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25-> '''[[Literature/TheWizardOfOz Dorothy Gale]]:''' Another one to join us on our journey! And what are you missing?\
26 '''ComicBook/{{Batman}}:''' A sense of humor.
27-->-- ''VideoGame/LegoDimensions''
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29A character with No Sense of Humor is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin incapable of enjoying jokes, comedy, or humor]] of any sort. Maybe the character is TheStoic, or an [[TheSpock otherworldly being with no notion of comedy]], [[LiteralMinded a literal thinker]], or the victim of a traumatizing accident -- whatever it is, this person is unwilling (or ''unable'') to respond to humor, [[CannotTellAJoke tell jokes]], or even recognize when something is funny at all.
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31Some characters with No Sense of Humor maintain their seriousness by sheer force of will. Others might have a conceptual understanding of humor, but simply treat it as an odd curiosity or with a clinical detachment. Oftentimes, such a character is [[TheComicallySerious placed in absurd situations to elicit laughs from the audience.]]
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33A common characteristic for TheStoic, TheSpock, and the GrandeDame.
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35Arguably a SubTrope of NoSocialSkills depending on the culture. May overlap with EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor and SarcasmBlind. Also see LateToThePunchline, DontExplainTheJoke and CannotTellAJoke. DudeNotFunny is a completely different trope, but in-universe, one ''can'' be confused for the other depending on the character.
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38!!Examples:
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42[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
43* Almost all of the big villains in ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''.
44* Creed Diskenth of ''Manga/{{Blackcat}}''.
45* Light from ''Manga/DeathNote'' lacks any sort of sense of humor. Although he does make a [[CannotConveySarcasm "joke"]] about wanting to trade away half his life for shinigami wings.
46* Hatori Sohma from ''Manga/FruitsBasket''.
47* In ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'', just try to name one of the Seiryu Seishi that had ''any'' sort of sense of humor, or even any funny moments. All of them are always dead serious and never find humor in any situation.
48* Juubei Kakei from ''Manga/GetBackers''. When he is informed of this, he is devastated, because he blames his lack of a sense of humor for the troubles suffered by his friends Kazuki and Makubex, and applies himself to telling bad jokes at every subsequent opportunity in order to make up for such an unforgivable lack.
49* ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}'': Kageyama, due to being a [[NoSocialSkills socially awkward]] and [[LiteralMinded literal thinker]]. [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/f1023665c610702fe907f2ccc72dc40f/a05013e83c67fd6e-5c/s1280x1920/de063a0e1330d432a1b0b2d7e767ce5b17f40ffd.jpg Example?]]
50* Chaos from ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'' is a tragic example. While seeking help, she saw a comedy scene where the protagonist says he doesn't want any angeloid. That has... consequences.
51* Lithuania from ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers''. ([[GermanicDepressives Germany]] is at least a DeadpanSnarker sometimes) This does not mix well with [[CloudCuckooLander Poland]].
52* Touya Akira and Touya Majin in ''Manga/HikaruNoGo''.
53* In ''Manga/HoshinEngi'', the ultimate BigBad, Joka, has absolutely ''no'' sense of humor. Lampshaded by Taikobo at one point.
54* Mikael from ''Anime/ImGonnaBeAnAngel'' [[spoiler:...if we're not counting the last three or four episodes that is -- although in those episodes it's not what one would call "a healthy sense of humor" either.]]
55* ''Manga/KarakuriCircus'': Unfortunately for Narumi, the only way to stop his IncurableCoughOfDeath is to make someone laugh, and he really sucks at it.
56* Lunge from ''Manga/{{Monster}}'' is laser-focused on catching Dr. Tenma at all costs -- he subsequently has no time for comedy. He does lighten up a bit at the end though.
57* No-nonsense badass soldier Giroro of ''Manga/SgtFrog'', especially in the English dub.
58* Reika in ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'' doesn't even know what the word "joke" ''means''.
59[[/folder]]
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61[[folder:Comedy]]
62* Owing to his status as the world's most successful {{Troll}}, part of Creator/AndyKaufman's bizarre [[AntiHumor shtick]] was a complete lack of understanding as to what a joke was. In interviews, he'd respond to humorous remarks with a mystified "What?" or even go as far as to [[DontExplainTheJoke explain why the comment didn't make any sense as a statement]].
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65[[folder:Comic Books]]
66* ComicBook/{{Batman}} himself sometimes falls under this trope, DependingOnTheWriter.
