->''"Not a joke, but an incredible simulation!"''
-->--'''Crow T. Robot''', ''MysteryScienceTheater3000''

The writers put in a joke (almost always a pun), then omit the punch line. Some percentage of the audience will "get" the joke, but the rest will know it was there and be going, "What? Why didn't you say it?" There can be several reasons.

# It's [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar naughty/ecchi]] and not appropriate for this timeslot, in which case this serves the same purpose as a LastSecondWordSwap.
# It's a ''really'' bad pun and is only remotely funny [[SwissMoment when realized later]]; using it in story would grind everything to a halt.
# Telling the punch line would keep our lawyers busy for months, so [[WritingAroundTrademarks we'll just leave a blank here]] and let ''you'' do the copyright infringement.
# The writer thinks they're being clever. Sometimes they even are.

Figuring these out can sometimes be a form of FridgeBrilliance known as a SwissMoment.

Formerly known as Incredibly Lazy Pun, but the name was so often confused with "A pun that's just ''really'' bad, like 'CollectiveGroan' bad or 'the writers were lazy and chose the easiest/most obvious pun' bad, etc.", that the page IncrediblyLamePun was set up as a {{Henway}} to help fix this.

Also, as this page is about puns that are intentionally obscured in-work, it is one of the few times when it is good form to [[DontExplainTheJoke explain the joke.]]
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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* The {{Geneon}} dub of ''LupinIII'' once had Jigen describe a house-fly that turned out to be a listening device as "a flying pun".
* In ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', Nanoha is pursuing [[ArtifactOfDoom Jewel Seeds]], which [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor grant wishes]]. One such Jewel Seed had possessed a tree that was near a couple's confession of love, and it responded by turning into a [[WorldTree massive maurdering monster]], trapping them inside itself and trying to consume everything. The pun comes when you realise what the guy must have been wishing for: [[spoiler:''wood'']].
** A less dirty way of interpreting this was that they ''pine''d for each other. (This pun actually works in Japanese, too.)
** Because we're too old for "sitting in a tree" here.
* During one of Adam Warren's ''DirtyPair'' stories, a villain introduces a clone of "good girl" Yuri into the convention the girls are hosting, to shake things up. We first hear about "clone-Yuri's" antics from one of the con-goers (much to real Yuri's distress). Then we cut to Clone Yuri's room and we can clearly see (though the words are never spoken) that she has been literally "screwed, blued, and tattooed".
* The main character of ''OnePiece'' is named Monkey D. Luffy, and his first appearance in the anime was breaking out of a small barrel. Perhaps the implication is that the show will be [[spoiler:more fun than a barrel of monkeys.]]
** Or about DonkeyKong.
* ''CowboyBebop'' - [[spoiler:Spike]] goes out with a [[FamousLastWords bang]].
* Most crossover FanArt of characters [[CosplayFanArt cosplaying]] as other characters with the same seiyuu for both characters is never said out loud unless someone actually asks. Like all those [[RieKugimiya Shana, Louise, Nagi and Taiga]] FanArt.
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[[folder:Stand Up Comedy]]
* David Letterman did something along these lines when he gave a list of the top ten Bill Clinton jokes. He never actually got to the punchline, he just would trail off and look at the audience, who could figure it out for themselves and were hysterical by that point.
* A somewhat well-known joke concerns a pair of hikers who die while rock-climbing. As their souls ascend to heaven, they see a pair of eagles and exclaim, "Ah, eagles!" The eagles, to be polite, say nothing.
** [[spoiler: "Ah, souls!"]] (Say it out loud. Works best with a British accent.)
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[[folder:ComicBooks]]
*Two issues of James Robinson's ''Firearm'' involved the title character entering a virtual world based on Glasgow, mostly as a gift to Glaswegian artist Gary Erskine. In one panel, Erskine drew a figure that resembled Alex from ''AClockworkOrange'' outside an underground station. The local nickname for Glasgow's underground railway is "the clockwork orange".
* In {{Watchmen}}, Rorschach breaks Nite-Owl's lock to get into his apartment. It gets replaced. Then he does it again. It gets replaced. Then the police break in. The lock holds but the door is destroyed. The pun? The lock company was called Gordian Knot Lock Company.
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[[folder:Commercials]]
* Anyone remember the Charmin toilet paper commercials with the cartoon bears? Left entirely unsaid is they're all about [[spoiler:bears shitting in the woods]].
** Similarly, there's an advert currently airing in the UK which has an angry bear in the middle of a cubicle farm, who turns back into a flustered office worker when given a painkiller. Implying, of course, that she's [[spoiler:acting like a bear with a sore head]].
* Boost Mobile has a commercial with Danica Patrick racing and going into the pit where her pit crew are a bunch of men dressed in outfits similar to the Dallas cowboy cheerleaders, [[FanDisservice one even has tan lines for a bikini]]. So it features [[spoiler: [[DragQueen drag racing]]]].
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[[folder:Film]]
* In the middle of ''HoneyIShrunkTheKids,'' Nick asks Russ where he learned [[KissOfLife artificial respiration]] after he delivers it to Amy. Russ replies, [[DudeShesLikeInAComa "In French class"]]. Nick doesn't get it and the build-up is left unfinished...then, [[BrickJoke at the very end of the movie]], right after the FadeToBlack, Nick [[SwissMoment suddenly gets it]] and laughs hysterically.
* In ''EvanAlmighty'', Evan's wife is called Joan. And the movie is about building an ark.
** This one may also count as a GeniusBonus. When God shows up in the back of Evan's car and scares the pants off him, God replies "Let it out, son. It's the beginning of wisdom." Proverbs 1:7 states "The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom"
* In ''MammaMia!'', the action is set in Greece. Whenever the (English, Swedish, and American) main characters begin to sing, the townspeople join in at the refrain. Making it a [[spoiler:GreekChorus]].
