History StealthPun / LiveACtionTV

* In the ''Series/OnceUponATime'' episode "Ruby Slippers", Mulan (previously established as having a hopeless crush on Aurora) and Ruby go to Oz and help Dorothy Gale, who turns out to be Ruby's True Love. So [[Film/MoulinRouge Mulan and Ruby]] are both friends of Dorothy...

** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E1TheMasqueOfMandragora "The Masque of Mandragora"]], the Doctor accuses an antagonist called Hieronymous of "talking [[Creator/HieronymousBosch bosh]]".

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E1TheMasqueOfMandragora "The Masque of Mandragora"]] features a man named Heironymous who at one point the Doctor accuses of "talking bosh".

* In the ''Series/OnceUponATime'' episode "Ruby Slippers", Mulan (previously established as having a hopeless crush on Aurora) and Ruby go to Oz and help Dorothy Gale, who turns out to be Ruby's True Love. So Mulan and Ruby are both friends of Dorothy...

* In the ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'' franchise, nobody ever called Mr. Raditch "Radish" until JT and Liberty in his actor's last episode on the show.

* ''Series/FatherTed'': The episode "Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep" is about a sheep who is being driven neurotic. There's a concealed pun implicit in this concept (and [formerly] revealed in [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki's]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chirpy_Burpy_Cheap_Sheep&oldid=338634105 relevant episode entry]]) but it is something of a subversion since neither the pun ''nor'' the punchline are actually spoken.

* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''

* ''Series/TheColbertReport'' has Gorlock, a ''Film/{{Signs}}''-esque alien who advises Stephen on various topics. He was first introduced as Stephen's financial advisor and an excuse to make Scientology jokes, but we later find out that he's also Stephen's attorney. Making him... a legal alien.]]

** Was there ever a mention of him taking a sick day? Which would make him an ILL-legal alien.

** A GettingCrapPastTheRadar example: Lindsay has done a CheekCopy and shows Michael a picture of that, thinking it's a picture of a car she wants to buy. Michael replies that what she showed him isn't a picture of a Vol-''vo'' (it's a picture of her vulva).

** The famous Nantucket limerick shows up in the pilot. Delenn has heard it, and thinks it's a typical example of Earth poetry...

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "The End of Time"]]: The Master turns the entire human race into copies of himself, and tells the Doctor that the human race has now become "The Master Race". Although this initially seems like a lame pun, it becomes a Stealth Pun when you realise that this Master has ''blonde hair and blue eyes''.

*** ''Finally'', his band is called "Dingoes Ate My Baby". [[spoiler:Dingoes are found in Australia. What's a nickname for Australia? Oz.]]

* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'': The title character's ability to access data on threats to the country is called "flashing". When he temporarily is unable to do so, he tries to practice, and is shown using a series of cards with images of spies on them, which are never actually called [[spoiler:"flash cards"]].
** [[spoiler:Until the series' third-to-last episode, "Chuck Vs. The Bullet Train", when the villain Quinn calls the set of special cards he uses to force Sarah's defective Intersect to activate just that.]]
** [[spoiler:Also, the title of the fifth season opener ("Chuck Vs. The Zoom", "zoom" being what Morgan chooses to call a "flash" when he's using the Intersect) is a pun on the DC Comics hero The Flash and his number one enemy, Professor Zoom. The pun also foreshadows the deterioration of Chuck and Morgan's relationship over the first third of the season.]]
* ''Series/TheColbertReport'' has Gorlock, a ''Film/{{Signs}}''-esque alien who advises Stephen on various topics. He was first introduced as Stephen's financial advisor and an excuse to make Scientology jokes, but we later find out that he's also Stephen's attorney. Making him... [[spoiler:A legal alien.]]
** Was there ever a mention of him taking a sick day? [[spoiler:Which would make him an ILL-legal alien.]]

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E2CityOfDeath "City of Death"]] takes place in Paris. [[spoiler:Paris is also referred to as "cité de l'amour" (city of love), which is a hononym for "cité de la mort" — city of death.]]

