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* In ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', the family attorney's name is [[BlahBlahBlah Bob Loblaw]]. He also has a website where he discusses legal issues, The Bob Loblaw Law Blog.
** And Maeby Funke, cousin to George Michael Bluth. Except one of the long-running subplots in the show is that she might not actually be a blood relative of the Bluth family. So George Michael's cousin Maeby is his cousin... maybe.
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* ''Series/TheJimHensonHour'' special ''[[Recap/TheJim HensonHourE5 Dog City]]'' has hero Ace Yu and villain Bugsy Them, which Rowlf immediately singles out as "Cheap joke names".
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* ''Series/SWAT2017'': In "[[Recap/SWATS02E16Pride Pride]]" there's the Straight Shooters, a group of LGBT+ people who advocate gun ownership and train with firearms for self-defense against bias attacks. This becomes much less funny when one member storms a radio station and holds the host hostage, whom he blames for inciting anti-LGBT+ violence.
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* ''Series/OddSquad'':
** A few villains have names like these, such as Shelly Catessan (a villainess that turns her enemies into sandwiches) and Symmetric Al (a villain who can steal half of any symmetrical object, or even half of a human with a symmetrical name). Villain People, a band of four who appear in "Music of Sound", have their name based on the Music/VillagePeople.
** Polly Graph is a clever example, being derived from "polygraph", which is an advanced lie-detector test. In the pilot for the show, she even pulls out an empty graph representing all the times she's ever lied in her life after being accused of being the number hog.
** A few villains have names like these, such as Shelly Catessan (a villainess that turns her enemies into sandwiches) and Symmetric Al (a villain who can steal half of any symmetrical object, or even half of a human with a symmetrical name). Villain People, a band of four who appear in "Music of Sound", have their name based on the Music/VillagePeople.
** Polly Graph is a clever example, being derived from "polygraph", which is an advanced lie-detector test. In the pilot for the show, she even pulls out an empty graph representing all the times she's ever lied in her life after being accused of being the number hog.
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* In the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "Ex Post Facto", we have a feathery head alien named Wren. "[[Website/SFDebris Voyager bring good teh komedy!]]"
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* In ''The Magic House'', the magical wishing well in the garden of said house is named Creator/HGWells.
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* ''Series/MendolIkemen'': See the name in print, and it's usually hyphenated as Mendol-Ikemen. This is something like "Men-Idol Pretty Boy", using the rough translation. But if you see the title online it reads mendolikemen or "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Men Do Like Men]]." All though this series is also about girls liking other girls, at least one of them has a former boyfriend who is seeing their "male" persona and decides instead that he is gay.
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* ''Series/MendolIkemen'': See the name in print, and it's usually hyphenated as Mendol-Ikemen. This is something like "Men-Idol Pretty Boy", using the rough translation. But if you see the title online it reads mendolikemen or "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Men "Men Do Like Men]].Men." All though Although this series is also about girls liking other girls, at least one of them has a former boyfriend who is seeing their "male" persona and decides instead that he is gay.
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* The ''Series/{{Psych}}'' episodes "Cloudy...Chance of Murder" and its remake "Cloudy...with a Chance of Improvement" feature Shawn coming up with weatherman-sounding names for a frustrated meteorologist, including Bolt Lightning, Cloudy Mcmillan, and... [[TheLastofTheseIsNotLiketheOthers Wendy Morningdew?]]
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* The ''Series/{{Psych}}'' episodes "Cloudy...Chance of Murder" and its remake "Cloudy...with a Chance of Improvement" feature Shawn coming up with weatherman-sounding names for a frustrated meteorologist, including Bolt Lightning, Cloudy Mcmillan, and... [[TheLastofTheseIsNotLiketheOthers and Wendy Morningdew?]]Morningdew?
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* Michael in ''Series/TheGoodPlace'', taking up a life as a human, adopts the surname Realman.
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* ''Series/ICarly'': Spencer's friend, Socko, makes cool, light-up socks. His hierarchy of relatives is a HurricaneOfPuns of names related to their jobs: His brother, Tyler (tie maker); His cousins Rob (thief), Taylor (tailor), Penny (the [[FunTShirt Penny Tees]] creator) and Isaac (optometrist); His uncles Otto (used car dealer) and Dr. Paxil (psychologist); and Freight Dog (air freight forwarder).
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* ''Series/ICarly'': Spencer's friend, Socko, makes cool, light-up socks. His hierarchy of relatives is a HurricaneOfPuns of names related to their jobs: His brother, Tyler (tie maker); His cousins Rob (thief), Taylor (tailor), Penny (the [[FunTShirt Penny Tees]] creator) and creator), Isaac (optometrist); (optometrist) and Boomer (explosives expert); His uncles Otto (used car dealer) and Dr. Paxil (psychologist); and Freight Dog (air freight forwarder).
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* ''Series/ThirtyRock'' delighted in these, including the characters Paul L'astname, and Hazel Wassername.
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* ''Series/ThirtyRock'' delighted in these, including the characters Paul L'astname, and Hazel Wassername. And would also subvert it, with the law firm "Dewey, Cheatum & Livingston".
