History Main / LaughWithMe

* In ''Film/{{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.

* ''EvilDead 2'': After a while of torturing Ash, [[AnimateInanimateObject the entire house comes to life and starts laughing at him]]. [[CrazySane Ash]] [[LaughingMad quickly gets swept up in it]], [[DissonantLaughter and not long after]] [[DespairEventHorizon starts sobbing in pain]].

[[HaHaHaNo Then, the villain will tell them to shut up after a few moments.]]

[[HaHaHaNo Sometimes, the villain will tell them to shut up after a few moments.]]

* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', Raz goes to work for [[InsufferableGenius Sheldon]]. Sheldon plays one of his awkward pranks on Raz and after informing him of the fact that he was joking, mentions, "I'm your boss now. You may want to laugh at that."

** Keep in mind, Guitierrez was voiced by Ricardo Montalban in full-on [[StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Khan]]-mode.

** Keep in ind, Guitierrez was voiced by Ricardo Montalban in full-on [[StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Khan]]-mode.

* Smitus (in a ''WesternAnimation/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.

* In ''{{Scrubs}}'', after finding out his interns don't really find his jokes funny, he tells them to only laugh when they are. When they stop laughing at his jokes, he orders them to start laughing with him again when he makes jokes.
* Subverted in ''{{Angel}}'' when Darla teases Lindsey and she and Drusilla start laughing at him. Lilah isn't told to, but starts laughing with them. She promptly gets a "Shut up" from Darla and a "Shh.." from Drusilla.

* In ''[[Videogame/CityOfHeroes City of Villains]]'', up-and-coming mad scientist Vernon von Grun frequently invites the player character to do this.

* In [[Videogame/CityOfHeroes City of Villains]], up-and-coming mad scientist Vernon von Grun frequently invites the player character to do this.

* ''[[Videogame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots MetalGearSolid4]]'': This is Laughing Octopus' CatchPhrase.

* In the recent ''Film/TheMuppets'' movie, the antagonist was unable to laugh but that did not stop him from leaning over to his henchmen and simply saying "maniacle laugh" whenever he wanted them to crack up.

* In the story "Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker", TheJoker catches one of his henchmen failing to join in the laughter. He [[BadBoss terminates him with extreme prejudice]].

* 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.

[[HaHaHaNo Sometimes, the villain will tell them to shut up after a few moments.]]

* In the story "Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker", {{the Joker}} catches one of his henchmen failing to join in the laughter. He [[BadBoss terminates him with extreme prejudice]].

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* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', Raz goes to work for [[InsufferableGenius Sheldon]]. Sheldon plays one of his awkward pranks on Raz and after informing him of the fact that he was joking, mentions, "I'm your boss now. You may want to laugh at that."

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

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* The TropeNamer comes from ''WesternAnimation/{{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."
* ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' has an inversion: Dr. Claw frequently punishes his cat for laughing with him.
* Smitus (in a ''WesternAnimation/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 ''WesternAnimation/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.
* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' subverts this in that the BigBad asks TheHero to laugh with him. He does so and then questions why he's laughing.
* In ''KickButtowski'', [[RoyalBrat Gordon Gibble]] snaps his fingers every time he want his henchmen to laugh at something he just said. [[InsufferableGenius Ronaldo]] demands the same thing from his pit crew the episode "Mellowbrook Drift". At one point he says: "Laugh harder!" On another occasion, he stops them, stating "It wasn't ''that'' funny!"

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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 but stops once he realizes 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 and continue to do so until it's okay to stop.

--> -- ''{{Freakazoid}}''

* Lady Aska in ''MagicKnightRayearth'' (and a NoblewomansLaugh to boot).
* Naga in {{Slayers}} teaches a couple of villain of the week in the OVA to laugh an evil and noble laugh like her. By the end of the episode, the three laugh together in a twillight.

* 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 ''TheBigBangTheory'', Raz goes to work for [[InsufferableGenius Sheldon]]. Sheldon plays one of his awkward pranks on Raz and after informing him of the fact that he was joking, mentions, "I'm your boss now. You may want to laugh at that."

* ''MetalGearSolid4'': This is Laughing Octopus' CatchPhrase.

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

* 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."
* ''InspectorGadget'' has an inversion: Dr. Claw frequently punishes his cat for laughing with him.
* 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.
* ''KungFuPanda2'' subverts this in that the BigBad asks TheHero to laugh with him. He does so and then questions why he's laughing.
* In KickButtowski, [[RoyalBrat Gordon Gibble]] snaps his fingers every time he want his henchmen to laugh at something he just said. [[InsufferableGenius Ronaldo]] demands the same thing from his pit crew the episode "Mellowbrook Drift". At one point he says: "Laugh harder!" On another occasion, he stops them, stating "It wasn't ''that'' funny!"
* AvatarTheLastAirbender:

* In CodenameKidsNextDoor, there is a boss man who wants to capture LIVE Rainbow Monkeys and do some horrible thing with/to them that is never mentioned:

* Non-villainous example in an episode of the {{Simpsons}}, Homer is forced to borrow money from Patty and Selma. They agree to help him out on the condition that he become their slave until he repays the debt. They then begin smirking and laughing, and Homer chuckles a little with them at first. Eventually he starts to genuinely laugh more so than those two, who then get a little annoyed at him.

->'''Jocko''': EEEE-hee hee hee hee!

* In {{UHF}}, when [[CorruptCorporateExecutive R.J. Fletcher]] starts laughing, the two managers under him realize, after a short pause, that they'd better start forcing themselves to laugh along with him.

* Naga in {{Slayers}} teaches a couple of villain of the week in the OVA to laugh like her. By the end of the OVA episode, the three laugh together in a twillight.