I mean.
 
 
== Films -- Live-Action ==
* Subverted in the film ''[[BAS EketballBaseketball]]'', in which Baxter Cain repeatedly utters this line, but each time is referring to the purely literal meaning of the [[Double Entendre]], rather than the lewd one.
{{quote| '''Baxter:''' My hallway could use a good...''buffing'', if you know what I mean...<br />
'''Yvette:''' I think I know exactly what you mean...<br />
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'''Dora Charleston''': ... What ''does'' he mean, Miss Skeffington?<br />
'''Miss Skeffington''': I'll tell you later. It's disgusting. }}
* In the third ''[[Spider -Man (Filmfilm)|Spider Man]]'' movie with Eddie Brock/Venom and Mary Jane
{{quote| '''Venom''': Oooh, my spider sense is tingling... if you know what I'm talking about.}}
* In the film version of ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince|Harry Potter]]'', Cormac McLaggen asks Ron if he can introduce him to Hermione, stating "I'd like to get to know her on a first name basis, know what I mean?"
* In ''Shelter'', Jeanne is concerned because her brother Zach has been surfing with Shaun, who's gay. She talks to Zach about it, saying: "I don't think that he's the best guy to be hanging out with all day half naked, if you know what I mean."
* ''[[Easy A (Film)|Easy A]]'':
{{quote| '''Rosemary Penderghast:''' No, your father is as straight as they come. A little too straight, if you know what I mean, girlfriend.<br />
'''Olive Penderghast:''' I don't. }}
* ''[[Robo Cop|RoboCop]]'':
{{quote| ''"I got a date. Couple "models" comin' to my place. You know what I mean?"''<br />
''"I'd buy that for a dollar!"'' }}
* Scotty's smarmy talk about the Enterprise in ''[[Star Trek (Filmfilm)|Star Trek]]'' (2009) qualifies as a Nudge:
{{quote| '''Scotty:''' So, the Enterprise has had its maiden voyage, has it? She is one well-endowed lady. I'd like to get my hands on her "ample nacelles," if you pardon the engineering parlance... }}
* ''[[Chinatown]]'':
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* "As the actress said to the bishop" is actually the [[Catch Phrase]] of the [[Gentleman Thief]], ''[[The Saint]]''. Occasionally he turned it around, using "...as the bishop said to the actress."
* Oddly, since the author is American, in [[Gene Wolfe]]'s ''[[Book of the New Sun]]'', one character {{spoiler|an android}} Jonas is fond of inserting "as x said to y" comments in his speech, although unlike most examples, they don't always have a bawdy connotation.
* [[Discworld (Literature)|Nanny Ogg]] quite often used double entendres (though, as the books note, hers were ''single'' entendres and proud of it.)
{{quote| "Just twist the first thing you can grab", as the High Priest said to the vestal virgin.}}
** Nanny Ogg's actions are occasionally ''described'' like this. For example, she often likes to [[Bawdy Song|sing]] about how fortunate the hedgehog is compared to an unbelievable number of other animals. While doing humorous gestures ...
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== Live Action TV ==
* Rampant in the [[Stargate Universe (TV)|Stargate Universe]] episode ''Seizure'' when discussing the applications of virtual interaction.
* The "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT3_UCm1A5I Nudge, Nudge]" sketch from ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' is, as the quote above indicates, one of the most famous examples of this gag.
* ''[[The Frantics]]''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6iSk9vsK_E "Dirty Words"] sketch, in which a man does this with neutral words from newspaper headlines.
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'''Dirty Words Man:''' It is if you say it right. }}
** It is if you're a [[Fan Nickname|Bowie fan]]. Then again, that's {{smallcaps|Area}}. There can be only one!
** Also if you're an ''[[MST3KMystery Science Theater 3000]]'' fan (also acceptable: region, store)
* On ''[[Friends]]'' it was a running gag that when Joey said something raunchy, he'd follow up with an explanation in case the others didn't catch his meaning, which they always did. Once he said, "If you know what I mean," to which Monica replied, "Joey? We ''always'' know what you mean."
