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{{quote|''"That's a harp he's playing, Nobby," said one of them, after watching Imp for a while.<br />

A character (especially a [[Pungeon Master]]) makes a [[Pun]], that is claimed to be so obvious or disgusting, that it makes listening characters [[Suckiness Is Painful|wince]], [[Collective Groan|groan]] or even feel compelled to [[Dope Slap|inflict violence on the punster]]-- — or, at least, bring a lawsuit against him for pun-itive damages. [[Rimshot|Rimshots]]s are completely optional.

Since puns are considered one of the lowest forms of humor by default, [[Tough Room|this claim can be made]] even if the pun in question is [[Crowning Moment of Funny|actually really, really funny]].

The chief purpose of this trope seems to be to allow a writer to deploy an awful groaner and still dodge the blame for it by pointing the karmic retribution at the character, or to use this acknowledgment as a piece of [[Self Deprecating Humor-Deprecation]], turning this [[Lampshading]] into the joke's punchline, instead of just having the pun itself.

For other puns that [[So Unfunny ItsIt's Funny|may or may not be bad,]] see [[Hurricane of Puns]] and [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]. For a character that always makes these, see [[Pungeon Master]]. For an index of punny trope names, see [[Just for Pun]].

* The English Dub of ''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]]'' loves this. It might as well be its own page. The crowner has to be Brock's use of an [[Improvised Umbrella]] in the Mewtwo Returns movie.

{{quote| '''Brock''': I'll use my trusty frying pan, as a ''drying'' pan!}}

{{quote| '''Ninja''': Permed hair!?<br />

'''Kaede''': Afro?<br />

'''Shinobu''': I guess...<br />

'''Onsokumaru''': It's "a furo", therefore "afro".<br />

'''Everybody''': ''*groan*''<br />

* In ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]'' (the anime), Tomo makes a pun, though what that pun is depends on whether it's the dub, the sub (both based on "freedom"), or the original (based on "yoyuu"). The other girls groan and Chiyo says it was bad, while Tomo is flabbergasted at their response.

* ''[[Persona 4 (Anime)|Persona 4: The Animation]]'' has a couple. In episode 9, Yukiko calls Chie's Persona a "Chie pet." As if that single pun wasn't enough for her, she then proceeds to go off an a ''whole tangent'' about Chie pets, all the while laughing her head off.

** Episode 15 has one that gets [[Lost in Translation]]. Teddie and Yukiko laugh at a pun on Kanji's name, "ii kanji," which means "good feeling/s." The subbers settle for using the pun that was used in the game, "Great Kanjecture." For bonus points, the latter isn't just lame--itlame—it doesn't make a lot of sense.

* ''[[Darker Thanthan Black]]'': [[Clueless Detective|Kurosawa]] has spent two entire episodes littering his speech with very bad [[Gratuitous English]] on the mistaken impression that it'll help his client, a Scandinavian named Eelis Castinen, understand him. Then he crosses the [[Gratuitous English]] Event Horizon by making an [[Engrish]] pun on "Castinen" ("cast it in"), and his [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]], who has been wincing behind his back the whole time, gets annoyed.

{{quote| '''Kiko:''' I knew you were going to say that. It wasn't even funny.}}

* In ''[[Kamichama Karin]]'', Karin makes one of these ("Wait, a god (''kami'') just [[Close -Call Haircut|burned]] my hair (also ''kami'')??") and then chastises herself for it.

* In ''[[Mai Hi MEMy-HiME|My Hime]]'', Haruka attempts to make a pun which is immediately followed by dead silence and staring.

{{quote| '''Haruka''': What a hideous face. What is that?<br />

'''Yukino''': I believe it's a kelp grouper, Haruka.<br />

'''Haruka''': Really?<br />

'''Yukino''': Yeah. It's good to serve at parties in a hot pot or sashimi.<br />

* Excel of ''[[Excel Saga (Mangamanga)|Excel Saga]]'' draws a comparison between conquest (征 服, ''seifuku'') and [[Joshikousei|uniforms]] (制 服, also ''seifuku''). Hyatt notes that this is just too obvious (and she usually plays [[Captain Obvious]] to [[Don't Explain the Joke|explain the joke]], so this is her way of calling it lame).

** And [[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'s Jack Rakan did it the same exact way. Whether it is a [[Shout -Out]] or not is unknown.

* Judai in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' is quite fond of this trope. Here's a good example as shown below when he duels with Wheeler, a monkey duelist, to rescue fellow Duel Academy student Jasmine in the episode "Monkey See, Monkey Duel":

{{quote| '''Judai''': You saw my moves, now do yours! Hah! Get it? Monkey see, monkey DO?<br />

* At the start of the Steel Ball Run in ''[[Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo JosJoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'', the race's benefactor, Stephen Steel, announces the trophy for the winner has been buried in a block of ice dug up from Antarctica which will melt by the time the race is over. When he say that his comments have hopefully "broken the ice", everyone is astounded he would make such a horrible joke, except Stephen's wife, who claps.

* Kohtaro Taiga from ''[[Gao Gai GarGaoGaiGar|GaoGaiGar Final]]'' in addition the being the [[Big Good]] [[Badass Normal]] uses his golf club the ''Taiga Wood'' to prove his point, by stabbing the control lock that kept 3G from doing what needed to be done, the club even goes so far as to have an eye-catch devoted to explaining its specs and being the Key to Victory item that the narrator informs us about at the end of the previous next episode preview.

