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'''Alfred:''' The whole thing. It's a lie. The monster is a lie!

-->'''Alfred:''' Ah! We know what the monster is now.
-->'''Larry-Boy:''' What is it?
-->'''Alfred:''' It's a lie.
-->''[Beat]''
-->'''Larry-Boy:''' What's a lie?
-->'''Alfred:''' It is.
-->'''Larry-Boy:''' Which part?
-->'''Alfred:''' The whole thing. It's a lie. The monster is a lie!

-->'''Abbot of Costello:''' There are three members of the royal family with strange names; Sir Who, Prince What, and Lady I Don't Know. They want to board a ferry to cross a treacherous river. Taking into account their rank, what would be the reverse order in which they should board the ferry?
-->'''Duke:''' Wait, you wanna know who's on first?
-->'''Abbot of Costello:''' Correct! Next?
-->'''Duke:''' What?
-->'''Abbot of Costello:''' Absolutely correct! And third?
-->'''Duke:''' I don't know.
-->'''Abbot of Costello:''' Correct!
-->'''Otis:''' Wait...who went third?
-->'''Abbot of Costello:''' WRONG!
-->''[[[LaserGuidedKarma Otis gets flung into a bucket of slime]]]''
-->'''Otis:''' [[IWantMyMommy MOMMAAAAAAAAAAAA...!]]

-->'''Sheriff of Bethlingham''': The Prince has asked that you be his guest tonight for dinner.\\

--->'''Captain Cuke:''' This is the U.S.S Applepies. Someone called in an anonymous tip that there were some robots in loincloths fighting over here. Who called it in?\\
'''Robots:''' Who?\\

* ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'': In "Queen of De-Nile" from ''The New Woody Woodpecker Show'', after Winnie Woodpecker finds the lost tomb of King Tut's court jester, Izzy Watsupwithat, she gets into this with archaeologist Wally Walrus:

'''Lord Bendover:''' No, The Upper Crust String Quartet. [[note]]: The joke here is that The Upper Crust mistook the Delightful Children mistaking them for the band named, "The Who." [[/note]]

** "No Sax Please We're Egyptian" has a pretty original one, with two Egyptian priests who happened to be named "Hoomite" and "Yubi" (Who might you be?). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAJH234JEn8 Watch the madness]].

** Another episode, where Bart gets a divorce from his parents (read: gets emancipated), has an attorney go "You WHA?!" He's asking for his secretary -- Yuwa.

'''Daphne:'''Gee.\\

'''Velma:'''But why?\\

** Season 2 has a running gag of characters misinterpreting "Ojai" as "Oh, hi" and vice-versa.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy'', Bird Brain has this shtick involving his minions: [[OwlsAskWho an owl that says "Who?"]] and a blind bat that asks "Where?". In future episodes, he has more minions to add to this: a lady sheep, or a ewe[[note]]You[[/note]] and a {{duck}} named Skip. This was referenced in one episode when it was shown he hired two more minions: a goose named "Peeck Ma" (pronounced "Peck Me"), and an alligator named "Beetme" (which is pronounced "BiteMe", resulting in Bird Brain firing him).

** In "How to Be Smart", Goofy has ended up a contestant on a quiz show after following instructions about "How To Be Smart", but is asked a final question about a baseball play that he doesn't know. He blurts out "Heavens to Betsy", and is told that that's correct, as the play involved two players with the last names of Heavens and Betsy. (Unfortunately, [[StatusQuoIsGod he still doesn't take home any money]].)

--->'''Wat:''' '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhCpMbXw9yU WAAAAAT.]]'''''\\

* ''WesternAnimation/VictorAndHugo'': '[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnj4gL0uPzY Victor & Hugo]]' has this, what? Yes? Not you Watt! What? Precisely.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'':
** One episode has Slappy and Skippy Squirrel discussing whether it was Music/TheWho, Music/TheBand, or Music/{{Yes}} on stage at Woodstock, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlXjIg4fH74 leading to this sketch.]] (This is probably an homage to an old ''Series/{{SCTV}}'' sketch that featured Eugene Levy and Tony Rosato discussing the same bands.)
** A similar premise is used with a hapless Dr. Scratchandsniff playing bingo with Wakko and running into this problem.
--->'''Scratchensniff:''' Oh Nein!\\
'''Wakko:''' O-9? Bingo!
** The episode "King Yakko" has one as a RunningGag; Dot would pull out some spotted dresses, and others would comment on the design with "Polka dot?" Dot would take it as an invitation to polka dance and accept.
** "Very Pete Townshend-esque." "Who?" "Exactly."

