History Main / StealthPun

# It's an IncrediblyLamePun and is only remotely funny [[LateToThePunchline when realized later]]; using it in-story would grind everything to a halt.

The writers put in a joke (almost always a pun), but never make or put in a punch line or explicit statement, hiding it in the set up of the joke. Some percentage of the audience will "get" the joke, but the rest will know it was there and be going, "What? Why didn't you say it?" There can be several reasons.

# It's [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar naughty]] and not appropriate for this timeslot, in which case this serves the same purpose as a LastSecondWordSwap.

# Or simply because they're being clever, or trying to.

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[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* Cindy Rogers is from Hartford Connecticut, [[Wrestling/BretHart which explains many of her preferences.]]
* When Wrestling/MickFoley entered the 2012 Royal Rumble, Wrestling/JerryLawler said it wasn't a {{cheap pop}}, but a real pop.
* The Young Bucks's Wrestling/BulletClub theme is called "Double Barrel".
* In 2014, "Los Templarios" Superestrella ASH and Lord William de la Vega won WWC's tag team title belts. ''Franchise/EvilDead'' fans couldn't resist.[[/folder]]

Compare VisualPun, another form of subtle punning. See DontExplainTheJoke for the complete opposite.

* In 2014, "Los Templarios" Superestrella ASH and Lord William de la Vega won WWC's tag team title belts. ''Film/EvilDead'' fans couldn't resist.[[/folder]]

* In 2014, Superestrella ASH and Lord William de la Vega won WWC's tag team title belts. ''Film/EvilDead'' fans couldn't resist.[[/folder]]

# It's an incredibly lame pun and is only remotely funny [[LateToThePunchline when realized later]]; using it in story would grind everything to a halt.

The form can range a bit from a "fill in the blank" stand up style jokes to cases where the plot and setting form a pun that you only realise when you try to summarise the situation later. If you're on the Internet, expect someone to respond "[[MemeticMutation I see what you did there]]".

# The pun is a form of foreshadowing, and the audience won't get the joke until later. (It's probably also a spoiler.)

'''Also, as this page is about puns that are intentionally obscured in-work, it is one of the few times when it is good form to [[DontExplainTheJoke explain the joke.]]'''

* StealthPun/{{Geography}}

* StealthPun/{{Pinball}}
* StealthPun/PrintMedia

* StealthPun/{{Radio}}

* StealthPun/SportsMascots

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[[caption-width-right:350:Ahhhh...a long rest just can't be [[Beat beat.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Ahhhh...a long rest just can't be {{beat.}}]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Ahhhh...a long rest just can't be beat.]]

# Or simply because they think they're being clever. Sometimes they even are.

!!Other examples
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[[folder:Geography]]
* [[https://maps.google.ca/?ll=49.171372,-123.176619&spn=0.004861,0.011362&t=m&z=17 A neighbourhood]] in Richmond, BC has a road named Riverdale Dr., then Forsyth Cres. a few hundred meters away. [[spoiler: Forsyth is the real name of Jughead, a character in a comic series set in Riverdale.]]
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[[folder:Jokes]]
* There are a number of riddles of the form "What's the difference between a X and a Y?" where only the first half of the punchline is ever given, to avoid speaking profanity. Suffice it to say there are many half-punchlines with the word cunning in them, followed by [[CountryMatters a word that rhymes with hunt and doesn't start with the letter C]].
** What's the difference between (''annoying female celebrity'') and the Panama Canal? Well, the Panama Canal is a [[{{Spoonerism}} busy ditch]] ...
** What's the difference between a smart midget and gonorrhea? A smart midget is a ''cunning runt'' ...
** What's the difference between a tailor and a bad viola player? Well, the tailor tucks up the frills...
** What's the difference between a chiropodist and a bad drummer? Well, the chiropodist bucks up the feet...
** What's the difference between a clever spoonerism and a fart? One's a shaft of wit...
** What's the difference between an epileptic corn farmer and a prostitute with diarrhea? One of them shucks between fits...
** What's the difference between a rooster and a [[EvilLawyerJoke lawyer]]? One of them clucks defiance...
** What's the difference between a baby and a high-school choir director? The baby sucks his fingers...
** What's the difference between a pickpocket and a peeping tom? The pickpocket snatches watches...
** What's the difference between Barnum & Bailey's Circus and a line of Playboy bunnies? The circus is a cunning array of stunts...
** What's the difference between a woman in church and a woman in a bathtub? The woman in church has hope in her soul...
** What's the difference between a snake and a goose? A snake is an asp in the grass...
** What's the difference between you and a mallard with a cold? Well, one's a sick duck... [[Series/SaturdayNightLive I forget the rest Trebek, but your mother's a whore.]]
** What's the difference between the manager of Barclays having a fight and [[Series/TheThinBlueLine Inspector Fowler]] having a conversation? Well, one's a warring banker...
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[[folder:Music]]
* In the song "Necessity" from ''Theatre/FiniansRainbow'', the lines quoted below provoke the shouted question "Do you mean he's a --?", which is answered in the affirmative (the implied statement being that Necessity is a [[spoiler:bastard]]):
-->''Oh, hell is the father of gin,\\
And Cupid's the father of love.\\
Old Satan's the father of sin,\\
But no one knows the father of\\
Necessity.''
** It also seems to be a stealth pun on the saying "Necessity is the mother of invention."
* "Girl Anachronism" by The Dresden Dolls: about a girl who blames her constant sickness on having been born too soon by C-section. Including the line "You can tell (...) that I'm not right now at all."
* During his polka medley "Polka Face", Music/WeirdAlYankovic breaks into an accordion solo immediately after the "Break Your Heart" section. The obscure song is actually an instrumental version of the "Tick Tock Polka" originally done by polka-meister Frankie Yankovic (no relation). Appropriately enough, this leads directly into his version of Music/{{Kesha}}'s [="TiK ToK"=].
* The cover of [[Music/{{REM}} R.E.M.'s]] ''Lifes Rich Pageant'' is a VisualPun: It's a collage depicting band member Bill Berry and a pair of bison... as in "Buffalo Bill".
* The [[TextlessAlbumCover textless cover]] of Music/ThePixies' "Gigantic" single is a photograph of a crying naked baby, while the back cover has a picture of a driving glove laying on the ground. This may seem like a TrueArtIsIncomprehensible sort of thing, until you realize it's actually a play on a potential {{mondegreen}} of the song: "A baby glove" instead of "A big, big love".
* The real name of 2D, lead singer of Music/{{Gorillaz}}, is Stuart Pot, a.k.a. [[PunnyName Stu-Pot]]. He spent some time in a coma. At least one fanfic, but nobody in the canon, has pointed out that this would make him a [[spoiler: vegetable Stu]].
* "Flowers On The Wall" by The Statler Brothers: "Playin' solitaire 'til dawn with a deck of fifty-one." The narrator's missing one card... [[spoiler:he's not playing with a full deck.]]
* "[[Music/TheBeatles Mother Superior jumped the gun...]]" [[spoiler: A nun jumps the gun. Well, it's a stealth ''rhyme'', anyway, a sort of wordplay.]]
* Music/TheDivineComedy song, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l7H1Y9ihqk The Complete Banker]]", which is about the role of the banks in the current recession. From his point of view, he's a complete banker, but we'd rather call him [[spoiler: a complete wanker]].
* The main chord sequence for Music/{{ACDC}}'s "Long Way To The Top" is A, C, D, C.
* There's a Music/LinkinPark song called "Cure for the Itch," which is instrumental and performed solely by Joe Hahn, who plays turntables. [[spoiler: He's scratching.]]
* Mac [=McAnally=]'s "Back Where I Come From":
-->We learned in the Sunday school
-->Who made the sun shine through
-->I know who made the moonshine, too
-->Back where I come from
* "Rollin' (The Ballad of Big & Rich)" by Big & Rich has two. The first is "CharleyPride was the man in black / Rock & roll used to be 'bout Music/JohnnyCash", and the other is "I'm a crazy son of a [[[SoundEffectBleep bad word]]] / But I know I'm gonna make it big and rich".
* The Music/{{Rush}} song "Roll the Bones" deals with questions of existence and causation in a funkier style than the band's usual prog-rock fare. In other words, it's existential funk.
* Dallas Green didn't want to put just his name on the cover of his first acoustic solo album, so what did he name his act? City & Colour.
* There's a possible unspoken VisualPun in BoardsOfCanada's "Dayvan Cowboy" video - at one point it has footage of Laird Hamilton surfing, which makes sense when you think of other meanings of the word "boards".
* The FatboySlim song [[http://youtu.be/ctiDI4PUwOQ "Demons"]] features the line "All of your demons will wither away" in its chorus. The song is built on a sample from [[http://youtu.be/TjPqubhwCqU "I Can't Write Left-Handed"]] by Bill ''Withers''.
* In JonathanCoulton's acoustic cover of Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back," the "quack" sound effect makes a lot more sense when you think of the line in which it appears like this: "But I gotta be straight when I say I wanna [duck] till the break of dawn."
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[[folder:Print Media]]
* One issue of ''Magazine/PrivateEye'', covering the scandal after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqui_Smith#Expenses_controversies Jacqui Smith's husband used her expense account to buy adult films]], ran with the joke "At least he's not a banker!", the unspoken pun being that he is however (literally) a wanker.
** ''Magazine/PrivateEye'' also often refer to themselves as an "organ". On the obvious level, it's a pun on the fact that the eye is an organ, the StealthPun comes in with the fact that this then makes them a "Private Organ".
** Stealth RunningGag -- A ''PrivateEye'' CaptionCompetition photo showed Chris Woodhead (former Chief School Inspector, who had a relationship with an ex-student) and a teenage girl looking at a large book. The winning caption was "Look, there it is, next to Kenya." - the suggestion being that they really were "discussing Uganda", a long-time RunningGag for a excuse they took as an UnusualEuphemism.
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[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
* On ''Series/EureekasCastle'' the character Batley wore big glasses and crashed while he landed from flying. Playing on the phrase "blind as a bat"
* A Stealth Pun is used to continue the "Hare Krishna" RunningGag in ''Film/TheMuppetMovie''. Kermit and Fozzie fall asleep in their car just outside a little church (where the Electric Mayhem happen to be holed up). Just before their ''very loud'' musical entrance, there is a wide-angle shot of the church. Hidden in the scenery is a sign that reads, "Lost? Have you tried Rev. Harry Krishna?"
* ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol''. In order to get both JustForFun/StatlerAndWaldorf into the movie, they had to invent a brother for Jacob Marley. They called him Robert. Think about that for a second. [[spoiler:Get up, stand up...]]
* One episode of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' opened with the Bug Band, a group of four insects, singing "She Loves You". Backstage after the song, Kermit says that the group needs a name and instead of [[Music/TheBeatles the obvious suggestion]] they come up with Music/TheWho and Music/TheGratefulDead.
** In the "Bear on Patrol" segments, Patrolman Fozzie Bear's superior officer is Link Hogthrob, a "pig". Think about that for a second.
* Lampshaded somewhat in a vintage ''Series/SesameStreet'' short where Kermit the Frog reports live from the court of Old King Cole, just as he's about to call for his pipe, his bowl, and his fiddlers three.
-->'''Old King Cole:''' Bring me my royal pipe, and step on it!\\
'''Kermit:''' At this point you probably think we're going to make a dumb joke. But we're not.
** Another episode has Elmo leading the children in [[Film/TheCryingGame a game about who can cry the loudest]].
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[[folder:Radio]]
* From ''Radio/TheVeryWorldOfMiltonJones'':
-->...and when we were naughty at school, we used to be sent to this man with no arms and no legs and no body. He was the Head. And if he wasn't in, we used to be sent to this other man with no arms and no legs and no body ''and a cowboy hat''. He was [[spoiler: Mr Roberts]].
** The correct punchline is, of course, [[spoiler: "the deputy head"]].
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[[folder:Sports Mascots]]
Well, when we say sports, mostly we mean sports team mascots...
* The University of Connecticut has, as its sports mascot, the Huskies. Huskies are a breed of sled dogs normally found in the '''Yukon'''. [[spoiler: University of Connecticut = U. Conn.]]
* The local highschool for Papillion, Nebraska, has "The Monarchs" for its mascot. Given that the town's name comes from the French word ''papillon'', or butterfly...
* The mascot of Arkansas School for the Deaf: [[DefLeppard Leopards]].
* Allegheny College's sports teams are called the Gators. [[spoiler: The word "Allegheny" is often abbreviated as "Alle." Thus making the team the "Alle. Gators."]]
** San Francisco State University, also the Gators. Hint: they're the Gators, and one of the school colors is gold. [[spoiler: Golden Gators=Golden ''Gaters'']]
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[[folder:Stand-Up Comedy]]
* Creator/DavidLetterman did something along these lines when he gave a list of the top ten BillClinton jokes. He never actually got to the punchline, he just would trail off and look at the audience, who could figure it out for themselves and were hysterical by that point.
* A somewhat well-known joke concerns a pair of hikers who die while rock-climbing. As their souls ascend to heaven, they see a pair of eagles and exclaim, "Ah, eagles!" The eagles, to be polite, say nothing.
** [[spoiler: "Ah, souls!"]] (Say it out loud. Works best with a British accent.)
** Another variation involves a flounder and a sole who bump into each other on the bottom of the ocean. Same punchline.
* Creator/ConanOBrien on ''LateNight'', doing one of the 'cat is to kitten, what dog is to puppy' routines:
-->"The New Orleans Hooker ''(long pause)'' had sex with several miners."\\
"Music/MichaelJackson ''(an even longer pause, with audience already chuckling)'' was famous in the 80's! What did you think I was going to say?"
* In ''Crazy with a Capital F'', Dan Cummins talks about an ant infestation he once had and says he imagines that all ants speak with a British accent. [[spoiler:It's because they colonize.]] Well, it ''was'' a stealth pun until [[DontExplainTheJoke he explained it.]]
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* Probably unintentional, one would note that the bishop in a game of TabletopGame/{{Chess}} moves diagonally, or to use another word [[spoiler: crosswise]].
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', the Chaos god of anger, rage, and bloodlust has demonic servants called Flesh Hounds. Or, in other words, [[spoiler: Khorne dogs]]. [[MultipleReferencePun And also]] [[spoiler: "the dogs of war" from {{Shakespere}}'s Theatre/JuliusCaesar]]
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'', the Yozi Hegra, the Typhoon of Nightmares, produces hallucinogenic weather...or [[spoiler:''acid'' rain]].
** Malfeas, the Demon City, has a charm called Nightmare Fugue Vigilance, which means he doesn't have to sleep. That's right, Malfeas is [[spoiler:The City That Never Sleeps]].
* In the ''Unhinged'' joke set of ''MagicTheGathering'', all creatures with the subtype "donkey" have fractional numbers for their power and/or toughness. Why? [[spoiler:Because they're half-assed.]] Yes, this was confirmed as intentional.
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[[folder:Theater]]
* ''The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged)'':
-->"He [Joshua] slew the people of Midian, known as Midianites, the people of Girgash, known as Girgashites, and the people of Paris, known as the French."
* In ''OfTheeISing'', in the Senate scene, the Senator from Massachusetts rises to demand a governmental pension for Jenny, Paul Revere's horse. Another Senator points out that Jenny died in 1805, and after an observed minute of silence the matter is declared finished. To put it literally: it's a [[spoiler:dead horse]].
* In the English Translation of the French "Tartuffe," which is not a direct translation (the lines rhyme in both versions) we get this after [[spoiler: Elmire convinces Orgon, her husband and the head of the household, that Tartuffe is evil, so that he will not entrust him with the family's fortunes. She finally convinces him that Tartuffe is corrupt by seducing him while Tartuffe is under a table, and he must believe her. Later, he tries to convince his mother:]]
--> "To be more certain, what more proof would I need?/Should I have waited until he had ewwww...."
** This changes based on the performance.
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[[folder:Toys]]
* Ejector, a transforming toaster from the ''[[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Revenge of the Fallen]]'' toyline, is a small toaster [[WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster with a maxed out Courage rating.]]
* In the ''{{Ninjago}}'' Franchise/{{Lego}} sets, the blue ninja's name is Jay [[spoiler: which makes him a Blue Jay, like the bird.]]
** Similarly, HeroFactory has Julius Nex, who is orange. [[spoiler: Orange Julius is a drink brand.]]
* The ''Anime/{{Beyblade}}'' sub-line "Stealth Battlers" includes the clock-themed [[http://beyblade.wikia.com/wiki/Tempo_Hammer_Hit Tempo Hammer Hit]]. [[spoiler: Hammer time.]]
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[[folder:Web Comics]]
* In ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'':
** Shakespeare in [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/967.html #967]] has a chance to occupy "office B down on level 2". Does he want it? A dialog box for "[=PunGuard=] 2.1" covers the pun in the comic! It would have been a pun on ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'': "2B or not 2B, that is the question."
** [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1996.html Comic #1996]] seems to be setting up [[RunningGag yet another]] hobbit-pun. Lambert doesn't tell the pun, and the annotation links to this very trope page. Only Morgan-Mar knows the intended pun for sure, but it might have been "You can't burn the hobbit," a pun on "burn the habit."
*** Huh? I thought it was obviously "Don't make a hobbit of it".
** Another example: in [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2096.html comic #2096]], Lambert's hobbit-pun is ruined by a (rather ominous, but that's not the point) cough. Lambert probably meant "hobbit-tat," a pun on "habitat."
** [[http://irregularwebcomic.net/3177.html The Quintessential Fifth Elementalist.]] [[spoiler:Consider the literal meaning of the word "quintessential".]]
* In [[http://www.stripteasecomic.com/d/20080320.html this]] episode of ''Striptease'', in a flashback to high school, Max and Em are squirted with red paint by another student, who is then caught by the teacher... [[spoiler:red-handed.]]
* In [[http://www.nettserier.no/ascii/2008/05/25/ this]] episode of ''Adventures in ASCII'' (a strip where the characters are letters and other printables), Miss B reacts with a stony silence upon learning that Bold H is taking the guest Miss [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_delta Delta]] (she's from @hens) down the river to see the estuary.
-->'''Miss B:''' ...\\
'''Bold H:''' What?\\
'''Miss B:''' I didn't say anything.\\
'''Bold H:''' It was the way you didn't say it.
** [[http://www.nettserier.no/ascii/2007/11/10/ Here's another one]] from the same comic about an injured number. Apparently [[spoiler: a three falling in a forest does indeed make a sound.]]
* [[http://xkcd.com/532/ This]] ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' comic doubles the stakes. It's based on another joke with a {{Stealth Pun}}chline.
** Even better; it {{invert|edTrope}}s the punchline.
** Speaking of ''xkcd'', [[http://xkcd.com/404 Strip #404]]. [[spoiler: Note the title.]]
* ''Tally HO'', a somewhat obscure webcomic, does the StealthPun [[http://www.rhjunior.com/TH/00123.html here]] with a common cry of Windows supporters and creators alike. [[spoiler: "It's not a bug, It's a feature."]] This isn't original; it's [[http://catb.org/jargon/html/F/feature.html an old geek joke]].
** Allegedly someone at Microsoft actually has such a car.
*** Just how obscure ''is'' a strip by the creator of Webcomic/TalesOfTheQuestor anyway?
* [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Life_and_Death/index.php?p=528468 You actually named it "Variety"?]]
** The guy in white is Bobby, the incarnation of Life.
* ''Webcomic/NerfNow'' [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/67 with]] a classic riddle and a..."[[MemeticMutation modern classic]]" Dracula. [[spoiler:"What is a man?"]]
* ''Webcomic/ChoppingBlock'' [[http://www.choppingblock.org/d/20010518.html Here.]]
* [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2009/09/06 This]] ''[[http://www.precociouscomic.com Precocious]]'' strip, which was actually explained by its creator:
-->"Et Tu, Brute?" -- Famous line from Julius Caesar.
-->The Et family really should know better than to go out in pairs.
* [[http://www.nukees.com/d/20090907.html This]] ''Webcomic/{{Nukees}}''. "Duck Orations" would be "Quacks."
* ''WebComic/TheOrderOfTheStick''
** Vaarsuvius's second EvilCounterpart is named Pompey. [[spoiler:Vaarsuvius -- sounds like Vesuvius; Pompey -- Pompeii.]]
** Leeky Windstaff's hawk is named Kitty. [[DontExplainTheJoke As in kitty hawk.]]
** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0471.html this strip]], fleeing the burning city, Elan stops to break into a music shop and steals a lute. The setup is palpable, but the inevitable pun goes unsaid. [[spoiler:He lutes the store.]]
** Not to mention [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0693.html here]], in which Roy must get [[spoiler:familiar]] with Blackwing.
** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0750.html Malack spell-checking Durkon's scroll]]. Spell-checking. Got it?
** The three empires on the Western continent are never mentioned together in the same sentence. They're the Empires of ''Blood'', ''Sweat'', and ''Tears''.
** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0489.html this]] strip, exactly how vicious [[TokenEvilTeammate Belkar]] is measured on a chart. That would make the part on the left an [[spoiler:Axis of Evil.]]
* In ''Webcomic/TriangleAndRobert'', one of the plotlines involves Triangle fighting things to recover a series of "Dragon Circles," which are lettered A, B, C, etc. When he gets to the 25th one, Dragon Circle Y, he discovers that's the end of them, there are only 25. "Somehow, avoiding the pun makes it even worse."
* In ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'', Bob's unseen next door neighbor is named Ray, a reference to [[spoiler:the old comedy team, Radio/BobAndRay.]] Even more obscurely, another unseen neighbor is Mrs. Spitoonelli (a play on "spitoon," of course), with a husband named Harold. It is later mentioned her first name is Maude, referring to [[spoiler: the BlackComedy movie ''Harold And Maude.'']] And in Galatea's French adventure, she rides a Vespa with the name [[Film/{{Spaceballs}} "Princess"]] on the side.
* In [[http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0130.html this]] filler strip of ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'', we're treated to the OrphanedPunchline of a (naughty) joke that ends with "What I '''really''' meant is that we'd need cunning '''translators'''." See, in ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'', your translation ability is measured by your score in "Linguistics", so apparently the joke began with her telling the king that she needed... I'll leave you to figure out [[CunningLinguist the rest]].
* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' provides you with [[http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=28&issue=15 this]] image of a train accident to use [[AltText if your forum discussion gets off topic]] [[spoiler:it has been derailed. Additionally, your train of thought has been broken.]]
** Also, there's one bit of alt text that imagines Dr. [=McNinja=] being followed on a quest by his refrigerator. A subsequent panel gives alt text of the fridge huffing as it tries to keep up. [[spoiler:His refrigerator is running.]]
** [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/8p32 First]] Gordito shoots the undead, then the uncola. The alt text informs us that next time, Gordito shoots a dusty old book. [[spoiler: He shoots the un''read''.]]
** The McNinja family is provided with [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/10p40 holy weapons to defeat a ghost]]. Dark Smoke Puncher gets nunchucks made from the bones of Mother Theresa.
** Doc walks into a room and encounters [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/25p32/ a barrage of thrown objects.]] Chuck is [[spoiler:''chucking'' things at him.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'' features a character named Leslie Bean, who is, [[PunnyName as her name suggests]], a lesbian... but the more subtle pun comes from the fact that she joined the main cast around the time Ethan lost his role as OnlySaneMan, and now tends to be the voice of reason in {{Seinfeldian Conversation}}s and hijinks, making her... [[spoiler:the straight man]].
* [[http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF090-Mrs._Hammer.jpg This]] ''ComicStrip/ThePerryBibleFellowship'' strip has one as an added bonus joke: Imagine what the hammer is saying in the last panel.
** Not to mention the fact that he's giving the other guy a hammering.
* ''Webcomic/VGCats'' has the side webcomic ''Super Effective'' giving us breaking news of the death of a legend... [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=26 Elvis.]] Note which Pokémon is giving us the news.
** For more lulz, see [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=vou0vk8nt3k8iyhnhyv29h96&page=1 the forum thread for this comic]].
** See also: "[[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=194 Avoiding Penis Jokes]]"
* [[http://arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/2029.htm This]] ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'' strip has the stated punchline "Beware of Greek bearins [=GIFs=]", but leaves out the obvious "Trojan horse" joke.
* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20080811 shows what happens]] when you try to go through a dungeon designed for several players by yourself in a [[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame MMORPG]] like ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. When Torg tries to do it, all the monsters get together and hand him a gift. When he opens it to see what it is, it turns out he is, in fact, getting his ass handed to him.
* ''Webcomic/BloodyUrban'' features a character with blue hair named [[Film/{{Avatar}} Pandora]].
* An early ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' comic could have easily made a [[Music/MCHammer Hammertime]] [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2002-01-25 joke]].
* The number of examples in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' (see the work page) seems to cement that if we had individual pages for StealthPun, Homestuck would be one of the first.
** Just for a taste: Dave eventually becomes a time traveller, using his power to do more stuff in a relatively small amount of time. His emblem? [[spoiler:A broken record.]]
** The [[Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff SORD.....]] Dave alchemises is so shitty it actually costs negative grist. What do you gain on making it? Artifact grist.[[labelnote:*]][[subscript:Jpeg compression, a staple of ''Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff'', creates jpeg artifacts.]][[/labelnote]]
** Every player in the game gets a small planet called "The Land of ''X'' and ''Y''" where X and Y are themes like wind, rain, or silence, and the planets are often abbreviated into an acronym (ie. LOWAA, LOLAR, LOMAT, etc). [[CatGirl Nepeta]] winds up with the Land of Little Cubes and Tea, otherwise known as [[spoiler:[[{{Lolcat}} LOLCAT]]]].
** Speaking of Nepeta, for a long time the fanbase was unsure whether or not she survived an attack, since we never saw her. In other words, for a while, she could be alive or dead... i.e., SchrodingersCat.
** Nepeta dies in what looks like a TooDumbToLive moment, since Equius had sacrificed his life to protect her, and given her strict orders to remain in the safety of the vent she was hiding in. But she (a CatGirl) was overcome with curiosity, and it killed her.
** A ridiculously convoluted one - Tavros is introduced trying to 'get Dave's goat' by trolling him, and he performs an extremely bad rap in which he describes being stopped by a policeman who discovers him smuggling Dave's goat as well as a goose, which is apparently 'honktraband'. Later on the word 'honktraband' is used by Gamzee, who is a clown-themed troll, and also associated with goats due to his connection with the star sign Capricorn. And it is eventually revealed that he had been in love with Tavros - in short, Tavros had [[IronicEcho 'got his goat' and it was 'honktraband']].
** One of the many, ''many'' huge plot developments in [[WhamEpisode "[S] Cascade"]] was [[spoiler:Bec-prototyped Jack Noir killing everyone in Exile Town except PM on his way through to the troll session. PM is very, ''very'' angry... and unbeknownst to Jack, WV was carrying the other prototype ring. PM puts it on, and follows Jack [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge to get revenge]].]] This means the epic battle between {{Physical God}}s also comes down to an age-old conflict: [[spoiler:[[AngryGuardDog dog]] versus [[UnstoppableMailman mail lady]]]].
** THE [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=007254 ROSE]] WAS A........... [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/?cid=007.jpg DISTACTION]]
** Equius is an Heir of Void. [[spoiler: He dies by being void of air]].
** Terezi is a troll obsessed with law and order, is a Seer of Mind, is based on the scales sign of the zodiac, and is blind. This is SEVERAL stealth puns- [[spoiler: justice is blind, the blind prophet, and her caretaker is a dragon (which she has plushies of that are referred to as scalemates).]]
** Snowman is the eighth member of a pool based gang comprised completely of male members aside from her. The name refers to both her status as the "8 ball" and the shape of a snowman, but also as [[spoiler: She's no man.]]
** Wandering Vagrant finds a firefly and promptly names it Serenity.
** Nepeta and Feferi appear as a conjoined so you could say that the sprite is a catfish.
* [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=179899 This]] ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'' strip shows the characters scowling at all the taxes taken out of their paychecks. In addition to the usual federal, state, local, Medicare, and FICA, there are also deductions for "snieca", "hearta", "pollex" (Latin for "thumb") and "Persian 9' X 12'"... in other words, [[spoiler: sneak attacks, heart attacks, thumb tacks, and carpet tacks.]]
** Also, there seems to be a chain of coffee shops named "Sundo" (with the bar over the "o" indicating a long vowel). Since the Sun is a ''star'', and do ("dough") is another name for money, or ''bucks'' ...
** When Mr. Mighty is working the night shift, he comes home in the morning just as the kids are leaving for school. He and his wife take advantage of the empty house for some "quality time" ... and in the [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=188238 next strip]], he shows up to work smiling and singing "A Hard Day's Night".[[spoiler: Heheheh ... [[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead you said "hard".]]]]
** On [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=191554 this page]], Mr. Mighty is thwarting a hold-up at the "Red Rooster Natural Mini-Mart". While some readers might recognize "Red Rooster" as a BrandX version of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Hen_Pantry White Hen Pantry]], not everyone will figure out the "Natural" part of the joke. In shooting dice, a "natural" is when you win by rolling a ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Eleven seven or eleven]]''.
* [[http://basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2008/7/14/how-to-find-a-job-that-suits-your-interests.html This]] Basic Instructions has Scott suggest that his friend get a job driving a rickshaw as a getaway vehicle for criminals. The idea is already so goofy that you might miss the other joke: his friend is named Rick.
* See if you can spot the stealth VisualPun in [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/12/22/ this]] ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' when Gabe sneaks into Tycho's room.
** [[spoiler: Tycho has a picture of the actual Tycho Brahe on his wall.]]
* [[http://warehousecomic.com/comic_637.php This]] post at Webcomic.
* In ''Webcomic/CityFace'', the fairy Torus convinces the pigeon City Face that he has become a human businessman. She then gives him a berry, which she says every businessman needs. "No! You weren't supposed to eat it!" [[spoiler:It was a blackberry.]]
* ''Webcomic/PvP!'' has in one strip Brent tell Francis the following joke:
*** Brent: Did you hear the one about the cannibal who dumped his girlfriend?
*** (Beat Panel)
*** Francis: Ewww... gross!
** Brent at the end even calls it a Stealth Joke.
* ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' has Dave finding a girlfriend online. She's reluctant to meet him in person. He asks her, "Are you afraid I'll turn you off?" [[spoiler: Ironic, since she's actually a computer.]] Later, Dave actually does turn her off [[spoiler: when he downloads his mind into her hardware and erases her, leading to a ShoutOut to ''2001: A Space Odyssey'': "Dave, what are you doing? I'm afraid, Dave ..."]]
* The English title of ''Webcomic/TouhouNekokayou'' is "Scarlet Weather Archive in Japanese Red." This is taken from the VideoGame/{{Touhou}} canon {{Gaiden|Game}} FightingGame ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'' and the [[AllThereInTheManual book]] ''Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red.'' [[spoiler:Then someone noticed what the ''other'' halves of the names make.]]
** Near the end of ''[[InteractiveComic Create.swf Adventures]]: Shenanigans in a Magical Forest'', it's revealed that all of the "player" characters have their own individual "Hax Sign" spellcard. As [[spoiler: Yasora]]'s spellcards begin to wind down, everyone except Marisa uses their respective Hax Sign spellcard, with a fair amount of success. Cue the final sequence, where Marisa's all ready to bust out her long-awaited Hax Sign: [[spoiler: Sepiechritude (a shout out to ProblemSleuth's Sepulchritude]], which everyone assumes to be a huge [[BeamSpam beam attack]] or something of the sort, as per Marisa's trademarks. Then someone noticed [[spoiler: the "[[BrickJoke pie]]" in "[[RuleOfFunny Sepiechritude]]..."]]
* [[http://www.treelobsters.com/2009/08/75-but-wait-theres-more.html This]] ''Tree Lobsters'' has a clever one. On its, the comic works as a relatively straightforward parody of infomercials. Look closely at the description on panel 3, though, then look up elements 11 and 17 on the periodic table. [[spoiler:Sodium and Chloride, respectively. In other words, [[DontExplainTheJoke it's a grain of salt]].]]
* [[http://downthestairs.thecomicseries.com/comics/21 This]] ''Webcomic/DownTheStairs'' comic [[spoiler:shows a growing lightbulb. The pun is that it is growing from a "bulb", like a plant.]]
* In [[http://megatokyo.com/strip/197 this]] ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'' strip, Yuki's brother teases her about calling a large animal vet, and then he starts making cow noises. This doesn't make any sense unless you infer that she was yelling "mou" (used in Japanese as a frustration noise, like "Rrrgh!"), which sounds a lot like "moo."
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* A recurring thread on Website/SomethingAwful is "[[RealityIsUnrealistic Real pictures that look like photoshops]]". And eventually, someone ''will'' post [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/camerahouse.jpg this]]. [[spoiler:It's a photo shop.]]
* {{Fark}} is enamored of headlines with {{Stealth Pun}}s of its [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal more memorable memes]]. For example: "Duke upset in NCAA tournament. If only there were some pithy catch phrase to describe their ineptitude."
* [[{{OS-Tan}} Vista-tan]] has huge tracts of land.
** And we all know huge tracts of land are [[spoiler:vistas.]]
*** Plus, we all know Windows Vista was a huge [[spoiler:bust]].
* ''WebAnimation/UnforgottenRealms'' has Professor Strap, who after a memory erasing spell goes by the name of "Jacques". [[spoiler: Jacques Strap]].
* ''[[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/clef-and-dimitri-hit-the-road Clef and Dimitri Hit the Road]]'': At the very end. [[spoiler:"Alas, poor Yoric, I've never seen him before in my life."]]
* ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'': Moist went on a double date with Bait and Switch. He thought he was going to end up with Bait, but...
** Dr. Horrible is full of this: On his blog, the Doctor mentions transporting several gold bars from a safe. He lifts up a bag of brownish "cumin-smelling" liquid and says that the molecules shifted in the transportation [[spoiler: Bouillon/gold bullion]]
** Also, in the song "Neil's Turn" on the Commentary, Neil Patrick Harris is stuck alone and in the dark in the studio, and sings, "What's with all these weird cords?" [[spoiler: just as the music plays a bunch of "weird chords"]]
* ''[[Roleplay/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.]]
* In WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic review of ''Film/ErnestScaredStupid'', there's a scene where Ernest reveals a troll he captured. The Critic splices in an image of FanDumb Douchey [=McNitpick=] [[spoiler: who literally showed up to troll him]].
* PZ Myers is a biologist with a love for octopus and similar creatures. When Paul, the psychic sports predicting octopus died, he went [[http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/10/paul_is_dead.php back and forth]] describing his feelings on the matter, using the phrase 'on the other hand' seven times.
* On a {{furry|Fandom}} {{Image Board|s}}, someone called for "RuleThirtyFour of [[WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH NIMH]]." One of the responses was a [[http://4chanarchive.org/images/48232393/1197572170797.jpg picture]] of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel-metal_hydride_battery batteries]].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSiVWkk5zaQ&feature=player_embedded This Youtube video]]. [[spoiler: A steam-powered turntable, playing the Sex Pistols. Steampunk.]]
* A Brazilian blog/ {{Tumblr}} has made a parody "[[http://microcontoscos.blogspot.com/2010/06/escalacao-das-selecoes-da-copa-2010.html Squads of]] TheWorldCup". The resulting HurricaneOfPuns sometimes needs context: the Netherlands include a Brazilian rapper famous for pro-cannabis songs, the smuggling-heavy Paraguay has "[[ShoddyKnockoffProduct Sorny, Mike, BleckBarry and Hi-Phone]]", and Denmark ends with WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo (a Great Dane) and two candies sold at the chocolatier Kopenhagen.
* Music/BoBurnham, one of the few good musicians and songwriters out there, needs more love. Come on, folks, let's start referencing him. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-ap5Fp2T6c&feature=relmfu Here's some truly masterful Stealth Puns for ya!]]
* [[http://reyezuelowren.blogspot.com/2011/04/another-origin.html This blog post]] is written by an author who enjoys puns based on the origins of words. "None of the little particles in the universe had gotten the idea that one might turn yet." [[spoiler: "Universe" comes from Latin roots ''uni'' and ''vertere''--"one" and "turn".]]
* In one episode of ''Sassy Gay Friend'', the title character makes his entrance [[spoiler:out of a closet.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'''s fandom has a "[[Memes/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Ponies in Socks]]" meme, so someone was inspired to create [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/38699 this]]. [[spoiler:It's the Python programming language, using the SOCKS protocol.]]
* While many an image on this very wiki falls into this (see the section on VisualPun), the one in SpeedSex is the most blatant. [[spoiler:Who came before, the chicken or the egg?]]
* During the ''Machinima/YogscastMinecraftSeries''' Tekkit playthrough, Simon, Lewis and Duncan are the only members of Honeydew, Inc. Simon is the boss, so Lewis and Duncan [[spoiler:have to do what Simon Says.]]
* Done frequently on ''EpicRapBattlesOfHistory''.
** Lennon VS O'Reilly: "… ten-thousand-dollar shoes I use to [[Music/TheBeatles stomp out a beatle.]]"
** Einstein VS Hawking: "I'll "school" you anywhere—MIT to Oxford"
*** "… when you try to put your little p-brane against this kind of mind …"
** Mario Bros VS Wright Bros: "Sorry, Wright Brothers, this time you chose wrong."
*** "You might fly like a hawk, but you fight like a kitty."
** Seuss VS Shakespeare: " Oh, no, we'll smash your globe."
*** "You gettin' upstaged Bill. Yo you just got played" is especially stealthy.
** Elvis VS Michael Jackson: "I've seen every record you set, man I [[MichaelJackson beat it]]."
** Gates VS Jobs: Steve Jobs saying "I got a PC, but it wasn't from you," to Bill Gates. One of the stealthiest ones yet.
*** He also says he'll "bring up some basic shit".
*** Later, [[spoiler: HAL 9000]] offers "I think different from the engine of the days of old", referencing both the former AppleMacintosh slogan and Charles Babbage's difference engine, the first computer.
*** "You blow, Jobs" (complete with hand motion)
** Obama VS Romney: "You're all Barack and no bite."
** Bieber VS Beethoven: "You wanna trade blows? You can't even hit puberty!"
** Cleopatra VS Marilyn Monroe: "Gettin' 'Lo on Marc Antony."
** Doc Brown VS The Doctor: "Now Dalek my balls!"
** Bruce Lee VS Clint Eastwood: "Kung F-U!"
** Batman VS Sherlock Holmes: "You're a batshit crazy basket case!"
*** "Dissing these dynamic douchebags…"
** Martin Luther King VS Gandhi: "Flatten your style like bread, Naan violence!"
*** "You would know about bread, Dr. Birming-ham sandwich."
*** "With protests and women, the same advice goes/ Always stay away from the ho's (hose)."
*** "I fought the caste system, but you still cannot touch this!"
*** "I'm the King of civil rights"
* A good one concerning ''RoosterTeeth'' is the company name itself and it involves a vulgar insult used in ''RedVsBlue''. That insult? [[spoiler:"cockbite"]].
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[[folder:Real Life]]
* In the famous F.A.O. Schwarz Toy Store, New York City, there are a pair of life-sized stuffed animals over the display case for board games. They don't say, but they are, of course, [[spoiler:cheetahs.]]
* While certainly not intentional, one of the largest elevator manufacturers in the world is the Schindler group. [[spoiler:Schindler's Lift.]]
* Cockney Rhyming Slang.
* When a US military weather station experiences an earthquake, it is required to fill out a SEXX bulletin describing the event and any damage that occurs. Yes, you disseminate the SEXX bulletin when the Earth moves.
* UsefulNotes/{{Mensa}} groups in the Chicago area host an annual [="HalloweeM"=] gathering, in which extremely smart people dress up to embody the pun of their choice. As these costumes are designed by, and intended for the amusement of, Mensa-caliber intellects, the puns are usually coy enough to qualify for this trope.
* [[http://www.threadless.com/product/356/Lost_A_Wheel#zoom This shirt design]]. "[[spoiler:[[Franchise/{{Batman}} The Batmobile]] lost a wheel (and the Joker got away)]]".
** Threadless.com also sells a T-shirt with Lenin, Mao, Castro, and Stalin, all in little party hats and carrying drinks. [[spoiler:It's a communist party!]]
** And one with a fish in a glass military tank. On description it doesn't really sound that stealthy, but you would not believe the amount of people who see it and say "Why is there a fish in a ta-- OH."
** Many of the shirts from Woot.Com are pun based. Good luck if you get the random pack and then finally get it while in the middle of the street.
* Actress JeanHarlow was allegedly at dinner with Margot Asquith (wife of HerbertHenryAsquith, the former [[TheMenOfDowningStreet British Prime Minister]]), and kept pronouncing Mrs. Asquith's name with the 't' at the end. Eventually Asquith told her "No, Jean, [[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY the 'T' is silent]], like in 'Harlow'". [[spoiler:[[DontExplainTheJoke She was calling her a harlot]].]]
* The University of Tampere, a Finnish university, has three major buildings, which have meaningful names. The main building is named "Päätalo", Finnish for "main building". A castle-like building nearby is named "Linna" (castle). The faculty of sciences, located near a stream is named "Virta" (current). They sound like IncrediblyLamePun, but they have actually been named of three Tampere cultural icons: writer Kalle Päätalo, writer Väinö Linna and musician Olavi Virta.
* The musician Blixa Bargeld's name is a pseudonym. Since Blixa is a brand of pen, it's a literal "pen name".
* The logo for Washington State's Department of Transportation is a green '''[[FunWithAcronyms dot]]''' with a line drawing of a T-shaped road intersection.
** In the same vein, Washington DC's Department of Transportation logo is the lowercase letter D followed by a period -- as in D-DOT.
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* In Jonathan Coulton's acoustic cover of Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back," the "quack" sound effect makes a lot more sense when you think of the line in which it appears like this: "But I gotta be straight when I say I wanna [duck] till the break of dawn."