* In ''TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', the meal the characters have been eating is suddenly revealed to be the remains of Eddie, played by the singer Meatloaf. The audience traditionally fills in the joke: [[spoiler:"Not Meatloaf again!"]]
***[[spoiler:"That's a rather tender subject."]]
***[[spoiler:"That's a rather tasteless joke."]]
** And don't forget the well hung speakers.
* In ''ScotlandPa'', an adaptation of ''{{Macbeth}}'', it is casually mentioned that Donald (Donalbain in Macbeth)' and Malcolm's father, Duncan, made most of his money through donut sales. Later, Donald takes over the restaurant, which had been renamed to [=McBeth's=], and calls it, well, guess what... [[spoiler:MacDonalds, of course.]]
** [[spoiler:Don't overlook the secondary stealth pun -- Duncan Donuts.]]
* In the recent ''{{Film/Star Trek}}'' movie, the alien in the bar that sits between Uhura and Kirk has elongated features. [[spoiler: So why didn't the bartender say "Why the long face?"]]
** [[spoiler:The character was credited as "Long Face".]]
* In ''{{Shrek}}'', the evil Lord Farquaad is alleged to have been based partially upon then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner, who had a falling out in the mid-Nineties with Jeffrey Katzenberg, who would go on to found Dreamworks - the company that produced Shrek. 'Farquaad' is rumoured to be a cloaked insult aimed at Eisner, [[spoiler:calling him a fuckwad]].
** According to WordOfGod, it's a reference to the "Far Quad" on the campus of the writer's alma mater, Notre Dame -- full name Notre Dame du Lac (Dulac is the name given to Farquaad's little kingdom). However, the obvious pronunciation-gag was not missed by FoxTrot, which used the second meaning as a stealth punchline.
* In ''{{Shrek}} 2'' The potion given to the King to make Fiona fall in love with the first man she kisses is labeled "IX". It is not mentioned then that it must be [[spoiler: Love Potion Number 9]].
** A pun that caused this troper to burst into hysterical laughter in the middle of a ''crowded, completely silent cinema''.
* In ''{{Coraline}}'', the seats of the theater are filled with small dogs -- Scotties. Later, when the world shows its dark side, the dogs become skeletons... [[spoiler:Night Terriers]]?
* In ''{{Up}}'', there is a scene in which several dogs pilot fighter planes, making them... [[spoiler:dogfighter pilots]].
*In Disney's ''RobinHood'', Maid Marian (a vixen) has a hen as a nursemaid, but nobody references the aphorism about "setting a fox to watch the henhouse".
* In ''TheIncredibles'', the name of Syndrome's island is only mentioned once: a passing reference to "current temperature on Nomanisan" during Mr. Incredible's second visit. [[spoiler: "No-man-is-an Island"]]
** It could also serve as a MeaningfulName, if you consider the way [[FaceHeelTurn Syndrome became who he is now]].
* In ''CorpseBride'', [[http://www.availableimages.com/images/pictures/2005/corpse-bride/pph_39.jpg this]] is the Head Waiter. [[spoiler:Get it? ''Head'' waiter?]]
** Not to mention the bar where Victor first arrives is called the "Ball and Socket." [[spoiler:Making it the Ball and Socket ''joint''.]]
*** Which makes the bar a popular place, or a [[spoiler:"hip joint."]]
* In the new ''GIJoe'' movie, right before the chase scene in Paris kicks off, Duke gives Breaker his last stick of gum. This is obviously a reference to Breaker's gum-chewing habit from the cartoon, but this troper's wife pointed out that Duke has come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...[[spoiler:and he's all out of bubblegum.]]
* ''ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'', the guy at the beginning of the movie, who tells the four drivers about [[spoiler: the treasure burried under a big W]], as he dies, his foot kicks a bucket.
* The Muppet Christmas Carol. In order to get both [[StatlerAndWaldorf Statler and Waldorf]] into the movie, they had to invent a brother for Jacob Marley. They called him Robert. Think about that for a second. [[spoiler:Get up, stand up...]]
* In ''TheDarkKnight'', the police convoy is diverted by a large vehicle that had been set ablaze. When you see the vehicle up close, you realise what it is and the stealth pun indicates it as one of the Joker's jokes.[[spoiler: It's a fire engine]]
** This Troper realized it right away and deemed it ironic.
* In [[StarWars A New Hope]], Obi-Wan defends Luke in a barfight by slicing off the hand of his aggressor. Several minutes later, when some Stormtroopers arrive, Han casually says "Looks like someone's taking an interest in your handiwork."
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[[folder:Literature]]
*In ''Discworld/TheWeeFreeMen'', a [[TalkingAnimal talking toad]] is introduced as a guide for Tiffany Aching. Although it was explained that said toad's yellow colour was caused by his being unwell, nobody ever actually told her to "follow the yellow sick toad". As the author said:
-->'''Terry Pratchett:''' I just happened to note a toad had a skin which had had unfortunately gone a bit yellow because it had been ill. Far be it from me to make a pun. You did that.
** This was played as a straight {{Pun}} in ''Discworld/MovingPictures'', where a man in half a lion suit says "I don't know what it's called, but we're doing one about going to see a wizard. Something about following a yellow sick toad."
** Similarly, in ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}!'', when Carrot is investigating an attempted political killing with [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything strong similarities]] to the [[WhoShotJFK Kennedy assassination]], he interviews a gnoll. In addition to being an informant, the creature has plants growing on it. That's two possible routes to the phrase "grassy gnoll", but it never happens.
