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* In ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'', Sokka fails to recognize when Suki is talking about him.
-->'''Suki:''' I lost someone I care about. He didn't die. He just went away. I only had a few days to get to know him, but he was smart, and brave and funny.
-->'''Sokka''': Who is this guy? Is he taller than me?
-->'''Suki''': No. He's about your height.
-->'''Sokka''': Is he better looking?
-->'''Suki''': It is ''you'', stupid!

-->'''Team''': If only we had someone who could stretch that far... ''(everyone turns to Sasquatch, who is TheBigGuy and resident RubberMan)''
-->'''Sasquatch''': Yeah... but who could that possibly be? ''({{beat}})'' I know! The Mighty Sasquatch can stretch that far!

* In the first episode of ''SouthPark'', Cartman is watching a news report on CropCircles and the camera pulls back to show that the circles form an exact portrait of himself.

* On ''ArrestedDevelopment'', Tobias does this ''constantly'' with innuendos.

* In ''TheAndyGriffithShow'', Barney overhears Andy and Aunt Bee talking about a particularly irritating KnowNothingKnowItAll. They look horrified when Barney walks into the room, only for him to agree that people like that are annoying.

* ''{{Dilbet}}'' The seventh habit of highly defective people- Thinking the people in the comic aren't you

* HarryPotter: Vernon Dursley is outraged and reacts as he's being insulted when he's addressed as a "[[{{Muggles}} Muggle]]".

* Happens in LovelyComplex when Koizumi describes Otani as her perfect guy and he does not get it despite it being a perfect description of him.

* BreakingBad, episode "Cat's In The Bag..." HotMom Skyler inadvertently enters a "certain" website.

* In an episode of the American TheOffice, one of the workers is flashed by a pervert. Pam is asked to draw up a description of the man in order to make wanted posters. Pam ends up drawing Dwight with a moustache and asks him to put the posters up. Dwight does so, even mentioning happily that he wants the "pervert" to be caught.

* In TheAndyGriffithShow, Barney overhears Andy and Aunt Bee talking about a particularly irritating KnowNothingKnowItAll. They look horrified when Barney walks into the room, only for him to agree that people like that are annoying.

* In SomethingPositive, Davan tells Peejee he used to have a crush on a girl, but she didn't return the sentiment. They became really good friends and it ended up being for the best. Peejee insults the girl for not realizing Davan's great, he replies that, no, she's one of his favorite people. He walks away. Peejee catches on and blushes.

* In AvatarTheLastAirbender, Sokka fails to recognize when Suki is talking about him.

* AnimalMechanicals. Certain situations will elicit a conversation like this:

* In ''SonicColors'', one of Eggman's PA messages has him informing the "owner" of "a white hovercar shaped like an egg" that said car was broken into. He only realizes what happened once he repeats the message.

* [[''ToTheEndsOfTheEarth'']]: The narrator overhears two people discussing someone with a very out-of-date worldview, but who is nonetheless fairly likeable and not completely stupid. He does not realise that they are probably referring to him (it is never explicitly confirmed that they are, but it seems very likely).

* To the Ends of the Earth: The narrator overhears two people discussing someone with a very out-of-date worldview, but who is nonetheless fairly likeable and not completely stupid. He does not realise that they are probably referring to him (it is never explicitly confirmed that they are, but it seems very likely).

** For extra hilarity, judging by another of his messages, his own robots go around looting the guests' cars, meaning [[HoistByHisOwnPetard they might have responsible.]]

** For extra hilarity, judging by another of his messages, his own robots go around looting the guests' cars, meaning [[HoistByHisOwnPetard they might have broken into his as well.]]

* DoctorWho: The [[TheNthDoctor newly-regenerated Eleventh Doctor]] witnesses the MonsterOfTheWeek [[VoluntaryShapeshifting transform]] into a perfect likeness of himself, and remarks, "That's rubbish, who's that supposed to be?" [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as he didn't know what he looked like at that point.

* TotheEndsoftheEarth: The narrator overhears two people discussing someone with a very out-of-date worldview, but who is nonetheless fairly likeable and not completely stupid. He does not realise that they are probably referring to him (it is never explicitly confirmed that they are, but it seems very likely).

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* ''Hit and Run'' by Lawrence Block: HitmanWithAHeart Keller is watching TV in his hotel room and sees a story on CNN about the assassination of the governor of Ohio. They show a picture of the assassin, and he takes a moment to realize that it's a picture of him.
* In ''SonicColors'', one of Eggman's PA messages has him informing the "owner" of "a white hovercar shaped like an egg" that said car was broken into. He only realizes what happened once he repeats the message.
** For extra hilarity, judging by another of his messages, his own robots go around looting the guests' cars, meaning [[HoistByHisOwnPetard they might have broken into his as well.]]

* In AvatarTheLastAirbender, Sokka fails to recognize when Suki is talking about him.
-->'''Suki:''' I lost someone I care about. He didn't die. He just went away. I only had a few days to get to know him, but he was smart, and brave and funny.
-->'''Sokka''': Who is this guy? Is he taller than me?
-->'''Suki''': No. He's about your height.
-->'''Sokka''': Is he better looking?
-->'''Suki''': It is ''you'', stupid!
* BreakingBad, episode "Cat's In The Bag..." HotMom Skyler inadvertently enters a "certain" website.
-->''[=MILFs=]? What the hell is a MILF?''
* In an episode of the American TheOffice, one of the workers is flashed by a pervert. Pam is asked to draw up a description of the man in order to make wanted posters. Pam ends up drawing Dwight with a moustache and asks him to put the posters up. Dwight does so, even mentioning happily that he wants the "pervert" to be caught.

* In SomethingPositive, Davan tells Peejee he used to have a crush on a girl, but she didn't return the sentiment. They became really good friends and it ended up being for the best. Peejee insults the girl for not realizing Davan's great, he replies that, no, she's one of his favorite people. He walks away. Peejee catches on and blushes.

* GrooTheWanderer, on numerous occasions, specially with synonyms of "stupid".
-->''What did he mean, "slow of mind"?''
* Happens in LovelyComplex when Koizumi describes Otani as her perfect guy and he does not get it despite it being a perfect description of him.
* "Notorious", a short story by João Guimarães Rosa (of TheDevilToPayInTheBacklands fame). The narrator, a doctor, is surprised to get a visit from a feared outlaw. It happens a newly arrived guy from the government called him "notorious", and the furious outlaw travels miles... to ask the doctor, one of the few educated men in the backlands, what the word means. [[spoiler:Fearing the worst, the narrator answers it means "important", and the outlaw leaves happy.]]

** For extra hilarity, judging by another of his messages, his own robots go around looting the guests' cars, meaning [[HoistByHisOwnPetard they might have broken into his as well.]]

* In ''SonicColors'', one of Eggman's PA messages has him informing the "owner" of "a white hovercar shaped like an egg" that said car was broken into. He only realizes his mistake once he repeats the message.

* In ''SonicColors'', one of Eggman's PA messages has him informing the "owner" of "a white hovercar shaped like an egg" that said car was broken into. He only realizes his mistake once he repeats the messages.

* ''Hit and Run'' by Lawrence Block: HitmanWithAHeart Keller is watching TV in his hotel room and sees a story on CNN about the assassination of the governor of Ohio. They show a picture of the assassin, and he takes a moment to realize that it's a picture of him.

An embarrassed or [[{{Hypocrisy}} hypocrite]] character might ''act'' like this, while keeping quiet about knowing the description is accurate.

-->Hey! That looks like... Tom Selleck.

-->''MILFs? What the hell is a MILF?''