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* Back in the 1800s, it was common for American merchant ships to label their cargo bays with letters. However, an exception to this convention was the sick bay, which typically occupied the space that would otherwise have been known as Bay B. It turned out that a valuable cargo at the time was guano from South Pacific islands, valuable for its nitrogen and phosphorus. One danger of transporting the guano, however, was that if it got wet down in the cargo holds, it could start to ferment. The result was a buildup of methane, which was just waiting for a source of ignition. One solution to the problem was to ship the guano high in transit, away from the lower decks where water might accumulate. This wasn’t always possible, though, so the next best solution was to transport the guano on ships that were making the fewest stops. Bundles intended for this kind of express delivery were stamped C.A.N.D., standing for “Cargo for Accelerated Nautical Delivery”. It became something of a joke among sailors to pronounce this acronym as “candy”. Experienced individuals would assign the newest crew members to “take the candy from Bay B.” Having already unloaded guano from bays A, C, and D, the uninitiated sailors would go off in search of the nonexistent Bay B to finish the job, while the old hands watched and stifled their laughter. As a matter of fact, when landlubbers heard the phrase "like taking candy from bay B," [[MemicMutation they assumed that it had the opposite meaning as it did,]] resulting in the modern idiom "Like taking candy from a baby."
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* Back in the 1800s, it was common for American merchant ships to label their cargo bays with letters. However, an exception to this convention was the sick bay, which typically occupied the space that would otherwise have been known as Bay B. It turned out that a valuable cargo at the time was guano from South Pacific islands, valuable for its nitrogen and phosphorus. One danger of transporting the guano, however, was that if it got wet down in the cargo holds, it could start to ferment. The result was a buildup of methane, which was just waiting for a source of ignition. One solution to the problem was to ship the guano high in transit, away from the lower decks where water might accumulate. This wasn’t always possible, though, so the next best solution was to transport the guano on ships that were making the fewest stops. Bundles intended for this kind of express delivery were stamped C.A.N.D., standing for “Cargo for Accelerated Nautical Delivery”. It became something of a joke among sailors to pronounce this acronym as “candy”. Experienced individuals would assign the newest crew members to “take the candy from Bay B.” Having already unloaded guano from bays A, C, and D, the uninitiated sailors would go off in search of the nonexistent Bay B to finish the job, while the old hands watched and stifled their laughter. As a matter of fact, when landlubbers heard the phrase "like taking candy from bay B," [[MemicMutation they assumed that it had the opposite meaning as it did,]] resulting in the modern idiom "Like taking candy from a baby."
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** Unsurprisingly, since Dresden is something of a Phillip Marlowe expy in the earlier books, the same trick gets pulled on him several times with villains setting up an intentional RedHerring or two to get him out of the way while they work. The first occurrence is Victor Sells pointing Harry at his daughter's case, but it happens two or three times in any given novel, being a staple of the genre.
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** In the episode where Chris becomes an artist in New York, his manager decides that his family is an embarrassment and decides to get rid of them for the afternoon so they don't cause trouble at a party. When Chris asks where they are, he tells him that they decided they would rather wander around Soho for hours looking for an address that doesn't exist.
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** In the episode where Chris becomes an artist in New York, his manager decides that his family is an embarrassment and decides to get rid of them for the afternoon so they don't cause trouble at a party. When Chris asks where they are, he tells him that they decided they would rather wander around Soho for hours looking for an address that doesn't exist. Chris chuckles and fondly replies "That's my dad!"
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* Back in the 1800s, it was common for American merchant ships to label their cargo bays with letters. However, an exception to this convention was the sick bay, which typically occupied the space that would otherwise have been known as Bay B. It turned out that a valuable cargo at the time was guano from South Pacific islands, valuable for its nitrogen and phosphorus. One danger of transporting the guano, however, was that if it got wet down in the cargo holds, it could start to ferment. The result was a buildup of methane, which was just waiting for a source of ignition. One solution to the problem was to ship the guano high in transit, away from the lower decks where water might accumulate. This wasn’t always possible, though, so the next best solution was to transport the guano on ships that were making the fewest stops. Bundles intended for this kind of express delivery were stamped C.A.N.D., standing for “Cargo for Accelerated Nautical Delivery”. It became something of a joke among sailors to pronounce this acronym as “candy”. Experienced individuals would assign the newest crew members to “take the candy from Bay B.” Having already unloaded guano from bays A, C, and D, the uninitiated sailors would go off in search of the nonexistent Bay B to finish the job, while the old hands watched and stifled their laughter. As a matter of fact, when landlubbers heard the phrase "like taking candy from bay B," [[MemicMutation they assumed that it had the opposite meaning as it did,]] resulting in the modern idiom "Like taking candy from a baby."
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-->'''Donut:''' Elbow grease? How stupid do they think I am? Once I get back to base with that headlight fluid, I'm gonna talk to the Sergent.
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-->'''Donut:''' Elbow grease? [[{{Subverted}} How stupid do they think I am? am?]] [[DoubleSubversion Once I get back to base with that headlight fluid, I'm gonna talk to the Sergent.Sergeant.]]
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*** And when the newbie finally begins to get wise, you ask him to check the windshield washer fluid. When he balks--thinking it to be another snipe hunt--you check the fluid levels yourself and berate him for not doing so. (Yes, Abrams tanks DO have windshield washer fluid.)
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* In ''Film/TheInternship'', because the protagonists were annoying them, the younger Google candidates send them to find [[{{X-Men}} Professor Charles Xavier.]]
