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Upon discovering that Miles Black, the famous phrenologist from Yorkshire was going to take up yodeling to lonely goats in Bali, James White decided to balance four planks of wood on a beer keg and call it an abstract work of art in the style of a famous fourteenth-century architect, just going to prove that people will read any old garbage if they think there will be a good pun at the end of it.
Sometimes we make punny trope names, just for pun. Some people like this, while others view it as cruel and punusual punishment.
Compare Tropemanteau.
Please, when you add a new article title here, add the source of the pun (i.e. the original title or quote or whatever) in a note behind it. Many puns here are just too obscure for most of us.
And no, you are not supposed to explain your own puns like this page do-es.
If you came here looking for an index of pun-related tropes, rather than tropes whose names are puns, that's Pun.
Punny Trope Names:
- Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder note "Absence makes the heart grow fonder"
- Accent Depundent note "accent-dependent"
- Acrofatic note "acrobatic"
- Acting Unnatural note "Act natural!"
- Addiction Displacement note Adaptation Displacement
- Adipose Rex note Oedipus Rex + adipose tissues, meaning fats
- Aerith and Bob note Alice and Bob
- Affair Hair note fair — that is, blond — hair
- Affirmative Action Girl note "affirmative action" + Action Girl
- Agony of the Feet note "agony of defeat"
- Air Voyance note "clairvoyance"
- A.K.A.-47 note AK-47
- Alcohol Hic note alcoholic
- Aliens Steal Cable note probably unintentional pun on "Steel Cable", as well as Aliens Steal Cattle
- The All Concealing I note "the all-seeing eye"
- All Ghouls School note "all-girls school"
- The All-Seeing A.I. note "the all-seeing eye"
- All The Worlds Are A Stage note "All the world's a stage"
- Alphabet Soup Cans
- Altar the Speed note "alter the speed"
- And Now for Someone Completely Different note "And now for something completely different."
- Animal Wrongs Group note "animal rights group"
- Angrish note anguish and Engrish
- Apathy Killed the Cat note "Curiosity killed the cat"
- Apocalypse How note Apocalypse Now
- Apocalypse Not note ditto
- Apocalypse Wow note ditto, again...
- Arc Welding note "arc" as in a story arc
- Arkham's Razor note portmanteau of Occam's Razor and Arkham from the Cthulhu Mythos
- Armed Farces note "armed forces"
- Armed With Canon note "armed with cannon"
- Ash Face note the insult "ass face"
- Atomic F-Bomb note "atomic bomb"
- Audio Erotica note "autoerotica"
- Auto Erotica note a pun on "auto" in the sense of a car, and "autoerotica"
- A Weighty Aesop note "weighty" in the sense of anviliciousness, and fat
- Awesome Moment of Crowning note Crowning Moment of Awesome
- Awful Wedded Life note "lawful wedded life"
- Ax Crazy note acts crazy
- Baa Bomb note Bob-omb
- Bad Habits note nuns wearing habits + bad habits, as in behavioural patterns
- Bad Humor Truck note Good Humor, an ice cream company
- Bad with the Bone note Bad to the bone
- Balloonacy note lunacy
- Band of Brothels note plays on "band of brothers" from the original Saint Crispin's Day speech
- Battle in the Center of the Mind note Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Bayonet Ya note Bayonetta
- Beardness Protection Program / Beardless Protection Program note "Witness Protection program"
- Beard of Directors note "Board of Directors"
- Beary Friendly note ...very friendly
- Beary Funny note ...very funny
- Beat Still, My Heart note "Be still, my heart"
- Bee Bee Gun note BB gun
- Beetle Maniac note Beatlemaniacs
- Bifauxnen note Bishōnen
- Big Applesauce note "The Big Apple", common nickname for New York City
- Big Badass Wolf note Big Bad Wolf
- Big Bra to Fill note "big shoes to fill"
- Big Brother Is Employing You note Big Brother Is Watching
- Big Dam Plot note Big Damn Heroes
- Bi the Way note "by the way"
- Black Hole Sue note "Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden
- Bland Name Product note "brand name product"
- Bleed 'em and Weep note "read 'em and weep"
- Blessed Are the Cheesemakers note "Blessed are the peacemakers"
- Blood Bath note The term "bloodbath" separated into two words to refer to a literal bath in blood
- Blood Is Squicker In Water note "Blood is Thicker Than Water"
- Blood Lust note The term "bloodlust" adopted to refer to a literal lust for blood, rather than a general joy of committing violence
- Bloodstained Glass Windows note stained glass windows
- Bloody Hilarious note "bloody" being used both as slang and literally
- A Bloody Mess note ditto
- Bloody Murder note Where blood itself is used to cause a murder
- Blunt Metaphors Trauma note "blunt force trauma"
- Board to Death note "Bored to death"
- Boggles the Mind note after the word game Boggle
- Boldly Coming note "to boldly go where no man has gone before."
