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3->'''Daffy:''' Nut Season? What's that supposed to be?\
4'''Bugs:''' Unfortunately, it's that time of year where I finally get ligma.\
5'''Daffy:''' What the hell is ligma?\
6'''Bugs:''' ''Ligma'' nuts!
7-->-- ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P276JiOmTo4 Bugs is Nuts About Ducks]]''
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9About 2-3 pounds! Duh!
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11A "henway" is a type of joke where the first person in a conversation uses a term in a way that leads the other person to respond with "what's <term>?" The first person then replies with the punchline (often a pun, although it doesn't have to be).
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13Some of the most common henway terms are "<noun>way," [[note]]"<noun> weigh", answered with a weight, [[DontExplainTheJoke as is the case]] for the {{Trope Namer|s}}[[/note]] "<noun>fore," [[note]]"<noun> for?" answered with a purpose[[/note]] "<noun>do," [[note]]answered with what the thing does[[/note]] "Greek urn" [[note]]"Greek earn" -- answer "<X> drachmas a day"[[/note]] and "yoors" or "yaws." [[note]]"yours"; most often found in scenes taking place in bars -- the question "What's yours?" is a standard way of offering to buy the other person's next drink"[[/note]]
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15Also known as a "Pun Trap". The best way to subvert the standard form if someone tries it on you in RealLife is to ask "What's that?" [[note]] [[DoubleSubversion It's a pronoun which can be used to refer to something previously mentioned,]] [[Film/{{Airplane}} but that's not important right now.]][[/note]]
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17A favourite of the PungeonMaster, and of anyone else who has had a bit too much snoo or updog lately.
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19A common {{subver|tedTrope}}sion is for the victim to ask about the part of the question that's expected to be common knowledge ("So sad that Steve Jobs died of ligma." "Who's Steve Jobs?") though it's a toss-up whether the jokester will even notice the deviation or just deliver the punchline anyway.
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21Just about any KnockKnockJoke is a Henway.
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23Compare MathematiciansAnswer, NotActuallyTheUltimateQuestion, RhetoricalQuestionBlunder, WhosOnFirst. If you do this all by yourself, it's a {{Feghoot}}. A RealJokeName can be an inversion if the person's name sounds like it's a setup for this trope.
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26!!Examples:
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28[[foldercontrol]]
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30[[folder:Advertising]]
31* In [[http://youtu.be/ocg7viO0cmw?t=4m31s this ad,]] Fozzie Bear recycles bottles, cans, paper and snoo. Then he lampshades the trope at the end.
32[[/folder]]
33
34[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
35* From the dub of ''Anime/WandabaStyle'':
36-->'''Ichirin:''' Dr. Tsukumo!\
37'''Susumu:''' What is it, Ichirin?\
38'''Ichirin:''' ''[camera reveals he has a TV with him]'' It's a television. Now look at it!
39[[/folder]]
40
41[[folder:Comic Strips]]
42* An installment of Art Sansom's ''The Born Loser'' has Brutus Thornapple trying teach his son Wilburforce some basic math.
43-->'''Brutus:''' Here are six pieces of fruit. Four apples and two avocados. If I take the avocados away, what's the difference?\
44'''Wilburforce:''' That's what I say. I hate avocados.
45* In [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2020/09/23 one]] ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' strip, Pig asks his neighbor Bob what is his net worth. Bob then holds it up and says "Maybe ten bucks".
46-->'''Goat:''' ''(To [[AuthorAvatar Stephan Pastis]])'' You shouldn't get paid for this.
47[[/folder]]
48
49[[folder:Comic Books]]
50* Lampshaded in one ''ComicBook/JosieAndThePussycats'' story; Alex Cabot III is kidnapped and held for ransom while the band is at a gig in Greece. As part of the ransom, the payment has to be delivered in an urn. The girls go to a shop, and once they are given one by the shopkeeper...
51-->'''Clerk:''' And if you say, "What's a Grecian urn" there will be ''war'' between our countries!!\
52'''Melody:''' ''[confused]'' But, I wasn't...
53* One strip of ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrud_the_Barbarian Thrud the Barbarian]]'' had the central character (recast against type as a Renaissance fop) taking a barstool in ye medieval tavern and saying to the next guy along:
54-->'''Thrud:''' I say, my fellow -- have you done your chores?\
55'''Next Guy:''' Eh? What chores?\
56'''Thrud:''' Mine's a pint -- cheers!
57* Batman uses the Henway joke [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext in order to defeat a telepathic cyclops]] in ''ComicBook/BatmanOdyssey''.
58* In ''ComicBook/TheCartoonHistoryOfTheUniverse'', during the chapter on the origins of Judaism, mention is made of King Solomon's meeting with Hiram, king of the "sophisticated seaport" of Tyre:
59-->'''Solomon:''' You Hiram?\
60'''Hiram:''' And I fire 'em! Haw haw haw!\
61'''Solomon:''' Did someone say "sophisticated"?
62[[/folder]]
63
64[[folder:Fan Works]]
65* This ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon 2}}'' [[http://3drod.tumblr.com/post/173938672655/got-em comic]] has Marina get Pearl with the "updog" variant.
66* Episode 9 of ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged'' has Alucard try the "updog" gag on Walter. It does not work in any capacity, to Alucard's detriment.
67-->'''Alucard''': First you kill my dog and now you '''[[AntiHumor anti my fucking joke?!]]'''
68* A ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' RemixComic double subverts it:
69--> '''Doctor Manhattan:''' [[https://pics.me.me/so-sad-that-steve-jobs-died-of-ligma-whos-steve-35733571.png So sad that Steve Jobs died of Ligma.]]\
70'''Rorschach:''' [[TheGenieKnowsJackNicholson Who's Steve Jobs?]]\
71'''Doctor Manhattan:''' Ligma balls. [[spoiler:''(Vaporises him)'']]
72[[/folder]]
73
74[[folder:Film -- Animated]]
75* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'':
76-->'''Pumbaa:''' HakunaMatata is our motto.\
77'''Simba:''' What's a motto?\
78'''Timon:''' Nothing! What's-a motto with you?
79* Another example comes in one of the short series, ''Around the World with Timon and Pumbaa''.
80-->'''Timon:''' (holding up an empty coat-hanger) Here, hold this sarong.\
81'''Pumbaa:''' What sarong?\
82'''Timon:''' Nothing, what's-a wrong with you?
83* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'', the townsfolk explore a cave that one character explains is a dried-up aquifer, which leads to the exchange:
84-->"What's an aquifer?"\
85"Well... it's fer aqua!"
86* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'', the Mole, a mercenary working for LaResistance, checks off what the boys needed to get for him:
87-->'''Mole:''' Did you get ze mirror?\
88'''Stan:''' Got it.\
89'''Mole:''' And ze rope?\
90'''Stan:''' Check.\
91'''Mole:''' And ze buttfor?\
92'''Kyle:''' What's a buttfor?\
93'''Mole:''' For pooping, silly. ''(lights and drags on a smoke, presumably celebrating a well-laid trap)''
94* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'':
95-->'''Mr. Tweedy:''' ''(being attacked)'' Mrs. Tweedy! The chickens are revolting!
96-->'''Mrs. Tweedy:''' ''(not looking)'' Finally, something we agree on.
97* ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs2'':
98-->'''Brent:''' Dr. Manny, this is delicious!
99-->'''Manny:''' I call it Manny's gorilla stew.
100-->'''Brent:''' So how do you make a gorilla stew?
101-->'''Manny:''' You keep it waiting for two hours.
102* From ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'', as Old Fred and Ringo walk past a room full of displays:
103-->'''Old Fred:''' Say, what would your friends be doing here?
104-->'''Ringo:''' Displayin'.
105-->'''Old Fred:''' Displayin' what?
106-->'''Ringo:''' Displayin' around.
107* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' has a reference to one of the more well-known ones: "He could tell you what's a Grecian earn!"
108* ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'': At one point Moana asks Maui what the tattoo on his back means. Maui, who's not in a good mood (especially since the tattoo in question represents [[spoiler:his parents [[ParentalAbandonment abandoning him to the sea as a baby]]]]), replies it represents man's discovery of "nunya".
109-->'''Moana:''' What's "nunya"?\
110'''Maui:''' Nunya business!
111* ''WesternAnimation/FreeBirds'': When the guards at the top secret facility see Reggie and Jake's break-in.
112-->'''Guard:''' Control, we have a contaminant.\
113'''Control:''' Copy that, what type, Agent?\
114'''Guard:''' Turkey, sir.\
115'''Control''': That is very weird, Agent.\
116'''Guard''': How do we address it?\
117'''Control:''' Uh, with cranberry sauce.\
118'''Both:''' ...hehehehehehehe.\
119'''Guard:''' --but seriously.
120[[/folder]]
121
122[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
123* The Creator/ChevyChase/Creator/DanAykroyd movie ''Film/SpiesLikeUs'' includes the following exchange when the two hear a strange loud noise:
124-->'''Aykroyd:''' It's a dikfer!\
125'''Chase:''' What's a dikfer?\
126'''Aykroyd:''' To pee with.
127%%* There's a RunningGag like this in ''Film/{{Airplane}}''.
128%%** ''Film/{{Airplane}}''? What is it?
129%%*** It's a machine that can carry passengers or cargo through the air, but that's not important right now.
130* A fully-loaded example from ''Film/AirplaneIITheSequel'':
131-->'''Witness:''' Striker was the squadron leader. He brought us in real low. But he couldn't handle it.\
132'''Prosecutor:''' Buddy couldn't handle it. Was Buddy one of your crew?\
133'''Witness:''' Right. Buddy was the bombardier. But it was Striker who couldn't handle it, and he went to pieces.\
134'''Prosecutor:''' Andy went to pieces?\
135'''Witness:''' No. Andy was the navigator. He was all right. ''Buddy'' went to pieces. It was awful how he came unglued.\
136'''Prosecutor:''' Howie came unglued?\
137'''Witness:''' Oh, no. Howie was a rock, the best tailgunner in the outfit. ''Buddy'' came unglued.\
138'''Prosecutor:''' And he bailed out?\
139'''Witness:''' No. Andy hung tough. ''Buddy'' bailed out. How he survived, it was a miracle.\
140'''Prosecutor:''' Then Howie survived?\
141'''Witness:''' No, 'fraid not. We lost Howie the next day.\
142'''Prosecutor:''' Over Macho Grande?\
143'''Witness:''' No. I don't think I'll ever get over Macho Grande. Those wounds run... pretty deep.
144* ''Film/BigFish'', is full of tall tales and shaggy dog stories, but there's one simple gag that really stands out.
145-->'''Ed Bloom''': It's a metaphor.\
146'''Will Bloom''': ''What's'' a metaphor?!\
147'''Ed Bloom''': Mostly sheep and cows to graze in.
148* ''Film/ElviraMistressOfTheDark'' is a HurricaneOfPuns, but one of the most memorable is after the titular character has hit her head on a movie marquee:
149-->"How's your head?"\
150"Well, I've never had any complaints..."
151* ''Film/ManOnFire'':
152-->'''Pita''': "What's your girlfriend's name?"\
153'''Creasy''': "Nunya."\
154'''Pita''': "Nunya?"\
155'''Creasy''': "Nun-ya-business"
156* In some deleted footage for ''Film/LuckyNumberSlevin'', one of The Fairy's bodyguards makes these repeatedly.
157* ''Film/AHardDaysNight'':
158-->'''Norm''': "Ringo, what are you up to?"\
159'''Ringo''': (peering from magazine) "Page five."\
160...\
161'''Reporter''': How did you find America?\
162'''John''': Turned left at Greenland.
