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1''Tropes seen primarily in {{comed|y}}ies, or which are inherently intended to be funny.''
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3!!Tropes
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5[[foldercontrol]]
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7[[folder:'''Subcategories and Trope Indexes''']]
8[[AC:Main topics]]
9+ AcceptableTargets: People and subjects that are common targets for jokes and mockery.
10+ '''{{Comedy}}''': The whole genre itself.
11+ SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Humorous moments in various works of media.
12+ PlayedForLaughs: A trope is used for humor instead of being treated seriously.
13+ RuleOfFunny: Impossible things that are tolerated because they are funny.
14
15[[AC:Sub-genres/types of comedy]]
16+ AnimatedShockComedy: A popular genre of cartoons aimed at adults and teenagers, featuring tons of {{black|Comedy}} and/or {{vulgar|Humor}} comedy.
17+ ArmedFarces: Military humor and war comedy.
18+ {{Bathos}}
19+ BlackComedy: Humor derived from taboo or offensive subjects.
20+ BromanticComedy: Story about male friendships that uses RomanticComedy tropes.
21+ {{Camp}}
22+ ComedySeries: Comedy on television.
23+ CringeComedy: Humor derived from embarrassment and humiliation.
24+ {{Dramedy}}: The hybrid genre of comedy and {{drama|tropes}}.
25+ FantasticComedy: Comedic takes on [[SpeculativeFiction fantasy and science fiction]].
26+ HorrorComedy: The hybrid genre of comedy and {{horror}}.
27+ InnuendoTropes: Jokes alluding to sex or other risqué behavior.
28+ {{Parody}}: Comedy that makes fun of another work of fiction or media genre.
29+ ParodyTropes
30+ RantComedy: Humorously trash-talking about something that really annoys you.
31+ RapidFireComedy
32+ RecordedAndStandUpComedy: The art of comedians sharing jokes for a live audience.
33+ RomanticComedy: The hybrid genre of comedy and {{romance}}.
34+ {{Satire}}: Comedy that makes fun of contemporary culture, politics, or society.
35+ SatireParodyPastiche: Defining the similarities and differences between the three.
36+ ScrewballComedy
37+ SelfReferentialHumor: Meta-humor and jokes pertaining to the work itself.
38+ SexComedy
39+ {{Sitcom}}: Situational comedy, driven by scripted plot and characters.
40+ SitcomTropes
41+ SketchComedy: A comedy show that consists of multiple unrelated skits put together in one episode.
42+ {{Slapstick}}: Humor derived from people getting physically injured, albeit in exaggerated ways with no serious consequences.
43+ SurrealHumor: Comedy about absurd and bizarre things that make little sense.
44+ ToiletHumour: Jokes about defecation, flatulence, and urination.
45+ VulgarHumor: Jokes about raunchy or disgusting subject matter, such as nudity, sexuality, and various kinds of bodily fluids or functions.
46
47[[AC:Other trope categories]]
48+ AccidentalIndex: Things that don't happen the way you intended can be funny.
49+ AmusingInjuries: A character's injuries are played for laughs.
50+ BaitAndSwitch: Jokes derived from the subversion of whatever one was expecting to happen.
51+ ChewingTheScenery: Exaggerated, over-the-top behavior can often be funny.
52+ ComedicReliefCharacters: StockCharacters who are inherently funny.
53+ DudeNotFunny: If you cross the line too far with humor, expect some people to be offended instead of amused.
54+ IronicIndex: Jokes derived from the inversion of expected outcomes.
55+ LaughterTropes: Tropes about laughing.
56+ MemeticMutation: Humorous cultural references and other jokes that become popular enough to be widely shared and spread, especially over the Internet.
57+ MistakenForIndex: When people make incorrect guesses or wrong assumptions about someone or something else, it can lead to a very humorously awkward situation.
58+ NothingIsFunnier
59+ OddLastItemIndex: A list ends in something different and crazy.
60+ OhGreatASnarkIndex: Jokes derived from sarcasm and sardonicism.
61+ {{Practical Joke}}s: Tropes about pranks.
62+ RoomShuffle
63+ StockJokes: Common gags you've seen many times before.
64+ StockParodies: Common spoofs of specific works.
65+ StupidityTropes: People making fools of themselves are usually funny.
66+ SubvertedInnocence: A joke about something that's often thought of as being harmless and inoffensive, turning out to be anything but.
67+ ThisIndexIsAJoke
68[[/folder]]
69
70[[folder:Tropes – A]]
71* AbhorrentAdmirer: Someone is constantly pursued by an ugly or otherwise unpleasant person who is attracted to them.
72* AbnormalAllergy: A character having an oddball allergy, most of the time not even existing in real life.
73* AbsentMindedProfessor: A spaced-out scientist.
74* AbsurdBrandName: A product or service has a brand name no sane marketing department would approve.
75* AbsurdPhobia: Someone has a ludicrous fear of something that isn't particularly known to be scary or even dangerous.
76* AbsurdlyBrightLight: A light is far brighter than any Real Life light of that type.
77* AbsurdlyIneffectiveBarricade: Someone tries to barricade a door, but the material used has no chance of properly preventing someone from going through the door.
78* AbsurdlyLongWait: Someone needs to wait for something that normally would take hours at most stupidly long, even decades.
79* AccidentalArt: When a random object is mistaken for a piece of art.
80* AccidentalAthlete: Someone is discovered to have a natural athletic ability while doing something else.
81* AccidentalBid: Someone has unintentionally bid an outlandish price on and won some expensive item because of innocent or unrelated behavior during a silent auction.
82* AccidentalDanceCraze: Someone is mistaken for dancing and the "dance" catches on.
83* AccidentalDiscovery: An accident leads to a scientific breakthrough or an amazing invention.
84* AccidentalHug: Two characters spontaneously hug in a moment of shared joy or affection—and then one or both of them quickly, awkwardly pull away.
85* AccidentalMarriage: You may now kiss the bride! But wait, how the hell did this happen?
86* AccidentalPervert: Someone accidentally says or does things that make them look like a perverted creep.
87* AccidentalProposal: Someone mistakes someone else for having proposed to them.
88* AccidentalTruth: A character was only making up a lie when they said something, but it later turns out that what they said is actually true.
89* AccidentalUnfortunateGesture: Someone accidentally makes an offensive gesture.
90* AcidRefluxNightmare: Eating before bed causes a person to have nightmares.
91* AcmeProducts: A one-stop shop that seems to sell everything, which may or may not function exactly as advertised.
92* AcquaintedWithEmergencyServices: A character causes trouble, on purpose or accidentally, too many times that the emergency workers are very familiar with them.
93* AcquiredErrorAtThePrinter: A minor mistake in printing completely changes the message to be awkward, embarrassing, or even offensive.
94* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Whenever a person becomes popular for some reason, they let their fame go to their head when usually they're not shown to be self-absorbed and pompous.
95* AcronymConfusion: Confusing one acronym with another composed of the same letters.
96* ActingUnnatural: Characters try to behave naturally, but behave weirdly.
97* ActionInsuranceGag: A character ask anothers character if they have insurance immediately before or after destroying something of theirs.
98* ActorRoleConfusion: The actor who plays a character is mistaken for the fictional character they play.
99* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Someone objects to a joke someone else makes at another person's expense, but ends up agreeing that the joke is hilarious.
100* ActuallyQuiteCatchy: Somebody is shown enjoying a bit of music that you wouldn't expect them to like because they dislike the singer; the music mocks them; or they're the ComicallySerious.
101* ActuallyThatsMyAssistant: The boss's assistant is mistaken for the one in charge.
102* AdamWesting: A celebrity plays a parody of themselves.
103* AddictiveForeignSoapOpera: A character is portrayed raptly watching an undubbed and unsubtitled foreign-language Soap Opera with a box of tissues and some popcorn even though they don't understand the plot.
104* AdmiringTheAbomination: A character makes complimentary statements about someone or something they should be angry at or afraid of.
105* AdolfHitlarious: UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler is depicted as a joke.
106* AdultsAreUseless: Adults are portrayed as too stupid, oblivious or apathetic to do anything helpful when their children are in trouble.
107* AerosolSprayBackfire
108* AgitatedItemStomping
109* TheAhnold: A parody of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
110* AirHugging
111* AliensStealCattle: Aliens abduct cows.
112* AllBalloonsHaveHelium: All balloons can fly even if someone just blew them up by mouth.
113* AllCheeringAllTheTime
114* AllClothUnravels: Pulling on a loose thread unravels a person's clothes, leaving them nude.
115* TheAllegedCar: Someone has a car that's a complete mess and is barely able to function.
116* TheAllegedComputer
117* AllegedlyDateless
118* TheAllegedSteed
119* AllGuysWantSororityWomen
120* AllJewsAreCheapskates
121* AllJustAPrank: A major plot ends up to be a practical joke.
122* AllNaturalFireExtinguisher: Peeing on a fire to put it out.
123* TheAllSolvingHammer
124* AlternativeJokeInterpretation: When a joke could be interpreted two or more ways.
125* AlwaysALiveTransmission
126* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Parents who can't help but embarrass their children all the time.
127* AmbiguousCriminalHistory: A character is implied to have done illegal things in the past and served jailtime for it, but it isn't explained exactly what they did.
128* AmbulanceCut: Right when a character is about to do something hazardous, the scene cuts to the ambulance driving them to the hospital.
129* AmIRight
130* AmusingAlien: Aliens are played for comedy.
131* AmusinglyShortList
132* AnalProbing: [[AlienAbduction Aliens kidnap humans]] just to stick probes up their butts.
133* AndAllIGotWasThisLousyTShirt
134* AndADietCoke: Someone orders a diet coke to go with the tons of unhealthy food they just ordered.
135* AndThatWouldBeWrong: Immediately after an immoral suggestion is made, it's pointed out by the characters that said action isn't the right thing to do.
136* AndTheRest
137* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: Someone dies and everyone's glad the person has kicked the bucket.
138* {{Angrish}}: Someone gets so infuriated that they lose the ability to speak rationally and resort to hollering gibberish and/or incomplete sentences.
139* AnimalReactionShot
140* AnimalSweetOnObject: An animal falls for an object.
141* AnimatedOuttakes
142* AnnoyingBackgroundEvent
143* AnnoyingLaugh
144* {{Anorgasmia}}
145* AnswersToTheNameOfGod
146* AntennaAdjusting
147* AnticlimacticParent
148* AntiClimaxCut
149* AntiHumor: A joke which lacks the proper punchline you'd expect from it.
150* AntiquatedLinguistics
151* AntiSneezeFinger: Putting a finger to one's own or somebody else's nose to prevent them from sneezing.
152* AnyoneRememberPogs
153* AnythingYouCanDoICanDoBetter
154* ApatheticClerk
155* AppealToObscurity
156* ApplianceDefenestration
157* AreWeThereYet
158* AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering
159* TheAristocrats: A joke where a family goes to a talent agent and does a very obscene act, which they call 'The Aristocrats'.
160* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Ending a list with the weakest example.
161* AshesToCrashes
162* AshFace
163* AsianCleaverFever: Characters preparing Asian food wield knives as though they're fighting or performing.
164* AsianSpeekeeEngrish
165* AsideComment
166* AsideGlance: A character reacts to something by turning to face the audience.
167* AsinineAlternateActivity
168* AssShove: Someone gets an object shoved up their ass.
169* AssemblyLineFastForward: Characters work at an assembly line and end up making a mess when the conveyer belt's speed is drastically increased.
170* AssumedWin: Someone assumes they've won before learning that they didn't.
171* AstonishinglyAppropriateInterruption: Someone is shocked or surprised by something while they're talking and the word they suddenly shout could very well be what they were about to say or at least makes sense as part of the interrupted sentence. Alternatively, someone interrupts someone else and it finishes the sentence.
172* AstronomicalExchangeRate
173* AsymmetricDilemma: Mentioning two problems, the first insignificant and given in unnecessary detail while the second is more serious but mentioned as if it was less important than the other problem.
174* AtArmsLength
175* AteItAll
176* AteTheSpoon: A substance is shown to be highly corrosive by having a spoon dissolve the instant one tries to use it on the substance.
177* AtrociousAlias: A character uses an alias or codename that's laughably stupid and ridiculous.
178* AttackAttackRetreatRetreat
179* AttackOfThePoliticalAd
180* AttackTheTail
181* AwfulBritishSexComedy
182* AwkwardFatherSonBondingActivity
183* AwkwardPoetryReading: A character tries to read or recite a poem, but it's awkward.
184* AwkwardStoplightMoment
185[[/folder]]
186
187[[folder:Tropes – B]]
188* BabysittersNightmare: A kid is so bratty that nobody wants to babysit them and the few who dare to do so are inevitably driven crazy by the child's unruliness.
189* TheBGrade: Someone gets upset over receiving a grade that is slightly less than perfect.
190* BachelorAuction
191* BackingAwaySlowly: Slowly moving away from someone who just said or did something awkward or crazy.
192* BackingIntoDanger: A common comedic variation has two characters walking backwards, only to back into (and scare) each other.
193* TheBackstageSketch
194* BackToSchool
195* BackwardsFiringGun
196* BadgeGag: Issues when a character tries to display their badge or ID.
197* BadHumorTruck: An ice cream truck is driven by a bad person.
198* BadImpressionists
199* BadJobWorseUniform
200* BadLiar: Someone is very bad at telling a convincing lie.
201* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: The babysitter gets hurt while trying to keep the child they're watching over from danger.
202* BadNewsInAGoodWay
203* BadNewsIrrelevantNews: In a "good news, bad news" situation, the good news is weak and/or irrelevant.
204* BadOmenAnecdote
205* BaitAndSwitchAccusation
206* BaitAndSwitchComparison: Saying that one person is like the other and the other thing ''is'' the other (e.g. "The difference between the mayor and a mosquito is that one is a bloodsucking pest and the other is an insect").
207* BaitAndSwitchComment
208* BaitAndSwitchSentiment: Someone seems to be being sentimental, but they aren't.
209* BaitAndSwitchSilhouette
210* BaldnessMockery
211* {{Balloonacy}}: Someone floats with one or more balloons.
212* BalloonBelly: Overeating causes a person to have a huge round belly.
213* BalloonBurstingBird: A balloon pops after a bird pecks at it with its beak.
214* BallsGag: A joke on the fact that the word "balls" can be slang for testicles.
215* BananaInTheTailPipe: Lodging something in the tailpipe of a car.
216* BananaPeel: Someone slips on a banana peel and gets hurt.
217* BangFlagGun: A novelty gun that has a flag reading "BANG!" come out of the barrel when the trigger is pulled rather than bullets.
218* BanisterSlide
219* BankToaster
220* BareBottomedMonkey: Primates prominently presenting their plainly hairless posteriers for the sake of humor.
221* BarelyMissedCushion
222* BarSlide
223* BarbershopQuartetsAreFunny
224* BatteredBouquet
225* BattyLipBurbling
226* BeachBury
227* BearTrap
228* BeatWithoutABut
229* BecomingPartOfTheImage
230* BedmateReveal: A character wakes up and finds a stranger sharing their bed.
231* BedroomAdulteryScene
232* BeefBandage: Someone treats their injury by putting a steak on it.
233* BehindAStick: Someone somehow manages to hide behind something much thinner than they are.
234* BellyFlopCrushing
235* BeQuietNudge: Hitting someone to gesture that they should shut up right now.
236* BerserkButton
237* BestOutOfInfinity
238* BestedAtBowling
239* BestialityIsDepraved: Jokes about people having sex with animals.
240* BigEater: A person with an appetite big enough that they're constantly eating large amounts of food.
241* BigLittleMan: An incredibly short character is introduced in a way that makes them seem significantly taller than they really are.
242* BigShutUp: Yelling at a person to "shut up".
243* BigStupidDoodooHead: A character resorts to using childish insults.
244* BirdPoopGag: A form of ToiletHumour where the joke revolves around a bird pooping on something or someone.
245* BirthdaySuitSurpriseParty: Someone stumbles upon a surprise party while naked.
246* BitingTheHandHumor: A work makes a joke at the expense of the company that made or helped make production or distribution of the work possible.
