History Main / Irony

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* On the ''Series/{{QI}}'' episode "Imbroglio", one of the "I"-topics discussed is irony: the different types and the ways the word tends to be misused.

::Later in "Imbroglio", guest John Bishop finds it ironic that fellow guest Frank Skinner's song "Three Lions" -- about England's one World Cup victory over Germany -- became a top 100 hit in Germany.

** Later in "Imbroglio", guest John Bishop finds it ironic that fellow guest Frank Skinner's song "Three Lions" -- about England's one World Cup victory over Germany -- became a top 100 hit in Germany.

* ''Series/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance'': Tragic example. Deet is a Friend to All Living Things, and the sweetest and gentlest of the main characters. By absorbing the Darkening to save her friends, she becomes a Walking Wasteland that will rot any living thing she comes in contact with.

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* ''ComicBook/BePrepared'': Vera begged her mom to send her and her brother to [=ORRA=], while Phillip wanted to stay home for summer. When they get there, however, Vera has a miserable time, while Phillip takes to it like a duck to water. [[spoiler:Then Phillip admits that the kids at [=ORRA=] could get very nasty to him.]]
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Take the [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney version]] of ''Disney/SleepingBeauty''. Prince Phillip meets Briar Rose, but neither of them knows that other is royalty (and [[RagsToRoyalty Briar Rose doesn't even know she is, herself]]). The Prince's father is horrified to learn that Phillip wants to marry a commoner, and it seems as though they can't be together, but we know who Briar Rose really is, so we know that they can.\\

* ''WesternAnimationDuckTales2017'':
** Each of Scrooge's traits that the triplets expressed admiration for in the first episode become sources of anger towards him upon learning [[spoiler:the truth of Della's disappearance]]:
*** Dewey, who looks up to Scrooge for his daring and adventurous personality, is furious that [[spoiler:Scrooge built the incredibly dangerous rocket Della took to outer space.]]
*** Huey, who admires Scrooge's intelligence and wisdom, can't believe Scrooge didn't account for [[spoiler:the dangerous variables of the cosmic storm and order Della to turn back instead of trying to guide her through it (although given Scrooge's comment that she was stubborn, it's implied he did try to talk her down only to be ignored).]]
*** Louie, who always held Scrooge's vast fortune and Pooled Funds in esteem, lashes out at him for seemingly not using them to fund [[spoiler:more ships to go up to space and find her (though it turns out Scrooge actually did do this).]]
*** A double dose of irony shows up at the end as the flashback showed [[spoiler:all three were wrong to lash out at him; Scrooge spared no expense and sent entire fleets up into space to look for Della, sitting by mission control the entire time. He had to be physically dragged away screaming and kicking by his board members when he nearly bankrupt himself and the company.]] And he doesn't get to tell this to the boys due to his anger.
** Hummingbirds are known for being hyper, due to their diet of sugars. [[TheStoic Violet]] is easily one of the least hyper characters in the show.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[PaperCutsRock Fire fights back.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Fire fights back.]]

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' supporting character and the third incarnation of ComicBook/TheSpectre, Crispus Allen has two ironies: the first being he loathes Bruce Wayne, but likes Batman, and the second being the person who killed him (thus how he became the third Spectre) shares the name of the original Spectre, "Jim Corrigan".

* [[SemperFi The US Marine Corps]] stole the tune to "The Marines' Hymn" from the Creator/JacquesOffenbach operetta "Genevieve de Brabant", more specifically the Gendarmes' Duet, which is an IAmSong for two humorously cowardly and hilariously [[DirtyCop corrupt]] rural policemen.

Irony can ''overlap'' with those, but just by themselves, they are not irony. This is where the confusion of the meaning of the word usually starts. People try to [[SquarePegRoundTrope apply it where it doesn't belong]]. It's rather common in fiction for [[DudeNotIronic one person to correct another who has incorrectly used the term]].

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

* This is [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] at length in season two of Machinima/RedVsBlue, when both the Red and Blue teams are forced by circumstance to [[EnemyMine team up to defeat a bigger enemy.]]
--> '''[[DeadpanSnarker Grif]]:''' So now we're forced to work together. How ironic.\\
'''[[TheSmartGuy Simmons]]:''' No, that's not ironic. Ironic would be if we had to work together to hurt each other.\\

'''[[CloudCuckoolander Sarge]]:''' I think it would be ironic if our guns didn't shoot bullets, but instead squirted a healing salve that cured all wounds.\\
'''[[TheDitz Caboose]]:''' I think it would be ironic if everyone was made of iron.\\

'''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?

-->--'''''Webcomic/SurvivingTheWorld'', [[http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson618.html Lesson 618]]'''

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* People with UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome are sometimes accused of having no sense of humour, but in fact irony is the type of humour they are most likely to use - which is ironic because the target of their marvellous sense of humour won't actually get the joke, because that's irony for you, so they think it's not actually funny...
* [[https://squirrellygirlart.tumblr.com/post/174597920034/catchymemes-ironic-moments-dump These]] posts.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' Despite it being implied he was TheUnfavorite to his father Azulon, Ozai is the son who is most like his father, both being AbusiveParents and the most powerful benders in the world. And both, despite being strong leaders, don't care for the people of their nation, being more interested in taking over the world.