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{{quote|''"Even funnier than the man who has been made ridiculous, however, is the man who, having had something funny happen to him, refuses to admit that anything out of the way has happened, and attempts to maintain his dignity."''
|'''[[Charlie Chaplin]]'''}}
Just because [[No Sense of Humor|a character doesn't have a sense of humor themselves]] doesn't mean that they can't make the audience laugh.
Typically works as a [[Straight Man]] in the cast, although they may have [[Fear of Thunder|some odd]] [[Cuteness Proximity|weakness]]. Often, they become the victim of [[Not So Above It All]].
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Subtrope of [[Bathos]]. Also related to [[Serious Business]], as comically serious characters have a tendency to indulge in it. Might also be the [[Butt Monkey]] in settings where being serious is seen as an offense.
Compare [[No Sense of Humor]], [[So Unfunny It's Funny]].
Contrast [[Dude, Not Funny]].
{{examples}}
== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Karakuri Circus]]'' - Narumi's [[No Sense of Humor|nonexistent sense of humor]] is a problem - because only causing someone to laugh will halt his [[Incurable Cough of Death]]. Crosses over into [[So Unfunny It's Funny]], at times.
* Raven from ''[[Gravion]]'', albeit this is a result of literal [[Becoming the Mask]]. {{spoiler|Ayaka, the current "Raven" is a woman and far more emotional than her unfunny alterego.}}
* ''[[Bleach]]'''s Byakuya Kuchiki in the omakes. He makes a joke. Once. It makes Renji [[Freak
** In addition to playing roles that are [[Recycled Script|structurally very similar]], Byakuya and Ulquiorra have similar personalities. Like Byakuya, Ulquiorra's comically serious tendencies show up in a couple of [[Omake]] and episodes previews.
* Jin in ''[[Samurai Champloo]].'' At first glance, he comes off as a [[The Stoic|stoic]], cool, smooth, handsome [[Badass]], but then the series proceeds to place him in some of the most comedic of situations alongside his companions. This includes a torture montage, working at an eel stand, getting a sore back after a night with unattractive courtesans, having to pretend to be a tour guide to win back his pawned swords, and dressing up as a female prostitute.
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*** In the dub he says "Those ''darn'' kids are embarrassing us again". There's something very comical about that, as the wizened old Vice-Commander can't even say "damn". It comes out sounding like a line from a sitcom.
* [[The Gunslinger|Switzerland]] from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' is generally a serious, stern character, and occasionally throws out gems like this in his typically serious, stern manner:
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** Japan has his moments as well, especially during Germany's training sessions on how to deal with being asked to react if England attacks, or what to do if the enemy asks him to surrender. He gives his answers in complete seriousness:
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Yes sir! I respond Japanese way! Be unclear! Say one thing, but mean something else completery opposite! Lie to them! }}
* In the first ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' anime, Roy Mustang is like this up until he's confronted with [[Team Pet|Black Hayate]] and gives a speech about how he [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4dMQ7m9oQ0 loves dogs]! Later in the episode, he reveals that his first executive order as Fuhrer President would be to make all female army personnel wear... ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WKPH_8PwFA tiny minskirts]!''
** His lieutenant Riza Hawkeye is a rare female example in the manga omake, doing such things as trying to measure Ed's height against his will, introducing her dog and responding to Mustang's musing that he might want to grow some facial hair by [[Face Doodling|drawing on his face with a marker]] all with [[The Stoic|a completely straight face]] .
* ''[[
* ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' - Sergeant Frog [[
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' - Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mas is a pretty serious guy, but can sometimes lapse into this. Particularly when his child-like girlfriend Usagi/Moon (or any of the Sailor Senshi) say or do something that is so over-the-top all he can do is stare at them with a look that says "Moving right along..." Haruka/Uranus also slips once or twice into this.
* ''[[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]''
** Kyon, who is also the [[Deadpan Snarker]]; his creativity and sense of wonder is likely just repressed, though. His aloofness doesn't prevent him from getting stuck in alternate worlds with a [[Magical Girlfriend|Magical]] [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]], or from finding himself smack-dab in the middle of mysterious murder cases.
** Yuki Nagato is another example, reacting with [[The Stoic|robotic coldness]] to all the wacky hijinks created by Haruhi and Mikuru. Yuki herself is not above a friendly prank or two. Even if she doesn't show external signs of enjoying it...
