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* LedZeppelin (kind of a pun on "lead" as in "you'll go down like a lead balloon"; actually it was changed to make the pronunciation unambiguous.)
* The rock group Slade has an album called ''Slayed''.
* The rock group Slade has an album called ''Slayed''.
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* LedZeppelin (kind of a pun on "lead" as in "you'll go down like a lead balloon"; actually it was changed to make the pronunciation unambiguous.)
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** Their reggae parody "D'Yer Maker 'Er" is a pun on "Jamaica", but ultimately it's based on an old joke:
-->My wife's gone to the West Indies.
-->Jamaica?
-->No, she went of her own accord.
*** And speaking of reggae, let's not forget the parody band Dread Zeppelin.
* The rock group Slade has an album called ''Slayed''. This was a reference to their frequent use of misspelt titles, eg "Take Me Bak 'Ome" and "Gudbuy T'Jane".
** Their reggae parody "D'Yer Maker 'Er" is a pun on "Jamaica", but ultimately it's based on an old joke:
-->My wife's gone to the West Indies.
-->Jamaica?
-->No, she went of her own accord.
*** And speaking of reggae, let's not forget the parody band Dread Zeppelin.
* The rock group Slade has an album called ''Slayed''. This was a reference to their frequent use of misspelt titles, eg "Take Me Bak 'Ome" and "Gudbuy T'Jane".
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** There was also a documentary about an inept tour company. The documantary was called ''Faulty Tours''.
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** There was also a documentary about an inept tour company. The documantary documentary was called ''Faulty Tours''.
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** There was also a documentary about an inept tour company. The documantary was called ''Faulty Tours''.
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* ''[[TheyHunger They Hunger 2: Rest in Pieces]]''. Nine years later, and now it´s a one-liner in ''DukeNukemForever''.
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* ''[[TheyHunger They Hunger 2: Rest in Pieces]]''. Nine years later, The Zombies eat people. Fast forward nine years, and now it´s a one-liner in upcoming ''DukeNukemForever''.
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* ''[[TheyHunger They Hunger 2: Rest in Pieces]]''. Nine years later, and now it´s a one-liner in ''DukeNukemForever''.
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* The Cranberries were originally The Cranberry Saw Us (you know, like "the cranberry sauce"). Some time before they recorded the first album, they realized what a groan-worthy pun that was and shortened it to just The Cranberries.
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* The Cranberries were originally The Cranberry Saw Us (you know, like "the cranberry sauce"). Some time before Once vocalist Dolores O’Riordan joined, she convinced the others it was a particularly groanworthy pun and they recorded the first album, they realized what a groan-worthy pun that was and shortened it to just The Cranberries.
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fixing the redundancy of my own redundant sentence.
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* The Cranberries originally were originally The Cranberry Saw Us (you know, like "the cranberry sauce"). Some time before they recorded the first album, they realized what a groan-worthy pun that was and shortened it to just The Cranberries.
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* The Cranberries originally were originally The Cranberry Saw Us (you know, like "the cranberry sauce"). Some time before they recorded the first album, they realized what a groan-worthy pun that was and shortened it to just The Cranberries.
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Yeah, I felt I had to add the \"freakihn\" joke in there. If it has to go, that\'s fine.
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* The Greg Kihn Band apparently ''really'' like making puns on Greg Kihn's last name. Their discography includes albums called ''Next of Kihn'', ''Rockihnroll'', ''Kihntinued'', ''Kihnspiracy'', ''Kihntagious'' and ''Citizen Kihn''. Only three of their studio albums ''don't'' involve a Kihn pun of some kind.
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* The Greg Kihn Band apparently ''really'' like making puns on Greg Kihn's last name. Their discography includes albums called ''Next of Kihn'', ''Rockihnroll'', ''Kihntinued'', ''Kihnspiracy'', ''Kihntagious'' and ''Citizen Kihn''. Only three of their studio albums ''don't'' involve a Kihn freakihn' pun of some kind.
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* ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has some cringeworthy ones like "Griffon The Brush-Off" or "Owl's Well That Ends Well".
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* {{Evile}} is a portmanteau of Evil and Vile
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* ''{{Ufouria}}'' is a pun on the word "euphoria", also '''u''' have to control '''four''' different characters.
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* ''{{Ufouria}}'' is a pun on the word "euphoria", also '''u''' have to control '''four''' different characters. And when you look at some of the bosses...there's also the UFO pun as well.
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* LegallyBlonde is a pun on "legally blind."
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* LegallyBlonde is a pun on "legally blind.blind," as well as "legally bound."
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** Also "Rubber Soul," a pun on rubber soles in shoes and another song called Rubber Soul.
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* ''GetSmart'' was quite fond of these, especially late in the series when the title was shown in the opening credits, giving us the likes of "Widow Often Annie", "How Green was my Valet", "Smartacus"...
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* The one hit wonder band '''Lipps Inc.''' of Funky Town has a slightly self deprecating punny name if said aloud.
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* The Greg Kihn Band apparently ''really'' like making puns on Greg Kihn's last name. Their discography includes albums called ''Next of Kihn'', ''Rockihnroll'', ''Kihntinued'', ''Kihnspiracy'', ''Kihntagious'' and ''Citizen Kihn''. Only three of their studio albums ''don't'' involve a Kihn pun of some kind.
