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* In [[Neil Gaiman]]'s ''[[Stardust (novel)|Stardust]]'', an evil witch's slave will be freed when "two Mondays come together in a week"—at the end, a character named Mr Monday gets married, creating a Mrs Monday. Thus. This is probably an allusion to [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s short story "Three Sundays in a Week," in which the impossible condition is fulfilled simply by making use of [[International Date Line|circumnavigational time differences]].

* ''[[Discworld]]''

** Then there's Rincewind's encounter with an actress from the Noh school of theatre. "You don't understand. We are Noh actors." "Oh, you weren't that bad."

* During ''[[Welkin Weasels]]: Gaslight Geezers'', Spindrick Sylver's anarchist group take days of the week as codenames. This leads to awkwardness when Spindrick needs help to carry the barrels of gunpowder just as his comrades start to walk away.

'''Spike''': OK, Who, Owloysius, whatever! I'm Spike, OK? }}

** This trope would repeat a second time with Spike, and once with Twilight.

{{quote|'''Bugs:''' Would you like to shoot me now, or wait till you get home?

'''Daffy:''' ''Shoot him now! Shoot him now!''

'''Nala:''' '''No!''' Simba's gone back to challenge his uncle to take his place as king.

'''Timon and Pumbaa:''' Ohhh. }}

 

== [[Real Life]] ==

* Hu, Watt(s), Weir, Nguyen, and Howe are reasonably common surnames.

** Hence the well-known joke about the legal firm [[wikipedia:Dewey, Cheatham and Howe|Dewey, Cheatham and Howe]].