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{{quote|''"That's a harp he's playing, Nobby," said one of them, after watching Imp for a while.
''"Lyre."
''"No, it's the honest truth, I'm--" The fat Guard frowned and looked down. "[[I Always Wanted to Say That|You've just been waiting all your life to say that]], ain't you Nobby," he said. "I bet you was born hoping that one day someone'd say 'That's a harp' so you could say 'lyre', on account of it being a pun or play on words. Well, har har."''
|'''[[Terry Pratchett]]''', ''[[Soul Music (novel)|Soul Music]]''}}
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]]
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
For other puns that [[So Unfunny It'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]].
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This may also warrant a [[Collective Groan]]. See also [[Visual Pun]] and [[Humor Dissonance]].
''If somebody ignored the advice [[Don't Explain the Joke]] and linked an actual pun to this page, go ahead and remove that link. This trope is about reactions to a pun, not a place to list the puns themselves.''
{{examples}}
== Advertising ==
{{quote|
* An Australian beer ad featured some stereotypically blokey blokes out on a drinking-lots-of-beer-and-fishing holiday, cooking some fish in a wheelbarrow because they forgot the frying pan.▼
'''Bloke 2''': Yeh, it is. }}▼
* One Advertisement regarding a sale on May
== Anime and Manga ==
* The English Dub of ''[[Pokémon (
{{quote|
* [[Ninin ga Shinobuden]] has a truly horrible visual pun at the end of episode 9's first half. The ninja attempt to make a [[Furo Scene|furo]] by rerouting a hot spring into their bath house, but it's not water that comes out of the pipe...
{{quote|
'''Kaede''': Afro?
'''Shinobu''': I guess...
'''Onsokumaru''': It's "a furo", therefore "afro".
'''Everybody''': ''*groan*''
'''Ninja''': That was a lame joke. }}
* In ''[[
* Fuuka of ''[[Yotsubato|Yotsuba&!]]'' makes the occasional pun, though only Asagi attacks her for it (Koiwai and Jumbo merely tell her off). Her father, on the other hand, appreciates the humor value.
* ''[[
** 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
* One of the main characters from ''[[Shaman King]]'', Chocolove, is rather famous for his puns so horribly obvious that the others tend to freeze in awe for a few seconds before continuing the conversation, often turning completely white in the process (in the anime, at least). Other times he just gets attacked by someone, usually Ren.
* Tamahome throws one out in ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]''. In an attempt to cheer Miaka up, he tells her that after causing some trouble, '''Tasuki''' will probably be taken to '''task''' (in the Japanese version, the word used for the pun is ''tasukete'', or "help" in English). He acknowledges the lameness of his pun himself and blames his [[Money Fetish]] for it.
* In ''[[Prince of Tennis]]'', on the team of Rokkaku, Amane 'David' Hikaru is frequently kicked for making many lame puns. Many people know him as "that pun guy" instead of his real name.
* ''[[Darker
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* In ''[[Kamichama Karin]]'', Karin makes one of these ("Wait, a god (''kami'') just [[Close
* In ''[[
{{quote|
'''Yukino''': I believe it's a kelp grouper, Haruka.
'''Haruka''': Really?
'''Yukino''': Yeah. It's good to serve at parties in a hot pot or sashimi.
'''Haruka''': No wonder it's called a grouper. }}
* Kate in [[Sketchbook]] is a frequent offender of this trope.
* Brook in ''[[One Piece]]'' makes these ''constantly'' in regards to his [[Dem Bones|body]]. In just one scene, he does it three times with commentary for each. First two times? Franky starts to aim his Weapons Left and Robin tells him not to because he's already dead. The third one she just says 'go ahead and beat him up.' And he does.
* Excel of ''[[Excel Saga (
** And [[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'s Jack Rakan did it the same exact way. Whether it is a [[Shout
* 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|
'''Jasmine''': You make puns now, and not even good ones! }}
* Howdy from Hamtaro just loves to tell ''really'' bad jokes that nobody in the show finds funny at all.
* At the start of the Steel Ball Run in ''[[
* Kohtaro Taiga from ''[[
* In the manga
* 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.
* In the [[Archie Comics]] ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (
▲* In the [[Archie Comics]] ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Comic Book)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' Sonic is known for his many lame puns. Apart from the obvious Eggman jokes, he has also fought Knuckles when the latter was Enerjak, calling him Ener-Joke. This prompted Knuckles to yell, "Are you quite finished?!" Sonic, smug as ever, then said, "Actually... Jumping-jak. Ener-tube. Flap-jak. Ener-state. Ener-jak-in-the-box. And come to think of it... "Enerjak" sounds like some kind of sports drink. Now I'm finished." Knuckles threw him into a wall afterward.
* In ''Squadron Supreme'', toddler Hyperion is startled by his new pet dog and incinerates it with his heat vision. One of the two guards watching him over security camera remarks "I guess Spot was kind of the right name after all." His partner lays him out for that one, in a cross between this trope and [[Dude, Not Funny]].
* [[Batman]]'s Robins have such a [[Pungeon Master|propensity]] to this, it's been suspected it's a tacit requirement to being Robin.
{{quote|
'''[[Sidekick Graduations Stick|Nightwing]]''': Oh shush. You love it. }}
* 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
{{quote|
'''Scrooge''': Oh, ''no'', nephew! Don't say it! ...''Please''!
'''Donald''': That's right! They made it ''square''! }}
* Rhonda Bleenie's fruit salad love story in ''[[Amelia Rules]]'' ''The Tweenage Guide to not Being Unpopular'' is a [[Hurricane of Puns|hurricane of incredibly lame puns]].
{{quote|
'''Frankenstein's Monster ''': RRR... PUN BAD! }}
* In ''[[Mega Man (
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== Film ==
▲* Another example from a Heinz ad for corn:
▲{{quote| '''Ad''': One of our corn farmers has a saying: "You won't believe my ears!" We never said it was a good saying.}}
▲* An Australian beer ad featured some stereotypically blokey blokes out on a drinking-lots-of-beer-and-fishing holiday, cooking some fish in a wheelbarrow because they forgot the frying pan.
