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* You'll find quite a few "worldwide" puns around [[All The Tropes]] at times, some of which are [[pothole]]d to this very page.
* [[All The Tropes]]' official cellist, Mstislav Rostropovich.
== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
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* ''[[Spice and Wolf]]'''s first season OVA episode is titled "Wolf and the ''Tail'' of Happiness". The pun is actually reversed, since Holo speaks of 'snatching the tail of happiness' as a metaphor in the story.
== [[Comic Books]] ==▼
== [[Card Games]] ==▼
* Show up regularly in ''[[Magic: The Gathering|Magic the Gathering]]''. Such as [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=29785 ''He exercises his right to bear arms''.]▼
** If you attached equipment to it, would that mean you're exercising your [http://www.basicjokes.com/dquotes.php?aid=1173 right to arm bears?]▼
*** If you are the master of ursine infantry, then it is within your power to make sure that they stick to a vigorous physical training regiment to ensure their battle readiness. Don't let anybody tell you different, you have the right to exercise armed bears.▼
**** I'm pretty sure bears exercise their right arms regularly.▼
*** In that case, if your second-in-command became possessed by a malicious entity, would you have to exorcise your right-arm bear?▼
*** In addition, it can get unbearably hot in the summer, and if a bear could shave, it might. If possible, it should be a right for a bear to be bare, arms and all. The fur does make the bear look more menacing, so it will have to bear that in mind.▼
*** All of this is moot if you aren't prepared to fight as well. In which case, you can go to the weight room, make sure you're wearing a tanktop, find one of your republican-minded soldiers to work with, and perform some ursine slapping motions against one another- thereby exercising your right to exercise your bare right arm with bear exercises and a right bear. Bonus points if you find the correct kodiak- his name would be Wright.▼
** There are also the cards "Crashing Boars" and "Apes of Rath"▼
** [http://magiccards.info/on/en/160.html "Over-Soul'd Cemetery"]▼
** [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=42184 "Wheel and Deal"]. [[Don't Explain the Joke|See, it makes your opponents get the effects of]] [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=202558 "Wheel of Fortune"] [[Don't Explain the Joke|and gives you a card draw...]]▼
** Unhinged had Donkey Folk, which only existed to make puns on "ass". There was Smart Ass, Dumb Ass, Fat Ass, Cheap Ass and Bad Ass.▼
** To say nothing of the rest of the puns in Unglued and Unhinged, such as the Clay Pigeon (a 1/1 flying bird that had an effect when thrown), the Rock Lobster (it wasn't a rock, and many take it for granite), the Paper Tiger (who burns bright and folds easily), and the Scissors Lizard (who has a lot of shear power).▼
** Fowl Play (also Unglued) turns things into chickens.▼
** The Man of Measure is better at offense or defense depending on whether you're measured as taller or shorter than an opponent.▼
** The Standing Army doesn't tap when it attacks, because they're always standing.... but only as long as you are too.▼
** Really, Unglued and Unhinged are about 50% puns (the other half is a mixture of cardpaper and in-jokes that only players of the game will get). The more notable ones are from the -other-, much more serious sets.▼
* ''[[The Spoils]]'' has got quite a few, too. Pick five cards at random, and there's a pretty high chance that at least ''one'' involves at least one pun.▼
* [[Munchkin (game)|''Munchkin'']] has more than a few - "Faun and Games", "Unnatural Axe", and "Pants Macabre" are all titles of supplement packs, and there are others in the cards themselves.▼
▲== Comic Books ==
* ''[[Asterix]]'' is made of this. Nearly every single character, regardless of translation, is named with a self-referential pun - for example, Cacaphonix the inept bard and Getafix the wise man (and creator of the Gaulish strength potion) to name only two of the English translation.
** There's also:
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
=== Roleplaying Games ===
* The ''Toon'' expansion ''Toon Tales'' (in the Way-Out West section) includes an optional rule for Punslingers, whose puns ''actually do damage''.
▲=== [[Card Games]] ===
▲* Show up regularly in ''[[Magic: The
▲** If you attached equipment to it, would that mean you're exercising your [http://www.basicjokes.com/dquotes.php?aid=1173 right to arm bears?]
▲*** If you are the master of ursine infantry, then it is within your power to make sure that they stick to a vigorous physical training regiment to ensure their battle readiness. Don't let anybody tell you different, you have the right to exercise armed bears.
▲**** I'm pretty sure bears exercise their right arms regularly.
▲*** In that case, if your second-in-command became possessed by a malicious entity, would you have to exorcise your right-arm bear?
▲*** In addition, it can get unbearably hot in the summer, and if a bear could shave, it might. If possible, it should be a right for a bear to be bare, arms and all. The fur does make the bear look more menacing, so it will have to bear that in mind.
▲*** All of this is moot if you aren't prepared to fight as well. In which case, you can go to the weight room, make sure you're wearing a tanktop, find one of your republican-minded soldiers to work with, and perform some ursine slapping motions against one another- thereby exercising your right to exercise your bare right arm with bear exercises and a right bear. Bonus points if you find the correct kodiak- his name would be Wright.
▲** There are also the cards "Crashing Boars" and "[[The Grapes of Wrath|Apes of Rath]]"
▲** [http://magiccards.info/on/en/160.html "Over-Soul'd Cemetery"]
▲** [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=42184 "Wheel and Deal"]. [[Don't Explain the Joke|See, it makes your opponents get the effects of]] [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=202558 "Wheel of Fortune"] [[Don't Explain the Joke|and gives you a card draw...]]
▲** Unhinged had Donkey Folk, which only existed to make puns on "ass". There was Smart Ass, Dumb Ass, Fat Ass, Cheap Ass and Bad Ass.
▲** To say nothing of the rest of the puns in Unglued and Unhinged, such as the Clay Pigeon (a 1/1 flying bird that had an effect when thrown), the Rock Lobster (it wasn't a rock, and many take it for granite), the Paper Tiger (who burns bright and folds easily), and the Scissors Lizard (who has a lot of shear power).
▲** Fowl Play (also Unglued) turns things into chickens.
▲** The Man of Measure is better at offense or defense depending on whether you're measured as taller or shorter than an opponent.
▲** The Standing Army doesn't tap when it attacks, because they're always standing.... but only as long as you are too.
▲** Really, Unglued and Unhinged are about 50% puns (the other half is a mixture of cardpaper and in-jokes that only players of the game will get). The more notable ones are from the -other-, much more serious sets.
▲* ''[[The Spoils]]'' has got quite a few, too. Pick five cards at random, and there's a pretty high chance that at least ''one'' involves at least one pun.
▲* [[Munchkin (game)|''Munchkin'']] has more than a few - "Faun and Games", "Unnatural Axe", and "Pants Macabre" are all titles of supplement packs, and there are others in the cards themselves.
== [[Theater]] ==
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** [[Austin Powers|Just a little prick...]]
* The Dutch comedian Herman Finkers is a master of puns, [[Double Entendre]]s and other word-games.
== [[Video Games]] ==
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