Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Main / Irony

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Spelling/grammar fix(es)
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Spelling/grammar fix(es)


* [[Irony/LiveActionFilm Film - Live Action]]

to:

* [[Irony/LiveActionFilm Film - Live Action]]Films -- Live-Action]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** Beacon Academy is a prestigious HunterOfMonsters WizardingSchool where many of the world's best and brightest go to learn to become Huntsmen and Huntresses. [[spoiler:At the end of Volume 3, the school is destroyed and through Ruby's TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening, a giant draconic Grimm is frozen perched atop the tower of Beacon, turning the school in a ''beacon'' for hordes of monsters camped right outside the city limits.]]
** When Jaune first attended Beacon, he put on the personality of a smooth CasanovaWannabe that ''everybody'' saw through immediately. His attempts at flirting with girls were dismissed as annoying and embarrassing, all except for his partner Pyrrha [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan who was genuinely attracted to his humble]] NiceGuy nature... and he never realized until it was too late to return her feelings. Fast forward to Volume 7 where he takes up his first job as a professional Huntsman by protecting children on their way to school, and all the young mothers find ''him'' attractive and try to flirt with him, but he just finds all the female attention awkward and embarrassing. [[spoiler:And in Volume 9, his old crush Weiss (who originally thought very little of him) is left practically ''purring'' at a more mature post-TimeSkip version of him, but he's too [[GoMadFromTheIsolation traumatized by years of isolation]] to care a jot about romance.]]
** Watts has spent Volume 7 carefully manipulating technology to ensure he and Tyrian can't be captured on any security footage and refusing to allow Tyrian to have a single base of operations because it increases the chances of them getting caught. He is eventually captured on camera by going to the one place he never expected to be filmed. [[spoiler:When he visits Schnee Manor to pull Jacques into his plotting, their entire discussion is captured on hidden cameras that Jacques' abused wife Willow has secretly placed in every room of the house to collect evidence of his illicit activities.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** In ''[[Recap/CastleS1E4HellHathNoFury Hell Hath No Fury]]'', Castle comments that it's always the "family-oriented" politicians who get caught in scandals because "the universe loves irony, and because most people are hypocrites".
** In ''[[Recap/CastleS2E3InventingTheGirl Inventing The Girl]]'', Beckett gives the murderer, who had killed his wife out of a mistaken belief she was cheating on him, a recording of his wife crying and only wanting to return to her husband in her last moments. He did not take it well.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''{{Series/Castle}}'': People misusing this trope appears to be something of a minor BerserkButton for Richard (not entirely surprisingly, seeing as he's a novelist). In one episode, they are interviewing a patient of the victim (a shrink) who is commenting on how ironic it is that she is now dead and is not available to help him. Castle points out that this isn't ironic, just tragic: It would be ironic if her death made him feel better.

to:

* ''{{Series/Castle}}'': ''{{Series/Castle|2009}}'': People misusing this trope appears to be something of a minor BerserkButton for Richard (not entirely surprisingly, seeing as he's a novelist). In one episode, they are interviewing a patient of the victim (a shrink) who is commenting on how ironic it is that she is now dead and is not available to help him. Castle points out that this isn't ironic, just tragic: It would be ironic if her death made him feel better.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Just realised that this shouldn't even be here. This is for examples that spoof the incorrect use of irony, with genuine examples going on the Web Original sub-page. All these RWBY examples are already on the subpage and shouldn't be here.


* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** Beacon Academy is a metaphorical beacon of hope that trains Huntsmen to defend humanity from the monstrous Grimm. [[spoiler:Beacon is destroyed by the villains at the end of Volume 3, resulting in Ruby's TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening leaving a gigantic Grimm dragon frozen at the top of the broken tower. The dragon is now a literal beacon to Grimm, who travel there in great numbers to camp on the outskirts of the city and prevent the Huntsmen from retaking the school.]]
** When Jaune Arc first joins Beacon, he puts on a cool CasanovaWannabe act that almost nobody at the Academy takes seriously and his clumsy flirting is soundly rejected by Weiss. The one girl who does fall for him is someone he never flirts with because he doesn't realise her feelings for him until it's too late. In Volume 7, Jaune's first job as a Huntsman is protecting schoolchildren; the mothers constantly flirt with him, with one mother obsessively forcing him to accept home cooking from her whenever she sees him; he finds their attention as awkward and unwelcome as Weiss used to find his.

Added: 2337

Removed: 2158

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Creating correct namespace folder and making the RVB entry less ZCE as quotes are not examples.


