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* Ron Weasley of ''HarryPotter'' does this. In ''GobletOfFire'', he asks Lavender at one point, "Can I have a look at Uranus too, Lavender?" [[spoiler:It's not known whether the foreshadowing was intentional, but this being ''HarryPotter'' that's probably the way to bet.]] Next, in ''HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'', Ron makes another such joke during a sort of LemonWackyHello moment, saying "Harry, we saw Uranus up close!"

* Interestingly enough, this episode earned JimParsons his Emmy.

* As mentioned in the opening quote, Fry of ''{{Futurama}}'' told the Professor that he didn't want to smell Uranus using the Smelloscope. The Professor replied the planet was renamed "Urectum" to stop the jokes.

* That's not the only time Wakko makes this particular joke, but Yakko seems to consider it beneath even them:

* As mentioned in the opening quote, Fry of ''{{Futurama}}'' told the Professor that he didn't want to smell Uranus using the Smelloscope.

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* The {{Hellblazer}}/SailorMoon crossover fic ''Sailor Hellblazer'' has a 'deleted scene' where John Constantine calls Sailor Uranus 'Sailor Arsehole' in an argument that might have started over [[SeriousBusiness football]].

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->'''Professor:''' I'm sorry Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore that stupid joke]] once and for all.
->'''Fry:''' Oh. What's it called now?
->'''Professor:''' [[CompletelyMissingThePoint Urectum]]. Would you like to smell it?
-->--''{{Futurama}}''

[[spoiler: [[SelfFulfillingProphecy And they do.]]]]

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* "Uranus has never been probed" is one of the facts that pop up on PopUpVideo during a Freddie Mercury video. People complained because 1) Uranus ''has'' been probed, and 2) the joke was in [[DudeNotFunny somewhat poor taste]].

* In ''MassEffect 2'' you can visit Uranus. If you launch a probe at it, EDI says, "''Really'', Commander?" If you do it again, she says, resigned, "Probing Uranus."

-->"I also probed Uranus, which is big and swampy and full of craters, but is otherwise uninteresting. Actually, there's only one town there, called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin New Jester]], but for [[SarcasmMode the life of me I couldn't figure out why]]. But if I were to guess, I'd say it's where all the jesters of the world were exiled for making endless Uranus jokes."

This refers to the tendency for characters to crack jokes about the planet Uranus and its unfortunate name. Attempts to rectify this usually try to vary the pronunciation ([[ItIsPronouncedTro-PAY It Is Pronounced u-RIH-nus]]). They do not work: both "your anus" and "urine us" have innuendos.

This refers to the tendency for characters to crack jokes about the planet Uranus and its unfortunate name. Attempts to rectify this usually attempt to vary the pronunciation. They do not work: both "your anus" and "urine us" have innuendos.

->''Our top story tonight: NASA sends probe to Uranus; people everywhere giggle.''

This refers to the tendency for characters to crack jokes about the planet Uranus and its unfortunate name. Attempts to rectify this usually attempt to vary the pronunciation. They do not work. One common one is to call it "Urin-us". So instead of "anus", it's "urine".

* ''[[CaptainUnderpants The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby'' ended with the BigBad, Deputy Doo-Doo, deposited on Uranus. It even lampshaded the trope with a sign reading "Welcome to Uranus (Please don't make fun of our name)"

* Invoked in ''[[{{Ptitlezupzqbhj}} Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey'' while [[spoiler:complimenting GOD.]]

* A ''CaptainUnderpants'' comic lampshaded this by having the planet actually contain a sign reading "Welcome to Uranus. (Please don't make fun of our name)"

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This refers to the tendency for characters to crack jokes about the planet Uranus and its unfortunate name. Attempts to rectify this usually attempt to vary the pronunciation. They do not work.

* In an episode of ''BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' ''Aquaman'' and ''BlueBeetle'' battle a supervillain named the Planetmaster, who has a superpower based on all eight planets [[{{PlutoisExpendable}} (and Pluto)]]. Blue Beetle wisecracks that he doesn't want to see the power of Uranus.