67** Surprisingly enough, [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness the original version]] of [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker the Joker]] was this. In his first appearance, he was a permanently smiling psychotic gangster with ''no sense of humor whatsoever''. In his first fight with Batman, Bats is actually the one making puns, while Joker is screaming "[[IllKillYou I am going to kill you!]]"
68** The Joker was actually able to make Batman laugh at the end of the graphic novel ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' (even though the story as a whole wasn't funny in the least).
69* Comicbook/MoonKnight, also DependingOnTheWriter. Rather apt given that he's an {{Expy}} for ComicBook/{{Batman}}.
70* Creator/AlanMoore's ''ComicBook/{{Promethea}}'' features a female cop [[NamedAfterSomebodyFamous named]] Creator/LucilleBall in the supporting cast. She frequently has to say, "No relation" and remind people that she has No Sense of Humor.
71* Ultra Magnus in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' takes most of the comic to start making jokes, and even then, they rarely go past being a DeadpanSnarker. A minor plot point in the Annual is that the mechanisms Magnus uses to smile have gone without use in ''so long'' that they've started to rust in place.
72* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Professor X and Magneto are frequently flanderized as no-nonsense extremists. Charles does ''occasionally'' make a joke, but by and large the two tend to stick to very dry humor. Creator/JamesMacAvoy's performance is the first attempt to move away from this, although one might simply assume that as he gets older, he will get more serious. Also, Creator/IanMcKellen gave Magneto a deadpan, cynical sense of humor which was expanded on by Creator/MichaelFassbender.
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75[[folder:Comic Strips]]
76* [[http://www.gocomics.com/barneyandclyde/2012/05/30 Harold]] in ''ComicStrip/BarneyAndClyde''. So far, that's his sole character trait.
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80* Idol Hooves in ''FanFic/TheChangelingOfTheGuard''. Having been banished from the hive by [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Chrysalis]], he travels Equestria, seeing the outside world for the first time. His first exposure to humor is met with a lot of confusion, but he eventually comes to find the concept fascinating, though he doesn't really understand [[PungeonMaster Wasta's]] jokes.
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83[[folder:Film -- Animation]]
84* In ''WesternAnimation/CaptainUnderpantsTheFirstEpicMovie'', Melvin is unable to laugh or understand anything humorous. Professor Poopypants soon discovers that it's because Melvin completely lacks the (made-up) part of the brain that contains the sense of humor. Initially, the character trait is used to make Melvin a {{foil}} to pranksters George and Harold. [[spoiler:Poopypants then uses Melvin's unique physiology as a basis for a device that removes other people's senses of humor, thus inflicting this trope on everyone who crosses his path.]]
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87[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
88* Howard from ''Film/TenCloverfieldLane'' has absolutely no sense of humor and treats everything extremely seriously. Unlike most examples, this is very much PlayedForDrama as a sign of his mental instability and [[NoSocialSkills total lack of social skills]]; he often interprets any humor or sarcasm from Michelle and Emmett as insults, threats, or disrespect due to being very LiteralMinded, something that combines very badly with his HairTriggerTemper.
89* ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania:'' Kang the Conqueror, unlike most MCU villains, is completely stone-cold serious, not even making a sarcastic quip, which in a WorldOfSnark (and against a protagonist as light-hearted as Scott Lang) makes his cold-blooded villainy stand out even more.
90* ''Film/BladeTrinity'': Blade considers Hannibal King a constant annoyance due to King's sense of humor. In the comic books, King is a much more serious character; in fact more serious than Blade is in the comics. King's portrayal as a nonstop joke machine in the movie could be due to casting Creator/RyanReynolds.
91* Agent Hanratty from ''Film/CatchMeIfYouCan''.
92* ''Film/GoodMorningVietnam'':
93** Sgt. Major Dickerson.
94--->'''Sgt. Major Dickerson:''' That is humor. I recognize that.
95** Lt. Hauk thinks he has a sense of humor, but really doesn't. His attempts to be funny on the radio generate a FlatWhat from his colleagues, and [[DudeNotFunny piles of hate mail from the audience]].
96* From ''Film/HappyGoLucky'', Scott the driving instructor, and Poppy's older sister Helen.
97* In ''Film/{{Highlander}}'', The Kurgan accuses nuns of being this when they don't appreciate him waggling his tongue at them.
98* In ''Film/HotFuzz'' Nicholas Angel's devotion to his job above everything else has made him a first-class police officer. It's also rendered him a completely humourless, pedantic and uptight prick. When the movie starts he has just been dumped and ReassignedToAntarctica, neither of which does anything to improve his personality (which, while not entirely humorless, was already pretty damned abrasive).
