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* In the Creator/WalrusGuy YoutubePoop, "[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDIGames Link]] Gets a Job at Gwonam's Restaurant So He Can Earn Enough Money to Buy a UsefulNotes/PlayStation3", when Link works at Squadallah Burger, which has a sign that says, "'''NOTICE: We only serve Burgers'''" in no uncertain terms, most of his customers try to order foods that aren't burgers. On Day One, King Harkinian tries to order a pizza, on Day Two, [[Manga/DeathNote Light Yagami]] tries to order potato chips, on Day Three, [[VideoGame/HotelMario Mario and Luigi]] try to order spaghetti, and on Day Five, the floating disembodied Mario head also tries to order a pizza. Unfortunately for Link, Duke Onkled's Diner sells all kinds of different foods, and as a result, he ends up not earning any money on Payday.

* There is a ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' novel where a character who was a mech warrior for [=ComStar=] ordered a bottle of a House Kurita beer...in a bar on a House Davion world. He was in the [=ComGuards=] so he didn't realize his mistake until the bar patrons got angry.

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->''"Chuck Norris once ordered a [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds Big Mac]] at a [[Advertising/TheBurgerKing Burger King]]. And they gave it to him. '''And''' they got it '''[[TakeThat RIGHT]]'''!"''

->''"Chuck Norris once ordered a Whopper from UsefulNotes/McDonalds. He got it."''

* [[https://youtu.be/72mcTwEleno?t=143 A memorable scene]] in ''WebVideo/CodeMENT'' has Lelouch calling Suzaku, who's shopping for clothes but only finds soup. Lelouch gets increasingly angry trying to explain how to find clothes there, and only finding more soup, until Suzaku reveals [[SeverelySpecializedStore that's the only thing the store sells]] ("I'm at soup.").

* A time-travel example happens in ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', when Marty stops in Lou's Cafe in 1955 and he tries to order two beverages which don't exist at that time.

* A Coca-Cola advertisement has a young western man trying to order a bottle of Coke in a far eastern shop. There are a few awkward misunderstandings until the young man mimics drinking from a bottle, at which point the shopkeeper immediately understands that he wants a Coca-Cola. Then he tells him - politely and in perfect English - that this is a hardware store.

* Zig-zagged in [[https://notalwaysright.com/where-theres-smoke-theres-a-liar/17441 this]] ''Website/NotAlwaysRight'' story, where a customer tries to buy cigarettes (with a fake [=ID=]) at a yogurt shop, and gets turned down for both having a fake ID ''and'' for going to the wrong store.

* In one ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' book, the author suggests ordering a cheeseburger at a shoe store. This becomes a BrickJoke later on when Captain Underpants returns after a short absence, and explains that he was at a shoe store, ordering a cheeseburger.

* In the Creator/WalrusGuy WebAnimation/YoutubePoop, "[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDIGames Link]] Gets a Job at Gwonam's Restaurant So He Can Earn Enough Money to Buy a UsefulNotes/PlayStation3", when Link works at Squadallah Burger, which has a sign that says, "'''NOTICE: We only serve Burgers'''" in no uncertain terms, most of his customers try to order foods that aren't burgers. On Day One, King Harkinian tries to order a pizza, on Day Two, [[Manga/DeathNote Light Yagami]] tries to order potato chips, on Day Three, [[VideoGame/HotelMario Mario and Luigi]] try to order spaghetti, and on Day Five, the floating disembodied Mario head also tries to order a pizza. Unfortunately for Link, Duke Onkled's Diner sells all kinds of different foods, and as a result, he ends up not earning any money on Payday.

** Subverted in [[https://notalwaysright.com/misteaken-cowmprehension/58994/ this story]]. A man goes into a vegetarian restaurant and orders a steak. The newly hired waitress (telling the story) has to inform him that as a vegetarian restaurant, they don't serve steak. But then the owner's daughter reveals that they do serve steak. It turns out the daughter decided to label the restaurant as "vegetarian" despite not knowing what the word means.

