Comedy Tropes - Television Tropes & Idioms

Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.

Robert Benchley (US actor, author, & humorist)

Tropes seen primarily in comedies, or which are inherently intended to be funny.

Categories:

Parody Tropes
- Stock Parodies
Room Shuffle
Rule Of Funny
Self Referential Humor
Stand Up Comedy
Subverted Innocence

Tropes:

Abhorrent Admirer
Absent Minded Professor
Acceptable Targets
- Once Acceptable Targets
Accidental Art
Accidental Athlete
Acid Reflux Nightmare
Acquired Situational Narcissism
Actually Pretty Funny
Actually That's My Assistant
Adam Westing
Adults Are Useless
- Parental Obliviousness
Agony Of The Feet
The Ahnold
Air Hugging
Alien Lunch
Aliens Steal Cattle
All Girls Want Bad Boys
All Guys Want Cheerleaders
The Alleged Car
And A Diet Coke
And There Was Much Rejoicing
And The Winner Is
And Zoidberg
Angrish
Animal Reaction Shot
Annoying Laugh
Anticlimactic Parent
Antiquated Linguistics
Anyone Remember Pogs
Appliance Defenestration
Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
The Aristocrats
Aside Glance
Ass Shove
Asymmetric Dilemma
At Arms Length
Ate The Spoon
The B Grade
Back To School
Bad Humor Truck
Bad Liar
Bait And Switch
Bachelor Auction
Balloon Belly
Banana Peel
Bannister Slide
Bar Slide
Bear Trap Bed
Bedmate Reveal
Bedroom Adultery Scene
Beef Bandage
Bested At Bowling
Best Out Of Infinity
Birthday Suit Surprise Party
Biting The Hand Humor
Bizarre And Improbable Golf Game
Black Comedy
The Blind Leading The Blind
Blind Mistake
Blind Without 'Em
- Dropped Glasses
Bloody Hilarious
A Bloody Mess
Boggles The Mind
Boke And Tsukkomi Routine
Boogie Knights
Book And Switch
Bottom Of The Barrel Joke
Bowel Breaking Bricks
Brake Angrily
Bread Eggs Milk Squick
Break The Motivational Speaker
Breathless Non Sequitur
Brick Joke
Bring My Brown Pants
British Stuffiness
Broken Record
Brutal Honesty
Bucket Booby Trap
Burger Fool
Burping Contest
By Wall That Is Holey
Calvinball
Cannot Tell A Joke
Can't Get Away With Nuthin'
Cant Get In Trouble For Nuthin
Can't You Read the Sign?
Caption Humor
Car Meets House
Cardboard Pal
Caught With Your Pants Down
Ceiling Banger
Centipede's Dilemma
Chained To A Bed
Chain Letter
Check Please
Cheek Copy
Cheshire Cat Grin
Chain Of Corrections
Chirping Crickets
Church Of Happyology
Citizenship Marriage
City Of Everywhere
Closet Shuffle
Cloudcuckooland
Clown Car Base
Coincidental Accidental Disguise
Comeback Tomorrow
Comedic Sociopathy
Comedy Ghetto
Comically Small Bribe
Coming Of Age Story
Completely Missing The Point
Confession Deferred
Confusing Multiple Negatives
Congruent Memory
Convenience Store Gift Shopping
Convenient Slow Dance
Cordon Bleugh Chef
Covered In Gunge (aka Covered In Slime)
Crazy Prepared
Crosses The Line Twice
Crossover Punchline
The Couch
Could Say It But
Counter Zany
Crack! Oh My Back!
Crocker Tea Break
Cringe Comedy
Cue O Clock
Cue The Flying Pigs
Cute But Cacophonic
Date Peepers
Dead Baby Comedy
- Rape As Comedy
Dead Mans Chest
Dead TV Remote Gag
Deadline News
Deconstructive Parody
Deep Immersion Gaming
Defeat By Modesty
Defenestrate And Berate
Delayed Reaction
Delegation Relay
Department Of Redundancy Department
Depraved Dentist
Description Cut
Did Not Eat The Mousse
Did The Earth Move For You Too?
Did They Or Didnt They
Did You Get A New Haircut
Different For Girls
Digging To China
Digging Yourself Deeper
Dinner And A Show
Dinosaur Doggie Bone
Disaster Dominoes
Discriminate And Switch
Dish Dash
Dismotivation
Disorganized Outline Speech
Disproportionate Restitution
Dissimile
Distant Reaction Shot
Distracted By The Sexy
Distracting Disambiguation
