A mainstay in British pop culture, Theatre/PunchAndJudy have found themselves in various works. In other countries these characters exist too in the puppet tradition, but under a different name.

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* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' includes a show called Big Shot with a man and a woman who report on bounty heads for bounty hunters. Their names? Punch and Judy.

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* ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' has this as one of the most creepy/horrible things the main character does, although he deserved it.
* Creator/NeilGaiman's short memoir-graphic novel with Creator/DaveMcKean, ''The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr Punch'', uses motifs from the show throughout, as well as one of the characters being the performer of an actual Punch and Judy show.
* Franchise/TheDCU villains Punch and Jewelee in ''ComicBook/CaptainAtom'' and ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'' dress like Punch and Judy.
* In ''Comicbook/DoomPatrol'', the Archons of Nurnheim, leaders of the Cult of the Unwritten Book, take the form of a pair of self-animating Punch and Judy puppets.
* In ''Comicbook/SecretSix'' #24, a Western {{Elseworld}}, Ragdoll runs a Punch and Judy stall with a [[DepravedKidsShowHost disturbingly adult (and sometimes just disturbing) script]]. The puppets resemble the Joker and Harley Quinn.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'': Ariel visits a town with Eric. As a former mermaid everything is new to her and she is excited at what she sees around her. When she sees a Punch and Judy show she grabs Punch, only to be surprised that he is not a real person.

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[[folder: Film -- Live-Action ]]

* In the opening of ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'', Scrooge passes by a Punch and Judy show. One of the lines in his theme is sung by the crocodile puppet before Mr. Punch hits him with his stick.
* Creator/TonyHancock co-wrote and appeared in a film called ''Film/ThePunchAndJudyMan'' which features a Punch and Judy performer whose troubled relationship with his wife reflects the relationship between Punch and Judy.
* ''Film/TheSantaClause1'': What's unusual here is that [[PlayingAgainstType they don't beat each other up]]; instead, they just talk to each other and play nice. They are also most likely LivingToys, as they seem to be busy before Scott Calvin enters the room, and react to him [[ComedicUnderwearExposure dropping his pants]].
* [[Creator/MarxBrothers Harpo Marx]] manages to get himself ''in'' a Punch and Judy show in ''Film/MonkeyBusiness''.
* The antagonist in ''Film/FunnyMan'' is based on Punch. To cement this, his first onscreen kill is beating a woman to death with a club.
* In ''Film/{{Charade}}'' the protagonists meet each other at a park where some children watch a Punch and Judy show.
* The abusive dad in ''Film/Dolls1987'' is eventually turned into a Punch puppet as a karmic punishment for being a jerk.
* In ''Film/OneHundredAndTwoDalmatians'', Chloe and her dogs meet up with Kevin, his dogs, and Waddlesworth the parrot to see one of these shows. Hilarity and disaster ensues when spotless Oddball sees the dog puppet wearing a spotted sweater and tries to get it, and then eventually getting tied up in a bunch of balloons floating while at it. [[spoiler:After being rescued, the puppeteer gives her the sweater.]]
* In ''Film/TimeBandits'' UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte is introduced watching a Punch and Judy show until someone suddenly guns down the puppeteer, causing him to collapse taking the whole booth down.
* In ''Film/LandOfTheDead'' a scene set in the slums has children watching an improvised Punch and Judy-inspired puppet show, in which a zombie puppet gets beaten by a human puppet.
* Amy Dunn in ''Film/GoneGirl'', as part of her attempt to frame her husband for her own murder, leaves behind a club in their fireplace and a pair of Punch and Judy puppets in Margo's shed as a present in his treasure hunt.

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* Punch and Judy are supporting characters in ''The Fourth Bear'', the second book in Creator/JasperFforde's ''Literature/NurseryCrime'' series.
* Hugely important in ''Literature/RiddleyWalker'', where it forms the main cultural and religious ritual (along with the legend of St. Eustace) of the novel's postapocalyptic society.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** The short story "Theatre of Cruelty" features a Punch-and-Judy show, only [[spoiler: with enslaved gnomes instead of puppets. That's ''not'' the way to do it.]]
** In ''Literature/MonstrousRegiment'', [[SweetPollyOliver Polly]] mentions having seen one or two of these in town. They were thrown out because Punch is seen using a stick on his wife [[EveryoneHasStandards that is bigger than the one Nuggan permits men to beat their wives with]].
** ''Literature/WyrdSisters'' has a scene where the playwright Hwel, after being hit by two inspirations simultaneously, attempts to write what is effectively ''Theatre/RichardIII'' as a Punch-and-Judy show.
** ''Literature/{{Maskerade}}'', discussing Granny Weatherwax's hatred of theatre, and resulting fascination with it, says that even the Punch-and-Judy men have stopped coming to Lancre out of terror of her glaring at them from the front row.
** ''Literature/{{Snuff}}'' has this description of a watchman who's cracked a case:
--->Some people could be said to be as pleased as Punch. Feeney could be said to look as pleased as Punch, Judy, the dog Toby, the crocodile, and, above all, the policeman, all rolled in together.
* In the ''Literature/{{Chrestomanci}}'' book ''The Magicians of Caprona'' by Creator/DianaWynneJones, one of the characters is obsessed with Punch and Judy, and at one point the villain transforms the protagonists into puppets and forces them to perform the show.
* ''Literature/TheAnubisGates'' by Creator/TimPowers features a more-than-usually disturbing version, presented by a more-than-usually disturbing puppeteer.
* Appears in the novel ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'' where the entire book [[spoiler:is just one huge WholePlotReference in disguise and Mister Punch is the AnthropomorphicPersonification of Riot and Rebellion]].
* Figures prominently in the Creator/MRJames ghost story "A Disappearance and an Appearance", as part of a nightmarish [[DreamingOfThingsToCome foreshadowing dream]].
* Cole Hawlings in ''Literature/TheBoxOfDelights'' owns a Punch & Judy show, though this is something of a cover story.

