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* ''Theatre/{{Matilda}}'': "The School Song" phonetically works every letter of the alphabet into its lyrics, which becomes more obvious in the second verse when they begin emphasizing the letter sounds to mock the students for wanting to learn the alphabet, i.e. "So you think you're ''A''-ble to survive this mess by ''B''-ing a prince or a princess, you will soon ''C'' there's no escaping trage''D''."
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* ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'': In Act 3 Scene 2, in a conversation filled with puns and DoubleEntendre, keep in mind that the word "Aye" is pronounced just like the letter I.
-->Ophelia: You are merry, my lord.
-->Hamlet: Who, I?
-->Ophelia: Aye, my lord.
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* A classic joke plays on this phenomenon: "Why is Six afraid of Seven? Because Seven Eight[[labelnote:*]]ate[[/labelnote]] Nine!"

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* A classic joke plays on this phenomenon: "Why is Six afraid of Seven? Because Seven Eight[[labelnote:*]]ate[[/labelnote]] Eight[[note]]ate[[/note]] Nine!"


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** A more adult version asks someone to look under their shirt and spell "attic".[[note]]A-T-T-I-C (A titty I see).[[/note]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'': In one episode, Dr. Sratchansniff hosts a game of Bingo. Wakko, who's the only player, keeps mistaking letter combinations for words, and words for letter combinations.
-->'''Scratchansniff:''' Stop! Now you're cheating.\\
'''Wakko:''' G-10? Bingo!
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* The kids' poem "Swimming in the swimming pool is where I like to 'B'. Wearing underwater goggles so that I can 'C'. Yesterday, before I swam, I drank a cup of 'T'. Now the pool's a swimming 'ool, because [[PuttingThePeeInPool I took a 'P'."

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* The kids' poem "Swimming in the swimming pool is where I like to 'B'. Wearing underwater goggles so that I can 'C'. Yesterday, before I swam, I drank a cup of 'T'. Now the pool's a swimming 'ool, because [[PuttingThePeeInPool I took a 'P'."'P']].”

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-->--'''[[https://ifunny.co/picture/the-alphabet-is-terrifying-a-bee-sea-no-thanks-we-3lOypusC8 A Tumblr post]] from account just-shower-thoughts'''

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-->--'''[[https://ifunny.co/picture/the-alphabet-is-terrifying-a-bee-sea-no-thanks-we-3lOypusC8 -->-- '''[[https://www.tumblr.com/just-shower-thoughts/190291609984/the-alphabet-is-terrifying-a-bee-sea-no-thanks A Tumblr post]] from account just-shower-thoughts'''
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''[He runs under the rocket. It ignites, leaving Brain with an AshFace.]''

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''[He runs under the rocket. It ignites, leaving Brain [[AshFace Brain's entire body covered with an AshFace.ashes]].]''

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* ''Film/MuppetsFromSpace'': One message in cereal reads, "R U THERE".
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* A woman is shown [[NasalTrauma with a sore nose]]. A man asks her how she got it, and she replies that she got it smelling a "brose". He says, "There's no 'B' in 'rose'," and she replies, "There was in that one".
* Why did the bee keep his legs crossed? Because he couldn't find a BP[[note]]bee pee[[/note]] station.
* Why can't you hear a pterodactyl [[ToiletHumour going to the bathroom]]? Because the "P" is silent.
* One joke sign common at pools: "Welcome to the OOL. Notice there is no 'P'. Please keep it that way."
* What's [[Series/HappyDays Fonzie]]'s favourite vitamin? A[[note]]'Ey![[/note]].
* [[BlackComedy My grandfather died]] before he could tell us his blood type. His last words were "Be positive".
* Why couldn't the pirate take his kids to the movie? Because it was rated "Arr!"
* Why can't pirates learn the alphabet? They always get lost at C.



* In the kids' book ''E-mergency'', the anthropomorphic letter Y asks lots of questions, and P twice is seen peeing.

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* In the kids' book ''E-mergency'', there are many such jokes due to the characters being anthropomorphic letter letters:
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Y [[ConstantlyCurious asks lots a lot of questions, and questions]].
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P twice is seen peeing.peeing twice.
** E is heard exclaiming, "Ee!" and O exclaiming, "Oh!".
** B once says, "Just be."
** T says, "Gee!" to G.
** At one point, the letters spell, "R U OK?"
** N once tells P and U ("PU") not to sit together.



* The SingingOffCatchphrase on ''Series/CoolKidsCooking'' is "CKC you soon!".



** One of the RuderAndCruder songs featured on the singer's other channel, Songzaps, is titled "Sofa Q" [[note]]so fuck you[[/note]]

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** One of the RuderAndCruder songs featured on the singer's other channel, Songzaps, is titled "Sofa Q" [[note]]so fuck you[[/note]]you[[/note]] and another is "If You See Kay"[[note]]F-U-C-K[[/note]]



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* The kids' poem "Swimming in the swimming pool is where I like to 'B'. Wearing underwater goggles so that I can 'C'. Yesterday, before I swam, I drank a cup of 'T'. Now the pool's a swimming 'ool, because [[PuttingThePeeInPool I took a 'P'."
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* ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters'': At one point, Gabby mentions talking to Dr. Strangeglove "2 C" what he wants.