** Stealth RunningGag -- A ''PrivateEye'' CaptionCompetition photo showed Chris Woodhead (former Chief School Inspector, who had a relationship with an ex-student) and a teenage girl looking at a large book. The winning caption was "Look, there it is, next to Kenya." - the suggestion being that they really were [[UnusualEuphemism discussing Uganda]].

Well, when we say sports, mostly we mean Sports team mascots...

* The mascot of Arkansas School for the Deaf: Leopards.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', the Chaos god of anger, rage, and bloodlust has demonic servants called Flesh Hounds. Or, in other words, [[spoiler: Khorne dogs]].

[[folder:Advertising]]
* "Charmin" toilet paper commercials featured cartoon bears. Left entirely unsaid is they're all about [[spoiler:bears shitting in the woods]].
* An advert airing in the UK has an angry bear in the middle of a cubicle farm, who turns back into a flustered office worker when given a painkiller. Implying, of course, that she's [[spoiler: acting like a bear with a sore head]].
* Boost Mobile has a commercial with Danica Patrick racing and going into the pit where her pit crew are a bunch of men dressed in outfits similar to the Dallas cowboy cheerleaders, [[FanDisservice one even has tan lines for a bikini]]. So it features [[spoiler:[[DragQueen drag racing]]]].
* In the 1980s, noted football/baseball player Bo Jackson appeared in a series of ads under the concept "Bo knows". Inevitably, there would be a sport he ''didn't'' know, often leading to the response "Bo don't know ''diddly''!" The stealth was later removed and lampshaded when several ads featured the noted guitarist.
** In fact, he was trying and failing to play a guitar when the famed performer himself said, "Bo, you don't know Diddly."
*** And featured an extra layer of lampshading in a followup commercial that aired six months later. The commercial was otherwise identical except that Bo demonstrated that he could play the guitar quite well, prompting the famed performer to acknowledge "Bo, I guess you do know Diddly."
** In another commercial of the same type, Sonny Bono showed up, saying "I thought it was another 'Bo Knows' commercial."
* There's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4DK1Yx4R6k an advertisement]] for Sharp Quattron Pixel Technology, which features Creator/GeorgeTakei promoting the four-color TV in question. It would seem that Takei is only in the commercial for his [[LargeHam hammitude]], but some careful thought reveals a dastardly hidden pun. Watch:
** Creator/GeorgeTakei is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s1iQODC5OI very, very gay]].
** He is also very, very Asian.
** The new Quattron technology adds yellow to the standard RGB array of colors in a TV's pixels.
** So, what is George Takei describing? He's describing [[spoiler: adding YELLOW to the RAINBOW]]. Now, the reason why the pun in question needed to be made seems to lie in Takei's fondness for all kinds of stupid puns, as evidenced by his facebook wall. It might be hard to understand for many a good folks, but it's a sneaky one regardless.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_79y9W-q7Y This commercial]] begins with a driver placing a CD in a car stereo. A familiar song plays. The driver turns up the volume and rocks out, while the passenger is clearly uncomfortable. As they drive along, other drivers sound their horns, give the thumbs up and whatnot. Finally, the vehicle is shown and ''before they reach the chorus'', they cut away. [[spoiler: The song is Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust" and the car is a hearse leading a funeral procession.]]
* A UK advert for children's shoes showed kids the size of tower blocks running around a city. And the music? "Birdhouse In Your Soul". [[DontExplainTheJoke Because they might be...]]
* The UsefulNotes/{{font|s}} used to write the original Cooper Tire logo is actually called Cooper Black. They redesigned the logo in a way so its name is written in a different font all because of this.
** Similarly, the font used to write the word "Optima" on a Slim Fast Optima bottle is actually called Optima.
** And the older logo for the University Inn in Seattle, WA was originally written using University Roman.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKK37G-ZWvk This Orangina commercial]] manages to GetCrapPastTheRadar by virtue of distracting us with InterspeciesRomance and HoYay. Its ending involves a man who shows interest in an [[PettingZooPeople anthropomorphic cougar]] who's just finished shaving. [[spoiler: Looks like he likes a shaved pussy.]]
* A {{TBS}} ad featured Creator/ConanOBrien walking onto the ad set in a suit made entirely of small screens before arguing with [[ShowWithinAShow the director of the commercial]] regarding the tagline "any device on Conan", followed by a note that the viewer can watch Conan and other TBS shows wherever and whenever they want. Presumably, [[spoiler:the director misread a memo regarding the ability to watch Conan on any device.]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajSVMGxdqq8 This Falcon Beer commercial]] is about Fishermen arguing on whose beard is the thickest. The person with the thinnest beard has the thinnest accent, while the person with the Thickest beard has the thickest accent. [[/folder]]

[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* The anime ''Anime/PsychoPass'' has a stealth pun in its title. In Japanese, 'Psycho-Pass' and 'Psychopath' sound the same. Considering what sort of [[CrapsackWorld society]] this anime is set in, and what type of people inhabit it, both words would work equally well as the title.
* The Creator/{{Geneon}} dub of ''Manga/LupinIII'' once had Jigen describe [[LiteralSurveillanceBug a house-fly that turned out to be a listening device]] as "a flying pun".
* In ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', Nanoha is pursuing [[ArtifactOfDoom Jewel Seeds]]. One such Jewel Seed had possessed a tree that was near a couple's confession of love, and it responded by turning into a [[WorldTree massive murdering monster]], trapping them inside itself and trying to consume everything. The pun comes when you realise that they ''pine''d for each other. (This pun actually works in Japanese, too.)
* In ''Manga/{{Chobits}}'', Hideki is searching desperately for the on switch for his new discovery, a female robot, when he says there's only one place left he hadn't checked. Cut outside to a mewing cat.
** Ooh, there's a double there, too, at least in English...
* The main character of ''Manga/OnePiece'' is named Monkey D. Luffy, and his first appearance in the anime was breaking out of a small barrel. Perhaps the implication is that the show will be [[spoiler:more fun than a barrel of monkeys.]]
** Or about ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong''.
** Another pair are for Mr. 1, his devil fruit is called the Supa-Supa fruit, it gives him super powers and his secret dream is to be a super hero. The obvious one is "super" a play on "Supa", his devil fruit name. The second not quite pun is he is literally a [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Man of Steel]]. A "Supaman" if you will..
** Later in the series, Sanji uses a move called the "Parage Shot" to change people's looks by ''kicking them in the face''. In other words, he can literally "rearrange your face".
** Bepo is a human sentient bear who goes from a vicious kung fu brawler to an apologetic depressive the next. In short, he's a ''bipolar bear''.
* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': [[spoiler:Spike]] goes out with a [[FamousLastWords bang]].
* Possibly unintentional, but Edward Elric's attempts at human transmutation in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' literally cost him AnArmAndALeg.
* A particularly painful one is the ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' MSV model MS-07H-4 Gouf Flight Test Type, a prototype Zeon mobile suit adorned with their iconic [[CyberCyclops mono-eye]] camera and forehead-mounted communications antenna, and painted in outrageous magenta demo-colors. An early, unsuccessful attempt at creating a flight-capable HumongousMecha, it was scrapped for its unfortunate tendency to kill its test pilots. Long story short, [[spoiler:it's a one eyed, one horned, flying purple people-eater.]]
** In another, more obscure ''Gundam'' example, one of the various artbooks features a scene with [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Haman Karn]] eating a piece of cake with a candy on top shaped like one of her HumongousMecha Quebeley's [[AttackDrone funnels]].
** Then there's ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Gundam ZZ]]'', [[CombiningMecha who is composed of two (or three, depending on how you count) fighters]]. One forms the legs, the other goes on [[Music/ZZTop top]].
* At the end of the first episode of ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}'', Albert is making out with Peppo, the local [[UnsettlingGenderReveal "Bridget"]] (although he doesn't know that yet), when she stops him and, points a gun at him, and helps kidnappers take him hostage (thus, she had a pistol in her pocket, but might have been [[OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe happy to see him]] as well).
** Also, it really was a [[MemeticMutation trap]].
* Because of their MakeMeWannaShout[=/=]MagicMusic powers, those operating the Dolems (sort of living mecha) in ''Anime/RahXephon'' are termed instrumentalists. Although the series involves an EndOfTheWorldSpecial rather than an AssimilationPlot, there's probably a deliberate allusion to "Instrumentality", given that ''Anime/RahXephon'' is sort of a LighterAndSofter ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
** There's one that's true of both ''Anime/RahXephon'' and ''Anime/SeikimatsuOccultGakuin''. Both series make reference to the whole "2012 End of the World" idea, and it's probably no coincidence that both also have characters named ''[[MeaningfulName Maya]]''.
* In ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'', April has the power to [[MakingASplash create real hurricanes that make it rain]]. No one refers to "April Showers" though.
* The ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' episode that introduced Barry is titled "Barry's Busting Out All Over!" Even if you get [[{{Carousel}} the reference]], it sounds inexplicable, unless you are aware that Barry's Japanese name is Jun.
** ''Anime/PokemonJirachiWishmaker'': One of the characters in the movie is Butler. He's a villain. [[spoiler:In other words? TheButlerDidIt.]]
** Charles Goodshow is the president of the Pokémon League and appears in the episodes pertaining to the larger tournaments. He is a short elderly man with a large beard, bright-colored shorts and a backwards cap, giving the visible impression that he is still a child at heart. [[spoiler:[[StockBritishPhrases Goodshow, old boy?]]]]
*** Alternately, [[spoiler:Jolly Goodshow.]]
** In ''Manga/PokemonSpecial'', White has a Sandile actor trained to cry for any sad scene. [[spoiler:CrocodileTears]]
* In ''[[Manga/GetterRobo New Getter Robo]]'', there's a pun in the first episode. When Ryouma is told by Professor Saotome that he is to be one of the pilots of the Getter Robo, Ryoma replies "Getter?" [[spoiler:With the scene being shot at floor level, focusing on Saotome's "geta".]]
* A flashback in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has someone hearing what Sasuke's name is, and commenting that's also the name of the Third Hokage's father. The Third Hokage's real name is Hiruzen Sarutobi, thus making [[SarutobiSasuke his father...]]
** During one of the filler episodes, Naruto has to sit at a funeral and not laugh the entire time, or else the person they're doing the mission for will not get the inheritance. So naturally everyone is trying to make him laugh the entire time. One of the gags involved a guy having a flower coming out of his nose. In Japanese, the word 'hana' can mean either "nose" or "flower".
* ''Manga/HidamariSketch'': When the residents of the Hidamari Apartments go to a ''sentō'' following the [[SchoolFestival 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...)
* ''Literature/TheTatamiGalaxy'' represents the protagonist's libido via a cowboy with a phallic-looking nose called "Johnny". The intent becomes clearer when you realize that he looks a whole lot like ''Woody'' from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory''.
* In the Virtual World arc in ''Anime/YuGiOh'', Noah, the [[VillainOfTheWeek arc villain]] chooses Shinnato's Ark for his Deckmaster. It is never mentioned that this would make it [[spoiler: Noah's Ark.]]
* In ''Manga/BlackButler'', demonic butler Sebastian Michaelis' catchphrase is "I'm just one hell of a butler." Has the bonus of working perfectly in its original language as well.
* The title of ''NekoKissa'' is either a {{Bilingual|Bonus}} Stealth Pun or a AccidentalPun. In Japanese, "Neko" = "Cat" and "Kissa" = "Cafe". So, "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Cat Cafe]]". The title could also be translated as being the word "cat" in two different languages - Japanese and Finnish: Neko (Japanese), Kissa (Finnish).
* [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Osaka]] of ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' is somehow [[SuperDrowningSkills unable to so much as float when in the water]] in an episode taking place at the pool. [[spoiler: She's dense.]] In spite of this, she can somehow keep just far enough above the water to speak with Tomo and Nyamo during the same scene. [[spoiler: Maybe she's airheaded.]]
* In ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'', Nathan's name, when pronounced in Japanese ("Nee-San"), sounds eerily like [[CoolBigSis the role he plays in the series.]] There's also Kotetsu/Wild Tiger's eye color, which shifts between {{brown|Eyes}}, [[SupernaturalGoldEyes gold]], and something in between. There's actually a [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-whZiQ0zM5d8/TbjE3u0KsoI/AAAAAAAABE0/045BOxbFRM0/s1600/virgo%20tigers%20eye.jpg gemstone with the same sort of coloring]]. It's called tiger's eye.
* In the first episode of ''Manga/MedakaBox'', Hyuga knocks Zenkichi unconscious and calls him "Ahoge." (Idiot.) The scene abruptly cuts to Shiranui. [[spoiler: [[{{Ahoge}} Just look at her hair!]]]]
* The fourth arc of ''LightNovel/JinruiWaSuitaiShimashita'' involves bananas that cause time slips.
* In ''LightNovel/{{Accel World}}'', Haruyuki's normal neural linker avatar is a pig. Silver Crow's main power is flight. Therefore, Pigs are flying.
* ''ShamanKing'': Lyserg Diethyl, one of the X-Laws who eventually allies with Yoh. People from the 60's or familiar with the Hippies may be able to pick it up, but it's a reference to [[spoiler:Lysergic Acid Diethylamide...aka LSD, infamous hallucinogen that supposedly let you talk with spirits. Spirits are the whole premise of the series]].
* ''Manga/YumekuiMerry'': I was posting this as {{bilingual bonus}}, but posting here seems more logical it seems
** Merry {{trademark favorite food}} are [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_doughnut_varieties doughnuts/donuts]].
** Here in Brazil (and perhaps other Portuguese speaking countries) the same treat is known as "Sonho".
** The most general translation for the word "Sonho" is "Dream".
** Yumekui literally translates as "Dream Eater".
** ... Perhaps I should post this in FridgeLogic?
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'': Suzaku was Private 404 in the army. Given his [[SpannerInTheWorks status]] for most of the series, it fits.

