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* God calls Bill Gates, Boris Yeltsin and Bill Clinton for an urgent message. He informs them the world will end next week and they are to relay a message to their people. Yeltsin goes back to Russia and says there is bad news and terrible news - the bad news is there really is a God, and the terrible news is the world will end next week. Clinton holds a press conference in Washington and says there is good news and bad news - the good news is there really is a God, and the bad news is the world will next next week. Bill Gates returns to Microsoft and holds an full employee conference, saying he has good news and great news. The good news is God knows what a wonderful, important person he is, and the great news is they don't have to worry about fixing the MillenniumBug!
** There was a variation of this in Australia in the 1980s, involving Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, and Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke. Hawke claims that the great news is that "No Australian child will be living in poverty by the year 1990!" (one of his more unrealistic promises)
** There is a variant with the Israeli leader saying "God promised me there will be no Palestinian state".
** There was a variation of this in Australia in the 1980s, involving Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, and Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke. Hawke claims that the great news is that "No Australian child will be living in poverty by the year 1990!" (one of his more unrealistic promises)
** There is a variant with the Israeli leader saying "God promised me there will be no Palestinian state".
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* God calls Bill Gates, Boris Yeltsin and Bill Clinton for an urgent message. He informs them the world will end next week and they are to relay a message to their people. Yeltsin goes back to Russia and says there is bad news and terrible news - the bad news is there really is a God, and the terrible news is the world will end next week. Clinton holds a press conference in Washington and says there is good news and bad news - the good news is there really is a God, and the bad news is the world will next next week. Bill Gates returns to Microsoft and holds an full employee conference, saying he has good news and great news. The good news is God knows what a wonderful, important person he is, and the great news is they don't have to worry about fixing the MillenniumBug!
**MillenniumBug! There was a variation of this in Australia in the 1980s, involving Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, and Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke. Hawke claims that the great news is that "No Australian child will be living in poverty by the year 1990!" (one of his more unrealistic promises)
**promises). There is also a variant with the Israeli leader saying "God promised me there will be no Palestinian state".
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* In one mission in the campaign of 'Rise of the Empire' in "VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront2", on Polis Massa, when you get to the final objective of the chapter after destroying the database, the MissionControl says the following.
--> "I've got good news and bad news. The good news is that it's time to get off this dreary rock. The bad news is that [[LaResistance the Rebels]] have taken over the hangers. You'll have to fight our way out."
--> "I've got good news and bad news. The good news is that it's time to get off this dreary rock. The bad news is that [[LaResistance the Rebels]] have taken over the hangers. You'll have to fight our way out."
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** Also parodied in "Less Than Zero", when he says, "Good news, anyone!" and "Bad news, nobody!"
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--->'''Ryan Stiles:''' You're on a very funny show. It's against ''Series/{{Friends}}''.
--->'''Wayne Brady''': I'm pregnant, honey. Meet the father.
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* ''Series/TheGoodies''. In "Clown Virus", a general at the Pentagon informs Major Cheeseburger of good news. Because of his (unwitting) help in spreading the clown virus so the UK can be invaded by American forces, he's been awarded the Purple Heart.
-->'''Major Cheeseburger:''' But sir, I thought the Purple Heart was only for wounded people?
-->'''General:''' ''That's'' the bad news. ''([[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness cannon on Cheeseburger's desk fires, killing him]])''
-->'''Major Cheeseburger:''' But sir, I thought the Purple Heart was only for wounded people?
-->'''General:''' ''That's'' the bad news. ''([[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness cannon on Cheeseburger's desk fires, killing him]])''
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* ''Literature/PointHorror Unleashed'' does a not so funny version in ''Scissorman.'' The good news? Stu and Jane won't have to clean out the rabbit hutches anymore. The bad news? [[spoiler: It's because their stepmother has decapitated them, and they'll be tonight's tea.]]
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* ''Literature/PointHorror Unleashed'' does a not so funny version in ''Scissorman.'' The good news? Stu and Jane won't have to clean out the rabbit hutches anymore. The bad news? [[spoiler: It's because their stepmother has decapitated them, the rabbits, and they'll be tonight's tea.]]
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* ''Literature/PointHorror Unleashed'' does a not so funny version in ''Scissorman.'' The good news? Stu and Jane won't have to clean out the rabbit hutches anymore. The bad news? [[spoiler: It's because their stepmother has decapitated them, and they'll be tonight's tea.]]
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* In ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'', one of the Party Chats involves Adachi announcing he has good news and bad news, and asks the others which one they want first. Ichiban asks for the good news, while Nanba and Saeko ask for the bad news.
-->'''Saeko:''' So, Adachi-san, what's the good news and bad news?\\
'''Adachi:''' The good news is I got to learn something about everyone.\\
'''Saeko:''' What's the bad news?\\
'''Adachi:''' [[AntiHumor There's no punchline to this bit.]]\\
'''Nanba:''' What a waste of time...
-->'''Saeko:''' So, Adachi-san, what's the good news and bad news?\\
'''Adachi:''' The good news is I got to learn something about everyone.\\
'''Saeko:''' What's the bad news?\\
'''Adachi:''' [[AntiHumor There's no punchline to this bit.]]\\
'''Nanba:''' What a waste of time...
