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11	* {{Defied\|Trope}} by ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''. The episode [[Recap/AdventureTimeS3E10WhatWasMissing "What Was Missing"]] even [[WorkingTitle had its named changed during production]] specifically because it had a pun-based title (it was originally called "Door Jam").
12	* The burgers of the day in ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' often uses punny names for the Burger Of The Day, usually referencing pop culture: for example, one burger was called "I've Created A Munster", a reference to a famous line in ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' and another was called the "She's A Super Leek" burger, a pun on Rick James' hit song "Super Freak".
13	* The series ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' is a ProtagonistTitle that works as this: The show is food-themed, and while "Chowder" is also a food name, it sounds pretty similar to "chow down", an expression that refers to eating food.
14	* Creator/{{Disney}}'s AnimatedSeries ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''[[labelnote:examples]]"Send in the Clones", "Sphinx for the Memories", "Earth Quack", "Once Upon a Dime"[[/labelnote]], ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck''[[labelnote:examples]]"Beauty and the Beet", "Night of the Living Spud", "Steerminator", "[[Recap/DarkwingDuckS3E4StarCrossedCircuits Star Crossed Circuits]]"[[/labelnote]], ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' and ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'', have plenty of punny episode titles (and, in the first and last cases, punny series names as well).
15	* [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming The title of practically every episode]] of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' has a pun with "Ed".
16	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' has a habit of using pun titles.
17	** "The Big Problem!". Timmy wishes himself into an adult, and begins to realize just how hard it can be (such as trying to drive but running into traffic, or needing to pay for his own bills at a restaurant).
18	** "Spaced Out!" is an episode where Timmy wishes up an alien, and has to go to space to talk to his parents.
19	** "Father Time!" is an episode where Timmy goes back in time to meet his dad as a kid and [[SetWrongWhatOnceWentRight prevent him from earning a trophy]] that he destroyed in the present day.
20	** "Timvisible" in a pun on "Timmy" and "invisible", since he wishes himself to be invisible on a school day.
21	** "Twistory" is a pun on "twist" and "history", since Timmy wishes up the Founding Fathers into the present day to interview them for a school assignment, but accidentally changes the course of history.
22	** "Ruled Out" is an episode where Timmy wishes he didn't have to live by his parents' rules, leading them to completely neglect him.
23	** "[=MicroPhony=]" involves Timmy using a magic microphone that makes his voice sound more high-pitched.
24	** "Odd Jobs" has Timmy wishing up a website that can magically give his dad cool new jobs.
25	** "Sleepover and Over" has Timmy attending Chester and AJ's sleepovers at the same time.
26	** "Mother Nature" has Timmy wishing his mother was the new town weatherman.
27	** "Most Wanted Wish" is a play on the phrase "most wanted list", and Timmy wishes to be the most wanted person in the world.
28	** "Crime Wave" features a Crimson Chin comic starring a water-themed supervillain as a subplot.
29	** "Chip Off the Old Chip" is a play on "chip off the old block". It's an episode where Timmy wishes he had boy-band singer Chip Skylark's voice.
30	** In "Parent Hoods", Timmy's parents are confused for identical-looking evil counterparts. Thus, the title is a pun on "parenthoods", but also means "parent ''hoodlums''".
31	** "Shelf Life" is a phrase for how long an item has to last. The episode plays with it and refers to bookshelves, since Timmy wishes himself into various library books.
32	** "Mind Over Magic" is a play on "mind over matter", and Timmy wishes to read peoples' minds.
33	** "A Bad Case of Diary-Uh!" is thankfully not about anyone getting diarrhea, but Timmy getting revenge on Vicky by reading her diary to learn her embarrassing secrets.
34	** "A New Squid in Town!" is a pun on the phrase "a new kid in town", the kid/squid in question being alien Mark Chang.
35	** "Genie Meanie Minie Mo" is a play on the nursery rhyme "eenie menie minie mo".
36	** "Love at First Height", where Timmy wishes himself to be a teenager to [[YouMustBeThisTallToRide ride a rollercoaster]] and Vicky falls in love with him. The title's a play on the phrase "love at first sight."