** In Creator/PeterDavison's parody for the ''Doctor Who'' 50th Anniversary, ''Recap/TheFiveishDoctorsReboot'', a security guard suspects "illegal aliens" have broken into the ''Doctor Who'' studio. [[spoiler:Who actually broke in? Creator/SylvesterMcCoy, Creator/ColinBaker and Peter Davison. Illegal aliens from Gallifrey!]]

* ''Film/DragonsAFantasyMadeReal'': In the Forest Dragon part, there's a confrontation between the dragon and a tiger. While the tiger is crouching around, the dragon is hiding in the forest trees. [[spoiler: Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon.]]

* ''Series/{{Lost}}'' has a ridiculous amount, if you stop to think about it. Locke -- a man known for thinking out of the box -- used to work at a box company. Naomi in 4th season didn't have a Ruth, making her ruthless. And in 6th season, episode "The Substitute", [[spoiler:Sawyer dangles for a while between the devil and the deep blue sea]].

* In the 1986 UsefulNotes/MacysThanksgivingDayParade, host [[Series/WheelOfFortune Pat Sajak]] introduced the [[Franchise/TheMuppets Kermit]] balloon saying that the other balloons might be jealous of Kermit, because his balloon was the only one at the time to have traveled outside of the States[[note]]in 1979 for the Year of the Child celebrations in the UK[[/note]]. As he brought this up, however, Sajak neglected to use the term "[[spoiler:green with envy]]" (which is a real shame, considering that the parade's color commentary has prided itself on {{incredibly lame pun}}s).

* ''Series/MockTheWeek'': Milton Jones comments that farmers have recently started using heroin but finding the evidence has been difficult. [[spoiler:It's like finding a needle in a haystack.]]
* ''Series/{{Monk}}'': Adrian Monk (notice the last name) is an OCD-ridden detective, making him [[spoiler:a CreatureOfHabit]].

* In ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'', Udonna is TheMentor and ReasonableAuthorityFigure tasked with training five very different teenagers to become superheroes. She’s also AnIcePerson. In other words, [[spoiler: she tries to get everyone to ''chill''.]]

* ''Series/{{Reaper}}'': The Devil gives Sam his phone number. We never see it, but Sam's reaction to the area code makes it pretty obvious it's [[spoiler:666]].

* ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'': An artifact-carrying vigilante dresses up as comic book superhero, "The Iron Shadow". According to the comic-loving Lattimer, the Iron Shadow has no powers, he has simply [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower trained himself]] to near physical perfection. At the end of the episode, briefly-visible text as the artifact is being cataloged reveals it to be [[spoiler:Charles Atlas' gym trunks]].

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E6TheVampiresOfVenice "The Vampires of Venice"]] features a race of fish aliens working out of the guise of an educational institution.

* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'': In the episode "Dead Man Walking", after learning how much it sucks to be a zombie, Owen [[VomitIndiscretionShot (unsuccessfully)]] attempts to drown his sorrows in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brains_Brewery beer]].
** And then he literally tries to drown himself.

* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' has Rygel, a deposed king who has a tendency to release farts similar in effect to helium. Should I really point out that helium is [[spoiler: a noble gas?]]

* The title of the ''Series/MadMen'' episode Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency is one of these crossed with a pretty black BrickJoke. [[spoiler:A character named Guy does indeed walk into the offices of Sterling Cooper, but he doesn't walk out again - one of his feet is sliced off by a riding lawnmower before he can.]]

** In one episode, Lister suggests a game of squash with Rimmer's light-bee, a device which flies around and projects his holographic image. [[spoiler:Squash is a game played with a small hollow ball. Hollow, holo...]]

* The title character of ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' does not once excrete onscreen. Or to put it like a caveman (or somebody with grammar of a similar level) would: no shit Sherlock.

'''Picard:''' Security!

* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': How about Tuvok, the [[WesternAnimation/SuperFriends black Vulcan]]?

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "The End of Time"]]: The Master turns the entire human race into copies of himself, and tells the Doctor that the human race has now become "The Master Race". Although this initially seems like an lame pun, it becomes a Stealth Pun when you realise that the Master has ''blonde hair and blue eyes''.