* In the manga {{''[[Shugo Chara}}]]'' Chan, one comic has the Guardian Characters wondering what the prince of flowers (Hana in japaneseJapanese) looks like, and one of the princes is a nose (Also "hana" in Japanese). Ran says "That's not the right "hana" we're talking about!"

* In the English dub of episode 7 of [[Magical Doremi]], when Caitlyn (Poppu in Japanese) has to go to the bathroom, Dorie (Doremi) says "Oh no! Nature's calling, and I must answer." She said "No way! She has to go to the toilet? It's because of the ice cream!" in the Japanese version.

{{quote| '''[[The Comically Serious|Batman]]''': You still haven't gotten over the puns?<br />

* In the [[Don Rosa]] story "Return to Plain Awful," [[Donald Duck]] and Scrooge McDuck visit the [[Lost World]] of Plain Awful, a [[Utopia]] where square things are prized, round things are illegal, and the people live "on good cheer" with no financial interests. Eventually, Scrooge does manage to interest the people in his money -- butmoney—but only aesthetically, and as a finishing touch, they chop their new stack of bills into two square halves. The story ends with Donald noting that now, [[Self -Made Man]] Scrooge has something in common with the Awfultonians:

{{quote| '''Donald''': Well, they made their billion by being [[Catch Phrase|tougher than the toughies and smarter than the smarties]]! And you know what else?<br />

'''Scrooge''': Oh, ''no'', nephew! Don't say it! ...''Please''!<br />

{{quote| '''Dracula''': Psst .. Amelia .. look! (''points to his sandwich'') [[The Count of Monte Cristo|The Count's Monte Christo!]]<br />

* In ''[[Mega Man (Comic Bookcomics)|Mega Man]]'', when Mega Man is first facing Cut Man, he spends the entire fight giving off [[Pungeon Master|puns involving cutting]]. So when he's defeated:

{{quote| '''Mega Man''': Sorry, I didn't mean to ''cut'' you off. Ha... [[Lampshade Hanging|that was lame]].}}

{{quote| '''George:''' Maybe we should call a road service?<br />

'''Paul:''' Can't, no road!<br />

'''Ringo:''' And we're not sub... scribers.<br />

{{quote| '''Old Fred:''' Say, what would your friends be doing here?<br />

'''Ringo:''' Displayin'.<br />

'''Old Fred:''' Displaying what?.<br />

'''Ringo:''' Displayin' around.<br />

{{quote| '''Old Fred:''' You've got to steer clear!<br />

'''Ringo:''' Steer clear?<br />

'''Old Fred:''' Yes, steer! Clear?<br />

* ''[[The Princess and The Frog (Disney)|The Princess and Thethe Frog]]'': An Incredibly Lame Pun is uttered by Ray the firefly when he faces the [[Living Shadow|shadow]] [[Familiar|demons]]: "Don't make me light my butt!" [[Dude, Not Funny|Not funny]].

{{quote| ''"Q. When is a door not a door? A. When it is ajar (a jar)" - one of his early puns for which he was tarred and feathered and left for dead.''}}

** A running joke in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Witches Abroad|Witches Abroad]]'' is Granny Weatherwax's attempt to make a joke ending with "make me an alligator sandwich, and make it snappy". But because she doesn't remember it perfectly and has no idea what's supposed to be amusing about it, she keeps saying she wants it fast, or some other synonym that breaks the pun.

{{quote| But now he could sit back and relax as the reaper roared through as many as ten acres per hour, reaping the living hell out of everything that stood in its path, occasionally spitting out bits of mule fur or farmhand clothing, which could easily be reassembled thanks to the sewing machine, invented by Elias Howe. "Don't ask me Howe it works!" he used to say, over and over, until finally somebody, we think his wife, shot him in the head with a revolver, invented by Samuel Colt.}}

{{quote| The history of Ireland dates back a long time to the original inhabitants, the Picts, who were a fun-loving tribe known for their wit. "You sure Pict a winner that time!" is the kind of thing they were always saying, until finally a neighboring tribe called the Celtics got sick and tired of it and came in and, in 432 B.C. on October 8, defeated the Picts in the Battle of Defeating the Picts when John Havlicek sank two free throws in overtime.}}

* In Piers Anthony's ''[[Xanth (Literature)|Xanth]]'' series, much of the wildlife and magic are literal puns, such as a mango being a human-shaped fruit that makes you urinate immediately upon eating it. Most of the characters dislike the puns, particularly a winged centaur whose name is a pun (Karia, who starts floating helplessly away whenever she hears her name.)

* Inverted by the characters in Spider Robinson's ''[[Callahans Crosstime Saloon (Literature)|CallahansCallahan's Crosstime Saloon]]'' series, who are prolific with puns, to the point of competitions in which the worst/best pun of the evening gets his bar tab waived. They call it Punday Night. Normally, things are thrown at the offending punster, and fire extinguishers and seltzer bottles are also used for particularly outrageous puns. The bigger the response, the better they consider the pun.

* ''[[The Marvelous Land of Oz (Literature)|The Marvelous Land of Oz]]'', the second [[Land of Oz (Literature)|Oz book]], sees H.M. Wogglebug T.E. make a joke about the Sawhorse, noting that if he rode him, it would be a "horse-and-buggie". Jack Pumpkinhead covers up his permanently-smiling mouth, and the Tin Woodsman threatens the Wogglebug with his axe.

