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** There is a brief scene in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' in which [[DamselOutOfDistress Marian Ravenwood]] knocks out a sword-wielding kidnapper with a frying pan...proving that "the ''pan'' ['pen'] is mightier than the sword." (This gag was then done more literally and {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''.)

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** There is a brief scene in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' in which [[DamselOutOfDistress Marian Marion Ravenwood]] knocks out a sword-wielding kidnapper with a frying pan...proving that "the ''pan'' ['pen'] is mightier than the sword." (This gag was then done more literally and {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''.)
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* In ''Film/ManWithTheScreamingBrain'', William Cole (Creator/BruceCampbell) suffers severe trauma and has the damaged tissue repaired with the brain tissue of a former KGB agent. The Cole and the agent are able to hear each other's thoughts, when this first started happening Cole immediately asked where the KGB agent was, his response? "Where do you think?"

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* In ''Film/ManWithTheScreamingBrain'', William Cole (Creator/BruceCampbell) suffers severe trauma and has the damaged tissue repaired with the brain tissue of a former KGB agent. The Cole and the agent are able to hear each other's thoughts, thoughts; when this first started happening happening, Cole immediately asked where the KGB agent was, his was. His response? "Where do you think?"
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* In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', the police convoy is diverted by a large vehicle that had been set ablaze. When you see the vehicle up close, you realize what it is and the stealth pun indicates it as one of the Joker's jokes: iIt's a fire engine.

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* In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', the police convoy is diverted by a large vehicle that had been set ablaze. When you see the vehicle up close, you realize what it is and the stealth pun indicates it as one of the Joker's jokes: iIt's It's a fire engine.



** And Two-Face's accident happens on 250 52nd street. The street is a palindrome.

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** And Two-Face's accident happens on 250 52nd street.Street. The street is a palindrome.
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* ''Baseketball'': Several involving Baxter and Yvette. Example: Yvette is wearing shiny metallic-looking lipstick, shows Baxter a dull grey trailer hitch and says "I finally got all the chrome off this for you."
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* In ''Film/SlumberPartyMassacre2'', Courtney is served a hamburger which she hallucinates as a pair of bloody severed hands on a bun... or a '''hand'''burger.

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* In ''Film/SlumberPartyMassacre2'', ''Film/SlumberPartyMassacreII'', Courtney is served a hamburger which she hallucinates as a pair of bloody severed hands on a bun... or a '''hand'''burger.
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* ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'': [=McCoy=] tries to arrange a flight to the Genesis planet, which is currently restricted by Starfleet, the alien he tries to charter with says "[[StrangeSyntaxSpeaker Genesis allowed is not! Is planet forbidden!]]", a subtle nod to the 1956 sci-fi film ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'', which Creator/GeneRoddenberry cited as a major influence upon ''Franchise/StarTrek''.
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* In ''Film/SlumberPartyMassacre2'', Courtney is served a hamburger which she hallucinates as a pair of bloody severed hands on a bun... or a '''hand'''burger.
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* From ''Film/TheBigLebowski'': "They're Nihilists, Donny. There's nothing to be afraid of", this punning on the nihilist conviction that life is meaningless.
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* ''Film/HomeAlone'' has Kevin getting in deep trouble with his family for spilling milk all over their plane tickets. So they're all "crying over spilled milk".

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* ''Film/HomeAlone'' ''Film/HomeAlone1'' has Kevin getting in deep trouble with his family for spilling milk all over their plane tickets. So they're all "crying over spilled milk".
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* In the film ''Film/TheMuppets'', Camilla and her fellow hens cluck out Music/CeeLoGreen's "Forget You", or as it's better known in its uncensored version, "[[ClusterFBomb F**k You]]". It's never spelled out anywhere, but put that all together and you realize the chickens are saying.... "Cluck You".

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* In the film ''Film/TheMuppets'', ''Film/TheMuppets2011'', Camilla and her fellow hens cluck out Music/CeeLoGreen's "Forget You", or as it's better known in its uncensored version, "[[ClusterFBomb F**k You]]". It's never spelled out anywhere, but put that all together and you realize the chickens are saying.... "Cluck You".
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* In ''Film/JumpinJackFlash'', Creator/WhoopiGoldberg's character is told that a spy's computer code key can be found in the eponymous Music/TheRollingStones song. She tries inputting every lyric she can think of, but nothing seems to work until she tries entering [[spoiler:the key of the song itself: B-Flat]].

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* In ''Film/JumpinJackFlash'', Creator/WhoopiGoldberg's character is told that a spy's computer code key can be found in the eponymous Music/TheRollingStones Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} song. She tries inputting every lyric she can think of, but nothing seems to work until she tries entering [[spoiler:the key of the song itself: B-Flat]].

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