History ComicallyMissingThePoint / WebComics

--> '''Dave:''' [[spoiler:lord english]] has some sort of severe egg allergy that we are hoping to exploit

* Black from Webcomic/GreyIs does this from time to time, mainly because he has trouble understanding metaphors ands takes everything literally.
** For example when White says that he's pondering the strength of the human heart Black assumes he's talking about peoples actual hearts and tells him that mending a few cuts doesn't make him a doctor.

* In [[http://www.shoeboxblog.com/?p=11549 this]] strip of ''Webcomic/ChuckAndBeans'', a discussion about Hitler goes south fast.

* [[http://explosm.net/comics/1583/ This]] ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'' comic. ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'' '''loves''' this joke.

--->'''Gorb''': Vell, let’s just keel her.
--->'''Othar Tryggvassen''': ''Fiends.'' Kill her and I’ll tell the Baron.
--->'''Gorb''': Vell, mebbe ve keel you, too, shmot guy.
--->'''Minsk''': Gorb...
--->'''Gorb''': Vat?!
--->'''Minsk''': Gorb, dis iz turnink into vun of ''dose'' plans... Hyu know – de kind vere ve keel everybody dot notices dot ve’s killin people?
--->'''Gorb''': It is?
--->'''Minsk''': Uh huh. And how does alvays end?
--->'''Gorb''': De dirigible iz in flames, everyboddyz dead an’ I’ve lost my hat.
--->'''Minsk''': Dot’s ''right''. Und any plan vere you lose your hat iz?
--->'''Gorb''': A bad plan?
--->'''Minsk''': ''Right again!''

--> '''Mugger:''' Hey, magical genie here -- offering the choice of two wishes! ''[holds knife close to traveler's face]'' "I wish I wasn't bleeding through the neck" or "I wish I had my money." Take your time.
--> '''Traveler:''' ''[excitedly]'' I wish for ''true love!''
--> '''Mugger:''' I don't think you understand.
--> '''Traveler:''' No! Wait! I wish I could ''fly!''

-->''[[http://xkcd.com/1014/ "Can anyone tell me what's wrong with this picture?"]]''
-->''The white balance, for one.''
-->''Focus is a bit too close.''
-->''The chromatic aberration suggests you bought your camera because it had "the most megapixels"''
-->'''THE CAR IS ON FIRE!'''

* In ''Webcomic/BrunoTheBandit'' Fiona seemed confused about the [[http://www.brunothebandit.com/d/20000412.html origin of sausages]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Pokemon-X}}'' does this when Brendan describes May to Professor Birch, saying that she's 5'4", 100 lbs, brown hair, and then mumbles "nice... firm... breasts..." while drooling ([[NakedFirstImpression it's a long story, okay?]]). Professor Birch looks shocked. After Brendan leaves, Birch gets excited... because he thinks May is cooking chicken breasts for dinner.

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** Miko Miyazaki immediately assumes that because her own conclusions led her to [[spoiler:kill her lord]], the eponymous band somehow made her do it. She then takes it as far as assuming everyone in the room is working against her, and she can do no wrong because she is the strongest member of the Sapphire Guard.
-->'''Roy Greenhilt:''' It's like she has that Monk ability that lets you jump as far as you want, only for her, it applies to conclusions.
** Miko is also responsible for the quote: "The term is 'smite evil', not 'bump uglies'."
** Also, Vaarsuvius.
---> '''Vaarsuvius''': As the size of the explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero.\\
'''Blackwing:''' [[UnsoundEffect Whisper whisper whisper whisper whisper.]]\\
'''Vaarsuvius:''' AndThatWouldBeWrong.
** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0607.html another example]], when Haley and her rival were forced to go on thieves's guild missions, Haley would remove the pickles from her sandwiches. Her rival assumed that she was PHYSICALLY WEAK to them, and later attacks Haley by pelting her with pickles. It helps that said rival is a complete and total idiot.
** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0817.html This dialogue between Elan and Tarquin]] after the latter just gave him a flying carpet
---> '''Tarquin:''' At any rate, I'm happy to put at your disposal any or all resources of this kingdom.\\
'''Elan:''' ''(looking at carpet)'' How do you control it?\\
'''Tarquin:''' Fear and intimidation, mostly, though a little torture here and there helps.\\
'''Elan:''' [[BeatPanel (Horrified look)]]\\
'''Tarquin:''' Or did you mean the carpet? Just pull on one of the tassels.
* Ben Winchester from ''Webcomic/{{Loserz}}'' meets and befriends a girl who's much like his old (platonic) friend Jodie -- a bisexual girl hot for AnythingThatMoves. The conclusion he makes... see for yourself [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/303 here]] and [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/318 here]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Pokemon-X}}'' does this when Brendan describes May to Professor Birch, saying that she's 5'4", 100 lbs, brown hair, and then mumbles "nice... firm... breasts..." while drooling ([[NakedFirstImpression it's a long story, okay?]]). Professor Birch looks shocked. After Brendan leaves, Birch gets excited... because he thinks May is cooking chicken breasts for dinner.
* [[http://explosm.net/comics/1583/ This]] ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'' comic. ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'' '''loves''' this joke.
* The "Cuckolded Husband" storyline in ''SexyLosers'' sees a man repeatedly walk in on his wife having sex with his best friend. He immediately believes their implausible excuse and innocently runs with it until they regret saying anything.