** Kyon's [[Gender Flip|genderbent]] counterpart, [[Suzumiya Haruhi no Seitenkan
* Juubei Kakei in ''[[
* Zelgadiss from ''[[The Slayers]]''. Which ''of course'' makes him [[Butt Monkey|the butt of jokes]] once the series goes comedic.
* Somehow, Unfunny Hatori Sohma from ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' manages to put up with [[Chivalrous Pervert]] Shigure Sohma and [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] Ayame Sohma. Hatori is the only serious one of the three, [[No Sense of Humor|without much of a sense of humour]]. Although this is justified, given his traumatic past. Maybe he's just plain tired of Shigure and Ayame's antics, after all this time?
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** Zoro. He plays both 'badass' and 'buffoon' very well, but what makes it funny is that he's ''so serious'' the whole time.
** A filler episode set soon after Enies Lobby uses this as its entire premise (the title, "Zoro's Slapstick Housework Help", should tell you everything you need to know)
** He borders on being a [[Comedic Sociopath]]. He's a cold-blooded killer, but when he angrily shouts at and threatens someone for giving him directions when he gets lost on a ''straight, narrow '''cliff''''', you know you're supposed to laugh at him.
** Zoro and Usopp are cuffed together while facing two opponents. With a totally serious face throughout. Zoro still is completely serious even as he executes his (innovative but completely ridiculous) plan. [http://scottthong.wordpress.com/2007/12/25/the-katanas-name-is-sogeking/ See it to believe it.]
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Usopp: How can you say such a scary thing with a straight face!
Zoro: I'm not finished. Then he goes and gets Chopper to sew it back on.
Usopp: We're not rag dolls!!
Zoro: I have another idea...
Usopp: I don't wanna hear it!!! }}
** Nico Robin is another example, especially given she's the only crew member who never adopts crazy facial expressions when shocked or angry. She once calmly remarked how she knew Zoro hadn't been eaten by a shark because the water hadn't turned red, much to her crewmates' shock. She's also an occasional [[Straight Man]] for the crew's antics.
** And a less prominent character who is a notably perfect example: During the Enies Lobby showdown, Cipher Pol 9 agent {{spoiler|Kaku}} takes this trope to hilarious lengths (all ye who have not watched his fight with Zoro, spoil at your own risk): {{spoiler|not only does he turn into a ridiculous block-nosed giraffe-man, he gets ''defensive'' about it, and says things like "Witness the power of a giraffe!" all while keeping a perfectly straight face. Using attacks like "Giraffe Canon" and "Nose Gun" is several times funnier just because of how absurdly seriously Kaku takes himself.}} No wonder he came in 9th in the following popularity poll.
*** {{spoiler|Though he's right about being dangerous.}}
** Jinbei is starting to evolve into one by virtue of hanging out with {{spoiler|Luffy and Hancock on Amazon Lily}}.
** Trafalgar Law does not appear to be sure how to react to {{spoiler|the Straw Hats' usual antics when he offers to ally with them in Punk Hazard}}, resulting in this trope.
* Tezuka and Sanada from ''[[
* ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' - Sousuke Sagara. At least it tends to actually be his fault, though. He eventually plays the straight man ''[[Crowning Moment of Funny|to his own mecha]]''.
** This also applies to his appearances in crossover games like ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' and ''[[Another
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''
** Occasionally Setsuna acts like this. Her mentor-figure Eishun played this to comical absurdity in his own group.
** {{spoiler|Fate}}, of all people, had a comically serious moment. His companions really didn't know how to react to it... What was his moment? {{spoiler|Fate's [[Pet the Dog]] moment with his severed arm.}}
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* ''[[Naruto]]''
** Sasuke Uchiha and Neji Hyuuga work out like this, though moreso in the anime. Of course, when something funny actually happens to them, it's just that much better. Seeing Sasuke with [[Blank White Eyes|those white circle eyes]] is good for a laugh.
*** Best example of this has to be Shippuden episode 181 (a filler) where Sasuke gets attacked by an ostrich.
** One of the few fillers worth watching [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAO0E69-EgI has Neji spazzing out when he eats curry.] Were it anyone else making those expression, it wouldn't be as funny. This trope is probably why Episode 101 is so popular despite being filler.
** Also, Shino. Is it really anyone wonder they dedicated an entire filler episode to <s>getting</s> drugging him to laugh? His return of him sulking because Naruto failed to recognize him right away. Also his reaction to his bugs being eaten by that anteater.
** And Kakashi. Remember his reaction when Lee [[Naruto
** And Sai, too. His reaction to Konohamaru's yaoi version of the Sexy no Jutsu, which involves him and Sasuke naked? [[Deadpan Snarker|"Ah, so that's me."]]