37	** "You Doo!" is about Timmy wishing up working voodoo dolls.
38	** "Just Desserts!" is a phrase for someone getting their comeuppance. In this episode, Timmy wishes all food was desserts.
39	** "Go Young, West Man!" is a play on the phrase "go west, young man". The plot is that Timmy wishes Catman, or Creator/AdamWest, was also a kid to hang out with him.
40	** "The Gland Plan" is a play on "the grand plan", with Timmy, Wanda, and Cosmo scheming to get Anti-Cosmo out of prison so Cosmo can have a gland transplant.
41	** "Back to the Norm" is a phrase for going back to basics. In this case, it's a pun on Norm the genie [[TheBusCameBack returning]].
42	** "Talkin' Trash", a phrase for insulting someone. The episode focuses on Timmy wishing his trash away instead of taking it out, leading to disturbing magical wishes.
43	** "Oh, Brother!", where Timmy wishes up an older brother.
44	** "Smart Attack!", where Timmy wishes his dad was smart, is a play on "heart attack".
45	** "Something's Fishy!". Timmy wishes that he could swim underwater, but everyone seems scared of Cosmo for some reason. Turns out [[spoiler:he's the one who sunk {{Atlantis}}]].
46	** "Mission Responsible" is a pun on ''Film/MissionImpossible'' and revolves around Timmy babysitting Poof.
47	** "The End of the Universe-ity" is a pun on "end of the universe" (what'll happen if Timmy accepts Dark Laser's offer) and "university" (he uses the guise of accepting him to free college).
48	** "Chindred Spirits", where Timmy wishes the Crimson Chin had a girlfriend, is a play on "chin" and "kindred spirits".
49	** "Dread 'n' Breakfast" is a pun on "bread 'n' breakfast", which the Turners set up, and the fact that Timmy's enemies all stay for a night.
50	** "Momnipresent", where Timmy sets up for a party but his mom follows him everywhere, is a pun on "mom" and "omnipresent".
51	** "Mice-Capades" is an AffectionateParody ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'', with the title being a pun on "mice" and "escapades".
52	** "Formula for Disaster" is a play on "recipe for disaster" and Poof's baby formula, which is a major plot point.
53	** "Bad Heir Day" is a play on "bad hair day".
54	** "Fly Boy", where Timmy's head gets swapped with a fly.
55	** "Super Zero", which is about [[LordErrorProne Cosmo]] becoming a superhero.
56	** "Dadbra-Cadabra" has Timmy's dad become a magician, with the title being a play on "abra-cadabra".
57	** "Timmy Turnip" combines Timmy Turner's name with turnips, a food grown in his grandparents' native country and play a major role in the episode.
58	** "One Man Banned", where Timmy becomes a successful single act musician after being rejected from the school band.
59	** The soccer-themed episode "He Poofs He Scores!" is a pun on "he shoots, he scores".
60	** "Teacher's Pet". Tired of AJ always getting good grades, Timmy wishes he was a teacher's pet... and then ends up turning into a guinea pig that Crocker captures.
61	** "Balance of Flour" is a play on the phrase "balance of power", and the bake-off between the fairies and Anti-Fairies that determines who gets to have godkids.
62	** "Take and Fake" is a play on "take and bake", a type of pizzeria.
63	** "Dad Overboard" is a pun on "man overboard".
64	%%move to PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle ** "Manic Mom-Day" is a play on the song "Manic Monday".
65	** "Space Ca-Dad", where Timmy's dad takes his Squirrely Scout troop into space, is a play on "space cadet".
66	* All over the place in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', but for sheer {{Feghoot}}erifficity the prize has to go to the FountainOfYouth episode where Leela, having met her birth parents in a previous episode, takes the opportunity of being a teenager to try and have a normal childhood: "[[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles]]".
67	* ''WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' were well known for their punny titles. For example, FGB had "Mummy Dearest" (''Literature/MommieDearest''); RGB had "A Fright at the Opera" (punning on a Creator/MarxBrothers movie and a Music/{{Queen}} album). However, they ''shared'' a pun by having one episode each called "Rollerghoster!".
