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The [[{{Treasure}} company]] behind ''VideoGame/WarioWorld''.

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* The [[{{Treasure}} company]] behind ''VideoGame/WarioWorld''.

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The [[{{Treasure}} company]] behind ''VideoGame/WarioWorld''.
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* In episode 24 of ''MythicalDetectiveLokiRagnarok'', [[AgentScully Mr. Daidoji]] sees into Hel [[spoiler:kidnapping his daughter]], but has no idea who she is. Their first exchange:

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* In episode 24 of ''MythicalDetectiveLokiRagnarok'', [[AgentScully Mr. Daidoji]] Daidoji sees into Hel [[spoiler:kidnapping his daughter]], but has no idea who she is. Their first exchange:
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-->--'''Angry factory lady''', DrakeAndJosh

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-->--'''Angry factory lady''', DrakeAndJosh
''DrakeAndJosh''
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->''"That wasn't a joke. That was an unfortunate coincidental pairing of words."''
-->--'''Angry factory lady''', DrakeAndJosh
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* In ''MythicalDetectiveLokiRagnarok'', [[AgentScully Mr. Daidoji]] runs into Hel, but has no idea who she is. Their first exchange:

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* In episode 24 of ''MythicalDetectiveLokiRagnarok'', [[AgentScully Mr. Daidoji]] runs sees into Hel, Hel [[spoiler:kidnapping his daughter]], but has no idea who she is. Their first exchange:

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* In ''MythicalDetectiveLokiRagnarok'', [[AgentScully Mr. Daidoji]] runs into Hel, but has no idea who she is. Their first exchange:
-->'''Mr. Daidoji:''' Who the Hell are you?!\\
'''Hel:''' [''chuckles'']

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* A Super-Match posit on MatchGame was "_______ Duty." The cast and crew were looking for other possibilities to fill in the blank ("Do your duty," "Civic duty"), when someone offstage cracked "Howdy duty." Gene Rayburn bought it and then discovered how hard he bit.





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* A Super-Match posit on MatchGame was "_______ Duty." The cast and crew were looking for other possibilities to fill in the blank ("Do your duty," "Civic duty"), when someone offstage cracked "Howdy duty." Gene Rayburn bought it and then discovered how hard he bit.
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* A Super-Match posit on MatchGame was "_______ Duty." The cast and crew were looking for other possibilities to fill in the blank ("Do your duty," "Civic duty"), when someone offstage cracked "Howdy duty." Gene Rayburn bought it and then discovered how hard he bit.
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* ''Fanfic/{{Luminosity}}'', a [[AlternateUniverseFic re-]][[ForWantOfANail imagining]] of ''{{Twilight}}'', has this exchange:

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* ''Fanfic/{{Luminosity}}'', a [[AlternateUniverseFic re-]][[ForWantOfANail imagining]] of ''{{Twilight}}'', ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', has this exchange:
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* In ''HidamariSketch'', Sae gives Hiro a poetry collection covered with an embroidered book cover. ''Shishuu'' is a homonym for both "poetry collection" and "embroidery", but when Miyako asks if it was a pun, Sae claims it was accidental.
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* PuellaMagiMadokaMagica: Mami Tomoe's name "Mami" means Mommy in Spanish and other languages like German. Considering her mentor role it fits her.

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* PuellaMagiMadokaMagica: ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': Mami Tomoe's name "Mami" means Mommy in Spanish and other languages like German. Considering her mentor role it fits her.

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* PuellaMagiMadokaMagica: Mami Tomoe's name "Mami" means Mommy in Spanish and other languages like German. Considering her mentor role it fits her.
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[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A humorous play on words not intended by the speaker.]]

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[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A humorous play on words not intended by the speaker.]]
speaker]].



-->'''Bella:''' ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext [I]t may be that you should avoid simultaneously being around me and sharp objects.]]''\\
'''Emmett:''' ''Edward ''is'' a sharp object.''\\
'''Bella:''' ''Point. Uh, no pun intended.''

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-->'''Bella:''' -->'''Bella''': ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext [I]t may be that you should avoid simultaneously being around me and sharp objects.]]''\\
'''Emmett:''' ''Edward ''is'' a sharp object.
objects]].''\\
'''Bella:''' '''Emmett''': ''Edward ''is'' a sharp object.''\\
'''Bella''':
''Point. Uh, no pun intended.''



-->'''Angry factory lady:''' Let the sushi roll!
-->'''Drake:''' [[DontExplainTheJoke I get it. Sushi roll]].
-->'''Angry factory lady:''' That wasn't a joke. That was an unfortunate coincidental pairing of words.

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-->'''Angry factory lady:''' lady''': Let the sushi roll!
-->'''Drake:''' -->'''Drake''': [[DontExplainTheJoke I get it. Sushi roll]].
-->'''Angry factory lady:''' lady''': That wasn't a joke. That was an unfortunate coincidental pairing of words.



-->'''Ian Hislop:''' Didn't Tutu train in Hull?\\
'''Angus Deayton:''' Tutu train? No, I don't think so...

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-->'''Ian Hislop:''' Hislop''': Didn't Tutu train in Hull?\\
'''Angus Deayton:''' Deayton''': Tutu train? No, I don't think so...



* There is a {{facebook}} group about this. [[http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10580201455#!/group.php?gid=10580201455&v=wall Seriously.]]

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* There is a {{facebook}} group about this. [[http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10580201455#!/group.php?gid=10580201455&v=wall Seriously.]]Seriously]].

