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** Earl and Joy had sex right before Joy and Darnell's wedding rehearsal. Earl wants to tell Darnell the truth, but Joy convinces Earl to let her tell Darnell. She loves and says that Earl slept with Darnell's mother. Darnell attacks Earl, and Earl's attempts to calm him down just make Darnell angrier. The kicker being when Earl says "I didn't get mad when you slept with her!"

* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': While Sulley is getting beat up by an invisible Randall, Mike shows up to apologize for their falling-out earlier and misinterprets his friend's pleas for help as a reaction to his speech.

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': In the penultimate episode of ''Unlimited'', Lex Luthor (who's trying to revive Brainiac) and Metron have a short conversation, with Metron warning him against continuing. Lex thinks that Metron is trying to give him the standard LastSecondChance[=/=]BeingEvilSucks speech, and refuses to listen because he knows ''exactly'' what he wants. Metron is ''actually'' saying that the plan is very likely to backfire horribly by [[spoiler:reviving Darkseid instead]], which is something that Lex ''doesn't'' want, but also doesn't know is a possibility.

* ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'': Tomoya is an expert at arranging this kind of situation for his own amusement. In one case, Nagisa wants to ask for Ryou's help in establishing the theater club, so Tomoya has Sunohara tell Ryou that someone wants to ask her out on the rooftop. When they arrive, Tomoya introduces Nagisa as the ''girl'' who wanted to "talk to her", and a beautiful confession scene unfolds until Nagisa finally mentions the club itself. (As a bonus, Ryou said ''yes'', ''before'' she realized what the question was.)

** In one episode, the boys think they're talking to rival talent agents when they were really talking to the ''mob''. They managed to convince them to give up their life of crime despite the difference.

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': In one episode, Francine sees Stan's body double making out with Hayley. When she confronts Stan, he thinks she's talking about his stealing cookie dough from the fridge. Video is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tAFxhW3tek here]].

** Meg develops an [[StalkerWithACrush obsessive crush]] on Brian, and at one point gives him some pie [[{{Squick}} with her hair baked into it]]. When discussing the situation with Lois (who's already mad because she thinks he took advantage of Meg), Brian [[ThatCameOutWrong makes the mistake of saying]] "She made me eat her hair pie", which earns him a punch in the nose. His follow-up "It's okay, Stewie had some too!" only made things worse.
** In another episode, Stewie hears Meg's new "boyfriend", Kent, reveal that he is gay and has a crush on Meg's brother. Stewie is convinced that it's ''him'' he's talking about, though really it's Chris. Later, he and Brian, the latter of whom knowing the truth, have a conversation regarding the topic, and both think the other talker is referring to a different brother.

** "E=MC Goof": Goofy accidentally submits Max's well-written report on UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein as an application to NASA (and accidentally pasting his photo over Max's A+ grade), after which NASA's officials are under the impression that Goofy is a genius and want him to help with their rocket and training their chimp. Goofy, on the other hand, thinks he's working as a janitor, and that the chimp is training ''him''. Neither party catches wise to the other's beliefs, even when Goofy wins the Nobel Prize.
** "Counterfeit Goof": Goofy gets mixed up with his CriminalDoppelganger, and is asked to "paper the town" as in, replace all the real money with counterfeit money. Unfortunately, Goofy has been putting up wallpaper and assumes the counterfeit money is a budget for him setting up wallpaper in the whole town.

** Happens in "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS1E13NitwitNeighborhoodNewsMidSeasonFinale Nitwit Neighborhood News]]" before [=SpongeBob=]'s first driving lesson. Annoyed by Patrick's stupidity, Mrs. Puff asks, "Would you please just ''go''?" [=SpongeBob=] thinks she's talking to him and starts driving the boat.

** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E17LastExitToSpringfield Last Exit to Springfield]]", Homer becomes a labor union boss, and eventually facing a bribe attempt from Mr. Burns. The offer's made with a great deal of InnocentInnuendo, however, and Homer [[MistakenForFlirting mistakenly assumes that Burns is coming on to him]], leading to the following refusal (which Burns simply takes as Homer being above bribery and getting righteously indignant at the attempt):

* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21545587/chapters/51361861 The Godfather of Soho]]'' and its sequels, [[Literature/GoodOmens Aziraphale]] is oblivious to how both the IrishMob and the police think that he's a mob boss (and that the mob bosses think he's one of the FairFolk).

-->'''Grossman''': "Take a step back and literally '''FUCK YOUR OWN FACE!''' I don't know what kind of Pan-Pacific bullshit power play you're trying to pull on me, but Asia, Jack, is my territory. So whatever you're thinking, you better think again! Otherwise I'm gonna have to head down there and I will rain down an ungodly fucking firestorm upon you! you're gonna have to call the fucking United Nations and get a fucking binding resolution to keep me from fucking destroying you. I'm talking about scorched earth motherfucker! I will massacre you! I WILL '''FUCK YOU UP'''!"

* In ''TouchOfPink'' Alim and Giles discuss a man who's played an important role in their lives. Giles talks about the [[JerkJock guy]] he's been sleeping with, Alim talks about his imaginary friend, and both are surprised that the other already knows.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePatrickStarShow'': Happens in "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS1E13NitwitNeighborhoodNewsMidSeasonFinale Nitwit Neighborhood News]]" before [=SpongeBob=]'s first driving lesson. Annoyed by Patrick's stupidity, Mrs. Puff asks, "Would you please just ''go''?" [=SpongeBob=] thinks she's talking to him and starts driving the boat.

