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* Podcast/RiffTrax's commentary on ''Film/RiseOfTheSilverSurfer'':
->'''Surfer:''' The source of my power.\\
'''Susan:''' Your board?\\
'''Kevin:''' Yeah, so am I.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SevenLittleMonsters'': In "Losing Sam", Five points out a manhole cover labeled "Y" and his brother Four mistakes him for exclaiming "Why".

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* The ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' episode "Affairweather Friends" had [[StalkerWithACrush Berry]] attempt to get Bloo's attention by pretending to be a rich kid named Barry Bling, which eventually leads to Mac unsuccessfully trying to get it through to Bloo that Barry and Berry are one and the same.

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* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'':
** In "Crime After Crime", Mr. Herriman finds out his carrot stash has been stolen. When he calls the police, he tells them that the thief must have stolen 100 carrots.
The ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' police believe he's referring to karats, meaning diamonds, and rush over to Foster's. Meanwhile, Bloo hides some diamonds in Mac's backpack as a last resort to [[DeniedFoodAsPunishment get sent to his room without supper]] so he won't have to eat an indescribable dish called "it". When Mr. Herriman gets the backpack, he is surrounded by the police, who tell him to drop the diamonds. He assures them that there aren't any diamonds in it, just carrots. When he opens Mac's backpack to prove it to them, he finds the stolen diamonds in it, and the police say "Yes, Sir. About a hundred of them.", once again believing he was referring to karats, and arrest him for theft.
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episode "Affairweather Friends" had [[StalkerWithACrush Berry]] attempt to get Bloo's attention by pretending to be a rich kid named Barry Bling, which eventually leads to Mac unsuccessfully trying to get it through to Bloo that Barry and Berry are one and the same.


*** The "Shore Leave" sci-fi convention in Baltimore invited both Cliff Simon and [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration John de Lancie]] to the same event one year, just so they could have a "Q Ba'al Panel" on the schedule.
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*** The "Shore Leave" sci-fi convention in Baltimore invited both Cliff Simon and [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration John de Lancie]] to the same event one year, just so they could have a "Q Ba'al Panel" on the schedule.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePatrickStarShow'': In "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS1E21ThePatrickShowSellsOutNeptunesBall Neptune's Ball]]", Patrick comes across an invitation with the monogrammed letter "U" on it (for Upturn, its intended recipent). Squidina says, "oh, that means it's for ''you''!" and Patrick accepts it.
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* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': Manjoume got his nickname "Manjoume Thunder" because it sounds like his CatchPhrase "Manjoume-san da!" (basically "That's ''[[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs Mister]]'' Manjoume!").

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* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': Manjoume got his nickname "Manjoume Thunder" because it sounds like his CatchPhrase catchphrase "Manjoume-san da!" (basically "That's ''[[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs Mister]]'' Manjoume!").
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* At the end of WebVideo/{{Saberspark}}'s review for the ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'' trilogy, Saber praises the original movie for its sincerity and quality. He says the same for "''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'', too! ({{beat}}) I mean, uh, ''The Land Before Time'' '''also''', not "Number Two"[[note]]''The Great Valley Adventure'', which he complained for being the product of [[invoked]] {{Sequelitis}}[[/note]]!"
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* Music/MercuryRev's "Goddess On A Hiway" uses wordplay which hinges on "I got us" sounding like "a goddess". The first verse starts with the lines "Well, I got us on a highway, I got us in a car...", and in the last verse this becomes "she's '''a goddess''' on a highway, a goddess in a car..."

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* Music/MercuryRev's "Goddess On A Hiway" uses wordplay which hinges on "I got us" sounding like "a goddess". The first verse starts with the lines "Well, I got us on a highway, I got us in a car...", and in but the last verse this becomes makes a LyricSwap to "she's '''a goddess''' on a highway, a goddess in a car..."


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* Too Much Joy's "Crush Story" includes the pun "Misunderstand me / hey, miss, understand me".
* The title of {{Music/Wilco}}'s "Walken" is spelled that way as a ShoutOut to Creator/ChristopherWalken, but the opening line is "I'm ''walking'' all by myself".

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* WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears: After Tummi eats a cursed fruit and starts to show symptoms of [[{{Transflormation}} turning into a tree.]]

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* WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears: ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'': After Tummi eats a cursed fruit and starts to show symptoms of [[{{Transflormation}} turning into a tree.]]


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* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'', after Dale, suffering from LaserGuidedAmnesia from a conk on the head, regains his memory after getting another conk:
-->'''Chip:''' Dale, you're back!\\
'''Dale:''' Forget my back. It's my head that's killing me!
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* WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears: After Tummi eats a cursed fruit and starts to show symptoms of [[{{Transflormation}} turning into a tree.]]
-->'''Zummi:''' You're leafing!
-->'''Tummi:''' But I'm not going anywhere.
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** Another episode features a man called Harmony... Or so it seems. He's actually an [[EmotionEater emotion-eating]] demon called ''Harm Many''.