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* ''Manhua/OldMasterQ'' spoofs this in one of their filler strips. Mister Chiu approaches Master Q with this:
--> "I've good good news and bad news. Good news is, I'm going to tell you something funny. Bad news though, I've changed my mind about telling you a joke."
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* ''Manhua/OldMasterQ'' spoofs this in one of their filler strips. Mister Chiu approaches Master Q with this:
--> "I've good good news and bad news. Good news is, I'm going to tell you something funny. Bad news though, I've changed my mind about telling you a joke."
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* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'': In "Requiem for a Dead Briard", Kelly is heartbroken because the family dog, Buck, has passed away. To cheer her up, the family gets a talking cockatoo to replace their dead dog, but while they're away, it gets out of it's cage and flies upstairs... where Al's [[BigEater greedy and incredibly fat]] [[ObnoxiousInLaws mother-in-law]] was staying. When Al returns from her room:
-->'''Al:''' Well, uh... I've got some good news and I've got some bad news. The good news is Tweety knew over 150 words.\\
'''Bud:''' Well, what's the, um, what's the bad news, Dad?\\
'''Al:''' Bad news is that none of them were "Please don't eat me."
-->'''Al:''' Well, uh... I've got some good news and I've got some bad news. The good news is Tweety knew over 150 words.\\
'''Bud:''' Well, what's the, um, what's the bad news, Dad?\\
'''Al:''' Bad news is that none of them were "Please don't eat me."
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* From the ''WebVideo/YogscastMinecraftSeries'', we're reminded why one of the game's unwritten rules is "never dig up."
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* From the ''WebVideo/YogscastMinecraftSeries'', ''WebVideo/ShadowOfIsraphel'', we're reminded why one of the game's ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''[='s=] unwritten rules is "never dig up."
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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14087848/46/Watch Watch]]'':
-->'''Liara:''' Well. The good news is, I now know what the Mobile Infantry is.\\
'''Tevos:''' What is the bad news?\\
'''Liara:''' That I now know what the Mobile Infantry is.
-->'''Liara:''' Well. The good news is, I now know what the Mobile Infantry is.\\
'''Tevos:''' What is the bad news?\\
'''Liara:''' That I now know what the Mobile Infantry is.
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* ''Series/FamilyFeud'': Midway through an [[https://youtu.be/zdVuEpD9_IY?t=66 utter disaster]] of a Fast Money round, after the first contestant had given answers like "frog" to "Name an animal with three letters in its name" and "snow" to "Something that comes with a summer storm":
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** Midway through an [[https://youtu.be/zdVuEpD9_IY?t=66 utter disaster]] of a Fast Money round, after the first contestant had given answers like "frog" to "Name an animal with three letters in its name" and "snow" to "Something that comes with a summer storm":
** Midway through an [[https://youtu.be/zdVuEpD9_IY?t=66 utter disaster]] of a Fast Money round, after the first contestant had given answers like "frog" to "Name an animal with three letters in its name" and "snow" to "Something that comes with a summer storm":
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** Some survey questions in the Harvey era are written as such. One example from a 2019 episode is "Good news: you finally found a new roommate. Bad news: you just found out that they do what for a living?"
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* Gennai in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' does this to the Chosen Children; the good news is that there's an eighth child, whose Digimon can help the kids defeat Myotismon. The bad news? Myotismon knows about this Eighth Child and is going to Earth to kill them!
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* Gennai in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' does this to the Chosen Children; the good news is that there's an eighth child, whose Digimon can help the kids defeat Myotismon. The bad news? Myotismon knows about this Eighth Child and is going to Earth to kill them![[spoiler:her]]!
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* One that started making the rounds in 2022: A Russian general is delivering a progress report to Vladimir Putin and tells him that he's got good news and bad news. Putin asks for the good news first and is informed that according to the latest intelligence, the latest weapons that Ukraine has received are woefully outdated, completely faulty, and pose more of a threat to their own soldiers than to the enemy. Putin is overjoyed to hear that something is finally going right before asking what the bad news is. The general says "Ukraine has just captured a large stockpile of our best, most modern weapons."
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* In ''Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle'', [[ItMakesSenseInContext Harold is knocked unconscious while riding the cheetah through the woods]], and when he wakes up, Kumar tells him there's some bad news and worse news. The worse news is that the cheetah took them in the wrong direction of White Castle, whereas the bad news was Harold's laptop had been destroyed. Harold, angered that his laptop and all his work has been destroyed, asks why that wasn't the worse news. Kumar tries to explain that the laptop situation affected only him whereas being taken the wrong way affected them both equally.
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* In ''Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle'', [[ItMakesSenseInContext Harold is knocked unconscious while riding the cheetah through the woods]], and when he wakes up, Kumar tells him there's some bad news and worse news. The worse news is that the cheetah took them in the wrong direction of White Castle, whereas the bad news was Harold's laptop had been destroyed. Harold, angered that his laptop and all his work has been destroyed, asks why that wasn't the worse news. Kumar tries to explain that the laptop situation only affected only him whereas being taken the wrong way affected them both equally.