247* BitsOfMeKeepPassingOut: Someone's body parts fall asleep at random times.
248* BizarreAndImprobableGolfGame
249* BizarreBelching: Burping as a sign that something weird and possibly funny is afoot.
250* BizarreTasteInFood: A character does weird things with their own food.
251* BlackComedyAnimalCruelty: Animal violence and mistreatment of animals is played for dark laughs.
252* BlackComedyBurst: A comedy that usually uses lighthearted jokes suddenly uses BlackComedy.
253* BlackComedyCannibalism: Jokes about cannibals and eating people.
254* BlackComedyRape: Playing sexual assault and rape for laughs.
255* BlanketFort
256* BlanketTugOWar
257* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: A hot sauce that is extremely hot, causing whoever consumes it to try and cool off the burning taste in their mouth.
258* TheBlindLeadingTheBlind
259* BlindMistake: A blind person ends up making silly mistakes because of their lack of sight.
260* BlindShoulderToss
261* BlindWithoutEm: A character who wears glasses can't see a thing without them on.
262* BloodOnTheDebateFloor
263* BloodyHilarious: Dark humor revolving around explicit and bloody violence.
264* ABloodyMess: An innocent, red-colored substance is mistaken for blood.
265* BluntMetaphorsTrauma: A foreigner gets unfamiliar figures of speech and idioms wrong.
266* BodyBridge
267* BogglesTheMind: Words made in Scrabble or Boggle that relate to the player's thoughts.
268* BoogieKnights
269* BookAndSwitch: Someone hides the book they're actually reading behind a book they're tricking other people into thinking they're reading.
270* BoomerangBigot: Someone is prejudiced toward a group they actually belong to.
271* BoomerangComeback
272* BoringVacationSlideshow: Instances where a person shows someone their vacation slides tend to be hilarious for just how boring they are.
273* BornUnlucky
274* BorrowedCatchphrase: Instances where a character says another character's catchphrase tend to be funny.
275* BorschtBelt: Jewish comedians.
276* BottomOfTheBarrelJoke: A rude joke is made because the writers got lazy.
277* BowelBreakingBricks: A character appears to have pooped themselves in fear, but it isn't poop.
278* BoxAndStickTrap: Someone sets up a trap where the target is intended to have a box fall onto them by knocking over the stick holding the box up.
279* TheBoxingEpisode
280* BrainBleach: A character expresses their shock or disgust at seeing or being forced to visualize something really disturbing or gross.
281* BrainFreeze: Someone suffers a migraine from consuming frozen desserts too fast.
282* BrakeAngrily: Someone suddenly stops the car they're driving in response to hearing a remark that upsets them.
283* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: A list of three or more things ends with some combination of the previously listed items.
284* BreadEggsMilkSquick: A mundane list ends with something gross or disturbing.
285* BreakTheMotivationalSpeaker
286* BreakingTheFourthWall: A meta-joke in which a character displays awareness of the fact that they're in a work of fiction, often leading to self-referential commentary about the real-life nature of the work itself.
287* BreathlessNonSequitur: A character makes an abrupt, nonsensical statement without skipping a beat.
288* BrickJoke: Something mentioned briefly gets a humorous callback later.
289* BriefsBoasting: A man brags because he wears small underwear.
290* BringMyBrownPants: Someone soils themselves in response to getting scared.
291* BringTheAnchorAlong
292* BritishHumour
293* BritishRoyalGuards
294* BritishStuffiness
295* BrokenEcho
296* BrokenRecord
297* BroughtHomeTheWrongKid
298* BrutalHonesty: Telling the truth bluntly.
299* BubblegumPopping
300* BucketBoobyTrap: Someone opens a door only to have a bucket fall on them.
301* BuffetBuffoonery
302* BumblingDad: A father who is a complete moron.
303* BunnyEarsPicturePrank: When two or more people have their picture taken, one person uses their index and middle fingers to make "bunny ears" behind another person's head.
304* BurgerFool: Someone has to work at a fast food restaurant.
305* BurningBagOfPoop: A gross PracticalJoke where someone leaves a burning bag of fecal matter at someone's door and tricks the person into stamping out the fire.
306* BurpingContest: Seeing who can belch the loudest or longest.
307* ButtBiter: Someone gets bitten on their behind.
308* ButtMonkey: A character whose primary purpose is to constantly face misfortune.
309* ButterFace: A woman with a beautiful body, but an ugly face.
310* ByNoIMeanYes
311* ByWallThatIsHoley
312[[/folder]]
313
314[[folder:Tropes – C]]
315* CalculatorSpelling: Someone spells out something silly or inappropriate on a calculator.
316* CallingMeALogarithm: Someone hears an unfamiliar word and assumes that it is an insult directed at them.
317* CallingYourNausea: A character says he's about to vomit.
318* {{Calvinball}}: A game that has no fixed rules.
319* CannotKeepASecret: A person is asked to not tell anyone about a secret, but lets the information slip out at the first opportunity.
320* CannotTellAJoke
321* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: A character will always get in trouble every time they try to do something bad.
322* CantGetInTroubleForNuthin: A character keeps doing bad things because they ''want'' to get in trouble, but for some reason or another they are never punished.
323* CantYouReadTheSign: Someone comes across a sign with a rule that they will promptly violate or had just violated before noticing the sign.
324* CaptionHumor
325* CardboardPal
326* CarMeetsHouse
327* CarRadioDispute
328* CarryingACake: Shenanigans ensue when a character has to carry food.
329* CartoonConductor
330* CartoonlandTime
331* CaughtOnTheJumbotron
332* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: Someone gets caught while they're masturbating.
333* CavemenVsAstronautsDebate
334* CeilingBanger: Hitting the ceiling to get the people upstairs to keep it quiet.
335* CelebCrush: A person has a crush on a celebrity.
336* CensoredForComedy: Scenes with innocent dialogue have words randomly bleeped out to give the appearance of swearing.
337* CentipedesDilemma: Someone loses the ability to do something once they are made to think about how it is possible for them to do it.
338* CerebusRollercoaster: A story that keeps shifting from dramatic periods and light-hearted periods.
339* ChainLetter
340* ChainOfCorrections
341* ChainedToABed
342* TheChainOfHarm (this is usually PlayedForDrama, or added to horror films. But a slapstick version does exist)
343* ChanceMeetingBetweenAntagonists
344* ChaoticCarRide
345* ChaosWhileTheyreNotLooking
346* CharlieChaplinShoutOut
347* ChasedOffIntoTheSunset
348* CheckPlease: A StockPhrase said to get out after some restaurant shenanigans.
349* CheekCopy: Someone photocopies their butt.
350* ChekhovsGag
351* CheshireCatGrin
352* ChewOutFakeOut: A person looks like they're going to reprimand another person for something they did, but they instead give praise for their actions.
353* TheChewToy
354* ChicAndAwe
355* ChickenJoke: The old joke about why the chicken crossed the road and variations.
356* ChildishPillowFight
357* ChirpingCrickets: Cricket chirps are heard to emphasize the dead silence in response to a character telling a bad joke or saying something that would warrant shocked stares.
358* ChoosyBeggar: A character is unrealistically picky about something they find or are given.
359* ChristmasLightChaos: Christmas light mishaps. Usually played for laughs.
360* ChronicallyCrashedCar
361* ChurchOfHappyology: A pastiche of a certain religion founded by a science fiction writer that is used to make fun of the religion in question without facing lawsuits.
362* ChuckingChalk
363* CitizenshipMarriage: An illegal immigrant gets married so they can acquire legal citizenship and avoid getting deported.
364* CityOfEverywhere
365* ClockworkPrediction: Characters manage to predict what another character is going to do in the next few minutes. Usually with disastrously comical results on the latter characters part.
366* ClapperGag
367* ClassClown
368* CliffStack
369* ClingyAquaticLife: When you step out of water, there's a chance that a sea creature will attach itself to you.
370* ClosetShuffle
371* {{Cloudcuckooland}}: A strange world inhabited by equally strange people.
372* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: An eccentric (if not outright insane) character who regularly displays bizarre thoughts and behavior.
373* ClownCar
374* ClownCarBase
375* ClungOnTight: When a character (hostile or not), clings on and won't let go of another for whatever reason.
376* ClutchingHandTrap
377* CoconutMeetsCranium: A characters gets hit in the head with a coconut.
378* CoincidentalAccidentalDisguise: A character accidentally ends up looking like a scary person or creature and scares someone else.
379* CoincidentalDodge
380* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: Someone wants to do something they can't for some reason and are unable to go anywhere without seeing reminders of the activity they're unable to do.
381* ColorFailure
382* CollectiveGroan
383* ComebackTomorrow: A character is insulted and thinks of a comeback much later.
384* ComedicSociopathy: Humor derived from characters doing very mean and insensitive things.
385* ComedicSpanking: Someone gets spanked as a joke.
386* ComedicUnderwearExposure: Someone loses their pants, revealing funny-looking undies.
387* ComedicWorkSeriousScene: A dramatic, possibly emotional moment in an otherwise comedic work that gives it depth.
388* ComedyAsAWeapon
389* TheComedyDrop: One character drops another as a comedy beat
390* ComedyGhetto: Audiences lose interest in a work because of the focus on comedy.
391* ComicalCoffeeCup
392* ComicallyInappropriateFuneralUrn: Cremated ashes are kept in a comically unfitting place.
393* ComicallyIneptHealing
394* ComicallyInvincibleHero: The hero's inability to be defeated is played for laughs.
395* ComicallyLopsidedRivalry
396* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Someone misses the point of what's being explained to them in a humorous manner.
397* ComicallyOversizedButt
398* TheComicallySerious: A character who provides comedy by being stern and emotionless regardless of the present situation or the absurdity of their dialogue.
399* ComicallySmallBribe: Someone attempts to bribe someone with a laughably small amount of money or a ludicrously mundane offer.
400* ComicallySmallDemand: A character will only do what they're asked in exchange for a favor. Said favor turns out to be not that hard to complete.
401* ComicallyWordyContract
402* ComicalNapDrool: Sleeping people are drooling.
403* ComicalOverreacting: Someone reacts to an insignificant disappointment by going into a hilarious meltdown.
404* ComicRolePlay
405* ComicSutra: Mention is made of a sex act with an unusual name, but it is never explained how the sex act is actually performed.
406* ComingOfAgeStory
407* CompetitionCouponMadness: Someone tries to save box tops from a cereal they're eating so they can have enough to exchange for an advertised prize that they want really badly.
408* ComplainingAboutThingsYouHaventPaidFor
409* CompletelyOffTopicReport: A student writes a report that somehow covers a subject that has nothing to do with the topic that was assigned.
410* ConfessionDeferred: Confessing the truth only when it's convenient.
411* ConfucianConfusion
412* ConfusingMultipleNegatives: A character causes confusion on what they meant because they used multiple negatives.
413* CongruentMemory
414* ConstantlySpellsTheirName
415* ConstructionZoneCalamity
416* ContractualGag
417* ContrivedClumsiness: A character deliberately does something and passes it off as a clumsy mistake.
418* ConvenienceStoreGiftShopping
419* ConvenientSlowDance: Whenever a couple gets together at a prom, disco, etc, a slow dance is called.
420* CookingTheLiveMeal: Character in peril of being eaten is cartoonishly prepared as food alive.
421* CordonBleughChef: A chef who is good at making food, but has a habit of preparing unappetizing combinations.
422* CorrelationCausationGag: A character notices that something happened after they did something and reaches the conclusion that their action was what caused the event.
423* CosmeticHorror
424* TheCouch
425* CouldSayItBut
426* CounterZany
427* CountingToPotato: Someone shows an odd way of counting by listing numbers out of order and/or substituting numbers with random words.
428* CoveredInGunge: A gag involving a character getting covered in a goopy substance.
429* CoveredInMud: A character gets, well, covered in mud.
430* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: Concerned parents cover up their children's eyes and ears when something inappropriate for children comes up.
431* CoverupPurchase
432* CrackOhMyBack: Someone injures their back.
433* CrappyCarnival: A poorly-constructed and unfun excuse for an amusement park.
434* CrashingThroughTheHarem
435* CrashIntoHello
436* CrazyCulturalComparison
437* CrazyJealousGuy: A husband or boyfriend gets enraged when they see another man flirt with their girl.
438* CrazyPrepared: Someone has what is needed to deal with the present situation regardless of how unexpected or unlikely the circumstances would usually be.
439* CreatorCareerSelfDeprecation: The work's creator makes fun of their own line of work.
440* CreditCardPlot: A character gets their first credit card, only to immediately max it out.
441* CreepyFamily: A family consisting of monsters or bizarrely sinister people.
442* CrossesTheLineTwice: A joke that's considered funny because of how blatantly offensive it is.
443* CrossoverPunchline: A joke involving a random cameo by a character from another work.
444* CrotchGrabSexCheck: Groping a person's groin to determine their sex.
445* CrotchGlanceSexCheck: Checking an animal's groin to determine their sex.
446* CrowdedCastShot
447* CrushFilter
448* CrushParade
449* CryLaughing
450* CryingAfterSex: People cry after having had sex.
451* CryingARiver: Someone cries enough to fill anywhere between a bathtub and an ocean.
452* CuckooClockGag: Cuckoo clocks are PlayedForLaughs.
453* CuckoolanderCommentator
454* CueCardPause: Someone reads from a cue card and ends up saying something awkward due to cutting themselves off before the next cue card is deployed.
455* CueOClock: Clock dial numbers are replaced by a non-time-related cue or nonsense.
456* CueTheFallingObject
457* CueTheFlyingPigs: Someone comments that something will only happen if something improbable happens. Not long after, the improbable thing ends up happening.
458* CurseCutShort: A character is interrupted or deliberately stops talking when they're about to swear.
459* CutASliceTakeTheRest: Someone takes a small piece of cake, pizza, or another food that can be cut into slices, then leaves that while taking the rest to eat.
460* CutawayGag: Someone makes a remark about an unseen past event or a hypothetical situation, followed by a clip explaining what the character was talking about.
461* CuteButCacophonic: A being who is adorable, but also very loud and hard on the ears.
462* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: A character makes a very bizarre threat that is played for laughs.
463[[/folder]]
464
465[[folder:Tropes – D]]
466* DamnedByFaintPraise: Politely insulting someone or something by only praising a minor aspect.
467* DanceOff
468* DangerWithADeadline: The enemy is very dangerous...but their deadline expires at a particularly embarrassing or inopportune moment.
469* DasherDancerPrancerAndNixon: Forgetting the names of Santa Claus's reindeer.
470* DatePeepers
471* DatingServiceDisaster
472* DeadMansChest
473* DeadTVRemoteGag: The remote control to the TV not working is SeriousBusiness.
474* DeadlineNews: A news anchor dies on the air.
475* DeadpanSnarker: A character who tends to make sarcastic remarks.
476* DeathAsComedy: A character's death is played for laughs.
477* DeconstructiveParody: A parody that either uses the tropes and elements in a more realistic light or exaggerates them to a ludicrous degree.
478* DeepImmersionGaming
479* DefeatByModesty: An opponent is forced to forfeit the fight once they lose their clothes.
480* DefenestrateAndBerate
481* ADegreeInUseless: A college graduate has a degree in a subject that is worthless because there aren't many career fields where the information is practical.
482* DelayedOhCrap: A character notices a serious disaster or problem, but doesn't react appropriately until a few seconds later.
483* DelayedReaction: A character takes a while to realise the implications of something.
484* DelegationRelay
485* DemographicallyInappropriateHumour: A show aimed at younger audiences features gags that would feel more at home in a show for older audiences.
486* DenserAndWackier: A work gets more cartoony, exaggerated plotlines.
487* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Repetition played as a joke.
488* DepravedDentist: A dentist who has apparently taken the job just so they can get their kicks by causing their patients pain.
489* DerailedFairyTale: A character attempts to tell a fairy tale, but ends up screwing up the narrative by either getting details wrong or getting a little too carried away in taking their own creative liberties with the story.
490* DescriptionCut
491* DidTheEarthMoveForYouToo
492* DidTheyOrDidntThey: It's left ambiguous whether or not a couple have consummated their relationship.