* Giovanni from the ''[[Pokémon (
** And recently, the Team Rocket trio themselves in the "Best Wishes" arc.
* One of the [[Crowning Moment of Funny|highlights]] of the ''[[Darker
* Vanilla from ''[[Galaxy Angel (
* In the recent crossover movie between [[Lupin III]] and [[Detective Conan]], [[Implausible Fencing Powers|Goemon]] jumps from a plane and cuts through several floors of a building on his way to land in the vault. Once there, he says [[Catch Phrase|"Once again I have cut a worthless object"]] as usual, completely serious... and his legs are wobbling from the impact, seemingly unnoticed. This is not the first time he has done something like this. He tries so very ''hard'' to be serious and dignified... but when he hangs out with [[Crazy Awesome|Lu]][[Lovable Sex Maniac|pin]]...
* A number of characters from ''[[
** Hayato Akaba of the Bando Spiders remains almost completely stone-faced while striking goofy rock-star poses for no apparent reason, and has a tendency to make convoluted music metaphors with the same completely serious expression.
** Seijuro Shin of the Oujou White Knight has [[Walking Techbane|a tendency to break any piece of technology more advanced than a stopwatch]], and is occasionally seen going to comically ridiculous efforts in his training.
** Shun Kakei of the Kyoshin Poseidons always takes the antics of his wackier teammates in stride, whether it's the rivalry between Ohira and Onishi or whatever hijinks Mizumachi is up to.
* ''[[Pani Poni Dash!]]'' - Rei Tachibana. Nothing makes her humorless nature more glaring than when her pissed-off face takes up two thirds of the screen while [[Genki Girl|Himeko]] rises up on the remaining one-third and shoots off her motormouth while rocking side-to-side.
** Tsurugi Inugami would count even more, with him being the serious, near-emotionless one in the same class as characters like Misao Nanjo and Behoimi (not to mention that said class is taught by Old Geezer).
* ''[[
* Stein from ''[[Soul Eater]]'' with his [[Running Gag]] of him not be able to slide in a office chair without falling.
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* ''[[Cromartie High School]]'' uses this to great effect. No matter how strange the situation, the cast never loses their stoic expressions.
* Most of Erza's funniest moments in ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' derive from her ability to completely serious in absurd situations.
* ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' occasionally uses Mori's perpetual seriousness for a few laughs.
* Heinel plays this part in ''[[
* Garterbelt, ''[[Panty
== Comic Books ==
* [[Batman]] often plays the unfunny role. Anything can be made funnier by adding Batman as the straight guy. A rare exception is found in the ''[[The Killing Joke]]'', {{spoiler|when The Joker tells him [[Actually Pretty Funny|a joke that makes them both laugh]].}} More typically: In "Hush", when Nightwing and Batman are in the Batmobile discussing Catwoman (well, Nightwing is discussing her... Batman is glaring off into the distance ignoring him):
{{quote|'''Nightwing:''' ''If you don't want to talk with someone, why do you even have a passenger seat in the Batmobile?''
'''Batman:''' ''Balance.''
'''Nightwing:''' ''...was that a joke? [pause] Of course not.''|''Hush''}}
* To a lesser extent, [[Wolverine]] tends to be this. Whenever he teams up with young girls (which happens more often than you might think) it tends to be a mix between [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] and [[Crowning Moment of Funny]].
* [[Plastic Man]]. Hard as it may be to believe these days, in his [[Golden Age]] Jack Cole comics he was the straight man surrounded by lunatics. Back then Plastic Man was a former criminal and was guilty of some rather serious crimes.
* Out of the lot of the [[Villain Protagonist|villainous]] ''[[Secret Six]]'', the role of comically serious goes to Bane. It says something when you try to act fatherly to a grown woman by treating her like a ten year old.
* ''[[Moon Knight]]'' - The title character is something of a [[Captain Ersatz]] of Batman, usually takes this role when played against Spider-Man. Moon Knight is also insane [[Depending
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'''Moon Knight''' ''confused'': There... [[Crowning Moment of Funny|There are no chicken wings.]] }}
* [[
* Previously, [[X
* Dream / Morpheus in ''[[
== Film ==
* Just about any character played by [[Christopher Walken]].
