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A common variant is that Alice's original statement was an attempt to guess what Bob is planning or doing. ("So you're going to just storm the castle?" "Don't be absurd. I'm going to storm the castle ''carrying this marionette.'' Sheesh.")

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3415504/24/Prodigy Prodigy]]'' James takes a shrunken trunk out of his pocket and tosses it in the corner, where it returns to its full size.

* ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'': In ''Literature/SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish'', Arthur can't resist making the obvious ''Literature/PaddingtonBear'' reference when he learns Fenchurch's name: was she found at Fenchurch Street Station?

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'''Mad Hatter:''' Mustard, yes... ''Mustard?!'' Don't let's be silly! Lemon, that's more like it.

* ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'': In ''Literature/SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish'', Arthur can't resist making the obvious ''Theatre/TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest'' reference when he learns Fenchurch's name: was she found in a handbag in Fenchurch Street Station?

'''Second Man:'''Come on now, be sensible, Parky.\\

'''Strong Sad:'''' What? I'm Strong Sad. Dripping Yellow Madness moved away after the fifth grade.

* In the ''WesternAnimaton/{{Amphibia}}'' episode "The Domino Effect", Anne blames a loud noise from her new pet killerpillar on a "basement ghost".

'''Burnie:''' Don't be silly, Muppets are trademark.

* In a [[WebVideo/RoosterTeethShorts Rooster Teeth Short]] when they find that their new intern is a puppet.
-->'''Joel''' Is that a {{Muppet}}?\\
'''Burnie:''' Don't be silly, Muppets are trademark.

* In ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland'', Kermit/Smallett asks who hired the crew full of obvious pirates. Everyone points to Fozzie/Trelawney, while he points to his own finger.
-->'''Kermit/Smallett:''' Your finger hired the crew?\\

* ''DumbingOfAge'': Joyce (a recovering fundie) laughs at the idea that dinosaur fossils are tests of faith. Obviously two of every dinosaur went aboard the Ark and were later hunted to extinction.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Fangface}}'' episode "A Toothy Shark Is No Lark!", Fangs says he's always wanted to go on a Caribbean cruise in the Mediterranean. Puggsy, ever the KnowNothingKnowItAll, smugly points out that the Caribbean isn't in the Mediterranean; [[HypocriticalHumor it's in the North Pacific]]!

* ''Series/ShakeItUp'': (paraphrased)

* ''Disney/AliceInWonderland'', when the Mad Hatter is "fixing" the White Rabbit's watch:

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': In ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}'', Colon confuses "hieroglyphs" for a type of mollusc, and when Nobby asks "so if we go any deeper, they'll be loweroglyphs" Colon tells him not to be ridiculous, because everyone knows you don't ''get'' loweroglyphs in these waters.

* In ''Tea With the Black Dragon'' by Creator/RAMacAvoy, during Martha's first conversation with Mayland Long, he tells her a version of the tale of Thomas the Rhymer, which continues past the usual ending point to talk about Thomas' son. When he finishes, she remarks that he tells it with such authority she could almost believe he'd had it from Thomas in person.

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia "Utopia"]] has the Doctor say the trope-naming phrase word-for-word, but in a context that could not fit this trope less if it tried. Namely, he's panicking because his companion's just told him that another character has a [[SoulJar Chameleon Arch]], when he ''should'' be the LastOfHisKind.

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* An old ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' comic had Linus trying to throw rocks at the stars. Lucy eventually stops him, admonishing him with "You blockhead! What if you had ''hit'' one?!"
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