163* From ''Film/SpyHard'':
164-->'''Agent Bishop:''' Sir, we have intercepted a disturbing video on the rock of Gibraltar.
165-->'''The Director:''' Well, what is it?
166-->'''Agent Bishop:''' It's this really big rock sticking out of the water on the south coast of Spain.
167* From the aftermath of a particularly surprising moment in ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'':
168-->'''Oliver:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis W. T. F? W. T. F?]]
169-->'''Gary:''' What the fuck does WTF stand for?
170-->'''Steve:''' ''(emerges from hiding)'' What the fuck?
171-->'''Gary:''' Oh yeah.
172* From the Creator/MarxBrothers' 1930 comedy film ''Theatre/AnimalCrackers'', when Admiral Spaulding (Groucho) is proposing to two women at once;
173-->'''Mrs. Rittenhouse''': Why, that's bigamy.
174-->'''Admiral Spaulding''': Yes, and it's big of me too. It's big of all of us, let's be big for a change.
175** Lampshaded in ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera'', Driftwood (Groucho) and Fiorello (Chico) have the following exchange:
176--> '''Driftwood''': It's all right. That's, that's in every contract. That's, that's what they call a sanity clause.
177--> '''Fiorello''': Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! You can't fool me. There ain't no Sanity Clause!
178** In ''Film/DuckSoup'', Chicolini refuses to go into battle unless he's in one of those big iron things that go up and down.
179-->'''Firefly''': Tanks?\
180'''Chicolini''': You're welcome!
181* The ''Film/CarryOn'' films use this type of joke a lot.
182** This from ''Film/DontLoseYourHead'':
183--->'''Bidet:''' ''[under his breath in Camembert's ear]'' Pssst! ...Psst!
184--->'''Camembert:''' Lies! [[IllTellYouWhenIveHadEnough I've only had a couple]]!
185*** The same sort of joke happens in ''Film/CarryOnDick'', during an equipment check:
186---->'''Sergeant Strapp:''' Pistol!
187---->'''Captain Fancey:''' What? I haven't 'ad a drop!
188** From ''Film/CarryOnAtYourConvenience'':
189--->'''Mr. Boggs:''' Fakes, that's all they are, sitting there lookin' in their crystal whatsnames.
190--->'''Sid:''' "Balls". [[note]] Also [[DontExplainTheJoke British slang for "nonsense"]][[/note]]
191--->'''Mr. Boggs:''' I quite agree! Absolutely ridiculous!
192** From ''Film/CarryOnUpTheKhyber''':
193--->'''Sir Sid Ruff-Diamond:''' ''[gestures to a champagne bottle]'' Want some, Mr Belcher?
194--->'''Brother Belcher:''' ''[realises he can't hear the sounds of bombs anymore and cheers with delight]'' IT'S FINISHED!!
195--->'''Sir Sid Ruff-Diamond:''' No, there's still half a bottle here.
196* An exchange in ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'', after hearing a wolf howling.
197-->'''Inga:''' Werewolf?\
198'''Igor:''' ''pointing'' There wolf! There castle!\
199'''Frederick:''' [[LampshadeHanging Why are you talking like that?]]\
200[[/folder]]
201
202[[folder:Literature]]
203* In the novel ''Fallen Angels'' by Creator/LarryNiven, Jerry Pournelle, and Michael Flynn, an astrophysicist goes to torturous lengths to include the abbreviation SNU (meaning "Solar Neutrino Unit", and pronounced "snew") into a conversation, just so the person he is talking to can ask "What's SNU?" The inevitable response is "Nothing much. What's new with you?"
204** The same "joke" was in ''ComicStrip/{{Pogo}}'', with much less setup, starting off, "That's got a lotta snoo to it, boy," and continuing as above.
205** Hawkeye set up the same joke in an episode of ''Series/{{MASH}}'', when while doing minor surgery he asked the nurse for "snoo".
206* ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'':
207-->They passed a yellow door on which it said: STOREROOM NUMBER 77--ALL THE BEANS, CACAO BEANS, COFFEE BEANS, JELLY BEANS, AND HAS BEANS.\
208"''Has beans?''" cried Violet Beauregarde. \
209"You're one yourself!" said Mr. Wonka. "There's no time for arguing! Press on, press on!"
210* In the ''Literature/CallahansCrosstimeSaloon'' story "Two Heads are Better Than One", Jake regales the bar's patrons with a tall tale of his illustrious ancestor Grandfather Stonebender, who "built the pyramids, freed the slaves, cured yaws!" When Mike Callahan gamely asked, "What's yaws?", Jake answered, "Why thanks, Mike, I'll have a beer."
211* In ''Literature/TheNameOfTheWind'' by Creator/PatrickRothfuss, the [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} mad girl Auri]] lives in the space beneath the Arcanum, which she calls "the Underthing." When Kvothe asks her to show him around, intending to sneak into the library, she feigns shock at his audacity in asking to see her Underthing.
212* Happened once in ''Literature/EncyclopediaBrown''. Someone asked Encyclopedia, "What do you know about Browning?" and Encyclopedia responded, "Not much, I've never browned."
213* One book of sci-fi riddles has a scene with a man attempting the old "neither rain nor snew" joke. It [[SubvertedTrope doesn't work]] because the man in question was born on Mars, so he asks "What's rain" instead.
214* A variant in ''[[Literature/TheFourHorsemenUniverse Asbaran Solutions]]'' when Sergeant Mason is paired with a NewMeat private who gets bitten by a Flatar.
215-->'''Mason:''' You'll want to get that looked at. They've got some funky alien bacteria in their mouth you ''don't'' want in your system. It'll mutate and mess you up pretty bad. I've got antibiotics for it back at the hangar.\
216'''Thunder:''' Do we have time? [[WrongGenreSavvy How long... how long have I got before I start turning into a... a whatever it is I'm going to turn into?]]\
217'''Mason:''' Oh, don't be such a baby. It'll hurt so much you'll ''wish'' you were dead, but you're not going to turn into a werewolf or anything like that. You have to get bit by a dumfuk for that.\
218'''Thunder:''' Wha... what's a dumfuk?\
219'''Mason:''' You're a dumb fuck, now shut the hell up and guard the top of the ramp while I go find our target.
220* In the prologue to the ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' novel ''All-Consuming Fire'', the Doctor remembers meeting Creator/ArthurConanDoyle and Creator/RudyardKipling (a CallBack to a Fourth Doctor ''Literature/DoctorWhoMissingAdventures'' novel) and asks Ace if she likes Kipling. She, of course, replies that she's never kippled.
221[[/folder]]
222
223[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
224* In an outtake for Australian children's show ''[[Series/AgrosCartoonConnection Agro's Cartoon Connection]]'':
225--> '''Agro (puppet):''' Oh, where did I put my piecost?
226--> '''Ann-Maree Biggar (human co-host):''' What's a piecost?
227--> '''Agro:''' About $1.10!
228--> '''Ann-Maree:''' Has anyone seen my henway?
229--> '''Agro:''' What's a henway??
230--> '''Ann-Maree:''' Oh, about five kilos [kilograms]!
231--> '''Agro:''' Has anyone seen my dickfor?
232--> '''Ann-Maree:''' What's a dickfor?
233--> Agro gives an all-knowing glance at the camera; Ann-Maree gasps and shoves him aside.
234* ''Series/BeakmansWorld'': Don and Herb use the titular joke, but also use another version:
235--> '''Don''': So I'm skating down the ice, knitting a sweater, and a penguin cop tries to stop me.\
236'''Herb''': What'd he say?\
237'''Don''': He said, "Pull over"! And I said, "No! Cardigan!"
238* Used by Creator/BennyHill in a skit where a brother and sister team claim to have climbed the highest mountain ridge in the world.
239-->'''Interviewer:''' Himalaya?
240-->'''Sister:''' No, he tells the truth!
241* Some of the puns on ''Series/ABitOfFryAndLaurie'' took this form.
242-->'''John:''' You have a daughter, I believe?\
243'''Peter:''' Yeah. Yeah, Henrietta.\
244'''John:''' Did he, did he, I'm sorry to hear that.
245* In one episode of ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'', Baldrick is running for office and tells his boss he thinks his first name is "Sodoff", because all the other kids used to say "Sod off, Baldrick!" Blackadder notes him down as "S. Baldrick". Later Edmund is interviewed by real life political pundit Vincent Hanna (playing "his own ancestor"):
246-->'''Hanna:''' What does the S stand for?
247-->'''Blackadder:''' Sodoff.
248-->'''Hanna:''' ... yes, well, none of my business, really.
249* In the Season 3 ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "Gingerbread", Buffy laments that she doesn't think anything she does makes a lasting difference, but at least she finally understands something that's baffled her for years.
250-->'''Buffy:''' I'm like the boy in that story, the one who stuck his finger in the duck.\
251'''Angel:''' Dike.\
252'''Buffy:''' ''(confused look)''\
253'''Angel:''' ''(chuckles)'' It's another word for dam.\
254'''Buffy:''' Oh. Okay, that story makes a lot more sense now.
255** If only Willow was there to hear about sticking fingers in dykes - uh, dikes.
256* ''Series/CornerGas'': In "Crab Apple Cooler":
257-->'''Lacey:''' We could play euchre.\
258'''Oscar:''' ''Euchre''? I hardly know 'er!\
259'''Lacey:''' Or Twister.\
260'''Oscar:''' ''Twister''? I just met 'er!\
261'''Lacey:''' Or maybe we could just play charades.\
262'''Oscar:''' ''Charades''? Ha ha... [[DelayedReaction I hate charades]]!\
263'''Emma:''' Charades it is.\
264'''Lacey:''' [[LampshadeHanging Good thing I didn't say "poker."]]
265* ''Series/CrimeStory'': At a block party cookout, Polish cop Krychek is quizzing black cop Clemmons on Polish food. When he gets to ''garachki'' Clemmons is stumped - turns out it's what you use to open a garage door.
266* One segment of ''Series/TheDailyShow'' showed a senator made an addition to a bill, then another added a "but-for" clause that said the other one couldn't add his. Jon Stewart then said he responded by asking for a ban on all "dickfores".
267* One in Spanish: The Mexican comedian Chespirito had a character, the old and crotchety ''[[Series/DoctorChapatin Doctor Chapatín]]''. The doctor always carried a paper bag which would never play any part whatsoever in the plot, except to punch whoever dared to say that he was old (this happened OncePerEpisode). But once, his nurse and one patient asked him directly about the paper bag and he finally answered: ''"Tengo queles" "¿Queles?" "Qué les importa"'' (that could be roughly translated as ''"It's nunya." "Nunya?" "Nunya business"'').
268* Alluded to in ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Parting of the Ways" as a bit of a StealthPun:
269-->"Rose Tyler. I was gonna take you to so many places. Barcelona. Not the city Barcelona, the planet Barcelona. You'll love it, fantastic place, they've got dogs with no noses! [laughs] Imagine how many times a day you end up telling that joke, and it's still funny!"
270* An example from ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'':
271-->"You know, microbreweries are the second fastest-growing industry in America, right behind butfores."\
272"What's a butfore?"\
273"If you don't know, you'd better stop eating!"
