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8This is the unsettling habit of giving something a title which is a pun on the lead character's name -- particularly if the character's name reflects the work's premise, theme or both. For example, in a TV series named ''Swift Justice'' you can pretty much bet that our hero will be named something like "Jane Justice" or "John Swift" (or, Heaven help us, Federal District Court Judge "Justice Alice Swift").
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10The most common name to appear in this context is probably "Grace."
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12On television, this is most common in the United Kingdom, but still happens elsewhere. In the United States, puns are more popular for [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming titles of individual episodes]], as in ''Series/KnightRider'', ''Series/{{Airwolf}}'' and ''Series/RemingtonSteele''.
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14See PunnyName for characters; also compare JustifiedTitle. A subtrope of CharacterTitle and PunBasedTitle. If a work's name is a pun on anything ''other'' than a character's name, it should go to PunBasedTitle or its subtrope PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle. See also TheLawFirmOfPunPunAndWordplay.
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16Also compare with StevenUlyssesPerhero, when the character's name or surname equals with his role.
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19!!Straight examples:
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23* ''Manga/BakusouKyoudaiLetsAndGo'' obviously plays off the GratuitousEnglish phrase, "Let's go!", but it's about two brothers named Retsu and Go.
24* ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'', given that the name of the AntiHero, Hei, is Chinese for "black".
25* The Japanese for ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'', ''Hayate No Gotoku,'' literally means ''Just Like the Hurricane!''--but, well, the hero's name is Hayate Ayasaki, and the first name [[MeaningfulName just means that]].
26* ''Anime/HeroicAge'': the main character is named Age, and he is heroic. Simultaneously a reference to the "heroic age" of Myth/GreekMythology, which the series references heavily.
27* ''Hokuto no Ken'', the Japanese title of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', can be interpreted as a reference to either: the protagonist Kenshiro, whose name is commonly shortened to Ken (making the title "Ken of Hokuto"), or the martial arts style he practices, ''Hokuto Shin Ken'' (or the Divine Fist of Hokuto). The keyword here is "Ken", which translates to "Fist".
28* ''Manga/KagomeKagome'', a manga by Toshiki Yui, has two characters named Kagome; its title is also the name of a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagome_Kagome Japanese children's game]].
29* ''Mach [=GoGoGo=]!'', the Japanese version of ''Anime/SpeedRacer'', is named after the vehicle the main character drives, the Mach-Go. The "Go" is a Japanese suffix to indicate a vehicle's name, but it also happens to be the Japanese pronunciation of the number [[OneTwoThreeFourGo 5]], which is why the car has a number 5 painted on both doors and how the car ultimately ended up being named the Mach 5 in the English dub. Go also happens to be Speed Racer's original name, which was Go Mifune (Go Hibiki in the 1997 remake).
30* ''Manga/MariaHolic''. In this case, "Maria" refers to the Virgin Mary and therefore its Catholic girls' school setting, but sounds ''very'' similar to Mariya, the name of one of the show's central characters and the CreepyCrossdresser, on whom the heroine has a crush.
31* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', since ''sei'' is in both ''seiza'' (星座 "constellation") and ''seidou'' (青銅 "bronze"), and ''seiya'' (星屋) can also mean "star person". Seiya (written with the kanjis for "star" and "arrow" 星矢) is also the most important of the five main characters.
32* The main character of ''Manga/SquidGirl'' is called Ika Musume, or Ika-chan[[note]]mainly by Sanae[[/note]], or Ika-nee-chan[[note]]mainly by Takeru[[/note]]. Every mini-episode (of which there are three per full episode) has a title written in the negative interrogative[[note]]for example: "Aren't I...", "Won't you...", "Doesn't she..."[[/note]], which, in Japanese, causes the title to end in "''nai ka''", just for the [[{{Pun}} porpoise]] of having "i-ka" in it.
33* ''AudioPlay/StrikersSoundStageX''. The X that initially appeared to just be a way to differentiate this from the standard ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' Sound Stages (which are numbered 1-4 and are simply side-stories to the current season, unlike X which is a completely new StoryArc) turned out to also refer to the MysteriousWaif named Ix, whose name is transcribed to romaji in the CD booklet as X.
34* ''Manga/DetectiveSchoolQ'' is about the "Qualified" (Q) class of a school for detectives. The main character just happens to be named Kyu.
35* The title of ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' comes from a Japanese idiom equivalent to the saying "This Way Up". When interpreted literally, it means "No Need for Tenchi" or "No Need for Heaven and Earth".
36* ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo'' means "The first step", but the main character is also called Ippo, and the title can equally mean "Ippo's beginning".
37* ''Manga/HitoribocchiNoOOSeikatsu'' is translated as "The *** Lifestyle of Being Alone," referring to the main character's [[ShrinkingViolet crippling social anxiety.]] It can also be read as "Hitori Bocchi's *** Lifestyle," with [[PunnyName Hitori Bocchi]] being the main character, which means, [[MeaningfulName "all alone."]]
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41* In TheEighties, there were two very prominent {{Double Act}}s with "Sparrow & Nightingale" type names; Creator/TheBBC had Little & Large, and Creator/{{ITV}} had Cannon & Ball.
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45* Semi-examples of this are somewhat common for early comics. Because they were almost all anthology titles, or had one primary story and one back-up story that would change intermittently, the titles are generally just supposed to be dynamic and interesting sounding, and sometimes reflecting their given genre; as such, some writers would just borrow their name from the title they were going to write for when coming up with the character.
46** ''ComicBook/StrangeTales'' was a pre-existing book, but after Comicbook/DoctorStrange debuted there, he eventually took over the series.
47** When Gardner Fox got an assignment for ''ComicBook/FlashComics'', he created the first incarnation of super-speedster The Flash.
48* The short-lived Beckett Comics group gave us ''ComicBook/FadeFromGrace,'' a tragic romance miniseries about a superhero named Fade and his wife, Grace.