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'''Ayam Agoul:''' Of course, this means I can ''make'' you that way. That's the bad news. It's only fair. Can't have revenge on Aladdin, you're the next best thing.\\
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'''Ayam Agoul:''' Of course, this means I can ''make'' you that way. That's the bad news. It's only fair. Can't have revenge on Aladdin, [[RevengeByProxy you're the next best thing.thing]].\\
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''[as this is happening, Ravage's ship [[EnemyRisingFromBehind is slipping up behind Optimus and Cheetor]]]''\\
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* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** Played straight two ways in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0512.html "They've Had Time to Train, Too"]].
--->'''Haley:''' ''[to a group of Hobgoblins]'' OK, I've got some good news and some bad news. The bad news is, I won initiative, so you all get a sneak attack each. [[BondOneLiner The good news is, I don't have to bother thinking up the second half to that joke, 'cause you're all dead now.]]
** Then in the same strip, the hobgoblin in the final panel gets an IronicEcho...
--->'''Hobgoblin:''' OK, so, I've got bad news, and I've got bad news.
** Eugene Greenhilt to his son in the afterlife, after finding out Roy's body was turned into a bone golem: "...[[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0601.html The good news is that I was able to conjure some books that might help you come to terms with the bad news.]]"
** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0614.html "A Cut Above"]] has the first variety.
--->'''Celia:''' Well, the good news is that Belkar isn't fighting both of those thieves anymore. The bad news is, that's because the half-orc is now chasing us.
** Done again in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0691.html "All Available Resources"]], with the good news and bad news being the same -- it's all in the intonation.
--->'''Roy:''' ''[to the team]'' The good news is, we're here. The bad news is -- we're here. ''[pan out to a barren expanse of desert]''
** Blackwing delivers too. The "good news" makes kind of sense in a "we're screwed already anyway" mindset.
--->'''Blackwing:''' OK. Well... the bad news is that this is a scroll of Locate Creature -- which is a completely useless spell in the current situation.\\
The good news is that [[IHaveNoIdeaWhatImDoing I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing]].[[note]]Screwing up spellcasting on a scroll in ''Dungeons & Dragons'' tends to have explosive results. But as it happens, an explosion is ''exactly'' what Blackwing needs right now.[[/note]]
** Played straight two ways in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0512.html "They've Had Time to Train, Too"]].
--->'''Haley:''' ''[to a group of Hobgoblins]'' OK, I've got some good news and some bad news. The bad news is, I won initiative, so you all get a sneak attack each. [[BondOneLiner The good news is, I don't have to bother thinking up the second half to that joke, 'cause you're all dead now.]]
** Then in the same strip, the hobgoblin in the final panel gets an IronicEcho...
--->'''Hobgoblin:''' OK, so, I've got bad news, and I've got bad news.
** Eugene Greenhilt to his son in the afterlife, after finding out Roy's body was turned into a bone golem: "...[[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0601.html The good news is that I was able to conjure some books that might help you come to terms with the bad news.]]"
** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0614.html "A Cut Above"]] has the first variety.
--->'''Celia:''' Well, the good news is that Belkar isn't fighting both of those thieves anymore. The bad news is, that's because the half-orc is now chasing us.
** Done again in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0691.html "All Available Resources"]], with the good news and bad news being the same -- it's all in the intonation.
--->'''Roy:''' ''[to the team]'' The good news is, we're here. The bad news is -- we're here. ''[pan out to a barren expanse of desert]''
** Blackwing delivers too. The "good news" makes kind of sense in a "we're screwed already anyway" mindset.
--->'''Blackwing:''' OK. Well... the bad news is that this is a scroll of Locate Creature -- which is a completely useless spell in the current situation.\\
The good news is that [[IHaveNoIdeaWhatImDoing I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing]].[[note]]Screwing up spellcasting on a scroll in ''Dungeons & Dragons'' tends to have explosive results. But as it happens, an explosion is ''exactly'' what Blackwing needs right now.[[/note]]
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* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** Played straight two ways in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0512.html "They've Had Time to Train, Too"]].
--->'''Haley:''' ''[to a group of Hobgoblins]'' OK, I've got some goodFrom ''Webcomic/{{chainsawsuit}}'':
-->'''Doctor:''' Bad newsand some bad news. The bad -- [[BlackComedy you have AIDS]]. \\
'''Doctor:''' Good newsis, I won initiative, so you all get a sneak attack each. [[BondOneLiner The good news is, I don't have to bother thinking up the second half to that joke, 'cause you're all dead now.]]
** Then in the same strip, the hobgoblin in the final panel gets an IronicEcho...
--->'''Hobgoblin:''' OK, so, I've got bad news, and I've got bad news.
** Eugene Greenhilt to his son in the afterlife, after finding out Roy's body was turned into a bone golem: "...[[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0601.html The good news is that I was able to conjure some books that might help you come to terms with the bad news.]]"
** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0614.html "A Cut Above"]] has the first variety.
--->'''Celia:''' Well, the good news is that Belkar isn't fighting both of those thieves anymore. The bad news is, that's because the half-orc is now chasing us.
