History Main / LaughWithMe

* In the {{DVD Commentary}}, Ian Hislop suggests that part of the reason for Piers Morgan's notoriously awful appearance on ''HaveIGotNewsForYou'' was that as Editor of the Mirror he'd been able to enforce this trope, and consequently believed himself to be very funny. Notably, [[EpicFail he actually tries to bully the audience into this]], but since they're not his Mooks it obviously doesn't work.

* In the first ''AustinPowers'' movie, Dr. Evil starts an EvilLaugh alone. He doesn't say anything but instead, he turns to his henchpeople and beckons that they join in. They soon start laughing together in a very awkward manner. The problem is, they're not quite sure when to stop, and no-one wants to be the first to stop laughing... great awkwardness ensues.

* A non-{{villain}} example in ''TheGreatRace'' when The Great Leslie and Hezekiah meet Crown Prince Hoepnick. The prince makes several jokes, each time gesturing for the crowd to laugh, which they dutifully do. At one point Hezekiah keeps laughing after every one else stops, until The Great Leslie [[DopeSlap elbows him in the ribs]]. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z81NmslTo4 here, starting at 0:20]].

* A non-{{villain}} example in ''TheGreatRace'' when The Great Leslie and Hezekiah meet Crown Prince Hoepnick. The prince makes several jokes, each time gesturing for the crowd to laugh, which they dutifully do. At one point Hezekiah keeps laughing after every one else stops, until The Great Leslie elbows him in the ribs. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z81NmslTo4 here, starting at 0:20]].

The BigBad has the princess locked in his tower, the hero is in a death trap, and he is moments away from taking over the world. He is surrounded by his minions so it's the perfect time for a little EvilGloating followed by a nice, hearty EvilLaugh. He belts one out and suddenly stops once he notices that he is the only one laughing. He will immediately let his {{Mooks}} know, probably through verbal means, that they need to join in. Getting the message, the henchmen start laughing.

This trope is typically PlayedForLaughs and is a parody of the EvilLaugh trope.

** Earlier than that in the epidose "Dalek", Van Statten's "[[IncrediblyLamePun in-tru-da window]]" joke is met with dead silence, to which he clarifies "In-tru-da window, that's ''funny!''" at which point his goons get the message and join in.

* Inverted in ''TheOrderOfTheStick''. Xykon proclaims that his goals will be achieved soon, Red Cloak and Mit-D laugh. Redcloak asks why Xykon doesn't laugh.

--> [[{{Mook}} Guard]] at the Boiling Rock: "Well, isn't that cute. {{Beat}}. I ''said,'' isn't that cute?"

* In the ''DoctorWho'' episode "[[YetAnotherChristmasCarol A Christmas Carol]]", Kazran does this and follows it up with a "That was funny!".

* In the first ''AustinPowers'' movie, Dr. Evil starts an EvilLaugh alone. He doesn't say anything but instead, he turns to his henchpeople and beckons that they join in. They soon start laughing together in a very awkward manner.

* Part 40 of the NakaTeleei episode, Lost Vikings. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgJWAnHeyDU 00:30]]

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* This trope is actually PlayedForDrama in HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi's PS2-only Tsukiotoshi-hen. After [[spoiler:Keiichi, Rena, and Shion]] all kill Satoko's uncle, Satoko finds out and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J37XUXfKPSw&feature=related basically yells]] "WhatTheHellHero?!" at everyone involved. This upsets [[spoiler:Keiichi]], and so after they all get back to his house, both [[spoiler:Rena and Shion]] try comforting him by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPkF2_EakeM&feature=related telling him to laugh]] and looking progressively more insane and threatening. He finally goes along with it, indicating his tenuous grip on sanity at this point.

* The TropeNamer comes from ''{{Freakazoid}}''. The eponymous hero's eventual EvilCounterpart, Guitierrez, would often laugh while surrounded by his cohorts. He would then gleefully tell them, "Laugh with me."

* In the first ''AustinPowers'' movie, Dr. Evil starts an EvilLaugh alone. He doesn't say anything but instead, he turns to his henchpeople and beckons that they join in. They soon start laughing together in a very awkward manner.
* ''MetalGearSolid4'': This is Laughing Octopus' CatchPhrase.