493* DidYouGetANewHaircut: A character notices that someone they know looks different and shows their obliviousness by asking if it's because of a new haircut.
494* DidntThinkThisThrough: Someone comes up with a plan to do something, but the plan ends up failing because of a crucial detail that the planner failed to realize before it was too late to do anything.
495* DifferentForGirls
496* DiggingToChina: Someone tries to go to China by simply digging into the Earth.
497* DiggingYourselfDeeper: An attempt to save face only results in making yourself look even worse.
498* DingDongDitchDistraction: A prank where you ring someone's doorbell and run away before the door is answered.
499* DinnerAndAShow
500* TheDinnermobile: There's something funny about a food-shaped car.
501* DinnerOrderFlub
502* DinnerWithTheBoss: An employee has their boss come to their house for dinner, often resulting in the employee dreading that they'll get fired if things aren't to their boss's liking.
503* DinosaurDoggieBone
504* DirectionlessDriver
505* DisasterDominoes
506* DiscriminateAndSwitch: It looks like a person is prejudiced towards someone for one reason, but it then turns out their resentment is for a different reason.
507* DishDash
508* {{Dismotivation}}
509* DisgustingPublicToilet: People don't like using public toilets due to the likelihood of them being filthy and gross as a result of other people not being considerate enough to clean up when they're done using it.
510* DisorganizedOutlineSpeech
511* DisproportionateRestitution: Someone tries to make up for their misdeeds, but their good deed doesn't even come close to making amends for what they did before.
512* DisproportionateRetribution: Someone reacts to a slight with retaliation that comes off as harsh in comparison to how bad the offense truly was.
513* {{Dissimile}}
514* DistantReactionShot
515* DistinctionWithoutADifference: A character insists that they're not X, they're just Y. It so happens that Y essentially means the same thing as X.
516* DistractedByTheSexy: Someone gets distracted by an attractive person coming their way.
517* DistractingDisambiguation
518* DIYDisaster
519* DodgeballIsHell
520* DodgyToupee: Someone covers their baldness with a very obvious wig.
521* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Comedic symbolism.
522* DogWalksYou: A character gets pulled along by a dog.
523* DogsLoveFireHydrants: Dogs are depicted as being obsessed with fire hydrants.
524* DoItYourselfPlumbingProject: Someone tries to fix their plumbing themselves with hilarious results.
525* DomesticApplianceDisaster
526* DontBeRidiculous: Someone makes a ridiculous statement. Another person corrects the other person's observation or belief before giving a statement that's just as (or even more) ridiculous.
527* DontExplainTheJoke: A character makes a joke and then ruins it by going to the trouble of explaining the joke.
528* DontYouLikeIt
529* DoomedAutographedItem: Someone's prized autographed possession gets lost or damaged, often with comedic results.
530* DoomedSupermarketDisplay: Supermarket displays always get knocked over.
531* DoomItYourself
532* DoorFocus: After a character exits, the camera lingers on the door. {{Beat}}. The character re-enters through the door.
533* DoorJudo
534* DoorRoulette
535* TheDoorSlamsYou: A character gets hit by a door.
536* DopeSlap: Slapping someone for saying or doing something stupid.
537* DoppelgangerDating
538* DoubleEntendre: A statement that has a hidden and often risque meaning.
539* DoubleTake
540* DownHereShot
541* DoWrongRight: Someone admonishes someone not for doing something bad, but for doing something bad the wrong way.
542* DraggedByTheCollar
543* DraggedIntoDrag
544* DramaticDrop
545* DramaticSitDown
546* DrawingStraws
547* DreadedKidsPartyEntertainerJob: Performing at kids' parties ''sucks''.
548* TheDreadedPretendTeaParty: Someone hates playing tea party with a kid.
549* DreadfulMusician: A musician who is terrible at playing music.
550* DressesTheSame: Characters fight over identical clothes.
551* DrippingDisturbance
552* DriveThruAntics
553* DrivesLikeCrazy: Someone is very poor at driving.
554* DrivingStick
555* DroolDeluge
556* DropInCharacter
557* DropInLandlord: A DropInCharacter whose excuse for being around the main cast is that he's their landlord.
558* DroppedGlasses: A character drops their glasses, then someone else steps on them.
559* DropTheCow
560* DropTheWashtub
561* DroppedInTheToilet: Personal possessions accidentally getting dropped in a toilet.
562* DrunkWithPower
563* {{Duck}}: A command to duck (as in, lower yourself to get out of harm's way) is mistaken for pointing out a duck (as in, waterfowl).
564* DuckSeasonRabbitSeason: An ArgumentOfContradictions ends with one person suddenly saying the other person's opinion or choice to trick them into changing sides of the argument.
565* DudeLooksLikeALady: A male is mistaken for a female.
566* DudeWheresOurCar
567* DumbassDJ: Disc jockeys who are rude, obnoxious and prone to talking about vulgar subjects.
568* DumbMuscle: A strong character who doesn't have any brains to go with their brawn.
569* DynamiteCandle
570[[/folder]]
571
572[[folder:Tropes – E]]
573* EarpieceConversation
574* EarTrumpet
575* EarWorm: A song that's annoying due to its catchiness.
576* EasyComeEasyGo
577* EasilyImpressed
578* EasilyOverheardConversation
579* EatingPetFood: A character accidentally eats pet food.
580* EatingShoes
581* EatTheBomb
582* EdibleTreasure
583* EducationThroughPyrotechnics
584* EekAMouse: Women are easily frightened by seeing rodents.
585* EgocentricTeamNaming
586* EitherWorldDominationOrSomethingAboutBananas: A character translates something as either something serious or something silly.
587* ElderEmployee
588* ElNinoIsSpanishForTheNino
589* ElectricJoybuzzer
590* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: There is an obvious issue that everyone goes out of their way to avoid addressing.
591* TheElevatorFromIpanema
592* ElvishPresley: Jokes about Elvis Presley and elves.
593* EmbarrassingCoverUp: Turning away eavesdroppers and people trying to stop you by using an embarrassing excuse.
594* EmbarrassingDampSheets: Bedwetting and similar incidents.
595* EmbarrassingHospitalGown: Wearing a hospital gown is seen as embarrassing, bothersome, or humorous.
596* EmbarrassingNickname: A character is embarrassed by their nickname.
597* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: Someone has a humiliating photo (or home movie) of themselves when they were younger.
598* EmbarrassingRelativeTeacher: When a kid's [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents Amazingly Embarrassing Parent]] is also their teacher.
599* EmbarrassingRingtone
600* EmbarrassingSlide: A slideshow somehow has an embarrassing picture of the presenter included among the other slides.
601* EmbarrassingTattoo: Someone has a tattoo that's undignified, whether due to the location of the tattoo or what the tattoo depicts.
602* EmbarrassinglyPainfulSunburn
603* EmotionallyTongueTied
604* EmptySwimmingPoolDive
605* EndangeredSouffle: Souffles always collapse.
606* EpicFail: Someone manages to fail at something in an incredibly extreme and/or spectacular way (which in many cases is a way that isn't physically possible just to emphasize how utterly the person has failed).
607* EscalatingPunchline: What would've been an unremarkable joke gets funnier as the one telling it adds more details that make the outcome of the story more and more humorous.
608* EscalatingWar
609* EscapedAnimalRampage
610* EskimosArentReal: Someone believes that something real doesn't exist.
611* EspeciallyZoidberg: Someone tells someone not to tell anyone else a secret, then, when asked if a character who it shouldn't apply to is an exception, the other person says to ''especially'' not tell that character.
612* EvenBeggarsWontChooseIt: Not even vagabonds would be desperate enough for that kind of handout.
613* EvenNerdsHaveStandards: Someone's a nerd, but not a big enough nerd for this thing.
614* EvenTheDogIsAshamed: Everybody is ashamed at someone, even their pet.
615* EvenTheRatsWontTouchIt: A food is so gross, even vermin don't want it.
616* EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped: Someone's speech is so [[TheUnintelligible unintelligible]] that the subtitles/closed captions give up on them.
617* EverybodyLaughsEnding: The episode ends with everyone laughing.
618* EveryoneChasingYou
619* EverythingsLouderWithBagpipes: Jokes about bagpipe music being unbearable to listen to.
620* EverythingIsAnInstrument
621* EverythingIsRacist: A character accuses something innocuous of being racist for what are often absurd reasons.
622* EvilElevator
623* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: Villains either have no concept of humor or have a habit of making sick jokes at the expenses of their victims.
624* EvilIsHammy
625* EvilIsPetty: Villains are willing to do deplorable things for the most trivial of reasons.
626* EvilLaughTurnedCoughingFit
627* EvilLawyerJoke: Jokes on how lawyers are considered to be bad people.
628* EqualOpportunityOffender
629* ExactWords
630* ExiledToTheCouch: Someone makes their spouse/boyfriend/girlfriend sleep on the couch because they're angry.
631* TheExitIsThatWay
632* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Someone talks about something before being horrified once the implications of what they're discussing dawns on them.
633* ExplainingTheSoap
634* ExplodingCloset
635* ExplosiveCigar
636* ExpositionAlreadyCovered
637* ExpositionDiagram
638* ExpospeakGag: Using big words to describe things usually spoken in layman's terms.
639* ExpressiveUvula: A character's uvula has a face on it.
640* ExpressLaneLimit
641* ExtendedGreetings
642* ExtendoBoxingGlove
643* ExtremeCloseUp
644* ExtremelyEasyExam: A comically easy exam that's almost impossible to fail, usually given by an apathetic or incompetent teacher.
645* ExtremeOmniGoat: A goat that can eat ’’anything’’.
646* ExtremeOmnivore: A character eats something that is usually inedible.
647* EyepiecePrank
648* EyeTake
649[[/folder]]
650
651[[folder:Tropes – F]]
652* FaceDoodling: Drawing on someone's face while they're unconscious.
653* FaceFault
654* {{Facepalm}}: Reacting to other people doing stupid or embarrassing things by pressing the palm of your hand against your face.
655* FacePlant
656* FacialCompositeFailure: A police sketch that doesn't look anything like the criminal the authorities are supposed to be looking for.
657* FailedASpotCheck
658* FailedAttemptAtDrama
659* FailedAttemptAtScaring: A character tries to scare another and it falls flat.
660* FailedDramaticExit: A character attempts to leave dramatically, but the mood is ruined because they accidentally hurt themselves in the process or end up having to return for a reason unrelated to their intended departure.
661* FailingATaxi
662* FailuresOnIce: Someone is a terrible skater.
663* FakeHigh: A character acts drunk or high because they think they are.
664* FakeRabies: A character, usually a dog, is mistaken for rabid.
665* FakeRealTurn
666* FallOfTheHouseOfCards
667* FalseTeethTomfoolery: Someone is revealed to be wearing false teeth.
668* TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily
669* FanserviceExtra: A minor character who exists solely to provide fanservice.
670* FantasticAnthropologist
671* FantasyTwist
672* FarSideIsland
673* FastForwardGag
674* FatComicRelief: An overweight character whose purpose is to provide humor.
675* FatFlex
676* FauxHorrific: Pretending that something is scary as a joke.
677* FauxToGuide
678* FauxdianSlip
679* FawltyTowersPlot: A lie held up by more lies that eventually implodes.
680* FeedbackRule
681* FeeFiFauxPas
682* {{Feghoot}}: The whole story is just a set-up for a pun.
683* FengSchwing
684* FightForTheLastBite: Characters squabble over the last piece of food.
685* FightingInThePlayground
686* FilePhotoGag: A news station or newspaper's file photo is used for a joke.
687* LeFilmArtistique: The typical student film that's angsty and hard to understand.
688* {{Filth}}
689* FinaglesLaw
690* FindingABraInYourCar
691* FineYouCanJustWaitHereAlone
692* FingerExtinguisher: When PlayedForLaughs, the trope is used when I character tries to put out a flame with their bare hand to show how cool they are, only to fail hilariously.
693* FinishDialogueInUnison
694* FirstStepFixation: A character has a goal, and a plan to accomplish that goal--then fixates on the plan so hard that they temporarily forget the original goal.
695* FishOutOfTemporalWater: A character ends up stuck in the past or future and is forced to adjust to living outside of their proper time.
696* FishingForSole: A character catches an object instead of a fish while fishing.
697* FiveAcesCheater
698* TheFlappingDickey
699* FlashbackCut
700* FlashInThePanFad
701* FlatJoy: A character expresses joy stoically or ironically.
702* FlatScare
703* FlintstoneTheming
704* FlippingTheTable: Someone flips the table over after being angered by something.
705* FlirtatiousSmackOnTheAss: Hitting on someone by smacking their butt.
706* FlockOfWolves
707* FlushTheEvidence
708* FlushingToiletScreamingShower: Flushing the toilet while someone is showering causes them to scream at the sudden change in water temperature.
709* FlyCrazy
710* FlyInTheSoup: Jokes about flies in soup.
711* FMinusMinus: Someone does so badly in school that the grade they recieve goes even lower than what the education system would allow in real life.
712* FollowTheChaos
713* FoodAndAnimalAttraction
714* FoodBasedSuperpowers: Bizarre and/or whimsical superpowers centering around food in some way.
715* FoodComa: Getting tired or even falling asleep from too much food.
716* FoodFight: Characters throw food at each other.
717* FoodShoveGag
718* FoodSongsAreFunny: Singing about food is funny for some odd reason.
719* FoolishHusbandResponsibleWife
720* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling
721* FoolsMap
722* ForcedBath: Someone is forced by several people to take a bath.
723* ForciblyFormedPhysique: Sheer force causes a toon's body to change shape.
724* ForgettableCharacter
725* ForgotICouldntSwim
726* ForgotToFeedTheMonster: A character has a being sealed away and intends to set the being free, but finds out that the being has starved to death and decayed due to the time being neglected and sealed away.
727* ForgotToMindTheirHead: A character hits their head as a consequence of not paying attention to their surroundings.
728* ForInconveniencePressOne
729* FormatSpecificJoke
730* FormulaForTheUnformulable
731* FoulBallPit
732* FourManBand
733* FourthWallPortrait: A joke where a cartoon character is given an in-universe drawing portraying them in a more realistic style or shown in live-action, the latter case often having them portrayed by an actor in a ludicrous costume.
734* FourthWallPsych: It looks like a character is addressing the audience at first, but it quickly turns out they're really talking to someone else who was initially off-screen.
735* FowlMouthedParrot: A parrot copies a person cussing.
736* Franks2000InchTV
737* FranticObjectConcealment
738* TheFreelanceShameSquad: A bunch of people show up just to point and laugh at someone's embarrassment.
739* FreezeFrameBonus: Something shown extremely briefly that the audience will most likely catch if they pause the video at the right moment.
740* FreudianSlip
741* FreudianSlipperySlope
742* FriendlyTickleTorture
743* FrivolousLawsuit: A character makes a lawsuit over something petty or trivial.
744* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: Children knowing and saying things you wouldn't expect a child to know or say.
745* FruitOfTheLoon
746* FrustratingLie: Showing frustration at someone's lie.
747* FullyAutomaticClipShow: A scene where we're shown a montage of clips from previous episodes where a character uses their catchphrase.
748* FunbagAirbag: Someone accidentally crashes their face into a woman's breasts.
749* TheFunInFuneral: Wacky antics happen at a funeral.
750* FunnyConceptionStory: A weird story about how a child was conceived.
751* FunnyFanVoice: A fan distorts a character's voice in a funny-sounding way.
752* FunWithBlenders
753* FunWithFlushing: Flushing stuff other than waste down the toilet.
754* FunnyAnsweringMachine
755* FunnyBackgroundEvent: A funny event happening in the background.
756* FunnyForeigner: A character from another country who provides humor through their bizarre customs and obliviousness of how things are in the country they currently live in.
757* FunnyPhoneMisunderstanding: A humorous misunderstanding happens via a phone.
758* FunnyPhotoPhrase: Someone being photographed will say something other than "cheese".
759* FunnyRobot: A robot with humorous quirks.
760* FunWithForeignLanguages
761* FurIsClothing: Situations where an animal's fur is treated like a removable garment tend to be played for comedy, especially if the animal for some reason has underwear on beneath their fur and/or is embarrassed about being "nude".