49* ''ComicBook/HackSlash'' follows horror victim Cassie Hack as she strikes back at the monsters who prey upon teenagers. These monsters are known as "slashers".
50* ''ComicBook/LeaveItToChance'' features the adventures of Chance Falconer, the 14-year-old daughter of famed paranormal investigator Lucas Falconer, and her pet dragon, St. George.
51* ''Pryde & Wisdom'', a series about Kitty Pryde and Pete Wisdom.
52* ''ComicBook/RogueTrooper'' is about a trooper who goes rogue. Who happens to be named Rogue.
53* The original ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}''' mini-series was titled "Pride and Joy". Doubles as a AntagonistTitle since it revolves around the children of The Pride, a supervillain group.
54* ''ComicBook/TruthJustinAndTheAmericanWay'': Justin Cannell is a slacker - or achievement challenged - mail room clerk at Drummond Investments. Before his wedding, to fiance Bailey Smithers, he is headed from zero to hero courtesy of an alien suit.
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58* ''ComicStrip/ClareInTheCommunity'', about a social worker called Clare.[[note]]For the benefit of non-British tropers who won't get the joke, "Care In The Community" was the buzzword de jour when we decided to close down most of our psychiatric hospitals and support - or at least try to support - the mentally ill in their own homes.[[/note]] Also a {{radio}} sitcom based on the comic.
59* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' is about the lives of the Fox family.
60* ''ComicStrip/HeartOfTheCity'' is about a girl named Heart who lives in [[TheCity Center City]], UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}.
61* Both of the ''Sally Forth'' comics. [[ComicStrip/SallyForthWood The Wally Wood comics]] are a better example, since they involve the characters setting out on adventures (sallying forth), while the pun in [[ComicStrip/SallyForthHoward the Greg Howard comics]] is probably meant to be ironic.
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64[[folder:Fan Works]]
65* ''Fanfic/TheEndIsNear'', a ''Manga/DeathNote'' fanfic in which Near plays a major role.
66* The chapter of ''Fanfic/YouGotHaruhiRolled'' where the SOS Brigade goes to a Music/{{GWAR}} concert is called, naturally, "The Melancholy of [=GWARuhi=] Suzumiya".
67* ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2549801/chapters/5668883 The Stark Truth]]'', a ''Literature/HarryPotter''/''[[Film/TheAvengers2012 Avengers]]'' crossover.
68* ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5409173/chapters/12496868 Harry Potter and the Gaining of Faith]]'', a Harry/[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Faith]] fic.
69* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12696674/1/Madley-in-Love Madley in Love]]'' is about the relationship between Harry and Ministry of Magic employee Laura Madley.
70* The ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/13105 A New Dawn]]'' series is about the changes introduced when Dawn became Harry's sister instead of Buffy's.
71* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13099853/1/All-in-a-Nott All in a Nott]]'' is about Theodore Nott's cousin Thalia.
72* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13257031/1/Witch-Hazel Witch Hazel]]'' is about Hazel Potter.
73* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7489104/1/Silver-Lining Silver Lining]]'' is about Harry spending most of fifth year in his Animagus form, a Geoffroy's cat called Silver.
74* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2127007/1/Only-Hope Only Hope]]'' is about Harry's twin sister Hope impersonating him after he goes missing during a Death Eater attack.
75* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13590692/1/Secrets-Hidden-in-Ivy Secrets Hidden in Ivy]]'' is about Ivy Victoria Potter, who hides her true nature until after leaving Hogwarts.
76* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13187937/1/A-Little-Moody A Little Moody]]'' Harry is revealed to be Alastor Moody's grandson.
77* ''Fanfic/NotTheIntendedUseZantetsukenReverse'': The PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle, "Hammer Time", about the character of Hammer, references Music/MCHammer.
78* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13942711/1/Moody-s-Blues Moody's Blues]]'' Alastor Moody takes on a mentor relationship with Harry. All chapter titles are the titles of Music/TheMoodyBlues songs.
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82* In ''Film/FiveHundredDaysOfSummer'', Summer is the first name of the female lead.
83* ''Film/CondoPainting'', a documentary about the painter named George Condo.
84* ''Film/GoodDeeds'', Creator/TylerPerry film about Wesley Deeds, who learns to be good.
85* ''Film/GoodWillHunting'', in which the main character is named Will Hunting. Though the aforementioned main character himself is [[{{Jerkass}} anything but good]].
86* ''Film/GrossePointeBlank'', a comedy about Martin Blank, a hitman who returns to his home town of Grosse Pointe for his high school reunion.
87* The Disney bio-film about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Papale Vince Papale]], who persevered in his dream of becoming a Philadelphia Eagle, is called ''Film/{{Invincible|2006}}''.
88* ''Film/IronWill'' hangs a lampshade on this with its young protagonist, who [[{{Determinator}} refuses to quit]] while trying to win a sled dog race. The race's announcer declares that the boy has an [[TitleDrop iron will]], only to be promptly told (to his surprise) that the boy's name ''is'' Will.
89* ''Film/JasonsLyric'': About a man named Jason who falls in love with a woman named Lyric.
90* Strangely averted in ''Film/KnightAndDay''. The title combined with the plotline suggest that at some point in development the ActionHero male protagonist and ActionSurvivor female protagonist were named Knight and Day, but they don't have those surnames in the actual film. (Though the male's true surname ''is'' Knight.)
91* ''Film/LifeAfterBeth'' stars a zombie named Beth.
92* ''Film/MajorPayne''
93* ''Film/MurphysLaw'', about a L.A. cop named Jack Murphy.
94* ''Film/MyDaysOfMercy'': Mercy is one of the two main characters, though it's also a pun given the film's subject matter.
95* There was a movie in the '90s called ''Film/PoeticJustice,'' about a girl named Justice who writes poetry.
96* ''Film/SavingGrace'': About a widow gardener who becomes a drug dealer to solve her financial problems.
97* ''Film/StoneCold'', in regards of the main character John Huff's alias, John Stone.
