History Main / ThatSoundsFamiliar

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'', BigBad Lord Business has a collection of "artifacts" left by the Creators, such as the Fleece-Crested Staff of Que-Teep (a Q-Tip), the Sword of Exact-Zero (a X-Acto knife blade) and the dreaded Kragle (a half-empty tube of Krazy Glue with some of the letters on the label worn off).

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'', BigBad Lord Business has a collection of "artifacts" left by the Creators, such as the Fleece-Crested Staff of Que-Teep (a Q-Tip), the Sword of Exact-Zero (a X-Acto knife blade) and the dreaded Kragle (a half-empty tube of Krazy Glue).

* In an episode of the 2002 revival of ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' a virtually crime-free future society is suddenly menaced by a mysterious creature called a Kreetor, believed to have long been extinct. The leader of the team tasked with finding and killing the Kreetor finds out that [[spoiler: the Kreetor is actually a human, possibly the only one left on Earth, and all the other "humans" are actually cyborgs who wiped out the human race and took over their civilization. The word Kreetor came from "creator."]]

* V'Ger was also parodied in ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' episode Operation S.A.T.U.R.N. with "Ramon-4", which started out as an ill-fated ''Ra''inbow ''Mon''key project (the 4 coming from [[XtremeKoolLetterz "4Ever"]]).

** V'Ger was also parodied in ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' episode Operation S.A.T.U.R.N. with "Ramon-4", which started out as an ill-fated ''Ra''inbow ''Mon''key project (the 4 coming from [[XtremeKoolLetterz "4Ever"]]).

** In turn, parodied by a ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' ep, where Ramon-4 started out as an ill-fated Rainbow Monkeys project (the 4 coming from [[XtremeKoolLetterz "4Ever"]]).

* ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'' parodies ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'''s V'Ger with V-GINY, the result of the [=FCC=]'s '''V'''-chip satellite and the US Air Force's Flyin'''g''' Dest'''iny''' colliding with each other. The name illicits a chuckle from Fry whenever it's mentioned.

* ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'' parodies ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'''s V'Ger with V-GINY[[note]]The result of the [=FCC=]'s '''V'''-chip satellite and the US Air Force's Flyin'''g''' Dest'''iny''' colliding with each other[[note]](the name illicits a chuckle from Fry whenever it is mentioned)

* ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'' parodies ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'''s V'Ger with VGINY (the name illicits a chuckle from Fry whenever it is mentioned)

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* In the ''PlanetOfTheApes'' remake, the holy site Calima's name was taken from a partially-covered "'''CA'''UTION '''LI'''VE ANI'''MA'''LS" sign on the ship.
* In the first ''Film/{{Star Trek|The Motion Picture}}'' movie, V'Ger started out as the Voyager probe.
** In turn, parodied by a ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' ep, where Ramon-4 started out as an ill-fated Rainbow Monkeys project (the 4 coming from [[XtremeKoolLetterz "4Ever"]]).
* In ''{{Zardoz}}'', the name of the eponymous "god" is a deliberate corruption of [[spoiler:[[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz The Wi]]'''[[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz ZARD]]''' [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz of]] '''[[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz OZ]]'''.]]

* ''Film/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs 2'' has "anwoo" said constantly by the mutated fruit. Turns out it's part of a corrupted video of Fl'''in'''t Lock'''woo'''d.

* {{Futurama}} parodies Star Trek's V'Ger with VGINY (the name enlicits a chuckle from Fry whenever it is mentioned)

* In an ''{{Intragalactic}}'' strip, Captain Benjamin tells the story behind [[YouMeanXmas Joelmas]], which is a corruption of the plot of ''MysteryScienceTheater3000''.

* ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' has Sandy Claws.

* ''Film/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs 2'' has "anwoo" said constantly by the mutated fruit. Turns out it's part of a corrupted video of FlINt LockWOOd.

* The AfterTheEnd community in ''GatheringBlue'', the sort-of sequel to ''TheGiver'', has an annual tradition involving a song whose lyrics are chopped-up names of current cities. The people no longer know what they mean.

* ''WinnieThePooh'': Piglet takes an incomplete "Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted" sign to be the name of his grandfather, Trespassers William.

* TheIndianInTheCupboard has Little Bear thinking that he and the other LivingToys come from something called "plaz-tek".

* In the ''HarryPotter'' series, the phrase ''Avada Kedavra'' is the incantation to possibly the most powerful curse known to the wizarding world. Muggles, on the other hand, know ''Abra Kadabra'' as a nonsense "magic word" used by stage magicians. It is implied that the sheer power of the word has allowed it to filter through TheMasquerade.

* Several of the place-names in ''CarpetPeople'' are obvious corruptions of the human artifacts they are based around, such as "Achairleg" and "On Epen Ny".

* [[TheChroniclesOfNarnia Mr. Tumnus]] thinking that the Pevensies came from "War Drobe" in the country of "Spare Oom".
* In the fantasy trilogy "[[WaterTrilogy Water]]", the Atlanteans have a magic sword called Eikiss Cali Werr.

* In ''LordOfTheRings'', Frodo sings an ancient hobbit tune that the narrator notes only survives in fragments today. The verses that are familiar to readers are clearly from the nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle".

* In UnLunDun is absolutely full of these- not surprising, since the title of the book is "Un-London".

* In ''{{Neverwhere}}'', ''we'' are the ones doing this, with the names of places in London Above being vague and often corrupted shadows describing things in London Below, such as "The Angel, Islington" really referring to an Angel called Islington.

* ''TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' has a couple of these:
** One of the reasons for Earth being shunned by the rest of civilisation is that it took the GeneticMemory of the devastating Krikkit Wars and turned it into a rather dull spectator sport.
** Every species in the galaxy has some drink whose name is a variation on Gin and Tonic, which has confused etymologists for centuries. The drinks are all completely different; it's just the name that is identical. Variations listed include jynnan tonnyx, jinond-o-nicks, chinanto nigs, txjin-anthonty-ks, and of course, the Terran gin and tonic.

** Actually, "abracadabra" dates back to at least the 2nd century as a magical word of power inscribed on healing amulets. It's based on a semitic language in which "ibra" means "I create" and "k'dibra" means "by speaking it".

* In the ''PlanetOfTheApes'' remake, the holy site Calima's name was taken from a partially-covered "'''Ca'''ution '''Li'''ve Ani'''ma'''ls" sign on the ship.

* In the ''PlanetOfTheApes'' remake, the holy site Calima's name was taken from a partially-covered "CAution LIve AniMAls" sign on the ship.

* In the ''PlanetOfTheApes'' remake, the holy site Calima's name was taken from a partially-covered "Caution Live Animals" sign on the ship.

** ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' has the town of Arefu, whose name comes from a traffic sign hanging over heard reading "Careful" with the first and last letters worn out; Andale, an apparent reference to the real life town of Annandale and "The Pitt", located in the remains of Pittsburgh.

* The AfterTheEnd community in ''GatheringBlue'', the sort-of sequel to ''TheGIver'', has an annual tradition involving a song whose lyrics are chopped-up names of current cities. The people no longer know what they mean.