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This refers to the tendency for characters to crack<ref name="crack">[[Heh Heh, You Said "X"|huh huh, you said "crack"]]</ref> jokes about the planet Uranus and its unfortunate name. Attempts to rectify<ref name="rectify">[[Heh Heh, You Said "X"|huh huh, you said "rectify"]]</ref> this usually try to vary the pronunciation ([[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"|It Is Pronounced YOO-rih-nus]]). They do not work: both "your anus" and "urine us" have innuendos.<ref name="innuendos">[[Heh Heh, You Said "X"|huh huh, in-YOUR-endos]]</ref>
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* Near the end of [[The Seventies|the 1970s]], a British band named either "The Chills" or Newman-Hahn released an album titled "It Only Hurts the First Rime." One of the songs on this album, which ended up getting played several times on the [[Dr. Demento]] show, was "I Can See Uranus( Thru My Window Tonight)."
* Sloppy Seconds' "The Thing From Uranus", which compares flatulence to an alien invasion... or possibly the other way around. Either way, a lot of puerile puns are involved.
* Spaff did a parody of "Tomorrow" from ''[[Annie]]'' called [http://www.thefump.com/fump.php?id=1269 "Uranus"] that's just loaded with double
== Newspaper Comics ==
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