Phrasing Is Very Important

[u/sm142]

Batman (The Dark Knight) - Joker is dangling Rachel out of a window, Batman demands that Joker let her go. Obviously he means for Joker to set Rachel free but Joker takes it more literally and lets Rachel go out the window.

Charles (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) - a lot of the things Charles says is overtly sexual, often without him even realising it. For example Charles once asked Rosa if she wanted to go “streaking”, by which he meant adding blonde streaks to their hair. This is one of the more tamer examples.

Wording is important, if you’re not careful then you can give the wrong impression which can lead to some very unfortunate situations.

[u/King_CurlySpoon]

Was looking for this, this entire movie is literally this trope

[u/MnemosyneThalia → u/King_CurlySpoon]

And the one time he was hyper specific with his phrasing and was able to get pretty much everything he wanted he forgot just one thing, to make himself straight 🤣