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* In ''Film/TheInternship'', because the protagonists were annoying them, the younger Google candidates send them to find [[{{X-Men}} [[Franchise/{{X-Men}} Professor Charles Xavier.]]
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* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' features a monster called [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Snipe_Hunter Snipe Hunter]].
* ''DungeonsAndDragons'': A sourcebook called ''Relics'' mentions a very stupid ogre king who was told by a mage he will gain respect if he'll slay a '''dreaded weresnipe''' living in a nearby cave. The king was lucky enough to stumble upon an artifact which enhanced his mind.
** Mentioned in one of the sample dragon entries from the ''Draconomicom'' - one particular green dragon gets his kicks by capturing adventuring parties and holding their equipment hostage until they bring him back some rare or hard-to-acquire item. Whenever they come back, they find that the chimera pelt or whatever is the wrong size or wrong color and get sent out again. The game ends when the adventurers wise up and don't return, or when the dragon grows bored and just eats them.
* ''VampireTheRequiem'' has the Carnival bloodline in ''Bloodlines: The Legendary'', who send prospective initiates to go find "the key to the midway" (an actual carny tradition). This is generally to keep the fledgling off their backs while they assess the fellow's worth. If the fledgling refuses, they can never join the bloodline...but if the fledgling refuses because they saw through the trick, their odds of being allowed in shoot up. A similar trick is used to divert noisy vampires who might rat the Carnival out to the Prince.
* A ''LegendOfTheFiveRings'' supplement had a story about a [[IdiotHero Lion husband]] and [[TheChessmaster Scorpion wife]]. The wife sends him on a SnipeHunt for a left-handed widdershin oatmeal stick, which he dutifully goes looking for, day after day. On the day she invites over the ex she would have preferred to marry, but her husband barred from the house, an unscrupulous merchant sells him a left-handed widdershin oatmeal stick at a ridiculous price and he triumphantly returns...to find the guy who was barred from his house sitting in the living room. Hilarity and romance ensued.
* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' features a monster called [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Snipe_Hunter Snipe Hunter]].
* ''DungeonsAndDragons'': A sourcebook called ''Relics'' mentions a very stupid ogre king who was told by a mage he will gain respect if he'll slay a '''dreaded weresnipe''' living in a nearby cave. The king was lucky enough to stumble upon an artifact which enhanced his mind.
** Mentioned in one of the sample dragon entries from the ''Draconomicom'' - one particular green dragon gets his kicks by capturing adventuring parties and holding their equipment hostage until they bring him back some rare or hard-to-acquire item. Whenever they come back, they find that the chimera pelt or whatever is the wrong size or wrong color and get sent out again. The game ends when the adventurers wise up and don't return, or when the dragon grows bored and just eats them.
* ''VampireTheRequiem'' has the Carnival bloodline in ''Bloodlines: The Legendary'', who send prospective initiates to go find "the key to the midway" (an actual carny tradition). This is generally to keep the fledgling off their backs while they assess the fellow's worth. If the fledgling refuses, they can never join the bloodline...but if the fledgling refuses because they saw through the trick, their odds of being allowed in shoot up. A similar trick is used to divert noisy vampires who might rat the Carnival out to the Prince.
* A ''LegendOfTheFiveRings'' supplement had a story about a [[IdiotHero Lion husband]] and [[TheChessmaster Scorpion wife]]. The wife sends him on a SnipeHunt for a left-handed widdershin oatmeal stick, which he dutifully goes looking for, day after day. On the day she invites over the ex she would have preferred to marry, but her husband barred from the house, an unscrupulous merchant sells him a left-handed widdershin oatmeal stick at a ridiculous price and he triumphantly returns...to find the guy who was barred from his house sitting in the living room. Hilarity and romance ensued.
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* ''DungeonsAndDragons'': A sourcebook called ''Relics'' mentions a very stupid ogre king who was told by a mage he will gain respect if he'll slay a '''dreaded weresnipe''' living in a nearby cave. The king was lucky enough to stumble upon an artifact which enhanced his mind.
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* ''VampireTheRequiem'' has the Carnival bloodline in ''Bloodlines: The Legendary'', who send prospective initiates to go find "the key
* A ''LegendOfTheFiveRings'' supplement had a story about a [[IdiotHero Lion husband]] and [[TheChessmaster Scorpion wife]]. The wife sends him on a SnipeHunt for a left-handed widdershin oatmeal stick, which he dutifully goes looking for, day after day. On the day she invites over the ex she would have preferred to marry, but her husband barred from the house, an unscrupulous merchant sells him a left-handed widdershin oatmeal stick at a ridiculous price and he triumphantly returns...to find the guy who was barred from his house sitting in the living room. Hilarity and romance ensued.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout|1}}'': The Glow Quest is little more than an extended Snipe Hunt -- one that's expected to kill the questant, no less...Like many examples, the place is filled with great loot (and good info on the backstory) if you buff [[spoiler:your radiation resist]] beforehand.
* And of course, ''SuperMarioBros'' has the dreaded line ''"Thank You, Mario! But [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle Our Princess Is In Another Castle]]"'', which while not technically a Snipe Hunt, can certainly ''feel'' like one after navigating an entire castle and finding out she's not there.
* VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic 4 has a passing mention of a coming of age ritual called "Snark Hunting", which basically comes down to this. It's then subverted when it turns out the heroes' quest was not one of these.
* Newbie players on the ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X-Universe]]'' forums are sometimes told about an elusive {{UFO}} base that [[WeSellEverything sells every item and ship in the game dirt-cheap]]. Supposedly, it's the home of the {{flying saucer}}s that appear in the game as an EasterEgg.
* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' the [[JerkAss Archmage]] will give you a task of finding out what happened to the dwarves, if you ask him for work after you've been accepted into the Mage Guild. This is a centuries old problem that no one has had any luck in solving; but the player becomes the first person to find the truth (which involves finding the only surviving dwarf).
* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout|1}}'': The Glow Quest is little more than an extended Snipe Hunt -- one that's expected to kill the questant, no less...Like many examples, the place is filled with great loot (and good info on the backstory) if you buff [[spoiler:your radiation resist]] beforehand.
* And of course, ''SuperMarioBros'' has the dreaded line ''"Thank You, Mario! But [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle Our Princess Is In Another Castle]]"'', which while not technically a Snipe Hunt, can certainly ''feel'' like one after navigating an entire castle and finding out she's not there.
* VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic 4 has a passing mention of a coming of age ritual called "Snark Hunting", which basically comes down to this. It's then subverted when it turns out the heroes' quest was not one of these.
* Newbie players on the ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X-Universe]]'' forums are sometimes told about an elusive {{UFO}} base that [[WeSellEverything sells every item and ship in the game dirt-cheap]]. Supposedly, it's the home of the {{flying saucer}}s that appear in the game as an EasterEgg.
* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' the [[JerkAss Archmage]] will give you a task of finding out what happened to the dwarves, if you ask him for work after you've been accepted into the Mage Guild. This is a centuries old problem that no one has had any luck in solving; but the player becomes the first person to find the truth (which involves finding the only surviving dwarf).
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* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' the [[JerkAss Archmage]] will give you a task of finding out what happened to the dwarves, if you ask him for work after you've been accepted into the Mage Guild. This is a centuries old problem that no one has had any luck in solving; but the player becomes the first person to
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* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' features a monster called [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Snipe_Hunter Snipe Hunter]].
* ''DungeonsAndDragons'': A sourcebook called ''Relics'' mentions a very stupid ogre king who was told by a mage he will gain respect if he'll slay a '''dreaded weresnipe''' living in a nearby cave. The king was lucky enough to stumble upon an artifact which enhanced his mind.
** Mentioned in one of the sample dragon entries from the ''Draconomicom'' - one particular green dragon gets his kicks by capturing adventuring parties and holding their equipment hostage until they bring him back some rare or hard-to-acquire item. Whenever they come back, they find that the chimera pelt or whatever is the wrong size or wrong color and get sent out again. The game ends when the adventurers wise up and don't return, or when the dragon grows bored and just eats them.
* ''VampireTheRequiem'' has the Carnival bloodline in ''Bloodlines: The Legendary'', who send prospective initiates to go find "the key to the midway" (an actual carny tradition). This is generally to keep the fledgling off their backs while they assess the fellow's worth. If the fledgling refuses, they can never join the bloodline...but if the fledgling refuses because they saw through the trick, their odds of being allowed in shoot up. A similar trick is used to divert noisy vampires who might rat the Carnival out to the Prince.
* A ''LegendOfTheFiveRings'' supplement had a story about a [[IdiotHero Lion husband]] and [[TheChessmaster Scorpion wife]]. The wife sends him on a SnipeHunt for a left-handed widdershin oatmeal stick, which he dutifully goes looking for, day after day. On the day she invites over the ex she would have preferred to marry, but her husband barred from the house, an unscrupulous merchant sells him a left-handed widdershin oatmeal stick at a ridiculous price and he triumphantly returns...to find the guy who was barred from his house sitting in the living room. Hilarity and romance ensued.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout|1}}'': The Glow Quest is little more than an extended Snipe Hunt -- one that's expected to kill the questant, no less...Like many examples, the place is filled with great loot (and good info on the backstory) if you buff [[spoiler:your radiation resist]] beforehand.
* And of course, ''SuperMarioBros'' has the dreaded line ''"Thank You, Mario! But [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle Our Princess Is In Another Castle]]"'', which while not technically a Snipe Hunt, can certainly ''feel'' like one after navigating an entire castle and finding out she's not there.
* VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic 4 has a passing mention of a coming of age ritual called "Snark Hunting", which basically comes down to this. It's then subverted when it turns out the heroes' quest was not one of these.
* Newbie players on the ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X-Universe]]'' forums are sometimes told about an elusive {{UFO}} base that [[WeSellEverything sells every item and ship in the game dirt-cheap]]. Supposedly, it's the home of the {{flying saucer}}s that appear in the game as an EasterEgg.
* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' the [[JerkAss Archmage]] will give you a task of finding out what happened to the dwarves, if you ask him for work after you've been accepted into the Mage Guild. This is a centuries old problem that no one has had any luck in solving; but the player becomes the first person to find the truth (which involves finding the only surviving dwarf).
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* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' features a monster called [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Snipe_Hunter Snipe Hunter]].
* ''DungeonsAndDragons'': A sourcebook called ''Relics'' mentions a very stupid ogre king who was told by a mage he will gain respect if he'll slay a '''dreaded weresnipe''' living in a nearby cave. The king was lucky enough to stumble upon an artifact which enhanced his mind.
** Mentioned in one of the sample dragon entries from the ''Draconomicom'' - one particular green dragon gets his kicks by capturing adventuring parties and holding their equipment hostage until they bring him back some rare or hard-to-acquire item. Whenever they come back, they find that the chimera pelt or whatever is the wrong size or wrong color and get sent out again. The game ends when the adventurers wise up and don't return, or when the dragon grows bored and just eats them.
