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== Anime/Manga ==
* The entire premise of ''[[
* In ''[[
== Comic Books ==
* ''[[
* Last letter on Stabe motel's sign in ''[[Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash]]''.
* "EATS" diner's constantly misspelled sign was a [[Running Gag]] in [[The Heckler]].
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== Film ==
* ''[[Revenge of the Nerds]] 2'' had the '''Hot'''el C'''oral''' Es'''sex'''.
* ''[[Max Payne (
* In ''[[
* Done deliberately by the protagonist and antagonist in ''[[Shoot
* The [[Abbott and Costello]] movie ''Who Done It?'' features a shootout on a rooftop. A light bulb-illuminated sign reading "VOTE FOR TOWNSEND PHELPS" gets shot up to read "SEND HELP", then again at the finish of the movie to read "END".
* Tony Hancock's film ''The Punch and Judy Man'', set in a seedy English seaside resort, has a scene where Hancock's title character is shaving just before performing at an important reception at the town hall. His faulty electric shaver shorts out some of the town's illuminations, causing them to spell out insults.
* ''[[Elvira, Mistress of the Dark]]'' has [http://www.tangibledreams.net/elvira/media/stills/motd0267.jpg this] [[Not Safe for Work]] accident.
* A variation occurs in ''[[The Dark Knight]]'': The Joker adds an S in front of "[[Put the Laughter In Slaughter|Laughter]] is the Best Medicine" on his trailer.
* Done offscreen with a submarine PA system in ''[[Atlantis:
{{quote| '''[[Deadpan Snarker|Wilhelmina Packard]]''': "[[Toilet Humour|Whoever took the L from the MOTOR POOL sign]]: [[Sarcasm Mode|Ha ha, we're all very amused.]]" }}
* In ''[[Madagascar]]'', Alex makes a giant HELP to alert ships, but the top of the P collapses, turning it into an L.
* In ''Zapped!'' the door to Prinipal Burnhart's office was regularly vandalised into Burnfart - so regularly that it was mispronounced like that by a teacher once. On the public address system.
* In ''[[The Rocketeer (
* ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture
* ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]'' has a variant on this - Susan, running on the rooftops from the first Gallaxhar robot, goes past a rooftop billboard that presumably advertises accident insurance (the word 'Accident' is very prominent). After slipping off a sloping roof and landing on the street, that billboard is flung past her head and jabbed into a building, with the first few letters 'Accid' still visible. Given the strangely cross-eyed salesman gracing the billboard, this may have been deliberate.
* ''Sister Act 2'': The name of the classroom, Music Class, frequently has the first two letter of the second word scratched off.
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* In ''[[Zoolander]]'', a local drinking establishment called "The Mine Shaft" is visited; in reflection of it's less than savory, affluent circumstances, it loses the "f" as we watch.
* ''[[Sesame Street]] Presents Follow That Bird'' has the Sleaze Bros. (F)unfair.
* By the end of ''[[The Avengers (
** Even better: the '''STARK''' was in a [http://www.beyondhollywood.com/uploads/2010/04/Stark-Tower-in-The-Avengers-2012-Movie-Image.jpg stylized, logo-esque font], so most of the audience didn't notice until the very last shot that the "'''A'''" left over had an elongated left leg all along...exactly like [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0f/Avs38.jpg/250px-Avs38.jpg the "A" in the comics'] and [http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news/19816/_1280029834.jpg movies'] "Avengers" logo.
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== Literature ==
* In the horror story ''Right Inn'', by J. B. Stamper, a traveller with a weak heart has to stop for the night, and the only place nearby is a hotel with a sign saying RIGHT INN, and as soon as he checks in, weird and creepy things start happening... the twist at the end is that {{spoiler|it's a theme hotel, but the F has fallen off the front of the sign}}.
* The ALLEN ROAD/ALIEN ROAD street sign in the ''[[
* ''[[The
* George and Harold of ''[[Captain Underpants]]'' vandalize a sign at least [[Once an Episode|once a book]], usually through a combination of rearranging and removing letters. For example, the first book sees them turning a sign outside a florist's shop from "PICK YOUR OWN ROSES" to "PICK OUR NOSES"
** Also done in their comic books. For instance, a sign appears to say "BURY DEAD STUFF HERE", until a lightning bolt knocks over the tree covering the top part of the sign, which includes "[[Came Back Wrong|WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T]]".
