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* ''[[FoxTrot]]'' sometimes has the characters making references to [[The O'Reilly Factor|Bill O'Reilly]] or Sean Hannity being on TV -- which of course means that the Fox family is watching ''Fox News''.

* ''[[Dilbert]]'': Man, does Scott Adams ''love'' this.

* A rare unfunny example that's nonetheless good: an arc in [[~~The Sandman (Comic Book)|~~The Sandman]] spin-off The Dreaming was about the loneliness of Matthew the Raven, entitled "The Unkindness of One".

* A rare unfunny example that's nonetheless good: an arc in [[The Sandman]] spin-off The Dreaming was about the loneliness of Matthew the Raven, entitled "The Unkindness of One".

* Death from ''[[~~The Sandman (Comic Book)|~~The Sandman]]'' made a [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]] during [[Peter David]]'s run on [[~~Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|~~Incredible Hulk]]. She visited Marlo Chandler's wedding and gave her a brush as a wedding present. Marlo had recently died and come back to life. Get it? {{spoiler|She had a brush with death.}}

* Death from ''[[The Sandman]]'' made a [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]] during [[Peter David]]'s run on [[Incredible Hulk]]. She visited Marlo Chandler's wedding and gave her a brush as a wedding present. Marlo had recently died and come back to life. Get it? {{spoiler|She had a brush with death.}}

* In one issue of ''[[Top Ten]]'', a bunch of stretchy heroes gawk at a teleporting accident as they drive by. Yes – those [[Rubber Man|Rubber Men]] are rubbernecking.

* Usually, the first words out of an infant's mouth is "Mama" or "Dada/Papa". In ''[[Archie Comics]]'', what is the first word of scientific genius Dilton? Pythagoras, the ''father'' of Geometry.

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* In ''[[Three Messengers]]'', one of the fortune-tellers is Old Woman Riley -- in Japanese, this would be [[wikipedia:Baba Ochr(27)Riley|Riley-obaba]]. The author is a fan of The Who.

* Most [[Actor Allusion]] [[Fan Art]] of characters [[Cosplay Fan Art|cosplaying]] as other characters with the same seiyuu for both characters is never said out loud unless someone actually asks. Like all those [[Rie Kugimiya|Shana, Louise, Nagi and Taiga]] [[Fan Art]].

* The fanfic ''Azuvengers'' gives the ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' girls the powers of different Marvel Comics characters - Sakaki is the Sentry, Yomi is the [[~~Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|~~Incredible Hulk]], and so forth. [[Cloudcuckoolander|Osaka]] learns magic, gets a flying umbrella, and communicates clairaudibly with a man named Steve. {{spoiler|She's Dr. Strange.}}

* The fanfic ''Azuvengers'' gives the ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' girls the powers of different Marvel Comics characters - Sakaki is the Sentry, Yomi is the [[Incredible Hulk]], and so forth. [[Cloudcuckoolander|Osaka]] learns magic, gets a flying umbrella, and communicates clairaudibly with a man named Steve. {{spoiler|She's Dr. Strange.}}

* In the [[Haruhi Suzumiya]]/[[TV Tropes]] crossover ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', chapter ''eleven'''s name is ''Yeah, It Went There''. It's saying this chapter will get [[Up to Eleven]].

* There's a ''[[Daria]]'' fanfic where it turns out that [[Asian Airhead|Tiffany]]'s biological father is one of the actors from [[Osamu Tezuka]]'s [[Reused Character Design|Star System]]. Specifically, {{spoiler|Lampe}}.

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** The ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series is famous for giving the characters incredibly punny names. Like Shelly de Killer, the assassin who leaves cards with the images of shells at the scene of the crime to draw suspicion from his clients. {{spoiler|The killer with the conches}}.

** One potentially obscure pun can be found in the name of Max Galactica, the magician Phoenix defends in the third case of ''Justice For All''. Max is particularly fond of milk, and needs it to calm his nerves before a performance. How many players realize that the word "galactic" is defined as pertaining to milk in the first place?

** In ''Ace Attorney Investigations'', it's eventually revealed that the Yatagarasu's Key {{spoiler|has a handle that opens up to reveal a concealed knife blade. They key part has a bit shaped like a butterfly, and the way the handle opens makes it a ''literal'' [[wikipedia:Balisong ~~chr~~(~~28)knifechr(29~~)|butterfly knife]].}}

** In ''Ace Attorney Investigations'', it's eventually revealed that the Yatagarasu's Key {{spoiler|has a handle that opens up to reveal a concealed knife blade. They key part has a bit shaped like a butterfly, and the way the handle opens makes it a ''literal'' [[wikipedia:Balisong (knife)|butterfly knife]].}}

** The second game's third case introduces us to Acro's pet monkey Money, who has a tendency to steal and stockpile shiny objects. While this causes Phoenix some early grief, the other members of the circus seem to be used to it and regard it as a harmless prank... or {{spoiler|monkeyshines}}.

