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* During ''{{Uncharted}} 2'', there's an achievement for jumping into the pool at the top of the Nepal hotel. If you do, Nathan (who is attempting to retrace Marco Polo's discovery of Shangri-La) will yell out "Marco!" Chloe will be left utterly dumbstruck.
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** And then there's just Teddie, whose constant barrage of bear puns is almost completely unBEARable throughout the entire game. Seriously, you can BEARly deal with it. It's bad enough that even [[TheHyena Yukiko]] doesn't laugh at them.
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* About half of all crosswords run on this.
--> "Holy Blackbird?" Ans. Sacredcrow.
--> "English prince before being kissed?" Ans. Londonfrog.
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* At the end of the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "Loyalty to the King", Finn describes exposing the Nice King as just the Ice King with his beard cut off as "a close shave", which earns a groan, a chuckle, and a FacePalm from Jake.
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* In Criminal Minds, when the team is discussing a serial killer with a lot of female fans with a prison guard, the guard calls him a "real ladykiller." The look on his face makes it clear that he's been waiting YEARS to actually use that one.
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--->'''Aang''': How am I supposed to know his name?
--->'''Katara''': Think about the challenges. Maybe it's some kind of riddle?
--->'''Sokka''': I got it!
--->'''Aang''': Yeah?
--->'''Sokka''': He's an earthbender, right? Rocky! ''*pause*'' You know, because of all the rocks?
--->'''Katara''': We're gonna keep trying, but that is a good backup.

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--->'''Aang''': -->'''Aang''': How am I supposed to know his name?
--->'''Katara''':
name?\\
'''Katara''':
Think about the challenges. Maybe it's some kind of riddle?
--->'''Sokka''':
riddle?\\
'''Sokka''':
I got it!
--->'''Aang''': Yeah?
--->'''Sokka''':
it!\\
'''Aang''': Yeah?\\
'''Sokka''':
He's an earthbender, right? Rocky! ''*pause*'' You know, because of all the rocks?
--->'''Katara''':
rocks?\\
'''Katara''':
We're gonna keep trying, but that is a good backup.
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--->'''Nerd''': Sonic Boom to the moon and Hadouken up Uranus.

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--->'''Nerd''': -->'''Nerd''': Sonic Boom to the moon and Hadouken up Uranus.



* FTA pulled one during the HellfireCommentaries ''SonicUnleashed'' playthrough. Averted when NTom [[ActuallyPrettyFunny starts clapping]]
--->NTom: What's a moray?
--->FTA: [[DeanMartin When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie]], ''that's'' [[TropeCodifier a moray.]]
--->NTom: *clapping* Well done. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny That is actually well deserved.]]

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* FTA pulled one during the HellfireCommentaries ''SonicUnleashed'' playthrough. Averted when NTom [=NTom=] [[ActuallyPrettyFunny starts clapping]]
--->NTom: -->'''[=NTom=]:''' What's a moray?
--->FTA:
moray?\\
'''FTA:'''
[[DeanMartin When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie]], ''that's'' [[TropeCodifier a moray.]]
--->NTom:
]]\\
'''[=NTom=]:'''
*clapping* Well done. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny That is actually well deserved.]]

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* Done by Billy in TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy after he splits his nose in half to share with a nasal-mancer, or nose wizard, who was using an enchanted scent to lure all the noses of the city to the shopping mall he inhabited to find a replacement nose after he lost his, which was later found by Mandy but blown up during a inflated nose-balloon chase (ItMakesSenseInContext

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* Done by Billy in TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy after he splits his nose in half to share with a nasal-mancer, or nose wizard, who was using an enchanted scent to lure all the noses of the city to the shopping mall he inhabited to find a replacement nose after he lost his, which was later found by Mandy but blown up during a inflated nose-balloon chase (ItMakesSenseInContext(ItMakesSenseInContext)


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** The steak hitting his face was actually a running gag in the episode as he made two bad jokes earlier:
--> '''Mandy''': Let's try a stakeout.
--> '''Billy''': (moving a steak away from his face) I tried that but it didn't work. (tosses it aside, only for it to fly back and smack his face.)
--> ''(Later)''
--> '''Billy''': Why do ''I'' have to sleep?
--> '''Mandy''': Because, out of the three of us, ''you'' have the nose.
--> '''Billy''': Oh. I ''nose'' that. (steak flies by and hits him again)
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* Film/FlashGordon has a terrible one. Flash asks a wounded ally if he's all right, and gets the reply "He only winged me!" The ally is a Hawkman, who's was shown to be hit in the wing.
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* In ''{{Homestuck}}'', Jack Noir/Spades Slick in all of his incarnations is rather fond of puns. Unfortunately, he's pretty terrible at them.
-->He says the Prince flew the coop. And the girl's gone... You say gone what. Rogue? After a little while he says AWOL. The guy doesn't really take a shining to puns and you can't say you blame him.
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* In ''BatmanBeyond'' "Dead Man's Hand," Bruce explains to Terry how the Royal Flush Gang are old-school gimmick villains, only committing robberies for items related to playing card suits (such as diamonds). Why their heist on a yacht for miscellaneous non-diamond jewelry, then? "It was in a yacht ''club''." They're both disgusted by the pun.

