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* In one episode of ''Series/PersonOfInterest'', a gang of masked mooks have spread out across New York City to cause mayhem to distract law enforcement from a major terroristic event. Two main characters get ahold of the masks the mooks are using, stroll up to a mook, and accuse his group of being too close to the event while showing him a map. The mook is quick to defend himself, pointing out where the event is on the map and how they were nowhere close to it.
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You don't know why it's so wrong. Maybe they did not do the research, and suffered from CriticalResearchFailure. Maybe they knew it all along, but then decided to ignore it since TheyJustDidntCare. Maybe [[StylisticSuck it's done deliberately]]. Maybe they just want to lure you out. But whatever, you're annoyed by the wrongness, and now ''you can't stop your urge to correct it''!
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You don't know why it's so wrong. Maybe they did not do the research, and suffered from CriticalResearchFailure. Maybe they knew it all along, but then decided to ignore it since TheyJustDidntCare.it. Maybe [[StylisticSuck it's done deliberately]]. Maybe they just want to lure you out. But whatever, you're annoyed by the wrongness, and now ''you can't stop your urge to correct it''!
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* ComicStrip/BeetleBailey featured the same gag, with a misspelled "Dougnuts." After Beetle and Sarge leave with a bag of donuts (having stopped to report the error), the proprietor comments that the missing h brings in ever more business.
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* ComicStrip/BeetleBailey featured the same gag, with a misspelled "Dougnuts." After Beetle and Sarge leave with a bag of donuts doughnuts/donuts (having stopped to report the error), the proprietor comments that the missing h brings in ever more business.
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-->'''Penny''': Come on, you do it to feel superior. I see that twinkle in your eye when someone says who instead of whom or thinks the moon is a planet.
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-->'''Penny''': Come on, you do it to feel superior. I see that twinkle in your eye when someone says who "who" instead of whom "whom" or thinks the moon is a planet.
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-->'''Spy''': "Are you sure you've wormed enough information out of me Colonel Hogan?"
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-->'''Spy''': "Are you sure you've wormed enough information out of me me, Colonel Hogan?"
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->''"Ask a question and you may not get an answer. Provide a ''wrong'' answer, however, and see as twelve corrections are thrown at you."''
-->-- '''Creator/LawrenceWattEvans'''
-->-- '''Creator/LawrenceWattEvans'''
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* Blanche does this in one episode of ''TheGoldenGirls'':
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* Blanche does this in one episode of ''TheGoldenGirls'':''Series/TheGoldenGirls'':
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* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' had Brain filing a lawsuit, claiming to have been "transformed into" a mouse (he had used his robotic suit to pass as human earlier in the episode.) The opposing lawyer pointed out that mice were not intelligent, and Brain, whose lawsuit was going poorly already and was starting to panic, tried to pretend that he was an idiot. The lawyer then threw a bunch of false statements at him, and Brain obviously struggled (and ultimately failed) to stop himself from blurting out corrections.
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* In an article on specific nerd archetypes, Creator/{{Seanbaby}} called out the type that thrives on smugly correcting people on trivial matters and theorized that when they die alone, "they go to a hell where [[IronicHell their mouth is taped shut for eternity next to people who keep saying that Carl Weathers was in]] ''Franchise/StarWars''."
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* In an article on specific nerd archetypes, for Cracked, Creator/{{Seanbaby}} called out the type of nerd that thrives on smugly correcting people on for trivial matters mistakes and theorized that when they die alone, "they go to a hell where [[IronicHell their mouth is taped shut for eternity next to people who keep saying that Carl Weathers was in]] ''Franchise/StarWars''."
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* In an article on specific nerd archetypes, Creator/{{Seanbaby}} called out this particular breed and theorized that when they die, "they go to a hell where their mouth is taped shut for eternity next to people who keep saying that Carl Weathers was in ''Franchise/StarWars''."
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* In an article on specific nerd archetypes, Creator/{{Seanbaby}} called out this particular breed the type that thrives on smugly correcting people on trivial matters and theorized that when they die, die alone, "they go to a hell where [[IronicHell their mouth is taped shut for eternity next to people who keep saying that Carl Weathers was in in]] ''Franchise/StarWars''."
