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* AbsurdlyBrightLight

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* AbsurdlyBrightLightAbsurdlyBrightLight: A light is far brighter than any Real Life light of that type.



* AbsurdlyLongWait

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* AbsurdlyLongWaitAbsurdlyLongWait: Someone needs to wait for something that normally would take hours at most stupidly long, even decades.



* AccidentalAthlete
* AccidentalBid

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* AccidentalAthlete
AccidentalAthlete: Someone is discovered to have a natural athletic ability while doing something else.
* AccidentalBidAccidentalBid: Someone has unintentionally bid an outlandish price on and won some expensive item because of innocent or unrelated behavior during a silent auction.



* AccidentalDiscovery
* AccidentalHug

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* AccidentalDiscovery
AccidentalDiscovery: An accident leads to a scientific breakthrough or an amazing invention.
* AccidentalHugAccidentalHug: Two characters spontaneously hug in a moment of shared joy or affection—and then one or both of them quickly, awkwardly pull away.



* AcmeProducts

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* AcmeProductsAcmeProducts: A one-stop shop that seems to sell everything, which may or may not function exactly as advertised.
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* PassingJudgment

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* PassingJudgmentPassingJudgment: Character does something embarrassing in public and gets stared at by appalled passengers of a vehicle.
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* ExtremeOmniGoat: A goat that can eat ‘’anything’’.

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* ExtremeOmniGoat: A goat that can eat ‘’anything’’.’’anything’’.
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* ExtremeOmniGoat: A goat that can eat ‘’anything’’.
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* PeculiarPenguin: A penguin is deliberately portrayed doing something completely opposite to what penguins are expected to do for comedy.
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* ShortDistancePhoneCall: Talking on the phone to somebody who's standing right next to you.
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* SuchAPhony

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* SuchAPhonySuchAPhony: One character talks crap about another but pretends to be nice in their presence.
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* CueOClock

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* CueOClockCueOClock: Clock dial numbers are replaced by a non-time-related cue or nonsense.
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* SmellyFeetGag: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Feet stink]], and it's PlayedForLaughs.

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* SmellyFeetGag: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Feet stink]], stink, and it's PlayedForLaughs.
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* GravityIsAHarshSeamstress: Falling through clotheslines gets you dressed with mismatched clothes.

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* GravityIsAHarshSeamstress: Falling through clotheslines gets you dressed with in mismatched clothes.
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* GravityIsAHarshSeamstress

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* GravityIsAHarshSeamstressGravityIsAHarshSeamstress: Falling through clotheslines gets you dressed with mismatched clothes.
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* SpontaneousMustache: Somebody suddenly receives facial hair.
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* SmellyFeetGag: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Feet stink]], and it's PlayedForLaughs.
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* GroupCostumeFail
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* ForcedBath: Someone is forced by several people to take a bath.
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* AbsurdBrandName: A product or service has a brand name no sane marketing department would approve.
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* PowderGag

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* PowderGagPowderGag: Powder is blown all over the place for comedic effect.
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* ScreechingStop

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* ScreechingStopScreechingStop: Old car brakes effect when a cartoon character suddenly stops.
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* InfantilizationRetaliation: Treating a person, animal or object like a baby results in the person responsible for the insult getting attacked regardless if it's intentional or not.
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+ {{Dramedy}}: The hybrid genre of comedy and {{drama}}.

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+ {{Dramedy}}: The hybrid genre of comedy and {{drama}}.{{drama|tropes}}.
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* OrigamiGag: Having fun with paper and papercraft.
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* QuirkyDoctor

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* FirstStepFixation

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* FirstStepFixationFirstStepFixation: A character has a goal, and a plan to accomplish that goal--then fixates on the plan so hard that they temporarily forget the original goal.
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* FirstStepFixation
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+ SexComedy
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* CerebusRollercoaster: A story that keeps shifting from dramatic periods and light-hearted periods.


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* DenserAndWackier: A work gets more cartoony, exaggerated plotlines.


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* ReverseCerebusSyndrome: A story goes from being really dark to really lighthearted.


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* SeriousWorkComedicScene: A comedic moment in an otherwise dramatic work that gives it some levity.

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Example Indentation In Trope Lists: All tropes in a list should be at the same level of indentation, and in alphabetical order. Sub-tropes should not be listed in sub-bullets beneath their parent tropes.


++ {{Sitcom}}: Situational comedy, driven by scripted plot and characters.
+++ SitcomTropes
++ SketchComedy: A comedy show that consists of multiple unrelated skits put together in one episode.