98* ''Film/TheStraightStory'' is about an oldtimer named Alvin Straight.
99* All of the sequels to ''Film/{{Trancers}}'', the adventures of time-travelling cop Jack Deth, barring ''Trancers III'', which has no subtitle: ''Trancers 2: Deth Lives'', ''Trancers 4: Jack of Swords'', ''Trancers 5: Sudden Deth'', ''Trancers 6: Life After Deth''.
100* ''Film/AmericanJustice'' stars a cop named Jack Justice.
101* ''Film/TwinFallsIdaho'' is about a pair of ConjoinedTwins named Falls.
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105* ''[[Literature/ImperialRadch Ancillary Justice]]'' and its two sequels ''Ancillary Sword'' and ''Ancillary Mercy'' all have this type of title. The protagonist is an "ancillary" (a human body controlled by a spaceship AI) while Justice, Sword and Mercy are classes of spaceship. In particular, the protagonist's ship is called ''Justice of Toren''.
106* The second book in Helen Cresswell's ''Literature/TheBagthorpeSaga, ''Absolute Zero'', is a pun on Jack's dog Zero.
107* One of the main characters in Creator/TomSharpe's ''Literature/{{Blott on the Landscape}}'' is a gardener called Blott.
108* ''Literature/BlueValentine:'' The title pairs the protagonist's last name with blue, a color associated with sadness and melancholy, profane language, loyalty, and socially prohibited sexuality, all of which could be associated with the character, as well.
109* One of Art Buchwald's books is called ''The Buchwald Stops Here''.
110* ''Literature/TheCybilWar'' by Betsy Byars is about a LoveTriangle involving two boys and a girl named Cybil.
111* ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' is named after the male lead Christian Grey, but it's also a reference to his mysterious life and personality (as in, "different shades") that Ana Steele is quick to uncover.
112* The German book ''Literature/{{Glennkill}}'' is about a shepherd named Glenn, who is killed.
113* The even-numbered books in the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' series: ''The Honor of the Queen'', ''Field of Dishonor'', ''Honor Among Enemies'', ''Echoes of Honor'', ''War of Honor'', ''Mission of Honor'', and ''Uncompromising Honor''.
114* The first four novels about hitman ''Literature/JohnRain'' had {{Publisher Chosen Title}}s based on rain-related puns. Then the books had titles based around the word 'assassin' whether or not they fit what was in the book. However, author Barry Eisler has since re-released the books with new names.
115* All of the intended books in the ''Literature/MediochreQSethSeries'' have had their titles released. They are: ''Literature/TheGoodTheBadAndTheMediochre''; ''Black, White and Shades of Mediochre''; ''Caught Mediochre-Handed''; ''Literature/SentIntoMediochreDrive''; and ''Literature/{{Mediochrity}}''. The title character is named after the shade of red (medi-ochre), and his name is pronounced the same as 'mediocre'.
116* Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold claims that several of her [[Literature/VorkosiganSaga Miles Vorkosigan]] books have had ''Miles to Go'' as a working title, but she's always come up with something better before publication.
117* Every book in Robert Asprin's ''Literature/PhulesCompany'' series is a pun on the main character's surname, which is Phule. Hence ''Phule's Paradise'', ''A Phule And His Money'', ''Phule's Errand''...
118* The German Selb trilogy by the author of ''Literature/TheReader'': Selbs Justiz (=self justice), Selbs Betrug (=self-deception), Selbs Mord (=suicide).
119* In ''Literature/TheSuddenAppearanceOfHope'' by Claire North, the protagonist is naturally named Hope. Since nobody can ever remember her when they're not looking at her, she frequently seems to appear suddenly from everyone else's perspective.
120* ''Literature/ThereIsNoEpicLootHereOnlyPuns'': Given the pun-based nature of the story, this occurs, for example, the ninth chapter, "Quizzing the Dungeon", whose protagonist is named Quiss.
121* The novels on which ''Series/ATouchOfFrost'' were based are also titled this way: as well as ''A Touch of Frost'', there was ''Winter Frost'', ''Night Frost'', ''Hard Frost'', ''Frost at Christmas'' and ''A Killing Frost'' and the three newly published prequel novels chronicling Frost's early days as a Detective Sergeant follow this pattern, the third and second novels were entitled respectively : ''Fatal Frost'' and ''Morning Frost'' and naturally the first prequel novel was entitled ''First Frost''.
122* The ''Literature/WarriorCats'' novella ''Tree's Roots'' shows the ''backstory'' of the character ''Tree'', including meeting his father ''Root''.
123* This was a pattern in the titles for the second arc of ''Literature/WingsOfFire'' books, each referencing the name of their respective protagonists - ''Moon Rising'' for Moonwatcher/[[InSeriesNickname Moon]], ''Winter Turning'' for Winter, and ''Escaping Peril'' for Peril. The pattern is broken as of ''Talons of Power'', presumably because the name Turtle doesn't work with this title theme.
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127* ''Series/BachelorsWalk'' is a variant in that the pun is on a specifically named place rather than a specifically named person: It's a dramedy about three unmarried men living on an oddly named Dublin street, Bachelor's Walk.
128* ''Series/BADBoyes'' was about a HighSchoolHustler called Brian Arthur Derek Boyes.
129* ''Series/BetterOffTed'', a sitcom about a man named Ted who works in research and development at an unscrupulous corporation.
130* ''Series/BlackBooks'', about misanthropic bookshop owner Bernard Black ([[InUniverse whose shop itself]] is also called "Black Books").
131* ''Series/BlackesMagic'': MagicianDetective Alexander Blacke solves mysteries with some help from his ConMan father Leonard.
132* ''Series/BluntTalk'' is a MetafictionalTitle as InUnvierse ''Blunt Talk'' is te name of the talk show hosted by dysfunctional actor Walter Blunt.
133* ''Series/{{Bones}}'': About forensic anthropologist Temperance "Bones" Brennan.