▲{{quote| '''Bloke 1''': What kind of fish is it anyway?<br />
▲'''Bloke 2''': It's, ah... [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barramundi barra].<br />
▲'''Bloke 3''': That's terrible.<br />
▲'''Bloke 2''': Yeh, it is. }}
* ''[[The Land Before Time]] 2''. When a pair of egg-stealing Struthiomimuses arrive at the Great Valley after a long trek, one of them says that he's just "egg-xausted". His partner kicks him in the face in response.
* ''[[Yellow Submarine]]'' is liberally sprinkled with puns, but one in particular, when the submarine's motor dies, falls into this category:
{{quote|
'''Paul:''' Can't, no road!
'''Ringo:''' And we're not sub... scribers.
'''John/[[Face Palm|Paul]]/George:''' [''groaning''] Subscribers! }}
** Or this, as Ringo and Old Fred walk through a hall of displays:
{{quote|
'''Ringo:''' Displayin'.
'''Old Fred:''' Displaying what?.
'''Ringo:''' Displayin' around.
''rimshot'' }}
** Or this, as Ringo tries to drive the submarine through the Sea of Monsters:
{{quote|
'''Ringo:''' Steer clear?
'''Old Fred:''' Yes, steer! Clear?
'''Ringo:''' Yes, dear. }}
* ''[[The Princess and
* ''[[Duck Soup]]'': Chicolini's suggestion that Freedonia maintain a standing army, "because then we save money on chairs", provokes Firefly to give him the bum's rush from the room (and apparently worse, judging by the [[Offscreen Crash]] that follows). This is a pun so bad that ''Groucho'', the man who once took pictures of the native girls and was waiting for them to develop, felt it necessary to chase Chico.
* In ''What's Up, Tiger Lily?'', hero Phil Moskowitz and his girl assistant, tied up, think they've been abducted by bad guy Shepard Wong, but it turns out to be a second bad guy, Wing Fat, who introduces himself: "I am Wong's competitor." Phil quips, "Well...two Wongs don't make a wight!" Wing Fat smiles and says, "For that joke you should only drop dead."
== Literature ==
* The ''[[Discworld]]'' series is extremely fond of these, and not one is ever considered funny by the people hearing them.
** ''The New [[Discworld]] Companion'' tells the story of Monsieur Pune, creator of the Fool's Guild:
{{quote|
** A running joke in ''[[
* [[Dave Barry]] is not fond of puns, and rarely uses them without heavyweight [[Lampshade Hanging]]. Take, for example, this passage in ''Dave Barry Slept Here'':
{{quote|
** Or this passage in ''Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You Will Ever Need'':
{{quote|
* In Piers Anthony's ''[[
* Inverted by the characters in Spider Robinson's ''[[
** The time traveler who tried to sell them 4 (fake) high tech gems on the 4th of July. [[Don't Explain the Joke|Get it, 4th jewel lie.]] This was also incredibly cruel since one of the gems made a paralyzed man think he could walk.
* ''[[
* In ''[[Harry Potter and
{{quote|
'''Fred:''' Pathetic. Pathetic! With the whole wide world of ear-related humour before you, you go for ''Holey''? }}
** And that's when everybody knows George is okay!
* In ''[[X Wing Series|Starfighters of Adumar]]'', [[Funetik Aksent|Rad Flat]] (Red Flight) meets regularly with a reporter who wears a recording unit on her shoulder that looks like the head of a protocol droid, making her appear to have two heads. Once, she complained that it was malfunctioning and she couldn't seem to fix the problem.
{{quote|
[[The Eeyore|Hobbie]] said, "Maybe not. The young lady might not have her heads on straight, after all."
[[The Stoic|Tycho]] said, "Still, I think she ought to get her heads examined."
[[The Captain|Wedge]] looked at them, appalled. }}
* The [[
{{quote|
"And it fits you admirably," said Jamon de la Rocas
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. }}
** The [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel ''Lungbarrow'' has one for the Hand of Omega.
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* In [[Ciaphas Cain|For The Emperor]], the local Sisters of Battle convent is located on Gavarrone, making them {{spoiler|the Nuns of Gavarrone.}}
* The most famous pun in ''[[The Bible]]'' is probably Jesus saying, "Upon this rock I shall build my church" of his disciple Peter. "Peter" means "rock".
* 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.
* One of the running jokes in [[Diary Of A Nobody]] is Charles Pooter's incredibly laboured puns and his family and friends reactions to them "I'm afraid these trousers are frayed"
* In ''[[Les Misérables]]'', Tholomyés makes a pun at the dinner table, and his friends are less than impressed, killing the conversation. He immediately [[Large Ham|launches into an elaborate speech in defense of puns]], regaining his popularity.
* 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
* The Cryptkeeper in TV version of ''[[Tales
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* ''[[
** In ''iNevel'', Spencer is repairing his commissioned statue made of butter.
{{quote|
''(Spencer looks around the room)''
'''Spencer''': "Thank god no one heard that." }}
** In ''iFind Lewbert's Lost Love'', Spencer is annoyed because of the recent remote control thefts.
{{quote|
'''Carly''': ''(stifles laughter)'' "A ''remote control freak''?"
''(Spencer sprays whipped cream on Carly's nose bridge)'' }}
** In ''iFix A Popstar'', Wade Collins is brought up on the webshow.
{{quote|
'''Sam:''' "Ohohoho, Carly..." ''(looks away in horror)'' }}
** In ''iQuit iCarly'', as they introduce Fleck and Dave.
{{quote|
'''Carly:''' "Which is the opposite of low-larious." ''(chuckles)''
'''Sam:''' "I begged her not to say that."
'''Carly:''' "I should have listened." }}
* ''The Smoking Gun Presents:'' is replete with bad puns, often made by the celebrity panel. If one person makes a particularly egregious one other celebrities will have a [[Stunned Silence]] possibly accompanied by [[Chirping Crickets]].
* Tom Servo of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' absolutely loves to bust puns out, usually attracting the ire of Crow and Joel/Mike.
