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21->''"The thing about childhood is that nothing makes sense. You have no idea what half the jokes on sitcoms are about, WesternAnimation/BugsBunny keeps making references to WWII-era European dictators you don't recognize, and Toys/HotWheels always manage to go around the loop-the-loop just fine on the commercials. So you just relax and go along with it, and fifteen years later you look back on the things that confused you and say 'Ah! Yes! It makes perfect sense now!'"''
22-->-- '''Creator/LoreSjoberg''', ''The Book of Ratings''
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24Sometimes it takes a long time for a character to get a joke. Missed [[InJoke in-jokes]], {{Stealth Pun}}s, and ParentalBonus can mean someone gets the joke much later. Or perhaps the character is just slow of mind. At the time the character [[NoSenseOfHumor may not even realize it was a joke.]]
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26TruthInTelevision due to the fact that you probably didn't get every single joke you heard as a kid right away.
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28This trope is what happens when, several scenes, in-universe years, or even ''seasons'' after the original joke was told, [[BrickJoke the clueless character finally understands the joke]] and gives off a great big laugh about it. {{Irony}} makes this especially funny if the actual joke had to be repeatedly [[DontExplainTheJoke explained]] in the process of all this.
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30Compare FridgeLogic, FridgeBrilliance, FridgeHorror (those three for this trope as applied beyond the FourthWall), BrickJoke (where the punchline itself is late in arriving), NoSenseOfHumor, ComebackTomorrow (when the character takes too long to ''think'' of a humorous line) and LampshadedTheObscureReference. The non-joke version falls under DelayedReaction or LateToTheRealization.
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32!!Examples:
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36[[folder:Comedy]]
37* Music/TheCapitolSteps have a regular bit they call "Lirty Dies," where they throw as many {{Spoonerism}}s in as they can while commenting on a few recent news items. If they get delayed laughter the performer will likely add some comment such as "Got some low slearners here tonight" or "Better deck your chicktionaries on that one".
38* Creator/DaneCook has a standup routine where he's talking about the really annoying sort of car alarms, and coming up with lyrics to go with the alarm noises. He says that it might seem stupid now, but the next time you hear a car alarm, you'll stop and think to yourself, "Ha ha, that Dane Cook is a silly bitch."
39* Creator/DenisLeary made a joke about finding the youngest Hanson brother in a motel all the way up a hooker's vagina with an 8-ball of cocaine next to them, and how the audience will remember the bit when it comes to pass. "You're gonna laugh about that later. People will say, 'What's so funny?' and you'll say, 'Can't tell you! You had to be there!'"
40* British comedian Creator/StewartLee runs into these responses fairly often, as his act is rather unconventional. During the course of one show, he informed his audience that "the jokes are there, but some of you might have to raise your game". On other occasions, he has divided the room by response - those getting the joke becoming Team A, while the less receptive audience members become Team F.
41* From a Music/TomLehrer song intro on his live album ''Music/AnEveningWastedWithTomLehrer'':
42-->I particularly remember one heartwarming story of his about a young [[ILoveTheDead necrophiliac]] who achieved his boyhood ambition by becoming coroner.\
43''[tepid laughter]''\
44The rest of you can look it up when you get home.\
45''[a lot more laughter]''
46* A comedian by the name of Tim Sample occasionally started his routine by explaining that you might not get it right away, and that you could, for example, burst out laughing on the highway and drive right off the road.
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49[[folder:Comic Books]]
50* One ''ComicBook/AchilleTalon'' gag goes like this: his neighbor tells him a hilarious joke at which Talon doesn't (initially) laugh at all because he hasn't understood what's funny. It bothers him for hours in his daily activities. And then, the next day as he's walking down the street, he tilts and starts to laugh like mad — except that he bursts into laughter precisely when he crosses paths with a very ugly man with a pimple on his big nose, who takes it personally, knocks Talon down and leaves while shouting: "SOME PEOPLE JUST LAUGH ''TOO'' EASILY."
51* Moose of ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' lived this trope.
52* "In Blackest Night", a story by Creator/AlanMoore from ''Tales of the ComicBook/GreenLantern Corps'', has a variation where it's not that she doesn't get the joke but that, because of who made it, she initially fails to realize there was a joke at all:
53-->...and four cycles later, in the recreation complex, Katma Tui realized that for the first time in many years' service, she had heard a Guardian make a joke.\
54She felt vaguely uneasy for the rest of that day.
55* In one issue of ''ComicBook/{{Zannablu}}'', the boars -- usually so stupid that [[TheFool it's a miracle they're still around]] -- find and drink an intelligence-boosting serum. The first thing everybody does upon drinking is burst into laughter. A flashback later reveals they'd been told a joke that morning which nobody understood.
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58[[folder:Comic Strips]]
59* A ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'' strip starts with unexplained laughter in the middle of the night, which turns out to be Zero reacting to a joke told during the day.
60* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'':
61** It features a couple of these:
62--->'''Calvin:''' ''[looking under a chair]'' I've lost my marbles.\
63'''Hobbes:''' Everyone suspected as much.\
64'''Calvin:''' I hope somebody finds them then.\
65''[that night, in bed]''\
66'''Calvin:''' ''Hey!''
67** Another strip that's very similar to the above as well.
