History Main / JokeAndReceive

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0649.html Belkar declaring]] "We keep overcoming plot obstacles at this pace, we'll be killing Xykon in five strips!" The next strip, Dark V declares they're going to kill Xykon right now.
-->'''Belkar:''' I was only kidding when I said we'd be killing Xykon in five strips! You can't take everything I say in the last panel seriously!

** During their tutorial playthrough of ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'', while fighting mooks, Arin starts (and Danny quickly picks up) the joke of "Spider-''kiss''", referencing kissing as an attack and/or spider-related power as an alternative to the simple punch/kick/web attacks offered. Later, during the cutscene just after defeating the Kingpin, Spider-man has the crime lord AllWebbedUp and hanging upside-down. Spidey quips "So, should we kiss now?" leading Arin and Danny to collapse in hysterics.

** During their tutorial playthrough of ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'', while fighting mooks, Arin starts (and Danny quickly picks up) the joke of "Spider-''kiss''", referencing kissing as an attack and/or spider-related power as an alternative to the simple punch/kick/web attacks offered. Later, during the cutscene just after defeating the Kingpin, Spider-Man asks the webbed-up crime lord "So, should we kiss now?" leading Arin and Danny to collapse in hysterics.

** Heathcliff's unbeatable defensive skill has earned him the "distinguished" title of "Cheating Haxxor Faggot". Whoever called him that was bang on the money -- he really was using cheat codes.

** During their tutorial playthrough of ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'', while fighting mooks, Arin starts (and Danny quickly picks up) the joke of "Spider-''kiss''", referencing kissing as an attack and/or spider-related power as an alternative to the simple punch/kick/web attacks offered. Comes to conclusions when after having defeated the King Pin, in a cut scene Spider-Man asks "Do we kiss now?" leading Arin and Danny to collapse in hysterics.

** "Inca Mummy Girl": After the gang notices that someone went missing during their school trip to the museum, they start joking about him being 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.

* "Inca Mummy Girl": After the gang notices that someone went missing during their school trip to the museum, they start joking about him being killed by the ancient mummy in the exhibit - before realizing that that's not that outlandish compared to everything else they've been through.

* In ''Franchise/MagicTheGathering,'' this happened during the development of the card [[https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=teferi%27s+protection+%28game%3Apaper%29 Teferi's Protection.]] The developers were trying to make a card that made the player and everything they controlled "disappear" from the game until their next turn (making them invincible, but unable to do anything until they came back), but were having trouble making it work. Eventually, one of the developers got the then-crazy idea to make the card use Phasing, a former ScrappyMechanic from MTG's early history. The set designer left a comment on the design asking who the wiseguy was who put a card with ''Phasing'' in the set. When the wiseguy stepped forward and admitted to it, the designer replied with a "Carry on, then." The card ended up being so well-received, Phasing (specifically ''phasing out'') was RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap and became a recurring mechanic.[[note]]To be specific, early Phasing was a ScrappyMechanic because cards with Phasing would blink in and out so they could only be used every other turn, making them very obnoxious to actually use. However, making a card ''phase out'' simply makes it act like it doesn't exist for a turn, and ended up being very useful as a way to temporarily get rid of something in play, either to avoid having to deal with it or to keep an opponent from harming it, while avoiding the [[ObviousRulesPatch rules baggage]] of actually removing the card and then returning it to play.[[/note]]

** From "''Film/TimeOfTheApes''":

** From "''Film/CityLimits''":

* In Season 2 Episode 6 of ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'', one of reporter Shinta Okoba’s colleagues jokes that Franchouchou could be the living dead, rather than the bunch of celebrity lookalikes he thinks they are. At the end of the episode, [[spoiler: Okoba sees Tae’s head come off, [[BrokenMasquerade realizing that Franchouchou ARE the living dead.]]]]

--> I shrugged. "How bad could it be? The archbishop doesn't want to kill us or anything, right?" My sisters exchanged glances. "Oh, no. You think the archbishop wants to kill us."

* ''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 pinata 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."