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* ''Series/TheTwoRonnies'' sketch "Name Droppers" has Ronnie Corbett repeatedly interrupting Ronnie Barker every time he hears a few words that sounds like someone he knows -- Lindsay Doyle (linseed oil), Camilla Highwater (come hell or high water), Natalie Dunn (nattily done), etc. Eventually, they get to Horace Cope. "That twit?! Don't tell me she still moves in his moronic orbit!" "Ronnie Corbett? Who's Ronnie Corbett?"
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* ''Series/TheTwoRonnies'' sketch "Name Droppers" has Ronnie Corbett Corbett's character Noah Vale repeatedly interrupting Ronnie Barker every time he hears a few words that sounds like someone he knows -- Lindsay Doyle (linseed oil), Camilla Highwater (come hell or high water), water). Barker gets increasingly irritated and starts retaliating by claiming to have heard his friends' names - Tamara Knight (tomorrow night) and Amelia Cook (a meal you cook) - only for Noah to recognise those names as well, with the conversation getting stranger from there. It culminates in this:
-->'''Barker''': The trouble with Natalie Dunn (nattilydone), etc. Eventually, they get to done) is that she can't do anything without consulting her horoscope.\\
'''Noah''': HoraceCope. "That Cope? Horace Cope, that twit?! Don't tell me she still moves in his moronic orbit!" "Ronnie orbit!\\ '''Barker''': Ronnie Corbett? Who's Ronnie Corbett?"Corbett?
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'''Noah''': Horace
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* ''Series/WillAndGrace'': Creator/GeneWilder shows up in two episodes as a character named [[Film/YoungFrankenstein Frank N. Stein.]]
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** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E3Orphan55 "Orphan 55"]]: [[CatFolk Cat person]] [[Letters2Numbers Hyph3n]]. Her name could very well be written "-3", as in the "catface" emoticon.
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* ''Disasterpiece Theatre'', a local TV show on San Diego station XETV in the early 80s, was a precursor to ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' in that it made fun of bad movies. Its protagonist was a luckless host named Sal U. Lloyd (for "celluloid," the material of which motion picture film was previously made).
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{{Punny Name}}s in live-action TV.
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* The Swedish doll character called Allram Eest. The name is a play on the Swedish word "Allra Mest" meaning "Most of All".
* Rusty Nails, an old children's TV show entertainer and the inspiration for [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Krusty The Clown]].
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* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfShirleyHolmes'' had main antagonist Molly Hardy, which is a pun on "Moriarty"-- as in Professor James Moriarty, Franchise/SherlockHolmes' BigBad.
* ''Series/AlienNation'' delighted in giving the Newcomers human names based on puns: Norman Conquest, Harley Davidson, Polly Wannakraker. The main character George Fransisco was originally named Sam Fransisco, but after hearing this his new partner started calling him George.
* ''Series/{{Angel}}'':
** Gwen Raiden has this as well as a MeaningfulName. She controls [[ShockAndAwe lightning]] and Raiden is a Japanese god of Thunder and Lightning. She's also a thief, and her name is a pun on "Gone Raiding".
** '''Harm'''ony. Wesley lampshades it when she uses a page ripped out of one of his antique books to wrap up her bubble gum.
* Many characters on ''Series/AngieTribeca'' have goofy names [[PlayedForLaughs just so the writers can shoehorn in a joke]] or a ShoutOut. Examples include forensic scientist Dr. Monica Scholls or wedding planner [[http://www.ehow.com/facts_5008757_jean-nate-history.html Jean Naté.]]
-->'''Laurie Partridge:''' [[Series/ThePartridgeFamily Go on, get happy.]]
* In ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', the family attorney's name is [[BlahBlahBlah Bob Loblaw]]. He also has a website where he discusses legal issues, The Bob Loblaw Law Blog.
** And Maeby Funke, cousin to George Michael Bluth. Except one of the long-running subplots in the show is that she might not actually be a blood relative of the Bluth family. So George Michael's cousin Maeby is his cousin... maybe.
* In ''Series/TheATeam'' episode "[[Recap/TheATeams2E9TheresAlwaysACatch There's Always a Catch]]", Murdock calls the mounted (and possibly fake) lobster he carries around "Thermadore" — as in the dish "lobster thermidor".
** Ann Veal = Anvil.
* ''Series/BeakmansWorld'' had a few punny names; the short-order cook that made scientific food-based concoctions is named Art Burn, and the sportscasters in the Wide Beak-World of Sports are named Jim Shortz and Harry Pitts. There's also Beakman's family. (A brother named Meakman and Beakman's Beakmom) Not to mention Professor I. M. Boring.
* ''Series/BreakingBad'' has the lawyer Saul Goodman, as in "S'all good, man."
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Anya's real name is Aud (pronounced 'Odd') which she is. In the early seasons, Willow counted as one.
* The villains in ''Series/ElChapulinColorado'' always have this, some examples are: The gangsters; Tripa Seca (Dry Guts, a reference to the thinness of Ramón Valdez, the actor behind the character), Chory Malgesto (Shorty Bad Face, a pun of Rubén Aguirre’s tallness), Cuajináis (roughly “No one like this?”) and La Minina (The Kitty), the Pirates; Alma Negra [Black Soul], Matalote (a play with the words “mata” [kill] and cachalote [sperm whale]), Sabandija [Vermin], Gorgojo [Weevil] and Panza Loca [Crazy Belly] (again a reference to the physical appearance of the actor, in this case Edgar Vivar, known for his overweight at the time), and the Gunslingers; Rascabuches [Pouch Scratcher], Rosa la Rumorosa [Rosa “The Many Rumors One”], el Matonsísimo Kid [The “A lot of killings” Kid] and El Matafácil [The Easy Kills]. All of them, despite the name, are on the IneffectualSympatheticVillain category to some degree.
