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7	{{Punny Name}}s in Internet media.
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9	* [[http://sue-chan.com/art3/euphrates.jpg This]] piece of art references a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigris–Euphrates_river_system pair of famous rivers]], by showing a ''[[CatGirl Tigress]]'' named ''Euphrates''.
10	* Apparently you can't have a sports blog network without those. For proof, see [[http://www.sbnation.com/blogs SB Nation]] (the Chicago Bulls have "Blog a Bull", the Phoenix Coyotes "Five for Howling", and the Atlanta Falcons one is "The Falcoholic"), Creator/{{ESPN}}'s [[http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop True Hoop]] (Milwaukee Bucks: "Bucksketball", Detroit Pistons: "Piston Powered") and Magazine/SportsIllustrated's [[http://fansided.com/network/ Fansided]] (Cleveland Indians: "Wahoo’s on First", Pittsburgh Penguins: "Pens Labyrinth").
11	** Once, a franchise rename killed a pun: the Charlotte Bobcats one was "Rufus on Fire". Once the Bobcats returned to be the Hornets -- and {{Mascot}} Rufus T. Lynx was decommissioned in favor of old mascot Hugo the Hornet -- they became At The Hive, the name for the old New Orleans Hornets blog (renamed "The Bird Writes" once that team became the Pelicans). Of course [[http://www.rufusonfire.com/2014/5/20/5732636/reviving-at-the-hive the announcement had some punny suggestions]] by both the head blogger (Hugo's Boss, Southern Hosbeetality) and the commenters ("The Buzz Is Back In Town").
12	* ''WebVideo/FiveSecondFilms'': Invoked to a most awesome degree in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkAUFeOyf6s The Ballad of Truck Thunders]]".
13	* During one of ''[[WebVideo/TheAnnotatedSeries The Annotation Station]]'''s riffs, one annotator replaced somebody's punny name with "Stu P. Idpun".
14	* In the ''Fanfic/AntiClicheAndMarySueEliminationSociety'', Jared's SealedArmyInACan, the Little Plastic Green Beret, all have names that make puns when used with their rank, such as General Idea, Major Detail, and Captain Crunch.
15	* The RecurringCharacter Erwe Von Esse from ''[[Blog/ElChiguireBipolar El Chigüire Bipolar]]'', roughly meaning 'that prat' in Spanish.
16	* In ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'', Zia ''Brayne'' gains the ability of {{telepath}}y and mind manipulation.
17	* ''WebVideo/DeathNoteTheAbridgedSeriesKpts4tv'' has a lot of these:
18	-->'''Takada:''' How long have you been seeing Light?\
19	'''Misa:''' I see lights all the time! There's like a billion of them on the [[spoiler: I'm Not Going To Take It Anymore...]] Day Tree!
20	** Apparently Ryuk's last name is [[MrSmith Smith]] and recalls his "Granny Smith, the Greatest Smith of them all!"
21	** [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Bed Bath and Beyond Birthday!]]
22	** Mikami's ScreenName is [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse Mikimau5]].
23	** Also when Near is pranking and (being pranked) they use fake names the likes of "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Amanda Huggenkiss]]" and "Ollie Tabooger."
24	* In ''Literature/{{Demesne}}'' the only other mammals besides humans are aquatic species known collectively as [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin fursh]]. The most common ones seen in the story are seels - they're like seals, but longer.
25	* Creator/JossWhedon's ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' has a woman called Fury Leika on the Evil League [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment of Evil]], as named in the credits. As in, you know, [[WomanScorned that quote]].
26	* Though only seen once, ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' continues the vegetable puns for the Saiyans that were established in the main series. In a flashback, it's shown that King Vegeta had a messenger named Butaraga.
27	* ''WebVideo/FrenchBaguetteIntelligence'':
28	** When [=YouTube=] forced Fuck Cares to remove most of the swearing from his videos, he changed his name to 'Faux Cares', which is pronounced similarly to 'Fuck Cares'.
29	** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYVKqM2WhJw Art vs "Art" video]]'' has Cypher, whose on-screen name is a shortened version of his username '[[LouisCypher Lou Cypher]]', a pun on 'Lucifer'.
30	* SinisterMinister Deacon Struck in the genre [[GenreDeconstruction “deconstruct”]] -ing superhero blog novel ''Literature/FlyoverCity!''
31	* Several of the shops from ''Website/GaiaOnline'' have punny names. "Sam's Body and Parts" and "Ruby's Rack" are two major examples.
32	* Every character in the short story ''[[http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2844064/1/Global_Spinning Global Spinning]]'' has a punny name, generally pertaining to their professional, from geologist Rocky Hill to anti-abortion activist [[GratuitousSpanish Concepcion Santos]] to banker Rich Buckhalter, among others.
33	* Hotmail, the first-ever webmail service, was named as a pun on HTML, the language in which web pages are written. ([=HoTMaiL=] -- the name is still to this day capitalised that way in some internal [=URLs=].) [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer Which hasn't stopped some filthy-minded journalists putting their own interpretations on the name.]]
