History Main / BilingualBonus

If the word still makes sense in another way then it's also a MultipleReferencePun. For poems and songs that use this through rhyme, it can be a BilingualRhyme.

* Creator/JoseMariaEguren: The title of "Reyes rojos" (translation: "Red Kings") spells the word 'eyes' in both English and Spanish. Let us tweak it a little so it's easier to notice "(R)eyes (r)ojos"[[note]]'ojos' is the Spanish word for eyes[[/note]].

'''Mrs. Hattie:''' Do I look like I speak Spanish? \\

* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1'': Gru tries to woo the orphanage lady by telling her she has a face "Como un burro." And it works... until the next time they see each other and she's bought a dictionary. She proceeds to hit him with it. For those who don't get it, he said she has a face like a ''donkey''. (In the Mexican dub instead he says she looks like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE8LemjlpXA a tololoche]].)

** Several episodes feature a fictional video game console, the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube Okama Gamesphere]]. "okama" being Japanese slang for a CampGay man.

* ''Series/QuantumLeap'' has at least two instance where foreign languages are not translated for the viewer--a scene where a deaf woman essentially "yells" at Sam via ASL (her facial expressions and rapid signing make it obvious that she's angry with him), and another where Sam speaks Japanese to his Japanese wife, leaving the dialogue understandable only to those who know the languages.

* Music/{{Beck}}:

''Ça suffit!'' [[note]]The "Ça" is misspelled as "Ca" in the official English-language subtitles[[/note]] ("That's enough!")\\
''Voilà, comme j'ai dit.'' [[note]]The "j'ai" (used for past tense) is incorrectly listed as "je" (used for present tense) in the official English-language subtitles, and Lestat clearly says "j'ai" (not to mention that "dit" is the past tense conjugation)[[/note]] ("There, like I said.")

** "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E5AVileHungerForYourHammeringHeart A Vile Hunger for Your Hammering Heart]]": Lestat is so fed up with Louis harping about Claudia that he cusses, "''Bordel de merde. Il me chie dans la malle jusqu'au cadenas!''" [[note]]The expression is normally "''Il a chié dans ma malle jusqu'au cadenas!''", but this old-fashioned phrase had already fallen into disuse by the turn of the 20th century, so it seems that Lestat has put a slightly different spin on it.[[/note]] ("For fuck's sake. He shits me in the trunk up to the padlock!")

* ''Fanfic/RubyPair'': The [[ItMakesSenseInContext meat-obsessed alien bees]] in "Beefus Megabombus" are called Carne Bees, and are from the Viande Nebula. "Carne" and "Viande" are the Spanish and French words for "meat" respectfully.

* ''Fanfic/SpiderNinja'': During their meeting with SHIELD, Leo and Mikey start arguing. Master Splinter slips into [[GratuitousJapanese Japanese]] to quiet them so they can continue the meeting. Specifically, he said "やめ (yame)", or "Stop."

If the word still makes sense in another way then it's also a MultipleReferencePun.

* ''Fanfic/{{Spider-Ninja}}'': During their meeting with SHIELD, Leo and Mikey start arguing. Master Splinter slips into [[GratuitousJapanese Japanese]] to quiet them so they can continue the meeting. Specifically, he said "やめ (yame)", or "Stop."

** Zuko, hiding in the Earth Kingdom, gives his uncle the alias "Mushi", to which Iroh reacts in irritation. "Mushi" is Japanese for "insect", so it's understandable why Iroh wouldn't like that name.

** From ''Literature/MakingMoney'': "Jikan no Muda", the Discworld equivalent of Sudoku, is Japanese for "[[TakeThat Waste of Time]]".

* ''Anime/LupinIIITheCastleOfCagliostro'' features the unusual case of a bilingual bonus based on English in a foreign film. Miyazaki apparently used ''gooto'' (Gothic) as an adjective for the counterfeit bills and the lettering on Clarice's ring in conjunction with the ''goat'' as an ArcSymbol relating to the Cagliostro royal family as a stealth pun on "goat"—an English word that sounded absolutely nothing like the Japanese word for goat, "yagi." Since puns don't translate well, this led to "Gothic" getting LostInTranslation as early translations of the movie called them "Goat bills" and "Goat lettering" (or "Capran" in the dub).

[[folder:Films — Animation]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'': [[VillainSong "Hellfire"]], Frollo's show stopping song of [[NeverMyFault guiltless condemnation]], is counterpointed by OminousLatinChanting -- specifically, [[ViewersAreGeniuses as anyone familiar with Catholic mass might know]], the [[{{Irony}} Act of Contrition]].

[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]

* In one scene, ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' prominently features a cover of ''Music/HotelCalifornia'' performed by the Gipsy Kings in Spanish. If you actually know Spanish, you’ll find the translation is [[TranslationTrainWreck hilariously awful]]; it tries so hard to be literal that it ends up making the already surreal lyrics incomprehensible — in other words, it’s pretty much a microcosm of [[RandomEventsPlot the movie itself]].

** The motto of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is "Fabricati Diem, Pvnc" — which the narrator translates as "to protect and serve", but which would more accurately translate to "[[Film/SuddenImpact make my day, punk]]", with some leeway on pvnc and punk (and in the verb form).

** The Japanese characters written over the block of tenements on Nobu's map read "kuro sora" — literally, "black sky".

** There's a possible variation in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cxCyx7SMrA this]] Wrestling/RingOfHonor promo preceding a Montreal show, as Wrestling/ColtCabana requests the help of Wrestling/KevinSteen (also from Quebec) in translating "I can't wait to party with everybody in Montreal, ROH style" — what Kevin tells him is "''j'ai couché avec ma mère hier''" ("I slept with my mom yesterday"). Colt seemingly acts oblivious to the joke other than saying ''[='sa'=]'' instead of ''[='ma'=]'', but Kevin immediately realizes that Colt just switched "my" with "his".

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': The following are translations of non-English words/lines of dialogue where RealityHasNoSubtitles (or the on-screen caption is misspelled or isn't in English).

* ''{{Film/Borat}}'' is an English hidden-camera film about a fictional Kazakh reporter and his producer filming what the public thinks is a "documentary", and they frequently converse with each other in Kazakh; however, no actual Kazakh language is heard in the film, since [[Creator/SachaBaronCohen Borat's actor]] is speaking Hebrew and his producer Armenian. All the text in the film is in Russian and even then occasionally mis-spelled.