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"I will not suffer the same fate as cream filling!"
— Vegeta (inside Buu's stomach), Dragon Ball Z
Comic Books
Plastic Man: Was that a joke?
Batman: From a ruthless, obsessive creature of the night? Don't be absurd.
Batman: From a ruthless, obsessive creature of the night? Don't be absurd.
Silver Surfer: Haven't I given you my promise?
Impossible Man: Yes. But you don't look that happy about it.
Silver Surfer: Take my word... please.
Impossible Man: Henny Youngman!
Sort of. [laughs uproariously for a whole panel while the Silver Surfer looks on impassively]
Silver Surfer: Henny who?
Impossible Man: Yes. But you don't look that happy about it.
Silver Surfer: Take my word... please.
Impossible Man: Henny Youngman!
Sort of. [laughs uproariously for a whole panel while the Silver Surfer looks on impassively]Silver Surfer: Henny who?
— Silver Surfer: Rebirth Of Thanos
Amanda Waller: Honestly, there's no break with this group.
(Waller is suddenly hit in the face with a pie)
Waller: Someone's gonna pay a horrible price for this.
(Waller is suddenly hit in the face with a pie)
Waller: Someone's gonna pay a horrible price for this.
Film — Animation
"My name is Peter Parker. In my universe, it's 1933, and I'm a private eye. I like to drink egg creams and I like to fight Nazis. A lot. Sometimes, I let matches burn down to my fingertips just to feel something, anything."
Film — Live-Action
Beatrice: Are you here to make fun of me too?
Kay: No, ma'am. We at the FBI do not have a sense of humor that we are aware of.
Kay: No, ma'am. We at the FBI do not have a sense of humor that we are aware of.
Bowery King: You made your point. You have earned my fealty. Matter of fact, I'm gonna shove so much fealty up your ass it's gonna come spilling outta your mouth.
Adjudicator: You had your chance.
Bowery King: Well, since you put it that way, I guess it's time I told you to climb down off your High Table and go fuck yourself!
Adjudicator: Duly noted.
Adjudicator: You had your chance.
Bowery King: Well, since you put it that way, I guess it's time I told you to climb down off your High Table and go fuck yourself!
Adjudicator: Duly noted.
Literature
Jade: [to Billie] Okay, okay, sometimes you're no fun at all.
Ayla: [walks in] And speaking of no fun at all, I'm here too.
Billie: But I'm more fun than Ayla, right?
Jade: Oh yeah, everyone's more fun than Ayla.
Ayla: In fact, I'm changing my name to... No Fun Guy!
Billie: Hey Jade, that could be like your arch-enemy.
Ayla: That's right... Giggle Girl! Once I unleash my latest invention, the Federal Tax Code Emulsifier, no one will be having fun ever again!
Jade: Giggle Girl doesn't know the meaning of the word defeat!
Ayla: And she doesn't know the meaning of the word 'rationality' either!
Billie: Or the meaning of the word 'crayon'!
Jade: Giggle Girl does so know the meaning of the word crayon! It's the cute little pink thing I use to write 'No Fun Guy is a big poopyhead' all over your secret lair.
Ayla: D'oh! I knew I shouldn't have shot all those henchmen even after they said they didn't do it...
Jade: Hah! Giggle Girl always defeats the forces of boredom and no-fun-ness!
Ayla: But can she defeat...your next final exam?
Jade: Noooo! Not that!
Billie: [announcer voice] Has No Fun Guy defeated our heroine? Can she find a way out of this hideous trap? Tune in next week for the further adventures of GIGGLE GIRL!
Ayla: [walks in] And speaking of no fun at all, I'm here too.
Billie: But I'm more fun than Ayla, right?
Jade: Oh yeah, everyone's more fun than Ayla.
Ayla: In fact, I'm changing my name to... No Fun Guy!
Billie: Hey Jade, that could be like your arch-enemy.
