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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' loves puns, especially horse-related ones, both noticeable and [[StealthPun stealthy]].

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' is laden with puns.
** In fact, it's almost mandated. Batman is instructed during his training that he has to make an entrance with a quip or a pun!
-->"Mad men like you come in many forms. But liquid, gas or solid, they always wind up in the same state: inert."

* Hanna-Barbera's WesternAnimation/TheImpossibles is loaded with puns!
* All over the place in {{WesternAnimation/Archer}}. It's pun for the whole family!
* Half of the humor in ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' is darkly comedic satire, and the other half are animal puns. ''Loads and loads'' of animal puns.
* Pretty much all of the on-screen text in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' that isn't directly related to the plot will be some sort of magic based pun. The show also gets a lot of mileage out of its GiantCorpseWorld setting by giving things body part themed {{Punny Name}}s.

* ''ComicBook/{{Perky}}'' once visited [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Pun Land]], where the laws of physics are completely ignored in favor of [[IncrediblyLamePun Incredibly Lame Puns]]. Although, given how much of a HurricaneOfPuns the series is, one could argue that ''every'' land Perky visits is its own World Of Pun- Pun Land is just the only one to go for general puns instead of having its own FlintstoneTheming.

-->In a world in peril... they'll save the day... and make bad puns. [[{{IncrediblyLamePun}} Really bad puns.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/BeeMovie'' is shameless in using as many "bee" puns as possible - Barry getting all B's on a report card, Barry being referred to as a "newbie" ("new bee") by one of the pollen jocks, and the musician Sting showing up since bees sting, are just the tip of the iceberg.

* There are a good plenty of food puns to be found in ''Animation/BreadBarbershop'', ranging from character names like [[Creator/BradPitt Bread Pitt]] and [[Creator/BobIger Bun Iger]], to jokes about Bread being "toast" once Chip defeats him, to mentions of foodified versions of well-known works and events such as ''[[VideoGame/PacMan Panc-Man]]'' and the [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic Cornvid virus]].

** and then ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' went to Pandaria. Basically everything on the continent is either a pun or an anime joke. Not that things outside of Pandaria aren't: it's Warcraft after all. Most of the quest names in the world are puns, though this is probably simply because they had to write an obscenely large number of quests all with unique names. These range from the terrible, to the actually extremely clever. Most minor [=NPCs=] also have [[PunnyName a pun for a name]], which again is probably mostly because there are a ridiculously huge number of them. A fairly large number of the items you receive in the game are also puns, either just their names or also being visual puns. They used up the possible permutations of actual weapons a long time ago, so a lot of weird items get used as weapon models. Some of the things are extremely clever though: like the fist weapons entitled the Fists of Deity looking suspiciously like a certain god-killing character from another game's weapons. You get the weapons off a god-killing character too. Mounts, pets, and other collectibles have a very strong chance of being a pun (visual, nominal, or both). Tabards are also a frequent source of visual puns. Major characters might also have a [[PunnyName pun in their name]] but it's almost always extremely sophisticated to the point where it counts as an [[EasterEgg]]. Like the name Malfurion, originally introduced as Furion. In Greek mythology, the furies were horrific earth deities who punished mortals for their misdeeds. Malfurion is a druid, and if you value your life you don't tick him off (unless of course your name is Illidan). Characters also pun in-universe: usually either because they're joke characters, or for the purposes of smack-talk. Bosses usually do this, since they tend to be canonically smarter: although sometimes major heroic [=NPCs=] do it too. There are also a few characters who are walking puns: such as Orkus (who is an orc, obviously: but points here since Orcus is the name of the Archdevil of Undeath in D&D, and Orkus is a Death Knight). The best pun of all has to go to Matthias Lerner (Matthias is the name of a heroic mouse in Brian Jacques ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' series, he is a novice aka... a "learner"). [[spoiler: But this is the best one, because Matthias Lerner is really the Lich King's heart (or soul? the thing you pick up looks more like soul gem than a heart, but the jury is still out on this one). Rearrange the letters, and you get Arthas Menethil. You go on a series of quests as the Lich King with Matthias narrating, that eerily mirror the story of Matthias the mouse. So, it's pun as (childhood ruining) meta-commentary rather than just existing because the devs were bored.]]

* Essentially every name in the ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' series is a pun. Most of them are just terrible, including a bomber named Ted Tonate, a detective named Dick Gumshoe, a noodle vendor named Guy Eldoon, and a victim literally just named Deid Mann. Others are a little more well thought out: mob doctor Pal Meraktis, for instance, becomes "malpractice" when you switch the first letters of the first and last names. All, however, are corny as hell and stupidly fun to figure out. They're even more on-the-nose in the original Japanese version.

* Any world created by Jasper Fforde is certainly going to exist just for the sake of {{pun}}.

* Any world created by Jasper Fforde is certainly going to exist JustForPun.