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* One ''Website/NotAlwaysRight'' story has some furniture salespeople who are fed up with a constant complainer. They intentionally bring furniture to her with an obvious flaw that they can fix in the truck, thus giving her a chance to complain but sparing themselves a trip to bring back the furniture if she complained after they left it.
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* In one episode of ''WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}}'', slowbeef makes a joke about the laziness of Pokemon's animators, saying "They players won't care; they spent their 100 yen!" Later, when Proteus jokes that Kabuto is that "Japanese theater with the face paint 'n shit," he then immediately follows up by preemptively cursing out the people rushing to comment that he's talking about ''kabuki''. slowbeef then says that it's probably the same person who's about to post "you know slowbeef, 100 yen is not a lot of money." "100 yen is not a lot of money" immediately became the "Well, actually..." of the Retsupurae fandom.
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* In one episode of ''WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}}'', slowbeef makes a joke about the laziness of Pokemon's animators, saying "They players won't care; they spent their 100 yen!" Later, when Proteus jokes that Kabuto is that "Japanese theater with the face paint 'n shit," he then immediately follows up by preemptively cursing out the people rushing to comment that he's talking about ''kabuki''. slowbeef Slowbeef then says that it's probably the same person who's about to post "you know slowbeef, 100 yen is not a lot of money." "100 yen is not a lot of money" immediately became the "Well, actually..." of the Retsupurae fandom.
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A form of SchmuckBait. Sub Tropes include GrammarNazi, StylisticSuck, EditWar, YouMakeMeSic, FandomBerserkButton. See also SoBadItsGood, TheInternetIsSeriousBusiness, AccentuateTheNegative. DistractingDisambiguation, XylophoneGag. Compare SuperOCD, ThePerfectionist, BlunderCorrectingImpulse, FlameBait and SnarkBait. Contrast BystanderSyndrome. May result in {{Hypocrite}}, LetsSeeYouDoBetter, NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer, AluminumChristmasTrees.
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A form of SchmuckBait. Sub Tropes include GrammarNazi, StylisticSuck, EditWar, Administrivia/EditWar, YouMakeMeSic, FandomBerserkButton. See also SoBadItsGood, TheInternetIsSeriousBusiness, AccentuateTheNegative. DistractingDisambiguation, XylophoneGag. Compare SuperOCD, ThePerfectionist, BlunderCorrectingImpulse, FlameBait and SnarkBait. Contrast BystanderSyndrome. May result in {{Hypocrite}}, LetsSeeYouDoBetter, NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer, AluminumChristmasTrees.
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A form of SchmuckBait. Sub Tropes include GrammarNazi, StylisticSuck, EditWar, YouMakeMeSic, FandomBerserkButton. See also SoBadItsGood, TheInternetIsSeriousBusiness, AccentuateTheNegative. DistractingDisambiguation, XylophoneGag. Compare SuperOCD, ThePerfectionist, FlameBait and SnarkBait. Contrast BystanderSyndrome. May result in {{Hypocrite}}, LetsSeeYouDoBetter, NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer, AluminumChristmasTrees.
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A form of SchmuckBait. Sub Tropes include GrammarNazi, StylisticSuck, EditWar, YouMakeMeSic, FandomBerserkButton. See also SoBadItsGood, TheInternetIsSeriousBusiness, AccentuateTheNegative. DistractingDisambiguation, XylophoneGag. Compare SuperOCD, ThePerfectionist, BlunderCorrectingImpulse, FlameBait and SnarkBait. Contrast BystanderSyndrome. May result in {{Hypocrite}}, LetsSeeYouDoBetter, NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer, AluminumChristmasTrees.
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* Literature/SherlockHolmes has used this to good effect. In ''The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle'', he's tracking the origins of a Christmas goose which was found to be carrying a stolen gem. He insists to a dealer that the goose was farm-raised - which he knows almost certainly isn't true - and under the guise of a bet gets the man to prove him "wrong" by showing him the ledgers telling exactly where in the city the goose came from. Holmes later says he could have offered the man a hundred times the bet and not been able to simply buy the information.
