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->'''Teacher''': We're going to take a test, true or false.\\

'''Teacher''': Homer, I was just explaining the test.\\

'''Teacher''': Homer, just take the test. You'll do fine.\\

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

* WebVideo/{{Kitboga}} is a scambaiter popular on Website/YouTube and Website/{{Twitch}}. This is the thrust of the gag in the scambaiting call "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKOBZ7PpQI8 Do Not Cut The Cards]]." The scammer, Kristin, at one point tells Kitboga and guest streamer Veritas to go out and buy "four pieces of $500 Best Buy gift cards." This is a fairly common bit of scammer phrasing that arises from the fact that English is not their first language, but rather Hindi. (A native-English speaker would normally just say "four $500 Best Buy gift cards.") Veritas purposefully misunderstands this as cutting up the cards into four pieces and Kitboga's Dawn Dewitt (Granny Edna, supposedly his wife, latches on to this. They then milk the gag for all it's worth, pretending to go to the store and get the gift cards, then tell the scammer that they're cutting them up, that's like an infinite money hack. She goes ballistic, convinced that her payday is being cut up into little pieces.

* WebVideo/{{Kitboga}} is a scambaiter popular on Website/YouTube and Website/{{Twitch}}. This is the thrust of the gag in the scambaiting call "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKOBZ7PpQI8 Do Not Cut The Cards]]." The scammer, Kristin, at one point tells Kitboga and guest streamer Veritas to go out and buy "four pieces of $500 Best Buy gift cards." This is a fairly common bit of scammer phrasing that arises from the fact that English is not their first language, but rather Hindi. (A native-English speaker would normally just say "four $500 Best Buy gift cards.") Kitboga's character, Dawn Dewitt (Granny Edna), purposefully misunderstands this as cutting up the cards into four pieces and Verita's character, supposedly her husband, latches on to this. They then milk the gag for all it's worth, pretending to go to the store and get the gift cards, then tell the scammer that they're cutting them up, that's like an infinite money hack. She goes ballistic, convinced that her payday is being cut up into little pieces.

* WebVideo/{{Kitboga}} is a scambaiter popular on Website/YouTube and Website/{{Twitch}}. This is the thrust of the gag in the scambaiting call "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKOBZ7PpQI8 Do Not Cut The Cards]]." The scammer, Kristin, at one point tells Kitboga and guest streamer Veritas to go out and buy "four pieces of $500 Best Buy gift cards." This is a fairly common bit of scammer phrases that arises from the fact that English is not their first language, but rather Hindi. (A native-English speaker would normally just say "four $500 Best Buy gift cards.") Kitboga's character, Dawn Dewitt (Granny Edna), purposefully misunderstands this as cutting up the cards into four pieces and Verita's character, supposedly her husband, latches on to this. They then milk the gag for all it's worth, pretending to go to the store and get the gift cards, then tell the scammer that they're cutting them up, that's like an infinite money hack. She goes ballistic, convinced that her payday is being cut up into little pieces.

'''Meatwad''': But also, how it feels to receive too. 'Cause that's a good feeling too y'all. When Santa Clause comes down from the cross, and give me all that stuff I asked for.\\
'''Frylock''': ''[sighs; as Meatwad called a statue of Jesus Christ's crucifixion Santa]'' That ain't Santa Clause, okay? How many times do I gotta tell you that?\\

* ''Film/{{Idiocracy}}'': Joe tries to explain to the people of the 26th century why they need to water plants with water and not sports drinks, but every rational explanation he gives them cause them more confusion. Eventually, the narration mentions that he gives up on logic and reason, and just tells them that he can talk to plants, and that the plants told him that they wanted water[[note]]Plants actually grow better when watered with sugary drinks, so sports drinks are actually fine to water plants with[[/note]].

->'''Milo:''' It's for protection.\\
'''Kida:''' I know what the spear is for. But why is it in a glass case?\\
'''Milo:''' No, the glass case is for protection.\\
'''Kida:''' Wouldn't the spear be better protection than a glass case?\\
'''Milo:''' Yes...no! It's there to protect from someone who might want to steal it.\\
''[{{beat}}]''\\
'''Kida:''' Why would someone want to steal a glass case?
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisMilosReturn''

* A staple of ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', when Homer is required to take a science class:
-->'''Teacher:''' We're going to take a test, true or false.\\
'''Homer:''' True.\\
'''Teacher:''' Homer, I was just explaining the test.\\
'''Homer:''' True.\\
'''Teacher:''' Homer, just take the test. You'll do fine.\\
'''Homer:''' False.

