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At last, [[BrickJoke we found the "k!"]]

-->-- '''Marquis de Favras''' ([[DissonantSerenity commenting on]] [[FamousLastWords his own death warrant]])

* Played for drama in the GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' -- in the middle of [[spoiler:a ritual to stop TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, Ford]] corrects Stanley's use of "him and me", punctuating it with a very condescending ''"Grammar, Stanley"''. Stan is so angry he [[spoiler:jumps Ford, interrupting the ritual, and allowing most of the cast to be captured by [[BigBad Bill]]]]. It should be mentioned that Stan [[spoiler:''didn't even finish high-school'' due to being kicked out by their parents]], so it was a particularly low blow.

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** In the episode "Francine Goes to War" Francine is trying to prank her new neighbor Mrs. Pariso into moving back out of the apartment building after Mrs. Pariso has annoyed Francine. At one point she writes her a letter claiming to be from the building's landlord and that the building is in danger of collapsing due to termites and has to be evacuated. The only problem is that Muffy writes the letter despite having less-than-optimal writing skills. Mrs. Pariso returns the letter to Francine with all of Muffy's mistakes corrected.

-->-- '''Marquis de Favras''' ([[DissonantSerenity commenting on his own death warrant]])

* In ''Series/GameOfThrones'', when Davos notes that Stannis Baratheon removing four of his fingertips for smuggling left him with four less fingernails to clean, Stannis corrects his use of "less" in place of "fewer". He has four ''fewer'' fingernails to clean.

* At the Council of Constance (1412–23), one of the Cardinals had corrected an error of UsefulNotes/{{Holy Roman|Empire}} Emperor Sigismund's Latin grammar, to which he replied: "Ego sum rex romanis et supra grammaticam" ([[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem I am the king of the Romans and above grammar]]).[[note]]Double irony, because it's also wrong, the correct Latin expression should have been "Ego sum rex Romanorum..." and so on. Also, while this wasn't strictly observed in medieval Latin, the "most correct" Classical form would have him say "Rex Romanorum sum..." and so on (Classical Latin prefers to put the verb after the object and exhibits [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-drop_language pro-drop]]; Sigismund's use of the pronoun here is characteristic of his native German, though this is kind of confounding given his fluency in and famous devotion to Hungarian, which is also pro-drop). Then again, [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem refer to his comment]].[[/note]]

* At the Council of Constance (1412–23), one of the Cardinals had corrected an error of UsefulNotes/{{Holy Roman|Empire}} Emperor Sigismund's Latin grammar, to which he replied: "Ego sum rex romanis et supra grammaticam" ([[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem I am the king of the Romans and above grammar]]).[[note]]Double irony, because it's also wrong, the correct Latin expression should have been "Ego sum rex Romanorum..." and so on. Also, while this wasn't strictly observed in medieval Latin, the "most correct" Classical form would have him say "Rex Romanorum sum..." and so on (Classical Latin prefers to put the verb after the objec and exhibits [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-drop_language pro-drop]]; Sigismund's use of the pronoun here is characteristic of his native German). Then again, [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem refer to his comment]].[[/note]]

* At the Council of Constance (1412–23), one of the Cardinals had corrected an error of UsefulNotes/{{Holy Roman|Empire}} Emperor Sigismund's Latin grammar, to which he replied: "Ego sum rex romanis et supra grammaticam" ([[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem I am the king of the Romans and above grammar]]).[[note]]Double irony, because it's also wrong, the correct Latin expression should have been "Ego sum rex Romanorum..." and so on. Also, while this wasn't strictly observed in medieval Latin, the "most correct" Classical form would have him say "Rex Romanorum sum..." and so on (Classical Latin is a pronoun-dropping language--i.e. you don't need to use the pronoun to refer to the subject of a sentence--and prefers to put the verb after the object). Then again, [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem refer to his comment]].[[/note]]

* At the Council of Constance (1412–23), one of the Cardinals had corrected an error of UsefulNotes/{{Holy Roman|Empire}} Emperor Sigismund's Latin grammar, to which he replied: "Ego sum rex romanis et supra grammaticam" ([[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem I am the king of the Romans and above grammar]]).[[note]]Double irony, because it's also wrong, the correct Latin expression should have been "Ego sum rex Romanorum..." and so on. Then again, [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem refer to his comment]].[[/note]]

** In another case, she objects to Jason playing ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' due to it teaching unhealthy lessons, such as violence being entertainment, that winners should show no mercy to their enemies and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking spelling "combat" with a "K"]]. Jason's response is that he ''knows'' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne "combat" isn't spelled with a "K"]].