68	* From Sunbow's ''WesternAnimation/GIJoe'' cartoon, we have "The Viper Is Coming". Which is 20 minutes of dreadful setup for the horrible pun: the "Viper" in question is a foreignese-accented "Vindow Viper".
69	* Aside from the obvious PunnyName of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', there's also a number of episodes with punny titles:
70	** "Tourist Trapped" introduces the setting of the Mystery Shack, a TrashyTouristTrap where Dipper and Mabel are spending the summer, and has the twins discover some strange goings-on in town when some lonely gnomes ''trap'' Mabel and try to force her to become their queen.
71	** "Headhunters" involves Dipper and Mabel literally trying to hunt down the stolen head of a wax sculpture of their Grunkle Stan.
72	** "The Hand That Rocks the Mabel" is a reference to ''Film/TheHandThatRocksTheCradle'', and involves Mabel attracting the attention of "Li'l Gideon" Gleeful, a StalkerWithACrush who isn't above threatening her family members to get what he wants.
73	** "Double Dipper" is a play on the phrase "double dip", and involves Dipper cloning himself as part of a scheme to get closer to Wendy.
74	** "Irrational Treasure" is a ShoutOut to ''Film/NationalTreasure'', and features Dipper and Mable tracking down the eccentric true founder of Gravity Falls.
75	** When [[MetaGuy Soos]] tells a story in "Bottomless Pit!", he averts and lampshades this trope with his story: "Soos' Really Great Pinball Story: Is That a Good Title? Do They Have to be Like Puns or Whatever?"
76	** "Little Dipper" is a play on another name for the constellation Ursa Minor, and it involves Dipper getting tired of Mabel teasing him for being slightly shorter and setting out to make himself taller with some magic size-changing crystals.
77	** "Carpet Diem" is a play on the phrase ''carpe diem'' ("sieze the day"), and the plot involves a carpet that can [[FreakyFridayFlip swap people's minds around]].
78	** "The Land Before Swine" is a reference to WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'', and features Mabel's pet pig Waddles being abducted by a pterosaur and taken to a LostWorld in the caves beneath Gravity Falls.
79	** The season 2 premiere "Scary-oke" is a play on ''karaoke'', and the climax of the episode involves Dipper, Mabel, and Stan using the power of song to defeat a swarm of zombies attacking the Mystery Shack's grand re-opening party.
80	** "The Golf War" is a play on UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar, and features Mabel and Pacifica's rivalry culminating in a game of mini-golf.
81	** "Sock Opera" is a play on "rock opera", and involves Mabel putting on an elaborate sock puppet musical to impress a guy.
82	** "Soos and the Real Girl" is a reference to ''Film/LarsAndTheRealGirl'', and involves Soos playing a dating sim whose heroine turns out to be [[{{Yandere}} a violently jealous]] [[AIIsACrapshoot artificial intelligence]].
83	** "Little Gift Shop of Horrors" is a play on ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'', and the plot involves Stan regaling a lost tourist with a series of "Tales Designed To Sell My Merchandise".
84	** "Blendin's Game" is a play on ''Literature/EndersGame'', and features a vengeful Blendin Blandin (from "The Time Traveler's Pig") challenging Dipper and Mabel to a series of gladiator games.
85	** "The Stanchurian Candidate" is a reference to ''Film/TheManchurianCandidate", and features Dipper and Mabel resorting to mind control to make their Grunkle Stan, who's running for mayor of Gravity Falls, behave himself on the campaign trail.
86	* ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' had quite a bit of this. Notable examples include "Plant-Form of the Opera" (''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'') and "Basic Training" (the episode took place on a train).
87	* "Around the world / Together we're ''WesternAnimation/JustinTime2011''!"
88	* Pun-based show title: ''WesternAnimation/KingLeonardoAndHisShortSubjects''.
89	* Hanna-Barbera's version of ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleRascals'' has "Yachtsa' Luck" ("lots of luck"), "Porky-O and Julie-Et" (''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''), "All the Loot That's Fit to Print" ("All the news that's fit to print", slogan of ''The New York Times''), "Alfalfa's Athlete's Feat" ("athlete's foot") and "Wash and Werewolf" ("wash and wear").
