History PunnyName / WesternAnimation

** Not bad enough? Try Fat Cat's French cousin Maltese [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar de Sade]].

** In "Turn of the Tide," Penfold makes a couple of GettingCrapPastTheRadar puns on the moon crater Copernicus ("copper knickers") and a chap named Lars Bussom ("large bosom").

* Many of the characters in ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'' have names related to puns related to stop-motion animation, Christianity, or something about their character, ranging from the main characters (Orel ''Puppington'') to side characters (such as Mr. Creepler, [[spoiler: a rapist and pedophile]]) to the throwaway lines ([[LampshadeHanging Mr. Stopmotionanimationname]] the composer).

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}'': [[MirandaRights Miranda Wright]] is a policewoman.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad!'' which parodies the James Bond films, the female lead is called "Sexpun T'Come".

* "WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated" Alice May's name is Pig Latin for malice, which is a hinting of her true nature.

* "WesternAnimation/Scooby-DooMysteryIncorporated" Alice May's name is Pig Latin for malice, which is a hinting of her true nature.

* "WesternAnimation/Scooby-Doo:MysteryIncorporated" Alice May's name is Pig Latin for malice, which is a hinting of her true nature.

* Most of the characters in ''WesternAnimation/{{COPS}}'' have punny real names -- motorcycle cop Highway is David E. Harlson (as in Harley-Davidson) for instance. A few of the Crooks' toy bios list several punny ''aliases'' each: getaway driver Turbo Tutone is also known as Manuel Transmission. Explosives expert Koo Koo is also known as Thyme [=DeLay=], Francis X. Plosion, Alfred C. Fore, and Levon O'Clock.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' often features bizarre combinations of animals, ranging from pig-chickens to alligator-leeches. So when it came time to feature the obligatory buzzards in "The Desert" guess what the combo was. Bee-vulture. They are Buzzards.

** Rich Texan's socialite daughter is named Paris Texan, a play on Paris Hilton and the city of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_Texas Paris, Texas]]. Rich Texan himself also has a name that doubles for what he is.

* ''WesternAnimation/Crashbox'' gives us Eddie Bull, a poor guy who keeps getting eaten by zoo animals. Lampshaded in his theme song, of which the first line is "Eddie Bull, he's edible!".

** A punny nickname: [[TokenWholesome "Butters" Stotch]], a play on ''butterscotch.'' When he had to [[WholesomeCrossdresser pretend to be a girl]] he called himself "Marjorine", a play on "margarine".

** All that said, surprisingly few of the rather large main cast have pun names. Disco Stu does, but he evolved from a one-off gag about Homer not having enough rhinestones to embroider “Disco Stud” on his jacket. The punniest name of a major reoccuring character is probably Eda Krabapple, Bart’s crab apple of a teacher. Matt Groening originally forbade any of the characters from acknowledging the punny nature of her name, though this taboo was eventually broken by Milhouse, of all people, in season 15. It should be noted, however, that “Crabapple” is an actual English surname, so it’s not that unrealistic that no one in Springfield cared about wit.

** Rich Texan's socialite daughter is named Paris Texan, a play on Paris Hilton and the city of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_Texas Paris, Texas]].