274* UK Comedy ''Series/TheFastShow'' had character Arthur Atkinson do a whole sequence of these in the mock ''Hee Haw'' sketches parodying old music-hall comedies. The gags always involved corny sound effects like a slidewhistle, pie-in-face gags, or corny wordplay, such as:
275-->'''Announcer:''' "This first story involves Arthur Atkinson, and he's not feeling himself."\
276'''Arthur:''' "And I'm not feeling anyone else neither, before you ask."\
277''[cut to shot of audience cracking up]''
278* Murray from ''Music/FlightOfTheConchords'' is a constant source of these when it comes to artists and albums:
279-->'''Murray:''' I've told you, when you're in a band, you don't get with your bandmate's girlfriend - past or present. ... You get a love triangle, you know? Music/FleetwoodMac situation. Well there- there was four of them, so more of a love square-- but you know; no one gets on. ... Mind you, they did make some of their best music back then.\
280'''Bret:''' ''(nodding his head)'' "Rumours."\
281'''Murray:''' No. It's all true.
282** Also
283-->'''Bret:''' Michael Jackson's "Off the Wall".\
284'''Murray:''' I'll say he is...he's off the planet. Wants to freeze himself, doesn't he?
285** Plus, after Bret has written a song dissing other rappers:
286-->'''Murray:''' Who were these people you were dissing? The only one I could make out was Snoopy-- what's your problem with him?\
287'''Bret''': No, Snoop Dogg.\
288'''Murray''':I know he's a ''dog'', Bret. I'm not totally in the dark ages. I do go out every once in a while. He's lovable! Leave him alone.
289* The Flying Karamazov Brothers pull this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpUQZh9HjJA during a televised special:]]
290-->'''Dmitri''': Jesus Christ...\
291'''Smerdyakov''': Hey! Watch your language!\
292'''Dmitri''': Uh, English. What's yours?
293* From an episode of ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'', when Will corrects Carlton's usage of the word "dis":
294--> '''Will''': That's ''dis''.
295--> '''Carlton''': I don't care if it's dis, dat or the other thing!
296* ''Series/{{Friends}}'':
297** Joey's being dumb rather than deliberately funny:
298--->'''Rachel:''' See? Unisex.\
299'''Joey:''' Maybe you need sex. I had sex a few days ago.\
300'''Rachel:''' No, Joey, U-N-I sex.\
301'''Joey:''' Well, I wouldn't say no to that...
302** And then Joey misunderstands a real word to set this up:
303--->'''Monica:''' Hey Joey, what would you do if you were omnipotent?\
304'''Joey:''' I'd probably kill myself!\
305'''Monica:''' Excuse me?\
306'''Joey:''' Hey, if little Joey's dead, then I got no reason to live.\
307'''Ross:''' Joey, uh, [=OMNIpotent=].\
308'''Joey:''' You are?! Ross, I had no idea. I thought it was like a theoretical question, y'know?
309** There's also the new age doctor who tells Ross he has a "cundis".
310--->'''Ross''': What's a 'cundis'?\
311'''Doctor''': Nuthin', what's a cundis with you?
312** When Rachel is looking at an apothecary table in a catalogue:
313--->'''Rachel:''' Oh! Look at this little drawers! Oh look-look it says that it holds 300 [=CDs=].\
314'''Chandler:''' Ahh, just like the apothecary tables of yore.\
315'''Rachel:''' Your what?
316* This exchange occurs between Oliver and Lisa in "The Vulgar Ring" episode of ''Series/GreenAcres'':
317-->'''Lisa''': Did you find it?\
318'''Oliver''': No, I haven't got the trap off.\
319'''Lisa''': What's a "trapoff"?\
320'''Oliver''': Not a "trapoff", it's just a trap that's part of the drain. Hand me the wrench.\
321...
322-->'''Oliver''': You use a screwdriver to screw screws, you need a wrench to take the bolts off.\
323'''Lisa''': What's a "boltsoff"?... [later] Why are you yelling at me? All I did was ask you what's a "boltsoff".\
324...
325-->'''Oliver''': Lisa, will you find something to do, and let me get this drain off?\
326'''Lisa''': What's a "drainoff"?\
327'''Oliver''': It's part of the sink that's attached to the "trapoff"!\
328...\
329'''Oliver''': Shut the water off!\
330'''Lisa''': Which one's the "wateroff"?
331* ''Series/TheHauntingHour'' featured a pair of teenage girls that delighted in nothing more than [[TeensAreMonsters tormenting an ailing old woman with prank calls.]] During one of said calls, they ask if she knows "Amanda Hugandkiss" She responds " I don't know Amanda Hugandkiss" at which point they say something to the effect of "Duh! what kind of man would want to hug and kiss you!?"
332* One of these turns up in an episode of ''Series/KolchakTheNightStalker''. It concerns a wild animal called a Pycost. [[spoiler:89 cents.]]
333* ''Series/{{MASH}}'':
334** In "Where There's a Will, There's a War", Hawkeye fondly recalls (via flashback) a time when the usually-humorless Margaret Houlihan started rattling off a whole bunch of these with him while taking inventory in the supply hut:
335--->'''Hawkeye:''' Sulfa...where's the sulfa?\
336'''Margaret:''' The sulfa's in the living room.\
337'''Hawkeye:''' What?\
338'''Margaret:''' The sulfa's in the living room. Between the end tables.\
339'''Hawkeye:''' ''(astonished)'' Margaret, you told a joke!\
340'''Margaret:''' I'm tired.\
341'''Hawkeye:''' "The sulfa's in the living room." ''(starts laughing)'' I can't believe you said that!\
342'''Margaret:''' ''(laughing now, too)'' I told you I was tired!\
343'''Hawkeye:''' No, I love it! Somebody's finally been messing with your funny bone! Okay, sulfa...we got plenty.\
344'''Margaret:''' Sulfa so good. ''(starts laughing again)'' Morphine.\
345'''Hawkeye:''' No, thanks, I got plenty. ''(They both crack up, then start to compose themselves.)'' Digitalis?\
346'''Margaret:''' No, I'm keeping it a secret. ''(They both lose it for good.)''
347** In "Are You Now, Margaret?," a visiting congressional aide is investigating Margaret for being a communist sympathizer. He visits her in her tent and attempts to seduce her when Klinger emerges from Margaret's locker and takes a snapshot of the act. Hawkeye, B.J. and Charles arrive to push the dagger in deeper:
348--->'''Williamson:''' (''pointing to Klinger'') Wha-what's he doing with that camera?\
349'''Charles:''' He appears to be rewinding.
350* A scene in ''Series/{{Mirrorball}}'' has two characters watching a singer auditioning. One remarks that the song is [[Music/KurtWeill Weill]]; the other protests that it's really not that bad.
351* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'':
352** In the sketch [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Funniest_Joke_in_the_World "The Funniest Joke in the World"]], UsefulNotes/NaziGermany tries to combat the effectiveness of the titular joke against their forces by writing jokes of their own. One of these consists of the following GagSub of ''Film/TriumphOfTheWill'':
353---> '''UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler:''' My dog's got no nose!\
354'''Baldur von Schirach:''' How does he smell?\
355'''Hitler:''' Awful!
356** In the "Black Magic Police" sketch, when a reporter dramatically asks, "Just what are the police up to?", an especially stupid-looking cop looks up from a book he's reading and answers, "Oh, I'm up to page 39, where Literature/PeterPan first manifests himself."
357** Also, the two pepperpots turn to alternative entertainment after Radio 4 explodes:
358--->'''Pepperpot #1:''' Oh, dear. The radio's exploded.\
359'''Pepperpot #2:''' Well, what's on the television, then?\
360'''Pepperpot #1:''' Looks like a penguin.\
361'''Pepperpot #2:''' No, I didn't mean what was on the TV set. I meant what programme.
362* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' has a numbers of these:
363** Running gag in the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E11FirstSpaceshipOnVenus episode]] ''Film/FirstSpaceshipOnVenus'', featuring the character Dr. Herringway, commander of the eponymous expedition.
364--->'''Crow:''' Hey, Joel, what's a Herringway?\
365'''Joel:''' About a pound...
366** From the "Cave Dwellers" episode, when the film's star appears in the credits:
367---> '''Joel:''' How much Keefe is in this movie anyway?\
368'''Servo:''' Miles O' Keefe!
369** An in-film example from ''Film/WomenOfThePrehistoricPlanet''; a ShaggyDogStory told by the [[PluckyComicRelief Odious Comic Relief]] about his adventures in the service, which ''eventually'' meanders to this: "...[[AHandfulForAnEye So I threw a handful of yurze in the thing's eye]] and killed it..." "What's 'yurze[[note]](pronounced "yours")[[/note]]'?" "Well, I'd like a three-day pass, sir..."
370** "Can't we just get ''beyond'' Thunderdome?"
371** Then in ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S09E04Werewolf Werewolf]]'':
372--->(''Title "WEREWOLF" appears on the screen'')\
373'''Servo:''' I dunno, you had him last!\
374\
375'''Paul:''' I’m a writer.\
376'''Natalie:''' Really? What’s the subject matter?\
377'''Tom Servo:''' You’re right, subject doesn’t matter at all.
378** Earlier, in ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E09IWasATeenageWerewolf I Was A Teenage Werewolf]]'':
379--->'''Police Coroner:''' ...Fangs.\
380'''Police Detective:''' Fangs?!?\
381'''Servo:''' You're welcome! (Laughs hysterically)\
382(later in the same scene:)\
383'''Coroner:''' [...]But I still say, fangs!\
384'''Mike:''' And ''I'' still say, "you're welcome!" (chuckles sensibly)
385** On more than one occasion, if someone on the screen asks someone else "Are you alright?" or "How are you doing?" one of the bots will answer, "I make a nice living, you?"
386* ''Series/TheNanny'':
387** In "My Fair Nanny", as Fran is trying to pass herself off as cultured at the party:
388--->'''Maureen Wentworth:''' (''observing a sculpture'') What a lovely artifact. Is it Mayan?
389--->'''Fran:''' No, it's his-en.
390** In another episode Fran gets a famous lawyer to represent her in court, who she says does a lot of ''pro-bono'' work. Fran's Ditz friend doesn't like this because she's always been pro-Cher.
391* On ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', between Palmer and Ducky, bordering on a combo with WhosOnFirst
392-->'''Palmer''': It wasn't sand sand, like good sand. It was bad sand. Very bad sand. It made me break out in red welts.
393-->'''Ducky''': It wasn't the sand, Mr. Palmer, but the sand mite.
394-->'''Palmer''': The sand might what?
395-->'''Ducky''': The sand mite bit you.
396-->'''Palmer''': Sand bites?
397-->'''Ducky''': Well, sand mites might bite.
398-->'''Palmer''': I'm grammatically lost.
399* ''Series/TheOfficeUS''
400** Jim introduces Michael to this concept with the following joke.
401--->'''Jim:''' This place smells like updog.\
402'''Mike:''' What's updog?\
403'''Jim:''' Not much, what's up with you?
404** Michael then tries this on somebody else, they fail to respond properly. Eventually Dwight answers right, but Mike botches the joke anyway:
405--->'''Michael:''' This place smells like updog.\
406'''Dwight:''' What's updog?\
407'''Michael:''' Ha! Ha haha! Um... how are you?\
408'''Dwight:''' I'm fine, how are you?\
409'''Michael:''' Fine...
410* Subverted in ''Series/RedDwarf''. When Lister is told of an item called a wormdo, instead of asking "What's a wormdo?" ("Wriggles along the ground, of course!"), he derails the joke by asking, "What's that then?" And it just goes straight downhill from there.
411--> '''Rimmer:''' Would you like a wormdo?
412--> '''Lister:''' What's that, then?
413--> '''Rimmer:''' What's ''what''?
414--> '''Lister:''' A wormdo?
415--> '''Rimmer:''' What ''about'' it?
416--> '''Lister:''' Look, is this still the opening line?