68--->'''Calvin:''' ''[looking through some playing cards]'' What the...?? I'm not playing with a full deck!\
69'''Hobbes:''' That's what people say.\
70'''Calvin:''' Really? Then why didn't somebody buy some new cards?!\
71''[that night, in bed]''\
72'''Calvin:''' ''Hey!!''
73** [[AesopAmnesia Calvin falls for these tricks repeatedly.]] Another example:
74-->'''Calvin:''' Susie, what's the answer to this question?\
75'''Susie:''' "Imadoofus."\
76'''Calvin:''' ''[writing it down]'' Thanks. ''[{{beat}}]'' The tooth fairy's gonna make you rich tonight, Susie...
77** Happens a lot when Calvin [[InstantlyProvenWrong claims to be a genius]]. In one strip, he loudly declares his ridiculously high intelligence, and Hobbes immediately asks him how he walked to the bus stop with both legs in one pant leg. Calvin replies that he fell down a lot, then a panel later, asks what Hobbes is implying.
78* ''ComicStrip/{{Drabble}}'' for [[http://assets.amuniversal.com/773601c09e590130ce08001dd8b71c47 June 15th, 2013.]] Ralph is cooking hamburgers outside when his wife June hands him some tongs and says "Tongs!", to which Ralph says "You're welcome!" June walks away puzzled. Later that night while they're in bed she tells him "Oh, I get it!" Of course, Tongs = Thanks.
79* ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' has one where Series/TheLoneRanger (long-since retired) happens to look up "Kemosabe" in an Apache dictionary and realizes Tonto has been calling him a horse's ass this entire time.
80* In ''ComicStrip/GetFuzzy'' for [[http://www.gocomics.com/getfuzzy/2012/10/18 October 18, 2012,]] Satchel laughs in a somewhat tense situation and says it's at one of Rob's jokes. Rob says he told the joke an hour ago, but Satchel actually meant a joke from about [[DogsAreDumb six months ago]].
81* Creator/MattGroening's ''ComicStrip/LifeInHell'' has a very cute one. Milhouse Mouse is telling all his friends (including Bongo the Rabbit) a dirty joke about a lady who owned a little dog named "Freeshow." The punchline is that one day the lady was in the bathtub and realized that Freeshow had gotten out, so she jumped out of the tub and ran out the front door, tearing down the neighborhood street completely naked while screaming: "Freeshow! Freeshow!" All the kids laugh except for Bongo, whose face remains expressionless. Then he goes home, does his homework, eats dinner, etc.....before finally climbing into bed for the night, and ''then'' he gets the joke and starts laughing.
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85* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': In "Recovering", Ami makes an AccidentalPun in regards to "her country" since she's both a Japanese schoolgirl TrappedInAnotherWorld, but more relevantly, has the powers to enforce control over any land that she claims, a.k.a ''her'' country:
86--> "I'm too young to drink in my country," the teenager pointed out patiently, which drew a round of snickers from the table. "What?"\
87"Well, considering your current job..." Cathy chortled, her face flushed from half-emptying her own mug already.\
88Ami thought for a bit and joined in with a giggle. "Yes, I can see how this would be humorous."
89* The narration of ''Fanfic/TheSecondTry'' mentions that it took Hikari a while to realize what Asuka meant by "You're watching our pet, we'll watch yours!" ([=PenPen=] and Toji respectively). To be fair, she was in something of a daze after having given her boyfriend a goodbye kiss in full view of all her friends.
90* In the ''Fanfic/SorrowfulAndImmaculateHearts'' story "AUX", Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}} is bemused when Flash and Green Lantern make a double entendre about balls. Four pages and several changes of topic later, she suddenly announces, "Testicles! They were making a joke about testicles. I always forget about those."
91* In ''Fanfic/ThisBites'', while hearing the WhosOnFirst routine, Mr. 4 starts laughing at the beginning of the joke when the skit is almost finished.
92* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' story [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/53317/18/no-i-am-not-a-brony-get-me-outta-equestria/td-trolls-the-canterlot-intellectual-elite T.D. Trolls the Canterlot Intellectual Elite]]'' ends with Celestia finally figuring out -- after 1543 years -- why Luna named said intellectual elite the [[FunWithAcronyms Delegation to the Office of the Royal Knowledge Society]].
93* The ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'' episode "Shameless Self Reference" features numerous {{Continuity Nod}}s and [[ShamelessSelfPromoter references to the creator's other work]], all of which prompt Fluttershy to respond, "I don't get it." The episode ends with Rainbow Dash [[TitleDrop working the words "ultra fast pony" into her dialogue]], to which everyone responds with over-the-top awe--while Fluttershy shouts "I got the joke! I got the joke!"
94* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries:''
95-->'''Melvin:''' I always knew you wanted me to be [[SharingABody inside you]], Bakura.\
96'''Marik:''' What do you suppose he means by that?\
97'''Bakura:''' ''[sarcastically]'' I couldn't hazard a guess.\
98''[next episode]''\
99'''Melvin:''' Then face me Florence, and suffer the wrath of the Egyptian Gods! ''[EvilLaugh]''\
100'''Marik:''' ''Oh,'' I get it. He was implying that you wanted me to sleep with you.
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103[[folder:Film -- Animation]]
104* In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheReluctantWerewolf'', Dracula makes a pun on Scooby and Shaggy's car being miniaturized, "Shrunk from the battle." His ditsy assistant Vanna Pira doesn't get it. A few scenes later, she suddenly bursts out laughing.