[[folder:Comics]]
* During one of Adam Warren's ''LightNovel/DirtyPair'' stories, a villain introduces a clone of "good girl" Yuri into the convention the girls are hosting, to shake things up. We first hear about "clone-Yuri's" antics from one of the con-goers (much to real Yuri's distress). Then we cut to Clone Yuri's room and we can clearly see (though the words are never spoken) that she has been literally "[[http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/screwed,+blued,+and+tattooed screwed, blued, and tattooed]]".
* During a ''ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}}'' issue during ''Comicbook/InfiniteCrisis'', the ComicBook/TeenTitans are in a secret lab looking for a cure for [[spoiler: {{Superboy}}, after his first beating by Superboy-Prime]]. Speedy [[spoiler:who has HIV]] asks for everyone to look out for a "Speedy Fix". Notable for making a BlackComedy pun.
* Two issues of James Robinson's ''Firearm'' involved the title character entering a virtual world based on Glasgow, mostly as a gift to Glaswegian artist Gary Erskine. In one panel, Erskine drew a figure that resembled Alex from ''Film/AClockworkOrange'' outside an underground station. The local nickname for Glasgow's underground railway is "the clockwork orange".
* In ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}'', Rorschach breaks Nite-Owl's lock to get into his apartment. It gets replaced. Then he does it again. It gets replaced. Then the police break in. The lock holds but the door is destroyed. The pun? The lock company was called Gordian Knot Lock Company.
** This is less likely to be a pun than an intentional thread in Moore's insanely complicated web of incestuous connections in ''Watchmen''. Ozymandias later refers to Alexander the Great and cutting through the Gordian Knot, which is also, metaphorically, what he himself ends up doing.
** Rorschach's foe in prison is short, and his two henchmen are, respectively, nasty and brutish. All three of them perceive Rorschach's comments ("small world", "fat chance", etc.) as being snide remarks about them.... Hrm... possibly true. Must look into later.
* ''Comicbook/UltimateSpiderMan'' updates Peter Parker's status quo; he still works for the Daily Bugle in this version, but he helps manage their Internet site instead of taking pictures. That's right, Spider-Man's a ''web''master.
* The second issue of the ''Great Ten'' series is called ''The Tao of Archery''. It involves Celestial Archer, whose real name is Xu ''Tao''.
* One of BrianKVaughan's earlier works was a backup story in a ''Batman'' special where, among other things, the Joker breaks into a chemical lab to steal bomb ingredients. While he's there, he decides to amuse himself by re-arranging canisters so the abbreviations on the labels spell out funny things. Boron Argon and Flourine spell [=BArF=], which is "Positively tame" compared to what he did with Copper (Cu) and Niton (Nt).
** That must have been a very old canister -- "Niton" has been officially named Radon for almost eighty years.
* Where do you practice your Deathstroke? In the {{Deadpool}}, of course.
* In ''Comicbook/{{Preacher}}'', two minor villains list their "services" as Sexual Investigators.
** Or to put it another way, [[spoiler:private dicks]].
* Gladiator, the {{Superboy}} counterpart in Marvel's CaptainErsatz ''Comicbook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}'' comes from the planet Strontia. While his KryptoniteFactor is actually self-doubt, it's probably not a coincidence that [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strontianite Strontianite]] is a real mineral.
* J. Jonah Jameson was mutated in ''EarthX''. It wasn't revealed until the end that he had a head of a donkey. That's right, he became a jackass.
* At one point, the various Clayfaces (who, as the name suggests, are made of living clay) teamed up to take on Batman. Two of them fell in love, married and had a child. What was his name? [[MuhammadAli Cassius.]]
* A stealth pun in ''ComicBook/SalvationRun'' is explained [[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/02/05/comic-book-legends-revealed-193/ in the third story here]].
* In ''ComicStrip/TheWizardOfId'', a visitor to the untrustworthy King's castle notices that the King's flag consists of a pair of black X's on a white background. The visitor asks for the name of this emblem. The king moves on to another pun before it mentioned the king is represented by [[spoiler:Double Crosses.]]
** Charlie Chaplin did that joke earlier in ''Film/TheGreatDictator'', where Adenoid Hynkel's movement is also referred to as the Sons (and Daughters) of the Double Cross. By the way, a different type of double cross (two horizontal bars) has been used in heraldry centuries before the term "to double-cross" was invented (it comes from horse-racing).
* [[http://www.e-lanresources.net/comics/dailystrips-2009.07.28.html This]] ''ComicStrip/MallardFillmore'' strip. The punchline sounds almost like a parody of his usual [[StrawCharacter Strawman Political]] rants; eventually someone figured out it's a Stealth Pun. (Because NASCAR fans are [[spoiler: "race-ists"]].)
* A 2009 ''Housebroken'' strip had DJ Dog mentioning his plans to expand his empire. His plans include a line of handbags called DJ Doggie Bags, a soft drink called DJ Doggie Dew, and a fashion and lifestyle magazine called DJ Doggie...Fashion Magazine. Maya says she can't think of a better name for the last one without them getting cancelled.
* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' sometimes has the characters making references to [[Series/TheOReillyFactor Bill O'Reilly]] or Sean Hannity being on TV -- which of course means that the Fox family is watching ''Fox News''.
* In the splash panel to [[http://garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2008&addr=080323 this]] ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strip, Garfield is sleeping on a music staff. The measure he's sleeping on has a ''rest'' in it.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'': Man, does Scott Adams ''love'' this.
* A rare unfunny example that's nonetheless good: an arc in Comicbook/TheSandman spin-off The Dreaming was about the loneliness of Matthew the Raven, entitled "The Unkindness of One". (According to Victorian animal-group naming, a flock of ravens is called an unkindness.)
* Death from ''Comicbook/TheSandman'' made a LawyerFriendlyCameo during PeterDavid's run on Comicbook/IncredibleHulk. She visited Marlo Chandler's wedding and gave her a brush as a wedding present. Marlo had recently died and come back to life. Get it? [[spoiler:She had a brush with death.]]
* In one issue of ''TopTen'', a bunch of stretchy heroes gawk at a teleporting accident as they drive by. Yes – those {{Rubber M|an}}en are rubbernecking.
* Usually, the first words out of an infant's mouth is "Mama" or "Dada/Papa". In ''Franchise/ArchieComics'', what is the first word of scientific genius Dilton? Pythagoras, the ''father'' of Geometry.
** Moose, a LiteralMinded individual, provides lots of these. In one story, he was selected as an election candidate. When he appears at the pre-meeting, Mr. Weatherbee asks Moose why he was wearing a track outfit, Moose replies that it's because people are telling him that he's going to "run for office". In another, Dilton's advice to Moose is that he should put his money in the bank to make it grow. Moose decides to grow the money himself, and instead goes home, puts the money in a flowerpot and begins to water it. [[hottip:If the joke wasn't obvious: he's trying to make a money tree]]
* In Creator/AlanMoore's Franchise/CthulhuMythos/porn comic ''Neonomicon'', wherein there's a literary allusion to the works of Creator/HPLovecraft on practically every page, drug dealer/avatar of Nyarlathotep/[[CampGay screaming queen]] Johnny Carcosa shows up dressed up like [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Edward Elric]]. This seems like kind of a random thing to reference, until you remember that one of Lovecraft's short stories was entitled ''The Alchemist''.
** Also, the last issue contains the line, in reference to a book of baby names, "A book of new names, not dead ones." This is a pun on the etymology of the Necronomicon (usually translated within the Mythos as "book of dead names") and the title of the series itself.
* The waste disposal robot in ''Comicbook/TheSmurfs'' story "You Don't Smurf Progress" would eat garbage and turn them into bricks that he would expel from his rear hatch. In essence, he was [[spoiler:shitting bricks]].
* Swedish children's comic ''Comicbook/{{Bamse}}'' has an anthropomorphic wolf named Virginia. Note that you'd have to jump languages to make it work too.

[[folder:Fan Works]]
* In ''FanFic/ThreeMessengers'', one of the fortune-tellers is Old Woman Riley -- in Japanese, this would be [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_O%27Riley Riley-obaba]]. The author is a fan of The Who.
* Most ActorAllusion FanArt of characters {{cosplay|FanArt}}ing as other characters with the same seiyuu for both characters is never said out loud unless someone actually asks. Like all those [[Creator/RieKugimiya Shana, Louise, Nagi and Taiga]] FanArt.
* The fanfic ''Azuvengers'' gives the ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' girls the powers of different Marvel Comics characters - Sakaki is the Sentry, Yomi is the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk, and so forth. [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Osaka]] learns magic, gets a flying umbrella, and communicates clairaudibly with a man named Steve. [[spoiler:She's Dr. Strange.]]
* In the LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya[=/=]Wiki/TVTropes crossover ''FanFic/KyonBigDamnHero'', chapter ''eleven'''s name is ''Yeah, It Went There''. It's saying this chapter will get UpToEleven.
* There's a ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' fanfic where it turns out that [[AsianAirhead Tiffany's]] biological father is one of the actors from OsamuTezuka's [[ReusedCharacterDesign Star System]]. Specifically, [[spoiler:Lampe]].
* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' fanfic ''[[FanFic/TheJoyOfBattle The Joy of Battle: Historical Espionage Action]]'' is full of stealth puns, especially in the chapter titles. The second chapter is called "Schadenfreude" which includes the word "joy" (freude in German), also the main character's name. The most bizarre is probably the chapter "Stained Glass" in which there is a moment near the end where a grassy lawn is stained with blood. Stained grass... incredibly lame and probably entirely on purpose.
* [[http://eternalsaturn.deviantart.com/gallery/386102#/d2yu9ea This]] Franchise/{{Pokemon}} fan comic has a StealthPun that doubles as a ShoutOut. The pun in question is the species of the Pokemon, Quagsire... [[spoiler: which is based off the word Quagmire, which also happens to be the name of a legendarily perverted character from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy.'']]
* In the {{Sherlock|Holmes}}ian fic ''Fanfic/TheGhostMap'', [[BigBad Colonel Moran]] has a SideKick[=/=][[TheDragon Dragon]] named ''Yorick''. In the SequelHook at the end of the story, guess who bites the dust, courtesy of the BiggerBad? That's right. [[WorldOfPun Alas, poor Yorick!]]
* In the ''Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries'', the youngest of the Baker Street Irregulars, Kelly, has GreenEyes.
* ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' has a character (actually, [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals several]]) named Klein. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Klein Calvin & Klein]], [[FridgeBrilliance anyone?]]
* Evangelion: ''Fanfic/NobodyDies'' casts [[CanonImmigrant Mana]] from the first official Evangelion spin off game as a cyborg who has had a lot of her body replaced. This would make her a [[TitleDrop Girlfriend of Steel]].
* ''Fanfic/GameTheory'' has a fight between Linith and Lotte; since both of them are {{Catgirl}}s, it's a CatFight.

[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} 2'' the potion given to the King to make Fiona fall in love with the first man she kisses is labeled "IX". It is not mentioned then that it must be [[spoiler:Love Potion Number 9]].
** In the scene where Shrek and Donkey (in human and horse forms) are in a bar after their plan fails, the barmaid says to Shrek "Why the long face?", while Donkey is standing right next to him.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'', the seats of the theater are filled with small dogs -- Scotties. Later, when the world shows its dark side, the dogs become skeletons... [[spoiler:Night Terriers]]?
** The toy tank in the Otherworld bedroom resembles the British Mark 1, which nickname is... [[spoiler:Mother]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'', there is a scene in which several dogs pilot fighter planes, making them... [[spoiler:dogfighters]].
** Also, Dug's name. No, that isn't misspelled.
** The dogs are introduced in order of the Greek alphabet; Alpha, Beta, Gamma... Epsilon. There is never a Delta shown, there is however Dug. Furthermore, he is the fourth dog named.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'', Sally Carrera, the female lawyer car, is a Porsche. The term ''Portia'' is a slang term for a female lawyer; it was lifted from the female lead from Shakespeare's ''Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice'', who impersonated a lawyer to defend Antonio against Shylock.
** In a later scene, Lightning notices Sally (who used to be from Los Angeles) has a decal just above her bumper, the car equivalent of a tattoo on the small of the back, which is sometimes known as [[spoiler: a "California license plate".]]
** In another scene, Lightning claims Doc Hudson is a famous racing car, the Hudson Hornet, who "won three Piston Cups!", causing Mater to SpitTake and say "He did ''what'' in his cup?"
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', the name of Syndrome's island is only mentioned once: a passing reference to "current temperature on Nomanisan" during Mr. Incredible's second visit. [[spoiler: "No-man-is-an Island".]] This could also serve as a MeaningfulName, if you consider the way [[FaceHeelTurn Syndrome became who he is now]].
** This is also the reason for Violet's MeaningfulName (she's painfully shy, i.e., a "ShrinkingViolet"). Or it could refer to ultraviolet, referencing her powers (energy shields and invisibility). Same with her brother Dash who is extremely fast.
** Jack-Jack, [[spoiler:as his powers are a "''jack'' of all trades" thing]].
** Their ironic pun of a last name: Parr. As in average.
* ''WesternAnimation/WallE'': When EVE comes back with a plant, activating the centuries old recolonization protocol, a manual pops out, which the captain orders to relay its information. AUTO shows him that the pages must be turned by himself; i.e., it is ''Manual''.
** WALL-E's name. [[spoiler: It's actually A113 (a common running gag featured in many Pixar films, such as "Directive A113", also from this movie), but written in {{Leetspeak}} and with a "W" added to the front.]]
** [[spoiler:WALL-E (with the E standing for Earth-class) eventually runs into an Axiom-class version of himself named WALL-A. Actually, he runs into two of them. Which of course means that they're... WALL-A WALL-A. *rimshot*]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'', Woody has a nightmare about Andy throwing him away. In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'', Woody tells the other toys he needs to get to Andy's house, which is on Elm Street. [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Woody had a nightmare on Elm street]].
** Woody is the leader of Andy's room -- in the first movie, we see that Slinky is (or used to be) the second-in-command. A cowboy... and a "long little doggy"...
** In ''3'', one of the toys at Sunnyside Daycare is a [[ShoutOut blue stuffed kitten]]. Who gets played with by a little girl that tells it "[[MonstersInc Boo!]]"
* At the very beginning of ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', just right before [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters the divers]] take him away, causing his father to go after them, Nemo can be seen attending school with several other young fish. [[spoiler: A group of fish is actually called a school.]]
** Almost every name in the movie is a reference to fish or something water-related. Gil, Marlin, [Captain] Nemo, Anchor, Chum... Even Deb (Flo and Deb, or, if you prefer, Ebb and Flow).
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'' has a few to boast of as well, including Alfredo Linguini, whose name is so dreadfully punny it's almost painful to utter aloud, and Anton Ego. Along with the title of the movie, of course, although that's {{lampshade|Hanging}}d.
* In Disney's ''Disney/RobinHood'', Maid Marian (a vixen) has a hen as a nursemaid, but nobody references the aphorism about "setting a fox to watch the henhouse".
** Probably because a hen is watching the foxhouse, which isn't a thing.
** There is, however, the saying about someone who is constantly anxious and worried being a "mother hen".
** It could also mean that Maid Marian is "henpecked" by her nursemaid.
** A scene specifically depicts Friar Tuck, who is portrayed as a badger, cheering during a fight scene, while the music playing in the background is the fight song of the University of Wisconsin ''Badgers''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'', the bar where Victor first arrives is called the "Ball and Socket", [[spoiler:making it the Ball and Socket ''joint''.]] And the bar is a popular place, or a [[spoiler:"hip joint."]]
* The first ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' movie contained -- without comment -- a bunch of city guards whose weapons were [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikeman long poles with fish on the ends of them]].
* The writers behind ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' claim they had to turn one of the opening lines into a version of Stealth Pun #2. To wit:
-->'''Flint:''' ''(narrating)'' But when all seemed lost, I stared at [[spoiler:da feet]] and found hope.
* In ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'', Basil and Dr. Dawson walk into a bar to find information on Ratigan, who lures them into his lair and into a gigantic trap. The name of the bar they enter? [[spoiler:The Rat Trap.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'', Dean, the artist, directs the Giant to make a mobile, a hanging children's toy, out of cars. [[spoiler: Automobile]]
* In ''{{Legend of the Guardians|TheOwlsOfGaHoole}}'', there is a TrainingMontage[=/=]GoodTimesMontage which involves various shots of Ga'hoole--a vast city full of owls. (Well, vast if you're an owl, anyway.) Over said montage, there's a cheerful song called "To the Sky." The song itself is not a pun on the action happening... until you realize [[Music/OwlCity what band is performing it.]]
* ''Anime/PorcoRosso'' is about [[spoiler:when pigs fly]].
* At the end of ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', [[spoiler:the firefly character dies, and [[Anime/GraveoftheFireflies a funeral is held for him.]]]]
** And after his funeral is over, said firefly for some reason [[Disney/TheLionKing is reincarnated as a star in the night sky.]]
* Toward the end of the "Pomp and Circumstance" sequence from ''[[Disney/{{Fantasia}} Fantasia 2000]]'', a female dove actually bursts into tears after WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck throws her mate over the railing of [[Literature/TheBible Noah's Ark]] so that he can find the olive branch.
** Except that [[SomewhereAnOrnithologistIsCrying mourning doves don't look like that...]]
* One of the lyrics from the song "Topsy Turvy" from ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' is "...every clown's a king and every king's a clown...". The song is question is actually sung by Clopin, a colorful and enigmatic character who constantly refers himself as the king of the Gypsies, and dresses up in a clown suit.
** A Stealth ShoutOut: there's [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} a horse with two rear ends]] in the crowd.
* ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' featured giant insects that for some reason caught fire and exploded if they made contact with anything on the ground.
** At the end of the film, Kida is last seen climbing up a large rock structure wearing a long, flowing dress and a tiara with pink and blue feathers coming out of the back, making her a [[TheHighQueen High Queen.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'', the two main characters come across two insects by the name of "Chip" and "Muffy" who talk with Thurston Howell III type accents and act in other ways consistent with the stereotype of a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant. While never specifically named, its obvious from their character models that they are in the order hymenoptera, specifically [[spoiler: WASPS]].
* This little tidbit shows up at one point in ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'': ACXIII.
** At the end, Elinor says that she's like a "wee baby" [[spoiler: after transforming back into a human]]. The pun is that she is [[spoiler: ''bear'' naked]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie'' had Charlotte say towards the beginning of the movie, when referring to the soon-to-be-born Dil, "You know what they say - born under Venus, look for a--" which is then interrupted by her cellphone ringing.
* Pitch's Nightmares in ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'' take the form of horses, making them [[spoiler: night ''mares''.]]