* ''VampireTheRequiem'' has the Carnival bloodline in ''Bloodlines: The Legendary'', who send prospective initiates to go find "the key to the midway" (an actual carny tradition). This is generally to keep the fledgling off their backs while they assess the fellow's worth. If the fledgling refuses, they can never join the bloodline...but if the fledgling refuses because they saw through the trick, their odds of being allowed in shoot up. A similar trick is used to divert noisy vampires who might rat the Carnival out to the Prince.
* A ''LegendOfTheFiveRings'' supplement had a story about a [[IdiotHero Lion husband]] and [[TheChessmaster Scorpion wife]]. The wife sends him on a SnipeHunt for a left-handed widdershin oatmeal stick, which he dutifully goes looking for, day after day. On the day she invites over the ex she would have preferred to marry, but her husband barred from the house, an unscrupulous merchant sells him a left-handed widdershin oatmeal stick at a ridiculous price and he triumphantly returns...to find the guy who was barred from his house sitting in the living room. Hilarity and romance ensued.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout|1}}'': The Glow Quest is little more than an extended Snipe Hunt -- one that's expected to kill the questant, no less...Like many examples, the place is filled with great loot (and good info on the backstory) if you buff [[spoiler:your radiation resist]] beforehand.
* And of course, ''SuperMarioBros'' has the dreaded line ''"Thank You, Mario! But [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle Our Princess Is In Another Castle]]"'', which while not technically a Snipe Hunt, can certainly ''feel'' like one after navigating an entire castle and finding out she's not there.
* VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic 4 has a passing mention of a coming of age ritual called "Snark Hunting", which basically comes down to this. It's then subverted when it turns out the heroes' quest was not one of these.
* Newbie players on the ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X-Universe]]'' forums are sometimes told about an elusive {{UFO}} base that [[WeSellEverything sells every item and ship in the game dirt-cheap]]. Supposedly, it's the home of the {{flying saucer}}s that appear in the game as an EasterEgg.
* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' the [[JerkAss Archmage]] will give you a task of finding out what happened to the dwarves, if you ask him for work after you've been accepted into the Mage Guild. This is a centuries old problem that no one has had any luck in solving; but the player becomes the first person to find the truth (which involves finding the only surviving dwarf).
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->''152. The following items do not exist: Keys to the Drop Zone, A box of grid squares, blinker fluid, winter air for tires, canopy lights, or Chem-Light ® batteries.'' [[hottip:*: Note that in a bit of TechnologyMarchesOn, the last of these ''does'' exist now.]]
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->''152. The following items do not exist: Keys to the Drop Zone, A box of grid squares, blinker fluid, winter air for tires, canopy lights, or Chem-Light ® batteries.'' [[hottip:*: Note [[note]]Note that in a bit of TechnologyMarchesOn, the last of these ''does'' exist now.]][[/note]]
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* In ''Literature/CatherineCalledBirdy'', Catherine celebrates April Fools by asking three of the household servants to bring her pigeon's milk, [[PolkaDotPaint striped paint]], and hens' teeth. To her disappointment, the first two ignore her and the third reminds her that she tries the same trick every year and they haven't fallen for it yet. [[hottip:*:Though, in fact, pigeon's milk does exist. It is a high-fat, high-protein secretion from the crop lining on which newly-hatched chicks are fed. It looks somewhat like pale yellow cottage cheese.]]
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* In ''Literature/CatherineCalledBirdy'', Catherine celebrates April Fools by asking three of the household servants to bring her pigeon's milk, [[PolkaDotPaint striped paint]], and hens' teeth. To her disappointment, the first two ignore her and the third reminds her that she tries the same trick every year and they haven't fallen for it yet. [[hottip:*:Though, [[note]]Though, in fact, pigeon's milk does exist. It is a high-fat, high-protein secretion from the crop lining on which newly-hatched chicks are fed. It looks somewhat like pale yellow cottage cheese.]][[/note]]
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* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' involves Bobby and his friends being sent out to hunt Snipes and accidentally injuring an endangered Whooping Crane instead. Oops. Hank and his friends had it pulled on them in the backstory and don't seem to know even as adults that the snipe is a real bird and think it's some kind of imaginary animal.
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* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' involves Bobby and his friends being sent out to hunt Snipes snipes and accidentally injuring an endangered Whooping Crane whooping crane instead. Oops. Hank and his friends had it pulled on them in the backstory and don't seem to know even as adults that the snipe is a real bird and think it's some kind of imaginary animal.
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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', Drakken tells a {{Brainwashed}} Shego to go out and accomplish various meaningless tasks to keep her occupied, including finding a [[DumbDodoBird dodo bird]].
* On ''{{Doug}}'', the titular character's introduction to Bluffington involved being sent out to find the fictitious "Neematoad". He avoided any embarrassment when his dog, Porkchop, got covered in pond scum and the natives mistakenly believed he had succeeded in his impossible task.
** The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nematoda nematode]] is actually quite real, but nothing like the creature described in the episode.
* On ''{{Doug}}'', the titular character's introduction to Bluffington involved being sent out to find the fictitious "Neematoad". He avoided any embarrassment when his dog, Porkchop, got covered in pond scum and the natives mistakenly believed he had succeeded in his impossible task.
** The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nematoda nematode]] is actually quite real, but nothing like the creature described in the episode.
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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', Drakken tells a {{Brainwashed}} {{brainwashed}} Shego to go out and accomplish various meaningless tasks to keep her occupied, including finding a [[DumbDodoBird dodo bird]].
