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* ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'':
** "[[Recap/TheAddamsFamilyS1E25LurchAndHisHarpsichord Lurch and His Harpsichord]]": After seeing that Lurch can't resign himself to losing the harpsichord to the museum, Gomez and Fester make a duplicate of the harpsichord in the basement. After they have given the new harpsichord to Lurch (without telling him it's a replacement), the movers come by for the harpsichord and end up taking the new one.
** "[[Recap/TheAddamsFamilyS1E25LurchAndHisHarpsichord Lurch and His Harpsichord]]": After seeing that Lurch can't resign himself to losing the harpsichord to the museum, Gomez and Fester make a duplicate of the harpsichord in the basement. After they have given the new harpsichord to Lurch (without telling him it's a replacement), the movers come by for the harpsichord and end up taking the new one.
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* ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'':
**''Series/TheAddamsFamily'': "[[Recap/TheAddamsFamilyS1E25LurchAndHisHarpsichord Lurch and His Harpsichord]]": After seeing that Lurch can't resign himself to losing the harpsichord to the museum, Gomez and Fester make a duplicate of the harpsichord in the basement. After they have given the new harpsichord to Lurch (without telling him it's a replacement), the movers come by for the harpsichord and end up taking the new one.
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** "[[Recap/TheAddamsFamilyS2E16MorticiaAndGomezVsFesterAndGrandmama Gomez and Morticia vs. Fester and Grandmama]]": Morticia and the governess have very similar bags, and Lurch puts the governess' bag in the car by mistake, resulting in Morticia taking it on her vacation with Gomez. This allows her to discover [[FelonyMisdemeanor some rather shocking things.]]
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Compare with {{Mismeasurement}} and UnitConfusion, as well as the UnfortunateItemSwap. SuperTrope to DynamiteCandle. If done as a trap, see PoisonMushroom.
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Compare with {{Mismeasurement}} and UnitConfusion, as well as the UnfortunateItemSwap.UnfortunateItemSwap and SatchelSwitcheroo. SuperTrope to DynamiteCandle. If done as a trap, see PoisonMushroom.
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* In the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "Kryten", Lister picks up a spray can and squirts it under his arms without taking his shirt off. He then picks up his razor and another spray can, which turns out to be deoderant. After a second to process this, he lifts his shirt, and sure enough, his armpits are covered in shaving foam. Being Lister, he scoops it up and uses it anyway.
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* In the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "Kryten", Lister picks up a spray can and squirts it under his arms without taking his shirt off. He then picks up his razor and another spray can, which turns out to be deoderant.deodorant. After a second to process this, he lifts his shirt, and sure enough, his armpits are covered in shaving foam. Being Lister, he scoops it up and uses it anyway.
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* In the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "Kryten", Lister picks up a spray can and squirts it under his arms without taking his shirt off. He then picks up his razor and another spray can, which turns out to be deoderant. After a second to process this, he lifts his shirt, and sure enough, his armpits are covered in shaving foam. Being Lister, he scoops it up and uses it anyway.
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* In "A Trip to the General Store" from ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'', the kids of the Big Blue House decide to host a stand selling lemonade and cookies in order to make money to spend at the general store. When they tell Bear they expect to have them all sold either tomorrow or the day after, Bear agrees to buy out their entire stock, as he has things he needs from the store ''today''. However, he can barely choke down the lemonade. He then learns from Ojo that the "secret ingredient" is salt because, after all, it looks like sugar, so surely it's the same. He takes a pass on the cookies, claiming that he'll save them for another day.
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* In "A Trip to the General Store" from ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'', the kids of the Big Blue House decide to host a stand selling lemonade and cookies in order to make money to spend at the general store. When they tell Bear they expect to have them all sold either tomorrow or the day after, Bear agrees to buy out their entire stock, as he has things he needs from the store ''today''. However, he can barely choke down the lemonade. He then learns from Ojo that the "secret ingredient" is salt because, after all, it looks like sugar, so surely it's the same. He takes a pass on the cookies, claiming that he'll save them for another day.