** Of course Chespirito does this a lot with other characters, albeit more subtle; Señor Barriga (Barriga means belly) and his son Ñoño (Spanish sound for the pig's squeal) both played by Edgar Vivar and Profesor Jirafales (from ''Jirafa'' [giraffe]) played by Aguirre, La Chilindrina (Chilindrina is a special kind of Mexican bakery that is small and full of raisins in reference to the character's size and freckles), also El Botija (again a Vivar character) means "round bottle" and Chimoltrufia (chimol from ''chimuela'' [toothless] and trufia for ''atrofiada'' [atrophied]) in ''Los caquitos''. He also mocks himself because of his height with many characters like Dr. Chapatín and Chaparrón Bonaparte (Chaparro means small or little in height).
* ''Series/CrashZone'' has the artificial intelligence named "Virgil Reality", for "virtual reality".
* The news anchor from ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' is named Howard '''Handupme'''. As in "he's a hand puppet, and therefore there's a hand holding up his body."
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** The Doctor's robot dog, K9.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf "Bad Wolf"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays "The Parting of the Ways"]] has a future version of ''The Weakest Link'' hosted by a robotic version of Anne Robinson. Called, of course...
--->'''Rose:''' My god, the android... ''[stunned]'' The ''Anne''-Droid.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E2TheFiresOfPompeii "The Fires of Pompeii"]] is full of these, primarily as an ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' reference. Most prominently we have Lucius Petrus Dextrus, or rather Lucius ''[[TakenForGranite Stone Right Arm]]''.
* ''Series/DueSouth'' had a resident coroner by the first name of Mort.
* ''Series/{{Emergency}}'': Mike Stoker, one of the firefighters of Station 51 (and in RealLife).
* The ''Series/FatherTed'' episode "Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep" has three villains named Hud, Film/{{Giant}} and Film/{{Fargo}}, after movies. The episode title is itself a pun, on the 1970 hit single ''Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep''.
* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': The {{Shoutout}} to the creators in the station's name (KACL) is an inadvertent pun (cackle).
* The Hekawi Indians in ''Series/FTroop'' supposedly got their name from an incident in which they got lost, fell off a cliff, then exclaimed, "We're the Hekawi!" ("Where the heck are we?!") Legend has it that the writers ''wanted'' to name the tribe the "Fukawi". But, considering that that last pun is based on a word that can't be said on network television even ''now'', it's not surprising that it quietly bit the dust several decades ago.
** However, Johnny Carson used the Fugawi Indians, leaving it to the audience to get the pun (they always did).
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Drogon ''almost'' sounds like dragon. Borders on ADogNamedDog.
* [[Music/BritneySpears Brittany S. Pierce]] from ''Series/{{Glee}}''.
* In full effect in ''Series/GoodEats'', with such episode titles as "Quantum Foam" (Angel food cake), itself the fifth episode of the "[[Series/TheXFiles Egg Files]]" series.
* [[DastardlyWhiplash M.T. Promises]] on ''Series/TheGreatSpaceCoaster''.
* ''Series/HouseOfCardsUS'' has the mysterious hacker "[=HEROnymous=] Bot". Aside from being a portmanteau of "hero" and "anonymous", his name is a play on Renaissance artist Creator/HieronymusBosch, who was known for his surreal depictions of Hell.
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Marshall has a former employee start up his own brewery, making delicious-tasting beer that bears his surname. The surname in question? Wharmpess. Kudos to the writers for letting the joke stand on its own, and never having one of the characters point out that there's a beer called "Wharmpess" (pronounced "Warmpiss").
* ''Series/ICarly'': Spencer's friend, Socko, makes cool, light-up socks. His hierarchy of relatives is a HurricaneOfPuns of names related to their jobs: His brother, Tyler (tie maker); His cousins Rob (thief), Taylor (tailor), Penny (the [[FunTShirt Penny Tees]] creator) and Isaac (optometrist); His uncles Otto (used car dealer) and Dr. Paxil (psychologist); and Freight Dog (air freight forwarder).
* In ''Ikeman Desu Ne'', the Japanese remake of the Korean Drama ''You're Beautiful'', the twins are named [[ThemeTwinNaming Mio and Miko]] which are written as Beautiful Man and Beautiful Child respectfully. Considering the show is about [[{{Bishonen}} hotties]] and Mio's ambition to become an idol, it gives his name a double meaning. Additionally, Miko [[NunsAreMikos is studying to be a nun]] at the start of the show making her name also very punny, although that may not have been intentional.
* Marshall Mann from ''Series/InPlainSight'' who is a U.S. marshal and is a man.
* ''Series/IronFist2017'': Ward Meachum has Harold saved in his contacts list as "[[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Frank N. Stein]]".
* Numerous in ''Series/IZombie''- the most prominent of which are Blaine's Meat Cute (MeetCute) butcher shop, the PMC outfit 'Filmore Graves' (Fill More Graves).
** The main character is Olivia "Liv" Moore (Live More), her Mother is Eva (Eveh More), her brother is Evan (Even More).
** Stacey Boss (Stays the Boss) a reoccurring crime boss that lasts despite being competing with Zombies for Criminal Operations.