134* ''Series/BreezeBlock'': About the Breeze family, who live in a tower block in Newcastle. [[note]]A breeze block is the British English name for a cinderblock.[[/note]]
135* ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'': About a pompous but well-meaning oaf called Gordon Brittas who runs a leisure centre.
136* ''Series/ChanceInAMillion'' was a SitCom about a man named Tom Chance who was frequently the victim of incredibly unlikely circumstances. He was the man to whom the proverbial 'chance in a million" would always happen.
137* ''Series/CrazyLikeAFox'': About Harry Fox, a free-spirited PrivateDetective who lived by his wits.
138* ''Series/CrossingJordan'': About a forensic pathologist named Jordan Cavanaugh.
139* ''Series/DistantShores'': About a family named the Shores, who move out to a remote fishing village.
140* ''Series/DocMartin'', about [[DrJerk Dr. Martin Ellingham]]. Acknowledged in-show, as the locals nickname him "Doc Martin" [[TheComicallySerious to his considerable displeasure]].
141* ''Series/FaithInTheFuture'': About a middle-aged divorcee named Faith.
142* ''Series/TheFearingMind'': An obscure horror anthology/domcom hybrid about a horror writer named Bill Fearing and the stories he writes. They'd previously pitched it as ''Masters of Horror and Suspense'' with the main character being named Will Masters.
143* ''Series/FawltyTowers'': About incompetent hotelier Basil Fawlty.
144* ''Series/GetSmart'', featuring the inept secret agent Maxwell Smart.
145* A man whose last name is Chance dies and turns into a ghost. Yes, it's a short-lived sitcom named ''Series/GhostOfAChance''.
146* ''Series/GoodeBehavior'', a Sherman Helmsley vehicle from the first seasons of the Creator/{{UPN}} network. The title character was a con man named Willie B. Goode, who moves in with his estranged son -- a college professor and successful, honest man -- after making parole.
147* ''Series/TheGoodLife'' is a British series bout a couple named Tom and Barbara Good, who quit the rat race and start a farm in their garden to simplify their lives. This was [[MarketBasedTitle shown as]] ''Good Neighbors'' in the United States, preserving the pun.
148* ''Series/GraceAndFavour'', a revival of ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'', is about the owners/employees of "Grace Manor." Incidentally, the original ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'' probably stands as the only show to ever feature a major character called Grace and ''not'' make a punny title out of it).
149* ''Series/GraceUnderFire'', sitcom about a woman named Grace Kelly, surviving "under fire" from the hassles of being a single mother, a recovering alcoholic and blue collar in modern America.
150* ''Series/GreysAnatomy'', a medical drama named after the main character Doctor Meredith Grey and after a classic mid-19th-century medical book, ''Gray's Anatomy''.
151* ''Series/HartOfDixie'' - She's Zoe Hart, and she's a heart surgeon!
152* ''Series/HartToHart'', about Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a CEO and freelance photographer, respectively. They solve crimes!
153* ''Series/HopeAndFaith'', about two sisters by those names.
154* ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie'', which doubles as a LiteraryAllusionTitle. It's about [[PunnyName Jeannie]], [[MeaningfulName who's a genie]].
155* ''Series/JoanOfArcadia'', about a girl named UsefulNotes/{{Joan|OfArc}} who lives in the town of Arcadia and talks to God.
156* ''Series/JudgingAmy'' - She's called Amy, and she's a judge...
157* ''Series/KingOfKensington'', [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Kensington 70s Canadian sitcom]] about a man from Toronto's Kensington Market neighborhood named Larry King (no, not [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_King him]]).
158* ''Series/LieToMe'' sounds similar to the lead character's name (Lightman), who, ironically enough, ''uncovers'' lies for a living.
159* ''Series/LoisAndClark'', about Lois Lane and [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark Kent]], two investigative reporters for a major metropolitan newspaper; the title puns on 19th-century explorers [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition Lewis and Clark]].
160* ''Series/LifeOfRiley'', about a DysfunctionalFamily called Riley.
161* The short-lived, early-'90s show ''Series/MannAndMachine'' featured a futuristic detective named Mann [[AndroidsAndDetectives and his robot partner]] (played by Yancy Butler).
162* ''Series/MarshallLaw'', an Australian series about lawyers, two of whom have the surname Marshall.
163* ''Series/MartialLaw'', a cop drama about a Chinese police officer and martial arts expert named Sammo Law.
164* ''Series/MastersOfSex'', which not only sounds cheesy but actually seems to marginalize the importance of Virginia Johnson of Masters & Johnson.
165* ''Series/{{Met Meus en Vork}}'' is a Belgian cooking show presented by Jeroen Meus. The title is a play on words on Met mes en vork which is Dutch for "With knife and fork."
166* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0201387/ Moon and Son]]'', about a professional "psychic" called Gladys Moon and her genuinely psychic son Trevor.
167* ''Murphy's Law'' - He's an insurance-fraud investigator named Daedelus Patrick Murphy.
168* ''Series/MurphysLaw'' (yes, another one): About undercover policeman Tommy Murphy.
169* ''Series/MyGirlfriendIsANineTailedFox'' (Korean). Nine-tailed fox = ''gumiho''. In Korean, there would be no indefinite article, so the title is literally ''My Girlfiend is Gumiho''. The main character is called Gu Mi Ho for most of the drama.
170* ''Series/NelsonsColumn'', a 1990s show about a newspaper columnist called Gavin Nelson.
171* ''Series/NewAmsterdam2008'': The hero, detective John Amsterdam, named himself after the city, is secretly immortal and has been living in New York since it was the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam.
172* The short-lived series ''Series/{{Payne}}'', itself a remake of ''Series/FawltyTowers'', renamed the hotelier "Royal Payne" to make the pun work again.
173* ''Series/APrinceAmongMen'', about an arrogant ex-footballer called Gary Prince.
