History Main / InnocentInnuendo

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RPxJvy5CfM "Everyone's Doing It"]] advert for ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2'' on the UsefulNotes/Xbox360.

* "Me [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PSP]]" by The Lancashire Hotpots is made of this trope: "I try talking to the wife but she doesn't understand, the pleasure that it gives me when I hold it in me hand..." -- referring to the eponymous handheld gaming device.

* ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony:'' Near the end of "Random Eye Magic", Twilight's bizarre but mostly innocuous prior
activities in the episode get described in the worst possible ways.

[[quoteright:253:[[Webcomic/CollegeRoomiesFromHell https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/three.jpg]]]]
[[caption-width-right:253:Bad time to drop the phone in mayonnaise.]]

'''Mez:''' [angrily points Zarbon away from the table.

* In 2011, Creator/Channel5 aired a documentary/reality series centered around the now-defunct London lesbian bar Candy Bar, titled ''Candy Bar Girls''. Ads for the series featured close-up shots of women appearing to be engaged in sexual intercourse, interspersed with suggestive taglines such as "Red Hot Lesbians", "Pussy Loving Ladies" and "Girl on Girl Action", only to reveal they were in fact partaking in completely innocuous activities, namely [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N-SCzNQRpg exercising at a gym]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3V8cFHF5AQ stroking a plush cat]], or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3oYdixWSjk playing chess]]. At least two also end with similar double entendres; the gym advert closes with one of the women requesting a "shower" and the other squirting her water bottle onto her, while in the cat advert, one woman tells the other she has a "nice pussy" (referring to the plush toy), to which the other responds "Thanks, I just got it stuffed."

* The Tradewinds' "Honeymoonin' Couple" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIj366G4uJc). You might think they're fighting, or frolicking in bed, when actually they're [[spoiler: packing to go on their vacation]].

%%* And then there's "The Joker's Boner": Intentional or [[HaveAGayOldTime not]]?
* Franchise/{{Batman}} got in on the fun of KinkySpanking, despite his current status as TheComicallySerious - his first issue with Comicbook/{{Catwoman}} (then called "Cat"), he told her "Quiet, or papa spank!"

* An infamous cover to an issue of ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' has Archie responding to Betty that "I had to beat off three guys to get to you!"

* One State Farm ad features a guy talking on the phone at 3 am saying "Yeah, I'm married. Does it matter? You'd do that for me? I'd like that". His wife thinks he's cheating and takes the phone and asks what the person on the other line is wearing. It turns out to be a (male) State Farm agent, but she doesn't believe him. "She sounds hideous!" "Well, she's a guy, so..."

* [[https://youtu.be/cNKLjaLDawg This]] PSA about diabetes.

--> '''Walt:''' [[InnocentInnuendo I was telling him about my five-dollar scratch ticket]] and he ran off making retching sounds.

* There is a running gag in the Literature/{{Discworld}} novels where there is a reference to hanging someone up by their "figgin" or removing or roasting said figgin. Invariably accompanying these instances there is either a footnote revealing that a figgin is a raisin pastry or a moment where one of the characters is shown wondering why the prospect of those punishments would cause so much terror.

* In ''Literature/SpaceCaptainSmith'', Smith's sidekick Polly is a [[ArtificialHuman Replicant]] who was originally created as a {{Sexbot}} but reprogammed herself to be a pilot. If she doesn't concentrate on what she says her original programming can slip though, resulting in this.
* In the seventh ''Literature/{{Harry Potter|and the Deathly Hallows}}'' book, surprisingly it is [[TheComicallySerious Hermione]] that comes out with one while the gang is making Polyjuice Potion to all turn into Harry. While watching the potion change colors, she blurts out:
-->'''Hermione:''' Ooh, you look much tastier than Crabbe and Goyle, Harry. ''[everyone gives her strange looks]'' Oh, you know what I mean! [[note]]The first time they brewed Polyjuice Potion was in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets Chamber of Secrets]]'' when Harry and Ron disguised as the aforementioned.[[/note]]
* ''Literature/TheScarletPimpernel'': When Chauvelin first meets up with Marguerite at the Fisherman's Rest, the latter confides her boredom and unhappiness in her marriage to her old friend, who says he knows the perfect remedy. It turns out to be helping him track down the Scarlet Pimpernel, but in context, it at first sounds like he wants her to have an affair with him. (Some adaptations actually [[PromotedToLoveInterest promote Chauvelin to a suitor/lover]] of Marguerite, making this HilariousInHindsight.)
* From ''Literature/NewMoon'': She's talking about the metaphorical holes in her heart, not her physical orifices:
-->'''Bella''' I put on my pajamas and crawled into bed. Life seemed dark enough at the moment that I let myself cheat. The hole -- holes now -- were already aching, so why not?
* In ''The Art of Fielding'', a chapter ends with Henry's parents forbidding him from wearing clothes his gay roommate bought for him. The next chapter opens with Henry lurking outside a door and hearing dialogue from inside. [[spoiler:It isn't until the door swings open that we find out he was waiting outside a weight room had only been hearing a couple of baseball players working out.]]
-->"You're big! You're ***ing huge!"\\
"--rrrrooaarhrraaaah--"\\
"Give it to me! Come on! Finish it!"