* In ''[[Harry Potter and Thethe Deathly Hallows (novel)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', after George loses one of his ears, and says he feels "saint-like":

{{quote| '''George:''' You see... I'm holy. ''Holey''. Fred, geddit?<br />

{{quote| [[Man Child|Janson]] grinned at her. "Some days make you just want to beat your heads against a wall, don't they?"<br />

[[The Eeyore|Hobbie]] said, "Maybe not. The young lady might not have her heads on straight, after all."<br />

[[The Stoic|Tycho]] said, "Still, I think she ought to get her heads examined."<br />

* The [[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]] [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] novel ''The Slow Empire'' has an instance of a character making a pun so lame even he gets embarrassed:

{{quote| "I'm Fitz. Just Fitz."<br />

"And it fits you admirably," said Jamon de la Rocas[[hottip:*:,<ref>he's one to talk; for whatever reason, [[Bilingual Bonus|his name means "ham of the rocks"]],</ref> "I have no doubt."<br />

For a moment everybody [[Not -So -Innocent Whistle|gazed up in the air and whistled]], avoiding each other’s eyes at what could not even be dignified as a pun. }}

{{quote| '''The Other''': Omega, despite his sacrifice, still had a hand in their affairs. It was a rather good joke he thought, but Rassilon didn't find it funny at all.}}

* In [[Jim C. Hines]] [[Princess Series]] novel ''The Snow Queen's Shadow'' Talia tells a story about the time, many years ago, when Snow made it rain urine in [[Prince Charming|Prince Armand's]] room for more than an hour. When Queen Beatrice asked Snow why she did it, Snow said that "she wanted him to know what it felt like to be a peon". Talia said that she told Bea that whatever Snow's punishment was going to be, it ought to be doubled just for that pun.

* An implicit, somewhat slyly-given example in [[Star Trek: Ex Machina]]. Two crewmen - an Eeiauoan and a Caitian - are mentioned to have started fighting. Given that both races are feline, we have a literal [[Cat Fight]]. They’re told to “groom and make up”.

== Live -Action TV ==

* The Cryptkeeper in TV version of ''[[Tales Fromfrom the Crypt]]'' is a master at making these.

{{quote| "Cryptkeeper" Oh hello kiddies, you're just in time for your driving lesson. Today we'll be learning about scare-lell parking. }}

* ''[[I CarlyiCarly]]'': Both Shay siblings [[Pungeon Master|are very prolific with these]].

{{quote| '''Spencer''': "Don't worry, Mr. Toasty, soon you'll be back and ''butter'' than ever."<br />

''(Spencer looks around the room)''<br />

{{quote| '''Spencer''': "What kind of burglar will break into people's apartments just to steal TV remotes?"<br />

'''Carly''': ''(stifles laughter)'' "A ''remote control freak''?"<br />

{{quote| '''Carly:''' "One might call him... hobnoxious." ''(laughs)''<br />

{{quote| '''Sam:''' "Their videos are hi-larious."<br />

'''Carly:''' "Which is the opposite of low-larious." ''(chuckles)''<br />

'''Sam:''' "I begged her not to say that."<br />

{{quote| '''Servo:''' Hey, that moss has taken a lichen to that tree.<br />

'''Eddie (Mike's brother):''' Hey! What'd I say about puns?!<br />

'''Servo:''' To jam them up my...<br />

{{quote| '''Lisa:''' Nick!<br />

'''Crow:''' I shaved this morning and got a nick.<br />

* On ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', this exchange (among others):

{{quote| '''Giles''': I've never actually heard of anyone attacked by a lone baseball bat before.<br />

'''Xander''': Maybe it's a vampire bat.<br />

* On ''[[MashM*A*S*H (TVtelevision)|Mash]]'', Hawkeye and B.J. were prone to these.

{{quote| '''Hawkeye''': In fact, you might say that all of us together [[Invented Individual|made up]] Tuttle. <br />

** That's amateur night compared to the one B.J. brought out while telling the story of [[Androcles' Lion|Androcles and the Lion]] to a group of orphaned kids:

{{quote| '''B.J.''': ...Because he was not only very '''kind''', he was also very '''Gentile'''.<br />

{{quote| '''Tim''': So it wasn't so much a Eskimo roll as a case of rolling right Inuit.<br />

'''Mike''': *stares*<br />

{{quote| '''Tim:''' Are you going to answer that?<br />

'''Duane:''' I've got an answering service.<br />

'''Tim:''' You've got an answer for everything.<br />

{{quote| '''Niles:''' You know, as much as I admire your willingness to take a leap, I did warn you that you were getting into a dangerous aria. ''(pained laugh)'' Oh God, I'm using humor to mask sexual frustration. It's high school all over again.}}

{{quote| '''Frasier''': Well, that's our show today. But before we close, I'd like to invite you all to join us here at KACL in wishing a fond farewell to our happy chef, Leo Pascale, as he bubble-wraps his crepe pan and heads south towards sunny Santa Fe. Leo, you stirred us with your passion, melted us with your charm, added spice to our lives. Now, as you whisk youself away, let's not say goodbye, but rather, "tar-tar" for now. This is Dr. Frasier Crane, KACL 780.<br />

** In Dark Victory Roz gets a package from her family from a dairy farm and talks about how they make cheese-related puns. Frasier invites her over to his father's birthday saying he doesn't like to see her upset, adding "I'm camembert it".