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* In "Poppy's Lost Cookbook" from ''WesternAnimation/ButterbeansCafe'', Miss Marmalady, a notorious LethalChef, substitutes salt instead of sugar when making popovers, stating that "It looks like sugar, so what's the difference?"
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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': [[https://youtu.be/_APMUEVGlG4?t=4m8s In Speedy Gonzales' debut episode,]] Bennie gets a drum of petrol, thinking the word is just a funny spelling of "water", to use to douse George after being blown up.
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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': [[https://youtu.be/_APMUEVGlG4?t=4m8s In Speedy Gonzales' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crVDsKVW5lM "Cat-Tails for Two,"]] the debut episode,]] of WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales, Bennie gets a drum of petrol, thinking the word is just a funny spelling of "water", to use to douse George after being blown up.
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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': [[https://youtu.be/_APMUEVGlG4?t=4m8s In Speedy Gonzales' debut episode]], Bennie gets a drum of petrol, thinking the word is just a funny spelling of "water", to use to douse George after being blown up.
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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': [[https://youtu.be/_APMUEVGlG4?t=4m8s In Speedy Gonzales' debut episode]], episode,]] Bennie gets a drum of petrol, thinking the word is just a funny spelling of "water", to use to douse George after being blown up.
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* A salt vs. sugar example is seen in Lemres' story in ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo 20th Anniversary''. Klug finds Lemres in a dizzy, lethargic state due to CompressedAbstinence of sugar, which he uses to power his magic. Klug gives him a spoonful of what he thinks is sugar, but when Lemres consumes it, they both realize is salt, which [[WeaksauceWeakness knocks Lemres cold]]. Klug freaks out as he realizes his mistake.
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* A salt vs. sugar example is seen in Lemres' story in ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo 20th Anniversary''.''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo20thAnniversary''. Klug finds Lemres in a dizzy, lethargic state due to CompressedAbstinence of sugar, which he uses to power his magic. Klug gives him a spoonful of what he thinks is sugar, but when Lemres consumes it, they both realize is salt, which [[WeaksauceWeakness knocks Lemres cold]]. Klug freaks out as he realizes his mistake.
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* ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'': When Alan works as Mami Bibir's assistant, Mami Bibir orders Alan to spray her face with a face mist. The thing is Mami Bibir has multiple spray bottles in her bag. When Alan takes one of them and sprays it in her face, it turns out to be pepper spray.
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* One episode of ''Series/MissionImpossible'' has the team infiltrate a chemical plant where TheVillain's henchmen are mixing deadly nerve gas. The plant's store room contains two key ingredients in similar containers, differentiated only by their labels. Invoked when the [=IMF=] use peel-and-stick labels to confuse the two chemicals. This causes the mixing process to be done in the wrong order, resulting in the anarchists getting HoistByHisOwnPetard.
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* One episode of ''Series/MissionImpossible'' has the team infiltrate a chemical plant where TheVillain's the villain's henchmen are mixing deadly nerve gas. The plant's store room contains two key ingredients in similar containers, differentiated only by their labels. Invoked when the [=IMF=] use peel-and-stick labels to confuse the two chemicals. This causes the mixing process to be done in the wrong order, resulting in the anarchists getting HoistByHisOwnPetard.
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* ''Series/ThroughTheDragonsEye'' does in the second episode. During a break on their flight to Widge, Boris sneaks a strawberry and dips it into salt instead of sugar because [[LIsForDyslexia Pelemots can't read.]]
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* ''Series/ThroughTheDragonsEye'' does in the second episode. During a break on their flight to Widge, Boris sneaks a strawberry and dips it into salt instead of sugar because [[LIsForDyslexia Pelemots can't read.]]
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* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': The first example of Akane demonstrating her LethalChef tendencies involved her accidentally adding vinegar instead of wine into a dish. She goes on to make many similar mistakes later.
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* A salt vs. sugar example is seen in Lemres' story in ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo 20th Anniversary''. Klug finds Lemres in a dizzy, lethargic state due to CompressedAbstinence of sugar, which he uses to power his magic. Klug gives him a spoonful of what he thinks is sugar, but when Lemres consumes it, they both realize is salt, which [[WeaksauceWeakness knocks Lemres cold]]. Klug freaks out as he realizes his mistake.