* On''{{Doug}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'', the titular character's introduction to Bluffington involved being sent out to find the fictitious "Neematoad". He avoided any embarrassment when his dog, Porkchop, got covered in pond scum and the natives mistakenly believed he had succeeded in his impossible task.
** The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nematoda org/wiki/Nematode nematode]] is actually quite real, but nothing like the creature described in the episode.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' pilot, Mr. Krabs and Squidward send Spongebob on a fool's errand for "a hydrodynamic spatula with port and starboard attachments and turbo drive" to keep him from getting a job as fry cook in the Krusty Krab. Astoundingly enough, he shows up with one near the end of the episode ("Can you believe they only had one in stock?"). Lucky for Mr. Krabs and Squidward too, since Spongebob uses it to save them from a pack of unruly anchovy customers.
--> '''Squidward:''' I want something else to eat now. Something that’s very difficult to find.
--> '''Squidward:''' I want something else to eat now. Something that’s very difficult to find.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' pilot, Mr. Krabs and Squidward send Spongebob on a fool's errand for "a hydrodynamic spatula with port and starboard attachments and turbo drive" to keep him from getting a job as fry cook in at the Krusty Krab. Astoundingly enough, he shows up with one near the end of the episode ("Can you believe they only had one in stock?"). Lucky for Mr. Krabs and Squidward too, since Spongebob uses it to save them from a pack of unruly anchovy customers.
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-->'''Squidward:''' (throws pie off screen) Well go find it again!
* ''CampLazlo'' has all the campers on a literal Snipe Hunt, but the animal described sounds more like Big Foot. Edward's brother's past hunts lead him to conclude Snipes aren't real. The others mistake Lumpus for a snipe.
* Stimpy of ''RenAndStimpy'' is sent on a Snipe Hunt in the woods to prove his worth after the duo joins a Girl Scouts offshoot. When a skeptical Ren opens Stimpy's bag, he gets mauled by the big, hairy, bug-eyed monster that emerges.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': In the episode "Undercover Carl", Monogram sends Perry on a mission to find a goose that has gone missing for YEARS!! At the end of the episode, Perry finds the goose...while wearing a space suit.
** Monogram didn't expect the goose to be ever found. He was just afraid WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb were working for Doofenshmirtz, so he got Perry out of the way during the investigations. The Moon was among the places Monogram told Perry to go while searching for Agent G.
* ''TheSimpsons'': During a safety audit, Homer Simpson and two other less-gifted employees are put in a room out of the way and given the task of guarding a bee in a jar. The other two question it but Homer, thinking himself brighter than the other two, boasts of his position as "head bee guy".
* In an episode of ''CodenameKidsNextDoor,'' Numbah 4 is ordered by Numbuh 86 to guard a random flower in a garden, in order to prevent him from following her. Four places the flower in a pot and takes it with him.
** In Operation '''F.A.S.T.F.O.O.D.''', Numbah 3 wants to lead a mission for her birthday. Because 3 is TheDitz and a CloudCuckoolander, Numbah 1 tasks her with the duty of...getting a kids meal from a fast food place. Things get out of hand when they learn that the restaraunt's propriator is an old enemy of the KND and its most frequent customers are sharks...
* ''CampLazlo'' has all the campers on a literal Snipe Hunt, but the animal described sounds more like Big Foot. Edward's brother's past hunts lead him to conclude Snipes aren't real. The others mistake Lumpus for a snipe.
* Stimpy of ''RenAndStimpy'' is sent on a Snipe Hunt in the woods to prove his worth after the duo joins a Girl Scouts offshoot. When a skeptical Ren opens Stimpy's bag, he gets mauled by the big, hairy, bug-eyed monster that emerges.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': In the episode "Undercover Carl", Monogram sends Perry on a mission to find a goose that has gone missing for YEARS!! At the end of the episode, Perry finds the goose...while wearing a space suit.
** Monogram didn't expect the goose to be ever found. He was just afraid WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb were working for Doofenshmirtz, so he got Perry out of the way during the investigations. The Moon was among the places Monogram told Perry to go while searching for Agent G.
* ''TheSimpsons'': During a safety audit, Homer Simpson and two other less-gifted employees are put in a room out of the way and given the task of guarding a bee in a jar. The other two question it but Homer, thinking himself brighter than the other two, boasts of his position as "head bee guy".
* In an episode of ''CodenameKidsNextDoor,'' Numbah 4 is ordered by Numbuh 86 to guard a random flower in a garden, in order to prevent him from following her. Four places the flower in a pot and takes it with him.
** In Operation '''F.A.S.T.F.O.O.D.''', Numbah 3 wants to lead a mission for her birthday. Because 3 is TheDitz and a CloudCuckoolander, Numbah 1 tasks her with the duty of...getting a kids meal from a fast food place. Things get out of hand when they learn that the restaraunt's propriator is an old enemy of the KND and its most frequent customers are sharks...
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-->'''Squidward:''' (throws pie off screen) Well Well, go find it again!
*''CampLazlo'' ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'' has all the campers on a literal Snipe Hunt, snipe hunt, but the animal described sounds more like Big Foot.Bigfoot. Edward's brother's past hunts lead him to conclude Snipes aren't real. The others mistake Lumpus for a snipe.
* Stimpy of''RenAndStimpy'' ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' is sent on a Snipe Hunt snipe hunt in the woods to prove his worth after the duo joins a Girl Scouts offshoot. When a skeptical Ren opens Stimpy's bag, he gets mauled by the big, hairy, bug-eyed monster that emerges.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': In the episode "Undercover Carl", Monogram sends Perry on a mission to find a goose that has gone missing forYEARS!! ''years''. At the end of the episode, Perry finds the goose...while wearing a space suit.