** In "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS1E5PizzaDeliveryHomeSweetPineapple Pizza Delivery]]", someone calls the Krusty Krab for a pizza by mistake. Not one to miss out on a quick buck, Mr. Krabs smashes some Krabby Patties into a pizza and has [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward deliver it. HilarityEnsues along the way, and when they finally reach the customer's home, [[UnsatisfiableCustomer he berates SpongeBob to the point of tears for a drink]] ''[[UnsatisfiableCustomer he didn't even order]]'', and [[EveryoneHasStandards Squidward]] [[PetTheDog is forced to step in]] and [[ForceFeeding shove the pizza right into the ungrateful customer's face]].

** In "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS1E5PizzaDeliveryHomeSweetPineapple Pizza Delivery]]", someone calls the Krusty Krab for a pizza by mistake. Not one to miss out on a quick buck, Mr. Krabs smashes some Krabby Patties into a pizza and has [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward deliver it. HilarityEnsues along the way, and when they finally reach the customer's home, [[UnsatisfiableCustomer he berates SpongeBob to the point of tears for a drink]] ''[[UnsatisfiableCustomer he didn't even order]]'', and [[EveryoneHasStandards Squidward is forced to step in]] and [[ForceFeeding shove the pizza right into the ungrateful customer's face]].

** In "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS1E5PizzaDeliveryHomeSweetPineapple Pizza Delivery]]", someone calls the Krusty Krab for a pizza by mistake. Not one to miss out on a quick buck, Mr. Krabs smashes some Krabby Patties into a pizza and has [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward deliver it. HilarityEnsues along the way, and when they finally reach the customer's home, [[UnsatisfiableCustomer he berates SpongeBob to the point of tears for a drink]] ''[[UnsatisfiableCustomer he didn't even order]]'', and [[EveryoneHasStandards forcing Squidward to step in]] and [[ForceFeeding shove the pizza right into the ungrateful customer's face]].

** In "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS1E5PizzaDeliveryHomeSweetPineapple Pizza Delivery]]", someone calls the Krusty Krab for a pizza by mistake. Not one to miss out on a quick buck, Mr. Krabs smashes some Krabby Patties into a pizza and has [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward deliver it. HilarityEnsues.

* A Coca-Cola advertisement has a young western man trying to order a bottle of Coke in a far eastern shop. There are a few awkward misunderstandings until the young man mimicks drinking from a bottle, at which point the shopkeeper immediately understands that he wants a Coca-Cola. Then he tells him - politely and in perfect English - that this is a hardware store.

* Played with in a KFC commercial. With accompanying visuals, a voiceover explains that you wouldn't go to a Chinese place for Italian food. Nor would you go to an Italian restaurant for Chinese food. So why go to a hamburger place for chicken, viz. McNuggets. Cue a pitch for Kentucky Nuggets.

* In one verse of the ''Series/SesameStreet'' song "The Letter N" by Nick Normal and the Nickmatics, Nick enters a fancy restaurant under the impression it's his favourite pizzaria.

* Zig-zagged the ''Podcast/ThisDuckburgLife'' episode "Out to Lunch", [[TheDitz Launchpad]] heads to his favorite burrito place, only to find out at the drive way that it's been replaced with Sushi Shenanigans. Luckily for him, the man stationed at the drivethrough offers to make him Mexican-style meals using the sushi ingredients.

* The ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS7E11NotAllDogsGoToHeaven Not All Dogs Go To Heaven]]" features a subplot where Stewie gathers together the cast of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', who then proceed to act like idiots. This includes when they go to [=McDonald's=], with Creator/MichaelDorn asking if they serve beer, Creator/JonathanFrakes trying to order a Shamrock Shake out of season, and Creator/WilWheaton wanting a hotdog.