** In an earlier episode the Friends were comparing sex to a concert, comparing foreplay to a comedian, and penetration as the band. The women say that they should bring back the comedian for a second go a bit more often otherwise they [[A Date Withwith Rosie Palms|might just end up listening to the album of the band instead]]. Joey responds with: "...We're still talking about sex, right?"
** Chandler seeing Rachel's boss led to this exchange.
{{quote| '''Chandler:''' She's not just the boss in your office...if you know what I mean.<br />
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'''Frasier:''' Oh of course we ARE!<br />
'''Niles:''' ... Sex, right? }}
* A game on ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'', using the original trope name, is devoted to Lampshaded Double Entendre jokes. It features the performers turning ''every single line'' into a double entendre by ending every sentence with, "If you know what I mean." The game's comedic value comes from the players thinking up ever more elaborate metaphors, often going to the point where they don't make any sense eg. the infamous: "Can I help you fluff your Garfield?"
** If you think that last one doesn't make any sense, try saying it to a woman. What conclusion do you think she'll come to?
** This game was occasionally subverted by Colin Mochrie, with lines like "No, I don't know what you mean," or "I'm going to go to the bathroom." The other members would simply react in mock disgust when it came to subverting. In contrast to Colin Mochrie, Brad Sherwood was a stand-out in this game.
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'''Michael:''' Blowing up balloons, I thought. }}
* As noted above, "If you know what I mean, and I think you do." is the catch-phrase of famed drive-in film critic and monster-movie show host [http://www.joebobbriggs.com/ Joe Bob Briggs], who wasn't allowed to describe most of the events of the movies he reviewed in his original position as a newspaper film critic.
* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' provides an inversion when a physical therapist orders Dr. House to use a quad cane:
{{quote| '''Cameron:''' Nice cane.<br />
'''House:''' ...if I know what you mean! }}
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* [[Running Gag]] on ''[[The Tick]]'': Batmanuel says "if you know what I'm saying" and The Tick replies [[Entendre Failure|"Nope."]]
* April Rhodes to Will on ''[[Glee]]'': "Divorce? So you're free to date? And by date, I mean sleep with people, and by sleep with I mean have sex with people, people like ME!"
* Invoked on an episode of [[Beastmaster (TV)|BeastmasterBeastMaster]].
** King Zad: Every [[Mooks|Terron warrior]] will have a priceless horn!...so to speak.
* On ''[[Absolutely Fabulous (TV)|Absolutely Fabulous]]'', Patsy is quite fond of this type of joke--as well as laughing at her own jokes. The best example is probably: "The only thing that got him up in the night was his bladder. D'you get it, Ed? D'you get it? The only thing he got UP for, was to have a slash." (From "Fat")
* From the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "The Time of Angels": "Ooh, Doctor, you sonic-ed her!"
** Also the repeated references to 'dancing' in "The Empty Child"/''The Doctor Dances''.
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{{quote| Castle: I bet, as we speak, in this hospital, two doctors are in a breakroom... doing it. And by "it", I mean...<br />
Beckett (interrupting): I know what "it" means, Castle. And that... is just a fantasy. }}
* ''[[ALF (TV)|ALF]]'' occasionally alludes to Kate and Willy's love life in roundabout ways. At least once he'd claim to leave the two of them alone so they can, well, "wink wink nudge nudge".
** In one episode, when Lynn comes back from a date, he asks, "How did you two make out?", laughing suggestively. Willie and Kate are disgusted.
* Lampshaded in one episode of ''[[Cybill]]''. Cybill plays the part of a mother in an ad for something called "Femigel", which is supposed to help women with "you know what I mean".
* ''[[Community (TV)|Community]]'':
{{quote| '''Chang:''' "And then she said "screw you!" or "screw education!" or something like that and stormed out of the room in her high-heeled boots like it was tampon time. ''If'' you know what I mean."<br />
'''Jeff:''' "[[Deadpan Snarker|Objection. I don't know what he means.]]"<br />
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* Tara did this in the musical episode of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. It wasn't quite a remark, but the "wink wink, nudge nudge" look she gave Willow when singing "I can feel you inside" erased any possibility that this might have been some kind of metaphor.
