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-->'''Mr. Daidoji''': Who the hell are you?!\\
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-->'''Mikage''': Before today, I just assumed my classmates would think geology was boring--no pun intended.

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* It happens several times in ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' storyline ''ComicBook/TwoForTheDeathOfOne'':
** Superman tries to go back to the past via Barry Allen''s Cosmic Treadmill, but it does not seem to work. When the Flash suggests trying again...
--->'''The Flash:''' Once the treadmill's cooled off, we can try again. Thanks, Barry, but no, thanks. It'd be a waste of... time!
** In one scene, Superman has spent some while trying to break the chains Syrene bonded him with. When he finally succeeds:
--->'''Superman:''' "These chains are starting to break! If I had my super-strength, this would be a... snap!"
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* Creator/{{Funimation}}'s dub of the sixth episode of ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'', some of Mikage's classmates help her in boring (as in drilling) into the school playground for the Earth Sciences club's exhibit for SchoolFestival. Mikage reflects on the fact that they seem to be more interested in geology than she expected all along:
-->'''Mikage''': Before today, I just assumed my classmates would think geology was boring--no pun intended.
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* In the French ''Film/LesCombinards'', a character is trying to seduce a widow whose husband died at sea recently. She starts crying as she thinks about it. The Widow:" Booh… Booh … "The character: "Ooh… Your eyes are as blue as forget-me-nots… The forget-me-nots are flowers that mustn't be drowned !" The Widow: "DROWNED ! Booh-hoohohooo…

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* In the French ''Film/LesCombinards'', a character is trying to seduce a widow whose husband died at sea recently. She starts crying as she thinks about it. The Widow:" Booh… Widow:"Booh… Booh … "The …"; The character: "Ooh… Your eyes are as blue as forget-me-nots… The forget-me-nots are flowers that mustn't be drowned !" !"; The Widow: "DROWNED ! Booh-hoohohooo…Booh-hoohohooo…"



* In ''{{Literature/Doom}}: Hell on Earth'', Arlene and Albert are out trying to find computer connectors for their hacker Jill. Arlene tells Albert that they shouldn't have any problems finding the jacks for Jill. She starts giggling when she catches it and Albert takes longer to figure it out.

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* In ''{{Literature/Doom}}: ''Literature/{{Doom}}: Hell on Earth'', Arlene and Albert are out trying to find computer connectors for their hacker Jill. Arlene tells Albert that they shouldn't have any problems finding the jacks for Jill. She starts giggling when she catches it and Albert takes longer to figure it out.



* A meta example in {{Literature/The House of Night}} - Zoey [[PunnyName Redbird]]. "Bird" is a British slang term for girl or woman.

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* A meta example in {{Literature/The House of Night}} Literature/TheHouseOfNight - Zoey [[PunnyName Redbird]]. "Bird" is a British slang term for girl or woman.
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* One episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' has Sheldon and Amy start a rumor about having had sex to see if it would spread faster than a rumor about Amy starting an herb garden. Once the whole social group asks about them having sex, Amy states that their rumor has reached "Full penetration." Sheldon asks if the pun was intended, and she replies "No, happy accident." Later, Amy notes that Penny is asking for details about their supposed sexual encounter, and Sheldon says it's interesting that she's moved on to asking for a "blow by blow." Amy asks if the pun was intended, and Sheldon asks "What pun?"
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* In episode 3 of ''WebAnimation/genLOCK'', Dr. Weller manages to avoid making one while starting [[spoiler:his presentation about how the gen:LOCK program works, and how it allowed Julian Chase to survive the Battle of New York]].

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* In episode 3 of ''WebAnimation/genLOCK'', ''WebAnimation/GenLOCK'', Dr. Weller manages to avoid making one while starting [[spoiler:his explaining [[spoiler:through his presentation about how the gen:LOCK program works, and how it allowed Julian Chase to survive the Battle of New York]].
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* In episode 3 of ''WebAnimation/genLOCK'', Dr. Weller manages to avoid making one while starting [[spoiler:his presentation about how the gen:LOCK program works, and how it allowed Julian Chase to survive the Battle of New York]].
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* In episode 10 of ''WebAnimation/LetsGoTamagotchi'', the Gotchi King, a giant egg who can't laugh without it breaking his shell, assures Mametchi and his friends that he's taken steps to make sure he doesn't crack up. Ironically, that's what makes him laugh in the first place since he then realizes the pun about "cracking" up he just made by accident.
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* In ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia'', when a minotaur is approaching antagonist Diana, her friends Hannah and Barbera try to tell her it's behind her ''(ushiro)'' but only manage to stammer out ''ushi'' (cow.)

