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* ''WesternAnimation/OliveTheOtherReindeer'' and the AnimatedAdaptation of it is a pun based on the line "All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names" from ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer''.
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* ECComics had several particularly cringeworthy titles. Two of the worst were "Fare Tonight, with Increasing Clottyness" and "Horror We? How's Bayou?"
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* Kirsty [=MacColl=]'s ''Electric Landlady'', a pun on JimiHendrix's album ''Electric Ladyland''. Amusingly enough, some misprinted early copies of ''Electric Ladyland'' actually did render the title as "Electric Landlady".

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* Kirsty [=MacColl=]'s ''Electric Landlady'', a pun on JimiHendrix's album ''Electric Ladyland''. Amusingly enough, some misprinted early copies of ''Electric Ladyland'' [[TyopOnTheCover actually did render the title as as]] "Electric Landlady".
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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, ''Manga/DragonBall'', ''Manga/OnePiece'', and ''Anime/{{Naruto}}''. It also refers to the sound effect "DON," which is used for "dramatic impacts" in manga (similar to "dun dun DUNNN!" or "dun-dunnnnnn!") and anime. The three of these shows also tended to use "don" heavily, considering [[ShonenDemographic 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, ''Manga/DragonBall'', ''Manga/OnePiece'', and ''Anime/{{Naruto}}''.''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. It also refers to the sound effect "DON," which is used for "dramatic impacts" in manga (similar to "dun dun DUNNN!" or "dun-dunnnnnn!") and anime. The three of these shows also tended to use "don" heavily, considering [[ShonenDemographic their genre.]]



* Combine that with GoryDeadlyOverkillTitleOfFatalDeath when ''BrainDead13'' is named for a reason: it takes place in Dr. Neurosis' castle, which is located at "13 Brain Dead Avenue", for those who haven't seen the intro. It can also be a DoubleMeaningTitle when it involves an evil scientist BrainInAJar and [[TheManyDeathsOfYou the many death scenes of Lance Galahad]]. {{A|rsonMurderAndJaywalking}}lso, ThirteenIsUnlucky for Lance and the player.

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* Combine that with GoryDeadlyOverkillTitleOfFatalDeath when ''BrainDead13'' ''VideoGame/BrainDead13'' is named for a reason: it takes place in Dr. Neurosis' castle, which is located at "13 Brain Dead Avenue", for those who haven't seen the intro. It can also be a DoubleMeaningTitle when it involves an evil scientist BrainInAJar and [[TheManyDeathsOfYou the many death scenes of Lance Galahad]]. {{A|rsonMurderAndJaywalking}}lso, ThirteenIsUnlucky for Lance and the player.

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* The expansion pack for ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X: Beyond the Frontier]]'' is called ''X-Tension''.

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* The expansion pack for ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X: Beyond the Frontier]]'' is called ''X-Tension''. ''X-Tension''.
* James Pond: Underwater Agent is an obvious pun on James Bond (who is an underCOVER agent). His arch nemesis is Dr. Maybe (after Dr. No), and most of the levels in the game are (terrible) James Bond puns, such as "A View To A Spill" and "Leak and Let Die".
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* ''RulesOfEngagement''.

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* ''RulesOfEngagement''.''Series/RulesOfEngagement'' (note: this only applies to the TV show, not the unrelated movie or three unrelated novels, all of which refer to the more standard definition of the term.)
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* The expansion pack for ''[[XUniverse X: Beyond the Frontier]]'' is called ''X: Tension''.

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* The expansion pack for ''[[XUniverse ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X: Beyond the Frontier]]'' is called ''X: Tension''.''X-Tension''.
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* ''InspectorGadget'' had quite a bit of this. Notable examples include "Plant-Form of the Opera" (''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'') and "Basic Training" (the episode took place on a train).
* ''FilmationsGhostbusters'' and ''TheRealGhostbusters'' were well-known for their punny titles. For example, FGB had "Mummy Dearest" (''MommieDearest''); RGB had "A Fright at the Opera" (punning on a Marx Brothers movie and a Queen album). However, they ''shared'' a pun by having one episode each called "Rollerghoster!"
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* ''WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf'', a play on "[[Disney/ThreeLittlePigs Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?]]"

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* ''WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf'', a play pun on "[[Disney/ThreeLittlePigs Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?]]"
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* ''WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf'', a play on ''[[Disney/ThreeLittlePigs Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf.]]''.

