History Quotes / TheComicallySerious

->''If he's a Super Duper Saiyan, than I shall find a way to become a Super-'''DEE'''-Duper Saiyan!''

->''"Even funnier than the man who has been made ridiculous, however, is the man who, having had something funny happen to him, refuses to admit that anything out of the way has happened, and attempts to maintain his dignity."''
-->-- '''Creator/CharlieChaplin'''

->''Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions''
-->-- {{Tagline}} for ''Blog/WhatIf''

->''"Hello! This... is Mom Universe. Yes. The children are playing swords. Sorry, playing ''with'' swords. They're bleeding. Oh no, they are dead. Don't call again. ''[hangs up and gives the phone back to Connie]'' [[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry Sorry, I panicked]]."''
-->-- '''Garnet''' (on the phone), ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E32FusionCuisine Fusion Cuisine]]"

->'''Beatrice:''' Are you here to make fun of me too?\\
'''Kay:''' No, ma'am. We at the {{FBI|Agent}} do not have a sense of humor that we are aware of.
-->-- ''Film/MenInBlack''

->''"This isn't funny, Dean! [[SeriousBusiness The voice says I'm almost out of minutes]]."''
-->-- '''Castiel''' (talking on a cell phone and standing on a street corner), ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''

->'''Dean:''' Cas, I'm human, I need sleep. Just give me, like, ''four'' hours, man.\\
'''Castiel:''' ...Four hours? ''[Dean hangs up]'' I'll just... wait here, then. ''[stands perfectly still, staring off into space]''
-->-- ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''

->''Received a reader question on my Website/{{tumblr}} blog: "Does Mordecai know how absolutely hilarious he is?"\\
What? ''No''. Serious cat is serious. ...which I suppose is the very thing that makes him laughable.''
-->-- '''Tracy J. Butler''', author of ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}'', [[http://www.lackadaisycats.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=346 "Serious Cat"]]

->''"Sir, I protest! I am '''''NOT''''' a Merry Man!"''
-->-- '''Worf''' on being forced to participate in a Myth/RobinHood adventure, ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E20Qpid Qpid]]"

->'''Garak:''' Mister Worf, you're no fun at all.\\
'''Worf:''' ...Good.
-->-- ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''

->''"I am not interested in having fun."''
-->-- '''Tuvok''', ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''

->''"EDI has a wicked sense of humor. Or perhaps a really funny lack of one."''
-->-- '''Kasumi Goto''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''

'''[[ObstructiveBureaucrat Auditor]] [[HumanoidAbomination of Reality]]:''' ''[[VoiceOfTheLegion We have no appreciable sense of humor]].''

->''"Free comedy tip, Slick: [[PieInTheFace the pie gag]]'s only funny when the sap's got dignity. ''[sees [[ButtMonkey Sideshow Bob]]]'' Like that guy! Hey, Hal, pie-job for Lord Autumnbottom there!"''
-->-- '''[[HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight Krusty the Klown]]''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

->''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vzIjFdvQ1E I will not suffer the same fate as cream filling!]]"''
-->-- '''Vegeta''' ([[FantasticVoyagePlot inside Buu's stomach]]), ''Anime/DragonBallZ''

->''"[[LampshadeHanging I am the only serious character in this show. That's the joke.]]"''
-->-- '''Tien Shinhan''', ''[[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged Dragon Ball Kai Abridged]]''

->'''Jack:''' Optimus, you wanna see something funny?\\
'''Optimus:''' No.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''

->'''Angel:''' I'm busy... I'm [[RunningGag brooding]].\\
'''Lorne:''' Oh, you're watching hockey!\\
'''Angel:''' Yeah, but my team is losing.
-->-- ''Series/{{Angel}}'', "[[Recap/AngelS05E05LifeOfTheParty Life of the Party]]"

->''"I do '''not''' have [[PuppetPermutation puppet cancer]]!"''
-->-- '''Angel''', ''Series/{{Angel}}'', "[[Recap/AngelS05E14SmileTime Smile Time]]"

->''"It's hilarious how you have no sense of humor!"''
-->-- '''[[spoiler:Hades]]''' to Dark Pit, ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''

->''"We take it seriously; some of us take it quite seriously. That itself is funny."''
-->-- '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23MdOu9nm4I Christopher Lam]]''' of Creator/LesBalletsTrockaderoDeMonteCarlo on the company's drag ballet performances

->''"Philip Fathom is one of our funniest characters and I don't think we've ever written a single joke for him."''
-->-- '''Ben Acker''', co-creator of ''The Podcast/ThrillingAdventureHour''

