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7->'''Chalmers:''' Well, Seymour, it seems we've put together a baseball team, and I was wondering, who's on first, eh?\
8'''Skinner:''' Yes! Not the pronoun, but rather a player with the unlikely name of "Who" is on first!\
9'''Chalmers:''' Well, that's just great, Seymour! We've been out here six seconds and you've already managed to blow the routine!
10-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E15MargeSimpsonInScreamingYellowHonkers Marge Simpson in: Screaming Yellow Honkers]]"
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12A comedy scene where the proper names of persons, places, or things sound like lexical parts of speech, pronouns or exclamations, such as Hu, Watt, Mee, Yu, etc. Basically, a huge HurricaneOfPuns. Usually, one character will describe a situation using these terms solely as names, while another character uses them constantly as pronouns and gets increasingly bewildered. Example:
13
14->'''Bob:''' Who's in charge here?\
15'''Alice:''' That's correct.\
16'''Bob:''' Huh? \
17'''Alice:''' Hu is in charge here.\
18'''Bob:''' How should I know?\
19'''Alice:''' You just said Hu is in charge here.\
20'''Bob:''' Yes, what's his name?\
21'''Alice:''' No, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Tyler Wat]] led [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasants%27_Revolt the Peasant's Revolt]].
22
23The TropeNamer is a {{vaudeville}} routine [[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/humor4.shtml regarding baseball]] which, while popular at the time, is [[ParodyDisplacement best known]] through its adaptation as an Creator/AbbottAndCostello sketch. Abbott and Costello also used variants of the routine in much of their comedy, such as their commercial for "Hertz U-Drive":[[note]]a BeamMeUpScotty to set up the joke; the company's real name was Hertz Drive-Ur-Self System[[/note]]
24->"If it hurts, ''you'' drive!"\
25"Every company has a head, this company's head's Hertz"\
26"Well, why don't he take an aspirin?"
27
28or shipbuilding:
29->"What's that over there?"\
30"That's a hull of a ship."
31or other baseball players:
32->"The bat was made for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enos_Slaughter Slaughter]]."\
33"Ain'tcha got any bats made for ''baseball''?"
34
35This could expand into a HurricaneOfPuns: "to make money loafing, you have to really knead the dough."
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37If used in the actual plot, this is usually the result of an [[IdiotBall idiot]] ComicallyMissingThePoint. However, this is not necessary if the StraightMan is being intentionally ambiguous. It needs be emphasized that it is ''very'' important for the routine (as the Simpsons quote shows) that no matter how smart either side is or how exasperated it gets (or how eager is one of them to please the other), ''none'' of them will ask a question or provide an answer that will be utterly unambiguous.
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39Occasionally, characters have this as a running joke about their name. Slightly more serious versions may use this as a form of loophole or ProphecyTwist: knowing that NoManOfWomanBorn may slay you is little comfort when Mr. Noman from the village of Womanborn shows up at your door looking for blood.
40
41See ChainOfCorrections, PronounTrouble, and SustainedMisunderstanding for related tropes. Sometimes overlaps with WhatsAHenway. Often includes a RealJokeName or two. If it involves an owl and the question "Who?", see OwlsAskWho, or for another bird, try {{Duck}}. Frequently, if not usually, overlaps with OverlyLongGag.
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44!!Example Subpages:
45[[index]]
46* [[WhosOnFirst/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
47* WhosOnFirst/{{Literature}}
48* WhosOnFirst/LiveActionTV
49* WhosOnFirst/WesternAnimation
50* WhosOnFirst/RealLife
51[[/index]]
52
53!!Other Examples:
54
55[[foldercontrol]]
56
57[[folder:Advertising]]
58* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hrGBwITYl0 A Visa commercial]] had NBA star Yao Ming attempting to make a purchase at the "Big Apple Souvenir Shop":
59-->'''Yao:''' Can I write a check?\
60'''Cashier:''' ''[gestures at an "absolutely no checks" sign behind her]'' Yo!\
61'''Yao:''' Yao.\
62'''Cashier:''' ''[points at sign again]'' Yo!\
63'''Yao:''' ''[points at "Yao" insignia on his shirt]'' Yao!\
64'''Cashier:''' ''[waves store manager over]'' Yo!\
65'''Manager:''' Yo.\
66'''Yao:''' Can I write a check?\
67'''Manager:''' ''[points at sign]'' Yo!\
68'''Yao:''' Yao!\
69'''Manager:''' Yo!\
70'''Other customer:''' ''[recognizing Ming]'' You!\
71'''Yao:''' Yao!\
72'''Customer:''' You!\
73'''Yao:''' Yao!\
74'''Store owner:''' ''[to Ming]'' Yo!\
75'''Yao:''' Can I write a check?\
76'''Owner:''' ''[points at sign]'' Yo!\
77''[Yao finally gives up and walks out as the voiceover guy gives the usual spiel about how Visa check cards are accepted almost everywhere; as he leaves, we see a new customer'' (who happens to be baseball great Yogi Berra) ''enter the store]''\
78'''Berra:''' Can I write a check?\
79'''Cashier:''' Yo!\
80'''Berra:''' Gi. Yo-gi!
81* There was an ad for a minivan in which the happy owners were asked what they liked best about it. "Its all-wheel drive," was the reply. "Yes, we know it's all you'll drive, but what's your favorite feature?"
82* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzapn4PAPaQ This '80s commercial]] for Kellogg's Nut & Honey cereal.
83* There was a radio advertisement for Heluva Good dips which involves a conversation between two men trying the dip. One is confused by the other when the name of the dip is said, since he sounds like he's saying "Hell of a good dip."
84* An early '90s commercial for a brand new cereal called Bran News used a pair of Abbott and Costello lookalikes to do this style of comedy.
85* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHDJ2MTC0do This 2013 Toyota Camry ad]], featuring mascot character "Coach T." and Craig T. Nelson from ''Series/{{Coach}}''.
86* [[https://twitter.com/StephenAtHome/status/725491618996867072 This]] advertisement for ''Series/TheLateShowWithStephenColbert'' involving Stephen, Creator/DavidTennant and ''Series/DoctorWho''.
87* [[https://youtu.be/UHR-Mkc0W2E This]] 1986 Miller's Outpost commercial has one guy talking about the chain having a "short sale" as in a sale on pairs of shorts while the other guy thinks he means a sale for a short length of time.
88[[/folder]]
89
90[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
91* ''Anime/DigimonFusion'': Damemon's first meeting with Yuu Amano started out this way, as a result of Damemon's love of interspersed GratuitousEnglish (in this case, the word "you" being homophonous to "Yuu").
92* ''Anime/FinalFantasyUnlimited'' has the main characters Yuu and Ai. Their names mean "love" and "courage" in Japanese. This was lampshaded by the dub voice actresses for the two in the commentary on one of the [=DVDs=].
93** Ditto with the two human characters in ''Anime/AnimalCrossingTheMovie''.
94** And Rin/Cure Rouge's twin siblings in ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5''.
95* In ''Literature/GoblinSlayer'', Priestess introduces herself as "Noman" when confronting a group of {{Sasquatch}}es. As a result, when the survivor makes it back to the BigBad, all he can say is that Noman killed his brothers.
96* The main character of ''Anime/GuiltyCrown'' is named Shu. It's a MeaningfulName for him as it's the Japanese word for "together", but many English-speaking viewers loved to make fun of the guy named "Shoe."
97* In ''Manga/MarmaladeBoy'', when an American exchange student named Michael first arrives at the protagonists' household, he gets confused by the names "Yuu" and "Miki", mistaking them for "you" and "me". Subverted shortly afterward; he was faking it.
98** He's also somewhat amused at the fact that Miki is a feminine name in Japan, while Mickey is a masculine name in English-speaking countries.
99* ''Anime/{{Noein}}'': not present in the show itself, but it does have two main characters named "Yuu" and "Ai". Certain lines in the English dub therefore sound unintentionally hilarious ("That's the same cellphone strap Ai has!").
100* ''Manga/SchoolRumble'' has a series of misunderstandings based on Harima's cousin Itoko. "Itoko" also means "cousin", and whenever someone asks "What's your relationship with her?" he answers that "She's my cousin." but people read it as "She's my Itoko" and figure they're in a relationship...
101* ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' fans can use "Sore wa himitsu desu" in conversation. If someone in the conversation doesn't understand Japanese, HilarityEnsues.
102** For those readers who may not be familiar, it means "It's a secret" and is the CatchPhrase of Xellos.
103* ''Manga/YawaraAFashionableJudoGirl'': One of Yawara's teammates on her judo squad is named Nanda. This is a legit Japanese surname, but it also means roughly "what?" or "what the?" (nan da?, short form of nan desu ka?), which is used for quick laughs a couple of times.
104* ''Manga/YakitateJapan'' seems to love these.
105** Similar to the above, one dialogue involves some confusion regarding the type of Indian bread known as "naan".
106** After every episode, they used to do a small "Facts about Bread" corner. In one of them, [[TheIdiotFromOsaka Kawachi]] and [[TheOjou Tsukino]] asked Azuma about his favourite animal, and Azuma answered "Jaa, panda" ("Yes, the Panda!"). Of course, that sounds like "Ja-pan da" ("It's the Ja-pan") so his friends, thinking/realizing he was obsessed with bread, sighed and dropped the subject.
107** During the Pantasia Employee Examination, the candidates are asked to bake croissants ("kurowassan"). Azuma, [[TheDitz being Azuma]], doesn't understand and instead wonders about this mysterious Mr. Kurowa ("Kurowa-san").
108* In order to avoid this trope, Yoh's name was changed to Yuu in the Spanish version of ''Manga/ShamanKing'', since "yo" means "I" in Spanish. The Mexican dub left the name, but pronounced it "I-oh" ("ee-oh")...and since there are people who mispronounce "yo" as "ió"...
109* ''Manga/YokohamaKaidashiKikou'': In Japanese, "nai" is a verb suffix denoting negativity. It can be used alone to mean "nothing", or as a general denial. On her travels, Alpha meets an android named Nai. She also meets a girl named "Kokone", which can be said as "Koko, ne?" which loosely translates to "Here?" She uses this pun the first time she meets her, too.
110* Yuugo from ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV''. His name sounds very similar to Yuugou, the Japanese word for "Fusion." This is a problem for several reasons: 1) the Fusion Dimension were the main villains of the show when he was introduced and thus a lot of people want to know whether one is associated with them or not; 2) Yuugo is so hot-headed that his general reaction to his name being gotten wrong is to flatten people: and 3) Yuugo had no idea that Fusion users were attacking people so thus he doesn't understand the context. The results of this either have enormously bad consequences or HilarityEnsues. In the English dub, when he tries to introduce himself, he sometimes gets the response, "You go? You go where?"
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113[[folder:Asian Animation]]
114* ''Animation/BoBoiBoyGalaxy'': A Malay variant. When the heroes find the alien jester infiltrating the TAPOPS station, Koko Ci exclaims "Joe Ker Tu?", leading Gopal to assume the clown's name is Joe. "Ke Tu?" is a Malay expression of inquiry; as in Gopal thought Koko Ci was saying "Is that Joe?" Koko Ci clarifies the clown's name really is Jokertu.
115* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': A joke like this happens in Season 8 episode 1, when Big M. and Little M. meet Huo Haha for the first time.
116-->'''Big M.:''' ''[clears throat]'' Are you sent by the commander?\
117'''Huo Haha:''' Yes. ''[does a pose with his toilet plunger]'' Hi. I am the magician who attacked the president, Huo Haha!\
118''[Big M. hits Huo Haha, resulting in a HitFlash followed by Huo developing a CranialEruption]''\
119'''Big M.:''' Enough! Do you think I was joking? Be serious!\
120'''Huo Haha:''' But I didn't laugh. My name ''is'' Huo Haha.
121* In the English redub of the ''Animation/SimpleSamosa'' episode "Carnival Chaos", Vada meets a stranger in one of the carnival tents. When Vada asks for his name, the stranger replies "Popcorn", and Vada doesn't realize that's his name and says "no, thanks", thinking he's asking if he wants popcorn. In the first English dub, Vada simply gets confused at the stranger, who is named "Corny" instead.
122[[/folder]]
123
124[[folder:Comedy]]
125* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioH0POPyeEQ Stardrek]]'' repeatedly does this with Mr. Snott on the comm.
126-->'''Captain Jerk:''' Bridge to Engineering!\
127'''Mr. Snott:''' Snott here, Captain!\
128'''Captain Jerk:''' What's not there, Snotty?
129* French humorist Raymond Devos was well-known for his wordplay sketches, including one set in a train station and using the cities of Caen (pronounced like "quand", French for "when"), Troyes (pronounced like "trois", French for "three") and Sète (pronounced like "sept", French for "seven").
130* The original sketch was sent up in 2006 with the performance of a ''Shakespearean'' version that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaGHVWKrcpQ must be seen to be believed.]]
131* A fictional Abbott and Costello routine was written with "Costello" trying to learn Hebrew, only to discover that ''mi'' is "who" and ''hu'' is "he" and ''hiy'' is "she". HilarityEnsues. ...and we are all together! There was actually a kid's song made about this by a band called "Country Yossi".
132* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Me3-q_JiM The Chinese version]].
133* [[https://cybertext.wordpress.com/2008/06/07/computer-whos-on-first/ This]] takes the joke to the 21st century by exploiting the potentially confusing names of popular computer programs.
134* One Russian comedy routine was pretty similar to the Abbott and Costello one (though direct influence is unlikely) and featured two characters, with the first one trying to find out the surname of the second, which was incidentally "Авас" (Andyours).
135* Creator/RowanAtkinson had a piece where he is an English schoolteacher taking role, and of course all the students' names have unsavory connotations. "Myprick?" pause. "Has anybody seen Myprick?" pause. "Come on, somebody must have seen Myprick!"
136* A Saturday Night Live sketch features such characters as Whu (a representative from China, mistaken for who) and Yassir Arafat (mistaken for yes sir).
137* Puke N' Snot:
138** This Former Renaissance Fair comedy duo featured a similar skit [[https://youtu.be/2jLVnufp8wA when Puke is portraying the legendary Robin Hood]], and is talking about the location of their secret hideout.
139--->'''Snot:''' This forest of yours wouldn't be named [[Film/ForrestGump Gump]] would it?\
140'''Puke:''' The location of our hideout is a closely guarded secret. Would you like to hear it?\
141'''Snot:''' Sure would.\
142'''Puke:''' Oh, so you know already.\
143'''Snot:''' ''[{{beat}}]'' Know what?\
144'''Puke:''' The name of the forest.\
145'''Snot:''' No, would you tell me?\
146'''Puke:''' Sherwood.\
147'''Snot:''' ''[beat]'' Okay! When?
148** They took it even further in their skit [[https://youtu.be/7qVs0VAfmnY I'd Like to Buy an Eye]] when they impersonate pirates about to attack another ship.
149--->'''Snot:''' Aim your cannons at the foremast!\
150'''Puke:''' Whip out your cannons, aim them at the four masts- The four masts? I thought there were only three masts!\
151'''Snot:''' Well there are, but the first mast is fore.\
152'''Puke:''' If the first mast is four, where's the third mast?\
153'''Snot:''' That's mizzen.\
154'''Puke:''' Where the hell did it go?\
155'''Snot:''' Behind the main!\
156'''Puke:''' The water main? Spanish main? Charlemagne? What main?\
157'''Snot:''' The mainmast!\
158'''Puke:''' What's the main mast?!\
159'''Snot:''' Number two!\
160'''Puke:''' I thought poop was number two!\
161'''Snot:''' The poop is on the rear!\
162'''Puke:''' Now that's the first thing you've said that makes sense!\
163'''Snot:''' What's confusing you?\
164'''Puke:''' I wanna know where's the fourth mast?\
165'''Snot:''' There's only three masts!\
166'''Puke:''' Then the fourth is missing!\
167'''Snot:''' The third's mizzen!\
168'''Puke:''' I know it's missing, where the hell did it go?!\
169'''Snot:''' I told you, it's sticking out of the poop!\
170'''Puke:''' Grrr!
171* Creator/JeffDunham:
172** He revealed a version with Peanut revolving around unusual wi-fi passwords. The password for backstage was "Icanttellyou", the tour bus password was "Idontremember", the home password was "Youhavetoguessit", the computer password was "Whosasking", and finally, the password for Jeff's cell phone was "Askyourmother".
173** Jeff and Achmed the Dead Terrorist go through a whole discussion on the Kardashians and Kanye West.