* No points for guessing which animal is featured on the coat of arms of [[wikipedia:Aswan|Aswan]] in ''[[Crusader Kings]]'' by [[Paradox Interactive]]. {{spoiler|[[The Chronicles of Narnia|A lion.]]}}

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** The bobble head in "Meet the Sniper" that he pretended to headshot was originally of an old man holding a bottle of apricot jelly, a reference to the part of the brain often called "the apricot" by snipers, but they decided against it because it was so obscure.

*** That didn't stop them from {{spoiler|giving him apricot air freshener}}

** The Sniper's parents apparently live on "Adelaide St." which is in itself a reasonable name for a street, but Australians joke that [[~~Useful Notes/~~Other Australian Towns and Cities|the city of Adelaide]] only has one street anyway.

** The Sniper's parents apparently live on "Adelaide St." which is in itself a reasonable name for a street, but Australians joke that [[Other Australian Towns and Cities|the city of Adelaide]] only has one street anyway.

** Similarly, the "Meet the Engineer" video has him sitting at a campfire. Guess what one of the main Engineer strategies is.

*** This is actually a double stealth pun. Take a closer look at his 'campfire.' {{spoiler|It's the burning corpse of the Sniper. So the camper is using a camper as a campfire.}}

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*** So...is that the reason {{spoiler|his products are known to spontaneously combust at random, and his top customers happen to be ill-tempered assholes that really like big guns?}}

* Probably unintentional, but in old Irem arcade game ''Ninja Spirit'' you control a ninja named Moonlight. He can create up to three shadow clones which follow his every move. {{spoiler|''Moonlight Shadow!''}}

* Either that or {{spoiler|[[wikipedia:Moonshadow ~~chr~~(~~28)songchr(29~~)|He's being followed by a Moonshadow]].}}

* Either that or {{spoiler|[[wikipedia:Moonshadow (song)|He's being followed by a Moonshadow]].}}

* ''[[Nezumi Man]]'' has Milky Nezumi, who doesn't attack with dairy products (like Butter Nezumi), but stars. {{spoiler|In case you're wondering, he named himself after our resident galaxy.}}

* ''[[Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door]]'' has two in the gameplay mechanics. The first is Ms. Mowz's standard attack, a [[Armor-Piercing Slap|slap that ignores enemy defenses]], and the second is the fact that machine type enemies are easy to freeze with ice attacks, (one of the hints old Wonkey tells you).

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== Web Animation ==

* One of the guests at Donkey's funeral in ''[[~~Weebl and Bob (Web Animation)|~~Weebl and Bob]]'' is [[Donkey Kong|a giant ape]]. Chris identifies him as Donkey's father ("He doesn't like to talk about it."), but the character's name is never mentioned.

* One of the guests at Donkey's funeral in ''[[Weebl and Bob]]'' is [[Donkey Kong|a giant ape]]. Chris identifies him as Donkey's father ("He doesn't like to talk about it."), but the character's name is never mentioned.

* Occasionally done in ''[[AMV Hell (Fanfic)|AMV Hell]]''. For instance, the first clip in the third collection is ''[[Grenadier]]'', an anime where women reload pistols with their cleavage, coupled with the instrumental opening to [[Nightwish]]'s "Dark Chest of Wonders".

* In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhVTDc1Wnzc this video], which recreates the infamous ''Faces of Evil!'' intro, look at what the Soldier is drinking before he says "This peace is what all true warriors strive for!". {{spoiler|It's Jarate, Peace and Piss have a very similar sound, so it may or may not have been intentional.}}

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* The [[Alice and Bob]] nomenclature, when used in cryptography, has a few of these. Alice is trying to send a message to Bob, without letting the contents be revealed to Eve (an ''Eavesdropper''), or subverted by Mallory (a ''Malicious'' active attacker).

* When a US military weather station experiences an earthquake, it is required to fill out a SEXX bulletin describing the event and any damage that occurs. Yes, you disseminate the SEXX bulletin when the Earth moves.

* [[~~Useful Notes/Mensa|~~Mensa]] groups in the Chicago area host an annual "HalloweeM" gathering, in which extremely smart people dress up to embody the pun of their choice. As these costumes are designed by, and intended for the amusement of, Mensa-caliber intellects, the puns are usually coy enough to qualify for this trope.

* [[Mensa]] groups in the Chicago area host an annual "HalloweeM" gathering, in which extremely smart people dress up to embody the pun of their choice. As these costumes are designed by, and intended for the amusement of, Mensa-caliber intellects, the puns are usually coy enough to qualify for this trope.

** On the other hand, they (used to) hold a regular [[Fun with Acronyms|"Sure Happy It's Thursday"]] meeting.

* The official Dive Sign used by professional scuba divers to indicate they forgot to bring something along is to point at your eye, then your left nipple, and finally your rump. Eye ... Left Tit ... Behind.