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'''Next Guy''': Eh? What chores?<br />
'''Thrud''': Mine's a pint - cheers! }}
* Batman uses the Henway joke in order to defeat a telepathic cyclops, in ''[[Batman Odyssey (Comic Book)|Batman Odyssey]]''.
 
 
== [[Film]] -- Animated ==
* ''[[The Lion King (Disney)|The Lion King]]''
{{quote| '''Pumbaa:''' [[Hakuna Matata]] is our motto.<br />
'''Simba:''' What's a motto?<br />
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'''Pumbaa:''' What sarong?<br />
'''Timon:''' Nothing, what's-a wrong with you? }}
* In ''[[Rango (Animation)|Rango]]'', the townsfolk explore a cave that one character explains is a dried-up aquifer, which leads to the exchange:
{{quote| "What's an aquifer?"<br />
"Well... it's fer aqua!" }}
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{{quote| '''Kermit:''' Gonzo! What are you doing?<br />
'''Gonzo:''' About seven knots! }}
* ''[[Man On Fire (Film)|Man Onon Fire]]'':
{{quote| '''Pita''': "What's your girlfriend's name?"<br />
'''Creasy''': "Nunya."<br />
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{{quote| How much Keefe is in this movie anyway?<br />
Miles O' Keefe! }}
* [[A Hard DaysDay's Night]].
{{quote| '''Norm''': "Ringo, what are you up to?"<br />
'''Ringo''': (peering from magazine) "Page five." }}
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== [[Literature]] ==
* In the novel ''Fallen Angels'' by [[Larry Niven]], Jerry Pournelle, and Michael Flynn, an astrophysicist goes to torturous lengths to include the abbreviation SNU (meaning "Solar Neutrino Unit", and pronounced "snew") into a conversation, just so the person he is talking to can ask "What's SNU?" The inevitable response is "Nothing much. What's new with you?"
** The same "joke" was in ''[[Pogo (Comiccomic Stripstrip)|Pogo]]'', with much less setup, starting off, "That's got a lotta snoo to it, boy," and continuing as above.
** Hawkeye set up the same joke in an episode of ''[[M*A*S*H (TV)|Mash]]'', when while doing minor surgery he asked the nurse for "snoo".
* ''[[Charlie and Thethe Chocolate Factory]]'':
{{quote| They passed a yellow door on which it said: STOREROOM NUMBER 77--ALL THE BEANS, CACAO BEANS, COFFEE BEANS, JELLY BEANS, AND HAS BEANS.<br />
"''Has beans?''" cried Violet Beauregarde. <br />
"You're one yourself!" said Mr. Wonka. "There's no time for arguing! Press on, press on!" }}
* In the ''[[Callahan's Crosstime Saloon (Literature)|Callahans Crosstime Saloon]]'' story "Two Heads are Better Than One", Jake regales the bar's patrons with a tall tale of his illustrious ancestor Grandfather Stonebender, who "built the pyramids, freed the slaves, cured yaws!" When Mike Callahan gamely asked, "What's yaws?", Jake answered, "Why thanks, Mike, I'll have a beer."
* In ''[[Good Omens (Literature)|Good Omens]]'', Newt tried to set up a Pun Trap by naming his ([[The Alleged Car|alleged]]) car Dick Turpin, after a highwayman. He always hoped someone would ask him why it was named Dick Turpin, so that he could say "Because everywhere I go, I hold up traffic."
* In ''[[The Name of the Wind]]'' by [[Patrick Rothfuss]], the [[Cloudcuckoolander|mad girl Auri]] lives in the space beneath the Arcanum, which she calls "the Underthing." When Kvothe asks her to show him around, intending to sneak into the library, she feigns shock at his audacity in asking to see her Underthing.
 
 
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Subverted in ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]''. When Lister is told of an item called a wormdo, instead of asking "What's a wormdo?" ("Wriggles along the ground, of course!"), he derails the joke by asking, "What's that then?"