*** The worst offender has got to be ''Discworld/SoulMusic''. There's a scene where the main character, Imp Y Celyn, explains his name- imp being a term for new growth at the end of a stalk, and celyn being a member of the holly family. The entire book is full of music puns like that, some more subtle than others. Of course this is made even more obvious when he starts going by the name Buddy.
*** Later on in the book, the Dean of UU spends several scenes constructing an elaborate coat. Later, Death, knowing that some things have to look right, borrows it before going very quickly to an important place. When he gets there, [[spoiler: he kills The Music]]. None of this is ever spelled out.
*** The Dean also pends a lot of time riveting trousers out of denim. The Archchancellor complains, and the Dean replies that soon ''everyone'' will be wearing them, and they certainly won't be called Archchancellors. This troper didn't get this one for years, but the implication is that they will be called 'Deans' = Jeans.
*** Or perhaps [=DEANims=].
*** One of the bands manages to acquire a leopard, which is a bit [[DefLeppard hard of hearing]].
*** Don't forget Death riding to the rescue on a motorcycle, which turns ghostly as parts break off...meaning that by the end, he's hitting ''the highway like a battering ram on a silver-black phantom bike.'' (''[[MeatLoaf Like a Bat out of Hell...]]'')
**** Plus, the motorcycle was built in the basement, so Death gets it out of the building via the ceiling ... [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/00/Bat_out_of_Hell.jpg through the ground above]].
**In ''Discworld/WitchesAbroad'', there's a couple of puns where the first two witches give an outright pun or {{Allusion}} but Nanny Ogg delivers the stealth pun.
*** The three of them are deliberating on the idea of a transport system built on broomsticks. Their ideas for names are puns on well know real world airlines but Nanny Ogg gets cut off before she says hers. However, note she is looking at Magrat and being rather coquettish. Consider Magrat's role in TheHecateSisters trio. [[spoiler:Virgin]].
*** In a later scene, while stuck in a Wizard of Oz parody, Magrat and Granny have a falling out. As they walk along the obligatory yellow brick road, Magrat says "some people" need a little more heart, Granny Weatherwax says "some people" need a lot more brain, and Nanny Ogg, both literally and figuratively stuck between the two, thinks to herself that ''she'' [[INeedAFreakingDrink needs a drink]]. [[spoiler: i.e., Dutch Courage]]
*** There's also a recurrence of Granny trying to tell a joke about an alligator sandwich ("...and make it snappy!"), but she keeps blowing the punchline ("...and do it fast!").
** In ''GoodOmens'' he gets a clever one with a character whose last name is "Pulsifer". As those familiar with Christian theology know, Lucifer translates roughly into "Bringer of Light," or "Bringer of Peace". The "Puls" in Pulsifer, however, translates into legumes, ergo: [[spoiler:"Bringer of Peas"]].
** In ''Discworld/{{Pyramids}}'', a voting system involving each elector placing round beads into a jar is described as giving rise to a popular saying about politics. [[spoiler:Presumably that it's a load of balls.]]
*** I always thought that was a reference to [[spoiler:being blackballed]].
** In ''GoingPostal'', John Galt [[CaptainErsatz look-alike]] Reacher Gilt dresses up as a pirate and has a parrot sitting on his shoulder that continually shouts "twelve and a half percent!" Twelve and a half is [[spoiler:100 divided by 8, or, in other words, one Piece of Eight, which is the traditional coinage that all pirates are after.]]
***"cough cough", um...it's a TreasureIsland reference. The parrot is clearly Captain Flint.
** ''Discworld/TheLastHero'' includes some pages that are excerpts of [[FictionalDocument fictional documents]]. One of these is a list of "Varieties of the Swamp Dragon". One of the listed varieties is the "Nothingfjord Blue", which is given this description: "Wonderful scales, but a tendency to homesickness". [[spoiler:In other words, it's [[MontyPython pining for the fjords]].]]
** In ''Discworld/NightWatch'', Dr Lawn briefly refers to "the founder of my profession, the philosopher Scepturn". [[spoiler: Since this is obviously the Disc version of Hippocrates, the highly cynical Lawn has presumably taken the Sceptic Oath.]]
* One of the creatures in ''ThePhantomTollbooth'' is the Everpresent Wordsnatcher, a bird who comes from a place named Context and likes to [[QuoteMine take words from other people's mouths and twist them]]. He comes ''this close'' to explaining the pun:
-->"I'm from a land very far away called Context. But it's such a nasty place I try to spend all my time out of it."
**The book is really entirely made up of these puns.
* In ''The Rock Rats'' by Ben Bova:
--> '''Fuchs:''' So, Mr. Ripley, will your crew be able to assemble the latest additions on schedule?
--> '''Mr. Ripley:''' Believe it or not, they will.
** Oh [[IncrediblyLamePun for Fuchs' sake]]...
* In ''Gödel, Escher, Bach'', the dialogue "Aria with Diverse Variations" (named after a piece by J. S. Bach more commonly known as the Goldberg Variations) mostly concerns the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldbach%27s_conjecture Goldbach Conjecture]] and variations on it. Near the end of the dialogue, Achilles suddenly offers the Tortoise the gift of a "very gold Asian box." This pun doesn't get to sink in until after the true ending of the dialogue: a fake ending in which a cop arrives and Achilles turns the Tortoise in for the reported theft of a [[spoiler:Very Asian Gold Box]].
* In ''TheDresdenFiles'', there's a supporting character named Virginia, who is a werewolf. No one mentions that they are [[spoiler:afraid of Virginia Wolf.]]
**Also in ''The Dresden Files'', Harry is asked to guess the name of the wizard [[spoiler: who is the newest member of the Senior Council]]. His guess is "Klaus the Toymaker." It is implied that Harry is not joking, [[spoiler: but he's wrong.]]
