History CrossesTheLineTwice / LiveActionTV

* ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'' gives us the Doomsday video. The video itself is mostly tame, [[https://youtu.be/UC_gXD5OE88?t=3m44s until you get to humanity's blooper reel...]]

** To quote the show's host, Dara O'Breien: He hasn't merely crossed the line in the sand, but moved into arctic tundra regions so he can't even see the line in the sand.

** The "Sam Peckinpah's ''Salad Days''" sketch, which takes LudicrousGibs to even more ludicrous levels. Unsurprisingly, given it contains [[HighPressureBlood (literal) fountains of gore]] resulting from people getting dismembered, being impaled on tennis rackets and having their hands ripped off by a piano keyboard cover closing on them, it generated large numbers of complaints.

* A lot of Barney Stinson's womanizing on ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' relies on this: most of the "awesome" things he does are sometimes utterly despicable, usually incredibly lame, and almost always pretty pathetic, but he goes ''so'' far over the line and is [[MagnificentBastard so devoted to excellence in the field of being a terrible human being]] that he crosses back into CrazyAwesome.

* ''Series/WandaVision'': Sparky dying? Very sad. Agnes potentially killing him? Even worse. [[spoiler: Agatha]] bringing the Big Cruella Energy while cackling about how she killed Sparky? Hilarious!

* ''PodgeAndRodge''... Oh dear oh dear oh dear, ''PodgeAndRodge''. click [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-IfoVv1r2Q here]] to see them try to coax a coherent sentence out of Johnny Vegas.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O81aRaRwURM Robin Williams' appearance]] on the penultimate ''Series/TheTonightShow with Creator/ConanOBrien'', a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome that just happens to cross the line several times. If the crotch-grabbing and Tiger Woods marriage counselor joke weren't bad enough, irking Conan in the process, his Irish folk tune cranks it UpToEleven with Conan and Robin eventually ''doing the jig''.

* ''Series/{{Firefly}}''

** Then there’s Dougal. A stupid priest? Not funny. A priest who is so stupid that he can't tell the difference between 'small' and 'far away'? Hilarious.

'''Matt:''' It's called Quentin Tarantino's Hallmark Movie, "Turkey Won't Die." It's about a mortally wounded bird that will not die, ''even as it's being served.'' Did he find the premise realistic?... If [[{{Gorn}} geysers of blood are gushing out]], then I get the Tarantino joke, and [[BloodyHilarious it's funny]]. If it's just a ''realistic'' amount of blood, then it's... ''[[{{Squick}} extremely]]'' disturbing...

* ''Series/FrankieBoylesTramadolNights'' - The title was going to be "Deal With This, Retards" and has had a sketch of an Iranian Loose Women show… where they are all executed.

* The "Canteen Boy Goes Camping" sketch from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. Having a sketch about a scoutmaster molesting one of his Boy Scouts? DudeNotFunny Having a sketch about a scoutmaster molesting a 27-year-old who's still in Boy Scouts? Still kinda Squicky, but kinda funny. Airing this as part of a Valentine's Day episode? Elicits that kind of laughter where it's wrong, but you can't help it.

** In another episode, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson plays a MadScientist named [[TomTheDarkLord Roy]] who invents a child molesting robot with the hopes of winning an award for the world's most evil invention. [[EvenEvilHasStandards All the other mad scientists in the room]] [[RapeISASpecialKindOfEvil are appalled.]]

** Take Jack. An alcoholic Irish priest is merely an offensive stereotype. A priest so addicted to alcohol that he can tell a wine's vintage just from the clinking sound the bottle makes and will drink cleaning products if alcohol is not available - hilarious.
** Douglas: A stupid Irish priest - not funny. An Irish priest who is so stupid that he can't tell the difference between 'small' and 'far away' - hilarious.
** And, of course, Ted himself. Stealing money from orphans - not funny. Following up the revelation with a sequence showing him in a casino throwing the (stolen) money up in the air and laughing hysterically while surrounded by scantily clad showgirls? Hilarious.

* The characterisation in ''Series/FatherTed'' operates on this principle. An alcoholic Irish priest is merely an offensive stereotype. A priest so addicted to alcohol that he can tell a wine's vintage just from the clink and will drink toilet duck if alcohol is not available - hilarious. A stupid Irish priest - not funny. An Irish priest who is so stupid that he can't tell the difference between 'small' and 'far away' - hilarious.
** Similarly, stealing money from orphans - not funny. Following up the revelation with a sequence showing the title character in a casino throwing the (stolen) money up in the air and laughing hysterically while surrounded by scantily clad showgirls? Hilarious.

** In another episode, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson plays a MadScientist named [[TomTheDarkLord Roy]] who invents a child molesting robot with the hopes of winning an award for the world's most evil invention. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Everyone else in the room]] [[RapeISASpecialKindOfEvil is appalled.]]

