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* ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears Show'': "The Crystal Ball Caper" uses it twice. First, Raffish Ralph sneaks into Gran and Gramps' house and steals Gran's magic crystal ball from the bag it was kept in, substituting a nearly-identical crystal ball and taking the original to Weasel [=McGreed=]... only to discover he accidentally stole Gramps' bowling ball instead. Meanwhile, Gran discovers the switch and, at the same time, realizes that Gramps -- who keeps his bowling ball in an identical bag to the one her crystal ball was in -- had accidentally taken the wrong bag with him to the bowling alley earlier.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePatrickStarShow'': Throughout "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS2E5MovieStarsDrSmartScience Dr. Smart Science]]", Patrick [[RunningGag repeatedly]] confuses astrology with astronomy.
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Wrong wick... speaking of "similar item confusion".


* In ''VideoGame/DensetsuNoStafy'', this is done using a pun. Upon arriving at the door to the Old Castle, the team learns from Mama and Papa Star over a Shell Tape that a special item is needed to open it. Starly guesses that the item is a key ("kagi" in Japanese), and Starfy heads into the stage to find it, retrieving a permission fruit ("kaki") instead. Starly angrily throws the fruit at Starfy for making the mixup, but then the bust above the door eats the fruit, unlocking it, revealing that it was the correct item after all.

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* In ''VideoGame/DensetsuNoStafy'', ''VideoGame/DensetsuNoStafy3'', this is done using a pun. Upon arriving at the door to the Old Castle, the team learns from Mama and Papa Star over a Shell Tape that a special item is needed to open it. Starly guesses that the item is a key ("kagi" in Japanese), and Starfy heads into the stage to find it, retrieving a permission fruit ("kaki") instead. Starly angrily throws the fruit at Starfy for making the mixup, but then the bust above the door eats the fruit, unlocking it, revealing that it was the correct item after all.
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Crosswicking.

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* In ''VideoGame/DensetsuNoStafy'', this is done using a pun. Upon arriving at the door to the Old Castle, the team learns from Mama and Papa Star over a Shell Tape that a special item is needed to open it. Starly guesses that the item is a key ("kagi" in Japanese), and Starfy heads into the stage to find it, retrieving a permission fruit ("kaki") instead. Starly angrily throws the fruit at Starfy for making the mixup, but then the bust above the door eats the fruit, unlocking it, revealing that it was the correct item after all.
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* ''LightNovel/ReZero'': Averted in Episode 3 of the Break Time shorts, where it is mentioned that one of Reinhard's many abilities include not confusing sugar with salt when cooking.

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* ''LightNovel/ReZero'': ''Literature/ReZero'': Averted in Episode 3 of the Break Time shorts, where it is mentioned that one of Reinhard's many abilities include not confusing sugar with salt when cooking.
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* ''Literature/GoblinsInTheCastle'': Done deliberately by the goblins, who filled the sugar bowl with salt during their mischievous rampage. William only discovers this ''after'' he's spooned some into his coffee, resulting in a SpitTake.

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* Subverted in one episode of ''Radio/JohnFinnemoresSouvenirProgramme'', where a man claims to make his lasagne with red fruit because it's the same colour as beef ragout, and uses icing sugar instead of flour in the white sauce, because it's basically the same thing. When he describes the fluffiness of the pasta, however, it becomes apparent that he's deliberately making a Victoria sponge cake and ''calling'' it a lasagne.

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* Subverted Music/CWMcCall: Non-lethal example in "Aurora Borealis" -- [=McCall=] recalls how he and some friends were camping next to the Green River in Wyoming, and one episode of ''Radio/JohnFinnemoresSouvenirProgramme'', where a man claims the guys from New York chuckles when he points out what he thinks is smog, "clear out here in the sticks". One of the others has to make his lasagne with red fruit because tell him that's not smog -- it's the same colour as beef ragout, and uses icing sugar instead of flour in the white sauce, because it's basically the same thing. When he describes the fluffiness of the pasta, however, it becomes apparent that he's deliberately making a Victoria sponge cake and ''calling'' it a lasagne.Milky Way, which he'd never seen before.


