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** ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'': An indirect version. Trev wants to send a poem to a girl, but has no poetic skill, so he [[PlayingCyrano asks Nutt to write the poem for him]]. Nutt, in turn, has a crush on Juliet's friend, so he writes a poem that could be about either woman, full of fancy words so that Juliet will show it to Glenda and ask, "What does all this mean?"
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Compare TalkingThroughTechnique, where Bob can talk to Alice via chess, while talking verbally to Charlie. Subtrope to DoubleMeaning. See also SpySpeak.
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Compare TalkingThroughTechnique, where Bob can talk to Alice via chess, TabletopGame/{{chess}} while talking verbally to Charlie.Charlie. Contrast AccidentalVentriloquism, thinking an inanimate object is speaking when the voice belongs to an out-of-sight character. Subtrope to DoubleMeaning. See also SpySpeak.
SpySpeak.
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* ''How I Survived My Summer Vacation'' by Creator/BruceCoville has a rather puckish ghost that only the protagonist can see, who at one point congratulates the protagonist on being able to do this.
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* ''How I Survived My Summer Vacation'' by Creator/BruceCoville ''Literature/CampHauntedHills'': The series has a rather puckish ghost that only the protagonist can see, who at see. At one point in Book 1 (''How I Survived My Summer Vacation''), he congratulates the protagonist on being able to do this.
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* ''VideoGame/Hitman3'': In the aftermath of the Dartmoor mission, Grey finds himself [[spoiler:injured, surrounded by [[EliteMook CICADA operatives]] ready to take him in for interrogation]]. 47 wants to help, and [[DressingAsTheEnemy disguises himself as a CICADA operative]] to do so, but Grey believes there are too many even for 47. Grey begins speaking to him, using vague enough sentences that CICADA believes he's talking to them, even responding to him. [[spoiler:When 47 is about to give himself away, Grey causes a distraction by taking a gun from the closest operative and [[HeroicSuicide killing himself]] to maintain 47's cover]].
--> '''Grey:''' ''(to 47)'' Walk away.\\
'''CICADA:''' Or what? You're gonna take us all on?\\
''(47 begins moving forward)''\\
'''Grey:''' Don't. Tell The Constant [[ImpliedDeathThreat to start running]].
--> '''Grey:''' ''(to 47)'' Walk away.\\
'''CICADA:''' Or what? You're gonna take us all on?\\
''(47 begins moving forward)''\\
'''Grey:''' Don't. Tell The Constant [[ImpliedDeathThreat to start running]].
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* '''Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderImprisoned'' has Katara stage an argument with Sokka to attract the attention of Fire Nation Soldiers. She threatens him "Earthbending Style", actually a cue for Aang to help her fake earthbending.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' episode [[Recap/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriendsS2E6FrankieMyDear "Frankie My Dear"]] has Bloo, Mac and Chris crash Frankie's date will disguised as [[TotemPoleTrench Orlando Bloo]]. Mac tries to feed Bloo despite not being able to see, and Bloo helps him while pretending to talk to himself.
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* In ''Film/ManOnALedge'', Nick Cassidy carries out a conversation with negotiator Lydia Mercer while simultaneously relaying instructions to his brother Joey, who is perpetrating a heist with his (Joey's) girlfriend. Nick suggests to "cool things down" - to Lydia this means deescalate the situation, while to Joey it means disable an alarm system with liquid nitrogen.
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* In the fifth season of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', before Sarge and Donut find Grif and Simmons [[spoiler: after they fall into the cave beneath Blood Gulch]], Sarge communicates with Simmons via their helmet radios. Donut's radio is broken, so he is completely unaware Sarge isn't talking to him.
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* In the fifth season of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'', before Sarge and Donut find Grif and Simmons [[spoiler: after they fall into the cave beneath Blood Gulch]], Sarge communicates with Simmons via their helmet radios. Donut's radio is broken, so he is completely unaware Sarge isn't talking to him.
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** Oh, they notice. They just assume he's crazy, and y'know... he is. So.
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* A DomesticAbuse victim called the police while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJL_8kNFmTI pretending to order a pizza]]. Fortunately, the dispatcher quickly caught on and asked further questions to which she could respond with "'''Yes''', a large pizza", or "'''No''', with pepperoni".
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* A DomesticAbuse victim called the police while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJL_8kNFmTI pretending to order a pizza]]. pizza]] (within earshot of her abuser). Fortunately, the dispatcher quickly caught on quickly and asked further questions to which she could respond with the victim responded "'''Yes''', a large pizza", or "'''No''', with pepperoni".
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* A DomesticAbuse victim called police while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJL_8kNFmTI pretending to order a pizza]]. Fortunately, the dispatcher quickly caught on and asked her questions to which she could respond "'''Yes''', a large pizza", or "'''No''', with pepperoni".
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* A DomesticAbuse victim called the police while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJL_8kNFmTI pretending to order a pizza]]. Fortunately, the dispatcher quickly caught on and asked her further questions to which she could respond with "'''Yes''', a large pizza", or "'''No''', with pepperoni".
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* A DomesticAbuse victim called police while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJL_8kNFmTI pretending to order a pizza]]. Fortunately, the dispatcher quickly caught on and asked her questions to which she could respond "'''Yes''', a large pizza", or "'''No''', with pepperoni".
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** When Ignacio's new girlfriend Jean, the pharmacist who sold them the tests, shows up, she pretends not to know them, but asks Betty pointedly "Are you well?" and when Betty nods, "Are you ''positive''?"
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Compare TalkingThroughTechnique, where Bob can talk to Alice via chess, while talking verbally to Charlie. Subtrope to DoubleMeaning.
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* In the ''Series/UglyBetty'' episode "Be-Shure", both Betty and Hilda realize that the other [[PregnancyTestPlot may be pregnant]]. Desperate to keep their father in the dark about it, they speak in code to each other while helping him in the kitchen.
-->'''Hilda:''' You got burned? Weren't you being careful?
-->'''Betty:''' Of course I was. Weren't you?
-->'''Hilda:''' Obviously. ''[picks up hot pot from stove]'' Ouch!
-->'''Ignacio:''' Burned twice in one day? That's what happens when you [[InnocentInnuendo don't wear an oven mitt]].
-->'''Hilda:''' You got burned? Weren't you being careful?
-->'''Betty:''' Of course I was. Weren't you?
-->'''Hilda:''' Obviously. ''[picks up hot pot from stove]'' Ouch!
-->'''Ignacio:''' Burned twice in one day? That's what happens when you [[InnocentInnuendo don't wear an oven mitt]].
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* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'': In "Back and Forth", the modern Blackadder bets his fellow diners that he can travel through time and collect any relic from the past. When they make their choices, Blackadder announces them loudly, in the presence of a microphone, so that Baldrick can find similar-looking items.
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* Notable aversion: the fact that Haley Joel Osment's character ''doesn't'' talk to Bruce Willis when anyone else is around is a major clue to the twist ending of ''Film/TheSixthSense''.
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* Notable aversion: the fact that Haley Joel Osment's Creator/HaleyJoelOsment's character ''doesn't'' talk to Bruce Willis Creator/BruceWillis when anyone else is around is a major clue to the twist ending of ''Film/TheSixthSense''.