Ayla: That's right... Giggle Girl! Once I unleash my latest invention, the Federal Tax Code Emulsifier, no one will be having fun ever again!
Jade: Giggle Girl doesn't know the meaning of the word defeat!
Ayla: And she doesn't know the meaning of the word 'rationality' either!
Billie: Or the meaning of the word 'crayon'!
Jade: Giggle Girl does so know the meaning of the word crayon! It's the cute little pink thing I use to write 'No Fun Guy is a big poopyhead' all over your secret lair.
Ayla: D'oh! I knew I shouldn't have shot all those henchmen even after they said they didn't do it...
Jade: Hah! Giggle Girl always defeats the forces of boredom and no-fun-ness!
Ayla: But can she defeat...your next final exam?
Jade: Noooo! Not that!
Billie: [announcer voice] Has No Fun Guy defeated our heroine? Can she find a way out of this hideous trap? Tune in next week for the further adventures of GIGGLE GIRL!
The humorous story is told gravely; the teller does his best to conceal the fact that he even dimly suspects that there is anything funny about it.
— Mark Twain, "How to Tell a Story"
Marco: I remember when Jake used to be fun. Now he's such a grown-up.
Jake: I was never fun.
Marco: No, you were never smart, but you were always fun.
Jake: I was never fun.
Marco: No, you were never smart, but you were always fun.
— Animorphs #13, The Change
Constantine: My kind does not surprise easily. You surprised me, this morning. I have thus used up my full quota of shock and consternation for some interval.
Sunshine: [staring] You made a joke.
Constantine: I have heard this kind of thing may happen, to vampires who linger in the company of humans. It is not a situation that has provoked much interest.
Sunshine: [staring] You made a joke.
Constantine: I have heard this kind of thing may happen, to vampires who linger in the company of humans. It is not a situation that has provoked much interest.
— Sunshine
Live-Action TV
Wade: Some people think I'm a joke.
Knuckles: I do not make jokes. I make warriors.
Knuckles: I do not make jokes. I make warriors.
— Knuckles
"This isn't funny, Dean! The voice says I'm almost out of minutes."
— Castiel (talking on a cell phone and standing on a street corner), Supernatural
Dean: Cas, I'm human, I need sleep. Just give me, like, four hours, man.
Castiel: ...Four hours? [Dean hangs up] I'll just... wait here, then. [stands perfectly still, staring off into space]
Castiel: ...Four hours? [Dean hangs up] I'll just... wait here, then. [stands perfectly still, staring off into space]
"Sir, I protest! I am not a Merry Man!"
— Worf on being forced to participate in a Robin Hood adventure, Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Qpid"
Garak: Mister Worf, you're no fun at all.
Worf: ...Good.
Worf: ...Good.
"I am not interested in having fun."
— Tuvok, Star Trek: Voyager
Angel: I'm busy... I'm brooding.
Lorne: Oh, you're watching hockey!
Angel: Yeah, but my team is losing.
Lorne: Oh, you're watching hockey!
Angel: Yeah, but my team is losing.
— Angel, "Life of the Party"
"I do not have puppet cancer!"
— Angel, Angel, "Smile Time"
Mr. Merry: What do you Puritans do for fun?
Mrs. Miserable: Fun is sinful.
Mrs. Miserable: Fun is sinful.
Theater
I hold that there is no such antick fellow as your bombastical hero who doth so earnestly spout forth his folly as to make his hearers believe that he is unconscious of all incongruity.
Hamlet in W.S. Gilbert's Rosencratz and Guildenstern.
Video Games
"EDI has a wicked sense of humor. Or perhaps a really funny lack of one."
— Kasumi Goto, Mass Effect 2
"It's hilarious how you have no sense of humor!"
— Hades to Dark Pit, Kid Icarus: Uprising
Cassie Cage: Nice miniskirt.
Kotal Kahn: A joke at my expense?
Cassie: Nah, it's yours for free.
Kotal Kahn: A joke at my expense?
Cassie: Nah, it's yours for free.
