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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"Not a joke, but an incredible simulation!"''
|'''Crow T. Robot'''
The writers put in a joke (almost always a pun), but never make or put in a punch line or explicit statement, hiding it in the set up of the joke. Some percentage of the audience will "get" the joke, but the rest will know it was there and be going, "What? Why didn't you say it?" There can be several reasons.
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Compare [[Visual Pun]], another form of subtle punning.
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