History Main / CaptionHumor

* ''Disasterpiece Theatre'' was a 1980 show on San Diego TV station XETV [[note]]Then independent, now Spanish[[/note]] that predated ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' in that it made fun of cheesy movies. In this case, snarky captions are superimposed on key scenes. There is at least one surviving episode on [=YouTube=].

* In "Wackiki Wabbit," WesternAnimation/BugsBunny poses as an island native for the benefit of two castaways. He utters a lengthy sentence in native gibberish and the caption [[TranslationYes simply reads]] "What's up, doc?". He utters four syllables in the same tongue and the caption reads "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party."

* Much of the humor of "The Word" segments on ''Series/TheColbertReport'' arises from the captions at the side of the screen, clarifying or elaborating upon what Stephen says aloud.
** Sometimes the captions take a life of their own. When Colbert started bashing on Islam in one episode, the captions ''tried to leave'', but Colbert forced them to stay.

Is the core premise to {{Caption Contest}}s. Sister Tropes to FunWithSubtitles.

-->'''Caption:''' That would be [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Bernard]], and he did.

* Wiki/TFWikiDotNet is welcome on these on images on their articles, as a way to avoid DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment. However, it does have a set of rules as to what is or isn't appropriate.

* And in ''Manga/SuperGals''.

* {{WebVideo/RockedReviews}} indulges in this. Much of the comic relief of the show comes from speech bubbles that add jokes or witty insight into a band or event he's talking about, or just add humor to whatever picture's being shown.

** Professor Rosewall points out the penguins scored better on I.Q. tests than BBC programme planners and notes the planners' high total was within a margin of error, saying "One particularly dim programme planner can clock the whole thing up." Following is a caption that says "You can say that again!"