- Boogie Knights note "Boogie Nights"
- Born To Pun note Born to Run
- Boy Meets Ghoul note Boy Meets Girl
- Break the Haughty note Break the Cutie
- Bride and Switch note "Bait and switch"
- Bridge Logic note Fridge Logic
- Bubble Gun note bubble gum
- Bullet Holes and Revelations note Black Holes and Revelations, by Muse
- Bullet Index note Bullet lists of HTML coding
- Butter Face note "But her face"
- By the Lights of Their Eyes note "by the whites of their eyes"
- By Wall That Is Holey note "by all that is holy"
- Camera Obscurer note Camera Obscura
- The Can Kicked Him note "Kicked the Can" reversed
- Canon Fodder note "cannon fodder"
- Canon Welding note "cannon welding"
- Catch a Falling Star note protagonist/celestial body
- Caught the Heart on His Sleeve note "wearing your heart on your sleeve"
- Centrifugal Farce note "centrifugal force"
- The Chains of Commanding note chain of command
- Chekov's Gun note Chekhov's Gun
- Chic And Awe note "shock and awe"
- The Chosen Zero note The Chosen One
- Cicadian Rhythm note circadian rhythm
- City of Weirdos note City of Heroes
- Civil Warcraft note "civil war
- Clasp Your Hands If You Deceive note Clap Your Hands If You Believe
- Clipped Wing Angel note One-Winged Angel
- Clock Roaches note "cockroaches"
- Clothes Make the Maniac note "clothes make the man"
- Clothes Make the Superman note ditto
- Cluster F-Bomb note "cluster bomb"
- Coitus Uninterruptus note "coitus interruptus"
- Colon Cancer note punctuation mark/large intestine
- Comeback Tomorrow note "come back tomorrow"
- Comic Sutra note Kama Sutra
- Command And Conquer Economy note "command economy" plus Command & Conquer
- Com Mons note Commons
- Compressed Hair note "compressed air"
- Compressed Vice note "compressed ice"
- Confusion Fu note "kung fu":
- Cool and Unusual Punishment note Cruel and unusual punishment
- Les Cops Sportif note Le Coq Sportif, a French clothing company
- Cordon Bleugh Chef note Le Cordon Bleu, the instution of French cooking, and "blegh", disgust
- Crappy Holidays note "happy holidays"
- Crapsaccharine World note Crapsack World
- Crash Course Landing note "crash course"
- Crate Expectations note "great expectations"
- Crater Power note Greater Power
- Crime After Crime note "time after time"
- Crime Time Soap note "Prime Time Soap"
- The Croc Is Ticking note "the clock is ticking"
- Cue O Clock note "two o'clock"
- Cunning Linguist note "cunnilingus"
- Curiosity Killed the Cast note also from Curiosity killed the cat
- Curse Is Foiled Again note "Curses! Foiled again!"
- Curse of The Ancients note "curse" as in profanity, "ancients" as in old people
- Danger Takes a Backseat note Death Takes a Holiday
- Date Crepe note Date Rape
- The Day The Music Lied note The Day the Music Died
- Dead Line News note Headline News
- Dead Man's Chest note a chest with a dead man, obviously
- Dead Man Switch note Dead Man's Switch
- Dead Weight note a pun on the figure of speech "dead weight" and the most prominent characteristic of fat zombies
- Death Dealer note playing cards as weapons, i.e. "dealing death"
- A Death in the Limelight note A Day in the Limelight
- Death Is Cheap note "Talk is cheap"
- Death Throws note "death throes"
- Debate and Switch note "bait and switch"
- Deface of the Moon note "the face of the moon"
- Deliver Us from Evilnote the line from the Lord's Prayer crossed with delivering a baby
- Denied Parody note "denied parity"
- Depopulation Bomb note The Population Bomb, a 1968 book by Paul Ehrlich
- Depth Deception note "depth perception"
- Depth Perplexion note also "depth perception"
- Despair Event Horizon note or "Morale Event Horizon", punning off Moral Event Horizon
- Determinator note The Terminator
- Detonation Moon note Destination Moon, an early sci-fi movie and novel by Robert A. Heinlein
- Deus Angst Machina*
- Deus Ax Machina*
- Deus Est Machina*
- Deus Exit Machina*