174--->'''Achmed:''' Oh I love the Kardashians!\
175'''Jeff:''' Really, who's your favorite?\
176'''Achmed:''' The black one.\
177'''Jeff:''' That's Kanye, he's West.\
178'''Achmed:''' Aaahhhh, I'm pretty sure he's South.\
179'''Jeff:''' Not the direction.\
180'''Achmed:''' No direction?\
181'''Jeff:''' Not that direction.\
182'''Achmed:''' Which direction?\
183'''Jeff:''' None.\
184'''Achmed:''' None?\
185'''Jeff:''' Well, one direction.\
186'''Achmed:''' He's in a boy band?\
187'''Jeff:''' No, I said he's West.\
188'''Achmed:''' Well he's certainly not North.\
189'''Both:''' No.\
190'''Jeff:''' No, that's his daughter.\
191'''Achmed:''' His daughter is up North?\
192'''Jeff:''' No, his daughter is North.\
193'''Achmed:''' That's what I said!\
194'''Jeff:''' No, his daughter is Northwest.\
195'''Achmed:''' She's quick.
196%%** Jeff does this when breaking out his character Sweet Daddy D.
197* Creator/PattonOswalt parodied this trope in his routine demolishing [=NewSong=]'s "Christmas Shoes", noting that giving your band that name is "just asking to be living in an Creator/AbbottAndCostello routine for the rest of your life."
198-->'''Patton:''' "Yeah, we got a new song." "By who?" "Exactly." "WHAT!? It's- oh, ''fuck'' this..."
199* A form of wordplay favoured by Creator/TimVine. For example, "So I went into Blockbuster and asked 'Hi, can I take out ''Film/BatmanForever''?' They said 'No, you have to bring it back next week.'"
200* 1970s comedy troupe The Credibility Gap did [[https://youtu.be/OVTf-7-sxQ0?t=33 a version]] where a promoter tries to put an ad in the ''Los Angeles Times'' for a concert featuring the groups Music/TheWho, Music/TheGuessWho, and Music/{{Yes}}.
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203
204[[folder:Comic Books]]
205* A brief example in a Batman crossover, where a guy tells Batman about this super-hero who had accosted him: "His name's Strange." "What's strange about it?" "No, that's his '''name'''. ComicBook/AdamStrange."
206* Occasionally used in ''ComicBook/ArchieComics''.
207** [[OverlyLongGag This one took a little while:]]
208--->'''Veronica:''' What are you ordering?\
209'''Reggie:''' I want oysters.\
210'''Veronica:''' And you, Archie?\
211'''Archie:''' I want oyster stew.\
212'''Betty:''' ''[to the cook]'' They ''both'' want oysters.\
213'''Archie:''' '''''I''''' don't!\
214'''Veronica:''' You just said you ''did''! He said he wanted oysters, and you said you wanted ''oysters, too!''\
215'''Archie:''' That's right. I want oyster stew.\
216'''Veronica:''' That's what I said.\
217'''Archie:''' ...but I don't want oysters!\
218''[everyone groans]''
219** And in another strip:
220--->'''Betty:''' Hey Archie!\
221'''Archie:''' Did you call me, Betty?\
222'''Betty:''' Why would I call you Betty? You don't look like a Betty.
223::: [[OverlyLongGag Other people then proceed to do the same thing to Archie... and so on.]]
224** And this:
225--->'''Jughead:''' Look at the bunch of cows!\
226'''Farmer:''' No, herd.\
227'''Jughead:''' Heard of what?\
228'''Farmer:''' Herd of cows.\
229'''Jughead:''' Sure, I've heard of cows!\
230'''Farmer:''' No, a cow ''herd''.\
231'''Jughead:''' What do I care what a cow heard? I've never kept any secrets from a cow!
232* Referenced in ''ComicBook/TheCartoonHistoryOfTheUniverse'' when Gonick points out that ancient Hindus composed a poem to the great god "Who".
233* ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} once found Loki's FloweryElizabethanEnglish a little confusing:
234-->'''Loki:''' I know what to do, and you shall do it for me.\
235'''Deadpool:''' Me?\
236'''Loki:''' Aye.\
237'''Deadpool:''' You?\
238'''Loki:''' No, ''you.''\
239'''Deadpool:''' Me?\
240'''Loki:''' Aye.\
241'''Deadpool:''' You... keep saying "I".\
242'''Loki:''' Yes.\
243'''Deadpool:''' So ''I'' should do it?\
244'''Loki:''' Aye.\
245'''Deadpool:''' Wait, so you'll do it?\
246'''Loki:''' No, ''you''.\
247'''Deadpool:''' I?\
248'''Loki:''' Good, we agree.\
249''BeatPanel as Loki leaves.''\
250'''Deadpool [[BreakingTheFourthWall (facing the reader)]]:''' ''WHAT?!?''
251* Creator/DonRosa likes this joke, though usually not taken to its OverlyLongGag lengths. Many of his stories have WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck misunderstanding some name or other word. Used as a RunningGag in the ''Uncle Scrooge'' story "Fortune on the Rocks". For example, when Scrooge and his nephews are preparing to climb a craggy mountain:
252-->'''Donald:''' So where do I hammer this spike?\
253'''Louie:''' Right there, Unca Donald! That's your fault.\
254'''Donald:''' Oh, ''sure!'' Blame everything on me!
255* When [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Thing]] is in France during the ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}} he gets into an exchange like this involving the words "We" and "Oui". He mentions the trope namer.
256* ''ComicBook/GorskyAndButch'' includes a gag about a village of Asian monks, all of whom have names that sound exactly like various Polish pronouns and prepositions.
257* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' had Kenny Who? (yes, even the question mark is part of his name), a struggling artist trying to establish himself in Mega City One. Kenny was a running gag based on artist Cam Kennedy's experiences trying to break into the industry in America.
258* The Labor Day issue of ''Webcomic/LilGotham'' has a scene where the villain Hush attempts to make a phone call, which gets as far as "Who is this?" "Hush." before getting bogged down in misunderstanding.
259* In one ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' story, an Indian scout notices smoke at the horizon, signifying that settlers have entered his tribe's territory. So naturally he sends a smoke signal back to his village, saying "There is smoke at the horizon". This trope ensues when the Chieftain asks what the smoke signal means...
260* One early issue of ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' series has Robotnik try and find the leader of the Freedom Fighter's intelligence division. After uncovering the (literal!) mole, the interrogation goes thusly...
261-->'''Robotnik:''' ''Who'' is the head of the secret intelligence?\
262'''Mole:''' That's right!\
263'''Robotnik:''' ''What?!''\
264'''Mole:''' No, not "what"- "Who!"
265:: And Harvey Who, the owl, smiles to himself. JustAsPlanned.
266* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'' has this bit from Issue #8, when Sonic and Silver first meet [[CanonForeigner Whisper the Wolf]] and names are exchanged.
267-->'''Whisper:''' Whisper.\
268'''Sonic:''' Cool.\
269'''Silver:''' ''[whispering]'' Okay. But... why?\
270'''[[DeadpanSnarker Sonic]]:''' No, genius. Whisper is her ''name''.
271* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': In ''ComicBook/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' #106:
272-->'''Spider-Man:''' What's that guy got anyway?\
273'''Wasp:''' A certain ''je ne sais quoi''.\
274'''Spider-Man:''' And that means...\
275'''Wasp:''' "I don't know what."\
276'''Spider-Man:''' If you don't know what it means, how can you say it?\
277'''Wasp:''' You're kidding, right?\
278'''Spider-Man:''' You'll never know.
279* The ''ComicBook/TinyTitans'' version of Owlman led to one of these. Saying Hoo to Batman.
280* In ''ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass'', this trope is how Goryu got his name. When Cliffjumper captured Slugfest, and the initially-unnamed Dinobot came to his rescue, the heroic Autobot tried to ask him for a name, only to get in response "Me ''gore you!''". Later, when he and Sideswipe called for reinforcements to take the captured Dinobots away, they referred to him as "Goryu", and the name stuck.
281* ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan'':
282** Subverted ''and'' LampShaded:
283--->'''You:''' My name is You!\
284'''Yorick:''' You? Like Why-Oh-Ewe?\
285'''You:''' Hai!\
286'''Yorick:''' Well, that is some ''Who's on First''-shit right there!
287** On another occasion, Agent 355 poses as a member of the WHO. When someone replies, "Who?" she [[DontExplainTheJoke spoils it]] by explaining that it's the World Health Organization, much to Yorick's disappointment. "You were just a couple of lines away from an Abbott and Costello routine."
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290[[folder:Comic Strips]]
291* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': In an [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness early and a little weird]] strip, Susie asks Calvin in class what was the capital of Poland until 1600, and gets the correct answer "Krakow", though actually Calvin is SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud while imagining himself as Spaceman Spiff. (In a creative but still not very good twist on this, a Finnish translation has her ask where Krakow is and get a response translating as "in Poland" -- when really Calvin is reporting he has a malfunction in a part of his spaceship, the problem being that sounds more like a sewing machine part.)
292* ''ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus'' features a ghostly prankster named Not Me. It's not hard to see how his antics get the children (who know of Not Me's existence) into even worse trouble when they try to explain their way out of it. And when there's too much mischief for one, Not Me is joined by his DistaffCounterpart, Ida Know.
293* In ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'', Jason and Marcus do one relating to ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'', complete with a reference to the TropeNamer:
294-->'''Marcus:''' Who are they?\
295'''Jason:''' Yes.\
296'''Marcus:''' I mean the people.\
297'''Jason:''' Who.\
298'''Marcus:''' The ones standing in a circle singing that "Fahoo" song!\
299'''Jason:''' They're Who.\
300'''Marcus:''' What are you asking ''me'' for?!\
301'''Jason:''' Abbott and Costello meet the Grinch.\
302'''Paige:''' Who?
303* Also shows up in ''ComicStrip/GetFuzzy'', when Rob has to tell Satchel to call a doctor for him.
304-->'''Rob:''' No, that's Dr. Weir. I need to see Dr. Wen.\
305'''Satchel:''' Weir! Wen! Hu!
306* An old ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' Sunday strip has Sally working on her penmanship when Linus comes in:
307-->'''Sally:''' I'm practicing my Y's.\
308'''Linus:''' Why?\
309'''Sally:''' No, Y's! I did a whole row of them.\
310'''Linus:''' Oh.\
311'''Sally:''' Not O's, Y's!\
312'''Linus:''' I see.\
313'''Sally:''' I C? Who said anything about I's and C's? These are Y's! Don't you ever listen?\
314'''Linus:''' Gee!\
315'''Sally:''' Not G! Y's!! Now pay attention... these are U's...\
316'''Linus:''' They don't look like me at all...\
317''[Sally throws her papers and pen at Linus in the last panel]''
318* ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'':
319** A storyline from 2009 involved Pig and his "bitter x" (a refrigerator magnet in the shape of a literal letter x), culminating in [[http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/11/29 this strip]] from November 29.
320** Another ''Pearls Before Swine'' storyline from October 19, 2014 follows the spirit/letter of this trope much more closely with Rat being slowly driven insane while trying to ask Goat whose band's drummer was Keith Moon (you can read their whole conversation in its full glory on the [[Quotes/WhosOnFirst Quotes page]] for this article). It culminates with Rat screaming ''"I don't know!"'' and Goat saying, "[[ShoutOut Third base!]]"
321** In the [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/02/28 strip]] of February 28, 2021, Pig tells Rat that a friend of his and his wife were arrested for him taking a vintage record and her stealing Rap and Heat [=CD=]s. Since his wife had a criminal record and couldn't take the heat, he took the entire rap. The whole thing drives Rat nuts.
322-->'''Rat:''' GUESS WHO DOESN'T @#*@#@* CARE?!\
323'''Pig:''' 'Guess Who' was the record he stole.
324* In one ''Pickles'' strip, Opal found her husband Earl watching TV and asked what he was watching. He replied, "Series/MyNameIsEarl." She said that she already knew his name and repeated her question.
325* In ''ComicStrip/TheWackyAdventuresOfPedro'', confusion (further detailed on the Quotes page) ensues after Pedro asks an alien for the name of the planet that will play host to the Miss Galactic Nebula BeautyContest, and he mishears the answer, "Owrplannit", as, "Our planet".
326[[/folder]]
327
328[[folder:Fan Works]]
329* Played with in [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/3288470/chapters/8659507 Breaking Character]], a ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'' fic where Kashima's eccentric father is responsible for naming his two daughters Yuu and Mii. Hori fails to notice it until it's pointed out to him, with the other person joking about the possibility of additional sisters Ai and Wii.
330* Done in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6089536/1/Whos_The_Alchemist this]] ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' fanfiction, and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/666790/1/Whos_on_First_Tenchi this]] ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' fanfiction.
331* Examples from Fanfic/{{the Calvinverse}}:
332** ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' has the titular protagonists doing this in a HalloweenEpisode.
333** From the RecursiveFanfiction ''Fanfic/ThePezDispenserAndTheReignOfTerror'':
334--->'''Calvin:''' Forget about it, that's history!\
335'''Hobbes:''' No, that's math.
336* In ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''[='s=] version of "Cooler's Revenge", Goku confronts Cooler for the first time and mistakes him for Freeza. Sauza corrects him by stating that he's Cooler. Goku, [[IdiotHero being Goku]], immediately thinks that if he's "Cooler than Freeza", then he's "ice cold". Cooler gets in on it by saying that that's his father[[note]]King Cold[[/note]].
337* In ''Fanfic/ForTheGloryOfIrk'', the Control Brains are identified by Roman numerals, which they pronounce by stating each numeral by its letter name. Therefore, whenever Control Brain I is mentioned, people are confused as to whether the speaker is referring to said Control Brain, or is saying "I" in reference to themselves.
338* From ''Hardcore Entertainment presents: 'Seven Does Voyager' ''
339-->'''Bootlix:''' Er...actually Captain...\
340'''Cptn Analway:''' What?\
341'''Bootlix:''' They said they're obeying your orders.\
342'''Cptn Analway:''' WHAT?\
343'''Bootlix:''' You just said that.\
344'''Cptn Analway:''' Said what?\
345'''Bootlix:''' What.\
346'''Cptn Analway:''' What did I just say?\
347'''Bootlix:''' You said "what".\
348'''Cptn Analway:''' What?\
349'''Bootlix:''' Yes, what.\
350''[Analway feels a throbbing in her head that she has not experienced since she let her hair down from its tight bun]''\
351'''Cptn Analway:''' No, I meant what...ARGH! ''What order?''
352* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'' [[FanFic fanfiction]], this has been done numerous times with Sirius Black. "Sirius"/"serious" jokes are [[OverusedRunningGag generally understood to be quite lame by this point]].
353** There's a Website/LiveJournal icon floating around among the [[SlashFic Sirius/Remus]] shippers with the following exchange between Harry and Remus:
354--->'''Harry:''' You're [[spoiler:a werewolf]]?!\
355'''Remus:''' Yes.\
356'''Harry:''' Are you fucking serious?!\
357'''Remus:''' That too.
358** And then, the MemeticMutation: "Why so Sirius?" Made all the better by the fact the [[Creator/GaryOldman actor]] who played him was also in ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''.
359** ''Podcast/{{Mugglecast}}'' has a [[VaudevilleHook cowbell]] they ring when [[{{Pun}} lame jokes]] including that one start getting [[OverlyLongGag abused]].
360** The author of the HP fic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4226342/1/Whos_a_Hero Who's a Hero?]]'' both uses and lampshades the trope.
361** Lampshaded in the ''FanFic/{{Dangerverse}}'', where the Pack parents state Sirius can only make that joke once a year.
362** In one episode of ''WebAnimation/TheLazerCollection'', Ron mentions that Dumbledore has had an accident. When Harry asks if it was serious, Ron replies, "No, it was Snape." Cue Fail Horn and I'mma Firin' My Lazer!
363** This would only really work in an American accent; British people pronounce the words differently enough that the joke wouldn't work -- "Sirius" / "seee-rious". See also the various Harry/hairy puns the fandom makes.
364* ''Fanfic/LegendarilyPopular'': In fairness, having an electric-type Gym Leader named [[PunnyName Wattson]], with an assistant named Watt, was just begging for something like this to happen. Combine that with the number of {{Flat What}}s produced by Ash's ridiculous team, and it was inevitable.
365* In ''[[http://jeconais.fanficauthors.net/Hogwarts_Dawn/Chapter_11/ Hogwarts' Dawn]]'' Hogwarts creates a brand-new House for Harry and his friends after he becomes estranged from most of the other Gryffindors during the Tri-Wizard Tournament. Since as a building it possesses limited sentience, it christens the new House "Your House," which creates some confusion at dinner when Dumbledore tells Harry that he's now a member of "Your House."
366* The BigBad of ''Hogwarts Exposed'', known in-universe only as the "Great One", is actually the Minister for Magic, whose surname is ''Wrong''. This led one reviewer to suggest that this trope was the reason she'd never been caught despite being a complete idiot, because:
367-->'''Auror Chief:''' So, have you found out who the Great One is?\
368'''Auror:''' She's Wrong.\
369'''Auror Chief:''' I know she's wrong, but who is she?\
370''[etc.]''
