History Main / OhWaitThisIsMyGroceryList

* In ''{{Durarara}}'', Shinra finds out that he gave Celty his shopping list rather than the license plate of the van she was supposed to chase after when he checked it at the supermarket. Later, it turns out that she didn't need to do anything anyway since Kyohei AKA [[EmbarrassingNickname Dotachin's]] group was chasing after it, albeit for other reasons.

* ''TheFairlyOddparents'': Timmy's Dad has a bucket list he keeps inside [[LiteralMinded an actual bucket]]. When he first tried to read it to Timmy, he instead picked up the bucket's receipt.

-->--'''Creator/RogerEbert''' on ''Literature/ExitToEden''

* In the episode of ''TheSlammer'' where the Governor loses his memory, he introduces the next act as "a pint of milk, a bag of bin liners and three scratch cards". His nephew then tells him to turn the card over.

-->--'''Creator/RogerEbert''' on ''ExitToEden''

Basically, somebody writes down a safe combination, a speech or poem, [[StarWars plans for the Death Star]], etc. onto a piece of paper.

* Not quite, but almost: In [[http://scarygoround.com/index.php?date=20021206 this installment]] of ''ScaryGoRound'', the Devil makes an appearance. He's evidently looking at the right note; just misreads it: "Excuse me. Ryan Beckwith? I believe you owe me your soup. Oh, wait, no, can't read my own writing. ''Soul.'' You owe me your soul."
* Happened in [[http://www.clichequest.com/index.php?pos=310 this]] ''TheNoob'' page.
* Particularly odd example in [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=827#comic this]] ''SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'', and another one [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=1350#comic here]].

* ''ExterminatusNow'' managed to ''fuse'' this trope with a (not very) BadassCreed.

* Played with in [[http://wondermark.com/106/ this]] ''{{Wondermark}}''.
* Used in [[http://www.littledee.net/archive/?week=199 this]] ''LittleDee'' strip.
* ''LeastICouldDo'' : Rayne Summers has some [[http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20090501 unusual corporate demands]]. Not quite a grocery list, though.
* In ''ALoonaticsTale: Stone Cold Crazy'', Laguna puts some organs into a machine for analysis. The analysis comes back buried in a grocery list.

* Not used, but in ''{{Jingo}}'' Vimes reflects that Carrot is charismatic enough that he really would be able to inspire people with a speech that went "Bread! Eggs! Milk! FLOUR!"

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In An early lost episode of '''Eddsworld''' called Punch'd, when they are trying to find out stuff about Peter Andre Matt says "Right, so what we know about Peter is that he enjoys walks on the beach and meals for two- hey wait a minute! Oh right that's his dating advert. So what we know about Peter is that he is a socially retarded solo artist who tried to revive his career with a crappy song"

-->'''Becky:''' Can you play this?\\

'''Grackle:''' It's the warranty for an electric kettle.

* At the beginning of one episode of ''Series/{{Mash}}'', Blake asks Radar to read a list of everything the camp is running low on because their supply line got cut. After Radar finishes the list, Blake tells him to brief the other officers on what areas of rationing they'll be in charge of, and he starts reading the first list again. Then he stops, flips the top page of his clipboard out of the way, and reads the real second list.

* In VideoGame/RatchetAndClank:going commando. Angela hands a copy of her ID card to Clank, commenting that it should get them into a MegaCorp facility.

* ''{{Freefonix}}'': In "Back by Unpopular Demand" BCD are recording a new song. One of the takes is ruined when TheDitz accidentally starts singing a Chinese take-out menu rather than the lyrics of the song.

* ''WesternAnimation/StrangeHillHigh'': In "Snoozical", Becky hands Miss Grackle what she thinks is the sheet music for her audition:

* On the Australian claymation series ''Plasmo'', at one point one of the alien bounty hunters who teamed up with the protagonists successfully talks the TeamPet through disabling a malfunctioning system on their spaceship, only to realise after success that he was actually reading the instructions to their new toasted sandwich maker.

* When {{Rush}} got inducted into Canada's Music Hall of Fame, Alex Lifeson's speech consisted of "Uh-oh...three dozen eggs, two liters of milk and about 150 Valiums."

* The immortal AnnaRussell used this in her "Introduction to the Concert (By the Women's Club President)", in which her character introduces "that magnificent pianist, Miss ... er ... Miss Hamburger." It's well worth listening to, if you can find it.

Old comedic trope that [[DeadHorseTrope isn't used too much anymore.]]

* In ''DartagnansDaughter'', a series of mix-ups and misunderstandings by the heroes and the villains have both looking for (and finding) coded messages in a laundry list and a really bad love poem. Neither contain any coded messages and are, in fact, a laundry list and a really bad love poem.
* Used by a hero in ''MysteryMen'', where Lance Hunt (alter-ego of Captain Amazing) feigns reading a letter sent by Captain Amazing - but the piece of paper he's supposedly reading from is just his grocery list.

* {{Inverted|Trope}} in ''PhoenixWrightAceAttorney: Justice For All'' where a witness tries to hide her possession of an important document by claiming "this is my top-secret list of groceries to buyyyyyyy!"

* Inverted in ''SamAndMax Season 2'' where you actually have to replace a list of swear words with a grocery list to solve one puzzle. Which results in [[FormerChildStar the Soda Poppers]] being referred to as the [[ThisTropeIsBleep *bleep*]] Poppers for the rest of the game.

* Inverted in ''Webcomic/VGCats'', where [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos the title character]] of ''VideoGame/{{Slender}}'' accidentally grabs one of the [[RoomFullOfCrazy crazy]] [[NightmareFuelColoringBook notes]] people keep leaving around his forest ''instead'' of [[VillainsOutShopping his grocery list]].

* At the beginning of one episode of ''{{MASH}}'', Blake asks Radar to read a list of everything the camp is running low on because their supply line got cut. After Radar finishes the list, Blake tells him to brief the other officers on what areas of rationing they'll be in charge of, and he starts reading the first list again. Then he stops, flips the top page of his clipboard out of the way, and reads the real second list.