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* ''WesternAnimation/GabbysDollhouse'', DJ Catnip invokes this trope in "DJ's Glow Ride

* ''WesternAnimation/Gabby'sDollhouse'', DJ Catnip invokes this trope in "DJ's Glow Ride

* ''WesterAnimation/Gabby'sDollhouse'', DJ Catnip invokes this trope in "DJ's Glow Ride

* ''WesterAnimation/GabbysDollhouse'', DJ Catnip invokes this trope in "DJ's Glow Ride

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* As noted on the MeaningfulName page, in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', Toph's name has ''six'' meanings. Even if a couple of them are accidental, the fact that most of them are quite punny, and ''all'' of them reference some element of her character is quite impressive.

* [[Anime/AggressiveRetsuko Retsuko]]'s name is this, as not only does the series center on her getting angry with her coworkers ("retsu" means "furious" in Japanese), but she's also a ''[[ALizardNamedLiz re]]''[[ALizardNamedLiz d panda]]. Yokosawa the axolotl is also likely one of these, as not only is [[TheDanza her voice actor Natsuko Yokosawa]], but the "sawa" in her name means "marsh" in Japanese, fitting for an amphibian.

** ''[[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Tohno Akiha's]]'' ability, [[PowerDyesYourHair "Caging Hair"]], is called "Origami" in Japanese.

-> "You see, ''VideoGame/AiTheSomniumFiles''; it's also [[ArtificialIntelligence AI]], but [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ai_tsf_logo.png it's also]] [[EyeMotifs an eyeball]], but the "AI" is ''in'' the eyeball, and her name is "Ai" because Ai is a name, but "Ai" also means love. ''Geddit?''"

** Rorschach is named after a famous personality test. His mask resembles the popular image of the test (though not [[RealityIsUnrealistic the test itself]]), which is also a series of black and white images, appropriate for Rorschach's worldview. Also, being named after a psychological test is perhaps appropriate for a character with the deep-seated mental problems Rorschach has.

* ''Opposing Force'', the expansion pack for ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'', references both an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposing_force "opposing force"]] from military simulations, and the opposing force from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_laws_of_motion Newton's Third Law]] (in keeping with the series's overall trend of [[TerminologyTitle titles referencing terms from physics]].)

* Most characters in ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'' are [[ALizardNamedLiz named after what they are]]. One interesting example is Manako, the one-eyed girl: her name is a pun on her species, Monocles, and also sounds like a Japanese word meaning "eye," while to English speakers, it sounds like "monocle."

* All over the place in ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}'':

* In the fan translation of ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'', Fassad's name is the Arabic word for "greed", it also sounds like the word "facade", both of these are apt summations of the character who uses an overly nice face to hide all his KickTheDog moments done to further his and his master's desires.

* A staple of the [[{{Superhero}} superhero]] [[{{WebSerialNovel}} web serial novel]] ''[[{{Literature/GamerGirl2016}} Gamer Girl]]''. Kazé/Fangirl is a superhero ''fangirl'' who uses an ''electric fan gun'', and the Canine is a literal ''canine'' covered in ''canine teeth''. Ba dum tsss!

* ''Film/StarTrek2009'''s scene with The Music/BeastieBoys' song "Sabotage" can refer to the director going against Star Trek tradition by using a radical approach that may unsettle fans, Kirk's rebellious nature that could endanger his chance of reaching the iconic status he's known for eventually, and it's a reference to William Shatner's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlOTRxt-dIw trouble pronouncing the word sabotage]] without a Canadian accent. That said, the director maintains that he hadn't been thinking of the infamous "sabataage" outtake when he chose that song.

* [[Anime/AggressiveRetsuko Retsuko]]'s name is this, as not only does the series center on her getting angry with her coworkers ("retsu" means "furious" in Japanese), but she's also a ''[[ALizardNamedLiz re]]''[[ALizardNamedLiz d panda]]''. Yokosawa the axolotl is also likely one of these, as not only is [[TheDanza her voice actor Natsuko Yokosawa]], but the "sawa" in her name means "marsh" in Japanese, fitting for an amphibian.

* In Japanese, "Kami" can mean ''spirit'', ''paper'' or ''hair'' (of the head). It's so easy to make wordplays of it.