* [[http://basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2008/3/3/how-to-explain-something-to-someone-who-doesnt-get-it.html This]] ''BasicInstructions'' strip. For added fun, it seems that both of them are missing the point in different ways.
* Taisei from ''Webcomic/{{Sakana}}'' does this [[http://sakana.smackjeeves.com/comics/1113764/091/ rather]] [[http://sakana.smackjeeves.com/comics/1220903/107/ often.]]
* The ScienceFair arc of ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' features two layers of this. Kat's peers (and most of her teachers) focus on the anti-gravity chamber that she invented, completely ignoring the protein crystal growth experiment that was Kat's entire reason for inventing said gravity chamber. And Kat fails to understand why anyone would be more interested in anti-gravity than protein crystals.
* ''BlurTheLines'' features a stip where Rick Rick is kicked out of a ''DungeonsAndDragons'' round because he keeps trying "bluff" has way into the pants of his fellow players; [[http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=216 he thinks they kicked him out just because he's gay]].
* ''SuicideForHire'': [[http://suicideforhire.comicgenesis.com/d/20051102.html Mitch confronts Autumn]].

* In [[http://xkcd.com/776/ this]] comic of ''Webcomic/{{XKCD}}'', the AltText has the character reject the squirrel's advice. Not because the squirrel is obviously a hallucination, but because "What do squirrels know about mental health?"
** XKCD also provides [[http://xkcd.com/asmarterplanet/ another example]], that, coincidentally, also focuses on squirrels.
** Another XKCD example:
-->''[[http://xkcd.com/1014/ "Can anyone tell me what's wrong with this picture?"]]''
-->''The white balance, for one.''
-->''Focus is a bit too close.''
-->''The chromatic aberration suggests you bought your camera because it had "the most megapixels"''
-->'''THE CAR IS ON FIRE!'''

* [[http://schworld.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2s3aqz This]] Schworld History comic has a disturbing example.

* ''BittersweetCandyBowl'', Functionally, most of the older students to Tess. Especially Jessica and Rachel, since the lot of them bullying her is a bit hypocritical at best.

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Tedd misses it [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2007-08-17 here]].
* In ''DorkTower'' we have [[http://www.dorktower.com/2006/06/09/comics-archive-793/ missing the point entirely.]]

* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/19990527]]:
--> '''Parody villain:''' You better hurry. There's a vampire there with orders to drop your friends into a vat of boiling oil at midnight exactly!\\
'''Sam:''' My God! They'll drown!