** Filmore Graves was ecentually run by Chase Graves (a guy who spends his timing chasing after both Zombies and murders and does end up putting loads of people in graves himself... both Chasing and Filling more graves).
** The last remaining city council members who did not flee Seattle before the Wall went up are Mort (similar to Murte, Spanish for death, or short for Mortality or Mortal) and Zed (a term often used to mean Zombie). Mort is a human (mortal), Zed is a Zombie (played awesomely by Kareem Abdul-Jabar).
* The Australian eponymous comedy series, ''Jimeon'' had a segment featuring the Martyr brothers, Stig and Tom. Both acted in a predictably martyred fashion.
* ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' did this with EADA Michael Cutter. In baseball, the cutter is a variation of the fastball, the most basic pitch in the game. Cutter keeps a bat in his office, routinely using it to prepare for a trial.
* An episode of ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' had a minor character: a forensic dentist named "Noah Caine".
* ''Series/LazyTown'' has Robbie Rotten.
* Miles Straume (Maelstrom) on ''Series/{{Lost}}''.
** The writers have claimed they purposely named him that way because they thought it would be "cool".
*** Specifically, showrunner Carlton Cuse wanted to have a character whose name sounded like the word "Maelstrom" from the first season.
** As well as Jack's Dad, [[FauxSymbolism Christian Shephard]]. Lampshaded in the GrandFinale:
--->'''Kate:''' Who died?\\
'''Desmond:''' A man named Christian Shephard.\\
'''Kate:''' Christian Shephard? Seriously?\\
'''Desmond:''' Seriously.
* The title character of ''Series/MaxHeadroom''. In-universe, his name comes from a sign giving the clearance of a parking garage.
* ''Series/MendolIkemen'': See the name in print, and it's usually hyphenated as Mendol-Ikemen. This is something like "Men-Idol Pretty Boy", using the rough translation. But if you see the title online it reads mendolikemen or "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Men Do Like Men]]." All though this series is also about girls liking other girls, at least one of them has a former boyfriend who is seeing their "male" persona and decides instead that he is gay.
* The tendency of punny names in James Bond films was parodied on ''Series/MockTheWeek'' in a segment called "Lines That You'd Never Hear In Bond Film":
-->'''Hugh Dennis:''' I hope you're not going to be one of those Russian agents whose name is just a cheap sexual pun, Miss Suckmeoff!
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'':
** [[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated for humour]] in the "Travel Agent" sketch, where Creator/EricIdle plays an eccentric man named "Smoketoomuch". He's completely oblivious to the fact that his name is a pun, apparently believing it to be a perfectly normal name. Even after the travel agent makes the ObligatoryJoke, "Well, you'd better cut down a little!", he claims that it's the first time he's heard anyone joke about his name.
--->'''[[Creator/MichaelPalin Bounder]]:''' Ah, good morning. I'm Bounder Ofadventure.\\
'''[[Creator/EricIdle Tourist]]:''' Good morning. My name is Smoketoomuch.\\
'''Bounder:''' What?\\
'''Tourist:''' Eh, my name is Smoketoomuch, Mr. Smoketoomuch.\\
'''Bounder:''' [[{{Pun}} Well, you'd better cut down a little then.]]\\
'''Tourist:''' What?\\
'''Bounder:''' You'd better cut down a little then.\\
'''Tourist:''' [[LateToThePunchline Oh I see! Smoke too much, so I better cut down a little then!]]\\
'''Bounder:''' Yes... [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore I expect you get people making jokes about your name all the time, eh?]]\\
'''Tourist:''' [[AvertedTrope No, actually it never struck me before.]] Smoke... too... much...
** There was also a Scotland Yard officer named Lookout, as in "Lookout of the Yard", which prompted someone to ask, "What will we see if we look out of the yard?" As with Mr. Smoketoomuch, he evidently never heard that one before either and it took a few seconds for him to get the joke.
* ''Series/MopatopsShop'': Mopatop's name is meant to sound like "mop it up", which makes sense since he is shown to mop up in the shop sometimes.
* On ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'', Famen's last name is Fortune.
* ''Series/NickyRickyDickyAndDawn'' Has Mack Albert Damia, or Mack A. Damia, whom Dicky referred to as a "little nut".
* ''Series/PlanetAjay'' has the Bollywoods, a group of trees that take their name from UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}}, the term used to refer to the Hindi film industry. On top of their name fitting the Indian aesthetic the show, there are several types of trees that happen to be called "bollywoods" in real life.
* ''Series/{{Reba}}'' has Brock [[EmbarrassingMiddleName Enrol]] (rock-n-roll) Hart. Strangely enough, he's a dentist, not a musician.
* A recurring villain in ''Series/RoboCopTheSeries'' was MadScientist Cray Mallardo. When read from a personnel file, his name is Mallardo, Cray Z, Dr.
* ''Series/RomperRoom'' had a puppet character named Do Bee, whose name sounds like "do be". The character's purpose was to teach children proper etiquette.