** In ''Summer Knight'', we meet a very small fairy that looks to be nothing more than a spark of light. Her name? Elidee. Say it aloud.
*In the classic SherlockHolmes story "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle", Holmes and Watson find a priceless gem inside a stolen Christmas goose, and figuring out how it got there takes them all over London. Somehow, Conan Doyle managed to resist having Watson complain about a [[spoiler:wild goose chase]].
* Combined with a ShoutOut in Randall Garrett's ''[[LordDarcy Too Many Magicians]]'', in which a character named Tia Einzig learns that her uncle Napoleon has escaped to the Isle of Man. Since "Einzig" is German for "solo", this would make him [[TheManFromUNCLE Napoleon Solo, the UNCLE from Man]]. (For extra ShoutOut points, she learns this from her uncle's friend Colin [=McDavid=]; Napoleon's partner, of course, is played by David [=McCallum=].)
*The last of PatriciaCWrede's EnchantedForestChronicles features a character called Daystar. Guess how he relates to the previous main characters.
*In the CiaphasCain (Hero of the Imperium!) novel Duty Calls, the pilot of Amberley's ship is named [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontius_Pilate Pontius]]. Also one of the major players in the novel are soldiers from an all-female religious order based in the planet's region of Gavaronne. The fact that they are literally [[spoiler: the [[GunsOfNavaronne Nuns of Gavaronne]]]] is never explicitly made.
**In The Traitor's Hand, there is a brief mention of an animal called the nauga, whose [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naugahyde hide]] is particularly useful for "certain hard-wearing applications."
*[[VorkosiganSaga A Civil Campaign]] introduces Armsman Roic, who [[spoiler:battles against the off-planet law enforcement coming to take away [[AbsentMindedProfessor Dr. Borgos.]] It could be said that the Armsman was acting he-Roic-ally. (This only works if you pronounce his name that way; reportedly the author Herself pronounces it differently, thus didn't see the pun coming.)]]
* ThursdayNext has a ''ton'' of these. The best is probably when Thurs has to remove Hamlet from his play, while in the A-plot, recurring villian Yorick is running around. [[SoYeah You do the math.]]
* In one ''StarTrekNewFrontier'' book (all written by PungeonMaster PeterDavid), a beast is described as cyclopean, with a large horn, wings, and purple fur, hunting crew members for food. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] later as one of the stalked crew members says, "It sure looked strange to me."
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[[folder:LiveActionTV]]
*The guys behind ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' (and all other Monty Python media) are famous for avoiding punchlines in almost everything they've done. Their reason was that they would see great skits, but would usually end up disappointed by the weak punchline. They resolved to end their sketches before the punchline, unless they wanted it to be ironic.
* The ''FatherTed'' episode "Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep" is about a sheep who is being driven neurotic. There's a concealed pun implicit in this concept (and revealed in TheOtherWiki's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirpy_Burpy_Cheap_Sheep relevant episode entry]]) but it is something of a subversion since neither the pun ''nor'' the punchline are actually spoken.
* The same Nantucket limerick shows up in the pilot of ''[[BabylonFive Babylon 5]]''. Delenn has heard it, and thinks it's a typical example of Earth poetry....
* And again in [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=90789=Epic-Poem this]] ''[[TheDailyShow Daily Show]]/[[TheColbertReport Colbert Report]]'' bit, as a shorter alternative to an epic poem.
* A variant appears in the ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E2TheNakedNow The Naked Now]]". As the ''Enterprise'' crew succumb to an inebriation-inducing virus, Data reports picking up numerous disturbances on internal sensors, including a crewman singing a limerick:
--->'''Data:''' There once was a woman from Venus, whose body was shaped like a--
--->'''Picard:''' Security!
** And speaking of TNG, there's the emotionless android Data and his more human brother Lore. This borders on FridgeBrilliance.
* One from the ''PushingDaisies'' episode 'Dummy':
--> '''Chuck''': But where are the real dummies?
--> ''Emerson starts sniggering''
--> '''Narrator''': Before Emerson Cod could reply with a clever, if slightly insulting remark, something moving caught his eye.
* ''TheColbertReport'' has Gorlock, a ''{{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.]]
* In ''VeronicaMars'', the late Lilly Kane called her younger brother Duncan by the nickname "Donut". One (admittedly cute) fanfic posited that it was because he [[DonutMessWithACop wanted to be a cop]] as a kid. Someone clearly missed the pun.
* One episode of [[TheMuppetShow The Muppet Show]] opened with the Bug Band, a group of four insects, singing She Loves You. Backstage after the song, Kermit says that the group needs a name and instead of [[TheBeatles the obvious suggestion]] they come up with The Who and The Grateful Dead.
* The BBC's series Merlin features King Uther. He keeps a dragon penned up in the dungeon.
* In ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', Kirk claims to be from the island of Noman at one point
* A famous example from SaturdayNightLive's Celebrity Jeopardy sketches:
--> '''Sean Connery''': "What's the difference between your mother and a mallard with a cold? I forget the rest but your mother's a whore."
**Presumably, [[spoiler: one is a sick duck, and the other sucks dick.]]
***Works more than one way. [[spoiler: Hint: PrecisionFStrike.]]
*In ''{{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]].
* On ''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.]]
* In [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlxFpwnlPnM&feature=related this]] Scrubs episode an imaginary patient has a kitten in his mouth. Probably he misunderstood the concept of [[spoiler: eating pussy.]]
* Obligatory BuffyTheVampireSlayer example: For several episodes of Season 4, Oz wore a sheepskin jacket. As he's a werewolf, [[AWolfInSheepsClothing you know what that makes him...]]
** Another ''Buffy'' example : in the episode Tabula Rasa, Spike is being pursued by a demon he owes money to. The demon has the head of a shark. Which makes him... a loan shark.