** And it just goes straight downhill from there.
{{quote| '''Rimmer:''' Would you like a wormdo?<br />
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"What's a butfore?"<br />
"If you don't know, you'd better stop eating!" }}
* Running gag in the ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' episode ''[[First Spaceship Onon Venus]]'', featuring the character Dr. Herringway, commander of the titular expedition.
{{quote| '''Crow:''' Hey, Joel, what's a Herringway?<br />
'''Joel:''' About a pound... }}
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'''Jo:''' What does "plinge" mean?<br />
'''Doctor:''' Oh, for heaven's sake, Jo; I've just told you. It means "thraskin". }}
* You can pretty much make a drinking game out of this trope watching ''[[Rowan and MartinsMartin's Laugh -In]]'' and ''Hee Haw'' (same thing, different demographic; that's actually the only enjoyable way to watch these shows, as even the actors would admit.)
* Murray from ''[[Flight of the Conchords]]'' is a constant source of these when it comes to artists and albums:
{{quote| '''Murray:''' Look; when you're in a band, you don't get with your bandmate's girlfriend - past or present. ... You get a love triangle, you know? Fleetwood Mac situation. ... Well there- there was four of them, so more of a love square-- but you know; no one gets on. Mind you, they did make some of their best music back then.<br />
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''[cut to shot of audience cracking up]'' }}
* One in Spanish: The Mexican comedian Chespirito had a character, the old and crotchety ''Doctor Chapatín''. The doctor always carried a paper bag which would never play any part whatsoever in the plot, except to punch whoever dared to say that he was old (this happened [[Once an Episode]]). But once, his nurse and one patient asked him directly about the paper bag and he finally answered: ''"Tengo queles" "¿Queles?" "Qué les importa"'' (that could be roughly translated as ''"It's nunya." "Nunya?" "Nunya business"'').
* The radio and television versions of ''[[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' have this exchange:
{{quote| '''Arthur:''' "You know, it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young."<br />
'''Ford:''' "Why? What'd she tell you?"<br />
'''Arthur:''' [Exasperated] "I don't know, I ''wasn't listening''!" }}
* In the ''[[M*A*S*H (TV)|Mash]]'' episode "Where There's a Will, There's a War", Hawkeye fondly recalls (via flashback) a time when the usually-humorless Margaret Houlihan started rattling off a whole bunch of these with him while taking inventory in the supply hut:
{{quote| '''Hawkeye:''' Sulfa...where's the sulfa?<br />
'''Margaret:''' The sulfa's in the living room.<br />
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{{quote| '''Larry:''' Say, George, there's a hole dug in your front porch. <br />
'''George:''' I get it, Larry. I'm supposed to say, "What's a hole dug?" Ha ha. }}
* From an episode of ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel -Air]]'', when Will corrects Carlton's usage of the word "dis":
{{quote| '''Will''': That's ''dis''.<br />
'''Carlton''': I don't care if it's dis, dat or the other thing! }}
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'''Peter:''' Yeah. Yeah, Henrietta.<br />
'''John:''' Did he, did he, I'm sorry to hear that. }}
* In one episode of ''[[Black AdderBlackadder]]'', Baldrick is running for office and tells his boss he thinks his first name is "Sodoff", because all the other kids used to say "Sod off, Baldrick!" Blackadder notes him down as "S. Baldrick". Later Edmund is interviewed.
{{quote| '''Interviewer''' What does the S stand for?<br />
'''Blackadder''' Sodoff.<br />
'''Interviewer''' Yes, I guess it's really none of my business... }}
* ''[[Crime Story]]'' - at a block party cookout, Polish cop Krychek is quizzing black cop Clemmons on Polish food. When he gets to ''garachki'' Clemmons is stumped - turns out it's what you use to open a garage door.
* ''[[Corner Gas (TV)|Corner Gas]]'': In "Crab Apple Cooler":
{{quote| '''Lacey:''' We could play euchre.<br />
'''Oscar:''' ''Euchre''? I hardly know 'er!<br />
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'''Jason:''' The VCR... a couple of magazines... dad's bowling trophy... probably a thin layer of dust, too. }}
* ''[[Pearls Before Swine]]'' also loves this trope, including a character who says he's "Justin from Chicago," which causes Pig to become confused when Justin says he's been in town for six months.
