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->''"Ever since prehistoric times, wise men have tried to understand what exactly makes people laugh. That's why they were called wise men. All the other prehistoric people were out puncturing each other with spears, and the wise men were back in the cave saying:''
->'''How about: Here's my wife, please take her right now. No. How about: Would you like to take something? My wife is available. No. How about ...'"''
-->-- '''Creator/DaveBarry''', ''Why Humor is Funny''

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Comedy is an elusive and fast-moving target to define. General public consensus is that humor comes from the unexpected, but this theory is still flawed and doesn't explain everything. One thing's for sure: comedy is funny.

Comedy, as something [[SugarBowl primarily happy]] (except when [[BlackComedy it's not]]), is directly opposed to {{Tragedy}}, and its most modern definition [[{{Dramedy}} contrasts against yet can overlap with]] {{Drama|tropes}} or [[SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror possibly]] {{Horror}}. And has been since the day it was conceived as a term, albeit not like we know today; comedy was something that either had a happy ending or was written in the common tongue, i.e. Dante's ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', {{Tragedy}} was something that had a sad ending. Propelled off of RuleOfFunny, comedy infects all art forms. Its hobbies include [[SatireParodyPastiche satires, parodies, pastiches,]] [[PlayedForLaughs playing for laughs,]] [[DeadpanSnarker snarking,]] [[RantComedy breathless ranting,]] {{Irony}}, and [[InherentlyFunnyWords hiding snickerdoodles in its knickerbockers]].

A list of UK comedy writer jargon, which includes many familiar tropes, can be found [[http://misterandyriley.com/2017/03/31/how-to-talk-comedy-writer-updated-2/ here.]]
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!!Indexes:
[[index]]
* '''ComedyTropes'''
* ComicActors
* ComicLiterature
* ComedyMusic
* ComedySeries
* ComedyVideoGames
* GagPerDayWebcomics
* RecordedAndStandUpComedy
[[/index]]
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!!Comedy of Note:

[[index]]
[[foldercontrol]]

[[folder: Anime And Manga ]]

* ''Manga/CrayonShinChan''
* ''Manga/DropkickOnMyDevil''
* ''Manga/TheGeekExHitman''
* ''Manga/GrandBlue''
* ''Manga/LeaveItToPet''
* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt''

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Asian Animation ]]

* ''Animation/BoonieBears''
* ''Animation/MotuPatlu''
* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf''

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Comic Books ]]

* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}''
* ''ComicBook/GastonLagaffe''
* ''ComicBook/InferiorFive''
* ''ComicBook/{{Lobo}}''
* ''ComicBook/LePetitSpirou''
* ''ComicBook/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice''
* ''ComicBook/SamiTheSamuraiSquirrel''
* ''ComicBook/{{Titeuf}}''

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Comic Strips ]]

* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}''
* ''ComicStrip/DeGaulleAtTheBeach''

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Films -- Live-Action ]]