105-->'''Dracula:''' What's with you?\
106'''Vanna Pira:''' "Shrunk from battle!" I just got it!
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109[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
110* In ''Film/{{Dogma}}'', Azrael asks the barkeep for a "holy bartender" and then pumps him full of bullets when he asks how it's made. It takes Jay a while to get the joke that he really asked for a "hole-y bartender".
111* In ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'', Russ tells Nick he learned artificial respiration, which he just used to save Nick's big sister Amy, from French class. At the end of the movie, the closing scene irises out -- only to iris right back in on Nick, the [[TeenGenius pre-teen genius]], laughing his head off as he finally makes the connection between [[KissOfLife artificial respiration]] and French class.
112* Near the end of ''Film/MaryPoppins'', Mr. Banks has been fired from his job at the bank. However, while stunned at first, he has a hysterical epiphany that ends with him telling his ex-bosses the old 'man with a wooden leg named Smith' joke from earlier in the film before leaving. While the rest of board is shocked by his behavior, Mr. Dawes Sr. is mulling over the joke's punchline. After a few moments, he starts to laugh. And laugh. [[DieLaughing And keeps laughing till the end.]]
113* Taken to the limit in ''Film/MysteryTeam''. One character states that their sign reads "Lost kitten finding purrrrrfessionals", in which Charlie exclaims he finally gets the joke... Eleven years later.
114* In ''Film/RaisingArizona'', this is Glen's excuse for H.I. not laughing at his terrible joke. Glen claims that it's a "way-homer" that you only get on the way home. H.I. counters that he's already ''at'' his home.
115* In ''Film/{{Predator}}'', Hawkins's telling of a post-battle [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093773/quotes?qt0315372 old and dirty joke]] to Billy about his girlfriend's, ah, capacity leaves Billy looking bewildered for a good long pause. Hawkins desperately re-tells the punchline and then wanders off looking a bit crestfallen. A few more seconds pass... then Billy laughs heartily.
116* ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'': During the mission, several soldiers wonder if the situation is "FUBAR", a term that tagalong translator [[NaiveNewcomer Upham]] is unfamilar with. They claim it's a German word, with Upham obviously failing to find it in his translation book. Much later, just before the climax, Mellish offhandedly tells Upham that things are "fucked up beyond all recognition". FUBAR. He bemusedly recognizes the acronym after a moment, though as a grim reminder that most of them probably won't survive the coming battle.
117* A plot point in ''Film/ShortCircuit''. To test Number 5's sentience, Newton Crosby tells a rather tasteless joke. The robot is stumped, and Netwon takes it as evidence that he is not as "alive" as he thinks. Just when he's about to remark on it, Number 5 blurts out "I GET IT!" and starts snickering. Crosby is astounded, and instantly sides with him and Stephanie against his bosses.
118* In the ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'' movie, Data had recently gotten upgraded to feel more realistic human emotions and starts laughing almost hysterically out of nowhere as he finally understands a joke Geordi made seven years earlier.
119-->'''Data:''' I get it!\
120'''Geordi La Forge:''' You get what?\
121'''Data:''' When you said to Commander Riker, "[[OrphanedPunchline The clown can stay]], but the Ferengi in the gorilla suit has to go." Ha ha ha!\
122'''Geordi La Forge:''' What are you talking about?\
123'''Data:''' During the [[{{Pilot}} Farpoint mission]]. We were on the bridge. You told a joke. That was the punch line.\
124'''Geordi La Forge:''' The Farpoint-- Data, that was seven years ago.\
125'''Data:''' I know. I just got it. Ha ha ha! Very funny.
126* ''Film/WonderWoman2017'': During the five [[Characters/WonderWomanAllies Etta Candy]] shorts made to promote the DVD release she comes to a rather late realization about the fake surname [[Characters/WonderWomanAllies Steve Trevor]] came up with for Diana:
127-->''"Hippolyta is not only Diana's mother but she's also the queen of Themyscira. But if she's the queen then that makes Diana...okay, 'Diana Prince', I just got that. I just got it. Am I the last to get it?"''
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130[[folder:Jokes]]
131* The former trope namer (Swiss Moment) is an old joke: Why do the Swiss laugh during church? That's when they get the jokes they heard at Saturday night's party.
132* Paraphrased from a joke that Isaac Asimov wrote in his Treasury of Humor. When you tell a joke to a German, he will laugh twice: Once when you tell the joke, to be polite, and once when you explain the joke, to be polite. [[GermanicDepressives He will never get it]]. When you tell that same joke to an Englishman, he will laugh three times: Once when you tell the joke, to be polite, once when you explain the joke, to be polite, and once again when, in the middle of the night, he gets it, waking himself from a sound sleep. When you tell that joke to an American, he will laugh once, for he will get it.
133** And if you tell that joke to a Russian, [[RussianHumor he will tell you three versions of that joke that are]] ''much better''.
134** If you tell it to a Jew, he'll say "Oh, that's an old one--and you told it wrong!"
135* A man contacts his lawyer:
136-->'''Man:''' I want to sue Bob! He called me a rhinoceros!\
137'''Lawyer:''' No problem. When did that happen?\
138'''Man:''' Four years ago!\
139'''Lawyer:''' Four years? And you decide to sue him now?\
140'''Man:''' Yes, today I went to the zoo with my kids, and that was the first time I've ever seen a rhinoceros!