* These turn up frequently in classic ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''-type shorts from the '40s and '50s. They often have Punny Titles, as well. One well-known example is [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Wile E. Coyote]].
* [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry Thomas "Tom" Cat]]
* Walter Finchell, the name of a bird reporter in the Creator/VanBeurenStudios Toddle Tales cartoon "A Little Bird Told Me", is a play off the name of the then famous radio star Walter Winchell.
* Several ''Deputy Dawg'' characters: Vincent Van Gopher, Ty Coon, Pig Newton.
* ''WesternAnimation/YogiBear'' is set in Jellystone Park, an obvious pun on Yellowstone National Park. Yogi's own name seems to be a play on baseball great Yogi Berra -- but the creators denied it.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
** Bart's prank names used on Moe include Amanda Huggenkiss, Mike Rotch, Al Coholic, Oliver Klozoff, I.P. Freely, Jacques Strappe, and Homer Sexual. Sometimes the gag is played with: Bart asks for "Hugh Jass", only to be handed over to him [[note]]Funnier still for computer buffs since Hugh Jarse is a British programmer[[/note]]. And again when Mr. Burns accidentally phoned Moe's Tavern asking for "a Mr. Smithers, first name Waylon", and Moe assumed that it was a joke name and got mad.
** In "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", Homer, Apu, Skinner, and Wiggum (who got replaced by Barney) formed a band called "The B. Sharps". It was a suggestion of Apu's to fill the criteria of "something that's funny, but less so each time you hear it". The episode is an affectionate parody of Music/TheBeatles ("be dulls" according to the show's premise), Music/TheBeatles, of course, itself being a punny name. See Music above.
** "Max Power" was also used, in the episode titled "Homer to the Max". Homer was using a LineOfSightName he got from a household appliance.
** Birch Barlow made up "Councilman Les Whinen" in order to give Sideshow Bob a punchline during a mayoral debate.
** Rich Texan's socialite daughter is named Paris Texan, a play on Paris Hilton and the city of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_Texas Paris, Texas]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/WhereOnEarthIsCarmenSandiego'', again like the computer game series it came from, all of her henchmen were like this. Some examples easily remembered were Sarah Bellum (a genius and a kind of second in command), Ace Bandage (a stuntman), Clara and Cora Net (musicians, albeit bad ones), Paige Turner, Al Loy, Phill M. Critic, the list goes on.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', wherein almost everyone has a pun name, some more clever than others:
** Kim's obvious meaning is "impossible", but Kimberly also means "leader".
** Ron Stoppable, a reaching rhyme for "unstoppable", plus Ronald means "helper".
** Rufus, a naked mole rat, is named after a type of snake that eats naked mole rats.
** Every member of Kim's family, that has a name, has an "-im" name. It's tradition.
** Shego and her siblings on Team Go!2, Hego, Mego and Wego the twins whose names all rhyme.
** Shape-shifting rich bitch Camille Leone
* Abound in ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': for instance, Wanda, [[RichBitch Remy Buxaplenty]], Vicky ("icky with a V"), and Jorgen von Strangle. Odds are these are probably the more subtle examples.
** The Crimson Chin (voiced by Jay Leno) is a superhero with a large chin (a nod to Jay Leno's famous chin) and has various arch enemies who are in the "Body Of Evil" such as Bronze Kneecap, Golden Gut, Gilded Arches, and Iron Lung.
** The Crimson Chin himself has a punny name in his secret identity, '''C'''harles '''H'''ampton '''In'''digo, also making it a beat of a MeaningfulName.
** [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] with Cupid. Although his name comes straight from [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Roman mythology]], this incarnation of him embodies the [[{{Greed}} meaning of the word cupidity]].

* Almost every name in ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' was a pun, including Dot Matrix, which is a kind of printer, Mouse the hacker, and the henchmen Hack and Slash. The writers outdid themselves when {{Captain Ersatz}}s of Mulder and Scully appeared, called Fax Modem and Data Nully.

-->'''K. Sera:''' "Sera!"

* WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle
** Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale. It should be pointed out that the names Boris and Natasha were in RealLife common pseudonyms used by KGB agents within the Soviet Union. The two main Russian characters in ''Film/GoldenEye'', though not KGB agents, were also named in reference to this (Boris and Natalya). The former, for those who don't get it, is a reference to Russian tsar Boris ''Godunov''.
** Others on the show include Bermuda Schwartz, circus owners the Bungling Brothers, the Ruby Yacht of Omar Khayyam, and the infamous whale Maybe Dick. Also, many of Boris' aliases are puns as well: D. W. Grifter, Creator/{{Alfred Hitch|cock}}hike, [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Hemlock Soames]], etc.
** The heroes themselves are alumni from Wossamotta U., and Rocky is a graduate of the Cedar Yorpantz Flying Academy.
* All of the aliens (except the three horror movie based ones) that Ben turns into in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' have this including Grey Matter, Heatblast, Fourarms, Upgrade, Upchuck, Wildmutt, Wildvine, Ditto, Ghostfreak, Cannonbolt, [=X-LR8=] and Diamondhead. And their species name and planet are also puns.
* A lot of the villains in ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' have this trope.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' brings us, among other examples, Sandy Cheeks.
* One of Peter's friends in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' is named Cleveland Brown, which is the name of a football team. Also, he's black. Cleveland is the name of a dead president as is [[Series/TheJeffersons Jefferson]].
* Most of the army officers in ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'', often oxymorons. Includes General Specific, Private Public, Major Television Event, General Lee Outrageous, Major Motion Picture, Major Minor (who is a baby), Major Pain, Major Historical Figure.
** This makes the second Major Minor in cartoons. The old Leonardo-TTV cartoon ''Klondike Kat'' (a segment of ''Underdog'') had the commander of the Klondike Kops by that name.
*** Third. WesternAnimation/{{Snagglepuss}} in the old Creator/HannaBarbera cartoons is constantly being hunted by a Major Minor.
** Heck, the fictional company which makes the products presented during the series is even ''named'' Oxymoron.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** Token, the only black kid, is obviously a play off of TokenMinority. It became even more obvious when his name was {{retcon}}ned from "Williams" to "Black".
** Another more prominent example was Ms. Choksondik, who [[spoiler:was eventually found dead with semen in her stomach, implying that she actually "choked on dick"]]. Subverted because the kids themselves missed the pun, and instead twisted her name into typical fourth-grade insults ("Mrs. Makes-Me-Sick", etc.).
** A punny nickname: [[TokenWholesome "Butters" Stotch]], a play on ''butterscotch.'' When he had to [[WholesomeCrossdresser pretend to be a girl]] he called himself "Marjorine", a play on "margarine".
** The "K-9" concept is also parodied with Kit-9 and K-10 (Kit-10 being "kitten").
** '''Aunt Flo''' Kimble, the 50/60-year-old relative of the Marshes (Sharon's direct aunt, Stan and Shelly's great-aunt who visits once a month), who was introduced and unceremoniously disposed of in Season 2's Halloween episode "Spookyfish". Even after the one-shot character's death came and went, it seemed as though the writers could not resist the urges to throw one more pun related to the poor woman's name into the mix.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' often features bizarre combinations of animals, ranging from pig-chickens to alligator-leeches. So when it came time to feature the obligatory buzzards in "The Desert" guess what the combo was. Bee-vulture. They are Buzzards.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'', the boys go to Japan and perform "Three Little Maids from School" in a Kabuki theater, then meet Dave (who doesn't know the boys went to Japan, nor does he know that men play women's roles in Kabuki). When he asks their names, Alvin gives "Suki", Simon gives "Yaki", and Theodore, rubbing his stomach, gives "Yum-yum".
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad!'' which parodies the James Bond films, the female lead is called "Sexpun T'Come".
* ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'' had punny names aplenty. Abis Mal, his relative Abnor Mal, and his sidekick, Haroud Hazi Bin. Other examples include Amin Damoolah, Queen Hippsodeth, and Ayam Aghoul. Even one of the names that isn't a ''pun'' per se, Mozenrath, is {{Tuckerization}}, as it's based on creators' last names.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Stripperella}}'' is full of this, most notably when Stripperella is working undercover as an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent ("Kathy Teria") or a criminal ("Robin Stuff"). Not to mention her boss, Chief Stroganoff.
* ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'': I.M. Weasel, I.R. Baboon
* Every name of the main cast on ''WesternAnimation/SitDownShutUp'', such as [[UnfortunateNames Larry Littlejunk]] and Willard Deutschebog.