* ''Manga/TheErrandBoyAndTheDelinquentLeaderInLove'': The whole series runs on this. [[JapaneseDelinquents Toramaru,]] the banchou, thinks that she asked Unoki, the errand boy, to be her boyfriend near the beginning of the year, and that they've been a couple for a while. Unoki, who has been bullied for all his life and has literally never had a positive relationship with anyone outside of ''possibly'' his family, thinks she asked him to be her personal errand boy, not helped by the fact that a lot of what she says can be misinterpreted[[note]]Asking him to be her boyfriend by simply saying "Be mine", referring to him as her "thing" and her "property" when she means boyfriend[[/note]] or is an extremely odd thing to say[[note]]Asking him what type of grave he would like (for the two of them), telling him that the reason she made him a lunch box is because she can't let him die yet[[/note]]. Toramaru's self-proclaimed second-in-command, [[PsychoLesbian Matsuri,]] thinks Toramaru wants Unoki to replace her despite him being a wimp. And then there's [[OnlySaneMan Yutaka,]] Matsuri's best friend, who is the only one who realises what's going on.

** "The Origins Part 2", which explains Darwin's present-day VerbalTic:

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', "The Points".
-->'''Darwin''': If you don't redeem our good points, then we're gonna have to take this to the top! We're gonna go speak to--\\

* ''Manga/TheErrandBoyAndTheDelinquentLeaderInLove'': The whole series runs on this. [[JapaneseDelinquents Toramaru]], the banchou, thinks that she asked Unoki, the errand boy, to be her boyfriend near the beginning of the year, and that they've been a couple for a while. Unoki, who has been bullied for all his life and has literally never had a positive relationship with anyone outside of ''possibly'' his family, thinks she asked him to be her personal errand boy, not helped by the fact that a lot of what she says can be misinterpreted[[note]]Asking him to be her boyfriend by simply saying "Be mine", referring to him as her "thing" and her "property" when she means boyfriend[[/note]] or is an extremely odd thing to say[[note]]Asking him what type of grave he would like (for the two of them), telling him that the reason she made him a lunch box is because she can't let him die yet[[/note]]. Toramaru's self-proclaimed second-in-command, [[PsychoLesbian Matsuri]], thinks Toramaru wants Unoki to replace her despite him being a wimp. And then there's [[OnlySaneMan Yutaka]], Matsuri's best friend, who is the only one who realises what's going on.
* This is the premise of ''LightNovel/TheEminenceInShadow''. The rest of Shadow Garden thinks that Cid is their all knowing and all powerful leader who has everything in the palm of his hand. Cid thinks he's just engaging in his chuuni fantasies and the rest of Shadow Garden are just his former playmates humoring him.

'''Milo:''' Yes... No! It's there to protect from someone who might want to steal it.\\

'''Nala:''' I can't believe it... He's gone back!\\
'''Timon:''' Gone back? Whaddaya mean? Hey... what's goin' on here? Who's the monkey!?\\

'''Nala:''' Nonono, it's his uncle--\\

* This happens in ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', when Donkey first sees Princess Fiona [[spoiler: in her ogre form]].

* ''Film/{{Idiocracy}}'': Joe tries to explain to the people of the 26th century why they need to water plants with water and not sports drinks, but every rational explanation he gives them cause them more confusion. Eventually, the narration mentions that he gives up on logic and reason, and just tells them that he can talk to plants, and that the plants told him that they wanted water.

-->'''Uncle Henry''': Dorothy? Well what has Dorothy done?\\

'''Bullwinkle''': Didn't they like it either?

'''Milo:''' Yes... No! It's there to protect from someone who might want to steal it.\\

'''Timon:''' Who?
-->'''Nala:''' Scar.
-->'''Pumbaa:''' Who's got a scar?
-->'''Nala:''' Nonono, it's his uncle--
-->'''Timon:''' The monkey's his uncle?
-->'''Nala:''' ''No!'' Simba's gone back to challenge his uncle, to take his place as ''king''...?
-->''[{{beat}}]''
-->'''Timon and Pumbaa:''' Ohhhh...