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* In ''BatmanBeyond'' ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' "Dead Man's Hand," Bruce explains to Terry how the Royal Flush Gang are old-school gimmick villains, only committing robberies for items related to playing card suits (such as diamonds). Why their heist on a yacht for miscellaneous non-diamond jewelry, then? "It was in a yacht ''club''." They're both disgusted by the pun.
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A Worldwide Punomenon is now World Of Pun; updating the paragraph to reflect that and the creation of Pun


For other puns that [[SoUnfunnyItsFunny may or may not be bad,]] see HurricaneOfPuns and AWorldWidePunomenon. For a character that always makes these, see PungeonMaster. For an index of punny trope names, see JustForPun.

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This is a subtrope of {{Pun}}. For other puns that [[SoUnfunnyItsFunny may or may not be bad,]] bad]], see HurricaneOfPuns and AWorldWidePunomenon.HurricaneOfPuns. For a character that always makes these, see PungeonMaster. For a work which is saturated with puns, see WorldOfPun. For an index of punny trope names, see JustForPun.



* The various Artix Entertainment games (''VideoGame/AdventureQuest'', ''VideoGame/DragonFable'', ''VideoGame/MechQuest''...) are [[HurricaneOfPuns crammed so full of puns]] that this sort of lampshading is inevitable on occasion. An example: at one point in the ''Archknight'' storyline of VideoGame/{{Dragonfable}}, main character Ash Dragonblade is facing a necromancer who specializes in evil trees called [[AWorldWidePunomenon Deadwoods]]. He makes so many terrible tree-related puns that the necromancer flips out and attacks him out of sheer annoyance.

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* The various Artix Entertainment games (''VideoGame/AdventureQuest'', ''VideoGame/DragonFable'', ''VideoGame/MechQuest''...) are [[HurricaneOfPuns crammed so full of puns]] that this sort of lampshading is inevitable on occasion. An example: at one point in the ''Archknight'' storyline of VideoGame/{{Dragonfable}}, main character Ash Dragonblade is facing a necromancer who specializes in evil trees called [[AWorldWidePunomenon [[{{Pun}} Deadwoods]]. He makes so many terrible tree-related puns that the necromancer flips out and attacks him out of sheer annoyance.
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** The prediction of a future one occurs in the second podcast episode.
--->'''Kaiser''': You thought Frieza was cool. Huh? Huh?\\
'''Lani''': His brother's Cooler.\\
''[Taka groans and vomits]''\\
'''Lani''': Get ready for that about twenty more times during that movie. We literally have that line in there twenty times, and we haven't even written it yet.
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--> I went to rent a movie and I said to the clerk, "Can I have ''BatmanForever''?" The clerk said, "No, you've got to bring it back tomorrow." I said, "How about ''[[FortyEightHours Another 48 Hours]]''?" He said, "''Tomorrow''." I said, "Have you got ''BigTroubleInLittleChina''?" He said, "[[DontAsk Please]]."

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--> I went to rent a movie and I said to the clerk, "Can I have ''BatmanForever''?" The clerk said, "No, you've got to bring it back tomorrow." I said, "How about ''[[FortyEightHours Another 48 Hours]]''?" He said, "''Tomorrow''." I said, "Have you got ''BigTroubleInLittleChina''?" He said, "[[DontAsk Please]].""[[ImaginedInnuendo Please...]]"
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* This old joke contains a meta-pun:

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* This old joke contains a sort of meta-pun:
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--> I went to rent a movie and I said to the clerk, "Can I have ''BatmanForever''?" The clerk said, "No, you've got to bring it back tomorrow." I said, "How about ''[[FortyEightHours Another 48 Hours]]''?" He said, "''Tomorrow''." I said, "Have you got ''BigTroubleInLittleChina''?" He said, "[[TooMuchInformation Please]]."

