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* I Don't Need Your Civil War has CaptainAmerica driving a getaway truck shouting "The pigs are on our tail, homie!" and LukeCage muttering to himself "Note to self: never teach Cap slang ever again."

* Parodied in an episode of ''EightSimpleRules'' where we get introduced to a [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy wigger called Anthony]] who uses street lingo which Paul can't understand. At the end of the episode Cate uses the same lingo to make fun of him.

* In ''ShrekTheThird'' Shrek uses slang to try talk to Arthur, who just freaks out ''further'' and screams "Help, I'm being kidnapped by a monster that's trying to relate to me!"

* Joey does it on ''{{Friends}}'' when he tries to act like a nineteen-year-old for a role. "Playing Playstation? That's wack. Playstation is wack." "Sup with the wack Playstation sup?"
* In one epsiode of ''{{Scrubs}}'' Carla tries to bond with a teenage patient by using the phrase "T.M.I." After a couple of seconds of the teen staring at her blankly, Dr Cox breaks the silence with "Okaaaay. Joshua, I'm going to have a quick word with your parents, so you stay here and chat with Nurse Early Nineties Catchphrases."

* ''HannahMontana'' had a dentist greet Miley with a lot of outdated 70s slang.
* Alan does this quite a lot when trying to speak to Jake's friends on ''TwoAndAHalfMen''.

* In ''{{Zits}}'', Walt's attempts to use what he thinks is hip slang are a constant source of embarrassment to Jeremy.

* In ''{{Planescape}}'', the Planewalker's Handbook has both a glossary for the setting's slang and a guide to ''mis''using said slang. It's titled "Cant Dictionary for the Clueless" and containing some humorous, ironic and sometimes downright antonymous misunderstandings of common expressions.

* In ''[[SlyCooper Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves]]'', Bentley tries to brief Dimitri on a diving mission, and attempts to sound like him. After sadly failing, Dimitri responds with, "My speech is like smoke! All over the place, but ungrabable!"

* Aang from ''[[AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' was doing this while under disguise in the Fire Nation. He kept calling everybody "hotman" and saying "flameo", to the confusion of everyone around him. Apparently the terms had become outdated during his 100-year nap in the iceberg.
* ''InvaderZim'' does this with Poop Dawg, the Gangsta Clown who's supposed to encourage kids to sell candy. He asks the children is they want to 'go madness with da moneyzz?!' and pronounces the word 'prizes' like "pri-zai-zez" while dropping the word ''yo'' every other word. Both the children near him in person and those watching look totally lost after hearing him speak.

* In ''TheSimpsons'', this is one reason that Poochie became TheScrappy of ''The Itchy & Scratchy Show''.
* ''{{Recess}}'':

* Phineas tries this in an episode of ''PhineasAndFerb''... however, it doesn't go over so well (much to his disappointment and acknowledgement), ranging in confusion from his peers.

* Dexter of ''DextersLaboratory'' does this in the episode "Average Joe", where he becomes convinced he's not a genius because an intelligence test he took in school came back "average", so he tries to act like an "average" kid by hanging out with some random guy his age and talking like this.

* In an interesting subversion, Marty uses it to get out of 'trouble' in ''BackToTheFuture'', when he accidentally calls his future father 'Dad'... "Dad... daddy... daddy-o."

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} the Third'' Shrek uses slang to try talk to Arthur, who just freaks out ''further'' and screams "Help, I'm being kidnapped by a monster that's trying to relate to me!"
* There's one scene in ''TheLastDragon'' where Bruce Leroy is trying to infiltrate a group of shady factory workers by pretending to be cool. While practicing his intro, he repeats the line "Hey my man, what it look like?" in various tones and enunciations.
* Inverted in {{Son in Law}} when Grandpa Walter, after looking askance at Crawl's endless stream of slang throughout the movie, unexpectedly cuts the film's primary antagonist down to size with a flawless slang soliloquy and instantly becomes the coolest grandpa ''ever.''

* In the live-action ''ScoobyDoo'' movie we discover that [[spoiler: monsters are possessing humans]] and being taught to blend in by watching videos of people using expressions like "what up, dog", "yo Red" and "y'know what I'm sayin G". This backfires because it makes them stick out even more.
* In ''ShrekTheThird'' Shrek uses slang to try talk to Arthur, who just freaks out ''further'' and screams "Help, I'm being kidnapped by a monster that's trying to relate to me!"

* ''{{xkcd}} ''[[http://xkcd.com/166/ suggests]] that maybe, just maybe, they do it on purpose...

* Parodied in an episode of ''AtopTheFourthWall''. Linkara points out that the dialogue one of the characters uses in the ''Nightcat'' comic sounds horribly out-dated That is, the comic was written in the 1990s but has slang that sounds like it came from the 1970s. This concept is then spoofed in a gag where [[DarkAge 90s Kid]] points out how lame he thinks the dialogue of the comic is [[HypocriticalHumor while he ''himself'' is speaking in outdated 1990s slang.]]

This is when a character starts speaking like a JiveTurkey in an attempt to sound cool or relevant, and comes across as neither to other characters, who react with disdain (often Totally Radical disdain).

* ''WebOriginal/TeenGirlSquad'', [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/tgs11.html Issue 11]], where Camp Counselor Shortshorts tries (and fails) to impress What's-her-Face and The Ugly One:

-->'''Girl:''' You mean [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean hanky-panky?]]

* ''{{Teen Girl Squad}}'', [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/tgs11.html Issue 11]], where Camp Counselor Shortshorts tries (and fails) to impress What's-her-Face and The Ugly One:

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--> "Hey, Lindsey. What's up, girlfriend? It must be totally awesome to have the same name as that Lindsay Lohan".

[[AC: Real Life]]
* There was a teacher who gave a lecture on website design speaking like a JiveTurkey, even though he had a very stuffy appearance. Cue very awkward class. He then compared the way he was speaking to very gadget-heavy website design (JavaScript tricks and animated GIFs everywhere), giving an actual example of such a webpage. The entire class burst out laughing, but got his point.

* There was a teacher who gave a lecture on website design speaking like a JiveTurkey, even though he had a very stuffy appearance. Cue very awkward class. He then compared the way he was speaking to emphasising very gadget-heavy website design (JavaScript tricks and animated GIFs everywhere), giving an actual example of such a webpage. The entire class burst out laughing, but got his point.

** One wonders why an older woman didn't take the word literally, as most tea is steeped--that is, soaked in boiling water to extract its flavour.

* Algernon, one of the {{nerd}}s from ''{{Bully}}'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXw6BofMxdo takes to speaking in Ebonics in an attempt to sound cooler.]] In fact, he won't get to the point about what he wants until Jimmy triggers him back to speaking with YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe[=/=]{{Expospeak Gag}}s, as he normally does.

* In ''ShrekTheThird'' Shrek uses slang to try talk to Arthur and he screams "help, I'm being kidnapped by a monster that's trying to relate to me".

* In one of the ''Ms Wiz'' books the three Paranormal Operatives get a job as substitute teachers at the school and open an assembly doing a rap song. All of the kids look blankly at them in disbelief except for Class 3 who recognise Ms Wiz and join in with the song..

-->'''Jeremy:''' "Think outside the box? Dad, you ''are'' the box!"

* TropeNamer: In the musical ''Wonderful Town'', Speedy Valenti hires Ruth as a barker for his swing club, handing her a flyer. She starts to read (and sing) in a very stiff manner that prompts one of the patrons to shout, "Hey, cats, get a load of that square!" When the hep cats start singing, however, she gets the message.

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