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* In ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia'', ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia2013'', when a minotaur is approaching antagonist Diana, her friends Hannah and Barbera try to tell her it's behind her ''(ushiro)'' but only manage to stammer out ''ushi'' (cow.)
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* In ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'', Ridcully asks the Chair of Indefinite Studies "Lares and Penates? What are they when they're at home?" The Chair interprets "at home" as a play on the fact they're household gods, but Ridcully's genuinely clueless.

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* In ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'', ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}'', Ridcully asks the Chair of Indefinite Studies "Lares and Penates? What are they when they're at home?" The Chair interprets "at home" as a play on the fact they're household gods, but Ridcully's genuinely clueless.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/MallRats'', Ned the ice cream man accidentally makes a pun about it being "sweet" of Leni to take Lincoln for ice cream.
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* In the french ''Film/LesCombinards'', a character is trying to seduce a widow whose husband died at sea recently. She starts crying as she thinks about it. The Widow:" Booh… Booh … "The character: "Ooh… Your eyes are as blue as forget-me-nots… The forget-me-nots are flowers that mustn't be drowned !" The Widow: "DROWNED ! Booh-hoohohooo…

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* In the french French ''Film/LesCombinards'', a character is trying to seduce a widow whose husband died at sea recently. She starts crying as she thinks about it. The Widow:" Booh… Booh … "The character: "Ooh… Your eyes are as blue as forget-me-nots… The forget-me-nots are flowers that mustn't be drowned !" The Widow: "DROWNED ! Booh-hoohohooo…
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The "rang" in Hwoarang's name (랑) is [ironically] closer to "wrong" than "rung"—It's the same pronunciation as in saranghae (사랑해) . The consonant, rieul (ㄹ) , being emphasized as being a different r is for the benefit of not backtracking the r on the previous "hwa" syllable.


* The way Hwoarang's name is [[NoPronunciationGuide pronounced]] in ''[[{{VideoGame/Tekken}} Tekken 6]]'' and ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'' is literally "how wrong" and strangely enough, ''[[EpicFail that's exactly the case]]''. The first syllable "Hwoa-" is supposed to be pronounced as "hwah" (which rhymes with "bwah," as in "[[EvilLaugh BWAHahaha!]]") The second syllable "-rang" is pronounced just like the English word "[[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/rung rung]]."

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* The way Hwoarang's name is [[NoPronunciationGuide pronounced]] in ''[[{{VideoGame/Tekken}} Tekken 6]]'' and ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'' is literally "how wrong" and strangely enough, ''[[EpicFail that's exactly the case]]''. The first syllable "Hwoa-" is supposed to be pronounced as "hwah" (which rhymes with "bwah," as in "[[EvilLaugh BWAHahaha!]]") The second syllable "-rang" is pronounced just like the English word "[[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/rung rung]]."with an alveolar flapped "r".
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* Ad ad bumper for ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' on Creator/CartoonNetwork had the narrator describing WesternAnimation/BugsBunny as "your favorite playboy bunny". He then hastily adds "No, [[PlayboyBunny not that kind]], although Bugs [[AttractiveBentGender does look good in a dress]]."
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* The title of ''Manga/BloomIntoYou''[[note]]The original Japanese was Yagate Kimi Ni Naru, or "Eventually, I Will Become You"[[/note]] ends up becoming this, since the name of the main protagonist is ''Yuu.''

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* The ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'' features [[BigBad Nightmare]], and one of their tropes involves the wielding of that sword going from a young man leading a band of thieves to the greatet evil in the world. That trope? FromNobodyToNightmare.

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* The ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'' features [[BigBad Nightmare]], and one of their the tropes involves involving the wielding character is Siegfried Schtauffen, the wielder of that sword going [[ArtifactOfDoom Soul Edge]], rising from a young man leading a band of thieves nothing to becoming the greatet greatest threat ever known. Or in other words, FromNobodyToNightmare.
** Another example, [[DarkActionGirl Tira]] has a massive lust over the inherent
evil in the world. That trope? FromNobodyToNightmare.of Soul Edge and Nightmare itself. To put simply, she's a NightmareFetishist.
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* ''Fanfic/UniverseFalls'': In "The Return", Agent Powers says they need to keep an eye on the hand-shaped Gem ship approaching town in case things get "out of hand", and Agent Trigger can't help but point out the joke his partner made. It's rather ironic, given that Powers has NoSenseOfHumor.
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* In ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia'', when a minotaur is approaching antagonist Diana, her friends Hannah and Barbera try to hell her it's behind her ''(ushiro)'' but only manage to stammer out ''ushi'' (cow.)

