History Main / Absurdism

* * ''{{Series/Nightingales}}'' - A {{Britcom}} heavily inspired by - and contains several shout-outs to - the movement.

* * ''{{Series/Nightingales}}'' - A Britcom inspired by - and contains several ShoutOuts - to the movement.

* ''{{WebVideo/Sexy Pokemon}}'' - a surreal satire-comedy web series that consists of trashy humor with fanart of heavily sexualized characters from the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' franchise.

Absurdist philosophy is very closely related to UsefulNotes/{{Existentialism}} (and, by extension, characters that are TheAntiNihilist). Compare and contrast {{Surrealism}}; both movements emerged in the wake of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and are stylistically similar, but whereas absurdism is all about [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic embracing meaninglessness]], surrealism is [[WorldOfSymbolism packed with meaning.]] See also UsefulNotes/{{Dada}}, which was an even more nihilist reaction to World War I. Compare ExistentialHorror, which plays this trope for, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin horror]] rather than comedy (though there can easily be overlap).

* ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' - One of the rare animated examples (and one of the most recent), encompassing the great obstructive institutions in Hollywoo[[SignsOfDisrepair (d)]], the lies beneath the archetypes and plots in fiction and the suffocating, unbearable pain of everyday life when everything is artificial. In other words, [[BlackComedy an absolute riot]].

* ''{{Theatre/Company}}'' is one of relatively few musicals to show the influence of Absurdism.

* AllForNothing

* ShaggyDogStory

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Most people (read:everyone who isn't too proud to admit it) will tell you most Absurdist works make no goddamn sense. Then again, that's the point.

* Music/SamShepard's plays tend to be borderline examples.[[/index]]

* ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' - One of the rare animated examples (and one of the most recent), encompassing the great obstructive institutions in Hollywoo[[SignsOfDisrepair (d)]], the lies beneath the archetypes and plots in fiction and the suffocating, unbearable pain of everyday life when everything is artificial. In other words, [[BlackComedy an absolute riot]].

* {{WebVideo/Sexy Pokemon}} - a surreal satire-comedy web series that consists of trashy humor with fanart of heavily sexualized characters from the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/Pokemon Pokémon]] franchise.

'''Estragon:''' Give me a carrot. ''[Vladmir rummages in his pockets, takes out a turnip and gives it to Estragon, who takes a bite out of it]'' It's a turnip!\\

Absurdist philosophy is very closely related to UsefulNotes/{{Existentialism}} (and, by extension, characters that are TheAntiNihilist). Compare and contrast {{Surrealism}}; both movements emerged in the wake of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and are stylistically similar, but whereas absurdism is all about [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic embracing meaninglessness]], surrealism is [[WorldOfSymbolism packed with meaning.]] See also UsefulNotes/{{Dada}}, which was an even more nihilist reaction to World War I. Compare ExistentialHorror, which plays this trope for, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin horror]] rather than comedy.

* {{WebSeries/Sexy Pokemon}} - a surreal satire-comedy web series that consists of trashy humor with fanart of heavily sexualized characters from the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/Pokemon Pokémon]] franchise.

* {{WebSeries/Sexy Pokemon}} -A surreal satire-comedy web series that consists of trashy humor with fanart of heavily sexualized characters from the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/Pokemon Pokémon]] franchise.

->'''Vladmir:''' Do you want a carrot?\\

'''Vladmir:''' I might have some turnips.\\

'''Vladmir:''' Oh pardon! I could have sworn it was a carrot.

* ''Topdog/Underdog''

'''Estragon:''' Give me a carrot. (''Vladmir rummages in his pockets, takes out a turnip and gives it to Estragon, who takes a bite out of it'') It's a turnip!\\

-->-- '''Samuel Beckett''', ''Theatre/WaitingForGodot''