[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/{{Saved}}'' has several blink-and-you'll-miss-it stealth pun moments, including "is he going to come out or not?!" and "your mother's missionary position...." [[ItMakesSenseInContext They make no sense out of context]] and are [[DontExplainTheJoke pretty hard to explain]], but in the film they're just a few of many subtle moments of brilliance.
* In the middle of ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'', Nick asks Russ where he learned [[KissOfLife artificial respiration]] after he delivers it to Amy. Russ replies, [[DudeShesLikeInAComa "In French class"]]. Nick doesn't get it and the build-up is left unfinished... then, [[CallBack at the very end of the movie]], right after the FadeToBlack, Nick [[LateToThePunchline suddenly gets it]] and laughs hysterically.
* In ''Film/EvanAlmighty'', Evan's wife is Joan. And the movie is about building an ark.
** This one may also count as a GeniusBonus. When God shows up in the back of Evan's car and scares the pants off him, God replies "Let it out, son. It's the beginning of wisdom." Proverbs 1:7 states "The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom"
** Noah had a son named Ham. Evan has a son named Ryan, or Ry. [[spoiler: Ham and Rye.]]
* In ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', the meal the characters have been eating is suddenly revealed to be the remains of Eddie, played by the singer Music/MeatLoaf. The audience traditionally fills in the joke: [[spoiler:"Not Meatloaf again!"]]
** [[spoiler:"That's a rather tender subject."]]
*** [[spoiler:"That's a rather tasteless joke."]]
** And don't forget the well-hung speakers.
** Meat Loaf also made an appearance on ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt''. Take a wild guess at what happened to his character.
* In ''Film/ScotlandPA'', an adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', it is casually mentioned that Donald (Donalbain in ''Macbeth'') and Malcolm's father, Duncan, made most of his money through donut sales. [[spoiler:Duncan Donuts.]] Later, Donald takes over the restaurant, which had been renamed to [=McBeth's=], and calls it, well, guess what... [[spoiler:McDonalds, of course.]]
* In the 2009 ''Film/StarTrek'' movie, the alien in the bar that sits between Uhura and Kirk has elongated features. [[spoiler:So why didn't the bartender say "Why the long face?"]]
** [[spoiler:Podcast/RiffTrax did it.]]
*** [[spoiler:The character was credited as "Long Face".]]
* In yet another ''Franchise/StarTrek'' film, the commanders of a Klingon vessel give the order of "Fire at will." There is an immediate cut to the bridge of their target, the ''Enterprise'', currently commanded by Commander Riker. Will Riker.
** Picard did the same thing in the series during a training exercise.
** And in a ''Literature/StarTrekNewFrontier'' novel, we get "[[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat I've been wanting to say this for ages]]...Fire at Will."
** That joke was done in ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' too, but the order was followed by a volley of gunfire and the line, [[DontExplainTheJoke "Do not fire at Will, he is my second mate. Fire at the Sea Duck!"]]
** This same joke is also in ''Film/IndependenceDay''. During the scene of the first assault on one of the megaships, the pilots are given the command "Fire at will." Guess whose character is leading this assault? [[spoiler:Creator/WillSmith]]
* ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'': The guy at the beginning of the movie, who tells the four drivers about [[spoiler:the treasure buried under a big W]], kicks a bucket with his foot as he dies.
* 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. [[spoiler:It's a fire engine]].
** [[spoiler: And by the end of the second act, the Batmobile has lost a wheel (well, two, but whatever) and the Joker got away.]]
* In the original ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon'' the aliens have ray guns that fire gauntlets/armored gloves which strangle and throw people. That's right, the aliens have [[spoiler: HAND-guns.]]
** It's also a case of "throwing down the gauntlet" (i.e. challenge) to the good guys.
* In ''Film/JeepersCreepers'', the two main characters are nearly run off the road by a truck with a VanityLicensePlate which says "BEATNGU". Darry guesses it just meant "beating you", but it's never stated what it really meant: [[spoiler:"be ''eating'' you", as the driver is really the man-eating monster.]]
* For the first shot of the villain in ''Film/TheNeverendingStory II'', she has no face until she takes a swipe of some mystical glowing gunk on her hands and swipes it over her face. [[spoiler:Guess she just had to put her face on]].
** Either that or it's [[spoiler: Face creme.]]
* The title of the excellent German short film ''Film/{{Schwarzfahrer}}'' means fare dodger, though it could literally be interpreted (with some license) as "black rider". It features a black man sitting on a tram next to a RacistGrandma who puts him through racial abuse, including saying all black people had AIDS. When the conductor comes round to collect the tickets, the black man [[spoiler: eats her ticket, making her a lawbreaking type of schwarzfahrer. For added irony, a biker onlooker who never had a ticket gets let off.]]
* This may or may not be a stretch, but after the makers of ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' ran out of money, they just [[AntiClimax had the film end with everyone being arrested by the police]] for [[ChekhovsGag the death of a historian earlier in the film]]. In other words, [[spoiler:the ending is a ''cop''-out]].
* The Bride's exchange with O-Ren Ishii in ''Film/KillBill Vol. 1'' could count, since (unless you were able to get a good look at her passport when she flew to Japan) we don't learn until Vol. 2 that her name is [[spoiler: Beatrix Kiddo]]:
-->'''O-Ren Ishii:''' You didn't think it was gonna be that easy, did you?\\
'''The Bride:''' You know, for a second there, yeah, I kinda did.\\
'''O-Ren Ishii:''' Silly rabbit.\\
'''The Bride:''' Trix are...\\
'''O-Ren Ishii:''' ...for kids.
** A possible double bonus: So you're saying that they called a woman named [[WesternAnimation/TheWorldOfPeterRabbitAndFriends Beatrix]] a "rabbit"?
* In ''Film/{{Clue}}'', Professor Plum: "I work for U.N.O., the United Nations Organization. I work for a special branch, the World Health Organization." (I.e., he works for UNO [you know] WHO.)
** [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Lord]] [[Literature/HarryPotter Voldemort?!]]
** "Mr. Boddy won't be staying with us for very long. In fact, he's just [[CastingGag Lee Ving]]."
* In ''Franchise/{{Terminator}} 2'', the T-800 chases John Connor through a mall carrying a box of flowers with a rifle inside. For 50 points, what was the name of [[Music/GunsNRoses the band]] that had a breakaway hit for the movie?
* In ''Film/AeonFlux'', when breaking into Trevor's estate, Aeon's partner shows off her new genetically modified feet, altered into hands for added utility. When Aeon asks how they're working out, she replies, "Useful". In other words, [[spoiler: "Handy"]].
* In ''Film/MeanGirls'', Janis Ian ([[ShoutOut named for a lesbian folk singer]]) has been hounded throughout high school by rumors that she's gay. While hating her former best friend for starting the rumors and causing her to be ostracized, she never actually denies liking girls, and at times it seems the movie is teasing us with the question. Then at the end, she winds up in a relationship with Kevin, after he comes up to her to find out if she fits his policy of "only dating women of color":
-->'''Kevin:''' You Puerto Rican?\\
'''Janis:''' ''Lebanese''.\\
'''Kevin:''' I feel that.
* The end credits for ''StrangerThanFiction'' include a few visual puns. For instance, the credit for the casting director has a couch underneath it.
* The title character of ''Film/BubbaHoTep'' yells vulgarities in hieroglyphics during the final confrontation. [[spoiler:The mummy's curse.]]
* ''Film/HotShots Part Deux'' has the rescue action take place in a {{Qurac}} country (albeit one with a sufficient enough jungle backdrop to allow parodies of the Vietnam set ''Rambo: First Blood: Part 2''). They actually show it on a map by fashioning it out of the Iranian side of the Iran/Iraq border. Presumably due to the upheavals which lead to this split, Iran is labelled simply as A Hard Place. [[spoiler: In other words, it was placed between Iraq and A Hard Place.]]
* In ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'', twice Tallahassee guns down zombies whilst [[spoiler:riding a rollercoaster]]. In other words it's [[spoiler: an ''on-rail shooter'']].
* ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons'' has the villain knock the hero to the ground and shout "not so [[{{Ripliad}} Talented now, are you Mister Ridley?]].
* In ''Film/{{Inception}}'', during Yusuf's dream, in the first level, Cobb accidentally creates a locomotive in the middle of the street. He was probably thinking about his dead wife, Mal. [[spoiler: In other words, it was his train of thought.]]
** And also the moment their plan [[spoiler: goes off the rails.]]
*** It also tells us that the relationship [[spoiler: turned into a real trainwreck]]
* In ''Film/BackToTheFuture Part II'' Doc Brown warns about meeting yourself from another time, thus creating a paradox. Near the end, you actually have Doc Brown meeting up with himself; thus creating [[spoiler: a "pair o' Docs".]]
* In ''Film/LandOfTheLost'' (2009) it's telling that the place with an above average tachyon flow is one decidedly lacking in taste.
* Riddled throughout ''Film/HotFuzz'', normally in the form of a Stealth BondOneLiner. For example, SimonPegg and TimothyDalton have [[spoiler:a stand down in a small model town.]] The pun? [[spoiler:This town isn't big enough for the both of us.]]
** Also lampshaded when [[spoiler:a swan causes the villain to crash his car during his escape.]] with this exchange:
--->'''Nicholas Angel:''' I feel like I should say something smart.
--->'''Danny Butterman:''' You don't have to say anything at all.
** [[spoiler:I guess you could say it was his swan song.]]
* When Larry finds what he needs to place in the action figures in ''Film/SmallSoldiers'', he triumphantly exclaims, "[[Film/GoodbyeMrChips Hello, Mr. Chips!]]"
* In Black Widow's first appearance in ''Film/TheAvengers'', she defeats her "kidnappers" with technically eight limbs - four of her own and four of the chair's legs she was tied to.
* In ''Film/TheatreOfBlood'', in which a ThemeSerialKiller murders the critics who panned his performances with methods lifted from the plays of Creator/WilliamShakespeare, Inspector Boot mentions that one of the plays, ''Theatre/TitusAndronicus'', involves "an old queen" being forced to [[TheSecretOfLongPorkPies eat her children baked in a pie]]. A few scenes later, when the killer reenacts that particular murder, his victim of choice is the CampGay critic.
* There is a brief scene in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' in which [[BadassDamsel 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 ''The Last Crusade''.)
* ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' has a stealth pun in the White Supremacist Rally scene. The Rally speaker refers to their party as the American Socialist White People's Party, or, if you were to initialize it, ASWPP. The neo nazis are [=ASsWiP(P)es=].

[[folder:Geography]]
* [[https://maps.google.ca/?ll=49.171372,-123.176619&spn=0.004861,0.011362&t=m&z=17 A neighbourhood]] in Richmond, BC has a road named Riverdale Dr., then Forsyth Cres. a few hundred meters away. [[spoiler: Forsyth is the real name of Jughead, a character in a comic series set in Riverdale.]]

[[folder:Jokes]]
* There are a number of riddles of the form "What's the difference between a X and a Y?" where only the first half of the punchline is ever given, to avoid speaking profanity. Suffice it to say there are many half-punchlines with the word cunning in them, followed by [[CountryMatters a word that rhymes with hunt and doesn't start with the letter C]].
** What's the difference between (''annoying female celebrity'') and the Panama Canal? Well, the Panama Canal is a [[{{Spoonerism}} busy ditch]] ...
** What's the difference between a smart midget and gonorrhea? A smart midget is a ''cunning runt'' ...
** What's the difference between a tailor and a bad viola player? Well, the tailor tucks up the frills...
** What's the difference between a chiropodist and a bad drummer? Well, the chiropodist bucks up the feet...
** What's the difference between a clever spoonerism and a fart? One's a shaft of wit...
** What's the difference between an epileptic corn farmer and a prostitute with diarrhea? One of them shucks between fits...
** What's the difference between a rooster and a [[EvilLawyerJoke lawyer]]? One of them clucks defiance...
** What's the difference between a baby and a high-school choir director? The baby sucks his fingers...
** What's the difference between a pickpocket and a peeping tom? The pickpocket snatches watches...
** What's the difference between Barnum & Bailey's Circus and a line of Playboy bunnies? The circus is a cunning array of stunts...
** What's the difference between a woman in church and a woman in a bathtub? The woman in church has hope in her soul...
** What's the difference between a snake and a goose? A snake is an asp in the grass...
** What's the difference between you and a mallard with a cold? Well, one's a sick duck... [[Series/SaturdayNightLive I forget the rest Trebek, but your mother's a whore.]]
** What's the difference between the manager of Barclays having a fight and [[Series/TheThinBlueLine Inspector Fowler]] having a conversation? Well, one's a warring banker...

[[folder:Literature]]
* One example in ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'', although it might have been accidental. Mistborn, coinshots and people with [[spoiler:hemalurgic steel augmentations]] tend to use metal objects like small-denomination coins as bullets. The smallest denomination of coin in the mistborn verse is known as a clip(also a term for a self-contained unit of ammunition).
** There's another example which is clearly intentional this time. Aluminum is allomantically inert so [[TinfoilHat wearing aluminum around your head]] protects you from allomantic abilities that affect emotions.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''
** In ''Discworld/TheWeeFreeMen'', a [[TalkingAnimal talking toad]] is introduced as a guide for Tiffany Aching. Although it was explained that said toad's yellow colour was caused by his being unwell, nobody ever actually told her to "[[TheWizardOfOz follow the yellow sick toad]]". As the author said:
-->'''Creator/TerryPratchett:''' I just happened to note a toad had a skin which had had unfortunately gone a bit yellow because it had been ill. Far be it from me to make a pun. You did that.
** This was played as a straight {{Pun}} in ''Discworld/MovingPictures'', where a man in half a lion suit says "I don't know what it's called, but we're doing one about going to see a wizard. Something about following a yellow sick toad."
** Similarly, in ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}!'', when Carrot is investigating an attempted political killing with [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything strong similarities]] to the [[WhoShotJFK Kennedy assassination]], he interviews a gnoll. In addition to being an informant, the creature has plants growing on it. That's two possible routes to the phrase "grassy gnoll", but it never happens.
*** Conversely, an actual ''suspect'' for the assassination-attempt is named Snowy Slopes. Ankh-Morpork has a somewhat colder climate than Dallas...
** The worst offender has got to be ''Discworld/SoulMusic''. There's a scene where the main character, Imp Y Celyn, explains his name: imp being a term for new growth at the end of a stalk, and celyn being a member of the holly family. All the same, there are plenty of time people note his name sounds "Music/{{Elvis|Presley}}h." The entire book is full of music puns like that, some more subtle than others. Of course this is made even more obvious when he starts going by the name Music/{{Buddy|Holly}}.
*** Or possibly his band-mate, Lias Bluestone, who changes his name to Cliff. The fact that one of the band's songs is Sto Helit Lace suggests that he's supposed to represent J. P. Richardson Jr. [[spoiler: AKA "the Big Bopper"]].
**** "You won't get very far in the music business with a name like Music/{{Cliff|Richard}}!"
*** Later on in the book, the Dean of UU spends several scenes constructing an elaborate coat. Later, Death, knowing that some things have to look right, borrows it before going very quickly to an important place. When he gets there, [[spoiler:he kills The Music]]. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died None of this is ever spelled out]].
*** The Dean also spends a lot of time riveting trousers out of denim. The Archchancellor complains, and the Dean replies that soon ''everyone'' will be wearing them, and they [[Creator/JamesDean certainly won't be called Archchancellors]].
*** There was a more [[CaptainObvious obvious]] pun than that there.
*** One of the bands manages to acquire a leopard, which is a bit [[Music/DefLeppard hard of hearing]].
**** The band names are full of these. Consider, for instance, the opposite to "[[Music/TheyMightBeGiants We're certainly Dwarfs]]"
*** Don't forget Death riding to the rescue on a motorcycle, which turns ghostly as parts break off... meaning that by the end, he's hitting ''the highway like a battering ram on a silver-black phantom bike.'' (''[[Music/MeatLoaf Like a Bat out of Hell...]]'')
*** Plus, the motorcycle was built in the basement, so Death gets it out of the building via the ceiling... [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/00/Bat_out_of_Hell.jpg through the ground above]].
*** Another scene mentions a great musician, who was a priest that robbed a temple (a felonious monk, if you will).
** In ''Discworld/WitchesAbroad'', there's a couple of puns where the first two witches give an outright pun or {{Allusion}} but Nanny Ogg delivers the stealth pun.
*** The three of them are deliberating on the idea of a transport system built on broomsticks. Their ideas for names are puns on well know real world airlines but Nanny Ogg gets cut off before she says hers. However, note she is looking at Magrat and being rather coquettish. Consider Magrat's role in TheHecateSisters trio. [[spoiler:Virgin]].
*** In a later scene, while stuck in a ''Wizard of Oz'' parody, Magrat and Granny have a falling out. As they walk along the obligatory yellow brick road, Magrat says "some people" need a little more heart, Granny Weatherwax says "some people" need a lot more brain, and Nanny Ogg, both literally and figuratively stuck between the two, thinks to herself that ''she'' [[INeedAFreakingDrink needs a drink]]. [[spoiler: i.e., Dutch Courage]] [[hottip:* :Bonus: The "courage" the Wizard gave the Cowardly Lion ''was'' a drink.]]
*** Followed not long afterwards by a farmhouse falling on Nanny Ogg, and then some rather confused dwarves who want to have Nanny's red boots.
*** There's also a recurrence of Granny trying to tell a joke about an alligator sandwich ("...and make it snappy!"), but she keeps blowing the punchline ("...and do it fast!").
** In ''Discworld/{{Pyramids}}'', a voting system involving each elector placing round beads into a jar is described as giving rise to a popular saying about politics. [[spoiler:Presumably that it's a load of balls.]]
*** Sybil in Guards Guards "Lord Vetinari seldom had balls. There was a popular song about it, in fact."
** In ''Discworld/GoingPostal'', [[strike:John Galt]] [[strike:Captain Flint]] Reacher Gilt dresses up as a pirate and has a parrot sitting on his shoulder that continually shouts "twelve and a half percent!" Twelve and a half is [[spoiler:100 divided by 8, or, in other words, one Piece of Eight, which is the traditional coinage that all pirates are after, and "Pieces Of Eight!" was the CatchPhrase of Long John Silver's parrot in ''Literature/TreasureIsland''.]]
** ''Discworld/TheLastHero'' includes some pages that are excerpts of {{fictional document}}s. One of these is a list of "Varieties of the Swamp Dragon". One of the listed varieties is the "Nothingfjord Blue", which is given this description: "Wonderful scales, but a tendency to homesickness." [[spoiler:In other words, it's [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus pining for the fjords]].]]
** In ''Discworld/NightWatch'', Dr Lawn briefly refers to "the founder of my profession, the philosopher Scepturn." [[spoiler: Since this is obviously the Disc version of Hippocrates, the highly cynical Lawn has presumably taken the Sceptic Oath.]]
** The Guild of Ladies of Negotiable Affection (pre-legalization and renomination) employed Dotsie and Sadie, known as the Agony Aunts since that's what they inflict on badly behaving customers. Now say their names the other way round.
*** In British English, an Agony Aunt is an advice columnist.
*** If you swap Dotsie and Sadie around and drop the "i.e." you get Sad-Dots or Sadists.
** Another absolute genius LateToThePunchline turns up in ''Discworld/ThiefOfTime''. The whole way through the book it is emphasized that Susan hates Nougat. The book finishes with her eating a chocolate privately in the closet. The chocolate turned out (to her dismay) to be Nougat. She is then interrupted [[spoiler:when Lobsang arrives. They kiss]] and the book closes with "Even with Nougat, you can have a perfect moment." This line doubles in Heartwarming when you remember [[spoiler:what Lobsang was called before he joined the History Monks' clan; Newgate Ludd.]]
** In ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'', a girl calls Glenda "the leftover queen", then thinks it might be taken insultingly and explains she meant that Glenda was very good at cooking with leftovers. Why would someone not like to be called the leftover queen? Because in [[MostCommonCardGame the card game]], the leftover queen is the Old Maid.
*** Also Trev 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 its forehead is described as "more enlightened than the average bear" [[spoiler: an obvious gag on Eastern mysticism and WesternAnimation/YogiBear's catchphrase, but a subtler one when you remember a yogi ''is'' an Eastern mystic.]]
** Becomes a minor plot-point in ''Discworld/FeetOfClay''.
-->'''Vimes:''' And that's heraldry, is it? Crossword clues and plays on words?
** In ''Discworld/GuardsGuards'', Vimes refers to an unusually weak beverage as "love-in-a-canoe" coffee. The punchline goes unsaid -- it's [[spoiler:fucking close to water]].
*** Readers who'd seen ''Creator/MontyPython Live at the Hollywood Bowl'' would remember the joke.
** One from Paul Kidby: his illustration of Leonard of Quirm in ''Nanny Ogg's Cookbook'' includes many Leonardo references, including the original sketch of the ''Mona Ogg''. Another picture of the young Gytha, however, shows her lying naked on a divan, which is a reference to a [[Film/{{Titanic}} completely different Leonardo]].
** Possible one in ''Discworld/{{Sourcery}}'', when Rincewind points to his hat and says "What does this mean to you?" and someone else says "That you can't spell." Not only is the ''word'' Wizard misspelled (there are two Z's) on his hat, Rincewind is also an IneptMage. He... can't ''spell''.
*** "Wizzard" is also apparently a reference to Roy Wood's rock band of that spelling.
** The protagonist of ''Discworld/SmallGods'' is Brutha, a lowly acolyte who ends up reforming the warlike theocracy of Omnia and becoming its leader after a number of hardships. So he's actually a [[TheMessiah Christ analogue]], but Pratchett somehow waited until ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'' to use the fairly obvious joke about the Discworld equivalent of "Jesus Christ!" being "Oh, Brutha!"
*** The Motto of the Quisition (said warlike theocracy) is ''Cvivs Testicvlos Habes, Habeas Cardia Et Cerebellvm''. The loose translation is apparently "when you have their full attention, you have their hearts and minds", and how loose the translation is. Translated more literally gets you a Real Life quote from Chuck Colson: one of the aides involved in the infamous RichardNixon Watergate scandal.
** TheGrimReaper's main adversaries in the series are the Auditors of Realities. Which means that Pratchett is pitting against each other the two certainties in life: Death and Taxes.
** Besides having Death's powers, another [[LamarckWasRight Lamarckian inheritance]] Susan got was a mark on her face mirroring one given to her father, Mort, when Death hit him. This seems to be a StealthPun on the idea of "[[HitYouSoHardYourXWillFeelIt hitting someone so hard their children will feel it]]".
* One of the creatures in ''Literature/ThePhantomTollbooth'' is the Everpresent Wordsnatcher, a bird who comes from a place named Context and likes to [[QuoteMine take words from other people's mouths and twist them]]. He comes ''this close'' to explaining the pun:
-->"I'm from a land very far away called Context. But it's such a nasty place I try to spend all my time out of it."
** The book is really entirely made up of these puns.
* In ''The Rock Rats'' by BenBova:
-->'''Fuchs:''' So, Mr. Ripley, will your crew be able to assemble the latest additions on schedule?\\
'''Mr. Ripley:''' Believe it or not, they will.
** Oh [[IncrediblyLamePun for Fuchs' sake]]...
* In ''GodelEscherBach'', the dialogue "Aria with Diverse Variations" (named after a piece by J. S. Bach more commonly known as the Goldberg Variations) mostly concerns the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldbach%27s_conjecture Goldbach Conjecture]] and variations on it. Near the end of the dialogue, Achilles suddenly offers the Tortoise the gift of a "very gold Asian box." This pun doesn't get to sink in until after the true ending of the dialogue: a fake ending in which a cop arrives and Achilles turns the Tortoise in for the reported theft of a [[spoiler:Very Asian Gold Box]].
* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', there's a supporting character named Virginia, who is a werewolf. No one mentions that they are [[spoiler:afraid of Virginia Wolf.]]
** Also in ''The Dresden Files'', Harry is asked to guess the name of the wizard [[spoiler: who is the newest member of the Senior Council]]. His guess is "Klaus the Toymaker." It is implied that Harry is not joking, [[spoiler: but he's wrong.]]
** In ''Summer Knight'', we meet a very small fairy that looks to be nothing more than a spark of light. Her name? Elidee. L. E. D.
** Norse related characters tend to have names that are Kenning, and if you can figure it out tells you exactly who and what they are.
*** For instance: [=MonOc=] Securities. [[spoiler:[=MonOc=] is a combination of words for "one" and "eye;" it didn't take the fans long to realize it was led by Odin One-Eye.]] And one of their employees is Ms. Gard: If you read up on your NorseMythology, you'll know that ''As''gard is the home of most of the gods and location of Valhalla. [[spoiler:She's a Valkyrie.]]
** The Archive asks Harry to tell his kitty hello for her. This means that, had she not gone through a third party, she would have said, "Franchise/HelloKitty."
* In ''Literature/WarOfTheDreaming'', there's a brief mention of Parliament as "something owls do when they get together. Boring, but then it's better than [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Murder_of_Crows_(literal) what crows do]]."
* In the classic ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' story "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle", Holmes and Watson find a priceless gem inside a stolen Christmas goose, and figuring out how it got there takes them all over London. Somehow, Conan Doyle managed to resist having Watson complain about a [[spoiler:wild goose chase]].
** A similar situation occurs in the DalzielAndPascoe novel ''A Killing Kindness'' where the detectives spend most of the novel after a suspect called "Wildgoose" [[spoiler:who turns out to be a red herring]].
* Combined with a ShoutOut in Randall Garrett's ''[[Literature/LordDarcy Too Many Magicians]]'', in which a character named Tia Einzig learns that her uncle Napoleon has escaped to the Isle of Man. Since "Einzig" is German for "solo", this would make him [[Series/TheManFromUNCLE Napoleon Solo]], [[InSovietRussia the UNCLE from Man]]. (For extra ShoutOut points, she learns this from her uncle's friend Colin [=McDavid=]; Napoleon's partner, of course, is played by David [=McCallum=].)
* The last of Creator/PatriciaCWrede's ''Literature/EnchantedForestChronicles'' features a character called Daystar. Guess how he relates to the previous main characters.
* In the ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' '''(HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!)''' novel ''Duty Calls'', the pilot of Amberley's ship is named [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontius_Pilate Pontius]]. Also one of the major players in the novel are soldiers from an all-female religious order based in the planet's region of Gavaronne. The fact that they are literally the [[spoiler: [[TheGunsOfNavarone Nuns of Gavaronne]]]] is never explicitly made.
** In ''The Traitor's Hand'', there is a brief mention of an animal called the nauga, whose [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naugahyde hide]] is particularly useful for "certain hard-wearing applications." The maker of Naugahyde fabric ran with this, selling [[http://www.naugahyde.com/promoitems_nauga.html Nauga dolls]].
* ''[[Literature/VorkosiganSaga A Civil Campaign]]'' introduces Armsman Roic, who [[spoiler:battles against the off-planet law enforcement coming to take away [[AbsentMindedProfessor Dr. Borgos.]] It could be said that the Armsman was acting he-Roic-ally. (This only works if you pronounce his name that way; reportedly the author Herself pronounces it differently, thus didn't see the pun coming.)]]
* ''Literature/ThursdayNext'' has a ''ton'' of these.
* In one ''Literature/StarTrekNewFrontier'' book (all written by PungeonMaster PeterDavid), a beast is described as cyclopean, with a large horn, wings, and purple fur, hunting crew members for food. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d later as one of the stalked crew members says, "It sure looked strange to me." [[spoiler:"He was a one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater // Sure looked strange to me"]]
* Although almost certainly not deliberate, the scene with Count Ugolino and Archbishop Ruggieri in Dante's ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'' has one of these. Ugolino only stops gnawing on Ruggieri's head long enough to tell Dante about the horrible way Ruggieri killed him, in effect giving the Archbishop [[spoiler:a good chewing out]].
* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', Vernon Dursley works at Grunning Drills -- or, in other words, his job is very ''boring''.
** The names of some locations in the magical world are symbolic puns, which are never mentioned or called out by the characters at all. "Diagon Alley" (Diagonally) was said by Creator/JKRowling to reference Harry's entrance into the magical/adult world, because it was very unusual, or some such. "Knockturn Alley" (Nocturnally) is a dark and frightening underbelly sort of place.
** There's also Durmstrang, a {{Spoonerism}} of the German phrase Sturm [und] Drang (Storm and Stress). Puns honestly seem to actually be a naming convention of the Wizarding world, they come up so much.
* ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'''s seagoing rodent villains are referred to as "corsairs" specifically to ''avoid'' an endless string of "pi-rat" puns.
* In the kids' story ''Bee-Wigged'' (about a giant bee who passes himself off as a schoolboy thanks to a PaperThinDisguise) the main character Jerry Bee is noted to be extremely good at spelling. Which of course makes him a [[spoiler:spelling bee]].
* There's a character in the ''Literature/CodexAlera'' named Rook. Rook is a watercrafter powerful enough to manage VoluntaryShapeshifting. At one point, she uses this to switch places with a member of the nobility, providing protection for the noble and increased maneuverability for herself. [[spoiler:[[ChessMotifs Rook castles]].]]
* ''Blood Trail'', the second book in TanyaHuff's ''Literature/BloodBooks'' series, features Henry and Vicki protecting a family of werewolves living near London (Ontario). Not one character ever mentions Music/WarrenZevon or his song, "Werewolves of London".
** Indeed, the working title of the book was ''A Canadian Werewolf in London, Ontario''.
* One of the ''Literature/{{Foundation}}'' short stories, "...And Now You Don't" / "Search by the Foundation", mentions that students in the Composition and Rhetoric class were required to write their names as initial-of-given-name followed by surname, "except for Olynthus Dam, because the class laughed so when he did it the first time."
* In ''Literature/CatsCradle'' by Creator/KurtVonnegut, boko-maru, the only real ritual of the Bokononists is described as a meeting of '''souls'''. It is performed by having the two participants remove their footwear, and then press the '''soles''' of their feet together.
* The dangers of the Stealth Pun are featured in one of the ''Literature/CallahansCrosstimeSaloon'' 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.
** SpiderRobinson has what many would regard as an unfortunate tendency to ''lampshade'' his StealthPun s. Witness the Callahan story "Have You Heard The One ...?", about a time-traveling salesman: the female guest character, Josie Bauer, turns out to be a time-traveler as well and mentions at one point that her father has almost finished "the Literature/{{Riverworld}} ser -- " The narrator ends by pointedly explaining that he's ''not'' going to explain the translation of her surname. (The [[StealthPun Stealth Punchline]] is, [[spoiler:"Have you heard the one about the traveling salesman and Philip Jose '''Farmer's daughter'''?"]]
* In ''The Day my Bum Went Psycho'', it turns out the Kisser is [[spoiler:an ass-kisser in more ways then one.]]
* In "Nightfall", a short story by Creator/IsaacAsimov, an advanced society regresses to barbarism once the light from [[AlienSky all six of their planet's suns]] are blocked. In other words, they enter a literal Dark Age.
* In the ''Literature/{{Dragaera}}'' books, during the period where Vlad was a gangster, he had two mooks working for him known as Schoen and Sticks. Schoen means stone- thus, they are Sticks and Stones (and will break your bones).
* The cellular phone implant during the Millennium in the Literature/LeftBehind book ''Kingdom Come''. It gives new meaning to the term [[spoiler:"a ringing in your ears."]]
** Recently used as a joke in the comic strip ''Cow And Boy''.
* In the ''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse'' novel ''Borrowed Time'', Rory has acquired a 51st century camera that speeds up time in a given area. The phrase "time bubble" is repeatedly used to describe this. The main plot involves an extradimensional stock exchange that buys and sells time, and a being who believes that she can manipulate the market by buying more time than her debtors have, as long as she can keep passing the debts on before they're called. Despite this being explicitly compared to both the contemporary financial crisis and 17th century tulipmania, the phrase "time bubble" is ''not'' used in this context.
* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', Varys refers to his spies by the nickname "little birds". While the name was probably chosen to reflect the saying "a little bird told me", no one references that in-universe. In another figure-of-speech based example, the Kettleblack brothers (as in "the pot calling the kettle") are scoundrels who accuse others of crimes of which they themselves are guilty. Also, it's been noted that the Kettleblacks seem to be deliberately flat characters and all around mediocre, down to having near-identical appearances and names. Notably, the initials of every Kettleblack are [[SoOkayItsAverage O.K.]].
** ''A Storm of Swords'': Jon is an illegitimate member of the Stark family, whose sigil is the direwolf. When Jon [[FakeDefector goes undercover]] amongst the wildlings, he is forced to abandon his black cloak and is given a sheepskin cloak as a replacement. So Jon is [[spoiler:AWolfInSheepsClothing]].
* ''Literature/InDeath'': Nadine Furst. Why is she always ''first'' when it comes to being a reporter?
* There's a curious non-comic example in the title of Creator/EllisPeters' Literature/BrotherCadfael novel ''The Rose Rent''. The literal reading of the title refers to a house owner's odd demand to be paid one white rose per year by the Abbey in lieu of rent. The punning version refers to the scene in which persons unknown attempt to thwart the arrangement by ''rending'' the rose bush from which the annual blossom must be harvested.
* There are several in the ''Literature/WarlockOfGramarye'' book ''The Warlock Rock''. Amongst others: A group of animate rocking horses moving around a large clock, and talking rocks constantly rolling down hills.
* In ''Literature/TheMysteriousBenedictSociety'', the [[FunWithAcronyms Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened]] is on Nomansan Island.
* ''Literature/TheHost'' gives us The See Weeds.

