Punch

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Punch may refer to:

Places

• Punch, U.S. Virgin Islands

People

• Punch Andrews, American record producer and music manager
• Jerry Punch (born 1953), American auto racing and college football commentator
• Lucy Punch (born 1977), English actress

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• Mr. Punch (also known as Pulcinella ⋅or Pulcinello), the principal puppet character in the traditional Punch and Judy puppet show
• Mr. Punch, the masthead image and nominal editor of Punch (magazine), largely borrowed from the puppet show
• Mr. Punch, a fictional character in Neil Gaiman's graphic novel, The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch (1994)
• Punch-Counterpunch, a fictional character in the Transformers universe

Film and television

• Punch (1994 film), a boxing film starring Donald Sutherland
• Punch (2002 film), a Canadian film starring Sonja Bennett and Michael Riley
• Punch (2011 film), a South Korean film
• Punch (short film), a 1996 American short film starring Sacha Baron Cohen

Manga

• Punch!, a 2005 manga by Rie Takada

Music

Musical terms

• Punch in/out, a term in music production when a certain portion of the song is repeated for recording
• Punched music, holes in various materials, such as music rolls, piano rolls, and book music

Groups and labels

• Punch (band), an American punk band
• Punch Brothers, bluegrass band
• Punch Records, UK music and arts development agency
• Puncher, Israeli pop music band

Albums

• Punch (album), a 2008 album by Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile
• Punches (album), a 2005 album by World Leader Pretend

Periodicals

• Punch (Danish magazine), an illustrated conservative Danish satirical magazine (1873–1894)
• Punch (magazine), a former British weekly magazine of humour and satire
• Adelaide Punch (1878–1884), a similar magazine published in Adelaide, South Australia
• Melbourne Punch, a similar magazine published in Melbourne, Australia
• The Punch, Nigerian daily newspaper

Stage productions

• Punch and Judy, a glove-puppet show and opera for children

Television

• Punch (2003 South Korean series), South Korean television drama series
• Punch! (TV series), a Canadian animated comedy series
• Producciones PUNCH (often shortened to PUNCH), a Colombian programadora from 1956 to 2000
• Punch, a station identification for the television station BBC Choice, used in 1998
• Punch (2014 TV series), South Korean television drama series

Brand names

• Punch (cigar), the name of two brands of premium cigar
• Punch Taverns, a United Kingdom pub company

Tools

• Punch (numismatics), an intermediate used in the process of manufacturing coins
• Punch (tool), a tool used to drive objects such as nails, to pierce workpieces, or to form an impression of the tip on a workpiece
• Hole punch, a common office tool used to create holes in sheets of paper
• Keypunch, a device for manually entering data into punched cards
• Leather punch, a tool used to create holes in leather
• Medical punch, a medical tool to sample biopsy pieces from skin
• Punchcutting, an intermediate used in the process of manufacturing type
• Punching machine, a machine tool for punching
• Ticket punch, to validate tickets

Other uses

• Punch (combat), a strike made using the hand closed into a fist
• Punch (drink), a general term for various mixed drinks, often containing fruit, fruit juice, and/or alcohol
• Dodona (genus), a group of metalmark butterflies commonly known as the Punches, in particular
  • Dodona eugenes, a Dodona commonly known as the Punch

See also

• All pages beginning with "Punch"
• All pages with titles containing Punch
• Punch bowl (disambiguation)
• Punch-Out (disambiguation)
• Punched card
• Punched tape
• Hit (disambiguation)
• Slap (disambiguation)
• Strike (disambiguation)
• Poonch, India
• Punsch, a traditional Swedish liquor