* ''Series/SaluteYourShorts''
** Sad-sack camp counselor Kevin Lee, called almost exclusively "Ug" by his charges.
** Also, Camp Anawanna itself. Say it out loud. [[spoiler:I don't wanna.]]
* In a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch, a Homeland Security spokesperson [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XMr3QO2Sbc talks to a group of reporters]]: "In the past few weeks, through our national hotline, we have collected hundreds of names of suspected terrorists, and I'm proud to say that most of the calls have come from high school and college students nationwide. In fact, we received over 475 calls alone regarding this man: M'Balz Es-Hari. We also received information on such nefarious terrorists such as Graabir Boubi, and Haid D'Salaami and.. let this be a message to you, Haid D'Salaami: we will not play your dangerous games. We are also currently searching for a man we believe to be an Al Queda lieutenant: Hous Bin Pharteen, his cousin I-Bin Pharteen, and their close companion I-Zheet M'Drurz."
* ''Series/SchittsCreek'': The town which gives the show its PunBasedTitle was founded by Horace Schitt and the current mayor is his descendant Roland Schitt. Roland names his son [[spoiler: Roland Moira Schitt]]. This pun is acknowledged in-universe, as is the fact that if the characters of David and Stevie ever got married, their last name would be Rose-Budd.
* ''Series/{{Scorpion}}'' has the [[AmbulanceChaser personal injury lawyer]] Haywood Jahelpme Morris. He mentions that he had his name legally changed, though it's implied that his first name was always Haywood.
* ''Series/TheSlammer'' has the ventriloquist Peter Nokio (or [[Literature/{{Pinocchio}} P. Nokio]]).
* In "House Arrest", an episode of ''Series/TheSopranos'', Uncle Junior, who's in the hospital, is put under house arrest by U.S. Marshal Michael [=McLuhan=]. After he introduces himself to Uncle Junior, there's another minute of conversation before the nurse gets it; "You're Marshall [=McLuhan=]?"
* In the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "Ex Post Facto", we have a feathery head alien named Wren. "[[Website/SFDebris Voyager bring good teh komedy!]]"
* The ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series ''loves'' these. To use a single series as an example, let's take the Ozu family from ''Mahou Sentai Magiranger'':
** Kai ([=MagiRed=]), main character and a fire magic user, means "first" or "leader" and is written with the Japanese character for "fire".
** Tsubasa ([=MagiYellow=]) means "wings" and his personal creature is a Garuda.
** Urara ([=MagiBlue=]) is the clever one of the group: her name means "bright" and is a pun on "Uranai"- meaning fortune-telling- which happens to be her talent.
** Houka ([=MagiPink=]) is TheChick of the group and her name means "fragrance".
** Makito ([=MagiGreen=]) is a user of earth-based magic, as well as a farmer (turns out his farm is the sole source of income for that BigFancyHouse, in fact.) His name means "sower", and "Maki" refers to the firewood used for kindling, linking him to wood as well.
** Finally, take the first syllable of each sibling's name and arrange them in the order of oldest to youngest ('''Ma'''kito, '''Ho'''uka, '''U'''rara, '''Tsu'''basa, '''Kai''') and you get "Mahoutsukai", which is Japanese for "magician". That's not all of the puns in this one series, and ''every'' Sentai series is full of naming puns like this.
** They are all technically "Ozu no Mahotsukai", or "Wizard(s) of Oz".
* ''Series/TheTwoRonnies'' sketch "Name Droppers" has Ronnie Corbett repeatedly interrupting Ronnie Barker every time he hears a few words that sounds like someone he knows -- Lindsay Doyle (linseed oil), Camilla Highwater (come hell or high water), Natalie Dunn (nattily done), etc. Eventually, they get to Horace Cope. "That twit?! Don't tell me she still moves in his moronic orbit!" "Ronnie Corbett? Who's Ronnie Corbett?"
* ''Series/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego'', like the computer game series that started the franchise, has a few of these. Particularly notable is Patty Larseny.
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* The Swedish doll character called Allram Eest. The name is a play on the Swedish word "Allra Mest" meaning "Most of All".
* Rusty Nails, an old children's TV show entertainer and the inspiration for [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Krusty The Clown]].
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* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfShirleyHolmes'' had main antagonist Molly Hardy, which is a pun on "Moriarty"-- as in Professor James Moriarty, Franchise/SherlockHolmes' BigBad.
* ''Series/AlienNation'' delighted in giving the Newcomers human names based on puns: Norman Conquest, Harley Davidson, Polly Wannakraker. The main character George Fransisco was originally named Sam Fransisco, but after hearing this his new partner started calling him George.
* ''Series/{{Angel}}'':
** Gwen Raiden has this as well as a MeaningfulName. She controls [[ShockAndAwe lightning]] and Raiden is a Japanese god of Thunder and Lightning. She's also a thief, and her name is a pun on "Gone Raiding".
** '''Harm'''ony. Wesley lampshades it when she uses a page ripped out of one of his antique books to wrap up her bubble gum.
* Many characters on ''Series/AngieTribeca'' have goofy names [[PlayedForLaughs just so the writers can shoehorn in a joke]] or a ShoutOut. Examples include forensic scientist Dr. Monica Scholls or wedding planner [[http://www.ehow.com/facts_5008757_jean-nate-history.html Jean Naté.]]
-->'''Laurie Partridge:''' [[Series/ThePartridgeFamily Go on, get happy.]]
* In ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', the family attorney's name is [[BlahBlahBlah Bob Loblaw]]. He also has a website where he discusses legal issues, The Bob Loblaw Law Blog.