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* In one chapter of ''Manga/TouhouSangetsusei'' the three fairies hear about "peony hotpot" and try making it, and are disappointed to discover the flowers taste quite nasty - not having realised that "peony" is a traditional Japanese culinary euphemism for boar meat.
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* ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': Kronk mistakes a bottle of llama extract for deadly poison, which results in the intended victim being transformed into a llama as opposed to full-on dead.
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* ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': Kronk mistakes a bottle of llama extract for deadly poison, which results in the intended victim being transformed into a llama as opposed to full-on dead.
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* ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'':
** "[[Recap/TheAddamsFamilyS1E25LurchAndHisHarpsichord Lurch and His Harpsichord]]": After seeing that Lurch can't resign himself to losing the harpsichord to the museum, Gomez and Fester make a duplicate of the harpsichord in the basement. After they have given the new harpsichord to Lurch (without telling him it's a replacement), the movers come by for the harpsichord and end up taking the new one.
** "[[Recap/TheAddamsFamilyS2E16MorticiaAndGomezVsFesterAndGrandmama Gomez and Morticia vs. Fester and Grandmama]]": Morticia and the governess have very similar bags, and Lurch puts the governess' bag in the car by mistake, resulting in Morticia taking it on her vacation with Gomez. This allows her to discover [[FelonyMisdemeanor some rather shocking things.]]
** "[[Recap/TheAddamsFamilyS1E25LurchAndHisHarpsichord Lurch and His Harpsichord]]": After seeing that Lurch can't resign himself to losing the harpsichord to the museum, Gomez and Fester make a duplicate of the harpsichord in the basement. After they have given the new harpsichord to Lurch (without telling him it's a replacement), the movers come by for the harpsichord and end up taking the new one.
** "[[Recap/TheAddamsFamilyS2E16MorticiaAndGomezVsFesterAndGrandmama Gomez and Morticia vs. Fester and Grandmama]]": Morticia and the governess have very similar bags, and Lurch puts the governess' bag in the car by mistake, resulting in Morticia taking it on her vacation with Gomez. This allows her to discover [[FelonyMisdemeanor some rather shocking things.]]
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* Kronk has this problem in Disney's ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', in that he mistakes a bottle of llama extract for deadly poison, which results in the intended victim being transformed into a llama as opposed to full-on dead.
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* ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': Kronk has this problem in Disney's ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', in that he mistakes a bottle of llama extract for deadly poison, which results in the intended victim being transformed into a llama as opposed to full-on dead.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applebuck Season]]", Applejack keeps confusing ingredients like potato chips instead of chocolate chips for the cupcakes due to sleep deprivation. What resulted is a town-wide food poisoning by "baked bads".
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** Inthe ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applebuck Season]]", Applejack keeps confusing ingredients ingredients, like potato chips instead of chocolate chips or fizzy soda instead of baking soda, for the cupcakes she is helping Pinkie bake due to sleep deprivation. What resulted is a town-wide food poisoning by "baked bads".
** In
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** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E20ItIsntTheManeThingAboutYou It Isn't the Mane Thing About You]]," Pinkie Pie and Rarity ask Zecora to brew up a mess-remover potion and a special shampoo, respectively. The two liquids are the same color, and Zecora puts them into identical, unmarked bottles. Pinkie and Rarity get the bottles switched, resulting in Rarity losing most of her mane and Pinkie flooding Sugarcube Corner with soap suds.
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-->'''Ymza:''' This isn't poison. This is extract of... llama.\\
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-->'''Ymza:''' This isn't poison. poison! This is extract of... llama.\\LLAMA!\\
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* ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarII'' has two special pieces of equipment once you get to the planet Dezoris. On one hand, there's the Magic Cap; if worn, Dezorians always lie to you or sell things for grossly inflated prices. On the ''other'' hand, there's the M'''o'''gic Cap, which causes them to tell the truth as well as sell you things for their actual price. [[spoiler:The Magic Caps are actually still useful, since Musk Cats inside of Skure can be spoken to with them.]]