* Most of the Alan Ayckbourn play ''Relatively Speaking''.
* In another Alan Ayckbourn play, ''Theatre/HowTheOtherHalfLoves'', a boss mistakenly thinks that his philandering employee is having an affair with another employee's wife, and tries to tell the supposedly cheated-on man. The boss does this in the presence of his ''own'' wife, whom he does not know has ''actually'' had an affair with the philandering employee; because the lady's name is not mentioned, the boss' wife thinks her husband has discovered ''her'' cheating and that he is sordidly airing her dirty laundry to a third party. This results in a conversation of misunderstandings between them, with despondent reproach on her part and puzzlement on his, before he unwittingly sets her straight right at the moment when she is about to confess.

-->'''Kugrash:''' Ehh, ya know, it's gonna be a wild one!\\

* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'': Virtually every conversation Beavis and Butt-Head have with anyone other than each other amounts to this. They have absolutely no interest in what others have to say to them, nor do they have the attention spans needed to process it. In most cases, they'll either ignore what the other person is saying [[HehHehYouSaidX outside of any words or phrases that could be interpreted as innuendo]] or completely misconstrue what is being said to be relevant to whatever their own current goal is (which is usually [[QuestForSex scoring]]).

* In Goto's introduction story in ''Manga/MyNeighborSeki'', she goes up to Yokoi and tells her the behavior she witnessed between her and Seki was inappropriate for the classroom. Goto thinks [[ShippingGoggles Yokoi and Seki are a couple]] and trying to romance each other during class time. Yokoi thinks she saw Seki playing games like he normally does and admits that she tries to stop him but gets caught up in things.

* In an episode of ''Series/{{Castle}}'', Beckett asks the [[BodyOfTheWeek victim's]] therapist what problems led him to see her. She said he had battled depression, which led to an eating disorder: "His diet was horrible. Scraps from the garbage... dead birds, even his own feces." After a beat, Castle realizes she was actually talking about the victim's ''dog''.

* In ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Chandler ends up thinking that Monica intends to get breast enlargement surgery, while Monica thinks Chandler is freaking out about her becoming pregnant. As a result, Chandler barges in and asks that Monica not change at all - she responds that not only her breasts will swell (as a result of pregnancy) but also her hands and feet as well. They talk for a bit, getting more and more confused, until eventually Rachel mentions the baby and they realize what the other was talking about.

-->'''Ross:''' Excuse me, your, uh, your wind?\\

-->'''Rachel:''' I think I just got engaged.
-->'''Phoebe:''' So he finally asked you.
-->'''Rachel:''' Wait, you knew he was going to ask me?
-->'''Phoebe:''' Are you kidding? I'm the one who talked him into it.
-->'''Rachel:''' But is it a good idea?
-->'''Phoebe:''' Of course. Everyone thinks you're perfect for each other.
-->'''Rachel:''' Really? Even Ross?
-->'''Phobe:''' ''Especially'' Ross.

-->'''Nellie''': You know what this is all about.\\

** The main plot comes when criminal Muddy Grimes believes he's hired Beavis and Butt-Head to kill his wife. Unfortunately, [[PoorCommunicationKills he told them to "do" her]] and, well, [[LovableSexManiac it's Beavis & Butt-Head]], so the result is that they believe they're traveling across the country to meet Muddy's hot wife, Dallas, and get it on.

* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtheadDoTheUniverse'': The main plot kicks off when the boys use a docking simulator to make crude sexual gestures and astronaut Serena Ryan asks them "how would you like to do that in space?" Once again, PoorCommunicationKills and the boys think they're being hired to score. It doesn't help matters when Serena tells Beavis that "256 men, 49 women, [[BestialityIsDepraved a Russian dog, and a chimpanzee]] have done what you're about to do" and he interprets it to mean that she ReallyGetsAround, and then some.

* The main plot of ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtheadDoAmerica'' comes when criminal Muddy Grimes believes he's hired Beavis & Butt-Head to kill his wife. Unfortunately, [[PoorCommunicationKills he told them to "do" her,]] and, well, [[LovableSexManiac it's Beavis & Butt-Head,]] so the result is that they believe they're travelling across the country to meet Muddy's hot wife, Dallas, and get it on.

** Similarly, the main plot of ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtheadDoTheUniverse'' kicks off when the boys use a docking simulator to make crude sexual gestures and astronaut Serena Ryan asks them "how would you like to do that in space?" Once again, PoorCommunicationKills and the boys think they're being hired to score. It doesn't help matters when Serena tells Beavis that "256 men, 49 women, [[BestialityIsDepraved a Russian dog, and a chimpanzee]] have done what you're about to do" and he interprets it to mean that she ReallyGetsAround, and then some.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'', Bernard tries to propose to Bianca, but misplaces the ring. While he looks for it, Bianca receives word of the mission to Australia and wants to inform Bernard about it. The waiter volunteers to tell Bernard about the case, but Bernard is too focused on his proposal to listen and he [[NotNowKiddo dismissively blows the waiter off]]. When Bernard returns to the table and tries to propose again, Bianca thinks he's talking about the mission and accepts. He is delighted, but is perplexed that she wants to do it now, and that she only needs to wear khaki shorts and hiking boots.

* Happens in ''Literature/AmericanPsycho'' during Patrick's date with Jean. During the whole date Patrick is going back and forth if he should kill Jean, ultimatly he uses an unexpected phone call from his fiancé Evelyn as an excuse to send Jean on her way. He tells Jean that he can't control himself and that he might hurt Jean. Jean thinks he's talking about them having sex and him hurting her emotionally by returning to Evelyn. To the audience it's clear he will kill her if she stays.