History Main / WorldOfPun

* Thanks to its preposterous nature of a show about a family of three witches and a wiseass talking cat, the sitcom ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' got away with arrays of puns. In fact, various incidents were incited by puns, to the point that Sabrina had to comment "There aren't metaphors in the other realm, are there?".

* ''WebVideo/HolyMusicalBatman'' is absolutely full of puns. Batman and Robin almost spend more time making puns than stopping crime when they team up, and the dialogue of the main villain, Sweet Tooth, is almost entirely pun-based! He even has props! The tendency for Batman's villains to be so heavily pun-based is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in a [[ConversedTrope conversation]] between Superman and the Green Lantern, who sum up almost all of them as "guys in suits with things on their heads making puns around a theme."

* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIX'' is absolutely ''rife'' with puns, with damn nearly every enemy, boss, town and NPC dropping puns like there's no tomorrow! Sample enemy names include "Hell Nino", "Stenchurion", "Bagma", Expload" and so many ''many'' more...

* Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' series

** ''Discworld/NightWatch''
*** The book contains a sequence describing the ornamental armour Sam Vimes has to wear, and how it makes him feel like a class traitor. The pune-chline: [[spoiler:"It was gilt by association."]]
*** And the Fat Mines contained [=BCB=]s (Burnt Crunchy Bits) that Vimes said died because they were battered to death.
*** There's also an example of him being entirely unable to stop himself with the story of Fingers Mazda, who stole the secret of fire from the gods. He was unable to fence it, it was too hot. He really got burned on that deal.
*** Granny Weatherwax's lodgings in the Shades are made are all the better for being next door to a notorious reseller of stolen items. Because good fences make good neighbours.
*** Magrat believes that broomsticks are sexual metaphors when witches ride them. But this is a phallusy.

* The world of Music/PDQBach is saturated with puns, from the titles of the pieces and their movements to the lyrics to his vocal works to the liner notes to the recordings.

* ''WesternAmination/BobsBurgers'' is full of it. It starts with the names of the burgers of the day, the (changing) names of the neighbour shop and the van appearing in the intro and continues with names of various businesses.

* A short story known as "Polynomials," "Little Poly Nomial," "[[http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~pjbk/humour/polynomial.html Poly Nomial and Curly Pi]]" is a world of incredibly lame math puns.

* In ''DragonBall'' and ''DragonBallZ'', nearly every name is some sort of pun based on food (Goku is the exception, since his name comes from ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'').

* The ''Anime/MashinHeroWataruSeries'' runs them off the charts. The usage of [[PunnyName punny names]] in particular are there to help children learn Japanese phrases, historical figures, celebrities, and important cultural references. The examples listed below are the most commonly used.

* RickRiordan's ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus''. Riordan being Riordan, it is almost as frequent as snarking. Special mention goes to Lupa, directed to Jason: "As always, you are our saving ''Grace''."

* ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}}'', in all of its incarnations. Meet monsters such as [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Dr. Jackal and Mr. Hide]], [[Literature/ToKillAMockingbird Tequila Mockingbird]] and [[CthulhuMythos Cowthulhu]]... and that's only the beginning.

* ''Franchise/MonsterHigh''. Only in this doll franchise will you see cities like Monster Picchu, Boo York, and Barcelgroana. Or countries like Costa Shrieka, Fangladesh, and the Doominican Republic. And yet, Earth is still called Earth.

* ''Literature/FinnegansWake''. Every sentence.

* DragonQuestIX is absolutely ''rife'' with puns, with damn nearly every enemy, boss, town and NPC dropping puns like there's no tomorrow! Sample enemy names include "Hell Nino", "Stenchurion", "Bagma", Expload" and so many ''many'' more...

** Surprisingly one of the tragedies, ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', has the most by far, with an average of one pun every 4 lines.

** Such as the Werebear. ''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=29785 He exercises his right to bear arms]]''.
** There are also the cards "Crashing Boars" and "Apes of Rath".
** [[http://magiccards.info/on/en/160.html "Over-Soul'd Cemetery"]].
** [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=42184 "Wheel and Deal"]]. [[DontExplainTheJoke See, it makes your opponents get the effects of]] [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=202558 "Wheel of Fortune"]] [[DontExplainTheJoke and gives you a card draw...]]

*** ''Unhinged'' had Donkey Folk, which only existed to make puns on "ass". There was Smart Ass, Dumb Ass, Fat Ass, Cheap Ass and Bad Ass. (Who all have fractional numbers, specifically those involving 1/2, as their power and toughness because they're half-assed.)
*** There are also the Clay Pigeon (a 1/1 flying bird that had an effect when thrown), the Rock Lobster (it wasn't a rock, and many take it for granite), the Paper Tiger (who burns bright and folds easily), and the Scissors Lizard (who has a lot of shear power).
*** Fowl Play turns things into chickens.
** The Man of Measure is better at offense or defense depending on whether you're measured as taller or shorter than an opponent.
** The Standing Army doesn't tap when it attacks, because they're always standing... but only as long as you are too.

* All of Creator/JayWard's cartoons were this in spades. ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'', ''HoppityHooper'', ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle'', all of them were just rife with puns. The narrator was especially fond of the "Tune in next time, when we hear Bullwinkle say..." variety.

* ''Literature/ThePhantomTollbooth'' is one of these. There's a "watchdog" called Tock who is a dog with a clock in his abdomen. In the city of Dictionopolis people literally "eat their words" off plates, and for dessert they have half-baked ideas (like "The moon is made of green cheese"), fresh from the half-bakery. People literally jump to an island called Conclusions. There's even a cart that "goes without saying" -- as soon as the passengers were all quite silent, it starts moving. And so on and so forth.

* All of JayWard's cartoons were this in spades. ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'', ''HoppityHooper'', ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle'', all of them were just rife with puns. The narrator was especially fond of the "Tune in next time, when we hear Bullwinkle say..." variety.

* Pretty much every {{Sierra}} adventure game ever. The ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'' series is probably better known for the puns in its death messages than anything.