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* In ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia'', when a minotaur is approaching antagonist Diana, her friends Hannah and Barbera try to hell tell her it's behind her ''(ushiro)'' but only manage to stammer out ''ushi'' (cow.)

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* In ''Machinima/FreemansMind'', Gordon Freeman says "what's up with the ceiling" in his head. It takes him a few seconds to realize what he just said.
-->'''Gordon:''' Oh my God, that was a pun! "What's up with the ceiling?" What's wrong with me? I'd punch somebody in the mouth if they said that to me.

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* While ''LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}}'' is known for [[PungeonMaster intentionally making bad puns]], he's made quite a few by accident:
** While fighting Kingfin in ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy Super Luigi Galaxy]]'' he gets a Life Mushroom and says: "Hey, thank you! Look at that! How many bosses help you out like that? Kingfin, you are the king, man! [{{beat}}] Actually, that wasn't even an intentional...[laughs] I didn't even intend to make that pun!"
** During [[https://youtu.be/byRzHnJiszs episode 48]] of ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'', when he's [[spoiler:in the Water Dragon's belly]], Chugga remarks that while the scenery and 'trees' are beautiful, the fact that they're the insides of a water dragon is gross.
-->'''Chugga:''' You know, these trees look really pretty, but at the same time when you think about what these trees probably are, it's kind of gross. So they're like, they're pretty gross, is what I'm saying—''they're pretty gross'', wow. I didn't even intend that pun.
** In ''Majora's Mask'''s Snowhead Temple (the main dungeon for Link's Goron form), Chugga says: "So this dungeon is off to a pretty rockin' start - I'm just making bad puns without even realizing it now".
** While at the Oho Oasis in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'', Merri ends up stealing his "shocking" pun and calls her out for "stealing his thunder".
** Quite a few in the Lost Tower in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Pokémon Platinum]]'' making several "insensitive" puns without meaning to. When he encounters a young couple, he says that whoever decided to go on a date there is a "deadbeat". Later he says that he should be able to use an Escape Rope by tying it to a tombstone and rappelling out the window, and once he realizes how distasteful this is, he says he should cut away [[DiggingYourselfDeeper "before I dig myself a hole."]]



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

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* ''ComicBook/UltimateGalactusTrilogy'': After arranging the action with Xavier, Nick Fury told him to "hop to it" (as in "let's do this, now!"). Then he remembered that he's in a wheelchair, so he added "or whatever".
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* In ''Fanfic/MyHuntsmanAcademia'', Izuku is prone to punning accidentally due to spending so much time with [[PungeonMaster Yang]]. He's mortified when this happens and it [[LamePunReaction earns him]] numerous {{Dope Slap}}s from Tsuyu.
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* [[TheDragon Lord Crump]]'s disguise as the pirate "Four-Eyes" in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', Luigi as "Mr. L", and a Toad as the Rock Paper Wizard in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioColorSplash'' are literal {{Paper Thin Disguise}}s, since everyone in the ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' series is made out of paper.

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* [[TheDragon Lord Crump]]'s disguise as the pirate "Four-Eyes" in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', Luigi as "Mr. L", L" in ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'', and a Toad as the Rock Paper Wizard in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioColorSplash'' are literal {{Paper Thin Disguise}}s, since everyone in the ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' series is made out of paper.
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* A meta example in {{Literature/The House of Night}} - Zoey [[PunnyName Redbird]]. "Bird" is a British slang term for girl or woman.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheTitanic'', Smiley belongs to an Andalusian prince, making him [[Film/UnChienAndalou an Andalusian dog]]. Considering the creators didn't even care enough to write a decent story, it's very unlikely they bothered to think up such a subtle reference.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheTitanic'', Smiley belongs to an Andalusian prince, making him [[Film/UnChienAndalou an Andalusian dog]]. Considering [[SoBadItsGood the largely poor quality of the production]], it's unlikely the creators didn't even care enough to write a decent story, it's very unlikely they bothered to think up include such a subtle reference.reference on purpose.

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* In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', Mabel is propositioned by a bunch of gnomes that want to make her their queen.
-->'''Jeff:''' So what d'ya say? Will you join us in holy matri-gnomey? Matri--matri''mony''! Blah, I can't ''talk'' today.

