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* Discussed and defied in the ''Literature/DresdenFiles'' novel "Death Masks". When Harry [[ItMakesSenseInContext needs to refer to more than one Elvis]], he explains that he will be using the [[CanisLatinicus faux Latin]] plural "Elvii" because using the correct English plural "Elvises" would make him sound like Gollum. Although technically, since "Elvis" ends in -is rather than -us, the Latin plural would technically be "Elves" (pronounced "elv-ease")... [[NoPronunciationGuide which doesn't work quite right when written down, due to being spelled the same as]] [[OurElvesAreBetter "elves"]]. Of course it's something of a RunningGag that Harry isn't very proficient in Latin anyway and probably wouldn't know that.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHpRHexM2pQ "Extra Gin"]] by the Doubleclicks uses "catses" to provide a rhyme for "taxes".

** At other times, he'll "correct" himself:

** Swedish, just like Polish, uses "chips" for both the singular and plural forms of potato "chip". "Muffin" gets the same treatment - it's called "muffins" both in plural and singular forms.

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* And just to make things confusing, there are edge cases when this trope is ''proper English''--primarily when you have a cluster of things, typically proper nouns, that already end in an S. If [[Franchise/StarTrek James T. Kirk]], Film/JamesBond, [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius James "Jimmy" Neutron]] and [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} James of Team Rocket]] were dining together, you could describe it as a table of Jameses. Likewise if you met the creator of the Webcomic/WalkyVerse webcomics and his wife, David and Maggie, you could say that you had met the Willises.

** This happens on occasion in ''JustForFun/PokemonVietnameseCrystal'' due to the TranslationTrainWreck nature of the game and its many misspellings. The most common mistake is referring to plural Pokémon as ELFS.

** According to [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve Pinkie Pie]], the plural of "pegasus" is "pegasusususes". Sort of doubly wrong in that world because ''Friendship Is Magic'' normally uses the Latin-inspired plural "pegasi".

* Inverted in the case of words ended in "s" that people automatically assume are plurals. A common example for spanish speakers is considering the existence of the phrase "a pair of tenis shoes" and assuming that the singular would be "a teni shoe." A less common but not unheard of example is thinking "analysis" is the plural of "analys", or even thinking the words are plural: "analys", singular: "analy." [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes, actual people speak this way.]]

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** Teh Internetz, [[PrivateEye shurely?]]

** According to [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve Pinkie Pie]], the plural of "pegasus" is "pegasusususes", but apart from that, ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' uses the Latin-inspired plural "pegasi".

** According to [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve Pinkie Pie]], the plural of "pegasus" is "pegasusususes", but apart from that, ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' averts this trope well by consistently using the correct plural "pegasi". Although technically "pegasi" is still wrong, since "pegasus" is derived from Greek rather than Latin and would therefore be properly pluralized as "pegasoi". And if you're ''really'' pedantic, "Pegasus" ''has no correct plural'', [[SadlyMythtaken as it is the proper name of an individual winged horse and not the species as a whole]].

* In ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' [[http://xkcd.com/1429/ #1429]], a character uses "data" (plural form of ''datum'') as a singular except when referring to a ''Star Trek'' character.

''WebVideo/BackstrokeOfTheWest'' gives us the subtitle "Send these troopseses only." It also gives us such words as "dreamses," "needses," "beened," "livinging," and the especially wonderful "politicseses."

* [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl Misato]] says this in ''WebAnimation/EvangelionReDeath''. "Rule number one: I have ''two'' breasteses. Not one. Two."

* Sal in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' does this to emphasize his lower-classness. Sometimes [[InvertedTrope he does the opposite]]:
-->'''Sal:''' Whoas! Cripe!

-->'''Sal:''' Don't worries, I've gots an idea, I mean, an ideas.

--> "FLOOTERSHY! IT IS TIME TO MAKE...DE MAGICKS!"

** This holds true in the rare situations where English has absorbed a complete noun phrase from a foreign language (particularly French). The noun takes the s when pluralizing even when the origin language has mixed up the word order. Thus ''films noir'' and ''agents provocateur'' are correct rather than ''film noirs'' or ''agent provocateurs.''

* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** The infamous "JustForFun/BackstrokeOfTheWest" bootleg of ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' gives us the subtitle "Send these troopseses only." It also gives us such words as "dreamses," "needses," "beened," "livinging," and the especially wonderful "politicseses."
** And canonically, the Gungans do this to an extent, with [[TheScrappy Jar-Jar]] taking it UpToEleven.