"Okay here's the problem: You can't make something funny by just giggling as you read it because it mentions body hair, sex and armpits, unless you're in fifth grade. You actually get much more of a laugh when you are trying to be serious."
Fluttershy: Pinkie Pie! What’s worse than biting into an apple and finding a worm?
Pinkie Pie: What?
Fluttershy: The Apocalypse.
[Pinkie's jaw drops at Fluttershy.]
Pinkie Pie: HALF A WORM! That’s how the joke goes, Shy! Biting into an an apple and finding half a worm!
Riptide: Nautica, to be a quantum mechanic, all you have to do is put the word 'quantum' in front of other words. True or false?
Nautica: Both.
Riptide: Eh?
Nautica: It's both, simultaneously. True and false. It depends on the quantized energy state of each proposition.
Riptide: Eh?
Nautica: It's a joke.
Riptide: Oh. Are jokes not funny where you come from?
"You are the worst comedian I have ever heard! And I heard Batman trying to tell a joke!"
Yuuji: A sandwich walks into a bar. The barman says, "Sorry we don't serve food in here."
Yumiko: Okay.
Yuuji: Sakaki, my friend, allow me to explain. The word "serve" can refer to both offering certain items for sale and -
Yumiko: No, no, no, I get it. I do. It just wasn't funny.
Yuuji: What!? I had a lot of confidence in that one...
Narrator: ROBOTS can't tell JOKES.
Robot: Ha ha ha ha ha! I'm here all week.
—2006 Nickelodeon bumper
Serena: What's orange and in a tree?
Ricky: An orange. That's not a joke.
Serena: No, it actually went like this: What's orange and in an elevator?
Ricky and Nelly: An orange in an elevator.
Serena: No, it's a tangerine in an elevator. What's red and in an elevator?
Ricky and Nelly: A tomato in an elevator.
Serena: It's not a tomato. It's a bell pepper, a red bell pepper. And what's green and in an elevator?
Ricky and Nelly: A green bell pepper.
Serena: No, it's a green umbrella! What's brown and in an elevator?
Ricky: A meatball.
Serena: No, it's a brown mitten!
Ricky: I don't want to hear any more elevator jokes.
Julie: You know, Barnaby, you’re not the only funny one in this neighborhood!
Barnaby: Oh yeah? You might be right, Julie! Howdy’s a pretty funny fella too-
Julie: Not Howdy! Me! I have a joke that will knock your hat off! I’ve been working on it all week!
Barnaby: (Snorts in amusement) Hoo boy, all week? It took you that long? You hearin’ this, little buddy?
Julie: Oh, I’ll show you, Barnaby! [Clears throat] What did the number three say to the number two after beating him in a game of checkers?
Barnaby: Oh no, here it comes-
Julie: I One!
Barnaby: (Pretend howl of pain) That was just doggone terrible! Just pawful! I think I’m gonna need a doggy bag!
Julie: Oh it was not, Barnaby! It was a good joke! Don’t you get it? One is a number but it also sounds like won! You know, when you won a game!
Barnaby: (Another bark of anguish) Now she’s explainin’ it! Oh- When will the agony stop?! I’m just a little pooch in peril! Bury me in my favorite sunny spot, kid, I’m goin’ into the light!
Julie: Oh Barnaby, you’re just rotten! It was too a funny joke!
— Welcome Home (Clown Illustrations), Secret video 12