'''Col. K:''' Not whales! ''UsefulNotes/{{Wales}}!"''

-->''You're Mum''
-->''It's 'your', you idiot.''

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', during the "Zero To Hero" sequence, Clio and Thalia fight over the pronounciation of "vase":

-->'''Teacher''': Where's your pen?
-->'''Student''': I ain't got one.
-->'''Teacher''': The correct word is "haven't", not "ain't". You haven't got a pen, I haven't got a pen, they haven't got pens.
-->'''Student''': Gee, did someone steal all the pens?

* In ''Ramona's World'', Ramona gets an essay back covered with red marks -- all correcting her spelling errors. This leads her to consider her teacher to be a grammar-and-spelling Nazi. Later she tells said teacher that the librarian's licence-plate is spelled wrong (It says LIBARY rather than LIBRARY) and is disappointed to learn that due to Oregon law, it couldn't be spelled in full. Even ''later'' she and Daisy send a letter to a local business, chastising them on their poor grammar in their newspaper ad.

-->'''He'rak:''' No matter what you have endured, you've never experienced the likes of what Anubis is capable of.\\

-->'''Ba'al:''' You ''can not'' be serious.\\

-->'''Ba'al:''' Do you not know the pain you will suffer for this impudence?\\

-->'''Daphne:''' I was very mistrusting of people back then. I was convinced the way to stay out of harm's way was to walk the streets with me eyes cast down, never meeting anyone's glance. But, finally, I decided that was no way to live, so one day I just lifted up me chin and took it all in. Well, the change was amazing. There were sights I'd never seen, sounds I've never heard. A tiny old man came up to me with a note in his hand. He needed help. I realized this was no city full of thieves and muggers. There were people here who needed me. I took his note, read it, and to this day I can remember just what I said to that man. "That's not how you spell 'fellatio'."

-->'''Frasier:'''
--->''There once was a man, Frasier Crane\\

-->'''Niles:''' That's ''terrible!''\\

-->'''Ross:''' Oh, and by the way, Y-O-U-''apostrophe''-R-E means YOU ARE. Y-O-U-R means YOUR.

-->'''Janey:''' Well, I wish I was dead!
-->'''Susan:''' Janey! How can you say that? "I wish I ''were'' dead", the subjunctive.

-->'''Phelan:''' You misspelled 'culpable'. And you're confusing "then" and "than". T-H-E-N is an adverb used to divide and measure time; "Detective [=McNulty=] makes a mess, and '''then''' he has to clean it up." \\

-->'''Adult:''' Where is (person)?
-->'''Chavo:''' I don't knew.
-->'''Adult:''' It's not "I don't knew".
-->'''Chavo:''' Then how do you say it?
-->'''Adult:''' "I don't know".
-->'''Chavo:''' Then don't correct me.

-->'''Sheldon:''' Richard Feynman played the bongos. I thought I'd give it a try.
-->'''Leonard:''' Richard Feynman was a famous physicist.
-->'''Penny:''' Oh, Leonard, it's three o'clock in the morning! I don't care if Richard Feynman was a purple leprechaun who lived in my butt!
-->'''Sheldon (playing the bongos):''' Penny meant if he were a purple leprechaun. Penny forgot to use the subjunctive.

--> '''Mr Keating''': Excellent, you've done a splendid job, Graeme. Just one thing: "secretary" has two R's in it.
--> '''Mr Sutcliffe''': Two R's? (The sign is spelled "secetary")
--> '''Mr Keating''': Back to school.

