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* ''[[Yakitate!! Japan]]'' thrives on puns, especially in the various [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|over-the-top "reactions"]] to Azuma's bread.
* ''[[Kodomo no Omocha]]''.
* ''[[Excel Saga (anime)|Excel Saga]]''.
* ''[[High School Girls]]'' and ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' both use Japanese idiom-related puns.
** In particular, when Sakaki finally found a cat who liked her, Yomi's exclamation of wonder punned on a cat's cry ("Nyanten!" in the original; "Meowvelous!" in the manga translation. The translator said he was waiting for bricks through his window).
* ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' combines this trope with [[Theme Naming]], then takes it [[Up to Eleven]].
** the names of Saiyans are all puns on vegetables. Vegeta = vegetable, Raditz = Radish, Nappa = a type of cabbage, Kakarotto = carrot, and Broly = broccoli. ''Saiya'' itself is yasai (野菜 やさい, "vegetable") backwards. I'm just saiyan.
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*** The English translation managed to take the pun further, by saying their goal was to bring about the "Reich Pilaf".
** The tiny character Jiao Zi or Chow Tsu- is Chinese for Gyouza which are Pot-Stickers.
*** A DBZ magazine once wrote an article stating that the creator admitted that this had more to do with his being uncreative with names than trying to be funny.
** The Makyans are named after condiments: Garlic, Garlic Junior, his original three minions Ginger, Nicky (cinnamon) & Sansho (pepper), plus his minons later on; Spice, Vinegar, Mustard and Salt, known together as the Spice Boys
** Bibidi, Babidy and Buu!
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*** [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh!: Where bad puns go to die.]]
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]''. All the main characters' names are puns (e.g. "Tsukino Usagi" = "tsuki no usagi" = "rabbit of the moon", Japan's version of "man in the moon").
* From the ''[[Ranma ½|[[Ranma
{{quote|'''Kuno:''' What's that, Pig-Tailed Girl? Something about the mast?
''sees the mast has fallen over''
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*** ''Unhygenix'' the fishmonger and ''Bacteria'' his wife
*** ''Vitalstatistix'' the chief
* The Flemish series ''[[De Kiekeboes]]'' (a few English translations exist as ''Jo and co'') has over 100 issues and I can't remember a single one in which none of the one-time characters, companies or even the title itself isn't a pun.
* In ''[[Superman/Batman: Apocalypse]]'', when [[Batman]], [[Superman]], [[Wonder Woman]], and Barda mount their rescue of [[Supergirl]], we get this gem of a thought bubble after they exit the Boom Tube:
{{quote|'''Batman:''' "[[Apocalypse Now|Apokolips. Now.]]"}}
* A lot of ''[[Orient Men]]'' comics are based around puns, especially the last few ones.
* [[Peter David]], especially with name puns. It gets really bad when you find out that he's used the same pun twice: one in the third ''Sir Apropos'' book, one in the Marvel Mangaverse Punisher story.
** Some are really good, though, like the criminally underused Mighty Endowed. In fact, every issue of ''[[Young Justice (comics)|Young Justice]]'' has about 2 or 3.
** Done with a minor character in his run on ''[[Captain Mar-Vell]]''; a "rather clever fellow" named Plaht creates a ''device'' that allows Marv to break previously [[Magic A Is Magic A|unbreakable]] rules regarding his interactions with dimensional travel. He couldn't even keep it as a [[Stealth Pun]], as characters repeatedly call it "the Plaht Device."
** In the issue of [[Incredible Hulk]] with Rick Jones marrying Marlo Chandler, there is a cross company example. Marlo had been killed at one point and brought back by technology used by the Leader. At her wedding, Marlo sees [[The Sandman|a pale goth woman]] who comes up as if she knows Marlo and gives her a gift. It's a brush. {{spoiler|With death...}}
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Airplane!]]'': loads of them -- "Surely you can't be serious", Ted's drinking problem, smoking tickets.
** The other films of Zucker, Abrams and Zucker and most movies of the parody genre boast this as well. In ''[[The Kentucky Fried Movie]]'', the "[[Catholic School Girls Rule|Catholic High School Girls]] [[Fan Service|In Trouble]] segment has the following gems: a woman seductively asks a man to "show me your nuts", and in response the man makes silly faces and hand puppets, demonstrating his lack of mental stability. "Marilyn Chambers" is to recreate her classic role - she does a pencil roll across the grass. Two pornographic actresses are said to be [[And Starring|introduced]] in the film in the credits - and a third has them both greet and shake hands with each other [[Naked People Are Funny|while in the nude]].
* Practically all the lines in ''[[Batman and Robin (film)|Batman and Robin]]'' are "plant" or "ice" puns.