- Deus Sex Machina* * note all from Deus ex Machina
- Diamonds in the Buff note "diamonds in the rough"
- Diplomatic Impunity note "diplomatic immunity"
- Dirty Harriet note Dirty Harry
- Disco Tech note "discotheque"
- Discriminate And Switch note Bait and Switch
- Disney Creatures of the Farce note "creatures of the forest"
- Distress Ball note Stress ball
- Divided States of America note "United States Of America"
- Domed Hometown note Doomed Hometown
- Donut Mess with a Cop note "do not mess with a cop"
- Doom It Yourself note "do it yourself"
- Dork Age note Dark Age
- Dork Horse Candidate note "dark horse candidate"
- Dork Knight note "Dark Knight" + "dork"
- Dragon Their Feet note "dragging their feet"
- Dragons Up the Yin Yang note "up the yin yang"
- Dub Text note subtext
- Dueling Dojos note Dueling Banjos
- Dumb and Drummer note Dumb And Dumber
- Dung Fu note "kung fu" + "dung"
- Dyeing For Your Art note "dying for your art"
- Dye Hard note Die Hard
- Dye or Die note same sound, different spelling and meaning/"do or die"
- Dysfunction Junction note Conjunction Junction, a School House Rock song
- Eenie Meenie Miny Moai note Eenie Meenie Miny Mo
- Egg MacGuffin note "Egg McMuffin"
- Elevator Action Sequence note Elevator Action
- The Elevator from Ipanema note "The Girl from Ipanema"
- Elevator Going Down note a play on the double meaning of the phrase "going down"
- Elvish Presley note 'Elvis Presley'
- Enemy Mime note Enemy Mine
- Engaging Conversation note "engaging" as in marriage engagement
- Epic Flail note Epic Fail
- Epic Hail note Epic Fail
- The Eponymous Show note Partially named after Eponymous Kid, who started the campaign against "trope" in trope titles years before it became official policy. The working title was "The Trope Show".
- Epunymous Title note "eponymous title"
- Everything's Deader with Zombies note Everything's Better with...
- Everyone Looks Sexier If French note Everything Sounds Sexier in French
- Evilutionary Biologist note Evolutionary biologist
- Extra Ore Dinary note extraordinary
- Extreme Omni Goat note Extreme Omnivore
- Eye Am Watching You note "I am watching you."
- Eyedscreen note "Eyes in Widescreen"
- Eye Spy note I spy
- Eye Scream note ice cream
- The Eyes Have It note "the 'ayes' have it"
- Facial Profiling note racial profiling
- Failing A Taxi note hailing a taxi
- Failure Is the Only Option note "failure is not an option"
- Fair Cop note "It's a fair cop" i.e. "okay, you caught me fair and square"
- Fairy Sexy note "very sexy"
- Faith Heel Turn note Face Heel Turn
- Fake in the Hole note "Fire in the hole!"
- Fake Real Turn note Face Heel Turn
- Faking the Dead note Waking the Dead
- Fall of the House of Cards note Fall of the House of Usher
- The Family That Slays Together note "The family that plays together stays together"
- Fan Disservice note Fanservice
- Fan Dumb note Fandom
- Fanon note canon
- Fan Service Pack note "service pack"
- Fan Service With A Smile note "service with a smile"; google it
- Fartillery note "Artillery"
- Fauxlosophic Narration note "philosophic narration"
- Faux Paw note "faux pas"
- Fauxreigner note "foreigner"
- Fauxshadow note "foreshadow"
- Fauxtastic Voyage note Fantastic Voyage
- Fauxtivational Poster note motivational poster
- Faux To Guide note "How To Guide"
- Faux Yay note Foe Yay
- Feathered Fiend note feathered friend
- Feed By Example note "Lead by example"
- Fee Fi Faux Pas note "Fee fi fo fum"
- Femme Fatalons note Femme Fatale
- Feng Schwing note Feng shui
- A Fęte Worse Than Death note A Fate Worse Than Death
- Fight Fur Your Right To Party note "fight for your right to party"
- Fingore note finger
- The Firefly Effect note Butterfly Effect
- Firemen Are Hot note being high in temperature/sexually attractive
- First Person Snapshooter note First-Person Shooter
- Fishing For Sole note the type of fish vs. the bottom of a shoe
