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1	''Tropes involving different types and presentations of laughter, and what they say about a character or the scene.''
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3	!!Ha ha ha!
4	[[index]]
5	* AnnoyingLaugh: Somebody's laughter sounds annoying to another character.
6	* CheerThemUpWithLaughter: Cheering a sad person up by making them laugh.
7	* CircleOfShame: Someone in a humiliating position is portrayed with a pan around some people laughing at them.
8	* ContagiousLaughter: When one person laughs, it makes the others laugh.
9	* {{Corpsing}}: When an actor laughs at a time their character shouldn't be laughing.
10	* CryLaughing: Someone laughs, but then something bad happens and they start crying.
11	* DieLaughing: Somebody laughs and then dies.
12	* DissonantLaughter: Laughing when you absolutely have no reason to.
13	* EverybodyLaughsEnding: The episode ends with the whole cast laughing.
14	* EvilLaugh: Somebody laughs in a way which sounds evil.
15	* EvilLaughTurnedCoughingFit: Someone starts coughing while they laugh.
16	* TheFreelanceShameSquad: Something embarrassing happens to someone, and nearby characters laugh at them for it.
17	* GigglingVillain: Instead of doing the standard Evil Laugh, the villain just giggles.
18	* HaHaHaNo: A character pretends to laugh, then abruptly says something to the effect of "no".
19	* HelplessWithLaughter: Laughing so hard that doing literally anything else is just about impossible.
20	* TheHilariousTable: Showing characters having a good time and laughing, but not what they're laughing at.
21	* HoldingInLaughter: Characters trying, and usually failing, not to laugh out loud.
22	* HumorDissonance: The characters find something unfunny funny.
23	* TheHyena: Someone who's very easily amused.
24	* LateToThePunchline: It takes a character a while to get a joke.
25	* LaughingAtYourOwnJokes: Someone tells a joke and laughs at it.
26	* LaughingGas: Gas that causes laughter.
27	* LaughingMad: Something really bad happens, and a character laughs despite not finding it humorous.
28	* LaughOfLove: A character laughs when they're around their LoveInterest.
29	* LaughThemselvesSick: Somebody laughs and it nauseates them.
30	* LaughTrack: Recorded laughter is played at a joke in a TV show.
31	* LaughWithMe: The villain tells their minions to join in with their Evil Laugh.
32	* LiterallyLaughableQuestion: Someone laughs at a question they find dumb.
33	* MirthlessLaughter: Laughing for any reason besides happiness or humor.
34	* MustMakeHerLaugh: A wacky character tries to make a [[EmotionlessGirl emotionless]] [[TheStoic stoic]] laugh.
35	* MyGodYouAreSerious: A character says something. Another character laughs and thinks they're joking, but then realizes they're serious.
36	* NoblewomansLaugh: A laugh stereotypically associated with Japanese noblewomen.
37	* OminousAdversarialAmusement: You think you're about the defeat the villain... but then they start laughing.
38	* PreViolenceLaughter: Someone laughs before they attack someone.
39	* PutTheLaughterInSlaughter: Laughing while killing.
40	* SignatureLaugh: A laugh associated with one individual.
41	* TensionCuttingLaughter: Laughing due to relief.
42	* UnevilLaugh: Someone tries to do an Evil Laugh, but they just can't make it sound evil.
43	* WhosLaughingNow: A ButtMonkey [[FaceHeelTurn turns evil]].
44	[[/index]]

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