History Main / Malaproper

** Troy in general has this going for him (confusing "scapegoat" with "escape goat", etc), as does Britta ("rowboat cop" instead of ''Franchise/RoboCop'', "edible complex" instead of "Oedipal complex", etc).

* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'':
** Shantae dresses up as a pirate in ''Shantae and the Pirate's Curse'', and has this adorable little gem when she tries to shove off:

** Bolo does this at times as part of his nature as TheDitz. For example, if you talk to him [[spoiler:in Propeller Town after delivering the Targeting Module]] in ''Shantae and the Pirate's Curse''.

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* Jim, who plays Qui-Gon Jinn in ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids''.
** As often as not, that's from pretending to know what a word means, often in spite of the fact that the word was made up for the setting. A good example is believing that Jedi is a kind of cheese (which eventually turned Jedi Knights into Cheddar Monks).
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': Belkar mishears "sextant" as "sex taint," which results in him taking Roy to see prostitutes instead of a cartographer. When Roy tries to correct him, Belkar then sources a cart of gophers.

** Also, when hyperactive eight-year-old Greta is being restrained, she claims that "This is a vibration of my silly rights!" (violation of civil rights)

* [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=1841 This]] Webcomic/{{Dinosaur Comic|s}}.
* [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/The_KAMics/4770219/ Malaprop Minerals]] from ''Webcomic/TheKAMics''.
* Tangerine in ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-10-31 even when Lil' E explains]], she thinks "Trick or Treat" is "Trigger tree."
** And of course Jay-Z is her load and savour.
* The villain For Whom the Death Tolls in ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' continuously corrects people by stating that his name is a malaproper. Everyone else points out that not only does it sound really lame, but also doesn't make sense. [[spoiler:And, in keeping with thinking he's an ineffective villain, ends up with googly eyes on his mask and then ignored.]]

* The villain For Whom the Death Tolls in ''Webcomic/GRRLPower'' continuously corrects people by stating that his name is a malaproper. Everyone else points out that not only does it sound really lame, but also doesn't make sense.

* The object of the 1979 game show ''Series/{{Whew}}'' is to correct bloopers (clues with the key element deliberately misstated) to progress up the game board. Many of the bloopers are malapropisms while others fall into wordplay.

* Minako Aino from ''Manga/SailorMoon'' already was this in the original ''Manga/CodenameWaSailorV'' manga, where she cuts a MonsterOfTheWeek in two… but calls said punishment ''{{seppuku}}'' ([[LampshadeHanging Artemis is not amused]]). This trait is taken to RunningGag levels in the first ''Sailor Moon'' anime.

* D.W. from ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' does this every now and then and is always immediately corrected by Arthur. Justified in that she is four years old.

-->'''Ren:'' "Pop rat"?\\

Compare and contrast with DelusionsOfEloquence, BluntMetaphorsTrauma, FreudianSlip, PopularSayingBut, and MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels. Compare and contrast also with the {{Spoonerism}}, where the first letter or syllable is transposed for comedy effect. If the speaker uses the apparently correct words instead but gets hopelessly lost in their train of thought, that's {{Metaphorgotten}}. If using the wrong word is the result of mishearing the correct word, that's a {{Mondegreen}}. RougeAnglesOfSatin is this trope in written form. A pun is this being done on purpose.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Stumpy, [[CrapsaccharineWorld Smileyland]]'s resident [[TheDitz idiot]], does this quite frequently. For example, in an episode where he goes to a library, he constantly calls it a "liblerary".

Compare and contrast with DelusionsOfEloquence, BluntMetaphorsTrauma, FreudianSlip, PopularSayingBut, and MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels. Compare and contrast also with the {{Spoonerism}}, where the first letter or syllable is transposed for comedy effect. If the speaker uses the apparently correct words instead but gets hopelessly lost in their train of thought, that's {{Metaphorgotten}}. If using the wrong word is the result of mishearing the correct word, that's a {{Mondegreen}}. RougeAnglesOfSatin is this trope in written form.

** Definitely came up with the title for A Hard Days Night, when upon leaving Abbey Road, Ringo found, much to his surprise that evening had fallen whilst Music/TheBeatles were recording. [[note]] And guess which of Music/TheBeatles collects watches....[[/note]]

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* Music/RingoStarr was famous for this. The song, album and film ''Music/AHardDaysNight'' were named after a phrase Ringo used after a concert. As he said: "It's been a hard day" he suddenly noticed it was dark outside and added "...'s night". Another one of his was "Tomorrow never knows", used on ''Music/{{Revolver}}''.

* Music/TenaciousD has one rather big example in Kickapoo. "Then I sliced his ***ing cockles, with a long and shiny blade!"[[note]]it means a shellfish...[[/note]]

* Lee [=McKinney=], the protagonist of the Chocoholic mysteries, is afflicted by this.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'':

** Even ''Vetinari'' has malapropped, for example saying that [[Literature/GoingPostal Moist von Lipwig]] has "danced the sisal two-step" instead of the existing idiom of "the hemp fandango" or referring to a street fight as a "gang crumble" rather than "rumble". And also in Going Postal, confusing "the glass ceiling" with "the Agatean Wall". Though with Vetinari, it's equally likely he's getting the phrases wrong on purpose, especially the second example. Perhaps most JustForFun/{{egregious}}ly, when discussing an incident involving a ship with the already-awkward name of the ''Wonderful Fanny'' in ''Literature/{{Snuff}}'', he accidentally refers to it as the ''Enormous Fanny''.

'''Yuri:''' Actually, that one almost worked...\\