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* When Lisa finally finds Bart at the end of Level 3 in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun'', he is reduced to TheUnintelligible. Lisa tries to jog his memory by asking him what his favourite CatchPhrase is[[note]]"Eat my shorts!"[[/note]], only for Bart to instead say, "Kiss my grits!"

* ''WebAnimation/FreedomToons'': ''Daily Wire'' host Ben Shapiro flubs his CatchPhrase, "Facts don't care about your feelings", after Dr. Mac causes his intelligence to degrade, perverting it into [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis "Feelings don't care about your facts"]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back", [[HeroicBSOD Hermes is so shocked from seeing his office trashed on inspection day]], he can only mutter "Sweet...something...of someplace" instead of his usual MadLibsCatchphrase.

->''"Agent Washington...you just got Sar-- *gunshot, explosion* God dammit, I messed up the [[PreMortemOneLiner one-liner!]]"''
-->-- '''Sarge''', ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', trying to say "You just got Sarge'd."

* In ''Film/{{The Incredible Hulk|2008}}'', Bruce Banner tries to tell a bunch of thugs trying to intimidate him that [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry they wouldn't like him when he's angry.]] The effect is a bit lost in translation.
-->'''Banner''': (''in Portuguese'') Don't make me... hungry. You wouldn't like me when I'm... hungry. (''in English'') Wait, that's not right.

* Captain Jack Sparrow really only managed to get his catch phrase (“You will always remember this as the day that you ''almost'' caught Captain Jack Sparrow!”) out properly once, but that doesn't stop him from trying to utter it at every opportunity in the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' series
* In ''Film/{{Underdog}}'', the titular canine is trying to come up with a catch-phrase but constantly screws them up or makes an awful rhyme, before he settles on the classic "There's no need to fear, Underdog is here!"

* In ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', Cut-me-own-Throat Dibbler manages to botch his catch phrase in ''Literature/{{Night Watch|Discworld}}'' after Vimes travels 33 years into the past and inadvertently teaches it to him.

* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "The Almost People", the Doctor manages to botch ''two of his catch phrases at once''. ItMakesSenseInContext.
-->''I reversed the [[TrademarkFavoriteFood jelly baby]] of the neutron flow!''

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-->Hi, my name is...\\
I forgot my name!!

* As noted in the quote above, Sarge from ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' failed at his own ([[ForcedMeme forced]]) catch-phrase "You just got Sarge'd," when he prematurely fires his shotgun in the middle of it.

* [[WesternAnimation/TheAtomAntShow Atom Ant]] botches his catch phrase "Up and at 'em, Atom Ant" in an episode where he's tempted with a picnic. Instead he says "Up and eat 'em, Picnic Ant!"
* At the end of one episode of ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'', Buzz tries out a MangledCatchPhrase uttered by an animatronic likeness of him. After the CollectiveGroan his crew uttered, he states it doesn't really work.

-->'''Sid''': "Dino Wachoo? I've never heard of such a place."

* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "The Almost People", the Doctor takes this UpToEleven by managing to botch ''two of his catch phrases at once''. ItMakesSenseInContext.

-->-- Sarge, ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', trying to say "You just got Sarge'd."

It's become a staple of media that characters will have catch phrases. But sometimes, the character himself just can't get it right. It could be a combination of many things, such as they could get distracted mid-quote, or perhaps they're out of practice. Or if it's an origin story for a well-established character, you may expect them to stumble over it the first few times they try to say it.

Not to be confused with MangledCatchPhrase for when an impostor is failing at it. Related to BorrowedCatchPhrase, when other characters take a turn at it (though only if they get it wrong). Compare to SubvertedCatchPhrase, when a character intentionally changes it up, and AlternateCatchphraseInflection where they get the words right but not the tone.

* When Lisa finally finds Bart at the end of Level 3 in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun'', he is reduced to TheUnintelligible. Lisa tries to jog his memory by asking him what his favourite CatchPhrase is[[note]]"Eat my shorts!"[[/note]], only for Bart to instead say "Kiss my grits!"

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', when Danny has taken leave of his senses, he transforms with "I'm going...to become...ghostly!" Instead of his usually "I'm going ghost".
* At the end of one episode of ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'', Buzz tries out a MangledCatchPhrase uttered by an animatronic likeness of him. After the CollectiveGroan his crew uttered, he states it doesn't really work.
** In the episode "Rescue Mission", Buzz nervously states before being teleported to the source of an alien distress signal "To infinity and....somewhere!"
* [[WesternAnimation/TheAtomAntShow Atom Ant]] botches his catch phrase "Up and at 'em, Atom Ant" in an episode where he's tempted with a picnic. Instead he says "Up and eat 'em, Picnic Ant!"
* Dick Dastardly botches his "Drat! Drat and double drat!" in the ''[[WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines Dastardly & Muttley]]'' episode "There's No Fool Like A Re-Fuel" after he gets flattened by a barrel of oil. He says "Flat! Flat! And triple flat!"

* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' loves to do this to [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney Kaiba's catchphrase]]. To date, he has said "ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules" and "[[YouGottaHaveBlueHair Screw The Rules I Have Green Hair]]" due to a flub and a drug-addled flashback respectively.

* In ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'', Bruce Banner tries to tell a bunch of thugs trying to intimidate him that [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry they wouldn't like him when he's angry.]] The effect is a bit lost in translation.

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* Captain Jack Sparrow really only managed to get his catch phrase out properly once, but that doesn't stop him from trying to utter it at every opportunity in the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' series

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Team Homer", Springfield Elementary gets school uniforms, causing the school to become more obedient. This leads Nelson to flub his own SignatureLaugh with "Haw...huh?"