* Everyone knows ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'s girlfriend Olive Oyl; in the original newspaper comics she also has a brother named Castor, parents named Cole and Nana, and several extended family members with similar punny names. In the Movie, when Olive objects to Popeye's naming the baby Swee'pea, Popeye asks, "What were you going to call him, Baby Oyl?"
** It's more of a coincidence if anything, but Popeye himself might count. Just split the name in half, you get "pop" and "eye", which could either be a reference of his powerful punches or the fact that he lost his right eye.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': Dil Pickles.
* Gem Stone from ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' has several of these, like Nat King Cobra.
** Coupled with BilingualBonus: The villain in the pilot was a Japanese man named Otaku Senzuri, who's caught having ADateWithRosiePalms using Dr. Venture's new [[DeathRay Oo Ray]]. [[spoiler:"{{Otaku}}", of course, means an obsessive fanboy, and "Senzuri" means masturbation (lit. "a thousand rubs").]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}'': [[MirandaRights Miranda Wright]] is a policewoman.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'':
** Sara Bellum, a name that is seemingly very common in this index.
** [[GuessWhoImMarrying Ima Goodelady]], for one episode. [[spoiler:[[TheVamp It's Sedusa in disguise]].]]
** Classmates Elmer Sglue, Julie Bean, Mike Believe and Harry Pitt.
** Japanese attorney Sosumi Blind from "I See a Funny Cartoon In Your Future".
** Princess [[RichBitch Morbucks]].
** Sonny Dial, host of [[NicheNetwork the time channel]].
** From "Girls Gone Mild", Stan and Sandra Practice ([[MoralGuardians Standards & Practices]]).
** Mask Scara from "A Made Up Story."
** Lou Gubrious/Hal Larious from "City of Frownsville."
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' gives us the robot Bender, a robot made for bending girders. Later episodes introduce his identical copy Flexo and a female bending robot called Anglelyne.
** "Bender" is also a slang term for a prolonged drinking spree, and all robots in Futurama are fuelled by alcohol.
** And Zoidberg's comedian uncle [[Creator/HaroldLloyd Harold Zoid]].
** The Robot Devil's official name? Beelzebot.
* ''Music/{{Gorillaz}}'': 2D's real name is Stuart Pot, which earned him the nickname Stu-Pot. After suffering two car accidents, he became known as 2D because of the two dents in his head, which is also a pun on his "two-dimensional" nature as a cartoon character.

* The kids from Portfolio Productions' ''Hood'' have punny names that reflect their powers: [[LeParkour Parker]] has superhuman agility, Bird can [[SpeaksFluentAnimal communicate with]] and control (you guessed it) birds, Loona can inflate her body like a balloon, etc.
* [[AlwaysChaoticEvil The Weavils]]' names on ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' mix "weasel" and "evil".
* ''WesternAnimation/CrusaderRabbit'' (television's first cartoon made specifically for the medium) had a recurring villain named Dudley Nightshade. The second series had a story arc with a foreign dignitary named the Agowan.
* ''WesternAnimation/RogerRamjet'' made use of some nice puns, most notably the name of a country: Runovia.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' occasionally uses this for background industries.
** In Series 4, some covered narrow gauge wagons were labeled "D. Fusit Gunpowder".
** One of the model makers claims the fuel tankers from Series 3 that read "Sodor Fuel" started off as an inside joke ("Sod Off, You All").
** In "Toad Stands By", Scruffy's name comes from the lettering on his sides ("S.C.Ruffey & Co.").
** The terminus of Thomas' branch, Ffarquhar, is a vaguely Welsh corruption of "Far Away Quarry".
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Tugs}}'', being created and modeled by much of ''Thomas the Tank Engine'''s crew, has some similarly punny names.
** Demder Rocks (I.E. "There's gold in them thar hills!")
** The "Ewell Neverno" oil company.
** The garbage wharf manager has one -- barely legible above his door.
* Dr. Horace N. Buggy from the ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'' short ''WesternAnimation/TheCrackedNut'' as well as ambassador Ivan Awfulitch from "The Dippy Diplomat."
* Dave Seville's second cousin, twice removed on his father's side from ''WesternAnimation/TheAlvinShow'' is named "Chuck Wagon", (ala ''chuckwagon'' or ''chuck wagon'') a type of wagon historically used to carry food and cooking equipment on the prairies of the United States and Canada
* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' has [[MadScientist Dr. Gene Splicer]], who specializes in making MixAndMatchCreatures.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretShow'' has a double agent named Kent B. Trusted.
* Inventor Pat Pending on ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces''.
* Odie Cologne ("eau de cologne") of ''WesternAnimation/KingLeonardoAndHisShortSubjects'' makes perfumes.
* On ''The Go-Go Gophers'' (segment of ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}''), Col. Kit Coyote's superior was General Nuisance.
* The debut episode of ''WesternAnimation/CountDuckula'', "No Sax Please, We're Egyptian", featured two characters named Hoomite and Yubi, which led to a WhosOnFirst go with Duckula. The episode title itself is a nod to the play ''No Sex Please, We're British.''
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'', it turns out that B-movie veteran Oxnard Montalvo's manservant is named Man-Cervantes.