[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* Since 2006 Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve has had the west coast portion that airs after midnight on the east coast hosted by Fergie from the Music/BlackEyedPeas. In case you do not understand the pun you are traditionally supposed to eat black eyed peas on New Year’s Day to bring you good luck in the upcoming year.
* Overlapping with an ILP, in the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode "Safe", River wanders off and starts dancing -- and it's stated in her backstory that she was a ballerina (RealLifeWritesThePlot, Creator/SummerGlau is one). How is this a pun? Her name is River, and she is dancing. River. Dancing. Riverdance.
** In the DVD's scene selection for the episode, this scene is [[LampshadeHanging actually called]] "River Dance."
* The ''Series/FatherTed'' episode "Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep" is about a sheep who is being driven neurotic. There's a concealed pun implicit in this concept (and [formerly] revealed in [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki's]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chirpy_Burpy_Cheap_Sheep&oldid=338634105 relevant episode entry]]) but it is something of a subversion since neither the pun ''nor'' the punchline are actually spoken.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'':
** The famous Nantucket limerick shows up in the pilot. Delenn has heard it, and thinks it's a typical example of Earth poetry...
** In the B5 prequel, ''In The Beginning'', one of the few Minbari who advocates giving peace a chance is named Lennon. (WordOfGod confirms that this was intentional.)
* And again in [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-august-1-2007/epic-poem this]] ''[[Series/TheDailyShow Daily Show]] / [[Series/TheColbertReport Colbert Report]]'' bit, as a shorter alternative to an epic poem.
* A variant appears in the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E2TheNakedNow The Naked Now]]". As the ''Enterprise'' crew succumb to an inebriation-inducing virus, Data reports picking up numerous disturbances on internal sensors, including a crewman singing a limerick:
-->'''Data:''' There once was a woman from Venus, whose body was shaped like a--\\
'''Picard:''' Security!
** And speaking of ''TNG'', there's the emotionless android Data and his more human brother Lore. This borders on FridgeBrilliance.
* How about ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'''s Tuvok, the [[WesternAnimation/SuperFriends black Vulcan]]?
* One from the ''Series/PushingDaisies'' episode "Dummy":
-->'''Chuck:''' But where are the real dummies?\\
''(Emerson starts sniggering)''\\
'''Narrator:''' Before Emerson Cod could reply with a clever, if slightly insulting remark, something moving caught his eye.
* ''Series/TheColbertReport'' has Gorlock, a ''Film/{{Signs}}''-esque alien who advises Stephen on various topics. He was first introduced as Stephen's financial advisor and an excuse to make Scientology jokes, but we later find out that he's also Stephen's attorney. Making him... [[spoiler:A legal alien.]]
** Was there ever a mention of him taking a sick day? [[spoiler:Which would make him an ILL-legal alien.]]
* In ''Series/VeronicaMars'', the late Lilly Kane called her younger brother Duncan by the nickname "Donut". One (admittedly cute) {{fanfic}} posited that it was because he [[DonutMessWithACop wanted to be a cop]] as a kid. Someone clearly missed the pun.
* The BBC's series ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' features King Uther. He used to keep a dragon penned up in the dungeon.
* Series/{{Sherlock}} does not once excrete onscreen.
* In ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', Kirk claims to be from the island of Noman at one point.
** Another episode sees Kirk, Spock, and McCoy beam into a library and meet a librarian named Mr. Atoz. Which is the name you get if you compress the phrase "A to Z" into a single word.
* A famous example from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'''s "Celebrity ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}''" sketches:
-->'''SeanConnery:''' What's the difference between you and a mallard with a cold? One's a sick duck... I can't remember how it ends, but your mother's a whore.
** Presumably, [[spoiler: one is a sick duck, and the other a dick-suck.]] That is, a [[spoiler:PrecisionFStrike.]]
* In ''Series/{{Reaper}}'', the Devil gives Sam his phone number. We never see it, but Sam's reaction to the area code makes it pretty obvious it's [[spoiler:666]].
* On ''MockTheWeek'', Milton Jones comments that farmers have recently started using heroin but finding the evidence has been difficult. [[spoiler:It's like finding a needle in a haystack.]]
* In [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cuq-Wnov40 this]] ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' episode an imaginary patient has a kitten in his mouth. Probably he misunderstood the concept of [[spoiler:eating pussy.]] Either that or [[spoiler: the cat's got his tongue.]]
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''
** Oz is practically a [[HurricaneOfPuns Hurricane of Stealth Puns]].
*** For several episodes of Season 4 Oz wears a sheepskin jacket. As he's a werewolf, [[AWolfInSheepsClothing you know what that makes him...]]
*** His real name is Daniel Osbourne. He plays in a rock band. [[Music/OzzyOsbourne Sound familiar?]]
*** ''Finally'', his band is called "Dingoes Ate My Baby". [[spoiler:Dingoes are found in Australia. What's a nickname for Australia? Oz.]]
** In the episode "Tabula Rasa", Spike is being pursued by a demon he owes money to. The demon has the head of a shark. Which makes him... a loan shark.
** In another episode, Spike and others are gambling with baby cats instead of poker chips. In card games the betting pool is often referred to as "the kitty".
* ''Series/{{Angel}}''
** In one episode Wesley and Angel are trying to translate a passage from memory, leading to the predictable gibberish. One of the "nonsense" phrases they come up with is "[[ADateWithRosiePalms strangling poultry]]".
** They also have this exchange:
-->'''Angel:''' You were in Virginia?
-->'''Wes:''' No- [[AccidentalInnuendo well yes]]... That's not the point.
* ''Series/StargateSG1'' has the following exchange:
-->'''Anis:''' You may call me Anis. It means "Noble Strength".\\
'''Daniel:''' I am Daniel. It means "God is my judge".\\
'''Jack:''' I'm Jack. It means... what's in the box?
** Parodied in that this is an actual conversation change because he didn't know the meaning of his name....
*** So when it comes to names, he doesn't know Jack.
* In ''Series/TheSopranos'', Phil's men are hiding in Vito's motel room, where they ambush and plan to kill him due to the revelation that he's gay. Phil himself is hiding in a closet, and once Vito has been subdued, Phil reveals himself to Vito by [[spoiler: coming out of the closet.]]
* On ''Series/TopGear'', there is a joke award for the biggest presenter error called the Golden Cock award (a small figurine of a rooster). In the 2009 ''Top Gear'' Awards, the award was given to their "tame racing driver," The Stig, who refused to give it back and got quite violent when Richard Hammond tried to take it away from him. [[spoiler: So you could say The Stig really likes the cock.]]
* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' episode "Little Carla, Happy at Last": Carla finds out she's pregnant by Eddie [=LeBec=]. Worse yet, it's twins. She thinks that's bad news but the father disagrees:
-->'''Eddie:''' Twins means we're twice blessed! I can't believe it! This is the happiest night of my life!\\
'''Sam:''' You know, I had twins once. It was the [[TwinThreesomeFantasy happiest night of my life too]].
* An episode of ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' has Dewey being menaced by a girl in his class. Reese offers to help him come up with some barbs to throw at her, and suggests finding something that rhymes with her name. Dewey says she's "Regina Tucker", and Reese says that isn't much to work with, but he's sure they'll think of something.
* ''Series/{{Lost}}'' has a ridiculous amount, if you stop to think about it. Locke -- a man known for thinking out of the box -- used to work at a box company. Naomi in 4th season didn't have a Ruth, making her ruthless. And in 6th season, episode "The Substitute", [[spoiler:Sawyer dangles for a while between the devil and the deep blue sea]].
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Aliens of London" features a pig being put into a spaceship and fired at Big Ben in order to create a fake alien invasion which will scare the populace. So the entire plan revolves around a [[CueTheFlyingPigs flying pig]]...
** And in "The Parting of the Ways", the Doctor mentions the planet Barcelona:
-->'''Doctor:''' They've got dogs with no noses. Imagine how many times a day you end up telling that joke, and it's still funny!
** In "The Curse Of The Black Spot", the Siren disappears injured people away [[spoiler:to a hospital sickbay]]. When someone requires [[spoiler:medical attention and help is being sent, it's generally heralded by a '''''siren''''']].
* In the ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' episode "Dead Man Walking", after learning how much it sucks to be a zombie, Owen [[VomitIndiscretionShot (unsuccessfully)]] attempts to drown his sorrows in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brains_Brewery beer]].
** And then he literally tries to drown himself.
* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'''s ability to access data on threats to the country is called "flashing". When he temporarily is unable to do so, he tries to practice, and is shown using a series of cards with images of spies on them, which are never actually called [[spoiler:"flash cards"]].
** [[spoiler:Until the series' third-to-last episode, "Chuck Vs. The Bullet Train", when the villain Quinn calls the set of special cards he uses to force Sarah's defective Intersect to activate just that.]]
** [[spoiler:Also, the title of the fifth season opener ("Chuck Vs. The Zoom", "zoom" being what Morgan chooses to call a "flash" when he's using the Intersect) is a pun on the DC Comics hero The Flash and his number one enemy, Professor Zoom. The pun also foreshadows the deterioration of Chuck and Morgan's relationship over the first third of the season.]]
* In "The Great British Nightmare" special episode of ''Series/KitchenNightmares'', Ramsay's attempts to prove a local restaurant is better than a chain restaurant are accompanied by the instrumental opening of Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain".
* ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'''s ending song has a line which mentions Five Star. That's a possible meaning for Gosei, as used in ''GoseiSentaiDairanger''.
* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', we get a quick scene of the producer of a movie named Jay talking on the phone to a man named Bob. [[Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack We never hear Bob's side of the conversation.]]
* One episode of ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' is all about nightmares. Every single song in the episode is by Music/{{REM}}.
** Another has a story where Lionel drove his wife insane -- it ends with him listening to ''Theatre/MadameButterfly''.
** In ''Escape'', Lois was wearing Scottish attire when she was possessed by the ([[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Scottish]]) Silver Banshee.
* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' at one point had Henry Winkler walking along a dock, and had to take a bit of a leap to get past a cartilaginous fish that was lying there.
** A GettingCrapPastTheRadar example- Lindsay has done a CheekCopy and shows Michael a picture of that, thinking it's a picture of a car she wants to buy. Michael replies that what she showed him isn't a picture of a Vol-''vo'' (it's a picture of her vulva).
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' had an episode where Ted was lecturing his class about the work of an architect who had died midway through his work, leaving it unfinished, and repeating the word "unfinished" until the word lost all meaning. The background music? Schubert's [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Unfinished Symphony]]. Might double as a GeniusBonus.
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' has Rygel, a deposed king who has a tendency to release farts similar in effect to helium. Should I really point out that helium is [[spoiler: a noble gas?]]
* ''Series/{{Glee}}'''s episode, "Furt", revolves around Finn's mother and Kurt's father marrying, making them into a family. Finn gives a speech in which he says that, as they're together, they should have a portmanteau name ([[PortmanteauCoupleName no]]); they are now "[[TitleDrop Furt]]". Left unsaid is that, as of their families joining, they're [[spoiler:Kin(n)]].
* The very name of Series/{{Dexter}} Morgan is most likely a StealthPun, given that it's Latin for "right." [[spoiler: The corresponding term for "left"? Sinister.]]
* Adrian Series/{{Monk}} (notice the last name) is an OCD-ridden detective, making him [[spoiler:a CreatureOfHabit]].
* The ''Series/ColdCase'' episode ''Beautiful Little Fool'' opens with the 1929 New Year party in a mansion. In the next scene, one of the attendants is dead. [[spoiler: It turns out the killer worked as butler in said mansion, meaning TheButlerDidIt.]]
* In the first season of ''Series/BurnNotice'', Michael adopts the persona of good ol' boy Homer to repo a boat. He's working for a man named Virgil.
* In the Forest Dragon part of ''DragonsAFantasyMadeReal'', there's a confrontation between the dragon and a tiger. While the tiger is crouching around, the dragon is hiding in the forest trees. [[spoiler: CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon.]]
* In the fourth-series ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch "A Doctor," a doctor hands a questionnaire to a patient bleeding profusely (where his nurse stabbed him) and gives him failing marks for wrong answers (correct answers include "The Merchant of Venice" and "the Treaty of Versailles"). He never says he's giving his patient an ''exam''.
* In the ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'' franchise, nobody ever called Mr. Raditch "Radish" until JT and Liberty in his actor's last episode on the show.
* In an episode of ''Series/RedDwarf'', Lister suggests a game of squash with Rimmer's light-bee, a device which flies around and projects his holographic image. [[spoiler:Squash is a game played with a small hollow ball. Hollow, holo...]]
* In an episode of the Creator/AdultSwim show NTSF:SD:SUV:: the villain is a dolphin by the name of Lundgren. Get it...? DolphLundgren?

[[folder:Music]]
* In the song "Necessity" from ''Theatre/FiniansRainbow'', the lines quoted below provoke the shouted question "Do you mean he's a --?", which is answered in the affirmative (the implied statement being that Necessity is a [[spoiler:bastard]]):
-->''Oh, hell is the father of gin,\\
And Cupid's the father of love.\\
Old Satan's the father of sin,\\
But no one knows the father of\\
Necessity.''
** It also seems to be a stealth pun on the saying "Necessity is the mother of invention."
* "Girl Anachronism" by The Dresden Dolls: about a girl who blames her constant sickness on having been born too soon by C-section. Including the line "You can tell (...) that I'm not right now at all."
* During his polka medley "Polka Face", Music/WeirdAlYankovic breaks into an accordion solo immediately after the "Break Your Heart" section. The obscure song is actually an instrumental version of the "Tick Tock Polka" originally done by polka-meister Frankie Yankovic (no relation). Appropriately enough, this leads directly into his version of Music/{{Kesha}}'s [="TiK ToK"=].
* The cover of [[Music/{{REM}} R.E.M.'s]] ''Lifes Rich Pageant'' is a VisualPun: It's a collage depicting band member Bill Berry and a pair of bison... as in "Buffalo Bill".
* The [[TextlessAlbumCover textless cover]] of Music/ThePixies' "Gigantic" single is a photograph of a crying naked baby, while the back cover has a picture of a driving glove laying on the ground. This may seem like a TrueArtIsIncomprehensible sort of thing, until you realize it's actually a play on a potential {{mondegreen}} of the song: "A baby glove" instead of "A big, big love".
* The real name of 2D, lead singer of Music/{{Gorillaz}}, is Stuart Pot, a.k.a. [[PunnyName Stu-Pot]]. He spent some time in a coma. At least one fanfic, but nobody in the canon, has pointed out that this would make him a [[spoiler: vegetable Stu]].
* "Flowers On The Wall" by The Statler Brothers: "Playin' solitaire 'til dawn with a deck of fifty-one." The narrator's missing one card... [[spoiler:he's not playing with a full deck.]]
* "[[Music/TheBeatles Mother Superior jumped the gun...]]" [[spoiler: A nun jumps the gun. Well, it's a stealth ''rhyme'', anyway, a sort of wordplay.]]
* Music/TheDivineComedy song, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l7H1Y9ihqk The Complete Banker]]", which is about the role of the banks in the current recession. From his point of view, he's a complete banker, but we'd rather call him [[spoiler: a complete wanker]].
* The main chord sequence for Music/{{ACDC}}'s "Long Way To The Top" is A, C, D, C.
* There's a Music/LinkinPark song called "Cure for the Itch," which is instrumental and performed solely by Joe Hahn, who plays turntables. [[spoiler: He's scratching.]]
* Mac [=McAnally=]'s "Back Where I Come From":
-->We learned in the Sunday school
-->Who made the sun shine through
-->I know who made the moonshine, too
-->Back where I come from
* "Rollin' (The Ballad of Big & Rich)" by Big & Rich has two. The first is "CharleyPride was the man in black / Rock & roll used to be 'bout Music/JohnnyCash", and the other is "I'm a crazy son of a [[[SoundEffectBleep bad word]]] / But I know I'm gonna make it big and rich".
* The Music/{{Rush}} song "Roll the Bones" deals with questions of existence and causation in a funkier style than the band's usual prog-rock fare. In other words, it's existential funk.
* Dallas Green didn't want to put just his name on the cover of his first acoustic solo album, so what did he name his act? City & Colour.
* There's a possible unspoken VisualPun in BoardsOfCanada's "Dayvan Cowboy" video - at one point it has footage of Laird Hamilton surfing, which makes sense when you think of other meanings of the word "boards".
* The FatboySlim song [[http://youtu.be/ctiDI4PUwOQ "Demons"]] features the line "All of your demons will wither away" in its chorus. The song is built on a sample from [[http://youtu.be/TjPqubhwCqU "I Can't Write Left-Handed"]] by Bill ''Withers''.
* In Jonathan Coulton's acoustic cover of Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back," the "quack" sound effect makes a lot more sense when you think of the line in which it appears like this: "But I gotta be straight when I say I wanna [duck] till the break of dawn."

[[folder:Print Media]]
* One issue of ''Magazine/PrivateEye'', covering the scandal after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqui_Smith#Expenses_controversies Jacqui Smith's husband used her expense account to buy adult films]], ran with the joke "At least he's not a banker!", the unspoken pun being that he is however (literally) a wanker.
** ''Magazine/PrivateEye'' also often refer to themselves as an "organ". On the obvious level, it's a pun on the fact that the eye is an organ, the StealthPun comes in with the fact that this then makes them a "Private Organ".
** Stealth RunningGag -- A ''PrivateEye'' CaptionCompetition photo showed Chris Woodhead (former Chief School Inspector, who had a relationship with an ex-student) and a teenage girl looking at a large book. The winning caption was "Look, there it is, next to Kenya." - the suggestion being that they really were [[UnusualEuphemism discussing Uganda]].

[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
* On ''Series/EureekasCastle'' the character Batley wore big glasses and crashed while he landed from flying. Playing on the phrase "blind as a bat"
* A Stealth Pun is used to continue the "Hare Krishna" RunningGag in ''Film/TheMuppetMovie''. Kermit and Fozzie fall asleep in their car just outside a little church (where the Electric Mayhem happen to be holed up). Just before their ''very loud'' musical entrance, there is a wide-angle shot of the church. Hidden in the scenery is a sign that reads, "Lost? Have you tried Rev. Harry Krishna?"
* ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol''. In order to get both JustForFun/StatlerAndWaldorf into the movie, they had to invent a brother for Jacob Marley. They called him Robert. Think about that for a second. [[spoiler:Get up, stand up...]]
* One episode of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' opened with the Bug Band, a group of four insects, singing "She Loves You". Backstage after the song, Kermit says that the group needs a name and instead of [[Music/TheBeatles the obvious suggestion]] they come up with Music/TheWho and Music/TheGratefulDead.
** In the "Bear on Patrol" segments, Patrolman Fozzie Bear's superior officer is Link Hogthrob, a "pig". Think about that for a second.
* Lampshaded somewhat in a vintage ''Series/SesameStreet'' short where Kermit the Frog reports live from the court of Old King Cole, just as he's about to call for his pipe, his bowl, and his fiddlers three.
-->'''Old King Cole:''' Bring me my royal pipe, and step on it!\\
'''Kermit:''' At this point you probably think we're going to make a dumb joke. But we're not.
** Another episode has Elmo leading the children in [[Film/TheCryingGame a game about who can cry the loudest]].

[[folder:Radio]]
* From ''Radio/TheVeryWorldOfMiltonJones'':
-->...and when we were naughty at school, we used to be sent to this man with no arms and no legs and no body. He was the Head. And if he wasn't in, we used to be sent to this other man with no arms and no legs and no body ''and a cowboy hat''. He was [[spoiler: Mr Roberts]].
** The correct punchline is, of course, [[spoiler: "the deputy head"]].

[[folder:Sports Mascots]]
Well, when we say sports, mostly we mean Sports team mascots...
* The University of Connecticut has, as its sports mascot, the Huskies. Huskies are a breed of sled dogs normally found in the '''Yukon'''. [[spoiler: University of Connecticut = U. Conn.]]
* The local highschool for Papillion, Nebraska, has "The Monarchs" for its mascot. Given that the town's name comes from the French word ''papillon'', or butterfly...
* The mascot of Arkansas School for the Deaf: Leopards.
* Allegheny College's sports teams are called the Gators. [[spoiler: The word "Allegheny" is often abbreviated as "Alle." Thus making the team the "Alle. Gators."]]
** San Francisco State University, also the Gators. Hint: they're the Gators, and one of the school colors is gold. [[spoiler: Golden Gators=Golden ''Gaters'']]