141* A DumbBlonde joke: a blonde, a brunette, and a redhead all die and go to the gates of heaven. They're told that they must now go up a flight of stairs to heaven. On each step, they will be told a joke. If they can make it to the top without laughing, they get in. The brunette makes it 7 steps before laughing. The redhead makes it 13 steps. The blonde makes it all the way to the top, and she meets God. A few minutes later, she starts laughing. When God asks her what's so funny, she answers, "I just got the first joke!"
142* A similar joke to the one above is a popular old-school Chilean joke about an Animal Kingdom ruled by a tortoise. One day, a lion, a hippo and a zebra were being prosecuted for a crime; the trial was to tell a joke to the king and if they make him laugh they'll be safe, but if they fail, they will be killed. So the lion told a hilarious joke, everyone laughed but the king remained silent. Executed. Then the hippo told a joke that was even better, everyone in the court was crying and suffering extreme side pain--from laughing too hard--but the king didn't react. Executed. Then the zebra told an incredibly lame joke, it was so bad that the room stayed quiet, but the tortoise was laughing out loud and writhing in joy. "Oh my god, oh my god, the lion's joke is the best thing ever".
143* How many times does a [member of group you feel like insulting] laugh at a joke? Three. Once when you tell it, once when you explain it, and once when they get it.
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146[[folder:Literature]]
147* In the Literature/{{Discworld}} novel ''Literature/CarpeJugulum'', Magrat mentions to Nanny that now that she's a mother, she gets most of Nanny's favorite jokes, "except for the one about [[NoodleImplements the old woman, the priest, and the rhinoceros]]," to which Nanny replies, "I certainly hope not! I didn't understand that one until I was forty." Especially frightening given that this is ''[[DirtyOldWoman Nanny Ogg]]'' we're talking about. How many children, by how many men, do you think she'd had at forty?
148* In the Creator/AgathaChristie novel ''Literature/FiveLittlePigs'', Angela mentions having one of these moments, where she actually said aloud "Oh! Now I get the point of that [[NoodleIncident story about the plum pudding.]]" This led her to recount a similar incident where she realized the significance of something she observed the weekend of the murder.
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152* During one UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s show, Creator/BillyCrystal pretended to read the minds of some of those in attendance. On Creator/SeanConnery he said:
153-->'''Billy Crystal:''' [[Film/{{Goldfinger}} Pussy Galore]]! I just got it! How vulgar!!
154* In an episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', Penny memorized a "physicist joke" and recited it in front of the guys, then wondered why nobody laughed. Well beyond a commercial break later, she figured out the punchline, and realized it was really insulting to physicists.
155* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
156** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E7LieToMe Lie to Me]]", Buffy recalls listening to "I Touch Myself" in fifth grade to help her get over Ford's rejection, and then mentions that she had no idea at the time what the song was about. Thirty seconds later Willow says, "Oh! ''That's'' what that song is about?!"
157** Six seasons later:
158--->'''Willow:''' This goes beyond anything I've ever done. It's a total loss of control. And not in a nice, wholesome, "My girlfriend has a pierced tongue" kind of way.\
159''[Dawn looks at Willow; Giles looks away]''\
160''[conversation continues for a while]''\
161'''Dawn:''' Oh! Pierced tongue.\
162'''Buffy:''' ''[panicky]'' [[TakeFive Dawn needs to do a research thing!]]
163** And the incredibly adorable moment after seeing that someone had spray painted "Music/{{KISS}} Rocks" on a locker...
164--->'''Willow:''' Kiss rocks? Why would anyone want to kiss... Oh, wait I get it.
165** Also:
166--->'''Willow:''' Cibo Matto? They're playing?\
167'''Xander:''' [[AskAStupidQuestion No, Will. They're clog dancing.]]\
168'''Willow:''' Cibo Matto can clog dance? Oh, wait. Sarcasm.
169** Willow has the opposite kind of moment in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E15Consequences Consequences]]":
170--->'''Buffy:''' Well then why do you-- Oh.\
171'''Giles:''' Ohh.\
172''[they all look to Willow for her reaction]''\
173'''Willow:''' I don't need to say "oh." I got it before. They slept together.
174* Quico in ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'' is prone to this, mostly when someone insults him.
175* ''Series/{{Community}}'': In "Comparative Religion", Shirley is peeved at the Dean's promoting a non-denominational "Winter Holiday".
176-->'''Shirley:''' I am so sick of the Dean jamming his PC-ness down my throat!\
177'''Jeff:''' Pierce, I'd like to commend you for letting that one go.\
178'''Pierce:''' ''[after a beat]''... PC-ness. ''[chuckles]'' Now I get it!\
179'''Troy:''' ''[grinning]'' [[DontExplainTheJoke It sounds like "penis"]]. I just got it too!
180* Dougal in ''Series/FatherTed'' is usually very, very slow to get a joke, naturally enough. In "Speed 3", when he temporarily takes over the milkman's job because the milkman was sacked for having affairs with his female customers, some of said customers greet him at the door, and he is oblivious to their horrified reaction. Until he wakes up in the middle of the night, after the end credits, and realizes:
181-->'''Dougal:''' Those women were in the nip!