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** Another episode features a man called Harmony...Harmony who gets the park employees to do some trust activities... Or so it seems. He's actually an [[EmotionEater emotion-eating]] demon called ''Harm Many''.Many'' who wants to make them scared enough so he can [[EmotionEater eat their fear]].

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* WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}} names
[[TheDitz his protege]] "Titan" while handing him a
set of [[SuperheroesWearTights tights]]. It's not until he writes his own super-name (across the city, in 20-meter-long letters of flaming destruction) that the viewers learn he thought his new name was ''Tighten''.

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* WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}} names
names [[TheDitz his protege]] "Titan" while handing him a
a set of [[SuperheroesWearTights tights]]. It's not until he writes his own super-name (across the city, in 20-meter-long letters of flaming destruction) that the viewers learn he thought his new name was ''Tighten''.

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* WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}} names his protege "Titan" while handing him a set of [[SuperheroesWearTights tights]]. It's not until he writes his own super-name (across the city, in 20-meter-long letters of flaming destruction) that the viewers learn he thought his new name was ''Tighten''.

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* WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}} names names
[[TheDitz
his protege protege]] "Titan" while handing him a a
set of [[SuperheroesWearTights tights]]. It's not until he writes his own super-name (across the city, in 20-meter-long letters of flaming destruction) that the viewers learn he thought his new name was ''Tighten''.
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None of these homophone pairs are brought up within the work.


* In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'':
** Rita Skeeter says, "The ''Prophet'' exists to sell itself, you silly girl." Thus hinting that the reader should have known all along that ''The Daily Prophet'' wasn't concerned with anything but its own ''profit''.
** There's also the Yule/you'll Ball/bawl.
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---> '''Master Johnston''': “Don’t get so uppity! Double? What, you think I’m maid of coins?”\\
'''Skip:''' “The word is ‘made,’ sir.”\\
'''Master Johnston''': “Huh? That’s what I said. How—”

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---> '''Master Johnston''': “Don’t --->'''Master Johnston:''' Don't get so uppity! Double? What, you think I’m I'm maid of coins?”\\
coins?\\
'''Skip:''' “The The word is ‘made,’ 'made', sir.”\\
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'''Master Johnston''': “Huh? That’s Johnston:''' Huh? That's what I said. How—”How—



---> “Oh, come now. It won’t be so bad as you think. They’re will be hardly any pain at all.”\\
“I don’t care if there’s pain or not. I’ll still be dead. And you used the wrong version of ‘they’re.’ You wanted ‘there’ instead.”\\
“I did? How can you tell? They’res no difference in the sounds they make.”\\
“Actually, I can hear apostrophes.”\\
“What, really?”\\
“Yes. I can hear spelling too, actually.”

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---> “Oh, --->"Oh, come now. It won’t won't be so bad as you think. They’re They're will be hardly any pain at all.”\\
“I don’t
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"I don't
care if there’s there's pain or not. I’ll I'll still be dead. And you used the wrong version of ‘they’re.’ 'they're'. You wanted ‘there’ 'there' instead.”\\
“I
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did? How can you tell? They’res They'res no difference in the sounds they make.”\\
“Actually,
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"Actually,
I can hear apostrophes.”\\
“What, really?”\\
“Yes.
"\\
"What, really?"\\
"Yes.
I can hear spelling too, actually."



(Nigel spells it correctly)

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(Nigel ''(Nigel spells it correctly)correctly)''
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* "Dance Macabre" by Ghost has the refrain "just wanna be / wanna bewitch you in the moonlight". "Bewitch you" is meant to also sound like "be ''with'' you".

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* "Dance Macabre" by Ghost {{Music/Ghost}} has the refrain "just wanna be / wanna bewitch you in the moonlight". moonlight" - "Bewitch you" is meant to also sound like "be ''with'' you".
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* Music/{{Qbomb}}: In "Dire Break", the singer wants a break from all the negative reception he's gotten for his hard work. The lyrics at the start say that "[I] want a dire break", but towards the end, it switches to "I'd rather die or break" (than have people replace him).
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* In the climax of ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'', when the chickens rebel and attack Mr. Tweady, he calls out to his wife and we get this exchange.
-->'''Mr. Tweady:''' Mrs. Tweady! The chickens are ''revolting!''\\
'''Mrs. Tweady:''' ''(Her back turned and not even looking)'' Finally, something we agree on.
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:: By LuckyTranslation, it works even better in the French version, where the two words ("''mineur''") are identical.

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:: By LuckyTranslation, ** Through IncidentalMultilingualWordplay, it also works even better in the French version, where the two words ("''mineur''") are identical.

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* Music/MercuryRev's "Goddess On A Hiway" uses wordplay which hinges on "I got us" sounding like "a goddess". The first verse starts with the lines "I got us on a highway, I got us in a car...", and in the last verse this becomes "she's '''a goddess''' a highway, a goddess in a car..."