371* Creator/HansVonHozel: "One day, House was walk into his House."
372* Used in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X62tRyiniPc this]] fan-performed ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' variant of the joke, between Sheik and Link.
373* ''Fanfic/MakeAWish'':
374-->'''Doctor:''' I'm the Doctor.\
375'''Harry:''' Who?\
376'''Doctor:''' No relation.
377* ''Fanfic/AManOfIron'': In the second book, ''A Crack of Thunder'', Fury {{Info Dump}}s the Iron Pointe group about the Others, including how they "[[DemonicPossession possess others]]", leading to brief confusion that they possess ''each other''. It takes a minute before Fury can clarify that they possess ''people''.
378-->'''Tony''': [[LampshadeHanging I heard a jest once that starts this way with a man named Hoo.]]
379* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12256909/21/Master-Potter-of-Kamar-Taj Master Potter of Kamar-Taj]]'' Harry objects to the potions riddle which is part of the challenges protecting the Philosopher's Stone.
380-->'''Harry:''' Yeah, but a riddle? Really? 1, if it's a teacher, they're probably smart enough to figure it out, and 2, WHY A RIDDLE?\
381'''Ron:''' Well it could be You-Know-Who.\
382'''Harry:''' Who?\
383'''Ron:''' You-Know-Who.\
384'''Harry:''' Who's Who? Doctor Who?\
385'''Ron:''' No! You-Know-Who!\
386'''Harry:''' I clearly don't.\
387'''Ron:''' He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named?\
388'''Harry:''' Well how do I know who he is if he's not named?\
389'''Ron:''' No! You-Know-Who! The Dark Lord!\
390'''Harry:''' Darth Vader?\
391'''Ron:''' Who?\
392'''Harry:''' That's what I want to know!
393* ''May the Best Friends Win'' (the sequel to ''Fanfic/RainboomsAndRoyalty'') has this exchange between Pinkie and Twilight when the former sees the latter's messed up mane.
394-->'''Pinkie:''' You sort of look like that doctor... what's his name?\
395'''Twilight:''' [[Series/DoctorWho Who?]]\
396'''Pinkie:''' That's what I'm trying to remember!
397* Used in this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJBihKiuWv0 fan video]] for ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', featuring [[EnsembleDarkhorse Derpy Hooves]] getting confused because her driving instructor keeps telling her to back up the car and the fact he keeps telling her to "go ahead". [[spoiler:She [[TakeAThirdOption decides in the end to just make the car go sideways]] instead... [[MindScrew Somehow...]]]]
398* In ''Fanfic/TheNonBronyverse'', TD runs across a pair of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic diamond dogs]] named Huo and Watt. He can barely manage to keep a straight face as he runs through the gag.
399* ''Fanfic/{{Oversaturation}}'': Lampshaded as a known gag in a YourOtherLeft situation:
400--> Driving allowed Sunset a chance to relax. Sort of. [...] there was Pinkie Pie to contend with. It was very hard to focus on potential apocalypses when that girl was trying to give directions.\
401"Now go left."\
402"Ri— Got it." Sunset smirked as she hit the turn signal. She wasn't going to fall for that gag.\
403"No, ''my'' left."\
404"We have the same left!"
405* In [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/122668/6/the-minuette-ventures-of-princess-twilight-sparkle/the-phantom-of-the-genre The Phantom of the Genre]], while trying to catch a ghost in an old theater, Rarity proposes having a seance, to which Pinkie keeps responding "Ahntz" to Rarity's chagrin.
406* From ''Fanfic/SOSchip'':
407-->'''North Cat fan:''' Sorry, I would have come to the game, but these tickets are far too much money, and it'll cost me AnArmAndALeg.\
408'''oghond:''' ''[stares in shock at the other person's arm]'' Your arm?!\
409'''North Cat fan:''' Yes, ''ik ben arm.'' [[note]] Arm, in Dutch, means both the body part and "poor." [[/note]]\
410'''oghond:''' No, no, no, your arm.\
411'''North Cat fan:''' That's what I said: ik ben arm.\
412'''oghond:''' You're not an arm; you're a human person!\
413'''North Cat fan:''' ''Ik geen arm, maar ik ben arm.''\
414'''oghond:''' What- huh- what?\
415'''North Cat fan:''' I'M POOR. \
416'''oghond:''' Then why didn't you just say that in the first place?\
417'''North Cat fan:''' I did! I said it'd cost me an arm and a leg to buy these tickets!\
418'''South Cat fan:''' Your arm?\
419'''North Cat fan:''' [[HereWeGoAgain Oh god...]]
420* Similar to the above is this example from chapter 5 of ''Fanfic/StargateEquestria: Connection'':
421-->'''O'Neill:''' Hey, pal! Name's Jack O'Neill! What's yours?\
422'''[[Series/DoctorWho Who]]:''' Uh. Who?\
423'''O'Neill:''' What?\
424'''Who:''' What?\
425'''O'Neill:''' Who. Are you?\
426'''Who:''' Oh. Um, yeah...
427* In Ellen Brand's ''Supernatural'' series (a set of seven ''Manga/CaseClosed'' fics, with connections to some others of hers), the [[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/4051189/1/Shinigami-Tears sixth]] story crosses over with ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' and starts this as a callback to one of the latter series' episodes.
428-->'''Peter Venkman:''' If you want, I'll tell you about Watt sometime.\
429'''Shinichi Kudo:''' About what?\
430'''Peter Venkman:''' Don't start that joke, we ran it into the ground when it happened.
431* ''Fanfic/ThisBites'': In the Enies Lobby arc, Cross and Soundbite ''weaponize'' the dialogue to get the drop on a government agent who got the drop on them, which Cross and Soundbite even lampshade afterward ("...We just managed to weaponize Abbott and Costello," "'''''WE'RE AWESOME!'''''"). Followed by Soundbite broadcasting the original sketch to the entire world (at Cross's request). Busted guts abound.
432* In the ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' fanfic "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26456677 Who Runs Communications?]]'', Prowl decides the super-strict leadership style of Ultra Magnus is having an unacceptably deleterious effect on morale. So he gets Ultra Magnus used to the default level of insanity among the Ark crew by turning the duty roster into a Who's On First routine. And giving many of the other Autobots cryptic hints in preparation to see the gag through to completion.
433-->'''Ultra Magnus''': What is the designation of the Autobot in charge of Engineering?\
434'''Prowl''': What is the designation of the Autobot in Security.\
435'''Ultra Magnus''': I didn't ask who's running Security!\
436'''Prowl''': Who's running Communications.\
437'''Ultra Magnus''': I don't know!\
438'''Bumblebee, Jazz, Mirage''': Engineering!
439* In ''FanFic/TheUndesirables'' a combination of Lightning Dust's drunkenness and Luna's use of the Main/RoyalWe leads to the following exchange.
440-->'''Princess Luna:''' As We were saying, I--\
441'''Lightning Dust:''' Who's We?\
442'''Princess Luna:''' Me.\
443'''Lightning Dust:''' You?\
444'''Princess Luna:''' Aye!\
445'''Lightning Dust:''' I?\
446'''Princess Luna:''' Yes!\
447'''Lightning Dust:''' Me?\
448'''Princess Luna:''' SILENCE!
449* ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'', "The Longest Episode". Due to Pinkie Pie's accent, her pronunciation of "talking" sounds a lot like "[[Creator/JRRTolkien Tolkien]]". Confusion ensues when she tries to ask who wrote the ''Lord of the Rings'' books. Also, TheStinger for the episode featured this scene re-dubbed with a snippet from Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First?" sketch.
450* ''Fanfic/{{Webwork}}'' has a brief gag when it's revealed that Jade's birth name is Yu, causing Tohru to wonder if his grasp of English isn't as good as he thinks it is. Part of what kicks off the plot hinges on the [[DoNotCallMePaul similarity between "Yu" and "You"]]
451* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12521014/1/The-Who-s-On-First The Who's on First]]'', Luna asks Luan to write down the names of songs, but Luan and Lola mistake them for ordinary phrases (e.g. "God Only Knows" and "What's Going On?").
452* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic "[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/3270/sparkles-law Sparkle's Law]]" demonstrates the problem of ponies being named after food when the Apple siblings look over a list of what the members of their family were bringing for the Summer Sun Celebration.
453-->'''Apple Bloom:''' Golden Delicious is bringing Red Delicious.\
454'''Applejack:''' Then what’s Red Delicious bringing?”\
455'''Apple Bloom:''' Red delicious, ''obviously''.\
456'''Applejack:''' But you just said Golden Delicious was bringing red delicious.\
457'''Apple Bloom:''' He is.\
458'''Applejack:''' Well we can’t have two ponies bringing red delicious!\
459'''Apple Bloom:''' We don’t. Golden Delicious is bringing golden delicious.\
460'''Applejack:''' But you just said-\
461'''Apple Bloom:''' -They’re also bringing Apple Tart, who’s bringing the apple tarts.\
462'''Applejack:''' So Apple Tart is coming with Golden Delicious?\
463'''Apple Bloom:''' No, she’s coming with apple tarts. Are you even listening?\
464'''Applejack:''' Then who’s coming with Golden Delicious?\
465'''Apple Bloom:''' Golden Delicious.\
466'''Applejack:''' ''(Groaning)'' Maybe you should put the list down for now.
467* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24823330 Squeakin' the Squeakquel: the Squeakining]]'': During a Disney costume party, [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug Lila]] attempts to vent her frustration with not getting Adrien to be her date by attempting to ensnare a boy who is friendly with Marinette and Kitty Section, disguised as Aladdin, who presents himself as Prince Ali. She believes he's just into character and leaves after she becomes frustrated because the others keep calling him Ali - never learning that he's actually Prince Ali of Achu, someone she had claimed to have worked with extensively in the past.
468* ''Fanfic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': In the sequel ''Picking Up the Pieces'', in chapter 5, Xvital has just entered the kitchen of their hotel penthouse suite and sees a mare working on a cake. From the smell, she deduces what kind it is, and asks "Mango cake?" The chef, who is still frosting the cake and knows exactly what she means, jokingly but truthfully responds with "That's my cousin's name, actually."
469* ''Fanfic/PreCureInANutshell'': [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Cure White]] gets the parody name of Cure What. When she introduces herself for the first time...
470--> '''Cure What''': i am the hero cure what\
471'''Cure Blunk''': what\
472'''Cure What''': i said i am the hero cure what\
473'''Cure Blunk''': cure what\
474'''Cure What''': exactly
475* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14258954/12/How How?]]'' has one which is possible only because of wizards swearing by Merlin.
476-->'''Sirius:''' Well, our ancestor was a half-demon. He was of the blackest magic...\
477'''Harry:''' Merlin!\
478'''Remus:''' You know who? Gah, not that one, I meant to say, you know whom he means?\
479'''Harry:''' Merlin.\
480'''Remus:''' What? [Snape chuckles] Come on, tell me!\
481'''Snape:''' The Blacks descent from Merlin.\
482'''Remus:''' Merlin!\
483'''Snape:''' Exactly.
484* ''Fanfic/WhereWeDontBelong'': Lanz and Egil have a moment of confusion when Egil talks about his "[[MiniMecha Face]]" (which Lanz identifies as a Levnis) and Lanz wonders why he's suddenly talking about his face.
485* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11511964/19/Harry-and-Sodor-The-Magic-of-Normality Harry and Sodor - The Magic of Normality]]'':
486-->'''Harry:''' Yes – the radios switch to being supplied by battery power when the engine is not switched on and running. I made an emergency call to the signaller telling them what had happened. I must have passed out because the next thing I remember was seeing Ann Oggly Bugger leaning over me.\
487'''Judge:''' Mr Potter, please keep your comments tasteful.\
488'''Harry:''' Your Honour, that was the name of one of the Doctors treating me – Consultant Ann Bugger.
489[[/folder]]
490
491[[folder:Films — Animation]]
492* In ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven2'' Carface (notably a reasonably savvy and competent villain [[VillainDecay previously]]) falls for the "sole"-"soul" homonym, having sided with the Devil on the assumption he would sell shoes. He promptly gets DraggedOffToHell at the end of the movie.
493* Done in ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' with a mix-up over the names of the crew.
494-->'''Princess Kida:''' Cookies are sweet, but yours is not. Sweet is kindly, but that is not his name. Audrey is sweet, but she is not your doctor. And the little digging animal called Mole, he is your pet?\
495'''Milo:''' Close enough.
496* ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsBigWishMovie'': When Me Bear pays a visit to Wish, we get this exchange:
497-->'''Wish Bear:''' Who is it?\
498'''Me Bear:''' It's Me Bear!\
499'''Wish Bear:''' Who Bear?\
500'''Me Bear:''' Me Bear!\
501'''Wish Bear:''' ''You'' Bear?\
502'''Me Bear:''' Yes!\
503'''Wish Bear:''' Who?\
504'''Me Bear:''' Me!\
505'''Wish Bear:''' Me?\
506'''Me Bear:''' Yes!!\
507''(Twinkers whispers to Wish)''\
508'''Wish Bear:''' ''(realizing)'' Oh! ''(giggles)''
509* ''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit'': When Victor demands that Wallace get his hairpiece out of the Bun-Vac 6000.
510-->'''Victor:''' I want... Toupee, please.\
511'''Wallace:''' Oh, grand. Uh, we take check or cash.\
512'''Victor:''' ''Toupee'', you idiot! My hair is in your machine!\
513'''Wallace:''' Oh, no, it's only rabbits in there. The hare, I think you'll find, is a much larger mammal.
514* In ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'', the two guards who guard Riley's subconscious get in an argument when one thinks the other took his hat. The problem is, rather than writing their name inside their own hat, both of them wrote "my hat" instead.
515* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', Nala attempts to explain matters to Timon and Pumbaa:
516-->'''Timon:''' Hey, what's going on here? Who's the monkey?\
517'''Nala:''' Simba's gone back to challenge Scar.\
518'''Timon:''' Who?\
519'''Nala:''' Scar.\
520'''Pumbaa:''' Who's got a scar?\
521'''Nala:''' No, no, no. It's his uncle.\
522'''Timon:''' The monkey's his uncle?\
523'''Nala''': ''No!'' Simba's gone back to challenge his uncle, to take his place as ''king''...?\
524''[{{beat}}]''\
525'''Timon and Pumbaa:''' Ohhhh...
526* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', when Li Shang is asking for the name of a disguised Mulan:
527-->'''Shang:''' What's your name?\
528'''Mulan:''' Uh... I, I, uh...\
529'''Chi Fu:''' Your commanding officer just asked you a question!\
530'''Mulan:''' Uh, I've got a name, ha! And it's a boy's name, too.\
531'''Mushu:''' ''[whispering while hiding in Mulan's collar]'' Ling. How about Ling?\
532'''Mulan:''' ''[looking at Ling]'' ''His'' name is Ling.\
533'''Shang:''' I didn't ask for ''his'' name. I asked for ''yours''!\
534'''Mushu:''' Try, uh, uh... ah... Chu.\
535'''Mulan:''' Ah Chu.\
536'''Shang:''' [[PunnyName Ah Chu?]]\
537'''Mushu:''' Gesundheit. [chuckles] I kill myself.\
538'''Mulan:''' Mushu...\
539'''Shang:''' Mushu?\
540'''Mulan:''' No!\
541'''Shang:''' ''[losing patience]'' Then what is it?\
542'''Mushu:''' Ping! Ping was my best friend growing up.\
543'''Mulan:''' It's Ping.\
544'''Shang:''' [skeptically] Ping???\
545'''Mushu:''' [to himself] Of course, Ping did steal my gir-- [Mulan clamps a hand over his mouth, shutting him up]\
546'''Mulan:''' Yes, my name is Ping.
547* ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman'':
548** While visiting Marie Antoinette:
549--->'''Sherman:''' Mrs. Antoinette, can we have some cake?\
550'''Marie Antoinette:''' Mais oui.\
551'''Sherman:''' Oh, I'm sorry. ''May'' we have some cake?\
552'''Mr. Peabody:''' Oh, Sherman, what she means is...
553** Later, during an encounter with King Tut, Peabody introduces a high priest named Ai, prompting Sherman to predictably ask, "He's you?"
554* ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'': When Knowsmore explains to Ralph and Vanellope how they can destroy the Ralph clones conjured by the Insecurity Virus, and Vanellope decides to get their friend Yesss to help them.