-->'''Donner:''' Who's Pluto?
-->'''Blitzen:''' I think he's Murray.
-->'''Donner:''' Murray's Pluto?
-->'''Blitzen:''' Bingo.
-->'''Donner:''' Bingo's Pluto?
-->'''Blitzen:''' ''[beat]'' Yes.

-->'''Rocky''': She's not here about the trees! She's with the FBI!
-->'''Bullwinkle''': The FBI? Didn't they take our show off the air?
-->'''Rocky''': You mean the FCC!
-->'''Bullwinkle''': Didn't they like it either?

-->'''Brady Owens: '''Stan Schultz - isn't that a cartoonist?
-->'''Grant Taylor: '''That's *Charles* Schultz.
-->'''J.T. Hawkins Jr.: '''No, I thought Charles Schultz was that man that flew across the ocean in "The Spirit of St. Andrews."
-->'''Grant Taylor: '''That's Charles Lindbergh, and it's "The Spirit of St. Louis."
-->'''Brady Owens: '''Naw, Lindbergh is a cheese!
-->'''Grant Taylor: '''Limburger's the cheese. Lindbergh's the man.
-->'''J.T. Hawkins Jr.:''' No, Lindbergh was that blimp that blew up and killed all them people.
-->'''Grant Taylor: '''That's the Hindenburg.
-->'''Brady Owens: '''Nah, Hindenburg's where you go skiing in Tennessee.
-->'''Grant Taylor:''' That's Gatlinburg!
-->'''J.T. Hawkins Jr.:''' Gatlinburg? You mean like the country music group, the Gatlinburg Brothers?
-->'''Grant Taylor:''' [throws ball] Crazy.

--->'''Dr. Rumack''': [[BreathlessNonSequitur How soon can you land?]]
--->'''Capt. Oveur''': I can't tell.
--->'''Dr. Rumack''': You can tell me, I'm a doctor.
--->'''Capt. Oveur''': No, I mean I'm just not sure!
--->'''Dr. Rumack''': Can't you take a guess?
--->'''Capt. Oveur''': Well, not for another two hours.
--->'''Dr. Rumack''': You can't take a guess for another two hours?

--->'''Lister:''' Nah, Kill Crazy's probably right. That's why houses under the flightpath are always so cheap.
--->'''Rimmer:''' Cos of all the flushing planes?
--->'''Lister:''' Yeah, well, think about it: you can't sunbathe, you can't have a barbecue, and every time you go out you've got to wear a washable hat and leg it to your car.
--->'''Rimmer:''' It's the noise. That's why houses under the flightpath are so cheap; because of the noise.
--->'''Lister:''' The noise?
--->'''Rimmer:''' Yeah.
--->'''Lister:''' They're half a mile up. You'd never be able to hear people on the loo from that distance. Not unless they were like my Uncle Dan.

--->'''Lister''': Did you know, in the 1970s, in Sweden, twenty percent of all traffic accidents involved a moose?
--->'''Cat''': A moose? Well, if they're stupid enough to let 'em drive, what the hell do they expect?
--->'''Lister''': No ... the moose aren't ''driving''...
--->'''Cat''': You just said they were.
--->'''Lister''': No, they're not driving, they're just causing the accidents.
--->'''Cat''': You mean they're in the back, fooling around, distracting the driver? That's insane! Why're they giving them a lift in the first place? Let 'em walk, they've got legs!
--->'''Lister''': No! The moose aren't in the car, with their antlers out the sun roof! They're on the roads, moosing around, crossing roads, and causing accidents.
--->'''Cat''': You mean they're not looking left and right?
--->'''Lister''': Exactly.
--->'''Cat''': Not using the pedestrian crossing? Not paying attention to whether it's the little red man or the little green man? Of course they're not, ''they're mooses''! Sheesh! These Swedes, they expect too much.

--->'''Prince George:''' Oh, fantastic, yes, dressing up, I love it. It's just like that story, "The Prince and the Porpoise".
--->'''Blackadder:''' "...and the ''Pauper''", sir.
--->'''Prince George:''' Oh, yes, yes, "The Prince and the Porpoise and the Pauper".
--->(Later)
--->'''Prince George''': I must say I'm getting a bit confused myself. Which one of us is Wellington?
--->'''Blackadder''': No sir, Wellington is the man at the door.
--->'''Prince George''': And the porpoise?
--->'''Blackadder''': [[ServileSnarker Hasn't turned up yet. We'll just have to manage the best we can without him.]]