762* FurnitureAssemblyGag
763* FutureImperfect: People in the distant future get their facts about history hilariously wrong.
764* TheFutureIsShocking
765[[/folder]]
766
767[[folder:Tropes – G]]
768* GagEcho
769* GallowsHumor
770* GameShowGoofballs: Game show contestants or panelists who are rock stupid.
771* GardenHoseSquirtSurprise
772* GargleBlaster: A concoction of alcoholic beverages that isn't remotely safe to drink.
773* GarrulousGrowth
774* {{Gasp}}
775* {{Gasshole}}: A character who tends to burp and/or fart deliberately.
776* GassyGastronomy: Foods and drinks that are stereotyped as making people fart or burp.
777* GassyScare: A character thinks they're sick/dying but actually just have gas or need the bathroom.
778* TheGenieKnowsJackNicholson
779* GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity: Losing your job for trivial or no reason at all.
780* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan
781* GettingTheBoot
782* GhostInTheMachine
783* GhostsAbhorAVacuum
784* GiantEyeOfDoom
785* GibberishOfLove: A person who is in love is so overwhelmed by their feelings that they can only utter gibberish in front of the person they're in love with.
786* GiftGivingGaffe
787* GiftShake
788* GiganticGulp: A character drinks from a ludicrously huge container.
789* GilliganCut: A character insists they won't do something. We cut to the next scene, where they're now doing what they insisted they wouldn't do.
790* GirlfriendInCanada: A character lies about having a girlfriend in Canada.
791* GirlScoutsAreEvil
792* GirlWatching
793* GirlsHaveCooties: A little boy thinks girls are gross.
794* GiveGeeksAChance: A nerdy character actually manages to find a significant other.
795* GiveMeASign
796* GivingUpTheGhost: A character almost dies, and their ghost flies out temporarily.
797* GladYouThoughtOfIt: Getting someone to agree to a plan by convincing them it is their idea.
798* GlassesCuriosity: The more lighthearted instances of a character wanting to wear someone else's glasses.
799* GlassesPull
800* GlassSmackAndSlide
801* GlobalIgnorance
802* GloveSlap
803* GodwinsLawOfFacialHair: The Toothbrush Mustache is associated with authority and is used to reference Hitler.
804* GoneBehindTheBend
805* GoneSwimmingClothesStolen: Someone goes [[SkinnyDipping swimming in the nude]], only to have their clothes stolen.
806* GonnaNeedMoreX
807* GoodAngelBadAngel: When faced with a moral decision, a character imagines an angel and a devil appearing on their shoulders to give their two cents on the right decision to make.
808* GoodBehaviorPoints: Characters are given or taken away points over their behavior, which can easily lead to some comedic situations.
809* GoodNewsBadNews: A character has some good news and some bad news and delivers their news comedically.
810* AGoodOldFashionedPaintWatching
811* GoofyFeatheredDinosaur
812* GoofyPrintUnderwear: Someone wears underwear with funny patterns on them.
813* GoofySuit
814* GooGooGetup: Character dresses up as a baby.
815* GotVolunteered
816* GoYeHeroesGoAndDie
817* GrammarCorrectionGag: Being more concerned with grammar and spelling errors than what the person is trying to say.
818* GratuitousMariachiBand: Mariachi bands tend to be used for comedy in fiction.
819* GraveHumor: Tombstones with humorous inscriptions on them.
820* GravityIsAHarshMistress
821* GravityIsAHarshSeamstress: Falling through clotheslines gets you dressed in mismatched clothes.
822* GravityIsOnlyATheory
823* GreetingGestureConfusion
824* GrillingPyrotechnics
825* GroinAttack: Someone suffers an injury to their crotch.
826* GrossGumGag
827* GrossUpCloseUp: A highly detailed close-up of something disgusting or horrifying.
828* GroundedForever: A child or teenager gets grounded for an absurdly long time.
829* GroupCostumeFail
830* GroupieBrigade
831* GuiltByAssociationGag: An entire group gets punished regardless of whether everyone in the group actually did wrong.
832* GuysAreSlobs: Men are untidy.
833[[/folder]]
834
835[[folder:Tropes – H]]
836* HadTheSillyThingInReverse
837* HaHaHaNo: A character laughs, but then switches to seriousness and tells someone no.
838* HairstyleMalfunction
839* HamAndDeadpanDuo: A dramatic person and a stoic person hanging out together.
840* TheHamSquad: Everyone in the group is prone to chewing the scenery and shouting flowery dialogue.
841* HammerspaceHair
842* HandsGoDown: A bunch of people raise their hands in response to a speaker's question, but lots of them lower their hand in response to a follow-up question (usually one that makes the speaker come off as a crack-pot or proves to their detriment that the audience has little interest in what the speaker wishes to talk about).
843* HandshakeRefusal
844* HanlonsRazor: A character who often causes harm, but doesn't mean any of it deliberately.
845* HardHead
846* HarmlessLiquefaction: A character becomes a puddle for comedic effect.
847* HarmlessVillain: A villain who fails to be an actual threat.
848* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: The script contains instructions for the actors to improvise.
849* HashHouseLingo: Fast food services have their own slang for menu items.
850* HashtagForLaughs: A joke at the expense of social media trends where hashtags are used in a comedic manner.
851* HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday
852* HaventYouSeenXBefore: A character is caught doing something weird and responds by acting as if the gawkers are making a big deal out of a mundane situation that shouldn't concern them at all.
853* HavingAHeart
854* {{Headdesk}}
855* HeadTiltinglyKinky
856* HehHehYouSaidX: A character laughs at another character using a word that sounds dirty.
857* HeldBackInSchool: The more extreme cases of a student being older than their classmates due to having to repeat a schoolyear tend to be played for laughs.
858* HeliumSpeech: Inhaling helium causes a person to speak in a very high voice.
859* {{Hellistics}}: Unrelated events turn out to be connected with each other just to screw over the character(s).
860* HelpHelpTrappedInTitleFactory
861* HeManWomanHater
862* HeroesGoneFishing
863* HideousHangoverCure
864* HighDiveHijinks
865* HighFiveLeftHanging: A character tries to get a high five, but the other person refuses to comply.
866* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: A character is shown to have a rough childhood that is funny because of how over-the-top the abuse and misfortune they've endured is.
867* HilariousInFlashback
868* HilariousInHindsight
869* HilariousOuttakes
870* HilarityInZoos
871* TheHilarityOfHats
872* HilaritySues
873* HintDropping
874* HiredOnTheSpot
875* HistoricalCharacterConfusion
876* HistoricalHilarity
877* HistoricalLongevityJoke: Joking about someone's age by implying they were around during historical times.
878* HitMeDammit: A character wants another to hit them.
879* HoldingBothSidesOfTheConversation
880* HoldUpYourScore
881* HollowSoundingHead
882* HomeAloneAntics
883* HomemadeInventions
884* HomeNudist: Someone goes about naked when alone at home.
885* HomePornMovie: A couple have a homemade video of themselves having sex.
886* HomoeroticSubtext
887* HorrifyingTheHorror: Something is so scary that it freaks out a being who is already horrific and terrifying in their own right.
888* HotGuyUglyWife: An attractive man has a hideous wife.
889* HotOnHisOwnTrail
890* HotPotato
891* HotSauceDrinking
892* HouseAmnesia
893* HouseInspection: Inspectors are coming. The house is a mess despite your best efforts.
894* HowDidThatGetInThere
895* HowDidYouGetIt
896* HowDidYouKnowIDidnt: Someone is asked how they were aware of something. The person reveals that they didn't actually know and that it was actually a coincidence that their actions solved the problem.
897* HowIsThatEvenPossible: Someone witnesses an impossible event and asks how it can actually happen.
898* HowMuchDidYouHear
899* HugeRiderTinyMount: A big person rides on a small animal.
900* HumanDoorstop
901* HumanKnot
902* HumanLadder
903* HumanMail
904* HumanTrafficJam
905* HumanSnowball
906* HumanSnowman
907* HumansAreMorons
908* HumorDissonance: A joke is funny to the characters but unpopular with audiences.
909* HumorlessAliens
910* HurricaneOfEuphemisms: A long list of euphemisms or synonyms.
911* HurricaneOfExcuses
912* HurricaneOfPuns: Several puns are made that revolve around the same theme.
913* HurtFootHop: Someone who hurts their foot reacts by jumping up and down while clutching their hurt tootsie.
914* HyperDestructiveBouncingBall
915* HyperventilationBag: Breathing into a paper bag when afraid.
916* HypocriticalHumor: Hypocrisy played for laughs.
917* HypocriticalSinging
918[[/folder]]
919
920[[folder:Tropes – I]]
921* IAteWhat: Someone eats something unpleasant and is grossed out when they're told what it was that they ate.
922* IBangedYourMom: Getting a rise out of someone by claiming to have slept with their mother.
923* IBrokeANail
924* ICallHimMisterHappy: Someone names their genitals.
925* ICanExplain
926* ICantHearYou
927* IdenticalPanelGag
928* IdiotBall: The plot requires for an otherwise intelligent character to suddenly act very stupid.
929* IdiotHair
930* IdiotHero: The main protagonist is not too bright, and thus prone to causing as many dumb problems as they solve.
931* IFellForHours
932* IfItWasFunnyTheFirstTime
933* IfIWereARichMan
934* IgnorantAboutFire: A character is too stupid, clumsy, or just plain naive to deal with a fire.
935* IgnoredRaisedHand
936* IgnoreTheDisability: A character unsuccessfully tries to avoid pointing out another character's disability or deformity.
937* IgnoringBySinging: A character tries to ignore a statement they don't like or don't want to hear by covering their ears and singing.
938* IHaveThisFriend: A character tries to get advice on how to deal with their problem, but claim that a non-existent friend has the problem because they don't want to humiliate themselves by revealing they have this problem.
939* IKnowYouKnowIKnow
940* ILikeMyXLikeILikeMyY: Saying that you like something the same way you like something else.
941* IllFatedFlowerbed
942* IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou: Accidentally revealing information while refusing to tell it to the person asking you to reveal it.
943* IllTakeTwoBeersToo
944* ImaginedInnuendo: Interpreting an innocent statement as a double entendre.
945* ImagineSpot: Someone imagines a brief scene (frequently humorous in nature) in response to learning about something or anticipating something to happen.
946* ImagineTheAudienceNaked: Someone who is supposed to give a speech tries to ease their nerves by pretending the audience isn't wearing any clothes.
947* IMeantToDoThat: A character tries to save face after a gaffe by claiming that what they did was intentional.
948* ImGoingToHellForThis: A character quips that they'll end up in Hell for enjoying or being amused by something that could be seen as morally objectionable.
949* ImmediateSelfContradiction: A character makes a claim that is promptly contradicted by the next action they take or the next thing that happens to them.
950* ImmuneToDrugs
951* ImMrFuturePopCultureReference: Someone time-travels to the past and uses the name of a character from a future work of fiction as an alias.
952* ImpactSilhouette: When a person crashes through a wall, they leave a hole shaped exactly like them.
953* ImplausibleDeniability: Someone claims they didn't do something even though it's very obvious that they did.
954* ImpossibleInsurance: Insurance agents deny claims filed against very unlikely circumstances.
955* ImpossibleLeavening: Too much yeast means either an explosion or a massive amount of dough.
956* ImpossiblePickleJar: Pickle jars are real difficult to open without asking a stronger person for help.
957* ImpossiblyCompactFolding
958* ImprobableHairstyleSequence
959* ImprobablyPredictable
960* ImpromptuCampfireCookout: Characters roast sausages or marshmallows around an accidental fire.
961* {{Improv}}
962* ImprovComedyIsInane
963* ImStandingRightHere: Someone insults another person without noticing or caring that the other person is in earshot.
964* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe
965* ImThinkingItOver
966* InfantilizationRetaliation: Treating a person, animal or object like a baby results in the person responsible for the insult getting attacked regardless if it's intentional or not.
967* INeedToGoIronMyDog
968* INeverSaidItWasPoison
969* InOneEarOutTheOther
970* InThatOrder
971* InTheLocalTongue
972* IncompetentGuardAnimal: An animal is meant to guard something but does a bad job at it.
973* IncrediblyLameFun: A character finds enjoyment in doing the most ludicrously mundane of activities.
974* IncrediblyLongNote
975* IndulgentFantasySegue
976* IneptTalentShowContestant
977* InflatingBodyGag: A character blows up like a balloon.
978* InflationaryDialogue
979* InherentlyFunnyWords: Words that are repeatedly spoken due to them sounding funny.
980* InitiationCeremony
981* InnerMonologueConversation: Characters can hear each other's thoughts without being psychic.
982* InnerThoughtsOutsiderPuzzlement
983* InnocentInnuendo: A scene that deliberately looks or sounds naughty, but is actually more wholesome than it seems.
984* InopportuneVoiceCracking: Puberty causes your voice to sound funny.
985* InsaneProprietor: A salesman who claims themselves to be insane, either as a marketing gimmick or because they truly are mentally ill.
986* InsaneTrollLogic: Someone uses logical fallacies that are so ridiculous that explaining why they're nonsense would only be a waste of time.
987* InsistentTerminology: Someone insists on using a specific word to refer to something.
988* TheInspectorIsComing
989* InspectorOblivious
990* InstantFishKill: Can be comedic if the event that kills large amounts of fish is relatively innocuous.
991* InstantHomeDelivery: When a character orders something, the product gets delivered to them mere moments after they're finished ordering.
992* InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube: A character gets humiliated from having an embarrassing video of themselves posted onto the Internet.
993* InstantLeechJustFallInWater: Someone gets leeches stuck to them as soon as they enter water.
994* InstantlyProvenWrong: Someone says something, then something happens to prove them wrong.
995* InstantSoprano: A man talks in a high-pitched voice immediately after getting hit in the crotch.
996* InstantTurnOff: A horny character stops being aroused after learning an unpleasant detail about what's turning them on.
997* InsufferableImbecile: A character who is both an idiot and a jerk tends to be played for comedy, especially if the humor revolves around their stubborn idiocy getting them into trouble.
998* InsultComic
999* InsultMisfire: Someone insults another person and the person misinterprets who the insult is aimed at.
1000* InsurmountableWaistHeightFence
1001* IntentionalEngrishForFunny
1002* InteractiveNarrator: The narrator and the characters directly talk to each other.
1003* TheInternetIsForPorn: Pornography is the only thing noteworthy on the Internet.
1004* InterruptedIntimacy: A couple are walked in on while they're trying to have sex.
1005* InvincibleClassicCar
1006* InvisibleHoles: A character gets invisible holes in their stomach that when they drink, the liquid comes out of.
1007* IResembleThatRemark: Objecting to an insult in a way that only proves that it is true.
1008* IronicEchoCut
1009* IronicFear: Someone has a fear of something that is ironic because it deals with something they wouldn't be expected to be afraid of.
1010* IronButtmonkey: A character goes through a lot of abuse, but never suffers any permanent harm from it.
1011* {{Irony}}: The circumstances are the opposite or a reversal of what one would normally expect.
1012* ISayWhatISay
1013* IslandHelpMessage
1014* {{iSophagus}}: Someone swallows a musical instrument and ends up able to make the instrument's sounds.
1015* IsThisThingStillOn: Someone being filmed or recorded says something embarrassing or incriminating without realizing that the camera or recorder is still on.
1016* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Someone hears a bunch of insults directed at them and only gets offended or gets the most upset at the last and/or weakest of the insults.
1017* ItCameFromTheFridge: Food that's been left in the fridge becomes disgusting and hideous.
1018* IThinkYouBrokeHim: Making a person reach their emotional limits is referred to as "breaking" them.
1019* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum: A logical explanation that doesn't sound logical at all.
1020* ItsACostumePartyISwear: A character lies that the party they're inviting someone to is a costume party.
1021* ItsBeenDone
1022* ItsTheBestWhateverEver
1023* ItsThePrincipleOfTheThing
1024* ItTastesLikeFeet: Someone eats or drinks something and complains that it tastes like something gross.
1025* IveHeardOfThatWhatIsIt: Someone mentions something as if they know what it is, then asks what the thing is.