555-->'''Ralph:''' Official query: "What do I do if clones of me are trying to capture my friend?" ''Search!''\
556'''Knowsmore:''' ''[searches]'' I find two results for your query. Either you put all the clones in therapy, not very realistic. Or, the anti-virus district is surrounded by a gate made from security software. If Vanellope could somehow lead all of the clones through the gate, they would be deleted all at once. Sort of a co-dependent pied piper situation.\
557'''Vanellope:''' Wait, we know a pied piper!\
558'''Ralph:''' We do?\
559'''Vanellope:''' Yesss!\
560'''Ralph:''' Who?\
561'''Vanellope:''' ''Yesss!''\
562'''Ralph:''' Yeah, but who is it?\
563'''Vanellope:''' ''[disapproving look]''\
564'''Ralph:''' Oh, you mean Yesss!
565* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'', Miguel O'Hara/Spider-Man 2099 tells the Spider-Force to "stop Spider-Man", meaning Miles Morales. However, since 99% of the heroes are named "Spider-Man", ''every'' Spider-Man pulls back and [[AscendedMeme points at each other]], asking "Me?" or "You?" in confusion as Miguel doesn't specify.
566-->'''Miguel''': ''Ay coño'', Miles! Miles Morales!
567* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh2011''
568-->'''Rabbit:''' Can you tie a knot?\
569'''Piglet:''' I cannot.\
570'''Rabbit:''' Ah, so you ''can'' knot?\
571'''Piglet:''' No, I cannot knot.\
572'''Rabbit:''' Not knot?\
573'''Pooh:''' [[KnockKnockJoke Who's there?]]\
574'''Rabbit:''' Pooh!\
575'''Pooh:''' Pooh who?\
576'''Rabbit:''' No, Pooh...Piglet, you'll need more than two knots?\
577'''Piglet:''' Not possible.\
578'''Owl:''' Ah, so it ''is'' possible to knot those pieces.\
579'''Piglet:''' Not ''these'' pieces.\
580'''Pooh:''' Yes, knot those pieces.\
581'''Piglet:''' Why not?\
582'''Eeyore:''' 'Cause it's all for naught.
583[[/folder]]
584
585[[folder:Jokes]]
586* First one:
587-->'''Q:''' Who invented the steam engine?\
588'''A:''' Watt.\
589'''Q:''' I said "Who invented the steam engine?"
590* And:
591-->'''Q:''' Hao Hai is a Chinese mountain.\
592'''A:''' I don't know, how high is it?
593* Also:
594-->'''Q:''' Who was the 1975 F1 World Champion?\
595'''A:''' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niki_Lauda Lauda]].\
596'''Q:''' WHO WAS THE 1975 F1 WORLD CHAMPION?
597* Also with a BilingualBonus:
598-->'''Q:''' How do you say "horses" in Dutch?\
599'''A:''' ''Paarden''\
600'''Q:''' HOW DO YOU SAY "HORSES" IN DUTCH?
601* Also:
602-->'''Q:''' What's the capital of Alaska?\
603'''A:''' Juneau.\
604'''Q:''' If I knew, I wouldn't be asking.
605* Also:
606-->"My wife went on a cruise."\
607"Jamaica?"\
608"No, she wanted to go."
609* And:
610-->'''Q:''' Where's your sister taking her holiday?\
611'''A:''' Alaska.[[note]]I'll ask her.[[/note]]\
612'''Q:''' No don't worry, I'll do it myself.
613* Also:
614-->"Last week I took a break in Austria."\
615"[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking,_Austria Fucking]]?"\
616"No, just skiing."
617* A classic Jewish joke involves asking what "ani lo yodeah" means. "What does 'ani lo yodeah' mean?" "I don't know." (Yeah, that's literally what it means)
618** This actually plays a pivotal role in a (possibly apocryphal) story involving a Jewish sage and an antisemitic Christian priest. The latter arranges a religious debate between the two, with the fate of the Jewish community hanging in the balance; the priest intends it to be fixed. However, the first question the sage asks the priest is what the words "Ani lo yodeah" mean, and the priest makes a fool of himself in front of the king, who sees him declaring he doesn't know the answer.
619** A variation have their lives on the line and the priest knowing Hebrew and being able to correctly answer the question. Since the axeman didn't speak a word of Hebrew, he mistook the priest's answer for an admission of ignorance, and he wound up getting the axe. Either way, the Jews win, everybody goes home, the end.
620*** Another variant on this uses the French term "Je ne sais quoi", which means "I don't know what".
621* "There are four brothers, Anybody, Nobody, Everybody, and Somebody. Everybody had a job to do, and Anybody ''could'' have done it, but Nobody ended up doing it. This made Somebody mad, because when Everybody has a job to do and Anybody can do it, Nobody should be doing nothing!"
622* Another joke:
623-->'''Mexican kid:''' ''[in Spanish]'' Sir, I would like to buy some socks.\
624'''American store clerk:''' What?\
625'''Kid:''' ''[in Spanish]'' Socks! I need socks!\
626'''Clerk:''' Look, is this what you're looking for? ''[holds up pants]''\
627'''Kid:''' No.\
628'''Clerk:''' Is this it? ''[holds up shoes]''\
629'''Kid:''' No.\
630'''Clerk:''' Uh, this? ''[holds up socks]''\
631'''Kid:''' ¡Eso sí que es! ''[in Spanish, "that is it!"]''\
632'''Clerk:''' Well, if you could spell it, why'd ya waste my time?
633* Three men are living in an apartment house: Mr. Crazy on first floor, Mr. Nobody on second, Mr. No-one on third. One day, they're all looking out of their windows. Then, Mr. Nobody throws a flowerpot on Mr. Crazy's head. Mr. No-one has seen it. So Mr. Crazy calls 911:
634-->'''Mr. Crazy:''' Nobody has thrown a flowerpot on my head! And No-one is my witness!\
635'''Policeman:''' Sir, are you crazy?\
636'''Mr. Crazy:''' Yes, exactly!
637* How about:
638-->'''Q:''' Can you tell me UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte's nationality?\
639'''A:''' Corsican.\
640'''Q:''' OK, so what was it?
641* And there's:
642-->'''Q:''' Hao Long is a Chinese name.\
643'''A:''' ...eleven letters?\
644'''Q:''' No, Hao Long is a Chinese name.
645* A joke that's usually told like an urban legend: An airplane employee named John Gay is taking a flight using one of the free tickets he gets from his job. Not liking his assigned seat, he switches with someone else. Unfortunately, the plane is overbooked, so the flight attendant has to go and ask people to give up their seats, starting with holders of free tickets. She asks the man who took Mr. Gay's seat "Are you Gay?" He says "Well, yes, miss, I am." She says, "You'll have to give up your seat." Realizing what happened, the actual John Gay stands up and says "no, no, ''I'm'' Gay." A third man stands up and says "[[IAmSpartacus Hell, I'm gay too. They can't throw]] ''[[IAmSpartacus all]]'' [[IAmSpartacus of us off the plane.]]"
646* A joke with many variations: A man named "Damn You" (or something more vulgar) has a brother named "Trouble", and one day Trouble goes missing. When Damn You goes to a policeman for help, the following exchange takes place.
647-->'''Police:''' What's your name again?\
648'''Damn You:''' Damn You.\
649'''Police:''' I asked for your NAME.\
650'''Damn You:''' And I said, Damn You!\
651'''Police:''' Listen, are you looking for trouble?\
652'''Damn You:''' Yes, that's why I came to you!
653** Another variation has the man have two brothers, Manners and Trash (a more kid-friendly version calls them Shutup, Manners, and Poop). Trash falls down on the side of the road, and while Manners is helping him up Damn You goes for help. After going through the routine and getting asked "Where are your manners?", he replies "Out on the road, picking up Trash!"
654* A Scottish man tells his friend he is getting married, and will wear a kilt at the ceremony. The friend asks "What colour is the Tartan?" and the Scotsman replies "She's in white, same as usual."
655* And of course, the old grade-school standby. Only went as long as a kid's patience.
656-->'''Q:''' Pete and Re-Pete are in a boat. Pete falls off, so who's left?\
657'''A:''' Re-Pete.\
658'''Q:''' Pete and Re-Pete are in a boat. Pete falls off, so who's left?
659* A similar one, more along the lines of SchmuckBait:
660-->'''Q:''' Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me-Now were in a boat. Adam and Eve fell out. Who was left?\
661'''A:''' Pinch-Me-Now. ''[gets pinched]'' OWWW!
662* And of course:
663-->Look under there.\
664Under where?\
665[[HehHehYouSaidX Heh-heh, you said underwear]]!
666* Two chemists walk into a bar. One of them orders a cup of H₂O. When asked for his order, the other says: "H₂O too [[note]][[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_peroxide#Safety H₂O₂]][[/note]], please". They received their orders; the second chemist died shortly after.
667* From online game conversation:
668-->"What does sth mean?"\
669"Something."\
670"Yeah, but what?"
671* The same can happen if someone asks what IDK means. It stands for "I don't know", but if someone's particularly dense they might think you're saying you don't actually know what it means.
672* One created during the 2014 [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup World Cup]]:
673-->"The thing about the Netherlands is they don't have a playmaker like Messi."\
674"[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Sneijder Sneijder]]?"\
675"The thing about the Netherlands -- and their so-called 'total football' -- is they don't have a playmaker like Messi."
676* While the term "dad joke" can mean any joke that's SoUnfunnyItsFunny (because such jokes are the bread and butter of a BumblingDad's awkward attempts at humour), it can also refer more specifically to a brand of groaners that invert this trope:
677-->'''Kid:''' Dad, I'm hungry.\
678'''Dad:''' Hi Hungry, I'm Dad.
679* Two farmers are talking.
680-->'''Farmer 1:''' I just got a flock of cows.\
681'''Farmer 2:''' Herd.\
682'''Farmer 1:''' Heard what?\
683'''Farmer 2:''' Cow herd.\
684'''Farmer 1:''' Why are you calling me a coward?\
685'''Farmer 2:''' I didn't say "coward", I said "cow herd".\
686'''Farmer 1:''' What if a cow heard? They can't understand English.\
687'''Farmer 2:''' No, I meant "herd", like in herd of cows.\
688'''Farmer 1:''' Of course I've heard of cows. I've got a whole flock of 'em!
689* A story of questionable truth tells of a nurse named Pika Bu who very briefly worked in an Intenstive Care Unit (a similar joke uses now-retired American alpine skiing Olympic gold medalist Picabo Street). She didn't last long because she frequently had to answer the phone when it rang:
690-->'''Nurse:''' Pika Bu, ICU.[[note]]Peek-a-boo, I see you[[/note]]
691* An Englishwoman, a Frenchwoman, a Spanish woman, and a German woman are out and about when they come across a street performer surrounded by a big crowd that blocks their view. The performer stands up on a box and asks if he's more visible that way: "Yes." "Oui." "Si." "Ja." (Yes, we see ya.)
692* This joke:
693-->'''Father''': "I hear you got detention for saying the F-word."
694-->'''Son''': "That's right."
695-->'''Father''': "It wasn't fun, was it?"
696-->'''Son''': "No; it was 'fuck'."
697* A KnockKnockJoke about ''Series/DoctorWho'' (even though [[IAmNotShazam "Who" isn't actually the Doctor's name]])
698-->'''Alice''': "Knock, knock!"
699-->'''Bob''': "Who's there?"
700-->'''Alice''': "Doctor."
701-->'''Bob''': "Doctor who?"
702-->'''Alice''': "How did you know my name?"
703* A man names his dog Sex. This causes him lots of trouble, for instance when he gets a divorce and wants custody of the dog, he says, "[[DirtyKid I've had Sex since I was nine years old]]", when he tries to enter him in a dog show, he says, "I want to have Sex on TV", he gets put in jail when told he was "looking for Sex" at the dog pound, and has trouble ordering a special room for the dog at a hotel.
704* A Chinese-American man rushed into a phone booth in San Francisco's Chinatown and calls for the operator. Coincidentally enough, the operator is ''also'' a Chinese-American.
705--> '''Caller''': Hello? I'd like to speak to Annie Wan, now!
706--> '''Operator''': Well, you can speak to me.
707 --> '''Caller''': Why would I like to speak to you? Get me Annie Wan, hurry!
708--> '''Operator''': But you said you'd like to speak to anyone?
709 --> '''Caller''': I don't have time for this. I need to speak to my sister, Annie Wan. I am Sum Wan, and I'd like to inform Annie Wan that our brother, Noh Wan, was involved in a car accident. Right now, our dad, Avery Wan, is on his way to visit..
710--> '''Operator''': Is this some kind of joke?
711 --> '''Caller''': ...No, I'm serious! Just get me Annie Wan, now, Noh Wan is seriously injured, this is an emergency!
712--> '''Operator''': If no one's seriously injured, then there really shouldn't be anything wrong.
713 --> '''Caller''': What the f... alright that's it, I'm reporting you, what's your name?
714--> '''Operator''': I'm Soh Lee.
715 --> '''Caller''': Well screw your apology! I don't care, give me your name, right now!
716--> '''Operator''': I already told you, I'm Soh Lee... [... and the whole joke just drags, [[OverlyLongGag on and on and on]]…]
717* Somebody's parents have four children, three of them being named North, East and West. What's the fourth child's name? [[spoiler:Their name is Somebody]].
718* A young woman who favors short skirts and underwear that doesn't cover much is hired as a clerk in a store with very high shelves that require climbing a ladder to reach. One of the items stored on those higher shelves is raisin bread and a male customer buying it discovers the situation's PantyShot potential. Several of the customers still standing in line decide they want raisin bread in addition to what they actually came to buy. The clerk quickly goes from noticing that raisin bread is quite popular to getting frustrated that she keeps needing to grab the same item she just recently climbed up the ladder for. She reaches a point where she takes the frustration out on her next customer in the line as soon as he asks for bread:
719--> '''Clerk''': Let me guess, yours is raisin also.\
720'''Customer''': Not yet, but it's definitely getting started.
721[[/folder]]
722
723[[folder:Magazines]]
724* A 1990s issue of ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' [[http://forum.minitokyo.net/t30153 parodied]] the original "Who's On First?" routine with a bit where Abbott and Costello organize the Creator/{{MTV}} music library. Naturally, when they tell each other where to put the music, the names of these new bands and songs lead to misunderstandings.
725--> '''Costello:''' I have a video here by Music/EnVogue. Can you tell me its title?\
726'''Abbott:''' "Never Gonna Get It."\
727'''Costello:''' Why am I never gonna get it? Give me one reason.\
728'''Abbott:''' That's Music/TracyChapman, we're not talking about her!\
729'''Costello:''' I'm not talking about Tracey Chapman either. You oughta know.\
730'''Abbot & Costello:''' Music/AlanisMorissette!\
731'''Costello:''' Since we're naming so many female singers, can you tell me the title of this Music/SherylCrow video?\
732'''Abbott:''' "If It Makes You Happy."\
733'''Costello:''' I would be ECSTATIC! Here's the last one. Which Music/SpiceGirls song is this?\
734'''Abbott:''' "Stop."\
735'''Costello:''' I'm not sure we ever started!
736[[/folder]]
737
738[[folder:Music]]
739* Did you see Music/TheBand?[[note]]also see under Radio and Western Animation examples[[/note]]
740-->"Music/{{Yes}}."\
741"No, Music/TheBand."\
742"Music/TheWho?"\
743"No, Music/TheBand."\
744"What, Music/{{U2}}?"\
745"No, Music/TheyMightBeGiants."\
746"Well, are they?"
747* Music/HankWilliamsIII has a song called "I Don't Know", which can be confusing when you're listening to the song at a friend's house.
748* The Jadakiss song [[https://twitter.com/thelindsayellis/status/731585746176512000 "Why"]].
749* Japanese music and VisualKei are somewhat prone to this joke especially in the crossover to English, as a result of a ''lot'' of musicians being sharing the same names, names like Yo or Yuu or Yue or that are abbreviated to/pronounced the same, and some people's stage names. An unintentionally offensive variant can happen with the ones that are named "Die" or "Dai" - when someone told the bandman's name assumes they are being told to die.
750* A track on Music/JohnZorn, Derek Bailey and George Lewis's album "Yankees" (1983) carries this title.
751* Music/TheKinks and Music/TheCranberries both made an album called ''Something Else''[[note]]"Do you want to listen to The Kinks/Cranberries?" "Let's put ''Something Else'' on..."[[/note]]
752* Music/TheMonkees' "Gonna Buy Me a Dog":
753-->'''Davy Jones:''' I just got back from Africa, y'know. I was playing cards with the natives.\
754'''Micky Dolenz:''' Oh, Zulus?\
755'''Davy:''' No, I usually won.
756* In his infamous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq10bz3PxyY teardown]] of ChristianRock band New Song's "Christmas Shoes", Creator/PattonOswalt quips that the band's name is just an Creator/AbbottAndCostello routine waiting to happen.
757-->"Hey, I was just listening to New Song!"\
758"A new song? Who's it by?"\
759"Exactly."\
760''[rimshot]''
761* Done in the "Good Day, Good Sir" by Music/OutKast on their Speakerboxxx album with Fantastically Well, Spectacular, and Ms. Fine. "Exactly" is also referred to.
