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May be a form of FakedFoodContaminant.

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May be a form of FakedFoodContaminant.
FakedFoodContaminant. Not to be confused with ''Cinéma Verité'', or 'Fly in the Soup' style filming, which refers to a style of film that uses conversations between the director and a passerby, the antithesis to 'Fly on the Wall' filming.
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* Then there's this version:
-->'''Kid:''' Waiter, there's a fly on my french-fry!
-->'''Waiter:''' Don't worry kid, the spider on your hamburger will eat it in no time!
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* The ''Series/FawltyTowers'' episode "Gourmet Night" features one of the patrons complaining to Polly that there is a hair in his soup. Her attempt to play it off with the "don't speak too loud, everybody will want one" joke just elicits fury from him.
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** A one-pager (Norwegian ''Mad'') had Franchise/SpiderMan sitting in a restaurant, totally subverting the joke: "Waiter! There is ''soup'' on my ''flies''!

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** A one-pager (Norwegian ''Mad'') had Franchise/SpiderMan ComicBook/SpiderMan sitting in a restaurant, totally subverting the joke: "Waiter! There is ''soup'' on my ''flies''!
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* One of the Waiter Grover sketches on ''Series/SesameStreet'' plays with this: Mr. Johnson complains about a fly in his soup, but Grover looks under the soup, next to the soup and on the soup without seeing a fly.

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* One of the Waiter Grover sketches on ''Series/SesameStreet'' plays with this: Mr. Johnson complains about a fly in his soup, but Grover looks under the soup, next to the soup and on the soup without seeing a fly. Finally, Mr. Johnson demands another bowl of soup, so Grover brings him the soup of the day: cream of mosquito.
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* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'', Professor Nimnel, [[ShoutOut having]] [[Film/TheFly swapped bodies with Zipper]] in a TeleporterAccident, falls out of the sky and lands in a man's soup.

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* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'', Professor Nimnel, [[ShoutOut having]] [[Film/TheFly [[Film/TheFly1958 swapped bodies with Zipper]] in a TeleporterAccident, falls out of the sky and lands in a man's soup.
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*''WesternAnimation/FlipTheFrog'', in "Soup Song" episode, one of the customers had fly in a soup. The fly was then pulled out using a miniature lifebuoy.
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-->'''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Timon]]:''' Waiter, there's a fly in my friend's soup. ''[happily]'' I want one too!\\\

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-->'''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Timon]]:''' Waiter, there's a fly in my friend's soup. ''[happily]'' I want one too!\\\too!\\
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* The ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' fan animation “[[https://youtu.be/Ln3Jm55Abl8 Bill Cipher Orders a Pizza]]” begins with Bill ordering the titular pizza because he says, “Waiter, there’s a Bill Cipher in my soup!”
-->'''Bill:''' [[MindScrew Hey! Stop drinking my pool!]]

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* On ''Series/TheElectricCompany1971,'' there is a variation of this in a three-part skit where each diner complains to the waiter that "there is a moth in my broth."
* In one episode of ''Series/VrTroopers'' JB complains to a waiter that there is a fly in his soup and the waiter starts smacking the fly with a fly swatter.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones''. In "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS5E2TheHouseOfBlackAndWhite The House of Black and White]]", a depressed Tyrion, who is trying to [[DrowningMySorrows drink himself to death]], complains there is a bug in his cup of wine.
-->'''Varys:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Be careful. You might actually consume some solid food.]]



* During the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' of the movie ''Film/OverdrawnAtTheMemoryBank'', the main character is trapped in a VR version of Rick's bar from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. When a waiter walks by, Tom Servo makes the quip, "Because it's ''fly soup'', sir-- that's why!"
* Used in a ''Creator/SpikeMilligan'' sketch showing it as if done by nations in a Eurovision-esque contest that had the punchline playing on various national stereotypes.

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* During the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' ''Series/TheElectricCompany1971'': There's a variation of the movie ''Film/OverdrawnAtTheMemoryBank'', the main character is trapped this in a VR version of Rick's bar from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. When a three-part skit where each diner complains to the waiter walks by, Tom Servo makes the quip, "Because it's ''fly soup'', sir-- that's why!"
* Used in a ''Creator/SpikeMilligan'' sketch showing it as if done by nations in a Eurovision-esque contest
that had the punchline playing on various national stereotypes."there is a moth in my broth."
* ''Series/GameOfThrones''. In "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS5E2TheHouseOfBlackAndWhite The House of Black and White]]", a depressed Tyrion, who is trying to [[DrowningMySorrows drink himself to death]], complains there is a bug in his cup of wine.
-->'''Varys:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Be careful. You might actually consume some solid food.]]


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* ''Series/HomeImprovement'': Parodied in one episode when Tim brings out his book of flannel jokes to tease Al. "Waiter, there's a fly in my flannel!"
* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': During the episode featuring the movie ''Film/OverdrawnAtTheMemoryBank'', the main character is trapped in a VR version of Rick's bar from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. When a waiter walks by, Tom Servo makes the quip, "Because it's ''fly soup'', sir-- that's why!"
* ''Creator/SpikeMilligan'' used it in one sketch, showing it as if done by nations in a Eurovision-esque contest that had the punchline playing on various national stereotypes.
* ''Series/VRTroopers'': In one episode, JB complains to a waiter that there's a fly in his soup. The waiter starts smacking the fly with a fly swatter.
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* In an episode of ''ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop,'' the Ant Hill Mob is forced to work at a restaurant for some damage they caused. In one vignette:

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* In an episode of ''ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop,'' ''WesternAnimation/ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop,'' the Ant Hill Mob is forced to work at a restaurant for some damage they caused. In one vignette:
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* In an episode of ''ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop,'' the Ant Hill Mob is forced to work at a restaurant for some damage they caused. In one vignette:
-->'''Diner:''' Waiter, what's this fly doing in my soup?\\
'''Yak-Yak:''' The backstroke!
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May be a form of FakedFoodContaminant.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' episode "I, Fly", which spoofs ''Film/TheFly1958'' by having Johnny switch bodies with a fly after meddling with Carl's teleportation device, uses the joke when Johnny is in Pop's diner and falls into a customer's soup. The customer complains about having a fly in his soup, to which Pops only replies by saying "Welcome to Pop's."
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The joke can sometimes be parodied, as instead of an actual housefly, there can also be a VisualPun in the soup... a zipper[[note]]the fly of a pair of pants[[/note]], a baseball[[note]][[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} a pop fly]][[/note]], etc.

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The joke can sometimes be parodied, as instead of an actual housefly, there can also be a VisualPun in the soup... a zipper[[note]]the zipper,[[note]]the fly of a pair of pants[[/note]], pants[[/note]] a baseball[[note]][[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} baseball,[[note]][[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} a pop fly]][[/note]], fly]][[/note]] etc.
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* A variation happens in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'' where Gonzo had an ImagineSpot that he is an anteater at an ant restaurant and said "There's a piece of food in my ants" as an excuse not to eat them.

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* A variation happens in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'' where Gonzo had an ImagineSpot that he is an anteater at an ant anteater restaurant and said "There's a piece of food in my ants" as an excuse not to eat them.

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