99* This, and attempts to develop a sense of humor, are the focus of Sha Wujing's character arc in ''Film/TheLostEmpire'' (a sort of unofficial sequel to ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''.) He's eventually told that it's better to have no sense of humor than to have [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor the sense of humor that the villains have]], and [[spoiler:he laughs for the first time at the realization that he was worried over nothing.]]
100* TheComicallySerious Agent K in ''Film/MenInBlack'', who isn't exactly this, but does this make this very relevant quip about his cover story:
101-->'''Beatrice:''' You here to [[ComeToGawk make fun of me, too?]]\
102'''K:''' No ma'am, we at the FBI do not have a sense of humor we are aware of.
103* Daniel's caseworker Mrs. Sellner in ''Film/MrsDoubtfire''. To elaborate on his talent for "doing voices" (as a VO actor), Daniel unleashes one of Creator/RobinWilliams' trademark [[HarpoDoesSomethingFunny rapid-fire strings of comical impressions and impersonations]] that would have most audiences at least tittering, if not bursting into laughter. [[ToughRoom Mrs. Sellner doesn't even crack a smile]]:
104-->'''Mrs. Sellner:''' ...Mr. Hillard, do you consider yourself humorous?
105-->'''Daniel:''' I ''used'' to. There was a time when I found myself to be quite funny, but today you have certainly proven me wrong. Thank you.
106* ''Film/{{Ninotchka}}'' is a [[IceQueen cold-hearted]] Russian envoy who seems unmoved by any of the jokes of her potential love interest Leon. Until he accidentally slips and falls, which makes her burst out loud.
107* In ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen'', according to Carson Wells the big problem with Anton Chighurh isn't that he is batshit insane, but that he lacks a sense of humor.
108* The film ''Film/RatRace'' features a character who tragically was born without a personality.
109* Colonel O'Neil of ''Film/{{Stargate}}''. Used for a joke in the [[Series/StargateSG1 television series]] (see below).
110* The various ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''s exhibit this behavior, being emotionless robots.
111* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'':
112** Judge Doom. [[spoiler:A very serious case, considering he's a toon.]]
113** And Eddie Valiant, due to his brother being murdered by a toon. [[spoiler:That toon happens to be Judge Doom.]] [[CharacterDevelopment He gets better.]]
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116[[folder:Literature]]
117* In ''Literature/TenSixtySixAndAllThat'', Queen Victoria "remained obdurately [[RoyalWe plural]] and not amused" throughout her reign despite the best efforts of her subjects to amuse her.
118* ''Literature/AllHands!'' has Mrs. Cousins.
119* From ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', Andalites. All of them besides Ax and Arbron.
120%%* Pedro Camacho from ''Literature/AuntJuliaAndTheScriptwriter''.
121* Colonel [[spoiler:Lieutenant after promotion]] Brendig in David Edding's ''Literature/{{Belgariad}}''. Also Ortzel from the Elenium. The two never smile. [[spoiler:Ortzel does later, albeit it looking unnatural on him.]] Brendig does show some humour, but since this is a work of Edding's, compared to the others, his humour is close to, if not, nil.
122-->'''Ce'Nedra:'''Don't you ever smile?\
123'''Brendig:''' ''[perfectly straight face]'' I am smiling.
124* ''Literature/BrothersOfTheSnake'':
125** Brother-sergeant Priad doesn't understand that someone's joking even when it seems obvious, like when Petrok says that he's already killed four or five annoying equerries.
126--->'''Petrok:''' Funny, you can spot a tracer round flying over your head in time to duck it, but a joke...\
127'''Priad:''' That was a joke?\
128'''Petrok:''' I haven't killed any equerries. It's frowned upon.
129** Petrok, on the other hand, is an inversion -- sometimes he seems like the only Iron Snake with ''any'' sense of humor at all.
130** One Inquisitor makes perhaps the sole canon acknowledgement that Khorne the Blood God's name is pronounced exactly the same as "corn", and seems disappointed that none of the Astartes around him got the joke, or were even aware there ''was'' a joke.
131-->'A corn-doll.’ Mabuse told them, holding it up for them to see. 'A votive object, common on so many rustic and agricultural worlds.\
132[...]\
133He lifted another from the table. There was something hideous and twisted about this one, even though it was only a doll woven from straw.\
134'I found this... and six more like it. Khorne-dolls, if you will. I see the pun is lost on you Marines too.