762* Then there was that time in the mid-sixties when [[ThePeteBest Pete Best]] came out with an album and some genius thought of calling it ''[[http://www.listal.com/viewimage/920902 Best of The Beatles]]''. Many an aging Beatles fan still bears a grudge.
763* Similarly to the Hank Williams III example, Music/PeterGabriel has a song called "I Don't Remember".
764* Very early in their career, {{Music/Radiohead}} were called On A Friday - part of the reason they changed their name was potential confusion about when their gigs were scheduled: a flyer for a show might end up reading "Tuesday night - On A Friday".
765* There are many jokes about two people listening to Music/{{Rihanna}}'s "Shut Up and Drive" in a car; when the driver asks what the song is called, and the other person answers, the driver invariably takes it the wrong way.
766* The lead singer of alt-rock band A Silent Film has admitted in least one interview that the band name is "a little awkward". [[note]]("Whatcha listening to?" "A Silent Film." "How do you listen to a ''silent film?")''[[/note]]
767* ''Music/{{Songdrops}}'' has "I Got a Pea", in which a boy sings about a pea he got from his grandma, but his classmates laugh at him, because [[GrossoutFakeout they think he's saying he needs to pee]].
768* Not a pronoun issue, but a similar ambiguity: a song from the 1950s, popularized by the Kingston Trio, titled "To Morrow", about a guy trying to book a train to the town of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrow,_Ohio Morrow, Ohio]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEilPR1PXko Here's the Muppets' version]] -- even with subtitles, it's brain-breaking.
769-->''You should have gone to Morrow yesterday and back today\
770 For the train that goes to Morrow is a mile upon its way\
771 If you had gone to Morrow yesterday, now don't you see?\
772 You could have gone to Morrow and returned today at three\
773 For the train today to Morrow if the schedule is right\
774 Today it gets to Morrow and returns tomorrow night''
775** Bandleader Buddy Morrow released an album called ''Dancing Tonight to Morrow'' in 1959. There's a possibility one inspired the other.
776** Played with, however, in that while the song is dizzying to follow, the two people within the song, never actually make a mis-step.
777* Music/TroutFishingInAmerica has a song about a boy who named his imaginary friend "nobody":
778-->''I've got a friend that lives with me,\
779My friend's name is Nobody.\
780Nobody plays with me, Nobody loves me.\
781I've got a friend that you can't see,\
782My friend's name is Nobody.\
783Nobody listens, Nobody cares.''
784* As if Music/TheWho weren't bad enough, they decided to write a song called "Who Are You", call the album it was on ''Who Are You'', and call their fifth album ''Music/WhosNext''. It's like they were ''trying''. (We're lucky their proposed compilation album ''Who's for Tennis'' was never released.)
785** Their tribute bands either avert the possibility of this trope (The Wholigans) or create entirely new problems ("Have you heard the new Who tribute band?" "The What?")
786* In Music/{{Leadbelly}}'s "Mo' Yet" he makes a little wooden seat and everytime someone asks how many people can fit on it, he says "Mo' Yet". Turns out "Mo' Yet" is the name of a friend of his.
787[[/folder]]
788
789[[folder:Podcasts]]
790* In ''Podcast/EightiesAllOver'''s October 1983 episode Drew can't understand why Scott won't tell him the title of the next film, only that it's RomanticComedy. Scott bursts into tears ("I'm at the mercy of this horrible film!") as he explains that ''is'' the title of the movie: ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantic_Comedy_(1983_film) Romantic Comedy]]''.
791* One episode of ''Podcast/HelloFromTheMagicTavern'' had as its guests the explorer team of Lewis A. Shark and Lois, a shark (who clarified that sharks pronounce the word ''a'' as AY rather than AH). Arnie mentioned the sketch by name, but nobody else saw anything confusing.
792* In one episode of ''Podcast/PointVsPoint'' (which is meant to be a news show in-universe), Evan reads a story about a conflict between {{UsefulNotes/Iran}} and {{UsefulNotes/Israel}}, which Gareth mistakes for the phrases "is real" and "I ran", leading to a long string of misunderstandings. Evan even references "Who's On First?" by name in the middle of the bit, but Gareth of course doesn't get the reference.
793[[/folder]]
794
795[[folder:Poetry]]
796* Shel Silverstein's poem "[[http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/shel_silverstein/poems/14826 The Meehoo with an Exactlywatt]]".
797[[/folder]]
798
799[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
800* [[Wrestling/{{Meng}} Haku/Meng]]'s real first name is Tonga. He's from the Kingdom of Tonga.
801* For a short time, the [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]] had a masked wrestler named Who (played by Wrestling/JimNeidhart), who existed solely so that the commentators could do this bit during his matches. [[Website/{{WrestleCrap}} It sucked.]]
802** [=WrestleCrap=] made fun of it on their message boards; a RunningGag was following up an instance of the word "who" with (not Neidhart).
803[[/folder]]
804
805[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
806* Crosses with LostInTranslation in ''Big Bird in Japan''. Big Bird thinks everyone is from Ohio, when they're really just saying good morning in Japanese to him (''ohayō'', which sounds like "Ohio").
807* In "Who Is Me?" from ''Series/TheBookOfPooh'', Pooh receives a note that reads "Dear, Pooh. I miss you. Please come to lunch. Signed, Me." Since Pooh can't read, he ends up having Owl read the note. Owl reads it out loud verbatim, causing Pooh to think at first that it's ''Owl'' that invited him to lunch. After Owl finally gets through to Pooh that he didn't write the note, he spends the remainder of the story chasing the note through the pages of the ''Book of Pooh'', trying to find out who did write it and confusing them, particularly Rabbit. In the end, it turns out that Kessie the bluebird wrote the note and she's forced to admit that, yeah, it would have saved Pooh a lot of trouble if she had actually signed her name.
808* ''Series/LazyTown'': When Ziggy asks Stingy what his favorite song is, Stingy says “It’s mine.” But Ziggy wonders if the song was his. But the latter tells him that his favorite song is [[spoiler:The Mine Song]].
809* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'':
810** The classic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH2coWVi9Vg "Good grief, the comedian's a bear" routine]], where Fozzie tells Kermit to say the line when he says "Hear".
811** In the Dudley Moore episode, a Bug Band singing "She Loves You" performs the opening number. Afterwards backstage, Kermit the Frog recommends that the bug band find a name for their group. One of them mentions "The Grateful Dead" as a possibility. Kermit asks, "The who?" Alexander Beetle says, "It's been done already".
812** In one of the ''WebVideo/MuppetViralVideos'', Sam sings "American Woman" by The Guess Who and guesses John Phillips Sousa.
813** Also happens with Floyd and Animal.
814---> ''[Animal puts a nickel in a jukebox]''\
815'''Floyd:''' Hey, now we'll really hear some music.\
816'''Animal:''' Yeah. What music?\
817'''Floyd:''' "Put Another Nickel In".\
818'''Animal:''' ''[puts more money in]'' I put nickel in. What music?\
819'''Floyd:''' "Put Another Nickel In".\
820'''Animal:''' ''[and again]'' I PUT NICKEL IN! WHAT MUSIC?!
821** A Muppets ''Disney Xtreme Digital'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stbs_wBDOAQ video]] advertising the Muppet Whatnot Workshop, had Kermit try to explain what a Whatnot was.[[note]]It's a random background Muppet.[[/note]]
822--->'''Fozzie:''' Explain what?\
823'''Kermit:''' No, no, no. Explain Whatnot.\
824'''Fozzie:''' How could I explain what it's ''not'' when I don't even know what it ''is''?\
825'''Kermit:''' Well, I ''do'' know what it is.\
826'''Fozzie:''' You know what ''what'' is?\
827'''Kermit:''' Whatnot!\
828'''Fozzie:''' What?\
829'''Kermit:''' ...not! Say "Whatnot!"\
830'''Fozzie:''' Why?\
831'''Kermit:''' Why not?\
832'''Fozzie:''' ''Why'' not? What happened to the Whatnots?\
833'''Kermit:''' Well, I don't know.\
834'''Fozzie:''' Third base!
835** In the ''Series/TheJimHensonHour'' special ''[[Recap/TheJimHensonHourE5 Dog City]]'', there are a lot of puns on gangster Bugsy Them and the hero, Ace Yu ("I'm Yu." "You're me?"). At the climax, Ace proposes to Colleen Barker, who's always dreamed of the day...[[http://www.songlyrics.com/jeanette-macdonald-nelson-eddy/indian-love-call-lyrics/ When I'm Colleen Yu....]]
836* ''Series/SesameStreet'':
837** Ernie is singing "HappyBirthdayToYou" not to Bert, but to the letter U.
838** Happens again in a Forgetful Jones skit.
839--->'''Forgetful Jones:''' ''Clementine, please tell me, what's the name of that song?''\
840'''Clementine:''' What's the Name of That Song!\
841'''Forgetful Jones:''' ''That's what I've been asking'' you''!''
842** In one cartoon, a letter U knocks on the door of a letter P:
843--->'''U:''' It's U.\
844'''P:''' You're me?\
845'''U:''' I'm U.\
846'''P:''' Well, this makes no sense. I'm me. You're you.\
847'''U:''' Exactly. I'm U.
848** In one segment, a baby monster asks various monsters what the word "is" is, not understanding when they say the word is "is".
849** One live action segment about the letter W with Larry King has King asking what their favorite W word is. He thinks they are asking questions when W points out that he stands for those words.
850** One skit with Jamie Foxx has a bit of confusion over who's being referred to, because Jamie Foxx is present, but so is a fox, and [[ADogNamedCat a duck named Fox]].
851** In an ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' parody, Abby asks for "a little tea", but gets a "t" instead.
852** Once, Telly asks what "por favor" means, and Rosita replies, "Please". Telly thinks she's asking him to put an extra "please" into the request.
853** In a "Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures" skit, the two [[TimeTravelEpisode are in the Stone Age]], and Ernie calls, "Taxi!". Bert is confused because there were no taxis in the Stone Age, but it turns out that Ernie was calling for a caveman named Taxi.
854* ''Series/TheWubbulousWorldOfDrSeuss'' had Literature/FoxInSocks and Mr Knox do a routine discussing [[Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas Cindy-Lou Who]].
855* ''Series/BetweenTheLions'': An animated skit had a beaver scoutmaster recruiting campers named "Who" (a frog), "What" (a rabbit), "Where" (a duck), and "Why" (a pig). Just as he learns all of their names, a tardy camper named "When" (a mouse) shows up which leads to this reaction:
856-->'''Counselor:''' Now, when--\
857'''When:''' Here!\
858'''Counselor:''' What?!\
859'''What:''' No, I'm What!
860[[/folder]]
861
862[[folder:Radio]]
863* As mentioned above, Creator/AbbottAndCostello were masters of this style. Their TropeNamer routine manages to go on for ''fifteen'' minutes doing constant variations, without really repeating itself.
864** The right fielder is usually not named, but in one radio broadcast of ''The Abbott and Costello Show'' (May 11, 1942), the sketch was the climax of a storyline in which New York Yankees outfielder Joe [=DiMaggio=] asked Costello to substitute for him on the Yankees during recovery from a foot operation. Cue a HurricaneOfPuns about baseball players, including Enos Slaughter (see above), Bob Feller ("wait, there's nine guys on Cleveland but only one Feller?"), and others, culminating in the routine, in which Costello himself was the right fielder, and his teammates were Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know on third...
865** A minor variation was when Costello was being taught how to milk a cow by Abbott, who told him in a thick Brooklyn accent - "You gotta go to the source!" "The sauce?" "Yes, the source!" "If I wanted sauce, I'd go pick apples! I want milk!"
866* ''[[Theatre/TheCompleteWorksOfWilliamShakespeareAbridged The Reduced Shakespeare Radio Show]]'' did the Seventies bands version, with Music/{{Yes}}, Music/TheBand, Music/TheWho and ''Guess'' Who. Not to mention seeing Music/{{Boston}} in Chicago. Eventually they concluded that "the greatest band of the Seventies was Abbott and Costello".
867** True to their nature, this eventually got (more than usually) ridiculous.
868-->"...And The Band backed Dylan."\
869"The Band backed a Welsh poet from the early twentieth century?"
870* And there once was a "sequel" to the famous skit, wherein first baseman Who had retired and opened a bar: Who's Bar, of course.
871** {{Defictionalized}} when the bar "Who's On First" opened in New York City -- on First Avenue, of course.
872* ''Radio/TheGoonShow'' has many of these:
873-->"What are you doing in that piano?"\
874"I'm hidin'."\
875"Don't be stupid. Haydn's been dead for years."
876* In the New Year's Eve 2008 special of CBC Radio's ''Radio/TheIrrelevantShow'', some group did a comedy sketch about a fictional comedy duo who invented this trope and are bitter for not being credited as such, although their version went like this.
877-->'''Funnyman:''' Yes?\
878'''Straight Man:''' No.\
879'''Funnyman:''' No?\
880'''Straight Man:''' Yes!\
881'''Funnyman:''' ...yes?\
882'''Straight Man:''' NO!!\
883'''Funnyman:''' ...no?\
884'''Straight Man:''' YES!!
885* Audio-comedy troupe The Credibility Gap recorded a variation in which Harry Shearer played a concert promoter and David Lander played an editor trying to write an ad for the ''Los Angeles Times'' for a rock festival featuring Music/TheWho, Music/TheGuessWho, and Music/{{Yes}}.
886** The promoter, Dallinger, just wants the ad to list the three bands' names. However, he runs into problems immediately when he tries to communicate this to the editor, Higgenlooper.
887--->'''Higgenlooper:''' Okay, who's on first?\
888'''Dallinger:''' ... Mr. Higgenlooper, if my secretary's already given you the information, you know, there's no sense for me to be here. I could be out booking Sly in Spokane, so if you've got it...\
889'''Higgenlooper:''' No no, wait a minute, wait a minute, all I said was "who's on first?"\
890'''Dallinger:''' That's right.\
891'''Higgenlooper:''' Ah, That's Right. Oh, I like that name. That's Right. It's so affirmative, it's so - so sure of itself...\
892'''Dallinger:''' Don't write "That's Right." That's wrong.\
893'''Higgenlooper:''' That's Wrong? Huh, it's been more negative, I suppose with what with these times and all, That's Wrong. ''[mumbles]''\
894'''Dallinger:''' Mr Higgenlooper, it's not "That's Right". It's not "That's Wrong".\
895'''Higgenlooper:''' Well, then... who's on first?\
896'''Dallinger:''' Who's on first.\
897'''Higgenlooper:''' Who is on first?\
898'''Dallinger:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Who. Is. On. First]].\
899'''Higgenlooper:''' Who?\
900'''Dallinger:''' Who.\
901'''Higgenlooper:''' Who.\
902'''Dallinger:''' Who!\
903'''Higgenlooper:''' Who?!\
904'''Dallinger:''' Who!\
905'''Higgenlooper:''' Who's on first?!\
906'''Dallinger:''' That's right!\
907'''Higgenlooper:''' That's Right! I got it down here!\
908'''Dallinger:''' Look, Mr. Higgenlooper! You get on the Pomona freeway, you drive your car out onto Ontario Motor Speedway, you get out, you give the man a ticket, you sit down in your seat, the guy on stage comes out and says, "Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to present, Who!"\
909'''Higgenlooper:''' Who?\
910'''Dallinger:''' That's right!\
911'''Higgenlooper:''' That's Right! Alright, it's a fine group as far as I'm concerned.\
912'''Dallinger:''' ''[sighs]''\
913'''Higgenlooper:''' Wait, you're upset.\
914''[overlaying arguments]''\
915'''Higgenlooper:''' We're having communication problems. There's nothing-- there's nothing--\
916''[more overlaying arguements]''
917** So they try moving on to the second act. Higgenlooper tries to choose his words more carefully, but to no avail:
918--->'''Higgenlooper:''' Let's just move over... we'll start with the second act.\
919'''Dallinger:''' Fine. Fine.\
920'''Higgenlooper:''' Okay, who's on second?\
921'''Dallinger:''' ''[enraged]'' Who's on first! We wouldn't have them on second!!\
922'''Higgenlooper:''' ''[overlapping]'' Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, no no no, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, um... Ah. What's the name of the second act?\
923'''Dallinger:''' Guess Who.\
924'''Higgenlooper:''' ''[long-suffering]'' Jeez, I'm not familiar with your genre, here...\
925'''Dallinger:''' I don't have any genre, it's just three rock and roll acts. Guess Who!\
926'''Higgenlooper:''' Uh... um... give me a ch- um... uh... the Dingaling Sisters!\
927'''Dallinger:''' They're not even sisters, Mr. Higgenlooper! Guess Who!\
928'''Higgenlooper:''' Um, Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods!\
929'''Dallinger:''' Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods?! I am not running no Goddamn Busch Gardens, pal, let's get that straight. This is Conquest Concerts...nothing but class! Guess Who!\
930'''Higgenlooper:''' Well, I... well, I... I can't guess who!\
931'''Dallinger:''' ''[frustrated]'' You don't have to guess who!\
932'''Higgenlooper:''' So I won't guess who!\
933'''Dallinger:''' So don't guess who!\
934'''Higgenlooper:''' All right!\
935'''Dallinger:''' All right!\
936'''Higgenlooper:''' All right!\
937'''Dallinger:''' I will tell you something frankly sir....I didn't have this much trouble with the free press.\
938'''Higgenlooper:''' Oh, you didn't, huh? Well, I'll tell ''you'' something frankly, sir. I didn't have this much trouble with the Music Center and they put on ''Rigoletto'' one year.\
939'''Dallinger:''' That's ''four'' acts.\
940'''Higgenlooper:''' Not the year ''they'' did it.