'''Baroness Antarctica:''' We ''know'' what evil means!\\

* While [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-wwqW37-gg this "commercial"]] (from ''Series/TheITCrowd'') [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil starts out serious]] and rapidly shows its comedic underpinnings, the route it takes is a little questionable... up until the line "And then steal it ''again''," at which point it has properly crossed that second line.

** The Master gassing the Cabinet in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11TheSoundOfDrums The Sound of Drums]]". A blatant act of multiple murder, yes, but it has ''freakin' hilarious'' dialogue right before the actual killing.

** Even the Doctor gets in on this in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E7AmysChoice] Amy's Choice]]". Upon finding out Rory's ideal world is living in the world's most quiet (and boring as hell) neighborhood with people over 90, he asks in exasperation: ''How do you stave off the impulse for self harm?''

* In the ''Series/SanfordAndSon'' episode "A Guest In The Yard", the white homeless bum and freeloader Gus, when ordered by Sanford and Lamont (both of whom are black) to leave their property, threatens that he'll never contribute to the [[UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement NAACP]], which makes for a pretty JustForFun/{{egregious}} [[DisproportionateRetribution reaction]]. Fred fires back with the priceless response that he, in return, will never contribute to the ''[[UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan KKK]]''.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''
** The scene in the episode "Hush" where Buffy attempts to mime staking the Gentlemen and ends up miming another action entirely shocked the network, but they kept it in because it was just so damn funny.

* In the first episode of ''Series/RedDwarf'', Lister's shock at [[EverybodysDeadDave being the sole survivor]] goes from tragic to funny as he persists in asking about specific people, only to be told that yes, they were counted in "everybody". When he finally clues on to the idea that everybody is actually dead, Holly laments bringing him out of stasis in the first place.

** The whole "pretending Kaylee's dead" from the pilot which Simon sums up best:

** From a scene where Malcolm wins a duel with a truly obnoxious and stuck-up opponent that had it coming:

** The Master gassing the Cabinet. A blatant act of multiple murder, yes, but it has ''freakin' hilarious'' dialogue right before the actual killing.

** Even the Doctor gets in on this in "Amy's Choice". Upon finding out Rory's ideal world is living in the world's most quiet (and boring as hell) neighborhood with people over 90, he asks in exasperation: ''How do you stave off the impulse for self harm?''

** "We're not worried about French or Canadian terrorists because people there are rich and don't suffer." "People are poor and suffer in Russia, but I'M not worried about [[TooSoon Russian terrorists!"]]

-->'''Undertaker''': Look, we'll eat your mum. Then, if you feel a bit guilty about it afterwards, we can dig a grave and you can throw up into it.

-->'''Cleese''': Creator/GrahamChapman, co-author of the 'Parrot Sketch,' is no more. He has ceased to be, bereft of life, he rests in peace, he has kicked the bucket, hopped the twig, bit the dust, snuffed it, breathed his last, and gone to meet the Great Head of Light Entertainment in the sky. And I guess that we're all thinking how sad it is that a man of such talent, of such capability for kindness, for such unusual intelligence, a man who could overcome his alcoholism with such truly admirable single-mindedness, should now so suddenly be spirited away at the age of only forty-eight before he'd achieved many of the things in which he was capable, and before he'd had enough fun. Well, I feel that I should say: nonsense. Good riddance to him, the freeloading bastard, I hope he fries. And the reason I feel I should say this is he would never forgive me if I didn't. If I threw away this glorious opportunity to shock you all on his behalf. Anything, for him, except mindless good taste.

-->'''Simon''': That man's psychotic.\\

-->'''Malcolm''': Sure. It would be humiliating. Having to lie there while the better man refuses to spill your blood. Mercy is the mark of a great man. ''(lightly stabs him with sword)'' Guess I'm just a good man. ''(stabs him again)'' Well, I'm all right...

-->'''Blackadder''': They do say, Mrs Miggins, that verbal insults hurt more than physical pain. They are, of course, ''wrong'', as you will soon discover when I stick this toasting fork in your head.
-->'''Aunt Whiteadder''': Cold is God's way of telling you to burn more Catholics!

-->'''Hector''': I think it's a nice thing you're doing. Nicest thing I ever did for a girl was pull out.\\
'''Greg''': Hector...\\
'''Hector''': She has tandem parking, so after I'm there for a while, I have to pull out, which is such a pain 'cause it feels so great just to leave it in there. The worst is when it's all side of the street parking, 'cause then I have to park in the back. I don't get why there's a spot back there. It's so tight. It feels more like an exit. So then I'm going front, back, front, back... and it's all dirty in the back, so when I move it to the front, then that gets all dirty. I'm just happy I have a spot at all... 'cause I used to have to pay.