* The ''entire episode'' "What Sexual Harris Meant" of [[Dinosaurs]] was rife with these - all coming from the character's mouth.
* In "The Dogs of War," the second-to-last episode of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', Zek tells Quark in a comm transmission "I'm retiring. Your mother and I are moving to Risa to enjoy our old age and do a lot of (''static''), if you know I mean. Quark's response? "Good for you, I guess."
* ''[[Fist of Fun]]'s'' "Four Horsemen waiting for the apocalypse" sketch has Pestilence working as a milkman. One of his customers tells the camera "Although he's a bit odd looking, I know lots of housewives around here would love to get their hands on his extra pinta, if you know what I mean. [[[Beat]]] I mean his cock."
 
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* Stephen Lynch's song "If I Were Gay".
{{quote| "It's not that I don't care; I do / I just don't see myself in you / Another time, another scene / I'd be right behind you, if you know what I mean!}}
* [[Peaches (Music)|Peaches]], when she bothers with double entendres instead of single ones.
** "'Cause I wanna take you downtown/Show you my thing..."
** "Don't you know it's supposed to feel better for boys..."
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{{quote| "I'm a model, you know what I mean..."}}
* "Oh Yeah" by Yello.
* [[ACDC (Music)|ACDC]]: "See me ride out of the sunset, on your colour TV screen. Up for all that I can get, ''if you know what I mean''." -T.N.T
* [[The Beatles]]' "I Saw Her Standing There":
{{quote| "Well she was just seventeen / You know what I mean"}}
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== New Media ==
* [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] in ''[[That Guy With theThe Glasses|Reading Right To Left]]'', when describing the female leads of ''[[One Piece]]'':
{{quote| '''Y Ruler of Time:''' "They're pretty well-developed If You Know What I Mean... And I mean that they're very interesting and rich characters with complex [[Backstory|back stories]] that make them both entertaining and interesting to read about."}}
** Played Straight later on when referring to the female leads of "Bleach".
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== Theater ==
* ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Theatretheatre)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'' contains the following discussion of what to do with a dead body. Note that the script manages to use "if you get it" as a non-sexual double-entendre:
{{quote| '''Mrs. Lovett:''' Think of it as thrift, as a gift, if you get my drift!<br />
'''Todd:''' No.<br />
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{{quote| '''Alistair''': Wait, what are you talking about?<br />
'''Oghren''': What are '''you''' talking about? }}
* In ''[[Mad WorldMadWorld]]'', the Black Baron (stop staring) is fond of saying "if you know what I mean" (probably closer to "y'knaw I mean?") after his usually innuendo-laden introductions to the Bloodbath Challenges.
* Issun of ''[[Okami]]'' just loves this trope. (Un)fortunately, they go [[Entendre Failure|completely over the head]] of the main target, the busty priestess Rao. (As it turns out, there's a very good reason for that...)
* While not used in a sexual manner, [[Final Fantasy III (Video Game)|the Onion Knight]] in ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'' uses this phrase in a way that can SO easily be [[Un Entendre|taken out of context:]]
{{quote| '''Onion Knight:''' I've got something they don't, ''right here''<ref>He's pointing to his head, befitting his role in the story as an [[Insufferable Genius]]</ref>, if you know what I mean!}}
* In ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep]]'' Aqua meets up with Phil and Hercules. Phil immediately offers to train Aqua and Herc complains about that he had to beg Phil to be his trainer. Phil responds... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-9NharWURQ Just see for yourself]
* A ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'' item-of-the-month was the naughty origami set, which could be folded and refolded to different items with the message, "You unfold the pieces of paper, if you know what I mean." All of them were sleaze elemental. The riding crop added the 'Innuendo Shopping' effect, which appends "heh heh heh", "if you know what I mean" or "wink wink, nudge nudge" to your chat messages.
* The thief Narlen in ''[[BaldursBaldur's Gate]]'' says this:
{{quote| '''Narlen:''' Swiped the Duchess' knickers once...if you know what I mean!}}
 
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Xkcd (Webcomic)|Xkcd]]''
** Seen in [http://xkcd.com/174/ this] strip.
** Taken to its logical conclusion [http://xkcd.com/366/ here.]
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'''Hollie''': But- }}
* ''[[VG Cats]]'': [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=284 This sort of thing] is Leo's modus operandi.
