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'''Bender:''' (''laughs'') Harpoon, my ass!\\

-->'''Leon''': [[{{Troll}} Your right hand comes off?]]

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-->"We tried to integrate a restaurant, and they said, 'We don't serve colored folk here,' and I said, 'Well, I don't eat colored folk nowhere. Bring me some pork chops.'"

-->'''Garak:''' Doctor, has anyone ever told you that you're an infuriating pest?
-->'''Bashir:''' Chief O'Brien. All the time. And I don't pay any attention to him, either.

--> '''Quark:''' "The Jem'Hadar don't eat, don't drink, and they don't have sex. And if that wasn't bad enough, the Founders don't eat, don't drink, and they don't have sex either. Which, between you and me, makes my financial future less than promising."
--> '''Ziyal:''' "It might not be so bad. For all we know, the Vorta could be gluttonous, alcoholic sex-maniacs."

--> '''Cliff:''' "Who is it?"

--> '''Cliff:''' "No. No, no, when I say, 'Who is it?' it doesn't mean for you to come in. When I say 'Who is it?' you say who it is."

--> '''Cliff:''' "Who is it?"
--> '''Vanessa:''' "Who it is!"

-->'''C.C.:''' (''reading a magazine'') Oh, Maxwell, look! They're making ''Series/LostInSpace'' [[Film/LostInSpace into a movie]]. Oh, I loved that as a child. Oh, I'm dating myself.
-->'''Niles:''' Dating yourself? That's pathetic. Even you can do better than you.

'''Leela:''' Okay. (''[[ShotInTheAss stabs Bender in the butt with her harpoon]]'')

* One of the main sources of humor in ''[[Fanfic/AWildBadficAppearedCommentaries A Wild Badfic Appeared! Commentaries]]''.

* WebVideo/SFDebris' review of a ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' episode where T'Pol says Archer lost a Klingon prisoner and Archer responds that he didn't lose him, he was taken, prompts him to comment thus:
--> Well, obviously you didn't ''literally'' lose him. Even ''I'' don't think you're so incompetent that you'll misplace a seven foot tall alien warrior who smells like a wet dog. "Hey, anyone seen the important Klingon prisoner? What about my keys? Anyone seen those?" What a moron!

* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': In the "Cry Wilderness" episode, when the title of the movie appears on screen Crow riffs "Well, if you insist." Then he, Tom, and Jonah all shout "WILDERNESS!" together.
** An earlier example of this occurs in the "Squirm" episode, when the title of the movie appears, Mike says "Well, I don't know why, but OK." Then he, Crow and Tom all squirm in their seats.

This is the technique of putting a sarcastic twist on the more plain meaning of something. Though [[LiteralMinded literal-mindedness]] is often associated with [[DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm not understanding sarcasm]], in some cases [[DeadpanSnarker snarking]] and literal-mindedness can go hand-in-hand.

'''Shooter:''' ({{beat}}) No.

** This example from Discworld/GoingPostal:

** Combined with the NarrativeProfanityFilter in ''Discworld/{{Mort}}'':

** From ''Discworld/WyrdSisters''

** In ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}'', Carrot goes to fight some Klatchians (though Angua convinces him not to), and says "My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure!" Angua responds with "Well, there's eleven of them." (This isn't the only thing that convinces him; sending Angua on board their ship [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent in wolf shape]] is a better plan anyway.)
** Glenda has some moments with this in ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'', like when Nutt tells her "I am alive" (meaning not an {{Undead}}) and she says "A live ''what''?" And when a waiter at the banquet says "Vetinari [[TheSpymaster has ears everywhere]]" she says she only sees two ears.

-->'''Leon''': [[{{Troll}} Your right hand comes off!?]]

* One of the main source of humor in ''[[Fanfic/AWildBadficAppearedCommentaries A Wild Badfic Appeared! Commentaries]]''.

* In ''Series/TheNanny'', Niles will occasionally use this as a way to mess with C.C., for instance: when Maxwell goes to tell Fran she can't have her boyfriend in her room, Niles tells C.C. that he is "Upstairs with Miss Fine. Discussing the possibility of having sex in her room"; or telling her that "Miss Fine" is pregnant and "Mr Sheffield" is the father, neglecting to mention that those are the names of Grace's hamsters.

* Matt pulls one on Soichiro in the Death Note fic ''Fanfic/AsTheWorldFallsDown''

* In the years prior to UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, a German publisher was interested in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' but had to comply with the Nazi party's policy of banning any works written by those with Jewish ancestry. So he wrote a letter to Tolkien asking if he was "Aryan". Tolkien wrote a response (which he never actually ended up sending) saying that no, he had no Indo-Iranian ancestry. The word "Aryan" originally referred to an ancient Middle Eastern people, who bore no resemblance to the Nazi ideal that they called "Aryan".

-->'''Shooter:''' I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast! \\
'''Happy:''' You eat pieces of shit for breakfast? \\
'''Shooter:''' ({{beat}}) No.

-->'''Shooter:''' I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast!\\
'''Happy:''' You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?\\

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In addition to Pinkie Pie's [[LiteralMinded Literal-Minded-ness]], she can also be like this from time to time.
--->'''[[FeatheredFiend Gilda]]:''' I'll be watching you...like a hawk.\\
'''Pinkie:''' Why? Can't you watch me like a griffon?
** Pinkie Pie's older sister Maud Pie shows some signs of this, as seen in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E4RockSolidFriendship Rock Solid Friendship]]":
--->'''Rarity:''' Congratulations on your rock-torate. What are you doing now?\\
'''Maud:''' [[MathematiciansAnswer Talking to you.]]

-->'''Bugs''': Only a fool would go after the Singing Sword! Yuk-yuk-yuk-yuk!\\