History Main / ObligatoryJoke

** A lot of situations will nearly guarantee a ''Creator/MontyPython'' reference. The most common one may be "[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail only a flesh wound]]" after someone [[AnArmAndALeg loses a limb]], or any mention of swallows and/or coconuts.

* If someone happens to meets {{Satan}} (or some other devil) in the flesh, chances are that his greeting is going to be some variation upon "[[WaxingLyrical Pleased to meet you.]] [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand Hope you guess my name.]]"

* If someone happens to meets {{Satan}} (or some other devil) in the flesh, chances are that his greeting is going to be some variation upon "[[Music/TheRollingStonesBand Pleased to meet you. Hope you guess my name.]]"

-->'''Kent Brockman:''' According to Redbook Magazine, what is the speed of light?
-->'''Homer:''' Well, that is... Wait... (''holds up two sheets of paper'') Do I read from the sheet labeled "Jokes" or "Answers"?
-->'''Brockman:''' Oh, for the love of... Stop tape.

** "Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off", as a StylisticSuck ShowWithinAShow is made of this trope, from the title (which is an obligatory joke if one is deeply immersed enough in theatrical naming conventions) to the [[EnforcedTrope enforced]] [[MandatoryTwistEnding ending]]. Specific jokes:

* Dracula, either in 1931 or in general, makes all sorts of double entendres that the audience will get, even is his visitors don't.

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS3E6DeadReckoning Dead Reckoning]]"

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' had Green Goblin do the "tied up" joke, chuckling to himself that you gotta love the classics.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' episode "Doctor's Disorders", Penelope Spectra tries to get a sample of Danny's DNA to make a perfect body for herself. When she's not looking, Danny swaps it out with something from his dad's used handkerchief. The result is Spectra turning into a Jack Fenton-shaped snot monster. Danny comments, "There's a 'You blew it' pun here somewhere, but I'd rather not." When the fight begins, Spectra growls, "Let's boogie!" to which Danny replies, "That's ''exactly'' the kind of pun I was trying to avoid with the 'You blew it' comment!"
** And in "Torrent Of Terror", we have this scene between Vlad and Danny after Vlad loses control of Vortex.
-->'''Danny:''' [[SarcasmMode Lovely weather we're having.]]\\

* In a particularly silly episode of ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The New Batman Adventures]]'', Robin and Batgirl are fighting genetically altered giant cows. Batgirl lampshades the fact that Robin couldn't resist yelling [[MythologyGag "Holy Cow!"]]
* The page quote was used in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' after the heroes foiled Gorilla Grodd's plot to turn all of humanity into gorillas.

** In "Rufus In Show", Kim discovers that the villain keeps electric eels, to which she replies, "The puns just write themselves. Shocking, isn't it?" Of course, the villain says the very same line later when he reveals his electric eels.
** Lampshaded during Kim's first run-in with Dr. Drakken in "Tick-Tick-Tick":
-->'''Drakken:''' Enough chit-chat! [[SharkPool My pets are famished!]] Perhaps you two could stay--\\

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'':

'''Waldorf:''' Yeah, but that last number was for the birds!\\

'''Statler:''' You ''had'' to make that joke, did you?\\