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* There's a whole episode of ''Zoku [[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]'' about this trope, as well as a chapter in the manga.

* [[Unfortunate Names|"Shibuya Yuuri]], [[Punny Name|Harajuku Fuuri"]] from ''[[Kyo Kara Maoh!]]'' is sick of this joke by the time he's in high school, as evidenced by [[The Fool]]'s [[OOC Is Serious Business|uncharacte]][[Early Installment Weirdness|ristically]] sarcastic, thoroughly unimpressed response to hearing it ''yet again'' in the first episode/chapter.

 

* ''[[Y: The Last Man|Y the Last Man]]'' has a protagonist named Yorick. [[Hamlet|Alas]].

{{quote|'''Victoria''': [As she is preparing to execute him] 'Alas, poor Yorick...'

'''Yorick:''' Gee, never heard that one before... you fucking '''''[[Defiant to the End|TWAT!]]'''''. }}

* The miniseries ''[[Superman: Secret Identity]]'' has the protagonist [[Like Reality Unless Noted|living in our world]], who begins to develop the identical powers of Superman. His name's Clark. Clark Kent. Yes, like the [[Comic Book]].

* In the limited series ''Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Negative Exposure'', the warden of Riker's Island is named Warden James Warden; when the photographer who arrives to interview Doctor Octopus mentions the irony of that, the warden says, "Yeah, like I've never heard ''that'' before".

 

* ''[[The Man with No Name (fanfic)|The Man With No Name]]'' has this:

{{quote|'''[[Big Bad]]''': You cannot escape, Doctor!

{{quote|'''[[Death Note|L]]:''' Just go to sleep. You... ha, you go out like a [[Punny Name|light.]]

'''[[Death Note|Light]]:''' I've heard them all before, L, and they weren't funny the first time. }}

 

* In ''[[Finding Nemo]]'', everyone who notices Marlin is a clownfish wants him to tell a joke, but seems to expect he's never gotten that response before ''and'' has a joke prepared. By the end, he's lightened up a little and even has a decent ocean-themed pun.

* In ''[[The Incredibles]]''. Frozone's reaction ''might'' be because he lacks humor, but really, that one's very obvious.

{{quote|'''Caspian''': You... you are a mouse.

'''Reepicheep''': I was hoping for something a little more original. }}

{{quote|'''Mook''': You... you are a mouse.

'''Reepicheep''': You people have no imagination! }}

* In ''[[The Librarian]]'': Return to King Solomon's Mines, when Flynn goes to Casablanca, he makes the inevitable quotes. The taxi driver is understandably unamused.

{{quote|'''Driver''': Ah, from the movie! [[Sarcasm Mode|How delightfully original of you]]}}

 

== Literature ==

* The protagonist of ''[[About a Boy]]'', who lives off the royalties of his father's popular song, is quite tired of people singing it once they learn about this fact.

* [[Discworld|Tiffany Aching]] refers to her father's pun as The Joke. He's a farmer and he works hard. Do the math. "He was Aching when he woke, and he'll be Aching when he sleeps." They recognize that it's not a funny joke, but it's got sentimental value behind it, like an elderly aunt.

* Whenever [[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]] meets anyone who knew his parents, they inevitably tell him, "You look like your dad, but you've got your mum's eyes." When Slughorn says this in the sixth book, Harry thinks that he's starting to get sick of it. [[Fanfic]]tion tends to exaggerate this to the point where it becomes Harry's [[Berserk Button]]. Also, there were a number of common cracks made on his name that got really lame after a while (and they indicated as much), and his friends. "Oh, Potter, you rotter," "potty wee Potter," "crackpot," "Potty and the Weasel," "Weaselbee," And Hermione's reaction to the "Potter Stinks" badges? "Oh, very funny. Really witty."

* In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', Wizard Harry Dresden mentions he gets the occasional phone call from people who just have to ask if he's 'a wizard named Harry'. He seems to be less than amused by this.

'''Goku:''' Awesome! I'm-a deck you in the schnoz!

'''Freeza''' ''(after dropping Vegeta)''''':''' ...I'm sorry, that's a new one. }}

 

* Angela from [http://www.punchanpie.net/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20080811 this] ''[[Punch an' Pie]]'' comic. A short joke she's "never heard" before.

* In ''[[Get Medieval]]'', ex-lawyers are fed up with "decided you'd rather go to heaven" [[Evil Lawyer Joke]]s.

* In ''[[Walkyverse|Shortpacked]]'', [http://shortpacked.com/comic/book-2-pulls-the-drama-tag/06-the-drama-tag/free/ played entirely straight].

* [[Tailsteak]] [http://tailsteak.com/archive.php?num=203 scans his drawings] to get them on his website. He has a scanner.

* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', when the [[The Greys|Uryuoms]] [http://egscomics.com/?date=2003-09-02 first appear].

{{quote|'''Elliot''': Hey, cool! I'm having a Close Encounter of the Fifth Kind!

* From [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-02-13 this] ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' strip:

{{quote|'''Kathryn''': You just bought yourself some military intelligence.

'''Kathryn''': Oh ha. That joke never gets old.}}

 

* Chris Barrie mentioned in an interview that until about ten years after the last episode of [[Red Dwarf]] was broadcast, he could not go on the [[London Underground]] without someone on the platform shouting "Oi! Smeghead!".

* Averted by Billy Crystal, who commented in a standup routine that he thought it was very amusing the variety of people who would greet him with "You look mah-velous!" (Apparently this was better than the greeting he often got during the run of ''[[Soap]]'', which consisted largely of "Hey faggot!")

* According to the DVD commentary for the original ''[[Ghostbusters]]'', the movie ruined [[William Atherton]]'s life, what with random people yelling "Hey, dickless!" at him on the streets and all...

 

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