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** ''[[Death Note]]'': Writing names on a notebook (full of '''paper''') given to you by a '''god''' of death; the main character wants to become "God of the New World". You can make more puns from there.

** ''[[Okami]]'' takes advantage of how the long-o prefix denotes something big or great, making the term "great god", as well as the word normally being Japanese for "wolf".

** The Japanese language in general lends itself well to this kind of wordplay thanks to its multiple writing systems.

* In ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' Yusuke's "Rei-Gun" can be interpreted as either "Spirit Gun" (what's used in the dub of the anime) or the English "ray gun"- which is pretty much what it looks like coming out of [[Finger Gun|his finger]].

* In ''[[Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!!|Bakusou Kyoudai Let's and Go]]'', the title characters' names, Retsu and Gou, are a pun on "Let's go!" Combined with their friend Jun, the three are named for Jun Retsugou, the stage name of [[Boke and Tsukkomi Routine|manzai]] comedian Yoshiji Watanabe.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Ef6egT4kE The opening] for the anime ''[[Mouse]]'' is called "Mouse Chuu Mouse". This is a multiple pun: it is pronounced like "Mouth to Mouth", but ''chuu'' is the Japanese onomatopoeia for both mouse squeaks and kisses... which are, incidentally, an activity that is done "mouth to mouth".

 

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* The idiom "A friend in need is a friend indeed" has four potential meanings based on the interpritations of "in deed/indeed" and "friend in need";

** A friend who is "in need" is a good friend (because they need your friendship).

** A friend who remains a friend in your time of need is "indeed" your friend.

** A friend is someone who reminds you of their friendship in your time of need (once again; in [their] deed[s]).

 

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