* ''WebAnimation/AlphabetLore'': Y's whole gimmick; it was literally her first line. When X died, Y screamed "YYYYYYYYY?!"
* ''WebAnimation/ASDFMovie'': Provides the page image. One sketch has a guy shouting "Oh no, a giant B!" while pointing at a giant version of the letter "B". Then, a giant ''bee'' flies down and [[SwallowedWhole eats him whole.]]

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* ''WebAnimation/AlphabetLore'': Y's whole gimmick; it was literally her first line. When X died, Y screamed "YYYYYYYYY?!"
"[[BigWhy YYYYYYYYY]]?!"
* ''WebAnimation/ASDFMovie'': Provides the page image. One sketch has a guy shouting "Oh no, a giant B!" while pointing at a giant version of the letter "B". Then, a giant ''bee'' ''[[BigCreepyCrawlies bee]]'' flies down and [[SwallowedWhole eats him whole.]]
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To make this kind of joke, take a word that sounds like a letter and replace the word with that letter. Alternatively, this can work with words that sound like numbers as well (even 9/nein for some German flair). This kind of joke is much easier to pull off in media targeted at little kids, as their vocabulary is usually limited to just letters, numbers, and simple words, and therefore it's seen as peak comedy by them and [[PlayedForLaughs more likely to get laughs]].

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To make this kind of joke, take a word that sounds like a letter and replace the word with that letter. Alternatively, this can work with words that sound like numbers as well (even 9/nein for some German flair). This kind of joke is much easier to pull off in media targeted at little kids, as their vocabulary is usually limited to just letters, numbers, and simple words, and therefore it's seen as peak comedy by them and [[PlayedForLaughs more likely to get laughs]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': In the song "Humiliating Stumblegimp Dance of Contrition" from the episode ''[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbOneGoodTurn One Good Turn]]'' the singer is yelling about how he will not speak French, and then he paints a big red number 9 on a poster and yells [[UsefulNotes/GermanLanguage "Nein!"]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': In the song "Humiliating Stumblegimp Dance of Contrition" from the episode ''[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbOneGoodTurn One Good Turn]]'' Turn]]'', the singer is yelling about how he will not speak French, and then he paints a big red number 9 on a poster and yells [[UsefulNotes/GermanLanguage "Nein!"]]

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To make this kind of joke, take a word that sounds like a letter (B/bee, C/see/sea, I/eye, etc.) and replace the word with that letter. Alternatively, this can work with words that sound like numbers (1/won, 2/to/too, 4/for, even 9/nein for a German flair.) This kind of joke is much easier to pull off in media targeted at little kids, as their vocabulary is usually limited to just letters, numbers, and simple words, and therefore it's seen as peak comedy by them and [[PlayedForLaughs more likely to get laughs]].

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To make this kind of joke, take a word that sounds like a letter (B/bee, C/see/sea, I/eye, etc.) and replace the word with that letter. Alternatively, this can work with words that sound like numbers (1/won, 2/to/too, 4/for, even as well (even 9/nein for a some German flair.) flair). This kind of joke is much easier to pull off in media targeted at little kids, as their vocabulary is usually limited to just letters, numbers, and simple words, and therefore it's seen as peak comedy by them and [[PlayedForLaughs more likely to get laughs]].


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* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': In the song "Humiliating Stumblegimp Dance of Contrition" from the episode ''[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbOneGoodTurn One Good Turn]]'' the singer is yelling about how he will not speak French, and then he paints a big red number 9 on a poster and yells [[UsefulNotes/GermanLanguage "Nein!"]]
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This kind of joke is much easier to pull off in media targeted at little kids, as their vocabulary is usually limited to just letters, numbers, and simple words, and therefore it's seen as peak comedy by them and [[PlayedForLaughs more likely to get laughs]].

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To make this kind of joke, take a word that sounds like a letter (B/bee, C/see/sea, I/eye, etc.) and replace the word with that letter. Alternatively, this can work with words that sound like numbers (1/won, 2/to/too, 4/for, even 9/nein for a German flair.) This kind of joke is much easier to pull off in media targeted at little kids, as their vocabulary is usually limited to just letters, numbers, and simple words, and therefore it's seen as peak comedy by them and [[PlayedForLaughs more likely to get laughs]].
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* A very common joke you'll often find among children is when someone says "two too" it sounds like "tu-tu", which to young kids is usually viewed as a terrible fashion choice and is therefore funny (most often heard when someone is expressing their want for two of something after someone else already has).

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* A very common joke you'll often find among children is when someone says [[HehHehYouSaidX "two too" it sounds like "tu-tu", "tu-tu"]], which to young kids is usually viewed as a terrible fashion choice and is therefore funny (most often heard when someone is expressing their want for two of something after someone else already has).

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