182* Also a common trope in ''Series/{{Friends}}'', often played out by Joey, frequently accompanied by Chandler making a witty one-liner at Joey's expense.
183** Another time Phoebe talks about walking from Central Park to the Central Perk coffee shop, then stops and adds, "Oh, I just got that!"
184** The biggest is probably Joey taking a few more seconds than everyone else to get the significance of Ross discovering the sweater he lost a month ago (Rachel had said that her baby's father left it behind).
185* ''Series/FTroop'': A running gag was that Sergeant O'Rourke wonders how to get out of a situation when Corporal Agarn would come up with a solution. O'Rourke would turn to him and say, "I don't know why people say you're dumb." At the start of the next scene (usually), Argarn would retort, "Who says I'm dumb?"
186* ''Series/TheGoodPlace'': In "Jason Mendoza", it is not until Michael is declaring the restaurant open that he realizes that "The Good Plates" is a pun on "The Good Place".
187* In ''Series/HomeImprovement'', during the {{Flashback}} to the pilot episode of ''Tool Time'', Tim tells the audience he is going to teach them how to "drive a stake" and holds up a picture of a [[{{Pun}} man sitting on top of a steak with a steering wheel.]] Al doesn't get the joke until several moments later.
188* ''Series/KenanAndKel'' has an example in the episode "Get the Kel Outta Here", revolving around a joke about a sculpture of Kel's head that Kyra has made for school.
189-->'''Kenan:''' What are y'all studyin', nasty freak monsters?\
190''[Kel laughs]''\
191'''Kyra:''' This model happens to look exactly like Kel.\
192'''Kenan:''' Like I said, what y'all studyin', nasty freak monsters?\
193''[Kenan, Kel, and Sheryl share a laugh]''\
194'''Kel:''' Ha ha ha! YEAH! Ha ha... ha... hey... that's about me... with the freak monster...
195* ''Series/LittleLunch'': In "The Joke Competition", Rory doesn't get Melanie's joke until he is doing his direct-to-camera piece several days later. When he says the joke out loud, it finally sinks in.
196* In a ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch a police inspector introduces himself as "Lookout of the Yard" (as in Scotland Yard), to which another character replies by asking [[WhosOnFirst what they would see]]. Lookout is completely baffled by the comment and the sketch continues. A few lines later, he begins laughing inexplicably and it soon becomes apparent that he has got the joke.
197** A similar gag with a man with the last name "Smoketoomuch" who had apparently made it to his thirties without anyone making a joke about it.
198** In "The Funniest Joke in the World," the Nazi interrogator, upon hearing the joke says "That's not funny" before cracking up and dying.
199** Then there's actually ''no'' punch line at the end of the Novelty Items sketch with Eric and Graham because the punch line, while written, was never furnished as the sketch progressed.
200* ''Franchise/TheMuppets'' did a TV special called ''The Muppets Go To The Movies'' where they spoofed several movie genres. Fozzie tells a joke during the Monster Movie sketch that goes "What do you get when you pour boiling water down a rabbit hole?" the answer is "Hot cross bunnies". The Frankenstein Monster from that sketch [[BrickJoke pops up later]] and says "Hot cross bunnies! I just got that!"
201* In the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E22OverdrawnAtTheMemoryBank Overdrawn at the Memory Bank]]", Mike made an incredibly lame joke about the '20s-style gangsters being kicked out of Music/MenWithoutHats. The actual joke was that Servo completely misses the point, and asks Mike to clarify the punchline ("Because the brims on their hats would keep them from reading the music?"). A few minutes after finally dropping it, Servo blurts out, "Oh, because they're wearing hats!"
202* On the anti-gravity episode of ''Series/MythBusters'', the Build Team test a number of devices that claim to create anti-gravity fields, the last of which was called a "Hamel Generator", which was supposedly created by a man who was abducted by aliens and was introduced to their technology. However, every one of these devices failed to deliver, including the Hamel Generator, prompting Grant to quip that "You're better off using something designed by Creator/MarkHamill!" A few seconds after he and Kari have finished laughing, Tori finally busts out laughing himself, having apparently just then gotten the reference.
203* On ''Series/NightCourt'' Christine gets engaged to the dullest man any of them have met. Then when she dumps him he suddenly "gets" every punchline of every joke and begins laughing hysterically while saying things like "Twenty bucks, same as in town."
204* Referenced in the Peter Cook/Dudley Moore show ''Series/NotOnlyButAlso'' when the pair are discussing art and Dudley complains that he can't see the joke in Leonardo's 'cartoon'. Later on, after some unscripted {{Corpsing}} from Dudley, Cook [[ThrowItIn adlibs]] the line "ere, you've just got the joke in that Leonardo cartoon haven't you?"
205* In ''Series/OneTreeHill'', Lucas was upset over his breakup with Brooke and went to his mom, Karen, for advice. Karen, who owns a cafe, tries to console him with advice from a former customer.
206-->'''Karen:''' A customer once told me, the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else!... oh my God, I just realized what that meant! I thought it was more philosophical than that!
207* ''Series/OurMissBrooks'': Miss Brooks remarks to Mr. Boynton that stealing a kiss is "petting larceny". A couple minutes later, Mr. Boynton gets the joke and starts to laugh.
