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A character makes a weak attempt at forgery -- either because they're immature/stupid or because they consider their audience to be. The faked signature is impossible: the real person would obviously never sign a document that way.
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A character makes a weak attempt at forgery -- either because they're immature/stupid or because they consider their audience to be. The faked signature is impossible: the real person would obviously never sign a document that way.
way. Sometimes, [[AccidentalMisnaming the name is even spelled wrong]].
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If this is being done by a child, they will likely sign the document with "Mom" or "Dad", especially if [[UnnamedParent the child doesn't know the parents' real names]].
Compare TheCon. Compare ''and'' contrast ChildrenAreInnocent. Contrast the MasterForger who does slightly better work.
Compare TheCon. Compare ''and'' contrast ChildrenAreInnocent. Contrast the MasterForger who does slightly better work.
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If this is being done by a child, child who is forging a note from one of their parents, they will likely sign the document with "Mom" or "Dad", especially if [[UnnamedParent the child doesn't know the parents' real names]].
CompareTheCon.TheCon, BlatantLies, and TheIllegible. Compare ''and'' contrast ChildrenAreInnocent. Contrast the MasterForger who does slightly better work.
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* ''Literature/DirtyBertie'': In "Report!", [[BookDumb Bertie]] gets a bad report card and tries to hide it from his parents, who threatened to give him a tutor if his grades didn't improve. He makes a fake report, but not only does he misspell several words, the signature is "Miss Boote (teecher)" (the teacher's real name was Miss ''Boot'').
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'':
** In "Mr. Ratburn and the Special Somebody", Arthur and his friends try to [[StudentsPlayingMatchmaker pair their teacher Nigel Ratburn up with the school librarian Paige Turner]]. They write a love poem and pretend it's from Mr. Ratburn, but Ms. Turner realises it's fake due to the scrawled writing and the fact that several words were spelled wrong, including Mr. Ratburn's first name (which was spelled as "Nigal").
** In "The Feud", Binky writes a fake note from the mayor. The Brain realises it's a forgery when he realises "mayor" is spelled wrong.
** In "Mr. Ratburn and the Special Somebody", Arthur and his friends try to [[StudentsPlayingMatchmaker pair their teacher Nigel Ratburn up with the school librarian Paige Turner]]. They write a love poem and pretend it's from Mr. Ratburn, but Ms. Turner realises it's fake due to the scrawled writing and the fact that several words were spelled wrong, including Mr. Ratburn's first name (which was spelled as "Nigal").
** In "The Feud", Binky writes a fake note from the mayor. The Brain realises it's a forgery when he realises "mayor" is spelled wrong.
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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E20TheBoyWhoKnewTooMuch The Boy Who Knew Too Much]]": Lampshaded. Skinner reads an obviously forged letter Bart did of Marge, in part stating "Please excuse my bad handwriting; I recently busted whichever hand I write with."
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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E20TheBoyWhoKnewTooMuch The Boy Who Knew Too Much]]": Lampshaded. Skinner reads an obviously forged letter Bart did of Marge, in part stating stating, "Please excuse my bad handwriting; I recently busted whichever hand I write with.""
** In "The Sweetest Apu", Homer tries to return a dented beer keg back to the guy he bought it from, who is named Apu. He tries to lie that it was already dented when he bought it by writing on the keg itself, "This keg had dents". He then signs it, "Apoo".
** In "The Sweetest Apu", Homer tries to return a dented beer keg back to the guy he bought it from, who is named Apu. He tries to lie that it was already dented when he bought it by writing on the keg itself, "This keg had dents". He then signs it, "Apoo".
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* In ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', Calvin attempts to do a parental signature for a document from school, signing it "Calvin's mom".
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* In ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', Calvin attempts to do a parental signature for a document from school, signing it "Calvin's mom". He also signs a note to his teacher as "The President of the United States". She's not fooled.
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Fixing a wrong word issue, and removing an example that's misuse.
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* ''Series/{{MASH}}'': When Klinger is made company clerk he decides to try to get out of the army by faking Potter's signature on some discharge papers. He has notepads full of "Sherman T. Potter" written on them for practice. Potter finds them, but by then Klinger has decided not to do it anyway.
-->'''Potter:''' By the way, you put too much swoop on the "T".
-->'''Potter:''' By the way, you put too much swoop on the "T".
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* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'': One episode has the guys wanting to get their ears pierced, only to be told that they need parental admission first. What they come back with are two barely legible pieces of scrap paper in their own writing, with Butt-Head's stating "Just do it, huh-huh" and Beavis' stating "Yeah, yeah".
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* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'': One episode has the guys wanting to get their ears pierced, only to be told that they need parental admission permission first. What they come back with are two barely legible pieces of scrap paper in their own writing, with Butt-Head's stating "Just do it, huh-huh" and Beavis' stating "Yeah, yeah".
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Compare TheCon. Compare ''and'' contrast ChildrenAreInnocent.
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Compare TheCon. Compare ''and'' contrast ChildrenAreInnocent.
ChildrenAreInnocent. Contrast the MasterForger who does slightly better work.