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--> I went to rent a movie and I said to the clerk, "Can I have ''BatmanForever''?" The clerk said, "No, you've got to bring it back tomorrow." I said, "How about ''[[FortyEightHours Another 48 Hours]]''?" He said, "''Tomorrow''." I said, "Have you got ''BigTroubleInLittleChina''?" He said, "[[TooMuchInformation "[[DontAsk Please]]."
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* This old joke contains a meta-pun:
--> A man hears about a pun contest where the writer of the best pun wins a prize. He stays up all night and ends up writing ten puns, hoping that one of them will win, but no pun in ten did.
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** He can rattle off several in one sentence:

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** He can rattle off several in one sentence:go:
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** He can rattle off several in one sentence:
--> I went to rent a movie and I said to the clerk, "Can I have ''BatmanForever''?" The clerk said, "No, you've got to bring it back tomorrow." I said, "How about ''[[FortyEightHours Another 48 Hours]]''?" He said, "''Tomorrow''." I said, "Have you got ''BigTroubleInLittleChina''?" He said, "[[TooMuchInformation Please]]."
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* ''DragonAgeII'' actually used one of these for foreshadowing the game's most shocking event. During the quest "Justice," [[spoiler: Grand Cleric Elthina tells Anders that she hopes the Chantry was a [[StuffBlowingUp balm]] for his soul.]] Yeah, the writers have a warped sense of humor.
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* ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'': An Incredibly Lame Pun is uttered by Ray the firefly when he faces the [[LivingShadow shadow]] [[{{Familiar}} demons]]: "Don't make me light my butt!" [[DudeNotFunny Not funny]].
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--> '''Palutena:''' Tentafool? Uh, nice one, Pit.

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--> '''Palutena:''' Tentafool? [[SarcasmMode Uh, nice one, Pit.]]
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* RedvsBlue: The Reds try to make themself pass as Freelancers by adapting their LocationThemeNaming.
-->'''Simmons''': And I'll be Agent Denial. Yehehit's, because a state of denial, like the saying? You know, it's like a, I was, you know, the whole State/state thing? You know it's a, joke.
-->'''Grif''': [[LampshadeHanging No dude, jokes are funny.]]
* The FreelanceAstronauts can fall into this, depending on the game. Usually whoever makes the lamest puns gets punched for his troubles.

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* RedvsBlue: Machinima/RedvsBlue: The Reds try to make themself pass as Freelancers by adapting their LocationThemeNaming.
-->'''Simmons''': -->'''Simmons:''' And I'll be Agent Denial. Yehehit's, because a state of denial, like the saying? You know, it's like a, I was, you know, the whole State/state thing? You know it's a, joke.
-->'''Grif''': -->'''Grif:''' [[LampshadeHanging No dude, jokes are funny.]]
* The FreelanceAstronauts LetsPlay/FreelanceAstronauts can fall into this, depending on the game. Usually whoever makes the lamest puns gets punched for his troubles.



-->'''Chick''': ...and by that I mean I'd like to poke-your-hontas, heh. [Cringes from rightful booing and catcalls.]
* WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation: In the review of MassEffect. "You only get to see like one second of bare ass anyways, so it will hardly make your Mass Erect!" Later, in the end credits he admits that "Yeah this whole review was leading up to that horrible pun at the end"

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-->'''Chick''': ...-->'''Chick:''' ...and by that I mean I'd like to poke-your-hontas, heh. [Cringes from rightful booing and catcalls.]
* WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation: In the review of MassEffect.VideoGame/MassEffect. "You only get to see like one second of bare ass anyways, so it will hardly make your Mass Erect!" Later, in the end credits he admits that "Yeah this whole review was leading up to that horrible pun at the end"
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---> '''Dracula''': Psst .. Amelia .. look! (''points to his sandwich'') [[TheCountOfMonteCristo The Count's Monte Christo!]]

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---> '''Dracula''': Psst .. Amelia .. look! (''points to his sandwich'') [[TheCountOfMonteCristo [[Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo The Count's Monte Christo!]]
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** In the "Holiday" episode, Rob Brydon talks about stamp-collecting:
--->'''Rob''': I collected stamps for a very brief period like you in my early teens and I gave it up. I just thought- I thought to myself, philately will get me nowhere.\\
''[pained reactions from everyone on the panel including Brydon himself, groans from the audience]''\\
'''Bill Bailey''': Press the- Go back in time. Go back in time.\\
'''Rob''': ''[pushes buzzer, which makes a glissando]'' I collected stamps for a period when I was a teenager and I loved it.
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* Tom Servo of ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' absolutely loves to bust puns out, usually attracting the ire of Crow and Joel/Mike.

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* Tom Servo of ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' absolutely loves to bust puns out, usually attracting the ire of Crow and Joel/Mike.