Dodgy Toupee
Does This Remind You Of Anything?
Dog Walks You
Do It Yourself Plumbing Project
Don't Explain The Joke
Doom It Yourself
Door Focus
The Door Slams You
Dope Slap
Double Entendre
Double Take
Do Wrong, Right
Dresses The Same
Drives Like Crazy
Dropped A Bridget On Him
Dropped A Widget On Him
Drop The Cow
Drop What You Are Doing
Drunk With Power
Duck!
Dude, Where's Our Car
Dumb Muscle
Easy Come Easy Go
Education Through Pyrotechnics
Eek! A Mouse!
Elephant In The Living Room
Elvish Presley
Embarrassing Cover Up
Embarrassing Slide
Embarrassing Tattoo
Epic Fail
Escalating War
The European Carry All
Even Nerds Have Standards
Even The Dog Is Ashamed
Everybody Laughs Ending
Everything's Better With Bob
Everything's Better With Monkeys
- Everything's Better With Penguins
- Everything's Better With Chickens
Evil Elevator
Evil Is Petty
Evil Lawyer Joke
Exiled To The Couch
The Exit Is That Way
Exploding Closet
Expospeak Gag
Express Lane Limit
Face Doodling
Facial Composite Failure
Failed A Spot Check
Failing A Taxi
Fake Real Turn
Fall Of The House Of Cards
The Family For The Whole Family
Fantasy Twist
Far Side Island
Faux To Guide
Fee Fi Faux Pas
Feng Schwing
Le Film Artistique
Filth
Finagle's Law
- Hanlon's Razor
Finding A Bra In Your Car
The First Law Of Sitcom Acoustics
Fish Out Of Temporal Water
Fishing For Sole
Flashback Cut
Flock Of Wolves
Floor Fight
Fly Crazy
Food Fight
Forgot I Could Fly
Forgot I Couldn't Swim
Forgot To Feed The Monster
For Inconvenience Press One
Freudian Slip
Freudian Slippery Slope
From The Mouths Of Babes
Fruit Of The Loon
Fully Automatic Clip Show
The Fun In Funeral
Funny Answering Machine
Funny Background Event
Funny Foreigner
Funny Money
Fun With Foreign Languages
Gag Words
Gallows Humor
Gargle Blaster
Gasshole
Get A Hold Of Yourself Man
Ghost In The Machine
Giant Eye Of Doom
Gilligan Cut
Girl Scouts Are Evil
Girl Watching
Girls Have Cooties
Give Geeks A Chance
Global Ignorance
Glove Slap
Golden Helmet Of Mambrino
Gone Swimming Clothes Stolen
Gonna Need More Trope
Good Angel Bad Angel
Good News Bad News
- Switching To GEICO
A Good Old Fashioned Paint Watching
Gosh Hornet
Grave Humor
Gravity Is A Harsh Seamstress
Groin Attack
Gross Up Close Up
Groupie Brigade
Hadaka Apron
Hairy Hammerspace
Hand Off
Hands Go Down
Hanlon's Razor
Hard Head
Harpo Does Something Funny
Haven't You Ever Seen X Before?
Head Tiltingly Kinky
Helium Speech
Hellistic
He Man Woman Hater
Henway
Heroes Gone Fishing
Hideous Hangover Cure
Hilariously Abusive Childhood
Hilarious Outtakes
Hilarity Sues
Hint Dropping
Historical Hilarity
Hit Me, Dammit!
Hollywood Dateless
Homemade Inventions
Home Porn Movie
Hot Potato
House Amnesia
How Did That Get In There?
How Much Did You Hear?
Huge Rider Tiny Mount
Human Snowball
Humor Dissonance
Hurricane Of Euphemisms
Hurricane Of Excuses
Hurricane Of Puns
Hypocritical Humor
I Broke A Nail
I Can Explain
I Command You To Ignore Me
Idiot Ball
If It Was Funny The First Time
If I Were A Rich Man
If You Know What I Mean
I Have This Friend
I Know You Know I Know
I'll Never Tell You What I'm Telling You
I'll Take Two Beers Too
Imagine Spot
Imagine The Audience Naked
I Meant To Do That
Im Going To Hell For This
I'm Mr. Future Pop Culture Reference
I'm Standing Right Here
Immune To Drugs
Impersonation Paradox
Implausible Deniability
Improv
Incredibly Lame Pun
Indulgent Fantasy Segue
Inherently Funny Words
Initiation Ceremony
Innocent Innuendo
Insane Troll Logic
Insistent Terminology
Inspector Oblivious
Instant Home Delivery
Insult Misfire
Invisible Holes
I Resemble That Remark
Ironic Echo Cut
I See London
Island Help Message
iSophagus
