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** [[Multiple Reference Pun]]
* A big difference between horror for adults and [[Defanged Horrors|for kids]] seems to be the overuse of puns in the latter.
* You'll find quite a few "worldwide" puns around [[All The Tropes]] at times, some of which are [[
* [[All The Tropes]]' official cellist, Mstislav Rostropovich.
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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
* Japanese in general is an awesome language for making puns in. Several dialects, four different writing systems, and complex naming schemes provide rich soil for wordplay, and then you also get a very limited system in which sounds can be combined into words. Much is due to the influence of Chinese. Since Japanese lacks the rich<ref>and frustrating</ref> Chinese system of intonation, many Chinese words become indistinguishable when imported into Japanese.
* [[Rumiko Takahashi]]'s first breakaway success, ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'', is filled to the brim with
* ''[[Gravitation]]''
* ''[[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.
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** Really, the series has puns ''everywhere'', including the titles of all the books and of the series itself.
* Ian Watson is another author who has an inordinate fondness for bad puns.
* [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld]]'' series has the "Oh God of Hangovers" in ''[[Discworld/Hogfather|Hogfather]]''
** ''[[Discworld/Night Watch|Night Watch]]'' contains a sequence describing the ornamental armour Sam Vimes has to wear, and how it makes him feel like a class traitor. The pune-chline: {{spoiler|"It was gilt by association."}}
*** And the Fat Mines contained BCBs (Burnt Crusty Bits) that Vimes said died because they were battered to death.
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*** Granny Weatherwax's lodgings in the Shades are made are all the better for being next door to a notorious reseller of stolen items. Because good fences make good neighbours.
*** Magrat believes that broomsticks are sexual metaphors when witches ride them. But this is a phallusy.
** The name of the countries Djelibeybi and Hersheba. Terry Pratchett's realization that American audiences weren't getting the Djelibeybi pun inspired the creation of nearby Hersheba, which most audiences in general aren't getting. (If you've heard of the candy, the Djelibeybi pun is criminally easy to get, due to it being mentally pronounced the same way, ''[[Viewers are Morons|and]]'' [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] when we're told Djelibeybi means "Child of the Djel." Hersheba is not as
* [[Peter David]] loves puns, especially name puns. This includes naming people just for the pun: Sir Umbridge in ''[[Sir Apropos of Nothing]]'' is offered to him as the knight he squires under, and refusing would be a horrible offense, so "in order to not cause offense, I had to take Umbridge".
* In [[Jasper Fforde]]'s ''[[Thursday Next]]'' novels, the name of ''every'' character (except for fictional characters from other works) is a pun.
** As an example, two random policeman assigned to protect our hero go by the names of "Deadman" and "Walken". After their absolutely surprising demise, they are replaced by "Cannon" and "Phodder".
* [[Timothy Zahn]]'s ''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]'' novels give ships that belong to [[The Thrawn Trilogy|Talon Karrde]]'s organization quietly [[Punny Name
** Talon Karrde is known in-universe for his love of puns. When they met, Mara guessed who he was because his ship was the ''Uwana Buyer'', and he and his lieutenant were traveling under the names "Hart" and "Seoul."
* [[Roger Zelazny]] told [[George R. R. Martin]] that he wrote ''Lord Of Light'' solely so that he could use 'the pun'. It's one of the great puns; it can pass right by you the first time, but it's an absolute '''stinker''' once you spot it.
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{{quote|"You're my ticket back to the Empire, Sagi. And every good ticket has to get '''punched'''!"}}
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask]]'' we have Tatl and Tael. Just put those two together.
* ''[[Freshly Picked Tingles Rosy Rupeeland]]'' just loves these, most of them doubling as [[Punny Name
** Loveya being the worst offender. The "ya" in context means "dealer", and he's a personification of cupid that gives Tingle love advice.
** There's the tin robot woman, Buriki. Blik is Dutch for "tin".
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* And ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'' ran puns into the ground.
* ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'' made something of a hobbit of making bad hobbit puns... HABIT! I said habit.
** "Made a hobbit of it" is
* Many characters' names in ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'' are puns: Dr. Jean Poule, Hibachi the Dragon, Agent Ben and Agent Jerry, Officer Baskin and Officer Robbin, Cestus Poule of the River City Poules, the P.E.P.S.I. Monster (People-Eating Poly-Sorbate Insectoid), etc.
* Like the above ''[[Monkey Island]]'' example, ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'' has [[You Fight Like a Cow|Insult Sword Fighting]] filled with puns. It's Elan's "Dashing Swordsman" prestige class.
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** [[Young Frankenstein|There castle]]?
* [http://punnames.com PunNames].
* Hybrid webcomic/browser game ''[[Demon Thesis]]'' does this ''constantly'' when in game mode, as virtually any action you have the characters take is accompanied by a pun or reference. For example, give Clady the spear and let her attack with it, and the attack is called "Clad the Impaler". Give Val, the sole American, the axe, and it's called "[[American Chopper]]" when she uses it. If Alain, a french-Canadian, goes into a defensive mode to take less damage, it's [[wikipedia:Bloc
* [[This Very Wiki]]. We ''love'' puns. Just look at the [[Just for Pun]] trope list.
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* [[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]'s main job is to save the Earth while also making as many horrible puns as possible.
* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''
** Episode Titles: "The Bare Facts". "[[Schoolhouse Rock
** [[Pungeon Master|The Narrator]]:
{{quote|'''Narrator''': Mojo Jojo is turning Townsville into Swiss cheese!
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* The entire point of [[Knock-Knock Joke|Knock Knock Jokes]]. Think about it.
** Orange you glad you thought about it?
** [[Knock-Knock Joke|Knock Knock Jokes]] aren't the only jokes that are
{{quote|One day, a man "lets one rip", and out comes this strange sound - "HONDA". Confused, he initially shrugs it off. However, over the next few days, every time he farted, it would do the same thing - "HONDA". Becoming concerned, he visited his family doctor. The doctor couldn't explain it, and gave him a referral to another doctor, who also was at a loss. From one doctor to another he went, seeking an explanation for the strange sound being made by his wind. Eventually, he visits a doctor who happened to be Chinese. The man explained to the doctor that whenever he let one off, it made that strange sound. The doctor asked for a demonstration, and sure enough - "HONDA". The Chinese doctor nodded understanding, and asked the man to drop his trousers and bend over. He did so, and then heard the sound of scissors snipping something. The doctor said "try again now". The man once more passed wind, and was elated to find that it was back to its normal sound. He turned to the doctor, saw the abscess that had been cut off, and asked "That's amazing, doc. Why was it happening?" The doctor shrugged and said "Everybody knows {{spoiler|Abscess makes the fart go Honda}}".}}
*** This is also a {{spoiler|Spoonerism}}
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