-->'''Gangster:''' Still won't talk, huh? Well, how about me and Tony go throw you in the river?
-->'''Victim:''' ''(bound and gagged)'' Mmmm! Mmm! Mmmmmm!
-->'''Gangster:''' Oh, ''now'' he wants to talk. Let's see what he has to say... ''(peels off duct tape)''
-->'''Victim:''' Tony and ''I.''

--->"I took his body down, and—and I was screaming at him to wake up, and he was just—just laying there and—and it just felt like...like it was my fault."
--->"No. No, no—Pat, he was ''lying'' there. 'Lay' is a transitive verb."

-->'''Bart''': Lisa Leslie, you got game!\\

-->People ask us what it's like in Al's band\\

* As shown in the page image, use of American English spelling conventions - in Britain - can be a BerserkButton to many Brits. Going to buy a donut at a UsefulNotes/McDonalds drive-thru can provoke a very colorful, sorry, ''colourful'', response, by those to whom American spellings are like fingernails down a blackboard, or who perceive a threat to established British social and cultural values. Quite sulfurous, perhaps, if you're a chemist who doesn't see why we should adopt the wrong spelling of the word "sulphur" and its derivatives, save for American convenience.[[note]]Hey, if ''we'' have to take the [[strike:junior ''and incorrect'']]perfectly correct name "aluminium", ''you'' can put up with "sulfur". Note for non-chemists: the definitive IUPAC spellings for the elements in question are "aluminium" and "sulfur". And "caesium", though that one's at least justified by the Latin root.[[/note]]

Oh, and by the way, "thru" is not an acceptable alternate spelling of the word "through", though according to [[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thru Merriam Webster]], it is.[[note]]Americans...[[/note]] Go figure.

* A RunningGag on ''Anime/MyHime'' is that Haruka Suzushiro is frequently using [[Malaproper]]s both spoken and written. Her long suffering assistant (who also secretly pines for her) Yukino Kikukawa has to frequently fix or correct Haruka's mistakes. She did it again in her final scene in the finale.

* As shown in the page image, use of American English spelling conventions - in Britain - can be a BerserkButton to many Brits. Going to buy a donut at a UsefulNotes/McDonalds drive-thru can provoke a very colorful, sorry, ''colourful'', response, by those to whom American spellings are like fingernails down a blackboard, or who perceive a threat to established British social and cultural values. Quite sulfurous, perhaps, if you're a chemist who doesn't see why we should adopt the wrong spelling of the word "sulphur" and its derivatives, save for American convenience.[[note]]Hey, if ''we'' have to take the [[strike:junior ''and incorrect'']]perfectly correct name "aluminium", ''you'' can put up with "sulfur". Note for non-chemists: the definitive IUPAC spellings for the elements in question are "aluminium" and "sulfur". And "caesium", though that one's at least justified by the Latin root.[[/note]] And then there's that final letter of the alphabet...

* ''Series/HankZipzer'': In "Hank's New School", Hank is protesting his parents' decision to take him out of Westbrook by waving a placard at the breakfast table. Emily's response is to glance at briefly at his sign and murmur:

** In "Trilogy of Error", Lisa created a robot named Linguo whose primary directive was to correct the grammar of others. It ended up overloading when it encountered the Springfield Mafia.
--->'''Homer:''' Linguo dead?\\
'''Linguo:''' "Linguo IS dead."

* WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}''

* In ''Amreeka'', Fadi, a recent immigrant from the Middle East, leaves school with his cousin and finds out that someone has graffitied their car with "Al-Kada". One of them points out they didn't even spell it right.

Compare YouKeepUsingThatWord, when the nitpicking is over word choice instead of grammar/spelling. Related to DoWrongRight.

* A variation in ''Theatre/TheHistoryBoys'': "Hector would like that -- '[[HotForStudent your sucking me off]]'. Hector likes gerunds." %%and yes, Grammar Nazis, that "your" is correct in context.

* Series one of ''Series/LittleBritain'' has the character of a teacher who had [[HotForStudent married one of his former students]], but continues to treat her as if she is still at school. In one episode, when she gives him a card for their wedding anniversary, he proceeds to correct the grammar mistakes and put "See Me" at the end.