* ''[[Pogo (Comiccomic Stripstrip)|Pogo]]'' also used this regularly, including in the [[Fractured Christmas Carol]] "Good King Sauerkraut"
{{quote| ''Good King Sauerkraut, look out!''<br />
''On his feets uneven''<br />
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'''Greenslade''': "Yes."<br />
'''Seagoon''': "Stand by for Easter Eggs!" }}
* ''[[Hello Cheeky (Radio)|Hello Cheeky]]'' took great delight in giving subversions or variations on the old "Jamaica?" gag.
{{quote| '''Tim:''' You know, the other day I was walking through the town, and I overheard two women speaking. One of them said "My husband's gone to the West Indies," and the second one said "Jamaicim?"...and the first one hit her.}}
** Or this exchange, taking place in the West Indies:
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Arthur, King of Time and Space]]'' is fond of this one.
* [[The Non -Adventures of Wonderella|Wonderella]]'s tried to do this with "[http://nonadventures.com/2008/05/31/bad-to-the-clone/ dickfor]", but so far either nobody's fallen for it or nobody's had the nerve to question her. (Alternatively, it's just a [[Stealth Pun]] by the author.)
** Of course not, Wonderella wouldn't fall for any joke that Clonerella knew unless she had [[Cloudcuckoolander|spaced out]].
* ''[[Tweep]]'' has [[Grumpy Bear]] Jack, when asked if he was ready for the night's outing, announce he has [http://www.tweep.com/comic/?date=06-05-06 twisted his courage to the sticking place].
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'''Jack:''' I'd say. }}
* One ''[[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]]'' has the "buttfor" variation being played by a priest administering to a criminal on death row.
* In ''[[Ozy and Millie (Webcomic)|Ozy and Millie]]'', Millie spends [http://www.glasswings.com.au/comics/ozyandmillie.au/2001/om20010928.html quite] [http://www.glasswings.com.au/comics/ozyandmillie.au/2001/om20010929.html a] [http://www.glasswings.com.au/comics/ozyandmillie.au/2001/om20011003.html few] strips trying to set up a situation where she asks Ozy "Do you want your palm read?", he says yes, and she gets to paint his palm with the bucket of red paint she's been carrying around. It never quite works out; Ozy figures out what's going on almost immediately but is [[The Stoic|perfectly willing to watch her continue to try]].
* [[Xkcd (Webcomic)|Xkcd]]: Supercollider? I 'ardly KNOW 'er! (from [http://xkcd.com/474/ this alt text])
* Pulled twice in [http://nedroid.com/2010/08/whats-that/ this] [[Nedroid]] comic, the second one's in the mouseover text.
* The "updog" version was [http://coachrandom.zzl.org/Chronological/comic-043.xml used], then [http://coachrandom.zzl.org/Chronological/comic-058.xml subverted] on [[Coach Random]].
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (Animation)|Tiny Toon Adventures How I Spent My Vacation]]'', Buster gets caught by three southern belle gators and all of them insist on marrying him. The father obliges, leading to:
{{quote| '''Buster:''' I can't marry all three of them, that's bigamy!<br />
'''Pa Gator:''' No, that's big-a me!<br />
'''[[Rimshot]]''' }}
* "Drool, the Dog-faced Goblin," an episode of ''[[The Real Ghostbusters (Animation)|The Real Ghostbusters]]'', contains one: At one point, our heroes are suddenly caught in a hailstorm. The hail then changes, leading to a set-up line that inspires Ray to do his best impression of Chico Marx:
{{quote| '''Egon:''' This isn't hail. This is hominy grits!<br />
'''Ray:''' Okay, boss, I'll-a bite. How-many-grits a' you think-a we see? }}
* In ''[[South Park: Bigger, Longer and& Uncut (Animation)|South Park Bigger Longer and Uncut]]'', the Mole, a mercenary working for [[La Résistance]], checks off what the boys needed to get for him:
{{quote| '''Mole:''' Did you get ze mirror?<br />
'''Stan:''' Got it.<br />
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'''Kyle:''' What's a buttfor?<br />
'''Mole:''' For pooping, silly. *lights and drags on a smoke, presumably celebrating a well-laid trap* }}
* On ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]] Spinoff Showcase'', they welcomed special guest Tim Conway! Part of the joke here is that Conway's estimate is way off.