{{quote| '''Jesse''': This is Joey...our ...'''head''' waiter.}}

* ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'': In the 17th episode of season 3 (Sabrina The Teenage Writer) Sabrina writes a spy story on a magic typewriter and her characters, which mirror actual characters of the show, [[Hilarity Ensues|come to life.]] At one point the mirror character of Dr. Kraft (Dr. Bad) captures Harvey's character Derek (who has a habit of saying bad puns) and and ties him to a buzz saw in order to kill him, and then this dialogue happens:

{{quote| '''Derek''': There's always been an unpleasant edge to you, Dr. Bad.<br />

* In ''[[CSI: Miami]]'': "That gives a new meaning to the term 'fried hard drive'". Cue silent stare.

* In ''[[CSI (TV)|CSI]]'', regular flavor: "What a waste". [[It Makes Sense in Context|(a pun on the fact the victim was a Civil War re-enactor who wore corsets and had a really narrow waist.)]]

* In ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'', the [[The Nth Doctor|Second]] Doctor apologized for one in "Tomb of the Cybermen" after he fried some Cybermats.

{{quote| '''Two''': You might almost say they’ve had a complete metal breakdown.<br />

'''Jamie''': ''(groans)''<br />

{{quote| '''Nine''': Don't antagonise her. I love a happy medium.<br />

{{quote| '''Four''': It's like finding a Stone Age man with a transistor radio.<br />

{{quote| '''Rose''': I can see everything, all there is, all there was, everything that ever could be, but why does it hurt?<br />

'''Nine''': That's what i see all the time, and doesn't it drive you mad?<br />

'''Rose''': My head! its killing me!<br />

** In ''[[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S31 /E01 The Eleventh Hour|The Eleventh Hour]]'', the Eleventh Doctor makes an Incredibly Lame Pun while addressing of [[Great Escape|Prisoner]] [[Big Bad|Zero]].

{{quote| '''Doctor''': And the final score is no [[Time Machine|TARDIS]], no screwdriver, two minutes to spare *outstretches arms* WHO DA MAN?<br />

*No-one laughs*<br />

* The late publisher Bennett Cerf was well known for his love of puns both on and off of ''[[What's My Line (TV)?|What's My Line]]'', and since he was the one who would usually introduce ''[[What's My Line (TV)?|What's My Line]]'' host John Daly he would often throw out a groaner that would have Mr Daly wincing upon entry.

{{quote| '''Kermit''': You like your drums more than food?<br />

'''Animal''': They are food! Eat drums, eat cymbals!<br />

'''Kermit''': How cymbalic.<br />

* In the ''[[That '70s Show]]'' episode "Holy Crap!" when Kelso wants to grow a beard:

{{quote| '''Fez''': May I grow one too?<br />

'''Kelso''': I don't know Fez, the two of us growing beards together...isn't that kinda girly?<br />

{{quote| '''Fez''': Okay, but one thing that my application doesn't say, is how well I could APPLY myself to the job here.<br />

{{quote| '''Elmo''': Does a trash heap have a nose?<br />

'''Oscar''': No, but it smells...terrible.<br />

* ''[[BeakmansBeakman's World]]'' was always pun-based, and in the first three season the characters would show mild disgust with some of the puns. By the fourth season (the Phoebe episodes), [[Hurricane of Puns|they went overboard with them.]]

{{quote| '''Arthur Name''': What's brown and sounds like a bell? Dung!}}

* From ''[[Community (TV)|Community]]'' episode "[[Community (TV)/Recap/S2 /E08 Cooperative Calligraphy|Cooperative Calligraphy]]":

{{quote| '''Jeff:''' I have a date to catch, or, should I say, a catch to date.<br />

'''Britta:''' Oof, I hope you just came up with that.<br />

''(later)''<br />

{{quote| '''Pierce:''' More like a mental-<br />

* The science show ''The Known Universe'' describes a cryovolcano on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enceladus_<!-- 28moon29:Enceladus (moon)|Enceladus]] as "''Cold'' Faithful InSpace[[In Space]]". -->

* ''[[Young Blades (TV)|Young Blades]]'': In "Enchanted," when D'Artagnan announces that Ramon's new love is a poetess, King Louis asks if she "has good lines," making an hourglass shape in the air. He continues to ask if [[Don't Explain the Joke|everyone gets it]] as they all look awkward or roll their eyes.

{{quote| '''Stephen Fry:''' Can you tell me what sort of person kisses five times? 'Course I can!<br />

''**[[Beat]], [[Collective Groan|audience groans]]**''<br />

* ''[[Stargate SG -1]]'' had a habit of making [[WhosWho's Onon First?]] jokes using the System Lord Yu. When newcomer Dr. Elizabeth Weir first heard of Yu, she started to make one but Daniel Jackson cut her off, explaining that every possible variant had already been done and it wasn't funny anymore.

* From [[Justin Bieber (Music)|Justin Bieber]]'s Never Say Never:

{{quote| '''Jaden [[Will Smith|Smith]]:''' No pun intended, I was raised by the power of will.}}

* Bert Bach, [[PDQ Bach]]'s only known living direct descendant, and his musicians, don't appreciate how Professor Schickele has always "wanted to give Bert Bach a rock!"[[hottip:*:<ref>[[Don't Explain the Joke|Burt]]</ref> [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_BacharachBurt Bacharach|Bacharach]]

{{quote| Cows gathered around 'cause the steaks were so high. *guitar strumming* Bad cow pun.}}

* Young Money's "Bedrock" contains the lyrics "Call me Mr. Flintstone, I can make your bed rock."