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* In one of the ''[[Dear America]]'' books, the main character's cousin comes from a town in Texas called Heart's Bend, except that the B is missing from the sign at the railway station, so it says Heart's end.
* Inverted in ''[[The Dark Tower]]'' by [[Stephen King]] (the last book of the series of the same name); Dandelo {{spoiler|an emotion-eating vampire}} must allow a street sign warning of his presence in anagram form to exist--but he can deface the sign to read "Odd's Lane", which means nothing, rather than "Odd Lane".
* "GLO M OF NI T" from ''[[Discworld
* In the [[James Bond]] novel ''[[Moonraker (
* In ''[[Macdonald Hall|This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall!]]'', there's a sign outside Miss Scrimmage's school that reads, "Miss Scrimmage's Finishing School for Young Ladies". Miss Scrimmage accidentally shoots it, changing the word "Finishing" to "Fishing".
* The sign for the recreation room in ''[[Holes]]'' actually reads '''W'''REC'''K''' ROOM.
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* ''[[Ed]]'' owns Stucky Bowl, and vandals regularly steal the T. In the episode that dealt with it, they weld the T down, so the vandals change the sign to "Stucky Bowel".
* One episode of Brian Clemens' ''Thriller'' was set in a motel. At the end of the episode the broken neon sign reads "WOO'''D''' H'''EATH''' MOTEL.
* There's an episode of ''[[
* In ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'', it's done [[Once an Episode]] -- the sign saying Fawlty Towers is rearranged to say Flowery Twats, Flay Otters, Fatty Owls, Farty Towels, Watery Fowls and Warty Towels.
* In one of [[Peter Kay]]'s TV comedies, a road race starts from Scunthorpe. The town's name is spelled out on a nearby roof, but the first five letters fall off when all the cars tear away. As the mayor complains about it, the "S" falls on his head.
* ''[[Kids Incorporated]]'' takes place in a club called The Palace, but the first A on the neon sign is missing, so it's just The Place.
* Parodied in ''[[
* In one episode of ''[[That 70s Show]]'', Eric, Hyde and Fez vandalize an out-of-business muffler shop, covering the "ler" on every occurrence of "muffler" they see. The next morning Red (who just happened to buy it) was puzzled to see the ads on the walls of the shop changed to "Winterize your muff", "People complaining about loud muff?" etc.
** The ultimate awkward moment is when Kitty finds out. She doesn't know the sexual meaning behind "muff", thinking they're talking about ear muffs. This leads to some hilarious moments where Kitty [[Innocent Innuendo|talks about the things she did to the teens' muffs as a child]].
* The pilot episode of ''[[Teen Angel]]'' featured a P.A. anouncement requesting that the first two letters from a "Class of '98" sign be returned. The recently deceased Marty then proudly shows Steve the two letters, knowing full well he could never be caught due to his being dead.
* The building housing JJ's {{spoiler|and Emily's}} therapist in ''[[Skins]]'' is headed with a sign saying "PSYCHO{{spoiler|LOGICAL}} SUPPOR''T''", which pretty much says everything that needs to be said about how useless they are.
* In ''[[
* One episode of ''[[
** Officer Carl is not pleased.
* ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]'' loved this trope. One example is a group of priests entering an building with a sign that says "Tea Bar", but once they enter the other letters light up revealing the true name to be "Striptease Cabaret".
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* ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'' has graffiti reading "No zombie is {{spoiler|safe}} [[Memetic Mutation|from Chicago]] {{spoiler|Ted}}".
* Used as a sight gag in ''[[Tengai Makyou]] IV'', with a sign reading "King of Lake Tahoe" being reduced to "King [[Baka|Aho]]" after one of the villains is defeated.
* In ''[[No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle]]'', when {{spoiler|Travis and Sylvia have sex}} the NO MORE HEROES Motel sign falls apart, leaving MORE ERO.