* [[Leslie Nielsen]] was a somewhat successful dramatic actor. When Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker came along and had him act the exact same way in a crazy situation in their film ''[[Airplane!]]'', it made him a comedy legend. The rest is history. Hence [[Leslie Nielsen Syndrome]]: it is difficult to impossible to watch older Leslie Nielsen films without stifling inappropriate
** The entire movie is based on this trope. Only Johnny acts silly.
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'''Rumack:''' I am serious. And don't call me "Shirley". }}
** Lloyd Bridges as Commander Cain in the original ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' can induce a similar reaction, having spoofed such military commander roles in ''[[Hot Shots]]''. The ''Hot Shot'' movies treat everything completely serious, especially when Topper Harley ([[Charlie Sheen]]) ends up [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyDqd42-FKg using a chicken] as [[Abnormal Ammo|an arrow]].
* ''[[Monty Python and
* ''[[Terminator|Terminator series]]'' - The Terminators often have moments like this, due to having [[No Social Skills]].
* ''[[Men in Black (
* [[The Grim Reaper|Death]] in ''[[Bill and Ted|Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey]]'' gets a creepy introduction when he arrives to take Bill and Ted to Hell. He promptly gets Melvined by them and spends the rest of the film desperately trying to regain his dignity, which is shattered over and over again the more time he spends with them. In the end he decides 'Screw It', and becomes their bass player.
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* Buster Keaton started his unfunny act young. Working with his father on the stage, he was continually told to "freeze the puss" because a puzzled or frowning face after a gag made the audience laugh harder. This later carried over to his film career - when he's on screen, his face is a worried blank, his body is ramrod straight but his ''legs'' do the talking
** A biography of him explained this trope in action. As a child performer he wore a suitcase handle on the back of his jacket, allowing the adults to literally pick him up and toss him around the stage. The act ended with him getting shoved through a bass drum. If he emerged from the drum smiling and waving at the audience (to assure them he was unharmed), people assumed he was being abused and that the smiling was just something he had been ordered to do. If he kept his face deadpan throughout, he brought the house down every time.
* ''[[Harry Potter]]'' - [[Alan Rickman]]'s subdued performance as Snape is sometimes this, especially in the later films (Cormack puking on his shoes comes to mind).
** Rolling his eyes and pulling his sleeves back to push Ron and Harry's faces back into their work wouldn't have been nearly as funny if he'd had ''any'' change of attitude or expression.
** Who could forget this little gem from Order of the Phoenix:
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'''Severus Snape:''' Yes.
'''Dolores Umbridge:''' But you were unsuccessful?
'''Severus Snape:''' [with annoyance in voice] Obviously. }}
* ''[[The
* ''[[Inception]]'' - Arthur, as he's the most serious in the [[Badass Crew|Dream Team]] and smiles but twice in the whole film. He does have a [[Deadpan Snarker|sense of humour]] though.
* ''[[Dragnet]]'' - [[Dan Aykroyd]] as Joe Friday
* [[Bruce Lee]] has a few moments as the comically serious in some of his movies
* [
* Moe Howard from ''[[The Three Stooges]]'' is cast as the most "serious" Stooge and often berates the other two to stop screwing around, but he is no less likely to get a pie in the face or clonked with a shovel than anyone else in the cast. This is a natural extension of the much older role of the ''whiteface'' clown as a [[Straight Man]] to the more rambunctious ''auguste'' in professional clowning. Some people have trouble with [[Monster Clown|smart clowns]]...
* [[Home Alone]]: Harry to a certain extent.
== Literature ==
* Most of the characters in the ''[[Discworld]]'' universe, but [[Deadpan Snarker|Vetinari]] and [[Da Chief|Vimes]] particularly stick out. Also [[Never Mess
** Captain Carrot. Who will track down Death on the ground he's the only witness to a murder.
*** The thing is, this is [[Cloudcuckooland|Discworld]], where such things are not only plausible, but legitimate.
* In the ''[[Sword of Truth]]'' series, Nicci, after her [[Heel Face Turn]], [[The Stoic|very]] [[Deadpan Snarker|much]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|so]].
* The narrator of ''[[The Remains of the Day]]'' is a butler who's trying very hard to develop a sense of humor late in life, because he thinks his new employer would appreciate it. His [[Spock Speak]] [[Wall of Text]] musings on the subject are very funny, [[Downer Ending|until they reappear in the last scene]].
* Ax of ''[[
** Marco was convinced that the [[Big Bad|Yeerks]] did have a sense of humor because nobody as comically serious as them could do it intentionally. Such gems of humor from the Yeerks include making an entrance to their secret lair under a [[McDonald's]] and then having the password be "I'd like a Happy Meal with extra happy" and having the audio for the self-destruct system announce "Base will Self-Destruct in 15 minutes. Have a nice day."
