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* In ''TinyToonAdventures'', Babs once pulled this on Plucky.
* Used repeatedly in DarkwingDuck.

--> '''Darnold:''' You dirty [[strike:rat]] human! You said you called me...you called me by my full name!

* [[WallaceAndGromit A Close Shave]]

* ''BobAndGeorge'' [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/061016 did it using]] [[DuckTales Scrooge McDuck]].[[hottip:*:The [[DuckTalesNESGames video game version]], anyway; that's what you get [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/061019 when you create an interdimensional portal into an NES game]].]]

* There's a variant of it used in several {{Discworld}} novels (including ''Discworld/{{Sourcery}}'' and ''Discworld/AHatFullOfSky'') involving confusion between "geas" -- a pact or commandment -- and "geese".

* PlayedForLaughs in [[http://www.youtube.com/user/MobiusZero4 MobiusZero4]]'s LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/MegaManX 5'' (remove this example if wrong please):

-->'''[[LooneyTunes Daffy Duck]]:''' Will you knock that off?! Sheesh! A bird could develop a complex around here!

-->(Victor is hit in the face.)

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* ''FindingNemo'' has a reversal of the usual order:

* ''MadMagazine'' Super Special #36 (Fall 1981), article "If Comic Characters Were Psychoanalyzed". DonaldDuck tries to overcome his bad temper by ignoring people who insult him. One day he's walking along and someone repeatedly yells "Duck!" at him. He ignores it because he thinks the guy is taunting him for being a duck, and runs into the branch the guy was trying to warn him to avoid.

* There's a variant of it used in several {{Discworld}} novels (including ''{{Discworld/Sourcery}}'' and ''{{Discworld/A Hat Full of Sky}}'') involving confusion between "geas" -- a pact or commandment -- and "geese".

* {{Played For Laughs}} in [[http://www.youtube.com/user/MobiusZero4 MobiusZero4]]'s LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/MegaManX 5'' (remove this example if wrong please):

* A variation with a different term occurred in an episode of the [[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioBros Super Mario Bros.]] cartoon series, where Mario called for everyone to duck by saying "Get down!" only for Luigi to start dancing.

In fiction, characters have a surprising tendency to mix these words up. Generally, if an object is coming at someone very fast, and they are advised to "duck!" they will immediately look around for ''a duck'' -- [[WhereWhere "Where? Where?"]] -- thinking the word to have been a reference to the latter example, that is, the bird. Or, if there ''is'' a duck, and someone informs them of its presence with the demonstrative "duck!", they will cover their head to avoid an incoming object, thinking the other character to have been advising them to lower their head, as in the former definition.

* From ''Lenore,''

-->'''Fraser:''' Ray! Duck! (Ray hits the deck, duck quacks offscreen) Anas platyrhynos...very unusual sighting for this time of year.

* WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch: [[WeirdAlYankovic Weird Al]] used this trope against Al Gore.

* A variation with a different term occurred in an episode of the [[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioBros Super Mario Bros.]] cartoon series, where Mario called for everyone to duck by saying "Get down!" only for Luigi to start dancing.

The English word "duck" has two possible meanings ([[CricketRules if you don't listen to cricketers]][[hottip:*:"Duck" in cricket means the batsman is out before scoring any runs--a shortened form of "duck's egg".]]):

* In a Christmas episode of ''That70sShow'' the gang cut down a tree on the side of the highway. Kelso's down hacking away as the others play lookout. A car passes by, one of them shouts "Duck!" and everyone does except for Kelso who looks up and says "Where?"

* {{Buffy}} gets this seconds after she finds out [[spoiler: that Spike is back, insane, and living in the school basement]].

* In a recent episode of ''{{NCIS}}'', Dr. Mallard, when advised to duck, informs the person that only Gibbs is allowed to call him that.

* This is spoofed in ''JusticeLeague''. One of the other heroes throws a giant duck statue (don't ask), and it flies offscreen. Later, Comicbook/GreenLantern is fighting Star Sapphire and it comes flying right at them. When Green Lantern yells "duck!", Star Sapphire doesn't buy it and gets knocked out.
* An early episode of ''{{Arthur}}'' did this. Arthur and Francine are trying to deliver a letter to Muffy's mailbox ''without being seen'' while there are tons of yard workers around. Interestingly, the word meets both definitions at once.