- Flying Under the Gaydar note "flying under the radar"
- Foe Yay note Ho Yay or foyer
- Follow The Plotted Line note "follow the dotted line"
- Foo Fu note Kung Fu
- For Doom the Bell Tolls note For Whom the Bell Tolls
- For Inconvenience, Press "1" note "for information press one"
- Foreign Queasine note "Foreign Cuisine"
- Formulaic Magic note "formulaic" as in "of mathematical formulas", not "unoriginal"
- Fountain of Memes note "Fountain of Dreams"
- Four Lines, All Waiting note "no lines, no waiting"
- Fowl-Mouthed Parrot note "foul-mouthed parrot"
- Free-Range Children note "free range chicken"
- Free Wheel note "free will"
- Fruit of The Loon note Fruit of the Loom, which is itself a pun on "Fruit of the Womb"
- Full Boar Action note "full-bore action"
- Fully Automatic Clip Show note "fully automatic clip"
- Full Name Basis note "first name basis"
- Fulton Street Folly note "Fulton's folly"
- Fur and Loathing note "fear and loathing", or more specifically Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- The Future Is Noir note The Future Is Now
- Gambit Roulette note "Russian Roulette"
- Garbage Post Kid note Garbage Pail Kids
- Gasshole note "asshole"
- Gaydar note radar
- Gendercide note genocide
- Gene Hunting note Life On Mars' character Gene Hunt
- Generation Xerox note Generation X
- Germanic Depressives note "manic-depressive"
- Ghostapo note Gestapo
- Ghost Butler note Ghostbusters
- Give Geeks a Chance note "Give Peace a Chance"
- Giving Them the Strip note "giving them the slip"
- God Couple note The Odd Couple
- God Save Us from the Queen note "God Save the Queen"
- The Gods Must Be Lazy note The Gods Must Be Crazy
- Going by the Matchbook note "going by the book"
- Going Fur a Swim note "going for a swim"
- Good Angel, Bad Angel note "good cop, bad cop"
- Good-Looking Privates note low-ranking enlisted personnel, of course. What else could that refer to?
- Gosh Hornet note "Gosh Darn it"
- Gotta Get Your Head Together note "get your head together"
- Grave Clouds note serious/place of burial
- Grave Humor note ditto
- Gravity Is A Harsh Seamstress note Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress
- The Greatest History Never Told note The Greatest Story Ever Told
- The Greatest Story Never Told note ditto
- Grey and Gray Morality note note the spelling
- Grievous Bottley Harm note "grievous bodily harm"
- Grievous Harm with a Body note ditto
- The Guards Must Be Crazy note The Gods Must Be Crazy
- Guide Dang It note "God dang it" which is derived from "God damn it"
- Gung Holier Than Thou note "gung ho" plus "holier than thou"
- Hail To The Thief note "Hail to the Chief"
- Hair Today Gone Tomorrow note "here today, gone tomorrow"
- Ham and Cheese note "ham" as in Large Ham and "cheese" meaning schlock
- Ham-to-Ham Combat note "hand to hand combat"
- A Handful for an Eye note hand for a hand, eye for an eye
- Handy Cuffs note "handcuffs"
- Hannibal Lecture note Hannibal Lecter
- Hate Sink note "heat sink"
- Heart Drive note hard drive
- Heavy Meta note Heavy Metal
- Heavy Mithril note Heavy Metal
- Heel Face Return*
- Heel Faith Turn* note both Heel Face Turn
- Heir Club for Men note Hair Club for Men
- Heliotropes note "helios" = Greek "sun" + "tropes"; no relation to the flowers
- Hellevator note "elevator"
- Hellish Copter note "Helicopter"
- Her Heart Will Go On note "My Heart Will Go On"
- He Who Must Not Be Seen note "He Who Must Not Be Named"
- He Who Must Not Be Heard note also "He Who Must Not Be Named"
- High Heel Face Turn note Heel Face Turn
- Hilarity Sues note Hilarity Ensues
- Horny Devils note lustful demons - which may or may not have horns
- Horny Vikings note derived from their stereotypical horned helmets
- Hot for Preacher note Hot for Teacher
- Hot Scoop note an "exclusive" story or interview/to catch/a scoop-neck top
- How Do I Used Tense note How Do I Shot Web?