208* This is ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'''s entire appeal for those who laughed as small children and are rediscovering it as adults.
209* On Fox's show ''Series/RaisingHope,'' Jimmy (who has just taught Hope how to crawl): "You're gonna have to move these pool chemicals outta here. She can get to this stuff now." Burt: "Well, I've got the weed killer in the back of the truck, so I can move that in here if you want. "Pick your poison." I ''just'' got that."
210* A running gag in ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'', where Alice never gets the jokes Geraldine tells her at the end. Usually Geraldine or someone else has to explain it to her first (and even then, [[TheDitz she still doesn't always get it]]).
211%%* Max from ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace''.
212* The ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' episode "The Quill Is Mightier" revolves around a magic parchment Gabrielle "finds" that makes everything written on it come true, though often in LiteralGenie ways. One of the first consequences is that when she is first ambushed, Joxer is with her, despite not remembering how he got there. Analysis of the parchment reveals nothing written about him, despite one oddly-phrased line: "Gabrielle awoke with a jerk." Despite several other characters noticing it quickly, he doesn't figure it out until the final battle of the episode.
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216* Referred to as an "icebox laugh" in ''Theatre/{{Picasso at the Lapin Agile}}'' (i.e., something that you laugh at when FridgeLogic kicks in) and brought up in relation to an intentionally nonsensical joke about e-shaped pies. Gaston gets the joke while in the bathroom, most likely by, as Einstein puts it, "[[{{Pun}} process of elimination]]."
217* In ''Theatre/ShrekTheMusical'', Shrek gets the usual blank stare from Donkey after joking that Lord Faarquad is CompensatingForSomething with his castle. Later, during the "Travel Song", Donkey bursts out laughing when he suddenly gets Shrek's joke.
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221* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', [[PlayerCharacter Hawke]] is able to reconnect his/her Uncle Gamlen with his long-lost daughter, one that he didn't even know he had. After they finally meet, Hawke can talk to Gamlen and a [[DeadpanSnarker snarky one]] can drop a little insult that takes Gamlen a second to catch.
222-->'''Hawke:''' You know, she looks nothing like you. Thank the Maker for small miracles, hmm?\
223'''Gamlen:''' Really. I...hey!
224* ''VideoGame/TheLostVikings'' have a joke of this stripe in ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm''.
225-->'''Olaf:''' Hey, you guys remember when we were in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''?\
226'''Erik:''' ''[sigh]'' That was just a reference!\
227'''Baelog:''' Yes, Olaf. We're not [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame dwarves]], we're Vikings! Pfft... Except for [[BigGuyLittleGuy Erik]]... ''[titter]'' he's a dwarf!\
228'''Erik:''' Ohohoho... you take it back!
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232* In ''WebAnimation/DorklyOriginals'' short ''WebAnimation/OldManSonic'', Tails never realized that his real name, Miles Prower, was a pun on "miles per hour" until he spoke it out himself.
233* In the ''WebAnimation/EddsWorld'' flash movie [=WTFuture=], the following exchange occurs:
234-->'''Tom:''' As ever Edd, your sense of humor never ceases to amaze me.\
235'''Edd:''' Is that an insult?\
236'''Tom:''' You figure it out.\
237''[as they walk away, Future Edd appears in a flash of lightning]''\
238'''Future Edd:''' At last, after many years I have returned. Now it is time to- HEY! That WAS an insult!
239* A meta moment happened with Zoran the Bear [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qProQ5QUH9w recording a line]] for ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'', and realizing only after recording it [[NoPeriodsPeriod just what it was referring to]].
240* In ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'', it is mentioned at one point that this is how Caboose reacts to everything because [[TheDitz he's just so dumb]] that he lags a few moments behind everybody else. He mistakes this for telepathy.
241* In the closing credits sequence of the ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' review of [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/222-XBLA-Double-Bill Bionic Commando: Rearmed]].
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245* ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'': Arthur doesn't get [[http://arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/0746.htm this gag]] until the next strip.
246* ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'':
247** [[http://explosm.net/comics/3286/ I love being mentally challenged.]]
248** [[http://explosm.net/comics/1791/ A tool belt sounds like your kind of belt.]]
249* During a battle in ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'', Halo [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1500 drops one of her super-powered teammates on an opponent]], and proceeds to make WesternAnimation/RoadRunner sound effects, much to Harem's confusion. Two days later, Harem [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2498 realizes Halo dropped an Anvil on him]] after she makes another reference to Looney Toons.
250-->'''Sydney:''' What? Oh. [[LampshadeHanging God, Harem, take your damn time]].
251* Leny the Troglodyte in [[http://mansionofe.comicgenesis.com/d/20041002.html this installment]] of ''Webcomic/TheMansionOfE.''
252* ''Webcomic/PvP''. Brent, to Francis:
253-->'''Brent:''' Did you hear about the cannibal that [[{{Pun}} dumped his girlfriend?]]
254%%* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'':
255%%** It took Faye [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1561 a decade or so]].
256%%** But it only took Steve [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=826 a few hours.]]
257%%Weblinks are not examples.
258* In ''Webcomic/SabrinaOnline,'' we see the dramatic variation, when [[http://sabrina-online.com/strips/SabOnline207.GIF Sabrina and RC are almost mugged]].