** In the ''[[Time Chasers]]'' episode:
{{quote|
'''Eddie (Mike's brother):''' Hey! What'd I say about puns?!
'''Servo:''' To jam them up my...
'''Eddie:''' That's right! }}
** Later, in the same episode:
{{quote|
'''Crow:''' I shaved this morning and got a nick.
[''Eddie punches Crow in the shoulder, knocking him out of his seat.''] }}
* On ''[[
{{quote|
'''Xander''': Maybe it's a vampire bat.
'''Everyone''': *stares* }}
* On ''[[M*A*S*H (
{{quote|
''(Cut to eyeroll from Radar.)'' }}
** 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|
''(Hawkeye [[Death Glare|stares daggers through him]].)'' }}
* Johnny Carson's "Carnac the Magnificent" on ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' typically served up plenty of puns and if the audience groaned or booed loudly enough, Carnac would place a funny curse on them in retaliation.
* ''[[Spaced]]'': Mike is kicked out of the Rough Ramblers after a disastrous Eskimo roll. Tim says:
{{quote|
'''Mike''': *stares*
'''Tim''': [[Don't Explain the Joke|Inuit's another word for Eskimo.]] }}
** While paintballing, Tim gets into a [[Mexican Standoff]] with Duane, the man his girlfriend left him for. As they stand there, Duane's mobile phone rings:
{{quote|
'''Duane:''' I've got an answering service.
'''Tim:''' You've got an answer for everything.
'''Duane:''' I cannot believe you said that. }}
* ''[[Frasier]]''. In ''Look Before You Leap'', Frasier is attempting an opera song, requiring him to hit an impossibly high note, while Niles is horny due to refusing Maris' rare sexual invite despite their marriage counselor's advice.
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** From "Are You Being Served?":
{{quote|
'''Roz''': ''(coming into the booth, still with a nauseated expression)'' Well, at least you stopped short of saying, "I'll be 'fricaseeing' you." }}
** One of the best occurred when he was doing an advert for a Chinese Restaurant. He says something to the extent of "If you have a yen for good Chinese, check them out." When Roz walks in, he asks how she liked his little ad lib, he responds, "Nice, but yen is Japanese, not Chinese."
** Frasier's family is prone to this. In one episode, Daphne is putting on weight and falls down, prompting Frasier, Niles and Martin to all help her up. Martin, laughing at his own wit, says, "Daphne, I just realized! It took three ''Cranes'' to lift you!" Daphne wasn't as amused as Martin was.
** 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".
* ''[[Full House]]'' had a LOT. From the episode "Smash Club: The Next Generation", when Jesse is trying to hide Joey (who has gotten everything below his head stuck in a hole in the bar) from a woman interviewing him:
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* ''[[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|
'''Dr. Bad''': (with his hands on his ears) I am killing you, just to stop the puns. }}
* ''[[Shooting Stars]]'' generally has Vic give one horrible joke in the show. Everybody remains stone-faced, church bells toll, the wind howls and a tumble-weed rolls by before we move on, leaving Vic sweeping into his sleeves. Then Bob tells the ''exact same joke'' and everybody laughs.
* In ''[[CSI: Miami]]'': "That gives a new meaning to the term 'fried hard drive'". Cue silent stare.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
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'''Jamie''': ''(groans)''
'''The Doctor''': I'm so sorry, Jamie. }}
** The [[The Nth Doctor|Ninth]] makes an equally bad one in "The Unquiet Dead" while part of a seance:
{{quote|
'''Rose''': I can't believe you just said that. }}
** Harry, in ''Genesis of The Daleks'':
{{quote|
'''Harry''': Playing rock music? }}
** And another from the Ninth Doctor;
{{quote|
'''Nine''': That's what i see all the time, and doesn't it drive you mad?
'''Rose''': My head! its killing me!
'''Nine''': I think you need a doctor. }}
** In ''[[Doctor Who
{{quote|
*No-one laughs*
'''Doctor''': Alright, I'm never saying that again. Fine! }}
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdjYzd2izD0 This] Jinnai Tomonori skit includes a Japanese Incredibly Lame [[Bilingual Bonus|Bilingual]] [[Stealth Pun]] (with helpful explanation provided in the subtitles) and the proper response (starts at 3:27).
* The late publisher Bennett Cerf was well known for his love of puns both on and off of ''[[What's My Line
* ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' likes those.
{{quote|
'''Animal''': They are food! Eat drums, eat cymbals!
'''Kermit''': How cymbalic.
'''Animal''': Bad joke!!! Bad joke!!! }}
* In the ''[[That '70s Show]]'' episode "Holy Crap!" when Kelso wants to grow a beard:
{{quote|
'''Kelso''': I don't know Fez, the two of us growing beards together...isn't that kinda girly?
'''Fez''': Well, I just figure, the more the hairier! ''(dead silence)'' Oh I'm surrounded by idiots! }}
** In the episode "Ramble On" when Fez, having submitted an application for the DMV, is being interview for the position.
{{quote|
'''Interviewer''': I'm going to have to ask you to stop making puns now. }}
* In an episode of ''[[The Worst Witch]]'' Mildred and Enid accidentally cast a spell that causes written down numbers to multiply and spread around the entire school. Ms Hardbroom stops the spell and remarks "as for these girls, I think their number's up". She allows herself a giggle before realising that nobody else is laughing.
* ''[[Sesame Street]]'':
{{quote|
'''Oscar''': No, but it smells...terrible.
'''Elmo''': So does that joke, Oscar. }}
* ''[[
* This from ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'':
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* From ''[[
{{quote|
'''Britta:''' Oof, I hope you just came up with that.
''(later)''
'''Dean Pelton:''' I expect to see you all at the puppy parade. Except you, Jeffrey - I know you've got a catch to date. }}
** In ''Remedial Chaos Theory'' Shirley runs out of the room after her pies burn, and Jeff says she had a mental breakdown.