* ''Film/The7thCompany''
* ''Film/TheFortyYearOldVirgin''
* ''Film/EightBitChristmas''
* ''Film/TheAbsentMindedProfessor''
* ''Film/AceOfAces''
* ''Film/AceVentura''
* ''Film/AceVenturaWhenNatureCalls''
* ''Film/AdamsRib''
* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfGerard''
* ''Film/{{Airplane}}''
* ''Film/Aline2021''
* ''Film/AnAmericanPickle''
* ''Film/AnimalHouse''
* ''Asterix''
** ''Film/AsterixAndObelixTakeOnCaesar''
** ''Film/AsterixAndObelixMissionCleopatra''
** ''Film/AsterixAtTheOlympicGames''
** ''Film/AsterixAndObelixGodSaveBritannia''
** ''Film/AsterixAndObelixTheMiddleKingdom''
* ''Film/AtlanticWall''
* ''Film/{{Avanti}}''
* ''Film/LesBabaCool''
* ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture''
** ''Film/BackToTheFuture1''
** ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII''
** ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII''
* ''Film/Barbie2023''
* ''Film/{{Bean}}''
** ''Film/MrBeansHoliday''
* ''Film/TheBigStore''
* ''Film/BlackbeardsGhost''
* ''Film/BlazingSaddles''
* ''Film/TheBluesBrothers''
** ''Film/BluesBrothers2000''
* ''Film/TheBoatThatRocked''
* ''Film/{{Borat}}''
** ''Film/BoratSubsequentMoviefilm''
* ''Film/TheBrain1969''
* ''Film/BrainDonors''
* ''Film/{{Bros}}''
* ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}''
* ''Film/TheCannonballRun''
* ''Film/CasinoRoyale1967''
* ''Film/LaCiteDeLaPeur''
* ''Film/CityHunterTheCupidsPerfume''
* ''Film/{{Clockwise}}''
* ''Film/CoolRunnings''
* ''Film/CrazyPeople''
* ''Film/{{Daaaaaali}}''
* ''Film/Deadpool2016''
** ''Film/Deadpool2''
** ''Film/DeadpoolAndWolverine''
* ''Film/DelusionsOfGrandeur''
* ''Film/TheDinnerGame''
* ''Film/DrStrangelove''
* ''Film/DriveAwayDolls''
* ''Film/DumbAndDumber''
* ''Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves''
* ''Film/EasyA''
* ''Film/EncinoMan''
* ''Film/TheExperts''
* ''Film/TheFamilyJewels''
* ''Film/FourWeddingsAndAFuneral''
* ''Film/FrenchFriedVacation''
* ''Film/{{Friday}}''
* ''Film/FromHollywoodToTamanrasset''
* ''Film/LeGendarmeDeSaintTropez''
** ''Film/LeGendarmeANewYork''
** ''Film/LeGendarmeSeMarie''
** ''Film/LeGendarmeEnBalade''
** ''Film/LeGendarmeEtLesExtraTerrestres''
** ''Film/LeGendarmeEtLesGendarmettes''
* ''Film/GetHimToTheGreek''
* ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}''
** ''Film/Ghostbusters1984''
** ''Film/GhostbustersII''
** ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife''
** ''Film/Ghostbusters2016''
* ''Film/GoWest1940''
* ''Film/LaGranAventuraDeMortadeloYFilemon''
* ''Film/GrampsIsInTheResistance''
* ''Film/TheGrandBudapestHotel''
* ''Film/LaGrandeVadrouille''
* ''Film/TheGreatRace''
* ''Film/GrownUps''
* ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}''
** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2''
** ''Film/TheGuardiansOfTheGalaxyHolidaySpecial''
* ''Film/GoodSatan''
* ''Film/TheHangover''
* ''Film/{{Hitch}}''
* ''Film/HomeAlone''
** ''Film/HomeAlone1''
** ''Film/HomeAlone2LostInNewYork''
** ''Film/HomeAlone3''
** ''Film/HomeAlone4TakingBackTheHouse''
** ''Film/HomeAloneTheHolidayHeist''
** ''Film/HomeSweetHomeAlone''
* ''Film/{{Housewarming}}''
* ''Film/HundredsOfBeavers''
* ''Film/InspectorBlunder''
* ''Film/{{Jabberwocky}}''
* ''Film/{{Jo}}''
* ''Film/JohnnyEnglish''
** ''Film/JohnnyEnglishReborn''
** ''Film/JohnnyEnglishStrikesAgain''
* ''Film/KaamelottPremierVolet''
* ''Film/LastActionHero''
* Creator/LaurelAndHardy
* ''Film/LoganLucky''
* ''Film/TheLoveBug''
* ''Film/TheMadAdventuresOfRabbiJacob''
* Everything from the Creator/MarxBrothers:
** ''Film/TheCocoanuts''
** ''Theatre/AnimalCrackers''
** ''Film/MonkeyBusiness''
** ''Film/HorseFeathers''
** ''Film/DuckSoup''
** ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera1935''
** ''Film/ADayAtTheRaces1937''
** ''Film/{{Room Service|1938}}''
* ''Film/TheMask''
* ''Film/Miranda1948''
* ''Film/MissCongeniality''
* ''Film/TheMoneyPit''
* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''
* ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian''
* ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife''
* ''Film/MrBlakeAtYourService''
* ''Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding''
* ''Film/MyFuhrer''
* ''Film/Neighbors2014''
* ''Film/NoHardFeelings''
* ''Film/OSS117'' (since 2006)
** ''Film/OSS117CairoNestOfSpies''
** ''Film/OSS117LostInRio''
** ''Film/OSS117FromAfricaWithLove''
* ''Film/TheParty''
* ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther''
** '''Film/ThePinkPanther1963''
** ''Film/AShotInTheDark''
** ''Film/TheReturnOfThePinkPanther''
** ''Film/ThePinkPantherStrikesAgain''
** ''Film/RevengeOfThePinkPanther''
** ''Film/TrailOfThePinkPanther''
** ''Film/CurseOfThePinkPanther''
** ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther''
** '''Film/ThePinkPanther2006''
** '''Film/ThePinkPanther2''
* ''Film/PleaseDontDestroyTheTreasureOfFoggyMountain''
* ''Film/{{Poltergay}}''
* ''Film/TheProducers''
* ''Film/RRRrrr''
* ''Film/SantaClausIsAStinker''
* ''Film/SmoshTheMovie''
* ''Film/SnowballExpress''
* ''Film/SpringBreakdown''
* ''Film/{{Spy}}''
* ''Film/Strays2023''
* ''Film/TheSucker''
* ''Film/TheTallBlondManWithOneBlackShoe''
** ''Film/TheReturnOfTheTallBlondMan''
* ''Film/{{Taxi}}''
* ''Film/ThatDarnCat''
* ''Film/ThorRagnarok''
** ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder''
* ''Film/ThoseMagnificentMenInTheirFlyingMachines''
* ''Film/TheThreeBrothers''
* ''Film/TheThreeMagi''
* ''Film/LesTontonsFlingueurs''
* ''Film/TropicThunder''
* ''Film/TheUglyDachshund''
* ''Film/{{Unfrosted}}''
* ''Film/LesVisiteurs''
* ''Film/WeirdScience''
* ''Film/WeirdTheAlYankovicStory''
* ''Film/WhatWomenWant''
* ''Film/YoungFrankenstein''
* ''Film/TheZombieApocalypseInApartment14F''
* ''Film/{{Zombieland}}''
** ''Film/ZombielandDoubleTap''