259* ''WebComic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'', [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/pickup "Pickup"]]: A woman explains to another how she cleverly ruined a man's life ("long ago") when he approached her with a lame pickup line. (She pretended it was an extremely effective line, causing him to forever go around trying the same line on other women, hoping to get the same reaction again.) After telling this, she suddenly realizes what the line actually meant, and thinks it was clever.
260* In [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2001-07-26 this]] strip from ''WebComic/SchlockMercenary'', the audience see's Doyt's thoughts right after the Doctor insults him, along with a footnote that explains he's only just getting the insult from yesterday's comic.
261-->'''Doyt:''' Severe [brain damage] as in stupid? Or severe as in dead?\
262'''Haban:''' Doyt, considering the fact it would be hard for a copy of you to get any stupider, I'd have to say "dead".\
263'''Doyt:''' ''[later that night]'' Hey...
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267* In ''Literature/TalesOfMU'', a harpy character says that in the badlands, "thunder means someone told a giant a joke three days ago." The giantess who's appeared in the story bears this out, not realizing she was at the center of a hurricane of {{Double Entendre}}s until much later.
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271* ''WebVideo/FiveSecondFilms'' gives us "[[http://5secondfilms.com/watch/brian_finally_gets_mikes_joke Brian Finally Gets Mike's Joke]]". From the description, though, it appears it wasn't such an obvious gag:
272-->'''Brian:''' I don't typically understand jokes related to the Reconstruction (particularly the election of 1872), and I especially don't when I've had a fifth of bourbon and fireworks are going off all around my face. Mike should be thankful I even remembered it in the morning.
273* In ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'', Pollo, despite being named that way since he first appeared in the review of ''ComicBook/AmazonsAttack'' in 2009, doesn't realize his name means "chicken" in Spanish, or, by extension, that Linkara built himself a literal WesternAnimation/RobotChicken, until the review of ''ComicBook/{{Chew}}'' geared towards the character Poyo, in 2022.
274* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': During one of Sam's pre-game ad reads, which features a terrible ventriloquist act, the dummy asks, "You know how to make Travis [Willingham] laugh on a Thursday? Tell him a joke on Monday."
275* From Youtuber couple Hailee and Kendra, we have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVCZoLJsPiM this memetic reaction]] to a "69" joke.
276* During episode 15 of Creator/RoosterTeeth's ''LetsPlay VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', Michael tells Ray to stop making Kung Fu noises when the latter found a Kung Fu picture in front of Ryan's house. 13 episodes later, Michael ''finally'' finds the Kung Fu picture and realizes why Ray had done that so long ago.
277* Meta example in Creator/TeamFourStar's playthough of ''VisualNovel/{{Nekopara}}''. Taka and Zito don't realize that all the characters have EdibleThemeNaming until Taka mispronounces Shigure's name as "sugary" in part 5, ''halfway through the game''. Even funnier given that the [[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged their most famous work]] ''also'' has such theme naming.
278-->'''Taka:''' God damn it! I'm a twenty-eight-year-old man and I went to school and I didn't notice that! God I'm a mess!
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282* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', Finn is worried that Flame Princess doesn’t like him anymore because she didn’t laugh at one of his jokes. Jake and BMO try to assure him that she just probably didn’t get the joke yet. Towards the end of the episode, after Finn comes back from his (possibly) trippy dream inside the pillow fort, Flame Princess calls Finn, telling him that she finally understood the joke. Their relationship is saved!
283* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender:'' While confronting the Kyoshi warriors, who all fight with gold-plated [[CombatHandFan warfans]], Azula mockingly calls them the Avatar's "fangirls". Several beats pass before Ty Lee exclaims, "I get it now, that was funny, Azula." But then Ty Lee is the group's designated {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.
284* An episode of the animated ''Series/FraggleRock'' revolved around "The Funniest Joke In The Universe". Boober didn't get it, and asked everyone else, who immediately became HelplessWithLaughter. It turns out he has to get water from the Well of Forgetfulness to make them stop laughing and since he's the only one not in stitches, he's the only one who can. At the end, all's well... until Boober gets the joke, and [[HereWeGoAgain the other Fraggles have to take him to the well]].
285* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
286** Peter (in an attempt to become more sophisticated) spends days standing by a newspaper stand staring at a New Yorker cartoon (with the punchline "I'd be more apathetic if I weren't so lethargic") before he finally gets it, saying in a charitable tone that it's "kind of funny," before returning the magazine and getting a copy of ''Juggs''.
287** Another time, Peter basically steals Lois' position as director of a play. The morning of the play, she accuses him of lacking creativity, to which he responds:
288--->'''Peter:''' I have more creativity in my whole body than most people do before 9:00 A.M..
289--->'''Lois:''' The only thing you create before 9:00 A.M. is exactly what you've turned my show into.
290--->'''Peter:''' I think my work will speak for itself. ({{beat}}) I just got that. A poop joke? [[SarcasmMode That's real creative, Lois.]]
291** In another episode, Peter, hosting a children's variety show, is mauled by a mountain lion during a failed comedy sketch based on the classic "Who's on First?" comedy routine by Abbott and Costello. Peter is later visited in the hospital by the same mountain lion, bearing flowers and stating: "I get it now: 'Who' is the guy's NAME!"
292* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
293** Fry is prone to this:
294--->'''Announcer:''' And now, the woman who "Mom"-opolizes the robot industry...\
295'''Fry:''' I get it!\
296'''Announcer:''' Mom!\
297'''Fry:''' Oh... now I get it!
298** When they all go camping they are given a lecture on Bigfoot by "Ranger Park, the Park Ranger". Fry yells "I get it!"
299** In "Rebirth", a few seconds after a series of increasingly obvious references to leaving Fox and joining Comedy Central (culminating with "It's a sort of [[Creator/ComedyCentral "Comedy" central]] shipping channel, and now we're on it"), Amy exclaims "I get it!"
300* ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle'': More than once, George would suddenly laugh at a joke he'd heard minutes, maybe hours, before.
301** In the "Dr. Chicago" episode, George announces to the Commissioner that ants on a railroad "Steal track!" The Commissioner, misunderstanding, answers: "Yes, George -- steel track. That's what makes the train run so smoothly." Shortly before the end of the episode, George bursts out laughing, and the Commissioner asks, irritably: "What's so funny?" George answers: "Steal track! ''Steel'' track!"
302** In another episode, he's been caught in a snare by poachers who mean to leave him there. He comments "It pretty chicken thing to do to King of Jungle!" A poacher replies "If there be one thing I like, it be 'Chicken à la King'!" A few scenes later, back home, George starts laughing "Ho ho! Chicken à la King!"
303* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' Bill and Dale tell Hank and Peggy a joke about them ordering nachos with cheese, and the punchline is they ask the waitress: "If it's nacho cheese, then whose is it?" Everyone enjoys a good laugh except Peggy. Later, after much time has passed, Peggy says: "Oh, I just got that nacho cheese joke. It's funny!"
304* The ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' character WesternAnimation/FoghornLeghorn was based on a radio character Senator Claghorne (who was so Southern he only drank from Dixie cups and would not drive through the Lincoln Tunnel). He also copied his signature response to people who didn't get his jokes "Ah say, ah say son, these are the jokes. I keep pitching them and you keep missing them!"
305* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', Candace has been changed into a sentient puddle, and the kids' first attempt to change her back doesn't quite work out.
306-->'''Buford:''' I don't know, I kinda like her like that. She looks like [[{{Pun}} Cand-berry sauce.]]\
307'''Phineas:''' We gotta get her back into the right shape before we solidify her. And we're gonna need to adjust the contour in ''[{{beat}}, Phineas starts laughing]'' Ha ha, ''Cand-berry'' sauce!
308* ''The WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Show'' had a cartoon called "Aesop And Son". In one episode, Aesop laughs at a joke he heard days ago and tells his son a fable with the moral "He who laughs last laughs best". Come to think of it, a lot of things in that show were [[ParentalBonus jokes young viewers wouldn't get until later]].
309* From ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
310** In "Secrets of a Successful Marriage", Carl calls Homer "a little slow" when Homer fails to realize he just beat Moe at poker with a straight flush. By the time Homer responds "How dare you call me that?!", it's hours later, and Lenny is in his nightshirt and cap when Homer finally asks about it, prompting him to say "Boy, you ''are'' slow!", which then causes Homer to go through the exact same thought process again until Lenny tells him to leave.
311--->'''Homer:''' ''[thinking]'' Something said. Not good.\
312'''Lenny:''' Get the hell out of here!
313** In "A Star Is Burns", [[TheAhnold Wolfcastle]] has this happen to him ''twice''. When he realizes Jay Sherman (from ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'') insulted him, he chases him down with an assault rifle. Sherman says his shoes are untied, and Wolfcastle replies "From here, they appear to be tied, but I will go in for a closer look". Sherman beats a retreat, day turns to night as Wolfcastle stares at his shoes and finally concludes that they don't even ''have'' laces.
314--->'''Wolfcastle:''' On closer inspection, these are loafers.
315** Sideshow Bob gives Wiggum the nickname "Chief Piggum". The police chief understands this joke during Bob's parole hearing and went from angry to finding it ActuallyPrettyFunny.
316** After [[EvilHand Snake's hair]] is shot in "Hell Toupee":
317--->'''Wiggum:''' Now that's what I call a bad hair day.\
318'''Marge:''' May I remind you that two people are dead and... oh, wait, I just got it. ''[joins in with EverybodyLaughsEnding]''
319** There's also the time in "Stark Raving Dad" when Homer wears a pink shirt to work. His coworkers mockingly offer him a donut with pink icing, which he thanks them for before realizing the joke.
320* One ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' episode revolves Jokey finding the ultimate joke. Anyone who hears it will laugh uncontrollably and never be able to stop. Jokey alone is immune because he doesn't get it. After a long, arduous journey to cure the laughing Smurfs, the band returns to the village... only for Jokey to burst out laughing, having finally got the joke.
321* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' episode "Old Friends, New Planets", Nick Locarno reveals that the abandoned system his Nova Fleet is in is protected by a [[DeflectorShield Trynar Shield]]. It takes part of the episode and Mariner nearly hitting the barrier for her to realize it’s named that way for the three Bynars in his group.
322* ''WesternAnimation/TopCat'' is a show about a gang of colorful hoods living in a Creator/DamonRunyon-esque world. A lot of kids must only have grasped what was going on here years later.
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325->''Oooh I get it, the UsefulNotes/WorldWarII-era dictator being referred to was UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler! Heh heh heh.''

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