History Main / DudeNotIronic

'''Caboose''': I think it would be ironic if everyone was made of iron.\\

* Dave, the Inner Hipster of [[LukeMochrieAndTheInners Film Conscience]].

-->—'''Bender''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''

* Many comedians (in particular Irish comic Ed Byrne) observed that the AlanisMorissette song "Ironic" did not contain a single thing that was ironic, but that may be the point of the song. Herbert Lindenberger, professor of comparative literature and English at Stanford, went on Creator/{{NPR}} to explain that the Morisette song had perfect examples of situational irony and cosmic irony. So apparently, it's pretty (drumroll please) ''ironic'' when people claim that the examples in the song are not ironic. According to people who are a lot more educated than most of us.

* An episode of the short lived series "The George Wendt Show" contains an example. When someone said something sarcastic, George responded as if he took him seriously. Someone else then said condescendingly, "He was being ironic," to which George replied, "Actually, he was being sarcastic. But it's ironic that you didn't know that."

** In another example Castle has this comment for a suspect whose shrink was murdered

--> "Now that you have a billion dollars, perhaps you'd like to buy yourself a dictionairy, because irony is not a black fly in your chardonnay. Irony is a Scotsman cloning a sheep. Irony is renaming the national airport after [[UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan the president]] that fired all of the air traffic controllers."

* The page's image comes from WeirdAlYankovic's "Word Crimes" accompanied with the lyrics:

* In the season 2 finale of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', one character commented on the irony of the two rival teams [[EnemyMine being forced to work together]], which prompted an argument over whether the scenario fit the definition of "ironic."
-->'''Simmons''': No, ironic would be if we had to work together to ''hurt'' each other.\\

* In the season 2 finale of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', one character commented on the irony of the situation the cast had found themselves in, which unfortunately sparked a two-hour (off-screen) argument about whether the situation fit the definition of "ironic." The opening lines to the discussion produces several examples of things which aren't ironic:
-->'''Simmons''': No, ironic would be if we had to work together to hurt each other.\\

''*two hours later*''\\
'''Church''': Okay, so we all agree that while the current situation is not totally ironic, the fact that we now have to work together is odd in an unexpected way that defies our normal circumstances. Is everybody happy with that?

** The right side of the picture, showing rain on someone's wedding day, is a reference to the Music/AlanisMorissette song that is the trope namer for IsntItIronic

** The right side of the picture, showing rain on someone's wedding day, is a reference to the Music/AlanisMorissette song that is the trope namer for IsntItIronic.

* In ''FriskyDingo'', when former billionaire Xander Crews winds up homeless, the documentarian says it's ironic how he's now living in cardboard boxes produced by the company he used to own. Xander says that's not what irony means, while the documentarian replies that that's ''exactly'' what irony means.

* An episode of ''Series/KingOfQueens'' had Doug call something ironic and Arthur insist that that's not what irony is. [[BrickJoke At the end of the episode]], Arthur wakes Doug up in the middle of the night claiming he looked up ironic in the dictionary, and admits he was wrong: he thought "ironic" meant "made entirely of iron".

* In the season 2 finale of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', one character commented on the irony of the situation the cast had found themselves in, which unfortunately sparked a two-hour (off-screen) argument about whether the situation fit the definition of "ironic." The opening lines to the discussion produces several examples of things which aren't ironic, including this gem from Caboose:
--> "I think it would be ironic if we were all made of iron."

* A running gag in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' regarding dwarves is that they are so straightforward, serious, and unimaginative that they think that irony means "something like iron." [[FridgeBrilliance It actually did once:]] look [[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irony here]] and scroll down to the second entry.

* Many comedians (in particular Irish comic Ed Byrne) observed that the AlanisMorissette song "Ironic" did not contain a single thing that was ironic, but that may be the point of the song. Herbert Lindenberger, professor of comparative literature and English at Stanford, went on {{NPR}} to explain that the Morisette song had perfect examples of situational irony and cosmic irony. So apparently, it's pretty (drumroll please) ''ironic'' when people claim that the examples in the song are not ironic. According to people who are a lot more educated than most of us.

* In [[http://nonadventures.com/2008/05/17/asp-hat/ this]] strip of ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'', Wonderella receives an ironic curse that isn't. [[CursedWithAwesome And then another curse that isn't a curse at all.]]

* In the season 2 finale of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', one character commented on the irony of the situation the cast had found themselves in, which unfortunately sparked a two-hour (off-screen) argument about whether the situation fit the definition of "ironic." The opening lines to the discussion produces several examples of things which which aren't ironic, including this gem from Caboose:

** However, the first instance of the Robot Devil's use of irony is actually a form of situational irony. You think the wheel is going to land on Bender's name, but it hits the Robot Devil's instead: Bender's statement "It's not ironic, it's just coincidental!" is not only incorrect as it is in fact ironic, but it is not coincidental.

* In the movie ''RealityBites'', Lelaina was refused a job because she was unable to define irony. She then complains to Troy that nobody knows what it means, and he promptly replies with a clear and succinct definition.

* Shawn from ''{{Psych}}'' in one episode.

* Jason Alexander as host of ''SaturdayNightLive'' hosted the ShowWithinAShow "Tales of Irony," during which he complained that none were ironic.
* An episode of ''KingOfQueens'' had Doug call something ironic and Arthur insist that that's not what irony is. [[BrickJoke At the end of the episode]], Arthur wakes Doug up in the middle of the night claiming he looked up ironic in the dictionary, and admits he was wrong: he thought "ironic" meant "made entirely of iron".
* From ''{{Blackadder}}'':

* ''JustShootMe'', "When Nina Met Elliot". After Nina realizes that she was the one who ran Elliot over that day he was going to propose to her girlfriend, the following exchange occurs:

* A running gag in the ''{{Futurama}}'' episode "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings" is Bender correcting the Robot Devil on his use and abuse of the word "irony".

* In [[http://nonadventures.com/2008/05/17/asp-hat/ this]] strip of ''TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'', Wonderella receives an ironic curse that isn't. [[CursedWithAwesome And then another curse that isn't a curse at all.]]
* From ''{{Homestuck}}'':

* In the season 2 finale of ''RedVsBlue'', one character commented on the irony of the situation the cast had found themselves in, which unfortunately sparked a two-hour (off-screen) argument about whether the situation fit the definition of "ironic." The opening lines to the discussion produces several examples of things which which aren't ironic, including this gem from Caboose:

* A running gag in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' regarding dwarves is that they are so straightforward, serious, and unimaginative that they think that irony means "something like iron."