History StealthPun / LiveActionFilms

* The opening credits to ''{{Film/Mandy 2018}}'' are set to "Starless" by Music/KingCrimson, a song which originally appeared on the album ''Red''. Shortly after the song ends, we meet our two protagonists, one of whom is named Red.

* The opening credits to ''{{Film/Mandy2018}}'' are set to "Starless" by Music/KingCrimson, a song which originally appeared on the album ''Red''. Shortly after the song ends, we meet our two protagonists, one of whom is named Red.

* In ''Film/LandOfTheLost'' (2009) it's telling that the place with an above average tachyon flow is one decidedly lacking in taste.

* The opening credits to ''{{Film/Mandy2018}}'' are set to "Starless" by Music/KingCrimson, which originally appeared on their album ''Red''. Red also happens to be the name of the protagonist.

* The opening credits to''{{Film/Mandy2018}}'' are set to "Starless" by Music/KingCrimson, which originally appeared on their album ''Red''. Red also happens to be the name of the protagonist.

* ''[[Film/CheaperByTheDozen Cheaper by the Dozen 2]]'': Nora, the family's eldest daughter, is pregnant all throughout the film. She ends up having her baby at the tail end of her family's summer vacation - specifically on Labor Day.

** At one point a Spaceball guard yells at the character Barf, "That son of a..." after Barf [[FlippingTheBird flips the bird]] at him. Since Barf is a [[HalfHumanHybrid Mawg]] (half man, half dog) we can only assume that the canine genes come from his mother: an actual bitch. Although since we learn [[spoiler: he may be of royal lineage, at the end, his father might be a Sire]], so the guard might have stopped short for not being sure.
*** Pretty sure it was Lone Starr who turned out to be royalty, not Barf.

** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'':

* 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. Guess she just had to put her face on.

* In ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'', Wonder Woman first appears standing on the statue of "Lady Justice".
* In ''Film/ManOfSteel'' Zod attacks Superman with an I-beam. Supes parries with an EyeBeam.
** Since [[spoiler: Krypton's codex (which contains the genetics for all to be created Kryptonians) is encoded in Kal-El's cells, he is ''[[LiteralMetaphor literally an everyman]]''.]]
** ''Film/WonderWoman2017'':

* In ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', the T-800 chases John Connor through a mall carrying a [[Music/GunsNRoses box of flowers with a shotgun inside]]. The [[Music/GunsNRoses Guns 'N Roses]] song "You Could Be Mine" appeared in the movie, and was also played over the credits.

* ''Film/HomeAlone'' has Kevin getting in deep trouble with his relatives for spilling milk all over their plane tickets. So they're all "crying over spilled milk".

* ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons'' has the villain knock the hero to the ground and shout "not so [[Film/TheTalentedMrRipley talented now, are you Mister Ridley?]].

*** And, Rhodey and Stark fight in Iron Man armour in a wrestling wring. Remind anyone of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_%27Em_Sock_%27Em_Robots This]]?

* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', Quinn replaces the Power Stone with a Troll doll before giving it to Yondu. He literally [[Main/{{Troll}} trolled]] Yondu.

* In the film ''Film/TheMuppets'', there's an ''epic'' case of GettingCrapPastTheRadar when Camilla and her fellow hens cluck out Music/CeeLoGreen's "Forget You", or as it's better known in its uncensored version, "[[ClusterFBomb F**k You]]". It's never spelled out anywhere, but put that all together and you realize the chickens are saying.... "Cluck You".

* In ''The Ward'', [[spoiler: Iris]] is killed off via a deliberately fatal lobotomy - there's an unspoken pun when you connect her name and the fact that [[EyeScream her eye is punctured by an ice pick]], since [[spoiler: the iris is a part of the eye.]]

* In ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'', twice Tallahassee guns down zombies whilst [[spoiler:riding a rollercoaster]]. In other words it's [[spoiler: an ''on-rail shooter'']].

-->'''Trinity''': We think you're '''bugged'''.

** "Mr. Boddy won't be staying with us for very long. In fact, he's just [[CastingGag Lee Ving]]."

* In ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'', Wonder Woman first appears standing on the statue of "Lady Justice".

* In ''Film/ManOfSteel'' Zod attacks Superman with an I-beam. Supes parries with an EyeBeam.
** Since [[spoiler: Krypton's codex (which contains the genetics for all to be created Kryptonians) is encoded in Kal-El's cells, he is ''[[LiteralMetaphor literally an everyman]]''.]]