{{quote|
'''Jeff:''' Bakedown, I know, I didn't say it on purpose. }}
* The science show ''The Known Universe'' describes a cryovolcano on [
* ''[[
* In ''[[True Blood]]'', Sookie is skeptical when Bill tells her that the vampire bar in Shreveport is called "Fangtasia". He tells her that most vampires are really old, and puns used to be the highest form of humor.
* ''[[QI]]'' has a few, but the most memorable was when Stephen Fry ended up making a pun on Corsica.
{{quote|
''**[[Beat]], [[Collective Groan|audience groans]]**''
'''Alan Davies:''' ...I think you have to leave now. }}
* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' has a [[Running Gag]] where Ted and Robin will salute after phrases including military ranks. Major Baggage. General Knowledge. Private Conversation. Major Inconvenience. Colonel Stuckinmyteeth.
* ''[[Stargate SG
== Music ==
* Owl City's song, "Rugs From me to You" is full of puns. One of them he apologizes for in-song. He sings, "Excuse the pun, but it's hair today, gone tomorrow."
* Kate Micucci's song "Dear Deer" has one of these. 'Some say Pennsylvania's sunny, but I prefer to say it's gunny.' Lampshaded immediately with 'Ok maybe that's not funny, but either way it's way too punny.'
* From [[
{{quote|
* 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!"
* "Cows With Guns" by Dana Lyons has a lampshaded one:
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* 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:
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** His [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_Umy19k5hI "Life in the Slaw Lane"] does the same for fruits and vegetables:
{{quote|''I got there just in lime to catch the nine-elemon as it plowed toward the core of Appleton,
''A lentil more than a melon-and-a-half Yeast of Cloveland.}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXwMgIlmoaM "Twisted"] by Lambert, Hendricks and Ross (later covered by [[Joni Mitchell]]) slips one in so fast that you might miss it if you weren't paying attention:
{{Quote|''Well I heard little children were supposed to sleep tight
''That's why I got into the vodka one night.}}
== Newspaper Comics ==
* A recurring gag in ''[[Pearls Before Swine]]'', where a long conversation leads to a stretched word pun on the entire conversation, and then (usually) Rat [[No Fourth Wall|threatens bodily harm on artist Stephan Pastis]].
{{quote|
'''Rat''' (to author): Have some pride. }}
** Also, [https://web.archive.org/web/20111113073754/http://keckeley.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/pearls-its-a-moray.gif this]. ''Ow''.
** Averted, HARD, in [http://gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/11/21/ this]. [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped]]?
* ''[[FoxTrot]]'', being as [[Troperiffic]] as it is, gives a double-[[Shout
* In ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'':
{{quote|
'''Hobbes:''' An antelope?
'''Calvin:''' Come on! ''(goes to an anthill)'' See, she's climbing down the ladder to her boyfriend's car. ''(beat)'' You're not laughing.
'''Hobbes:''' It's not funny. }}
* ''[[Mother Goose and Grimm]]'' is full of these. But [http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/store/add.php?iid=38452 this strip] in particular is pretty bad.
* Scott Adams, writer of ''[[Dilbert]]'', is fond of these, especially in the earlier strips (prime example [http://www.dilbert.com/1991-06-28/ here]). He's also well aware of [http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1992-03-26/ how folks often react to them].
* ''[[Funky Winkerbean]]'' still uses them on a regular basis. Which would be okay if the strip was in the original gag-a-day format and hadn't [[Cerebus Syndrome|descended into being a dramatic strip]] with few, if any, elements of actual hilarity.
== Radio ==
* 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,
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** A similar set-up involved breeding rodents for their tusks:
{{quote|
* An episode of the ''[[Goon Show]]'', ''The African Incident'', took the whole thirty minutes to set up one complex pun: this involves the hapless Prussian, Herr General von Gooturm.
{{quote|
"Why?"
"Because von Gooturm deserves another!" (''Orchestral sting)''. }}
== [[
* This is practically [[Tim Vine]]'s entire ''schtick''.
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* [[Bill Hicks]] once ended one of his lengthy rants on the [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy assassination]] with this:
{{quote|
* The myriad of [[Firesign Theatre]] albums are just chock-full of them.▼
** From ''Nick Danger, Third Eye''▼
{{quote|
'''Nick Danger''': [thump] Oh, my nose! }}▼
== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Magic:
== Theatre ==
* [[Gilbert and Sullivan]], ''The Grand Duke'':
{{quote|
Orthography forgoes her spells,
And "ghost" is rhymed with "goest".
'''All''': With what an emphasis he dwells
Upon "orthography" and "spells"!
That kind of fun's the lowest. }}
* In ''Rent'' Roger and Mark are burning old concert posters and screenplays to keep warm and as they are burning them they sing:
** '''Mark''': The music ignites the night with passionate fire!
** '''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
== Video Games ==
* ''[[Animal Crossing]]'' will make your character crack a bad joke whenever he/she catches a fish or bug and this is occasionally [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]]:
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* ''[[Sacrifice]]'' brings us this little gem, aimed at a servant of the god of earth who's made of living rock:
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'''Eldred''': ...''[[Never Say That Again]]''. }}
* ''[[Railroad Tycoon]]'' has a newspaper headline that says "ECONOMY IS BACK ON '''TRACK'''."
* ''[[Tales of Monkey Island]] Chapter 1: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal'': Guybrush, on meeting treasure hunter Joaquin D'Oro, makes a pun so bad even his [[Evil Hand]] feels the need to upbraid him for it:
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** Amazingly, he manages to top himself in the very next episode, ''The Siege of Spinner Cay'', after receiving a book of 101 Fish Jokes from the Vaycaylian Tetra (many of which also qualify):
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'''Tetra:''' I hate you now. }}
* 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.
* In ''[[Fallout 2]]'', there's Frog Morton...
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'''Sheriff Marion:''' His name's Morton, and they call him Frog 'cause he croaks people. Ready to go get 'im?
'''Chosen One:''' [[Suckiness Is Painful|Ohhhh. Ouch. That's terrible. The pain, the pain!]]