941** They try moving on to the third act, to similar (lack of) results:
942--->'''Higgenlooper:''' All right, now let's move onto the third act. Who... er, wha... no, nnnn---Ah! ''[carefully]'' Will you please tell me the name of the third act?\
943'''Dallinger:''' Yes.\
944'''Higgenlooper:''' Fine.\
945'''Dallinger:''' Thank you.\
946'''Higgenlooper:''' You're welcome.\
947'''Dallinger:''' ''[leaving]'' Okay. Let me see a proof of the ad on Wednesday and...\
948'''Higgenlooper:''' ''[outraged]'' Wait a minute! Where are you going? Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Wait a minute! I asked you to tell me the name of the third act!\
949'''Dallinger:''' ''[gibbers with fury]'' I ''told'' you the name of the third act! You want me to tell you again?!\
950'''Higgenlooper:''' Yes!\
951'''Dallinger:''' That's right!\
952'''Higgenlooper:''' That's Right's on first!\
953'''Dallinger:''' Who's on first, Guess Who's on second, and the third act--\
954'''Higgenlooper:''' Yes????\
955'''Both:''' '''''THAT'S RIGHT!!!''''' ''[Higgenlooper deteriorates into [[{{Angrish}} grumbling mumbo jumbo]]]''\
956'''Dallinger:''' What's your problem?\
957'''Higgenlooper:''' I've been writin' for eleven minutes, I got nothing on the paper, that's my problem! Why don't ''you'' take the paper, ''you'' take the pen, and ''you'' write it down!\
958'''Dallinger:''' Are you crazy!? [[SelfDeprecation If I could write, I wouldn't have had to steal this bit!]]
959* ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue'':
960** In one episode the panel played ''The Quiz of Quizzes'', a parody of all sorts of quizzes and gameshows. A who's-on-first joke was used as a one-off gag.
961--->'''Humph:''' Jeremy, who was Formula 1 Champion in 1975?\
962'''Jeremy:''' Uhh...Lauda!\
963'''Humph:''' ''[yelling]'' ''Jeremy, who was Formula 1 Champion in 1975?!''
964** A RunningGag in "Word for Word" for a while was that when it was Graeme's turn to start he would say something like "Me?" or "Now?" and, when told to continue, explain "That was my word."
965* ''Radio/TheMenFromTheMinistry'' episode "The Great Trouser Troubles" has a lot of fun with this with the China's ambassador Hu Flang.
966[[/folder]]
967
968[[folder:Roleplay]]
969* In the ''Roleplay/LeagueOfIntergalacticCosmicChampions'', were three lookalike ensigns named Who, What & Idontknow...it was later revealed that Who was dating ensign First.
970[[/folder]]
971
972[[folder:Theatre]]
973* ''Theatre/{{Cyclops}}'' is based on [[Literature/TheOdyssey Odysseus and the Cyclops]], and therefore the joke of Odysseus calling himself "Nobody" plays out.
974* ''En la calle Conesa'', an Argentine one-act play. The realtor offers a house with two storeys to a customer. ("plantas") The customer states that the house feels dead because it only had two plants, one tall and one short. (also "plantas") Fast forward to another house advertised as "not noisy" (nada de ruido) but the client complains that it was demolished (derruido) In another house offered by the realtor:
975-->'''Realtor:''' I have something interesting.\
976'''Client:''' Which street is it on?\
977'''Realtor:''' Callao.\
978'''Client:''' What did you say?\
979'''Realtor:''' Callao.\
980'''Client:''' What?\
981'''Realtor:''' Callao, sir, Callao!\
982'''Client:''' In no way will I shut up! (¡En ninguna manera, no me callo nada!) ...
983* ''Theatre/TheForeigner'': at one point Betty Meeks offers to make breakfast, just as Ellard is explaining the concept of 'a zillion' to Charlie Baker.
984-->'''Meeks:''' Hominy grits?\
985'''Charlie Baker:''' A zillion!
986* ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance'' has this exchange (which only works delivered in the right accent):
987-->'''Major General:''' I ask you, have you ever known what it is to be an orphan?\
988'''Pirate King:''' Often!\
989'''Major General:''' Yes, orphan. Have you ever known what it is to be one?\
990'''Pirate King:''' I say, often.\
991'''Pirates:''' Often, often, often.\
992'''Major General:''' I don't think we quite understand one another. I ask you, have you ever known what it is to be an orphan, and you say "orphan". As I understand you, you are merely repeating the word "orphan" to show that you understand me.\
993'''Pirate King:''' I didn't repeat the word often.\
994'''Major General:''' Pardon me, you did indeed.\
995'''Pirate King:''' I only repeated it once.\
996'''Major General:''' True, but you repeated it.\
997'''Pirate King:''' But not often.\
998'''Major General:''' Stop! I think I see where we are getting confused. When you said "orphan", did you mean "orphan", a person who has lost his parents, or "often", frequently?\
999'''Pirate King:''' Ah! I beg pardon, I see what you mean. Frequently.\
1000'''Major General:''' Ah! You said "often", frequently.\
1001'''Pirate King:''' No, only once.\
1002'''Major General:''' Exactly! You said "often", frequently, only once.\
1003''[cue musical number, as the Major General explains which one he meant]''
1004[[/folder]]
1005
1006[[folder:Video Games]]
1007* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooieGruntysRevenge'' has this conversation:
1008-->'''Bozzeye:''' You must be Banjo. A letter about you appeared in a flash, like you just did. Came from some Mimba Jimba fella.\
1009'''Banjo:''' Mumbo Jumbo!\
1010'''Bozzeye:''' No, it's true, I tell you!
1011* In ''VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective'', [=McQueen=] finds an abandoned Magic8Ball. Dooley asks what it says. "'Ask again later.'" "Aww, but I wanna know now!"
1012* In a CD-Rom game based on ''The Escape of Marvin the Ape'', two cops make this joke at a baseball game.
1013-->'''Cop 1:''' Who's on first.\
1014'''Cop 2:''' What?\
1015'''Cop 1:''' No, he's on second.\
1016'''Cop 2:''' I give up. Let's call it a day.
1017* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' features a character named "Nah". Naturally, this happens when she's introduced:
1018-->'''Nowi:''' Whoa, you have the same ring as me! What a crazy coincidence!\
1019'''Nah:''' It's not a coincidence. This is your ring. It's a memento of my mother. [[spoiler:From...the future. It keeps me safe, now that... Now that you're gone.]]\
1020'''Nowi:''' Nah...\
1021'''Nah:''' No, I'm serious. It does.\
1022'''Nowi:''' Huh? Oh, hee hee! You did it to yourself that time!
1023* In ''Foo Foo'', which is based on the children's song "Little Rabbit Foo Foo", the main character is literally named Good Fairy. This results in confusion about remarks such as "Good, you're here".
1024* There's a game developer named Creator/FromSoftware, pronounced with a long O. Many, many game reviews are forced to feature the phrase "from From Software". (It's probably unintentional, as the company is Japanese and originally named "Kabushikigaisha Furomu Sofutowea".)
1025* ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}''. The "What's the Password" EasterEgg on Legendary, featuring the ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' cast:
1026-->'''Marine:''' Hey! Open up!\
1027'''Voice:''' What's the password?\
1028'''Marine:''' Password? Oh, man, I forgot.\
1029'''Voice:''' Forgot...what?\
1030'''Marine:''' I forgot the password.\
1031'''Voice:''' See, that was almost right. Uh, see, the password begins with "I forgot", but ends differently. Um, try again.\
1032'''Marine:''' No. I mean, I forgot the password.\
1033'''Voice:''' No, okay, see, you-- you got it wrong again. See, you said the same thing as last time.\
1034'''Marine:''' I'm being serious: I don't know the password!\
1035'''Voice:''' No, no, no, see, you changed the first part. See, that-- that part was the right part. See, now, you've got the whole thing wrong!\
1036'''Marine:''' No! I forgot what the password is and I just need you to open the door!\
1037'''Voice:''' All right, c'mon, man, now, you're just guessing!
1038* The slightly obscure adventure game ''VideoGame/InheritTheEarth'' has your fox hero evade a checkpoint by having his companions [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxJN7EzWBC8 introduce themselves as Hooryu and Yassir Iam]]. They keep the routine going for as long as you need to explore the next area.
1039* ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist'': The SecretPetPlot involving Cal starts with both he and Sol being in the barn in which he's keeping the pet when it hatches. Cal always names the pet "Socks." If it's at least Sol's [[PastLifeMemories second time living through the event]], they can respond to finding Cal looking at an unseen item he's keeping inside a crate by asking if it's Socks. Since Socks isn't hatched quite yet at that point and it's always the first time from Cal's point of view, a bemused Cal asks why he would be keeping his socks in a barn.
1040* ''VideoGame/KeepTalkingAndNobodyExplodes'' invokes this with its "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Who's on First]]" module. The defuser has to read the word on a display to the expert, then read the word on one of the buttons, and then the expert will read a list of words back so the defuser knows which button to press. ''Every single one'' of the words the game chooses from can be mistaken for something else. [[http://www.bombmanual.com/manual/1/pdf/Bomb-Defusal-Manual_1.pdf Just look at it — pages 9 and 10]]. Yes, the display can both ''be'' blank and ''say'' "BLANK", so you'd better be very clear as to which one you're talking about.
1041** One popular mod "Crazy Talk" goes further, into outright trolling. The following are all valid things that can appear on the Crazy Talk's module screen: a left arrow, "Left Arrow", "An Actual Left Arrow", "An Actual Left Arrow Literal Phrase", "After I Say Beep Find This Phrase Word For Word Beep An Actual Left Arrow", "Left", "The Word Left", "The Phrase The Word Left", "Left Arrow Symbol", a phrase which is "Left Arrow Symbol" spelt out in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, and a phrase which is "Left Arrow Symbol" spelt out in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet except that "Whiskey" is replaced with "Risky". Also valid are "The Punctuation Fullstop", "Three Words The Punctuation Fullstop", "Five Words Three Words The Punctuation Fullstop", and "Seven Words Five Words Three Words The Punctuation Fullstop".
1042* In ''VideoGame/LegendOfMana'', you meet a band of pirate penguins who ask you "What be the password?". And the password is? "[[ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish What]]", of course! If you use that as your guess, the penguins are ready to accept you as one of their own until the captain points out that you're rather obviously not a penguin.
1043* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', there is confusion over how to refer to the geth that Shepard brings onto the ''Normandy'', before EDI offers a solution.
1044-->'''Shepard:''' Then what should we call you?\
1045'''Geth:''' Geth.\
1046'''Shepard:''' I mean you, specifically.\
1047'''Geth:''' [[HiveMind We are all geth]].\
1048'''Shepard:''' What is the individual in front of me called?\
1049'''Geth:''' There is no individual. We are geth. There are currently 1,183 programs active within this platform.\
1050'''EDI:''' "My name is Legion, for we are many."\
1051'''Geth:''' Christian Bible, the Gospel of Mark, chapter 5, verse 9. We acknowledge this as an appropriate metaphor. We are "Legion", a terminal of the geth. We will integrate into ''Normandy''.
1052* In the second ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'' game, he's told that he can't access the office side of the World Wide Weather company without making an appointment. Once you find the number, this conversation happens:
1053-->'''Receptionist:''' World Wide Weather, how may I help you?\
1054'''Sam:''' I'd like to make an appointment to see someone.\
1055'''Receptionist:''' Certainly! Let me check his calendar... yes, Mr. Someone is available immediately.
1056:: And when you meet him, he reveals that, indeed, his name is "George Someone".
1057* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' has Wobbuffet, whose original Japanese name is "Sonans", which sounds like ''sou nansu'' (A casual way to say "That's how it is!"). Its pre-evolution ramps it up, since not only does the Japanese name "Sonano" fit (''sou na no?'', "is that it?"), but its English name Wynaut is also punny ("why not?"). More explored in the anime, but still.
1058** ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' brings us Audino ("I Dunno"). Its Japanese name is Tabunne (''tabun ne'', "maybe"), its German name "Ohrdoch" sounds like "Oh, doch!" ("Oh, yes!"), and its French name "Nanméouïe" sounds like "Non mais oui" ("No but yes").
1059** ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' introduces Indeedee (as in "Yes, indeedy!"), whose design is a throwback to Audino's. Its French name is Wimessir (as in ''"Oui, monsieur!"'', or "Yes, mister!"), its German name is Servol (as in ''"Sehr wohl"'', or "Yes, quite!"), and its Korean name is Yesseoreu, the closest match in the language for "Yes, sir." It's the Japanese name that's an aversion, as it's simply Yessan, a {{Portmanteau}} of "Yes, sir" and the -san honorific.
1060** ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'': One of the three Heroes of Kitakami in the ''Teal Mask'' DLC is Okidogi, a hulking dog Pokémon whose name sounds like the phrase "Okey dokey".
1061* There's a scene in ''VideoGame/TheQuarry'' where summer camp counselors Ryan and Dylan head to their campground's radio shack to call for help after some of their friends run into what seem to be vicious unidentified creatures in the woods and the phone in the main office dies. Once Dylan gets on the radio, he puts out a clumsy, rambling message about a "swarm of bears" attacking the group. Once he finishes, he finds the aloof and serious Ryan staring flatly at him, leading to the following exchange.
1062-->'''Ryan:''' "Swarm of bears"?\
1063'''Dylan:''' Yeah?\
1064'''Ryan:''' ''"Herd"'' of bears.\
1065'''Dylan:''' Yeah, I've heard of bears...\
1066'''Ryan:''' ''[Muttered.]'' Oh, god.
1067* The comic included with the first ''VideoGame/{{Turok}}'' ended with Joshua Fireseed stumping BigBad The Campaigner with the classic baseball version. This didn't exactly set him up as a threatening villain.
1068* In ''VideoGame/ThreeInThree'', "Dove Owls" combines this trope with InadvertentEntranceCue:
1069-->'''A:''' And, as you know, only the A can form a one letter word!\
1070''[enter I]''\
1071'''I:''' Hey, what about I?\
1072'''A:''' What about you?\
1073''[enter U]''\
1074'''U:''' Someone call me?\
1075'''A:''' Oh be quiet!\
1076''[enter O]''\
1077'''O:''' I didn't say anything.\
1078'''A:''' Why did you answer then?\
1079''[enter Y]''\
1080'''Y:''' I didn't answer then.\
1081'''A:''' Fine. Now who's still missing?\
1082'''3:''' That's easy!\
1083''[enter E and Z together]''
1084* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' played this trope hilariously straight with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ekLO8BwxwE this machinima]].
1085-->"So Who's the Tank?"\
1086"'''I don't know!'''"\
1087"He's the Priest, we're not talking about him."
1088** For the game itself, it's the WTF file format.
1089-->'''GM:''' You should delete your WTF folder.\
1090'''Player:''' WTF?\
1091'''GM:''' Yes, this one.
1092[[/folder]]
1093
1094[[folder:Visual Novels]]
1095* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': "Mr. Wrong, was it?" "Wright." The original Japanese version often played with that version of the character's name (Naruhodo, which sounds very similar to a word meaning "I understand now") in a similar way.
1096* ''VisualNovel/Ever17'' gives us [[SesquipedalianSmith Yuubiseiharukana Tanaka]]. She rather understandably goes by You. (Perhaps a better romanization would have been "Yuu", but [[RuleOfFunny that wouldn't have been as funny]]). Naturally she introduces herself with "I am You", which gains further significance when [[spoiler:said to her clone.]]
1097* A brief gag in ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' has Hisao say "It's me" to [[ConspiracyTheorist Kenji]], who is legally blind. Mentioning that he doesn't know anybody named "me", Kenji immediately jumps to the conclusion that he's being confronted by a psychic spy. [[InsaneTrollLogic Uh...]]