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* A scene from ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' in which Kermit and Miss Piggy watch a Punch and Judy show is featured in ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon''. Kermit's defense of the show's violence is immediately followed by two incredibly brutal scenes of violence.
* Ian Hislop unexpectedly did a short impromptu imitation in an episode of ''Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou''.
* ''Series/HiDeHi'' features Mr Partridge, the perpetually drunk, child-hating Punch and Judy man.
* In ''Series/JeevesAndWooster'', Bertie's looking to kill some time, and watches a show. Of course, [[TheDitz Bertie]] is engrossed by what, in his opinion, may be the absolute last word in entertainment.
* ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'': There's an episode called "The Punch and Judy Affair" where the store's staff play life-size versions of the characters.
* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E2Snakedance Snakedance]]", one scene has a Punch and Judy show with a giant snake (a legendary monster on the planet where the show is being performed) in place of the crocodile.
* ''Series/SpittingImage'': The opening titles of the 1991 season of the show were done in the style of a ''Punch and Judy'' show.
* They appear on ''Series/GoodEats'', representing Tender and Flaky (seemingly conflicting attributes of pie crust). They also appeared in the "Chicken and Dumplings" episode, representing Alton's mother and his now-ex-mother-in-law, each of the opinion that their way is the ''only'' way to make chicken and dumplings (and also getting into a conflict over who AB and his then-wife should spend the holidays with.)

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* Famously, Mr Punch gave his name to ''Magazine/{{Punch}}'' magazine, supposedly being its editor.

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* Music/{{Coldplay}}'s video for "Life In Technicolor II" is based on the play.
%%* "Yoga" by Music/TheMountainGoats
* Music/TheTigerLillies have an album called ''Punch and Judy''.
* Music/{{Marillion}} have a song called ''Punch & Judy''.
* A Punch and Judy play is enacted in the music video for ABC's [[https://youtu.be/cNEdxZURTaI?t=157 "The Look of Love"]]. It involves frontman Martin Fry being dragged through the stage by the crocodile.
* The cover art on Music/BruceDickinson album ''Accident of Birth'' (and all its alternatives) [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pag5JcVSl8A/TiENUSnhWJI/AAAAAAAAGoM/66732RSRXMI/s320/Accident%2Bof%2BBirth.jpg is based on Punch]].

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[[folder: Theatre ]]

* Harrison Birtwistle's opera ''Punch and Judy'' is a very violent take on the dysfunctional family. Benjamin Britten walked out during the premiere.

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[[folder: Video Games ]]

* The video game ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'' has a roaming monster named "Punchin' Judy" that fights the party with hand puppets.
* A Punch and Judy set-up is seen in ''VideoGame/WallaceAndGromitsGrandAdventures: The Last Resort''.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLostCrown'', Mr. Gruel stages a Punch And Judy show at the May Day Faire.
* In ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'', the Mafia boss's name is Don Punchinello, foreshadowing that he's a puppet of the real BigBad.

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* ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' has episodes titled "Luncheon Judy" and "Punch and Duty".
* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', the team of heroes gathered by the Heterodyne Boys included a couple of {{Artificial Human}}s named Punch and Judy.
* In ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'', one character put on a Punch and Judy skit for children from broken homes. The [[ComedicSociopathy other characters]] responded by having police puppets come in, arrest Punch with an electric stun gun (after the Punch puppet had been secretly soaked in kerosene), and the arc ended with Punch being used as a dish rag.
* "Punchin' Judy" Punchowski in ''Webcomic/ParticleFiction''.

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* The ''Website/SCPFoundation'' keeps a Punch and Judy set as [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-764 SCP-764]], nicknamed "The Obscene Show". The two puppets compel any group of people within their vicinity to stage a show and watch it. At first, the show proceeds fairly normally. [[spoiler:But eventually, Mr. Punch calls up volunteers from the audience to enact his signature BlackComedy slapstick, which leads to them getting violently murdered in the way Mr. Punch usually does in normal shows. The victims even [[DieLaughing laugh]] as this goes on.]]

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters'' episode, "[[Recap/AaahhRealMonstersS3E11FistfulOfToenailsBlindLoveMonsterLove Blind Love, Monster Love]]", Ickis sees a human Punch and Judy show and falls in love with Judy, not realizing she's just a puppet.
* ComicBook/TheJoker in ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' has a pair of clownlike brutes named this, which in their [[Recap/TheBatmanS1E12TheRubberfaceOfComedy debut ep]] sets up the following joke: "By the way, have you met my associates Judy and ... ''Punch?''" [[HeyYouHaymaker *POW*]]
* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' features a show-within-a-show called "Meet the Fatheads", which is pretty much Punch & Judy with 1990s gross-out humor applied. The husband and wife appear to be made of snot (or maybe just fat?) and spend most of the episodes belaboring each other about said heads with parking meters and having absurd arguments.
* The ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' episode, "[[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS20E10TheWaySheDoesIt The Way She Does it]]" has a pair of performers put on a ''Punch and Judy''-like puppet show at the end of the episode, with the female puppet being named after the latter half. The episode's title is also most likely a reference to Mr. Punch's catchphrase, "That's the way to do it!", and the male entertainer also says this line at the end of the episode.
* One of the background characters in ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'' is named Punching Judy.

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[[folder: Real Life ]]

* If you've ever used the phrase "Pleased as Punch," it refers to Punch's habit of applauding when he has just committed some particularly violent deed.

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