- Humanity Ensues note Hilarity Ensues
- Hyde And Seek note "hide and seek"
- Ice Cream Koan note "ice cream cone"
- An Ice Person note "a nice person"
- I Have Your Index note I Have Your Wife
- Implausible Deniability note Plausible Deniability
- In the Hood note "in the 'hood"
- Inaction Sequence note "action sequence"
- Incest Is Relative note "incest" = romantic love or sex between two close relatives
- Incredibly Lame Fun note Incredibly Lame Pun
- Index to the Rescue
- Inhuman Resources note Human Resources
- Innocence Virgin On Stupidity note "verging" for non-virgins
- Inn Between The Worlds note "in between"
- Inn Security note insecurity
- Insecurity System note "security system"
- Instant Messenger Pigeon note instant messenger + messenger pigeon
- Intro Dump note infodump
- I Resemble That Remark note "I resent that remark"
- Irritation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery note "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"
- iSophagus note iPod in esophagus
- Inventional Wisdom note A play on "Conventional Wisdom", which none of the inventors in this trope seem to have
- Jack the Ripoff note Jack the Ripper
- Jail Bake note jailbreak
- Jailbird Of Panama note The Tailor of Panama
- Jeanne d'Archétype note Jeanne d'Arc
- The Joy of X note "The Joy of Sex"
- Just Desserts note "Just deserts", except the villain actually gets eaten
- Just Plane Wrong note "just plain wrong"
- Just Train Wrong note "just plain wrong"
- Kevlard note "Kevlar"
- Kick the Son of a Bitch note Kick the Dog
- Knight Fever note "night fever"
- The Knights Who Say Squee note "The Knights Who Say Ni"
- Knocking on Heathens' Door note knocking on heaven's door
- Kosher Nostra note Cosa Nostra
- Kung-Fu Proof Mook note say it out loud
- Kung-Shui note "feng shui"
- Large Ham Radio note "ham radio"
- Last Disrespects note "last respects"
- Last Name Basis note "first name basis"
- Last Plan Standing note "last man standing"
- Launcher of a Thousand Ships note "the face that launch'd a thousand ships"
- Let's Duet note "let's do it"
- Let's Have A Ceilidh note "Let's Have a Kiki"
- Level Ate note "level 8"
- Like a Badass out of Hell note "Like a bat out of hell"
- Limey Goes to Hollywood note Frankie Goes To Hollywood
- Lions and Tigers and Humans... Oh, My! note "Lions and tigers and bears! Oh, my!"
- Lipstick and Load Montage note Lock and Load Montage
- Little Dead Riding Hood note Little Red Riding Hood
- Little Miss Snarker note Little Miss Marker
- A Load of Bull note "a load of bull(shit)"
- Locked into Strangeness note a lock of hair
- The Loins Sleep Tonight note "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" song
- Loose Canon note "loose cannon"
- Losing Your Head note A figurative statement turned literal
- Lost in the Maize note "maze"
- Lost Will And Testament note "last will and testament"
- Loud of War note "Lord of War"
- Louis Cypher note "Lucifer"
- A Love to Dismember note "a love to remember"
- Lowest Cosmic Denominator note Lowest Common Denominator
- Mage In Manhattan note Maid in Manhattan, itself a Pun-Based Title
- Magical Mystery Doors note "Magical Mystery Tour" (The Beatles album)
- Mailer Daemon note references an automatic process that runs in the background and handles incoming email messages
- Making a Spectacle of Yourself note "spectacles", as in eyeglasses
- Malcolm Xerox note Malcolm X
- Marathon Running note "running" as in being aired by a network
- Marked Change note "marked" being used in the literal sense
- Married to the Job note Married to the Mob
- Martial Arts and Crafts note "arts and crafts"
- Marty Stu note Mary Sue
- Mary Suetopia note Utopia
- Mary Tzu note Mary Sue
- Master of Delusion note Master of Illusion
- Me's a Crowd note "three's a crowd"
- Medal of Dishonor note "medal of honor"
- Mega Neko note Meganekko
- Memetic Mutation note "genetic mutation"
- Men Buy from Mars, Women Buy from Venus note Men are from Mars (bars), Women are from Venus (razors)
- Mentor Ship note mentorship / mentor+Shipping
- Mercurial Base note "mercurial" meaning both "moves around" and "frequently found on Mercury"
- Metaphorgotten note metaphor + forgotten
- Million Mook March note Million Man March
- Mind Over Manners note Mind Over Matter
- Misguided Missile note "guided missile"
- Miss Conception note "misconception"
- Mobile Suit Human note Mobile Suit Gundam
- Mobstacle Course note "obstacle course"
- Mock Cousteau note Jacques Cousteau
- Morally Ambiguous Ducktorate note Morally Ambiguous Doctorate
- The Mourning After note "the morning after"
- Mouthful of Pi note "mouthful of pie"
- The Moving Experience note wordplay in that "moving" here refers to physical movement to a new home
- Multi-Armed and Dangerous note "armed and dangerous"
- Multiple Head Case note "head case" = insane
- Mundanger note "mundane" + "danger"
- The Murder After note "the morning after"
- Musicalis Interruptus note "coitus interruptus"
- Music of Note note importance/music note
- My Beloved Smother note "my beloved mother"
- My Little Panzer note My Little Pony
- My Own Private "I Do" note My Own Private Idaho
- My Rule Fu Is Stronger than Yours note My Kung-Fu Is Stronger Than Yours
- Nature Abhors a Virgin note "nature abhors a vacuum"
- Nature Adores a Virgin note ditto
- Naval Gazing note "Navel-Gazing"
- The Need For Mead note "the need... for speed"
- Newspaper Thin Disguise note Paper-Thin Disguise
- Nice Job Breaking It, Herod note Nice Job Breaking It, Hero
- Nipple and Dimed note "nickel-and-dimed"
- Nitro Express note after Nitro Express, a series of cartridges used in large-bore hunting rifles
- No Body Left Behind note No One Gets Left Behind
- No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine note "No, Mr. Bond... I expect you to die."
