History Main / HilarityEnsues

* In ''LightNovel/KokoroConnect'' after Taichi and Yui [[FreakyFridayFlip personality swap]], [[spoiler:after finding out that Yui has an extreme case of [[DoesNotLikeMen androphobia]] due to her almost getting raped,]] Taichi kicks Yui in the balls to show [[spoiler:her]] how to disable any man. This drops Yui to the ground in pain as [[spoiler:she]] wonders why it hurts so much. After the GroinAttack, Taichi says that is all it takes. Taichi continues to talk for a few seconds until Hilarity Ensueswhen he is interrupted suddenly and [[spoiler:finds himself in his original body on the ground in pain from sore, freshly kicked, nuts.]]

--> '''Charlotte''' (cheerfully): [[http://yafgc.net/?id=1825 ...sounds]] like ''great'' fun!
--> '''Lucas''' (thinks): I'm in a room with the end of the world!
* ''Webcomic/TheStupiders'' - In fact, it says so right on the [[http://www.stupiders.com website's homepage!]]. You can't get anymore straight forward then that!

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* In ''VideoGame/DreamfallChapters'', if Zoë decidd not to return to school, she will work for Mira and eventuall ybe tasked with taking [[ItMakesAsMuchSenseInContext Shitbot out for a walk]], testing out all of its features to see what it's good at. Naturally, Shitbot comically fails every single task - which will most likely leave the player with a cracked rib if they hold back their laughter.

* So, a guy suddenly breaks up with his girlfriend and is force (along with the others in his apartment) into the dangerous, violent world of male prostitution in {{Manwhores}}. Somehow, Hilarity Ensues.

* A lot of times, little kids manage to pull this off. When a three-year-old calls Uncle Bob fat or says that Grandpa sure has a lot of gray in his hair, it tends to be kind of funny. When ''you'' do it, expect to get a lot of {{death glare}}s aimed your way.

* What happens when you assign a class of untrained, inexperienced, ADHD-afflicted ten-year-old kids to pilot and monitor a [[Anime/ZettaiMutekiRaijinOh giant robot capable of untold destruction]] when placed in the wrong hands? Hilarity!

** Moe gets on a soap opera, only to be led to think his character will be killed off. He decides to have Homer spoil the future plot events on live broadcast. All the plot summaries written seem to end with "...with sexy results".

** In the episode "Marge on the Lam", Homer ensures the kids that if a burglar comes, [[Film/HomeAlone it will be a very amusing and hilarious situation]].

* "Hilarity ensues" is a good way to describe what happens when Orks go to war in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' because, to the Orks, it really is hilarious -- they're having a great time, and the bigger the stuff they blow up, the more fun it is. To say that everyone else in the galaxy does not reciprocate the Orks' feelings on warfare and Ork invasions would be an understatement. For another perspective, an Ork Waaagh!, or campaign, is referred to in the background as a mix between a [[CrazyAwesome holy war and a pub crawl.]]

NotToBeConfusedWith the {{webcomic}} ''Webcomic/HijinksEnsue''. Or with HumanityEnsues. When something serious happens and it's not played for laughs, you may end up with RealityEnsues. If the aforementioned hilarity is a lawsuit, it may be a case of HilaritySues. ''Not'' a form of MarySue.

Alleged consequence of any event that could be dangerous or illegal often leads to injury, arrest, job dismissal, explusion from school, deportation, or other dire consequences. Thankfully for our fictional friends, both the RuleOfCool and the RuleOfFunny keep them safe (the latter more prominently).

Variants include "...with hilarious consequences" (more common in the UK), "wackiness ensues", and "hijinks ensue." In extreme cases "wacky hijinks ensue." Hijinks are often "aplenty." Compare SillinessSwitch, when the hilarity is a choice in an otherwise serious medium.

NotToBeConfusedWith the {{webcomic}} ''Webcomic/HijinksEnsue''. Or with HumanityEnsues. When something serious happens and it's not played for laughs, you may end up with RealityEnsues. If the aforementioned hilarity is a lawsuit, it may be a case of HilaritySues.

-->'''Jeff''': "If you're lying to me, if my father isn't coming, if a car pulls up and anyone other than my father steps out, say an actor or you in a wig, if you pull any Ferris Bueller, Parent Trap, Three's Company, FX, [=FX=]2: the Deadly Art of Illusion bull... I will beat you. And there will be nothing madcap or wacky about it."

* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': Although it's not mentioned, John meeting Sherlock leads to well...you know....''[[WeirdnessMagnet crazy]]''situations.

* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': Although it's not mentioned, John meeting Sherlock leads to well...you know....''[[WeirdnessMagnent crazy]]''situations.

* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': Although it's not mentioned, John meeting Sherlock leads to well...you know....''[[WeridnessMagnent crazy]]''situations.

* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': Although it's not mentioned, John meeting Sherlock leads to well...you know....''[[WeridnessMagnet crazy]]''situations.

* ''Series/{{Sherlock''}}: Although it's not mentioned, John meeting Sherlock leads to well...you know....''[[WeridnessMagnet crazy'']]situations.

* CardsAgainstHumanity. Need I say more.

* ''VideoGame/{{Magicka}}'' oh so much. Easily accessed nuke spells, no mana bar, squishy player characters, and friendly fire? Check, check, check, and check. Seriously. Go watch the LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}}'s Simon and Lewis and [[Creator/TheCynicalBrit TotalBiscuit]] play Magicka together. Half the hilarity is from watching them kill one another. Both on purpose AND by accident. And a majority of the deaths are Simon's fault.

* Web Author [[http://www.tuckermax.com Tucker Max]] uses "hilarity ensues" in the titles of his short stories on occasion, e.g. "Tucker ruptures appendix, hilarity ensues". Or "Tucker fucks fat girl, hilarity ensues". Also used in inverted form once, with the story, "Tucker tries buttsex; Hilarity does not ensue."

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Virtually everything that Peter Griffin and/or Glen Quagmire do. This has involved everything from Peter physically abusing both Lois and Meg viciously, and Quagmire inviting teen-aged girls to his house to the two scheming to burn down Goldman's Pharmacy to help him collect an insurance payment, Peter burning down a black man's house and Peter (and Joe, a '''''[[DirtyCop POLICE OFFICER!]]''''') shooting at Goldman (a Jewish man), just for the fun of it. There have also been wild shootouts that Peter and Quagmire have helped instigate that resulted in mass destruction and injury. Each of these scenes -- and many more -- pass for comedy when in real life all of this would result in prison.

Alleged consequence of any event in a SitCom or cartoon which in the real world would result in hospitalization, [[HilaritySues a lawsuit]], or dismissal from one's job, at the very least, up to and including possible imprisonment or death. Thankfully for our fictional friends, both the RuleOfCool and the RuleOfFunny keep them safe (the latter more prominently).