History Main / TheAristocrats

** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-3288 SCP-3288's]] article plays this entirely for horror. SCP-3288 is a species of TheMorlocks dwelling in the underground of Central Europe, and bear immense physical strength, MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily, and massive physical deformities. They use this strength to kidnap and cannibalize surface-dwelling humans, or to impregnate them with spawn [[ChestBurster whose birth is invariably fatal to the mother]]. The kicker? They're all horribly inbred descendants of the Habsburg dynasty, and the name of the trope provides the title of the SCP.

In the past, the joke served as a form of satire about the upper class, but [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny that take doesn't really apply these days]]; in modern times, it's not particularly funny as a joke anymore (since it's essentially a ShaggyDogStory with a weak bit of irony as the punchline). The real point of the joke these days involves the description of the act itself: anyone who tells the joke must [[CrossesTheLineTwice cross the line as many times]] and in as many directions as humanly possible. Most comedians traditionally invent the act on the spot as they tell the joke, which turns it into an improv comedy exercise. Standard ingredients for the description of the act include incest, [[PaedoHunt paedophilia]], [[BlackComedyRape rape]], [[DeathAsComedy death]] ([[BloodyHilarious the messier the better]]), [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]], [[ILoveTheDead necrophilia]], coprophilia, and urophilia[[note]]Getting turned on by shit and piss, respectively[[/note]], bodily fluids, [[BestialityIsDepraved bestiality]], and pretty much every vile sex act and fetish one can think of — and every horrific act of violence, depravity, and otherwise immoral human behavior that nobody ''wants'' to think of. Extra-risqué versions will also try to work in offensive political themes on top of everything, such as racism, blasphemy, sexism, homophobia, etc. (like the family insisting on including {{blackface}} and minstrel songs into the act).

* [[Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses And how do you]] [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext want to get Richard Attenborough?]]

* Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses did a nifty version. [[http://channelawesome.com/the-most-disturbing-aristocrats-joke-ever/ You can check it out here.]] Doug also held a contest on Website/YouTube to determine who could tell the best version of the joke. The winner was an overweight, bald, heavily tattooed man with the handle "Church of Dave," who describes an act climaxing in the souls of every evil person [[KarmicRape being raped by the souls of every good person]], which is called [[spoiler:Justice]].

* Twice in ''Fanfic/BornToBeWilde'', the joke is used to describe a ludicrously stacked CurbStompBattle. Once internally by Carla Hyenandez ([[spoiler:Fighting against two feral animals in a cage match likely rigged in their favor]]), and another out loud by Count Renard ([[spoiler:Staring down an army of cops and criminals unified and dedicated to taking him down, in stark contrast to his army of loosely organized lackeys.]])

* Twice in ''Fanfic/BornToBeWilde'', the joke is used to describe a ludicrously stacked CurbStompBattle. Once internally by Carla Hyenandez ([[spoiler: fighting against two feral animals in a cage match likely rigged in their favor]]), and another out loud by Count Renard ([[spoiler: staring down an army of cops and criminals unified and dedicated to taking him down, in stark contrast to his army of loosely organized lackeys.]])

* ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged'': When Abraham Van Helsing confronts [[{{Dracula}} Alucard]] about his many, ''[[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice many]]'' [[ComedicSociopath atrocities]], Alucard responds with this. Doctor Van Helsing is not amused and then proceeds to ram his stake through Alucard's chest.

* AristocratsAreEvil: If the punchline isn't taken as ironic, then it would be a straight example of this trope.
* BlackComedyRape: In most retellings.

* ShaggyDogStory: With the "decadent aristocrats" angle pretty well discredited, the joke has become this, with the punchline serving as a weak bit of irony.

* In a short gag strip in ''Webcomic/GastroPhobia'', we see Gastro finishing telling the joke to a very angry Phobia. In the last panel, we see Klepto bandaging Phobia's hand.

* The [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP Foundation]]:

1) A family act goes in to see a talent agent. While the agent doesn't want to hear them out (because he considers family acts too cute), the father finally convinces him to give them a chance.

2) The comedian telling the joke describes the family's act in as much detail as they prefer. Sometimes, the father tells the agent a blow-by-blow description of the act, while other times, the family performs it live for the agent. The act ''always'' involves the family performing shocking, heinous, risqué, disgusting, and downright illegal acts.

3) At the completion of the description, the shocked agent can only ask what the family calls their act. The father proudly replies, [[AristocratsAreEvil "The Aristocrats!"]]