135* The narrator of ''Literature/TheCuriousIncidentOfTheDogInTheNightTime'' has an ambiguous disorder (the blurb says Asperger's, the book doesn't), and explains there will be no jokes in the book because he doesn't understand them. He can understand the ''concept'' of a pun, if it's explained to him, but if he tries to keep multiple meanings in his head at the same time, it's like trying to follow multiple conversations.
136* Roland from ''Literature/TheDarkTower'' freely admits that his sense of humor was "shot off in some war somewhere." He gets somewhat better the more time he spends with his TrueCompanions.
137* In ''Literature/TheDeedOfPaksenarrion'', gnomes are absolute LawfulNeutral with no humor, believing that only they know and follow the true laws laid down at creation by the High Lord.
138* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
139** Granny Weatherwax understands humor on a conceptual level, but has absolutely no sense of humor and has no understanding of how or why jokes work. Illustrated well in ''Literature/WitchesAbroad'', where she repeatedly tries to tell the "alligator sandwich" joke but always bungles the punchline with something like "And be quick about it!"[[labelnote:Actual punchline]]"And make it snappy!"[[/labelnote]]
140** Death also has no sense of humor, being an anthropomorphic personification who doesn't understand human emotions. His brief attempts to inject humor into his work [[CannotTellAJoke failed spectacularly]].
141** In ''Literature/GoingPostal'', Adora Belle Dearheart tells Moist Von Lipwig that she has no sense of humour due to her embarrassing name.
142** In ''Literature/MakingMoney'', the head bank clerk, Mavolio Bent, has "no sense of humour whatsoever. It has been proven by phrenology." It becomes more apparent when one considers [[spoiler:his background as the child of a clown, being laughed out of the arena during his first performance (which failed), fleeing from the circus and vowing never to laugh again]].
143** Archchancellor Ridcully has a similar lack as Granny, with the result that his jokes are one of many aspects of his personality that grate on the Bursar, who ''also'' has no sense of humour, but at least understands how jokes are supposed to work. In fact, when Ridcully first appears in ''Literature/MovingPictures'', the Bursar (who has not yet been driven completely insane by the man) attempts a joke himself:
144--->The Archchancellor gave him a look so old-fashioned it might have belonged to an ammonite.\
145"That a joke?" he said, in the suspicious tones of someone who wouldn't really understand the term "sense of humour" even if you sat down for an hour and explained it to him with diagrams.
146** Dwarves are known for their sense of humour. In a way. People point them out and say "Those little buggers haven't got a sense of humour."
147** Sergeant Detritus, a troll on the A-M City Watch, "treats humour as a human aberration" to be overcome by talking slowly and patiently.
148** The Fools' Guild was founded by a man with no measurable sense of humor who of course prided himself on his sense of humor.
149--->Creativity and wit were the death of funniness, as far as Pune was concerned; progress through the Guild ranks was (and is) achieved through hours of rote memorization of the seventy-three approved subclasses of pun, the listed pratfalls and the accepted jokes, which must go through a twenty-year approval process before they are passed by the Council of Fun.
150* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Percy Weasley "wouldn't recognize a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing Dobby's tea cozy." He does have a bit of a harshly sarcastic moment in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]],'' though, which is remarked upon with astonishment by his siblings, [[spoiler:one of whom is tragically killed seconds later.]]
151* In Lewis Carroll's ''Literature/TheHuntingOfTheSnark'', one of the notable traits of a Snark is its bad sense of humor.
152-->''The third is its slowness in taking a jest\
153If you happen to venture on one\
154It will sigh like a thing that is deeply distressed\
155And [[LamePunReaction it always looks grave at a pun]].''
156* Kam Fong in ''Literature/{{jPod}}'' is mentally incapable of understanding humour due to being mildly autistic.
157* Thomas from ''{{Literature/Malevil}}''. He even notes that he's known for not having a sense of humor but doesn't argue the point.
158* ''Literature/MertonOfTheMovies'': Merton, despite his love of movies overall, cannot understand the appeal of comedies as he does not understand the concept of humor. This works to his advantage a little bit as he can't tell when people are making jokes at his expense or being sarcastic, but he struggles in Hollywood until someone realizes he's TheComicallySerious and perfect as the straight man as long as you don't tell Merton he's starring in a comedy.
159* Alec Lightwood from ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'', possibly because he tries too hard to be the mature one of the group.
160* ''Literature/OldMansWar:'' The woman in the army recruiting office doesn't respond to the narrator's attempts to make jokes. She claims that her sense of humour was surgically removed when she was a child.
161* In ''Literature/PsyChangeling'', as a result of the Silence Protocol, this is a defining trait of the [[PsychicPowers Psy]] race.