[[folder:Web Animation]]
* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'': This is [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] at length in the second season when both the Red and Blue Teams are forced by circumstance to [[EnemyMine team up]] to defeat a bigger enemy. Every character brings a different definition of irony, resulting in a two hour argument before they agree that the situation isn't ironic at all.
--> '''[[LazyBum Grif]]:''' So now we're forced to work together. How ironic.\\
'''[[InsufferableGenius Simmons]]:''' No, that's not ironic. Ironic would be if we had to work together to hurt each other.\\
'''[[TheDitz Donut]]:''' No. Ironic would be instead of that guy kidnapping Lopez, Lopez kidnapped him.\\
'''[[DrillSergeantNasty Sarge]]:''' I think it would be ironic if our guns didn't shoot bullets, but instead squirted a healing salve that cured all wounds.\\
'''[[CloudCuckoolander Caboose]]:''' I think it would be ironic if everyone was made of iron.\\
''[[GilliganCut *two hours later*]]''\\
'''[[OnlySaneMan Church]]:''' Okay. We all agree that while the current situation is ''not'' totally ironic, the fact that we have to work together is odd in an unexpected way that defies our normal circumstances. Is everyone happy with that?
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** Beacon Academy is a metaphorical beacon of hope that trains Huntsmen to defend humanity from the monstrous Grimm. [[spoiler:Beacon is destroyed by the villains at the end of Volume 3, resulting in Ruby's TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening leaving a gigantic Grimm dragon frozen at the top of the broken tower. The dragon is now a literal beacon to Grimm, who travel there in great numbers to camp on the outskirts of the city and prevent the Huntsmen from retaking the school.]]
** When Jaune Arc first joins Beacon, he puts on a cool CasanovaWannabe act that almost nobody at the Academy takes seriously and his clumsy flirting is soundly rejected by Weiss. The one girl who does fall for him is someone he never flirts with because he doesn't realise her feelings for him until it's too late. In Volume 7, Jaune's first job as a Huntsman is protecting schoolchildren; the mothers constantly flirt with him, with one mother obsessively forcing him to accept home cooking from her whenever she sees him; he finds their attention as awkward and unwelcome as Weiss used to find his.
[[/folder]]



* This is [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] at length in the second season of ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'', when both the Red and Blue Teams are forced by circumstance to [[EnemyMine team up to defeat a bigger enemy.]]
--> '''[[LazyBum Grif]]:''' So now we're forced to work together. How ironic.\\
'''[[InsufferableGenius Simmons]]:''' No, that's not ironic. Ironic would be if we had to work together to hurt each other.\\
'''[[TheDitz Donut]]:''' No. Ironic would be instead of that guy kidnapping Lopez, Lopez kidnapped him.\\
'''[[DrillSergeantNasty Sarge]]:''' I think it would be ironic if our guns didn't shoot bullets, but instead squirted a healing salve that cured all wounds.\\
'''[[CloudCuckoolander Caboose]]:''' I think it would be ironic if everyone was made of iron.\\
''[[GilliganCut *two hours later*]]''\\
'''[[OnlySaneMan Church]]:''' Okay. We all agree that while the current situation is ''not'' totally ironic, the fact that we have to work together is odd in an unexpected way that defies our normal circumstances. Is everyone happy with that?
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** Beacon Academy is a metaphorical beacon of hope that trains Huntsmen to defend humanity from the monstrous Grimm. [[spoiler:Beacon is destroyed by the villains at the end of Volume 3, resulting in Ruby's TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening leaving a gigantic Grimm dragon frozen at the top of the broken tower. The dragon is now a literal beacon to Grimm, who travel there in great numbers to camp on the outskirts of the city and prevent the Huntsmen from retaking the school.]]
** When Jaune Arc first joins Beacon, he puts on a cool CasanovaWannabe act that almost nobody at the Academy takes seriously and his clumsy flirting is soundly rejected by Weiss. The one girl who does fall for him is someone he never flirts with because he doesn't realise her feelings for him until it's too late. In Volume 7, Jaune's first job as a Huntsman is protecting schoolchildren; the mothers constantly flirt with him, with one mother obsessively forcing him to accept home cooking from her whenever she sees him; he finds their attention as awkward and unwelcome as Weiss used to find his.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Cleaning up spelling and grammar.