34	* ''WebVideo/KateModern'' features a character named Justin Credible.
35	* The ''Roleplay/LeagueOfIntergalacticCosmicChampions'' had an unkillable RedShirt named Scott Free & Quito Power was named because she was the key to power.
36	* WebVideo/LifeHacksForKids: "Tic-Tac-Totally Fun Hack"
37	* ''WebVideo/ManateeGirlTheMovie'' has main villain... The In Humanatee.
38	* An [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video1403_Perverted_Stories_34_Pterodactyl_Dinosaur_Spermo_Plasmoids.aspx episode]] of ''[[Website/TheAgonyBooth Mr. Mendo's Hack Attack]]'' claimed the director the infamous [[RuleThirtyFour Pterodactyl Dinosaur Spermo Plasmoids]] was named "Dean O'file" (dino-phile).
39	* ''Series/{{Noob}}'' has a few:
40	** A CaptainErsatz of [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Jack Sparrow]] with NoSenseOfDirection is named Jack Céparou, "Céparou" sounding both close to "Sparrow" and just like an informal way of saying "which way is it?" in the original French.
41	** A CelebrityStar that decides to play an archer takes the OnlineAlias of Grobin Des Doigts, which is a play on "Robin Des Bois", the French name of Myth/RobinHood.
42	** The creator of ''AudioPlay/RefletsDAcide'', known as "JBX", plays a character named Jibedix for a few episodes. "Jibedix" sounds like JB-10 [[note]] X is 10 in roman numerals [[/note]] in French.
43	* The two scientists who show up in WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick reviews are named Dr. '''Coch'''ram '''Block''' and Dr. '''Coq'''uette '''Tease'''.
44	* ''Roleplay/OpenBlue'' features a debaucherous, virgin-sacrifice-seeking pagan god named "Tototl", which is the Nahuatl word for "bird". Like the English word "bird", however, "Tototl" can also mean the "other" kind of "bird".
45	* Princess Script/MayXnocens (makes no sense, referring to the plot) as well as Rhett October, who is introduced while other characters are looking for him.
46	* A subtle one would be [[http://akaichounokoe.deviantart.com/art/Killerbunny-III-Razelle-Anne-Serchendistroy-432646090 Razelle Anne Serchendistroy]], which would be a play on two phrases "Raise Hell" and "Search and Destroy".
47	* All of the politicians in ''The Redistricting Game'', starting with party heads Libby Rahl and Connor Servative.
48	** Choice examples include military veteran Arnie Surplus and the pro-technology Celia Cohn-Valley.
49	* Multiple characters in ''WebVideo/ScottTheWoz'' have punny names, such as the therapist Scott visited, Dr. Jerry Attricks[[note]]geriatrics[[/note]]; and the lawyer Scott went up against in "The Trial", Liza Lots[[note]]lies a lot[[/note]].
50	* ''WebVideo/SheriffDomestic'' has Dick Head, one of the main protagonists. While it could unfortunately refer to the phallic shape of his head, "Dick" is an antiquated slang term for a detective. While Dick Head is more of a sheriff than a detective, they both correlate to law enforcement, and it could also refer to Dick Head being the "head" of law enforcement officials.
51	* [[WebVideo/{{Sidemen}} Sideman]] Tobi Brown goes by the alias of "Tobi Lerone", based off the chocolate bar, Toblerone.
52	* The [[http://starwars.wikia.com Star Wars Wiki]] was inevitably nicknamed "Wookieepedia". Likewise, the [[http://lego.wikia.com Lego Wiki]] is "Brickipedia".
53	* ''WebVideo/SteamTrain'' covers computer games -- that is, Platform/{{Steam}} games.
54	* ''WebVideo/StuffYouLike'''s Sursum Ursa (Sursum-up, Ursa-bear. Her surname? Bearup.)
55	* Quite a few article titles on Website/TVTropes.
56	* The Huge Manatee from ''[[Literature/{{Zoofights}} Zoofights 3]]''.
57	* The satirical article [[https://thehardtimes.net/harddrive/air-force-general-proposes-new-defense-system-just-a-fuckton-of-bullets/ Air Force General Proposes New Defense System "Just a Fuckton of Bullets"]] mentions the researcher Dan Maku [[note]]the Japanese word for BulletHell is "danmaku"[[/note]].
58	* The Website/JollyRogerTelephoneCompany is a web-based service which provides bots that are designed to waste the time of telemarketers and other unwanted callers. One of these is actually a pair of two bots, male and female, that are "biz-bots" to waste the time of cold callers to businesses. The female biz-bot is called "Polly Crackers," a play on the phrase "Polly want a cracker?" (The male bot is named simply "[[AerithAndBob Bill]].")
59	* One Youtube channel that does medieval-ish covers of modern songs goes by the name of [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ_jwWjf8u5mdtac71Be8QA Hildegard]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard_of_Bingen von Blingin']].

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