Braniac: You are nothing without the Scarab.
Blue Beetle: My mom would disagree.
Braniac: Mothers lack objectivity.
Blue Beetle: My mom would disagree.
Braniac: Mothers lack objectivity.
Atreus: So, know any good stories to pass the time?
Kratos: What kind of story?
Atreus: I don't know... Mother always had stories. Weren't you told any when you were a boy?
Kratos: There was a man I knew of long ago. His stories were brief, and purposeful.
Atreus: Sounds... fun? Do you remember any?
Kratos: Hmm... there was one that concerned a hare and a tortoise.
Atreus: Like the Witch's house?
Kratos: Unlikely.
Atreus: So what happens?
Kratos: They wager on a race between them. The hare is too confident of victory, and foolish, while the tortoise is steady and disciplined. The tortoise wins.
Atreus: You... haven't told a lot of stories, have you?
Kratos: What kind of story?
Atreus: I don't know... Mother always had stories. Weren't you told any when you were a boy?
Kratos: There was a man I knew of long ago. His stories were brief, and purposeful.
Atreus: Sounds... fun? Do you remember any?
Kratos: Hmm... there was one that concerned a hare and a tortoise.
Atreus: Like the Witch's house?
Kratos: Unlikely.
Atreus: So what happens?
Kratos: They wager on a race between them. The hare is too confident of victory, and foolish, while the tortoise is steady and disciplined. The tortoise wins.
Atreus: You... haven't told a lot of stories, have you?
Spider-Man: So you guys and Octavious, huh; you have a name yet? The Scary Six? The Dirty Half Dozen?
Scorpion: How about the "We Murdered Spider-Man and Used His Corpse For a Blanket" Six?
Rhino: Gargan... please. You embarrass yourself.
Scorpion: How about the "We Murdered Spider-Man and Used His Corpse For a Blanket" Six?
Rhino: Gargan... please. You embarrass yourself.
Starscream: Where are you going? Isn't the imaginary vault to your imaginary Dark Spark this way?
Shockwave: I imagine so. Continue to search. I will rejoin you after resolving our infestation problem.
Soundwave: Affirmative
Starscream: Bah, alright... Just hurry it up! Soundwave, did Shockwave make a joke back there?
Soundwave: Affirmative.
Starscream: Was it intentional?
Soundwave: Affirmative.
Starscream: You know, Soundwave, you've really become quite the conversationalist.
Soundwave: Affirmative. Potential vault location detected.
Starcream: Well, what are you waiting for, then? This acid is etching my metal!
Shockwave: I imagine so. Continue to search. I will rejoin you after resolving our infestation problem.
Soundwave: Affirmative
Starscream: Bah, alright... Just hurry it up! Soundwave, did Shockwave make a joke back there?
Soundwave: Affirmative.
Starscream: Was it intentional?
Soundwave: Affirmative.
Starscream: You know, Soundwave, you've really become quite the conversationalist.
Soundwave: Affirmative. Potential vault location detected.
Starcream: Well, what are you waiting for, then? This acid is etching my metal!
"Everyone I know is dead. How are things with you?"
— Yorick Mori, League of Legends
"You are cute, and I want to kiss your tiny face, but I will not."
— Sejuani interaction with Lonely Poro, Legends of Runeterra
"Believe me, any comic relief I may provide is entirely unintentional."
— Apollo Justice, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, Case 4-4: "Turnabout Succession"
"In preparation for the case, I watched all of [Roger Retinz's] shows. I found 'The Ratings Rajah Goes to Burger Barn' of particular interest. It inspired me to visit that restaurant straight away to learn more about the local cuisine. […] Compared to my ascetic training, an hour's wait is nothing. I recommend the Southwestern burger with Jalapeno Jack cheese, by the way."
— Nahyuta Sahdmadhi, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice, Case 6-2: "The Magical Turnabout"
Webcomics
"I would smile, but I lack the facial muscles required to do so."