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* Music/MercuryRev's "Goddess On A Hiway" uses wordplay which hinges on "I got us" sounding like "a goddess". The first verse starts with the lines "I "Well, I got us on a highway, I got us in a car...", and in the last verse this becomes "she's '''a goddess''' on a highway, a goddess in a car..."


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* "Dance Macabre" by Ghost has the refrain "just wanna be / wanna bewitch you in the moonlight". "Bewitch you" is meant to also sound like "be ''with'' you".

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* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/DeadEndParanormalPark'' has Pugsly bring a bunch of old mascot costumes to life due to some PowerIncontinence after a heated argument with Barney, all of them saying "MEAT!" It's later revealed that it's not ''meat'' they're after, rather it's a chance to ''meet'' and greet.

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* ''WesternAnimation/DeadEndParanormalPark''
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One episode of ''WesternAnimation/DeadEndParanormalPark'' has Pugsly Pugsley bring a bunch of old mascot costumes to life due to some PowerIncontinence after a heated argument with Barney, all of them saying "MEAT!" It's later revealed that it's not ''meat'' they're after, rather it's a chance to ''meet'' and greet.greet.
** Another episode features a man called Harmony... Or so it seems. He's actually an [[EmotionEater emotion-eating]] demon called ''Harm Many''.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Skyrim}}'', a clue in a journal for how to open the door to Myrwatch is "When the eye is doused in flames, the hair will light the way." The clue comes complete with the journal-writer's bewildered commentary regarding the hair. Well, no, actually the ''hare'' -- as in, a ghostly bunny -- will light the way.
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** Next instance, with [[spoiler:a dragon]]]:

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'''Nigel:''' Which one? The one you do with a pen, or the one which means the opposite of wrong?
--> '''Miss Trunchbull:''' The one with the pen, you little fool!
--> (Nigel spells it correctly)

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'''Nigel:''' Which one? The one you do with a pen, or the one which means the opposite of wrong?
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wrong?\\
'''Miss Trunchbull:''' The one with the pen, you little fool!
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* ''Literature/IHateDragons'': Somehow, Skip can hear the difference, and Master Johnston is perplexed:
--> '''Master Johnston''': “Don’t get so uppity! Double? What, you think I’m maid of coins?”\\

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* ''Literature/IHateDragons'': Somehow, Skip can hear the difference, and difference:
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Master Johnston is perplexed:
--> ---> '''Master Johnston''': “Don’t get so uppity! Double? What, you think I’m maid of coins?”\\



** Next instance, with [[spoiler:a dragon]]]:
---> “Oh, come now. It won’t be so bad as you think. They’re will be hardly any pain at all.”\\
“I don’t care if there’s pain or not. I’ll still be dead. And you used the wrong version of ‘they’re.’ You wanted ‘there’ instead.”\\
“I did? How can you tell? They’res no difference in the sounds they make.”\\
“Actually, I can hear apostrophes.”\\
“What, really?”\\
“Yes. I can hear spelling too, actually.”



--> '''Miss Trunchbull:''' Spell "write".
--> '''Nigel:''' Which one? The one you do with a pen, or the one which means the opposite of wrong?

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--> '''Miss Trunchbull:''' Spell "write".
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"write".\\
'''Nigel:''' Which one? The one you do with a pen, or the one which means the opposite of wrong?
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* ''Literature/IHateDragons'': Somehow, Skip can hear the difference, and Master Johnston is perplexed:
--> '''Master Johnston''': “Don’t get so uppity! Double? What, you think I’m maid of coins?”\\
'''Skip:''' “The word is ‘made,’ sir.”\\
'''Master Johnston''': “Huh? That’s what I said. How—”
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* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'':
** In the anime version of the drinking party, Denji sees ''kisu'' (a type of fish meat) on the restaurant menu and remembers that beating the Eternity Devil means Himeno owes him a kiss (the English word in Japanese being pronounced "kisu").
** When Denji's at the aquarium, he keeps wanting to see the penguins up until [[spoiler:the Famine Devil]] shows up. In Japanese, the word for penguin he uses is "kiga (企鵝)", which is pronounced the same as [[spoiler:the "famine (飢餓)" part of the devil's name]].
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* ''Series/FawltyTowers'': A passing example in "Waldorf Salad", concerning Mrs Arrad's plaice. Polly also quips that she will have plaice re-placed.
--> '''Mrs Arrad:''' Excuse me! There is sugar in the salt cellar.
--> '''Basil:''' Anything else?
--> '''Mrs Arrad:''' I've put it all over the plaice.
--> '''Basil:''' All over the place? What were you ''doing'' with it?
--> '''Mrs Arrad:''' All over the ''plaice''.
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* "Slade's "Merry Xmas Everyone" has a verse about having a sledding accident that sets up a pun about being "slayed", which can also be heard as "sleighed" or as a SingerNameDrop for the band themselves.

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* "Slade's "Merry Xmas Everyone" has a verse about having a sledding accident that sets up a pun about being "slayed", which can also be heard as "sleighed" or as a SingerNameDrop for the band themselves. It's also a callback to the title of their album ''Slayed?''.

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