History Main / JokeAndReceive

* In the ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' novel ''The Twelve Thefts of Christmas'' by Tim Majors, Holmes has been challenged to a sort of PuzzleHunt by Irene Adler, with the theme of thefts that aren't really thefts. Dr Watson thinks Holmes is too obsessed with this, especially when he has an actual client. When Holmes starts deconstructing the ''Times'' crossword for anything that might be relevent, Watson says he's seeing patterns where none are there, and that in his current state he could probably just as easily derive something from the headline opposite. Then he realises the headline opposite is about a river that was mysteriously drained of water.

** A customer pays for a $70 purchase with 70 single-dollar bills; the cashier jokingly asks if the customer is a stripper, and is surprised by the "yes" answer.

* A very, ''very'' bleak example happens at the end of ''ComicBook/MyFriendDahmer'', a comic book memoir written by a former classmate of [[SerialKiller Jefferey Dahmer]]. When discussing with his high school friends where they think their old classmates have ended up, Derf comments, "Dahmer's probably a serial killer by now."

* In ''ComicBook/{{Tomboy}}'', Jessica asks Addison (who has been killing people involved with the corrupt Trent company) why she's been avoiding her. Owen proposes that "Maybe Addison is secretly the vigilante and she can't have you cramping her murder scenes." The girls yell at him, "Don't even joke about that!"

** In "LP Mario 64...very slowly", the duo joke about what would have happened if the UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 really was as slow as the [=LPer's=] emulator made it look like. One of their remarks is how it had state of the art graphics and only 2 MB of RAM. This isn't very far off from the truth -- the N64 had 4 MB of RAM without the expansion pack, yes, but it used high latency Rambus DRAM which made it a huge bottleneck on the system.

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': After a hard battle against the Orcs, Ontamo teasingly asks Isildur what he thinks of his first experience in Middle-earth until then, knowing of Isildur's life-long desire to see Middle-earth one day. Isildur answers that he likes the mountains in a deadpan tone. Valandil, hearing their conversation snarkily adds they are about to get closer to them, because Galadriel plans to organize a company to hunt down the remaining Orcs. Minutes later, Orodruin erupts.

'''Frey:''' Well, at least it wasn't the Queen's Midtown Tunnel. That would've been an awful last name.

** In their Wrongpurae of ''Surgical Strike'', due to the excessive amount of explosions in the game, guest riffer Mr. DJB jokes that "it'd be great if these beach girls just started exploding"... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5Gk6c9SmOU&t=17m16s which they promptly do]].

* During LetsPlay/SnapCube[='s=] WebVideo/RealTimeFanDub of ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', Alfred, who had never played the game before, has Dr. Eggman interrupt Sonic's first battle with Shadow by declaring he's about to blow up Prison Island with the two of them still on it. Once the cutscene ends, both Ryan and Penny break character to point out that the island really is about to blow up, and that Eggman was actually telling Shadow about it in the original scene. Sure enough, the very next shot is of Prison Island exploding, prompting an ''"OH MY GOD, I DIDN'T '''KNOW!'''"'' from Alfred.

** "Inca Mummy Girl": After the gang notices that someone went missing during their school trip to the museum, they start joking about one of the exhibits coming to life and attacking him - before realizing that that's not at all outlandish compared to everything else they've been through.

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': After a hard battle against the Orcs, Ontamo teasingly asks Isildur what he thinks of his first experience in Middle-earth until then, knowing of Isildur's life-long desire to see Middle-earth one day. Isildur answers that he likes the mountains in a deadpan tone. Valandil, hearing their conversation snarkily adds they are about to get a closer to them, because Galadriel plans to organize a company to hunt down the remaining Orcs. Minutes later, Orodruin erupts.

-->'''L'Ermite Moderne:''' No, in fact, it seems like there's an algorithm that mix randomly an animal with some cool activity to make an improbable cartoon solely used to sell toys, the kind of... I don't know... Viking Pangolins... Samurai Caribous... Bovine Cowboys--\\

* ''Podcast/HowDidThisGetMade'': During the liveshow for ''Film/TheShadow'', Paul and Jason make a joke about recognizing the mystical knife from other movies, treating it as if it were a bit character actor, and also joke about wanting so see a movie about the knife itself. This is funny enough, but an audience member later points out the knife prop was in fact also used as the MacGuffin in ''Film/TheGoldenChild''.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12111236/1/The-World-According-to-Peter-Parker-and-Karen-Starr The World According to Peter Parker and Karen Starr]]'', when Helena Bertinelli appears as a new teacher at Midtown High, Peter Parker jokingly asks if she got kicked out of Gotham because Oracle found out Helena and Nightwing had a fling, and Helena immediately asks who told him about that (although the relationship had nothing to do with Helena's departure; she just disagreed with Oracle about something in the field).

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': In the episode "Monkey Fist Strikes", as Kim attempts to retrieve an ancient monkey statue from a [[TempleOfDoom booby-trap-laden temple]] she comments on where are the snakes... [[TemptingFate which immediately appear]].
-->'''Kim:''' I was just being sarcastic.

* In the review for ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'', Brian from WebVideo/MidnightScreenings mentions his confusion over Barbossa having a peg-leg, to which Brad suggests he go to the [[TheWikiRule Pirates wiki]], jokingly saying it probably has [[http://pirates.wikia.com/wiki/Hector_Barbossa%27s_peg_leg its own page]].

* ''Film/ThreeAmigos'': During the attempt to infiltrate El Guapo's hideout, Ned Nederlander (one of the Amigos) swings on a rope and ends up getting caught on a piñata high above the compound. Later on, after El Guapo captures the other two Amigos, he says "What is happening around here today? Are gringos falling from the skies?" Ned lets go and falls onto a nearby table. Jefe (El Guapo's TheDragon) says, "Yes, El Guapo."