'''Sheriff Marion:''' Hey, I didn't make that one up - he did. [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|With puns that bad]], [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|I'd say that gives you just one more reason to kill 'im]]. }}
* There is an optional scene in ''[[Persona 3]]'' where Akihiko, trying to get over his shyness around girls, practices his pick-up lines in secret. Reading that a sense of humor is vital, he makes an utterly horrid pun ("Want to go to that Beef Bowl place?... I hope I 'meat' you there!"), then promptly chastises himself:
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* In ''[[Namco X Capcom]]'', there's a stage where EVERYONE starts making these (Japanese-only). It even highlights in red what the pun is supposed to be. To the characters, it gets old really fast.
* ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'' is chock full of references and puns, occasionally even the narrator recognizes how terrible some of them are. For example:
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::Then, later in the fight:
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* In the Japanese version of ''[[Ar
* Here is a random conversation bit taken from an ERCS Guard in a bug-ridden research lab in ''[[Mass Effect]]'':
{{quote|
*Pause for half second, then...*
''Heh. "Bug out." Heh. Heh.'' }}
** In the sequel, the player can launch probes to discover missions and distress signals on planets. [[Anal Probing|One of the planets you can probe is Uranus]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-CDNLYZ0zA EDI is not amused by this at all.]
* [[Phoenix Wright]]: 'Why am I, Phoenix Wright, such a good lawyer? Because I'm "Wright" all the time!' It's actually a pretty good pun, Maya just doesn't think so.
** She warms up to it eventually, as does Moe the Clown, ''master'' of the
* ''[[Icewind Dale]] II'' has an enemy boss utilizing trained war bears. Before fighting him, if asked how his own bears don't tear him to shreds, he points out the magical collars they 'bear'. The main character [[Deadpan Snarker]] is quick to point out the slip up, at which point the boss essentially disowns the pun with embarrassment claiming it unintentional.
* [[Final Fantasy XIII]]: when the group is being chased through the air by a monster on Pulse:
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Sazh: Like a L'Cie food buffet.
Light: "Cie Food", cute... }}
* The various Artix Entertainment games (''[[
* One of the achievements in [[Legendary the Box]] is a pun called "Dou-Bull Trou-Bull", which you get for defeating 2 Minotaurs who are fighting you at the same time (what's even more annoying is that the achievement only gives you 1 Gamerscore point). Right after you get that achievement, though, you get another achievement (that gives the rest of the points you deserve) titled "I owe you an apology", where the lead designer apologizes for making such a lame pun.
* ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'' has a few. Most notably, when the protagonists are hanging on a ship mast:
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'''Galuf''': That pun is so bad, I'm gonna fall on purpose... }}
* Early in ''[[Banjo
* In the beginning of Mother 3 as you're moving toward the Magypsies with Flint, Alec gets pun-tastic as he leads you through this cave. Some of the lame puns he makes are along the lines "There's a vine around here, we have to 'vined' it." and "Vines go up because they're 'divine'". *insert rim-shot*
* One early sidequest in ''[[
* [[Kid Icarus: Uprising]] gives us this:
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'''Pit:''' How could you be making puns at a time like this?!
'''Palutena:''' I guess I just don't SEE the problem with a little levity.
'''Pit:''' Agh! You're killing me here! }}
▲{{quote| '''Pit:''' That's right, you tentafool!<br />
'''Palutena:''' Tentafool? Uh, nice one, Pit. }}
* ''[[The Very Big Cave Adventure]]'' is basically ''[[Colossal Cave Adventure]]'' reworked to contain as many puns as a (presumably) class full of kids could come up with.
** A stream rises from a spring next to a small fence. The fence buys anything valuable and doesn't ask questions, and the spring can be used to bounce back to the previous location.
** Later on, {{Quote|The bull eats the bomb and promptly explodes in a most inelegant manner. It is A BOMB IN A BULL.}}
== Web Comics ==
* [[Dominic Deegan]] is a frequent offender, as are the rest of his family, and anyone else who spends too much time with them.
** In one case, Siggy does this on purpose to elicit groans from hiding thieves and give away their position.
** In another, Dominic's father uses this to incapacitate Jacob's Quilt Man.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090901195507/http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=34&issue=13 This page] of ''
** [[Alt Text|He makes you wear an old diving suit, of course he just said that.]]
** [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/5p40 this page] as well. "[[Alt Text|If the internet were an auditorium, I'd be on stage grinning proudly against]] [[Collective Groan|a chorus of groans]]."
* The ''[[
** [http://www.xkcd.com/410/ Math Paper] takes it even further.
** Then there's the mouse-over text for [http://xkcd.com/431/ Delivery].
** And [http://xkcd.com/594/ Period] has another groaner.
**
* And in ''[[Scary Go Round]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20120916140100/http://www.scarygoround.com/index.php?date=20070627 "You were wrong. Puns don't help."]▼
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150604134251/http://captainosaka.deviantart.com/art/DOUBLE-K-026-106195125 This page] of ''[[
▲* And in ''[[Scary Go Round]]'', [http://scarygoround.com/index.php?date=20070627 "You were wrong. Puns don't help."]
* King Astos of had been shaping up to be the major antagonist in the Elfland subplot of ''[[8-Bit Theater
▲* [http://captainosaka.deviantart.com/art/DOUBLE-K-026-106195125 This page] of ''[[Double K (Webcomic)|Double K]]''. In the words of the writer: "KAMINA just pissed away every cool point he earned over the last 25 pages, way to go buddy".
** Also, when it finally sinks into Fighter's thick skull that Thief is actually the Prince of Elfland:
▲* King Astos of had been shaping up to be the major antagonist in the Elfland subplot of ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]''. Just before the [[Final Battle|assumed climactic battle]] would transpire, an incredibly lame pun by Red Mage wrecked the tension. The following pun by Black Mage was so lame that King Astos ''[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/06/21/episode-298-a-natural-response/ died]'' immediately upon hearing it. (The author of the webcomic is a fan of such [[Anticlimax|Anti Climaxes]], by the way.)