* Music/ThePogues' song "Small Hours" has one: "Now that you're alone with me -- Close the door and turn the key -- We'll stay up late and watch TV..."
* "Me [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PSP]]" by The Lancashire Hotpots is made of this trope: "I try talking to the wife but she doesn't understand, the pleasure that it gives me when I hold it in me hand..." -- referring to the eponymous handheld gaming device.
** From the same song: "Been playing that ''Franchise/TombRaider'', have you seen the size... of the levels in that game?"

* The '40s R&B song "Big Ten Inch Record," later popularized by Music/{{Aerosmith}}. There are also many other songs based on innocent innuendos.
* Music/SongsToWearPantsTo song [[http://www.songstowearpantsto.com/songs/the-struggle-to-become-a-baseball-player/ The Struggle To Become A Baseball Player]] starts out with some very... suggestive grunts and moans, but then reveals itself just to be [[spoiler: part of the struggle to become a baseball player]].

* Music/{{ACDC}}'s "Big Balls" is about the pleasure an upperclass gentleman takes in holding his massive... [[DoubleEntendre ballroom dances.]] They apparently give up halfway through when they start chanting "pullem, suckem, pullem, suckem!".
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN7dYDYfvVg I CAN SWING MY SWORD!]] by Creator/{{Tobuscus}}. Which is really funny because he really is talking about a sword made of diamonds...

* Nelly Furtado's "Big Hoops (The Bigger the Better)". Helped by the repeated chant of "the bigger the better"... which as the title indicates, it's about earrings. The misunderstanding would lessen if they just read the lyrics ("I don't wanna talk about sex, wanna express myself tonight.").

* "[[http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/s/shehadtogoandloseitattheastor.shtml She Had To Go And Lose It At The Astor]]" heavily suggests that "it" is the subject's virginity.
* The Tradewinds' "Honeymoonin' Couple" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIj366G4uJc). You might think they're fighting, or frolicking in bed, when actually they're [[spoiler: packing to go on their vacation]].
* Music/TheRadiatorsUS ''claim'' that their song "Suck the Head, Squeeze the Tip" is about eating crawfish the traditional Louisiana way.
* Music/BillAnderson's "Wild Weekend," describing in sordid detail the singer's plans to sneak out of town and have a fling. The audience is led to believe he's sneaking around ''on'' his wife, but the last line reveals he is actually sneaking around ''with'' his wife.

* "Fish" by Craig Campbell combines this with SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion. The song contains lyrics such as "She always wants to go down by the dam / And I love how she looks with that rod in her hand", and several subverted rhymes that sound like they're setting up the word "fuck" instead end with "fish", making it clear that the song really is just about fishing, with no innuendo intended.

* A Website/TVTropes example. The titles of {{Playing With|Wiki}} subpages can also be this for certain anatomy-based tropes, more specifically ones involving often-sexualized body parts. For example, PlayingWith.BoobsOfSteel sounds like it's about going to second base. While PlayingWith.GagPenis sounds like it's about jerking someone off.

* ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony:'' Near the end of "Random Eye Magic", Twilight's bizarre but mostly innocuous prior activities in the episode get described in the worst possible ways.
-->'''Applejack:''' Oh well, top o' the morning to you, Twilight. Any reason you smell like salad?\\
'''Twilight:''' Spike was covering me in his juices! ''[Referring to the fact that Spike was treating her snake bites with tomato juice.]''\\
'''Applejack:''' You know what? Let's just pretend I didn't ask anything, and that I don't know ya, and that you're goin' away now. Alright?\\
'''Twilight:''' But I feel so helpless!\\
'''Applejack:''' [[TooMuchInformation I said I don't want to know!]]\\
''[Later]''\\
'''Applejack:''' Now Twilight is going around doing weird things, Celestia-knows-what.\\
'''Pinkie Pie:''' Me and her were being silly on the ice! ''[They spent the day ice skating.]''\\
'''Rarity:''' We were planning on torturing Rainbow Dash together! ''[Twilight wanted to get revenge on Rainbow Dash--torturing was purely Rarity's idea.]''\\
'''Fluttershy:''' She was playing with butt snakes! ''[Literal snakes, the source of the aforementioned snakebites.]''\\
'''Applejack:''' I did not actually ''want to know'' what she was doing! Why would you tell me that?

* One absolutely infamous ''LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys'' livestream of ''VideoGame/MarioParty6'' saw LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}} make a whole volley of this trope when it came to Princess Daisy, from doing her on hard, to morning wood, to them being in Daisy's heart-shaped box.
* A defining trait of Donut in ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' is how he always ends up throwing out innuendos and double entendres without even realising it, such as calling "Shotgun's Lap". This ends up coming to a head in Season 17 where it took reliving moments in his past, including [[RunningGag getting shot multiple times by Agent Washington]], for him to realise what he's been saying and starting to defy it.
* Hikasa Tomoshika of ''WebVideo/VOMSProject'' held a series of streams of her studying English, but [[https://youtu.be/Zmexp2m3OLs?t=4442 in one unfortunate incident]], she handwrote a letter reaching out to her Anglophone fans, but included the phrase "I write letter to you by the handjob." Her fans and fellow [=VTuber=] Amano Pikamee (who is fluent in English) [[https://youtu.be/K8kXMXZDc7k?t=258 had a field day correcting her mistake]].
* ''Series/TheWeather'': [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] during the scene of Alan dying of thirst in the desert. His caller manifests as a water-bottle mere inches away from him, and he spends the whole time begging for the caller to "come into his mouth", because he just needed her "inside him". Naturally, the caller was quite confused and caught-off-guard by this.

'''Rafael''': ... [[FridgeHorror are you saying "do" or "duel"]]?\\

'''Rafael''': ... so, you want us to do Marik?\\

* From ''Literature/NewMoon'':

* From ''[[Literature/{{Twilight}} New Moon]]'':

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7NgLArJidY Everyone's doing it.]]

-->'''Bella''' I put on my pajamas and crawled into bed. Life seemed dark enough at the moment that I let myself cheat. The hole -- holes now -- were already aching, [[ADateWithRosiePalms so why not?]]

* In ''Literature/SpaceCaptainSmith'', Smith's sidekick Polly is a [[ArtificialHuman Replicant]] who was originally created as a {{Sexbot}} but reprogammed herself to be a pilot. If she doesn't concentrate on what she says her original programming can skip though

* One absolutely infamous ''LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys'' livestream of ''VideoGame/MarioParty6'' saw ''LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy make a whole volley of this trope when it came to Princess Daisy, from doing her on hard, to morning wood, to them being in Daisy's heart-shaped box.

Sister trope of NotWhatItLooksLike, which is for situations, instead of just speech. Also see UnEntendre.

This is related to OutOfContextEavesdropping, and possibly from a misinterpretation of a SexualEuphemism. It's the polar opposite of both GettingCrapPastTheRadar and AccidentalInnuendo. See also DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything, GrossoutFakeout, and ThatCameOutWrong. Sometimes prompts someone to say [[ImaginedInnuendo "Is That What They're Calling It Now?"]] Compare AccidentalPun, where a non-sexual remark is misinterpreted as, well, a pun; OrgasmicCombat, when fighting sounds like... something else; and HaveAGayOldTime, when something sounds sexual because language marches on. Contrast GRatedSex.