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* ''LightNovel/ReZero'': Averted in Episode 3 of the Break Time shorts, where it is mentioned that one of Reinhard's many abilities include not confusing sugar with salt when cooking.
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* Kronk has this problem in Disney's ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', in that he mistakes a bottle of llama extract for deadly poison, which results in the intended victim being transformed into a llama as opposed to full-on dead.
-->'''Ymza:''' This isn't poison. This is extract of... llama.\\
'''Kronk:''' You know, in my defense, your poisons all look alike. You might think about relabeling some of them.
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* Kronk has this problem in Disney's ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', in that he mistakes a bottle of llama extract for deadly poison, which results in the intended victim being transformed into a llama as opposed to full-on dead.
--> '''Ymza''': This isn't poison. This is extract of ... llama."
--> '''Kronk''': You know, in my defense, your poisons all look alike. You might think about relabeling some of them.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason "Applebuck Season"]], Applejack keeps confusing ingredients like potato chips instead of chocolate chips for the cupcakes due to sleep deprivation. What resulted was a town-wide food poisoning by "baked bads".
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Season 10 [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E10VivaNedFlanders "Viva Ned Flanders"]], when Mr. Burns' Casino is about to get demolished using bombs, one of the demolition worker overhears Bart say, "All right! Here comes the implosion" and responds to the other with "'''Im'''plosion? I thought you said--" and is interrupted when the plunger goes down. This confusion results in the casino being blasted into a huge dust cloud covering part of the town.
--> '''Ymza''': This isn't poison. This is extract of ... llama."
--> '''Kronk''': You know, in my defense, your poisons all look alike. You might think about relabeling some of them.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason "Applebuck Season"]], Applejack keeps confusing ingredients like potato chips instead of chocolate chips for the cupcakes due to sleep deprivation. What resulted was a town-wide food poisoning by "baked bads".
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Season 10 [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E10VivaNedFlanders "Viva Ned Flanders"]], when Mr. Burns' Casino is about to get demolished using bombs, one of the demolition worker overhears Bart say, "All right! Here comes the implosion" and responds to the other with "'''Im'''plosion? I thought you said--" and is interrupted when the plunger goes down. This confusion results in the casino being blasted into a huge dust cloud covering part of the town.
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--> '''Ymza''': This isn't poison. This is extract of ... llama."
--> '''Kronk''': You know, in my defense, your poisons all look alike. You might think about relabeling some of them.
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* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Belkar learns that vampires are vulnerable to stakes, so he [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1043.html rustles up some T-bones]].
--> '''Belkar:''' No, ''you're'' a [[CallingMeALogarithm homophone]]!
--> '''Belkar:''' No, ''you're'' a [[CallingMeALogarithm homophone]]!
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--> '''Belkar:''' No, ''you're'' a [[CallingMeALogarithm homophone]]!
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode, "Applebuck Season", Applejack keeps confusing ingredients like potato chips instead of chocolate chips for the cupcakes due to sleep deprivation. What resulted was a town-wide food poisoning by "baked bads".
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Season 10 "Viva Ned Flanders", when Mr. Burns' Casino is about to get demolished using bombs, one of the demolition worker overhears Bart say, "All right! Here comes the implosion" and responds to the other with "'''Im'''plosion? I thought you said--" and is interrupted when the plunger goes down. This confusion results in the casino being blasted into a huge dust cloud covering part of the town.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Season 10 "Viva Ned Flanders", when Mr. Burns' Casino is about to get demolished using bombs, one of the demolition worker overhears Bart say, "All right! Here comes the implosion" and responds to the other with "'''Im'''plosion? I thought you said--" and is interrupted when the plunger goes down. This confusion results in the casino being blasted into a huge dust cloud covering part of the town.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode, episode [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason "Applebuck Season", Season"]], Applejack keeps confusing ingredients like potato chips instead of chocolate chips for the cupcakes due to sleep deprivation. What resulted was a town-wide food poisoning by "baked bads".