--->'''Blackadder''' (The day after he executed Lord Farrow): Perhaps you'd like to slip into something more comfortable?
--->'''Lady Farrow''': No, for there is a great pain in my heart.
--->'''Blackadder''': It's probably indigestion, I'll soon take your mind off that.
--->'''Lady Farrow''': No, it is my husband.
--->'''Blackadder''': Your husband's got indigestion? Well he won't be bothering us then!
--->'''Lady Farrow''': No, he dies tomorrow.
--->'''Blackadder''': Come now, you can't die of indigestion, you're overdramatising.
--->'''Lady Farrow''': He is to be executed at your order. I am Lady Farrow.
--->'''Blackadder''': ''[Silent OhCrap]''

-->'''Emily''': You were on the phone?
-->'''Richard''': Long distance.
-->'''Lorelai''': God?
-->'''Richard''': London.
-->'''Lorelai''': God lives in London?
-->'''Richard''': My mother lives in London.
-->'''Lorelai''': Your mother is God?
-->'''Richard''': Lorelai...
-->'''Lorelai''': So God ''is'' a woman.
-->'''Richard''': Lorelai.
-->'''Lorelai''': ''And'' a relative. That's so cool. I'm gonna totally ask for favors.
-->'''Richard''': Make her stop.
-->'''Rory''': Oh, that I could.

-->'''Chris Hansen''': I'm Chris Hansen with ''Dateline NBC.''
-->'''Conan O'Brien''': Oh, God. Okay, it's not what you think. I'm looking for the Emmys. I'm hosting.
-->'''Chris Hansen''': Hosting? That's what you call this?
-->'''Conan O'Brien''': Yes, it's my second time. (Conan had previously hosted the Emmys in 2002)
-->'''Chris Hansen''': So you've done this before?
-->'''Conan O'Brien''': Yeah, I did it one time and I liked it and I thought maybe I should do it again.
-->'''Chris Hansen''': (''voiceover'') Of all the predators I've met, this guy, screen name conebone69, was by far the creepiest.
-->'''Conan O'Brien''': Look ... (''chuckles nervously'') ... you think ... this is very easy to explain.\\

--> '''First, there is a huge table.''' (Chavo imagines [[LiteralMinded a real table with tablecloth included.]])
--> '''At the end of this table there are 10 pins.''' (Chavo imagines 10 trees at the end of the table.)[[note]]The Spanish words for bowling pins and for pine trees are exactly the same, "pino".[[/note]]
--> '''The goal of the game is to take down the most pins possible.''' (Imagines Don Ramón bludgeoning the pines into submission.)

-->'''Wiley''': You can call me The Coyote.
-->'''Cho''': No.
-->'''Wiley''': That's what they called me downstairs. I'm not sure why.
-->'''Cho''': Your name's Wiley.
-->'''Wiley''': Yeah.
-->'''Cho''': Wile E. Coyote? Roadrunner? The cartoon?
-->'''Wiley''': No, I think it's German. (''to passing agent'') Hey, do you know Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner?
-->'''Agent''': Sure. Two sex traffickers in the Southwest.
-->'''Wiley''': They made a ''cartoon'' about ''sex traffickers?''

** One sketch shows a galactic empire [[PlanetOfHats utterly obsessed with Vectron]], their apparent deity/founder. Eventually one person asks where all this Vectron stuff came from, because no one had ever mentioned him until about three weeks ago when he came back from a day off sick and found him being invoked with every sentence. After a hesitant reference to ancient scrolls they can't actually remember ever having seen, someone offers another possibility.
--> '''Tim:''' I did lose my plectrum a few weeks ago and I was asking around, do you think...

-->'''Player''': The old man thinks he's in love with his daughter.
-->'''Ros''': [[ParentalIncest Good God! We're out of our depth here!]]
-->'''Player''': No, ''he'' hasn't got a daughter; the old man thinks he's in love with ''his'' daughter!
-->'''Ros''': The old man is?
-->'''Player''': Hamlet ... in love ... with the old man's daughter ... the old man thinks.