417* Not surprisingly, ''Series/PoliceSquad'' was built on this trope. The most famous example:
418-->'''Det. Frank Drebin:''' Wait a minute, let me get this straight: Twice came in and shot the teller and Jim Fell.
419-->'''Sally Decker:''' No, he only shot the teller, Jim Johnson. Fell is ill.
420-->'''Drebin: '''Okay, then after he shot the teller, you shot Twice.
421-->'''Sally:''' No, I only shot once.
422-->'''Capt. Ed Hocken: '''Twice is the hold up man.
423-->'''Sally: '''Then I guess I did shoot Twice.
424-->'''Drebin: '''Oh, so now you're changing your story.
425-->'''Sally:''' No, I shot Twice after Jim fell.
426-->'''Drebin:''' You shot twice and Jim Fell?
427-->'''Sally:''' No, Jim fell first and then I shot Twice once.
428-->'''Drebin:''' Well, who fired twice?
429-->'''Sally:''' Once!
430-->'''Capt. Hocken:''' He's the owner of the tire company, Frank.
431-->'''Drebin:''' [pauses] Okay. Once is the owner of the tire company and he fired Twice. Then Twice shot the teller once.
432-->'''Sally:''' Twice.
433-->'''Drebin:''' ...and Jim fell and then you fired Twice.
434-->'''Sally: '''Once!
435-->'''Drebin: Okay. '''All right, that will be all for now, Ms. Decker.
436-->'''Capt. Hocken: '''We'll need you to make a formal statement down at the station.
437-->'''Sally:''' Oh, of course!
438-->'''Drebin: '''You've been very helpful. We think we know how he did it.
439-->'''Sally:''' Oh, Howie couldn't have done it. He hasn't been in for weeks.
440-->'''Drebin:''' Well. [pauses] Thank you again, Ms. Decker.
441-->'''Drebin:''' [to Capt. Hocken] Weeks?
442-->'''Capt. Hocken:''' Saul Weeks. He's the comptroller, Frank.
443** Later, as they're arresting Sally, Capt. Hocken addresses two cops standing nearby.
444--->'''Capt. Hocken:''' Sergeants, take her away and book her.
445--->'''Drebin:''' [addressing each officer as if introduced] "Sergeant Takeraway, Sergeant Booker."
446* You can pretty much make a drinking game out of this trope watching ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn'' and ''Series/HeeHaw'' (same thing, different demographic; that's actually the only enjoyable way to watch these shows, as even the actors would admit.)
447* On ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' Ru will sometimes ask a contestant "How's your head?" expecting the response "Haven't had any complaints". One contestant, Pearl simply did not get it and would respond with a report on how her head actually felt. When she ''finally'' gave the "no complaints" answer on the main stage there was a round of applause.
448* From the ''Series/SaluteYourShorts'' episode "Ghost Story":
449-->'''Dina:''' ...It's something 4 out of 5 doctors recommend.
450-->'''Telly:''' Which doctors?
451-->'''Dina:''' Exactly, witch doctors...
452* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'':
453** Subverted nicely with this exchange:
454--->'''JD:''' Now I don't want you to worry, because your procedure is being performed by Dr. ''Dahman''.\
455'''Patient:''' Who's Dr. Dahman?\
456'''JD:''' No, no...say that again, but without the doctor.\
457'''Patient:''' Who's Mr. Dahman?\
458'''JD:''' No no, just say the last name.\
459'''Patient''': Who's Dahman?\
460'''JD:''' I'M DAH MAN! That was fun...it was fun, uh, doing that with you.
461** In another episode, a variant occurs.
462--->'''Doug:''' Stringent what?\
463'''JD:''' Stringent "updoc". (quickly turns to Turk) It's happening.\
464'''Doug:''' What's updoc?
465** And in another episode where the janitor accuses J.D. of stealing toilet paper:
466--->'''JD:''' I don't use toilet paper. I have one of those French things that shoot water up your butt.
467--->'''Janitor:''' A bidet?
468--->'''JD:''' Bidet to you, sir.
469* ''Series/{{Skins}}'' did one of these in the S3 opener.
470-->'''Effy:''' It's inexplicable, Pandora.\
471'''[[TheDitz Pandora:]]''' Yeah, inexplicable. ''*beat* '' What does inexplicable mean, Eff?\
472'''Effy:''' Can't explain.\
473'''Pandora:''' ''[=[dismayed]=]'' Alright, suit yourself then.
474* ''Series/{{Taxi}}'':
475** Jim Ignatowski was taking his driving test, leading to this classic gag:
476--->'''Jim''': What does a yellow light mean?\
477'''Bobby''': Slow down.\
478'''Jim''': Okay. What...does...a...yellow...light...mean?\
479'''Bobby''': Slow down.\
480'''Jim''': Okay. OK. Wwwwhhhaaaat dooeesss aaaa yyyeeeellllowwww lllliiiight mmmmeeeannn?
481** In another episode, Latka Gravas leads Louie dePalma -- possibly unintentionally -- right into one of these:
482--->'''Louie:''' What's this?\
483'''Latka:''' It's a kebble.\
484'''Louie:''' What's a kebble?\
485'''Latka:''' 110 kebble make a lithnitch.\
486'''Louie:''' What's a lithnich?\
487'''Latka:''' 270 lithnich make a matta.\
488'''Louie:''' What's a matta?\
489'''Latka:''' I don't know, what's a matta with you?
490* On ''Series/ThatsMyBush'', Larry, UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush's wacky neighbor, would use one of these almost OncePerEpisode.
491** In one episode, someone else gives the punchline instead (responding to "Stardoo" with "It twinkles!"), [[BerserkButton making him very, very angry.]]
492** Larry also did the "Hindu" punchline, though unenthusiastically, when George in fact asked him what a Hindu was.
493** Subverted in one episode where spies tunneled to the White House:
494-->'''Larry:''' Say, George, there's a hole dug in your front porch.
495-->'''George:''' I get it, Larry. I'm supposed to say, "What's a hole dug?" Ha ha.
496** On one occasion, Larry actually started to do the {{Trope Namer|s}} joke but was cut off by George, who was in the middle of some hijinks and didn't have the time for it.
497** In the series finale as George is leaving the White House, Larry mentions a "queardu," and when George asks "what's a queer do?" Larry cries "This!" and tearfully hugs him.
498* In a 2002 episode of [[PanelGame Panel Show]] ''Series/TheyThinkItsAllOver'', Gary Lineker's team were shown footage of an Exeter City goal being celebrated by players running up to the crowd holding out an upturned cap (a reference to unpaid wages caused by financial trouble at the club). Gary's teammate, Rory [=McGrath=], observed that Exeter were nicknamed the Grecians, leading to the inevitable joke, complete with LamePunReaction from host Nick Hancock:
499-->'''Rory [=McGrath=]:''' Their nickname, actually, their nickname is the Grecians.\
500'''Gary Lineker:''' Grecians.\
501'''Nick Hancock:''' ''(hammily)'' What's a Grecian urn? ''(rolls eyes)''\
502'''Rory:''' Not very much, by the looks of things.\
503'''Nick:''' Thank you very much. ''({{Facepalm}}s)'' That was always gonna come out, wasn't it.\
504'''Rory:''' It had to.
505* In the ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' episode "Old Flame With a New Wick", Charlie receives an email from an ex-girlfriend who wants to meet up, turns out since he last saw her she had a sex change. Charlie brings ''him'' home and Alan doesn't know the full situation at first.
506-->'''Alan:''' Nice guy. Poker buddy?
507-->'''Charlie:''' Used to. And don't call me buddy.
508[[/folder]]
509
510[[folder:Magazines]]
511* ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'':
512** In the ''Star Wars Musical'' parody, the [[HonestJohnsDealership Jawa selling Artoo]] tells Luke that it had a minor accident around a nearby star.
513--->'''Luke:''' Sirius?\
514'''Jawa:''' Naaah, just a few dents.
515** An earlier parody of ''ComicStrip/MarkTrail'' had Mark pointing to a very familiar-looking cartoon rabbit, claiming that it "very frequently eats updok." The [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny rabbit]], in between bites of carrot, says, "What's updok?"
516** A ''Series/ThePhilSilversShow'' parody included a throwaway joke about Bilko meeting a girl from Maine ("Bangor? I hardly knew her!").
517[[/folder]]
518
519[[folder:Music]]
520* Music/BarenakedLadies did this in "Pinch Me":
521-->''I could hide out under there''\
522''I just made you say underwear!''
523** They also did it in "Raisins":
524--->''When I make mistakes, I use a lot of salt''\
525''Cuz salt makes my steaks taste great''
526* Music/TheMonkees song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kT8SGCew3k Gonna Buy Me a Dog]]:
527-->'''Davy:''' I was too late on that one. I just got back from Africa, you know. I was playing cards with the natives.\
528'''Micky:''' Oh? Zulus?\
529'''Davy:''' No, I usually won. Ha! Ha!
530* Kip Adotta's "Wet Dream" was basically a story with a non-stop stream of underwater puns. This occurs early in the story:
531-->I was driving in downtown Atlantis. My Barracuda was in the shop so I was in a rented Stingray, and it was overheating. So I pulled into a Shell station; they said I'd blown a seal. I said, "Fix the damn thing and leave my private life out of it, okay pal?"
532[[/folder]]
533
534[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
535* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' occasionally dabbled in this early in the strip's run.
536** In an arc where Paige tries to weasel her way out of a ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' book report:
537--->'''Paige:''' What's ''Macbeth'' about?\
538'''Andrea:''' It's about 100 pages. Now get going.
539** Another, from a 1990 Sunday strip:
540--->'''Jason:''' Man -- this is one cold house.\
541'''Paige:''' Tell me about it.\
542'''Jason:''' Well, let's see... It's got two stories, it's white with green trim, it's got four bedrooms...
543** Another from the same era:
544--->'''Peter:''' Hey Paige -- if the kitchen's in the house and Diana's in the kitchen, what's in Diana?\
545'''Paige:''' I dunno. What?\
546'''Peter:''' A state.
547** And another:
548--->'''Paige:''' What's on the TV?\
549'''Jason:''' The VCR... a couple of magazines... dad's bowling trophy... probably a thin layer of dust, too.
550*** This is of course followed by Paige asking Peter "Just what is with that nerd?" and Peter responding "His iguana, I believe."
551* ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' also loves this trope, including a character who says he's "Justin from Chicago," which causes Pig to become confused when Justin says he's been in town for six months.
552* ''ComicStrip/{{Pogo}}'' also used this regularly, including "Good King Sauerkraut"
553-->''Good King Sauerkraut, look out!''
554-->''On his feets uneven''
555-->''Whilst the snoo lay round a bout''
556-->"What's '''snoo'''?"
557* In the strip ''Adam'', Adam's kids set up a lemonade stand. When someone asked, "Do you serve Arnold Palmer?", they answered, "We serve anyone. What'll ya have?" [[note]] Arnold Palmer is a 50/50 blend of lemonade and iced tea, named after the famous golfer.[[/note]]
558* In a ''ComicStrip/{{BC}}'' strip, one of the ants blows up another ant's home. When the other ant asks, "What's the big idea?" the first ant answers, "E = MC Squared."
559* ''ComicStrip/GnormGnat'':
560-->'''Gnorm''': I have resolved to never again set you up for anymore of your rotten puns.
561-->'''Lyman''': I made a resolution too. I have resolved to paint my car green and snu.
562-->'''Gnorm''': What's snu?... I think I just gone an' done it again.