162* Don Tillman, the protagonist of ''Literature/TheRosieProject'' doesn't make or understand many jokes due to his ambiguous disorder.
163* In ''Literature/TheScrewtapeLetters'', the devils' inability to understand humor is played for laughs.
164* From Creator/MercedesLackey's ''Literature/{{SERRAted Edge}}'' novels, Unseleighe psychics have absolutely No Sense of Humor, along with little comprehension of allegory and the imaginations of bricks. In one novel, they were driven insane trying to comprehend the lyrics of Music/TheyMightBeGiants.
165* In a series full of {{deadpan snarker}}s, Baron Vengeous from ''Literature/SkulduggeryPleasant'' has no sense of humour and an aversion to humour in general. Skulduggery's constant wisecracking is one of the things he hates about him. Interestingly though, in the second book Vengeous does crack a joke, saying "Forgive the expression but you and and what army" and at one point almost laughs at one of Skulduggery's jokes. Generally though, he's dour and humourless.
166%%* [[DeadpanSnarker Asher]] in ''Literature/SomeoneElsesWar''.
167* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Stannis Baratheon is ''perceived'' as this by the people of Westeros. The reality is that he has an ''extremely'' dry and subtle sense of humor which is lost on the average Westerosi who is accustomed to bawdy and/or toilet humor.
168** Victarion and Aeron Greyjoy both seem to have this lack. Victarion isn't very bright and dislikes jokes because he's always worried that they'll be at his expense and he won't be able to tell. Aeron used to have a sense of humor until he found religion, at which point he lost it.
169* Nico of ''Literature/TheSpiritThief'' tries to act like she has no sense of humour as part of her EmotionlessGirl persona, but Eli's jokes manage to crack her up every once in a while.
170* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', Rainflower begins scolding Crookedjaw and Oakheart for telling friendly jokes about the queens, making a (quite) boring lecture about how the queens "enjoy helping their Clan". Crookedjaw and Oakheart just roll their eyes at this.
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174* Sheldon from ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''. He understands the concept of humor, he just doesn't ''get'' humor. When he's told that something is a joke, he forces the [[SignatureLaugh most fake laugh]] ever heard on television. And the things he ''does'' find humorous are usually beyond the scope of "mere mortals" like the remainder of the cast. Not until the end of the fourth season does he tell any jokes that get laughs (although that's partly due to ToughRoom) and when he did so, he wasn't even aware he was doing it.
175* Brad Chase from ''Series/BostonLegal''.
176* Wesley on ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' started out this way, but later became a more rounded character as he transitioned to ''Series/{{Angel}}''. ''Series/{{Angel}}'' has Illyria, {{justified| trope}} by the fact that she's an Ancient One. In ''After The Fall,'' she finally gets one of Spike's jokes. LampshadeHanging ensues.
177* Lampshaded on ''Series/CriminalMinds'': Reid (falsely) calls Aaron Hotchner a narcissist as clue to where he is taken hostage. While figuring this out, Hotch asks the team what they consider his greatest folly. Spontanous answer by Prentiss: "You have no sense of humor!" Actually something of a subversion. Hotch does have a sense of humour; it's just so dry the Sahara looks like a swamp by comparison, and at this point Prentiss hasn't caught on to it yet.
178* A common trait for the villains on ''Series/DoctorWho''. And some non-villains, like the Ood.
179* ''Series/FraggleRock'': Subverted. The World's Oldest Fraggle explains to Red that they're supposed to hate the Cave Fraggles because they have no sense of humor. He says that the Cave Fraggles think the best part of getting a pie in the face is cleaning up afterward. In reality, their sense of humor is different from that of the Rock Fraggles. They tell Mokey about their sense of humor in the song "Ho Ho Ho (What a Funny World It Is)."
180* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Stannis Baratheon, though in reality, a lot of his lines end up becoming humorous simply because of just how [[TheComicallySerious immaculately deadpan he delivers basically everything.]]
181-->'''Stannis:''' ...Then we ate the cats; Never liked cats, so fine. I do like dogs, good animals, loyal. But we ate them...
182* Margo Leadbetter in ''Series/TheGoodLife''. She's capable of acid-tipped DeadpanSnarker moments, but when Goods and the Leadbetters get drunk together, she tearfully admits that she's never been able to understand anybody's jokes.
183* From ''Series/LesGuignolsDeLInfo'', Eva Joly, a French-Norwegian ecologist and former judge.