** Done again in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0691.html "All Available Resources"]], with the good news and bad news being the same-- it's all in the intonation.
--->'''Roy:''' ''[to the team]'' The good news is, we're here. The bad news is -- we're here. ''[pan outconfined to a barren expanse relatively small part of desert]''
** Blackwing delivers too. The "good news" makes kind of sense in a "we're screwed already anyway" mindset.
--->'''Blackwing:''' OK. Well... the bad news is that this is a scroll of Locate Creature -- which is a completely useless spell in the current situation.your body.\\
The good news is that [[IHaveNoIdeaWhatImDoing I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing]].[[note]]Screwing up spellcasting on a scroll in ''Dungeons & Dragons'' tends to have explosive results. But as it happens, an explosion is ''exactly'' what Blackwing needs right now.[[/note]][[FalseReassurance Your blood.]]
** Played straight two ways in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0512.html "They've Had Time to Train, Too"]].
--->'''Haley:''' ''[to a group of Hobgoblins]'' OK, I've got some good
-->'''Doctor:''' Bad news
'''Doctor:''' Good news
** Then in the same strip, the hobgoblin in the final panel gets an IronicEcho...
--->'''Hobgoblin:''' OK, so, I've got bad news, and I've got bad news.
** Eugene Greenhilt to his son in the afterlife, after finding out Roy's body was turned into a bone golem: "...[[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0601.html The good news is that I was able to conjure some books that might help you come to terms with the bad news.]]"
** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0614.html "A Cut Above"]] has the first variety.
--->'''Celia:''' Well, the good news is that Belkar isn't fighting both of those thieves anymore. The bad news is, that's because the half-orc is now chasing us.
** Done again in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0691.html "All Available Resources"]], with the good news and bad news being the same
--->'''Roy:''' ''[to the team]'' The good news is, we're here. The bad news is -- we're here. ''[pan out
** Blackwing delivers too. The "good news" makes kind of sense in a "we're screwed already anyway" mindset.
--->'''Blackwing:''' OK. Well... the bad news is that this is a scroll of Locate Creature -- which is a completely useless spell in the current situation.
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* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''. A common hazard in a world filled with with {{Mad Scientist}}s..
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* ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' does the "what's the bad news?" version, when Han Solo is told there's good news and bad news, they're going to freeze him in alcohol.
* ''Webcomic/GeistPanik'' has a [[http://www.hookiedookiepanic.com/geist/comic.php?ID=58 good one]] (with an obligatory kick at the [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga dead sparkly horse]]):
--> '''[[HerrDoktor Dr. Rosenrantz]]:''' Well, the good news is, you've contracted vampirism. The bad news is, that it is a horribly debilitating blood disease!
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''. A common hazard in a world filled with with {{MadScientist}}s..Scientist}}s.
* ''Webcomic/GeistPanik'' has a [[http://www.hookiedookiepanic.com/geist/comic.php?ID=58 good one]] (with an obligatory kick at the [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga dead sparkly horse]]):
--> '''[[HerrDoktor Dr. Rosenrantz]]:''' Well, the good news is, you've contracted vampirism. The bad news is, that it is a horribly debilitating blood disease!
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''. A common hazard in a world filled with with {{Mad
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* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1796#comic has]] [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=893#comic used]] [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=967#comic this]] [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1325#comic repeatedly]].
* ScandalSheet has this exchange:
-->"Mitch? I have good news and bad news."\\
"Give me the bad news first, okay?"\\
"Okay. The bad news is I wasn't in time to stop Steve from starting a rumour that you're gay and you hit on me in the bathroom. Now everyone here believes it's true."\\
"Oh no. Oh my god. I'm gonna puke. What's the good news?"\\
"Actually, I lied. There isn't any good news."
* From ''Webcomic/{{chainsawsuit}}'':
-->'''Doctor:''' Bad news -- [[BlackComedy you have AIDS]]. \\
'''Doctor:''' Good news -- it's confined to a relatively small part of your body.\\
[[FalseReassurance Your blood.]]
* Happens a fair bit in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''.
** For example:
--->'''[[spoiler:Kathryn Flinders]]:''' ''[viewing [[BodyHorror certain spy cams]] in Dr. Pau's facility]'' Hmph. Well, the good news is that I can now start killing and not feel in the least bit guilty. The bad news is I'm not going to feel the least bit guilty about the killing I'm about to do.
** Or:
--->'''[[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2008-02-10 Admiral Emm]]:''' Commodore Bhotsu plays an amusing game with me. At least, I suppose it to be amusing for '''him'''. I would now like to play it with '''you'''. It is called "Good News, Bad News."\\
'''Colonel [=DeHaans=]:''' Umm... I know this game well, Admiral. I'd rather not play.
** Also, occasionally, averted.
--->'''Tagon:''' Thanks for not phrasing it as "good news, bad news".\\
'''Thurl:''' I know how much you hate that game. Besides, in this context, it's more like "bad news, worse news" and where's the fun in that?
