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* ''VideoGame/LoveOfMagic'': The first time we meet Ricky, he's complaining about how Katie has him getting things ready for the stuffed-shirt King of Camelot, who's probably an "inbred drooling idiot", not realizing that he's talking to said King.
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* Played with in ''The Way Ahead'' (1944). Creator/DavidNiven plays an officer charged with turning [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits a resentful bunch of civilians into soldiers]]. They vent about him being a DrillSergeantNasty to the little old lady running the local cafe. Later, their officer walks in, and the old lady tells him how nice he is, "not like the officer in charge of this lot." Everyone falls into an embarrassed silence.

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* Played with in ''The Way Ahead'' ''Film/TheWayAhead'' (1944). Creator/DavidNiven plays an officer charged with turning [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits a resentful bunch of civilians into soldiers]]. They vent about him being a DrillSergeantNasty to the little old lady running the local cafe. Later, their officer walks in, and the old lady tells him how nice he is, "not like the officer in charge of this lot." Everyone falls into an embarrassed silence.
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* Bob Wayne hears that the ''Film/MysteriousDoctorSatan'' intends to kidnap Professor Scott and steal his research, so rushes to warn him. Unfortunately what he assumes is Scott and his police bodyguard is actually Dr. Satan and TheDragon, who've just used KnockoutGas on the latter and stuffed them in the closet.
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** In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', Luke's patience is tested to the breaking point by a little troll who turns out to be Jedi Grand Master Yoda. Luke is nothing but respectful towards Master Yoda while talking '''about''' him (although the latter is a bit upset about the "great warrior" description), but his lack of patience with the apparent simpleton in front of him does nothing to impress.
** Something similar happened in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', with Padme dressing up as one of her handmaidens. It's complicated by ambiguity over when (or if) Qui-Gon figured it out; it may be a straight example or he may be messing with her.

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** In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'': Luke's patience is tested to the breaking point by a little troll who turns out to be Jedi Grand Master Yoda. Luke is nothing but respectful towards Master Yoda while talking '''about''' him (although the latter is a bit upset about the "great warrior" description), but his lack of patience with the apparent simpleton in front of him does nothing to impress.
** Something similar happened in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', with ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'': Padme dressing dresses up as one of her handmaidens. It's complicated by ambiguity over when (or if) Qui-Gon figured it out; it may be a straight example or he may be messing with her.
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* ''Film/MutinyOnTheBuses'': When Mr. Jenkins tries to get Stan and Jack to take their bus out, they just crack jokes and laugh him off. When Blakey mentions he is Mr. Jenkins, they realise they have been acting this way in front of their new manager and react in horror.

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* In ''Film/DoctorAtLarge'', Dr. Sparrow chews out Sir Charles Hopcroft in front of everyone in the outpatients department believing that he was trying to jump the queue, not realising that he is one of St. Swithin's governors. As a result, he loses the Senior House Surgeon role he was hoping for to Dr. Bingham.

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In ''Film/DoctorAtLarge'', Dr. Sparrow chews out Sir Charles Hopcroft in front of everyone in the outpatients department believing that he was trying to jump the queue, not realising that he is one of St. Swithin's governors. As a result, he loses the Senior House Surgeon role he was hoping for to Dr. Bingham.Bingham.
** ''Film/DoctorInLove'': As various doctors try to see what's wrong with Dr. Hare, Dr. Burke tells chief surgeon Sir Lancelot not to push and calls him "cock" before he realises who he's talking to.
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* In ''Film/DoctorAtLarge'', Dr. Sparrow chews out Sir Charles Hopcroft in front of everyone in the outpatients department believing that he was trying to jump the queue, not realising that he is one of St. Swithin's governors. As a result, he loses the Senior House Surgeon role he was hoping for to Dr. Bingham.
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* In ''Film/AreYouBeingServed'', Mr. Rumbold doesn't realise Carlos is the manager of the Don Bernardo Palace Hotel when he wants to complain about the mix-up with the rooms:
-->'''Mr. Rumbold''': Now see here, I want to see the manager.
-->'''Carlos''': I ''am'' the manager.
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* ''Webcomic/NaruHinaChronicles Mini-sodes'': One strip has Naruto and Hinata pull a prank on Hanabi by turning into Hiashi and forbidding her from seeing Konohamaru. Several strips later, Hanabi pulls a prank by claiming to Hiashi that Hinata and Naruto had a baby together (when in reality they were simply babysitting Kurenai's baby). Eventually, Hiashi learns the truth and decides to confront Hanabi over it. Upon seeing him, she wrongfully guesses it's Naruto in disguise and tells him "You think if you do my father's stupid frowny face I will fall for it, you are as dumb as Sakura says!" It's only when Naruto and Hinata appear several feet away from them that Hanabi realizes her mistake and makes an OhCrap face.

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* ''Webcomic/NaruHinaChronicles Mini-sodes'': One strip has Naruto and Hinata pull a prank on Hanabi by turning into Hiashi and forbidding her from seeing Konohamaru. Several strips later, Hanabi pulls a prank by claiming to Hiashi that Hinata and Naruto had a baby together (when in reality they were simply babysitting Kurenai's baby). Eventually, Hiashi learns the truth and decides to confront Hanabi over it. Upon seeing him, [[MistakenForTransformed she wrongfully guesses it's Naruto in disguise disguise]] and tells him "You think if you do my father's stupid frowny face I will fall for it, you are as dumb as Sakura says!" It's only when Naruto and Hinata appear several feet away from them that Hanabi realizes her mistake and makes an OhCrap face.

