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{{quote|''"That's a harp he's playing, Nobby," said one of them, after watching Imp for a while.
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''"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]]''', ''[[Discworld/Soul Music|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]].
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* 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.
* ''[[Persona 4: The Animation]]'' has a couple. In episode 9, Yukiko calls Chie's Persona a "Chie pet." As if that single pun wasn't enough for her, she then proceeds to go off an a ''whole tangent'' about Chie pets, all the while laughing her head off.
** 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.
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{{quote|'''[[The Comically Serious|Batman]]''': You still haven't gotten over the puns?
'''[[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|'''Donald''': Well, they made their billion by being [[Catch Phrase|tougher than the toughies and smarter than the smarties]]! And you know what else?
'''Scrooge''': Oh, ''no'', nephew! Don't say it! ...''Please''!
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* The [[Doctor Who]] [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] novel ''The Slow Empire'' has an instance of a character making a pun so lame even he gets embarrassed:
{{quote|"I'm Fitz. Just Fitz."
"And it fits you admirably," said Jamon de la Rocas,<ref>he's one to talk; for whatever reason, [[Bilingual Bonus|his name means "ham of the rocks"]]</ref>
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 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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'''Nappa''': Vegeta! I can't ... [[Verbal Tic|Believe it!]]
[[Beat]]
'''Vegeta''': *[[
* [[Eddsworld]] often features puns, mainly from the title character, but from other sources, too.
{{quote|'''Tom:''' ''Hey. What did our neigh...BOORS want?''
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[[N Tom]]: *clapping* Well done. [[Actually Pretty Funny|That is actually well deserved.]] }}
* [[Phelous]]. All the time.
* You'll find quite a few lame puns around [[TV Tropes]] at times, some of which are [[
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{{quote|'''Announcer''': ...he crosses Macarthur Park and walks into a great sandstone building!
'''Nick Danger''': [thump] Oh, my nose! }}
* One Advertisement regarding a sale on May
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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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