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': A surprisingly serious example is the key to a major plot twist in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E23AreYouMyDad "Are You My Dad?"]]/[[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E24IAmMyMom "I Am My Mom"]]. A very childlike [[RubberForeheadAliens Gem]] named Aquamarine asks Steven "Are you my dad?" — which confuses everyone because [[BizarreAlienReproduction Gems do not have parents]]. After some speculation that she might be a HalfHumanHybrid, they eventually figure out that she's looking for someone ''named'' "My Dad". [[spoiler:[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E44MarbleMadness Three seasons prior]], when Peridot asked if Steven Earth still had humans, and Steven mentioned several people he knew, she misunderstood him. Since there are many types of Gems and all Gems are [[ADogNamedDog named after their type]], Peridot naturally [[HumansThroughAlienEyes assumed that humans work the same way]] and that this is a list of types of humans. [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom Gems then tried to]] [[AlienAbduction capture]] a human of each "type" for their PeopleZoo. Steven mentioned "my dad" in the list, and since Gems don't know what parents are, they assumed "My Dad" was one of the types of humans.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E5TanksForTheMemories Tanks for the Memories]]", four Pegasi on [[PaintingTheFrostOnWindows weather duty]] get into confusion over their [[MeaningfulName specific pony names]], three of which are Clear Skies, Open Skies, and Fluffy Clouds:

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': A surprisingly serious example is the key to a major plot twist in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E23AreYouMyDad "Are You My Dad?"]]/[[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E24IAmMyMom "I Am My Mom"]]. A very childlike [[RubberForeheadAliens Gem]] asks Steven "Are you my dad?" — which confuses everyone because [[BizarreAlienReproduction Gems do not have parents]]. [[spoiler:That's indirectly ''why'' she's asking. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E44MarbleMadness Three seasons previous]], Steven introduced himself to Peridot, she asked if Earth still had humans, and Steven mentioned several of his friends. [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom Those people became targeted for]] AlienAbduction because [[HumansThroughAlienEyes Peridot assumed those were types of humans, not individuals' names]]. Steven mentioned "my dad", and since Gems don't know what parents are, they assumed "my dad" was one of the types of humans.]]

** One episode has Slappy and Skippy Squirrel discussing whether it was the Who, The Band, or Yes on stage at Woodstock, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlXjIg4fH74 leading to this sketch.]] (This is probably an homage to an old ''Series/{{SCTV}}'' sketch that featured Eugene Levy and Tony Rosato discussing the same bands.)

* In one of the ''WesternAnimation/DugDays" shorts, [[TalkingAnimal Dug the dog]] is caught digging under Carl's fence. After Dug proudly proclaims he "digged" them, Carl tries to correct his grammar:

-->'''Abbot of Costello:''' Correct!

'''Delightful Children:''' Who?\\
'''Lord Bendover:''' No, The Upper Crust String Quartet.

** The show features this in the form of [[DoctorFeelgood Dr. Hu]], who Bojack assumed was Series/DoctorWho.

** The show features this in the form of Dr. Hu, who Bojack assumed was Series/DoctorWho.
-->'''Sarah Lynn:''' Hu's not [[Series/DrQuinnMedicineWoman Dr. Quinn]], [[ShapedLikeItself Hu's Dr. Hu]].\\

-->'''Bojack''': So what's his name? Your suitor? Your gentleman caller?\\

''[Fluffy Cloud waves]''

-->'''Billy:''' Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins.\\

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'':

* Done at least three times in ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales''.

'''Stewie:''' Oh, so ''are'' you with Triple A.\\

'''Stewie:''' Oh, so ''are'' with Triple A.\\