** Monogram didn't expect the goose to be ever found. He was just afraidWesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Phineas and Ferb were working for Doofenshmirtz, so he got Perry out of the way during the investigations. The Moon was among the places Monogram told Perry to go while searching for Agent G.
*''TheSimpsons'': ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': During a safety audit, Homer Simpson and two other less-gifted employees are put in a room out of the way and given the task of guarding a bee in a jar. The other two question it but Homer, thinking himself brighter than the other two, boasts of his position as "head bee guy".
* In an episode of''CodenameKidsNextDoor,'' ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor,'' Numbah 4 is ordered by Numbuh 86 to guard a random flower in a garden, in order to prevent him from following her. Four 4 places the flower in a pot and takes it with him.
** InOperation '''F."Operation F.A.S.T.F.O.O.D.''', ", Numbah 3 wants to lead a mission for her birthday. Because 3 is TheDitz and a CloudCuckoolander, {{Cloudvuckoolander}}, Numbah 1 tasks her with the duty of...getting a kids meal from a fast food place. Things get out of hand when they learn that the restaraunt's propriator restaurant's proprietor is an old enemy of the KND and its most frequent customers are sharks...sharks.
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* In an episode of ''Zigby'' (a preschool-age series broadcast in Canada and Australia, but also available on DVD, about a Zebra), Zigby stages a scavenger hunt to help people clean up. A group of monkeys, who are keen on ducking work, decide to a play a trick by pretending to be Zigby and telling a couple of Zigby's friends to go find a wild goose. Technically, that makes it a wild goose chase, but essentially, it's a snipe hunt.
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* In an episode of ''Zigby'' (a preschool-age series broadcast in Canada and Australia, but also available on DVD, about a Zebra), zebra), Zigby stages a scavenger hunt to help people clean up. A group of monkeys, who are keen on ducking work, decide to a play a trick by pretending to be Zigby and telling a couple of Zigby's friends to go find a wild goose. Technically, that makes it a wild goose chase, but essentially, it's a snipe hunt.
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* In the pilot of ''InvaderZim'', the Tallest assign Zim to a "mystery planet" on the edge of known space. In truth, they didn't even know if there was a planet out there (they pointed to a post-it note on the edge of their map that reads "Planet?"), and they just wanted to get rid of him. Unfortunately for them, Zim stumbled upon Earth and kept calling them up with annoying reports about his "mission".
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa'', a pair of cheetahs trick the hyena trio on a literal "Wild Goose chase" so they won't get in the way of the cheetahs' hunting. The hyenas figure everything out at the end and are all set to eat the cheetahs -- now rotund and helpless after all of their feasting -- when suddenly a ''real'' Wild Goose appears asking for directions. Cue everyone, hyenas and cheetahs alike, chasing after the bird.
* The Cartoon Network short series, "The Talented Mr. Bixby" has the title character substituting for autos shop class. He gives the students an impossible essay, or they can go to the auto parts store and get a jug of blinker fluid. Most of the class dashes out, leaving Mr. Bixby alone with who he thinks are the smart ones. They aren't.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa'', a pair of cheetahs trick the hyena trio on a literal "Wild Goose chase" so they won't get in the way of the cheetahs' hunting. The hyenas figure everything out at the end and are all set to eat the cheetahs -- now rotund and helpless after all of their feasting -- when suddenly a ''real'' Wild Goose appears asking for directions. Cue everyone, hyenas and cheetahs alike, chasing after the bird.
* The Cartoon Network short series, "The Talented Mr. Bixby" has the title character substituting for autos shop class. He gives the students an impossible essay, or they can go to the auto parts store and get a jug of blinker fluid. Most of the class dashes out, leaving Mr. Bixby alone with who he thinks are the smart ones. They aren't.
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* In the pilot of ''InvaderZim'', ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', the Tallest assign Zim to a "mystery planet" on the edge of known space. In truth, they didn't even know if there was a planet out there (they pointed to a post-it note on the edge of their map that reads "Planet?"), and they just wanted to get rid of him. Unfortunately for them, Zim stumbled upon Earth and kept calling them up with annoying reports about his "mission".
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa'', a pair of cheetahs trick the hyena trio on a literal"Wild Goose "wild goose chase" so they won't get in the way of the cheetahs' hunting. The hyenas figure everything out at the end and are all set to eat the cheetahs -- now rotund and helpless after all of their feasting -- when suddenly a ''real'' Wild Goose wild goose appears asking for directions. Cue everyone, hyenas and cheetahs alike, chasing after the bird.
* TheCartoon Network Creator/CartoonNetwork short series, "The Talented Mr. Bixby" has the title character substituting for autos auto shop class. He gives the students an impossible essay, or they can go to the auto parts store and get a jug of blinker fluid. Most of the class dashes out, leaving Mr. Bixby alone with who whom he thinks are the smart ones. They aren't.
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*** Asking a newbie to wash the gels. For those who don't know, Gels are coloured films placed in front of lamps to provide coloured lighting effects’ A gaffer or best boy would tell the newbie to wash the gels and give them some very complex and difficult to remember instruction on how to do so. Now a days they gels are coloured plastic, but back in the day they were made by adding food colouring to gelatine and letting it set in a thin film, hence the name. As a result they dissolved when washed, casing the newbie to think he had done something wrong and panic. HilarityEnsues.