* Literature/SherlockHolmes has used this to good effect. In ''The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle'', he's tracking the origins of a Christmas goose which was found to be carrying a stolen gem. He insists to a dealer that the goose was farm-raised - which he knows almost certainly isn't true - and under the guise of a bet gets the man to prove him "wrong" by showing him the ledgers telling exactly where in the city the goose came from. Holmes later says he could have offered the man a hundred times the bet and not been able to simply buy the information.
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* In every version of Superman, Mr. Mxyzptlk can be defeated only by tricking him into saying or spelling his own name backwards ("Kltpzyxm"). In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries,'' Superman (as Clark Kent) defeats him by casually telling him he'll fight him after proofreading the article he's just written. Mxyzptlk impatiently proofreads it for him, crossing out his mistakes. The crossed out letters spell out ''Kltpzyxm.''
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* The ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' [[http://xkcd.com/386/ example]] on the trope image. Besides that, ''xkcd'' also has a comic showing [[http://xkcd.com/326/ Cueball baiting a]] GrammarNazi into making a false correction. [[note]]Most people are unfamiliar with the uncommon use of "effect" as a verb, which means to "bring about".[[/note]]
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* The A ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' comic shows [[http://xkcd.com/386/ example]] on the trope image. Besides that, ''xkcd'' also has a comic showing [[http://xkcd.com/326/ Cueball baiting a]] GrammarNazi into making a false correction. [[note]]Most people are unfamiliar with the uncommon use of "effect" as a verb, which means to "bring about".[[/note]]
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* Blanche does this in one episode of ''TheGoldenGirls'':
-->'''Blanche''': You come to ''me'' when you want advice on men. You go to Dorothy when there's grammar you need help with.
-->'''Dorothy''': You ended that sentence with a preposition just to bait me.
-->'''Blanche''': What would I do that for?
-->'''Blanche''': You come to ''me'' when you want advice on men. You go to Dorothy when there's grammar you need help with.
-->'''Dorothy''': You ended that sentence with a preposition just to bait me.
-->'''Blanche''': What would I do that for?
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* In the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' story ''Slayride'', Robin / Tim Drake is trapped in a car with the Joker on Christmas. He buys enough time to finish freeing himself by quoting the Marx Brothers, then deliberately misidentifying the source of the quote.
* In the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' story ''Slayride'', Robin / Tim Drake is trapped in a car with the Joker on Christmas. He buys enough time to finish freeing himself by quoting the Marx Brothers, then deliberately misidentifying the source of the quote.
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* In one episode of ''WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}}'', slowbeef makes a joke about the laziness of Pokemon's animators, saying "They players won't care; they spent their 100 yen!" Later, when Proteus jokes that Kabuto is that "Japanese theater with the face paint 'n shit," he then immediately follows up by preemptively cursing out the people rushing to comment that he's talking about ''kabuki''. slowbeef then says that it's probably the same person who's about to post "you know slowbeef, 100 yen is not a lot of money." "100 yen is not a lot of money" immediately became the "Well, actually..." of the Retsupurae fandom.
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* ''Series/HogansHeroes'' had this as a way Hogan got information, he would say the wrong thing and be corrected with the right information, then change subjects before it was noticed. It was even lampshaded in one episode when a "German citizen" giving away classified SS orders turned out to be an Allied agent.
-->'''Spy''': "Are you sure you've wormed enough information out of me Colonel Hogan?"
-->'''Spy''': "Are you sure you've wormed enough information out of me Colonel Hogan?"
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It's also the very reason of ThisVeryWiki to have Administrivia/RepairDontRespond, as well as preventing {{Natter}} and FlameBait.
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It's also the very reason of ThisVeryWiki to have Administrivia/RepairDontRespond, as well as preventing {{Natter}} Administrivia/{{Natter}} and FlameBait.
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* In ''Film/NowYouSeeMe'', Daniel tries to mimic Merritt's mentalism and makes a comically bad attempt at 'reading' their boss. Tressler is quick to tell him how off his guesses are - [[spoiler: too bad he's being mined for his bank account security questions.]]
* In ''Film/NowYouSeeMe'', Daniel tries to mimic Merritt's mentalism and makes a comically bad attempt at 'reading' their boss. Tressler is quick to tell him how off his guesses are - [[spoiler: too bad he's being mined for his bank account security questions.]]