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* The Greg Kihn Band apparently ''really'' like making puns on Greg Kihn's last name. Their discography includes albums called ''Next of Kihn'', ''Rockihnroll'', ''Kihntinued'', ''Kihnspiracy'', ''Kihntagious'' and ''Citizen Kihn''. Only three of their studio albums ''don't'' involve a Kihn pun of some kind.kind.
*This Heat's album ''Made Available'': It's a collection of sessions they recorded for the BBC at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maida_Vale_Studios Maida Vale Studios]]. They also punned on their own band name by calling another album ''Deceit''.
*This Heat's album ''Made Available'': It's a collection of sessions they recorded for the BBC at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maida_Vale_Studios Maida Vale Studios]]. They also punned on their own band name by calling another album ''Deceit''.
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* SpongebobSquarepants is also fond of punny titles. One of which, ''"Dying for Pie"'', averts NeverSayDie in a major way.
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* ''YourHighness'': The main character is both a prince and a stoner.
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* ''[[HaleNochiGuu Haré+Guu]]'': its original title, "Janguru wa itsumo Hare nochi Guu", is usually translated as "The Jungle was always nice, then came Guu". However, the last three words are regularly used in Japanese weather forecast, and can be interpreted as something like "clear with a chance of showers". Thus, the title's underlying meaning would be "The jungle is always clear with a chance of showers."
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* ''StarTrek'' episode titles usually don't go here, but of twelve episodes featuring Q, eight make a pun on "Q". ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' also has groaner of an episode title with "Trials and Tribble-ations".
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* The Greg Kihn Band apparently ''really'' like making puns on Greg Kihn's last name. Their discography includes albums called ''Next of Kihn'', ''Rockihnroll'', ''Kihntinued'', ''Kihnspiracy'' ''Kihntagious'' and ''Citizen Kihn''.
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* The Greg Kihn Band apparently ''really'' like making puns on Greg Kihn's last name. Their discography includes albums called ''Next of Kihn'', ''Rockihnroll'', ''Kihntinued'', ''Kihnspiracy'' ''Kihnspiracy'', ''Kihntagious'' and ''Citizen Kihn''.Kihn''. Only three of their studio albums ''don't'' involve a Kihn pun of some kind.
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* The fighting game ''Battle Stadium DON'' is a manga-based pun. DON stands for the three games represented in the game, ''{{Dragonball}}'', ''OnePiece'', and ''{{Naruto}}''. It also refers to the sound effect "DON," which is used for "dramatic impacts" in managa (similar to "dun dun DUNNN!" or "dun-dunnnnnn!") and anime. The three of these shows also tended to use "don" heavily, considering [[{{Shounen}} their genre.]]
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* The fighting game ''Battle Stadium DON'' is a manga-based pun. DON stands for the three games represented in the game, ''{{Dragonball}}'', ''OnePiece'', and ''{{Naruto}}''. It also refers to the sound effect "DON," which is used for "dramatic impacts" in managa manga (similar to "dun dun DUNNN!" or "dun-dunnnnnn!") and anime. The three of these shows also tended to use "don" heavily, considering [[{{Shounen}} their genre.]]
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* The VAGIANT album ''Public Display Of Infection''.
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* The {{Deadpool}} storyline "Enema of the State" was named in parody of the then-recent "Enemy of the State" storyline in {{Wolverine}}'s book.
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* The {{Deadpool}} storyline "Enema of the State" was named in parody of the then-recent "Enemy of the State" storyline in {{Wolverine}}'s book.
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** The French translation of ''Maskerade'' has an interesting aversion of the usual CompletelyDifferentTitle: The French for "mask" is "masque" and the French for "masquerade" is "mascarade". So the French for ''Maskerade'' is ... ''Masquarade''.
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* Referenced in an episode of ''JonathanCreek'', "Ghosts Forge", in which a book called ''The Grave Digger'' turns out to be about a serious-minded Australian.
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* ''{{Ufouria}}'' is a pun on the word "euphoria", also '''u''' have to control '''four''' different characters.
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* The fighting game ''Battle Stadium DON'' is a manga-based pun. DON stands for the three games represented in the game, ''{{Dragonball}}'', ''OnePiece'', and ''{{Naruto}}''. It also refers to the sound effect "DON," which is used for "dramatic impacts" in managa (similar to "dun dun DUNNN!" or "dun-dunnnnnn!") and anime. The three of these shows also tended to use "don" heavily, considering [[{{Shounen}} their genre.]]
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These works have titles [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin which are puns of some sort]]. The creators are probably slightly less proud of themselves then the creators of works with {{Double Meaning Title}}s. Or at least they ''should'' be.
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These works have titles [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin which are puns of some sort]]. The creators are probably slightly less proud of themselves then the creators of works with {{Double Meaning Title}}s. Or at least they ''should'' be.
be. Like with the DoubleMeaningTitle, it's usually stubbornly resistant to translation to other languages, resulting in the need for a CompletelyDifferentTitle.
