Line #1 Quotes/DontExplainTheJoke


1	->'''[[spoiler: Wheatley]]:''' You two are gonna LOVE this big surprise. In fact... You might say... You're gonna love it... ''[[ImpliedDeathThreat To death]]''... Love it... until it- until it kills you - until you're dead. Heheheh! Alright, I don't know, ah... whether you're picking up on what I'm saying there but-\
2	'''[=GLaDOS=]:''' ''(dryly)'' '''Y[-ES-]. T[-HANKS-]. W[-E GET IT-].'''
3	-->-- ''VideoGame/Portal2''
4
5	->''Analysing comedy is like dissecting a frog. Nobody laughs and the frog dies.''
6	-->-- '''Creator/BarryCryer'''
7
8	->'''Music/JayZ:''' ''Cause I Kill At Will like solid water dude''\
9	'''WebVideo/TheRapCritic:''' "Solid water"? Really?\
10	'''Jay-Z:''' ''Y'all niggas don't get it''\
11	'''Rap Critic:''' No, we got it.\
12	'''Jay-Z:''' ''Kill at Will''\
13	'''Rap Critic:''' We get it, it's just not that funny.\
14	'''Jay-Z:''' ''Solid water''\
15	'''Rap Critic:''' Yes, thank you.\
16	'''Jay-Z:''' ''Music/IceCube!''
17	-->-- '''The Rap Critic''', "Top 5 Worst Lyrics I've Heard ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mxzvI8-qPk This Month]])"
18
19	->''[[{{Pun}} You finally got into the music]]! Do you get my joke? Because your head is... [[CaptainObvious It's in the tuba.]]''
20	-->--'''Prince Naveen''', ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''
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22	->''[[Wrestling/RTruth Truth]] steals the title belt [[UncleTomfoolery and he puts it in his potato sack]]. And the commentators find this hilarious. And they proceed to explain to us that R-Truth put the belt in the potato sack. --Which R-Truth has. And he starts to escape through the crowd with the potato sack with has the Intercontinental Title belt in it. And Wrestling/WadeBarrett goes after R-Truth (who has the Intercontinental Title belt in a potato sack, the commentators explain to us), and he demands the potato sack from R-Truth which has the title belt. And so R-Truth goes, "okay!", and he hands over the potato sack (which has the title belt (in the potato sack), the commentators explain to us again), and R-Truth runs away. And then Barret opens up the potato sack with the Intercontinental Title belt in it that R-Truth stole, but it's not the Intercontinental Title belt; it's a ''fake'' Intercontinental Title belt that was in a ''different'' potato sack that R-Truth also carried the ring (the commentators explain, because it is fake). And then R-Truth holds up the real Intercontinental Title belt from the real potato sack and laughs, and it's funny. And Wade Barret is left holding a fake Intercontinental Title belt from the second potato sack, because R-Truth brought a second potato sacks with a fake Intercontinental Title belt that he gave to Wade Barret instead of giving the real potato sacks with the real Intercontinental Title belt (because R-Truth still has the real one, they explain to us.)\
23	And the best moment of this is...the best moment is...Wrestling/MichaelCole starts to explain that, once this is all over, the [[Wrestling/UltimateWarrior Warrior]] is going into the Hall of Fame, and then he gets interrupted by Wrestling/BookerT who explains, ''"wait wait--He had a ''fake'' Intercontinental Title belt in a ''second'' potato sack! It was--in a '''''SECOND''''' potato sack!'' (laughs like a goon)''"'' Really. And in that moment--in that exact moment--[[ThousandYardStare you can see Michael Cole's soul die.]]''
24	-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Noah Antwiler]]''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQa22mseyeU#t=760s on]] ''[[{{Wrestling/WWE}} Intercontinental Clusterfuck]]''
25
26	->''[[http://twoevilscientists.smackjeeves.com/comics/63520/the-unfortified-fortress-pt-23/ This joke]] is funny because the Green Devil looks like he's made of Jello, and Jello rhymes with yellow. I realized I shouldn't have to say that, but I need something to fill this space.''
27	-->-- '''[=RyanMC=]''', commenting on ''Webcomic/TwoEvilScientists''
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29	->'''Alex Trebek:''' Where did you get that magic marker? We frisked you on the way in here.\
30	'''Sean Connery:''' I didn't have it in my pocket!\
31	'''Alex Trebek:''' Oh, that's disgusting.\
32	'''Sean Connery:''' I'll bet if you frisked me, you would've found it.\
33	'''Alex Trebek:''' Okay, that's enough.\
34	'''Sean Connery:''' Because I was keeping it in my BUTT!
35	-->-- '''Celebrity Jeopardy''', ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''
36
37	->''It's like when you tell a joke and nobody laughs. You then explain the joke and everyone goes 'oh, that's pretty clever, I guess', but they still won't laugh because you didn't tell the joke right in the first place!''
38	-->-- '''Ben ''[[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation 'Yahtzee']]'' Croshaw'''
39
40	->It's not funny if I have to explain it.
41	-->-- '''[[ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}} Scott Adams]]'''
42
43	->'''Antillus:''' When we get back, you and I are going to have a talk in which you lose your teeth. Because I'm going to knock them out of your head. With my fists.\
44	'''Phrygius:''' I think we all understood what you meant at the end of your first sentence, dolt.
45	-->--'''High Lords Antillus and Phrygius''', ''Literature/CodexAlera''
46
47	->''What do you mean explaining the joke ruins it? Fuck you!''