* StargateSG1 had the following exchange:
--> Anis: "You may call me Anis. It means 'Noble Strength'"
--> Daniel: "I am Daniel It means 'God is my judge'"
--> Jack: "I'm Jack. It means....what's in the box?"
[[spoiler: 'it means jack' is colloquial for 'it means nothing']]
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[[folder:Music]]
* Pick a song by Relient K. Any song, really. It will contain at least one of these, if not an IncrediblyLamePun in the title.
* In the song "Necessity" from ''Finian's Rainbow'', the lines quoted below provoke the shouted question "Do you mean he's a --?", which is answered in the affirmative (the implied statement being that Necessity is a [[spoiler:bastard]]):
-->Oh, hell is the father of gin,\\
And Cupid's the father of love.\\
Old Satan's the father of sin,\\
But no one knows the father of\\
Necessity.
* A couple in Don [+McLean=}'s "American Pie". Did Lenin or Lennon read a book on Marx? And "It landed foul on the grass" isn't refering to the green stuff on your front lawn.
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[[folder:News]]
* One issue of ''PrivateEye'', covering the scandal after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqui_Smith#Expenses_controversies Jacqui Smith's husband used her expense account to buy adult films]], ran with the joke "At least he's not a banker!", the unspoken pun being that he is however (literally) a wanker.
** ''PrivateEye'' also often refer to themselves as an "organ". On the obvious level, it's a pun on the fact that the eye is an organ, the StealthPun comes in with the fact that this then makes them a "Private Organ".
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[[folder:NewspaperComics]]
* In ''{{The Wizard Of Id}}'' a visitor to the untrustworthy King's castle notices that the King's flag consists of a pair of black X's on a white background. The visitor asks for the name of this emblem. The king moves on to another pun before it mentioned the king is represented by [[spoiler:Double Crosses.]]
* [[http://www.seattlepi.com/fun/mallard.asp?date=20090728 This]] ''MallardFillmore'' strip. The punchline sounds almost like a parody of his usual StrawmanPolitical rants; eventually someone figured out it's a Stealth Pun. (Because NASCAR fans are [[spoiler: "race-ists"]].) Go ahead and groan; everybody groans at ''MallardFillmore'', for one reason or another.
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[[folder:Radio]]
* From ''TheVeryWorldOfMiltonJones'': ...and when we were naughty at school, we used to be sent to this man with no arms and no legs and no body. He was the Head. And if he wasn't in, we used to be sent to this other man with no arms and no legs and no body ''and a cowboy hat''. He was [[spoiler: Mr Roberts]]. (The correct punchline is, of course, [[spoiler: "the deputy head"]].)
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[[folder:ThemeParks]]
* Kennywood in Pittsburgh has an inverting pendulum ride called the Aero 360. It's shaped like... um, [[http://mediaroom.visitpa.com/files/amuse_07_hi_full.jpg the Kennywood logo]].
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[[folder:Toys]]
* Ejector, a transforming toaster from the ''[[TransformersFilmSeries Transformers Revenge of the Fallen]]'' toyline, is a small toaster [[TheBraveLittleToaster with a maxed out Courage rating.]]
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[[folder:VideoGames]]
* In ''{{Half-Life}} 2'', Dr. Kleiner's pet headcrab is named Lamarr, and later confirms the pun when he can't find it.
-->'''Alyx''': We'll get you a new headcrab.
-->'''Dr. Kleiner''': There's only one Heddy!
** That's [[BlazingSaddles Hedley]]!
** Not to mention Alyx's part in naming the Zombines in ''Episode 1''.
*** But that is not a stealth pun. She specifically explains it.
** For those not in the know, Heddy Lamarr was a famous actress and scientist.
* In case 2 of ''Phoenix Wright AceAttorney: Trials and Tribulations'', a valuable jewel is called the "Tear of Emanon". If you don't get it, read it backwards.
** In the third case, the murder victim was a computer programmer working for a company called Blue Screens. The phrase "blue screen of death" is never used.
*** Maya comments that it "sounds like a really stable company".
** The final case features two characters using false names with the surname "Deauxnim". Considering the series' love of {{Punny Name}}s, it's quite surprising that neither is called "Sue".
*** Well, all the false first names for the "Deauxnims" end with an "s" sound. "Elise," "Laurice," etc.
** The character's name in Japanese is also a StealthPun: her pseudonym is "Elise", but her real name is "Maiko" (one translation of which is "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dancing_Girl dancer]]").
* In ''EuropaUniversalis'', guess which colour is used to represent Burgundy on the world map.
*No points for guessing which animal is featured on the coat of arms of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aswan Aswan]] in ''CrusaderKings'' by [[ParadoxInteractive the same developer.]] [[spoiler:[[{{Narnia}} A lion.]]]]
** Not a swan?
* At the beginning of the second episode of ''Tales of MonkeyIsland'', Morgan tells Guybrush how much she admires him, and says she even learned how to hold her breath for five minutes. Guybrush informs her he can hold it for ten. "You mean that's true? I thought the stories were exaggerated! Impressive!" So in her opinion, [[MarkTwain the rumors of his breath...]]
*In ''KingdomHearts II'', [[spoiler: Namine tells Kairi at one point to "Believe in yourself", whilst trying to convince her to step through a dark portal.]] If you don't get it, remember that [[spoiler: Namine is Kairi's Nobody.]]
* Almost certainly unintentional, but a large element of the plot of ''SonicTheHedgehog 2006'' is Princess Elise's budding romantic feelings for the titular anthropomorphic hero. Thus making her a [[spoiler:fur Elise]].
* The head of {{Pokemon}}'s [[TheMafia mafia-esque]] Team Rocket is named Giovanni, making him [[spoiler:Don Giovanni]].
