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** When their manager Malcolm [=McLaren=] [[ExecutiveMeddling demanded that they record]] a song called "[[ObligatoryBondageSong Submission]]" to promote his punk clothing store, they did exactly that...except the song was about a mission in a submarine. As if to annoy [=McLaren=] more, the song is filled plenty of winking double entendres to his intended subject matter, but they're so [[StylisticSuck intentionally ridiculous]] that they're useless to advertise his clothing.

* In ''Literature/TheGooseGirl'', the princess tells the truth not to anyone -- which she had promised not to -- but to an iron stove.

*** Near the start, he tells Apollo that he ([[spoiler:Dhurke]]) is "not long for this world" and he "hear[s] the [[{{Heaven}} Twilight Realm]] calling [his] name". [[spoiler:He is {{dead|AllAlong}} and being channeled by a spirit medium. It will not last forever]].

*** Partway through his trial, [[spoiler:Dhurke]] escapes from the courtroom, yelling about how he can't leave [[spoiler:Amara]] in danger. The player is led to believe this is because [[spoiler: she is being held prisoner somewhere]], but he is actually saying this because [[spoiler: she is the medium currently channeling his body, and he does not want her to die if he gets executed]].

** In ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'', before Ryunnosuke defends in his first trial against the "Reaper of Old Baily" Barok van Zieks, Inspector Gregson tells him that no one can save a defendant from the Reaper, which Ryunnosuke takes to mean that Barok is another prosecutor who's never lost a case. After Ryunnosuke manages to win, Gregson corrects him- Barok ''does'' regularly lose cases... it's just that this never saves the defendants. The reason people call Barok the Reaper is because anyone who is declared Not Guilty in one of his trials [[DoomMagnet dies shortly afterwards]]. This then proceeds to happen to Ryunnosuke's client, who's thankfully an AssholeVictim.

* After the ''Asian Jake Paul'' diss track that was directed at the infamous Ricegum, Boyinaband said that he was going to apologize for the venomous comments that resulted from his insults in the song, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx4b63UJAeE even going to do so in person.]] [[spoiler:It turns out that the guy he's apologizing to is ''Casey Neistat'' for a throwaway line in the disstrack that was still meant to insult Ricegum anyways [[labelnote: The Line in Question]] That's bad! But then I heard [Ricegum] try to rap. I was more disappointed than when I found out Casey Neistat didn't have nice tats![[/labelnote]], and Ricegum is still an {{acceptable target|s}} for him because of all the other stuff he's done.]]

* ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP:''[[spoiler: Jschlatt orders Technoblade to "[[PublicExecution take out]]" Tubbo at the Manburg Festival. Although Techno ends up following through with this order, he [[HoldingTheFloor delays]] by asking whether Schlatt wants him to take him out for a fancy dinner.]]* WebVideo/JonTron released a trailer stating that Jontron's [=StarCade=] Episode 1 would be released on May 9th. The episode was released... On the last possible second before May 10th.

* In one folk song, the two characters are in love with each other, but the woman's father has made her promise to say "No" to any request a would-be suitor makes of her. Once the man realises this, he asks her to ''refuse to'' date him, and she gladly denies this request, thus agreeing to date.
-->''Oh hark I hear the church bells rining, will you come and be my wife,\\
or dear madam have you settled to be single all your life?\\
Oh, No John, No John, No John, No''

* In the English folk song "Oh, no, John!", a young man courts a beautiful Spanish lady, and is refused with the titular chorus. The lady tells him that her father, a sea captain, has gone away to sea, leaving her an instruction to always answer "no" to suitors. Accordingly, the young man then begins to rephrase his questions in such a way that answering "no" will denote acceptance of his suit (for example, "Madam will you let me go?")
---> "Madam I have vowed to love you,
---> Would you have me change my mind?"
---> "Oh, no, John, no, John, no, John, no!"

* In the English folk song "Oh, no, John!", a young man courts a beautiful Spanish lady, and is refused with the titular chorus. The lady tells him that her father, a sea captain, told her to always answer "no" before he went away. Accordingly, the suitor then begins to rephrase his his questions in such a way that answering "no" will denote acceptance of his suit (for example, "Madam will you let me go?")

--> She had not ''learned'' French, exactly, not out of books, but her papa and other people had always spoken it to her, and she had read it and written it as she had read and written English.

** [[https://garfield.com/comic/2012/01/08 Garfield was drinking coffee when Odie made a "yip" sound at him.]] Garfield told Odie not to do that, and then Odie barked.

* During Wrestling/{{Edge}}'s feud with Wrestling/DolphZiggler, Wrestling/VickieGuerrero banned Edge's finisher, The Spear, telling him that if he ever used it in a match, he would be stripped of his title. Immediately after this, Edge hit Ziggler with The Spear four times in a row, since they weren't in a match.

* ''WebAnimation/WalrusGuy'': [[In https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qSBhsvW_zg Gwonam's Gweat Adventuwe]], when Gwonam wakes up from a coma, he asks Link to use his sword to kill him so [[ItMakesSenseInContext he can go back and see]] Animation/DinoTime. Link says that he can't do it because it's his smart sword and it won't hurt anyone friendly (in fact, it makes them sing [[Music/SirMixALot Baby Got Back]]).

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': When Team RWBY are assigned to their field mission, Dr. Oobleck instructs them not to bring any bags as he's packed all the essentials. Once they've reached their destination, he tells them that they must do exactly what he tells them from this point forward. When he spots Ruby's bag, he calls her out for it by stating that he told her to leave all her bags at school. She points out that he hadn't instructed them to listen to him at that stage. He concedes the point.
-->'''Oobleck:''' ...she's not wrong.