184* Teddy Lindsey in ''Series/{{JAG}}'':
185-->'''Admiral Brovo:''' Don't worry, Teddy. Junior officers get thrown to the sharks first. And lieutenant Rabb is the one who's sailing into harm's way.\
186'''Commander Lindsey:''' Yes, sir.\
187'''Admiral Brovo:''' Harm's way? Lieutenant Rabb's first name is Harm.\
188'''Commander Lindsey:''' Oh! Oh, yes, sir.\
189'''Admiral Brovo:''' You need a sense of humor, Teddy, otherwise people are gonna think you're a lawyer.\
190'''Commander Lindsey:''' I am a lawyer, sir.
191* In early episodes of ''Series/MorkAndMindy'', Mork identifies people making InUniverse jokes by saying "Oh, humor -- Ar-Ar!" And almost as often he does that when people aren't joking.
192* The Colonel in episode 8 of ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' who stopped sketches for being "too silly":
193-->'''Colonel:''' Now, nobody likes a good laugh more than I do... except perhaps my wife and some of her friends... oh yes and Captain Johnston. Come to think of it most people likes a good laugh more than I do.
194* Sam the American Eagle from ''Series/TheMuppetShow''.
195** In one of the ''Muppet'''s "at the ball" sketches, a female dancer asked her partner, "Do you know who is the most humorless man in the world?" When he said no, she replied, "You are, Fathead!" He, of course, responded, "I don't get it."
196* Major Neuheim of ''Series/PrivateSchulz'' is a PointyHairedBoss, not to mention a Nazi, who is totally lacking in warmth and anything resembling a sense of humor. However, his humorlessness is [[TheComicallySerious itself a source of comedy]].
197* ''Series/StargateSG1'':
198** Played with: Colonel O'Neill has very specifically stated that [[SpellMyNameWithAnS his name is spelled with two Ls]] on several occasions; this is because there's another Colonel Jack O'Neil in the fictional version of the USAF, one with No Sense of Humor. This is an in-joke and lampshading of the fact that Kurt Russell's version of the character in the movie (spelled with one L in the credits) was significantly less funny.
199** Teal'c almost never tells a joke or laughs (unless you count his occasional plays on Earth idioms), with one [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt4WredSDog exception.]] It turns out the Jaffa sense of humor just doesn't translate through cultures well.
200** Stargate villains in general tend to be this way. Exceptions include the System Lord Ba'al and Todd the Wraith who, unlike the rest of their respective races, are {{Deadpan Snarker}}s.
201* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
202** Vulcans are renowned for having No Sense of Humor, though many of them are {{Deadpan Snarker}}s instead. The Romulans are much the same in this regard.
203** Data from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' repeatedly attempts to understand humor as part of his quest to become more human. He doesn't succeed until he gets his emotion chip, which is one of the plot threads in the above-quoted movie.
204** Worf from the same series has almost no sense of humor either. He's always serious. At one point he shows disdain for people who rely too heavily on humor, saying they "talk much and say little." Martok eventually works out that he ''has'' a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor, he just almost never ''laughs''.
205** Constable Odo from ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' is a practical grouch who rarely even smiles, and anyone with a ''bad'' sense of humor (espescially Quark) tends to make him angry. On the other hand, Odo couldn't resist taking a moment with Quark to screw with Bashir and O'Brien after an incident in which they along with Dax were shrunk to teeny tiny size.[[note]]After the phlebotinum which caused it was reversed, Odo and Quark pranked the pair by standing on a step in the bar to call into question whether they were restored to their ''full'' height, prompting them to rush to the infirmary to verify.[[/note]] He's also a ''very'' DeadpanSnarker (emphasis on the ''deadpan'').
206--->'''Quark:''' And they say you have no sense of humor.
207* Castiel on ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' has a lot of difficulty appreciating human humor, [[SarcasmBlind particularly sarcasm]], although he has slowly improved with time, once even working out a sexual innuendo on his own, albeit with some prompting. He also occasionally laughs at things only he finds amusing, such as a confusing angel joke which he insisted was [[LostInTranslation "funnier in Enochian."]]
208-->'''Dean:''' ''[referring to Uriel]'' You know, I'm starting to think junkless has a better sense of humor than you do.\
209'''Castiel:''' ''[[[TheComicallySerious utterly serious]]]'' Uriel's the funniest angel in the garrison. Ask anyone.
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213* ''Podcast/TheJohnDredgeNothingToDoWithAnythingShow's'' version of Hans Keller:
214-->'''Hans Keller:''' Before we continue further, I must give a special mention to Radio 3's very own "Smiley Miley", who buried my car in ze sand yesterday as a so called "prank". Needless to say, I immediately contacted ze police und expect ze subsequent court proceedings to result in a custodial sentence. I bet he isn't smiling now.