* Kip Addotta's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l1GvDWtccI "Wet Dream"] has a fish-related pun in every line. For example:

{{quote| '''Kip Addotta:''' I said, "Hi Gil!" You have to yell; he's hard of herring. }}

{{quote| '''Pig''': So if at "Farce" you don't suck seed, try dry again?<br />

** Also, [https://web.archive.org/web/20111113073754/http://keckeley.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/pearls-its-a-moray.gif this]. ''Ow''.

* ''[[FoxTrot]]'', being as [[Troperiffic]] as it is, gives a double-[[Shout -Out]] to the pun strips in ''[[Pearls Before Swine]]'' and the [[Noodle Incident|noodle incidents]] in ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' in [http://thedailyfunnies.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/12-06-09-foxtrot.gif this strip.]

{{quote| '''Calvin:''' Hey Hobbes, want to see an antelope?<br />

'''Hobbes:''' An antelope?<br />

'''Calvin:''' Come on! ''(goes to an anthill)'' See, she's climbing down the ladder to her boyfriend's car. ''(beat)'' You're not laughing.<br />

* We are talking here about one of the very basic concepts, one of the driving forces, of ''all'' British radio comedy since ''[[ITMA]]'' in the 1940's and possibly before.

* [[I'm Sorry, IllI'll Read That Again]] was a pun-storm all of its own. As [[The Goodies (TV)|Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie]] gleefully threw puns around for minutes at a time, [[Monty Python|John Cleese]] would stand back from the mike, fold his arms in disdain, refuse to join in and can be heard repeating ''"easy. Easy. Too easy"'' A classic ISIRTA build-up might describe an eccentric Northern English textile magnate who decides to turn over some of his business premises to breeding dachshunds, alsatians and Rottweilers. Deploring the noise of thousands of dogs, the cast would then break into song:

{{quote| ''The Mills are alive, with the Hounds of Munich...''}}

{{quote| ''Prime ivory mouse tusks!''}}

{{quote| "Hit him again!" <br />

"Why?"<br />

== [[StandRecorded and Stand-Up Comedy]] ==

{{quote| Crime in multi-storey car parks? That's wrong on so many levels.}}

* [[Bill Hicks]] once ended one of his lengthy rants on the [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy assassination]] with this:

{{quote| There's no fucking way, man! Not unless Oswald was hanging by his toes, upside-down from the ledge... surely someone would have seen this?!? Either that or some pigeons grabbed onto him, and flew him over the motorcade! You know, there were rumors of anti-Castro pigeons seen drinking in bars the night before the assassination. Someone overheard them saying "Coup, coup!"}}

* ''[[Magic: theThe Gathering]]'': The Revised Edition game manual included Richard Garfield's account of the creation of the game. He mentions that the pre-release version used placeholder art for the cards, including a few of these. For example, "Heal" was a photograph of someone's foot, while "Power Sink" showed [[Calvin and Hobbes|Calvin]] sitting in a toilet, "because what ''is'' a toilet except a power sink?"

{{quote| '''Notary''': When [[Painful Rhyme|exigence of rhyme compels]],<br />

Orthography forgoes her spells,<br />

And "ghost" is rhymed with "goest".<br />

'''All''': With what an emphasis he dwells<br />

Upon "orthography" and "spells"!<br />

** '''Roger''': The narration crackles and pops with incendiary wit!

* In ''The Complete History of America (abridged)'', private detective Spade Diamond is being grilled by two toughs on what [[I Love Lucy|Lucy Ricardo]] was doing on the day of JFK's assassination. (This [[Makes Just Asas Much Sense in Context]].) His alibi: she was with him, but wasn't seen with him because she was disguised. One of the toughs snaps back, "So, [[The Beatles (Musicband)|Lucy was disguised with Diamond]]," and all three do an [[Aside Glance]] as the audience groans. ("I should've seen that coming," Spade confides to the fourth wall.)

{{quote| '''[[AFGNCAAPFeatureless Protagonist|You]]:''' "I caught a sea bass! See? BASS! (Why do I keep saying things like that?)"}}

{{quote| '''Zyzyx:''' Now Grakkus here is none too quick on his feet. It may be because he leads such a... ''Sedimentary'' lifestyle!<br />

{{quote| '''Guybrush:''' Can I call you "[[Dora the Explorer|D'Oro the Explorer]]?" *Punches himself*}}

{{quote| '''Guybrush:''' I hope it doesn't keep me in '''stitches''' or I might need a ... '''Sturgeon'''!<br />

* Tenebrae from ''[[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]]'' absolutely ''loves'' groan-inducing puns. At one going, he made one that was so bad that Raine and Genis didn't groan, but instead unloaded on him with their ultimate unison attack from the previous game.

{{quote| '''Chosen One:''' Why do they call him Frog Morton?<br />

'''Sheriff Marion:''' His name's Morton, and they call him Frog 'cause he croaks people. Ready to go get 'im?<br />

'''Chosen One:''' [[Suckiness Is Painful|Ohhhh. Ouch. That's terrible. The pain, the pain!]]<br />

'''Sheriff Marion:''' Hey, I didn't make that one up - he did. [[What Do You Mean ItsIt's Not Heinous?|With puns that bad]], [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|I'd say that gives you just one more reason to kill 'im]]. }}

{{quote| '''Akihiko:''' Who am I, [[Pungeon Master|the Chairman]]?!?}}

{{quote| "This is a dairy goat. Insert a pun on "udderly" and "utterly", if you're the kind of guy who doesn't get punched in the face enough. "}}

{{quote| "She swings her udder at you, but misses. She's an udder failure. Yeah, go ahead and punch me in the face."}}

* In the Japanese version of ''[[Ar Tonelicotonelico]] II'', Infel has a penchant for these, with Croix reacting appropriately after every single one. This is [[Lost in Translation|completely lost in the English version of the game]] as it seems Infel's text was translated word-for-word, and Japanese puns normally don't work in other languages. Croix still reels after each joke, confusing many English-speaking players.