--> '''Darnold:''' ... That is... you use 'duck' connoting '''title''' rather than '''action'''? ... Quick!

--> '''Darnold:''' ... That is... 'duck' is a '''verb''' rather than a '''noun'''? Tell me quick quick!

--> '''Darnold:''' ... Ahh!... Then I can remain standing!

--> '''Darnold:''' You dirty [[strike:rat]] human! You said you called me... you called me by my full name!
--> '''Mickey:''' ... Yes, but you didn't let me finish my sentence, which, if completed, would have been... "Hey, Darnold Duck, DUCK!"

-->'''Admiral Benson:''' Ahhh... I love soup. At least I think I love soup. Blasted shell! It's either soup or duck. Which one do you shoot?

* The children's show {{Zoboomafoo}} did this OnceAnEpisode, generally followed by a trained exotic bird flying through and dropping a letter. Every time it is pointed out that it's "not a duck", followed by some explanation to the ConstantlyCurious child that no, that's a falcon, or a condor, etc. (At one point, this is actually lampshaded by using... an actual duck.)

-->'''Fraser:''' Ray! Duck! (Ray hits the deck, duck quacks offscreen) Anas platyrhynos... very unusual sighting for this time of year.
-->'''Vecchio:''' (gets to his feet) Duck... Duck... Duck means ''duck''; duck doesn't mean '''duck'''! ...I hate my life.

-->'''Spike:''' (Tenderly) Buffy... duck.

* In ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D: Atomic Edition'', in the level "Pigsty", there's a security monitor which - when inspected - does not display an image from a security camera, but rather an image of... a duck. With an exclamation mark next to it. And a rocket launcher-toting enemy sneaks up on you while you look at the monitor. [[VisualPun ...Get it?]]

* {{Played For Laughs}} in [[http://www.youtube.com/user/MobiusZero4 MobiusZero4]]'s LetsPlay of {{Mega Man X}}5 (remove this example if wrong please):

-->'''Marlin:''' That's not a duck, that's a... ''pelican!!''

-->'''Brain:''' Let's see squids have been done, turtles have been done, how about a ... duck!

-->'''Max''': No, MEL, "head's up" means... (''sees a cannon'') ...DUCK!

* A ''{{Histeria}}!'' sketch set in World War II has Loud Kiddington shout this out several times, resulting in this cameo:

* Used in the dub of ''NerimaDaikonBrothers'' when the title group is [[ItMakesSenseInContext hanging from a railing outside the episode's antagonist's apartment]]. The villain attacks them with a rubber duck, leading to this exchange:

* Used in the dub of ''NerimaDaikonBrothers'' when the titular group is [[ItMakesSenseInContext hanging from a railing outside the episode's antagonist's apartment]]. The villain attacks them with a rubber duck, leading to this exchange:

* A ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}'' cartoon featured the titular bob cat delivering a pizza in WWII setting. Upon arriving at his destination, he says this upon seeing an enemy plane, while the general states the pizza was suppose to be sausage.

* A variation with a different term occurred in an episode of the [[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioBros Super Mario Bros]] cartoon series, where Mario called for everyone to duck by saying "Get down!" Only for Luigi to start dancing.

* From an episode of ''[[YogiBear Yogi's Treasure Hunt]]'':

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* The children's show {{Zoboomafoo}} did this OnceAnEpisode, generally followed by a trained exotic bird flying through and dropping a letter. Every time it is pointed out that it's "not a duck", followed by some explanation to the ElephantsChild that no, that's a falcon, or a condor, etc. (At one point, this is actually lampshaded by using... an actual duck.)

* A ''{{Bonkers}}'' cartoon featured the titular bob cat delivering a pizza in WWII setting. Upon arriving at his destination, he says this upon seeing an enemy plane, while the general states the pizza was suppose to be sausage.

* In Spider Robinson's ''[[{{ptitlebga5e439}} Callahan's Crosstime Saloon]]'', the line "Duck, Duck! The Doc!" was used at a Halloween party when Doc Webster throws a full glass of whiskey at the head of a person dressed as a duck.

* In an episode of ''BarneyAndFriends'', while Barney and the kids were on a camping trip, one of the kids yelled out this, to which the group bent down, only to be told he meant he found a nest of baby ducks.

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