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*** Asking a newbie to wash the gels. For those who don't know, Gels are coloured films placed in front of lamps to provide coloured lighting effects’ effects. A gaffer or best boy would tell the newbie to wash the gels and give them some very complex and difficult to remember instruction on how to do so. Now a days they gels are coloured plastic, but back in the day they were made by adding food colouring to gelatine and letting it set in a thin film, hence the name. As a result they dissolved when washed, casing the newbie to think he had done something wrong and panic. HilarityEnsues.
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*** Asking a newbie to wash the gels. For those who don't know, Gels are coloured films placed in front of lamps to provide coloured lighting effects’ A gaffer or best boy would tell the newbie to wash the gels and give them some very complex and difficult to remember instruction on how to do so. Now a days they gels are coloured plastic, but back in the day they were made by adding food colouring to gelatine and letting it set in a thin film, hence the name. As a result they dissolved when washed, casing the newbie to think he had done something wrong and panic. [[HilarityEnsues]].
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*** Asking a newbie to wash the gels. For those who don't know, Gels are coloured films placed in front of lamps to provide coloured lighting effects’ A gaffer or best boy would tell the newbie to wash the gels and give them some very complex and difficult to remember instruction on how to do so. Now a days they gels are coloured plastic, but back in the day they were made by adding food colouring to gelatine and letting it set in a thin film, hence the name. As a result they dissolved when washed, casing the newbie to think he had done something wrong and panic. [[HilarityEnsues]].HilarityEnsues.
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*** Asking a newbie to wash the gels. For those who don't know, Gels are coloured films placed in front of lamps to provide coloured lighting effects’ A gaffer or best boy would tell the newbie to wash the gels and give them some very complex and difficult to remember instruction on how to do so. Now a days they gels are coloured plastic, but back in the day they were made by adding food colouring to gelatine and letting it set in a thin film, hence the name. As a result they dissolved when washed, casing the newbie to think he had done something wrong and panic. [[HilarityEnsued]].
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*** Asking a newbie to wash the gels. For those who don't know, Gels are coloured films placed in front of lamps to provide coloured lighting effects’ A gaffer or best boy would tell the newbie to wash the gels and give them some very complex and difficult to remember instruction on how to do so. Now a days they gels are coloured plastic, but back in the day they were made by adding food colouring to gelatine and letting it set in a thin film, hence the name. As a result they dissolved when washed, casing the newbie to think he had done something wrong and panic. [[HilarityEnsued]].[[HilarityEnsues]].
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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', Drakken tells a {{Brainwashed}} Shego to go out and accomplish various meaningless tasks to keep her occupied, including finding a dodo bird.
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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', Drakken tells a {{Brainwashed}} Shego to go out and accomplish various meaningless tasks to keep her occupied, including finding a [[DumbDodoBird dodo bird.bird]].
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** The US military uses the PRC designation for radios, such as the PRC-77, pronounced "Prick Seventy-Seven". Thus, it is common to send the poor PFC or Lcpl to go find the "PRC-E7". Now, consider that E-7 is the rank designation for a Gunnery Sergeant, and the PFC or Lcpl will inevitably ask "the Gunny" where it is...
** Another naval tradition was to go to the engineroom to get a BT Punch...A BT being a Boiler Tech...
** Another naval tradition was to go to the engineroom to get a BT Punch...A BT being a Boiler Tech...
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** The US military uses the PRC designation for radios, such as the PRC-77, pronounced "Prick Seventy-Seven". Thus, it is common to send the poor PFC or Lcpl to go find the "PRC-E7". Now, consider that E-7 is the rank designation for a Gunnery Sergeant, or Sargent First Class and the PFC or Lcpl will inevitably ask "the Gunny" where it is...
** Another naval tradition was to go to theengineroom engine room to get a BT Punch...A BT being a Boiler Tech...
** Another naval tradition was to go to the
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*** Not to mention the classic gag of giving them a hammer and some chalk to find and mark the soft spots in the armor.
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*** Not to mention the classic gag of giving them a hammer and some chalk to find and mark the soft spots in the armor.
** Instructing new soldiers to jump up and down on a 50+ ton armored vehicle to test the suspension.
** Artillery units will often have a new soldier perform a "Boom Check" by placing their face against the muzzle of whatever cannon is available and yelling boom.
** Send a new soldier away to find a container of coolant for a machine that is air cooled. (See the '71 Beetle example below).
** Instructing new soldiers to jump up and down on a 50+ ton armored vehicle to test the suspension.
** Artillery units will often have a new soldier perform a "Boom Check" by placing their face against the muzzle of whatever cannon is available and yelling boom.
** Send a new soldier away to find a container of coolant for a machine that is air cooled. (See the '71 Beetle example below).
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** Can easily backfire though, if the victim is a history buff, and caught on to the plan (or was warned ahead of time by someone higher up), you might end up with an ACTUAL C-47 showing up on the set.
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** Can easily backfire though, if the victim is a history buff, and caught on to the plan (or was warned ahead of time by someone higher up), you might end up with an ACTUAL C-47 (WWII Era transport aircraft) showing up on the set.
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* In ''{{Discworld}}'' fiction Fanfic/TheBlackSheep, Balthazar Smith-Rhodes makes a living out of getting ''other people'' to finance his Snipe Hunts. Trading as "Howondaland Smith, Balgrog Hunter'', he makes a good living persuading other people that Balgrogs exist and getting them to pay his necessary hunting expenses.
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* In a recent episode of ''Series/PawnStars'': the Old Man sent Chumlee out to find such non existing items as a bucket of steam and a left handed coffee cup. Chumlee manages to make this snipe hunt backfire by finding these two items.