- No One Respects the Spanish Inquisition note "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
- No Periods, Period note "period" can mean both menstruation and a full stop
- No Woman's Land note "no man's land"
- No Yay note also a pun on Ho Yay
- Noodle Implements note Noodle Incident
- Norse By Norsewest note North By Northwest
- Nothing Is Scarier note "nothing is scarier than..." crossed with the noun "nothing"
- Nubile Savage note Noble savage
- Nuns N Rosaries note Guns N' Roses
- Nun Too Holy note nun and "none too holy"
- The Obi Wannabe note The Obi-Wan
- Of Corpse He's Alive note "of course he's alive!"
- Of Corset Hurts note "of course it hurts!"
- Of Corsets Sexy note "of course it's sexy!"
- Obsessed Are The Listmakers note "Blessed are the peacemakers"
- Obfuscating Disability note Obfuscating Stupidity
- Olympus Mons note "Mons from the Olympus"
- Omazing Powerup note After the "Om" used in chanting
- Omnicidal Maniac note "homicidal maniac"
- One Hit Point Wonder note One Hit Wonder
- One-Scene Wonder note also One Hit Wonder
- One Tract Mind note "one track mind"
- One-Two Punchline note one-two punch
- One, Two, Three, Four, Go! note The entire trope is based on a pun.
- Open Says Me note "Open Sesame"
- Orchestral Bombing note "orchestrated bombing campaign"
- Out-of-Genre Experience note "out of body experience"
- Out with a Bang note "bang" as in an act of coitus
- Overt Operative note "covert operative"
- Owl Be Damned note "I'll be damned"
- The Owl Knowing One note "the all-knowing one"
- Pandaing To The Audience note Pandering to the Audience with Pandas
- Parodic Table of the Elements note Periodic Table Of The Elements
- Party Of Representatives note political/representative party + role-playing Player Party
- Passing Judgment note "passing" in the sense of "moving past" and "passing" in the sense of "expressing"
- People of Hair Color note "people of color"
- Perma Shave note Burma-Shave
- Personal Space Invader note "personal space"
- Person of Mass Destruction: note Weapon of Mass Destruction
- Pet Heir note "pet hair"
- Phlegmings note "lemmings"
- Phoney Call note "phone call", used to be called Fauxn Call
- Pin-Pulling Teeth note either teeth that pull out grenade pins or grenade pins pulling out teeth
- The Pin Is Mightier note The Pen Is Mightier
- Plane Spotting note Trainspotting
- Plot Hole note "pothole"
- Pony Tale note "ponytail"
- Pooled Funds note swimming pool vs. common money
- Poor Communication Kills note "poor communication skills"
- Porn Stache note Porn Stash
- Porting Disaster note "courting disaster"
- Power Gives You Wings note "Red Bull gives you wings!"
- Pre-Climax Climax note "climax" being used in both the sexual and dramatic senses
- Precision F-Strike note "precision strike"
- Premature Aggravation note "premature ejaculation"
- Premature Encapsulation note ditto
- President Evil note Resident Evil
- Pretty in Mink note Pretty In Pink
- Pretty Spry For A Dead Guy note "Pretty Fly For A White Guy", The Offspring
- Prophetic Fallacy note Pathetic fallacy
- A Protagonist Is Ryu note A Winner Is You and all of its associated tropes
- Ptero Soarer note "pterosaur"
- Public Exposure note The criminal offence of "public exposure", "exposure" in the sense of publicity and the camera term for how long the shutter is open
- Pungeon Master note Dungeon Master
- Punny Name note "funny name"
- Putting on the Reich note "Puttin' on the Ritz"
- Quicksand Box note Quicksand
- Race Lift note "face lift"
- Raising the Steaks note "Raising the stakes"
- Ramprovisation note "Improvisation"
- Rapid Fire Fisticuffs note Good Old Fisticuffs
- Rash Equilibrium note Nash equilibrium
- Reaching Between The Lines note Reading Between The Lines
- Reality Ensues note Hilarity Ensues
- Red Eyes, Take Warning note "red sky at morning, sailors take warning"
- Refrain from Assuming note to hold back/the chorus of a song
- Remilitarized Zone note Demilitarised zone
- The Resolution Will Not Be Televised note "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"
- Retirony note retirement + irony
- Retraux note faux + retro
- Revenge SVP note RSVP
- The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized note "The Revolution With Not Be Televised", again
- The Revolution Will Not Be Vilified note same as above
- Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense note "poor in cents"
- Right on Queue note "right on cue"
- Rip Tailoring note actor-comedian Rip Taylor
- Rip Van Tinkle note Rip Van Winkle
- Rock Me, Asmodeus! note "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco
- Room Disservice note "room service"
- Roswell That Ends Well note All's Well That Ends Well
- Rule of Pool note Rule Of Cool
- Rummage Fail note "rummage sale"
- Sadly Mythtaken note "sadly mistaken"
- Safety Worst note "safety first"
- Scooby-Dooby Doors note "Scooby dooby doo!"