[[folder:Stand-Up Comedy]]
* Creator/DavidLetterman did something along these lines when he gave a list of the top ten BillClinton jokes. He never actually got to the punchline, he just would trail off and look at the audience, who could figure it out for themselves and were hysterical by that point.
* A somewhat well-known joke concerns a pair of hikers who die while rock-climbing. As their souls ascend to heaven, they see a pair of eagles and exclaim, "Ah, eagles!" The eagles, to be polite, say nothing.
** [[spoiler: "Ah, souls!"]] (Say it out loud. Works best with a British accent.)
** Another variation involves a flounder and a sole who bump into each other on the bottom of the ocean. Same punchline.
* Creator/ConanOBrien on ''LateNight'', doing one of the 'cat is to kitten, what dog is to puppy' routines:
-->"The New Orleans Hooker ''(long pause)'' had sex with several miners."\\
"Music/MichaelJackson ''(an even longer pause, with audience already chuckling)'' was famous in the 80's! What did you think I was going to say?"
* In ''Crazy with a Capital F'', Dan Cummins talks about an ant infestation he once had and says he imagines that all ants speak with a British accent. [[spoiler:It's because they colonize.]] Well, it ''was'' a stealth pun until [[DontExplainTheJoke he explained it.]]
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* Probably unintentional, one would note that the bishop in a game of TabletopGame/{{Chess}} moves diagonally, or to use another word [[spoiler: crosswise]].
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', the Chaos god of anger, rage, and bloodlust has demonic servants called Flesh Hounds. Or, in other words, [[spoiler: Khorne dogs]].
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'', the Yozi Hegra, the Typhoon of Nightmares, produces hallucinogenic weather...or [[spoiler:''acid'' rain]].
** Malfeas, the Demon City, has a charm called Nightmare Fugue Vigilance, which means he doesn't have to sleep. That's right, Malfeas is [[spoiler:The City That Never Sleeps]].
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* ''The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged)'':
-->"He [Joshua] slew the people of Midian, known as Midianites, the people of Girgash, known as Girgashites, and the people of Paris, known as the French."
* In ''OfTheeISing'', in the Senate scene, the Senator from Massachusetts rises to demand a governmental pension for Jenny, Paul Revere's horse. Another Senator points out that Jenny died in 1805, and after an observed minute of silence the matter is declared finished. To put it literally: it's a [[spoiler:dead horse]].
* In the English Translation of the French "Tartuffe," which is not a direct translation (the lines rhyme in both versions) we get this after [[spoiler: Elmire convinces Orgon, her husband and the head of the household, that Tartuffe is evil, so that he will not entrust him with the family's fortunes. She finally convinces him that Tartuffe is corrupt by seducing him while Tartuffe is under a table, and he must believe her. Later, he tries to convince his mother:]]
--> "To be more certain, what more proof would I need?/Should I have waited until he had ewwww...."
** This changes based on the performance.
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* Ejector, a transforming toaster from the ''[[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Revenge of the Fallen]]'' toyline, is a small toaster [[WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster with a maxed out Courage rating.]]
* In the ''{{Ninjago}}'' Franchise/{{Lego}} sets, the blue ninja's name is Jay [[spoiler: which makes him a Blue Jay, like the bird.]]
** Similarly, HeroFactory has Julius Nex, who is orange. [[spoiler: Orange Julius is a drink brand.]]
* The ''Anime/{{Beyblade}}'' sub-line "Stealth Battlers" includes the clock-themed [[http://beyblade.wikia.com/wiki/Tempo_Hammer_Hit Tempo Hammer Hit]]. [[spoiler: Hammer time.]]
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Half-Life 2}}'', Dr. Kleiner's pet headcrab is named Lamarr, and later confirms the pun when he can't find it.
-->'''Alyx:''' We'll get you a new headcrab.\\
'''Dr. Kleiner:''' There's only one [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heddy_Lamarr Heddy]]!
** [[Film/BlazingSaddles That's Hedley]]!
** [[FridgeBrilliance The exact same gag was used in]] ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo''.
** There's another one, maybe. "It's spawning season for the antlions!" And they do indeed spawn. [[RespawningEnemies And spawn, and spawn...]] They're the only enemies in the game that do, in fact.
* Diddy Kong is said to be Donkey Kong's nephew, which makes the latter...a monkey's uncle.
* In case 2 of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney: Trials and Tribulations'', a valuable jewel is called the "Tear of Emanon". If you don't get it, read it backwards.
** In the third case, the murder victim was a computer programmer working for a company called Blue Screens. The phrase "blue screen of death" is never used.
*** Maya comments that it "sounds like a really stable company".
** The final case features two characters using false names with the surname "Deauxnim". Considering the series' love of {{Punny Name}}s, it's quite surprising that neither is called "Sue".
** The character's name in Japanese is also a StealthPun: her pseudonym is "Elise", but her real name is "Maiko" (one translation of which is "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dancing_Girl dancer]]").
** The ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' series is famous for giving the characters incredibly punny names. Like Shelly de Killer, the assassin who leaves cards with the images of shells at the scene of the crime to draw suspicion from his clients. [[spoiler: The killer with the conches]].
** One potentially obscure pun can be found in the name of Max Galactica, the magician Phoenix defends in the third case of ''Justice For All''. Max is particularly fond of milk, and needs it to calm his nerves before a performance. How many players realize that the word "galactic" is defined as pertaining to milk in the first place?
** In ''Ace Attorney Investigations'', it's eventually revealed that the Yatagarasu's Key [[spoiler: has a handle that opens up to reveal a concealed knife blade. They key part has a bit shaped like a butterfly, and the way the handle opens makes it a ''literal'' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balisong_%28knife%29 butterfly knife]].]]
** The second game's third case introduces us to Acro's pet monkey Money, who has a tendency to steal and stockpile shiny objects. While this causes Phoenix some early grief, the other members of the circus seem to be used to it and regard it as a harmless prank... or [[spoiler:monkeyshines]].
*** Also from that case, there's a clown called Moe who gives you a DeathGlare. [[spoiler: Yes, it's a MoeStare.]]
* No points for guessing which animal is featured on the coat of arms of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aswan Aswan]] in ''VideoGame/CrusaderKings'' by ParadoxInteractive. [[spoiler:[[TheChroniclesOfNarnia A lion.]]]]
** Not a swan?
*** It's a Stealth Pun that's subverted by a ''deeper'' Stealth Pun. ''Whoa''.
* At the beginning of the second episode of ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'', Morgan tells Guybrush how much she admires him, and says she even learned how to hold her breath for five minutes. Guybrush informs her he can hold it for ten. "You mean that's true? I thought the stories were exaggerated! Impressive!" So in her opinion, [[Creator/MarkTwain reports of his breath...]]
* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', [[spoiler: Namine tells Kairi at one point to "Believe in yourself", whilst trying to convince her to step through a dark portal.]] If you don't get it, remember that [[spoiler: Namine is Kairi's Nobody.]]
* Almost certainly unintentional, but a large element of the plot of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' is Princess Elise's budding romantic feelings for the anthropomorphic hero. Thus making her a [[spoiler:fur Elise]].
* The head of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'''s [[TheMafia mafia-esque]] Team Rocket is named Giovanni, making him [[spoiler:Don Giovanni]].
** Also, Spoink and Grumpig are pig-like creatures adorned with pearls. [[spoiler:ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine?]]
** Empoleon is a haughty penguin Pokemon, and rather obviously takes it's name from "emperor" and "emperor penguin." More subtly, it takes it's name from "Napoleon Bonaparte." How can you tell? [[spoiler:Both Napoleon and Empoleon are 5'07".]]
** ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' introduces the ability Big Pecks, found on seven Unova birds and four pre-existing Dream World birds, which makes them immune to defense loss. The "pecks" bird reference is immediately apparent, but you may not know that the original Japanese name for the ability translated to "Pigeon Breast". So it really means they have big pecs. Groan.
** Speaking of Unova, Zekrom, the Legendary Mascot of White, not only has control over electricity and lightning, but also has large thighs. [[spoiler:It has thunder thighs]], get it?
** One of the members of the Unova Elite Four is a Ghost-type trainer who also is an aspiring writer. Ergo, she's a ghostwriter.
* The most powerful axe in most modern ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' games is the Golden Axe. In ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Dawn of Sorrow]]'', Yoko is able to make said weapon even more powerful by combining it with a boss's soul. Specifically, she [[VideoGame/GoldenAxe adds Death]].
** There's also the enemy in ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia Order of Ecclesia]]'' known as the "Chosen [[BilingualBonus Une]]".[[note]] Une is French for "one"[[/note]]
* A particularly dark one in ''Empire: VideoGame/TotalWar'', in which you get different trade resources from different trade ports- sugar from South America, spices from the East Indies, and ivory from Africa. However, that sure is a lot of ivory, considering the profit to be made... and then you realize it's a reference to [[MadeASlave Black Ivory.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Thief}}: Deadly Shadows'', one mission requires you to break into a clock tower operated by the Hammerites (colloquially, the Hammers) and sabotage the mechanism, causing the clock to stop. In other words, you have to [[Music/MCHammer Stop Hammer Time]].
* In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'', there is a character named Broque Monsieur who speaks with a heavy French accent and is made out of blocks. If you try saying his name with a fake French accent, it sounds like you're saying "block monster".
** Or, of course, Mr. Block.
** That's also a normal PunnyName; it refers to a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croque-monsieur grilled ham and cheese sandwich]]. If you add a fried egg to the top, you get a Croque-madame. Hee...
*** Of course there's also a Madame Broque, his ex.
*** Also in that game, the villain Fawful, who is from the Beanbean Kingdom, has a pig henchman named Midbus, making them [[spoiler:pork and beans]].
*** Midbus also has spikes down his spine [[spoiler:so he's also a razorback]] and when he gets ice powers he can give Bowser a cold. A little coincidence with a recent panic.
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect'', when accessing a computer system in a trashed laboratory, the computer's personality asks you: "It looks like you are trying to restore this facility. Would you like help?"
** One response option is labeled "Crap. A pop-up"
** If you buy the Collectors' Edition of ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', you get some extra content: namely a suit of armour and a rifle modelled after those of the Collectors, the chief enemy in the game. Note the apostrophe.
** Quarians bear the name of their home ship in their names preceded by the preposition 'vas', which can be somewhat embarrassing if the ship name is ridiculous, as is the case with Admiral Zaal'Koris vas ''Qwib Qwib''. If you ignore Tali's advice and ask him about the name, he'll mention that he's considered transferring to the ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vas_deferens Defrahnz]]'' or ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasectomy Iktomi]]''.
* In ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime 3: Corruption'', one of your last tasks is to explore the derelict vessel Valhalla to obtain a "pirate code" that will grant access to one of the enemy's leviathans. But the only reason you need it is so that the leviathan can plot a course for you and the Federation fleet to follow to [[spoiler:Phaaze, the living Phazon planet]]. So when you think about it, [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean the pirate code is really more like a guideline...]]
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear XX'' has two characters with connections to each other named [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie and Venom]]. Would you believe that one of them is a black shape-changing symbiote who combined with a human and went on to control his body?
** That Zato-1 is the name shown on the character selection screen for the first games with Eddie in, and that he appears to be more a batwinged demonic figure and Venom is a pool cue wielding Egyptian assassin with long purple hair over his eyes, kinda obfuscates the pun a bit too and makes it more stealthy.
** Also, the number "1" in Japan is pronounced "Ichi", thus making him [[{{Zatoichi}} Zato-Ichi]]
* ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' features a demon named Fletus who's obsessed with cars and racing. No-one mentions that this makes him a [[spoiler:speed demon.]]
** Or that if he ever got more than one, he'd [[spoiler:have a fleet of cars.]]
** Ditto for Glottis from ''VideoGame/GrimFandango''.
* In ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'', the protagonist Hisao is hospitalized after a confession of love provokes his arrythmia and gives him a heart attack. The girl in question eventually breaks ties with Hisao, which is one of the many reasons he's depressed at the start of the game. In other words, Hisao's got [[spoiler:a broken heart.]]
** Lilly Satou, who is blind, says "I don't see why it matters" when asked to make a name for her team in the fishing competition. Keep in mind that people often say things such as "I see" around her, only to sheepishly apologize, and she is amused by their apologies.
* In ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', one of the Demoman's unlockable weapons is the [[Franchise/{{Highlander}} Eyelander]], a big Scottish {{BFS}}. Since it's a Scottish BFS, that makes it a claymore. However, there's more than one type of weapon called a claymore. The aforementioned type of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claymore sword]], and a kind of '''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M18A1_Claymore_Antipersonnel_Mine bomb]]'''.
** He's a black Scotsman. ''Black Angus''.
** Do not forget the line ''"DON'T RUN! IS JUST HAM!"'' when eating the Sandvich (a ham and/or baloney sandwich) as the Heavy, a character who is [[LargeHam extremely boisterous and over the top]].
** And the Sniper's camper van. A "camper" in FPS terminology is a guy who rarely moves from one particular spot to kill people. Which is something snipers usually do.
** The bobble head in "Meet the Sniper" that he pretended to headshot was originally of an old man holding a bottle of apricot jelly, a reference to the part of the brain often called "the apricot" by snipers, but they decided against it because it was so obscure.
*** That didn't stop them from giving him apricot air freshener.
** The Sniper's parents apparently live on "Adelaide St." which is in itself a reasonable name for a street, but Australians joke that [[UsefulNotes/OtherAustralianTownsAndCities the city of Adelaide]] only has one street anyway.
** Similarly, the "Meet the Engineer" video has him sitting at a campfire. Guess what one of the main Engineer strategies is.
*** This is actually a double stealth pun. Take a closer look at his 'campfire.' [[spoiler:It's the burning corpse of the Sniper. So the camper is using a camper as a campfire.]]
** The "[[BribingYourWayToVictory Mannconomy]]" update was announced with a letter from Saxton Hale explaining how he discovered the Internet, in which he also notes that "the perverts at [=AnagramYourName=].com should be '''ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES'''." ("Saxton Hale" is an anagram of [[spoiler:"hot anal sex".]])
*** So... is that the reason his products are known to spontaneously combust at random, and his top customers happen to be ill-tempered assholes that really like big guns?
* Probably unintentional, but in old Irem arcade game ''Ninja Spirit'' you control a ninja named Moonlight. He can create up to three shadow clones which follow his every move. [[spoiler:''Moonlight Shadow!'']]
** Either that or [[spoiler:[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonshadow_%28song%29 He's being followed by a Moonshadow]].]]
* ''NezumiMan'' has Milky Nezumi, who doesn't attack with dairy products (like Butter Nezumi), but stars. [[spoiler:In case you're wondering, he named himself after our resident galaxy.]]
* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' has two in the gameplay mechanics. The first is Ms. Mowz's standard attack, a [[ArmorPiercingSlap slap that ignores enemy defenses]], and the second is the fact that machine-type enemies are easy to freeze with ice attacks, (one of the hints old Wonkey tells you).
** When tattling one of the harder enemies in the X-Naut base, the X-Yux, Goombella informs you that its name is properly pronounced "Cross-Yux". This in itself doesn't reveal a pun, but instead results in two when you combine this logic with the rest of the base's denizens. First, the X-Nauts, who would be properly pronounced "Cross-Nauts". [[spoiler:Noughts and Crosses]]. And second, their computer TEC, which is a shortened form of its proper name TEC-XX. [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn Double Cross]]]].
*** Said computer is found in a base on the moon. Considering what game this is, would make it [[spoiler:a paper moon.]]
* The text-based game ''Scapeghost'' has you as detective Alan Chance killed during an undercover drugs operation and coming back from the dead to take revenge. You are literally the Ghost of A. Chance.
* ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'': Duksana Pond.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' game ''Double Spoiler'', is another camera-based GaidenGame starring the reporter Aya Shameimaru. Given [[CreatorsPet how much fans love Aya]], one has to wonder why? Well, it's been joked that Aya is ZUN's girlfriend. And ZUN is apparently aware of this, because he's releasing ''Double Spoiler'' on White Day, i.e. the day that boys give gifts back to their girlfriends to thank them for the Valentine's Day chocolate.
* From ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe 2'': The [[FilmNoir Black Film]].
* From ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'':
-->'''Meryl:''' I'm not green!\\
'''Snake:''' Oh yes you are.
** The joke is, [[spoiler:this conversation takes place over codec. Meryl is, in fact, green. Just like everyone else.]]
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' brings us several stealth puns on the subtitle ''"Snake Eater"''. "Operation Snake Eater" is the codename of Snake's mission, and codenames tend, by their natures, to be stealth puns on the mission's objective. In this case, it is either that Snake was going to have to eat the native wildlife to survive or that he was sent to [[spoiler:assassinate the leader of the Cobra Unit]].
*** Snake was also a Green Beret before joining FOX, and "snake eater" is a military slang term for Green Berets.
*** If Snake eats a snake and then calls Para-Medic, she won't call him a "snake eater" but instead a "cannibal".
*** In a later cutscene, Snake cooks a snake over a fire and then eats it.
*** Then there's the stealthiest use of the pun - Ocelot's favorite animal according to the database is a Markhor, which in Persian means "snake eater".
*** Not to mention the not-so-subtle innuendo derived from the title of the game. (If you believe Kojima and co. to be above this, think they actually named the series' main character Solid Snake.)
* The American release date of ''VideoGame/BlazBlue: Continuum Shift'' is July 20, roughly 19 days after the Japanese release. [[spoiler:7/20. As in the 720 degree motion required for Iron Tager's "Genesic Emerald Tager Buster" distortion drive. REAL SOVIET RELEASE DATE!]]
* The main characters of ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' start out delivering packages. Consider the pronunciation of the game's name in UsefulNotes/BritishEnglish, and think of a famous company name that rhymes with it.
* While he was reverse-engineering the {{Wii}}'s architecture, Segher discovered that the Hollywood processor (officially the graphics processor) contains a tiny ARM core in addition to its normal ATI core. [[hottip:* :It handles apploading and security authentication, though obviously this wasn't known at the time.]] Since it wasn't documented anywhere (not even in the developer's guide!) it didn't have a name, so he nicknamed it "Starlet." [[spoiler:Because it's a little piece of Hollywood.]]
* In the seventh ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' game, three Pegasus Knight sisters share similar names. The first two, Florina and Fiora, are Latin words for "flower," while third sister Farina's name means "flour."
* In ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'', a high-stakes poker game in Mexico results in several people pointing their guns at each other. Someone notes that [[MexicanStandoff "There must be a name for this."]]
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Banjo-Kazooie}} Banjo-Tooie]]'' has one that can spawn two stealth puns: One move Banjo learns, Snooze Pack, has him fall asleep inside his backpack to recover health. Thus literally making his pack a nap sack or a sleeping bag.
* The general of the Cornerian forces in ''VideoGame/StarFox'' is named Pepper. Which means he could have been a [[Film/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand sergeant]] at some point in the past. (Note, however, that it isn't necessarily true. Armies are traditionally split into two major divisions, officers and enlisted. Most officers join the army as officers via a program such as ROTC rather than being promoted from enlisted. Since a general is an officer, many generals have never been privates, corporals, or sergeants, which are enlisted ranks.)
** Long before the N64 version, the ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' comics (which promoted the then-recently released Super NES game) actually incorporated this pun into one chapter.
** Couldn't he also be a Pepper Cornerian?
* In ''EV Nova'', there is a ship called the Cambrian. Some historically-inclined gamers like to call it the [[GeniusBonus Prince]] of Wales.
* In ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'', Zero can {{di|agonalCut}}vide [[DivideByZero enemies]] if you deal the final blow with a bladed weapon.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Fable}}'' series has monsters called Hobbes. They're nasty, brutish, and short.
* Very near the end of ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheUnwoundFuture'', you discover that the London of the future [[spoiler:is actually the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground London underground]]]]. Not phrased like that, so...
* Ratchet from ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' is a mechanic. Ratchet is also the name of a socket wrench. Furthermore, Ratchet's ears are shaped like the head of a standard wrench.
* The final level of Mario Zone (where the levels are inside a giant mechanical Mario) in ''VideoGame/{{Super Mario Land 2|SixGoldenCoins}}'' has a lot of (suspiciously Lego-like) bricks. The level apparently takes place in the Mario-bot's head. [[spoiler:So the Mario-bot is a blockhead.]]
** Another level has a lot of what seem to be rubber balls - and considering this level is set in Mario-bot's ''crotch''...
* In ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'', Whitaker's gun shop from the first campaign is running a [[GunsAkimbo 2-for-1 special for 9mm pistols]].
** In the second campaign, you visit a theme park with a nut theme. The character on the hammer-bell game is named Mustachio. The game never mentions what kind of nut he is. [[spoiler:He's a pistachio.]]
* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Boktai}} Lunar Knights]]'', Perrault is an antagonist who keeps confronting Aaron and Lucian with her [[CoolShip mobile ship]] Schrodinger. It is only later that the player finds out that Perrault is a [[UsefulNotes/SchrodingersCat cat]].
* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', you can recruit the cyberdog belonging to [[ElvisImpersonator The King]], leader of the gang, [[SendInTheClones The Kings]]. The dog's name is [[MeaningfulName Rex]]. Rex's personal quest involves replacing his aging brain. One of the candidates for the transplant? A dog named [[OverlyLongGag Rey]]. [[spoiler: Rex is Latin for "king". Rey is Spanish for... you guessed it! "King".]]
** [[ShoutOut Rey]] [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid is replacing Rex.]]
** Though possibly unintentional, ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' is often abbreviated as "NV." Much of the game takes place in Nevada. [[spoiler:What's the US Postal Code for Nevada? NV.]]
** A nice Stealth Pun gives the town of Novac its name. The town is built up around a prominent hotel (of which we are unaware of the real name) and a large, partly working neon sign outside the hotel entrance tells us the hotel has "No Vac[[spoiler:ancy"]]
* Mobs are actually a generic term for mobile entities for any MMORPG. Sure enough, it's rather easy to get mobbed by mobs in most of them.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', [[MeaningfulName Creepers]] have an irritating habit of hiding behind corners, under ledges, and outside doorways to ambush the player.
** Creepers have a mottled green texture that, at a distance, can cause one to mistake them for cacti or the tops of trees. [[spoiler:The word "creeper" can also refer to various plants.]]
* ''VideoGame/ChibiRobo'' features a beautiful princess doll by the name of Princess Pitts. This seems like a curious name for a princess, but consider that this is a Nintendo-published game. [[spoiler:What do you find in a [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Peach]] but a Pit?]]
** [[IThoughtItMeant Wait, she's]] [[ComicallyMissingThePoint sleeping with]] [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Pit]]? Does [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] know about this?
* ''GuiltyParty'' has a level set inside of a train. If you play a co-op game in that level, the all-play mini-game involves you catching a bunch of snakes that were released in the luggage compartment. [[spoiler: [[Film/SnakesOnAPlane Snakes on a Train,]] anyone?]]
* In Japan ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII: Champion Edition'' is known as ''Street Fighter II Dash'', while ''Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting'' is known as ''Street Fighter II Dash Turbo''. The word "dash" is not written on the logo of either game, but represented by a prime mark (′) used to indicate derivatives in math, which is sometimes called a "dash". Both games were derivatives of the original ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''.
* In ''Super VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'''s arcade mode, [[AllAmericanFace Guile's]] win quote against [[HuskyRusskie Zangief]] is "The bigger they are, the harder they fall!" [[spoiler:This could be referencing Zangief himself, or [[SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn the USSR]].]]
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros''... Mario grows when he "consumes" mushrooms. In other words, [[spoiler:Mario is getting high.]]
* A bit in the second half of ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'': "You're good at murder. Could you murder this bird for me?" Judging by the sound it makes as it flies away, the bird is a crow. [[spoiler:A murder of crows?]]
** At the very end of the game. [[spoiler:Wheatley is stranded in space with another personality core orbiting him. For it to orbit another object of equal volume means that Wheatley must be incredibly ''dense''.]]
** Wheatley is a spherical robot [[spoiler:who was built to make SelfDemonstrating/{{GLaDOS}} dumber. Or, in layman's terms, an IdiotBall]].
** The most obvious one in the game: [[spoiler:Throughout the game you get drops that the turrets sing opera and a cappella. Some {{easter egg}}s let you see a very fat turret that stays silent until the ending sequence where it leads an entire symphony of 'singing' turrets in a female Italian's voice. ''It ain't over 'till the fat lady (turret) sings''.]]
* Tons of them abound in the platform game ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}!''. Many of the enemies are based off real-life animals, with the names taken literally.
** The ants in [[ShiftingSandLand Reptilia]] wear soldier hats, drop via parachutes, and fire grenades out of their tails. They're [[spoiler:army ants]].
** [[BubblegloopSwamp Splot]] has flying insects that fire out a stream of electricity from their rear. They're [[spoiler:lightning bugs]].
** [[UnderTheSea Quaria]] has fishes that have the head of a bulldog. They're [[spoiler:dogfishes]].
** Also in Quaria, there are swimming beetles which sport scuba equipment. [[spoiler:Diving beetles]].
** The [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Burr-ubs]] had [[GoddamnedBats annoying]] white fleas that jumped out of the snow and threw (or rolled) snowballs at Bug. [[spoiler:Snow fleas]].
** [[LethalLavaLand Arachnia]] had ants with flamethrower packs and fire breath. [[spoiler:Fire ants]]. Then again, the [[AllThereInTheManual manual calls them that]].
* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', Mileena's second Fatality is called "Rip Off". She tosses her sais at the victim's feet then rips their torso off. More dedicated ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' fans [[spoiler:will recognize it as a rip-off, in the imitation sense, of one of Kira's Fatalities in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception'']].
* ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' has the "September" level, where the target uses fans, planes, and an animal-controlled bonfire to make the sun shine. [[spoiler:In other words, she's using [[Music/EarthWindAndFire Earth, Wind and Fire]].]]
* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'''s Mara isn't exactly subtle, being a giant penis demon and all, but ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' has a couple of subtle jokes in his stats: All of his physical attacks are pierce-type (including Primal Force, the strongest single-target pierce attack in the game,) and he's weak against ice.
* ''[[VideoGame/SlyCooper Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves]]'' has a chapter set in Blood Bath Bay, inhabited by "throwbacks" who live as [[APirate400YearsTooLate pirates]]. Since the Sly universe is populated by {{funny animal}}s, all the {{Mooks}} in the entire chapter are canines. Meaning the pirates who inhabit this town are... [[spoiler:sea dogs]].
* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'', you have a pistol from the start of the game. Early on, you're introduced to [[MoneySpider Borgia messengers]], who you can tackle to steal all of their money. However, if you kill one, you instantly become notorious, and the guards will attack you on sight. The game is basically telling you "[[spoiler:don't shoot the messenger]]".
* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' has Connor begin his search for Benjamin Church in an abandoned... church.
* In ''VideoGame/AliceMadnessReturns'', one enemy you encounter is called an Eyepot. The reference to a certain portable audio player is right out in the open, but what you might not realize at first is that, as an Eyepot, it must contain [[spoiler:Eye Tea]].
** Also, you defeat them by first stunning them with [[spoiler:blasts of pepper]]... making them [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/IronMan pepperpots]]]], perhaps?
** In one area, you pass through a castle made of playing cards. Well, a man's home is his castle, so this one is a [[spoiler:house of cards]][[note]]The literal meaning of which is a structure made of playing cards and nothing else, and therefore difficult to build without knocking over; this gives rise to the metaphorical meaning, in which an impressive structure is easily destroyable[[/note]].
** In addition, it's a [[spoiler:Anime/CastleInTheSky]] or [[spoiler:[[Literature/CastleInTheAir Air]]]].
** This castle has crenellations, obviously having been made by [[spoiler:cutting the cards]].
* ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'' is all about [[FlippingTheBird flipping birds]] at [[DirtyCop evil pigs]].
** The white egg-shaped birds drop egg bombs at their targets, making them 'egg-layers' (a slang term for bomber planes).
** ''Angry Birds in Space'' featured a ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''-themed bonus level. Just think about it.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'s Dream Land 3'', Kirby can fling his bird buddy Pitch about by swinging a parasol like a golf club. The parasol is a ''pitch''ing wedge.
* In the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series, [[Film/TheHillsHaveEyes all of the background scenery have eyes.]]
* In ''VideoGame/WheresMyWater'', if all of the water were to flow offscreen, then the alligator you're supposed to have the water go into his bathtub will start crying.
* ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' removed several characters from ''Melee'' that were (moveset-wise) clones: ([[Franchise/TheLegendofZelda Young Link]], VideoGame/DrMario, [[VideoGame/FireEmblem Roy]], and [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pichu]]). It also removed [[CloningBlues Mewtwo]].
* The final boss theme of ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}: Hard Corps'' is called "Last Springsteen." [[spoiler: Music/BruceSpringsteen's nickname is "The Boss."]]
* In the original ''VideoGame/MegaMan1'', Cut Man is weak against Guts Man's Super Arm, which allows you to pick up and throw boulders. [[spoiler:That is to say, [[RockPaperScissors rock beats scissors]].]]
** In addition, Cut Man takes more damage from Mega Man's Mega Buster than any of the other original six Robot Masters - or, in fact, any other Robot Master in the entire franchise when played on default difficulty. [[spoiler:Again, '''Rock''' beats scissors (''Rockman'' being the Japanese title of the ''Mega Man'' series).]]
** Sheep Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan10''. He's an [[Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep electric-themed robot master]].
*** Some fans, not content with this explanation of Sheep Man's name, have noticed that his stage is set inside a computer, and computers of course have [[spoiler:''RAM''.]]
*** In the same vein, Mareep, Flaaffy, and Ampharos are Electric-type sheep Franchise/{{Pokemon}}.
** One from the fangame ''VideoGame/MegaManUnlimited'': According to the character info, Nail Man was promoted over his rival Hammer Man because he was the more intelligent of the two. That's right... [[spoiler:he's sharper]].
* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'', the DJ of Head Radio is named Michael Hunt, who also goes by Mike. Given the nature of jokes in GTA, this is obviously a play on the classic gag name Mike Hunt (say it out loud), but what makes it a stealth pun as opposed to a normal pun is the actual phrase "Mike Hunt" never appears in the game. (Although said DJ does say at one point "This is DJ Michael Hunt. You can call me Mike.")
* In ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', Speed Highway has a large bell. Guess what comes out when you hit it. The answer? [[spoiler:Rings.[[note]]Both the standard bell sound and the Sonic game item.[[/note]]]]
* ''Hyrule Historia'' finally explains why [[GoodMorningCrono Link is asleep at the beginning of almost every]] ''[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]]'' game: [[spoiler:it's [[KingInTheMountain "the hero's awakening."]]]]
* In addition to the ever-present Bullet Bills, ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' features their underwater counterparts, Torpedo Teds. [[spoiler:Making it one of the few Mario [[Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure adventures with a Bill and Ted]].]]
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'', particles called fonons represent different elements. The Seventh Fonon is the element of Sound. ''Abyss's'' plot depends heavily on the Seventh Fonon so there are a lot of references to sound and music - the world's Bible-slash-prophecy is called Score, there are people with names like "Largo," "Sync," and "Din," and there are the giant tuning forks that attack you in Sephiroth dungeons. Then there's the Key of Lorelei, which controls Seventh Fonons. [[spoiler: So does the Key of Lorelei control sounds in the Key of Lorelei?]] Also, when Luke uses the Key of Lorelei in the final scene, he sticks it in the ground and turns it. [[spoiler:So is it an unlocking-key or a musical key? Both!]]
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', the light seal and altar of the summon spirits of light are housed in the Tower of Mana, an old library. Why are the seal and altar of light in a library? Because [[spoiler: books are en''light''ening.]]
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'', Karol wields hammers. One of the hammers has a "stop right there!" hand printed on it. [[spoiler: Stop! Hammer Time!]]
* One character in ChoroQ HG 4 hangs out in front of the school and brags about his intelligence. What kind of car is he? [[spoiler:A Smart (as in the brand).]]
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* One of the guests at Donkey's funeral in ''WebAnimation/WeeblAndBob'' is [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong a giant ape]]. Chris identifies him as Donkey's father ("He doesn't like to talk about it."), but the character's name is never mentioned.
* Occasionally done in ''FanFic/AMVHell''. For instance, the first clip in the third collection is ''Anime/{{Grenadier}}'', an anime where women reload pistols with their cleavage, coupled with the instrumental opening to Music/{{Nightwish}}'s "Dark Chest of Wonders".
* In [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhVTDc1Wnzc this video]], which recreates the infamous ''Faces of Evil!'' intro, look at what the Soldier is drinking before he says "This peace is what all true warriors strive for!". [[spoiler: It's Jarate, Peace and Piss have a very similar sound, so it may or may not have been intentional.]]
* One of the FightScene episodes animated by MontyOum in ''Machinima/RedVsBlue: Revelation'' is named "[[UpToEleven This One Goes to Eleven]]". [[spoiler:The episode is Chapter 10, showing all the events in the series that lead up to Chapter 11.]]
** Probably unintentional, but who are the two "men" in Tex's life? [[spoiler: Alpha and Omega. For bonus points, they're both AI, and so is she. A clever person looking for this could have had the first SIX SEASONS of the show spoiled for them.]]
** F.I.L.S.S. controls the ''Mother of Invention''. The Director has many times said that much of what he's done, especially with AI, has been out of ''necessity'' - such as getting one AI when he requested a dozen. [[spoiler: Further, F.I.L.S.S. could be Alpha-Church's accuracy fragment (but would be unique in not having a Greek name - unless it's Phi, which would make it a double StealthPun), because she seems to be a functioning AI, but Project Freelancer was only ever issued Alpha.]]
** The AI Sigma is the embodiment of the Alpha's ambition, and he constantly looks like he's WreathedInFlames. You could therefore describe him as [[spoiler:burning ambition]].
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* In ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'':
** Shakespeare in [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/967.html #967]] has a chance to occupy "office B down on level 2". Does he want it? A dialog box for "[=PunGuard=] 2.1" covers the pun in the comic! It would have been a pun on ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'': "2B or not 2B, that is the question."
** [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1996.html Comic #1996]] seems to be setting up [[RunningGag yet another]] hobbit-pun. Lambert doesn't tell the pun, and the annotation links to this very trope page. Only Morgan-Mar knows the intended pun for sure, but it might have been "You can't burn the hobbit," a pun on "burn the habit."
*** Huh? I thought it was obviously "Don't make a hobbit of it".
** Another example: in [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2096.html comic #2096]], Lambert's hobbit-pun is ruined by a (rather ominous, but that's not the point) cough. Lambert probably meant "hobbit-tat," a pun on "habitat."
** [[http://irregularwebcomic.net/3177.html The Quintessential Fifth Elementalist.]] [[spoiler:Consider the literal meaning of the word "quintessential".]]
* In [[http://www.stripteasecomic.com/d/20080320.html this]] episode of ''Striptease'', in a flashback to high school, Max and Em are squirted with red paint by another student, who is then caught by the teacher... [[spoiler:red-handed.]]
* In [[http://www.nettserier.no/ascii/2008/05/25/ this]] episode of ''Adventures in ASCII'' (a strip where the characters are letters and other printables), Miss B reacts with a stony silence upon learning that Bold H is taking the guest Miss [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_delta Delta]] (she's from @hens) down the river to see the estuary.
-->'''Miss B:''' ...\\
'''Bold H:''' What?\\
'''Miss B:''' I didn't say anything.\\
'''Bold H:''' It was the way you didn't say it.
** [[http://www.nettserier.no/ascii/2007/11/10/ Here's another one]] from the same comic about an injured number. Apparently [[spoiler: a three falling in a forest does indeed make a sound.]]
* [[http://xkcd.com/532/ This]] ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' comic doubles the stakes. It's based on another joke with a {{Stealth Pun}}chline.
** Even better; it {{invert|edTrope}}s the punchline.
** Speaking of ''xkcd'', [[http://xkcd.com/404 Strip #404]]. [[spoiler: Note the title.]]
* ''Tally HO'', a somewhat obscure webcomic, does the StealthPun [[http://www.rhjunior.com/TH/00123.html here]] with a common cry of Windows supporters and creators alike. [[spoiler: "It's not a bug, It's a feature."]] This isn't original; it's [[http://catb.org/jargon/html/F/feature.html an old geek joke]].
** Allegedly someone at Microsoft actually has such a car.
*** Just how obscure ''is'' a strip by the creator of Webcomic/TalesOfTheQuestor anyway?
* [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Life_and_Death/index.php?p=528468 You actually named it "Variety"?]]
** The guy in white is Bobby, the incarnation of Life.
* ''Webcomic/NerfNow'' [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/67 with]] a classic riddle and a..."[[MemeticMutation modern classic]]" Dracula. [[spoiler:"What is a man?"]]
* ''Webcomic/ChoppingBlock'' [[http://www.choppingblock.org/d/20010518.html Here.]]
* [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2009/09/06 This]] ''[[http://www.precociouscomic.com Precocious]]'' strip, which was actually explained by its creator:
-->"Et Tu, Brute?" -- Famous line from Julius Caesar.
-->The Et family really should know better than to go out in pairs.
* [[http://www.nukees.com/d/20090907.html This]] ''Webcomic/{{Nukees}}''. "Duck Orations" would be "Quacks."
* ''WebComic/TheOrderOfTheStick''
** Vaarsuvius's second EvilCounterpart is named Pompey. [[spoiler:Vaarsuvius -- sounds like Vesuvius; Pompey -- Pompeii.]]
** Leeky Windstaff's hawk is named Kitty. [[DontExplainTheJoke As in kitty hawk.]]
** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0471.html this strip]], fleeing the burning city, Elan stops to break into a music shop and steals a lute. The setup is palpable, but the inevitable pun goes unsaid. [[spoiler:He lutes the store.]]
** Not to mention [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0693.html here]], in which Roy must get [[spoiler:familiar]] with Blackwing.
** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0750.html Malack spell-checking Durkon's scroll]]. Spell-checking. Got it?
** The three empires on the Western continent are never mentioned together in the same sentence. They're the Empires of ''Blood'', ''Sweat'', and ''Tears''.
** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0489.html this]] strip, exactly how vicious [[TokenEvilTeammate Belkar]] is measured on a chart. That would make the part on the left an [[spoiler:Axis of Evil.]]
* In ''Webcomic/TriangleAndRobert'', one of the plotlines involves Triangle fighting things to recover a series of "Dragon Circles," which are lettered A, B, C, etc. When he gets to the 25th one, Dragon Circle Y, he discovers that's the end of them, there are only 25. "Somehow, avoiding the pun makes it even worse."
* In ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'', Bob's unseen next door neighbor is named Ray, a reference to [[spoiler:the old comedy team, Radio/BobAndRay.]] Even more obscurely, another unseen neighbor is Mrs. Spitoonelli (a play on "spitoon," of course), with a husband named Harold. It is later mentioned her first name is Maude, referring to [[spoiler: the BlackComedy movie ''Harold And Maude.'']] And in Galatea's French adventure, she rides a Vespa with the name [[Film/{{Spaceballs}} "Princess"]] on the side.
* In [[http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0130.html this]] filler strip of ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'', we're treated to the OrphanedPunchline of a (naughty) joke that ends with "What I '''really''' meant is that we'd need cunning '''translators'''." See, in ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'', your translation ability is measured by your score in "Linguistics", so apparently the joke began with her telling the king that she needed... I'll leave you to figure out [[CunningLinguist the rest]].
* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' provides you with [[http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=28&issue=15 this]] image of a train accident to use [[AltText if your forum discussion gets off topic]] [[spoiler:it has been derailed. Additionally, your train of thought has been broken.]]
** Also, there's one bit of alt text that imagines Dr. [=McNinja=] being followed on a quest by his refrigerator. A subsequent panel gives alt text of the fridge huffing as it tries to keep up. [[spoiler:His refrigerator is running.]]
** [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/8p32 First]] Gordito shoots the undead, then the uncola. The alt text informs us that next time, Gordito shoots a dusty old book. [[spoiler: He shoots the un''read''.]]
** The McNinja family is provided with [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/10p40 holy weapons to defeat a ghost]]. Dark Smoke Puncher gets nunchucks made from the bones of Mother Theresa.
** Doc walks into a room and encounters [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/25p32/ a barrage of thrown objects.]] Chuck is [[spoiler:''chucking'' things at him.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'' features a character named Leslie Bean, who is, [[PunnyName as her name suggests]], a lesbian... but the more subtle pun comes from the fact that she joined the main cast around the time Ethan lost his role as OnlySaneMan, and now tends to be the voice of reason in {{Seinfeldian Conversation}}s and hijinks, making her... [[spoiler:the straight man]].
* [[http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF090-Mrs._Hammer.jpg This]] ''ComicStrip/ThePerryBibleFellowship'' strip has one as an added bonus joke: Imagine what the hammer is saying in the last panel.
** Not to mention the fact that he's giving the other guy a hammering.
* ''Webcomic/VGCats'' has the side webcomic ''Super Effective'' giving us breaking news of the death of a legend... [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=26 Elvis.]] Note which Pokémon is giving us the news.
** For more lulz, see [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=vou0vk8nt3k8iyhnhyv29h96&page=1 the forum thread for this comic]].
** See also: "[[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=194 Avoiding Penis Jokes]]"
* [[http://arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/2029.htm This]] ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'' strip has the stated punchline "Beware of Greek bearins [=GIFs=]", but leaves out the obvious "Trojan horse" joke.
* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20080811 shows what happens]] when you try to go through a dungeon designed for several players by yourself in a [[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame MMORPG]] like ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. When Torg tries to do it, all the monsters get together and hand him a gift. When he opens it to see what it is, it turns out he is, in fact, getting his ass handed to him.
* ''Webcomic/BloodyUrban'' features a character with blue hair named [[Film/{{Avatar}} Pandora]].
* An early ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' comic could have easily made a [[Music/MCHammer Hammertime]] [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2002-01-25 joke]].
* The number of examples in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' (see the work page) seems to cement that if we had individual pages for StealthPun, Homestuck would be one of the first.
** Just for a taste: Dave eventually becomes a time traveller, using his power to do more stuff in a relatively small amount of time. His emblem? [[spoiler:A broken record.]]
** The [[Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff SORD.....]] Dave alchemises is so shitty it actually costs negative grist. What do you gain on making it? Artifact grist.[[labelnote:*]][[subscript:Jpeg compression, a staple of ''Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff'', creates jpeg artifacts.]][[/labelnote]]
** Every player in the game gets a small planet called "The Land of ''X'' and ''Y''" where X and Y are themes like wind, rain, or silence, and the planets are often abbreviated into an acronym (ie. LOWAA, LOLAR, LOMAT, etc). [[CatGirl Nepeta]] winds up with the Land of Little Cubes and Tea, otherwise known as [[spoiler:[[{{Lolcat}} LOLCAT]]]].
** Speaking of Nepeta, for a long time the fanbase was unsure whether or not she survived an attack, since we never saw her. In other words, for a while, she could be alive or dead... i.e., SchrodingersCat.
** Nepeta dies in what looks like a TooDumbToLive moment, since Equius had sacrificed his life to protect her, and given her strict orders to remain in the safety of the vent she was hiding in. But she (a CatGirl) was overcome with curiosity, and it killed her.
** A ridiculously convoluted one - Tavros is introduced trying to 'get Dave's goat' by trolling him, and he performs an extremely bad rap in which he describes being stopped by a policeman who discovers him smuggling Dave's goat as well as a goose, which is apparently 'honktraband'. Later on the word 'honktraband' is used by Gamzee, who is a clown-themed troll, and also associated with goats due to his connection with the star sign Capricorn. And it is eventually revealed that he had been in love with Tavros - in short, Tavros had [[IronicEcho 'got his goat' and it was 'honktraband']].
** One of the many, ''many'' huge plot developments in [[WhamEpisode "[S] Cascade"]] was [[spoiler:Bec-prototyped Jack Noir killing everyone in Exile Town except PM on his way through to the troll session. PM is very, ''very'' angry... and unbeknownst to Jack, WV was carrying the other prototype ring. PM puts it on, and follows Jack [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge to get revenge]].]] This means the epic battle between {{Physical God}}s also comes down to an age-old conflict: [[spoiler:[[AngryGuardDog dog]] versus [[UnstoppableMailman mail lady]]]].
** THE [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=007254 ROSE]] WAS A........... [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/?cid=007.jpg DISTACTION]]
** Equius is an Heir of Void. [[spoiler: He dies by being void of air]].
** Terezi is a troll obsessed with law and order, is a Seer of Mind, is based on the scales sign of the zodiac, and is blind. This is SEVERAL stealth puns- [[spoiler: justice is blind, the blind prophet, and her caretaker is a dragon (which she has plushies of that are referred to as scalemates).]]
** Snowman is the eighth member of a pool based gang comprised completely of male members aside from her. The name refers to both her status as the "8 ball" and the shape of a snowman, but also as [[spoiler: She's no man.]]
** Wandering Vagrant finds a firefly and promptly names it Serenity.
* [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=179899 This]] ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'' strip shows the characters scowling at all the taxes taken out of their paychecks. In addition to the usual federal, state, local, Medicare, and FICA, there are also deductions for "snieca", "hearta", "pollex" (Latin for "thumb") and "Persian 9' X 12'"... in other words, [[spoiler: sneak attacks, heart attacks, thumb tacks, and carpet tacks.]]
** Also, there seems to be a chain of coffee shops named "Sundo" (with the bar over the "o" indicating a long vowel). Since the Sun is a ''star'', and do ("dough") is another name for money, or ''bucks'' ...
** When Mr. Mighty is working the night shift, he comes home in the morning just as the kids are leaving for school. He and his wife take advantage of the empty house for some "quality time" ... and in the [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=188238 next strip]], he shows up to work smiling and singing "A Hard Day's Night".[[spoiler: Heheheh ... [[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead you said "hard".]]]]
** On [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=191554 this page]], Mr. Mighty is thwarting a hold-up at the "Red Rooster Natural Mini-Mart". While some readers might recognize "Red Rooster" as a BrandX version of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Hen_Pantry White Hen Pantry]], not everyone will figure out the "Natural" part of the joke. In shooting dice, a "natural" is when you win by rolling a ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Eleven seven or eleven]]''.
* [[http://basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2008/7/14/how-to-find-a-job-that-suits-your-interests.html This]] Basic Instructions has Scott suggest that his friend get a job driving a rickshaw as a getaway vehicle for criminals. The idea is already so goofy that you might miss the other joke: his friend is named Rick.
* See if you can spot the stealth VisualPun in [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/12/22/ this]] ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' when Gabe sneaks into Tycho's room.
** [[spoiler: Tycho has a picture of the actual Tycho Brahe on his wall.]]
* [[http://warehousecomic.com/comic_637.php This]] post at Webcomic.
* In ''Webcomic/CityFace'', the fairy Torus convinces the pigeon City Face that he has become a human businessman. She then gives him a berry, which she says every businessman needs. "No! You weren't supposed to eat it!" [[spoiler:It was a blackberry.]]
* ''Webcomic/PvP!'' has in one strip Brent tell Francis the following joke:
*** Brent: Did you hear the one about the cannibal who dumped his girlfriend?
*** (Beat Panel)
*** Francis: Ewww... gross!
** Brent at the end even calls it a Stealth Joke.
* ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' has Dave finding a girlfriend online. She's reluctant to meet him in person. He asks her, "Are you afraid I'll turn you off?" [[spoiler: Ironic, since she's actually a computer.]] Later, Dave actually does turn her off [[spoiler: when he downloads his mind into her hardware and erases her, leading to a ShoutOut to ''2001: A Space Odyssey'': "Dave, what are you doing? I'm afraid, Dave ..."]]
* The English title of ''Webcomic/TouhouNekokayou'' is "Scarlet Weather Archive in Japanese Red." This is taken from the VideoGame/{{Touhou}} canon {{Gaiden|Game}} FightingGame ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'' and the [[AllThereInTheManual book]] ''Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red.'' [[spoiler:Then someone noticed what the ''other'' halves of the names make.]]
** Near the end of ''[[InteractiveComic Create.swf Adventures]]: Shenanigans in a Magical Forest'', it's revealed that all of the "player" characters have their own individual "Hax Sign" spellcard. As [[spoiler: Yasora]]'s spellcards begin to wind down, everyone except Marisa uses their respective Hax Sign spellcard, with a fair amount of success. Cue the final sequence, where Marisa's all ready to bust out her long-awaited Hax Sign: [[spoiler: Sepiechritude (a shout out to ProblemSleuth's Sepulchritude]], which everyone assumes to be a huge [[BeamSpam beam attack]] or something of the sort, as per Marisa's trademarks. Then someone noticed [[spoiler: the "[[BrickJoke pie]]" in "[[RuleOfFunny Sepiechritude]]..."]]
* [[http://www.treelobsters.com/2009/08/75-but-wait-theres-more.html This]] ''Tree Lobsters'' has a clever one. On its, the comic works as a relatively straightforward parody of infomercials. Look closely at the description on panel 3, though, then look up elements 11 and 17 on the periodic table. [[spoiler:Sodium and Chloride, respectively. In other words, [[DontExplainTheJoke it's a grain of salt]].]]
* [[http://downthestairs.thecomicseries.com/comics/21 This]] ''Webcomic/DownTheStairs'' comic [[spoiler:shows a growing lightbulb. The pun is that it is growing from a "bulb", like a plant.]]
* In [[http://megatokyo.com/strip/197 this]] ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'' strip, Yuki's brother teases her about calling a large animal vet, and then he starts making cow noises. This doesn't make any sense unless you infer that she was yelling "mou" (used in Japanese as a frustration noise, like "Rrrgh!"), which sounds a lot like "moo."
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* A recurring thread on Website/SomethingAwful is "[[RealityIsUnrealistic Real pictures that look like photoshops]]". And eventually, someone ''will'' post [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/camerahouse.jpg this]]. [[spoiler:It's a photo shop.]]
* {{Fark}} is enamored of headlines with {{Stealth Pun}}s of its [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal more memorable memes]]. For example: "Duke upset in NCAA tournament. If only there were some pithy catch phrase to describe their ineptitude."
* [[{{OS-Tan}} Vista-tan]] has huge tracts of land.
** And we all know huge tracts of land are [[spoiler:vistas.]]
*** Plus, we all know Windows Vista was a huge [[spoiler:bust]].
* ''WebAnimation/UnforgottenRealms'' has Professor Strap, who after a memory erasing spell goes by the name of "Jacques". [[spoiler: Jacques Strap]].
* ''[[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/clef-and-dimitri-hit-the-road Clef and Dimitri Hit the Road]]'': At the very end. [[spoiler:"Alas, poor Yoric, I've never seen him before in my life."]]
* ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'': Moist went on a double date with Bait and Switch. He thought he was going to end up with Bait, but...
** Dr. Horrible is full of this: On his blog, the Doctor mentions transporting several gold bars from a safe. He lifts up a bag of brownish "cumin-smelling" liquid and says that the molecules shifted in the transportation [[spoiler: Bouillon/gold bullion]]
** Also, in the song "Neil's Turn" on the Commentary, Neil Patrick Harris is stuck alone and in the dark in the studio, and sings, "What's with all these weird cords?" [[spoiler: just as the music plays a bunch of "weird chords"]]
* ''[[Roleplay/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.]]
* In WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic review of ''Film/ErnestScaredStupid'', there's a scene where Ernest reveals a troll he captured. The Critic splices in an image of FanDumb Douchey [=McNitpick=] [[spoiler: who literally showed up to troll him]].
* PZ Myers is a biologist with a love for octopus and similar creatures. When Paul, the psychic sports predicting octopus died, he went [[http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/10/paul_is_dead.php back and forth]] describing his feelings on the matter, using the phrase 'on the other hand' seven times.
* On a {{furry|Fandom}} {{Image Board|s}}, someone called for "RuleThirtyFour of [[WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH NIMH]]." One of the responses was a [[http://4chanarchive.org/images/48232393/1197572170797.jpg picture]] of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel-metal_hydride_battery batteries]].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSiVWkk5zaQ&feature=player_embedded This Youtube video]]. [[spoiler: A steam-powered turntable, playing the Sex Pistols. Steampunk.]]
* A Brazilian blog/ {{Tumblr}} has made a parody "[[http://microcontoscos.blogspot.com/2010/06/escalacao-das-selecoes-da-copa-2010.html Squads of]] TheWorldCup". The resulting HurricaneOfPuns sometimes needs context: the Netherlands include a Brazilian rapper famous for pro-cannabis songs, the smuggling-heavy Paraguay has "[[ShoddyKnockoffProduct Sorny, Mike, BleckBarry and Hi-Phone]]", and Denmark ends with WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo (a Great Dane) and two candies sold at the chocolatier Kopenhagen.
* Music/BoBurnham, one of the few good musicians and songwriters out there, needs more love. Come on, folks, let's start referencing him. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-ap5Fp2T6c&feature=relmfu Here's some truly masterful Stealth Puns for ya!]]
* [[http://reyezuelowren.blogspot.com/2011/04/another-origin.html This blog post]] is written by an author who enjoys puns based on the origins of words. "None of the little particles in the universe had gotten the idea that one might turn yet." [[spoiler: "Universe" comes from Latin roots ''uni'' and ''vertere''--"one" and "turn".]]
* In one episode of ''Sassy Gay Friend'', the title character makes his entrance [[spoiler:out of a closet.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'''s fandom has a "[[Memes/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Ponies in Socks]]" meme, so someone was inspired to create [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/38699 this]]. [[spoiler:It's the Python programming language, using the SOCKS protocol.]]
* While many an image on this very wiki falls into this (see the section on VisualPun), the one in SpeedSex is the most blatant. [[spoiler:Who came before, the chicken or the egg?]]
* During the ''Machinima/YogscastMinecraftSeries''' Tekkit playthrough, Simon, Lewis and Duncan are the only members of Honeydew, Inc. Simon is the boss, so Lewis and Duncan [[spoiler:have to do what Simon Says.]]
* Done frequently on ''EpicRapBattlesOfHistory''.