* In [[http://www.shoeboxblog.com/?p=11549 this]] strip of ''Webcomic/ChuckAndBeans'', a discussion about Hitler goes south fast.
* In ''{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4121 Baby Blue hauls Crimney off the coach, threatens him, declares she is only sparing him because of Fuschia, and threatens destruction if he hurts her]]. Squidley's reaction: he shouldn't jump off [[SkySurfing a moving vehicle.]]
* [[EthicalSlut Joe]] from DumbingOfAge stats rating Danny's ex-girlfriend who had just broken up with him. [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/01-move-in-day/seven/ He misconstrues Danny's distraught face completely.]]
* ''Webcomic/VirtualShackles'': Upon being told of the horrific things done by a ''DungeonsAndDragons'' player, [[http://www.virtualshackles.com/141 Jack's response]] is shock - at the fact that people still play it.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Greg}}'', Ted misses the point of Greg's biting sarcasm, leaving Greg [[http://gregcomic.com/2011/11/14/storyline-teds-place-part-7/ speechless in frustration]].
* Black from Webcomic/GreyIs does this from time to time, mainly because he has trouble understanding metaphors ands takes everything literally.
** For example when White says that he's pondering the strength of the human heart Black assumes he's talking about peoples actual hearts and tells him that mending a few cuts doesn't make him a doctor.
* ''UnwindersTallComics'': Director Nathan Blaine makes a sequel to ''Film/CitizenKane'', named ''[[http://tallcomics.com/?id=56 K2: The Death of Kane]]''. There's enough references to the original film's plot and dialogue to prove that Blaine's a big fan of the original ''Kane''... yet somehow he still manages to turn his sequel into a generic action movie with a lot of explosions.
-->'''[[TheRant Eli Parker]]:''' Anyhow, one of the funny results of this is that Nathan Blaine has clearly, CLEARLY seen ''Citizen Kane'', and he is clearly trying to get everything right, and throw in a lot of references to ''Kane 1'', but he's still completely missing the point.\\
He's a pretty crazy director.
* One ''Webcomic/MountainTime'' comic has two guys being held captive on an island. Their cunning escape plan involves [[http://mountaincomics.com/2012/03/06/mountain-time-338/ using their boat to kill their captor so they can float home on his corpse]].
* There's a good one in ''Webcomic/{{Pacificators}}''. The platoon needed to come up with a way to lure [[PsychoElectro Rendo]] away from his comrades.
-->'''Cinna:''' (when discussing who would be the best candidate for being TheBait) Hey, what about Ex-Boss [Qamra]?\\
'''Qamra:''' Like he’d interested in some [[HandicappedBadass one-eyed woman.]]\\
'''Cinna:''' That’s right, you’re too old.

* In ''Webcomic/CommanderKitty'', [[HiveMind when the locals turn blue, start pointing at him, and chanting the same thing in perfect unison,]] [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2010/06/27/improv-anywhere/ Ace assumes he's on the receiving end of a flash mob.]]
* From ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2013-01-20 in Book 14, Part I]]:
-->'''Petey:''' You want to know what ulterior motive I have for offering your captain and his company a comfortable retirement.\\
'''Schlock:''' Yes! You're sneaky that way! Something big is up, and you're trying to manipulate us.\\
'''Petey:''' Fine. You won't like the answer, but here it is: I am trying to take a band of career sociopaths out of circulation.\\
[''beat'']\\
[''Schlock draws his plasgun'']\\
'''Schlock:''' I'm in. Tell me who to shoot.\\
'''Petey:''' Apparently I'm sneakier than either of us thought.
** Also
-->'''Elf:''' What are you keeping from me! Back-doors '''sabotage'''?\\
'''Para Ventura:''' What? '''No'''. I just don't like being '''micro-managed'''.\\
'''Elf: I can't help it! You're a very small person!'''\\
'''Para Ventura: [[LampshadeHanging That's not what that word means!]]'''
* In [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=008222 this]] panel of ''WebComic/{{Homestuck}}'', Jade gives Dave an item that will make his sword able to injure the main BigBad. The item is a cue ball, but Dave mistakes it for an egg at first. After Jade points out that the item is a cue ball, Dave asks:
--> '''Dave:''' [[spoiler:lord english]] has some sort of severe egg allergy that we are hoping to exploit
* In ''{{WebComic/Oglaf}}'', a mugger tries to shake down a traveler.
--> '''Mugger:''' Hey, magical genie here -- offering the choice of two wishes! ''[holds knife close to traveler's face]'' "I wish I wasn't bleeding through the neck" or "I wish I had my money." Take your time.
--> '''Traveler:''' ''[excitedly]'' I wish for ''true love!''
--> '''Mugger:''' I don't think you understand.
--> '''Traveler:''' No! Wait! I wish I could ''fly!''

* [[http://explosm.net/comics/1583/ This]] ''CyanideAndHappiness'' comic. ''CyanideAndHappiness'' '''loves''' this joke.

--->'''Gorb''': De dirigible iz in flames, everyboddyz dead an’ I’ve lost my head.

** In another example, when Haley and her rival were forced to go on thieves's guild missions, Haley would remove the pickles from her sandwiches. Her rival assumed that she was PHYSICALLY WEAK to them, and later attacks Haley by pelting her with pickles. It helps that said rival is a complete and total idiot.

* ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'':

* ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheSTick'':

* Miko Miyazaki from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' immediately assumes that because her own conclusions led her to [[spoiler:kill her lord]], the eponymous band somehow made her do it. She then takes it as far as assuming everyone in the room is working against her, and she can do no wrong because she is the strongest member of the Sapphire Guard.

* From ''SchlockMercenary'', [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2013-01-20 in Book 14, Part I]]:

* From ''SchlockMercenary'':