* Played with [http://mountaincomics.com/2009/07/23/bryan-brown/ here] in ''[[Mountain Time (Webcomic)|Mountain Time]]'', as it's hard to be sure if we really know what he means. It's not hard to make an educated guess, though.
* Webcomics written by members of the United States Air Force, such as [[Air Force Blues]] and Crew Dogs, often feature jokes revolving around the frequent real-life use of the catchphrase [http://www.afblues.com/?p=1197 "so to speak"] following any off-color double entendre (intentional or otherwise) by Air Force personnel.
* ''[[Ansem Retort]]'': After Axel and Zexion fuse into Andrew Jackson to kill the werepire [http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=557 Hhere], Namine requires some [[Brain Bleach]] courtesy of Aerith.
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* [[Jeepers Media|Mike Mozart]] just loves making cracks at toys that look more sexual than they appear.
* ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'' has Tucker and his catchphrase "bow-chika-bow-wow!" He'll say it in response to himself or someone else.
* [[Youtube Poop]] has used [[Hotel Mario (Video Game)|Hotel Mario]]'s line "Get the hint?" for various purposes ranging from very subtle to completely blatant.
* ''[[Me and My Dick]]'' uses these ''a lot''.
* "[[The G ModGmod Idiot Box]] episode 7's "Extenze" scene:
{{quote| '''Woman:''' What've you got there, honey?<br />
'''Man:''' I ordered a male enhancement product. Called Extenze.<br />
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** Spoofed in one episode, where Peter is helping Death get a date. Peter remarks "You might even, you know..." and then proceeds to perform a series of seemingly random, nonsensical motions including breakdance moves. After he finishes, Death says "I don't follow" and Peter (still bent over from one of the dance moves), responds "Intercourse."
* ''[[King of the Hill]]'' once featured a (villainous, as far as the show ''has'' villains) character who would insert, "That's what ''she'' said" in response to anything that could even remotely be considered a [[Double Entendre]].
* ''[[FostersFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'': Bloo tells Mac that one of the games going on during a wild house party is "Ring around the Rosey, if you know what I mean".
{{quote| '''Mac:''' Not... really.<br />
'''Bloo:''' Yeah, me neither. }}
** A conjoined trope with [[Parental Bonus]].
* Pick a Phil Ken Sebben scene in ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney Atat Law]]''. "Ha ha! Dangly parts!", "Ha ha! Not to Scale!", "Ha ha! Multiple entendre." etc...
** Black Vulcan's constant habit of appending every double entendre with "In my/his pants."
* ''[[Clone High]]'''s JFK provides us with many such examples, in addition to the page quote.
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{{quote| '''[[James Caan]]''': Hey Bart, me and Mrs. Krabappel are gonna go play some backgammon, if you know what I mean.<br />
'''Bart''': I don't but I hope you win. }}
* ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'': Any time a double entendre comes up in the dialog of the show, '''Yakko''' would say "Good night everybody!", generally drawing attention to it for those in the know (children probably still didn't get it).
* ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Spanish Fry" has Bender being semi-dedicated to this trope yelling several from off camera, complete with 'WHOOO!', not surprising given that the show is about aliens attempting to harvest Fry's "lower horn" as a potential aphrodisiac.
{{quote| '''Fry:''' Look, normally I'm the first guy to toot his own lower horn... <br />
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{{quote| '''Billy:''' You're good as new - maybe even better. I hooked you up with "the complete package", if you know what I mean!<br />
'''Dean:''' I ''don't''. }}
* In ''[[Adventure Time (Animation)|Adventure Time]]'', the gang was just finished [[Makes Sense in Context|defeating a deer]] and saving the [[Anthropomorphic Food|candy people]] when [[Everything's Better Withwith Princesses|Princess Bubblegum]] said this to [[Kid Hero|Finn]]:
{{quote| '''Princess Bubblegum:''' He was after our sugar, but I didn't give him any.... if you know what I mean. ''(clicks teeth twice)''<br />
'''Finn:''' ''(beat)'' Um... }}
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