* 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"]].
* ''Film/{{Annie 2014}}'': Daddy Warbucks' AdaptationNameChange is William Stacks, which means that he's informally known as [[spoiler:[[Fiction500 Bill Stacks]]]].
* In ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'' 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".]] For those observant enough, the joke ''is'' explained (sorta) in the soundtrack, where the name of the track that plays during this scene has the punch line as its name.
* In ''Film/BigGame'', one of Oskari's neighbors is shown reading a newspaper article about president Moore's impending visit to Helsinki. The text is in Finnish apart from the headline, which reads "We Want Moore". [[spoiler:Cross out one "o".]]

* The title character of ''Film/BubbaHoTep'' yells vulgarities in hieroglyphics during the final confrontation. [[spoiler:The mummy's curse.]]
* ''[[Film/CheaperByTheDozen Cheaper by the Dozen 2]]'': Nora, the family's eldest daughter, is pregnant all throughout the film. She ends up having her baby at the tail end of her family's summer vacation - specifically on [[spoiler: Labor Day]].

* 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.]]
** And Two-face's accident happens on 250 52nd street. The street is a palindrome.
* The climactic moment of ''Film/DeadPoetsSociety'' has the students supporting John Keating by rising from their desks to quote "O Captain, My Captain" against their teacher's orders. Talk about your [[spoiler: student uprising]].

** Noah had a son named Ham. Evan has a son named Ryan, or Ry. [[spoiler: Ham and Rye.]]

* 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.]]

* ''Film/HotShotsPartDeux'' 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/{{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]].
*** Seems like his reason for doing that is he's [[spoiler: going crazy, or that he has a loco motive.]]

* ''Film/KamenRiderGenerationsDrPacmanVsExAidAndGhostWithLegendaryRiders'' has people being infected with a virus spread by tiny creatures that resemble VideoGame/PacMan. They all literally have [[spoiler:PacManFever]].

* In ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'', the code (2625) to get into the princess' cell? On a numeric keypad (phone) it can alternately spell [[spoiler: ANAL or COCK]].
** [[spoiler: Well... she DID offer...]]

* 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]].
* In ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife'', a segment where a married couple in their forties visit a Medieval dungeon-themed restaurant is appropriately named [[spoiler:"Middle Age"]].
* In the film ''Film/TheMuppets'', there's an ''epic'' case of GettingCrapPastTheRadar when Camilla and her fellow hens cluck out Music/CeeLoGreen's "Forget You", or as it's better known in its uncensored version, "[[ClusterFBomb F**k You]]". It's never spelled out anywhere, but put that all together and you realize the chickens are saying.... [[spoiler:"Cluck You"]].
* 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 characters of ''Film/TheOogielovesInTheBigBalloonAdventure'' hang around with a sentient vacuum cleaner named J. Edgar. [[spoiler:He's named after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover J. Edgar Hoover]] - "Hoover" also being the name of a popular vacuum cleaner manufacturer.]]
* In ''Film/PacificRim'', there is the scene where Raleigh and Mako see and talk about the newly rebuilt Gipsy Danger and there is construction work causing sparks behind them. You could say [[spoiler: sparks are literally flying between them.]]

* 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."]]

* 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:UsefulNotes/McDonalds, of course.]]

** At one point a Spaceball guard yells at the character Barf, "That son of a..." after Barf [[FlippingTheBird flips the bird]] at him. Since Barf is a [[HalfHumanHybrid Mawg]] (half man, half dog) [[spoiler: we can only assume that the canine genes come from his mother: an actual bitch.]] Although since we learn [[spoiler: he may be of royal lineage, at the end, his father might be a Sire]], so the guard might have stopped short for not being sure.

* In ''Film/StarTrek2009'', 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".]]

** 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/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' taught us all that the internal temperature of a Tauntaun is... [[spoiler: lukewarm]].

** Michael Fassbender kept his natural auburn hair for his role as ComicBook/{{Magneto}} in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', which makes him...[[spoiler: Erik the Red.]][[note]] Bonus points for "Erik the Red" being the alias Cyclops used way back in the day to infiltrate an organization a robot double of Magneto was setting up. ....Comics are odd.[[/note]]

* There is a brief scene in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' in which [[DamselOutOfDistress 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''.)
** In ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', when Indy and his father Henry Sr. stop to argue about whether they should head to Berlin to get back the grail diary or press on to Iskenderun to save Marcus, they're at a literal crossroads, with a sign shaped like a cross.

* In ''Film/JumpinJackFlash'', Creator/WhoopiGoldberg's character is told that a spy's computer code key can be found in the eponymous Music/RollingStones song. She tries inputting every lyric she can think of, but nothing seems to work until she tries entering [[spoiler:the key of the song itself: B-Flat]].