— Joyelle the Erinyes, Our Little Adventure
Web Original
Received a reader question on my tumblr blog: "Does Mordecai know how absolutely hilarious he is?"
What? No. Serious cat is serious. ...which I suppose is the very thing that makes him laughable.
What? No. Serious cat is serious. ...which I suppose is the very thing that makes him laughable.
— Tracy J. Butler, author of Lackadaisy, "Serious Cat"
"Philip Fathom is one of our funniest characters and I don't think we've ever written a single joke for him."
— Ben Acker, co-creator of The Thrilling Adventure Hour
Dr. Strangelove's humor is generated by a basic comic principle: People trying to be funny are never as funny as people trying to be serious and failing. The laughs have to seem forced on unwilling characters by the logic of events. A man wearing a funny hat is not funny. But a man who doesn't know he's wearing a funny hat... ah, now you've got something.
— Roger Ebert, The Great Movies
Web Video
"I am the only serious character in this show. That's the joke."
— Tien Shinhan, Dragon Ball Kai Abridged
If [Gohan]'s a Super Duper Saiyan, than I shall find a way to become a Super-DEE-Duper Saiyan!
— Vegeta, Dragon Ball Z Abridged
Bat: Come on, surviving ain't enough out here. I think what you really need is a sense of humor.
Ken: I don't even know what that is.
Ken: I don't even know what that is.
Cliff Grabowski: Honey, why did Darth Vader just deliver our groceries?
Chad Vader: The one you speak of is my brother. I am Chad Vader. I'm a manager at a grocery store. [cue Laugh Track] Why are they laughing?
Honey: Because Darth Vader is a dark serious imposing figure and when he does something silly or out of character, it's instantly funny.
Chad Vader: [wearing an apron and an oven mitt] I just made some cookies, would anyone like some? [Cliff and Honey starts laughing] What? What's so funny?
Chad Vader: The one you speak of is my brother. I am Chad Vader. I'm a manager at a grocery store. [cue Laugh Track] Why are they laughing?
Honey: Because Darth Vader is a dark serious imposing figure and when he does something silly or out of character, it's instantly funny.
Chad Vader: [wearing an apron and an oven mitt] I just made some cookies, would anyone like some? [Cliff and Honey starts laughing] What? What's so funny?
Western Animation
"Hello! This... is Mom Universe. Yes. The children are playing swords. Sorry, playing with swords. They're bleeding. Oh no, they are dead. Don't call again." [hangs up and gives the phone back to Connie] "Sorry. I panicked."
— Garnet (on the phone), Steven Universe, "Fusion Cuisine"
"Free comedy tip, Slick: the pie gag's only funny when the sap's got dignity." [sees Sideshow Bob] "Like that guy! Hey, Hal, pie-job for Lord Autumnbottom there!"
Jack: Optimus, you wanna see something funny?
Optimus: No.
Optimus: No.
Sokka: Are you happy now?!
Zuko: I'm never happy.
Zuko: I'm never happy.
Entrapta: No reason to get in a tizzy.
Hordak: I have never been "in a tizzy".
Hordak: I have never been "in a tizzy".
Real Life
"Even funnier than the man who has been made ridiculous, however, is the man who, having had something funny happen to him, refuses to admit that anything out of the way has happened, and attempts to maintain his dignity."
Dr. Strangelove's humor is generated by a basic comic principle: People trying to be funny are never as funny as people trying to be serious and failing. The laughs have to seem forced on unwilling characters by the logic of events. A man wearing a funny hat is not funny. But a man who doesn't know he's wearing a funny hat... ah, now you've got something. The characters in "Dr. Strangelove'' do not know their hats are funny.
— Roger Ebert, from his "Great Movies" essay on Dr. Strangelove; or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
"I'm never more serious than when joking."
"Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous."
— Vaclav Havel
"We take it seriously; some of us take it quite seriously. That itself is funny."
— Christopher Lam of Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo on the company's drag ballet performances
of Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo on the company's drag ballet performances