* The WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw cartoon "El Kabong" features a Mexican villain named Don Chilada.
* With FamilyThemeNaming on [[Creator/DisneyChannel Disney Junior]]'s ''WesternAnimation/TheHive'': Buzzbee, big sister Rubee and Babee.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' includes characters named Pacifica Northwest, Toby Determined, and Tad Strange. There's also the [[{{Lilliputians}} Lilli-putt-ians]] from "The Golf War", which is lampshaded when one of them remarks "The name makes more sense written down."
* Tommy Anybody from ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus''.
* ''WesternAnimation/MisterT'' has a bulldog named Dozer.
* WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit lives on these. The following are just a few of the many examples.

* ''WesternAnimation/SheZow'' is filled to the brim with punny names, most notably the WholesomeCrossdresser main protagonist, Guy Hamdon.
* The WesternAnimation/BettyBoop cartoon, "Pudgy the Watchdog" has a cat give Betty [[MyCard his card]] which reads, "Al E Katz".
* In an episode of ''[[WesternAnimation/TheCattanoogaCats Motormouse & Autocat]]'', a feline named Al E. Cat replaces Autocat at the Spin Your Wheels garage.
* The ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' (2015) episode "Planet Of The Toilets" starts off with a sentient toilet named John who goes rogue after a microchip is dropped in its bowl and it becomes "Loo-cifer."
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'': In part 3 of the FiveEpisodePilot, Scrooge encounters a modern-day conquistador named Joaquin Slolei ("walking slowly"). His ancestor, Marchen Slolei, was one of the explorers who originally found the Valley of the Golden Suns, along with his partner [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamera Juan Tanamera]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheDickTracyShow'' had detective and martial arts expert Joe Jitsu.
* On ''WesternAnimation/GoldieAndBear'', TheBigBadWolf is generally known as Big Bad because he's, well, the "BigBad." Well, to the [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold degree that he's actually bad]], anyway.
* ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse''
** In the ''Mickey [=MouseWorks=]'' short "Mickey's Cabin" Mickey tries to contact his friend Po to help Pete and his cousin Zeke count the cash inside a stolen ATM. His friend's full name (Mickey claims) is "Po Lice".
* In ''WesternAnimation/BumpInTheNight'', one of the three main characters was a comfort doll named Molly Coddle, whose name was a play on "mollycoddle". To mollycoddle someone is to be overprotective and excessively pampering toward someone.
* The ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'' episode "Trouble with Mimes" had Ami and Yumi encounter a mime named Sy Lantz.
* ''WesternAnimation/JeanLucAndDondoozat'': Dondoozat. As in "Don't do that".
* Most of the characters in ''WesternAnimation/{{COPS}}'' have punny real names -- motorcycle cop Highway is David E. Harlson (as in Harley-Davidson) for instance. A few of the Crooks' toy bios list several punny ''aliases'' each: getaway driver Turbo Tutone is also known as Manuel Transmission. Explosives expert Koo Koo is also known as Thyme [=DeLay=], Francis X. Plosion, Alfred C. Fore, and Levon O'Clock.
* ''WesternAnimation/MackAndMoxy'' gives us Shelfish Sheldon, who is a selfish lobster shellfish who in each episode tries to steal the happiness brought by the Great Helpee.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheCrumpets'': Bother and Blister, a pair of twins comprising a brother and sister.
** Ditzy's French name "Têtenlair" from "tête en l'air" (head in the air).