563[[/folder]]
564
565[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
566* On one episode of ''Wrestling/WWERaw'' a detective demanded to know Road Dogg's name. He said, "First name 'Deez'. D-E-E-Z. Last name...'Nuts'"
567[[/folder]]
568
569[[folder:Puppet Show]]
570* Subverted in ''Series/TheMuppets2015'' "Going, Going Gonzo" episode after Scooter rejects Rizzo and Pepe's poker invitation:
571-->'''Rizzo''': Oh, we need another schnook to fleece.\
572'''Pepe''': What's a "schnooktafleece"?\
573'''Rizzo''': A patsy to swindle.\
574'''Pepe''': "Patsytoswindle"?\
575'''Rizzo''': Guy to rob.\
576'''Pepe''': "Guytorob"-- Does anyone speak English around here?
577* ''Film/AMuppetFamilyChristmas'':
578-->'''Fozzie:''' Hey, that's pretty good harmony for a snowman.\
579'''Snowman:''' Actually, I'm a snooman.\
580'''Fozzie:''' What's a snooman?\
581'''Snowman:''' Nothing's a snoo, man. What's a snoo with you?\
582...\
583'''Fozzie:''' Ah, Christmas. Time for Santa Claus and his eight prancing reinbear.\
584'''Snowman:''' That's reindeer.\
585'''Fozzie:''' No. That's snow, darling!
586* From ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'', where Gonzo suddenly takes to the air at the Bogen County Fair via [[{{Balloonacy}} a bunch of helium balloons]].
587-->'''Kermit:''' Gonzo! What are you doing?
588-->'''Gonzo:''' About seven knots!
589* From ''Series/TheMuppetShow'':
590** When Fozzie coerces Kermit to feed him the line, "Good grief, the comedian's a bear!" Fozzie answers, "No he's-a not, he's-a wearin' a neck-a-tie!"
591** "Do you like [[Creator/RudyardKipling Kipling]]?" "I don't know; I've never kippled."
592** "Can you play hatless?" "I don't know, who wrote it?"
593** "Do you enjoy bathing beauties?" "I don't know, I never bathed one."
594** "Do you know there's someone trying to sleep up here?" "No, but hum a few bars and we'll fake it!"
595** In one "Veteranarian's Hospital" sketch, Dr. Bob declared his intention to take out a patient's snew. Earlier in the episode someone asked how to get to Carnegie Hall.
596*** Most (perhaps all) of these are hardly original to the Muppet show...which was probably part of the point.
597* On ''Series/SesameStreet'', Bert once dressed up quite fancy, and asked Ernie:
598-->'''Bert''': How do I look, Ernie!?\
599'''Ernie''': [[http://squishysquishywobblewobble.tumblr.com/post/90112015309/asammyg-cut-the-shit-ernie With your eyes, Bert!]]
600** PungeonMaster Harvey Kneeslapper was fond of making these zany puns:
601-->'''Harvey''': Do you know where I wanna be?\
602'''Blue Muppet''': Uh, no.\
603'''Harvey''': I wanna "B" here! [Harvey places a "B" on the other muppet's sweater]\
604...\
605'''Harvey''': Knock, knock!\
606'''Blue''': Who's there?\
607'''Harvey''': Dion.\
608'''Blue''': Dion who?\
609'''Harvey''': "D" on you!\
610...\
611'''Harvey''': Three sticks!\
612'''Blue''': Three sticks where?\
613'''Harvey''': Three sticks right here! [Harvey sticks a 3 on Blue's head\
614..\
615'''Harvey''': Did you know stickys are very useful?\
616'''Orange muppet''': What's a sticky for?\
617'''Harvey''': This: it's sticky, and it's a 4! [Harvey laughs zanily as he sticks a number 4 on the other's sweater]
618[[/folder]]
619
620[[folder:Radio]]
621* ''Radio/TheGoonShow'' makes a similar joke about "hendus".
622--> '''Weatherman''': "Gale force hendus are sweeping in from the East. That is the end of the hendu warning."
623--> '''Seagoon''': "Pardon me, but what's a hendu?"
624--> '''Greenslade''': "It LAYS EGGS!"
625--> '''Seagoon''': "And you say they're blowing from the East?"
626--> '''Greenslade''': "Yes."
627--> '''Seagoon''': "Stand by for Easter Eggs!"
628** They also subverted the greek urn version.
629--> '''Moriarty''': What's a greek urn?
630--> '''Grytpype''': Its a vase made by greeks for carrying liquids.
631--> '''Moriarty''': I wasn't expecting that answer.
632--> '''Grytpype''': Neither were quite a few smart allec listeners!
633* ''Radio/HelloCheeky'' took great delight in giving subversions or variations on the old "Jamaica?" gag.
634-->'''Tim:''' You know, the other day I was walking through the town, and I overheard two women speaking. One of them said "My husband's gone to the West Indies," and the second one said "Jamaicim?"...and the first one hit her.
635** Or this exchange, taking place in the West Indies:
636-->'''John:''' My wife has gone to England.
637-->'''Tim:''' London?
638-->'''John:''' No, she went of her own accord. ...It's not working...
639* Creator/AbbottAndCostello did this all the time. For example, from the episode "Costello's Farm":
640-->'''Abbott:''' What kind of cow have you? A heifer cow?
641-->'''Costello:''' What?
642-->'''Abbott:''' A heifer cow?
643-->'''Costello:''' Nah, I gotta whole cow! I gotta whole flock o' cows!
644-->'''Abbott:''' No, no, no, stupid! It's not flock, it's herd!
645-->'''Costello:''' Herd o' what?
646-->'''Abbott:''' Herd of cows.
647-->'''Costello:''' Sure I've heard o' cows!
648-->'''Abbott:''' No, no, no, I mean a ''cow herd.''
649-->'''Costello:''' What do I care if a cow heard? I ain't said nothin' to be ashamed of!
650-->'''Abbott:''' Oh, just forget it, Costello. I'm not in the mood.
651-->'''Costello:''' Not in what mood?
652-->'''Abbott:''' A cow mood.
653-->'''Costello:''' Who cares if a cow mooed?!
654** And of course, "WhosOnFirst".
655* From Creator/TheFiresignTheatre: "What's that fox doing in my car?" "The fox trot."
656* A caller actually fell for the moldy standard gag on an episode of Music/{{Negativland}}'s weekly radio show ''Over the Edge''. A computerized voice ("Wang Tool", played by Don Joyce), supposedly stationed on the moon, intoned "Do... you... prefer... a... turtleneck... or... a... henway?" and the caller said "What's an henway?" Wang replied "About... 3.4... pounds. Haa haa haa haaaa......"
657** This seems to have been Wang's favorite joke. He repeated it, with variations, in several other episodes.
658[[/folder]]
659
660[[folder:Standup]]
661* Henny Youngman is the TropeCodifier, period. End of story. Just four words: "Take my wife - please!"
662[[/folder]]
663
664[[folder:Theatre]]
665* From the play ''Shiek, Rattle and Roll'':
666--> "Who's Muhammad?"\
667"He was a Muslim, I think. Or a Hindu."\
668"What's a Hindu?"\
669"Scratches around in the dirt and lays eggs. [[DontExplainTheJoke Get it?]]"
670* From a long exchange in ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance'':
671--> '''Major General''': "Now, as I see, you are only repeating the word "orphan" to show that you understand it."
672--> '''Pirate King''': "I didn't repeat the word often!"
673--> '''Major General''': "Pardon me, you did indeed."
674--> '''Pirate King''': "I only repeated it once."
675--> '''Major General''': "Ah, but you repeated it!"
676--> '''Pirate King''': "But not often."
677--> '''Major General''': "STOP! I think I see where we are getting confused! When you say "orphan", do you mean "orphan", a person who's lost his parents, or "often", frequently?"
678--> '''Pirate King''': "Oh! I see what you mean. Frequently!"
679--> '''Major General''': "Ah! You said "often", frequently!"
680--> '''Pirate King''': [getting irked] "No, only once."
681--> '''Major General''': "Exactly! You said "often", frequently, only once!" ''(bursts into song)''
682** In some productions, this induces the Pirate King to [[BerserkButton pull a gun on him.]]
683* ''Theatre/TheForeigner'': Betty Meeks offers to make breakfast as Ellard explains what 'a zillion' is to Charlie:
684-->'''Meeks''': Hominy grits?
685-->'''Charlie''': A zillion!
686* From [[Creator/ReducedShakespeareCompany The Reduced Shakespeare Company's]] Theatre/TheBibleTheCompleteWordOfGodAbridged:
687--> "What's the difference between ignorance and apathy?"
688--> "I don't know and I don't care!"
689* From William Shakespeare's ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', Act II, Scene II:
690-->'''Polonius''': What do you read, my lord?
691-->'''Hamlet''': Words, words, words.
692-->'''Polonius''': What is the matter, my lord?
693-->'''Hamlet''': Between who?
694-->'''Polonius''': I mean, the matter that you read, my lord.\
695'''Hamlet''': Slanders, sir; for the satirical rogue says here that old men have grey beards; that their faces are wrinkled; their eyes purging amber and plum-tree gum; and that they have a plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak hams. All which, sir, though I find it hard to believe, yet I hold it not honesty to have it thus set down; for you yourself, sir, should be old as I am if, like a crab, you could go backward.\
696'''Polonius''': [aside] Though this be madness, yet there is method in't. [to Hamlet] Will you walk out of the air, my lord?
697-->'''Hamlet''': Into my grave?
698-->'''Polonius''': Indeed, that is out o' the air. [aside] How pregnant sometimes his replies are! a happiness that often madness hits on, which reason and sanity could not so prosperously be delivered of. [to Hamlet] My honorable lord, I will most humbly take my leave of you.
699-->'''Hamlet''': You cannot sir, take from me anything that I will more willingly part withal — except my life, except my life, except my life.
700* From Starkid's ''Theatre/{{Twisted}}''
701-->'''Ja'Far:''' I've got to become more than a man! I've got to become-
702-->'''The Djinn:''' A symbol.
703-->'''Ja'Far:''' No, no.
704-->'''The Djinn:''' A jedi.
705-->'''Ja'Far:''' No, no!
706-->'''The Djinn:''' A dickfor.
707-->'''Ja'Far:''' ...What's a dick for?
708--> (The Djinn laughs hysterically and everyone else joins in.)
709[[/folder]]
710
711[[folder:Video Games]]
712* In ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare'', an unnamed SAS member performs a henway in the mission [[SexComedy "Mile High Club"]].
713-->'''Romeo One-One:''' We're going deep, and we're going hard.\
714'''Charlie One-One:''' Surely you can't be serious.\
715'''Romeo One-One:''' I'm serious - and don't call me Shirley.
716* The final puzzle of Castle of ''VideoGame/DrBrain'', after decoding, instructs you to [[spoiler:"Pluck chicken (or was that a henway?)."]]
717* In the first two ''VideoGame/{{Discworld}}'' games there's a dialogue routine where [[spoiler:a character makes a statement that prompts Rincewind to say 'What's yours?']] with the expected response.
718* In ''VideoGame/TheFairlyOddparentsBreakinDaRules'' this in final part of the [[FieldTripToThePast "Time Warped"]] level, which took place in UsefulNotes/AncientGreece.
719-->'''Wanda:''' There's some great pottery around here. Look, a Greek urn!\
720'''Cosmo:''' What's a Greek urn?\
721'''Wanda:''' More than we do. ''[laughs uproariously]''
722* ''VideoGame/GetInTheCarLoser'': During a conversation in Act IV, Valentin tries to get Angela with an updog joke. She pretends to be offended and demands they recite a Latin prayer to repent, only to set them up for a deez nuts joke.