->'''Cliff Grabowski:''' Honey, why did [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]] just deliver our groceries?\\
'''Chad Vader:''' The one you speak of is my brother. I am WebVideo/ChadVader. I'm a manager at a grocery store. ''[cue LaughTrack]'' [[MediumAwareness Why are they laughing?]]\\
'''Honey:''' Because Darth Vader is a dark serious imposing figure and when he does something silly or out of character, it's instantly funny.\\
'''Chad Vader:''' ''[wearing an apron and an oven mitt]'' I just made some cookies, would anyone like some? ''[Cliff and Honey starts laughing]'' What? What's so funny?
-->-- ''[[WebVideo/RedLetterMedia The Grabowskis]]''

->''"Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous."''
-->-- '''Vaclav Havel'''

->'''Silver Surfer:''' Haven't I given you my promise?\\
'''Impossible Man:''' Yes. But you don't look that happy about it.\\
'''Silver Surfer:''' Take my word... please.\\
'''Impossible Man:''' [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henny_Youngman Henny Youngman!]] [--Sort of.--] ''[laughs uproariously for a whole panel while the Silver Surfer looks on impassively]''\\
'''Silver Surfer:''' [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure Henny who?]]
-->-- ''ComicBook/SilverSurfer: Rebirth Of Thanos''

->''"My name is Peter Parker. [[FilmNoir In my universe, it's 1933]], and I'm a [[PrivateDetective private eye]]. I like to drink egg creams and I like to fight Nazis. ''A lot''. Sometimes, I let matches burn down to my fingertips just to feel something, ''anything''."''
-->-- '''ComicBook/SpiderManNoir''', ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse''

->'''Sokka:''' Are you happy now?!\\
'''Zuko:''' I'm never happy.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''

->''"You are cute, and I want to kiss your tiny face, but I will not."''
-->-- '''Sejuani''' interaction with Lonely Poro, ''VideoGame/LegendsOfRuneterra''

->'''Mr. Merry:''' What do you Puritans do for fun?\\
'''Mrs. Miserable:''' Fun is sinful.
-->-- ''Series/HorribleHistories''

->'''Entrapta:''' No reason to get in a tizzy.\\
'''Hordak:''' I have ''never been'' "in a tizzy".
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'', "[[Recap/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerS3E04MomentOfTruth Moment of Truth]]"

->'''Marco:''' I remember when Jake used to be fun. Now he's such a grown-up.\\
'''Jake:''' I was ''never'' fun.\\
'''Marco:''' No, you were never ''smart'', but you were ''always'' fun.
-->-- ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' #13, ''The Change''

->Film/DrStrangelove'''s humor is generated by a basic comic principle: People trying to be funny are never as funny as people trying to be serious and failing. The laughs have to seem forced on unwilling characters by the logic of events. A man wearing a funny hat is not funny. But a man who doesn't know he's wearing a funny hat... ah, now you've got something.''
-->-- '''Creator/RogerEbert''', ''The Great Movies''

->'''Bowery King:''' You made your point. You have earned my fealty. Matter of fact, I'm gonna shove so much fealty up your ass it's gonna come spilling outta your mouth.
->'''Adjudicator:''' You had your chance.
->'''Bowery King:''' Well, since you put it that way, I guess it's time I told you to climb down off your High Table and go fuck yourself!
->'''Adjudicator:''' Duly noted.
-->--''Film/JohnWickChapter3''

->'''Jack:''' Hey, Optimus, wanna see something funny?\\

-->-- Tagline for ''Blog/WhatIf''

->''(on the phone)'' "Hello! This... Is Mom Universe. Yes. The children are playing swords. Sorry, playing WITH swords. They're bleeding. Oh no, they are dead. Don't call again." ''(hangs up and gives the phone back to Connie)'' "[[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry Sorry. I panicked.]]"
-->-- '''Garnet''', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E32FusionCuisine Fusion Cuisine]]"

'''Kay:''' No ma'am. We at the [[FBIAgent FBI]] do not have a sense of humor that we are aware of.

->'''Plastic Man:''' Was that a'' joke''?\\
'''Batman:''' From a ruthless, obsessive creature of the night? Don't be absurd.
-->-- ''Formerly Known as the WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''

->"This isn't funny, Dean! [[SeriousBusiness The voice says I'm almost out of minutes]]."

->Received a reader question on my tumblr blog: "Does Mordecai know how absolutely hilarious he is?"\\
What? ''No''. Serious cat is serious. ...which I suppose is the very thing that makes him laughable.
-->-- Tracy J. Butler, author of ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}''

-> '''Dean:''' Cas, I'm human, I need sleep. Just give me, like, ''four'' hours, man.\\
'''[[OurAngelsAreDifferent Castiel]]:''' ...Four hours? (''Dean hangs up'') I'll just... wait here, then. (''Stands perfectly still, staring off into space'')

->"Sir, I protest! I am '''''NOT''''' a Merry Man!"
-->-- '''Worf''' on being forced to participate in a Myth/RobinHood adventure, ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''

-> "I am not interested in having fun."