1098* One of the cafeteria events in ''VisualNovel/MonsterProm'' involves [[DumbJock Scott]] sitting with Vera and asking her what the drink she brought in to have with lunch is. She informs him that it's scotch... which he mishears first as his name and then as "Scott's", prompting him to try to ply it off her and asking her if it's "an energy drink for Scotts".
1099[[/folder]]
1100
1101[[folder:Web Animation]]
1102* The point of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2jhTthCZuI "WHO KILLED NOOB69?"]], an ''VideoGame/AmongUs'' parody animation by WebAnimation/{{Mashed}}.
1103* [[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated]] in ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle''. During the breakdown for [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Sol Badguy]], Boomstick gets completely confused when Wiz talks about Sol's enemy, That Man. Even Wiz saying things like, "When this person was born into the world, his parents looked at this child, and decided they would name him, 'That Man.'" doesn't help.
1104--> '''Wiz:''' ''His name is T-H-A-T, SPACE, M-A-N.''\
1105'''Boomstick:''' Well, ''F-U-C-K, SPACE, Y-O-U!''
1106* When people ask about Molly’s power in ''WebAnimation/EpithetErased'', she usually replies that it’s “Dumb.” [[SemanticSuperpower Note the capital]]. Most people mistake this for self-deprecation -- which considering [[ExtremeDoormat her personality]], wouldn't be out of character -- until she actually demonstrates the ability (be it [[StupidityInducingAttack temporarily making someone stupid]] or [[AntiMagic nullifying the effects of an attack]]).
1107* In Episode 18 of ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'', when Overland Park's [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Trisha]] [[BirdsOfAFeather and]] [[TheDitz Atchison's Trisha]] first met:
1108-->'''Trisha:''' Hmm... Hey, what's your name?\
1109'''Trisha 2:''' Trisha.\
1110'''Trisha:''' What?\
1111'''Trisha 2:''' Trisha.\
1112'''Trisha:''' Yes?\
1113'''Trisha 2:''' What's your name?\
1114'''Trisha:''' Uh, Trisha?\
1115'''Trisha 2:''' What?\
1116'''Trisha:''' Um, it's Trisha, with a T?\
1117'''Trisha 2:''' Yeah.\
1118'''Trisha:''' Uh--\
1119'''Trisha 2:''' That's how you spell it.\
1120'''Trisha:''' Yeah, Trisha?\
1121'''Trisha 2:''' Trisha.\
1122'''Trisha:''' Yeah, what's your name?\
1123'''Trisha 2:''' Nice to meet you, what's your name?\
1124'''Trisha:''' Um, Trisha.\
1125'''Trisha 2:''' Yes, what do you want out of me?\
1126'''Trisha:''' Yeah, Trisha.\
1127'''Trisha 2:''' Have you never heard this name before?\
1128'''Trisha:''' Um, I'm sorry, I pronounce it Trisha, what about you?\
1129'''Trisha 2:''' I pronounce it Trisha, that's what my mom says.\
1130'''Trisha:''' Okay.\
1131'''Mackenzie, Brittnay, Taylor, and Tanya:''' '''''Trisha!'''''\
1132'''Trisha and Trisha 2:''' What? ...''Oooooh.''\
1133'''Trisha:''' Wait, do you spell it with a T?\
1134'''Trisha 2:''' Which part?\
1135'''Trisha:''' The beginning.\
1136'''Trisha 2:''' Every time.\
1137'''Trisha:''' Me too. ''[Trisha and Trisha 2 laugh]''
1138* In [[Creator/NigaHiga NigaHiga's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vycUIW_tsA parody of]] ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', an extended pronoun gag is invoked with Him. He even manages to reference the original Abbott and Costello routine.
1139* This ''WebAnimation/SanityNotIncluded'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY9H4nZHzcg&t=4m43s Sketch]], playing with how "horror" and "whore" sound about the same.
1140* ''WebAnimation/{{Smashtasm}}'':
1141-->'''[=Super64=]:''' How's it hanging?\
1142'''1337Fox:''' How's what hanging?\
1143'''[=Super64=]:''' It's an expression.\
1144'''1337Fox:''' What does it express?\
1145'''[=Super64=]:''' What's up?\
1146'''1337Fox:''' Up is a direction.
1147* ''WebAnimation/SpaceTree'' has a character called Meelord Marone or Mee for short. This leads to me/Mee confusion, in [[http://www.spacetree.com/spacetree47.html this episode]] in particular.
1148-->"If anyone respects the sanctity of marriage it's me!"\
1149"Mee?"\
1150"No, me."
1151* Ross O'Donnovan (From among other things, ''WebVideo/SteamTrain''), envisions the art tool "Animate" that replaced Shockwave Flash to have [[https://twitter.com/RubberNinja/status/671629135383408640?s=03 this issue]].
1152* Happens on "WebAnimation/SuperShowdownBowl" between two doctors...
1153-->'''Doctor Strange:''' Who are you?\
1154'''The Doctor:''' I'm Who. Who are you?\
1155'''Doctor Strange:''' I'm Strange. Who's asking?\
1156'''The Doctor:''' Yes I am. And what's your name?
1157* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'': In episode 16 of Recreation (Season 7), Church accidently turns off his short term memory while attempting to turn on his long term memory, leading to this exchange with Caboose:
1158-->'''Caboose''': Oh. Is that bad?\
1159(''{{Beat}}'')\
1160'''Church''': Huh? Is what bad?\
1161'''Caboose''': Your memory thing getting shut off.\
1162'''Church''': Who shut off my memory?\
1163'''Caboose''': You did.\
1164'''Church''': I did what?\
1165'''Caboose''': Shut off your memory.\
1166'''Church''': Why do you want me to shut off my memory?\
1167'''Caboose''': No, it’s already shut off.\
1168'''Church''': What is?\
1169'''Caboose''': Your memory.\
1170'''Church''': Yeah, what about it?
1171[[/folder]]
1172
1173[[folder:Webcomics]]
1174* Set up in [[http://arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/1762.htm this]] ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace''.
1175* ''Webcomic/{{Bard}}'' does this with the word [[http://barred.smackjeeves.com/comics/753608/how-to-insert-a-reference/ "Dude!"]]
1176* ''[[http://catandgirl.com/?p=147 Cat and Girl]]'' features a discussion on where to visit: Sutton Hoo or Angkor Wat.
1177* In the ''Webcomic/CrossoverWars'' there was confusion because of someone [[http://www.dragoneers.com/crossoverwars/strips/20070819-Morganart.jpg falsely using the name of one of the Evil Overlords]].
1178* ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'': "[[http://explosm.net/comics/5714/ Whoa! Who's over there getting to first base with your girlfriend?]]" You can guess where it goes from there...
1179* ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' has a full {{homage}} to the TropeNamer in the [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1193.html second strip]] of the ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' arc. (The strip has a habit of writing low-level Imperial {{mooks}} in a deliberately silly way.)
1180-->'''Captain Yorr:''' This is shuttle pilot Yorr requesting clearance to land.\
1181'''Peace Moon Technician:''' Uh, we're bigger than you. You're landing on us.\
1182'''Captain Yorr:''' That's what I said.\
1183'''Colonel Jendon:''' Requesting pitch and yaw settings.\
1184'''Captain Yorr:''' Huh?\
1185'''Peace Moon Technician:''' Our settings? You're the one who should be making settings.\
1186'''Captain Yorr:''' I know, what yaw settings?\
1187'''Peace Moon Technician:''' No, your settings! For your arrival.\
1188'''Captain Yorr:''' I'm whose rival?\
1189'''Colonel Jendon:''' Yorr's truly confused.\
1190'''Peace Moon Technician:''' You're confused? That makes three of us.\
1191'''Colonel Jendon:''' This happened at the last two bases I visited with Yorr.
1192* ''Webcomic/DorkTower'': Stell, confused by internet acronyms, [[http://www.dorktower.com/2023/06/05/also-whos-on-first/ asks Gilly]] what IYKYK means, and gets the reply "If You Know, You Know". But she ''doesn't''. [[http://www.dorktower.com/ It continues]], with a final ShoutOut to the TropeNamer.
1193* ''Webcomic/DubiousCompany'''s [[BunnyEarsLawyer Walter]] invokes this often.
1194** He reminded [[TheBigGirl Tiren]] that her "[[TalkLikeAPirate booty]] be mine ta use as I please".
1195** His ship is named Arr and the [[HubWorld island]] is named Nowhere.
1196* [[http://dugout.progressiveboink.com/archive/jon3.htm Modernized]] by ''The Dugout''.
1197* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' has two ElderGods named Ur and Hu. [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/09/02/episode-738-completely-original/ The resulting confusion]] is a subtle ShoutOut to the original Abbott & Costello routine.
1198* Speaking of The Doctor, ''EvilInc'' [[http://evil-inc.com/comic/dr-s-first/ has such confusion regarding Drs. Hu and Hau]].
1199* ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' has a team in a dungeon with a summoned guide. He's summoned any time his name is spoken outside his presence, and he will answer one yes/no question truthfully each of the first three times he's summoned. On the fourth time, he will kill everyone. His name? "Noe". He's accidentally summoned twice, once from the word "no" and once from "know", before [[spoiler:K'Seliss comes up with a plan to kill him, deliberately using up the third summon to set up for it.]]
1200* Done in [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1366.html this]] ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' strip, with direct line from Who's on First skit in the end.
1201* ''Webcomic/LeagueOfSuperRedundantHeroes'': [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=947-who-did-it Strip #947: "Who Did It?"]] Flying Fox Man and his sidekick Dodo are investigating a super-crime, but FFM says the M.O. points to a supervillain they know is locked up.
1202-->'''Dodo:''' It looks like we're dealing with a copycat then.\
1203'''Flying Fox Man:''' No, no. Copycat has a completely different M.O. from the Questionnair.\
1204'''Dodo:''' That is not what I meant...\
1205'''Flying Fox Man:''' Be more specific then.\
1206'''Dodo:''' No, B. Moore Specific is also behind bars.\
1207'''Flying Fox Man:''' [[LampshadeHanging I hate supervillain names.]]
1208* ''Webcomic/{{Matchu}}'' has [[http://matchucomic.com/matchu-webcomics/photobomb-part-3/ this bit]] about a broken printer.
1209* In ''Webcomic/Level30Psychiatry'' [[http://lvl30psy.thecomicseries.com/comics/22/ Trainee Nurse Audino]] accidentally leads Head Nurse Chansey to [[HeadDesk smack her head against the wall]] with this routine. Lampshaded by Gardevoir.
1210--> '''Gardevoir:''' ''What is this, Vaudeville?''
1211* Rich Burlew, creator of ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', seems to like this joke.
1212** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0012.html The first iteration]] hinges on the two definitions of level (the floor of a building vs. [[CharacterLevel the experience]] of a ''D&D'' character). It's worth noting that this exact example is invoked in no less a book than the 1st Edition ''D&D'' ''Player's Handbook''. Then they bring in the levels of spells, and the meaning of "spell" as a noun or verb.
1213** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0226.html "Who's on the Throne?"]] has the strangely-named countries of Somewhere, Nowhere and Anywhere (and the democracy of Someplace Else). The confusion over the King of Somewhere with a hotel employee leads to Roy being [[MistakenForSpecialGuest mistaken for a king]].
1214** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0459.html "Negative Feelings"]], Xykon and Recloak have a little trouble discussing a paladin leader named Soon.
1215--->'''Xykon:''' So, any ideas on how we should fight 'Stache boy, whoever he is?\
1216'''Redcloak:''' Soon.\
1217'''Xykon:''' I'd prefer to know ''now'', thanks.\
1218'''Redcloak:''' No. I mean, that's his ''name''.
1219** A particularly epic example comes when [[HulkSpeak Thog]] speaks of how Nale "nailed" (got put in jail) in his own place his identical twin Elan, whom Thog calls "not-Nale". It fits the trope definition but does things a little differently than usually; while the names sound like other parts of speech, the poor guy listening to this isn't so much confused thinking a name means something else as just clueless as to what any of it means, and for that reason it doesn't go on beyond the first line. It's too bad, since Thog is actually giving really valuable information, cluelessly confessing to everything and revealing Nale's plot.
1220--->'''Thog:''' Not Nale, not-Nale. Thog help Nale nail not-Nale, not Nale. And Thog knot not-Nale while Nale nail not-Nale. Nale, not not-Nale, now nail not-Nale by leaving not-Nale, not Nale, in jail.[[note]]Or how it sounds phonetically without knowing what it means: "Not nail not nail. Thog help nail nail not nail not nail. And Thog not not nail while nail nail not nail. Nail not not nail now nail not nail by leaving not nail not nail in jail."[[/note]]\
1221''[[[BeatPanel beat]]]''\
1222'''Officer:''' Pleading insanity, then?
1223** ''[[Recap/TheOrderOfTheStickStartOfDarkness Start of Darkness]]'' has an exchange between Redcloak and Right-Eye, with Redcloak talking about the werebears his goblins are fighting and Right-Eye wanting to know where the bears are.
1224** A flashback in "[[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1203.html Right Up to the Ledge]]" reveals that Hinjo once tried to teach Elan to play TabletopGame/{{Go}}... and wound up trying to explain the name (and that he wasn't telling Elan to leave) for an hour and a half. Elan seems to have actually understood that the game was called "Go" after a while, but by then, Hinjo thought that Elan was still saying it was named "That", and they got confused again.
1225--->'''Elan''': [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1204.html Then he told me I had to go]], and that took another twenty-five minutes...
1226* ''Webcomic/{{Paranatural}}'' adapted this trope to a middle school setting, [[http://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-5-page-100 with typical flair]]:
1227-->'''Ed:''' It's an EVIL BRAIN, MAN! ''Controlling'' people's ''bodies!'' It was in [[spoiler:Jeff]] and then attacked all of us in gym!\
1228'''Isaac:''' An evil brain man in Jim!? Who's Jim!?\
1229'''Ed:''' Our gym! The only gym there is!\
1230'''Isaac:''' Dude, there are at least six Jims in this school.\
1231'''Ed:''' WHAT? AND THE SCHOOL BOARD ALLOWED IT!?\
1232'''Isaac:''' That's a weird prejudice but OK.
1233* Crops up whenever Kaitlyn Hu (or [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2009/08/19 her family]]) is mentioned in ''WebComic/{{Precocious}}''. Played straight and Lampshaded in the strip [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2009/10/30 "Hu's on first"]].
1234* ''Webcomic/PvP'':
1235** Robbie had some [[http://www.pvponline.com/comic/2010/08/23/a-way-with-wards minor confusion]] with the use of "ward" as both a noun and a name.
1236** Brent experienced some confusion about [[http://www.pvponline.com/comic/2013/03/11/which-craft which witch doctor]] he was asking for.
1237* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' does this with [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=616 Islands]].
1238* ''Webcomic/{{Selkie}}'': A sarnothi CIA agent is named "Then". When Agent Brown tries to mention him in conversation, an already panicking Andi [[https://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie1585/ fails to recognize his name as a name and gets confused.]]
1239-->'''Agent Brown:''' Then knew one day you would need approval to be told details about Sarnoth.\
1240'''Andi:''' Then who knew?\
1241'''Agent Brown:''' Then, my partner.\
1242'''Andi: Oh god, then your partner WHAT?!
1243* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'':
1244** [[http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=011111 This]] strip, with the characters "Dan-Met" ("damn it") and "Killum" ("kill him"). Dan-Met's full name is later revealed to be Gahad Dan-Met.
1245** A brief one in "Stick Figures in Space", where the spaceship's captain has found out that one crew member is actually an android. The real android manages to get through an interrogation of the crew while implicating another crew member even though all the android ever says is "zero" and "one" because he sounds like he's saying the same thing as everyone else. When he says "one", that's when everyone else (except Juan) says that the most likely person to be an android is Juan.
1246* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'':
1247** A whole routine is done in 57 panels [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2349#comic here]], but instead of "who", "what" or anything like that, it uses the Table of Elements. ([[ShoutOut The boys kind of look similar to Abbott and Costello, too.]])
1248--->'''Student 1:'''... You are an ass.\
1249'''Student 2:''' Uranium, Argon, Nitrogen, Arsenic.\
1250''[{{beat}}]''\
1251'''Student 2:''' U, Ar, N, As.
1252** Parodied in [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3051#comic comic 3051]]: The names aren't actually ambiguous, and it turns out [[Creator/AbbottAndCostello Costello]] is only acting like he doesn't get it because [[BlackComedy he has a cerebral hemorrhage]].
1253--->"Say, who's on first?"\
1254"Henderson."\
1255"That's what I'm askin' you!"
1256* ''Webcomic/SexyLosers'' had a guest strip by [[Webcomic/TriangleAndRobert Patrick Shaugnessy]] about the tragic love life of the letters F, A and P. To quote: Y?