1026* IWantMyMommy: Someone in trouble pleads for their mother to save them, which can especially be played for comedy if their mother is nowhere near the area and/or the person is a full-grown adult who ''should'' be able to handle the situation by themselves.
1027* IWasBeatenByAGirl
1028* IWasJustJoking: Someone says something facetiously and is surprised that another person takes what they said seriously.
1029* IWillTearYourArmsOff
1030* IWouldSayIfICouldSay: Someone remarks that they'd say a specific phrase were it not for one detail preventing the statement making sense in their context.
1031[[/folder]]
1032
1033[[folder:Tropes – J]]
1034* TheJailBaitWait: Someone is attracted to an underage person, but has the courtesy to wait until the person is a legal adult before acting on their attraction.
1035* JackassGenie: A [[OurGeniesAreDifferent genie]] (or another magical being) grants someone's wish, but [[ForTheEvulz maliciously twists it]] into [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor the worst interpretation possible]], thus leading to humorous trouble for the wisher.
1036* JapaneseRanguage: The stereotype that Japanese people can't tell the difference between R's and L's.
1037* JapaneseTourist
1038* JarPotty: Someone has to go to the bathroom but can't make it to a toilet in time, so they settle for relieving themselves in the first empty container they can find.
1039* JawDrop: A character reacts to something by having their jaw hang open.
1040* JewelersEyeLoupe
1041* JewishComplaining
1042* TheJinx: A character who unintentionally brings disaster wherever they go.
1043* JokeAndReceive: A character jokingly suggests something, only to have it happen.
1044* JokeEnding: In a game with mainly serious MultipleEndings, this one is zany and comedically nonsensical.
1045* JokeExhaustion
1046* JokeLevel: A video game level filled to the brim with comedic silliness.
1047* JokeNameTag: A character uses a name tag that says something crass or ridiculous instead of their actual name.
1048* JokeOfTheButt: Jokes about the gluteus maximus.
1049* JokeTitleRealRole: A title that is only used as a joke or informal slang is depicted as an actual institutional position of authority or power.
1050* JugglingLoadedGuns
1051* JumpIllCatchYou
1052* JumpRopeBlunders: Comical mistakes made while jumping rope.
1053* JuryDuty
1054* JustJokingJustification: Someone gives the excuse that they weren't being sincere when they said or did something mean.
1055* JustLikeMakingLove: Comparing something to sexual intercourse even when it makes no sense.
1056* JustTheIntroductionToTheOpposites
1057* JuxtapositionGag
1058[[/folder]]
1059
1060[[folder:Tropes – K]]
1061* KafkaKomedy: A character's misfortune and misery are played for laughs.
1062* KazoosMeanSilliness: If a kazoo is being played, something silly is happening.
1063* KentBrockmanNews: A news show parody.
1064* KeyConfusion
1065* KickMePrank: Someone gets a "Kick Me" sign stuck to their back.
1066* KidsPreferBoxes: Children are more interested in playing with the cardboard box rather than the toy inside the box.
1067* KindheartedSimpleton: An unintelligent, foolish, or gullible, but good-hearted and likable character.
1068* KitchenSinkIncluded: The phrase "Everything but the kitchen sink" is lampooned by having a kitchen sink included after a mess of other stuff.
1069* KlatchianCoffee: Coffee so high in caffeine that one cup will make you very hyperactive.
1070* KneelPushTrip
1071* KnewItAllAlong: A character claims to have been aware of something before everyone else found out.
1072* KnockingOnHeathensDoor
1073* KnockKnockJoke: A joke with the format "Knock knock" "Who's there?" "X" "X who?" "[pun about X]".
1074* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Someone claims to be an expert on something, but it's obvious that they know diddly squat about the subject they're boasting their expertise on.
1075* KnowYourVines
1076* KungFuJesus
1077[[/folder]]
1078
1079[[folder:Tropes – L]]
1080* LadderTipping
1081* LadyLooksLikeADude: A female is mistaken for a male.
1082* LamazeClass
1083* LameComeback: Someone replies to an insult with an attempt at an insult that fails to be as effective as the insult received.
1084* LamePunReaction: Other characters react negatively to someone making a bad pun.
1085* LameRhymeDodge: Someone covers up an insult by claiming to have said something that rhymes with the insult.
1086* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: Someone points out the hidden filthy meaning to their statement, often by ending their statement with "if you know what I mean".
1087* LampshadeWearing: Someone wears a lampshade on their head to show that they are drunk.
1088* LandingInSomeonesBathtub
1089* LargeHam: A character who tends to speak loudly and dramatically a lot.
1090* LarynxDissonance
1091* LaserGuidedBroadcast
1092* LastDayToLive
1093* LastPlaceYouLook
1094* LastSecondPhotoFailure
1095* LastSecondWordSwap: Changing the word you were going to say at the very last minute.
1096* TheLastStraw
1097* LateToTheAction
1098* LateToThePunchline
1099* LateToTheRealization
1100* LaughablyEvil: A villain with humorous tendencies.
1101* LaughTrack: A comedy has pre-recorded laughter play during moments that are supposed to be funny.
1102* LaughWithMe
1103* LaughingAtYourOwnJokes
1104* TheLawFirmOfPunPunAndWordplay
1105* LawOfDisproportionateResponse: Reacting to serious matters as if they are not very important and vice versa.
1106* LaxativePrank: Someone pulls a prank where they trick someone into consuming a laxative.
1107* LaymansTerms
1108* LazyAlias
1109* LazilyGenderFlippedName: A shoddy attempt at changing a masculine name to a feminine one or vice versa.
1110* LeastRhymableWord: Someone tries to find a rhyme for a word that has little to no known rhymes.
1111* LeavingAudience
1112* LeftItIn
1113* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: The background music turns out to be coming from an in-universe source that is then turned off.
1114* LessEmbarrassingTerm: A character finds the word for something embarrassing, so they insist on calling it something else.
1115* LethallyStupid: A dumb character whose idiocy causes other people to get killed.
1116* LetsMockTheMonsters
1117* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand
1118* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: After a really bizarre or disturbing incident, everyone involved agrees to move on pretending that it never happened.
1119* LifesWorkRuined
1120* LightBulbJoke: The old joke of how many (blank)s it takes to change a lightbulb.
1121* LightmareFuel
1122* LikeASurgeon: The humor comes from characters treating something mundane, such as fixing an appliance, like a serious medical operation.
1123* LineOfSightAlias: Someone makes up an alias on the spot by looking around and forming a fake name based on their surroundings.
1124* LintValue
1125* ListOfTransgressions
1126* LiteralAssKicking: Literally kicking a person's ass.
1127* LiteralAssKissing: Literally kissing a person's ass.
1128* LiteralCliffhanger: Literally hanging on a cliff.
1129* LiteralGenie: A genie that [[LiteralMinded doesn't understand the true meaning]] of someone's wish decides to grant it by the [[ExactWords most literal interpretation possible]], thus resulting in similar awkwardness for the wisher.
1130* LiteralMetaphor: Someone uses a metaphor and it turns out to be meant literally.
1131* LiteralMoneyMetaphor: Someone thinks it's a euphemism for money, but it isn't.
1132* LiteralistSnarking: Mocking a person's choice of words by misinterpreting or pretending to misinterpret their statement as literal.
1133* LittleGirlsKickShins
1134* LittleJimmy: An ignorant child present in educational or public service films who seems to exist solely to be educated about the work's subject.
1135* LittleKnownFacts
1136* LiveActionCartoon
1137* LivingCrashpad
1138* LivingInAFurnitureStore
1139* TheLoinsSleepTonight: A man is unable to perform in bed.
1140* LOL69: Innuendos on how the number 69 is also the name of a sex position.
1141* LongList
1142* LongNeck
1143* LongSpeechTeaTime
1144* LoopholeAbuse: Someone gets away with breaking a rule by technically still following the rule's exact wording.
1145* LopsidedDichotomy
1146* LostFoodGrievance: Someone gets upset over losing food they wanted to eat.
1147* LostHimInACardGame
1148* LostTheTVRemote
1149* LostWeddingRing
1150* LotsOfLuggage
1151* LoudOfWar: Torturing people by blaring loud music at them.
1152* LowClearance
1153* LowCountGag: A quantity is revealed to be less than the audience might expect.
1154* LowSpeedChase
1155* LowerHalfReveal
1156[[/folder]]
1157
1158[[folder:Tropes – M]]
1159* MaamShock
1160* MadLibsCatchphrase: A character has a catchphrase where certain parts are a different word every time the phrase is spoken.
1161* MadeFromRealGirlScouts
1162* MadeInCountryX
1163* MadeMyselfSad: Someone laughs about a tragedy before commenting that their own joke has caused them to become depressed.
1164* MadeOfExplodium
1165* TheMagazineRule
1166* MagicalProfanityFilter: A magic spell or other in-universe effect that prevents characters from swearing.
1167* MaintainTheLie
1168* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Reacting to a serious injury as if it's just a minor scratch.
1169* MakeoverTorment
1170* MalfunctionMalady
1171* MallSanta: A man pretending to be Santa at the mall.
1172* {{Manchild}}: An adult who acts immature.
1173* ManInABikini
1174* ManMadeHouseFlood
1175* ManipulativeEditing: Footage or audio of a person is edited to make the person look bad or give the impression that they voiced the opposite sentiment of what they actually said. Will especially be played for comedy if the editing is blatantly done in a crude and unconvincing manner.
1176* MarshmallowDream: Someone dreams about eating something and wakes up to learn that they ate their pillow in their sleep.
1177* MarshmallowHell: A woman smothers someone with her breasts.
1178* MassOhCrap
1179* MatchInABombshack
1180* MatchlightDangerRevelation
1181* MatchmakerFailure
1182* MatryoshkaObject
1183* MattressTagGag: A character thinks they're a criminal for tearing off the matress tag.
1184* McNinja: A ninja who isn't Japanese.
1185* MDEnvy
1186* MeatgrinderSurgery: A surgery is performed with insufficient equipment and/or techniques and the surgeon is shown to have a questionable regard for their patient's well-being.
1187* MeatOVision: A desperately hungry person will hallucinate people and objects as being food.
1188* MediumShiftGag
1189* MegaphoneGag
1190* MenAreUncultured
1191* MeritBadgesForEverything: Scouts can earn merit badges for any conceivable situation.
1192* {{Metaphorgotten}}
1193* MetaphoricMetamorphosis: A VisualPun in which a character transforms into something alluding to their current situation.
1194* MidBattleTeaBreak: A fight momentarily stops so that the opponents can take a break.
1195* MicDrop
1196* MicroDieting: Eating comically tiny portions of food.
1197* MicrophoneSwinging
1198* MicrowaveMisuse
1199* MidnightSnack
1200* MimingTheCues
1201* MindYourStep
1202* MiningForCookies: There are mines that contain stuff that can't be found from digging in a cave in real life.
1203* MinorInjuryOverreaction: Crying about getting hurt when the injury isn't really that bad.
1204* MirrorCrackingUgly: An ugly person looks in the mirror and their ugliness causes the mirror to break.
1205* MirrorRoutine: Someone pretends to be another person's reflection.
1206* MirthToPower: Using comedy to criticize or persuade the powerful.
1207* MisaimedStereotyping: A stereotype is applied to a different group of people than the one it is normally associated with.
1208* MiserableMassage
1209* MisleadingPackageSize: A product's size is disproportionate to that of the package it comes in.
1210* {{Mismeasurement}}
1211* MisophoniaGag: Using a misophonic reaction for a one-off gag.
1212* MisplacedRetribution: Reacting to an offense by punishing the wrong people.
1213* MisplacedSorrow: Mourning a person's death for selfish reasons.
1214* MissedHimByThatMuch
1215* MissingStepsPlan: The only parts of a plan that were thought out was how to start the plan and the plan's intended result.
1216* MissingTheGoodStuff
1217* TheMissusAndTheEx: Funny circumstances happen from a character's current love interest meeting their ex.
1218* MistakenAge: Someone makes an incorrect assumption about a person's age.
1219* MistakenForAfterlife: Someone thinks they've died and entered the afterlife.
1220* MistakenForBadVision: Someone who has good eyesight thinks they have eyesight problems when ridiculously absurd/fantastic moments occur.
1221* MistakenForClown: Someone thinks another person in a crazy outfit is a clown, usually humiliating the other person.
1222* MistakenForExhibit
1223* MistakenForImprisonment: A character thinks they're incarcerated.
1224* MistakenForObjectOfAffection
1225* MistakenForPedophile: Someone is mistaken for being a pedophile.
1226* MistakenForPregnant: A woman is wrongly assumed to be expecting a child. Maybe it's because she just got a little too fat.
1227* MistakenForProstitute: Someone is assumed to be a hooker and may even be propositioned for sex.
1228* MistakenForSanta: Someone is mistaken for SantaClaus.
1229* MistakenForServant
1230* MistakenForToilet: A person mistakes something for a toilet, in some circumstances even relieving themselves in it before learning what it actually is.
1231* MisterSeahorse: A man gets pregnant.
1232* MistookTheDominantLifeform: Aliens mistake an animal for sapient.
1233* MobileShrubbery: Disguising yourself as a bush.
1234* MobileSuitHuman: A human is really a robot controlled by a small creature operating from inside the robot.
1235* MockingMusic: A song plays about something the character doesn't want to think about.
1236* MockingSingSong: A character is mocked to the tune of Ring Around the Rosie.
1237* MockGuffin
1238* MockHollywoodSign
1239* MockMeal: Food disguised as a different food from what is actually is.
1240* MockSurpriseReaction
1241* MomentKiller
1242* MonkeyMoralityPose: A bit involving three people where one covers their eyes, another covers their ears and the third one covers their mouth.
1243* MonkeysOnATypewriter
1244* {{Moonburn}}: Similar to sunbathing or getting a sunburn, but with the moon.
1245* {{Mooning}}: A character baring their buttocks in public tends to be played for comedy.
1246* MostCommonCardGame
1247* MostDefinitelyNotAVillain: A character makes unconvincing claims about their false identity.
1248* MotionlessMakeover
1249* MotivationOnAStick: Manipulating someone into going the direction you want them to by using a stick to dangle something they want in front of them.
1250* MotorcycleDominoes
1251* MourningAnObject: Characters react to the destruction of an inanimate object as if a person has been killed and express their grief accordingly. Usually played for laughs.
1252* MouseTrap
1253* MovieMakingMess: Some amateurs try to make their own movie, with disastrous results.
1254* MultipleChoiceFormLetter: A document is made customizable by enabling multiple choices for which words to fill the blanks in.
1255* MultitaskedConversation
1256* MundaneGhostStory
1257* MundaneObjectAmazement
1258* MurphysBed
1259* MusicalisInterruptus: A song is interrupted.
1260* MushroomSamba
1261* MustMakeHerLaugh
1262* MutilationConga: A character keeps enduring injuries and gaining wounds and scars as the injuries pile up.
1263* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting
1264* MyEyesAreUpHere: A woman calls out someone for staring at her breasts.
1265* MyFavoriteShirt
1266* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Excluding someone from a group immediately after it's assumed they were among the people referred to in the group (e.g. "We've got the finest team of players this season...and that guy.")
1267* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: An attempt at speaking a foreign language results in a character unintentionally angering someone by unknowingly saying an insulting phrase or embarrassing themselves by unknowingly spouting out meaningless nonsense.
1268* MyLittlePanzer: A dangerous child's toy.
1269* MyNewGiftIsLame: A character hates their gift.
1270* MySensorsIndicateYouWantToTapThat: An artificial intelligence points out when a person is attracted to someone.
1271* MysteryBox
1272* MyVerbinNoun
1273[[/folder]]
1274
1275[[folder:Tropes – N]]
1276* NakedApron: Wearing an apron and nothing else.
1277* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Nudity is depicted for humorous purposes.
1278* NakedPeopleTrappedOutside: Someone gets trapped outdoors while naked and has to find clothes or get back inside before someone sees them.
1279* NamesakeGag: Jokes about something being named after its founder/creator/discoverer.
1280* {{Narm}}: Something that tries (and fails) to take itself seriously turns into unintended comedy instead.