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* ''WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf'', a play on ''[[Disney/ThreeLittlePigs "[[Disney/ThreeLittlePigs Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf.]]''.Wolf?]]"
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* ''WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf'', a play on ''[[Disney/ThreeLittlePigs Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf.]]''.
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\n* Local H's "Bryn Mawr Stomp", combining the LedZeppelin song title "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" with women's liberal arts college Bryn Mawr.
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* The expansion pack for ''[[XUniverse X: Beyond the Frontier]]'' is called ''X: Tension''.
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* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew''. "Mew" is both a homophone of "mu" (a Greek letter and biological term, fitting with the BiologicalMashUp cast) and an onomatopoeia for a cat (the main character is a {{Catgirl}}).

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* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew''. ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'': "Mew" is both a homophone of "mu" (a Greek letter and biological term, fitting with the BiologicalMashUp LittleBitBeastly cast) and an onomatopoeia for a cat (the main character is a {{Catgirl}}).
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* ''{{Chuck}}'s'' IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming occasionally veered into puns and {{Double Meaning Title}}s (most often the latter).
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* [[http://worksuckscomic.com/ Work Sucks]] follows the characters at their jobs that happen to involve a lot of monsters and gadgets that have [[PowerInhale vacuum breath]].

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* [[http://worksuckscomic.com/ [[WebComic/WorkSucks Work Sucks]] follows the characters at their jobs that happen to involve a lot of monsters and gadgets that have [[PowerInhale [[VacuumMouth vacuum breath]].
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* ''TheKingsSpeech'': It's about the king's ''speech'' (as in his voice), but also his speech on the radio.

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* ''TheKingsSpeech'': It's about the king's ''speech'' (as in his voice), but also his the speech he gives on the radio.
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* ''TheKingsSpeech'': It's about the king's ''speech'' (as in his voice), but also his speech on the radio.
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* ''DonkeyKongCountry 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''

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* ''DonkeyKongCountry ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
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\n* Hum's album ''Fillet Show'' - also sort of an IntentionallyAwkwardTitle.

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*The name ''{{RuneScape}}'' is often accused of being a pun on "[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere RunEscape]]".
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* Many levels in ''{{Croc}}: Legend of the Gobbos'' are named with a pun, usually a poor one at that. Examples include "I Snow Him So Well" (being in the [[SlippySlideyIceWorld snow themed world]] and License to Chill, also on the snow island and Be Wheely Careful, in reference to the large spinning cogs which Croc must ride to navigate the level. Others are debatable as to whether they are true puns, but are intruging none the less, such as And So the Adventure Begins (the first level in the game, go figure), Cave Fear, Life's a Beach and The Tower of Power.

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* Many levels in ''{{Croc}}: ''VideoGame/{{Croc}}: Legend of the Gobbos'' are named with a pun, usually a poor one at that. Examples include "I Snow Him So Well" (being in the [[SlippySlideyIceWorld snow themed world]] and License to Chill, also on the snow island and Be Wheely Careful, in reference to the large spinning cogs which Croc must ride to navigate the level. Others are debatable as to whether they are true puns, but are intruging none the less, such as And So the Adventure Begins (the first level in the game, go figure), Cave Fear, Life's a Beach and The Tower of Power.
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* ''LoisAndClark'', about ''{{Superman}}'''s Lois Lane and Clark Kent and also a play on the explorers Lewis and Clark.
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** Same for [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Road Runner]] shorts, which usually have titles that're puns involving either the Road Runner's superspeed (or uttering of "Beep! Beep!") or Wile E. Coyote's tendency to get maimed (''Fast and Furry-ous'', ''Zoom At the Top'', ''Wild About Hurry'', ''To Beep or Not To Beep'', ''Boulder Wham!'', ''Scrambled Aches'').

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** Same for [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Road Runner]] shorts, which usually have titles that're puns involving either the Road Runner's superspeed (or uttering of "Beep! Beep!") or Wile E. Coyote's tendency to get maimed (''Fast and Furry-ous'', ''Zoom At the Top'', ''Wild About Hurry'', ''To Beep or Not To Beep'', ''Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z'', ''Boulder Wham!'', ''Scrambled Aches'').
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** See also ''Electriclarryland'' by ButtholeSurfers.
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\n\n* ''Road To Rouen'' by Supergrass, a pun on the expression "on the road to ruin" and Rouen, a city in France. It may also be a ShoutOut to the {{Ramones}} album ''Road To Ruin''.

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* ''AnAmericanTail'' = An American Tale

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* ''AnAmericanTail'' ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' = An American Tale
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* Alex Chilton's album ''Bach's Bottom'' puns on his old band The Box Tops.



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* Alex Chilton's album ''Bach's Bottom'' puns on his old band The Box Tops.


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* ''Four Sail'' by Love. When you combine the album title with the band's name you get "love four sail", or "love for sale".


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* ''Hide and Go Shriek'' ("hide and go seek")
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* In ''Webcomic/Level30Psychiatry'' most of the strips have, one to the point that significant ones can be identified by the fact they don't.

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