+ InnuendoTropes: Jokes alluding to sex or other risqué behavior.
+ {{Parody}}: Comedy that makes fun of another work of fiction or media genre.
+ ParodyTropes
+ RantComedy: Humorously trash-talking about something that really annoys you.
+ RapidFireComedy
+ RecordedAndStandUpComedy: The art of comedians sharing jokes for a live audience.



+ {{Satire}}: Comedy that makes fun of contemporary culture, politics, or society.



++ {{Parody}}: Comedy that makes fun of another work of fiction or media genre.
+++ ParodyTropes
++ {{Satire}}: Comedy that makes fun of contemporary culture, politics, or society.
+ RantComedy: Humorously trash-talking about something that really annoys you.
+ RapidFireComedy
+ RecordedAndStandUpComedy: The art of comedians sharing jokes for a live audience.



+ {{Sitcom}}: Situational comedy, driven by scripted plot and characters.
+ SitcomTropes
+ SketchComedy: A comedy show that consists of multiple unrelated skits put together in one episode.



+ ToiletHumour: Jokes about defecation, flatulence, and urination.



++ InnuendoTropes: Jokes alluding to sex or other risqué behavior, albeit in a relatively more subtle way.
++ ToiletHumour: Jokes about defecation, flatulence, and urination.

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++ InnuendoTropes: Jokes alluding to sex or other risqué behavior, albeit in a relatively more subtle way.
++ ToiletHumour: Jokes about defecation, flatulence, and urination.



++ StockParodies: Common spoofs of specific works.

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++ + StockParodies: Common spoofs of specific works.



* BornUnlucky



** FourthWallPsych: It looks like a character is addressing the audience at first, but it quickly turns out they're really talking to someone else who was initially off-screen.
** NoFourthWall: The fourth wall is broken so frequently that it may as well not even exist.



** BornUnlucky
** TheChewToy



* TheChewToy



** InstantLeechJustFallInWater: Someone gets leeches stuck to them as soon as they enter water.



* ComedicWorkSeriousScene: A dramatic, possibly emotional moment in an otherwise comedic work that gives it depth.



** WorldOfSnark: When nearly everyone is a smartass.



** ImaginedInnuendo: Interpreting an innocent statement as a double entendre.
** LampshadedDoubleEntendre: Someone points out the hidden filthy meaning to their statement, often by ending their statement with "if you know what I mean".



** LadyLooksLikeADude: A female is mistaken for a male.



* FourthWallPsych: It looks like a character is addressing the audience at first, but it quickly turns out they're really talking to someone else who was initially off-screen.



* ImaginedInnuendo: Interpreting an innocent statement as a double entendre.



* InstantLeechJustFallInWater: Someone gets leeches stuck to them as soon as they enter water.



* JackassGenie: A [[OurGeniesAreDifferent genie]] (or another magical being) grants someone's wish, but [[ForTheEvulz maliciously twists it]] into [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor the worst interpretation possible]], thus leading to [[HilarityEnsues humorous trouble for the wisher]].
** LiteralGenie: A genie that [[LiteralMinded doesn't understand the true meaning]] of someone's wish decides to grant it by the [[ExactWords most literal interpretation possible]], thus resulting in similar awkwardness for the wisher.

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* JackassGenie: A [[OurGeniesAreDifferent genie]] (or another magical being) grants someone's wish, but [[ForTheEvulz maliciously twists it]] into [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor the worst interpretation possible]], thus leading to [[HilarityEnsues humorous trouble for the wisher]].
** LiteralGenie: A genie that [[LiteralMinded doesn't understand the true meaning]] of someone's wish decides to grant it by the [[ExactWords most literal interpretation possible]], thus resulting in similar awkwardness for the
wisher.



* LadyLooksLikeADude: A female is mistaken for a male.



* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: Someone points out the hidden filthy meaning to their statement, often by ending their statement with "if you know what I mean".



* LiteralGenie: A genie that [[LiteralMinded doesn't understand the true meaning]] of someone's wish decides to grant it by the [[ExactWords most literal interpretation possible]], thus resulting in similar awkwardness for the wisher.



** NarmCharm: Sure, the scene failed to be serious, but that's why it's so hilarious!
** NightmareRetardant: Something supposed to be scary instead comes off as silly.

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** * NarmCharm: Sure, the scene failed to be serious, but that's why it's so hilarious!
** NightmareRetardant: Something supposed to be scary instead comes off as silly.
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* NightmareRetardant: Something supposed to be scary instead comes off as silly.


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* NoFourthWall: The fourth wall is broken so frequently that it may as well not even exist.


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* WorldOfSnark: Nearly everyone is a smartass.
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* PatheticDroopingWeapon: A weapon goes unrealistically limp to signify that it is useless in the current situation, innuendos about impotency optional.
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* ComicallyOversizedButt

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