WHY IN THE WORLD DO SO MANY CARTOONS HAVE PUNS FOR THE EPISODE TITLES
 

the Loud House has them, my life as a teenage robot has them, pepper ann has them, and probably most cartoons have them.

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to make you chuckle and question how it's relevant to make you want to watch it.

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The real question is, "Why not?"

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Ooh boy you must dislike Donkey Kong Country world maps

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>lists examples of shows
>doesn't list examples of episode titles

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PUNS ARE GOOD FOR TITLES OF THINGS!

-o24

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...r_Ann_episodes

episode 1 - Ziterella instead of Cinderella

episode 8 - The Environ-mentals instead of environmentalists because they're mental

episode 9 - Crush and Burn instead of crash and burn

episode 11 - Sketch 22 instead of Catch 22

season 2 episode 17 - An Otterbiography instead of autobiography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...Robot_episodes

episode 7 - Ear no Evil instead of Hear no Evil

episode 8 - Unlicensed Flying Object instead of Unidentified Flying Object (UFO)

episode 14 - the boy who cried robot instead of the boy who cried wolf

episode 23 - saved by the shell instead of saved by the bell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...House_episodes

episode 2a - heavy meddle instead of heavy metal

episode 4b - a tale of two tables instead a tale of two cities

episode 5b - In Tents Debate instead of intense debate

episode 8a - Linc (the name of the character is Lincoln) or swim instead of sink or swim

i like puns, but honestly i feel like the whole point of some episodes are just based on puns

i like puns but i like it better when the creators of video games actually think of an original level or world name instead of basing it off a pun; it makes the game seem more real

(that sounded a lot more harsh than i meant it to be; i like puns a lot but original names makes the game more special to me)

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probably because puns are more effective and easier to think of than original titles, and easier to say

it's probably a trope by now.

altho one of my favorite cartoons ever is ed edd and eddy and all of their episode titles include "ed" somehow.

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good question but it's best not to be questioned

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Your imaginary girlfriend is cheating on you

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first world problems

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expected at least Rick & Morty as a sound example for this

was somewhat disappointed

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I don't have an upvote option, but I'm unofficially upvoting in this comment.

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oh

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Yeah. If the title was dead serious it would be better.
Animation WD-11; in which a mouse pilots a nautical machine.
Animation HB-55; in which the day to day life of a neolithic stonemason is documented.
Animation AT-23b; part two of a comic chronicling the lives of alien martial artists.
Animation HB-27; a rabbit protagonist thwarts death time and again, outwitting a speech-impaired hunter

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Don't forget pokemon episodes

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how about these?

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I mean good question, but I think a better one would be "Why do so many cartoon characters wear gloves?"

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That one actually has a given answer

Back in the 1920s the picture quality needed help from some serious contrast. It was easier to see a glove hand do things then just a weird extension of the arm goop move about. Look how uncanny some of the Felix shorts look pre-glove


Also people tend not to realize this but for the working class at the turn of the century people actually wore gloves a lot of the time, so it didn't seem unnatural. I forget the name of the trope but it's a case of the design choice becoming obsolete and sticking around anyway because we still expect and accept it in the context of a cartoon

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yoo spongebob missed a good one, coulda had "kelp wanted" instead of "help wanted"