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* ''Fanfic/{{Luminosity}}'', a [[AlternateUniverseFic re-]][[ForWantOfANail imagining]] of ''{{Twilight}}'', has this exchange:
-->'''Bella:''' ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext [I]t may be that you should avoid simultaneously being around me and sharp objects.]]''\\
'''Emmett:''' ''Edward ''is'' a sharp object.''\\
'''Bella:''' ''Point. Uh, no pun intended.''




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* ''Fanfic/{{Luminosity}}'', a [[AlternateUniverseFic re-]][[ForWantOfANail imagining]] of ''{{Twilight}}'', has this exchange:
-->'''Bella:''' ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext [I]t may be that you should avoid simultaneously being around me and sharp objects.]]''\\
'''Emmett:''' ''Edward ''is'' a sharp object.''\\
'''Bella:''' ''Point. Uh, no pun intended.''

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\n[[AC:FanFiction]]\n* ''Fanfic/{{Luminosity}}'', a [[AlternateUniverseFic re-]][[ForWantOfANail imagining]] An early episode of ''{{Twilight}}'', has this exchange:
-->'''Bella:''' ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext [I]t may be that you should avoid simultaneously being around me and sharp objects.]]''\\
'''Emmett:''' ''Edward ''is'' a sharp object.''\\
'''Bella:''' ''Point. Uh, no pun intended.''
''HaveIGotNewsForYou'', with an Odd One Out round featuring Archbishop Desmond Tutu:
-->'''Ian Hislop:''' Didn't Tutu train in Hull?\\
'''Angus Deayton:''' Tutu train? No, I don't think so...

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* In the ''{{QI}}''' segment about lobster-hypnosis, StephenFry commits some accidental mussel/muscle punnage, which is immediately jumped on by Phil Jupitus.
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*During the ''JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' event ''[[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys JLApe]]'', Batman is briefing Nightwing on a Gorilla City crimelord who acts like he's in a '30s gangster film:
-->'''Batman''': Grimm wouldn't be the first hood to ape old movies.\\
'''Nightwing''': "Ape".\\
'''Batman''': Sorry. Unintentional.
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* There is a {{facebook}} group about this. [[http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10580201455#!/group.php?gid=10580201455&v=wall Seriously.]]
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* UrbanDictionary call this an [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Eigenpun&defid=4383875 eigenpun]].
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* ''Fanfic/{{Luminosity}}'', a reimagining of ''{{Twilight}}'', has this exchange:

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* ''Fanfic/{{Luminosity}}'', a reimagining [[AlternateUniverseFic re-]][[ForWantOfANail imagining]] of ''{{Twilight}}'', has this exchange:
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* ''Fanfic/{{Luminosity}}'' a reimagining of ''{{Twilight}}'' has this exchange:

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* ''Fanfic/{{Luminosity}}'' ''Fanfic/{{Luminosity}}'', a reimagining of ''{{Twilight}}'' ''{{Twilight}}'', has this exchange:
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* ''[[http://luminous.elcenia.com/all.shtml Luminosity]]'' a reimagining of ''{{Twilight}}'' has this exchange:

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* ''[[http://luminous.elcenia.com/all.shtml Luminosity]]'' ''Fanfic/{{Luminosity}}'' a reimagining of ''{{Twilight}}'' has this exchange:
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-->'''Drake:''' [[DontExplainTheJoke I get it. Like a sushi roll]]
-->'''Angry factory lady:''' That was not a joke. It was an unfortunate pairing of words

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-->'''Drake:''' [[DontExplainTheJoke I get it. Like a sushi roll]]
Sushi roll]].
-->'''Angry factory lady:''' That was not wasn't a joke. It That was an unfortunate coincidental pairing of words
words.
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* A fellow in TippingForties asks for a rain check on a meeting with Raine.
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Compare InnocentInnuendo.

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Compare InnocentInnuendo.
InnocentInnuendo, where a double-meaning is invoked by observers but not the speakers.
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'''Bella:''' ''Point. Uh, no pun intended.''

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'''Bella:''' ''Point. Uh, no pun intended.''''
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* ''[[http://luminous.elcenia.com/all.shtml Luminosity]]'' a reimagining of ''{{Twilight}}'' has this exchange:
-->'''Bella:''' ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext [I]t may be that you should avoid simultaneously being around me and sharp objects.]]''\\
'''Emmett:''' ''Edward ''is'' a sharp object.''\\
'''Bella:''' ''Point. Uh, no pun intended.''

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A pun that happens to be completely accidental. Often called out by the PungeonMaster while at other times a StealthPun the speaker didn't intend. Some are really, really lame that should have been seen coming. Often PlayedForLaughs.

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[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A pun that happens to be completely accidental. Often called out humorous play on words not intended by the speaker.]]

The accidental pun is exactly what it sounds like. While it has to be unintentional by the speaker in-story, it can be, and generally is, intended by the author. If the original speaker notices their pun after the fact, they will generally respond with "No pun intended," or something similar. If a
PungeonMaster while at other times a StealthPun the speaker didn't intend. Some are really, really lame that should have been seen coming. is nearby, they will almost always be pointed out.

Often PlayedForLaughs.

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the closest TheUnfunny will ever come to telling a joke.

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* One episode of ''DrakeAndJosh'' features the following exchange:
-->'''Angry factory lady:''' Let the sushi roll!
-->'''Drake:''' [[DontExplainTheJoke I get it. Like a sushi roll]]
-->'''Angry factory lady:''' That was not a joke. It was an unfortunate pairing of words

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Click the edit button to start this new page.

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Click A pun that happens to be completely accidental. Often called out by the edit button to start this new page. PungeonMaster while at other times a StealthPun the speaker didn't intend. Some are really, really lame that should have been seen coming. Often PlayedForLaughs.

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