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• Straight: Edmund murders Bob with a revolver. However, Bob dies with one of the inappropriately used Stock Screams, making it funny.
• Exaggerated:
  • Bob leads his army into battle. However, his ridiculous Battle Cry of "WAAAIGAYYYAYUUUYAAAH", accompanied with his bulging eyes and facial expression during that make it hilarious.
  • An entire movie which was meant to be dramatic, turns out to be funny due to bad script and voice acting.
  • The work is sometimes comedic and sometimes dramatic, but Bob's death is far funnier than any of the intentionally funny scenes.
• Downplayed: Bob's death scene is still somewhat sad, but also kind of funny.
• Justified: Bob's whole existence revolves around being funny, so that even when a serious moment comes up, the best he can do is sound like a Stock Scream.
• Inverted:
  • Dude, Not Funny!
  • Bob makes a funny joke about his social skills, but due to his character and events based on him, the moment unintentionally turns out to be sad instead.
• Subverted: Narm Charm
• Double Subverted: What was Narm Charm at first, has become Hilarious in Hindsight.
• Parodied: Stylistic Suck
• Zig Zagged: Bob's murder turns out to be extremely narmy, but Alice's death is extremely tragic.
• Averted: A dramatic moment succeeds in being, well, dramatic.
• Enforced:
  • Executive Meddling demands that the scene be softened as they think it's "too scary" and it goes too far.
  • Bathos
• Lampshaded: "Stop that laughing, I'm being serious!"
• Invoked: "I think they're taking this too seriously, so I'm going to join in as ridiculously as possible."
• Exploited: Stylistic Suck
• Defied: "I'm not going to be funny at all here. Nope, gonna avoid all silliness. This is going to sound serious, because I am serious."
• Discussed: "If he'd be more over-the top when saying that, it would actually be rather funny"
• Conversed: "That was supposed to be dramatic? HA!"
• Deconstructed: Bob wants to be taken seriously, but the harder he tries, the more he gets laughed at. This makes him hateful and distrustful of everyone around him.
• Reconstructed: Bob realizes that even though he's not getting the reaction he was looking for, the Narm Charm still makes his performance enjoyable for the audience.
• Intended Audience Reaction: When Bob gets shot and dies, he makes a funny face, turning this would-have-been tragic moment into a funny one. Word of God confirms that it was intended to come off as funny.