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* One from the UsefulNotes/ColdWar: A Russian man is staying at a hotel when his neighbors come in and start socializing loudly. He gets an idea, calls room service and asks them to bring tea to the neighbors' room, then goes to meet them. Four minutes later, he grabs the ashtray, [[BigBrotherIsWatching puts it close to his mouth,]] and says "[[StateSec Comrade major,]] could we have some tea please?". The tea arrives and the neighbors are now completely silent, even after the man leaves and goes to sleep. In the morning, he wakes up and sees that his neighbors are gone, and asks about them at the reception. [[AccidentalTruth The receptionist says that they were taken away by the secret police in the night]], and when the man asks why he wasn't taken, she tells him "That thing with the ashtray? Comrade major thought it was [[ActuallyPrettyFunny funny]]".

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* One from the UsefulNotes/ColdWar: A Russian man is staying at a hotel when his neighbors come in and start socializing loudly. He gets an idea, calls room service and asks them to bring tea to the neighbors' room, then goes to meet them. Four minutes later, he grabs the ashtray, [[BigBrotherIsWatching puts it close to his mouth,]] and says "[[StateSec Comrade major,]] Major,]] could we have some tea please?". The tea arrives and the neighbors are now completely silent, even after the man leaves and goes to sleep. In the morning, he wakes up and sees that his neighbors are gone, and asks about them at the reception. [[AccidentalTruth The receptionist says that they were taken away by the secret police in the night]], and when the man asks why he wasn't taken, she tells him "That thing with the ashtray? Comrade major Major thought it was [[ActuallyPrettyFunny funny]]".funny]]".
* A man goes to a brothel on a Sunday and is told all the girls are taken. But they do have two specials that day, one $50 and the other 500. For the cheap option, he can go into the special room for an hour and use whatever's in there to get off. He takes up the offer and is shown a room containing only a chicken. After a few minutes of nothing else happening, he goes for it and has sex with the chicken.\\
A week later he goes back to the brothel and goes for the $500 option. This turns out to be a theater showing a couple having rather ordinary sex in the same room he was in. The man turns to his neighbor and says
-->"''This'' is worth $500?"
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-->"Yeah, this week's show is nothing special. But it's too bad you weren't here last week, they had some loser fucking a chicken!"

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** After being imprisoned by Arslan's forces, Estelle/Etoile confides in the guard assigned to bring her food that she has heard that Arslan is evil. He responds by feeling the top of his head. When she asks him why, he replies that he's checking to see if he has horns. [[DontExplainTheJoke Because]] he ''is'' Arslan.

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** After being imprisoned by Arslan's forces, Estelle/Etoile confides in the guard assigned to bring her food that she has heard that Arslan is evil. He responds by feeling the top of his head. When she asks him why, he replies that he's checking to see if he has horns. [[DontExplainTheJoke Because]] Because he ''is'' Arslan.


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** "ComicBook/SupergirlsBigBrother": During a family trip, Jan Danvers says Supergirl is cute and he wishes he could meet her some day, completely unaware that the girl sitting in his father's car's rear seat is Supergirl.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8O5wZAd2z4 A 1997 commercial for Coors Original]] (the yellow can) had a young guy tuning up his guitar at a bar (presumably warmining up for a set). An older man (somewhere in his seventies) wanders up and asks if he could see his guitar. ({bemused} "You play?" "I've been known to.") After stunning the younger man with a blues riff, the younger guy asks the older one's name.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8O5wZAd2z4 A 1997 commercial for Coors Original]] (the yellow can) had a young guy tuning up his guitar at a bar (presumably warmining warming up for a set). An older man (somewhere in his seventies) wanders up and asks if he could see his guitar. ({bemused} "You play?" "I've been known to.") After stunning the younger man with a blues riff, the younger guy asks the older one's name.
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* ''Webcomic/NaruHinaChronicles Mini-sodes'': One strip has Naruto and Hinata pull a prank on Hanabi by turning into Hiashi and forbidding her from seeing Konohamaru. Several strips later, Hanabi pulls a prank by claiming to Hiashi that Hinata and Naruto had a baby together (when in reality they were simply babysitting Kurenai's baby). Eventually, Hiashi learns the truth and decides to confront Hanabi over it. Upon seeing him, she wrongfully guesses it's Naruto in disguise and tells him "You think if you do my father's stupid frowny face I will fall for it, you are as dumb as Sakura says!" It's only when Naruto and Hinata appear several feet away from them that Hanabi realizes her mistake and makes an OhCrap face.
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* SOE agent Elaine Madden, of Australian-Belgian ancestry, was assigned to escort a 'Monsieur Bernard' during World War 2. She made some bitter comments about the Belgian royal family unwillingness to become involved in resisting the Germans, unaware that she was speaking to Prince Charles of Belgium (who fortunately found it ActuallyPrettyFunny when Elaine said the Prince was probably drunk in a brothel somewhere).

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* SOE [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Operations_Executive SOE]] agent Elaine Madden, of Australian-Belgian ancestry, was assigned to escort a 'Monsieur Bernard' during World War 2. She made some bitter comments about the Belgian royal family unwillingness to become involved in resisting the Germans, unaware that she was speaking to Prince Charles of Belgium (who fortunately found it ActuallyPrettyFunny when Elaine said the Prince was probably drunk in a brothel somewhere).

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