{{quote| '''Homer:''' What's a Tim Conway?<br />
'''Tim Conway:''' About 120 pounds. }}
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{{quote| '''Bart''': Uh, look, I'll level with you, mister. This is a crank call that sorta back-fired, and I'd like to bail out right now.<br />
'''Hugh Jass''': All right. Better luck next time. ''*Hangs up*'' What a nice young man. }}
* Herb Penguin does the old-fashioned one to Don in an opening to ''[[BeakmansBeakman's World]]''.
* From ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)|Jackie Chan Adventures]]'':
{{quote| '''Ratso:''' What's a Babylonian urn?<br />
'''Finn:''' Probably more than we do! }}
* ''[[Arthur (Animationanimation)|Arthur]]'' does the traditional version in one episode, with a race to the ice-cream place: "Last one there is a henway!" And then after arriving:
{{quote| "You're last, Arthur. You're a henway!"<br />
"What's a henway?"<br />
"About 5 pounds." }}
* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', Aang is looking for an Earthbending teacher, and hears about an event called Earth Rumble 6. Asking a couple of local losers about it, he gets told it's on the island of "Nunya". What makes them lose is that, aside from Katara beating the answer out of them afterward, one of them jumps the line and [[Don't Explain the Joke|answers the question before it's asked]]: "Nunya business!"
* Comes up twice in one conversation in the ''[[Sushi Pack]]'' episode "Where No Truth Lies." First, when the Sushi Pack ask Officer Flume "What do you have?" (meaning the crime) and she replies, "Oh, it's nothing, just a little cold." She then tells them about The Prevaricator, who made off with the mayor's prized collection:
{{quote| '''Officer Flume''': Anyway, go up to the ski lodge and talk to him.<br />
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'''Joker:''' "Nothing much, you?" }}
* Cole's Law: {{spoiler|Thinly sliced cabbage, with mayonnaise and carrots.}}
* [[Harry Potter (Literaturenovel)|Harry Potter]] joke:
{{quote| '''Lupin:''' Harry, I have to tell you something. I'm a werewolf.<br />
'''Harry:''' Are you fucking serious?<br />
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"Jamaica?"<br />
"No, she wanted to go." }}
** This one's ascended a bit since the [[Led Zeppelin (Music)|Led Zeppelin]] song, "D'yer Mak'er." North Americans still tend not to get it, because they don't have the right accent, so they usually pronounce it "dire maker".
** Done in a Blues round (in calypso form) by ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (Radio)|I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'':
{{quote| I woke up dis morning, my wife had gone<br />
To de West Indies for de sun.<br />
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** Or the alternate version:
{{quote| "Jakarta?"<br />
[[I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (Radio)|"No, she went of her own accord!"]]<br />
[[Jeeves and Wooster (TV series)|No, she went by boat!]] }}
** The folks at RPGMP3.com subverted this one along with some other jokes ("My dog has no nose." "How does he smell?" "He doesn't, he has no nose.") in one of their audio reviews:
{{quote| My wife's gone to Jamaica.<br />
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'''Person B''': Cod bait.<br />
'''Person A''': Right? Now, what do you catch an eyemaster with?<br />
'''Person B''': [[A Date Withwith Rosie Palms|...eyemaster bait?]] }}
* In the Michael Lewis [[Nonfiction]] book ''The Big Short'', he describes a hedge fund manager named Mike Burry who wrote a proposal for a new fund, "Milton's Opus", dedicated to making a specific kind of trade Burry had developed an interest in. The book continues with a parenthetical:
{{quote| ("The first question was always, 'What's Milton's Opus?'" He'd say, "''[[Paradise Lost]]''," but that usually just raised another question.)}}
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