* ScandalSheet has this exchange:
-->"Mitch? I have good news and bad news."\\
"Give me the bad news first, okay?"\\
"Okay. The bad news is I wasn't in time to stop Steve from starting a rumour that you're gay and you hit on me in the bathroom. Now everyone here believes it's true."\\
"Oh no. Oh my god. I'm gonna puke. What's the good news?"\\
"Actually, I lied. There isn't any good news."
* From ''Webcomic/{{chainsawsuit}}'':
-->'''Doctor:''' Bad news -- [[BlackComedy you have AIDS]]. \\
'''Doctor:''' Good news -- it's confined to a relatively small part of your body.\\
[[FalseReassurance Your blood.]]
* Happens a fair bit in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''.
** For example:
--->'''[[spoiler:Kathryn Flinders]]:''' ''[viewing [[BodyHorror certain spy cams]] in Dr. Pau's facility]'' Hmph. Well, the good news is that I can now start killing and not feel in the least bit guilty. The bad news is I'm not going to feel the least bit guilty about the killing I'm about to do.
** Or:
--->'''[[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2008-02-10 Admiral Emm]]:''' Commodore Bhotsu plays an amusing game with me. At least, I suppose it to be amusing for '''him'''. I would now like to play it with '''you'''. It is called "Good News, Bad News."\\
'''Colonel [=DeHaans=]:''' Umm... I know this game well, Admiral. I'd rather not play.
** Also, occasionally, averted.
--->'''Tagon:''' Thanks for not phrasing it as "good news, bad news".\\
'''Thurl:''' I know how much you hate that game. Besides, in this context, it's more like "bad news, worse news" and where's the fun in that?
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* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1796#comic has]] [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=893#comic used]] [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=967#comic this]] [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1325#comic repeatedly]].
* ScandalSheet has this exchange:
-->"Mitch? I have good news and bad news."\\
"Give me the bad news first, okay?"\\
"Okay. The bad news is I wasn't in time to stop Steve from starting''Webcomic/GrrlPower'': As Cora [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-754-and-your-race-smells-of-elderberries/ explains during a rumour that you're gay and you hit on me in the bathroom. Now everyone here believes it's true."\\
"Oh no. Oh my god. I'm gonna puke. What's the good news?"\\
"Actually, I lied. There isn't any good news."
* From ''Webcomic/{{chainsawsuit}}'':
-->'''Doctor:''' Bad news -- [[BlackComedy you have AIDS]]. \\
'''Doctor:''' Good news -- it's confined to a relatively small part of your body.\\
[[FalseReassurance Your blood.]]
* Happens a fair bit in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''.
** For example:
--->'''[[spoiler:Kathryn Flinders]]:''' ''[viewing [[BodyHorror certain spy cams]] in Dr. Pau's facility]'' Hmph. Well,press conference]], the good news about the revelation that Earth isn't alone in the universe is that I can now start killing nobody actually cares about them -- no alien with any sense wants to steal Earth's air or water or [[MarsNeedsWomen women]] or whatever, and not feel in the least bit guilty. if some alien ''without'' any sense does decide to do it anyway there's space cops to stop them. The bad news is I'm not going to feel the least bit guilty is... nobody cares about them. There will be no TechnologyUplift from the killing I'm about to do.
** Or:
--->'''[[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2008-02-10 Admiral Emm]]:''' Commodore Bhotsu plays an amusing game with me. At least, I suppose it to be amusing for '''him'''. I would now like to play it with '''you'''. Itbenevolent aliens. As making scientific progress goes, Earth is called "Good News, Bad News."\\
'''Colonel [=DeHaans=]:''' Umm... I know this game well, Admiral. I'd rather not play.
** Also, occasionally, averted.
--->'''Tagon:''' Thanks for not phrasing it as "good news, bad news".\\
'''Thurl:''' I know how much you hate that game. Besides, in this context, it's more like "bad news, worse news" and where's the fun in that?still on its own.
* ScandalSheet has this exchange:
-->"Mitch? I have good news and bad news."\\
"Give me the bad news first, okay?"\\
"Okay. The bad news is I wasn't in time to stop Steve from starting
"Oh no. Oh my god. I'm gonna puke. What's the good news?"\\
"Actually, I lied. There isn't any good news."
* From ''Webcomic/{{chainsawsuit}}'':
-->'''Doctor:''' Bad news -- [[BlackComedy you have AIDS]]. \\
'''Doctor:''' Good news -- it's confined to a relatively small part of your body.\\
[[FalseReassurance Your blood.]]
* Happens a fair bit in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''.
** For example:
--->'''[[spoiler:Kathryn Flinders]]:''' ''[viewing [[BodyHorror certain spy cams]] in Dr. Pau's facility]'' Hmph. Well,
** Or:
--->'''[[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2008-02-10 Admiral Emm]]:''' Commodore Bhotsu plays an amusing game with me. At least, I suppose it to be amusing for '''him'''. I would now like to play it with '''you'''. It
'''Colonel [=DeHaans=]:''' Umm... I know this game well, Admiral. I'd rather not play.