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto]] 2'' features churches with neon signs that say JESUS SAVES. The letters flicker to reveal that they're save points (U SAVE).
** Speaking of ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'', there's a mission in ''[[Grand Theft Auto San Andreas|San Andreas]]'' that ends with a shot of a billboard, showing a girl drinking a [[Visual Innuendo|white-colored soda]], with the words "A taste of what's to come!" Your out-of-control car crashes through it, changing it to "A taste of come!"
* ''[[Fallout 3]]'' has the town of Arefu, whose name originates from a sign saying "{{spoiler|c}}arefu{{spoiler|l}}".
** [[Fallout: New Vegas]] has the town of Novac. The town's main building is an old roadside motel. The neon sign is mostly destroyed, except for the letters NOVAC in the NO VACANCY part of the sign.
* A variation from ''[[
* In ''[[Sonny]] 2'', the pawn shop in the Dystopia also has the "a" darkened to spell "pwn". The game lampshades this when the sign is clicked on: "The 'A' is missing, but the sign still gets the point across".
* In the ''Bomberman 64: The Second Attack'', there is a popcorn stand in the amusement park level with the word "POPCORN" in large uppercase letters. One bomb takes out the second "P", the "C", and the second "O", [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|spelling "PORN" from the still legible letters.]] Another bomb turns the stand into an ear of corn.
* [[
* In ''[[Death Smiles|Deathsmiles IIX]]'', the ferris wheel at the entrace of the [[Circus of Fear]] [[Bonus Level]] has a sign that reads "Hello-Land". The "o" doesn't seems to be working, leaving us with the true meaning of the stage.
* A major location in [[
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[
** Another example in the same storyline involves a sign reading 'Brie Meighsaton', (the name of one of the ghosts trapped in the house) being damaged, and Torg puts the M back upsidedown. "Brie Weighsaton". Riff says "Not cool!", Torg asks what a ghost is going to do about it, and she scares him into hiding under his bed. {{spoiler|Behold the power of cheese.}}
* ''[[
* ''[[
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[The Simpsons (
** '''SL'''E'''E'''P-E'''AZY''' Motel.
** The "Only Bridge Out of Town", which after being blown up, read "BRIDGE OUT."
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** In "Apocalypse Cow," Homer, disguised as a cow, is transported to the slaughter house mistaking it as "laughter house" due to his disguise obscuring his vision.
** "PUB IC LIBRARY."
* ''[[
** The first episode after the show returned from cancellation had Planet Express getting shut down by the "BOX Network", but the "B" on the sign was flickering and sometimes appeared as an "F". (This began an extended [[Take That]]/[[Biting the Hand Humor]] sequence towards [[
** In another episode, Bender, wanting to be remembered after he is gone, spray paints "Bender lives large and kicks butt" on the side of a building. As soon as he finishes the building is demolished and then reads "Bender licks butt". To [[Incredibly Lame Pun|top it off]], above the words were a picture of Bender standing with his hands on his hips, which fell into itself to resemble a human's legs and posterior.
* In ''[[Veggie Tales
* In an episode of ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', there was an old rundown Hospital called NORTH MERCY hospital, the '''R''', '''T''', and '''H''' fell off, spelling NO MERCY hospital.
* An old ''[[Popeye]]'' cartoon had him and Bluto in an auto race - Bluto rearranges a sign reading 'ROUTE D' to 'DETOUR', sending Popeye up a rocky mountain road.
* In ''[[Scooby Doo Mystery Inc]]'', Scoob is spooked when a sign for "The Drowsy Gator: Pool, Food and Sundries" suddenly reads "The Dog dies".
* ''[[Casper Scare School|Casper's Scare School]]'' in the pilot movie: "'''S'''E'''CR'''ET DR'''EAMS OF T'''H'''E''' O'''R'''ANGE '''RO'''OSTE'''R'''".
* One episode of ''[[Arthur (
* In one episode of ''[[Bobby's World]]'', Uncle Ted has a boat named The Sea Sp{{spoiler|r}}it{{spoiler|e}}.
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