723-->'''Angela''': "If thou art truly my friend, thou shalt show thy penance with a prayer of ILLA DIES ET IRAE DIES immediately!"
724-->'''Valentin''': "Sorry, sorry! Uh, irae dee-us..."
725-->'''Angela''': "It is more as though thou shouldst irae ''Deez Nuts''"
726* ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist'': If Sol tries asking Nomi what their [[LoveDoodles secret drawing]] is, they tell them it's "nunaya" -- "nunaya ''business''!"
727* In ''VideoGame/Psychonauts2'', when Raz gets into the bowling alley, he sees Coach Oleander sitting on his own, when he was supposedly mentoring Sam Boole. When questioned, Coach responded that he sent her to retrieve some nunya.
728-->'''Raz''': What's "nunya"?\
729'''Coach''': None ya business!
730* Episode 303 of ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' has a Pollosaurus Henway. Sam falls for it.
731* In ''VideoGame/WestOfLoathing'' the plaques in the Shaggy Dog Cave mention "buttfor" many times. Though, nobody asks "what's a buttfor". So, the joke's on players, see Web Original below.
732[[/folder]]
733
734[[folder:Webcomics]]
735* Used in ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'' where someone said that he didn't like "up dogs" and someone else says "What's up dog?" Subverted though since they were talking about "the dogs from the movie ''Up''".
736%%* ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'' is fond of this one.
737* ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'': Wonderella's tried to do this with "[[http://nonadventures.com/2008/05/31/bad-to-the-clone/ dickfor]]", but so far either nobody's fallen for it or nobody's had the nerve to question her. (Alternatively, it's just a StealthPun by the author.)
738* ''Webcomic/{{Tweep}}'' has Jack, when asked if he was ready for the night's outing, announce he has [[http://www.tweep.com/comic/?date=06-05-06 twisted his courage to the sticking place]].
739-->'''Milton:''' "Screwed", Jack.\
740'''Jack:''' I'd say.
741* One ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' has the "buttfor" variation being played by a priest administering to a criminal on death row.
742* ''Webcomic/PvP'' has introduced an in-universe comic about a canine superhero called Up Dog, whose primary narrative purpose seems to be as a PhraseCatcher for [[http://pvponline.com/comic/2017-05-05 "What's Up Dog?"]].
743* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'': Supercollider? I 'ardly KNOW 'er! (from [[http://xkcd.com/474/ this alt text]])
744* ''Webcomic/{{Nedroid}}'':
745** Pulled twice in [[http://nedroid.com/2010/08/whats-that/ this]] comic, the second one's in the mouseover text.
746** Another comic had Beartato ask Reginald if his soap smells like updog. Reginald subverts it when he asks "What's...''soap''?"[[note]]one of the comments double-subverted it by asking "Nothing much, what's soap with you?"[[/note]]
747* The "updog" version was [[http://coachrandom.zzl.org/Chronological/comic-043.xml used]], then [[http://coachrandom.zzl.org/Chronological/comic-058.xml subverted]] on Webcomic/CoachRandom.
748* In ''Webcomic/FlintlockesGuideToAzeroth'', someone innocently asks a question in the General Chat channel:
749-->[1. General][Pisket] Need d00d 2 duel 2 lvls below me PST\
750[1. General][Greystroker] what does PST mean anywayz?\
751[1. General][Flintlocke] "Please Send Tell"\
752Greystroker whispers to you: what does PST mean?\
753You whisper to Greystroker: Please Send Tell, dumbass.\
754Greystroker whispers to you: i just did!
755* ''Webcomic/{{Waterworks}}'': (Spoiler link) [[http://nixshadow.com/mspfa/?s=43&p=527 Connie attempts to use the "updog" joke on Slick]], who doesn't get it.
756* ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics'': T-Rex [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2867 goes to great lengths]] to get his friends to take the bait.
757[[/folder]]
758
759[[folder:Web Original]]
760* [[LetsPlay/AchievementHunterMinecraftSeries Achievement Hunter]] had a RunningGag early in their ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' series, when one of the gang would announce they'd found some iron/gold ore, someone would frequently respond with, "Or what?"
761** This eventually got old, and Michael finally put a stop to Geoff's [[{{Troll}} attempt to revive it]] by just repeating "Gold ore," and then added, "I got all day. How long have you got?"
762** They returned to this in another episode with one of the classics. After Ryan got distracted trying to decipher the meaning of the acronym FUPA [[spoiler:Fat Upper Pussy Area]], Jack decided to [[{{Troll}} further confuse him]] by asking him "Do you have a buttfor?" Except Ryan doesn't fall for the trap... partly because he was savvy enough to spot a trap, and partly out of genuine confusion.
763--->'''Jack:''' Ryan, do you have a buttfor?\
764'''Ryan:''' ...Wh-what?\
765'''Jack:''' A buttfor.\
766'''Ryan:''' Butt for what? \
767'''Jack:''' No, do you have a buttfor?\
768'''Ryan:''' I don't know! Do I?
769** Which got a CallBack of sorts in one of their ''Videogame/PlayerunknownsBattlegrounds'' videos, when Gavin didn't understand why Jack's username was "Henway".
770** Which got ''another'' CallBack when Alfredo fell for the "buttfor" trap, didn't know what a FUPA was, and didn't understand why Jessica Biel refused to name her child "Batmo". [[note]][[DontExplainTheJoke Because the child's full name would be pronounced like "Batmobile".]][[/note]]
771* ''WebVideo/CitationNeeded'': the prize announced at the end of one episode was "updog." Matt gave the inevitable response, and then [[FacePalm headdesked]] against his microphone halfway through as he realised what he was saying.
772** A variation also occurs in a bonus for the series, where the group jokes about names made up of euphemisms for male genitalia. Gary brings up the name "Willy" and without missing a beat Tom asks "Will he?" Gary admits he doesn't know if he will.
773* When Marcus of ''WebVideo/TheCosmonautVarietyHour'' was reviewing ''Film/TheHobbit'' movies, he mentions that having all 13 dwarves on screen gets pretty distracting and that the viewer can't possibly keep track of them all. To illustrate his point, he shows one of the dwarves on screen and asks the viewers what that dwarf's name is; it just so happens to be Bofur.
774--> '''Marcus:''' [[SuddenlyShouting BOFUR DEEZ]] [[CurseCutShort NU-]]
775* WebVideo/DougDoug routinely has these pulled on him by TTS donations, to the point of getting bored of them. In one stream, to spice things up, he put up a system where anybody who sent one would be banned for two weeks, forcing them to really make theirs count, and forcing the rest of Chat to have a strange mix of emotions between spamming "GOTTEM" and saluting for a fallen chatter.
776-->'''king_of_spades65''': Hey Damian, did you know that there is no country in Africa that starts with K?\
777'''Doug''': Keny-\
778'''king_of_spades65''': ''(in the same donation message)'' Kenya fit these nuts in your mouth, gottem.\
779'''Doug''': Fucking got me, dude.\
780''*{{Beat}}*''\
781'''king_of_spades65''': ''([[TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat still in the same donation message]])'' Fucking got me dude. Gottem again.\
782'''The rest of Twitch Chat:''' [[{{CharacterCatchphrase}} GOTTEM]]
783* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNIDPt4vuNo one of]] Disguised Toast's ''VideoGame/AmongUs'' videos (featuring Creator/{{Sykkuno}}, among others), he infamously makes one such joke:
784-->''(Toast makes up the joke, {{corps|ing}}es, and calls an Emergency Meeting)''\
785'''Toast:''' Alright, okay, uh... I'm pretty sure I saw someone fake [the task] Dragon.\
786'''Everyone:''' What's Dragon?\
787'''Toast:''' ''({{corpsing}})'' '''''DRAGON DEEZ NUTS ON YO FACE!'''''\
788''(Everyone [[LamePunReaction votes Toast out]], including himself)''
789* ''WebVideo/EnglishBySteavin'': In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBQN2I5kEiM "How to Pronounce Maths"]], Stéaviñ tricks his neighbor Jimmy into saying "I won a maths debate."[[note]]"I wanna masturbate."[[/note]]
790* WebVideo/GameGrumps:
791** One episode has Arin asking Danny about updog. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3eaGx5Z3Q4 result]] is ''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments priceless]]''.
792** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pcGzxdIzfg&feature=youtu.be&t=7m Another episode]] has Arin trying the {{Trope Namer|s}}. Danny's smarter this time.
793** ''Years'' later, when Arin and Danny reminisce about the "updog" incident, Arin manages to create a ''hilarious'' successor for it by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FfIJcElNCo&t=693s&ab_channel=GameGrumps getting Danny to fall for "grabon"]].
794** And two months after ''that'', Danny finally gets his revenge in spectacular fashion. He waits until Arin is having yet another meltdown over ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' to ask if Arin has tried [[https://youtu.be/SAMtWIYuBWs?t=783 "feel dee"]].
795* In ''WebVideo/TheKeyOfAwesome'''s Dark Horse parody, [=JuicyJ=] tries to teach Katy Perry how metaphors work but he fails and she gets angry and zaps and tells the others "The rest of you can get the F out, I don't care what a Meta is for."[[note]]The F here being a letter F they were holding because she flunked at metaphors.[[/note]]
796* WebVideo/MarioAndLuigiDoALittleTrolling has the [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario brothers]] pranking each other with these sorts of jokes.
797* The ''Podcast/{{RiffTrax}}'' take on Film/TheMatrix had a subtle one.
798-->'''Morpheus:''' Tank.\
799'''Mike:''' You're welcome.
800* Referenced in Music/SiIvaGunner's King for Another Day Tournament, where newcomer [[Franchise/DragonBall Piccolo]] became a doctor to research a cure for Goku's contraction of Ligma. [[spoiler:It turns out Goku was actually setting up this joke in-universe, and [[TheComicallySerious Piccolo took it way too literally]].]]
801%%* [[https://twitter.com/saladinahmed/status/553937374867382272 This]] Website/{{tw|itter}}eet to UsefulNotes/RichardDawkins.
802* In one of Creator/PointCrow's modified speedruns of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', minutes into the game a text-to-speech chat comment says "It spells like updog in here". As Crow's forced to answer them, he instinctively falls for it. Thankfully, spawning dogs around Link was the least dangerous trigger word.
803* WebAnimation/{{hololive}} Advent's resident memelord Koseki Bijou quickly developed a reputation as a master of spotting Henways in chat; it took the Pebbles throwing ''five months'' of potential "Gottem!" moments at her before she finally fell for one (it was "butfore").
804[[/folder]]
805
806[[folder:Western Animation]]
807* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' Snot asks Steve Smith to help out on his uncle's farm.
808-->'''Snot''': Plus, it's a Mitzvah.\
809'''Steve''': What's a Mitzvah?\
810'''Snot''': ''(holding Fozzie Bear puppet)'' A Mitzvah catching a baseball! Yucka yucka yucka!
811* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'':
812** In ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventuresHowISpentMyVacation'', Buster gets caught by three southern belle gators and all of them insist on marrying him. The father obliges, leading to:
813--->'''Buster:''' I can't marry all three of them, that's bigamy!\
814'''Big Daddy:''' No, that's big-a me!\
815'''{{rimshot}}'''
816** The episode "Henny Youngman Day" had an old vaudeville line.
817--->'''[[PunnyName Henny]] [[InkSuitActor Youngman]]:''' I own a business in Flushing, New York. The Tie-D-Bowl Man was just elected mayor. What do you think of Flushing, New York?\
818'''Plucky:''' I think it's a good idea.
819* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'': At one point in "Drool, the Dog-faced Goblin", our heroes are suddenly caught in a hailstorm. The hail then changes, leading to a set-up line that inspires Ray to do his best impression of Chico Marx:
820-->'''Egon:''' This isn't hail. This is hominy grits!\
821'''Ray:''' Okay, boss, I'll-a bite. How-many-grits a' you think-a we see?
822* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
823** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E24TheSimpsonsSpinOffShowcase The Simpsons Spin-off Showcase]]'', they welcomed special guest Tim Conway! Part of the joke here is that Conway's estimate is way off.
824--->'''Homer:''' What's a Tim Conway?\
825'''Tim Conway:''' About 120 pounds.
826** An example from a ShowWithinAShow parody of ''Series/HeeHaw'':
827--->"I caught my wife in bed with my best friend."\
828"You bitter?"\
829"Yep. Bit him, too!"
830** When Marge attempts to purchase a protective cup for Bart, the guy behind the counter feigns ignorance until she frustratedly spells it out: "C-U-P. I wanna C-U-Oh my god!".
831** In "Four Great Women and a Manicure":
832--->'''Homer:''' Armada? What's armada?\
833'''Moe:''' Nothing. What's a matter with you?
834** Bart's prank phone calls to Moe's Tavern in the early seasons were all about this. He'd ask Moe to page such improbably-named patrons as Al Coholic, Amanda Hugandkiss, I.P. Freely, Bea O'Problem, Oliver Clothesoff, Hugh Jass, etc. That last one (Hugh Jass) turns out to be a real person who was in the bar at the time.
835--->'''Bart''': Uh, look, I'll level with you, mister. This is a crank call that sorta back-fired, and I'd like to bail out right now.\
836'''Hugh Jass''': All right. Better luck next time. ''*Hangs up*'' What a nice young man.
837*** Not so subtle the time he asked for "ima stupidmoronwithanuglyfaceandabigbuttandmybuttsmellsandIliketokissmyownbutt." It still worked, due to happening during a Halloween special wherein Bart had reality-warping powers.
838** In "The Color Yellow", Bart has just finished helping Willie by blasting the tree stump out of the ground:
839--->'''Bart''': Wait, here comes the "mykeeyah".\
840'''Groundskeeper Willie''': What's a "mykeeyah"?\
841(tree stump crash lands on Skinner's car)[[note]]a Kia[[/note]]\
842'''Principal Skinner''': My Kia!
843** In the [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie movie]]:
844--->'''Bart''': If you kill my dad, you'll never know where the treasure is buried.\
845'''Russ Cargill''': What treasure?\
846'''Bart''': The treasure of Imaweiner.\
847'''Russ Cargill''': "I'm a weiner"?
848* In ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' episode "Enter The Cat", while Jackie is fighting Finn and Ratso, [[ImprobableWeaponUser Ratso throws an urn at him]], [[BigNo to which Jackie freaks]], [[WhyWeCantHaveNiceThings catches it and safely puts it down]], [[PricelessMingVase stating it's a Babylonian urn]].
849-->'''Ratso:''' What's a Babylonian urn?\
850'''Finn:''' Probably more than we do!
851* In the ''WesternAnimation/DroopyMasterDetective'' show, Droopy's recurring baddie [[BigBad [=McWolf=]]] used this trick twice on two separate sets of guards.
852-->'''[=McWolf=]''': "Eh, you guys got cooking on your uniforms."\
853(''guards let go of [=McWolf=] and proceed to pat themselves down'')\
854'''Guards''': Cooking!? What's cooking!?\
855'''[=McWolf=]''': (''already away from the guards'') "Nuthin'! What's COOKING WITH YOU!?"
856* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' does the traditional version in one episode, with a race to the ice-cream place: "Last one there is a henway!" And then after arriving:
857-->"You're last, Arthur. You're a henway!"\
858"What's a henway?"\
859"About 5 pounds."
860* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', Aang is looking for an Earthbending teacher, and hears about an event called Earth Rumble 6. Asking a couple of local losers about it, he gets told it's on the island of "Nunya". What makes them lose is that, aside from Katara beating the answer out of them afterward, one of them jumps the line and [[DontExplainTheJoke answers the question before it's asked]]: "Nunya business!"
861* ''WesternAnimation/SushiPack'':
862** Comes up twice in one conversation in the episode "Where No Truth Lies." First, when the Sushi Pack ask Officer Flume "What do you have?" (meaning the crime) and she replies, "Oh, it's nothing, just a little cold." She then tells them about The Prevaricator, who made off with the mayor's prized collection:
863--->'''Officer Flume''': Anyway, go up to the ski lodge and talk to him.\
864'''Kani''': The Prevaricator?\
865'''Officer Flume''': No, the mayor.
866** Comes up again, when the Pack talks to the proprietress of a small cafe. She tells them that The Prevaricator lives just up the road, but "it's a slippery slope," which the Pack take literally, so she replies that she was talking about The Prevaricator himself.
867* When WesternAnimation/DangerMouse is introduced to Egregious M. Murphy, he naturally asks "What's the 'M' for?" Murphy explains that "the M4 is a motorway that goes from London to South Wales."
868-->'''Penfold:''' [[LamePunReaction This is definitely getting worse.]]
869* In a sing-along host segment of WesternAnimation/TheBeatles cartoon, Ringo is taking diction lessons:
870-->'''Ringo:''' I was practicing the exercise in this book. It teaches you how to pronunciate good like an Englishman should.\
871'''Paul:''' (''agitated'') The word is "''e''nunciate!" "E!" "E!" "E!!" Don't you know the King's English?\
872'''Ringo:''' I know the Queen is!
873** In another, George says the next song is loaded with mood and tells Ringo to bring out something appropriate. Ringo brings out a cow.
874--->'''Ringo:''' You said to bring out something that's got lots of mood. Well, that's exactly what she did...she ''mooed''!
875* In ''Film/TheFugitive'' ParodyEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'', this exchange occurs:
876-->'''Officer #1:''' I want you to look in every corner! Search every highway, freeway, henway...\
877'''Officer #2:''' What's a henway?\
878'''Officer #3:''' Oh, about three pounds.\
879'''Officer #1:''' '''[[LamePunReaction *Stares annoyed*]]'''
880* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'':
881** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheGhoulSchool'': When the cadets are searching, one of them tells another to be sure he looks in 'the updog', leading to this exchange:
882--->"What's updog?"\
883"Not much. What's up with you?"
884** A similar exchange occurred in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMeetsTheBooBrothers'', when Freako is looking for the skull ghost;
885--->'''Shrieko:''' Did ya look in the updock?\
886'''Freako:''' Updock? What's 'updock?'\
887'''Shrieko:''' Nuttin'! What's up with you?!
888* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "2D Blacktop" had this exchange:
889-->'''Professor:''' Ah, perfect timing. I just turbo-charged the ship's matter compressor.\
890'''Fry:''' What's the matter compressor?\
891'''Professor:''' Nothing's the matter, Fry, now that I've turbo-charged the matter compressor.
892* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/CartoonPlanet'', Brak tricks Zorak into asking "What's a matta?". Zorak retaliates with "I'll tell you what's a-matta; somebody stole my henway!" and Brak falls for it.
893* ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice|2010}}'' had a version of this, though it wasn't actually a trap:
894-->'''Nightwing:''' There's no English word for it. The nearest translation is...'metagene.'\
895'''Robin:''' What's a metagene?\
896'''Gar:''' (''elbows him playfully'') Never met-a-gene I didn't like!
897* Subverted on ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'':
898-->'''Bullwinkle:''' (''pointing to a pair of [[TankGoodness tanks]]'') Uh-oh. What are those things, Rock?\
899'''Rocky:''' Tanks, Bullwinkle. ({{Beat}}). I said ''tanks'', Bullwinkle.\
900'''Bullwinkle:''' Oh, [[LamePunReaction do I]] ''[[LamePunReaction have]]'' [[LamePunReaction to say it]]?
901** And then double subverted when he eventually does say, "You're welcome".
902* On ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' Jimmy explains that he had Ecstasy once.
903-->'''Jimmy''': Me and my girlfriend took it and we stayed up all night having... sex.\
904'''Kyle''': ...Where did you have sex with her?\
905'''Jimmy''': In her... va-vagina. [[CatchPhrase Thank you, thank you. What a terrific audience.]]
906* In some episodes of ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'', Gar's Bodega has a sign advertising that there's plenty of Updog in stock.
907* ''WesternAnimation/SevenLittleMonsters'' uses the classic joke verbatim in "The Whole Tooth".
908-->'''Four:''' What's a henway?\
909'''Three:''' About six pounds.\
910'''Four:''' Sorry I asked.
911[[/folder]]
912
913[[folder:Other]]
914* Popular Internet joke, usually involving Creator/ChristianBale's [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Batman]] and Creator/HeathLedger's Joker:
915-->'''Joker:''' "It smells like updog in here."\
916'''Batman:''' "What's updog?"\
917'''Joker:''' "Nothing much, you?"
918* You've probably heard of MurphysLaw, but have you heard of Cole's Law? [[spoiler:It's thinly sliced cabbage, with mayonnaise and carrots]].
919* Literature/HarryPotter joke:
920-->'''Lupin:''' Harry, I have to tell you something. I'm a werewolf.\
921'''Harry:''' Are you fucking serious?\
922'''Lupin:''' [[HoYay That too.]] But don't change the subject.
923** Also:
924--> '''Ron:''' Harry, quick! Dumbledore's been in a horrible accident!\
925'''Harry:''' Oh my god! Was it serious!?\
926'''Ron:''' No, it was Snape.
927** [[RuleOfThree And again]]:
928--> '''Harry:''' Surely you can't be serious!
929--> '''Sirius:''' I ''am'' Sirius, and [[Film/{{Airplane}} don't call me Shirley]]!
930[[/folder]]
931
932[[folder:Real Life]]
933* A common U.S. Army prank involves calling a novice recruit and tell him to find a first class sergeant and ask him if he has a "pricky-7"... the first class sergeant's rank code is "E-7", and "pricky-7" sounds like "prick E-7". Hilarity Ensues. The setup often works because it exploits the existing naming convention for Army implements. Portable combat radios have designator names starting with "PRC"-such as the PRC-25 and PRC-77 'Nam era backpack rigs, up to the modern PRC-152. Thus, so easy to tell the rookie that you need a portable radio, type 7, modification E. Got that? PRC-E7. Go to the sarge and say you're looking for the PRC-E7.
934* Urbate the boat. Urbating is the old practice of massaging the larger woodwork/ironwork of the boat (preferably with some water or special salves), to release built-up stress. Therefore, it is important urbate the various parts. In particular the mast should be urbated regularly.
935* Another classic example is the hammerfore, which has also been spotted in a Keebler cookie commercial.
936-->'''Person A:''' What's a hammerfore?\
937'''Person B:''' Pounding nails in.
938* An ancient joke:
939-->"What's a Grecian urn?"\
940"About six drachmas an hour."
941** Subverted by ''Radio/TheGoonShow'', in the episode "The Mighty Wurlitzer":
942--->'''Grytpype:''' I thought I saw a Greek urn buried in the sand.\
943'''Moriarty:''' What's a Greek earn?\
944'''Grytpype:''' [[BaitAndSwitch It's a vase made by Greeks for carrying liquids]].\
945'''Moriarty:''' I didn't expect that answer.\
946'''Grytpype:''' Neither did quite a few smart-alec listeners.
947** Another (sub?)version of it appeared in Private Eye when financial crisis hit Greece:
948-->"What's a Grecian urn?"\
949"A lot less since he joined the Euro."
