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->(carving rice squares) ''"I know Bloo's feelings for me could only ever be a ''fraction'' of what they are for you; some might say you're really ''cutting into'' my time with Bloo, just as I'm ''carving out'' a nice little niche for myself."''
--> -- '''Berry''', ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends''

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* ''Franchise/BlazBlue'': Classy villain that he is, Hazama engages in this from time to time.
-->(Regarding Makoto Nanaya, who has [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow silently wised up]] to his latest scheme) ''You really shouldn't wander around poking that cute little nose of yours where it doesn't belong! I mean, gosh... Surely you know gathering intelligence is the sort of thing you've got to do covertly? I'm just ''worried'' about you. One mistake in this business can ''mean your life'', you know.''
* The Franchise/JamesBond game ''VideoGame/EverythingOrNothing'' has this exchange in "Mardi Gras Mayhem."
-->'''Henchman (on the phone)''': Yes, Mr. Diavolo?\\
'''Diavolo''': Somehow, inexplicably, Yayakov has allowed a double agent to infiltrate the club. He's going to take care of her tonight, and then...you...are going to take care of him. Understood?\\
'''Henchman''': Yes sir.\\
'''Diavolo''': Good. Don't make me take care of you.

* In the ''Videogame/WorldOfAssassinationTrilogy'' of the ''Videogame/{{Hitman}}'' games (''VideoGame/Hitman2016'', ''VideoGame/Hitman2'' and ''Videogame/Hitman3''), when under disguise 47 is really fond of veiled threats consisting of doublespeak and innuendo that come off as completely mundane towards whomever he's talking to (generally his target).

-->[[spoiler:'''Telephone''': With a little luck, you should be getting it before the weekend!]]

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-->'''Vaarsuvius''': Do as you wish, though I find it odd that one who just witnessed the haste with which I will remove that which distracts me from my crucial research would risk becoming just such a distraction one's self.\\
''({{Beat}})''\\
'''Vaarsuvius''': Because then I might be forced to remove the distraction.\\
'''Elan''': I don't get it.\\
'''Vaarsuvius''': YOU are the distraction in this case. Remove the distraction, which is you. Remove YOU with haste.\\
'''Elan''': What are you getting at?\\
'''Vaarsuvius''': Oh, forget it. It would take longer to make you understand than it would to research the next spell.\\
'''Elan''': Wait, are you saying that you're going to research the spell "Haste" if I don't distract you anymore?\\
'''Vaarsuvius''': [[DeadpanSnarker Yes, that is it exactly. You have perfectly gleaned my true intentions, well done. Have a cookie]].

-->''You console yourself with your [[DeviousDaggers TEDDY BEAR]].''\\
''You'll console everyone down with you if you have to.''

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* Parodied on a ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'' sketch, in which a [[TheDragon Dragon]] expresses irritation with his DiabolicalMastermind boss's habit of doing this, since it leads to unnecessary ambiguity when the henchmen take him too literally. His statement 'let's hope Professor Ritson [[ShameIfSomethingHappened meets with a little accident' leads the henchmen to wait around to see if he meets with an accident until they realize that it's an accident ''they'' [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident were supposed to make happen]].

* Parodied on a ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'' sketch, in which a [[TheDragon Dragon]] expresses irritation with his DiabolicalMastermind boss's habit of doing this, since it leads to unnecessary ambiguity when the henchmen take him too literally. His statement 'let's hope Professor Ritson meets with a little accident' leads the henchmen to wait around to see if he meets with an accident until they realize that it's an accident ''they'' were supposed to make happen.

* Oral tradition (incorrectly) claims that four of Henry II's knights killed Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, because they ''thought'' this trope applied to the king's frustrated remark of: "Will no one rid me of this TurbulentPriest?"

'''Employer:''' So, what are you just really into this sort of thing, - or what brings you to the company?\\

See ShameIfSomethingHappened. Subtrope to DoubleMeaning and PublicSecretMessage. Obviously a [[JustForPun pun]] on "DoubleEntendre." Contrast TalkingThroughTechnique, OminousMundanity, SpySpeak, CodeEmergency, and ImpliedDeathThreat.

** ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''. After M rejects his idea of a strike on Piz Gloria to kill Blofeld and rescue Tracey, Bond places a phone call to [[TotallyNotACriminalFront Draco Construction]], knowing that Tracey's father Draco [[PapaBear will be of a different mind]].

** ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''. After M rejects his idea of a strike on Piz Gloria to kill Blofeld and rescue Tracey, Bond places a phone call to [[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub Draco Construction]], knowing that Tracey's father Draco [[PapaBear will be of a different mind]].