90	* ''WesternAnimation/LetsGoLuna'': The title of the episode "London Frog" is a pun on "London fog". The episode is about Andy, an anthropomorphic frog, wanting to find Big Ben on AFoggyDayInLondonTown.
91	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
92	** Chances are, for example, if Bugs Bunny is in it, the toon's title will often make a pun with the word "hare", "rabbit" or "bunny". Famous titles include ''Hare Trigger'', ''WesternAnimation/RabbitFire'', ''WesternAnimation/HareBrush'', ''WesternAnimation/WhatsOperaDoc'', or ''WesternAnimation/AliBabaBunny''.
93	** Same for [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Road Runner]] shorts, which usually have titles that're puns involving either the Road Runner's superspeed (or uttering of "Beep! Beep!") or Wile E. Coyote's tendency to get maimed (''WesternAnimation/FastAndFurryOus'', ''Zoom at the Top'', ''Wild About Hurry'', ''WesternAnimation/ToBeepOrNotToBeep'', ''Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z'', ''Boulder Wham!'', ''Scrambled Aches'').
94	** ''WesternAnimation/TheDucktators'', ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunnyNipsTheNips'', ''WesternAnimation/PlaneDaffy'', ''WesternAnimation/TheOldGreyHare'', ''WesternAnimation/HerrMeetsHare'', ''WesternAnimation/HairRaisingHare'', ''WesternAnimation/LongHairedHare'', ''WesternAnimation/ABearForPunishment'', ''WesternAnimation/TreeForTwo'', ''WesternAnimation/BullyForBugs'', ''WesternAnimation/DuckRabbitDuck'', ''WesternAnimation/FromAToZZZZ'', ''WesternAnimation/WetHare'' ... the list is endless.
95	* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'':
96	** "Turn on the Northern Lights" is a pun on "turn on the lights".
97	** "Fiddlesticks" is a pun on how Molly finds herself in a predicament involving fiddles. Also, Oscar plays the fiddle, and Molly plays the drums, the latter of which involves drum'''sticks'''.
98	* Most of the episodes of ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'' had episode titles that were puns on phrases or movie titles. These included "[[Recap/MrBogusS1E4EtTuBrattus Et Tu, Brattus?]]" ("Et tu, Brute?"), "[[Recap/MrBogusS1E5ShopAroundTheClock Shop Around the Clock]]" ("Rock Around the Clock") and "[[Recap/MrBogusS1E8NoSnoozeIsGoodNews No Snooze Is Good News]]" ("No news is good news").
99	* ''WesternAnimation/MyFriendsTiggerAndPooh'' has "Lumpy's Pet Project" - a "pet project" is one pursues as a personal favorite, however, this episode is about Lumpy needing help to take care of pet fish named Max.
100	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has many of these: "The Stare Master" (a pun on the [=StairMaster=] exercise device), "Griffon The Brush-Off" (given the brush-off), "Owl's Well That Ends Well" (all's well that ends well), "Lesson Zero" (less than zero), "Magical Mystery Cure" (''[[Music/TheBeatles Magical Mystery Tour]]''), "The Ticket Master" (Ticketmaster), "Boast Busters" (''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}''), "Look Before You Sleep" (look before you leap), "Feeling Pinkie Keen" (feeling peachy keen), "A Friend in Deed" (a friend indeed), "Castle Mane-ia" (''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''), "Filli Vanilli" (Music/MilliVanilli), "Secret of My Excess" (''Film/TheSecretOfMySuccess''), "Bloom & Gloom" (gloom and doom), and "Tanks for the Memories" (thanks for the memories).
101	* ''WesternAnimation/PawPatrol'' uses one right in the title that is a BilingualBonus: the English word "patrol" comes from the French word "patrouiller", meaning "watch or guard something in a certain place". In Classic French, this word was "patouiller", which came from the word "pate", meaning "paw".
