History Main / ComicallyMIssingThePoint

* This OlderThanSteam. In Sheridan's ''The Critic'', Tilburina, anticipating her lover's peril in the clash of the English and Spanish ships, launches into an "I see..." vision of the coming battle. Whereupon her father objects "The Spanish fleet thou canst not see, because... it is not yet in sight!"

Administrivia/InUniverseExamplesOnly [[SelfDemonstratingArticle We'll have to spend a lot of money]] [[Administrivia/NoreallifeexamplesPLEASE just to make another subpage for real life.]] [[labelnote: Note]]The actual reason being that it's too common and attracts natter.[[/labelnote]]

Administrivia/InUniverseExamplesOnly. [[SelfDemonstratingArticle We'll have to spend a lot of money just to make another subpage for real life.]] [[labelnote: Note]]The actual reason being that it's too common and attracts natter.[[/labelnote]]

For the fandom equivalent, see MisaimedFandom.

* During his Impact Championship Wrestling debut, Wrestling/YoshihiroTajiri yelled "Shut The Fuck Up!" at the referee admonishing him for putting then rookie Wrestling/LowKi in an illegal hold, shocking everyone from the ref, to the commentators to the fans in attendance. [[SurprisinglyGoodEnglish Nobody knew Tajiri could speak English!]]

* The ''Theatre/FarndaleAvenue'' plays, which are supposedly incompetent amateur productions, have a OnceAnEpisode running gag where, somewhere around the beginning of the second act, the leader of the amateur dramatic society will remark to another character that she noticed a significant number of people leaving during the intermission. She always comes up with an innocent interpretation and never realises that they're being driven away by the awfulness of the production.

* In a 2010 T-Mobile commercial, the NBA's Dwyane Wade, then of the Miami Heat, finds himself locked in his hotel bathroom. He then issues a video call for help: "Get me outta here!" When the video goes viral on the internet, the public misinterprets it as a plea for a trade. Wade is eventually helped out by a maid who tell him he's on the news. He responds with a "huh?" look.

* Wrestling/CMPunk's reason for not joining the walkout on Wrestling/TripleH on Monday Night Raw had to due with the fact Punk left the company before ''because his contract was up'', and was tired of trying to change the company, arguing the 'hippie barbeque' was a pussy move if the participants actually wanted ''change''.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Asian Animation]]

-->'''Sideshow Bob''': There's nothing you can do! You're about to die!
-->'''Homer''': You sound like my doctor!

-->'''Alex''': WAIT! [[ThinkOfTheChildren There are kids out there!]]
-->'''Mark/Marty''': ''(beat)'' You want me to cut a kid?
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovieFourDANewAdventure'' at Ride/{{LEGOLAND}}, Wyldstyle takes Emmet on the "Wyldstyle's Super-Cycle Mega-Coaster" to take his mind off how lame his ride at Brick World is. When robot henchmen on another car start shooting at them, Emmet gets jealous about how exciting Wyldstyle's ride is compared to his.

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[[Administrivia/InUniverseExamplesOnly In-Universe Examples Only.]] [[SelfDemonstratingArticle We'll have to spend a lot of money just to make another subpage for real life.]] [[labelnote: Note]]The actual reason being that it's too common and attracts natter.[[/labelnote]]

* In a 2010 T-Mobile commercial, the NBA's Dwyane Wade, then of the Miami Heat, finds himself locked in his hotel bathroom. He then issues a video call for help: "Get me outta here!" When the video goes viral on the internet, the public misinterprets it as a plea for a trade.

Compare AlternativeJokeInterpretation, AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering, BadNewsInAGoodWay, BaitAndSwitchComment, {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, TheDitz, FailedASpotCheck, InsaneTrollLogic (logic that consists of comically missing the point), ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne, MistakenForProfound, NeedAHandOrAHandjob, NotActuallyTheUltimateQuestion, ProportionalArticleImportance, RightForTheWrongReasons, and SidetrackedByTheAnalogy.

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* A series of [[Advertising/{{GEICO}}]] ads has somebody remarking "That's amazing!" after seeing something unusual and amazing happening on screen to which someone else inquires about that same strange occurrence only to be told that the person was talking about how it's amazing how much money they saved switching to GEICO.

* A series of [[Advertising/GEICO]] ads has somebody remarking "That's amazing!" after seeing something unusual and amazing happening on screen to which someone else inquires about that same strange occurrence only to be told that the person was talking about how it's amazing how much money they saved switching to GEICO.

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[[Administrivia/InUniverseExamplesOnly In-Universe Example Only.]] [[SelfDemonstratingArticle We'll have to spend a lot of money just to make another subpage for real life.]] [[labelnote: Note]]The actual reason being that it's too common and attracts natter.[[/labelnote]]

[[Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease No real life examples, please.]] [[SelfDemonstratingArticle We'll have to spend a lot of money just to make another subpage for real life.]] [[labelnote: Note]]The actual reason being that it's too common and attracts natter.[[/labelnote]]

Compare AlternativeJokeInterpretation, AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering, BadNewsInAGoodWay, BaitAndSwitchComment, {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, TheDitz, DramaticallyMissingThePoint, FailedASpotCheck, InsaneTrollLogic (logic that consists of comically missing the point), ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne, MistakenForProfound, NeedAHandOrAHandjob, NotActuallyTheUltimateQuestion, ProportionalArticleImportance, RightForTheWrongReasons, and SidetrackedByTheAnalogy.

Compare AlternativeJokeInterpretation, AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering, BadNewsInAGoodWay, BaitAndSwitchComment, {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, TheDitz, FailedASpotCheck, InsaneTrollLogic (logic that consists of comically missing the point), ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne, MistakenForProfound, NeedAHandOrAHandjob, NotActuallyTheUltimateQuestion, ProportionalArticleImportance, RightForTheWrongReasons, and SidetrackedByTheAnalogy.