48	-->--'''The WebVideo/ThirdRateGamer'''
49
50	->''Now you and this robotic guardian can have some quality time... Yes, quality snack time! When he snacks... on you! For you... ARE the snack! Ciao!''
51	-->--'''Dimentio''', ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario''
52
53	->The fact that you had to explain the joke just shows how lame it was.
54	-->-- '''Mikado Ryugamine''', ''Literature/{{Durarara}}''
55
56	->If you have to explain a joke, is it really a joke?
57	-->-- '''Creator/CraigFerguson''', ''Series/TheLateLateShow'' from September 30, 2008
58
59	->''Did you ever notice [[StockJokes how men leave the toilet seat up?]] ''[{{beat}}] [ChirpingCrickets]'' ...That's the joke.''
60	-->-- '''[=McBain=]''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "A Star Is Burns"
61
62	->''Jokes aren't funny if you have to explain them.''
63	-->-- '''LetsPlay/JohnWolfe''', [[HypocriticalHumor after explaining a joke about shin guards]]
64
65	->'''Gront:''' Yup, no cake, I lied. Haha! Get it?\
66	'''Grant:''' Uuugggh.... yeah, I got it...\
67	'''Gront:''' It's a reference!\
68	'''Grant:''' I know the reference...\
69	'''Gront:''' To VideoGame/{{Portal}}!\
70	'''Grant:''' Yes, Gront, i've heard it...\
71	'''Gront:''' {{The cake is a lie}}!\
72	'''Grant:''' I KNOW!!!\
73	'''Gront:''' That's where it's from!\
74	'''Grant:''' [[BigShutUp SHUT UP, DAMNIT!!!]]
75	-->-- ''WebAnimation/{{Smashtasm}}''
76
77	->'''Captain Ginyu:''' Now to deal with these three. Make sure you treat them nicely, boys.\
78	'''Jeice:''' Yeah, and when he says "Treat'em nice," that don't mean we're gonna buy you flowers or nothin' like that. No, it means we're gonna kill you!\
79	'''Captain Ginyu:''' Oh, would you please shut up!\
80	'''Jeice:''' [speaking small] Right, right, sorry about that...
81	-->-- ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' ep 62, "New Ally, New Problem" (English dub)
82
83	->''If you have to say 'Get it?', you've ruined the joke.''
84	-->-- '''Kevyn Andreyasn''', ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2005-03-05 March 5th, 2005]]
85
86	->"[...] ''I heard all of the Pepperidge Farm servants chant in perfect unison: '''[='=]The Goldfish is here! He has come to lead us all to salvation!!![='=]''' Naturally, I figured they were all a few ingredients short of a ginger bread man (haha, get it!? Pepperidge Farm sells ginger bread men and I was making a subtle reference to that with my joke! Get it!? HAHAHAHA! THAT'S SO GODDAMNED FUNNY I COULD PUKE! HOLY BASTARD THAT RULED!)."''
87	-->-- '''Roger Barr''', ''Website/IMockery'', "[[http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/goldfish/ THE GIANT GOLDFISH INVASION!]]"
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89	-> '''Neeshka:''' Okay, explain that one to me.\
90	'''Khelgar Ironfist:''' Well, she said your brains are next to your tail... which would imply that your brains are in your rear end. And that means you breathe through your--\
91	'''Neeshka:''' Okay, okay, I get it, all right? Little witch.\
92	'''Khelgar:''' Don't take it so hard. I had to explain it, which means the insult's a failure.
93	--> -- ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2''
94
95	->'''Michael Eisner:''' So, are Aces high or low?\
96	'''Peter:''' They go both ways.\
97	'''Bill Gates:''' Ha! He said ''"They go both ways!"''\
98	''(Everyone laughs)''\
99	'''Ted Turner:''' Like a bisexual!\
100	'''Michael Eisner:''' Thank you, Ted. That was the joke.
101	-->--''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''
102
103	->'''Tyrion:''' Do you remember when we discussed dwarf jokes?\
104	'''Theon:''' (Euron's) wasn't even good.\
105	'''Tyrion:''' He explained it at the end. Never explain it; always ruins it.
106	-->-- ''Series/GameOfThrones''
107
108	->'''Wasp:''' How you managed to work all those years in that place without going nuts, I'll never know
109	->'''Bruce Banner:''' You mean turning green and going on a rampage through New York doesn't qualify as nuts anymore? That was a joke, by the way, Ms. Pym.
110	-->-- ''ComicBook/TheUltimates''
111
112	->''There's nothing worse than trying to explain a joke.''
113	-->-- '''Alois''', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', after [[LampshadeHanging trying to explain a joke]] to Petra
114
115	->''Y'know, I tried to stop, but it's snow use. Get it? "snow" use!''
116	-->-- '''Tigger''', ''WesternAnimation/PigletsBigMovie''
117
118	->''"An explained joke is no longer a joke."''
119	-->-- '''Creator/{{Voltaire}}'''
120
121	->'''[=@BigIronMarla=]:''' How in good heavens' name did [=[@LinManuelRwanda]=] make a joke funnier by explaining it?\
122	'''[=@BuzzSawBuzalsky=]:''' It seems simple, really. Context is key to any good joke. Good jokes should be formed using a context most people will understand or they won't land. So often jokes age poorly because the context becomes less understood.
123	-->-- '''[[https://twitter.com/buzzsawbuzalsky/status/1508493157318729736?s=21&t=lB49wzDg8ta7g954EV_N6Q Twitter Thread]]''' about a joke from [[OlderThanDirt Ancient Sumer]] that was LostInTranslation, showing how this trope [[AvertedTrope isn't always the truth]].
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