102	* ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010'' tends to use these fairly often. Examples include "Prince and the Pupper", "Mutternal Instincts", and, perhaps slightly less groan-worthy, the HalloweenEpisode "Nightmare on Pound Street".
103	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' had its share of punny episode titles. Examples include "Geshundfight," "Boogie Frights," "Cat Man Do," "Abracadaver," "Cootie Gras," "Ice Sore," "Mommy Fearest," and "Octi Gone."
104	* The king of Western animation pun-titles is likely the Jay Ward shows, particularly ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle''. Each R&B story ended in a cliffhanger ending, with the narrator giving two possible episode titles, both of them usually puns. Example (when Rocky's strapped to a runaway missile): "'The Squirrel Next Door', or 'High, Neighbor'!"
105	* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' is a pun on the phrase "ready, set, go". The main character is named Jet.
106	* ''WesternAnimation/SidTheScienceKid'':
107	** "Sid's Pet Project" - "pet project" is a term for a project pursued as a personal favorite, but the episode itself is about a literal pet - Sid learns about pets to better take care of his grandma's dog over the weekend.
108	** In "Seed the Science Kid," Sid learns about the importance of seeds after being bothered by the seeds in his apple at breakfast.
109	* Especially in later seasons, most of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode titles are puns such as "Mobile Homer", "Moaning Lisa", or "The Bart of War". The ''Mona Lisa'', in fact, is one of the most frequent target of parodied episode titles; there have been at least three episodes whose titles use that pun, while the others are a more diverse - the only other recurring theme is "<member of the Simpson family> vs. <plot point>".
110	* The title of ''WesternAnimation/SplashAndBubbles'' sounds like the phrase "Splashing bubbles".
111	* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' is also fond of punny titles.
112	** "Dying for Pie" is an episode where Squidward gives [=SpongeBob=] a pie as a much-awaited Employee Brotherhood Day gift... except the pie is a bomb, and will kill [=SpongeBob=] before sunset.
113	** "Once Bitten"'s title is a pun on the idiom, "Once bitten, twice shy".
114	** "Penny Foolish" is an episode where Mr. Krabs goes to extreme lengths to get a penny [=SpongeBob=] found. The title is also a pun on the phrase "penny wise, pound foolish".
115	** "The Cent of Money" is a FunWithHomophones gag on "cent" and "scent", since the episode involves Mr. Krabs seeking out coins.
116	** The title of "Lame and Fortune" is a pun on "fame and fortune".
117	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS1E02FighterFlight "Fighter Flight"]], in which Ezra and Zeb accidentally steal a TIE fighter, sounds almost exactly like "fight or flight".
118	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance'': Short [[Recap/StarWarsResistanceS0E2DartAndCover "Dart and Cover"]] riffs on the phrase "duck and cover".
119	* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
120	** [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E17Lion2TheMovie "Lion 2: The Movie"]] involves Steven and Connie trying to ride [[ADogNamedDog Lion]] ''to'' the movie theatre.
121	** [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E4SayUncle "Say Uncle"]] does indeed involve WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa.
122	* The 1973/74 ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' episode "The Shamon U". The title device was a U-shaped giant gold-attracting magnet owned by the villain. Its title was a pun based on the phrase "Shame on you".
123	* The main animated segment of ''WesternAnimation/TamagotchiVideoAdventures'' is titled "Now Museum, Now You Don't", a pun on the phrase "now you see it, now you don't".
124	* ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'' = Tasmania.
125	* The use of this trope in cartoons was popularized by Creator/TexAvery, with most of his work having punny titles, especially at MGM.
126	* "You've got the skill, just find the ''WesternAnimation/WillAndDewitt''!"
127	* ''WesternAnimation/DragonTales'' has a fair few of these. "Knot a Problem" is about Max having trouble tying knots. "The Fury is Out On This One" is wordplay on the phrase "the jury is out on this one." "Bully for You" is about a literal bully, but the phrase is a [[UsefulNotes/BritishEnglish British phrase]] that means "good for you," usually used sarcastically.
128	* ''WesternAnimation/GodRocks'': Because it's trying to tell you that God rocks, but it's about actual rocks. It's also a pun on the term "rock god".

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