** Beacon Academy is a metaphorical beacon of hope where the Huntsmen and Huntresses, the defenders of humanity, undergo their training to fight the monstrous Grimm. [[spoiler:Beacon is destroyed through the actions of Cinder Fall at the end of Volume 3, and Ruby's TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening leaves a gigantic Grimm dragon frozen at the top of the broken tower. The dragom is now a literal beacon to Grimm who come from far and wide, in such vast numbers that the Huntsmen and Huntresses will have an extremely difficult time retaking it, and ensuring that a horde of monsters remains at the city's walls.]]
** When Jaune Arc first joins Beacon, he puts on a cool CasanovaWannabe act that almost nobody at the Academy takes seriously, and his clumsy flirting is roundly rejected except for one girl who [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan genuinely held feelings for his real persona]] but he didn't notice until it was too late. In Volume 7, Jaune's first job as a Huntsman is protecting schoolchildren and as such [[ChickMagnet he's a hit with the mothers]], [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor but he finds their attention awkward and distracting]].

to:

** Beacon Academy is a metaphorical beacon of hope where the that trains Huntsmen and Huntresses, the defenders of humanity, undergo their training to fight defend humanity from the monstrous Grimm. [[spoiler:Beacon is destroyed through by the actions of Cinder Fall villains at the end of Volume 3, and resulting in Ruby's TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening leaves leaving a gigantic Grimm dragon frozen at the top of the broken tower. The dragom dragon is now a literal beacon to Grimm Grimm, who come from far and wide, travel there in such vast great numbers that to camp on the outskirts of the city and prevent the Huntsmen and Huntresses will have an extremely difficult time from retaking it, and ensuring that a horde of monsters remains at the city's walls.school.]]
** When Jaune Arc first joins Beacon, he puts on a cool CasanovaWannabe act that almost nobody at the Academy takes seriously, seriously and his clumsy flirting is roundly soundly rejected except for by Weiss. The one girl who [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan genuinely held does fall for him is someone he never flirts with because he doesn't realise her feelings for his real persona]] but he didn't notice him until it was it's too late. In Volume 7, Jaune's first job as a Huntsman is protecting schoolchildren and as such [[ChickMagnet he's a hit schoolchildren; the mothers constantly flirt with the mothers]], [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor but him, with one mother obsessively forcing him to accept home cooking from her whenever she sees him; he finds their attention as awkward and distracting]].unwelcome as Weiss used to find his.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


[[folder:Lets Play]]
* Happens multiple times in ''LetsPlay/SkyblockButEvery30SecondsARandomItemSpawns'':
** After Wilbur's fish Milo dies, what's the next item he gets? Another fish.
** Wilbur spawns a rabbit in the second episode. It doesn't move and Wilbur says he's "being quite safe." Immediately after saying that, the rabbit jumps to its death.
[[/folder]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
As discussed in the Trope Description thread, this is needlessly bashy and not really even funny—it's riffing on a song nearly 30 years old.


* It is [[IsntItIronic not something]] Music/AlanisMorissette understands.[[note]]But isn't that ironic... don't you think?[[/note]]

to:

* It is [[IsntItIronic not something]] Music/AlanisMorissette understands.[[note]]But isn't that ironic... don't you think?[[/note]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Linking page to be made soon (Bo Boi Boy Movie 2) (+ this only happens in that comic, not the movie)

Added DiffLines:

* In the comic adaptation ''Animation/BoBoiBoyMovie2 - Evolusi Kuasa'', an amnesiac Adu Du spends most of the story preparing to rescue Ayu Yu, who he believes to be his wife. She rebuffs his affections with a strike to the head that restores his memories. Once she tries to avoid arrest by claiming herself to be Adu Du's wife, he has no recollection of or feelings for her.

Changed: 419

Removed: 507

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
The quote was referring to a suspect confusing "you're" and "your", not anything to do with irony.


* ''{{Series/Castle}}'':
** People misusing this trope appears to be something of a minor BerserkButton for Richard (not entirely surprisingly, seeing as he's a novelist).
--->'''Castle:''' Whoever killed her also murdered the English language.
** In one episode, they are interviewing a patient of the victim (a shrink) who is commenting on how ironic it is that she is now dead and is not available to help him. Castle points out that this isn't ironic, it would be ironic if her death made him feel better, it is actually just sad.

to:

* ''{{Series/Castle}}'':
**
''{{Series/Castle}}'': People misusing this trope appears to be something of a minor BerserkButton for Richard (not entirely surprisingly, seeing as he's a novelist).
--->'''Castle:''' Whoever killed her also murdered the English language.
**
novelist). In one episode, they are interviewing a patient of the victim (a shrink) who is commenting on how ironic it is that she is now dead and is not available to help him. Castle points out that this isn't ironic, it just tragic: It would be ironic if her death made him feel better, it is actually just sad.better.

Top