History Main / WhosOnFirst

* 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"...

* 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.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14258954/12/How How?]]'' has one which is possible only because of wizards swearing on Merlin.

* 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 (most likely for further punishment down the line). 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):

'''Student:''' ''(fumbles around his pockets)'' [I] forgot [to].\\

'''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''').

* 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.

* 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.

* ''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"]]

* In ''[[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.
* In ''Fanfic/PreCureInANutshell'', [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Cure White]] gets the parody name of Cure What. When she introduces herself for the first time...

-->'''Krow:''' Pay attention to ''the'' Krow. You guys may be crows, but I am always ''the'' Krow.

-->'''Cop 1:''' Who's on first.
-->'''Cop 2:''' What?
-->'''Cop 1:''' No, he's on second.
-->'''Cop 2:''' I give up. Let's call it a day.

* ''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.

--> '''Agent Brown:''' Then knew one day you would need approval to be told details about Sarnoth.
--> '''Andi:''' Then who knew?
--> '''Agent Brown:''' Then, my partner.
--> '''Andi: Oh god, then your partner WHAT?!
* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance''

-->'''Student 1:'''... You are an ass.\\

** 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.]]
--> "Say, who's on first?"
--> "Henderson."
--> "That's what I'm askin' you!"

---> '''[[HypocriticalHumor Mrs. Whatsit]]:''' You're both confused. He's just [[Series/DoctorWho 'The Doctor']].

-->'''Gura:''' ''you can't spell shark without a''
-->'''Kiara:''' ''without a what''
-->'''Gura:''' ''without a''
-->'''Kiara:''' ''without a '''what'''''

--->'''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!\\

-->'''Peter''': So really, what's your name?\\
'''Stephen''': It's Strange.\\
'''Peter''': ...Mr. Stark, he won't tell me his name.\\
'''Tony''': It's Strange.\\
'''Peter''': Yes, I KNOW it's strange! But he won't tell me!\\
'''Tony''': No, Peter, his name is Strange.\\
'''Peter''': So? It's not like I'll mock him or anything!\\
'''Tony''': Why did I bring you here.\\
'''Peter''':\\
'''Tony''':\\
'''Stephen''': *looks into camera like he is on Series/{{The Office|US}}*

'''NC:''' Those are both first-- OK, what's your first name?\\

'''NC:''' SHUT THE FUCK--! What's your full name?\\

-->'''Screenwriter''': Yeah, and the Screenwriter guy could have a little catchphrase.\\
'''Producer''': Oh, is it gonna be hard to come up with a catchphrase?\\
'''Screenwriter''': No. It's gonna be "Super easy, barely an inconvenience!"\\
'''Producer''': Oh, what's it gonna be?\\
'''Screenwriter''': I just told you.
** Also Creator/RyanGeorge's "How Insects Got Their Names" involves a guy suggesting the name bee and the boss asking "be what?"

'''Student:''' ''"M̀h gei dāk"''.[[labelnote:*]]"[I] forgot"[[/labelnote]]\\

'''Student:''' Sir, my [[RealJokeName name]] really ''is'' ''[[FunWithHomophones 'Ngh Gei-dāk]]''--the "Ng" in "Daniel Wu"[[labelnote:*]]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''').[[note]]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".[[/note]]

* [[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).
* "WebVideo/{{Stoogeposting}}" by WebVideo/SolidJJ:
** 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:
--->"Ooh, now I get it! I'm me, you's you, and ''he'''s a big jerk!"
** 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.
** 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.
** 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.

* One episode of ''Podcast/HelloFromTheMagicTavern'' had as its guest the explorer team of Lewis A. Shark and Lois, a shark (who clarified that sharks pronounce the word ''a'' and AY rather than AH. Arnie mentioned the sketch by name, but nobody else saw anything confusing.

'''Alice:''' No, Watt led the Peasant's Revolt.

* In ''Foo Foo'', an adaptation of 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".

[[caption-width-right:347:[[OverlyLongGag 57 panels' worth]] of [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2349 chemistry puns]].]]

* When [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Thing]] is in France during the ComicBook/CivilWar he gets into an exchange like this involving the words "We" and "Oui". He mentions the trope namer.