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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. }}

 

== [[Film]] ==

* 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. }}

 

== Web Comics ==