* ''HowIMetYourMother'' has a RunningGag where Ted and Robin will salute after phrases including military ranks. Major Baggage. General Knowledge. Private Conversation. Major Inconvenience. Colonel Stuckinmyteeth.
* ''StargateSG1'' had a habit of making WhosOnFirst jokes using the System Lord Yu. When newcomer Dr. Elizabeth Weir first heard of Yu, she started to make one but Daniel Jackson cut her off, explaining that every possible variant had already been done and it wasn't funny anymore.

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* ''HowIMetYourMother'' ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' has a RunningGag where Ted and Robin will salute after phrases including military ranks. Major Baggage. General Knowledge. Private Conversation. Major Inconvenience. Colonel Stuckinmyteeth.
* ''StargateSG1'' ''Series/{{Stargate SG-1}}'' had a habit of making WhosOnFirst jokes using the System Lord Yu. When newcomer Dr. Elizabeth Weir first heard of Yu, she started to make one but Daniel Jackson cut her off, explaining that every possible variant had already been done and it wasn't funny anymore.



* ''SluggyFreelance'': Torg and Riff tend to encourage each other into a HurricaneOfPuns. None of the other characters are amused, and some are even injured by them.

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* ''SluggyFreelance'': ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'': Torg and Riff tend to encourage each other into a HurricaneOfPuns. None of the other characters are amused, and some are even injured by them.



-->'''Krillin and Piccolo''': Multiform technique! [[{{Naruto}} Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!]]\\

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-->'''Krillin and Piccolo''': Multiform technique! [[{{Naruto}} [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!]]\\



* ZeroPunctuation: In the review of MassEffect. "You only get to see like one second of bare ass anyways, so it will hardly make your Mass Erect!" Later, in the end credits he admits that "Yeah this whole review was leading up to that horrible pun at the end"

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* ZeroPunctuation: WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation: In the review of MassEffect. "You only get to see like one second of bare ass anyways, so it will hardly make your Mass Erect!" Later, in the end credits he admits that "Yeah this whole review was leading up to that horrible pun at the end"



* In "Osama Bin Laden has Farty Pants", the first episode of ''SouthPark'' to air after 9/11, Towelie makes a cameo appearance. Discovering the kids don't want him around, he asks, "Am I to understand there's been a... Towelie ban?" Everyone else groans, once they figure it out.

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* In "Osama Bin Laden has Farty Pants", the first episode of ''SouthPark'' ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' to air after 9/11, Towelie makes a cameo appearance. Discovering the kids don't want him around, he asks, "Am I to understand there's been a... Towelie ban?" Everyone else groans, once they figure it out.



* ''SpongebobSquarepants'':

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* ''SpongebobSquarepants'':''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'':
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* In ''[[AuntDimity Aunt Dimity's Death]]'', When Lori asks Bill how he got the irises in the Willises' parlour in early April, he starts to reply, "Where there's a Willis—". Lori groans to cut him off.
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* When newly Communist Cuba threatened to cut off water to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, the servicemen created their own water supply and, in an act of defiance, dismantled the pipes. Of course a photo of the event appeared with the caption, 'Dismember the Main!' ([[DontExplainTheJoke Explanation of joke]]: [[spoiler:The Spanish-American war was kicked off by the sinking of the ''U.S.S. Maine'', which was harbored in Spanish waters. Later analysis revealed that the ship had not in fact been torpedoed, but had sank of its own accord.]])

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* When newly Communist Cuba threatened to cut off water to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, the servicemen created their own water supply and, in an act of defiance, dismantled the pipes. Of course a photo of the event appeared with the caption, 'Dismember the Main!' ([[DontExplainTheJoke Explanation of joke]]: [[spoiler:The Spanish-American war was kicked off by the sinking of the ''U.S.S. Maine'', which was harbored in Spanish waters. Later analysis revealed that the ship had not in fact been torpedoed, but had sank of its own accord.accord, but that didn't prevent American warmongers from bellowing "Remember the Maine!".]])
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* When newly Communist Cuba threatened to cut off water to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, the servicemen created their own water supply and, in an act of defiance, dismantled the pipes. Of course a photo of the event appeared with the caption, 'Dismember the Main!'

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* When newly Communist Cuba threatened to cut off water to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, the servicemen created their own water supply and, in an act of defiance, dismantled the pipes. Of course a photo of the event appeared with the caption, 'Dismember the Main!'Main!' ([[DontExplainTheJoke Explanation of joke]]: [[spoiler:The Spanish-American war was kicked off by the sinking of the ''U.S.S. Maine'', which was harbored in Spanish waters. Later analysis revealed that the ship had not in fact been torpedoed, but had sank of its own accord.]])
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* Blood donors card: "A gift from the heart."

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* Blood donors card: "A gift from the heart."" (Although, technically, the human body manufactures blood in the bone marrow.)

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