-->'''God:''' '''OH PHEW I THOUGHT YOU WERE DOING DRUGS.'''
-->'''T-Rex:''' Oh, I do them too! I've done aspirin, dude. I follow the instructions on the label!
-->'''God:''' '''NO I THOUGHT YOU MEANT HARD DRUGS.'''
-->'''T-Rex:''' The instructions CAN be quite complicated!

--->'''Marigold''': [[SarcasmMode You can probably guess how many boyfriends I've had.]]
--->'''Hannelore''': Uhm...six?
--->'''Marigold''': You're off by six.
--->'''Hannelore''': [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Twelve? Wow!]]

--->'''Padma''': Hello to you too! Are you Marten's little sister?
--->'''Marten''': Haha, no, she's...
--->'''Padma''': Your ''daughter''?
--->'''Marten''': Do I seriously look old enough to have a daughter her age?
--->'''Momo''': Technically I am only 2.7 years old.
--->'''Marten''': You're a ''robot''.
--->'''Padma''': You got a robot ''pregnant''?

-->'''Anchor''': Oh, um ... sounds pretty grim. How are the stars reacting?
-->'''Reporter''': Hydrogen fusion, but it won't last forever.
-->'''Anchor''': I meant the ''movie'' stars.
-->'''Reporter''': They won't last forever either. None of us will.

* ''Machinima/MeleesEnd'' uses this when a CloudcuckooLander tries to have a conversation with a {{Ditz}}, and two (relatively) normal guys get caught in the wake:

-->'''Homer:''' I'd like to know if Wes Doobner is aware of what you're doing in his restaurant!\\

-->'''Marge:''' There's a man here who thinks he can help you!
-->'''Homer:''' Franchise/{{Batman}}?
-->'''Marge:''' No, he's a scientist.
-->'''Homer:''' Batman's a scientist!
-->'''Marge:''' ''It's not Batman!''

-->'''Homer:''' ...it's so nice and cool in the tomb of the unknown savior.
-->'''Ned:''' ''Unknown?!'' This is the tomb of the most famous man who ever lived!
-->'''Homer:''' WesternAnimation/PorkyPig?
-->'''Ned:''' PORKY PIG'S NOT A MAN, HE'S A PIG! AND HE'S NOT EVEN A ''REAL'' PIG!
-->'''Homer:''' But he ''is'' buried here, right?

-->'''Butters:''' And so then...And so then, it turns out that Terminator secretly had a kid ten years ago, meaning Terminator could be his own father, and then [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 Skeletor]] gets angry and wants to fight him.
-->'''Kyle:''' No, dude, that's not the trailer for ''Terminator 5''. That really happened.\\

-->'''Brian''': See, I thought I'd start locally, and then maybe try to merge with one of the larger groups.\\

--->'''Patrick:''' Hi, I'd like to place an order for delivery.
--->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' ''Patrick?'' Is that you?
--->'''Patrick:''' Yeah, hey, Mario. Let me get a large, double-olive, double--
--->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Patrick, listen! It's me, [=SpongeBob=]! I need your help!
--->'''Patrick:''' You're working at Pizza Castle now?

--->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' You want me to explode?
--->'''Squidward:''' Yes! That's what I've been waiting for!
--->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Um... Okay, I'll try. ''(grunts)'' '''''GARY!''''' '''YOU ARE GONNA FINISH YOUR DESERT,''' '''''AND YOU ARE GONNA LIKE IT!''''' ''(laughs)'' Now, it's your turn!
--->'''Squidward:''' '''''THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT, YOU BARNACLEHEAD!'''''
--->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' ''(claps)'' Ooh, good one.

'''Lucy:''' Well, I'll be! So it is! I wonder how a potato chip got all the up here from Brazil?

Related to BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine, ChainOfCorrections, ComicallyMissingThePoint, WhosOnFirst, TheyJustDontGetIt.

* In the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' [[AlternateUniverseFic AU]] ''FanFic/{{Empire}}'' since no one bothers to explain to Harry what his classes are Harry assumes that Transfiguration is about transgenders and Defense Against the Dark Arts is an art class.