** Also, occasionally, averted.
--->'''Tagon:''' Thanks for not phrasing it as "good news, bad news".\\
'''Thurl:''' I know how much you hate that game. Besides, in this context, it's more like "bad news, worse news" and where's the fun in that?
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* ''Webcomic/GeistPanik'' has a [[http://www.hookiedookiepanic.com/geist/comic.php?ID=58 good one]] (with an obligatory kick at the [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga dead sparkly horse]]):
--> '''[[HerrDoktor Dr. Rosenrantz]]:''' Well, the good news is, you've contracted vampirism. The bad news is, that it is a horribly debilitating blood disease!
* ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' does the "what's the bad news?" version, when Han Solo is told there's good news and bad news, they're going to freeze him in alcohol.
* [[http://neoduskcomics.tumblr.com/post/141885208767/fandumb-101-the-sound-of-batman-fyi-yes-these This comic]] has a variation, with Website/RottenTomatoes reviews instead of good and bad news. Batman and Superman look at the reviews of [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice their movie]]. Batman gets increasingly upset as Superman reels off negative reviews. In the end, Superman realizes he was actually looking at the ''[[DamnedByFaintPraise fresh]]'' reviews. Bonus points for using actual fresh reviews for that movie on Rotten Tomatoes.
* ''Webcomic/ScaryGoRound'': It's rarely fun to [[http://www.scarygoround.com/?date=20171107 get that line from your lawyer:]]
-->'''Peter Trimble:''' The good news is that no one has ever been convicted of perverting the course of history before. The bad news is that there's a first time for everything.
--> '''[[HerrDoktor Dr. Rosenrantz]]:''' Well, the good news is, you've contracted vampirism. The bad news is, that it is a horribly debilitating blood disease!
* ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' does the "what's the bad news?" version, when Han Solo is told there's good news and bad news, they're going to freeze him in alcohol.
* [[http://neoduskcomics.tumblr.com/post/141885208767/fandumb-101-the-sound-of-batman-fyi-yes-these This comic]] has a variation, with Website/RottenTomatoes reviews instead of good and bad news. Batman and Superman look at the reviews of [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice their movie]]. Batman gets increasingly upset as Superman reels off negative reviews. In the end, Superman realizes he was actually looking at the ''[[DamnedByFaintPraise fresh]]'' reviews. Bonus points for using actual fresh reviews for that movie on Rotten Tomatoes.
* ''Webcomic/ScaryGoRound'': It's rarely fun to [[http://www.scarygoround.com/?date=20171107 get that line from your lawyer:]]
-->'''Peter Trimble:''' The good news is that no one has ever been convicted of perverting the course of history before. The bad news is that there's a first time for everything.
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* ''Webcomic/GeistPanik'' has a [[http://www.hookiedookiepanic.com/geist/comic.php?ID=58 good one]] (with an obligatory kick at the [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga dead sparkly horse]]):
--> '''[[HerrDoktor Dr. Rosenrantz]]:''' Well, the good news is, you've contracted vampirism. The bad news is, that it is a horribly debilitating blood disease!
* ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' does the "what's the bad news?" version, when Han Solo is told there's good news and bad news, they're going to freeze him in alcohol.
* [[http://neoduskcomics.[[https://neoduskcomics.tumblr.com/post/141885208767/fandumb-101-the-sound-of-batman-fyi-yes-these This comic]] An episode]] of ''Webcomic/NeoduskComics'' has a variation, with Website/RottenTomatoes reviews instead of good and bad news. Batman and Superman look at the reviews of [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice their movie]]. Batman gets increasingly upset as Superman reels off negative reviews. In the end, Superman realizes he was actually looking at the ''[[DamnedByFaintPraise fresh]]'' reviews. Bonus points for using actual fresh reviews for that movie on Rotten Tomatoes.
*''Webcomic/ScaryGoRound'': It's rarely fun to ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** Played straight two ways in [[http://www.scarygoround.com/?date=20171107 giantitp.com/comics/oots0512.html "They've Had Time to Train, Too"]].
--->'''Haley:''' ''[to a group of Hobgoblins]'' OK, I've got some good news and some bad news. The bad news is, I won initiative, so you all get a sneak attack each. [[BondOneLiner The good news is, I don't have to bother thinking up the second half to thatline from your lawyer:]]
-->'''Peter Trimble:'''joke, 'cause you're all dead now.]]
** Then in the same strip, the hobgoblin in the final panel gets an IronicEcho...
--->'''Hobgoblin:''' OK, so, I've got bad news, and I've got bad news.
** Eugene Greenhilt to his son in the afterlife, after finding out Roy's body was turned into a bone golem: "...[[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0601.html The good news is thatno one I was able to conjure some books that might help you come to terms with the bad news.]]"
** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0614.html "A Cut Above"]] hasever been convicted of perverting the course first variety.
--->'''Celia:''' Well, the good news is that Belkar isn't fighting both ofhistory before. those thieves anymore. The bad news is, that's because the half-orc is now chasing us.
** Done again in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0691.html "All Available Resources"]], with the good news and bad news being the same -- it's all in the intonation.
