Quotes / Punny Name

Anime & Manga

Misa: I can't dream of a world without Light!
L: Yes, that would be dark.

— Death Note

Blogs

Beetle Bailey is of course a strip where every single character’s name is incredibly, painfully on the nose. The most recently introduced recurring character is a “computer whiz” tech specialist named Chips Gizmo, for Pete’s sake. So I’m not surprised that they needed the name of a general for a boxing gag and so just went straight to “Dempsey”; I am surprised, and pleased, that they made him young, handsome, and so clearly and wholesomely pleased about the prospect of punching General Halftrack in the face.

—The Comics Curmudgeon on Beetle Bailey

Fan Works

I'm Toby Fisher. And yes, I do love to fish. My uncle runs the Fishery in town, too. Fishin's in the blood.

—Toby, Do You Believe in Fairies?

Film — Live-Action

Frederick: Would you mind telling me whose brain I did put in?
Igor: And you won't be angry?
Frederick: I will not be angry.
Igor: Abby someone.
Frederick: "Abby someone." Abby who?
Igor: Abby Normal.

— Young Frankenstein

"He has a wife, you know. Do you know what she's called? Incontinentia. Incontinentia Buttox."''

— Pontius Pilate on Biggus Dickus, Monty Python's Life of Brian

Kenneth Williams: We were always being lumbered with something, especially names.

Barbara Windsor: Ooh, like Hope Springs.

Kenneth Williams: Dan Dann the sanitary man.

Barbara Windsor: Miss Easy Rider.

Kenneth Williams: Private Widdle!

Barbara Windsor: Oh, but there's one name they couldn't call you.

Kenneth Williams: What was that?

Mr. Grigg: Miss Allcock.

— That's Carry On!

Stand-Up Comedy

"My last name's Kader. So if I ever have a child, if it's a boy, I'll definitely name him Al. Al Kader. It's a good name. If I have girl, I'll name her Darth. Darth Kader. That's a sweet name."

— Aron Kader, The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour

Video Games

"The person in question was a victim of murder, not ill-conceived naming, Mr. Wright."

— The Judge, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

"Yes, it is I, N. Brio! My name sounds like a fetus."

— Dr. N. Brio, Crash: Mind Over Mutant

Snowdrake realized its own name is a pun and is freaking out.

— Flavor Text in Undertale

Callie: Turn 'em into calamari!
Marie: Ohhhhh! I just realized that mine and Callie's names... Actually, now's not the time.

— Splatoon 2

Webcomics

"Ray'd Bool gives you wings!"

— Looking for Group

Web Original

One of the people’s names in this movie is Kuntsler. If you can guess the joke they say five seconds after revealing that then you shouldn’t be watching this movie because that is the height of wit and cleverness being used in the humor. Seriously, this movie is one step away from naming the bad guy Norman Imastupiddickheadasshole. Ridiculous right? I mean, who names their kid Norman nowadays?

— Miles Antwiler on The Boondock Saints II: All Saint's Day

As you can see by Titi’s online broker profile, her job may be selling houses, but her expertise is taking a glamour-loaded headshot. Everything about that picture is 100% pure real estate agent perfection. From the sassy waterfall hair to the double-strand pearls to the confident “Oh, I’ll sell your house, alright” crossed arms. If Titi ends up getting a check from Ellen, I really hope she uses some of the money to buy a couple dozen bus benches and billboards. The people of Georgia need to see that Titi Pierce is much more than just a funny name.

—DListed, "A Woman Named Titi Pierce Is Suing Ellen DeGeneres For Making Fun Of Her Name"

Web Video

"It never could be love, that's how it had to be"
"Her name reminds me of female anatomy!"

— Goldentusk "James Bond Theme"

Western Animation

I tango with guys like Annihilape, Goose Cannon, The Magestic Cariboom, Cyber Billygoat, Renigator, Big Clamurai, Tortoise Bombshell, Telecanary, W-M-Bees, Nuclear Boarhead. Guys like them. You wanna run with the big hogs, you gotta nail that pun or you're done.

—Spider-Ham, Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham

Luz: Who was that?
Lilith: Flora D'splora. Bad-girl historian, celebrity, and my formal mentor in the Emperor's Coven.
Luz: I have questions about that name.

— The Owl House, "Elsewhere and Elsewhen"

Real Life

Nerdstrom's name is a classic piece of nominative determinism — a theory of a person's life and personality being determined by their name — which is borne out by virtually every nerd in the SBTB canon; each lumbered with the kind of names that see them condemned to never walk among the jocks or pee at a urinal when there's a perfectly good cubicle to cower inside.

— Stuart Millard, So Excited, So Scared

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