1281* NarmCharm: Sure, the scene failed to be serious, but that's why it's so hilarious!
1282* NauseaDissonance: A character doesn't show any reaction to something that most people would be majorly grossed out by.
1283* NauticalKnockout: Getting hit by the boom of a ship.
1284* NearMissGroinAttack: A character ''very narrowly'' avoids recieving a serious injury towards their private parts.
1285* NecktieLeash: A man is dragged by his necktie.
1286* NeedAHandOrAHandjob: Solicitation is mistaken for an offer to help.
1287* NeonSignHideout: A secret lair for some reason has a big neon sign or some other huge, easily noticeable mark of identification that makes its existence known to the public.
1288* NerdNanny
1289* NeverTrustAHairTonic: The hilarious consequences of using a hair tonic incorrectly.
1290* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: Kids and animals never behave the way directors want them to.
1291* NewJobEpisode
1292* NewhartPhonecall
1293* NextStallShenanigans
1294* NicheNetwork: A television channel for some reason has programming devoted to only one specific subject.
1295* TheNicknamer: A character who nicknames everyone.
1296* NightmareRetardant: Something supposed to be scary instead comes off as silly.
1297* NitpickyAboutLivingArrangements: Someone has a very specific way to live.
1298* NobodyHereButUsBirds
1299* NobodyHereButUsStatues: A person tries to hide by pretending to be a sculpture.
1300* NobodyTouchesTheHair: A person has the pet peeve of someone messing up their hair.
1301* NoAnimalsAllowed
1302* NoCanOpener: Someone comes across canned goods and realizes they don't have a can opener.
1303* NoEnding: The episode/show ends abruptly as a joke.
1304* NoFourthWall: The fourth wall is broken so frequently that it may as well not even exist.
1305* TheNoisyStraw
1306* NoJustNoReaction: A character rejects an idea in a way that suggests that they find it so disturbing, disgusting or ridiculous that they can't properly articulate their distaste for it.
1307* NoLongerWithUs: A joke where a character uses a common euphemism for death. They either turn out to have meant the phrase literally or are mistaken for speaking literally by a naive listener.
1308* NominatedAsAPrank
1309* NoMoreForMe: Someone drinking alcohol tosses the bottle away after seeing something weird.
1310* NonNaturalNumberGag: Holding negative two apples in your hand.
1311* NoOneElseIsThatDumb: Confirming that a person really is your dumb friend by confirming their idiocy.
1312* NonSequiturCausality: Changing events in the past somehow alters the present in ways that have no apparent connection to the outcome of what was directly changed.
1313* NonSequiturDistraction
1314* NonSequiturThud: Someone makes an odd statement lacking context upon falling unconscious.
1315* NonSpecificallyForeign: A character is established as not being a native inhabitant of the work's setting, but it isn't specified what nationality he is.
1316* NonverbalMiscommunication: Someone tries to communicate nonverbally, only for other people to misinterpret their gestures.
1317* NoodleImplements: Stating to have done something or an intention to do something with unorthodox tools, but not explaining what the tools were used for or what the tools will be used for.
1318* NoodleIncident: The characters mention an unseen past event, but are extremely vague about it.
1319* NoPunctuationIsFunnier: A statement is funnier without any punctuations than a statement that does.
1320* NoRespectGuy
1321* NoSenseOfHumor
1322* NoSnackForYou
1323* NoseShove: Shoving objects up a person's nose.
1324* NotADate: A person gets to spend time with someone they're attracted to, but cannot grasp that the meeting is purely platonic.
1325* NotInFrontOfTheParrot: A parrot copies something embarrassing or important to the detriment of the person who said it in front of the parrot.
1326* NotMeThisTime: The villain is accused of the current crime, but turns out to be innocent for once.
1327* NotMyLuckyDay
1328* NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou: Someone mourns a person's apparent passing and once the person shows up unharmed, is still crying before they register that the person is actually still alive.
1329* NotOnTheList
1330* NotQuiteBackToNormal
1331* NotQuiteForever
1332* NotRareOverThere
1333* NotReallyABirthScene: Something is made to look like someone is giving birth.
1334* NotSoAboveItAll: The serious and no-nonsense character demonstrates that they can be just as reckless and immature as the other characters.
1335* NotSoDire
1336* NotSoGreatEscape
1337* TheNotSoHarmlessPunishment: A punishment that doesn't sound so bad turns out to be much worse than initially thought.
1338* NotSoInnocentWhistle: Someone whistles to try and look innocent.
1339* NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat
1340* NotThisOneThatOne
1341* NotWearingPantsDream: Someone dreams they're in a state of undress.
1342* NowYouTellMe
1343* NoYouHangUpFirst
1344* NuclearFamily
1345* NunsAreFunny
1346[[/folder]]
1347
1348[[folder:Tropes – O]]
1349* ObligatoryJoke
1350* ObliviousJanitorCut
1351* ObliviousMockery: Someone makes a statement while unaware that what they're saying is hurting the feelings of the person they're talking to.
1352* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: A character hears a description of someone and doesn't notice that they are the person mentioned.
1353* ObliviousTransformation: Someone doesn't notice that they've transformed.
1354* ObsessedAreTheListmakers
1355* ObsessiveSpokesperson: Advertisements exaggerating their mascots to dedicate their entire lives to the product, no matter how impractical.
1356* ObviousObjectCouldBeAnything: A present is shaped in a way that it is (supposedly) obvious what's inside the package.
1357* ObviousPregnancy: You can tell this woman is pregnant just by looking at her.
1358* OddballDoppelganger: A character has a clone or lookalike who's noticeably weirder-looking and crazier.
1359* OddlySmallOrganization: A group with a significant function or influence for some reason only has a small number of members or employees.
1360* OddlySpecificGreetingCard: A greeting card designed for an unexpectedly specific situation.
1361* OfCorpseHesAlive: Moving a corpse around in an attempt to convince people the person is not dead.
1362* OfCorsetsFunny
1363* OfCourseISmoke
1364* OfficeSports
1365* OffscreenCrash
1366* OffscreenRealityWarp: Things abruptly change between scenes when it would be impossible for the change to happen that fast.
1367* OhCrap: A character makes the sudden realization that they are in big trouble.
1368* OhCrapFakeout
1369* OhCisco
1370* OhGodWithTheVerbing
1371* OhWait
1372* OhWaitThisIsMyGroceryList: Someone mistakes a grocery list for another list.
1373* OnThree: Jokes about a command to do something on the count of three.
1374* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: A character has done something stupid or embarrassing and has to put up with everyone else constantly reminding them of their undignified gaffe.
1375* OnceMoreWithVolume
1376* OncePerEpisode: A running gag that happens once in every episode.
1377* OneCrazyNight
1378* OneJokeFakeShow: Characters watch an in-universe TV show where every episode we see is essentially the same joke repeated ad nauseam.
1379* OneSceneTwoMonologues
1380* TheOneThingIDontHateAboutYou
1381* OneTwoPunchline
1382* OneTwoSkipAFew
1383* OnlyOneFindsItFun: Something only pleases one person.
1384* OnlySaneMan: The one character who isn't crazy or stupid.
1385* OnSecondThought
1386* OpenFlyGag: A character realizes to their embarrassment that they forgot to zip up the fly in their pants.
1387* TheOperatorsMustBeCrazy
1388* OpeningTheFloodgates
1389* OpportunisticVendors: When something dramatic happens in public, vendors selling merchandise appear out of nowhere to take advantage of the sudden crowd.
1390* OrigamiGag: Having fun with paper and papercraft.
1391* OrphanedPunchline: Someone tells the punchline of a joke out of context.
1392* OrphanedSetup
1393* OurSloganIsTerrible: A business has a slogan that is awful.
1394* OutOfControlPopcorn
1395* OutsideJoke: The joke is dependent on the audience not knowing what the joke is talking about.
1396* OvenLogic: Someone tries to cook food faster by setting the temperature higher than what the recipe recommends, with disastrous results.
1397* OvercomplicatedMenuOrder
1398* OverdramaticDatingCommotion
1399* OverlyLiteralTranscription
1400* OverlyLongAirplaneBannerGag
1401* OverlyLongGag: A joke that involves an action repeating for a long time.
1402* OverlyLongName: Someone has a ludicrously long name.
1403* OverlyLongScream
1404* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: Something is praised as being the best X ever, but that happens to be a very marginal group, so the compliment doesn't have much merit.
1405* OverlyNervousFlopSweat
1406* OverlyPolitePals
1407* OverlyPrepreparedGag
1408* OverreactingAirportSecurity
1409* OverusedRunningGag
1410* OwlsAskWho: An owl saying, "Hoo" is mistaken for asking, "Who?"
1411* OwMyBodyPart: A character shouts what body part is hurting.
1412[[/folder]]
1413
1414[[folder:Tropes – P]]
1415* PacingATrench
1416* PackedHero: Someone ends up inside a small container.
1417* PaddingThePaper: Someone is assigned to write a document and pads it out by adding unnecessary words, larger fonts, pictures, etc.
1418* PainfulBodyWaxing
1419* PainPoweredLeap: Being poked with something sharp causes a person to jump a great height.
1420* PanickyExpectantFather: The father-to-be loses his mind when his wife is about to give birth.
1421* PantsFree: Frequently PlayedForLaughs.
1422* PaperBagPopping
1423* PaperThinDisguise: Someone manages to hide their identity with a very obvious disguise.
1424* ParanoiaGambit
1425* ParentalHypocrisy: A parent chastises their children for doing things they did themselves.
1426* ParentalObliviousness
1427* ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime
1428* ParkingPayback
1429* ParodicTableOfTheElements
1430* ParodiedTrope: A trope is lampooned.
1431* PartiallyConcealedLabelGag
1432* PassThePopcorn
1433* PassingJudgment: Character does something embarrassing in public and gets stared at by appalled passengers of a vehicle.
1434* PatheticDroopingWeapon: A weapon goes unrealistically limp to signify that it is useless in the current situation, innuendos about impotency optional.
1435* PeopleFallOffChairs
1436* PercussivePrevention
1437* PerfectlyCromulentWord: Using made-up words.
1438* PersonalRaincloud: A sad character has a raincloud above their head.
1439* PersonaNonGrata: A person is forbidden from ever again setting foot in a specific location.
1440* PervertRevengeMode: A woman thinks a man is perving on her, so she angrily chases him.
1441* PetDressUp: A character dresses their pet.
1442* PetTheDog: A villain or a jerk does something nice to prove they're not a completely awful person.
1443* PetHeir: A rich person leaves their fortune to their pet rather than someone who could actually be able to spend the money independently.
1444* PettyChildhoodGrudge: An immature person that has been holding an irrelevant grudge for a very long time.
1445* PhlebotinumInducedStupidity: Something that causes people to become stupid.
1446* PhoneyCall
1447* PianoDrop: A piano falls on someone.
1448* PianoKeyWave
1449* PictureDay: School picture day, played for laughs.
1450* PieInTheFace: Someone gets hit in the face with a pie.
1451* PinballGag
1452* PityTheKidnapper: A kidnapping results with the kidnapper regretting their decision when the person they abducted starts annoying them.
1453* PlaceWorseThanDeath: A real-life location is regarded as an unbearable hellhole.
1454* PlaneAwfulFlight
1455* PlanesTrainsAndImbeciles
1456* PlankGag
1457* PlanningWithProps
1458* PlayingATree: A play has someone play a role that's basically a glorified background prop.
1459* PlayingGamesAtWork
1460* PlayingPictionary
1461* PleaseDumpMe: A character attempts to get their significant other to break up with them by acting obnoxious or disgusting, to not success.
1462* PleaseGetOffMe
1463* PleaseKeepYourHatOn: The variants where the headgear is revealed to cover up an embarrassing hairdo or baldness tend to be played for laughs.
1464* PluckyComicRelief
1465* PlumbersCrack: A plumber has their butt crack visible while they're fixing the plumbing.
1466* PoliceCodeForEverything: The police have a code for every situation they get involved with, no matter how absurd or improbable.
1467* PolitenessJudo
1468* PolkaDork
1469* PolkaDotPaint
1470* PoopingFood: A creature is able to defecate an edible substance.
1471* PopcornOnTheCob
1472* PoppingButtons
1473* PopulationXAndCounting
1474* PorkyPigPronunciation: Someone struggles to pronounce a word before settling with using a synonym.
1475* PornStash
1476* PostWakeUpRealization: Someone who's half-awake is oblivious of the unusual things happening until they fully wake up.
1477* PottyDance: A person who has to go to the bathroom moves around frantically while clapping their hands over their crotch.
1478* PottyEmergency: Someone needs to go to the bathroom really bad and tries to find a way to relieve themselves.
1479* PottyFailure: Someone soils themselves due to never making it to a bathroom in time.
1480* PovertyForComedy
1481* PowderGag: Powder is blown all over the place for comedic effect.
1482* PowerfulButIncompetent: A character that has great power or ability, but is too dumb to actually accomplish anything with it.
1483* ThePowerOfApathy
1484* PowersuitMonkey
1485* PrankCall
1486* PrankDate: Asking someone out just to humiliate them.
1487* PrankInjuries: Faking an injury.
1488* ThePratfall: Someone falls on their buttocks.
1489* ThePreciousPreciousCar
1490* PreemptiveShutUp: Telling someone to shut up when they haven't even said anything.
1491* PrematureAggravation: Getting offended by an insult the other person hasn't even uttered due to overthinking.
1492* PretentiousPronunciation: A character insists on a foreign-sounding pronunciation in an attempt to sound fancy.
1493* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy
1494* PricelessMingVase: A valuable object gets broken.
1495* PrimalScene: A child gets traumatized from walking in on their parents having sex.
1496* PrimpOfContempt: Checking up on your appearance instead of paying attention.
1497* TheProblemWithPenIsland: When words are strung together in a web address, it looks like a separate, usually dirty, phrase (e.g. "pen island" becomes "penisland").
1498* ProducePelting: Throwing food at people.
1499* ProfileViewGag
1500* PromptingNudge
1501* ProneToSunburn: A character's tendency to sunburn very easily is played for comedy.
1502* ProportionalArticleImportance: Newspapers have the articles that are supposed to be important printed in the largest font.
1503* ProxyBreakup: Alice wants to break-up with Bob, so she has Cindy do it for her. Hijinks Ensue.
1504* {{Pseudolympics}}
1505* PubliclyDiscussingTheSecret
1506* PuffOfLogic: A being disappears when it's pointed out to them why they can't exist.
1507* PullingTheRugOut
1508* {{Pun}}: Jokes revolving around wordplay.
1509* PunWithPi: Wordplay regarding "pi" and "pie".
1510* {{Punchline}}: The last part of a joke that's supposed to be the funny part.
1511* PunchPunchPunchUhOh
1512* PunctuatedPounding: A person emphasizes every word they utter by hitting something.
1513* PurelyAestheticEra
1514* PutOffTheirFood: Someone doesn't want their food because it reminds them of something gross.
1515* PuttingTheMedicInComedic
1516* PuttingThePeeInPool: Someone relieves themselves in the pool.
1517[[/folder]]
1518
1519[[folder:Tropes – Q–R]]
1520* QuackingUp: Humorous or lighthearted depictions of ducks.
1521* QuirkyUkulele
1522* TheQueenWillBeWatching: An important person will be in the audience!
1523* QueerPeopleAreFunny: A character being gay is intended by the work to be funny.
1524* QuirkyDoctor
1525* RageAgainstTheAuthor: The characters show defiance towards what the creator of the work wants to do.
1526* RagingStiffie: A man gets a large, obvious erection.
1527* RakeTake: Someone hurts themselves by stepping on a rake and causing it to slam against their face.
1528* RapidFireDescriptors
1529* RapidFireInterrupting
1530* RapidFireNameGuessing
1531* RapidFireShutUp
1532* ReachingBetweenTheLines
1533* ReactiveContinuousScream
1534* ReadingAheadInTheScript: The characters consult the script to find out what will happen next.
1535* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: Someone reading from a script mistakes stage directions for lines.
1536* ReadTheMapUpsideDown
1537* RealDreamsAreWeirder: Characters having dreams that are bizarre and nonsensical, like dreams usually are in real life.