* The most powerful axe in most modern ''{{Castlevania}}'' games is the Golden Axe. In ''Dawn Of Sorrow'', Yoko is able to make said weapon even more powerful by combining it with a boss's soul. Specifically, she [[GoldenAxe adds Death]].
* In ''{{Thief}}: Deadly Shadows'', one mission requires you to break into a clock tower operated by the Hammerites (colloquially, the Hammers) and sabotage the mechanism, causing the clock to stop. In other words, you have to Stop Hammer Time.
* In [[MarioAndLuigi Bowser's Inside Story]], there is a character named Broque Monsieur who speaks with a heavy French accent and is made out of blocks. If you try saying his name with a fake French accent, it sounds like you're saying "block monster".
** That's also a normal PunnyName; it refers to a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croque-monsieur grilled ham and cheese sandwich]]. If you add a fried egg to the top, you get a Croque-madame. Hee...
* In ''MetroidPrime 3: Corruption'', one of your last tasks is to explore the derelict vessel Valhalla to obtain a "pirate code" that will grant access to one of the enemy's leviathans. But the only reason you need it is so that the leviathan can plot a course for you and the Federation fleet to follow to [[spoiler:Phaaze, the living Phazon planet]]. So when you think about it, [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean the pirate code is really more like a guideline...]]
* ''GuiltyGear XX'' has two characters with connections to each other named [[SpiderMan Eddie and Venom]].
* ''BrutalLegend'' features a demon named Fletus who's obsessed with cars and racing. No-one mentions that this makes him a [[spoiler: speed demon.]]
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* One of the guests at Donkey's funeral in ''WeeblAndBob'' is [[DonkeyKong a giant ape]]. Chris identifies him as Donkey's father ("He doesn't like to talk about it."), but the character's name is never mentioned.
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* [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/967.html This]] ''IrregularWebcomic'' strip. Also, comparing "hobbit" and "habit" is so common that the author promised to only do it once every 100 strips. Mostly [[AvertedTrope averted]], though... The author is [[HurricaneOfPuns abnormally fond of puns]]. [[RuleOfFunny Somehow, he makes it work.]]
** Not to mention [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1996.html this]] strip. ([[spoiler: "I'll get you, store of hay! And your little togs, too!"]]) In which he mentions this very article.
*** ...Wait, it wasn't supposed to be [[spoiler: "Don't make a hobbit out of it!"]]??
** Another example: in [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2096.html this]] strip, Lambert's hobbit-pun is ruined by a (rather ominous, but that's not the point) cough.
* In [[http://www.stripteasecomic.com/d/20080320.html this]] episode of ''Striptease'', in a flashback to high school, Max and Em are squirted with red paint by another student, who is then caught by the teacher... [[spoiler:red-handed.]]
* In [[http://www.nettserier.no/ascii/2008/05/25/ this]] episode of '''Adventures in ASCII''' (a strip where the characters are letters and other printables), Miss B reacts with a stony silence upon learning that Bold H is taking the guest Miss [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_delta Delta]] (she's from @hens) down the river to see the estuary.
-->'''Miss B:''' ...
-->'''Bold H:''' What?
-->'''Miss B:''' I didn't say anything.
-->'''Bold H:''' It was the way you didn't say it.
** [[http://www.nettserier.no/ascii/2007/11/10/ Here's another one]] from the same comic about an injured number. Apparently [[spoiler: a three falling in a forest does indeed make a sound.]]
* [[http://xkcd.com/532/ This]] ''{{xkcd}}'' comic doubles the stakes. It's based on another joke with an IncrediblyLamePun chline.
** Even better; it [[InvertedTrope inverts]] the punchline.
** Speaking of xkcd, [[http://xkcd.com/404 Strip #404]]. [[spoiler: Note the title.]]
* ''Tally HO'', a somewhat obscure webcomic, does the StealthPun [[http://www.rhjunior.com/TH/00123.html here]] with a common cry of Windows supporters and creators alike. [[spoiler: "It's not a bug, It's a feature."]] This isn't original; it's [[http://catb.org/jargon/html/F/feature.html an old geek joke]].
* [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Life_and_Death/index.php?p=528468 You actually named it "Variety"?]]
** The guy in white is Bobby, the incarnation of Life.
* ''NerfNow'' [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/67 with]] a classic riddle and a..."modern classic" Dracula. [[spoiler:"What is a man?"]]
* ChoppingBlock [[http://www.choppingblock.org/d/20010518.html Here.]]
* [[http://precociouscomic.com/comic.php?page=182 This]] ''[[http://www.precociouscomic.com Precocious]]'' strip, which was actually explained by its creator:
-->"Et Tu, Brute?" - Famous line from Julius Caesar.
-->The Et family really should know better than to go out in pairs.
* [[http://www.nukees.com/d/20090907.html This]] ''{{Nukees}}''. "Duck Orations" would be "Quacks."
* In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0471.html this]] ''OrderOfTheStick'' strip: Fleeing the burning city, Elan stops to break into a music shop and steals a lute. The setup is palpable, but the inevitable pun goes unsaid.
* In ''{{Triangle and Robert}}'', one of the plotlines involves Triangle fighting things to recover a series of "Dragon Circles," which are lettered A, B, C, etc. When he gets to the 25th one, Dragon Circle Y, he discovers that's the end of them, there are only 25. "Somehow, avoiding the pun makes it even worse."
* In ''TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob,'' Bob's unseen next door neighbor is named Ray, a reference to [[spoiler: the old comedy team, BobAndRay.]] Even more obscurely, another unseen neighbor is Mrs. Spitoonelli (a play on "spitoon," of course), with a husband named Harold. It is later mentioned her first name is Maude, referring to [[spoiler: the BlackComedy movie ''Harold And Maude.'']] And in Galatea's French adventure, she rides a Vespa with the name [[{{Spaceballs}} "Princess"]] on the side.