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Season 10 [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E10VivaNedFlanders "Viva NedFlanders", Flanders"]], when Mr. Burns' Casino is about to get demolished using bombs, one of the demolition worker overhears Bart say, "All right! Here comes the implosion" and responds to the other with "'''Im'''plosion? I thought you said--" and is interrupted when the plunger goes down. This confusion results in the casino being blasted into a huge dust cloud covering part of the town.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Season 10 [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E10VivaNedFlanders "Viva Ned
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* A plot point in the ''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle'' movie is how Lyle has a cigarette lighter that looks like a pistol. At the end of the movie he asks one of his African guides for it (earlier he asked for it to be cleaned as long as they're working on his camera), and the guy accidentally gives him an identically-looking real gun instead.
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* A plot point in the ''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle'' movie is how Lyle has [[OnlyALighter a cigarette lighter that looks like a pistol. pistol.]] At the end of the movie he asks one of his African guides for it (earlier he asked for it to be cleaned as long as they're working on his camera), and the guy accidentally gives him an identically-looking real gun instead.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Season 10 "Viva Ned Flanders", when Mr. Burns' Casino is about to get demolished using bombs, one of the demolition worker overhears Bart say, "All right! Here comes the implosion". After detonating the bomb, the worker realized he wasn't supposed to use explosives for the casino. This confusion results in the casino being blasted into a huge dust cloud covering part of the town.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Season 10 "Viva Ned Flanders", when Mr. Burns' Casino is about to get demolished using bombs, one of the demolition worker overhears Bart say, "All right! Here comes the implosion". After detonating implosion" and responds to the bomb, other with "'''Im'''plosion? I thought you said--" and is interrupted when the worker realized he wasn't supposed to use explosives for the casino.plunger goes down. This confusion results in the casino being blasted into a huge dust cloud covering part of the town.
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A character confuses an item for another, usually due to looking or sounding similar, and uses it to make food, chemical solution, etc. This tends to be an aspect of a LethalChef in cooking. Alternatively, this can be intentionally done by another party by switching items for the character to overlook.
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* Salt and sugar
* Flour and flower
Compare with {{Mismeasurement}} and UnitConfusion. SuperTrope to DynamiteCandle. If done as a trap, see PoisonMushroom.
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* A plot point in the ''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle'' movie is how Lyle has a cigarette lighter that looks like a pistol. At the end of the movie he asks one of his African guides for it (earlier he asked for it to be cleaned as long as they're working on his camera), and the guy accidentally gives him an identically-looking real gun instead.
* ''Film/NineToFive''. When Violet is making coffee for her boss Mr. Hart, she accidentally adds rat poison instead of artificial sweetener. He luckily avoids drinking it and is not poisoned.
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* In a MAD Magazine "Hate Book" feature, one item was "Don't you hate discovering that you've been brushing your teeth with shaving cream?" This dates back to when shaving cream often came in squeeze tubes, similar to that of toothpaste, so such an error was actually possible.
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* One episode of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' opened with Crow having melted himself into a puddle after mistaking a Thawmaster for a Thighmaster. Then Tom Servo does just the opposite, failing to thaw out a roast beef in time for dinner after mistaking a Thighmaster for a Thawmaster.
* ''Series/SquareOneTV'': One brief sketch showed two men who were working at a restaurant discussing income and profit. One of the bills they were discussing involved window repair due to a customer's demonstration of how hard the Swedish Meatballs were, to which the cook replied "How was I supposed to know that flour and plaster weren't the same thing? I mean they're both all powdery and white...!"
* One episode of ''Series/MissionImpossible'' has the team infiltrate a chemical plant where TheVillain's henchmen are mixing deadly nerve gas. The plant's store room contains two key ingredients in similar containers, differentiated only by their labels. Invoked when the [=IMF=] use peel-and-stick labels to confuse the two chemicals. This causes the mixing process to be done in the wrong order, resulting in the anarchists getting HoistByHisOwnPetard.
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*''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorersOfSky'' introduces 'lookalike items,' meant to trick the player into using them.