1538* RealJokeName: A name that's assumed to be a joke turns out to be the person's actual name.
1539* RealVehicleReveal
1540* RebootSnark: A joke about the abundance of reboots and remakes.
1541* RecordNeedleScratch
1542* RedAndWhiteComedyPoster
1543* RedBoxingGloves
1544* RedundantRomanceAttempt: Acting out of character to impress a love interest who likes your true personality.
1545* ReflexiveResponse
1546* RejectionAffection
1547* ReluctantGift
1548* RememberedICouldFly: A character with a specific power briefly forgets that they have this power.
1549* ReminderOfImpossibility: A character does something impossible, only for the impossible action to abruptly stop after someone else points out that it's impossible.
1550* RemonstratingWithAGun
1551* RemoteControlRuckus: Two or more characters fight over a remote control when they can't agree on what TV show to watch.
1552* RemovableSteeringWheel: Someone driving a car accidentally removes the steering wheel or does so deliberately with the intent of handing the wheel over to someone else while not realizing that cars don't work like that.
1553* RepeatAfterMe: Someone is told to repeat what another person says and takes that to mean that they should repeat ''everything'' the person says.
1554* RepeatedCueTardyResponse: Someone doesn't respond to their cue until it's been repeated multiple times.
1555* ReplacementFlatCharacter
1556* RescueReversal
1557* ResizedVocals: A character having their size changed has the pitch of their voice change accordingly, such as shrinking making one gain a high voice.
1558* RetroactiveWish: A character describes an outcome that coincidentally comes true, prompting them to ask for something that they hope also becomes a reality.
1559* RevengeIsADishBestServed
1560* ReverseCerebusSyndrome: A story goes from being really dark to really lighthearted.
1561* ReverseTelescopicVision
1562* RevoltingRescue: Somebody saves someone, but does so by doing something disgusting.
1563* RewindGag: Actions and movements going in reverse are inherently humorous.
1564* RhymingList
1565* RidiculousExchangeRates
1566* RidiculousFutureInflation: Things will be expensive as hell in the future.
1567* RidiculousFutureSequelisation: In the future, a film series will still be ongoing and having more sequels made.
1568* RidiculouslyLongPhoneHold
1569* RidiculouslyLongPhoneNumber
1570* RidiculousProcrastinator: A person so lazy that they wait until literally the last minute to take care of something.
1571* RightBehindMe: Someone insults a person before realizing that person was standing behind them the whole time.
1572* RightInFrontOfMe: Someone talks about someone while unaware that the person they're describing is right in front of them.
1573* RightOnQueue
1574* RightOutOfMyClothes: Someone leaps or is knocked upward so high that they leave their clothes behind.
1575* RightThroughTheWall
1576* RingRingCRUNCH: A character reacts to being woken up by their alarm clock by destroying the alarm clock.
1577* RingerPloy: A bunch of people confuse someone by all disguising themselves as the same individual.
1578* RipVanTinkle: Someone who's been asleep or in suspended animation for a long time immediately has to go to the bathroom once they've awoken.
1579* RiseOfZitboy: A teenager freaks out over having acne.
1580* RoadApples: Jokes about animal poop.
1581* RoadRunnerVsCoyote
1582* RoadsideWave
1583* RoadSignReversal: Tricking someone into going the wrong way by mixing up the signs.
1584* RoadTripAcrossTheStreet
1585* TheRoast: A comedy routine where the guest of honor is to be subjected to playful insults from everyone else who's attending.
1586* RomComJob
1587* RooflessRenovation
1588* RousingLullaby: A lullaby that is more likely to keep people awake than help them sleep.
1589* RubberFace
1590* RubeGoldbergDevice: An elaborate contraption that uses a chain reaction to acheive a mundane objective.
1591* RuleBreakerRuleNamer: A rule or law is named after the person whose actions made it necessary to enforce the rule or law.
1592* RuleOfThree
1593* RulesOfTheRoad
1594* RummageFail: Searching through a container to find something and not getting it until everything else inside has been emptied out.
1595* RumpRoast: Someone gets their backside set on fire.
1596* RunningGag: A joke that repeats throughout the series or throughout a single episode.
1597* RunningGagStumbles: It looks like a running gag will happen, but it plays out differently.
1598* RunningIntoTheWindow
1599* RunningOnTheSpot
1600* RunsWithScissors
1601* TheRuntAtTheEnd
1602* RushedInvertedReading
1603* RussianHumour
1604[[/folder]]
1605
1606[[folder:Tropes – S]]
1607* SameSurnameMeansRelated: People who happen to have the same surname are assumed to be related. May involve characters who coincidentally have the same surname having to remind others that they are not related or establishing a fictional character as being relatives with a real-life celebrity who shares their last name.
1608* SarcasmBlind: A character is too stupid to realize that the other person was being sarcastic when they said something.
1609* SausageStringSilliness: Antics involving sausage strings.
1610* SavedByATerriblePerformance
1611* SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes: Someone's obsession with a movie is demonstrated by having them claim to have seen it a ridiculously large number of times.
1612* ScantronPicture: Someone makes a picture by filling in the Scantron dots on a test.
1613* ScaredOfWhatsBehindYou
1614* ScatterbrainedSenior: An elderly character who's mental health hasn't aged well and as a result is prone to doing all sorts of humorous actions.
1615* ScaryFlashlightFace
1616* ScoobyDoobyDoors: A chase sequence where everyone runs through a hallway of doors in improbable ways.
1617* ScoobyStack: A group of people peek from behind a wall and their heads are somehow in a column.
1618* ScrabbleBabble: Cheating at Scrabble by making up words.
1619* TheScream
1620* ScreamingAtSquick: A character reacts to seeing something really disgusting by screaming their head off.
1621* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: A man has a feminine-sounding scream.
1622* ScreechingStop: Old car brakes effect when a cartoon character suddenly stops.
1623* ScrewballSerum
1624* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: A character decides they'd rather get the hell out of dodge than stick around and get involved with the current situation.
1625* SecretHandshake
1626* SecurityCling
1627* SeesawCatapult
1628* SeinfeldianConversation
1629* SelfDeprecation: Someone or something makes jokes at ''their own'' expense.
1630* SelfInducedAllergicReaction
1631* SelfOffense
1632* SenselessPhagia
1633* SeniorSleepCycle: Elderly people who fall asleep at random times.
1634* SequelSnark: A movie jokes about the idea of the film getting a sequel.
1635* SequentialSymptomSyndrome: A character displays symptoms as they're listed.
1636* SeriousBusiness: Several characters treat something more seriously than necessary.
1637* SeriousWorkComedicScene: A comedic moment in an otherwise dramatic work that gives it some levity.
1638* SeriouslyScruffy
1639* SevenMinuteLull
1640* SeverelySpecializedStore
1641* SexMiseducationClass: Incompetent or bad sex ed classes, usually humorous in nature.
1642* SexualKarma: Your actions affect your sex life (for example, doing a good deed will result in you getting laid with an attractive member of the gender you're attracted to).
1643* ShaggyFrogStory: A character attempts to prove a point by telling a story, only for the story to end up spiraling into incomprehensible nonsense and the intended moral being forgotten.
1644* ShakeSomeoneObjectsFall
1645* ShamefulShrinking: Someone shrinks when they feel ashamed.
1646* ShapedLikeItself: Describing something as being like itself (e.g. an elephant-shaped elephant, oatmeal that tastes like oatmeal, etc).
1647* ShareTheMalePain: Giving uncomfortable reactions to seeing someone suffer a GroinAttack.
1648* SheCleansUpNicely
1649* SherlockCanRead
1650* ShockAndSwitchEnding: It looks like there'll be a SuddenDownerEnding, but everything is fine after all.
1651* ShoehornedAcronym: A badly-constructed acronym.
1652* ShoehornedFirstLetter
1653* ShoppingCartAntics
1654* ShortCutsMakeLongDelays: Taking the shortcut actually takes longer than going the standard route.
1655* ShortDistancePhoneCall: Talking on the phone to somebody who's standing right next to you.
1656* ShowerOfAwkward
1657* ShowAndTellAntics
1658* TheShowMustGoWrong
1659* ShowSomeLeg: A woman provides a distraction by showing off some skin.
1660* ShrugTake
1661* ShrunkInTheWash: Clothing shrinks when it gets wet, often to an absurd degree or for comic effect.
1662* ShutUpScaryThing
1663* ShuttingUpNow: A character blathering on immediately stops talking after it occurs to them that they'll suffer grave consequences if they don't shut up.
1664* ShyBladder: A character is too shy to pee.
1665* SideBet
1666* SignedUpForTheDental: A character's job is terrible, but they accepted it because of the employment benefits.
1667* SignsOfDisrepair: Signs get vandalized so they read something else.
1668* SillyBrainDiagram: A diagram of a person's brain is used to show how we may have oddly specific and goofy sections in our brains.
1669* SillyPrayer: Someone prays in a comedic way.
1670* SillySpook: A funny ghost.
1671* SimilarItemConfusion
1672* SimpletonVoice: A dumb character has a deep, funny voice to underscore their idiocy.
1673* SingingInTheShower
1674* SingingTelegram
1675* SkewedPriorities: A person is very poor at recognizing what's more important to worry about.
1676* SlipperySkid
1677* SlipperySoap
1678* SlippingIntoStink: A character falls over and lands in something disgusting.
1679* SlowLoadingInternetImage
1680* SmartBall: A character suddenly becomes more knowledgeable/intelligent.
1681* SmartJerkAndNiceMoron: A pairing consisting of [[InsufferableGenius an intelligent but mean person]] and [[KindheartedSimpleton a dim-witted but friendly person]].
1682* SmellPhone
1683* SmellyFeetGag: Feet stink, and it's PlayedForLaughs.
1684* TheSnackIsMoreInteresting
1685* SnailMail
1686* SnarkBall: A character makes a snide remark when they're not usually snide.
1687* SneezeOfDoom: A character's sneeze ends up causing destruction.
1688* SnipeHunt: Someone is sent to find something that doesn't exist.
1689* SnowballLie
1690* SnubByOmission
1691* SoapPunishment: Punishing someone for using profanity by washing their mouth out with soap.
1692* SoapOperaOrganScore: A tremolo electric organ announces a SoapWithinAShow parody, or a soap-opera-like, comically [[{{melodrama}} melodramatic]] situation.
1693* SoBadItsGood: A low-quality work is popular because the shoddiness enables unintentional hilarity.
1694* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: Parents are able to get away with stuff that in real life would result in their children being taken away from them.
1695* SodaCandySplosion: Mixing soda and candy creates a messy soda eruption... or [[StuffBlowingUp explosion]].
1696* SoldHisSoulForADonut: A character sells their soul to the devil in exchange for something ridiculously frivolous.
1697* SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond: A character is liked by all but one.
1698* SomeonesTouchingMyButt
1699* SomethingElseAlsoRises: A visual gag implying that a character is sexually aroused.
1700* SomethingThatBeginsWithBoring: Playing games like I Spy because one is bored.
1701* SophisticatedAsHell: Slang or swear words mixed in with fancy talk.
1702* SorryOciffer: A drunk person fails spectacularly at hiding their intoxicated state when confronted by the police.
1703* SorryToInterrupt
1704* SoundDefect
1705* SoUnfunnyItsFunny: The joke's lack of humor is the point of the joke.
1706* SpannerInTheWorks: The hero thwarts the villain's plan by accident or because the villain failed to anticipate the hero's involvement.
1707* SpecificSituationBooks
1708* SpitTake: Reacting to something by spitting out whatever food or drink you were consuming at the moment.
1709* SplittingPants: The embarrassing predicament of one's pants tearing, resulting in onlookers getting a good view of the individual's underwear (or buttocks).
1710* SpontaneousMustache: Somebody suddenly receives facial hair.
1711* SpoofAesop: An episode gives AnAesop that deliberately makes no sense or isn't at all what the audience was expecting.
1712* SpringtimeForHitler: A deliberate attempt at failing instead ends in success.
1713* SquirtingFlowerGag
1714* StandardizedSitcomHousing
1715* StandInParents
1716* StartMyOwn
1717* TheStateroomSketch
1718* StealingFromTheHotel
1719* StealthPun: A subtle play on words.
1720* StereoFibbing
1721* StereotypeReactionGag: A character gets angry at another character assuming that a stereotype about their race is true to them, before the minority character confirms the stereotype themselves.
1722* StereotypicalSouthAsianEnglish
1723* StewedAlive: Characters get cooked alive in a pot of soup or stew.
1724* StickySituation: Situations where a character gets stuck because of an adhesive substance and struggles to free themselves.
1725* StinkBomb
1726* StockPunishment
1727* StonersAreFunny: A character being stoned off their ass most of the time is played for humor.
1728* StopDrowningAndStandUp
1729* StopPokingMe
1730* StopSayingThat
1731* StormInATeacup
1732* StraightMan: A character whose purpose is to be an ordinary person reacting to the funnier characters.
1733* StraightManAndWiseGuy
1734* StrangelySpecificHoroscope
1735* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Two unlikely people have the same idea.
1736* StripPoker
1737* StripperCopConfusion: Confusing a real police officer for a stripper dressed as one or vice versa.
1738* StronglyWordedLetter
1739* StuckInTheDoorway: A character/s, usually of large size, wind up getting stuck in a doorway.
1740* StuckOnASkiLift
1741* StupidCrooks: It's pretty funny to see would-be criminals bungle their own attempted crimes because of their idiocy and incompetence.
1742* StupidQuestionBait
1743* StupidSexyFlanders: A character is straight but with one awkward exception.
1744* StylisticSuck: A work of deliberately bad quality.
1745* SubvertedPunchline: Someone tells the setup to an old joke but says a different punchline than the usual one.
1746* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: A poem or song avoids completing a rhyme by substituting the anticipated word at the last minute with a word that doesn't rhyme at all or abrupt silence. In many cases, the rhyming word the audience is misled into expecting is an obscenity.
1747* SubwaysSuck
1748* SuchAPhony: One character talks crap about another but pretends to be nice in their presence.
1749* SuddenlyBilingual
1750* SuddenlyFluentInGibberish: Someone can understand a gibberish language with no foreshadowing.
1751* SueDonym
1752* SuggestiveCollision
1753* SuicideAsComedy: Jokes about someone killing themselves.
1754* SunroofShenanigans: Someone uses a sunroof (typically in a limo) to misbehave
1755* SuntanStencil
1756* SuperFunHappyThingOfDoom
1757* SuperZeroes: Superheroes who are ridiculously incompetent and unimpressive.
1758* SurpriseJump
1759* SurpriseSlideStaircase
1760* SuspectIsHatless: Reporting a criminal while giving a description that doesn't really narrow down who could've done the crime.
1761* SuspenderSnag: Someone gets their suspenders caught by someone or something.
1762* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Denying stuff that the other person hasn't even accused you of.
1763* SustainedMisunderstanding
1764* TheSwearJar: Someone puts money in a jar to curb their swearing habit.
1765* SwivelChairAntics
1766[[/folder]]
1767
1768[[folder:Tropes – T]]
1769* TableclothYank (specifically when a character ''can't'' pull off the trick)
1770* TabloidMelodrama
1771* TheTake
1772* TakeANumber
1773* TakeOffYourClothes: A character asks another to remove their clothes, but the situation isn't sexual.
1774* TakingItWell
1775* TheTalk: A parent has to explain sex to their child.
1776* TalkingInBed
1777* TalkingInYourSleep
1778* TalkingPoo: Sentient fecal matter.
1779* TalkingWithSigns
1780* TalkShowAppearance: Characters making an appearance on a talk show usually make fools of themselves.
1781* TamponRun: A man has to buy tampons for a menstruating woman.
1782* TandemParasite
1783* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: A person is able to accurately respond to another person's statements even though they're just a recording and aren't really around to hear what the other person is saying.
1784* TapedOverTurmoil
1785* TarAndFeathers
1786* TarotTroubles
1787* TastesLikePurple: Describing a sensation as something that can't really be experienced with that sense, like saying that something tastes or smells like something that can only be seen.
1788* TechnologicallyBlindElders: The older you are, the worse you are at operating modern technology.