* The eternally unflappable [[The Jeeves|Jeeves]] of ''[[Jeeves and Wooster (
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'''Jeeves:''' Mr. Bickersteth appeared somewhat taken aback, sir. }}
== Live-Action TV ==
* [[Seth Green]] as Oz in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. Also, Giles and Angel.
* Indeed, much of the humor on [[Angel|Angel's own show]] was derived from his being deadpan in comical or bizarre situations, or how absolutely seriously he took his role as Brooding Hero of the Night With a Dark Past, to the point where it became a bit absurd. Cases in point: his dancing (it's ''dreadful'' but thankfully imaginary), leaping heroically into the ''wrong convertible'' and thereby averting a car chase scene, the discovery that he enjoys Barry Manilow but cannot sing to save his unlife, and dressing up in a [[Hawaiian-Shirted Tourist|ridiculous tourist outfit]] in order to apparently ''annoy'' information out of a local mafia boss. All of these he treats with complete seriousness or hides to keep his brooding cred.
** The best was when he was turned into a muppet. For most of an episode he was a dour, brooding, serious ''fuzzy puppet'' while everyone else was intensely amused.
* Sam the Eagle from the ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' frequently commented on his own program in a condescending tone, usually tripping up over his own hypocrisy (he once followed up a complaint about how uncultured the show was with a comment that the guest of the week, ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev, was his "favorite opera singer") or not being aware how silly things actually were (his favorite skit on the show was the "classy" duets by Wayne and Wanda, which always ended in some slapstick disaster).
* Bert in ''[[Sesame Street]]''.
* Spoofed in ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'', where a man talking and acting in a blandly everyday manner causes convulsive laughter in everyone he walks past. And that's even an obscure reference. Does no one remember the Colonel? "Now I do my best to keep things moving along, but I'm not having things getting silly." He started as the straight man in his own sketch, and they kept using him to end a sketch for which they had not written a punch line.
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* Michael Bluth of ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]''.
** Also, Wayne Jarvis, the self-described consummate professional.
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Wayne: Almost always. I was once voted the worst audience participant ''Cirque Du Soleil'' ever had. }}
* Much of the humor in ''[[Star Trek:
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** Same applies to Data's daughter Lal, who summed up the essence of this trope after noting that other children were laughing at her.
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** [[Star Trek: Voyager|Tuvok]] was often paired with goofy [[Alien Scrappy]] Neelix. Interestingly, in a flashback, Sulu commented that Tuvok was stuck up even for a Vulcan. (Sulu implicitly compares him to Spock.) Which leads to the hilarious image of him being Comically Serious in a group of ''Vulcans''.
** And Worf, above, is often shown as being more serious than most Klingons. (This may be a case of him trying too hard to follow an outsider's ideas of Klingon culture, as compared to those actually brought up in it; then again, he might just have [[The Stoic|a grim and serious temperament]].) Michael Dorn has a charming smile, but the best you're likely to get out of Worf is a look of satisfaction.
** Data discovers the concept of humor and attempts to learn to tell jokes and stand-up. The image of Comically Serious Data, on par with Worf, trying to tell jokes and failing miserably
** At least once Data and Worf both pulled this off in the same scene. Data is about to leave the Enterprise and asks Worf to take care of his cat Spot:
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'''Worf:''' ''(holding the cat at arm's length with his usual [[Perpetual Frowner|scowl]])'' I will ''feed'' it.
''([[Beat]])''
'''Data:''' Perhaps that will be sufficient. }}
* Teal'c on ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' was the team's Unfunny. He might have laughed only once in the show's 10-year run - at a [[Proud Warrior Race|Jaffa]] joke no one else on the team got. Once in a while he was a bit of a [[Deadpan Snarker]], and he was frequently the victim of [[Metaphorgotten]], but he was always a serious person. Made even more hilarious on a meta level by how downright ''jolly'' his actor Christopher Judge is in real life. At first his understanding of human humor is more limited, but he learns more as the series goes on, giving us such moments as early on when O'Neill is lying sick in bed:
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''([[Beat]])''
'''O'Neill''' (realizing): You made a joke. }}
** The Jaffa race as a whole counts.
* Dr. Wen from ''[[Scrubs]]''. Carla as well: you can get plenty of laughs out of her and her storylines, but it's actually made a point of a few times in the show that she can't tell or do good jokes.