** Is that a healing Oran berry, or a poisonous Oren berry?
** Will the Sleep Seed help knock out your foe, or is it a Slip Seed that will make them able to walk on water?
** Will this Reviver Seed keep you going through this tough fight? or is it the devious Reviser Seed that [[YankTheDogsChain still revives you,]] only for you to immediately laugh yourself unconscious?
* A backstory snippet in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' mentions how King Asgore got an accidental food poisoning when his children confused "cups of butter" in a pie recipe for him with "buttercups" (a mildly poisonous flower).
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* Merlitz from ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' tries to convince his teammates that he has seen an actual human, but none believe him. Worse, they presume Merlitz has lost his mind, and oust him from the group. The team leader asks TheDitz for a pink slip to formalize the outplacement, whereupon she undresses, and offers her pink slip as it's the only one she has.
* Strip #130 of Creator/PhillipMJackson's ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' has Kat ask Pip to retrieve shears, so as to cut away bubblegum from Scarlet's fur. Pip brings large hedge clippers, at which Kat scolds, "Barber not gardening, you little cretin." Poor Scarlet nearly panics.
* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Belkar learns that vampires are vulnerable to stakes, so he [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1043.html rustles up some T-bones]].
--> '''Belkar:''' No, ''you're'' a [[CallingMeALogarithm homophone]]!
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': [[https://youtu.be/_APMUEVGlG4?t=4m8s In Speedy Gonzales' debut episode]], Bennie gets a drum of petrol, thinking the word is just a funny spelling of "water", to use to douse George after being blown up.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode, "What's Cooking?", Arthur enters a cooking competition at school, hosted by famous chef, Ming Tsai, with plans to make a chocolate cake. His dad insists on wanting to help, even thought it's a Kids-only competition. Arthur makes a mistake by adding baking soda instead of baking powder, resulting in a batch of brownies instead of a chocolate cake. He wants to throw them out at first, but then his brownies become a huge hit with the class, and [[AnAesop he learns that many great foods were created by accident]] from Ming Tsai.
* Kronk has this problem in Disney's ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', in that he mistakes a bottle of llama extract for deadly poison, which results in the intended victim being transformed into a llama as opposed to full-on dead.
--> '''Ymza''': This isn't poison. This is extract of ... llama."
--> '''Kronk''': You know, in my defense, your poisons all look alike. You might think about relabeling some of them.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode, "Applebuck Season", Applejack keeps confusing ingredients like potato chips instead of chocolate chips for the cupcakes due to sleep deprivation. What resulted was a town-wide food poisoning by "baked bads".
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Season 10 "Viva Ned Flanders", when Mr. Burns' Casino is about to get demolished using bombs, one of the demolition worker overhears Bart say, "All right! Here comes the implosion". After detonating the bomb, the worker realized he wasn't supposed to use explosives for the casino. This confusion results in the casino being blasted into a huge dust cloud covering part of the town.
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Instances include:
* Salt and sugar
* Flour and flower
Compare with {{Mismeasurement}} and UnitConfusion. SuperTrope to DynamiteCandle. If done as a trap, see PoisonMushroom.
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!!Examples:
[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* A plot point in the ''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle'' movie is how Lyle has a cigarette lighter that looks like a pistol. At the end of the movie he asks one of his African guides for it (earlier he asked for it to be cleaned as long as they're working on his camera), and the guy accidentally gives him an identically-looking real gun instead.
* ''Film/NineToFive''. When Violet is making coffee for her boss Mr. Hart, she accidentally adds rat poison instead of artificial sweetener. He luckily avoids drinking it and is not poisoned.
[[AC:LightNovel]]
* ''LightNovel/ReZero'': averted in Episode 3 of the Break Time shorts, where it is mentioned that one of Reinhard's many abilities include not confusing sugar with salt when cooking.
[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* In a MAD Magazine "Hate Book" feature, one item was "Don't you hate discovering that you've been brushing your teeth with shaving cream?" This dates back to when shaving cream often came in squeeze tubes, similar to that of toothpaste, so such an error was actually possible.