** The name of the countries Djelibeybi and Hersheba. Terry Pratchett's realization that American audiences weren't getting the Djelibeybi pun (because Jelly Babies are hard to get in the US) inspired the creation of nearby Hersheba, which unfortunately most audiences ''in general'' aren't getting.[[labelnote:explanation]]If you've heard of the candy, the Djelibeybi pun is criminally easy to get, due to it being mentally pronounced the same way, ''and'' {{lampshade|Hanging}}d when we're told Djelibeybi literally means "Child of the Djel." Hersheba is not as easy due to variations in pronunciation (it only sounds like the candy if you drop your Rs), the fact that it doesn't have a lampshade, and it's really only mentioned in passing rather than having a book devoted to it. There's also the [[AccentDepundent pronunciation problem]]: in three-syllable words, the emphasis is on the second, thus 'her-SHE-buh'. [[/labelnote]]

* Puns are everywhere in ''Anime/{{Sarazanmai}}'', especially around the kappa characters, and tie into the work's symbolism. Most episodes are themed around an object which is often used with multiple, punny, meanings (i.e. kisu (fish)/kisses, balls/testicles) etc. Puns are esssential to the characater of Sara, an idol whose name means "dish", has a verbal tic of "~dish", [[spoiler:[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking is a Kappa with a dish on her head]]]], provides the "dish" on whatever's going on in the world that week through her news show, and is an object of desire for various characters, consistent with the work's use of dishes as a symbol for desire.

%%* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'': Name itself is pun already, far more ensues. (Zero-Context: Entry is just "Trope is here")

** and then ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''went to Pandaria. Basically everything on the continent is either a pun or an anime joke. Not that things outside of Pandaria aren't: it's Warcraft after all. Most of the quest names in the world are puns, though this is probably simply because they had to write an obscenely large number of quests all with unique names. These range from the terrible, to the actually extremely clever. Most minor [=NPCs=] also have [[PunnyName a pun for a name]], which again is probably mostly because there are a ridiculously huge number of them. A fairly large number of the items you receive in the game are also puns, either just their names or also being visual puns. They used up the possible permutations of actual weapons a long time ago, so a lot of weird items get used as weapon models. Some of the things are extremely clever though: like the fist weapons entitled the Fists of Deity looking suspiciously like a certain god-killing character from another game's weapons. You get the weapons off a god-killing character too. Mounts, pets, and other collectibles have a very strong chance of being a pun (visual, nominal, or both). Tabards are also a frequent source of visual puns. Major characters might also have a [[PunnyName pun in their name]] but it's almost always extremely sophisticated to the point where it counts as an [[EasterEgg]]. Like the name Malfurion, originally introduced as Furion. In Greek mythology, the furies were horrific earth deities who punished mortals for their misdeeds. Malfurion is a druid, and if you value your life you don't tick him off (unless of course your name is Illidan). Characters also pun in-universe: usually either because they're joke characters, or for the purposes of smack-talk. Bosses usually do this, since they tend to be canonically smarter: although sometimes major heroic [=NPCs=] do it too. There are also a few characters who are walking puns: such as Orkus (who is an orc, obviously: but points here since Orcus is the name of the Archdevil of Undeath in D&D, and Orkus is a Death Knight). The best pun of all has to go to Matthias Lerner (Matthias is the name of a heroic mouse in Brian Jacques ''Literature/Redwall''series, he is a novice aka... a "learner"). [[spoiler: But this is the best one, because Matthias Lerner is really the Lich King's heart (or soul? the thing you pick up looks more like soul gem than a heart, but the jury is still out on this one). Rearrange the letters, and you get Arthas Menethil. You go on a series of quests as the Lich King with Matthias narrating, that eerily mirror the story of Matthias the mouse. So, it's pun as (childhood ruining) meta-commentary rather than just existing because the devs were bored.]]

* Puns are everywhere in ''Anime/{{Sarazanmai}}'', especially around the kappa characters, and tie into the work's symbolism. Most episodes are themed around an object which is often used with multiple, punny, meanings (i.e. kisu (fish)/kisses, balls/testicles) etc. Puns are esssential to the charcater of Sara, an idol whose name means "dish", has a verbal tic of "~dish", [[spoiler:[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking is a Kappa with a dish on her head]]]], provides the "dish" on whatever's going on in the world that week through her news show, and is an object of desire for various characters, consistent with the work's use of dishes as a symbol for desire.

** WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981 is also this to an extent, considered the fact Gerard Baldwin previously worked at the studio on Yogi Bear years prior.

* WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981 is also this to an extent, considered the fact Gerard Baldwin previously worked at the studio on Yogi Bear years prior.

* ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' has a ton of this. Nearly every character and location has a PunnyName, and puns constantly show up in just about everybody's dialogue.

%%* From the same writer as Asterix (René Goscinny), the ''ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}}'' comic books take this UpToEleven and into a Dimension of Pun all its own. (Zero-Context: Entry is just "Trope is here")

* Creator/PeterDavid is quite the master of pun-play...which he took UpToEleven for ''Literature/SirAproposOfNothing''. Yes, starting with the main character's name.

* Nobody in the ''Literature/LandOfOz'' can resist making puns, up to and including the scenery itself. Things are already pretty punny in the books by L. Frank Baum, but when Ruth Plumly Thompson takes over the story, the pun levels go UpToEleven.