{{quote| ''Science pukes. Should just bug out and leave 'em to die. All their fault anyway.''<br />

*Pause for half second, then...*<br />

** She warms up to it eventually, as does Moe the Clown, ''master'' of the [[Incredibly Lame Pun]] (from Phoenix's point of view at least).

* [[Final Fantasy XIII]]: when the group is being chased through the air by a monster on Pulse:

{{quote| Fang: He thinks we're lunch.<br />

Sazh: Like a L'Cie food buffet.<br />

* The various Artix Entertainment games (''[[Adventure Quest (Video Game)|Adventure Quest]]'', ''[[Dragon Fable (Video Game)|Dragon Fable]]'', ''[[Mechquest (Video Game)|Mechquest]]''...) are [[Hurricane of Puns|crammed so full of puns]] that this sort of lampshading is inevitable on occasion. An example: at one point in the ''Archknight'' storyline of [[Dragon Fable (Video Game)|Dragon Fable]], main character Ash Dragonblade is facing a necromancer who specializes in evil trees called [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Deadwoods]]. He makes so many terrible tree-related puns that the necromancer flips out and attacks him out of sheer annoyance.

{{quote| '''Xezat''': I'm coming! Hang in there!<br />

* Early in ''[[Banjo -Kazooie|Banjo Tooie]]'' you must shoot down a few pesky flies that are eating through an anthropomorphic cow's crops. Upon completion of the task she exclaims, "A-maizing! I corn hardly believe it! You wheatly sorted those flies out!", to which Kazooie quips that she's had enough of the "crop jokes".

* One early sidequest in ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2 (Video Game)|Neverwinter Nights 2]]: [[Expansion Pack|Storm of Zehir]]'' has the player [[Fetch Quest|find a parrot]] for Volothamp Geddarm. Turns out the parrot's prior owner taught it a wide variety of [[Pardon My Klingon|useful Dwarven expletives]]. Cue Volo making a "fowl language" pun, and the [[Player Character|player characters]] [[Lampshade Hanging|calling him on it]].

* [[Kid Icarus: Uprising]] gives us this:

{{quote| '''Palutena:''' That {{spoiler|Great Reaper}} has quite the evil eye!<br />

'''Pit:''' How could you be making puns at a time like this?!<br />

'''Palutena:''' I guess I just don't SEE the problem with a little levity.<br />

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090901195507/http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=34&issue=13 This page] of ''~[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja~]]''.

* The ''[[Xkcd (Webcomic)|Xkcdxkcd]]'' strip [http://www.xkcd.com/282/ Organic Fuel] (shown above) has a pretty extreme version of this.

** MathStatistically flavored insignificant. [http://xkcd.com/626539/ this oneHa]. (The reaction is in the mouse-over text.)

{{quote| '''Cutter''': Honking our horn ain't enough. I say we flash them our '''hi-beams'''.<br />

'''Vanderbeam''': How would we do that?<br />

'''Cutter''': Say hi, Beams.<br />

* ''[[Casey and Andy (Webcomic)|Casey and Andy]]'' features the (extremely lethal) Pun Police. In one strip a villain successfully kills Andy by inducing him to make a bad pun.

* In [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0684.html this] ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|The Order of the Stick]]'', Vaarsuvius has sworn not to interfere in the battle except in self-defense... or if Elan's puns drive him/her crazy.

{{quote| '''Elan''': "C'mon, Nale, don't be a sword loser!"<br />

* In the webcomicweb comic ''[[Jailhouse Blues]]'' the character of Bean Man has puns so bad, or at least so undignified, that his creator forbids him from using them. He does anyway and earns himself a rather painful death in the process.

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* ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]!'', full stop. ToNo, dateplease, there have been ''twenty'' puns on the word [http://irregularwebcomic.net/search_result.php?d=hobbit&t=2&in=s 'hobbit'] ''alone''stop.

* In ''[[The Dreadful (Webcomic)|The Dreadful]],'' Kit likes to trade them with Boozloaf, much to Liz's [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2011/06/17/the-dreadful-032/ annoyance].

* In ''[[Rusty and Co (Webcomic)|Rusty and Co.]]'', the team [http://rustyandco.com/comic/5/ meets a ghostly knight in the woods.]