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▲** Also, when it finally sinks into Fighter's thick skull that Thief is actually the Prince of Elfland:
▲{{quote| '''Fighter:''' Wait, let me get this straight. So Thief is [[Prince (Music)|the elf formerly known as Prince]]?<br />
'''Black Mage''': Killing you is going to be the greatest moment of my life. }}
* ''[[Between Failures]]'' shows [http://betweenfailures.com/2009/01/21/406-menses/ Nina insulting Reggie] with one of these.
* ''[[Starslip]]'':
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'''Vanderbeam''': How would we do that?
'''Cutter''': Say hi, Beams.
'''Vanderbeam''': ''Guh''. }}
* Mr. Mighty in ''[[Everyday Heroes]]'' will occasionally try to be a [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=117736 cut-up].
* ''[[
* In [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0684.html this] ''[[
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'''Nale''': "Ugh, that was horrible! I swear, I'm going to kill you, then pay a cleric to raise you, and kill you again, just to make you pay for the puns!" }}
* In the
*
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'': Torg and Riff tend to encourage each other into a [[Hurricane of Puns]]. None of the other characters are amused, and some are even injured by them.
** On the other hand, Torg hates it when somebody else is doing it.
** All of the Stick Figure Theater interludes are full of them, with some storylines written specifically for the ''pun''chline.
* ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]!'', full stop.
** To date,{{when}} there have been ''twenty'' puns on the word [http://irregularwebcomic.net/search_result.php?d=hobbit&t=2&in=s 'hobbit'] ''alone''.
* In [http://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0127.html this comic] of ''[[Our Little Adventure]]'', the male Wight makes a pun when talking to Julie about what kind of undead they are. This earns him a smack upside the head from the female Wight he's with. ▼
** We've been told many times that German sausages are the wurst.
** [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1000.html Strip #1000] is "full of humour".
▲* In [http://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0127.html this comic] of ''[[Our Little Adventure]]'', the male Wight makes a pun when talking to Julie about what kind of undead they are. This earns him a smack upside the head from the female Wight he's with.
* The comic [[Freaking Awful Puns]] was built around this trope.
* ''[[Bob and George]]'': Mega Man managed to make a ''broom'' to wince in pain with [http://bobandgeorge.com/archives/040527c his explanation] of the [[Rule of Funny]], and Bright Man (who has a lightbulb for a head) [[Idea Bulb|having an idea]] prompted Kalinka Cossack to collapse to the ground, protesting to her father that "I thought you loved me!"
▲* ''[[Bob and George]]'': Mega Man managed to make a ''broom'' to wince in pain with [http://bobandgeorge.com/archives/040527c his explanation] of the [[Rule of Funny]], and Bright Man (who has a lightbulb for a head) [[Idea Bulb|having an idea]] prompted Kalinka Cossack to collapse to the ground, protesting to her father that "I thought you loved me!"
* In [http://tabmok99.mortalkombatonline.com/comic-kombat.html these] ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' webcomics, every time [[Pungeon Master|Reptile]] turns up, you'll see one.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Rusty and Co
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'''Ghost knight:''' I... was once... the White Knight.
'''Mimic:''' A'ight, well, ''now'' we wanna hurt youse. }}
* ''[[Bobwhite]]''. Marlene's Jewish bluegrass band is trying to come up with a new name for the band. Something that will get people to take them seriously.
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'''Marlene:''' You're out of the band. }}
* Milton from ''[[Tweep]]'' [http://www.tweep.com/comic/?date=01-10-11 justified his repetition of an old joke with one.]
* In ''[[Thornsaddle]]'', a comic that takes place in the ''[[Harry Potter (
* ''[[
* [http://gunshowcomic.com/282 This rage-inducing groaner] in ''[[Gunshow]]''.
== Web Original ==
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* The web fiction serial [[Dimension Heroes]] is notorious for bad puns, which usually lead to whoever says them getting smacked.
* ''[[Dragonball Z Abridged]] Parody'' includes this little gem:
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'''Nappa''': Vegeta! I can't ... [[Verbal Tic|Believe it!]]
[[Beat]]
'''Vegeta''': *[[
* [[
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'''Edd:''' ''You and the water are very similar, Matt. You're both SHALLOW!'' }}
* In [[The Spoony Experiment
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(After a letter vaporizes into a bunch of sparks) "Hey look; electronic mail... I'm sorry, I'll do it again." [[Dope Slap|*slap*]] "I'm a [[Pungeon Master|bad boy]]..." }}
** He manages to make the "Beyond Thunderdome" joke from ''[[
* ''[[Neurotically Yours]]:''
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''"That, and farming! And they both use hoes. Hehe, get it? Funny! Huh?"'' }}
* Andy Zaltzman's terrible puns in ''[[The Bugle]]'' frequently lead to John Oliver begging for mercy. On at least one occasion, the show's producer has resigned (and then been re-hired to find out some obscure piece of trivia).
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** In addition, any Crap Shot entitled "The Punishment" is essentially Alex making an incredibly lame pun, followed by Graham dishing out [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]] for it.
* It happens constantly in ''[[The Annoying Orange]]''.
* Self-inflicted one in ''[[
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130529112109/http://bash.org/?917681 OH! Shit it's your birthday, isn't it.]
* The [[
* [[Red vs. Blue]]: The Reds try to make themself pass as Freelancers by adapting their [[Location Theme Naming]].
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'''Grif''': [[Lampshade Hanging|No dude, jokes are funny.]] }}
* The [[Freelance Astronauts]] can fall into this, depending on the game. Usually whoever makes the lamest puns gets punched for his troubles.
* In [[The Nostalgia Chick]]'s Pocahontas review, putting words in John Smith's mouth:
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* [[Zero Punctuation]]: In the review of [[Mass Effect]]. "You only get to see like one second of bare ass anyways, so it will hardly make your Mass Erect!" Later, in the end credits he admits that "Yeah this whole review was leading up to that horrible pun at the end"
** And in the review of Red Faction Guerrilla. "Guerrilla could've worked if it had actually been ''about'' sneaky, subtle guerrilla warfare rather than driving a monster truck into someone's front room and shooting them in the face. Which is less guerrilla and more chimpanzee." And the obligatory credits acknowledgement "Spent decades working on that last pun."