-->'''Silky Johnson:''' (''After delivering a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the slave master'') -But the point is, is that in the future, all black people are gonna be free!!
-->'''Slave:''' When's ''we'' gonna be free?
-->'''Silky:''' That is a ''good'' question, my man! (''{{beat}}'') [[BondOneLiner How about now-ish?]]
-->(''Silky shoots the slave master'')

--> '''Danny''': He didn't think it was realistic.
--> '''Matt''': The prop guy?
--> '''Danny''': Yeah.
--> '''Matt''': It's called Quentin Tarantino's Hallmark Movie, "Turkey Won't Die." It's about a mortally wounded bird that will not die, ''even as it's being served.'' Did he find the premise realistic?... If [[{{Gorn}} geysers of blood are gushing out]], then I get the Tarantino joke, and [[BloodyHilarious it's funny]]. If it's just a ''realistic'' amount of blood, then it's... ''[[{{Squick}} extremely]]'' disturbing...

-->'''Britta''': You guys realize he was ''beaten to death'', right?\\
'''Shirley''': That's where we got the idea from.

--> '''Ted:''' I can't decide whether to be thoroughly disgusted or really, really impressed.

-->'''Barney:''' I mean, at one point I'm pretty sure I sold a woman. I didn't speak the language, but I shook a guy's hand, he gave me the keys to a Mercedes, and I left her there.

-->'''Niles:''' ''(playing Frasier)'' Now, I want you to contribute, but only up to a point.
-->'''Frasier:''' ''(playing Mary)'' So you want me to stay in my place, ''Massa''?!
-->'''Niles:''' She's not going to say "massa".
-->'''Frasier:''' What, am I gettin' too uppity for you? You sherry swillin', opera lovin', Armani wearin' elitist? You have ''no idea'' how difficult it is for a ''black woman'' in a ''white man's world''!
-->'''Niles:''' Frasier--
-->'''Frasier:''' ''(practically snapping his fingers)'' I DON'T THINK SO!

--> '''Tilly:''' You guys, this is so fucking cool! ''({{beat}})'' I'm so sorry...\\

** In another episode, Dwayne Johnson plays a MadScientist named [[TomTheDarkLord Roy]] who invents a child molesting robot with the hopes of winning an award for the world's most evil invention. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Everyone else in the room]] [[RapeISASpecialKindOfEvil is appalled.]]

---> Member: How do you invent a child molesting robot?
---> Roy: Well that's a great question, what you do is you start by building a regular robot, then you molest it and hope it continues the cycle.

* Frankie Boyle on ''Series/MockTheWeek''. There's no point in listing examples, if he's drawn breath chances are he's crossed the line a few dozen times.

* ''Series/TheChasersWarOnEverything'' usually crosses the line just once, but one particular episode crossed it twice. In a skit, it showed the Ku Klux Klan wearing pink robes to support breast cancer awareness. One klansman says that ''his'' pink robes were accidental, and was due to something red getting in the wash, and adds that "it's just another reason why you should never mix coloreds with whites!"

** A notorious sketch from one of the Creator/JohnGoodman episodes was probably aiming for this trope but instead crash-landed (quite literally) in NightmareFuel territory. Happy tourists on a plane to Hawaii are [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant (cheerfully)]] informed by the pilot that there is a vicious king cobra loose on the plane. Then, a few seconds later, he announces that the cobra is only on ''one'' side of the aisle, so the passengers on the other side don't have to worry. ''Then'' he announces that there are now ''twelve'' cobras on the plane, but that one side has seven cobras while the other side only has five. This is followed by [[HellIsThatNoise the most ghoulish and terrifying hissing imaginable]], which then yields to people screaming in pain and terror as [[NothingIsScarier the still-invisible cobras begin to strike]]. Only then do the cobras make their appearance, and they are [[EvilAlbino freakishly albino]] and have [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing red eyes]]; the fact that they are obviously puppets is apparently supposed to make them comical, but instead it creates a plunge straight into the UncannyValley. To make matters worse, the main characters have to remain ''absolutely still'' so that the cobras looming over them aren't provoked to bite them...''[[AndIMustScream for several hours]]''. By the time their flight is even remotely close to Hawaii, their bodies are literally gushing sweat. Finally, one of the cobras make its way into the cockpit and bites the pilot...and the venom for some reason warps his mind, making him psychotic and causing him to imagine that an [[MagicalNativeAmerican "old Indian"]] is appearing before him in the ocean, beckoning him on. He steers the plane straight down toward the water and creates a fiery collision, killing himself and everyone else on board who was still alive (including the cobras, of course, not that that did any good). As the flames surge toward the TV screen, a ''gigantic'' albino cobra puppet with a woman's voice [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou appears right in the face of the viewers]] and [[FauxAffablyEvil gloats, laughs and tells jokes about what just occurred]] in her hissy voice. And as if all this weren't grisly enough, this was the very last sketch of the evening's program, which goes off the air at one o'clock in the morning. [[ParanoiaFuel No doubt countless herpetophobes checked very carefully under their beds before retiring that night]].