** In "Seance Schmeance", an old man keeps coming to the Krusty Krab mistaking it for the restaurant that was there before, asking for a Rusty on Rye. [=SpongeBob=] holds a seance to learn the recipe from the original cook and, after some help with Mr. Krabs getting rid of the partying ghosts, makes the sandwich for the customer at the end of the episode.

* The "Sir, this is a 'Wendy's'" meme is based on this. It doesn't matter what the customer said (unless they're ordering, say, a baconator and a frosty for example, because [[DontExplainTheJoke that would ruin the joke]]).

* {{Subverted| trope}} in a Pizza Hut ad. One of a group of friends jokingly orders a hamburger. The waiter promptly brings out the new product, a hamburger pizza.

-->'''Marty:''' (''[[RippedFromThePhoneBook holding up the torn phone book page with 1955 Doc's info]]'') You know where 1640 Riverside Drive...
-->'''Lou:''' (''annoyed'') Are you gonna order something, kid?
-->'''Marty:''' (''stuffs the page into his pockets'') Uh, yeah. Yeah, give me a Tab.
-->'''Lou:''' A tab? I can't give you a tab unless you order something.
-->'''Marty:''' Okay, give me a Pepsi Free.
-->'''Lou:''' You want a Pepsi, pal, you gotta pay for it.
-->'''Marty:''' Look, just give me something without any sugar, okay?
-->'''Lou:''' Something without sugar...
-->(''Lou gives him a cup of coffee'')

-->'''Ralph''': And flapjacks.\\
'''Phil''': Too early for flapjacks?

-->'''Will''': Martin? Your customer. (leaves)

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* In the Creator/WalrusGuy WebAnimation/YoutubePoop, "[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Link]] Gets a Job at Gwonam's Restaurant So He Can Earn Enough Money to Buy a UsefulNotes/Playstation3", when Link works at Squadallah Burger, which has a sign that says, "'''NOTICE: We only serve Burgers'''" in no uncertain terms, most of his customers try to order foods that aren't burgers. On Day One, King Harkinian tries to order a pizza, on Day Two, [[Manga/DeathNote Light Yagami]] tries to order potato chips, on Day Three, [[VideoGame/HotelMario Mario and Luigi]] try to order spaghetti, and on Day Five, the floating disembodied Mario head also tries to order a pizza. Unfortunately for Link, Duke Onkled's Diner sells all kinds of different foods, and as a result, he ends up not earning any money on Payday.

* The ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode [[Recap/FamilyGuyS7E11NotAllDogsGoToHeaven "Not All Dogs Go To Heaven"]] features a subplot where Stewie gathers together the cast of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', who then proceed to act like idiots. This includes when they go to [=McDonald's=], with Creator/MichaelDorn asking if they serve beer, Creator/JonathanFrakes trying to order a Shamrock Shake out of season, and Creator/WilWheaton wanting a hotdog.

** In "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS1E5PizzaDeliveryHomeSweetPineapple Pizza Delivery]]", someone calls the Krusty Krab for a pizza by mistake. Not one to miss out on a quick buck, Mr. Krabs smashes some Krabby Patties into a pizza and has [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward deliver it. HilarityEnsues.

** In 'Seance Schmeance", an old man keeps coming to the Krusty Krab mistaking it for the restaurant that was there before, asking for a Rusty on Rye. [=SpongeBob=] holds a seance to learn the recipe from the original cook and, after some help with Mr. Krabs getting rid of the partying ghosts, makes the sandwich for the customer at the end of the episode.

-->'''Bubble Bass:''' I'll take a double triple Bossy deluxe, on a raft, 4x4 animal style, extra shingles with a shimmy and a squeeze, light axle grease, make it cry, burn it, and let it swim.\\

-> For the last time, this is a wiki, not a fast-food restaurant! We do not serve burgers and fries!

* Deconstructed in ''VisualNovel/DaughterForDessert''. The protagonist gives Mortelli special permission to order the same toast and coffee that he’s always ordered, even after the diner gets a complete menu change on its reopening.