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1->''"Well, your story is VERY compelling, Mr. Jackass, I mean, Simpson..."''
2-->-- '''Police Chief Wiggum''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "The Springfield Files"
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4On the one hand there's the FreudianSlip, where a character means to say thing A but says thing B by accident, likely because B reflects on what is really on their mind.
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6But in this case, a character says thing B on purpose, and "pretends" (whether as a matter of deceptive intentions or just sarcastically) that it was an accident. Basically, this is for when a character wants to openly express the kind of thing that a character who makes a FreudianSlip is trying to keep to themself.
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8Compare CoughSnarkCough, which is often used for similar purposes. Also see MaliciousMisnaming.
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11!!Examples:
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16* In ''Film/BruceAlmighty'', Bruce's [[SanitySlippage reaction]] to discovering his rival has taken the job he wanted; "Evan Backstabber... Bastard... Baxter!"
17* ''Film/MoulinRouge''; Nini outing Satine and Christian to the Duke ("Why would the courtesan go for the penniless writer? Whoops! I mean sitar player!").
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21* Rachel (and then later, Ross) trying to flirt their way out of a ticket, in one episode of ''Series/{{Friends}}''. Note that Ross is flirting with a male police officer too. Which could work out in some cases, but doesn't here.
22-->'''Rachel:''' Here you go, Officer Handsome.\
23'''Officer:''' It's Hanson.\
24'''Rachel:''' Whoops, my mistake.\
25''[later]''\
26'''Ross:''' Here you go, Officer, uh, Pretty.\
27'''Officer:''' It's Petty.\
28'''Ross:''' Whoops. ''[nervous giggle]''
29* ''Series/BabylonFive'' has [[SmugSnake Bester]] use this to reveal that Talia Winters [[spoiler:was dissected by the Corps]]. Whether this was true or not is never made known.
30* ''Series/TheNanny'':
31** In "Maggie the Model", Fran attempts to let Maggie down easy after Maggie bombs as a potential model:
32--->'''Maggie Sheffield:''' But Chloe said...\
33'''Fran Fine:''' I know what Chloe said, but we'll cross that [[PrecisionFStrike bitch]] when we get to it.
34** In "Close Shave", after [[LethalChef Maxwell gets food poisoning from C.C.'s home-cooked food]]:
35--->'''C.C.:''' He's trying to say we have to go out to a meeting.\
36'''Niles:''' So, then Miss Badcook ''[C.C. glares at him]'' forgive me, Babcock won't be poisoning you this evening?
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40* From [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4XJQO3qol8&feature=sub&skipcontrinter=1 this]] video from WebVideo/TheAmazingAtheist:
41-->''General betray us -- sorry, REALLY big frog in my throat there -- General "Petraeus..."''
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45* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy,'' people kept [[AccidentalMisnaming accidentally]] calling Principal Goodvibes "Mr. Good[noun]." [[JerkassGods Eris]], however, seems to be doing it [[MaliciousMisnaming maliciously]], culminating in her cheerfully saying goodbye to "Mr. Good-You're-An-Idiot."
46* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "Make New Friends But Keep Discord", Discord learns Fluttershy has chosen someone else as her plus-one to the Grand Galloping Gala. Angry, he makes a passive-aggressive remark about "excluding" the teacakes from their next tea party which he claims "just slipped out".
47* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "The Springfield Files", Chief Wiggum "accidentally" calls Homer "Mr. Jackass" instead of "Mr. Simpson" after Homer tries to report an alien sighting.
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51* Creator/{{Cicero}} used this in his speech in defense of Caelius, who had been accused of several crimes by his ex-lover Clodia. Clodia was the sister of one of Cicero's bitterest political enemies, and it was rumored there was a BrotherSisterIncest relationship among the siblings. In his speech, Cicero said at one moment: "And, indeed, I would do so still more vigorously, if I had not a quarrel with that woman's husband -- brother, I meant to say; I am always making this mistake."
52* During the UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement, speakers on television sometimes said [[UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr Martin Luther King]]'s name by replacing "King" with a racial slur, then correcting themselves. It was obviously this trope in action.
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