* In [[http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0130.html this]] filler strip of ''KeychainOfCreation'', we're treated to the OrphanedPunchline of a (naughty) joke that ends with "What I '''really''' meant is that we'd need cunning '''translators'''." See, in ''{{Exalted}}'', your translation ability is measured by your score in "Linguistics", so apparently the joke began with her telling the king that she needed [[spoiler: "cunning linguists"]]. I'll leave you to figure out the rest.
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* A recurring thread on SomethingAwful is "[[RealityIsUnrealistic Real pictures that look like photoshops]]". And eventually, someone ''will'' post [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/camerahouse.jpg this]].
** For those who don't get it: [[spoiler:It's a photo shop.]]
*** Eh, that [[spoiler:photo shop]] looks photoshoped.
* [=~Fark.com~=] is enamored of headlines with {{StealthPun}}s of its [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal more memorable memes]]. For example: "Duke upset in NCAA tournament. If only there were some pithy catch phrase to describe their ineptitude."
* [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Vista-tan]] has huge tracts of land.
** And we all know huge tracts of land are [[spoiler:vistas.]]
***Plus, we all know Vista was a huge [[spoiler:bust]].
*''UnforgottenRealms'' has Professor Strap, who after a memory erasing spell goes by the name of "Jacques". [[spoiler: Jacques Strap]].
* [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/clef-and-dimitri-hit-the-road Clef and Dimitri Hit the Road]]: At the very end. [[spoiler: Alas, poor Yoric, I've never seen him before in my life.]]
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* In ''KimPossible'', when we are first introduced to Team Go, Ron asks why Mego wears a purple costume. Team leader Hego replies, "He's a shrinker" and drops the subject. He's a shrinking violet (but not a ShrinkingViolet, mind you); Warner/DC would not be amused.
* This is also the reason for Violet's MeaningfulName in ''TheIncredibles'' (she's painfully shy, with her superpower being invisibility, or rather controlling "ultraviolet" light).
* And for Austin's fur color in ''TheBackyardigans''.
** Also in ''TheBackyardigans'', in the episode "Mission to Mars", Austin controls a Mars Rover named Rover. This Trouper also realized the joke about this also meaning ''the car'' Austin Rover.
* In the ''TheFairlyOddparents'' [[TrappedInTVLand book-jumping episode]] "Shelf Life":
-->'''Wanda:''' Egad, he turned {{the Three Musketeers}} into the three Mouse--\\
(Timmy then swiftly covers her mouth and teleports them out.)
** And later in the same episode:
-->'''Cosmo:''' So he gets into a physics book, what's the worst that could happen?\\
'''Timmy:''' He could turn gravity into gravy. He could turn the planets into plants. He could turn Uranus into--\\
'''Wanda:''' Oh my God, we have to stop him!
** The segment "Dread and Breakfast" has a cameo by two Shaggy and Scooby-Doo lookalikes. Not-Shaggy refers to Not-Scooby as "Doob", which would probably make "Doob"'s name [[spoiler:[[TheStoner Doobie]].]]
* The first ''VeggieTales'' movie contained--without comment--a bunch of city guards whose weapons were [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikeman long poles with fish on the ends of them]].
* George Frankly, of ''MathNet'' on ''SquareOneTV'', also visited the island of Noman. (Back when Kate Monday was still his partner, and he was still with the LAPD.) He explained the name as being of Native American origin.
** In ''TheMysteriousBenedictSociety'', the [[FunWithAcronyms Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened]] is on Nomansan Island.
* One episode of ''TinyToonAdventures'' has a CreditsGag explaining that Plucky Duck was "inadvertently omitted from 'The Name Game.'"
** In fact, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Name_Game Wikipedia]] reports you can't use: Alice, Tucker, Chuck, Buck, Huck, Bart, Art, Mitch, Rich or Richie or you get profanity.
*** Which uses an ''extremely'' broad definition of profanity. Using "Bart" or "Art" will likely get some snickers from little kids, but it's hardly profane. Also, they've added two more to the list--Dallas and Maggie--and expanded it to say "profanity or rude language".
* The ''{{Rugrats}}'' movie had Charlotte say towards the beginning of the movie, when referring to the soon-to-be-born Dil, "You know what they say - born under Venus, look for a--" which is then interrupted by her cellphone ringing.
* ''RobotChicken'' once had a shot of [[DoctorWho the Fourth Doctor]] standing on the first base of a baseball diamond. After waiting a second, the Doctor says "[[WhosOnFirst Do ya get it?]]"
** I thought the joke was the "Senreich-Green University" sign. But when you think about it, that joke make sense.
* ''TheSimpsons'' did it a couple times with the limerick about the man from Nantucket. For the record, "There once was a man from Nantucket[[spoiler:/Whose cock was so long he could suck it/And he said, with a grin/As he wiped off his chin/"If my ear were a cunt I would fuck it!.]]"
**"The" limerick? [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_once_was_a_man_from_Nantucket There's dozens with that starting line]].
**Once:
--->'''Barney:''' ''(doing handsprings)'' I am the very model of a modern major general!
--->'''Homer:''' That's nothing! ''(doing cartwheels)'' There once was a man from Nantucket, who... D'oh! ''(runs into wall)''
**And again:
--->'''Homer:''' You know, I once knew a man from Nantucket.
--->'''Bart:''' And?
--->'''Homer:''' Let's just say the stories about him are greatly exaggerated.
**And again:
--->'''Homer:''' There once was this guy from an island off the coast of Massachusetts... Nantucket, I think it was. Anyway, he had the most unusual personal characteristic, which was, um...