** And Maeby Funke, cousin to George Michael Bluth. Except one of the long-running subplots in the show is that she might not actually be a blood relative of the Bluth family. So George Michael's cousin Maeby is his cousin... maybe.
* In ''Series/TheATeam'' episode "[[Recap/TheATeams2E9TheresAlwaysACatch There's Always a Catch]]", Murdock calls the mounted (and possibly fake) lobster he carries around "Thermadore" — as in the dish "lobster thermidor".
** Ann Veal = Anvil.
* ''Series/BeakmansWorld'' had a few punny names; the short-order cook that made scientific food-based concoctions is named Art Burn, and the sportscasters in the Wide Beak-World of Sports are named Jim Shortz and Harry Pitts. There's also Beakman's family. (A brother named Meakman and Beakman's Beakmom) Not to mention Professor I. M. Boring.
* ''Series/BreakingBad'' has the lawyer Saul Goodman, as in "S'all good, man."
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Anya's real name is Aud (pronounced 'Odd') which she is. In the early seasons, Willow counted as one.
* The villains in ''Series/ElChapulinColorado'' always have this, some examples are: The gangsters; Tripa Seca (Dry Guts, a reference to the thinness of Ramón Valdez, the actor behind the character), Chory Malgesto (Shorty Bad Face, a pun of Rubén Aguirre’s tallness), Cuajináis (roughly “No one like this?”) and La Minina (The Kitty), the Pirates; Alma Negra [Black Soul], Matalote (a play with the words “mata” [kill] and cachalote [sperm whale]), Sabandija [Vermin], Gorgojo [Weevil] and Panza Loca [Crazy Belly] (again a reference to the physical appearance of the actor, in this case Edgar Vivar, known for his overweight at the time), and the Gunslingers; Rascabuches [Pouch Scratcher], Rosa la Rumorosa [Rosa “The Many Rumors One”], el Matonsísimo Kid [The “A lot of killings” Kid] and El Matafácil [The Easy Kills]. All of them, despite the name, are on the IneffectualSympatheticVillain category to some degree.
** Of course Chespirito does this a lot with other characters, albeit more subtle; Señor Barriga (Barriga means belly) and his son Ñoño (Spanish sound for the pig's squeal) both played by Edgar Vivar and Profesor Jirafales (from ''Jirafa'' [giraffe]) played by Aguirre, La Chilindrina (Chilindrina is a special kind of Mexican bakery that is small and full of raisins in reference to the character's size and freckles), also El Botija (again a Vivar character) means "round bottle" and Chimoltrufia (chimol from ''chimuela'' [toothless] and trufia for ''atrofiada'' [atrophied]) in ''Los caquitos''. He also mocks himself because of his height with many characters like Dr. Chapatín and Chaparrón Bonaparte (Chaparro means small or little in height).
* ''Series/CrashZone'' has the artificial intelligence named "Virgil Reality", for "virtual reality".
* The news anchor from ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' is named Howard '''Handupme'''. As in "he's a hand puppet, and therefore there's a hand holding up his body."
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** The Doctor's robot dog, K9.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf "Bad Wolf"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays "The Parting of the Ways"]] has a future version of ''The Weakest Link'' hosted by a robotic version of Anne Robinson. Called, of course...
--->'''Rose:''' My god, the android... ''[stunned]'' The ''Anne''-Droid.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E2TheFiresOfPompeii "The Fires of Pompeii"]] is full of these, primarily as an ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' reference. Most prominently we have Lucius Petrus Dextrus, or rather Lucius ''[[TakenForGranite Stone Right Arm]]''.
* ''Series/DueSouth'' had a resident coroner by the first name of Mort.
* ''Series/{{Emergency}}'': Mike Stoker, one of the firefighters of Station 51 (and in RealLife).
* The ''Series/FatherTed'' episode "Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep" has three villains named Hud, Film/{{Giant}} and Film/{{Fargo}}, after movies. The episode title is itself a pun, on the 1970 hit single ''Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep''.
* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': The {{Shoutout}} to the creators in the station's name (KACL) is an inadvertent pun (cackle).
* The Hekawi Indians in ''Series/FTroop'' supposedly got their name from an incident in which they got lost, fell off a cliff, then exclaimed, "We're the Hekawi!" ("Where the heck are we?!") Legend has it that the writers ''wanted'' to name the tribe the "Fukawi". But, considering that that last pun is based on a word that can't be said on network television even ''now'', it's not surprising that it quietly bit the dust several decades ago.
** However, Johnny Carson used the Fugawi Indians, leaving it to the audience to get the pun (they always did).
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Drogon ''almost'' sounds like dragon. Borders on ADogNamedDog.
* [[Music/BritneySpears Brittany S. Pierce]] from ''Series/{{Glee}}''.
* In full effect in ''Series/GoodEats'', with such episode titles as "Quantum Foam" (Angel food cake), itself the fifth episode of the "[[Series/TheXFiles Egg Files]]" series.
* [[DastardlyWhiplash M.T. Promises]] on ''Series/TheGreatSpaceCoaster''.
* ''Series/HouseOfCardsUS'' has the mysterious hacker "[=HEROnymous=] Bot". Aside from being a portmanteau of "hero" and "anonymous", his name is a play on Renaissance artist Creator/HieronymusBosch, who was known for his surreal depictions of Hell.