950* Another old joke, from a professor:
951-->"You know, I went to Moscow once, did some nice sightseeing. There was this river--what was it called...?"\
952"[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volga_River Volga]]?" [[note]]Moscow is actually on the Moskva river.[[/note]]\
953"Oh, it was disgusting!"
954* Yet another old joke:
955-->"My wife's gone to the West Indies."\
956"Jamaica?"\
957"No, she wanted to go."
958** This one's ascended a bit since the Music/LedZeppelin song, "D'yer Mak'er." North Americans still tend not to get it, because they don't have the right accent, so they usually pronounce it "dire maker".
959** Done in a Blues round (in calypso form) by ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue'':
960--->I woke up dis morning, my wife had gone\
961To de West Indies for de sun.\
962Now you is questioning me: Jamaica?\
963[[BaitAndSwitch No, Trinidad, with Freddie Laker]].
964** Or the alternate version:
965--->"Jakarta?"\
966[[Radio/ImSorryIllReadThatAgain "No, she went of her own accord!"]]\
967[[Series/JeevesAndWooster No, she went by boat!]]
968** The folks at [=RPGMP3=].com subverted this one along with some other jokes ("My dog has no nose." "How does he smell?" "He doesn't, he has no nose.") in one of their audio reviews:
969--->My wife's gone to Jamaica.
970--->Of her own accord?
971* And still another old joke:
972-->"I was playing card games with some African natives."\
973"Zulus?"\
974"No, I won!"
975* And still another:
976-->I went on vacation to that big city in Switzerland.\
977Bern?\
978No, I nearly froze to death!
979* This one works if you have an American and a Brit talking.
980-->"Back home, I used to play a lot of football."\
981"Oh, you mean soccer?"\
982"No, I would never hit a girl."
983** Variation used in a recent slapstick comedy
984-->"Up for a game of football?"\
985"Soccer?"\
986The original asker then hits the closest woman
987* From [[http://bash.org/?270224 Bash]]:
988-->"Did you hear about that actress who got stabbed? Reese... Reese something."\
989"Witherspoon?"\
990"No, with a knife."
991* A popular nerdy one:
992-->"In High School, my mom dated that physicist guy..."\
993"Feynman?"\
994"No, he was a jerk."
995* The old one about Alaska made it onto ''Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou'', much to Paul Merton's shame.
996-->'''Alexander Armstrong:''' What state is Sarah Palin from?\
997'''Paul Merton:''' Alaska.\
998'''Alexander Armstrong:''' Yeah, would you?\
999'''Paul Merton:''' [{{facepalm}}] ...I'm now permanently associated with that joke.
1000* John Humphrys got in a good one in the episode he hosted, when Sean Lock asked him about having become a father at a lateish age.
1001-->'''Humphrys:''' I'm not in the first flush of youth, that's absolutely true... and I do have a three-year-old, that's true.\
1002'''Lock:''' What's that like?\
1003'''Humphrys:''' ''[holding his hands a few feet apart]'' Well, it's about that big...
1004* One that can be modified with any word ending in "ing":
1005--> "Do you like Kipling?\
1006"I don't know. I never Kippled."
1007* Liquor? I 'ardly know 'er!... etc.
1008** [[OrphanedPunchline Rectum? Damn near killed 'em!]]
1009** Person A: Let's play a game!\
1010Person B: How about poker?\
1011Person A: Poker? I hardly know her!\
1012Person B: Facepalm
1013** Or, if you're from Maine: Bangah? ("Bangor" pronounced with the Downeast accent.) I hahdly know ah!
1014** Gladiator? You bet he was!
1015* A political one:
1016-->"Nixon was out of the White House one day, making a speech in front of the United Nations. He didn't return until about one in the morning, and wandered into the Oval Office to make a note of something. But as soon as he walks in, he sees his wife sprawled across the desk, completely nude, and right next to her is... what's his name, the Secretary of State."\
1017"Kissinger?"\
1018"No, they were having sex."
1019* In [[TabletopGame/{{Poker}} Texas Hold'em]], the hand Jack-4 is known as a "flat tyre". The joke is reversed in this case, because the punchline is the question ("What's a jack for?") and will only be revealed when someone asks why the hand is given this name.
1020* Another one runs roughly like this:
1021-->'''Bob:''' Alice, I need you to run to the store and get me a mattababe.\
1022'''Alice:''' What's a mattababe?\
1023'''Bob:''' Nothing. What's the matter with you?
1024* One more:
1025-->'''Bob:''' My sister fell down a flight of stairs.
1026-->'''Alice:''' Cellar?
1027-->'''Bob:''' No, she still has some salvageable parts.
1028* Can you tell me what nationality Napoleon's parents were?
1029** [[MathematiciansAnswer 'Course I can]].[[note]][[DontExplainTheJoke Corsican.]][[/note]]
1030** A variation of this is used as a joke by Creator/TimVine.
1031* There was this white guy wearing a keffiyeh standing in front of the pissoir in the Dubai airport... I sez to him "You may look like an Arab, but I know you're-ah-peein'!", ha ha ha ha....ew.
1032* "Could you pass me that [object]?" "Pass it? I couldn't even swallow it ..."
1033* A curious non-Scot meeting a man in a kilt:
1034-->"Is anything worn under there?"\
1035"It's all in perfect working order, thank you."
1036* Australians sometimes pick on New Zealanders with the "What's a Hindu" joke above.
1037* "Are you Russian?" "No, I was just walking fast"
1038* One used with kids:
1039-->'''Person A''': What are you eating under there?\
1040'''Person B''': Under where? (underwear)
1041* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segway_PT Segway PT]] weighs about eighty pounds. When it was first introduced, many people didn't know what it was, and had to ask.
1042* Another joke, getting a bit old now:
1043-->"D'you know that racing driver, Niki something?"\
1044"Lauda?"\
1045"I SAID, DO YOU KNOW THAT RACING DRIVER, NIKI SOMETHING?"
1046** On a similar note:
1047-->'''Redneck:''' So, what school did y'all go to?
1048-->'''Yuppie:''' Yale.
1049-->'''Redneck:''' WHAT SCHOOL DID Y'ALL GO TO?!
1050* "Ugh, I'm got some updoc all over my hair." [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny "What's updoc?"]]
1051** Another variation: *sniff* *sniff* It smells like updog in here.
1052** A third variant: Upsexy.
1053--->'''Guy''': What's upsexy?
1054--->'''Girl''': ''Nothing much.''
1055* "You have a dickfore on your forehead." "What's a dickfore?"
1056** I once knew a fellow who had snew in his blood...
1057* And there's this one:
1058-->'''Person A''': What do you catch a salmon with?\
1059'''Person B''': Salmon bait.\
1060'''Person A''': That's right! What do you catch a cod with?\
1061'''Person B''': Cod bait.\
1062'''Person A''': Right? Now, what do you catch an eyemaster with?\
1063'''Person B''': ...eyemaster bait?
1064** And this one:
1065-->"What do you call cold tea?"\
1066"Iced tea."\
1067"What do you call cold coffee?"\
1068"Iced coffee."\
1069"What do you call cold ink?"\
1070"Iced ink?"\
1071"Then go have a shower."
1072* In the Michael Lewis {{nonfiction}} book ''The Big Short'' ([[Film/TheBigShort adapted into a movie]]), he describes a hedge fund manager named Mike Burry who wrote a proposal for a new fund, "Milton's Opus", dedicated to making a specific kind of trade Burry had developed an interest in. The book continues with a parenthetical:
1073-->("The first question was always, 'What's Milton's Opus?'" He'd say, "''Literature/ParadiseLost''," but that usually just raised another question.)
1074* The Round Tuit is a key part in many engineering projects.
1075** However in Scotland, a Giton Weight can be substituted (Git on wi' it - Get on with it)
1076* An inversion comes in this physics joke: when someone asks you 'what's new?', respond 'C over lambda'.[[note]]The speed of light, given by the constant c, divided by the wavelength of a given wave of light, given by the variable lambda (λ), is the frequency of the light wave, given by the variable nu (ν).[[/note]]
1077* And one more classic:
1078-->"Waiter, what's this fly doing in my soup?"\
1079"The backstroke."
1080* In Houston Texas, there is a Restaurant called Kenny and Ziggy's, on their menu in the à la carte side order section is the item Duckway, and for its price it says Ask Your Server! [[https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a9300289d5abbfa67011d6d/t/638685e37679a46493316604/1669760484065/newmenupanels_Oct22_v3.pdf Here is a PDF Copy of the Menu, see Page 4.]]
1081* A quote often attributed to Mahatma Gandhi, and while whether he did say it is dubious, he had a reputation for being a DeadpanSnarker:
1082-->'''Interviewer''': So tell me, Mr. Gandhi, what do you think of Western Civilization?
1083-->'''Gandhi''': I think it would be a good idea.
1084* A [[UrbanLegends completely apocryphal]] tale about famed downhill skier [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picabo_Street Picabo Street]] has her retiring from skiing to get a job in the Intensive Care Unit at some hospital or other. She isn't allowed to answer the phone in her new job, because hospital administration requires a standard greeting of "<first name>, <department>", so every time she answered the phone, she would have had to say "Picabo, I.C.U."
1085* At Emerald City Comicon 2015, Creator/JewelStaite told [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDZP3qGCepY a story]] about Creator/NathanFillion putting a different name tag on her dog's collar each time he watched him. One time he made the name "Watdog" so when people in the dog park asked him what his dog's name was, he could say, "What dog?"
1086* A very old biblical joke that really works best for Brits.
1087--> Don't you feel sorry for all those people that got vaoporised in Gomorrah, and, erm, that other place...
1088--> Sodom.[[note]]"Sod 'em" basically means "I don't give a stuff about them."[[/note]]
1089--> Yeah, well, I guess you're right. They did deserve it.
1090* [[BottomOfTheBarrelJoke Groin-based]] henway traps are [[MemeticMutation very popular]] on {{Website/Twitter}} as a way out of an Internet debate that's getting dull. Just find a way to work the setup into the conversation and wait for the other party to ask what you're talking about. The obvious counter (or OneTwoPunchline, depending on who's quicker on the uptake) is, of course, another one of them.
1091** Bofa? ''Bofa deez nuts.''
1092** Two [=CDs=]? ''Two [=CDs=] nuts.''
1093** "Ligma." "What's ligma?" "''Ligma balls!''" This one became famous when an online hoax was started claiming that the streamer Ninja (still very much alive as of August 2023) had died from the fictitious disease. During the UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic, as more and more variants came to be identified and named, hoaxsters also spread word about the existence of a "ligma variant" with predictable results.
1094*** "So sad to hear Steve Jobs died of ligma." [[ComicallyMissingThePoint "Who's Steve Jobs?"]] "''Ligma balls!''"
1095** "Who's Joe?" "[[YourMom Joe Mama]]!"
1096** Mention something that's Sugondese. "... Sugondese?" "''Sugondese nuts.''"
1097* A holiday version:
1098--> Person A: We should get some of that German Christmas bread with the marzipan.
1099--> Person B: Stollen?
1100--> Person A: No, we should pay for it.
1101* A version involving a different type of fowl...
1102--> Person A: So, are you coming to the duck do tonight?
1103--> Person B: What's a duck do?
1104--> Person A: It goes quack.
1105* John [=McKay=] was the first coach of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers when they began play in 1976 until 1984. The Buccaneers were consistently terrible, needing a record 27 games to get their first-ever win. Following one bad loss, a reporter asked him about his team's execution -- he replied, [[DeadpanSnarker "I'm in favor of it."]]
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1107
1108----
1109->[[TheStinger I don't get it, what's snoo, and what's updog?]]
1110->Not much, you?

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