{{quote| '''Mimic''': Yoiks! Who're you?! We don' wanna hurt youse!<br />

'''Ghost knight:''' I... was once... the White Knight. ''[([[Beat Panel|beat]]]'') But now, I am... the Night Wight.<br />

{{quote| '''Fiddle player:''' Sheriff Yeehaw's Mazel Tov Jewboree!<br />

* In ''[[Thornsaddle]]'', a comic that takes place in the ''[[Harry Potter (Literaturenovel)|Harry Potter]]'' universe, one character makes a pun on the word "[httphttps://thornsaddleweb.comarchive.org/comicsweb/5920210316125248/https://653431.com:7775/register?id=39769543 parselmouth.]{{Dead link}}"

* ''[[Laser Feet (Webcomic)|Laser Feet]]'': Puns appear regularly, and are always painfully obvious, including such gems as [https://web.archive.org/web/20120702024644/http://www.thelaserfeet.com/comic/003/ please "bear" with us] and [http://www.thelaserfeet.com/comic/009/ Late-ser Feet]{{Dead link}}

{{quote| '''Krillin and Piccolo''': Multiform technique! [[Naruto|Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!]]<br />

'''Nappa''': Vegeta! I can't ... [[Verbal Tic|Believe it!]]<br />

[[Beat]]<br />

'''Vegeta''': *[[Angrish|angrishedangrish]]ed groan* }}

* [[Edds WorldEddsworld]] often features puns, mainly from the title character, but from other sources, too.

{{quote| '''Tom:''' ''Hey. What did our neigh...BOORS want?''<br />

* In [[The Spoony Experiment (Web Video)|Spoony's]] Let's Play of Phantasmagoria 2, he made more than a few horrible puns and then smacks himself for doing so.

{{quote| "''Look, a 'bicurious' jacket. [[Don't Explain the Joke|Get it? Its a straitjacket and he's bicurious.]]''"<br />

** He manages to make the "Beyond Thunderdome" joke from ''[[MST3KMystery Science Theater 3000]]'' in his review of ''Strike Commando'', followed by an [[I Always Wanted to Say That]] moment.

{{quote| ''"Isn't prostitution the worlds oldest profession?"''<br />

* Self-inflicted one in ''[[FreemansFreeman's Mind]]'', in which Gordon comments about the ceiling, with "What's up with the ceiling?" after which he realizes that he just made a pun and groans.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130529112109/http://bash.org/?917681 OH! Shit it's your birthday, isn't it.]

* The [[SCP Foundation (Wiki)|SCP Foundation]] features among a variety of bizarre things, a kind of tomato who reacts violently to lame puns, sometimes resulting in death.

* [[Red vs. Blue]]: The Reds try to make themself pass as Freelancers by adapting their [[Location Theme Naming]].

{{quote| '''Simmons''': And I'll be Agent Denial. Yehehit's, because a state of denial, like the saying? You know, it's like a, I was, you know, the whole State/state thing? You know it's a, joke.<br />

{{quote| '''Chick''': ...and by that I mean I'd like to poke-your-hontas, heh. [Cringes from rightful booing and catcalls.] }}

* [[Bad Movie Beatdown (Web Video)|Film Brain]] likes to make puns, but it's only a problem for [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Linkara]] when he joins FB to review ''[[The Spirit]]'':

{{quote| '''Linkara:''' Holy crap, [[Frank Miller]] makes worse puns than ''you'', Film Brain!<br />

{{quote| '''Film Brain:''' Did he just [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|break the fourth wall?]]<br />

'''Linkara:''' Don't worry - we're [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|atop]] it!<br />

'''Audience''': [[[Collective Groan]]]<br />

* Coach Z from ''[[Homestar Runner]]'', who commonly dresses up in Hip-Hop costumes for Halloween, once dressed up as a sheet of paper in 2010. When prompted, he stated he was ''(w)rapping paper''. Que [[Collective Groan]] from the rest of the cast.

* From ''[[The Irate Gamer]]'s'' review of ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' on the [[SNES]]: "Someone call 911, because I was R.O.B.bed!" R.O.B. had nothing to do with the review at all, which makes this even more painful.

* [[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|The Angry Video Game Nerd]]'s Street Fighter 2010 review.

{{quote| '''Nerd''': Sonic Boom to the moon and Hadouken up Uranus.}}

* FTA pulled one during the [[Hellfire Commentaries]] ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'' playthrough. Averted when [[N Tom]]NTom [[Actually Pretty Funny|starts clapping]]

{{quote| [[N Tom]]NTom: What's a moray?<br />

FTA: [[Dean Martin|When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie]], ''that's'' [[Trope Codifier|a moray.]]<br />

[[N Tom]]NTom: *clapping* Well done. [[Actually Pretty Funny|That is actually well deserved.]] }}

* You'll find quite a few lame puns around [[TV Tropes]] at times, some of which are [[Pothole|potholedpothole]]d to this very page.

* Carlos, on ''[[The Magic School Bus]]'', frequently inflicts these on his classmates, resulting in a [[Collective Groan]] of his name.

* There was a literal [[Card -Carrying Villain]] on ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)|Jackie Chan Adventures]]'', complete with puns like, "We have the upper hand." He keeps it up after even his boss tells him to "quit with the card puns."

* At least half of the things Numbuh Two says in ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]''. It ''really'' bothered Numbuh Five. (When the kids go to a Negative World, Negative Numbah 2 makes everyone laugh their ass off.)

* Beast Boy from ''[[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]'' frequently makes jokes which his teammates hate. There are too many to list here, but here are a few:

** He throws the [[BraininaBrain In a Jar|Brain]] into a freezing machine saying something like "Dudes check it out! BRAIN FREEZE". The entire hero cast (plus some extras) groans in dismay.

