History Main / LaughWithMe

* In the story "Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker", SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker catches one of his henchmen failing to join in the laughter. He [[BadBoss terminates him with extreme prejudice]] by using a BANGFlagGun (which could have inspired a similar YouHaveFailedMe sequence from ''Film/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''.) An identical scenario occurs in ''Comicbook/{{Batman}} [[CrossOver vs.]] the Comicbook/IncredibleHulk'', also written by Len Wein.

* [[WesternAnimation/DangerMouse "You're not laughing, Stiletto. Why aren't you laughing?"]]

** Earlier than that in the episode "Dalek", Van Statten's "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.

* In ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheOldBlood'', the PlayerCharacter, BJ Blazkowicz, is infiltrating a Nazi base disguised as a German soldier. As he has his papers checked by a guard, the base commander, Rudi Jäger, passes by and demands to have a look at BJ's papers himself. Jäger then asks if he really is from Frankfurt as his papers claims, causing BJ, who's German is very rusty, to blurt out "Ja, Ich bin ein... Hot Dog." (Yes, I am a... Hot Dog). A {{beat}}, Jäger busts out into laugher, praising BJ's perfect impersonation of a "stupid American". The guard, meanwhile, is confused for a moment, but quickly joins his [[BadBoss commander]] with an obviously fearful and very nervous forced laugh of his own.

** ''[[Videogame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Guns of the Patriots]]'': This is Laughing Octopus' CatchPhrase and is absolutely NOT PlayedForLaughs.

* In B.O.B.'s Big Break, from ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVersusAliens'', Dr. Cockroach laughs evilly after B.O.B. ends up getting the power to read minds and then tells Link and B.O.B., "Come on, laugh with me!" Dr. Cockroach and B.O.B., reading Dr. Cockroach's mind, laugh evilly while Link just rolls his eyes.

* This trope is actually PlayedForDrama in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'''s {{P|layStation2}}S2-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.\\

* A non-villain example in ''Film/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 [[BeQuietNudge elbows him in the ribs]]. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z81NmslTo4 here, starting at 0:20]].

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* ''Franchise/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]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', Farquaad and Fiona's wedding comes with placards telling the congregation how to react. When it's revealed Shrek has feelings for Fiona, the guards turn them over to say "Laugh".

* ''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 B.O.B.'s Big Break, from ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVersusAliens'', Dr. Cockroach laughs evilly after B.O.B. ends up getting the power to read minds and then tells Link and B.O.B., "Come on, laugh with me!" Dr. Cockroach and B.O.B., reading Dr. Cockroach's mind, laugh evilly while Link just rolls his eyes.

* Inverted in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''. 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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->'''Guitierrez''': Mm-hmm-hmm, ha ha ha ha ha! [[TropeNamer Laugh with me]], Jocko... Laugh with me!

* Naga in ''LightNovel/{{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 the story "Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker", SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker catches one of his henchmen failing to join in the laughter. He [[BadBoss terminates him with extreme prejudice]] by using a BANGFlagGun (which could have inspired a similar YouHaveFailedMe sequence from ''Film/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''.)
** An identical scenario occurs in ''Comicbook/{{Batman}} [[CrossOver vs.]] Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk'', also written by Len Wein.

* 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 [[BeQuietNudge elbows him in the ribs]]. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z81NmslTo4 here, starting at 0:20]].

* In Film/{{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.

* 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 "maniacal laugh" whenever he wanted them to crack up.
* In ''{{Shrek}}'', Farquaad and Fiona's wedding comes with placards telling the congregation how to react. When it's revealed Shrek has feelings for Fiona, the guards turn them over to say "Laugh".

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

* 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.

* ''[[Videogame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Metal Gear Solid 4]]'': This is Laughing Octopus' CatchPhrase and is absolutely NOT PlayedForLaughs.
** ''[[Videogame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater Metal Gear Solid 3]]'' however has Ocelot mocking Snake when he first meets him and then indicates to the rest of the Ocelot unit to start laughing with him.
* This trope is actually PlayedForDrama in VisualNovel/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.
** Its sequel, UminekoNoNakuKoroNi, also plays this for drama, though a bit differently. In Alliance, when Kasumi Sumadera has trapped [[spoiler:Ange]] and is tearing through Maria's grimoire, laughing at her spells, she comes upon the image of Sakutaro, cracks up, rips it in half, and demands that all of her [[{{Mook}} henchmen]] also laugh at it. This time it's used more to underline her pathetic, bullying behavior.

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

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

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

* 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!"

* Non-villainous example in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', 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.

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* Its sequel, UminekoNoNakuKoroNi, also plays this for drama, though a bit differently. In Alliance, when Kasumi Sumadera has trapped [[spoiler:Ange]] and is tearing through Maria's grimoire, laughing at her spells, she comes upon the image of Sakutaro, cracks up, rips it in half, and demands that all of her [[{{Mook}} henchmen]] also laugh at it. This time it's used more to underline her pathetic, bullying behavior.

* Its sequel, UminekoNoNakuKoroNi, also plays this for drama, though a bit differently. In Alliance, when Kasumi Sumadera has trapped [[spoiler:Ange]] and is tearing through Maria's grimoire, laughing at her spells, she comes upon the image of Sakutaro, cracks up, rips it in half, and demands that all of her [[Mook henchmen]] also laugh at it. This time it's used more to underline her pathetic, bullying behavior.

--> [[{{Mook}} Guard]] at the Boiling Rock: "Well, isn't that cute. ({{Beat}}) I ''said,'' isn't that cute?"
--> [[AntiHero Zuko]]: "Um, yes! Very cute, sir."
--> [[TheSmartGuy Sokka]]: "''Super'' cute."

-->'''Boss:''' And then, we'll take those Rainbow Monkeys, and...*whispers to henchman Simon, they both laugh*

** ''[[Videogame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater Metal Gear Solid 3]]'' however has Ocelot mocking Snake when he meets him for the first time and then indicates to the rest of the Ocelot unit to start laughing with him.

* ''[[Videogame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Metal Gear Solid 4]]'': This is Laughing Octopus' CatchPhrase.

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

* [[DangerMouse "You're not laughing, Stiletto. Why aren't you laughing?"]]

* [[RurouniKenshin Hajime Saito]] does this in his fight against Usui after deducing that the later [[BecomingTheMask has become complacent regarding his vendetta against Shishio]]. Of course, after laughing together like madmen, [[HaHaHaNo Usui tells him to shut up]], stating that it's not even funny.

Sometimes the villain might even persuade the captured hero to join in the fun, to get everybody in the room laughing like idiots for no real reason. Compare ActuallyPrettyFunny for when there actually is a reason to laugh.

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