174* ''{{Series/Probe}}'''s "[[Recap/ProbeMetamorphicAnthropoidicPrototypeOverYou Metamorphic Anthropoidic Prototype Over You]]": The title refers to an English idiom, "going ape over you", meaning that someone is extremely excited or enthusiastic about someone. The ape, or "Metamorphic Anthropoidic Prototype", is the primary focus of the episode, and in love with Austin.
175* ''Series/RaisingHope'' is about raising a baby named Hope.
176* ''Series/RobinsNest'': In the sequel series to ''Series/ManAboutTheHouse'' (the original British inspiration for ''Series/ThreesCompany''), newly-qualified chef Robin Tripp moves into his own place with his girlfriend, and starts a business with her father.
177* ''Series/RomansEmpire'': About a businessman called Roman.
178* ''Series/RosemaryAndThyme'': About a pair of gardeners and amateur sleuths named Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme. This one was a bit much even for the British, and was widely mocked.
179* ''Series/TheRoyalFamily'', a DomCom starring comedian Redd Foxx as Alfonso Royal, the patriarch of the titular family. Short lived owing to Foxx's death after filming seven episodes of the show.
180* ''Series/TheRoyleFamily'': about a Mancunian family called the Royles.
181* ''Series/RunningWilde'' is about a guy named Wilde who runs an eponymous oil business.
182* ''Series/SavingGrace'' is about a woman named Grace who gets a "last chance angel" (named Earl) who's trying to save her from going to hell because she drinks and boinks a lot.
183* ''Series/ScottAndBailey'' is an example of this trope purely for its own sake - the show has precisely nothing to do with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey Motte and Bailey castles]], but is in fact a dramatic BuddyCopShow about DC Janet Scott and DC Rachel Bailey. Unless it's a [[FridgeBrilliance really obscure homage]] to ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}''?
184* ''Series/SonnyWithAChance'' was once known as ''Welcome to Mollywood'' and starred a girl named Molly. Then it became ''Welcome to Holliwood'', about a girl named...Holli. Eventually her name was changed to Sonny and the show got its final title.
185* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' gave punny names to most of the episodes featuring Q, including "Déjà Q," "Qpid," and "True Q." This was followed up in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' ("Q-Less") and ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' ("The Q and the Gray").
186** Besides ''Series/StarTrekPicard'', the only Q episodes ''without'' a punning title are "Encounter at Farpoint," "Tapestry," "All Good Things...", "Death Wish" (''VOY''), and Q's brief cameo in "Veritas" (''[[WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks Lower Decks]])''.
187* ''Series/StarkRavingMad'', a sitcom about a book editor working for author Ian Stark.
188* ''Series/StateOfGrace'', a Fox Family show about the friendship of 12-year-olds Hannah (who is Jewish) and Grace (who is Christian).
189* The German TV series ''Series/{{Stocker und Stein}}'' (related to "sticks and stones").
190* ''Stilgoe's On'' was a children's magazine show presented by Richard Stilgoe. In the first episode he claimed that the only reason they hired him was that his name fitted the title.
191* ''Series/{{Strange}}'': About a supernatural investigator named John Strange.
192* A blissfully short-lived series called ''Series/SundayInParis''. Sunday was the main character, and Paris was the one in Texas.
193* ''Series/SueThomasFBEye'': She's an F.B.I. agent who is very adept at reading lips because she happens to be deaf.
194* ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' did the episode-title variation. Since the main character's name was Dick, {{double entendre}}s ensue. For instance, an episode in which Dick attempts to be a comedian is called "Dick Jokes." This is one of the tamer examples.
195* ''Series/ToastOfLondon'', about an actor named Stephen Toast who [[SmallNameBigEgo isn't quite the celebrity]] the title implies.
196* ''Series/ATouchOfCloth'', a spoof cop show show whose title is a riff on ''Series/ATouchOfFrost'' combined with some ToiletHumour. The protagonist is Detective Inspector Jack Cloth.
197* ''Series/ATouchOfFrost'': About Detective Inspector William [[InSeriesNickname 'Jack']] Frost.
198* ''Series/TruCalling'', a drama about Tru Davies, who receives the "calling," an injunction to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong.
199* ''Series/TylerPerrysHouseOfPayne'', a sitcom about an Atlanta family named Payne.
200* ''Series/{{Whites}}'': The title refers to chefs' uniforms, but also the main character's surname. As his restaurant also bears his name, this could be seen as an InUniverse case.
201* ''Series/TheWrightWay'': About an anally-retentive health and safety manager called Gerald Wright.
202* ''Series/YearOfTheRabbit'' about the misadventures of Detective Inspector Rabbit.
203* ''Series/YouAreBeautiful'' - The title in Korean is "Mi-nam-i shi-ne-yo," which can be translated to ''He's/She's/You're Beautiful'' or ''He's/She's/You're Mi Nam'' because there is no pronoun. The main character is also pretending to be "Mi Nam," or rather, she ''is'' Mi Nam.
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206[[folder:Music]]
207* ThePeteBest album ''Best of Music/TheBeatles''.
208* The Music/GregKihnBand regularly did this, with album titles like ''Kihntinued'', ''Kihnspiracy'' and ''Kihntagious''.
209* When Music/TheBeatles recorded their first album, George Martin at first thought of calling it "Off the Beatle Track" before going for ''Music/PleasePleaseMe''. He later used the title for his own album of orchestral covers of Beatles songs.
210* One of Herbie Mann's albums was called ''Our Mann Flute'', which was a play on ''Film/OurManFlint''.
211* Singer-songwriter Judi Pulver released an album in 1973 called ''Pulver Rising''.
212* Music/GeorgeStrait has done this several times: ''Strait Country'', ''Strait from the Heart'', ''Merry Christmas Strait to You!'', ''Ten Strait Hits'', ''Strait from the Box'', and ''Latest Greatest Straitest Hits''.
213* Tenpole Tudor's first album ''Eddie, Old Bob, Dick & Gary'' name-checks the band members with a variation on the slang term, "Any old Tom, Dick & Harry".