* ''[[M*A*S*H (
* Lilith on ''[[Cheers]]'' and ''[[Frasier]]''... she thinks [[Straight Man|Zeppo Marx]] is the funniest of the [[Marx Brothers]]. Interestingly, Zeppo was often said to be the funniest one in real life.
* [[Robot Girl|Cameron]] of ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' is a solid example of this, when she is put in absurd or socially delicate situations, and tends to react in an extremely straightforward and practical manner. Jonh Henry and Catherine Weaver tend to be this, too. The odd thing here is how much quiet comedy the writers generate between two comically serious characters.
* ''[[Chuck]]'' - NSA Agent John Casey is the most serious out of the 'Operation Bartowski' team, but he's often the bringer of the most laughs, usually because he's put into amusing circumstances.
* ''[[News Radio]]'': The whole reason Dave Foley was cast as Dave Nelson (a character created with him in mind) was the fact that Foley has a talent for getting laughs by subtly and seriously ''reacting'' to funny or crazy things, more so than the actors who are actually ''doing'' them, as creator Paul Simms discovered by watching him steal scenes opposite the [[Kids in The Hall|Chicken Lady]].
* [[Our Angels Are Different|Castiel]] on ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]''. He doesn't even react {{spoiler|when he sits on a ''whoopie cushion'', inadvertently interrupting his own [[Serious Business]] speech about the [[Anti Christ]]}}.
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** See also [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v661/kanger3/51sk0w.gif his utter failure at pretending to be an] [[FBI Agent]] and:
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* From [[Conan O
* Jamie from ''[[
** In the episode where they tested the concept of [[Latex Perfection]], Adam got a lot of mileage out of acting zany while disguised as Jamie (though he was able to pull off serious too). On the other hand, Jamie had a hard time acting appropriately goofy while disguised as Adam.
* ''[[True Blood]]'': Eric Northman. A good
* Dr. K from ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]''. For a character who is a complete [[Deadpan Snarker]] with [[No Social Skills]], she provides almost as much humor as the designated [[Butt Monkey]] of the series. It mainly comes from the fact that she is often placed in socially awkward situations. (See "Ranger Yellow, Part 2", "Doctor K", and ''especially'' "In Or Out" for proof.)
* ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'': Sheldon. Cooper. In fact, it's pretty much his entire shtick.
* Ben Wyatt in ''[[Parks and Recreation]]''.
* ''[[Glee]]'''s Dalton Academy Warblers, individually or en masse, are this to a T.
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* Hotch in ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' can be this very much sometimes, especially when put with Reid, though occasionally also with Morgan.
* Jon Stewart on ''[[The Daily Show]]'' is not generally this, but when paired with his correspondents for a bit, will often time take on this role as the serious straight newsman/interviewer.
* The humor of [[Loriot]], probably Germany's most famous comedian, is always this, revolving around people in awkward situations who always keep appearances and manners, which only makes the situations more absurd and hilarious, and frankly, embarrassing. A great deal of his early humor is attributed to the fact that people in Germany in the 60s actually did behave a lot like that and he was merely pointing out the absurdity of trying to keep one's dignity by ignoring the embarrassment.
* PR consultant and professional snoop Nick Hewer has shades of this in [[The Apprentice (trope)|The Apprentice]], which the editors occasionally play up - the man's so deadpan that the second he comes within five metres of a stuffed toy he becomes instantly funny. The real life equivalent of the Batman comedy mannequin. Following an appearance on a [[Would I Lie to You?|popular BBC panel show]], however, it turned out that the Apprentice team had, if anything, been ''down''playing Nick's deadpan genius. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SRwrdsm0lI And all he had to do was wear a jumper and make some faces...]
* Red Foreman embodies this trope in ''[[That '70s Show]]''. While he does have a lighter side that pops up from time to time, 99% of the humor derived from his character comes from his stern personality clashing with the absolutely absurd plots going on around him.
* In the classic TV ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'', Batman and Robin are the straight men to the lunacy of the villains.
** Also Chief O’Hara and Comissioner Gordon. For [[Camp]] to work, the material must be handled with subdued drama. Comissioner Gordon [[Took the Bad Film Seriously|delivered the most inane lines with great aplomb, utter conviction and just the right amount of drama]].
* ''Life's Too Short'' gives us [[Liam Neeson]]'s [[Adam Westing|attempt]] at [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKTh7zBIcrM improv comedy].
== Music ==
* Steve Bender, one of the two German members of the 80's multi-national band ''[[Dschinghis Khan]]''. Lampshaded in several [[YouTube]] comments which mention how utterly ''serious'' he is, when compared with his more cheerful bandmates.