** Lennon VS O'Reilly: "… ten-thousand-dollar shoes I use to [[Music/TheBeatles stomp out a beatle.]]"
** Einstein VS Hawking: "I'll "school" you anywhere—MIT to Oxford"
*** "… when you try to put your little p-brane against this kind of mind …"
** Mario Bros VS Wright Bros: "Sorry, Wright Brothers, this time you chose wrong."
*** "You might fly like a hawk, but you fight like a kitty."
** Seuss VS Shakespeare: " Oh, no, we'll smash your globe."
*** "You gettin' upstaged Bill. Yo you just got played" is especially stealthy.
** Elvis VS Michael Jackson: "I've seen every record you set, man I [[MichaelJackson beat it]]."
** Gates VS Jobs: Steve Jobs saying "I got a PC, but it wasn't from you," to Bill Gates. One of the stealthiest ones yet.
*** He also says he'll "bring up some basic shit".
*** Later, [[spoiler: HAL 9000]] offers "I think different from the engine of the days of old", referencing both the former AppleMacintosh slogan and Charles Babbage's difference engine, the first computer.
*** "You blow, Jobs" (complete with hand motion)
** Obama VS Romney: "You're all Barack and no bite."
** Bieber VS Beethoven: "You wanna trade blows? You can't even hit puberty!"
** Cleopatra VS Marilyn Monroe: "Gettin' 'Lo on Marc Antony."
** Doc Brown VS The Doctor: "Now Dalek my balls!"
** Bruce Lee VS Clint Eastwood: "Kung F-U!"
** Batman VS Sherlock Holmes: "You're a batshit crazy basket case!"
*** "Dissing these dynamic douchebags…"
** Martin Luther King VS Gandhi: "Flatten your style like bread, Naan violence!"
*** "You would know about bread, Dr. Birming-ham sandwich."
*** "With protests and women, the same advice goes/ Always stay away from the ho's (hose)."
*** "I fought the caste system, but you still cannot touch this!"
*** "I'm the King of civil rights"
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* A lot of the names in ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' are puns, especially when combined with other characters' names. For instance: Blooregard Q. Kazoo, thus Bloo Q. Kazoo [[spoiler:kukukachu]].
* Warpath from ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'' is an Autobot who is best known for his VerbalTic of adding onomatopoeia to his dialog... to the point where he might have Tourette's. The kicker? [[spoiler:He turns into a tank and his upper body is made from the TURRET.]]
** In the third season, the Decepticon leader Galvatron, who turns into a gun emplacement, is crazy and unpredictable, as likely to attack his allies as he is the Autobots. [[spoiler: He's quite the ''loose cannon''.]]
** And in the Japanese dub, the Cassetteicons often call Soundwave aniki. In addition to being what gang members call their leader, it also translates to 'big brother.' So, since Soundwave is the Decepticon communications officer who reports treachery to their leader [[spoiler:that means that BigBrotherIsWatching you.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters'', the TeamPet of the group is a little pink bat named Belfry. His name is based on the saying [[spoiler:"To have bats in the belfry", meaning "To be a bit crazy"]].
** Also, HotScoop Jessica Wray is the fiancée of ghostbuster Jake Kong. Wray... Kong... does it [[Film/KingKong ring a bell]]?
* In ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', when we are first introduced to Team Go, Ron asks why Mego wears a purple costume. Team leader Hego replies, "He's a shrinker" and drops the subject. He's a shrinking violet (but not a ShrinkingViolet, mind you); Warner/DC would not be amused.
** Mego's power is to shrink to the size of an action figure. He shares his name with a popular line of action figures from the 70s and 80s, including the unintuitive pronunciation.
* Austin's fur color in ''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans''.
** Also in ''The Backyardigans'', in the episode "Mission to Mars", Austin controls a Mars Rover named Rover. This Troper also realized the joke about this also meaning ''the car'' Austin Rover.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' [[TrappedInTVLand book-jumping episode]] "Shelf Life":
-->'''Wanda:''' Egad, he turned Literature/TheThreeMusketeers into the three [[TheMickeyMouseClub Mouse]]--\\
''(Timmy then swiftly covers her mouth and teleports them out)''
** And later in the same episode:
-->'''Cosmo:''' So he gets into a physics book, what's the worst that could happen?\\
'''Timmy:''' He could turn gravity into gravy. He could turn the planets into plants.--\\
'''Wanda:''' He could turn {{Uranus i|sShowing}}nto... Oh my God, we have to stop him!
** The segment "Dread and Breakfast" has a cameo by two Shaggy and Scooby-Doo lookalikes. Not-Shaggy refers to Not-Scooby as "Doob", which would probably make "Doob"'s name [[spoiler:[[TheStoner Doobie]].]]
** Timmy's fairies are usually disguised as goldfish, so Timmy has [[spoiler: Film/AFishCalledWanda.]]
** In one episode, where Jay Leno is interviewing pop star [[Music/BritneySpears Britney Britney]], he says that he feels the same way about her as he does asparagus. As in, both of them being spears.
* George Frankly, of ''MathNet'' on ''Series/SquareOneTV'', also visited the island of Nomanissan. (Back when Kate Monday was still his partner, and he was still with the LAPD.) He explained the name as being of Native American origin.
* Surprisingly, ''WesternAnimation/TheSnorks'' was full of this. Allstar's pet octopus, Occy, goes berserk when he's called icky. As in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyophthirius_multifiliis skin parasite]].
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' has a CreditsGag explaining that Plucky Duck was "inadvertently omitted from 'The Name Game'."
** In fact, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Name_Game Wikipedia]] warns that using Alice, Dallas, Tucker, Chuck, Buck, Huck, Bart, Art, Mitch, Rich, Richie, Maggie, or Danny will result in "profanity or rude language."
* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' once had a shot of [[Series/DoctorWho the Fourth Doctor]] standing on the first base of a baseball diamond. After waiting a second, the Doctor says "[[WhosOnFirst Do ya get it?]]"
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' did it a couple times with the limerick about the man from Nantucket. For the record, "There once was a man from Nantucket[[spoiler:/Whose cock was so long he could suck it/And he said, with a grin/As he wiped off his chin/"If my ear were a cunt I would fuck it!.]]"
** "The" limerick? [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_once_was_a_man_from_Nantucket There's dozens with that starting line]].
** Once:
-->'''Barney:''' ''(doing handsprings)'' [[MajorGeneralSong I am the very model of a modern major general!]]\\
'''Homer:''' That's nothing! ''(doing cartwheels)'' There once was a man from Nantucket, who... D'oh! ''(runs into wall)''
** And again:
-->'''Homer:''' You know, I once knew a man from Nantucket.\\
'''Bart:''' And?\\
'''Homer:''' Let's just say the stories about him are greatly exaggerated.
** And again:
-->'''Homer:''' There once was this guy from an island off the coast of Massachusetts... Nantucket, I think it was. Anyway, he had the most unusual personal characteristic, which was, um...
** Another instance not using the man from Nantucket limerick, maybe even being a parody of its usage, comes in an episode where Krusty the Clown is giving Homer an old trampoline of his and talks about dirty limericks ("There once was a man named Enis...").
*** So WHO had the most limericks written about them -- was it the man named Enis, or the woman from Regina?
** The traffic guy for Channel Six News, Arnie Pie, who ''very deliberately'' avoids the painfully obvious pun on his name; his segment, live from the traffic chopper, is called "Arnie in the Sky".
** Still another: Krusty the Clown once mentioned that he and Bette Midler once owned a horse together, and named it "Krudler". For those who didn't get it, the more appropriate name is revealed in the DVDCommentary of the episode: [[spoiler:Misty]]
** Alternatively, the far less appropriate [[spoiler:Busty]]
** "Sneed's Feed & Seed (Formerly Chuck's)"
** In the episode "'Sideshow Bob Roberts", the character playing the role of "Deep Throat" is [[TransparentCloset Mr. Smithers]].
** The "Flaming Moe" drink, formerly known as the "Flaming Homer". The names bear similarities to "'mo" and "homo" respectively, both contractions of "homosexual".
** Apu attended the Springfield Heights Institute of Technology.
** "I'm Dick Tracy! Take that, Pruneface! Now I'm Pruneface. Take that, Dick Tracy! Now I'm Prune Tracy. Take that--" (''[[CurseCutShort is physically subdued]]'')
** In another episode, Homer gets lost in a corn field, and the family sends the dog to help. The music that plays is [[spoiler:"Freak on a Leash" by Music/{{Korn}}]].
** In "Wedding for Disaster," Homer is kidnapped and chained up in a cell. When his kidnappers return him back home out of guilt, he still has a chain on him. Marge tells him that they should take that chain off him, to which he responds, "Won't it just dry up after a while and fall off in the bath?" [[spoiler:Such is what typically happens to a ''bandage'', not ''bondage'']].
** In the first season episode "The Crepes of Wrath":
--> '''Bart''' (watching his pet frog): Ah, the life of a frog. That's the life for me.
--> ''Marge enters the room and asks if Bart would like to go to France.''
** "I don't know whether to peck you on your kisser or kiss you on your-"
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'', there is a running gag where several villains are never actually named, but they are very obvious visual puns. So we have an evil boy genius with a see-through plastic cranium, but never actually called "Brain Child". Or the man dressed as someone's granny, obsessed with stealing inventions is never called "The mother of invention".
** ''The Tick'' is pretty famous with this trope for villain names like Chairface Chippendale, a chair faced in a tuxedo (Chippendale is also the name of a furniture) and Milton Roe. Milt means fish sperm and Roe means fish eggs.
* Surprisingly, ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' does this at one point: despite the series' tendency towards the incredibly lame pun, the Mayor's secretary is referred to only as "Miss Bellum." Given her brain capacity relative to that of the Mayor, it's not hard to guess what her first name is... [[spoiler:Sarah.]]
** They have stated her name at least once. However, it was in fact [[spoiler:Sarah.]]
** The Mayor is so old his first secretary must have been [[spoiler:Antebellum.]]
** Also, Him looks like {{Satan}} and dresses like [[RougeAnglesOfSatin Santa Claus]]. He also has claws. This is never commented on directly.
** Him [[spoiler:IS Satan...]]
** The septic truck in "Down N' Dirty" [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/_Dirty.jpg is full of it.]]
* The Central Bureaucracy of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has a giant Rubik's cube made out of Rubik's cubes made out of offices. [[spoiler:I call it the Rubik's Cubicle]].
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', "Deep Cover for Batman": Batman thinks he may have found an ally in The Scarlet Scarab based on a conversation he heard, but it turns out to just provide misdirection, meaning that the ''Scarlet'' Scarab was a RedHerring.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "The Terror Beyond", Hawkgirl [[DefiantToTheEnd taunts Icthultu]] when he wishes to speak to her: "Nothing to say! I have a ''gesture'' for you, but my hands are tied." That's right, Hawkgirl wants to flip him the bird.
** In the episode "The Balance" Franchise/WonderWoman receives a message from Zeus saying "By Decree of Zeus Father of Olympus it is so ordered: Diana of Themyscira will travel to Tartarus and set right that which has been disturbed." She starts to respond with "He's telling me to go to..." but is interrupted by Hermes saying "Basically".
** The "fire at will" pun is used when [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond Terry]] (voiced by Creator/WillFriedle) showed up in "The Once and Future Thing".
** And in "Epilogue", the team is up against another team called the Royal Flush Gang, who Ace gave powers to. One of them is wearing kabuki make-up, with a top knot and swinging a katana. By process of elimination, he's the [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack Jack]], and when depowered happens to look like Creator/PhilLaMarr. Ten looks like Bo Derek did in the film ''{{Ten}}'', Queen is a transformed guy (drag queen), and King looks like Jack "King" Kirby.
** In the ''Unlimited'' episode "Panic In The Sky", there's a stealth pun allusion to Galatea being the DCAU expy of PowerGirl when Supergirl defeats her by (fatally?) electrocuting her with a power cable.
* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad!'':
-->'''Hayley:''' You have angina[[note]]This is a real disease[[/note]].\\
'''Francine:''' Which according to Dr. Natterson sounds like vagina... I don't know about that, but he's the doctor.
** Another episode has a secondary story revolving around bees. What's another term for "[[BStory secondary story]]"?
** Another episode has an extremely stealth one. When Francine takes an elevator down a shaft Stan built in his house to find Oliver North's gold, Francine comes across a donkey. Stan later says that he was all alone in the hole with only the donkey. A shaft, and a donkey. Whats another name for a donkey in a shaft? An ass in a hole, hence [[DontExplainTheJoke an asshole]].
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', the scene after greeting Suki in a robe, under candlelight, a rose in his mouth, Sokka is seen wearing a flower necklace -- [[spoiler:he got lei'd]].
** [[spoiler:And Suki got deflowered]].
** In "The Ember Island Players", a bad in-universe reenactment of the series thus far, the audience starts falling asleep during the sequence with the drill. It's ''boring''.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' where Stewie and Brian go to a Disney universe, this universe's Joe is a coffee pot. Joe. Coffee.
** Of course, that's a spoof of ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', where the teapot is Mrs. Potts and her grandson is a teacup with a chip in it... named Chip.
** In "Model Misbehavior", Lois becomes a model and walks into the Drunken Clam dressed up. After all the guys make [incredibly lame puns about her, Joe tells her to take her jacket off. Eventually, all the guys in the bar are shouting a chorus of "jacket off, jacket off". Or, if you listen to it correctly, [[spoiler:jack it off]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' has one of the first type in the episode "Can I Keep Him?" While fighting Johnny Rancid's new "pet", Rancid remarks that the beast is "kicking [Robin's]--", and is then interrupted by two green hooves to the gut. One shot later, it is revealed that Beast Boy has, indeed, [[spoiler:turned into an ass.]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episode "Karate Island", one of the enemies is named "The Tickler". He also happens to be French. Making him... [[spoiler:a French Tickler]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'', the TeamPet is a fly named Zipper. The fact that this is a pun is never brought up.
* Late in the third season of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'', Ben's antagonists consisted largely of aliens that resembled Universal/Hammer horror monsters, and he gained the ability to become each of them. First was a werewolf, which he cleverly named Benwolf. (Insert Gwendel joke here.) Next, a mummy, which was called Benmummy in the credits. The third villain, Dr. Vicktor, turned out to be a Frankenstein's Monster pastiche. The credits called the resulting transformation Benvicktor, avoiding the more obvious choice: [[spoiler:Benstein]].
* In the third season of ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'', Kevin ends up [[ShapeshifterModeLock stuck]] in a composite form, with various body parts made out of various materials, from metal to crystal. In particular, everything from his groin down is made of [[spoiler:wood]].
* For years, the opening sequence of ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' got away with showing Yakko getting lunchmeat shoved down the front of his trousers, while all three Warners sang "there's bologna in our slacks". Yep, they played "Hide the Sausage" in full view on a kid's show...
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** The head editor of the dictionary in "The F Word" is [[Series/{{Webster}} Emmanuel Lewis]].[[note]]"Webster's" is the name of a highly popular dictionary, and Emmanuel Lewis was famous for starring in a 1980s sitcom named ''Webster''.[[/note]]
** In "Tsst", Eric's egotistical behavior becomes too much for Mrs. Cartman to handle. When reality TV shows like ''Nanny 911'' and ''SuperNanny'' fail to subdue him, it is Cesar Millan the Dog Whisperer who shows Cartman that not everyone is willing to put up with his crap. That's right, the episode implied that Cartman is a "son of a bitch".
** The character Butters' last name is "Stotch" making his name Butters Stotch (Butterscotch) but he is rarely, if ever, called by both (his real full name [[AerithAndBob "Leopold Stotch"]] even moreso). Usually, it's either first or last name only.
** During the last minute of "Butterballs", you can see a very brief shot of a penguin that looks suspiciously like the one from the end of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', which just so happens to be the TropeCodifier for GainaxEnding, a trope in which the ending of "Butterballs" is a not-so-subtle attempt at.
** "Raising the Bar": Creator/JamesCameron, director of 1997's ''Film/{{Titanic}}'', ventures deep underwater to find and raise the mythical "bar", à la ''Literature/RaiseTheTitanic''.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' episode "It's Only a Paper World," the title characters attempt to TakeOverTheWorld by building a life-sized replica of the planet Earth out of paper-mâché and luring the population onto it so they can rule the real Earth without interference. All the music in the episode is based on themes from Dvorak's Symphony No. 9: [[spoiler:otherwise known as the New World symphony]].
** Similarly, an episode dealing with the art world used themes from Mussorgsky's [[spoiler:Pictures At An Exhibition]].
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', Peter hears a radio informing everyone about an attack by Sandman at the harbor. Then it says: "Now for an oldie but a goodie by the Chordettes" before the next scene. One of the Chordettes' most famous songs? [[spoiler:'''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDXT7wC9jrc Mr. Sandman]]''']].
** Also, Sandman is trying to steal The Urn of Morpheus.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon "A Gruesome Twosome", two alley cats try to fool Tweety by wearing a horse costume. The one in front reveals himself and tells us "I'm the horse's head!" The one in back says nothing.
** "Buckaroo Bugs" has Bugs as a messenger asking which of the two characters lying dazed on the ground is Red Hot Ryder. Red points to his horse's ass before pointing to himself. "Scrap Happy Daffy" does a similar gag, with Daffy pointing at a horse's ass and exclaiming "How do ya like that, Schickelgrüber?"
* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'' actually subverted this once. They find an injured bird, nurse it back to health, and Butthead sends it on its way by flipping it into the air. Beavis then takes the stealth out of the pun by telling him [[spoiler:"Hey, Butthead. You flipped the bird."]]
* [[GenkiGirl Maggie]] the housefly's older brother in ''WesternAnimation/TheBuzzOnMaggie'' is named Aldrin... for "Buzz" Aldrin.
* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' shows that the characters are divided as a result of their relationship issues. This would seem to imply that the gang is [[LetsSplitUpGang splitting up.]]
** In "Horror of the Hodag", Shaggy feels neglected because Scooby found a girl dog named Nova that he likes--much the same as he had done to Scooby when he was dating Velma. When he tells Velma this, she comments that "Payback, thy name is Nova." In other words, [[spoiler:payback is a bitch.]]
* A French stealth pun for ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': the Havresac. It's a real word (haversack in English), but Ruel's is also a bag (''sac'') which provides a haven (''havre'') for the heroes.
* Similar to the ''Futurama'' example above, there's a Polish cartoon called ''Generał Italia''. Hmmm...
* In ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', [[{{Satan}} Lucius Heinous I-VI]] have all been [[HumanPopsicle frozen alive]] by their sons. So basically, {{Hell}} freezes over.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "Boast Busters," Spike gushes over how Twilight Sparkle can do twenty-five tricks, since most unicorns can only use a little magic pertaining to their talent. Making them one-trick ponies.
** In the first episode, "The Mare in the Moon", we can see that Twilight Sparkle (who is more interested in her studies than in making friends) makes her home in a tall, off-white structure (i.e. an ''ivory tower'').
** In the second episode, "The Elements of Harmony", the mane cast overcome Nightmare Moon and put an end to TheNightThatNeverEnds. One could say they... ''save the day.''
** In "The Ticket Master", when Rarity is ranting about how her fashion will allow her and Twilight to impress all the Canterlot elite at the Grand Galloping Gala, she has literal [[WingdingEyes stars in her eyes]].
** In "Swarm of the Century", Pinkie Pie eventually leads [[TheSwarm the town-destroying parasprites]] out of Ponyville with music. Making her the Pinkie Pied Piper.
** In "Feeling Pinkie Keen", Twilight stops to stand on a crate and lecture Pinkie about why she has a hard time believing in the latter's "Pinkie Sense". Said crate originally had some bars and bottles of soap on it, which means Twilight ''literally'' got on a soap box.
** In "Sonic Rainboom", Rainbow Dash pulls off the Sonic Rainboom and wins the Young Fliers' Competition with it. One might say she ''passed with flying colours''.
** In "Lesson Zero", Twilight Sparkle shows the Cutie Mark Crusaders her toy, Smarty Pants, who comes with accessories such as homework. It also appears to be some kind of donkey, making it a [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar smart ass]].
** In "Luna Eclipsed", Twilight Sparkle's [[AllHallowsEve Nightmare Night]] costume is Star Swirl the Bearded, "father of the amniomorphic spell." "Amniomorphic" means "bowl-shaped", which makes Star Swirl a long-bearded bowl-maker or, in other words, a ''[[Literature/HarryPotter hairy potter]]''.
*** "Luna Eclipsed" had quite a couple of these, actually. Another, more obvious one would be Pinkie as a Chicken Pie.
** In "Sweet and Elite", when talking to Fancypants, after having mentioned staying at the princess' castle, she places Opalescence into one of her carrier-bags. Why? Because she let the cat out of the bag. (Admittedly not the same bag, but still).
** In "Secret of My Excess", Spike goes on a greedy rampage through Ponyville. Part of that includes going to Sugarcube Corner and stealing all the cakes. Pinkie Pie immediately calls out, "How dare you take the cake!" This is a subtle reference to the phrase "taking the cake."
** In "Read It and Weep", a hospitalized pony with a crazed expression and strait-jacket vocalizes like a dog - making her barking mad. Also, the fact that her cutie mark is a screw makes much more sense when you consider that she's literally screw loose.
** The day after "A Canterlot Wedding" -- in which Princess Cadance (sic) [[spoiler:is revealed to be a {{vil|eVillainSaccharineShow}}lain in disguise]] -- aired, a music geek discovered that one of the songs contains a chord progression known as a [[http://www.reddit.com/r/mylittlepony/comments/sm22p/a_spoiler_in_the_song/ deceptive cadence]]. And then the song's composer [[http://twitter.com/#!/dannyimusic/status/193926339043147777 confirmed via Twitter]] that it was totally intentional. The song is an alternating duet with the genuine Cadence, and her parts contain an "authentic cadence" chord progression.
** A bit of a FridgeBrilliance pun involving the princesses: Prior to the Season 2 finale, a lot of people wondered what Cadence's purpose was. Celestia and Luna basically run the sun and moon, respectively, but Cadence doesn't have any duty of that nature. Then the episode revealed that [[http://images.wikia.com/random-ness/images/8/83/My-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-brony-you-know-its-true.gif she was Twilight's foalsitter...]]
** In "Magical Mystery Cure," the song "What My Cutie Mark Is Telling Me" details results of the [[InAnotherMansShoes cutie mark swap]]. There's very distinctive transitions between stanzas, which appear in jazz and musicals. [[spoiler: It's known as a turnaround, which can also mean 'the reversal of a situation or circumstances'.]]
*** In the same episode, Pinkie Pie ends up with Applejack's cutie mark and works the apple farm. [[EpicFail Or tries, anyway.]] The fact that this means she could be described as an [[spoiler: Apple Pie]] goes entirely without comment.
* In RealLife, early computers had names like ENIAC, EDVAC, and UNIVAC. In the ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' side feature, "Peabody's Improbable History", the time machine is called the WABAC ('cause they go "way back" in time).
** Speaking of ''Rocky and Bullwinkle'', Boris Badenov's name was an allusion to Pushkin's play Boris Godunov. The name is lampshaded in one story arc's next-episode titles: "Don't Make It Worse, It's Badenov."
* "Ex Marks the Spot," the penultimate episode of ''WesternAnimation/TimeSquad'', opens with Larry behaving unusually happily, as if [[DidYouJustHaveSex basking in the afterglow of...something]]. He stuffs a turkey full of gravy until it overflows, then tops the dish with a cherry...which sinks into the gravy never to be seen again. In other words, Larry has [[spoiler:just lost his cherry]].
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'' episode "Jiggles" features a gelatinous cube which only eats fruit. It then proceeds to absorb the AmbiguouslyGay King Julien.
* There were two instances of a Griffin named Merv who had a talk show in cartoons:
** The first was in "Hamelot," a ComicStrip/USAcres segment of ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'', where Merv was voiced by Creator/FrankWelker, and he was interviewing the farm cast (who were imagined as knights).
** The second was in Disney's ''Disney/{{Hercules}}: [[RecycledTheSeries The Series]]'', where Creator/MervGriffin ''himself'' played his animated, mythological counterpart as he interviewed Herc. A CastingGag that went into ParentalBonus and ''literal'' MythologyGag perhaps?
* The WesternAnimation/{{Classic Disney Short|s}} ''PlutosJudgementDay'', which is about WesternAnimation/{{Pluto|ThePup}} imagining himself going to hell after being scolded by MickeyMouse for chasing a cat. Pluto is actually the name of the Roman god of the underworld, as well as [[PlutoIsExpendable the former ninth planet]] in which the dog got his name from.
* In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb: Summer Belongs To You'', it's revealed that Baljeet has a relative who runs a factory in the Himalayas that makes rubber bands and balls. It's never said outright, but he's literally making [[spoiler:India rubber.]]
* Done ever so discreetly in ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' during the episode "The Eds Are Coming". Once Ed emerges from the radiant goo, Kevin has a soapbox moment upon a soap box--as is the origin of the phrase.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdz}}'', Morty Storkowitz remarks that he went to school with a peacock who [[Creator/{{NBC}} went into television]].
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode "Vacation", Chuckie can be seen running on a roulette wheel. In other words, [[spoiler:it's rushing roulette.]]
* One scene in ''WesternAnimation/RobbieTheReindeer: Hooves of Fire'' has a singing seal… voiced by singer Seal.
* The ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' episode "Access Denied" has Mordecai and Rigby trying to get into a club called "The Box". They get into the club by [[spoiler:thinking outside The Box.]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "Headhunters", at one point Dipper and Mabel pass by a man with a [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7uxj6vwAb1qciqjmo1_500.png cat drawn on one palm]]. Said fellow is hitting it with his other hand, so you could say that he's [[spoiler:pounding pussy]].
* '''[[WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends The Discount of Monte Cristo]]''', anyone?
* In ''RecessTakingTheFifthGrade'', Spinelli tells [[{{Jerkass}} Becky]] that she hopes her classes are at obedience school. That is to say, she was calling her [[spoiler:[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar a bitch]]]].
* A main character in ''TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' is Penny. She's a peanut, and she has antlers. She's a [[spoiler:doe-nut]].
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* In the famous F.A.O. Schwarz Toy Store, New York City, there are a pair of life-sized stuffed animals over the display case for board games. They don't say, but they are, of course, [[spoiler:cheetahs.]]
* While certainly not intentional, one of the largest elevator manufacturers in the world is the Schindler group. [[spoiler:Schindler's Lift.]]
* Cockney Rhyming Slang.
* When a US military weather station experiences an earthquake, it is required to fill out a SEXX bulletin describing the event and any damage that occurs. Yes, you disseminate the SEXX bulletin when the Earth moves.
* UsefulNotes/{{Mensa}} groups in the Chicago area host an annual [="HalloweeM"=] gathering, in which extremely smart people dress up to embody the pun of their choice. As these costumes are designed by, and intended for the amusement of, Mensa-caliber intellects, the puns are usually coy enough to qualify for this trope.
* [[http://www.threadless.com/product/356/Lost_A_Wheel#zoom This shirt design]]. "[[spoiler:[[Franchise/{{Batman}} The Batmobile]] lost a wheel (and the Joker got away)]]".
** Threadless.com also sells a T-shirt with Lenin, Mao, Castro, and Stalin, all in little party hats and carrying drinks. [[spoiler:It's a communist party!]]
** And one with a fish in a glass military tank. On description it doesn't really sound that stealthy, but you would not believe the amount of people who see it and say "Why is there a fish in a ta-- OH."
** Many of the shirts from Woot.Com are pun based. Good luck if you get the random pack and then finally get it while in the middle of the street.
* Actress JeanHarlow was allegedly at dinner with Margot Asquith (wife of HerbertHenryAsquith, the former [[TheMenOfDowningStreet British Prime Minister]]), and kept pronouncing Mrs. Asquith's name with the 't' at the end. Eventually Asquith told her "No, Jean, [[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY the 'T' is silent]], like in 'Harlow'". [[spoiler:[[DontExplainTheJoke She was calling her a harlot]].]]
* The University of Tampere, a Finnish university, has three major buildings, which have meaningful names. The main building is named "Päätalo", Finnish for "main building". A castle-like building nearby is named "Linna" (castle). The faculty of sciences, located near a stream is named "Virta" (current). They sound like IncrediblyLamePun, but they have actually been named of three Tampere cultural icons: writer Kalle Päätalo, writer Väinö Linna and musician Olavi Virta.
* The musician Blixa Bargeld's name is a pseudonym. Since Blixa is a brand of pen, it's a literal "pen name".
* The logo for Washington State's Department of Transportation is a green '''[[FunWithAcronyms dot]]''' with a line drawing of a T-shaped road intersection.
** In the same vein, Washington DC's Department of Transportation logo is the lowercase letter D followed by a period -- as in D-DOT.
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** "Raising the Bar": Creator/JamesCameron, director of 1997's ''Film/{{Titanic}}'', ventures deep underwater to find and raise the mythical "bar", à la ''RaiseTheTitanic''.