* Most characters in ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'' are [[ALizardNamedLiz named after what they are]]. One interesting example is Manako, the one-eyed girl: her name is a pun on her species, Monocles, and also sounds like a Japanese word meaning "eye".

** ''Manga/OsomatsuKun'': A oneshot character making '''Paper''' counterfeit money tells Hatabou to call him ''Kami-sama'', which causes everyone who hears to think he's '''God'''.

* Eiichiro Oda, author of ''Franchise/OnePiece'' is very fond of this sort of thing. A notable example exists in one of Sanji's finishing moves, the Parage Shot, a kick that can literally [[MagicPlasticSurgery beat people pretty]]. "Parage" is a French word meaning "Trimming", in keeping with Sanji's moves being named in GratuitousFrench. There's also a Japanese brand of beauty products named "Perlage" that's pronounced as Parage. Another is Nami's hometown being named Cocoyashi village, which refers to the coconut trees, but also sounds like Kokkaishi, or navigator (Nami's role in the Straw Hats).

*** In the parallel story line of the "Black Freighter" pirate comic book, the protagonist encounters (and kills) two people riding horses.

*** The last few panels show Nite Owl and Rorshach on hover-bikes, approaching Veidt's Antarctic base.

** The return of it in ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'' is not only a CallBack to the first film, it comes at the exact moment in the film where the crew is actively sabotaging the enemy.

* The Thomas Dolby GreatestHitsAlbum ''Retrospectacle''. The most obvious source of the WordPureeTitle is "retrospective" + "spectacle", as in a showy performance... But also, part of Dolby's trademark image was thick, nerdy glasses, or "spectacles". The front cover even fashions the "o" in the title into a monocle lense to emphasize the reference to glasses.

** Xion: She's named after a flower (shion) that symbolises remembrance. [[spoiler: Not only is Xion ''made'' of someone's memories, but she's eventually erased from the mind of everyone who knew her.]] 'Shio' also means "tide" in Japanese, tying her into the ThemeNaming of Kairi, Namine and Aqua. Oh, and, like the rest of the Organization, her name is an anagram with an "x" added: [[spoiler: No. ''i'', meaning an imaginary number]].

* In the fan translation of ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'', Fassad's name is the arabic word for "greed", it also sounds like the word "facade", both of these are apt summations of the character who uses an overly nice face to hide all his KickTheDog moments done to further his and his master's desires.

* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': The Rash. One of the symptoms of the disease's full blown version is getting skin irritations. One of the other definitions of "rash" is to qualify something done without much thought, leading to a common use as "something done too fast". Since the disease victims have a small chance of becoming PlagueZombie monsters that seem to act entirely on instinct at the beginning of the story and the disease itself spreads very fast, both of the other definitions apply as well.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', in "Smug Alert", probably has one. The Smugs all drive Hybrid cars. (As in combined gas/electric engine.) The obvious pun is with "hybris" (or "hubris", the usual spelling). The stealth pun is that in biology, a hybrid is a [[TheyKilledKennyAgain bastard]]. There is another pun in the the brand of car they drive, the Pious, which referenced that they are pious in attitude and Toyota's hybrid car, the Prius.

* The post-game aftermath of the 2013 World Series had David Ortiz being awarded the MVP trophy and a new car. He exclaimed in response, "This is our BEEP city!", not only being a censored version of his famous speech in response to the capturing of one of the terrorists responsible for the Boston Marathon Bombing that had occurred earlier that year, but was also imitating a car honking sound effect. It’s also a subtle jab about how Boston has some of the worst traffic in the country.

* ''Film/StarTrek'''s scene with The Music/BeastieBoys' song "Sabotage" can refer to the director going against Star Trek tradition by using a radical approach that may unsettle fans, Kirk's rebellious nature that could endanger his chance of reaching the iconic status he's known for eventually, and it's a reference to William Shatner's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlOTRxt-dIw trouble pronouncing the word sabotage]] without a Canadian accent. That said, the director maintains that he hadn't been thinking of the infamous "sabataage" outtake when he chose that song.

* ''WebAnimation/TierZoo'' has an unintentional example in its own name. The show is about putting animals in CharacterTiers depending on how well they survive in real life. "Tier" also means Animal in German which means that it essentially means "Animal Zoo" in German.