1257* Used in ''Webcomic/TalesFromThePit'' [[http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/18130922034/tales-from-the-pit-214 #214]] with the {{Working Title}}s of upcoming ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' expansions.
1258* The routine is used (and quickly derailed) in [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=49 this]] ''Webcomic/VGCats'' strip.
1259* Shows up in [[http://www.weregeek.com/2015/08/06/ this]] ''Webcomic/{{Weregeek}}'' comic, for weird/wyrd. Lampshaded by Abbie.
1260* ''Webcomic/{{XKCD}}'':
1261** The original Trope Namer is ultimately defied by a [[OneDialogueTwoConversations confused]] third party in [[http://xkcd.com/1221/ "Nomenclature",]] but played straight in the AltText.
1262--->'''[[HypocriticalHumor Mrs. Whatsit]]:''' You're both confused. He's just [[Series/DoctorWho 'The Doctor']].
1263** A tech-savvy parent has also [[https://xkcd.com/327/ given their child an unusual name]] as to cause an SQL injection (see below) in databases whose inputs aren't sanitized.
1264[[/folder]]
1265
1266[[folder:Web Original]]
1267* Used in ''Literature/LookToTheWest'' in a {{Homage}} to a Creator/RudyardKipling poem, listing the six men who masterminded the rise of the Feng Dynasty in China:
1268-->''I kept six honest serving-men,\
1269 They taught me all I knew;\
1270 Their names are Watt and Ouais and Waar\
1271 and Hao and Wen and Hu.''
1272* The [[http://wiki.c2.com/?NamesGivenToComputers Names Given to Computers]] page at the Website/PortlandPatternRepository includes a story about a system administrator who named four Windows machines "shit", "fuck", "damn" and "hell". He had to change it after he realized this made the users' complaints really confusing.
1273* A few of these on ''Website/NotAlwaysRight'' and sister site ''Website/NotAlwaysWorking'':
1274** In [[http://notalwaysright.com/try-whoson-first "Try Whoson First"]], the narrator[=/=]customer needed a mechanic who does body work on cars. His[=/=]her usual mechanic doesn't do such work, but suggested a shop called Wrech-a-Mended, which the caller kept mishearing as "recommended".
1275** In [[https://notalwaysright.com/saved-by-the-bell/ "Saved by the Bell"]], a guest needs to talk to "Anita Bellman" but the clerk thinks he's saying "I need a bellman."
1276** [[https://notalwaysright.com/youre-welcome-custer-mer/74759/ "You're welcome, Custer Mer"]]: The submitter works in a doctor's office, and assures a patient that, if they have questions, they can always call the office and "ask for clarification" - the patient thinks she's saying that her name is Clara Fication and he can ask for her personally.
1277* The Website/SCPFoundation has [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-safe-j SCP-SAFE-J]]. It's a series of three safes (a Safe safe, a Euclid safe, and a Keter safe). The Safe safe is always safe, the Euclid safe is safe except when near the Keter safe, and the Keter safe is never safe (though it is a safe). And don't get started on the researchers observing them...
1278* [[http://sfdebris.com/videos/stargate/sg1s6e06.php At the first opportunity to present itself]], Website/SFDebris seized on the ''Series/StargateSG1'' example with "you" and "Lord Yu" and used it several times in a single review. He even did it in a subtitle once:
1279-->'''Chuck:''' Is it divine intervention, or just good luck? You get to decide.\
1280'''Subtitle:''' You, not Yu.
1281* [[https://preview.redd.it/7mry7loz7hn51.jpg?auto=webp&s=8850131b6efb558de278f2a528f5cfc1400d4176 This]] ([[BeamMeUpScotty alleged]]) exchange between ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'' V-tubers Gawr Gura and Takanashi Kiara, referring to Gura's [[https://twitter.com/gawrgura/status/1303528216494092288?lang=en memetic first tweet consisting solely of the letter "a"]]:
1282-->'''Gura:''' ''you can't spell shark without a''\
1283'''Kiara:''' ''without a what''\
1284'''Gura:''' ''without a''\
1285'''Kiara:''' ''without a '''what'''''
1286** Don't worry, Kiara gets her back for it ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN4dDc-EvFY or more accurately Gura gets herself]])
1287--->'''Kiara:''' Fun fact, in Australia[[note]]presumably meant Austria, since that's where she's from[[/note]], we have the grades 1 to 5, and in Germany, they have the grades 1 to 6!\
1288'''Gura:''' ''[{{Beat}}, confused]'' What is the rest of 'em? Where's 3 and 4?\
1289'''Kiara:''' ''[visible confusion]''\
1290'''Gura:''' 1, 2, 5? 1, 2, 6?\
1291'''Kiara:''' [[[MyGodYouAreSerious sudden realization and laughter]]]
1292* ''[[http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/ Rinkworks Computer Stupidities]]'' gives us this exchange:
1293-->'''Tech Support:''' Okay, Bob, let's press the control and escape keys at the same time. That brings up a task list in the middle of the screen. Now type the letter "P" to bring up the Program Manager.\
1294'''Bob:''' I don't have a 'P'.\
1295'''Tech Support:''' On your keyboard, Bob.\
1296'''Bob:''' What do you mean?\
1297'''Tech Support:''' "P" on your keyboard, Bob.\
1298'''Bob:''' I'm not going to do that!
1299* [[https://img.mensxp.com/media/content/2018/Apr/image1-1523705486.jpg This]] {{Website/Tumblr}} post about the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
1300-->'''Peter:''' So really, what's your name?\
1301'''Stephen:''' It's Strange.\
1302'''Peter:''' ...Mr. Stark, he won't tell me his name.\
1303'''Tony:''' It's Strange.\
1304'''Peter:''' Yes, I KNOW it's strange! But he won't tell me!\
1305'''Tony:''' No, Peter, his name is Strange.\
1306'''Peter:''' So? It's not like I'll mock him or anything!\
1307'''Tony:''' Why did I bring you here.\
1308'''Peter:'''\
1309'''Tony:'''\
1310'''Stephen:''' ''(looks into camera like he is on Series/{{The Office|US}})''
1311[[/folder]]
1312
1313[[folder:Web Videos]]
1314* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBv6UNix5xo This video]] has Condoleeza Rice try to give UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush a report about China's new paramount leader, Hu Jintao... but he misunderstands the name as "who". As the conversation goes on, Dubya mixes up "yes sir" and "Yasser" (Arafat), and then "coffee" and "Kofi" (Annan).
1315* Creator/AchievementHunter Let's Plays occasionally feature this joke, since they use the Xbox as their primary video game platform and the buttons on an Xbox controller are ABXY. One member of the group will ask how to perform a function, another answering, "Y," to which the first explains, "'Cause I wanna know!"
1316* James Rolfe (WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd) and Mike Matei do [[http://cinemassacre.com/2011/05/06/whats-the-movie/ What's the Movie?]], a variation with movie titles. [[BrokenRecord "What's the name of the movie with Christopher Lee."]]
1317%%* [[WebVideo/BumReviews The Bum]] pulls this when he's reviewing ''Film/TheNeverendingStory''.
1318* Website/CollegeHumor has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBG9qrEhLVA&t=126s DROPOUT Is A Netflix]]", describing their streaming site as a Creator/{{Netflix}}, saying the term should be considered ubiquitous enough to be a catch-all [[BrandNameTakeover like Kleenex]], and the confusion stemming from the various names.
1319-->'''Brennan:''' ''So tell me!'' {{Creator/Disney}}'s a Netflix, ''plus?!''\
1320'''Sam:''' Disney Plus...\
1321'''Brennan:''' Plus ''what''?!\
1322'''Sam:''' Plus nothing!\
1323'''Brennan:''' So we're done!\
1324'''Sam:''' We're not anywhere near done!\
1325'''Brennan:''' ''Go ahead and tell me''! Disney is a Netflix, PLUS?!\
1326'''Sam:''' Creator/DisneyPlus is a Netflix, ''Disney'' is an Amazon. A soulless company hell-bent on-\
1327'''Sam & Brennan:''' creating a monolopy by undermining small businesses.
1328* ''WebVideo/EmpiresSMP'' Season 2: At the start of the series, when Pirate Joe is first introduced to Gem, he mistakes her presence for her having treasures and jewels due to her name.
1329* In WebVideo/{{Jehtt}}'s video "Who's That Pokémon", Mewtwo is absolutely unable to get the other characters to understand he's not (a) Mew, because they think he keeps saying "I'm Mew too." He also thinks they're mistaking him for other Pokémons when they say jinx ("Jynx") and ditto.
1330* In Creator/JoelHaver's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KHDEUUf354 If 'Friends' had a Behind the Scenes Reality Show]]", a crew member of ''Series/{{Friends}}'' says he's not here to make friends. The other crew members misunderstand him as meaning he's not here to work on the show.
1331* ''WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun'':
1332** These Web-based video comedians created "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbpnY4OxiNk It's Very Simple]]," taking "Who's on First" to its illogical and very confusing conclusion.
1333** This was referenced again at the end of [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/loadingreadyrun/2811 "Cursing Cursing"]] (note, very sweary, possibly NSFW):
1334--->'''Graham:''' Alright, you see that guy?\
1335'''Matt:''' Which guy?\
1336'''Graham:''' The Guy on First Base.\
1337'''Matt:''' Who?\
1338'''Graham:''' ''[annoyed]'' You fuck off!
1339* ''Webvideo/NonePiece'' depicts Monkey D. Luffy's middle initial standing for "Dee", when in canon, his middle initial is left ambiguous. This results in this banter between him and Zoro.
1340-->'''Zoro:''' What does the "D" stand for?\
1341'''Luffy:''' Dee.\
1342'''Zoro:''' Yeah. What's it stand for?\
1343'''Luffy:''' Dee.\
1344'''Zoro:''' Yeah. What does it stand for?\
1345'''Luffy:''' Dee.\
1346'''Zoro:''' Yeah. What does it stand for?\
1347'''Luffy:''' Dee!\
1348'''Zoro:''' ''(angrily)'' Yeah! What does it stand for?!\
1349'''Luffy:''' ''(angrily)'' Dee!\
1350'''Zoro:''' YEAH! WHAT DOES IT STAND FOR!\
1351'''Luffy:''' ''DEE!'' It stands for "Dee"! D-E-E!!
1352* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic employed one of these during his review of [[Film/SuperMarioBros1993 The Super Mario Bros Film]]
1353-->'''NC:''' Whoa, whoa, we're gonna hear Mario's last name? Dude, we've never heard Mario's last name before! This ought to be interesting! Cool, alright, so what's Mario's last name?\
1354'''Mario:''' Mario!\
1355'''NC:''' Yeah, now what's your last name?\
1356'''Mario:''' Mario.\
1357'''NC:''' No, what's your last name?\
1358'''Mario:''' Mario!\
1359'''NC:''' No, OK... What's your first name?\
1360'''Mario:''' Mario.\
1361'''NC:''' Alright, now what's your last name?\
1362'''Mario:''' Mario!\
1363'''NC:''' Fuck you. ''[turns to Luigi]'' What's your first name?\
1364'''Luigi:''' Luigi!\
1365'''NC:''' And what's your last name?\
1366'''Mario:''' Mario!\
1367'''NC:''' Shut up! What's your last name?\
1368'''Luigi:''' Luigi Mario!\
1369'''NC:''' Those are both first names! What's your last name?\
1370'''Mario:''' Mario!\
1371'''NC:''' SHUT IT! What's your full name?\
1372'''Luigi:''' Luigi Mario!\
1373'''NC:''' Those are both first– OK, what's your first name?\
1374'''Luigi:''' Luigi!\
1375'''NC:''' And what's your last name?\
1376'''Mario:''' Mario!\
1377'''NC:''' SHUT THE FUCK–! What's your full name?\
1378'''Luigi:''' Luigi Mario!\
1379'''NC:''' [[LampshadeHanging What is this, an Abbott and Costello routine?]]
1380* ''WebVideo/RatsSMP'': Despite the name, [[ADogNamedCat Krow is a rat]], and this has lead to some brief miscommunication whenever crows, as in the actual birds, are brought up in its presence; this ranges from it being offended when the rats find a quest instruction book titled "Stupid Crows" (in which the rats have to make a scarecrow for the Gardener), to several instances of confusion when Phil and Kara, two actual crows, make a guest appearance in the series on Day 59.
1381-->'''Krow:''' Pay attention to ''the'' Krow. You guys [Phil and Kara] may be crows, but I am always ''the'' Krow.
1382%%* Rocketjump's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLE7zsJk4AI "Worst Wifi Password Ever"]] features a man trying to tell his coworkers what the password is.
1383* Creator/RyanGeorge's "How Insects Got Their Names" involves a guy suggesting the name 'bee' and the boss asking, "Be what?"
1384* ''WebVideo/ScreenRantPitchMeetings'':
1385** In the video for ''Film/It2017'' involves the producer asking the screenwriter what the name of the book that inspired the movie is, and getting confused when he's told that "It" is the title of the book.
1386** The [[RecursiveCanon Screen Rant Pitch Meeting for Screen Rant Pitch Meetings]] has this:
1387--->'''Screenwriter:''' Yeah, and the Screenwriter guy could have a little catchphrase.\
1388'''Producer:''' Oh, is it gonna be hard to come up with a catchphrase?\
1389'''Screenwriter:''' No. It's gonna be "Super easy, barely an inconvenience!"\
1390'''Producer:''' Oh, what's it gonna be?\
1391'''Screenwriter:''' I just told you.
1392%%* ''[[Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal SMBC Theater]]'' does a take on this in its own... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KcGNF0Is4U unique way.]]
1393* "WebVideo/{{Stoogeposting}}" by WebVideo/SolidJJ:
1394** In "A STOOGE AMONG US," the three get into a debate over who's "me," "you," and "him." After Moe bonks Curly and Larry's heads together, Curly figures it out:
1395--->"Ooh, now I get it! I'm me, you's you, and ''he'''s a big jerk!"
1396** In "The Three Stooges break the 4th wall," Moe says "It is what it is," prompting a round of confusing questions from Curly on what exactly "what" and "it" are.
1397** ZigZagged in "Doctor Strange Multiverse of Stooges." A joke about Dr. Strange's name being strange is largely averted, but then there's a whole tangent about Wong's name (thinking that it's "Wrong") and which (Scarlet) Witch is which.
1398** In "Another Three Stooges Thanksgiving," Larry keeps hearing Moe's order to "get stuffing" (put the stuffing in the turkey) and keeps replying that he already got the stuffing and is holding it now.
1399* In Episode 1 of ''WebVideo/WeirdSchoolRulesInHongKong'', one of the rules deemed "weird" is that students of a school must bring their wallets to class or they'll have their names recorded down for further punishment. Cue this skit satirizing the rule, which is funnier and makes much more sense in Cantonese (but is translated into English for ease of reading):
1400-->'''Teacher:''' ''(stopping a random student in his tracks)'' Ay, this student [here], I need to check if you've brought your wallet [to school] or not.\
1401'''Student:''' ''(fumbles around his pockets)'' [I] forgot [it].\
1402'''Teacher:''' You ''forgot?!'' Then [I] need to record down your name, what's your name?\
1403'''Student:''' ''"M̀h gei dāk"''.[[labelnote:Translation]]"[I] forgot"[[/labelnote]]\
1404'''Teacher:''' [You] can't even remember your ''name?!'' Would you believe me if [I said] I'll give you a major demerit [for this]?\
1405'''Student:''' Sir, my [[RealJokeName name]] really ''is'' ''[[FunWithHomophones 'Ngh Gei-dāk]]'' -- the 'Ng' in "Daniel Wu"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Daniel Wu's Chinese name is '''吳'''彥祖, whose name [[AlternateCharacterReading in Cantonese]] is Ng Yin-cho[[/labelnote]], the 'kei' in "memory" ('''記'''憶), the 'tak' in "moral character" (品'''德''').
1406** For context, the student's name, Ng Kei-tak (吳記德), is pronounced virtually the same as "唔記得", lit. "can't remember" or "forgot" in Cantonese. For an English speaker's [[{{Woolseyism}} equivalent]], the student would be named something along the lines of "Ivor Gott", with 'Ivor' being pronounced "EYE-vor".
1407%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIHrem7ncco This video]] seems like it's doing this. And then promptly destroys your expectations.
1408%%* Played straight in this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ekLO8BwxwE very nice modern take.]]
1409%%* Played even straighter in [[http://www.anim5.com/wow/audio/medieval-tales.html#ARATHI this one]], with perfect delivery.
1410%%* When you add a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuDlnjq16aU lie detector]], the misunderstandings (and humor) are easily resolved.
1411%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1TnzCiUSI0 The italian man who went to malta.]]
1412[[/folder]]
1413----
1414->"I said, I don't give a darn!"\
1415"[[spoiler:Oh, that's our shortstop.]]"

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