--->'''Roy:''' ''[to the team]'' The good news is, we're here. The bad news is -- we're here. ''[pan out to a barren expanse of desert]''
** Blackwing delivers too. The "good news" makes kind of sense in a "we're screwed already anyway" mindset.
--->'''Blackwing:''' OK. Well... the bad news is thatthere's this is a first time for everything.scroll of Locate Creature -- which is a completely useless spell in the current situation.\\
The good news is that [[IHaveNoIdeaWhatImDoing I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing]].[[note]]Screwing up spellcasting on a scroll in ''Dungeons & Dragons'' tends to have explosive results. But as it happens, an explosion is ''exactly'' what Blackwing needs right now.[[/note]]
--> '''[[HerrDoktor Dr. Rosenrantz]]:''' Well, the good news is, you've contracted vampirism. The bad news is, that it is a horribly debilitating blood disease!
* ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' does the "what's the bad news?" version, when Han Solo is told there's good news and bad news, they're going to freeze him in alcohol.
* [[http://neoduskcomics.
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** Played straight two ways in [[http://www.
--->'''Haley:''' ''[to a group of Hobgoblins]'' OK, I've got some good news and some bad news. The bad news is, I won initiative, so you all get a sneak attack each. [[BondOneLiner The good news is, I don't have to bother thinking up the second half to that
-->'''Peter Trimble:'''
** Then in the same strip, the hobgoblin in the final panel gets an IronicEcho...
--->'''Hobgoblin:''' OK, so, I've got bad news, and I've got bad news.
** Eugene Greenhilt to his son in the afterlife, after finding out Roy's body was turned into a bone golem: "...[[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0601.html The good news is that
** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0614.html "A Cut Above"]] has
--->'''Celia:''' Well, the good news is that Belkar isn't fighting both of
** Done again in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0691.html "All Available Resources"]], with the good news and bad news being the same -- it's all in the intonation.
--->'''Roy:''' ''[to the team]'' The good news is, we're here. The bad news is -- we're here. ''[pan out to a barren expanse of desert]''
** Blackwing delivers too. The "good news" makes kind of sense in a "we're screwed already anyway" mindset.
--->'''Blackwing:''' OK. Well... the bad news is that
The good news is that [[IHaveNoIdeaWhatImDoing I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing]].[[note]]Screwing up spellcasting on a scroll in ''Dungeons & Dragons'' tends to have explosive results. But as it happens, an explosion is ''exactly'' what Blackwing needs right now.[[/note]]
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* ''Webcomic/ScandalSheet'' has this exchange:
-->"Mitch? I have good news and bad news."\\
"Give me the bad news first, okay?"\\
"Okay. The bad news is I wasn't in time to stop Steve from starting a rumour that you're gay and you hit on me in the bathroom. Now everyone here believes it's true."\\
"Oh no. Oh my god. I'm gonna puke. What's the good news?"\\
"Actually, I lied. There isn't any good news."
* ''Webcomic/ScaryGoRound'': It's rarely fun to [[http://www.scarygoround.com/?date=20171107 get that line from your lawyer:]]
-->'''Peter Trimble:''' The good news is that no one has ever been convicted of perverting the course of history before. The bad news is that there's a first time for everything.
* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'':
** For example:
--->'''[[spoiler:Kathryn Flinders]]:''' ''[viewing [[BodyHorror certain spy cams]] in Dr. Pau's facility]'' Hmph. Well, the good news is that I can now start killing and not feel in the least bit guilty. The bad news is I'm not going to feel the least bit guilty about the killing I'm about to do.
** Or:
--->'''[[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2008-02-10 Admiral Emm]]:''' Commodore Bhotsu plays an amusing game with me. At least, I suppose it to be amusing for '''him'''. I would now like to play it with '''you'''. It is called "Good News, Bad News."\\
'''Colonel [=DeHaans=]:''' Umm... I know this game well, Admiral. I'd rather not play.
** Also, occasionally, averted.
--->'''Tagon:''' Thanks for not phrasing it as "good news, bad news".\\
'''Thurl:''' I know how much you hate that game. Besides, in this context, it's more like "bad news, worse news" and where's the fun in that?
* ''Webcomic/ScandalSheet'' has this exchange:
-->"Mitch? I have good news and bad news."\\
"Give me the bad news first, okay?"\\
"Okay. The bad news is I wasn't in time to stop Steve from starting a rumour that you're gay and you hit on me in the bathroom. Now everyone here believes it's true."\\
"Oh no. Oh my god. I'm gonna puke. What's the good news?"\\
"Actually, I lied. There isn't any good news."
* ''Webcomic/ScaryGoRound'': It's rarely fun to [[http://www.scarygoround.com/?date=20171107 get that line from your lawyer:]]
-->'''Peter Trimble:''' The good news is that no one has ever been convicted of perverting the course of history before. The bad news is that there's a first time for everything.
* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'':
** For example:
--->'''[[spoiler:Kathryn Flinders]]:''' ''[viewing [[BodyHorror certain spy cams]] in Dr. Pau's facility]'' Hmph. Well, the good news is that I can now start killing and not feel in the least bit guilty. The bad news is I'm not going to feel the least bit guilty about the killing I'm about to do.