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Literature ]]

* Creator/DouglasAdams
* Creator/TerryPratchett
* Creator/WilliamShakespeare
* Creator/MarkTwain
* Creator/PGWodehouse

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Magazines ]]

* ''Magazine/{{Mad}}''

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Music ]]

* Music/TheDoubleclicks
* Music/SpikeJones
* Music/WeirdAlYankovic
* Music/FrankZappa

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Radio ]]

* ''Radio/TheBurkissWay''
* ''Radio/TheGoonShow''
* ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978''
* ''Radio/SonOfCliche''

[[/folder]]

[[folder: New Media ]]

* ''{{Website/Cracked}}''
* ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog''
* ''WebVideo/ItalianSpiderman''
* ''Website/KayfabeNews''
* ''Website/TheOnion''
* ''Website/SomethingAwful''

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Newspaper Comics ]]

* ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}''
* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}''

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Tabletop Games ]]

* ''TabletopGame/GoblinQuest''
* ''TabletopGame/KoboldsAteMyBaby''
* ''TabletopGame/NinjaBurger''
* ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}''
* ''TabletopGame/TalesFromTheFloatingVagabond''
* ''TabletopGame/{{Toon}}''

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Theatre ]]

* ''Theatre/DinnerForOne''
* ''Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum''
* ''Theatre/NoisesOff''

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Web Animation ]]

* ''WebAnimation/LongGoneGulch''
* ''WebAnimation/ShapeBuddies''

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Webcomics ]]

* ''Webcomic/AddictiveScience''
* ''Webcomic/CaribbeanBlue''
* ''Webcomic/TheEyeOfRamalach''
* ''Webcomic/IMew''
* ''Webcomic/LiesSistersAndWives''
* ''Webcomic/{{Rascals}}''
* ''Webcomic/ToothpasteForDinner''

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* ''WesternAnimation/AceVenturaPetDetective''
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''
* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''
[[/index]]
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