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* Subverted in one episode of ''Radio/JohnFinnemoresSouvenirProgramme'', where a man claims to make his lasagne with red fruit because it's the same colour as beef ragout, and uses icing sugar instead of flour in the white sauce, because it's basically the same thing. When he describes the fluffiness of the pasta, however, it becomes apparent that he's deliberately making a Victoria sponge cake and ''calling'' it a lasagne.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode, "What's Cooking?", Arthur enters a cooking competition at school, hosted by famous chef, Ming Tsai, with plans to make a chocolate cake. His dad insists on wanting to help, even thought it's a Kids-only competition. Arthur makes a mistake by adding baking soda instead of baking powder, resulting in a batch of brownies instead of a chocolate cake. He wants to throw them out at first, but then his brownies become a huge hit with the class, and [[AnAesop he learns that many great foods were created by accident]] from Ming Tsai.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode, "What's Cooking?", Arthur enters a cooking competition at school, hosted by famous chef, chef Ming Tsai, with plans to make a chocolate cake. His dad insists on wanting to help, even thought it's a Kids-only kids-only competition. Arthur makes a mistake by adding baking soda instead of baking powder, resulting in a batch of brownies instead of a chocolate cake. He wants to throw them out at first, but then his brownies become a huge hit with the class, and [[AnAesop he learns that many great foods were created by accident]] from Ming Tsai.
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* Subverted in one episode of ''Radio/JohnFinnemoresSouvenirProgramme'', where a man claims to make his lasagne with red fruit because it's the same colour as beef ragout, and uses icing sugar instead of flour in the white sauce, because it's basically the same thing. When he describes the fluffiness of the pasta, however, it becomes apparent that he's deliberately making a Victoria sponge cake and ''calling'' it a lasagne.
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* In "A Trip to the General Store" from ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'', the kids of the Big Blue House decide to host a stand selling lemonade and cookies in order to make money to spend at the general store. When they tell Bear they expect to have them all sold either tomorrow or the day after, Bear agrees to buy out their entire stock, as he has things he needs from the store ''today''. However, he can barely choke down the lemonade. He then learns from Ojo that the "secret ingredient" is salt because, after all, it looks like sugar, so surely it's the same. He takes a pass on the cookies, claiming that he'll save them for another day.

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* In "A Trip to the General Store" from ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'', the kids of the Big Blue House Ojo, Tutter and Treelo decide to host a stand selling lemonade and cookies in order to make money to spend at the general store. When they tell Bear they expect to have them all sold either tomorrow or the day after, Bear agrees to buy out their entire stock, as he has things he needs from the store ''today''. However, he can barely choke down the lemonade. He then learns from Ojo that the "secret ingredient" is salt because, after all, it looks like sugar, so surely it's the same. He takes a pass on the cookies, claiming that he'll save them for another day.
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* ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'': In "The Affair", Drake and Josh believe that their father is cheating on their mother, and do everything they can to save the marriage. At one point, they decide to cook him blueberry waffles with cinnamon in them, a favorite of his, and say that their mom made them. However, Drake mixes the cinnamon up with cumin and uses the latter, unaware that his dad's allergic to it. He and Josh then rush to help their dad out as he begins coughing from an allergic reaction.

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* ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'': In "The Affair", Drake and Josh believe that their father is cheating on their mother, and do everything they can to save the marriage. At one point, they decide to cook him blueberry waffles with cinnamon in them, a favorite of his, and say that their mom made them. However, Drake mixes the cinnamon up with cumin and uses the latter, unaware that his dad's allergic to it. He and Josh then rush to help their dad out as he begins coughing choking from an allergic reaction.
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* ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'': In "The Affair", Drake and Josh believe that their father is cheating on their mother, and do everything they can to save the marriage. At one point, they decide to cook him cinnamon waffles, a favorite of his, and say that their mom made them, but Drake mixes the cinnamon up with cumin and uses the latter, unaware that his dad's allergic to it. He and Josh then rush to help their dad out as he begins coughing from an allergic reaction.

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* ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'': In "The Affair", Drake and Josh believe that their father is cheating on their mother, and do everything they can to save the marriage. At one point, they decide to cook him blueberry waffles with cinnamon waffles, in them, a favorite of his, and say that their mom made them, but them. However, Drake mixes the cinnamon up with cumin and uses the latter, unaware that his dad's allergic to it. He and Josh then rush to help their dad out as he begins coughing from an allergic reaction.
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* ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'': In "The Affair", Drake and Josh believe that their father is cheating on their mother, and do everything they can to save the marriage. At one point, they decide to cook him cinnamon waffles, a favorite of his, and say that their mom made them, but Drake mixes the cinnamon up with cumin and uses the latter, unaware that his dad's allergic to it. He and Josh then rush to help their dad out as he begins coughing from an allergic reaction.

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