* A non-{{villain}} example in ''TheGreatRace'' when The Great Leslie and Hezekiah meet Crown Prince Hoepnick. The prince makes several jokes, each time gesturing for the crowd to laugh, which they dutifully do. At one point Hezekiah keeps laughing after every one else stops, until The Great Leslie elbows him in the ribs. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z81NmslTo4 here, starting at 0:20]].

* This trope is actually PlayedForDrama in HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi's PS2-only Tsukiotoshi-hen. After [[spoiler:Keiichi, Rena, and Shion]] all kill Satoko's uncle, Satoko finds out and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J37XUXfKPSw&feature=related basically yells]] "WhatTheHellHero?!" at everyone involved. This upsets [[spoiler:Keiichi]], and so after they all get back to his house, both [[spoiler:Rena and Shion]] try comforting him by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPkF2_EakeM&feature=related telling him to laugh]] and looking progressively more insane and threatening. He finally goes along with it, indicating his tenuous grip on sanity at this point.

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* The TropeNamer comes from {{Freakazoid}}. The titular hero's eventual EvilCounterpart, Guitierrez, would often laugh while surrounded by his cohorts. He would then gleefully tell them, "Laugh with me."

* In {{Labyrinth}}, Jareth the Goblin King laughs just before the ''Dance Magic'' sequence. He quickly notices that his goblins are not joining in and asks, "... Well?". The goblins start laughing, only for him to quiet them down for his song.

* In the first AustinPowers movie, Dr. Evil starts an EvilLaugh alone. He doesn't say anything but instead, he turns to Number Two, Random Task, Frau Farbista, etc. and beckons that they join in. They soon start laughing together in a very awkward manner.

* MetalGearSolid4: This is Laughing Octopus' CatchPhrase.

* In the DoctorWho episode [[YetAnotherChristmasCarol A Christmas Carol]], Kazran does this and follows it up with a "That was funny!".

* Inverted in OrderOfTheStick. Xykon proclaims that his goals will be achieved soon, Red Cloak and Mit-D laugh. Redcloak asks why Xykon doesn't laugh.
-->'''Xykon:''' Actually, ever since I became a lich, I haven't been able to get the same volume in my evil laughter since I technically don't have '''lungs.'''

* ''InspectorGadget'' has an inversion: Dr. Claw frequently punishes his cat for laughing with him.

* A non-{{villain}} example in ''TheGreatRace'' when The Great Leslie and Hezekiah meet Crown Prince Hoepnick. The prince makes several jokes, each time gesturing for the crowd to laugh, which they dutifully do. At one point Hezekiah keeps laughing after every one else stops, until The Great Leslie elbows him in the ribs. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z81NmslTo4 here, starting at 0:20]].

* Smitus (in a ''MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' episode) monologues about his evil plan and then lets out an evil laugh, while his minions just stare. He gives them an icy glare and says, "You laugh too." The minions all start laughing themselves silly, so much so that they accidentally let the episode's AppliedPhlebotinum out of their ship's airlock.

* Non-laugh variation: the "Shanghaied" episode of SpongebobSquarepants has the Flying Dutchman take Spongebob and Patrick onboard as his crew. When he demands that they "[[LargeHam howl with me, that we might set the seven seas, ABLAZE with fear!]]", they comply with various ridiculous noises, until he finally gives up on making them scary.

The BigBad has the princess locked in his tower, the hero is in a death trap, and he is moments away from taking over the world. He is surrounded by his minions so it's the perfect time for a nice, hearty EvilLaugh. He belts one out and suddenly stops once he notices that he is the only one laughing. He will immediately let his {{Mooks}} know, probably through verbal means, that they need to join in. Getting the message, the henchmen laugh with him.

* The TropeNamer comes from {{Freakazoid}}. The titular hero's EvilCounterpart would often laugh while surrounded by his cohorts. He would then gleefully tell them, "Laugh with me." They did.

* In {{Labyrinth}}, Jareth the Goblin King laughs just before the ''Dance Magic'' sequence. He quickly notices that his goblins are not joining and sneers at them, "Well?". The goblins start laughing, only for him to quiet them down for his song.