[[AC:LiveActionTelevision]]
* One episode of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' opened with Crow having melted himself into a puddle after mistaking a Thawmaster for a Thighmaster. Then Tom Servo does just the opposite, failing to thaw out a roast beef in time for dinner after mistaking a Thighmaster for a Thawmaster.
* ''Series/SquareOneTV'': One brief sketch showed two men who were working at a restaurant discussing income and profit. One of the bills they were discussing involved window repair due to a customer's demonstration of how hard the Swedish Meatballs were, to which the cook replied "How was I supposed to know that flour and plaster weren't the same thing? I mean they're both all powdery and white...!"
* One episode of ''Series/MissionImpossible'' has the team infiltrate a chemical plant where TheVillain's henchmen are mixing deadly nerve gas. The plant's store room contains two key ingredients in similar containers, differentiated only by their labels. Invoked when the [=IMF=] use peel-and-stick labels to confuse the two chemicals. This causes the mixing process to be done in the wrong order, resulting in the anarchists getting HoistByHisOwnPetard.
[[AC:VideoGames]]
*''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorersOfSky'' introduces 'lookalike items,' meant to trick the player into using them.
** Is that a healing Oran berry, or a poisonous Oren berry?
** Will the Sleep Seed help knock out your foe, or is it a Slip Seed that will make them able to walk on water?
** Will this Reviver Seed keep you going through this tough fight? or is it the devious Reviser Seed that [[YankTheDogsChain still revives you,]] only for you to immediately laugh yourself unconscious?
* A backstory snippet in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' mentions how King Asgore got an accidental food poisoning when his children confused "cups of butter" in a pie recipe for him with "buttercups" (a mildly poisonous flower).
[[AC:{{Webcomics}}]]
* Merlitz from ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' tries to convince his teammates that he has seen an actual human, but none believe him. Worse, they presume Merlitz has lost his mind, and oust him from the group. The team leader asks TheDitz for a pink slip to formalize the outplacement, whereupon she undresses, and offers her pink slip as it's the only one she has.
* Strip #130 of Creator/PhillipMJackson's ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' has Kat ask Pip to retrieve shears, so as to cut away bubblegum from Scarlet's fur. Pip brings large hedge clippers, at which Kat scolds, "Barber not gardening, you little cretin." Poor Scarlet nearly panics.
* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Belkar learns that vampires are vulnerable to stakes, so he [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1043.html rustles up some T-bones]].
--> '''Belkar:''' No, ''you're'' a [[CallingMeALogarithm homophone]]!
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': [[https://youtu.be/_APMUEVGlG4?t=4m8s In Speedy Gonzales' debut episode]], Bennie gets a drum of petrol, thinking the word is just a funny spelling of "water", to use to douse George after being blown up.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode, "What's Cooking?", Arthur enters a cooking competition at school, hosted by famous chef, Ming Tsai, with plans to make a chocolate cake. His dad insists on wanting to help, even thought it's a Kids-only competition. Arthur makes a mistake by adding baking soda instead of baking powder, resulting in a batch of brownies instead of a chocolate cake. He wants to throw them out at first, but then his brownies become a huge hit with the class, and [[AnAesop he learns that many great foods were created by accident]] from Ming Tsai.
* Kronk has this problem in Disney's ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', in that he mistakes a bottle of llama extract for deadly poison, which results in the intended victim being transformed into a llama as opposed to full-on dead.
--> '''Ymza''': This isn't poison. This is extract of ... llama."
--> '''Kronk''': You know, in my defense, your poisons all look alike. You might think about relabeling some of them.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode, "Applebuck Season", Applejack keeps confusing ingredients like potato chips instead of chocolate chips for the cupcakes due to sleep deprivation. What resulted was a town-wide food poisoning by "baked bads".
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Season 10 "Viva Ned Flanders", when Mr. Burns' Casino is about to get demolished using bombs, one of the demolition worker overhears Bart say, "All right! Here comes the implosion". After detonating the bomb, the worker realized he wasn't supposed to use explosives for the casino. This confusion results in the casino being blasted into a huge dust cloud covering part of the town.
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