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216[[folder:Radio]]
217* ''Young Again'' is a BBC Radio 4 show about what celebrites would say to their younger selves. Hosted by Kirsty Young.
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220[[folder:Theatre]]
221* ''Theatre/CityOfAngels'' covers one of Donna's exits with a two-bar musical cue titled "Donna À Baiser."
222* ''Theatre/TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest'' is thematically concerned with the boundaries of honesty (i.e., earnestness) and literally concerned with whether or not either of the main characters is ''named'' Ernest. (Which is, indeed, [[SeriousBusiness important]].)
223* ''Oh, Kay!'', a 1926 Broadway musical whose title song had the punny refrain: "Oh, Kay! We're O.K. with Kay!"
224* ''Perfectly Frank'', a retrospective revue of songwriter Frank Loesser. It only played Broadway for a few weeks, but its punny title was convenient for the ''Theatre/ForbiddenBroadway'' version of [[Theatre/TheMusicMan "Ya Got Trouble,"]] which parodied the line, "I'd like to be perfectly frank," as, "You all hated ''Perfectly Frank''."
225* ''Theatre/PurlieVictorious'', where the hero's full name is Purlie Victorious Judson.
226* ''Tomfoolery'', a revue based on the comic songs of Music/TomLehrer.
227* ''Too Many Cooks'', a farce by Frank Craven featuring an extended family of ObnoxiousInLaws named Cook.
228* Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'' is also known as ''What You Will'', which is a play not on the character names but on the playwright's.
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231[[folder:Video Games]]
232* ''The Absence of Law'' is about resurrecting the currently-dead Dr. Law before his neural backup runs out of power.
233* In ''April in Paris'' the player character meets a girl named April in Paris.
234* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodrayne}}'' stars a half-vampire woman named Rayne, who kills Nazis bloodily.
235* ''VideoGame/BubbleAndSqueak'', which is a pun on British food.
236* ''VideoGame/ChipsChallenge'' stars Chip [=McCallahan=]. His main goal is to collect all the chips hidden in each stage.
237* ''VideoGame/CustersRevenge'', the notorious "adult video game" for the Platform/{{Atari 2600}}, had as the player's goal General George Armstrong Custer raping an Indian maiden named Revenge.
238* ''VideoGame/GeneralChaos'' has two warring generals named Chaos and Havoc.
239* ''VideoGame/HeadOverHeels'', about a pair of symbiotic creatures named Head and Heels.
240* Since the ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' games all have protagonists named Link, this is an obvious well to draw from.
241** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' is a prequel to the original ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI''.
242** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'' puns on Link's name in the same way, referring both to Link once again teleporting to and from the DarkWorld, and to his ability to turn into a 2D painting.
243** ''VideoGame/CadenceOfHyrule'' is a RhythmGame that [[{{Crossover}} brings Cadence and other characters]] from ''VideoGame/CryptOfTheNecroDancer'' to Hyrule.
244* ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'', which crosses over with PunnyName.
245* ''Quiz Meitantei Neo & Geo'', a Japan-only quiz game for the Platform/NeoGeo featuring two detectives named Neo and Geo.
246* The ''PC Genjin'' (''VideoGame/{{Bonk}}'') and ''PC Denjin'' (''VideoGame/AirZonk'') games for the PC-Engine (Platform/TurboGrafx16) console.
247* ''VideoGame/TheQueenOfHeart'': The title of this series of doujin {{fighting game}}s is a portmanteau of ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' and ''VisualNovel/ToHeart'', an [[{{Eroge}} adult game]] by [[Creator/{{Aquaplus}} Leaf]] which fittingly enough, has the most representation.
248* ''VideoGame/{{Rochard}}'' is about the adventures of John Rochard, an asteroid miner. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by the tagline "Rock is hard. John Rochard is harder."
249* ''Scrapbook Paige'', starring a scrapbook designer named Paige.
250* ''Slightly Magic'', starring an apprentice magician named Slightly.
251* ''Stuff of Legend'' stars newly-unemployed village idiot Ichabod Stuff.
252* ''VideoGame/SutteHakkun'' is a Japan-exclusive Creator/{{Nintendo}} game featuring a bird named Hakkun who sucks up colors and injects them into blocks. "Sutte haku" is a Japanese expression meaning "breathe in, breathe out."
253* ''VideoGame/ThreeWeeksInParadise'', with Wally Week's family of three.
254* ''VideoGame/TimeAndEternity'' is a Japanese pun on the names of demure princess Toki ("time") and her SplitPersonality ActionGirl side, Towa ("eternity").
255* ''VideoGame/WillRock'': Main character? Willford Rockwell.
256* ''Wolf of the Battlefield: VideoGame/{{Commando}} 3'' named one of its three player characters Wolf.
257* ''VideoGame/XMenMutantApocalypse'': the game centers around a mutant apocalypse which involves the villainous mutant Comicbook/{{Apocalypse}}.
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259
260[[folder:Visual Novels]]
261* ''VisualNovel/{{Aquarium}}'': ''AQUARIUM'' is based on Aqua Minato's name.
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263
264[[folder:Web Comics]]
265* ''Webcomic/CharCole'', which is about a guy named Cole who gets turned into a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Charmander]].
266* ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'' is an anthropomorphic animal comedy about the Dewclaw family, the main characters being husband and wife Kevin (a rabbit) and Kell (a wolf). The title puns on "heaven and hell".
267* ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' is a work of, er, SequentialArt featuring a guy called Art.
268* ''Webcomic/WildeLife'' is about the life of a man named Oscar Wilde (not the famous author) whose life takes a turn for the bizzare.
269* ''Webcomic/WrightAsRayne'' is about Alex Rayne, a vigilante who gets forced into the body of a teenager named Dorothy Wright.
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272[[folder:Web Original]]
273* ''WebVideo/AbroadInJapan'' is a [=YouTube=] channel created by Chris Broad about his experiences living and working in Japan (''A Broad'' in Japan).