** Or:
--->'''[[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2008-02-10 Admiral Emm]]:''' Commodore Bhotsu plays an amusing game with me. At least, I suppose it to be amusing for '''him'''. I would now like to play it with '''you'''. It is called "Good News, Bad News."\\
'''Colonel [=DeHaans=]:''' Umm... I know this game well, Admiral. I'd rather not play.
** Also, occasionally, averted.
--->'''Tagon:''' Thanks for not phrasing it as "good news, bad news".\\
'''Thurl:''' I know how much you hate that game. Besides, in this context, it's more like "bad news, worse news" and where's the fun in that?
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* In [[VideoGame/WingCommanderTheKilrathiSaga Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger]], if Maniac is shot down and survives, when you return to the Victory, Rachel will say "The good news is, they scooped up Maniac. The bad news is, he's still on the flight roster."
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* In [[VideoGame/WingCommanderTheKilrathiSaga ''[[VideoGame/WingCommanderTheKilrathiSaga Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger]], Tiger]]'', if Maniac is shot down and survives, when you return to the Victory, Rachel will say "The good news is, they scooped up Maniac. The bad news is, he's still on the flight roster."
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* In [[WingCommanderTheKilrathiSaga Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger]], if Maniac is shot down and survives, when you return to the Victory, Rachel will say "The good news is, they scooped up Maniac. The bad news is, he's still on the flight roster."
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* In [[WingCommanderTheKilrathiSaga [[VideoGame/WingCommanderTheKilrathiSaga Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger]], if Maniac is shot down and survives, when you return to the Victory, Rachel will say "The good news is, they scooped up Maniac. The bad news is, he's still on the flight roster."
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* In [[WingCommanderTheKilrathiSaga Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger]], if Maniac is shot down and survives, when you return to the Victory, Rachel will say "The good news is, they scooped up Maniac. The bad news is, he's still on the flight roster."
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* A spoof of the "Bad News, Worse News" variant is in the ''Animation/KingShakir'' episode "Parallel Universes", where Mr. Meerkat tells Canan that his parallel universes gadget isn't working, and that he had been wearing his smart-looking glasses earlier, so it's impossible for him to have made a mistake. Canan gives bad news and worse news (Mr. Meerkat asks what happened to the good news, and Canan says there isn't any), the bad news being that Mr. Meerkat has Shakir's game console instead, and the worse news being that he's been wearing silly-looking glasses and hasn't even realized it yet. He takes more offense to the ''second'' thing she mentions, looking in a mirror and screaming at how doofy he looks.
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* A spoof of the "Bad News, Worse News" variant is in the ''Animation/KingShakir'' episode "Parallel Universes", where Mr. Meerkat tells Canan that his parallel universes gadget isn't working, and that he had been wearing his smart-looking glasses earlier, so it's impossible for him to have made a mistake. Canan gives bad news and worse news (Mr. Meerkat asks what happened to the good news, and Canan says there isn't any), the bad news being that Mr. Meerkat has Shakir's game console instead, and the worse news being that he's been wearing silly-looking glasses and hasn't even realized it yet. He takes more offense to the ''second'' thing she mentions, looking in a mirror and screaming at how doofy he looks.
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** In "Flatline", Clara and several other characters are fleeing the MonsterOfTheWeek when the Doctor calls her up with this trope.
-->'''The Doctor:''' Clara, do you want the good news or the bad news?\\
-->'''The Doctor:''' Clara, do you want the good news or the bad news?\\
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** In "Flatline", Clara and several other characters are fleeing the MonsterOfTheWeek when the Doctor [[KindaBusyHere calls her up with this trope.
-->'''Thetrope]].
-=->'''The Doctor:''' Clara, do you want the good news or the bad news?\\
-->'''The
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** In "Nightmare in Silver", the Doctor's attempt to give this trope to Clara is not helped by her brandishing a BigFreakingGun at him, as she's not pleased with him waffling on when the Bad News (that the two children she's supposed to be caring for have been taken over by Cybermen) is [[MamaBear clearly not going to be something she's happy about.]]
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** In "Nightmare in Silver", the Doctor's attempt to give this trope to Clara Oswald is not helped by her brandishing a BigFreakingGun at him, as she's not pleased with him waffling on when the Bad News (that the two children she's supposed to be caring for have been taken over by Cybermen) is [[MamaBear clearly not going to be something she's happy about.]]]]
** In "Flatline", Clara and several other characters are fleeing the MonsterOfTheWeek when the Doctor calls her up with this trope.
-->'''The Doctor:''' Clara, do you want the good news or the bad news?\\
'''Clara:''' We're in the bad news! I'm ''living'' the bad news!
** In "Flatline", Clara and several other characters are fleeing the MonsterOfTheWeek when the Doctor calls her up with this trope.
-->'''The Doctor:''' Clara, do you want the good news or the bad news?\\
'''Clara:''' We're in the bad news! I'm ''living'' the bad news!
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If the situation [[FromBadToWorse gets worse, worse,]] it quickly becomes, "Bad News becomes '''Bad News, Worse News"]].
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