1789* TelegraphGagStop
1790* TerritorialComicRelief: When a group's PluckyComicRelief is threatened by another comedian, often leading to a clash of jokes.
1791* TerribleIntervieweesMontage: A montage of interviewing applicants for a job where every applicant proves themselves to be very unqualified for the job.
1792* TerriblePickUpLines: Pick-up lines so crass or awful that you'd have to be a total jerk to think they'd help you be successful with women.
1793* TerritorialComicRelief: When a group's PluckyComicRelief is threatened by another comedian, often leading to a clash of jokes.
1794* TestesTest: A man checks his genitals after going through a transformation to see if they've been affected by the change.
1795* TestosteronePoisoning: Over-the-top manliness.
1796* TextbookHumor
1797* ThanksForTheMammary: Someone accidentally touches a woman's breast.
1798* ThatCameOutWrong: Someone realizes to their mortification that they've made an unintentionally risque statement.
1799* ThatPoorCar
1800* ThatPoorCat: A cat yowling is heard from offscreen whenever destruction happens.
1801* ThatPoorPlant: A plant withers and dies after someone pours a toxic substance into it.
1802* ThatWasNotADream: Someone talks about having a dream before being told that it wasn't a dream and that the events described actually happened.
1803* ThatWasObjectionable: In court, a lawyer can refute anything simply by hollering "Objection" or "I object".
1804* ThatWasTheReward
1805* ThemedWedding
1806* ThereIsNoRuleSix
1807* ThereWasADoor: Someone bursts through the walls even though they could've just entered through the door.
1808* ThermometerGag: Jokes about rectal thermometers.
1809* TheyJustDontGetIt: A character doesn't understand a concept no matter how many times it's explained to them.
1810* TheyKilledKennyAgain: A character is repeatedly killed off and resurrected to the point of absurdity.
1811* ThingOMeter
1812* ThinksOfSomethingSmartSaysSomethingStupid
1813* ThinkUnsexyThoughts: Someone tries to think of unpleasant things to keep from getting too aroused.
1814* ThirtyMinutesOrItsFree
1815* ThisBananaIsArmed: What looks like a harmless pretend weapon actually functions like a real weapon.
1816* ThisBillboardNeedsSomeSalt: Giant monsters eat signs after mistaking them for food.
1817* ThisExplainsSoMuch: After a stupid or eccentric character has a detail revealed about themselves, another character remarks that this detail explains a lot about why the other person is the way they are.
1818* ThisIsGoingToBeHuge: A character in a work set in the past shows a lot of enthusiasm for something the audience knows will fail.
1819* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Somebody realizes they're screwed, but reacts with resignation rather than panic. Frequently PlayedForLaughs.
1820* ThisIsMySide: A tiff between people results in a line being drawn to divide each other's side of the room and their belongings.
1821* ThisIsNoTimeToPanic: A character says, "Don't panic" but then later says, "You can panic now" and everyone does.
1822* ThoughtAversionFailure: Telling someone not to think about something will inevitably cause them to think about it anyway.
1823* TheThreeCertaintiesInLife
1824* ThreeStoogesShoutOut
1825* ThrowItIn: A joke that wasn't planned, but was left in the final version anyway because the creators thought it was funny.
1826* ThrowTheBookAtThem
1827* ThrowThePin
1828* ThumbtackOnTheChair
1829* TicketLineCampout
1830* TiedTogetherShoelaceTrip
1831* TiltingTowerOfPisa
1832* TimeFreezeTrollingSpree: Someone freezes time or takes advantage of time being frozen in order to play pranks on people without the risk of getting caught.
1833* TinkleInTheEye: A baby pees on someone.
1834* TitleReadingGag: A character reading the work's title is played for comedy.
1835* ToBeContinuedRightNow: The story continues immediately after a fakeout of claiming that the story will be resolved in the next installment.
1836* ToiletDrinkingDogGag: Dogs drinking out of toilets.
1837* TollBoothAntics
1838* ToMakeALongStoryShort
1839* TongueOnTheFlagpole: Someone gets their tongue stuck to a flagpole because of cold weather.
1840* TooFastToStop
1841* TooYoungToDieLamentation
1842* TookALevelInDumbass: A character becomes dumber in later appearances.
1843* TooManyHalves
1844* TooMuchInformation: Someone reveals personal information (often something gross or risque) that they really should've kept to themselves.
1845* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: A monster doesn't eat or harm a character because the creature thinks the person tastes bad or isn't worth messing with due to being depraved or weird even by their inhuman standards.
1846* TopTenList
1847* TorsoWithAView
1848* TotemPoleTrench: Two or more people stand on top of one another and wear a large coat to disguise themselves as a tall person.
1849* ToughRoom: No one laughs at a joke.
1850* TourGuideGag
1851* TrampolineTummy
1852* TranslationByVolume
1853* TransparentCloset: A closeted gay person who does a poor job of hiding their sexuality.
1854* TrapDoorFail: A trap door doesn't work for some reason, such as not being underneath the person who's supposed to go down it or the person being too fat to fit through it.
1855* TrashLanding: Falling from the sky into some garbage.
1856* TrashOfTheTitans
1857* TrashyTouristTrap: Roadside attractions with VeryFalseAdvertising.
1858* TraumaButtonEnding
1859* TreeBuchet
1860* TreesIntoToothpicks
1861* TrickDialogue
1862* TriviallyObvious
1863* TrivialTragedy: Minor inconveniences treated as a major tragedy.
1864* TrojanGauntlet: A man is embarrassed to buy condoms.
1865* TrollingTranslator: The translator deliberately mistranslates what the other person is saying.
1866* TropaholicsAnonymous
1867* TheTropeFormerlyKnownAsX
1868* TroublemakingNewPet
1869* TheTroubleWithTickets
1870* ATruceWhileWeGawk
1871* TrustBuildingBlunder
1872* TruthTellingSession
1873* TurnYourHeadAndCough
1874* TwentyPercentMoreAwesome
1875* TwerpSweating
1876* TwinSwitch: Twins decide to switch places.
1877* ATwinkleInTheSky
1878* TwoFacedAside: Saying something to one person and revealing the statement to be a lie in an aside to another person.
1879* TwoOutOfThreeAintBad
1880* TwoRightsMakeAWrong
1881* TwoTimerDate
1882[[/folder]]
1883
1884[[folder:Tropes – U]]
1885* UglyGuyHotWife: An unattractive man has a beautiful wife.
1886* UmbrellasAreLightningRods
1887* UnaffectedBySpice: Someone that has a high tolerance for really spicy food; often used as a gag when compared to someone who can't handle the heat or who tries to sabotage a dish by adding hot sauce to it.
1888* UncomfortableElevatorMoment
1889* UncoolUndies: A character's undies are seen as lame.
1890* UnconventionalSmoothie
1891* UnDuet
1892* UndignifiedDeath: Someone dies a ridiculous and embarrassing death.
1893* UnEvilLaugh
1894* UnderStrangeManagement
1895* UnflatteringIDPhoto
1896* UnimpressiveProgressReveal
1897* UnintentionallyKarmic: A good-natured person who accidentally gives someone their comeuppance through their attempts to be polite/helpful to them.
1898* UnlikelySpare
1899* UnnecessaryTimePrecision: Doing complicated time calculations just to say that the date requested is very recent.
1900* UnPaused: When a person is frozen or in suspended animation, unfreezing them has them finish whatever statement was interrupted by their motion ceasing in the first place.
1901* UnplannedCrossdressing
1902* UnpronounceableAlias: To protect their true identity, a character invents a bizarre, unutterable false name on the spot.
1903* UnraveledEntanglement
1904* UnsatisfiableCustomer: A customer who always succeeds in finding something about the service to complain about, no matter what the employees do to avoid that.
1905* UnscrewedSaltShaker
1906* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Someone is disturbed upon learning a person's true gender.
1907* UnsuspectinglySoused
1908* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: The main character of a comedy is a jerk.
1909* UnusualEuphemism: Using bizarre words or phrases in lieu of swearing.
1910* UnwantedAssistance: A character gets annoyed by other people trying to help because the attempts at providing assistance aren't helpful at all.
1911* TheUnwittingComedian
1912* UpsideDownBlueprints: A building or invention gets made the wrong way because the blueprints were misread or misinterpreted by the builder.
1913* UranusIsShowing: Jokes about how Uranus sounds like "your anus".
1914* UrineTrouble: A gag where an animal urinates on someone or something.
1915* UsefulBook: A book gets used for something other than reading it.
1916* UselessSpleen: The spleen is useless.
1917* UselessWithoutCellPhones
1918[[/folder]]
1919
1920[[folder:Tropes – V]]
1921* VacuumMouth
1922* VandalismBackfire: Destroying someone's property backfires because what was damaged didn't belong to that person.
1923* VengefulVendingMachine: A vending machine fails to work properly, which often results in the person trying to use it getting angry and taking out their frustrations on the machine.
1924* {{Ventriloquism}}
1925* VerbalBackpedaling
1926* VerbalBackspace
1927* VetinariJobSecurity: A character cannot quit or lose their job because they're the only one qualified.
1928* ViciousVac
1929* VileVillainLaughableLackey: A sinister villain has a comedic henchman.
1930* VillainsOutShopping
1931* VirtualAssistantBlunder: Your smart device mishears the command given to it.
1932* VisualPun: A sight gag involving a play on words.
1933* VocalDissonance: A character's voice doesn't match their physical appearance.
1934* VocalRangeExceeded
1935* VolleyingInsults: Two characters repeatedly insult each other.
1936* VolumetricMouth
1937* VomitChainReaction
1938[[/folder]]
1939
1940[[folder:Tropes – W]]
1941* WackyCravings: Pregnant women have bizarre tastes in food.
1942* WackyFratboyHijinx
1943* WackyMarriageProposal: Someone tries to propose marriage to their significant other in an unorthodox way.
1944* WackyRacing
1945* WackyWaterbed: Waterbeds are bouncy and can leak.
1946* WaitingSkeleton: Showing a skeleton to demonstrate that waiting at a place can take a ridiculously long time.
1947* WakingNonSequitur: Someone makes an odd statement upon waking up.
1948* WalkieTalkieGagOver
1949* WalkingOutOnTheShow
1950* WalkLikeAnEgyptian: The stereotypical pose of Ancient Egyptian dancing.
1951* WalkThisWay
1952* {{Wallbonking}}
1953* WalletMoths: Someone opens a wallet and moths fly out to indicate lack of money.
1954* WallpaperCamouflage
1955* WashyWatchy
1956* WasntThatFun: A character (ironically or sincerely) states that a terrifying experience was fun and they want to do it again.
1957* WastefulWishing: Someone wastes a wish on something trivial.
1958* WatchOutForThatTree
1959* WatchWhereYoureGoing
1960* WaterGeyserVolley
1961* WaterHoseRodeo
1962* WayPastTheExpirationDate: Food that's a ''long'' time past its expiration date.
1963* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties
1964* WeAreStrugglingTogether
1965* WearingItAllWrong: Wearing a garment on the wrong body part.
1966* WeHaveThoseToo
1967* WeNeedADistraction
1968* WeSellEverything
1969* WeShouldGetAnotherTape
1970* WeaksauceWeakness: A very stupid AchillesHeel.
1971* {{Wedgie}}: A prank where you pull up someone's underwear after grabbing the back of it.
1972* WeightLossSalad: Trying to lose weight by eating nothing but vegetables.
1973* WeirdCrossover: A (parodic) {{crossover}} in which humor is derived from the juxtaposition of two ''vastly different'' works of fiction.
1974* WeirdTradeUnion
1975* WellIntentionedReplacement
1976* WellThisIsNotThatTrope
1977* WerewolvesAreDogs
1978* WetCementGag
1979* WhatAreRecords
1980* WhatDidIDoLastNight: A character regains consciousness after a night of heavy drinking or drug usage and panics as they try to figure out what happened while they were drunk or high.
1981* WhatDoesThisButtonDo
1982* WhatsAHenway: A joke where you say a silly word, someone asks what it is, and you respond with a joke (e.g. "Have you seen my pugway?" "What's a pugway?" "About 14 to 18 pounds.")
1983* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing
1984* WheelOfDecisions
1985* WhereWhere
1986* WhereDidWeGoWrong
1987* WhichRestroomDilemma: Someone has trouble deciding which restroom they should use.
1988* WhiteDudeBlackDude
1989* WhoEvenNeedsABrain: Someone is able to live and function without a brain.
1990* WhoIsDriving: Everyone aboard a vehicle gets into a conversation and then realizes no one's driving.
1991* WhosOnFirst
1992* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: The characters of a television show laugh at the idea of someone making a television show about their exploits.
1993* WhoopeeCushion
1994* WhyAreWeWhispering
1995* WhyAreYouLookingAtMeLikeThat
1996* WildlifeCommentarySpoof
1997* WildTake: A character reacts to something surprising or shocking them in a comically unrealistic way, such as their eyes bugging out.
1998* WiltingOdor: A smell so bad that it's actually causing physical damage to its surroundings.
1999* TheWindowOrTheStairs
2000* WiperStart
2001* WithCatlikeTread: A person trying to be stealthy somehow missed the memo that making loud noises will draw attention to them.
2002* WithThisRing
2003* WitnessProtection
2004* WondrousLadiesRoom: The women's bathroom is really fancy.
2005* WontTakeYesForAnAnswer: Someone doesn't realize that the response given to their question or request was the response they wanted.
2006* TheWorldMocksYourLoss
2007* WorldOfSnark: Nearly everyone is a smartass.
2008* WorryingForTheWrongReason
2009* WorseWithContext
2010* TheWorstSeatInTheHouse
2011* WorstWeddingEver: When PlayedForLaughs.
2012* WorthIt: A character suffers serious consequences for doing something, but decides that their suffering doesn't matter because they still got what they wanted.
2013* WouldRatherSuffer: Someone emphasizes their distaste for something by claiming they'd rather do something very unpleasant.
2014* WritersSuck
2015* WrongInsultOffence: A character is mad that someone insulted them wrong (e.g. "I'm not stupid, I'm ''clueless'', big difference!")
2016* WrongfullyAttributed
2017* WrongParachuteGag
2018* WrongRestaurant
2019* WrongSongGag
2020[[/folder]]
2021
2022[[folder:Tropes – X–Z]]
2023* XCalledTheyWantTheirYBack
2024* XDaysSince
2025* XylophoneGag: A xylophone that has one exploding key.
2026* YawnAndReach: While at the movies, a man pretends to yawn and rests their arm around their date.
2027* YellowSnow: Jokes about urinating on snow.
2028* YesNoAnswerInterpretation: Asking or choosing to interpret whether another person's reply or action is a "yes" or a "no".
2029* YouCantMissIt
2030* YouGetMeCoffee
2031* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: A stock phrase commonly spoken by someone to express their exasperation at dealing with something insanely absurd or idiotic.
2032* YouNeedABreathMint: Making a remark about someone having bad breath.
2033* YouWannaGetSued: Jokes about avoiding directly mentioning copyrighted works and trademarks at all costs or preemptively pleading that the rights holders don't take legal action towards negative and/or unauthorized portrayals of their properties.
2034* YouWontFeelAThing
2035* YouWontLikeHowITaste: A character who is in danger of being eaten (or thinks they are) tries to deter the one allegedly wanting to eat them by claiming that they taste terrible or are otherwise not worth consuming.
2036* YourBrainWontBeMuchOfAMeal: A creature that eats brains doesn't want to eat the brains of stupid people.
2037* YourCostumeNeedsWork: A person is mistaken for a shoddy impersonation.
2038* YourMimeMakesItReal: Mimes are depicted as dealing with real objects that just happen to be invisible rather than performing acts with imaginary objects.
2039* YourMom: Insulting other people's mothers.
2040* YourOtherLeft
2041* YourTelevisionHatesYou: Someone tries to forget their troubles by watching TV, but every show and commercial they come across somehow has something to do with their current problem.
2042* YoureDrinkingBreastMilk: Someone (usually a man) accidentally drinks breast milk.
2043* ZanyScheme
2044* ZanySchemeChicken
2045[[/folder]]

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