* The premise of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8506661/1/ Squad 7 and Their Accidental Instructor]]'' is Anko and Kakashi getting each other's assignments (demonstrating summons and teaching Team 7 respectively) due to poor communication. And since no one bothers to look into things or fully explain what's going on, the higher ups don't figure out something's wrong either. As a result, Kakashi thinks he has to train a group of eight year olds until they're Chunin and Sarutobi thinks Anko has taken to referring to herself in the third person when she talks about Team Anko, which results in Anko thinking Sarutobi has immense confidence in her as an instructor to let her take a Genin team on B-Rank missions. Others eventually get in the act with veteran shinobi thinking the whole situation is because Sarutobi is preparing for a coming conflict and they start training more themselves.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12407161/1/ Lucky at Cards]]'', [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Xander]] saves Harmony and Aura from a vampire by pretending to only be in it for money to distract the vampire. [[HilarityEnsues Things escalate until most of the school is convinced he's a mercenary who handles supernatural problems and gives discounts in exchange for sex while the Scoobies believe he's a gigolo and the discount Harmony mentions is because she had a three-way with him]]. Naturally, RuleOfFunny dictates Xander is only vaguely aware of what's going on.

* The whole premise of the ''Franchise/StarWars'':''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5858012/1/Sibling-Revelry Sibling Revelry]]'', whereupon Darth Vader finds out that [[ItWasHisSled Luke and Leia are his twin children]] and [[BrotherSisterIncest apparently in a relationship with each other]], and Luke and Leia's innocuous interactions, his intelligence division's findings, and even his own attempts to sabotage things only strengthen his misunderstanding. Things only escalate when Rogue Squadron starts playing along to mess with who they think is a Rebel stalker, but is actually one of Vader's moles.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13340218/1/Marked Marked]]'', Xander's poor attempts at explanation (along with her ability to read auras) convinces Tara that he's a demon. His talks about non-evil demons such as Brachens who simply enjoy drinking and a comment that he doesn't drink because alcoholism runs in his family makes her decide he must be part Brachen.

* Film/{{Idiocracy}}: Joe tries to explain to the people of the 26th century why they need to water plants with water and not sports drinks, but every rational explanation he gives them cause them more confusion. Eventually, the narration mentions that he gives up on logic and reason, and just tells them that he can talk to plants, and that the plants told him that they wanted water.

* ''{{Theater/Twisted}}'': Prince Achmed's army is unable to process that Prince Achmed did ''not'' have sex with a tiger, and continuously refer to him as Tigerfucker... [[MemeticBadass as a badge of honor]], to Achmed's chagrin.

* in the Manga/RanmaOneHalf / Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion story [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/40767/ Teineina Tenshi No Teze]], Ranma is undergoing the Marduk exams and is asked about any medical conditions he has by Ritsuko. When he tells her about his [[GenderBender curse]], this, his improvised clothing made from modifying [[SharingABody Rei’s]] clothing, and his indignation during the physical leads her to believe he’s a crossdresser. This misunderstanding seems to continue through the story as Ritsuko’s report is submitted and filters through NERV’s personnel.

-->'''Brian''': See, I thought I'd start locally, and then maybe try to merge with one of the larger groups.

'''Blackadder:''' Oh, good lord no —- a little prick should do.\\

* ''Manga/TheErrandBoyAndTheDelinquentLeaderInLove'': The whole series runs on this. [[JapaneseDelinquents Toramaru]], the banchou, thinks that she asked Unoki, the errand boy, to be her boyfriend near the beginning of the year, and that they've been a couple for a while. Unoki, who has been bullied for all his life and has literally never had a positive relationship with anyone outside of ''possibly'' his family, thinks she asked him to be her personal errand boy, not helped by the fact that a lot of what she says can be misinterpreted[[note]]Asking him to be her girlfriend by simply saying "Be mine", referring to him as her "thing" and her "property" when she means boyfriend[[/note]] or is an extremely odd thing to say[[note]]Asking him what type of grave he would like (for the two of them), telling him that the reason she made him a lunch box is because she can't let him die yet[[/note]]. Toramaru's self-proclaimed second-in-command, [[PsychoLesbian Matsuri]], thinks Toramaru wants Unoki to replace her despite him being a wimp. And then there's [[OnlySaneMan Yutaka]], Matsuri's best friend, who is the only one who realises what's going on.