274* ''Animation/FengLingYuXiu'''s protagonists are named Feng Ling'er and Bai Yuxiu.
275* ''WebVideo/KateModern'', about an artist named Kate (a pun on the Tate Modern art gallery).
276* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': There's a few:
277** ''Silent Nacht'', a pun with the song ''Silent Night'', and featuring a character named ''Nacht'', which means ''Night'' in English.
278** The Merry stories, with titles such as: ''The More the Merrier'', ''Merry Descent into Madness'', ''Eat, Drink and be Merry'', ''To Be Merry and Escape From It All'', and ''Merry Meet, Merry Part, and Merry Meet Again''.
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281[[folder:Western Animation]]
282* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'', about [[StevenUlyssesPerhero Ben Tennyson]], who is 10 years old and acquiring a ClingyMacGuffin that allows him to turn any of into 10 different aliens (though he eventually gets more). The Hebrew dub of the show keeps the title, which literally means: ''Ben is 10 years old''. Later installments of the franchise have him as a teenager that can use dozens of different aliens, leaving the only pun remaining being the one with his last name.
283* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' frequently had punny episode titles, such as "Tina-Rannosaurus Wrecks", "Linda-pendant Woman", and "Stand By Gene".
284%% * ''WesternAnimation/ConstantPayne''.
285* ''WesternAnimation/EekTheCat'', about a purple cat named Eek!
286* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': The founder and caretaker of the foster home, are (respectively) the elderly Madame Foster and her granddaughter Frankie Foster.
287* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': The cartoon is a [[BlackComedy "grim" comedy]] filled with wacky adventures that has TheGrimReaper as one of the main characters, forced to be the playmate of Billy and Mandy [[ChessWithDeath after losing a limbo contest]] in the pilot episode.
288* ''WesternAnimation/JustinTime'' is a Canadian cartoon starring a boy named Justin and his imaginary (and educational) adventures throughout various locations and time periods.
289* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' is about Hank Hill and his family. To keep the pun intact, the Latin American dub is called ''Los Reyes de la colina'', and Hank Hill was renamed Héctor Reyes.
290* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' refers to the family name, Loud, and the frequent cacophony that often precipitates in the family home.
291* ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw''. The show stars Milo Murphy, a descendant of Edward A. Murphy Jr., the namesake of MurphysLaw. In the show, Murphy's Law is an actual genetic disorder that Milo suffers from.
292%% * ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily.''
293* ''WesternAnimation/PrydeOfTheXMen'', a 1989 animated pilot (unrelated to the later animated series from the early '90s) featuring, naturally, ComicBook/KittyPryde.
294* ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower'' refers to Otto and Reggie's surname and their love for extreme sports, hence the "power" part of the title.
295* ''WesternAnimation/TheRomanHolidays'', a 1972 Saturday morning cartoon set in ancient Rome, about a family with the surname(!?) Holiday.
296* Yet another Creator/CartoonNetwork show: ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays''. The main characters are a family with the surname "Saturday", and they work as part of a secret agency. As part of this agency, [[OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious their particular specialty was in dealing with cryptids]].
297* A few episode titles of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' are epunymous, for instance "Burns, Baby Burns", "A Milhouse Divided", "[[MonaLisaSmile Moaning Lisa]]", "[[Music/TheBeatles Monty Can't Buy Me Love]]", "[[Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing Much Apu about Nothing]]", "Theatre/{{Pygm|alion}}oelian", "[[Film/BobRoberts Sideshow Bob Roberts]]", "[[Literature/SamsonAndDelilah Simpson and Delilah]]", "[[Film/AStarIsBorn1954 A Star Is Burns]]", "Stark Raving Dad" (the dad in question being Homer Simpson), "This Little Wiggy", "When Flanders Failed" (a play on "In Flanders Fields"), and "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken".
298* ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'' - The main character is Taz and the show is set on Tasmania.
299* ''WesternAnimation/TheseAreTheDays'', a 1974 Saturday morning cartoon about a Waltons-like family with the surname Day.
300* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wallykazam}}'' - the main character is named Wally Trollman. "Wallykazam!" is the magic spell he uses on the show in place of "alakazam" when casting magic from his magic stick.
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303!!Parodies and InUniverse examples:
304
305[[folder:Advertising]]
306* Parodied in a series of [[RealTrailerFakeMovie fake previews]] by satellite channel UK Gold to publicise its new American imports: one involved a pair of British coppers named Alan Tea and George Biscuits going over to work in the States with the obvious FishOutOfWater gags - the series, naturally, was called "Tea and Biscuits".
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309[[folder: Comic Books]]
310* In the ''Comicbook/HannaBarberaBeyond'' version of ''WesternAnimation/TheRuffAndReddyShow'', Ruff and Reddy are "[[{{Toon}} Celanimate]]" stand-up comedians who are initally partnered with a mouse named Tumbl (Ruff and Tumbl) and a parrot named Willing (Reddy and Willing). After Willing fires Reddy he gets a new partner called Abel, and Ruff briefly teams up with a Jessica Rabbit lookalike to form (sigh) Ruff/Sexx. Another cat-and-dog double act who steals their act is called Down and Dirty.
311* ''[[Magazine/{{Mad}} Mad]]'' once had an article consisting of deliberately goofy premises for {{Buddy Cop Show}}s with punny titles, including Cash & Carry (who specialize in convenience store robberies), Dead & Buried (who work in the police morgue), Surf & Turf (whose beat is the boardwalk in a coastal town) and Black & Decker ("they can't carry weapons as it would blow their cover, so they are [[TheManMakesTheWeapon armed with household tools]]").
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314[[folder: Films -- Live Action]]
315* Parodied in ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'' with the fictional ''Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season''.
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318[[folder:Literature]]
319* ''Radio/TheNowShow Book of Records'' has a list of the Worst TV Sitcom Premises. ''Sticks and Stones Will Break My Bones'' is about Eddie Sticks and Brian Stones, who work the bone-crusher in an abattoir. ''There's No Smoke Without Fire'' is about Eddie Smoke, who goes on holiday without his friend Brian Fire, only for Brian to track him down. ''Rhythm is a Dancer'' is about Maggie Rhythm, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin who is a dancer]].