*** Another instance not using the man from Nantucket limerick, maybe even being a parody of its usage, comes in an episode where Krusty the Clown is giving Homer an old trampoline of his and talks about dirty limericks ("There once was a man named Enis...").
*** So WHO had the most limericks written about them - was it the man named Enis, or the woman from Regina?
** Another from the Simpsons is the traffic guy for Channel Six News, Arnie Pie, who ''very deliberately'' avoids the painfully obvious pun on his name; his segment, live from the traffic chopper, is called "Arnie in the Sky."
** Still another: Krusty the Clown once mentioned that he and Bette Midler once owned a horse together, and named it "Krudler." For those who didn't get it, the more appropriate name is revealed in the DVDCommentary of the episode: [[spoiler:Misty]]
** Alternatively, the far less appropriate [[spoiler: Busty]]
** The Simpsons also gives us "Sneed's Feed & Seed (Formerly Chuck's)"
* In ''TheTick'', there is a running gag where several villains are never actually named, but they are very obvious visual puns. So we have an evil boy genius with see-through plastic cranium, but never actually called "Brain Child". Or the man dressed as someone's granny, obsessed with stealing inventions is never called "The mother of invention".
** And neither is his name [[spoiler:Necessity]]?
* Surprisingly, ''ThePowerpuffGirls'' does this at one point: despite the series' tendency towards the IncrediblyLamePun, the Mayor's secretary is referred to only as "Miss Bellum." Given her brain capacity relative to that of the Mayor, it's not hard to guess what her first name is... [[spoiler:Sarah.]]
** They have stated her name at least once. However, it was in fact [[spoiler:Sarah.]]
** Also, Him looks like Satan and dresses like [[RougeAnglesOfSatin Santa]]. This is never commented on directly.
* In ''{{Futurama}}'', Fry's grandfather is named "Enis". His rank is "[[StephenUlyssesPerhero Private]]".
** Sorry, but there is no stealth pun here. In the episode where the grandfather in question appears ("Roswell that ends well"), his name is ''Enos''.
* ''BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' "Deep Cover for Batman", Batman thinks he may have found an ally in The Scarlet Scarab based on a conversation he heard, but it turns out to just provide misdirection, meaning that the ''Scarlet'' Scarab was a RedHerring.
* In the ''JusticeLeague'' episode "The Terror Beyond", Hawkgirl [[DefiantToTheEnd taunts Icthultu]] when he wishes to speak to her: "Nothing to say! I have a ''gesture'' for you, but my hands are tied." That's right, Hawkgirl wants to flip him the bird.
** Remember, it's the DCAU.
** In the episode "The Balance" Wonder Woman receives a message from Zeus saying "By Decree of Zeus Father of Olympus it is so ordered: Dianna of Themyscira will travel to Tartarus and set right that which has been disturbed." She starts to respond with "He's telling me to go to..." but in interrupted by Hermes saying "Basically".
*Subverted in AmericanDad:
-->'''Hayley:''' The doctor said you have angina[[hottip:8:This is a real disease]].\\
'''Francine:''' Which the doctor said sounds a lot like vagina but I don't hear it.
* In an episode of ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'', the scene after greeting Suki in a robe, under candlelight, a rose in his mouth, Sokka is seen wearing a flower necklace - [[spoiler:he got lei'd]].
* In an episode of Family Guy where Stewie and Brian go to a Disney universe, this universe's Joe is a coffee pot. Joe. Coffee.
** Of course, that's a spoof of ''BeautyAndTheBeast'', where the teapot is Mrs. Potts and her grandson is a teacup with a chip in it...named Chip.
* [[JohnnyTest Mary and Susan Test.]]
** I wonder if the creator is [[OneOfUs A Troper]].
** So if you watch the show for the sisters... does that mean [[spoiler:you're into S&M]]?
*TeenTitans has one of the first type in the episode ''Can I Keep Him?''. While fighting Johnny Rancid's new "pet", Rancid remarks that the beast is "kicking [Robin's]-", and is then interrupted by two green hooves to the gut. One shot later, it is revealed that Beast Boy has, indeed, [[spoiler:turned into an ass.]]
* [[GenkiGirl Maggie]] the housefly's older brother in ''TheBuzzOnMaggie'' is named Aldrin... for "Buzz" Aldrin.
* In ''AMatterOfLoafAndDeath'', Wallace attempts to stop Piella's bicycle by having Gromit throw tea cakes between his knees and the bicycle and squeezing them. He says he should have tried the granary rolls, which makes sense; after all, ''[[spoiler:Let us brake bread together on our knees...]]'' no?
* In the third season of ''Ben10AlienForce'', Kevin ends up [[ModeLock stuck]] in a composite form, with various body parts made out of various materials, from metal to crystal. In particular, everything from his groin down is made of [[spoiler:wood]].
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* In the famous F.A.O. Schwarz Toy Store, New York City, there are a pair of life-sized stuffed animals over the display case for board games. They don't say, but they are, of course, [[spoiler:cheetahs.]]
* While certainly not intentional, one of the largest elevator manufacturers in the world is the Schindler group. [[spoiler:Schindler's Lift.]]
* A possible Stealth VisualPun: as Richard Hammond pointed out on ''TopGear'', the Lamborghini Miura was built with doors shaped so that, when both were open, they looked like the horns of a bull. Lamborghini's logo is a bull, and the Miura is a breed of bulls. %%It's in Series 3, Episode 4.%%
* Arguably the AT-4 disposable rocket launcher. You'd only really get it if you knew a lot about guns, but it fires 84mm rockets. AT-4. 84. Geddit?
* Solaris uses the magic number 0xDEFEC8ED in certain debug outputs... specifically, [[spoiler:core dumps]].
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