I Take Offense To That Last One
It Came From The Fridge
It Is Pronounced Tro-PAY
It Runs On Nonsensoleum
It's A Costume Party, I Swear
It's Been Done
It's The Best Whatever Ever!
It's The Principle Of The Thing
It Tastes Like Feet
I Was Just Joking
The Jail Bait Wait
Japanese Ranguage
Jaw Drop
Jump, I'll Catch You!
Jury Duty
Just Joking Justification
Just The Introduction To The Opposites
Juxtaposition Gag
Kent Brockman News
Kitchen Sink Included
Klatchian Coffee
Knocking On Heathens' Door
Knock Knock Joke
Kung Fu Jesus
Kwyjibo
Lamaze Class
Lame Excuse
Lame Rhyme Dodge
Lampshade Wearing
Larynx Dissonance
Last Day To Live
Last Second Word Swap
Last Place You Look
Laugh Track
Law Of Disproportionate Response
Layman's Terms
Leap Day
Least Rhymable Word
Leaving Audience
Lemon Wacky Hello
Lets Get Mikey
Let Us Never Speak Of This Again
Libation For The Dead
Life's Work Ruined
Light Bulb Joke
Line Of Sight Name
Literal Ass Kicking
Literal Ass Kissing
Literal Metaphor
Little Kid Lover
Little Known Facts
Living In A Furniture Store
The Loins Sleep Tonight
Long List
Long Speech Tea Time
Lost Him In A Card Game
Lost Wedding Ring
Ma'am Shock
Made From Real Girl Scouts
Made Of Explodium
Malfunction Malady
Mall Santa
Marx Brothers
Matchlight Danger Revelation
Matchmaker Dot Com
Mattress Tag Gag
McNinja
MD Envy
Men Are Uncultured
Metaphorgotten
Mind Your Step
Minor Injury Overreaction
Mirror Routine
Missed Him By That Much
Missing The Good Stuff
The Missus And The Ex
Mistaken For Servant
Mister Seahorse
Mobile Shrubbery
Mobile Suit Human
Moment Killer
Most Common Card Game
Most Definitely Not A Villain
Motorcycle Dominoes
Multitasked Conversation
Murphys Bed
Musicalis Interruptus
Must Make Her Laugh
My Favorite Shirt
My Hovercraft Is Full Of Eels
My New Gift Is Lame
My Sensors Indicate You Want To Tap That
Mystery Box
Naked People Are Funny
Naked People Trapped Outside
Necktie Leash
Need A Hand Or A Handjob
Never Work With Children Or Animals
New Job Episode
The Nicknamer
The Niles
Nobody Here But Us Birds
Nobody Here But Us Statues
No Fourth Wall
No More For Me
Nonverbal Miscommunication
Noodle Incident
Not My Lucky Day
Not So Above It All
Not So Dire
Not So Great Escape
Not That There's Anything Wrong With That
Not This One, That One
Now You Tell Me
No You Hang Up First
Nuclear Family
Nuns Are Funny
Obvious Pregnancy
Offscreen Crash
Oh God, With The Verbing!
Oh Wait
Oh Wait, This Is My Grocery List
Once Per Episode
Once More With Volume
One Scene Two Monologues
Only Sane Man
On Second Thought
Orphaned Punchline
Oven Logic
Overly Narrow Superlative
Overly Long Gag
Overly Long Name
Overly Preprepared Gag
Overused Running Gag
Packed Hero
Paranoia Gambit
Parody
Pass The Popcorn
Passing Judgment
Pastiche
Percussive Prevention
Perfectly Cromulent Word
Personal Raincloud
Pet The Dog
Pet Heir
Phlebotinum Induced Stupidity
Picture Day
Pie In The Face
Pif Paf Pof
Planning With Props
Please Dump Me
Politeness Judo
Porky Pig Pronunciation
Potty Dance
Potty Emergency
Potty Failure
Powder Gag
Porn Stash
Practical Joke
Prank Date
Premature Aggravation
Pretty Fly For A White Guy
Primal Scene
Produce Pelting
Proportional Article Importance
Punchline
Punch Punch Punch Uh Oh
Punch Spin Gape
Punctuated Pounding
Purely Aesthetic Era
Quick Draw Decision
Rage Against The Author
Raging Stiffie
Rant Inducing Slight
Rapid Fire Comedy
Reactive Continuous Scream
Reading The Stage Directions Out Loud
Record Needle Scratch
Red Boxing Gloves
Redundant Romance Attempt
Reef Blower
Reflexive Response
Refuge In Vulgarity
Remonstrating With A Gun
Repeat After Me
Retroactive Wish
Ridiculous Future Inflation