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In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', "Tourist Trapped", Mabel is propositioned by a bunch of gnomes that want to make her their queen.
-->'''Jeff:''' --->'''Jeff:''' So what d'ya say? Will you join us in holy matri-gnomey? Matri--matri''mony''! Blah, I can't ''talk'' today.today.
** In "Little Dipper", Stan and Mabel are cracking short jokes about Dipper when they discover Mabel is slightly taller than him. Soos tells them to "lay off a tiny bit", but Stan just thinks Soos is joining in.
--->'''Stan:''' Hah, "tiny"! Soos is in on it now!

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* ''Anime/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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* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': Mami Tomoe's name "Mami" means Mommy in Spanish and other languages like German. Considering her mentor role, it fits her. Whether this was accidental is hard to say, since "mama/mommy" is a somewhat universal word for mother, based on common baby-talk noises.


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* ''Manga/MadeInAbyss'' abbreviates to [=MiA=], better known as the acronym for [[HesJustHiding "Missing in Action."]] Coincidentally, the main character's mother is missing-presumed-dead at the bottom of a [[DeathWorld cave of horrors]], and the heroes' [[TheQuest primary goal]] is to find out what happened to her.

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* ''Film/TheHudsuckerProxy'' has the hero surrounded by reporters, excited about his invention of the hula hoop. When he comments on all of the hoopla surrounding it, the reporters laugh at his cleverness and he winds up very confused. After it's explained to him, he uses it all the time in future press conferences with far less stellar results.
* Sort of a meta-example in ''Film/AKnightsTale'': When William notices the trademark (an upside-down Nike logo) on the armor that Kate made for him, Kate mentions that she had put it on the armor "in case some other knight should admire (her) work." Neither the script-writers nor the cast were aware at the time that one of Nike's co-founders was named Phil Knight.
* In the french ''Film/LesCombinards'', a character is trying to seduce a widow whose husband died at sea recently. She starts crying as she thinks about it. The Widow:" Booh… Booh … "The character: "Ooh… Your eyes are as blue as forget-me-nots… The forget-me-nots are flowers that mustn't be drowned !" The Widow: "DROWNED ! Booh-hoohohooo…

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* ''Film/TheHudsuckerProxy'' has the hero surrounded by reporters, excited about his invention of the hula hoop. When he comments on all of the hoopla surrounding it, the reporters laugh at his cleverness and he winds up very confused. After it's explained to him, he uses it all the time in future press conferences with far less stellar results.
* Sort of a meta-example in ''Film/AKnightsTale'': When William notices the trademark (an upside-down Nike logo) on the armor that Kate made for him, Kate mentions that she had put it on the armor "in case some other knight should admire (her) work." Neither the script-writers nor the cast were aware at the time that one of Nike's co-founders was named Phil Knight.
* In the french ''Film/LesCombinards'', a character is trying to seduce a widow whose husband died at sea recently. She starts crying as she thinks about it. The Widow:" Booh… Booh … "The character: "Ooh… Your eyes are as blue as forget-me-nots… The forget-me-nots are flowers that mustn't be drowned !" The Widow: "DROWNED ! Booh-hoohohooo…
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* ''Film/TheHudsuckerProxy'' has the hero surrounded by reporters, excited about his invention of the hula hoop. When he comments on all of the hoopla surrounding it, the reporters laugh at his cleverness and he winds up very confused. After it's explained to him, he uses it all the time in future press conferences with far less stellar results.
* Sort of a meta-example in ''Film/AKnightsTale'': When William notices the trademark (an upside-down Nike logo) on the armor that Kate made for him, Kate mentions that she had put it on the armor "in case some other knight should admire (her) work." Neither the script-writers nor the cast were aware at the time that one of Nike's co-founders was named Phil Knight.
* In the french ''Film/LesCombinards'', a character is trying to seduce a widow whose husband died at sea recently. She starts crying as she thinks about it. The Widow:" Booh… Booh … "The character: "Ooh… Your eyes are as blue as forget-me-nots… The forget-me-nots are flowers that mustn't be drowned !" The Widow: "DROWNED ! Booh-hoohohooo…
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->''"That wasn't a joke. That was an unfortunate coincidental pairing of words."''
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->''"That wasn't a joke. That was an unfortunate coincidental pairing of words.->''"...No pun intended."''
-->-- '''Angry factory lady''', ''Series/DrakeAndJosh''
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