History Main / StealthPun

** Green... like an [[spoiler:e-Meryl-d]]?

*** Also Dave Likely is a "likely lad" and a skilled dribbler (he works in the University candle vats before getting involved in the football. And a teddy bear with a third eye sewn on it's forehead is described as "more enlightened than the average bear" [[spoiler: an obvious gag on Eastern mysticism and YogiBear's catchphrase, but a subtler one when you remember a yogi is an eastern mystic.]]

* When the residents of the [[HidamariSketch Hidamari Apartments go to a ''sentō'' following the cultural festival, they relate things that they did and experienced. For example, during a Cinderella play they put on, Miyako did the voice of a horse; while in the baths, Hiro asks her to replicate it. Miyako refuses, not wanting to sell herself cheap, but an unspoken reason is that [[spoiler:'''horse'''''play'']] is against bathhouse etiquette. (Probably not intended...)

** What's the difference between Neil Armstrong and Michael Jackson? Neal Armstrong walks on the moon, and Michael Jackson [[spoiler:has sex with little kids.]]
** What's the difference between a tailor and a violin player? Well, the tailer tucks up the frills...

* The dangers of the Stealth Pun are featured in one of the ''Callahan's'' stories, while the actual StealthPun is subverted through explanation; a story on Tall Tales Night is about to bomb because of a Stealth Pun that went over everyone's head, so the narrator steps in to state the pun that the pun-making Star Wars fan was O.B. Juan's kin, Obie.

* Because of their MakeMeWannaShout / MagicMusic powers, those operating the Dolems (sort of living mecha) in ''RahXephon'' are termed instrumentalists. Although the series involves an EndOfTheWorldSpecial rather than an AssimmilationPlot, there's probably a deliberate allusion to "Instrumentality", given that ''RahXephon'' is sort of a LighterAndSofter ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''.

* Because of their MakeMeWannaShout / MagicMusic powers, those operating the Dolems (sort of living mecha) in ''RahXephon'' are termed instrumentalists. The series has a big inspiration from ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'', so while the obvious implication is that the Dolem operators are trying to bring about "[[AssimilationPlot Instrumentality]]", no one ever uses that term.
** Except it's not ''really'' "[[AssimilationPlot Instrumentality]]" as [[EndOfTheWorldSpecial something else entirely]].

* Composer Michael Giacchino, composer for LOST, Star Trek, Up, etc., is NOTORIOUS for this, along with some pretty bad puns too. Possibly his best stealth pun is one track on the Star Trek soundtrack called "Hella Bar Talk", which is a play on composer Bela Bartok.

** I once saw a T-shirt with Lenin, Mao, Castro, and Stalin, all in little hats and carrying drinks.

* ''[[DarwinsSoldiers Fools Gold]]'' there is a mention of a Giant Panda who drives a truck containing [[spoiler:stolen ingots of lanthanide metals]]. His truck is #71 and his name is Lu. [[spoiler: 71 is the atomic number of the lanthanide '''Lu'''tetium. Its symbol in the periodic table is Lu. Lu is also a common Chinese surname.]]

** And when a razor with a fractal blade and a single normal blade is mentioned, it's never said to have [[spoiler: [[InfinityPlusOneBlade Infinity Plus One Blades.]] ]]

** Becomes a minor plot-point in Discworld/FeetOfClay.

* The word 'gift' is German for Poison.