Ridiculously Long Phone Number
Right Behind Me
Right In Front Of Me
Right On Queue
Right Through The Wall
Road Apples
Road Runner Vs Coyote
Roadside Wave
Road Sign Reversal
The Roast
Roofless Renovation
Rubber Face
Rule Of Three
Rules Of The Road
Running Gag
The Runt At The End
Rushed Inverted Reading
Satire
Scooby Stack
The Scream
Screams Like A Little Girl
Screwball Serum
Seinfeldian Conversation
Self Deprecation
Self Offense
Seven Minute Lull
Shaped Like Itself
She Cleans Up Nicely
Short Cuts Make Long Delays
Shower Of Awkward
Shrug Take
Side Bet
Sign Language
Signed Up For The Dental
Signs Of Disrepair
Sit Comic
Skippy Rules
Slapstick
Slippery Skid
Smart Ball
Smith Will Suffice
Sneeze Of Doom
Snipe Hunt
Soap On A Trope
Social Services Does Not Exist
Somebody Doesn't Love Raymond
Somebody Else's Problem
Something Else Also Rises
Something That Begins With Boring
So Unfunny Its Funny
Spit Take
Spoof Aesop
Springtime For Hitler
Standardized Sitcom Housing
Start My Own
Stealth Pun
Stereo Fibbing
Stereotype Reaction Gag
Stock Punishment
Stock Underwear
- Goofy Print Underwear
Stoners Are Funny
Straight Man
Straight Man And Wise Guy
Strange Minds Think Alike
Strip Poker
Stripper Cop Confusion
Strongly Worded Letter
Stupid Sexy Flanders!
Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion
Subways Suck
Such A Phony
Sue Donym
Sugar Apocalypse
Suicide As Comedy
Super Fun Happy Trope Of Doom
Super Zeroes
Tabloid Melodrama
The Take
Take A Number
The Talk
Talking In Bed
Talking Poo
Talks To Squirrels
Tandem Parasite
Testosterone Poisoning
Thanks For The Mammary
That Came Out Wrong
That Poor Plant
That Was Objectionable
There Is No Rule Six
There Was A Door
They Killed Kenny
Thirty Minutes or It's Free
This Is No Time To Panic
This Trope Is Bleep
Throw It In
Throw The Book At Them
This Is Going To Be Huge
Ticket Line Campout
Toilet Humour
Tom Hanks Syndrome
Tongue On The Flagpole
Too Fast To Stop
Took A Level In Dumbass
Too Much Information
Too Spicy For Yog Sothoth
Top Ten List
Tough Room
Transparent Closet
Trash Landing
Trash Of The Titans
Tree Buchet
Trick Dialogue
Trivially Obvious
Trojan Gauntlet
Tropaholics Anonymous
The Trouble With Tickets
Trust Building Blunder
Truth Telling Session
Twerp Sweating
Twin Switch
Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
Ugly Guy Hot Wife
Uncomfortable Elevator Moment
Un Entendre
Un Evil Laugh
Unfunny
Unnecessary Time Precision
Unpronounceable Alias
Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist
Unusual Euphemism
Urine Trouble
Ventriloquism
Verbal Backspace
Vetinari Paradox
Villains Out Shopping
Visual Pun
The Vodka Is Good But The Meat Is Rotten
Vomit Chain Reaction
Wacky Cravings
Wacky Fratboy Hijinx
Wacky Marriage Proposal
Wacky Racing
Wafer Thin Mint
Wax On Wax Scream
Weak Ass Badass
We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties
We ARE Struggling Together
Weekend At Bernies
We Haven't Learned Anything Yet
Weird Trade Union
Well This Is Not That Trope
We Have Those Too
We Need A Distraction
- Show Some Leg
We Sell Everything
What Are Records?
What Did I Do Last Night?
What's My Line?
What The Fu Are You Doing
White Dude Black Dude
Who Would Want to Watch Us?
Who's on First?
Why Are You Looking At Me Like That
Why Thank You X
The Window or the Stairs
Wiper Start
With This Ring
Witness Protection
Wondrous Ladies Room
Won't Take Yes for an Answer
Worth It
X Called They Want Their Y Back
X Days Since
Yawn And Reach
You Are A Tree Charlie Brown
You Can't Miss It
You Get Me Coffee
You Make Me Sic
Your Other Left
Zero Wingrish

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