* [[Bad Movie Beatdown
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'''Film Brain:''' I never thought such a thing could be accomplished. }}
** Not that's he's blameless either:
{{quote|
'''Linkara:''' Don't worry - we're [[Atop the Fourth Wall
'''Audience''': [[[Collective Groan]]]
'''Caption:''' ''Channel Awesome would like to apologise for that pun. The writer has been flogged for his sins''. }}
* 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.
* [[Deja View]]: In which foreign remakes of popular USA films are reviewed by Ed Glaser.
* [[Stuart Ashen]] once reviewed a [[POP Station]] that "looks like a fat batarang: a ''fatarang''!" He apologizes quickly after.
* [[
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* The leader of [[The League of STEAM]] is named Crackitus Potts. [[Don't Explain the Joke|Crackpot, get it?]] (Also an allusion to Caractacus Pott from ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]''.)
* FTA pulled one during the [[Hellfire Commentaries]] ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'' playthrough. Averted when
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FTA: [[Dean Martin|When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie]], ''that's'' [[Trope Codifier|a moray.]]
* [[Phelous]]. All the time.
* You'll find quite a few lame puns around [[TV Tropes]] at times, some of which are [[
* ''[[Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic]]'' [http://yafgc.net/comic/2397-pun-on-a-mountain/ had] one orc indulging in these.
== Western Animation ==
* In ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' "Dead Man's Hand," Bruce explains to Terry how the Royal Flush Gang are old-school gimmick villains, only committing robberies for items related to playing card suits (such as diamonds). Why their heist on a yacht for miscellaneous non-diamond jewelry, then? "It was in a yacht ''club''." They're both disgusted by the pun.
* Carlos, on ''[[The Magic School Bus]]'', frequently inflicts these on his classmates, resulting in a [[Collective Groan]] of his name.
* ''[[Looney Tunes]]''' Foghorn Leghorn often came up with these, prompting sighs and eyeball-rolling from Henry Hawk, Barnyard Dawg, or whoever else he was talking to. ("You gotta keep your eye on the ball. Eye! Ball! Eyeball! I almost had a gag, son! Joke, that is!")
* Many [[Tex Avery MGM Cartoons|MGM Cartoons]] ''live'' on this in a [[Hurricane of Puns]]; however, in "''Car of Tomorrow''" a pun involving "Seal beam headlights" was ''so bad'' even the narrator groaned and "X"ed it out.
* There was a literal [[Card-Carrying Villain]] on ''[[
* In "Osama Bin Laden has Farty Pants", the first episode of ''[[South Park]]'' to air after 9/11, Towelie makes a cameo appearance. Discovering the kids don't want him around, he asks, "Am I to understand there's been a... Towelie ban?" Everyone else groans, once they figure it out.
* 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.)
* Pick any episode in ''Kung Fu Dino Posse'' and you will hear at least one of these. Or several.
* Beast Boy from ''[[Teen Titans (
** He throws the [[Brain In
** Or:
{{quote|
'''Beast Boy''': Nothing but the ceiling! (Blackfire laughs) See, Raven, ''she'' thinks I'm funny.
'''Raven''': Statistically, I suppose somebody has to. }}
** In a moment of Poetic Irony, we later learned when Beast Boy and Cyborg got sucked into Raven's mind that Raven herself has ''always'' thought he was funny.
* In ''[[
{{quote|
'''Katara''': Think about the challenges. Maybe it's some kind of riddle?
'''Sokka''': I got it!
'''Aang''': Yeah?
'''Sokka''': He's an earthbender, right? Rocky! ''*pause*'' You know, because of all the rocks?
'''Katara''': We're gonna keep trying, but that is a good backup. }}
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]''
** In ''Shades of Gray'', the ghost dog burst into the school and Danny responds with "Who let the dogs ''in''?". Right afterwards, Danny had to explain the joke and decided to save some face to get the dog out. Sam responds with, "Bring better jokes!"
** When Spectra turns into a snot monster ([[It Makes Sense in Context]]):
{{quote|
...
'''Spectra''': Let's ''boogie''!
'''Danny''': Ya' see, that was the kind of pun I was trying to avoid with the whole "you blew it" comment. }}
* ''[[
** In "Wet Painters", Spongebob and Patrick have to disguise the fact that they got a spot on Mr. Krabs' first dollar. They hang several paintings in front of it, which Mr. Krabs take off one-by-one. Eventually, Spongebob himself is hanging on the wall.
{{quote|
'''Spongebob''': Oh, you know ... just ''hanging around!''
'''Patrick''': BOOOOOOOO }}
** The [[Ho Yay|infamous]] "Rock-A-Bye-Bivalve" even had a lame pun. When Spongebob gives his pants to the scallop for it to sleep there, he finds the time to crack a joke.
{{quote|
(pan to Gary doing a rimshot) }}
** In 'No Weenies Allowed':
{{quote|
'''Sandy''': Oh, I'm Sandy all right. I'm very Sandy. HI-YAH!
'''[[SpongeBob]]''': [as he flies through the air] Oh, I get it. She's Sandy. That's her name, and she's also covered in, yes... }}
** From 'Shell Shocked':
{{quote|
'''Gary''': <locks [[SpongeBob]] out of the house> }}
** In Pre-Hibernation Week:
{{quote|
(Cue cut to a live-action guy doing a rimshot) }}
** In "Pranks a Lot", a barrage of them between [[SpongeBob]] and Patrick eventually end with the narrator saying "Several bad puns later."
* ''[[The Simpsons (
{{quote|
'''Homer:''' Air?
'''Warden:''' Ain't no air 'n space!
'''Homer:''' There's an Air 'n' Space Museum. *grins like an idiot, and then is thrown out of the prison* }}
** Also, there was one emitted by Homer when commencing a roast against Mr. Burns for his birthday (and in case you're wondering why it fits, its because shortly afterwards, he drops his pants and proceeds to moon Mr. Burns and the audience, a characature of Burns' face is on his butt, and he tries to quote Mr. Burns).