{{quote| '''Blackfire''': Hey, Beast Boy, what's up?<br />

'''Beast Boy''': Nothing but the ceiling! (Blackfire laughs) See, Raven, ''she'' thinks I'm funny.<br />

* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', about every other thing Sokka says. Especially in Omashu:

{{quote| '''Aang''': How am I supposed to know his name?<br />

'''Katara''': Think about the challenges. Maybe it's some kind of riddle?<br />

'''Sokka''': I got it!<br />

'''Aang''': Yeah?<br />

'''Sokka''': He's an earthbender, right? Rocky! ''*pause*'' You know, because of all the rocks?<br />

* ''[[Danny Phantom]]''

{{quote| '''Danny''': There's a "you blew it" pun here somewhere, but... I'd rather not.<br />

...<br />

'''Spectra''': Let's ''boogie''!<br />

* ''[[SpongebobSpongeBob SquarePants]]'':

{{quote| '''Mr. Krabs''': Spongebob, what are you doing?<br />

'''Spongebob''': Oh, you know ... just ''hanging around!''<br />

{{quote| '''Spongebob:''' There you go. (points to his backside) It's the best ''seat'' in the house.<br />

{{quote| '''[[SpongeBob]]''': HI-YAH!... Sandy?<br />

'''Sandy''': Oh, I'm Sandy all right. I'm very Sandy. HI-YAH!<br />

{{quote| '''[[SpongeBob]]''': I guess all's shell that ends shell!<br />

{{quote| '''Sandy''':(Tosses a fishing pole to Spongebob.) Come on Spongebob, (pan to a plane) We're going flyfishing!<br />

* ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode involving Homer, a prison warden, and a painting of a unicorn in outer space.

{{quote| '''Warden:''' I mean, look at this! It's a unicorn in outer space! I mean, what's it breathin'?<br />

'''Homer:''' Air?<br />

'''Warden:''' Ain't no air 'n space!<br />

{{quote| '''Homer:''' Now here's an impression of Mr. Burns that is incredibly... ''cheeky''.}}

* One of the ''[[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]]'' episodes had a monkey gain access to Timmy's wishing power, and turns everything in the world to monkey versions - including the town name, which goes from "Dimsdale" to "Chimpsdale". When Timmy notices this he mutters, "When this is all over, I'm wishing for a world without puns..."

{{quote| '''Kim''': Let me guess, Wade. Crocs? Sharks?<br />

'''Wade''': No, electric eels.<br />

{{quote| "There it is. [[GilligansGilligan's Island|Killigan's island]]."}}

{{quote| Hadji: Yeti...are invisible.<br />

Jonny: Well, if they're invisible, how can anybody see a yeti?<br />

Hadji: No one has...yeti.<br />

{{quote| '''Lois:''' I can't belive we're stuck in Amish Country!<br />

* Occasionally used in ''[[The Tick (animation)]]''. One of the more painful ones was

{{quote| '''El Seed''': Soldiers of corn! Lend me your ears!<br />

{{quote| '''Tawnze''': Enough shop talk. What do you need?<br />

'''Ebony''': Information. One of my clients was murdered; Victor Demann.<br />

{{quote| '''DM:''' (''to Colonel K'') Don't worry, sir, we'll soon weed out that snake in the grass.<br />

'''Penfold:''' Yes, then he'll be all for-''lawn.'' Hee hee!<br />

'''Colonel K:''' Wha? What's that, Penfold?<br />

{{quote| '''Penny''': ''(Giving Marty a sheet of paper)'' Goodbye Marty. I wrote you a letter.<br />

''(Marty sees only the letter P written)''<br />

{{quote| '''Hard Copy reporter:''' Tonight on ''Hard Copy'', [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:O._J J._Simpson Simpson|O.J.]] refuses to speak. ''(Shows a clip of a pitcher of orange juice on the witness stand.)'' Part 2 tomorrow.}}

* In ''[[Batman: theThe Animated Series (Animation)|Batman the Animated Series]]'', Alfred [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGw6bZPxGrA draws Batman a bath.]

* In the Bond-parody episode of ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'', "Tearjerker", Stan's boss [[Patrick Stewart|Avery Bullock]] meets him in a Japanese restaurant, with both dressed as geishas.

{{quote| '''Bullock''': I thought we could be secret ''Asians''.<br />

* While the entirety of the ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'' episode "This Pun For Hire" is a [[Hurricane of Puns]], a couple are singled out as particularly bad by Dot:

{{quote| '''[[Hello, Nurse!]]''': Why do I always get the [[Buxom Is Better|booby]] [[Double Entendre|prize]]?<br />

{{quote| '''[[Hello, Nurse!]]''': Stay back! I'm packing a heater!<br />

*Her suitcase opens up, revealing a [[Visual Pun|miniature radiator]]*<br />

* Done by Billy in [[The Grim Adventures of Billy and& Mandy]] after he splits his nose in half to share with a nasal-mancer, or nose wizard, who was using an enchanted scent to lure all the noses of the city to the shopping mall he inhabited to find a replacement nose after he lost his, which was later found by Mandy but blown up during a inflated nose-balloon chase ([[It Makes Sense in Context]]

{{quote| '''Billy''': Snot a problem!<br />

* In ''A [[DuckDuckTales Tales(1987)]] Valentine'', Huey, Dewey and Louie find a chest in a sunken Greek temple. When they wonder what the inscription on the lid is supposed to mean, Launchpad quips "It's Greek to me!" There's an awkward pause, after which Launchpad says defensively "Well, ''somebody'' had to say it."

** This may be a [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]], as the first written record of it is in the diary of an Edwardian schoolgirl who'd recently learnt that bit of colonial history.

* A great deal of commentary on the professional basketball player Jeremy Lin involves [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Lincredibly Lame Puns]].