{{quote|''Allow me to break the ice.''
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"Perhaps the lovely Miss East can keep you from becoming a ''slave'' to your disappointment."
"You know beautiful women: support you one minute, ''cut the legs out from under you'' the next." }}
* ''[[Scary Movie]] 2''. Dwight (who is in a wheelchair) and the caretaker (with a malformed hand) throw a barrage of hands and feet-related expressions towards each other.
{{quote|"Let me give you a big hand."
"How about a standing ovation?" }}
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* Another Pratchett example, this one from ''[[Good Omens]]'': One character is remembering a scenic riverside where he often went with his wife when they were first dating. "They had often gone there to spoon ... and, on one memorable occasion, {{spoiler|fork}}."
** Newton Pulsifer. If Lucifer means "Bringer of Light", Pulsifer (pulse-bringer) means "Bringer of Peas."
** Newt named his [[The Alleged Car|alleged car]] Dick Turpin. If anyone asked him why, he was going to say "Because wherever I go, I hold up traffic."
* In the story ''Snow Mountain Syndrome'' of ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', Koizumi has begun to notice that Kyon's paying more attention to Yuki after the events of ''Disappearance'', where she [[Retcon]] reality because she thought Kyon preferred a world without Haruhi. Being... Koizumi, he asks
{{quote|"Which yuki would you be looking at? The one drifting down from the sky, or-"}}
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== Music ==
* [[Miami]] rapper Flo Rida. Just his ''name''.
* ''Words, Words, Words'' by [[Bo Burnham]].
** ''Anything'' by [[Bo Burnham]]. Ever.
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** After defeating Parasoul: "I...uh...dammit, your name's already a pun..."
* ''[[Monkey Island]]'', especially in [[Insult Sword Fighting]]. "I've got a TIP for you get the POINT?!"
* ''[[Defense of the Ancients]]'': technically found in ''Warcraft'' but in DotA the hero responses are heard constantly. Nearly every hero with a voice says some sort of pun. Nearly every response by the Pandaren Brewmaster is a pun.
* In ''[[Super Mario RPG]]: Legend of the Seven Stars'', the first boss is none other than Bowser. However, he's a Puzzle Boss— you have to attack the chain of the chandelier he's standing on. When he realizes that Mario's cracked it, out comes the line, "Oh, no! It's a chain reaction!"
* ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Knights of the Old Republic]]'': When the [[Player Character]] asks Jolee Bindo why he spent so much time on Kashyyk, we get this dialogue:
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'''Paul:''' Yeah, it's ''blue'' glass.
'''Ringo:''' Must be from Kentucky. }}
** [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]] in general were very fond of these, John especially. It's been overshadowed by the whole "redefining rock music" and "consuming small mountains of LSD" things, but there's a lot of puns hiding in plain sight. Nobody even notices these days just how terrible a joke the band's name is, to name the most obvious example.
*** This overlaps with "Music" and "Literature" but John Lennon wrote two books. Their titles? ''In His Own Write'' and ''A Spaniard In The Works''.
* ''[[American Dad]]'' has a great one.
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'''Avery Bullock:''' Because I thought we could be Secret Asians.
'''Stan:''' A 16-hour flight for a bad pun? (nods head) Yes. Yes. }}
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMbXvn2RNI Cows with Guns]
* If you thought ''[[Batman and Robin (film)|Batman and Robin]]'' was bad about ice puns, try to dig up a Mr. Freeze episode from the 60s Batman animated series. Incredibly lame puns are expected, but by the end of the episode the writers run out of them and become increasingly desperate, culminating in Mr. Freeze declaring "you really frost me!" upon capture.
** Given that they were sending him to the cooler, the above is an obvious implication.
** ''[[The Batman]]'''s debut of the character, to a lesser extent.
*** Freeze's debut in [[Batman: The Animated Series]]
{{quote|'''Freeze:''' Revenge is a dish [[Punctuated!
* Punsy McHale from ''[[The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack]]''.
* ''[[Beetlejuice (animation)|Beetlejuice]]''.
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* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''
** Episode Titles: "The Bare Facts". "[[Schoolhouse Rock|Schoolhouse Rocked]]", "Supper Villain", "Something's A Ms.", "The Mane Event", "Gettin' Twiggy With It", "Jewel of the Aisle", "Girls Gone Mild", "Sun Scream" .
** [[Pungeon Master|The Narrator]]:
{{quote|'''Narrator''': Mojo Jojo is turning Townsville into Swiss cheese!
'''Man''': Look sharp, everyone! It’s the Powerpuff Girls, here to save us!
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