- Scooby Stack: note Scooby snack
- Screw the Money, I Have Rules! note Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
- Screw Yourself note a common insult, applied literally
- Scry vs. Scry note "Spy vs. Spy"
- Sealed Evil in a Duel note Sealed Evil in a Can
- Second Face Smoke note "second-hand smoke"
- See Water note "seawater"
- Self Fanservice note "self-service"
- Send in the Clones note "Send in the Clowns"
- Senseless Violins note "senseless violence"
- Series Fauxnale note "series finale"
- Serkis Folk note "circus folk"
- Sesame Street Cred note Sesame Street
- Sexiled note "exiled"
- Shaggy Frog Story note Shaggy Dog Story
- She-Fu note "sifu"
- Ship Mates note "ship mates," i.e. fellow sailors
- Ship Tease note "striptease"
- The Ship Yard note the docking location of many vessels
- Shock and Awe note "shock" meaning a literal electric charge
- Shoo Out the Clowns note "Send in the Clowns"
- Shoo the Dog note Shoot the Dog
- Shoot the Shaggy Dog note Shoot the Dog
- The Show Must Go Wrong note The Show Must Go On
- Sickeningly Sweethearts note Sickeningly Sweet
- Single Malt Vision note "single-malt Scotch" + Double Vision
- Single Palette Town note "single palette" + Pallet Town
- Sit Comic note a Sitcom starring a stand-up comic
- Skeletons In The Coat Closet note "skeletons in the closet", i.e. embarrassing or damaging secrets
- Slippery Soap note "slippery slope"
- Slow No note "slow mo"
- Smithical Marriage note "mythical marriage"
- Smoking Gun Control note "smoking gun"
- Smoking Hot Sex note with "smoking" here referring to smoking tobacco rather than the degree of passion
- The Snark Knight note The Dark Knight
- Social Semi Circle note "social circle"
- Somebody Doesn't Love Raymond note Everybody Loves Raymond
- Something Else Also Rises note The Sun Also Rises
- Songs in the Key of Lock note normally songs are written in a major or a minor key
- Soul Powered Engine note Coal powered engine
- Sound Defect note Sound effect
- Sounds of Science note "Sounds of Silence"
- Spare to the Throne note "heir to the throne"
- Spin Offspring note Spinoff
- Spoiled Sweet note "spoiled rotten"
- Spoilered Rotten note "spoiled rotten"
- Spring Cleaning Fever note "spring fever"
- Start of Darkness note Heart of Darkness
- Steel Ear Drums note Steel Drums
- Step Into The Blinding Fight note "Step Into the Blinding Light"
- Strawberry Shorthand note strawberry shortcake
- Stock Ness Monster note Loch Ness Monster
- The Straight and Arrow Path note "the straight and narrow path"
- Stranger in a Familiar Land note Stranger in a Strange Land
- Suck E. Cheese's note Chuck E. Cheese
- Suck Sessor note "successor"
- Sue Donym note "pseudonym"
- Suetiful All Along note Beautiful All Along
- Suit With Vested Interests note "suit with vest" + "vested interests" + "suit" as a metaphor for a Corrupt Corporate Executive
- Suppressed Mammaries note "suppressed memories"
- Swing Low Sweet Harriet note "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
- Swipe Your Blade Off note "wipe your blade off"
- Take A Moment To Catch Your Death note "...to catch your breath"
- Take Me Out At The Ball Game note "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
- Taken for Granite note "taken for granted"
- Talking Poo note usually means "speaking nonsense"
- The Taming Of The Grue note The Taming of the Shrew
- Tank Goodness note "thank goodness"
- Tanks For Nothing note "thanks for nothing"
- Tanks For The Memories note "thanks for the memories"
- Tantrum Throwing note a reference to the phrase "throwing a tantrum," this trope is about throwing objects during a tantrum
- Teeny Weenie note "teeny weeny" + wiener, or genitalia
- Tentacle Rope note "tentacle rape"
- Terra Deforming note "terraforming"
- Thanatos Gambit note Xanatos Gambit + Thanatos, the Greek god of death
- Thanks for the Mammary note "thanks for the memories"
- That Old Time Prescription note "that old time religion"
- That Poor Car note That Poor Cat
- There Will Be Toilet Paper note There Will Be Blood
- Third Line, Some Waiting note "no lines, no waiting"
- This Is a Drill note This Is Not a Drill
- This Looks Like a Job for Aquaman note "This looks like a job for Superman!"