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Marshall has a former employee start up his own brewery, making delicious-tasting beer that bears his surname. The surname in question? Wharmpess. Kudos to the writers for letting the joke stand on its own, and never having one of the characters point out that there's a beer called "Wharmpess" (pronounced "Warmpiss").
* ''Series/ICarly'': Spencer's friend, Socko, makes cool, light-up socks. His hierarchy of relatives is a HurricaneOfPuns of names related to their jobs: His brother, Tyler (tie maker); His cousins Rob (thief), Taylor (tailor), Penny (the [[FunTShirt Penny Tees]] creator) and Isaac (optometrist); His uncles Otto (used car dealer) and Dr. Paxil (psychologist); and Freight Dog (air freight forwarder).
* In ''Ikeman Desu Ne'', the Japanese remake of the Korean Drama ''You're Beautiful'', the twins are named [[ThemeTwinNaming Mio and Miko]] which are written as Beautiful Man and Beautiful Child respectfully. Considering the show is about [[{{Bishonen}} hotties]] and Mio's ambition to become an idol, it gives his name a double meaning. Additionally, Miko [[NunsAreMikos is studying to be a nun]] at the start of the show making her name also very punny, although that may not have been intentional.
* Marshall Mann from ''Series/InPlainSight'' who is a U.S. marshal and is a man.
* ''Series/IronFist2017'': Ward Meachum has Harold saved in his contacts list as "[[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Frank N. Stein]]".
* Numerous in ''Series/IZombie''- the most prominent of which are Blaine's Meat Cute (MeetCute) butcher shop, the PMC outfit 'Filmore Graves' (Fill More Graves).
** The main character is Olivia "Liv" Moore (Live More), her Mother is Eva (Eveh More), her brother is Evan (Even More).
** Stacey Boss (Stays the Boss) a reoccurring crime boss that lasts despite being competing with Zombies for Criminal Operations.
** Filmore Graves was ecentually run by Chase Graves (a guy who spends his timing chasing after both Zombies and murders and does end up putting loads of people in graves himself... both Chasing and Filling more graves).
** The last remaining city council members who did not flee Seattle before the Wall went up are Mort (similar to Murte, Spanish for death, or short for Mortality or Mortal) and Zed (a term often used to mean Zombie). Mort is a human (mortal), Zed is a Zombie (played awesomely by Kareem Abdul-Jabar).
* The Australian eponymous comedy series, ''Jimeon'' had a segment featuring the Martyr brothers, Stig and Tom. Both acted in a predictably martyred fashion.
* ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' did this with EADA Michael Cutter. In baseball, the cutter is a variation of the fastball, the most basic pitch in the game. Cutter keeps a bat in his office, routinely using it to prepare for a trial.
* An episode of ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' had a minor character: a forensic dentist named "Noah Caine".
* ''Series/LazyTown'' has Robbie Rotten.
* Miles Straume (Maelstrom) on ''Series/{{Lost}}''.
** The writers have claimed they purposely named him that way because they thought it would be "cool".
*** Specifically, showrunner Carlton Cuse wanted to have a character whose name sounded like the word "Maelstrom" from the first season.
** As well as Jack's Dad, [[FauxSymbolism Christian Shephard]]. Lampshaded in the GrandFinale:
--->'''Kate:''' Who died?\\
'''Desmond:''' A man named Christian Shephard.\\
'''Kate:''' Christian Shephard? Seriously?\\
'''Desmond:''' Seriously.
* The title character of ''Series/MaxHeadroom''. In-universe, his name comes from a sign giving the clearance of a parking garage.
* ''Series/MendolIkemen'': See the name in print, and it's usually hyphenated as Mendol-Ikemen. This is something like "Men-Idol Pretty Boy", using the rough translation. But if you see the title online it reads mendolikemen or "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Men Do Like Men]]." All though this series is also about girls liking other girls, at least one of them has a former boyfriend who is seeing their "male" persona and decides instead that he is gay.
* The tendency of punny names in James Bond films was parodied on ''Series/MockTheWeek'' in a segment called "Lines That You'd Never Hear In Bond Film":
-->'''Hugh Dennis:''' I hope you're not going to be one of those Russian agents whose name is just a cheap sexual pun, Miss Suckmeoff!
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'':
** [[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated for humour]] in the "Travel Agent" sketch, where Creator/EricIdle plays an eccentric man named "Smoketoomuch". He's completely oblivious to the fact that his name is a pun, apparently believing it to be a perfectly normal name. Even after the travel agent makes the ObligatoryJoke, "Well, you'd better cut down a little!", he claims that it's the first time he's heard anyone joke about his name.
--->'''[[Creator/MichaelPalin Bounder]]:''' Ah, good morning. I'm Bounder Ofadventure.\\
'''[[Creator/EricIdle Tourist]]:''' Good morning. My name is Smoketoomuch.\\
'''Bounder:''' What?\\
'''Tourist:''' Eh, my name is Smoketoomuch, Mr. Smoketoomuch.\\
'''Bounder:''' [[{{Pun}} Well, you'd better cut down a little then.]]\\
'''Tourist:''' What?\\
'''Bounder:''' You'd better cut down a little then.\\
'''Tourist:''' [[LateToThePunchline Oh I see! Smoke too much, so I better cut down a little then!]]\\
'''Bounder:''' Yes... [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore I expect you get people making jokes about your name all the time, eh?]]\\
'''Tourist:''' [[AvertedTrope No, actually it never struck me before.]] Smoke... too... much...
