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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' episode "Baby's Enchanted Didey", Gargamel decides to swear off chasing after Smurfs to take on a new hobby -- bird watching. When he starts bird watching, he yells to Azrael "duck!" and ducks out of the way as a duck flies very low.

* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama World Tour]]'' episode "Slap Slap Revolution", Team Victory is charged by a [[KillerRabbit cute little goat]]:
--> '''[=Leshawna=]''': Duck!
--> '''[[TheDitz Lindsey]]''': No, it's a goat.

''Zara''': Like I said--\\

'''Phineas'': No, I mean ''duck''!\\

* ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/11249784/ Phineas and Ferb Visit Jurassic World!]]'': When Phineas tells Zara to duck, Zara points out to him ducks don't live on Isla Nublar and is promptly snatched by a ''Pteranodon''.

--> '''Brain''' (also dazed): [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar I may.]]

'''Thug:''' Hey, what's he mean, "duck, duck"?\\

* In the ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' episode saga "Wossamotta U", Boris paints a football shaped rock as a football and hurls it at Rocky flying in the air. Rocky takes a close look at it, realizes it’s not a football, and quickly dodges the rock, as it lands toward a thug hired by Boris [[ItMakesSenseInContext dressed as a lady football player]] threatening the referee with a gun.
--> '''Rocky:''' Duck! Duck!\\

* In the ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' episode saga "Wassamata U", Boris paints a football shaped rock as a football and hurls it at Rocky flying in the air. Rocky takes a close look at it, realizes it’s not a football, and quickly dodges the rock, as it lands toward a thug hired by Boris [[ItMakesSenseInContext dressed as a lady football player]] threatening the referee with a gun.

Subtrope of WhosOnFirst. See also AmbiguousSyntax (of which "I saw [[UnusualEuphemism her duck]]" is a famous example). Also see InherentlyFunnyWords; this joke gains some of its humor from the duck's status as an inherently funny word. For ducks (waterfowl) that are funny, see QuackingUp.

'''Thug:''' Hey, that ain't no flock of ducks. That’s a ''[football shaped rock hits him on the head, pushing him into the ground]'' rock.

-->'''MEL''': Heads ''up''? (''looks up'')
-->'''Max''': No, MEL, "heads up" means...(''sees a cannon'') ...DUCK!

* In the ''{{Popeye}}'' series that had a segment where Olive Oyl and Alice the Goon were army privates, there was one episode where their Sergeant was on a train wagon and Olive shouted "Duck". Believing Olive was talking about a nearby bird, the Sergeant got hit when they entered a tunnel.

'''Jack''': Don't be ridiculous. That's not a duck, it's a --

** One cartoon featured Bonkers delivering a pizza in a 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.

See also AmbiguousSyntax (of which "I saw [[UnusualEuphemism her duck]]" is a famous example). Also see InherentlyFunnyWords; this joke gains some of its humor from the duck's status as an inherently funny word. For ducks (waterfowl) that are funny, see QuackingUp.

See also AmbiguousSyntax (of which "I saw [[UnusualEuphemism her duck]]" is a famous example). Also see InherentlyFunnyWords; this joke gains some of its humor from the duck's status as an inherently funny word. For ducks (the waterfowl) that are funny, see QuackingUp.

See also AmbiguousSyntax (of which "I saw [[UnusualEuphemism her duck]]" is a famous example). Also see InherentlyFunnyWords; this joke gains some of its humor from the duck's status as an inherently funny word.

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

* In an episode of ''Series/OddSquad'', this is yelled, and everyone dives behind a table...except for Otis, who has [[WhydItHaveToBeSnakes a crippling fear of ducks]] and starts freaking out because he thinks they've come for him. This lasts for only a few seconds before Olympia tackles him out of the way.