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** On submarines Non-qualified individuals are sent on a variety of snipe hunts, from finding serial numbers on water shots (equivalent to dry-firing a firearm), to finding the ninth hose station (this one depends upon the class of sub as different classes have varying numbers of fire hoses).
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* German maths and physics freshmen are sometimes sent out to find the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minkowski_space Minkowski-]] or [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banach_space Banach-Raum]] due to 'Raum' meaning 'room'.
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* The trailer for ''Film/TheInternship'' includes the younger Google candidates sending the protagonists to find [[{{X-Men}} Professor Charles Xavier.]]
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* The trailer for ''Film/TheInternship'' includes In ''Film/TheInternship'', because the protagonists were annoying them, the younger Google candidates sending the protagonists send them to find [[{{X-Men}} Professor Charles Xavier.]]
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*** This troper recalls an instance where a new Airman in a maintenance unit was instructed to procure K9-P lubricant. After several hours of searching across the base, the Airman returned with a mason jar filled with urine.
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* In ''TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' the [[JerkAss Archmage]] will give you a task of finding out what happened to the dwarves, if you ask him for work after you've been accepted into the Mage Guild. This is a centuries old problem that no one has had any luck in solving; but the player becomes the first person to find the truth (which involves finding the only surviving dwarf).
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* In ''TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' the [[JerkAss Archmage]] will give you a task of finding out what happened to the dwarves, if you ask him for work after you've been accepted into the Mage Guild. This is a centuries old problem that no one has had any luck in solving; but the player becomes the first person to find the truth (which involves finding the only surviving dwarf).
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* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'':
** Accelerator sends Index to fetch replacement batteries for the collar that lets him use his powers. Accelerator then muses that there are no replacement batteries and he did that to keep her out of harm's way while he goes to rescue Last Order.
** Motoharu ''somehow'' knocks Touma out and smuggles him into the girl's locker room. When Touma wakes up, Motoharu calls and tells him an evil wizard has sneaked into the women's dorms and will kill everyone if Touma doesn't stop him in time. Touma runs himself ragged trying to find the wizard ''and'' evade the enraged girls before he eventually realizes he's being tricked, then catches up to Motoharu in time to stop him from torturing and killing a guy.
** Accelerator sends Index to fetch replacement batteries for the collar that lets him use his powers. Accelerator then muses that there are no replacement batteries and he did that to keep her out of harm's way while he goes to rescue Last Order.
** Motoharu ''somehow'' knocks Touma out and smuggles him into the girl's locker room. When Touma wakes up, Motoharu calls and tells him an evil wizard has sneaked into the women's dorms and will kill everyone if Touma doesn't stop him in time. Touma runs himself ragged trying to find the wizard ''and'' evade the enraged girls before he eventually realizes he's being tricked, then catches up to Motoharu in time to stop him from torturing and killing a guy.
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* ''Justice League: Year One'' has FishOutOfWater Aquaman asked to find a "bulb wrench" to help with work on the new headquarters after he accidentally crushes a light bulb [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength because he is unused to the pressure of the atmopshere as opposed to the ocean]]. He does not see the funny side once he realizes what happened, since he sees it as an example of being excluded and mocked for being different.
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* ''Justice League: Year One'' has FishOutOfWater Aquaman Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} asked to find a "bulb wrench" to help with work on the new headquarters after he accidentally crushes a light bulb [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength because he is unused to the pressure of the atmopshere as opposed to the ocean]]. He does not see the funny side once he realizes what happened, since he sees it as an example of being excluded and mocked for being different.
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* The trailer for Film/TheInternship includes the younger Google candidates sending the protagonists to find [[{{X-Men}} Professor Charles Xavier.]]
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* ''GameOfThrones'': Robert Baratheon is too fat for his armor, so he sends Lancel Lannister to find the breastplate stretcher.
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* In ''TheClevelandShow'', Robert and Freight Train send Cleveland on one of these. Cleveland catches on when he realizes that he's [[LiteralMetaphor literally chasing wild geese]].
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* In ''TheClevelandShow'', ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'', Robert and Freight Train send Cleveland on one of these. Cleveland catches on when he realizes that he's [[LiteralMetaphor literally chasing wild geese]].
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* In ''TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' the [[JerkAss Archmage]] will give you a task of finding out what happened to the dwarves, if you ask him for work after you've been accepted into the Mage Guild. This is a centuries old problem that no one has had any luck in solving; but the player becomes the first person to find the truth (which involves finding the only surviving dwarf).
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** One traditional snipe hunt involves getting a newbie to go fetch a "box of curveballs." Can backfire if said newbie returns with wiffle balls.
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* The trailer for Film/TheInternship includes the younger Google candidates sending the protagonists to find [[Franchise/XMEN Professor Charles Xavier.]]
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* The trailer for Film/TheInternship includes the younger Google candidates sending the protagonists to find [[Franchise/XMen Professor Charles Xavier.]]
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*** Another common joke in the camera department is to send someone for a "Box of T-stops". The T-stop is the rating of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-number aperture opening on the lenses]].
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* Actor NicolasCage proposed to future wife Patricia Arquette on the day they met. She gave him a list of extremely rare things to find, saying that that's what it would take to win her. When he started to actually find the things on the list, she got scared and avoided him. They still went on to marry (and divorce), however.
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* Actor NicolasCage proposed to future wife Patricia Arquette on the day they met. She gave him a [[ImpossibleTask list of extremely rare things to find, find]], saying that [[EngagementChallenge that's what it would take to win her.her]]. When he started to actually find the things on the list, she got scared and avoided him. They still went on to marry (and divorce), however.