** There was also a Scotland Yard officer named Lookout, as in "Lookout of the Yard", which prompted someone to ask, "What will we see if we look out of the yard?" As with Mr. Smoketoomuch, he evidently never heard that one before either and it took a few seconds for him to get the joke.
* ''Series/MopatopsShop'': Mopatop's name is meant to sound like "mop it up", which makes sense since he is shown to mop up in the shop sometimes.
* On ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'', Famen's last name is Fortune.
* ''Series/NickyRickyDickyAndDawn'' Has Mack Albert Damia, or Mack A. Damia, whom Dicky referred to as a "little nut".
* ''Series/PlanetAjay'' has the Bollywoods, a group of trees that take their name from UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}}, the term used to refer to the Hindi film industry. On top of their name fitting the Indian aesthetic the show, there are several types of trees that happen to be called "bollywoods" in real life.
* ''Series/{{Reba}}'' has Brock [[EmbarrassingMiddleName Enrol]] (rock-n-roll) Hart. Strangely enough, he's a dentist, not a musician.
* A recurring villain in ''Series/RoboCopTheSeries'' was MadScientist Cray Mallardo. When read from a personnel file, his name is Mallardo, Cray Z, Dr.
* ''Series/RomperRoom'' had a puppet character named Do Bee, whose name sounds like "do be". The character's purpose was to teach children proper etiquette.
* ''Series/SaluteYourShorts''
** Sad-sack camp counselor Kevin Lee, called almost exclusively "Ug" by his charges.
** Also, Camp Anawanna itself. Say it out loud. [[spoiler:I don't wanna.]]
* In a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch, a Homeland Security spokesperson [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XMr3QO2Sbc talks to a group of reporters]]: "In the past few weeks, through our national hotline, we have collected hundreds of names of suspected terrorists, and I'm proud to say that most of the calls have come from high school and college students nationwide. In fact, we received over 475 calls alone regarding this man: M'Balz Es-Hari. We also received information on such nefarious terrorists such as Graabir Boubi, and Haid D'Salaami and.. let this be a message to you, Haid D'Salaami: we will not play your dangerous games. We are also currently searching for a man we believe to be an Al Queda lieutenant: Hous Bin Pharteen, his cousin I-Bin Pharteen, and their close companion I-Zheet M'Drurz."
* ''Series/SchittsCreek'': The town which gives the show its PunBasedTitle was founded by Horace Schitt and the current mayor is his descendant Roland Schitt. Roland names his son [[spoiler: Roland Moira Schitt]]. This pun is acknowledged in-universe, as is the fact that if the characters of David and Stevie ever got married, their last name would be Rose-Budd.
* ''Series/{{Scorpion}}'' has the [[AmbulanceChaser personal injury lawyer]] Haywood Jahelpme Morris. He mentions that he had his name legally changed, though it's implied that his first name was always Haywood.
* ''Series/TheSlammer'' has the ventriloquist Peter Nokio (or [[Literature/{{Pinocchio}} P. Nokio]]).
* In "House Arrest", an episode of ''Series/TheSopranos'', Uncle Junior, who's in the hospital, is put under house arrest by U.S. Marshal Michael [=McLuhan=]. After he introduces himself to Uncle Junior, there's another minute of conversation before the nurse gets it; "You're Marshall [=McLuhan=]?"
* In the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "Ex Post Facto", we have a feathery head alien named Wren. "[[Website/SFDebris Voyager bring good teh komedy!]]"
* The ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series ''loves'' these. To use a single series as an example, let's take the Ozu family from ''Mahou Sentai Magiranger'':
** Kai ([=MagiRed=]), main character and a fire magic user, means "first" or "leader" and is written with the Japanese character for "fire".
** Tsubasa ([=MagiYellow=]) means "wings" and his personal creature is a Garuda.
** Urara ([=MagiBlue=]) is the clever one of the group: her name means "bright" and is a pun on "Uranai"- meaning fortune-telling- which happens to be her talent.
** Houka ([=MagiPink=]) is TheChick of the group and her name means "fragrance".
** Makito ([=MagiGreen=]) is a user of earth-based magic, as well as a farmer (turns out his farm is the sole source of income for that BigFancyHouse, in fact.) His name means "sower", and "Maki" refers to the firewood used for kindling, linking him to wood as well.
** Finally, take the first syllable of each sibling's name and arrange them in the order of oldest to youngest ('''Ma'''kito, '''Ho'''uka, '''U'''rara, '''Tsu'''basa, '''Kai''') and you get "Mahoutsukai", which is Japanese for "magician". That's not all of the puns in this one series, and ''every'' Sentai series is full of naming puns like this.
** They are all technically "Ozu no Mahotsukai", or "Wizard(s) of Oz".
* ''Series/TheTwoRonnies'' sketch "Name Droppers" has Ronnie Corbett repeatedly interrupting Ronnie Barker every time he hears a few words that sounds like someone he knows -- Lindsay Doyle (linseed oil), Camilla Highwater (come hell or high water), Natalie Dunn (nattily done), etc. Eventually, they get to Horace Cope. "That twit?! Don't tell me she still moves in his moronic orbit!" "Ronnie Corbett? Who's Ronnie Corbett?"
* ''Series/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego'', like the computer game series that started the franchise, has a few of these. Particularly notable is Patty Larseny.
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