* ''Film/WerewolfByNight2022'': When Jack offers to help Elsa get the Bloodstone in exchange for her [[spoiler:helping free the monster, she sarcastically says, "Right, yeah. 'Cause you'll just have a quick chat with him, sort it out 'cause you're, what, the monster's friend?"]] Jack nods, smiling, prompting a surprised scoff from Elsa.

* It seems very likely that the small boy Dirk asked for advice about how to explain the ImpossiblyAwesomeMagicTrick in ''Literature/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'' was being sarcastic when he said "It's bleedin' obvious, innit, 'e must've [[spoiler: 'ad a bleedin' time machine]]." Dirk not only takes this at face value, but is right.

* ''Literature/RoysBedoys'': In “Stop Blaming People, Roys Bedoys!”, Roys keeps blaming other people for his mistakes, and Maker jokes that he would blame his little brother Loys if he could. Roys then says, “Now that you mention it, it is Loys’s fault.” Then, when Truly jokes that Roys might blame Charlie for eating his homework, Roys says, “Maybe he did.”

* Happens surprisingly often in ''Podcast/TotalusRankium'' - frequently Jamie will make some joke predicting what may happen later in an emperor's life, only for Rob to say "We'll get to that." It's usually not identical or quite as absurd, but quite close.

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': In [[http://egscomics.com/comic/2007-12-17 this]] comic, Mr. Alephnull notes that the arrival of two new students with the same schedule, who both have vague pasts and apparently know each other, is highly suspicious. He then produces some vaguely mathematical-sounding gibberish and declares the result "a duplicate squirrel of some sort". Grace (who is part squirrel) and Ellen (who is Elliot's OppositeSexClone) are briefly shocked before Mr. Alephnull cheerfully admits he was just messing with them.

* Used often in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' and subsequent series; usually along the lines of Shaggy exclaiming "Don't worry, it's not like the {[[MonsteroftheWeek Monster of the week]]} will be {where we are about to explore}", only for the monster to inevitably appear there.
** In [[Recap/ScoobyDooWhereAreYouS1E3HassleInTheCastle Hassle in the Castle]], Shaggy jokes he is so scared that he could eat a ham sandwich; the ingredients needed promptly appear floating in midair. He constructs the sandwich, then says "If only my imagination could cut it in half." Cue a suit of armour dropping its axe and slicing it in two, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor scaring him in the process]].

* When Katarina and Mary's first meeting in ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' is shown from the latter's perspective, her first thought is how Katarina seems like [[NextLifeAsAFictionalCharacter she was a being from another world]].

** During the fifth trial of their ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' playthrough, when trying to decide who killed [[spoiler:Sakura]], Dan makes a joke (as [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Hiro]]) that it was [[spoiler:Sakura]] herself that did it. Then it comes out that [[spoiler:Sakura really did commit suicide]]!

->''"Gee... where are the snakes? ''[several snakes appear]'' I was just being '''sarcastic!!'''"''
-->-- '''Kim Possible''', ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', "Monkey Fist Strikes"

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* ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'': When Kat learns that Hilary, her "arch-enemy and the bitchiest bunny that bounced into existence" is Art's UnsatisfiableCustomer, she asks what she could do to help.
-->'''Art:''' Know any ''hit-men?''\\
'''Kat:''' Oh hell ''yeah!'' I've been planning ''that'' for ''years!'' If we go fifty-fifty...\\
'''Art:''' Holy crap! I was ''joking!''

* While playing ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'', LetsPlay/TheKingOfHate gets the notification that one of his Assassin Dens is under attack. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgx5306VUFo&t=7m50s He sarcastically quips that it will now lead into a tower defense minigame.]] 30 seconds later, it turns into a tower defense minigame.

** In [[Recap/ScoobyDooWhereAreYouS1E3HassleInTheCastle Hassle in the Castle]], Shaggy jokes he is so scared that he could eat a ham sandwich; the ingredients needed promptly appear floating in midair. He constructs the sandwich, then says "If only my imagination could cut it in half." [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Cue a suit of armour dropping its axe and slicing it in two, scaring him in the process]].