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[[caption-width-right:340:Careful choice of words can effect this effect, which will affect the affect of your reader.]]
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* In the ''{{Series/Columbo}}'' episode "The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case", Columbo constructs the contraption the killer used to make it sound like the murder happened while he was outside the room. However, Columbo deliberately put an error into the contraption, knowing the murderer [[{{Pride}} wouldn't be able to resist correcting it]].
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* In the ''{{Series/Columbo}}'' ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' episode "The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case", Columbo constructs the contraption the killer used to make it sound like the murder happened while he was outside the room. However, Columbo deliberately put an error into the contraption, knowing the murderer [[{{Pride}} wouldn't be able to resist correcting it]].
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* In one episode of ''{{Series/Sherlock}}'', the title character gets a lot of information out of the victim's wife very quickly by voicing several incorrect assumptions about her husband. He explains to John that, while people are often reluctant to answer questions, they are almost always eager to correct a mistake.
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* In one episode of ''{{Series/Sherlock}}'', ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', the title character gets a lot of information out of the victim's wife very quickly by voicing several incorrect assumptions about her husband. He explains to John that, while people are often reluctant to answer questions, they are almost always eager to correct a mistake.
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* In ''{{ComicStrip/Blondie}}'', Dagwood once noticed a bakery with a misspelled hand-lettered sign advertising something. He went in to correct it, and came out with food. The bakery owner indicated that he had intentionally done it, and it was bringing in a bunch of business.
* BeetleBailey featured the same gag, with a misspelled "Dougnuts." After Beetle and Sarge leave with a bag of donuts (having stopped to report the error), the proprietor comments that the missing h brings in ever more business.
* BeetleBailey featured the same gag, with a misspelled "Dougnuts." After Beetle and Sarge leave with a bag of donuts (having stopped to report the error), the proprietor comments that the missing h brings in ever more business.
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* In ''{{ComicStrip/Blondie}}'', ''ComicStrip/{{Blondie}}'', Dagwood once noticed a bakery with a misspelled hand-lettered sign advertising something. He went in to correct it, and came out with food. The bakery owner indicated that he had intentionally done it, and it was bringing in a bunch of business.
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* Invoked in a WoW based webcomic had someone asking a polite question in chat and getting abuse and stupidity in answer. Someone sent a private message saying he doesn't know the answer, but he knows how to get it. He answers the question with blatantly incorrect information, and is immediately corrected by the trolls.
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* Invoked in a WoW based ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''-based webcomic which had someone asking a polite question in chat and getting abuse and stupidity in answer. Someone sent a private message saying he doesn't know the answer, but he knows how to get it. He answers the question with blatantly incorrect information, and is immediately corrected by the trolls.
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* In an article on specific nerd archetypes, {{Seanbaby}} called out this particular breed and theorized that when they die, "they go to a hell where their mouth is taped shut for eternity next to people who keep saying that Carl Weathers was in ''StarWars''."
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* In an article on specific nerd archetypes, {{Seanbaby}} Creator/{{Seanbaby}} called out this particular breed and theorized that when they die, "they go to a hell where their mouth is taped shut for eternity next to people who keep saying that Carl Weathers was in ''StarWars''."
''Franchise/StarWars''."
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[[caption-width-right:214: [[OhNoYouDidnt What do you want me to do? LEAVE?]] [[AltText Then they'll keep being wrong!]]]]
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[[SelfDemonstratingArticle Decribe]] [[DescribeTropeHere Decribe Correction Bait here.]]
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* In the ''{{Series/Columbo}}'' episode "The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case", Columbo constructs the contraption the killer used to make it sound like the murder happened while he was outside the room. However, Columbo deliberately put an error into the contraption, knowing the murderer [[{{Pride}} wouldn't be able to resist correcting it]]. See [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnWScg95paA&t=9m30s here]].
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* In the ''{{Series/Columbo}}'' episode "The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case", Columbo constructs the contraption the killer used to make it sound like the murder happened while he was outside the room. However, Columbo deliberately put an error into the contraption, knowing the murderer [[{{Pride}} wouldn't be able to resist correcting it]]. See [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnWScg95paA&t=9m30s here]].