- Thud and Blunder note "Blood and thunder"
- Title Scream note "Title screen"
- The Tooth Hurts note "the truth hurts"
- Top God note "top dog"
- The Topic of Cancer note "Tropic of Cancer"
- Trade Snark note "trademark" + "snark"
- Trainstopping note "Trainspotting"
- The Trap Parents note The Parent Trap
- Trash Landing note "crash landing"
- Trash of the Titans note Clash of the Titans
- Tree Buchet note "Trebuchet", a catapult-like siege weapon
- Trench Coat Warfare note Trench warfare
- Tribal Carry note Bridal Carry
- Trojan Gauntlet note "Trojan" as in the brand of condoms
- Trouble Entendre note Double Entendre
- Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty note from the Chamillionaire song "Ridin'"
- Tuck and Cover note a play on the combat maneuver "Duck and Cover"
- Twerp Sweating note Perp Sweating
- Twincest note "incest"
- Two Lines, No Waiting note "no lines, no waiting"
- Tyke Bomb note "time bomb"
- Uncanny Valley Girl note Uncanny Valley + Valley Girl
- Uncatty Resemblance note "uncanny resemblance"
- Uncle Tomfoolery note "Uncle Tom"
- The Unfair Sex note "the fair sex"
- Unholy Matrimony note "holy matrimony"
- Unishment note "punishment" that is actually a reward
- Unsexy Sadist note "Sexy Sadie"
- Unsound Effect note "sound effect"
- Upper Class Wit note "Upper Class Twit"
- Uranus Is Showing note "your anus is showing"
- Urban Legend of Zelda note "urban legend" plus The Legend of Zelda
- Urine Trouble note "you're in trouble!"
- Use Your Head note literal application of the phrase
- Vampire Bites Suck note to draw out through external negative pressure/"not good"
- Van in Black note The Men in Black
- Vapor Wear note Vaporware
- Verbal Ticked note Verbal Tic
- Victoria's Secret Compartment note Victoria's Secret (lingerie company)
- The Von Trope Family note Von Trapp Family
- Waif-Fu note "waifu"
- Wall Bang Her note Wall Banger
- Wall Glower note "wallflower"
- Water Wake-up note "What a wakeup"
- We Didn't Start The Führer note "We Didn't Start the Fire"
- Weight And Switch note "Bait and Switch"
- Weight Taller note "way taller"
- What Have We Ear? note "what have we here?"
- Whats A Secret Four? note "what's a secret for?" - now redirected to Cryptic Background Reference.
- What the Fu Are You Doing? note "What the fuck are you doing?"
- When Harry Met Svetlana note When Harry Met Sally
- Where Everybody Knows Your Flame note "Where Everybody Knows Your Name", the theme - and tagline - from Cheers
- Where I Was Born And Razed note "where I was born and raised"
- White Dwarf Starlet note "white dwarf star" + "starlet"
- Wife Husbandry note Husbandry = raising something.
- Window Pain note "window pane"
- With Great Power Comes Great Insanity note "with great power comes great responsibility"
- With Great Power Comes Great Perks note again, "with great power comes great responsibility"
- Won't Take "Yes" for an Answer note "won't take no for an answer"
- Worst Aid note "first aid"
- Wreaking Havok note "wreaking havoc"
- Write Back to the Future note Back to the Future
- Writer on Board note Baby on Board
- Yoko Oh No note Yoko Ono
- You Are What You Hate note "you are what you eat"
- You Dirty Rat note a literal play on a phrase often and incorrectly attributed to James Cagney
- You Make Me Sic note "You make me sick!"
- Your Cheating Heart note this is a real song title, believe it or not
- Your Vampires Suck note see You Make Me Sic above
- Youth Is Wasted on the Dumb note "Youth is wasted on the young"
- Zero-G Spot note "G-spot"
- Zipperiffic note Stripperiffic
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