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** And then there was the one where the Mayor Quimby's nephew gets put on trial for beating the living daylights out of a waiter. [[Intrepid Reporter]] Kent Brockman wanted to call the incident "[[Scandalgate|Waitergate]]", [[Lampshade Hanging|but was shouted down at the Press Club]].
Most of the Episode titles are Puns on a movei TV Show or saying
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* In ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' episode "Meet the Beat-Alls", Mojo justifies stealing eggs and other white items because "it's all right as they're all white!". The terrible pun prompts Princess to drop the eggs and groan in disgust.
** Which is ''very'' far from the worst joke in that episode. "Sunday monkey won't play piano song. Play piano song."
* One of the ''[[The Fairly
** During a history lession, mention is made of the "Declar-Ape-tion of Independence". AJ comments along the lines of "If that wasn't historically accurate, I would say it was the most horrific pun ever."
* ''[[Kim Possible]]'' fought the Mathter, a Riddler [[Expy]] who specialized in math-themed crimes, with the appropriate math-themed puns, like "Time to ''subtract'' you from the ''equation''!", or "Let me throw some ''numbers'' at you,"(as he tossed digit-shaped grenades), or "I've left your boyfriend with a ''new problem'' to solve." Finally, an irate Kim shouted, "Okay, one more lame-o math reference, and I am going to LOSE IT!"
** Another Kim Possible example; as Kim and Ron raided the headquarters of international thief Falsetto Jones, she noticed a huge pool on the villain's property:
{{quote|
'''Wade''': No, electric eels.
'''Kim''': And the villain puns just write themselves. "Shocking, isn't it?" }}
** This one is thought of as god-awful in universe, spotting Duff's hideout Ron comments...
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* In ''[[Drawn Together]]'', during the episode "The One Wherein There Is A Big Twist, Part II", Xandir tells Strawberry Sweetcake (an obvious parody of Strawberry Shortcake) "You're gonna be spending a CHOCO-LOTTA time locked up behind CANDY bars!". There is a long silence after which Princess Clara whispers to Xandir "God dammit, I hate you!".
* On ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'', while playing a carnival game that involves rabbits, Jimmy remarks "Well then, I'll ''hop'' right to it", eliciting a groan from the booth attendant.
* ''[[Jonny Quest]]'' TOS episode "Monster in the Monastery".
{{quote|
Jonny: Well, if they're invisible, how can anybody see a yeti?
Hadji: No one has...yeti.
Jonny: Oh, come on! }}
* ''[[Family Guy]]'':
** Stewie tries to make a few in the episode "Thin White Line". After Brian has an emotional breakdown because of his drug habit, Stewie makes an attempt of humor, calling Brian first a "melan-collie" and then a "chi-wah wah!". He is infuriated to find that nobody else finds this funny.
** In "Amish Guy":
{{quote|
'''Stewie:''' I thought something was Amish [pronounced 'a-mish' (amiss)]. ''(gets smacked by Brian)'' }}
* Occasionally used in ''[[The Tick (animation)]]''. One of the more painful ones was
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'''Tick''': Ooh, that's bad. }}
* ''[[Banana Man]]'' had ''at least'' one cringeworthy pun per episode. And, they only lasted about five minutes!
* ''[[Duckman]]'': In the episode "Ebony, Baby" (a full-on Blaxploitation mock), we have this exchange:
{{quote|
'''Ebony''': Information. One of my clients was murdered; Victor Demann.
'''Tawnze''': ...I shoulda known you was workin' for [[The Man|Demann]]. }}
* [[Danger Mouse]]: In "All Fall Down," this takes place as he and Penfold serach for the villainous serpent Mac The Fork:
{{quote|
'''Penfold:''' Yes, then he'll be all for-''lawn.'' Hee hee!
'''Colonel K:''' Wha? What's that, Penfold?
'''DM:''' Forget it, sir. he's just having one of his turns. Over and out. }}
* ''[[The Critic]]'': From the episode "From Chunk to Hunk":
{{quote|
''(Marty sees only the letter P written)''
'''Penny''': You can read it on the bus. }}
** From "A Song For Margo":
{{quote|
* In ''[[Batman: The Animated Series
* [[The Amazing World of Gumball|Darwin]] claims to be a "Pacifish" in ''"The Ghost"''.
* In the Bond-parody episode of ''[[
{{quote|
'''Stan''': A sixteen-hour flight for a bad pun? ...yes. Yes. }}
* While the entirety of the ''[[
{{quote|
'''Dot''': [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|I'm not touching that one]]. }}
** Later:
{{quote|
*Her suitcase opens up, revealing a [[Visual Pun|miniature radiator]]*
'''Dot''': [[Little Miss Snarker|Can't argue with that one. It's too stupid.]] }}
* In the [[Timon and Pumbaa]] episode "Brazil Nuts", a [[Balloon Belly|rather fattened Timon]] says "Sheesh! How long could it possibly take to gather a bunch of measly ANTS?? Must be gettin' the uncles, too! Ha!" Timon notices no one heard the pun.
** Later, when Timon and Pumbaa advertise an imaginary fast food chain to Eddie and Ralph (the two snakes who tried to eat them), Timon said, "That's two cans for you and me!" when toucans were shown.
* Done by Billy in [[The Grim Adventures of Billy
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''(Billy's half of his nose comes alive and smacks him with a steak in annoyance)'' }}
* In ''A [[
▲== Other ==
▲* The myriad of [[Firesign Theatre]] albums are just chock-full of them.
▲** From ''Nick Danger, Third Eye''
▲{{quote| '''Announcer''': ...he crosses Macarthur Park and walks into a great sandstone building!<br />
▲'''Nick Danger''': [thump] Oh, my nose! }}
▲* One Advertisement regarding a sale on May 4th for ''[[Star Warsthe Old Republic]]'' has the tagline "May the 4th be with you".
== Real Life ==
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** 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.
* Paul Merton and Ian Hislop, the team captains on [[Have I Got News for You]], both adore puns, and will throw out dozens of them at the slightest opportunity. The studio audience often can't decide whether to roar laughing or groan.
* A great deal of commentary on the professional basketball player Jeremy Lin involves
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