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322[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
323* Parodied on ''Series/ThirtyRock'':
324** Kenneth describes his ideas for TV shows:
325---> "I have an idea for a show about a teacher named 'Art'. I call that one ''Art School''. And one about a Jewish guy who opens an ice cream parlor. That one's called ''Ice Cream Cohen''. And a drama about two cops: one named 'Cash' and one named 'Carry'. I don't have a title for that one."
326** There's also Jenna's old role in a PoliceProcedural: "It was called ''Good Looking'', and I played Alexis Goodlooking, who was also [[FairCop good-looking]], and my special ability was being ''good at looking'' for clues."
327* On ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', the actor Judge Reinhold is the host of a courtroom-based reality TV show, and it's called... ''Mock Trial with J. Reinhold''. (Featuring house band [[Series/AmericanIdol William Hung]] and his Hung Jury.)
328* On ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'', several of Rick Castle's books in the Derek Storm series were in this pattern -- ''Gathering Storm'', ''Storm Season'', ''Storm Rising'', ''Storm Warning'', ''Storm's Break'', ''Storm Fall'' -- and he continues to do the same for his new character, Nikki Heat -- ''Heat Wave'', ''Summer Heat'', ''In Heat'', etc.
329* On ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Joey Tribbiani stars in the abortive [[AndroidsAndDetectives buddy cop/robot show]] ''Mac & [[FunWithAcronyms C.H.E.E.S.E.]]''. There's some LampshadeHanging about the ContrivedCoincidence of the robot's full title abbreviating so well...
330* Appears on ''Series/ImAlanPartridge'' as a desperate program idea to save Alan's career: ''A Partridge Amongst The Pigeons''. "At this stage it's just a title".
331* One episode of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' saw a network making a TV show based on the Bundy family; the show was titled "Pease in a Pod". No points for guessing the family's name.
332* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'':
333** One episode includes a fake talk show called ''It's A. Tree'', hosted by Arthur Tree. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Who's a talking tree.]]
334** A sketch where one person keeps saying "no time to lose" turns into a Creator/HenriDeToulouseLautrec sketch titled "No-Time Toulouse."
335* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' parodies this when the title of the short film "Body Care & Grooming" appears on screen:
336-->'''Tom Servo:''' Body Care! And Grooming! ''[[BuddyCopShow They're cops!]]''
337* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' had a sketch featuring a game show parody called "What is ''Series/BurnNotice''?" The contestants had no idea, and one of the wrong answers was a guess that it was "about the detective team of Michael Burn and Chet Notice."
338* ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'' had a sketch featuring rival comedy duos called "Fish and Chipp" and "Pin and Cushion". Chipp and Pin leave to form their own duo (Chip & PIN being a then-new form of credit card payment); to their chagrin, Fish & Cushion are far more successful. ("That doesn't even ''mean'' anything!") To add insult to injury, Fish & Cushion went on to star in the ads for the Chip & PIN system...
339* Parodied heavily in ''Series/ThisMorningWithRichardNotJudy'' which described shows such as ''Chalk and Cheese'' (Ian Chalk and Ian Cheese are two men. [[OddCouple They are very different.]] However, they eventually become friends and realise they are not so different after all. [[HilarityEnsues With hilarious consequences]]), ''Fruit and Nuts'' (Ian Fruit and Ian Nuts are roommates. Ian Fruit is allergic to nuts and Ian Nuts is allergic to fruit. Ian Nuts is a homicidal maniac. Consequently, he's always trying to sneak fruit and nuts into everything they eat. With fatal consequences.) and ''Bent Coppers'' (Ian and Iain Bent are brothers who are policemen. One is corrupt and the other is homosexual. They both suffer from curvature of the spine, and they're made of copper - [[AndroidsAndDetectives they're robots in the future]]. With hilarious consequences.)\
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341Similarly, a list of potential sitcom titles consists of just strained puns such as ''A. Bird in the Hand'' (Anthony Bird is manager of the Hand pub), ''Anne R. in The Month'' (Anne R. is manager of The Month Pub) and by the end of the list coming up with ''There Are More Things In Heaven and Earth Than Are Dreamt of in Your Philosophy'' (About how Ian Thing is joined by his relatives at the Heaven and Earth Than Are Dreamt of in Your Philosophy pub).
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344[[folder: Radio]]
345* Season 9 of ''Radio/JohnFinnemoresSouvenirProgramme'' features an early 20th century double act called Midnight and Noone. Very much an invoked trope, since it's neither of their real names - Susanna Clark took Noone as the name of her imaginary husband, and Gallie Nightingale took the name Midnight to match.
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348[[folder:Web Original]]
349* The ''[[http://hypotheticalpoliceprocedurals.tumblr.com/ Encyclopedia of Hypothetical Police Procedurals]]'' tumblr lists several examples of this, including ''Wheels on the Bus'' ("Detective Lester Wheels is DCPD’s one-man Bus Crime department, ensuring that the city’s millions of commuters board and exit safely.") and ''Trial By Jury'' (featuring cop Steve Jury, lawyer Martin Trial, and judge Monica By). ''Trial By Jury'' eventually gets a spinoff, ''Judge, Jury, And, Executioner'' (in which Steve Jury returns, joined by judge Mortimer Judge, executioner Alexandra Executioner, and Apple Store employee Andrea And) as well as a [[ParallelPornTitles porn parody]] called ''Hung Jury''.
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352[[folder:Western Animation]]
353* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' when George Washington Carver (as Leon Black) and Gandhi (as Tandoori Jones) become the cops "Black and Tan".
354* On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Troy [=McClure=] has a sitcom. "My new show is called ‘Handle with Care.’ I play Jack Handle, a retired cop who shares an apartment with a retired criminal. We’re the original Odd Couple!"
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