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* One episode of ''TwoStupidDogs'' is based on this. The dogs act as guide dogs for the blind man while he wanders around a construction site.

* That's only what's directly mentioned in the script. Depending on the performance, there will usually be plenty of visual gags involving Old Gobbo walking off in the wrong direction, bumping into the other characters, falling off the stage and into the audience, etc.

* There was a Magoo-like character in the British anthology comic ''The Beezer'' called ''Colonel Blink (The Short-Sighted Gink)''.

* Mousse from ''[[{{Ptitlegynukzwikxmd}} Ranma 1/2]]'' certainly [[{{Bishonen}} looks better]] without his NerdGlasses, but once he takes them off he ends up mistakenly {{glomp}}ing any [[strike:girl]] person or object in front of him, thinking it's Shampoo.

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* There was a Sears Optical commercial involving a woman letting in a raccoon thinking it was her cat.

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* Mr. Lomax in ''Psychoville'' is constantly making these sorts of errors, like mistaking a Club biscuit bar for a mobile phone (nobody ever rings him on it).

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* The blind guy in ''YoungFrankenstein''.

* Mousse from [[{{Ptitlegynukzwikxmd}} Ranma 1/2]] certainly [[{{Bishonen}} looks better]] without his NerdGlasses, but once he takes them off he ends up mistakenly {{glomp}}ing any [[strike:girl]] person or object in front of him, thinking it's Shampoo.

* Verbally mentioned from HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire, after Harry reads a letter Sirius sent him:

* Verbally invoked from HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire, after Harry reads a letter Sirius sent him:

* In ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'', Toph kisses the wrong person after she is rescued from a sea serpent. In another episode, declaring that she doesn't need the help of someone with sight to help put up posters, she glues the wrong side of the poster to a wall. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny "It's upside-down, isn't it."]]

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* A RunningGag in the film MovingViolations, where a character played by the "[[IfYouKnowWhatIMean Where's the Beef?]]" lady from old Wendy's commercials repeatedly does this. Some classics include: driving onto an airport runway and sitting in a unrinal and asking "Why's my back all wet?"

-->'''Willie:''' I've been playing jazz for thirty years and I just can't make a go of it. I want you to have my saxophone.

-->'''Willie:''' So I've been playing a umbrella for thirty years? Why didn't anybody tell me?

** Millhouse frequently gets the {{Blind Without Em}} treatment when he loses his specs, or [[{{KidsAreCruel}} if someone just takes them]]. In ''Summer of 4 Ft. 2'', Bart Takes them to spy on Lisa and doesn't bother to give them back. A large, dangerously spiky, looking crustacean then crawls into frame and Millhouse pets it, mistaking it for a lost puppy.
* [[{{Futurama}} Leela]] is medically required to wear an eyepatch after an accident with a spice weasel. She only has one eye. AND she's the pilot of the Planet Express ship. Fry tries to make her think she's still piloting the ship when it comes under attack by putting Nibbler's food bowl in her hands, and he manages to competently keep them intact. Then she realizes she's holding the bowl and retakes the wheel. She then gets the fuel line blown and they're taken captive.

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