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/davidchoimusic David Choi] is so serious a video on [[YouTube]] is dedicated to making him laugh.
* Just watch the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ANazeJodro unofficial video] for "Whipped Cream" by [[
== Professional Wrestling ==
* [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]
** Wrestler Steve Blackman often served as the Unfunny in a tag team with one of the federation's wackier wrestlers, including [[Cloudcuckoolander]] Al Snow and white-boy wannabe rapper Grandmaster Sexay.
** "If I can be serious for a minute..." [[WCW]]/[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]/[[ECW]] alumnus [[Lance Storm]] also used a (fairly humorous) Unfunny gimmick ("Your days of unabashed hijinks are about to end."). The [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] [[Flanderisation|Flanderised]] him into a robot-like [[The Stoic|Stoic]] who would later [[Badass Decay|learn how to have "fun" and dance his way down to the ring]]. It's a far cry from his [[WCW]] and [[ECW]] days, where he was both [[Comically Serious]] ''and'' [[Badass]].
** [[Kane (wrestling)|Kane]], who for years had been the most serious of performers, had a point for about two or three years where he could be relied on for some of the best comedy moments—because no matter how many times he did it, you didn't ''expect'' Kane to crack jokes, except deadpan.
* [[Beth Phoenix]] comes off as unfunny since she plays [[Straight Man|straight woman]] to her boyfriend [[The Fool|Santino]], her intern [[Loony Fan|Rosa Mendez]], frequent tag team partner [[Dreadful Musician|Jillian Hall]] and the crazy characters they tend to attract.
* "Hey Tomko, gimme a beat." "[[Little No|No]]."
== Radio ==
* ''[[Bob and Ray]]'' had a number of interview sketches that used
* ''Wiretap'' - Jonathan Goldstein as portrayed in most of the "conversations" on his radio show.
== Recorded and Stand-up Comedy ==
* [[Rowan Atkinson]] is a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ad1f6ZCTbg grand master of this trope.]
==
* Malvolio from [[Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' is often played this way.
== Video Games ==
* Sasha Nein from ''[[Psychonauts]].'' He's more or less [[The Spock]], but gets the most amusing punishments—such as having his [[Brainwashed|brain removed]], leaving him to babble about TVs and hackeysacks, or being squashed on the underside of a giant rubber stamper.
{{quote|'''Sasha:''' [[wikipedia:Yon Yonson|My name is Yon Yonson, I live in Wisconsin, I work in the lumberyard there...]] * [[Non Sequitur Thud|Thud]]* }}
* Marcus Fenix of ''[[Gears of War]]'' never smiles. Not even on his birthday, when they give him the cake. He seems to have something of an ironic sense of humour, though.
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* ''[[
* ''[[Metal Gear]]'' - Solid Snake from these gritty, realistic games is a sight to behold fighting and commenting on [[Super Smash Brothers|cartoony Nintendo characters]]. He also plays that role in his own games too from time to time. [[Cargo Ship|Cardboard boxes]], anyone?
* Valygar from ''[[
* The spin-off ''[[City of Heroes]]'' comic revealed Statesman to be one of these. To the point where him making a remark about letting Manticore die gave the latter pause because he couldn't tell if Statesman was actually deadpanning a joke or not.
* Cloud Strife in ''[[
* Yuri Hyuga from the ''[[Shadow Hearts]]'' series. Somehow he manages to remain [[Badass]] even while surrounded by a [[Large Ham]] pro wrestler, a ditzy fortune teller, an intelligent wolf and the princess of Russia. (It's mainly because he's pretty goofy himself.)
** Moreso in the second game, which had a goofier cast, particurly as the events of the first game had made him a [[Knight in Sour Armour]] / [[Grumpy Bear]] / [[Determinator]].
* ''[[Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis]]'' gives us [[The Stoic]] [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] Roxis, who is a frequent target of humiliation from fellow [[Nakama|workshop]] member Flay and especially his own [[Familiar|Mana]]. The Highlight was the 'Secret Crush' Incident. Never has anyone been so hilarious and sympathetic at once.
* In ''[[Wario Ware|WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]'', the silly descriptions for the "forms" used with the Wiimote are made even funnier by the deadpan, Ben Stein-esque tone of the narrator reading them.
* [[BioWare]] likes this character type almost as much as their regular snarkers.
* Sten in ''[[Dragon Age|Dragon Age: Origins]]'', especially if he's present during the {{spoiler|scene where your team attempts to help break you out of prison}}.
