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** On one episode of ''Super Password'', host Creator/BertConvy tried to bid a fond adieu by saying "We bond a fid adieu." This clip has been featured prominently in some of Buzzr's promotional spots.
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* ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'': In "Show of Hands," after Buddy falls asleep during an all-night writing session, the equally exhausted Rob tells Sally to "Give Nutty a budge." After clarifying that he means "Give Buddy a nudge," Sally quips "I think you're right on both counts."
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* ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'': In one episode, Fred Scuttle says that his favorite comedian is "[[Creator/SpikeMilligan Mike Spilligan]]." Realizing his mistake, he adds "Lucky it weren't Creator/MartyFeldman!"

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* During the second appearance of Franchise/{{Batman}} and Robin on ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies'', there was a scientist who had invented a flying suit. However, he suffered from Spoonerisms greatly, sometimes calling his invention a "sighing flute". The first appearance has Batman invoke this on purpose to mock the Joker by calling him the "Crown Prince of ''Climb" (Joker and Penguin had fallen into the same smooth-surfaced pit Batman and Robin were in and Joker tried in vain to climb it).

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* During the second appearance of Franchise/{{Batman}} and Robin on ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies'', there was a scientist who had invented a flying suit. However, he suffered from Spoonerisms greatly, sometimes calling his invention a "sighing flute". The first appearance has Batman invoke this on purpose to mock the Joker by calling him the "Crown Prince of ''Climb" Climb" (Joker and Penguin had fallen into the same smooth-surfaced pit Batman and Robin were in and Joker tried in vain to climb it).


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* In a [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Warner Bros. cartoon]], Pepe Le Pew deliberately invokes this as he's playing up to yet another black female cat with a white stripe painted down her back:
-->'''Pepe:''' Where have I been all your life?
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* During the second appearance of Franchise/{{Batman}} and Robin on ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies'', there was a scientist who had invented a flying suit. However, he suffered from Spoonerisms greatly, sometimes calling his invention a "sighing flute". The first appearance has Batman invoke this on purpose to mock the Joker by calling him the "Clown Prince of ''Climb''"

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* During the second appearance of Franchise/{{Batman}} and Robin on ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies'', there was a scientist who had invented a flying suit. However, he suffered from Spoonerisms greatly, sometimes calling his invention a "sighing flute". The first appearance has Batman invoke this on purpose to mock the Joker by calling him the "Clown "Crown Prince of ''Climb''"''Climb" (Joker and Penguin had fallen into the same smooth-surfaced pit Batman and Robin were in and Joker tried in vain to climb it).
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* ''Literature/GumpaAndThePaintBox'': When Gumpa pretends to be ill, and has turned his head back to front, he speaks in spoonerisms.
--> Mood Gorning!
--> I'm frack to bunt!
--> I am pery voorly.
--> I lould wike a little breakfust. Just some tuttered boast and a mittle larmalade, please.
--> I need thood gings to eat - lots of thood gings!
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* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'': When the Minister of Magic suddenly turns up at The Burrow over Christmas, along with the estranged Percy, Molly is overcome with emotion, and offers the Minister a little purkey, or some tooding.
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* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'': Lampshaded when [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-11-25 Kevyn]] is getting drunk with a clone of the author of ''Webcomic/{{Nukees}}''.

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* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'': Lampshaded Kevyn sometimes spoonerizes when drunk, as [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-11-25 Kevyn]] is getting drunk with lampshaded by]] a clone of the author of ''Webcomic/{{Nukees}}''.
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* "Betty Swollocks" "Mary Hinge" and "Joe Blob" have long been favourite topics of jokes, etc.
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* ''VideoGame/NordAndBertCouldntMakeHeadOrTailOfIt'': One chapter, titled "Shake a Tower", is based around spoonerisms. The player has to change a shoving leopard into a loving shepherd, a well-boiled icicle into a well-oiled bicycle, a gritty pearl into a pretty girl, etc. It climaxes with a [[BeanstalkParody Jack and the Beanstalk]]-style battle against a "clean giant" (jean client).
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* Dean Grey was a pseudonym for a collaboration between mashup producers Party Ben and [=Team9=] - their only work together was ''American Edit'', a mashup album themed around Music/GreenDay's ''Music/AmericanIdiot''.
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* Creator/AndrewSchultz's ''I Heart High Art'' series of InteractiveFiction games revolves around solving puzzles by visiting spoonerism-themed places and using items you find. For instance, the first game has "All Smiles" vs. "Small Isles" and "Pick Quest" vs. "Quick Pest".
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* Firesign Theater's "The Further Adventures of Nick Danger" presents Nick's encounter with Rocky Rococco who tries to sell a ring to him that once belonged to an acquaintence. Nick called it "a two-bit ring from a Cracker Back jox."
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* In ''Film/WatchYourStern'', when Captain Foster tries to stop Admiral Pettigrew from thinking Potter is an imposter:
-->'''Captain Foster''': Well, but... that's impotterable, sir.
-->'''Admiral Pettigrew''': What's "impotterable", Foster?
-->'''Captain Foster''': Well, sir, imposterable that, er, Potter should be an infoster, er, "poster", sir.
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* In ''Film/DoctorAtLarge'', Joy calls a circus asking to send all they've got on elephants to St. Swithin's but gets sent all the elephants they've got (although it's implied that Joy had the mistake made intentionally to undermine Dr. Bingham):
-->'''Dr. Bingham''': Oh, no! I told them to send all they'd got on elephants, not all the elephants they'd got!
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** Also "Take me drunk, I'm home!"

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