-> "EDI has a wicked sense of humor. Or perhaps a really funny lack of one."

->'''[[{{Kawaiiko}} Jade:]]''' (''to Billie'') Okay, okay, sometimes you're no fun at all.\\
'''[[DeadpanSnarker Ayla:]]''' (''walks in'') And speaking of no fun at all, I'm here too.\\

'''Billie:''' (''announcer voice'') [[OnTheNext Has No Fun Guy defeated our heroine? Can she find a way out of this hideous trap? Tune in next week for the further adventures of GIGGLE GIRL!]]

->'''[[MurderInc Lord Downey]]''': Is this a joke?\\
'''[[ObstructiveBureaucrat Auditor]] [[HumanoidAbomination of Reality]]''': ''[[VoiceOfTheLegion We have no appreciable sense of humor]].''
-->-- ''{{Literature/Hogfather}}''

->'''[[HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight Krusty the Klown]]''': Free comedy tip, Slick: [[PieInTheFace the pie gag]]'s only funny when the sap's got dignity.\\
''(Sees [[ButtMonkey Sideshow Bob]])'' \\
'''Krusty the Klown:''' Like that guy! Hey Hal, pie-job for Lord Autumnbottom there!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

-> [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vzIjFdvQ1E I will not suffer the same fate as cream filling!]]

-> "[[LampshadeHanging I am the only serious character in this show. That's the joke.]]"

->'''Angel:''' I'm busy....I'm [[RunningGag brooding.]]\\

-->-- ''Series/{{Angel}}'', "Life of the Party"

->'''Angel:''' I do '''not''' have puppet cancer!
-->-- ''Series/{{Angel}}'', "Smile Time"

->''It's hilarious how you have no sense of humor!''
-->-- [[spoiler:'''Hades''']] to Dark Pit, ''[[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising Kid Icarus: Uprising]]''

->''We take it seriously; some of us take it quite seriously. That itself is funny.''
-->-- '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23MdOu9nm4I Christopher Lam]]''' of Creator/LesBalletsTrockaderoDeMonteCarlo on the company's drag ballet performances.

->''Philip Fathom is one of our funniest characters and I don't think we've ever written a single joke for him.''

->''The humorous story is told gravely; the teller does his best to conceal the fact that he even dimly suspects that there is anything funny about it''
-->--'''Creator/MarkTwain''', "How to tell a story"

'''Cassie Cage:''' Nah, it's yours for free.

->'''Cliff Grabowski:''' Honey, why did [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]] just delivered our groceries?\\
'''Chad Vader:''' The one you speak of is my brother. I am [[WebVideo/ChadVader Chad Vader]]. I'm a manager at a grocery store.\\
''(cue LaughTrack)''\\
'''Cliff:''' [[MediumAwareness Why are they laughing?]]\\

'''Chad Vader:''' ''(wearing an apron and an oven mitt)'' I just made some cookies, would anyone like some?\\
''(Cliff and Honey starts laughing)''\\
'''Chad Vader:''' What? What's so funny?

-->--'''Vaclav Havel'''

-->--''VideoGame/Injustice2''

-->--''Videogame/GodOfWarPS4''

'''Impossible Man:''' [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henny_Youngman Henny Youngman!]] [--Sort of.--] [''laughs uproariously for a whole panel while the Silver Surfer looks on impassively'']\\

-->--''ComicBook/SilverSurfer: Rebirth Of Thanos''

->'''Franchise/SpiderMan:''' So you guys and [[ComicBook/DoctorOctopus Octavious]], huh; you have a name yet? The Scary Six? [[Film/TheDirtyDozen The Dirty Half Dozen]]?\\
'''[[ComicBook/MacGargan Scorpion]]:''' How about the "We Murdered Spider-Man and Used His Corpse For a Blanket" Six?\\
'''Rhino:''' Gargan...please. You embarass yourself.

'''Starscream:''' Bah, alright...Just hurry it up! Soundwave, did Shockwave make a joke back there?\\

'''Starcream:''' Well what are you waiting for then? This acid is etching my metal!

->"''My name is Peter Parker. [[FilmNoir In my universe, it's 1933]], and I'm a [[PrivateDetective private eye]]. I like to drink egg creams and I like to fight Nazis. ''A lot''. Sometimes, I let matches burn down to my fingertips just to feel something, ''anything''.''"