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218* Any being with the disadvantage "No Sense of Humor" in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}''.
219* Similarly, any character with the "Morose" flaw in ''TabletopGame/{{Ironclaw}}'' tends towards being a sullen miseryguts and reacts poorly to more lively or humorous characters.
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222[[folder:Video Games]]
223* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'':
224** Some Champions just refuse to joke when you order them to. If you read their backstories, it was implied that a traumatic event from their past prevents them from making jokes and take things in utter seriousness.
225--->'''Vayne:''' I have no time for nonsense. / ''Joke''? What do you mean?
226** Poppy was ''formerly'' this before her rework. ("Jokes? I don't know any jokes.") The updated version CannotTellAJoke -- entering her joke command repeatedly starts a rambling "Three people walk into a bar"-type joke that she never finishes because she can't remember how it goes.
227* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
228** Resident synthetic intelligences EDI and Legion from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''. Though EDI [[CannotConveySarcasm certainly tries.]] By the third game, she's now a full on aversion of the trope, and is, for the most part, able to keep up with [[DeadpanSnarker Joker]], although her taste in humor leans more towards messing with people's heads.
229** Another artificial intelligence, SAM, in ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'', also struggles with humor, mostly limited to telling very stale jokes that it looked up on the Extranet somewhere ("Why don't Thresher Maws eat clowns? Because they taste funny."). Its creator ordered it to "work on them". SAM does a bit better with sarcastic humor, though whether its doing that on purpose or just making deadpan comments that sound funny is unclear. At one point, SAM's sense of humor (or lack thereof) is blamed at SAM's creator being another example.
230* Bladewolf from ''Videogame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' analyzes Raiden's jokes. [[spoiler:When Raiden says he needs to teach him sarcasm, Bladewolf confirms that he does get the jokes. He just doesn't find them funny.]]
231* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' has a few people who don't joke around, though perhaps the most commonly recurring one is Sub-Zero, whose PreBattleBanter reveals that he is always serious and constantly frustrated by the antics of the rest of the cast, especially Johnny Cage. Even Sub-Zero's evil undead older brother Noob Saibot cracks more jokes than he does.
232* ''VideoGame/PathfinderWrathOfTheRighteous'':
233** Several of your companions have varying degrees of this trope. Nenio and Ember are both CloudCuckooLander variants, with both being SarcasmBlind, Ember too kind-hearted to engage in any kind of comedy that would be mean to someone else, and Nenio too obsessed with knowledge to understand 'humor' as anything but an intellectual exercise. Arueshalae is an AscendedDemon trying to adapt to life outside the Abyss, and while she understands demon 'comedy' (which she obviously wants to avoid at all costs) she doesn't understand mortal comedy. Finally, Regill is TheStoic. [[DeadpanSnarker He understands sarcasm perfectly well]], but to him it's always meant to degrade or undercut and not entertain: Any attempt to be funny in his presence earns his disapproval. Combining any of them with comedic characters like Lann, Wojif, Seelah or (especially) Daeran will often lead to them playing the role of TheComicallySerious.
234** Zachariah, your mentor if you become a Lich, [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor has very little tolerance for comedy or light-heartedness]] and being snarky in his presence is a quick way to make him resent you as an apprentice.
235* ''VideoGame/TheSims'':
236** This is a trait you can give your sims in ''The Sims 3''. It causes them to respond badly to being told jokes.
237** Also in the first two games, extremely Serious sims (Sims with very few points in the Playful personality aspect) typically don't respond well to jokes.
238** And in ''The Sims 4'', as of the ''Get Famous'' expansion, famous Sims have a chance of getting the fame quirk, A Serious Actor, after performing a dramatic gig. Any funny or mischievous actions performed on Sims with this quirk will fail and cause them to become angry.
239* [[Myth/NorseMythology Tyr]] in ''VideoGame/{{Smite}}'' is so stone-faced, he just spoke of honor talks when being told to joke, and when being told to laugh, he flat out refused and said it's not funny. And then, when given the [=SockPuppetTyr=] skin, he gets a sock puppet that likes to speak or crack jokes a lot... and [[VitriolicBestBuds he hates it]].
240* The Mechari of ''Videogame/WildStar'' suffer from this. Ironic, as real-life [[ManipulativeBastard manipulators]] frequently use humor to disarm targets and throw suspicion off themselves.
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244* ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'':
245** Kai is ''very'' serious, and he doesn't like it when others make a game out of serious situations either.
246** [[{{Jerkass}} Aseir]] can NOT take a joke, and Nik wonders if he knows what a joke even is.
247* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueZero'': Tiny has trouble recognizing and understanding jokes, but laughs at them anyway.
248-->'''Raymond:''' You'll like this one. Did you hear about the fire at the circus?\
249'''Tiny:''' There was a fire?\
250'''Raymond:''' It was ''in tents''.\
251''[They both laugh]''\
252'''Tiny:''' I love jokes! I hope to get one someday.
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256* [=CivGeneral=] of ''Webcomic/DrawYourOwnStory'', but only towards jokes directed towards him.
257* Benito Juárez is treated in this fashion by [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=309 this]] ''Webcomic/HarkAVagrant'' strip.
258-->'''Benito Juárez:''' I had fun once, and it was awful.
259* Third Character of ''[[http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com/ Jayden and Crusader]]'' is a particularly violent atheist with no sense of humour at all.
260* Asia Ellis from ''Webcomic/{{morphE}}''. She's socially oblivious LiteralMinded and requires jokes to be explained. She often finds them stupid when broken into their base components. Billy in particular despises the fact she exhibits this trait.
261* The female warrior in ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}'' has absolutely no sense of humor, only getting pissed off by anyone who attempts to be funny. Of course, eventually she has to end up fighting cultists of the God of Fun.
262* The warship A.I. Tag from ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' was originally created with no sense of humor, but has tried to learn it to better understand his opponents.
263%%* [[TheComicallySerious Frank]] from ''Webcomic/TwoGuysAndGuy''.
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267* Lemongrab of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime.'' He tries, though. He really does try... but he fails horribly.
268-->'''Lemongrab:''' Ha. Ha ha ha! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! Twelve years Dungeon! All of you! Dungeon! Seven years, no trial!
269* Prince Zuko from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. Well, he ''does'' have a sense of humor, it's just one he's really bad at using.
270* Franchise/{{Batman}} in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' is thought by many to have no sense of humor, but that's a false perception influenced by his extremely introverted personality. Then again, it's a good thing that he usually doesn't laugh, because Harley Quinn considers his laughter to be [[HellIsThatNoise the creepiest thing she's ever heard]].
271** Invoked in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' when Terry [[IShallTauntYou mocks and ridicules the Joker]] to put him off balance:
272--->'''Terry!Batman:''' Get a clue, clowny! [Bruce]'s got no sense of humor! He wouldn't know a good joke if it bit him in the cape. [[BoringInsult Not that you ever]] ''[[BoringInsult had]]'' [[BoringInsult a good joke]]....
273* Adult Ben in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' episode "Ben 10,000". He gets better though.
274* Agent Powers from the season two premiere of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' claims to be "physically incapable of experiencing humor".
275* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': Mandy, full stop. She never smiles, much less laugh, but is capable of snark.
276* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', Bobby attends a comedy class taught by a pretentious professor who looks down on anything that could actually be considered funny by normal people and indoctrinates Bobby into doing bizarre modern art performances rather than actual comedy.
277* Princess Luna in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "Luna Eclipsed" is unable to comprehend the merriment of [[YouMeanXmas Nightmare Night]] until she learns to [[WhatIsThisFeeling have some fun]].
278* Zane in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' is noted in the early seasons for trying and failing to understand humor. The reason for this is that he is a RidiculouslyHumanRobot that normally has all of his emotions switched off, including humor. Once he switches it back on, he becomes more sillier.
279* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Rex Banner never laughs. When he tries to do so, in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E18HomerVsTheEighteenthAmendment Homer vs. the Eightheenth Amendment]]" (due to him finding the idea of a beer baron operating under his nose without getting caught "laughable"), he fails miserably.
280* Temporarily happens to Cartman in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS5E10HowToEatWithYourButt How to Eat With Your Butt]]". Cartman "blows a funny fuse" after a particularly hilarious prank leads to a couple with butts for faces showing up in town, and he becomes unable to laugh at anything.
281* Optimus Prime in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''. It's stated that all Primes are like this -- the Matrix of Leadership, which contains the accumulated wisdom of all past Primes, gives them a sense of responsibility, dignity and gravitas that leaves little room for goofing around. Optimus notably wasn't like this in the original series. While usually serious he was not above playing a game of basketball with his men, or cracking a joke or two, or mocking Megatron. However as the years and series went on his characterisation became more and more about being a no-nonsense messiah type figure.
282* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'', The Monarch claims that a lab accident that turned Phantom Limb evil(er) did two things. First, it gave Phantom Limb the power to kill a man by touching him. Second, is that he "became a humorless dick."
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