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* Similarly, expect [[An Ice Person]] to be surrounded by an abundance of "Ice to meet you," "Take a chill pill," etc. jokes.
See also [[Incredibly Lame Pun]], [[Bond One
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
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== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* Michael Caesar of ''[[The Boondocks]]'' often makes obligatory bad jokes about current events or whatever the topic of the day is about. His best friend Huey's response is usually to [[Beat Panel|stop and glare at him]], [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|and then walk offscreen without saying a word]]. Caesar usually quips that he needs a better audience.
== [[Web Original]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In the ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' episode "Doctor's Disorders", Penelope Spectra tries to get a sample of Danny's DNA to make a perfect body for herself. When she's not looking, Danny swaps it out with something from his dad's uses hankerchief. The result is Spectra turning into a Jack Fenton-shaped snot monster. Danny comments, "There's a 'You blew it' pun here somewhere, but I'd rather not." When the fight begins, Spectra growls, "Let's boogie!" to which Danny replies, "That's ''exactly'' the kind of pun I was trying to avoid with the 'You blew it' comment!"
* In a particularly silly episode of ''[[Batman:
* The page quote was used in ''[[Justice League (Animation)|Justice League]]'' after the heroes foiled Gorilla Grodd's plot to turn all of humanity into gorillas.
* In one episode of ''[[Kim Possible (Animation)|Kim Possible]]'', Kim discovers that the villain keeps electric eels, to which she replies, "The puns just write themselves. Shocking, isn't it?" Of course, the villain says the very same line later when he reveals his electric eels.
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