->''You are cute, and I want to kiss your tiny face, but I will not.''
-->--'''Sejuani''' interaction with Lonely Poro, ''VideoGame/LegendsOfRuneterra''

->'''Entrapta''': No reason to get in a tizzy.\\
'''Hordak''': I have ''never been'' "in a tizzy".
-->--''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'', "Moment of Truth"

->'''Bat''': Come on, surviving ain't enough out here. I think what you really need is a sense of humor.\\
'''Ken''': I don't even know what that is.
-->--''WebVideo/DubOfTheNorthStar''

->''Film/DrStrangelove'''s humor is generated by a basic comic principle: People trying to be funny are never as funny as people trying to be serious and failing. The laughs have to seem forced on unwilling characters by the logic of events. A man wearing a funny hat is not funny. But a man who doesn't know he's wearing a funny hat... ah, now you've got something.
-->-- Creator/RogerEbert, ''The Great Movies''

-->--'''Creator/RobertFrost'''

-->-- ''TheSimpsons''

-> "EDI has a great sense of humor. Or at least a really funny lack of one."

->"''My name is Peter Parker. [[FilmNoir In my universe, it's 1933]], and I'm a [[PrivateDetective private eye]]. I like to drink egg cremes and I like to fight Nazis. ''A lot''. Sometimes, I let matches burn down to my fingertips just to feel something, ''anything''.''"

->'''Bat''': Come on, surviving ain't enough out here. I think what you really need is a sense of humor.

'''Ayla:''' That's right... Giggle Girl! Once I unleash my latest invention, [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment the Federal Tax Code Emulsifier]], no one will be having fun ever again!\\

'''Ayla:''' But can she defeat...''[[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld your next final exam]]?''\\

->"Willie, we...are going...to '''''DIE!'''''
-->-- '''Indy''', ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom''

->'''Franchise/SpiderMan:''' So you guys and [[ComicBook/DoctorOctopus Octavious]], huh; you have a name yet? The Scary Six? The Dirty Half Dozen?\\
'''Scorpion:''' How about the "We Murdered Spider-Man and Used His Corpse For a Blanket" Six?\\

->''(on the phone)'' "Hello! This... Is Mum Universe. Yes. The children are playing swords. Sorry, playing WITH swords. They're bleeding. Oh no, they are dead. Don't call again." ''(hangs up and gives the phone back to Connie)'' "[[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry Sorry. I panicked.]]"
-->-- '''Garnet''', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''

-> [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vzIjFdvQ1E&feature=related I will not suffer the same fate as cream filling!]]

-->-- '''Tien''', ''[[WebVideo/DragonballZAbridged Dragonball Kai Abridged]]''

->'''Zuko:''' I'm never happy.

-->-- ''{{Discworld/Hogfather}}''

'''Chad Vader:''' I just made some cookies, would anyone like some?\\

->'''Silver Surfer:''' Haven't I given you my promise?
->'''Impossible Man:''' Yes. But you don't look that happy about it.
->'''Silver Surfer:''' Take my word... please.
->'''Impossible Man:''' [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henny_Youngman Henny Youngman!]] [--Sort of.--] [''laughs uproariously for a whole panel while the Silver Surfer looks on impassively'']
->'''Silver Surfer:''' [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure Henny who?]]

-->--'''Garnet''', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''

-> "Willie, we...are going...to '''''DIE!'''''

-> '''Plastic Man:''' Was that a'' joke''?\\
'''Batman:''' From a ruthless, obsessive creature of the night? Don't be absurd.

-> "This isn't funny, Dean! [[SeriousBusiness The voice says I'm almost out of minutes]]."

->Received a reader question on my tumblr blog: "Does Mordecai know how absolutely hilarious he is?"
->What? ''No''. Serious cat is serious. ...which I suppose is the very thing that makes him laughable.

-> "Sir, I must protest! I am '''''NOT''''' a Merry Man!"
-->-- ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''

-> '''Garak:''' Mister Worf, you're no fun at all.\\
'''Worf:''' ...Good.

->'''Cassie Cage:''' Nice miniskirt.
->'''Kotal Kahn:''' A joke at my expense?
->'''Cassie Cage:''' Nah, it's yours for free.

->'''Cliff Grabowski:''' Honey, why did [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]] just delivered our groceries?
->'''Chad Vader:''' The one you speak of is my brother. I am [[WebVideo/ChadVader Chad Vader]]. I'm a manager at a grocery store.
->''(Cue LaughTrack)'' \\
'''Cliff:''' [[MediumAwareness Why are they laughing?]]
->'''Honey:''' Because Darth Vader is a dark serious imposing figure and when he does something silly or out of character, it's instantly funny.
->'''Chad Vader:''' I just made some cookies, would anyone like some?
->''(Cliff and Honey starts laughing)''
->'''Chad Vader:''' What? What's so funny?

What? ''No''. Serious cat is serious. ...which I suppose is the very thing that makes him laughable.

->"''My name is Peter Parker. [[FilmNoir In my universe, it's 1938]], and I'm a [[PrivateDetective private eye]]. I like to drink egg cremes and I like to fight Nazis. ''A lot''. Sometimes, I let matches burn down to my fingertips just to feel something, ''anything''.''"