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'''Fozzie:''' Right, frog!|''[[The Muppet Movie]]''}}

 

 

A slightly more credible version may involve some version of the following exchange:

[[Who's on First?|"Right."]] }}

 

* In one strip of ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'', the two eponyms stalk into the house, drenched and glaring at one another, proceed in an angry silence to the bookshelf, and furiously look up an entry in the dictionary, whereupon Hobbes shouts, "See?! Starboard is ''right''! ''Port'' is left!"

* ''[[Dilbert]]'': During a team-building exercise, Dogbert tells everyone to turn to the left and name one thing they admire about that person. The [[Pointy-Haired Boss]] turns to the right:

'''Alice:''' I admire your ability to figure out which side is your ''right'' in only two tries. }}

* Used straight in ''Start of Darkness'', a prequel book to ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'', unsurprisingly by the Monster in the Darkness.

'''MitD:''' You got it! }}

* One ''[[FoxTrot]]'' strip has Roger and Peter golfing.

'''Peter:''' I'll go get your sand wedge. }}

 

* Used in the ''[[Little Rascals]]'' movie: "Raise your right hand... your ''other'' right hand." Justified by how these are young children, some of which are still unable to read and likely new to the concept of directions.

* Another example of this would be in the beginning of ''[[Pearl Harbor]]'' where Danny and Rafe decide to play chicken with their planes and say the following:

'''Danny:''' God, Rafe, we're goin right. Righty-Tighty! }}

** [[Chekhov's Skill|They then do this later in the film to take down some Japanese planes.]]

* Used by [[Mel Brooks]] in ''[[History of the World Part One|History of the World, Part I]]'':

'''Marcus Vindictus:''' You flunked flank? Get the flunk out of here! }}

* ''[[Glory]]'' has a classic example of the Drill instructor version. Including the Sergent asking "How many of you don't know your right from your left?" at which about half the hands go up. Not an unusual thing for country-boy soldiers in general, the term "hayfoot" comes from one noted memory aid, and many of the soldiers there were in fact former slaves with little to no formal education, adding to this.

** Though it was actually just because the hole on the right was full of bugs, and she was hoping either would do.

* In ''[[Master and Commander|Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World]]'', Midshipman Blakeney, who lost an arm in the opening battle sequence, is preparing the men for battle by having them attach neckcloths to their arms to distinguish friend from foe.

'''Davies:''' Is that the arm you got, or the arm you don't got? }}

* In ''The Long Long Trailer'' (a non-[[I Love Lucy|Lucy]] related movie from [[Lucille Ball]] and Desi Arnaz) one of the newly wed couple's first fights comes from this.

'''Nicky:''' Turn right here left? Have you any conception how much room it takes to turn this thing around? We may have to go on for miles. }}

* In ''[[Once Upon a Time In Mexico]]'', there's a badass moment when the blinded [[Johnny Depp|Agent Sands]] shoots a mook on verbal directions from a local child... which is then derailed when he pauses and asks the immortal question:

'''Chicleta:''' ''Mi'' derecha. }}

* In ''[[The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension]]'', Buckaroo and John Parker are chasing the Red Lectroid battleship in a stolen Thermopod. Banzai is sitting in a rear-facing seat, resulting in some confusion when he tries to give Parker directions.

* In one of those rare cases of being [[Truth in Television]] and simultaneously a trope being used, every season ''[[Survivor]]'' has at least one challenge that requires the bulk of those competing to be blindfolded and verbally directed by one person. Just as regularly, one tribe ''always'' gets screwed by this trope.

* A variation in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Remembrance of the Daleks": The Doctor and his sidekick, Ace, are in a van. Ace, who is driving, asks about the Daleks.

'''The Doctor:''' No, left! }}

* In an episode of ''[[Friends]]'' from Season 7, Rachel is trying to teach Joey how to sail his boat. She tells him to go to port, which he doesn't understand. She then says, left, very calmly, but he doesn't know right from left anyways, and so he remains on the right side of the boat. She screams "The left!" which he still doesn't respond to, then she just simply yells, "Just sit over there!"

== Video Games ==

* ''[[Guild Wars]] Nightfall'':

* In ''[[Grand Theft Auto San Andreas]]'', when the player has to shoot incoming cops during a car chase;

'''Ryder:''' Hell, I don't know, just shoot everybody, motherfucker. }}

* Dean Domino might try to kill you by giving you bad directions (accidentally or otherwise) at the end of [[Fallout: New Vegas|Dead Money]]. With a high enough intelligence stat, you can actually [[Lampshade Hanging|call him out]] on whose left he's talking about.

== Web Animation ==

* Parodied in the ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' Strong Bad Email "big white face"

'''Strong Sad:''' No, your ''other'' back! }}

 

* Used straight in [http://www.undefined.net/1/0/?strip=658 this] ''[[One Over Zero]]'' strip. Given he had two left hands at the time, it may be credible, depending on the context.

* A surprisingly original variation in ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'', as part of an [[Orphaned Punchline]]:

* Subverted in [http://www.mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=28 this] ''[[Mezzacotta]]'' strip. One character even comments: "This isn't vaudeville, after all."

* [http://www.bardsworth.com/archive.php?p=499 This] ''Bardsworth'' strip, featuring disastrous dancing lessons.

* ''[[Rocket Power]]'', "Race Across New Zealand": Twister has confusion between the two sides because of the traffic going on the other side of the road.

* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', when Sokka's and Katara's canoe runs into an ice field:

** And parodied in ''[[Avatar: The Abridged Series]]'' in ep 9:

* Taken totally straight in ''[[Ben 10]]'', when Gwen is trying to ride on Ben [[Accidental Innuendo|(as Wildmutt)]]'s back when he's been rendered "blind" by a cold.

* In ''[[Kim Possible]]'', "Cap'n Drakken" (the episode where they live in "Ye olde times") there is a part where, in trying to direct a ship, Barkin says "Starboard!" followed shortly by "your other starboard!" [http://caps.kpfanworld.com/capn_drakken/hd/1201-1300 (about 1/3 of the way down the page)]

* Used in the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "The Mysterious Mare-Do-Well" by a construction worker Rainbow Dash was in the middle of saving.

* In an episode of [[Johnny Test]] when everyone is fleeing from aliens:

'''Susan:''' ''It's the same left!'' }}