{{quote|'''Oghren:''' My partner and I are, ah, performers...
'''Captain:''' You're performers, are you? What's your act?
'''Oghren:''' Our act? Oh... well, the big guy here sings and dances while I... er... juggle swords...
'''Sten:''' On fire. }}
* [[Da Chief|Aveline]] continues this tradition in [[
** Same token: Fenris. Smiles all of maybe once or twice, makes his few jokes hilarious by delivering them with a perfect deadpan.
* Legion from ''[[Mass Effect
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'''Security:''' You'll have to leave your personal synthetic assistant behind. They're not allowed on public transport any more.
''[beat]''
'''Legion:''' Geth do not intentionally infiltrate. }}
** Much of the Shadow Broker's dossier on Legion takes on this tone as well, as we find Legion spends his spare time playing [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game]], [[Grand Theft Auto|GTA]] ripoffs, and [[Dating Sim|DatingSims]]. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* Squall Leonhart of ''[[
** Similarly, his [[Rule
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'''[[Knight in Sour Armor|Paine]]''': Stop that. }}
* ''[[
* Shantae from ''[[Shantae]]'' with her [[Visible Silence]].
* Boone from ''[[Fallout
* Frog from ''[[
* Cyan Garamonde from ''[[
* Prince Innes from ''[[Fire Emblem:
** Unless it's L'Arachel, who unlocks Innes's inner [[Tsundere]]. It has to be seen to be believed.
* ''Anyone'' in [[Dawn of War]] when referring to the Orks. It's probably the reason they've never been a primary villain in the series: it's hard to take a situation seriously when characters talk about Nobz and Boyz (among other orky things) with a straight face.
** Space Marines in most depictions tend to fall into this category when they're not pissed off, brooding or completely [[Ax Crazy]]. Most Imperial Guard command units are either this trope or [[Large Ham|overly bombastic]].
* Sakuya in ''[[
* Tombstone in ''[[Freedom Force]] vs. The Third Reich'', as a result of being a [[Nineties Anti
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** Quetzalcoatl also qualifies:
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'''Green Genie''': ''[Turning him back]'' Tell me: were you born this dull? Or did you have to go to school to learn it? }}
* Gala from [[
* [[Emotionless Girl]] Presea Combatir of ''[[
=== [[Visual Novels]] ===
* Miku in ''[[
* ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series
** Miles Edgeworth. Particularly notable whenever an elderly female witness is on the stand. Edgeworth is ''[[Bishonen|irresistible]]''. Calisto Yew from ''Investigations'' lamphades this by noting Edgeworth's serious demeanor makes her laugh uncontrollably.
*** Which means that any time his demeanor is shaken (and given the kind of stuff that goes on in these games, that's at least once a case), his reaction is absolutely hilarious.
** And, to a lesser extent, Phoenix. His finger-pointing antics pale in comparison to the quirks of the [[Bunny Ears Lawyer
** Shelly de Killer, gentleman assassin and ice cream eater.
** Also Edgeworth's mentor Manfred Von Karma. The man demands that his ATM PIN (0001) be entered as evidence proving his perfection. And he does it with a straight face.
* Mai Kawasumi in ''[[Kanon]]'', due to her uniqueness in ''not'' rising to all of Yuichi's jokes and kidding. Just watch her at lunch or when Yuichi considers groping her just to get some kind of a reaction... and nearly getting beheaded before even starting to move.
* Ace from ''[[Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors]]'', especially around Santa.
** Well {{spoiler|until you get the safe ending. Then he's just plain terrifying.}}
* Though it isn't often, Nero Chaos of ''[[Tsukihime]]'', thousand year-old uber-vampire with a body comprised of 666 demon beasts composed of pure chaos, is sometimes called into this role during side stories. His crowning moment? Participating in an involved game of ''tag''.
== Web Comics ==
* [[Psycho for Hire|Mordecai Heller]] from ''[[Lackadaisy]]'', as illustrated [http://www.lackadaisycats.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=346 in this comic]
* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]''
** Roy is the realistic [[Deadpan Snarker]] and [[Straight Man]] to the rest of his party's wacky hijinks. {{spoiler|His death}} has led to the rest of the party having various breakdowns both comedically and mentally.
** Vaarsuvius has had his/her moments, too.
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'''Durkon:''' THE TREES BE ATTACKIN'!! RUN FER YER LIVES!!!
'''V:''' Ah, I see you have already grasped the core principles of my theory. }}
* Referenced in ''[[Girl Genius]]'', when an actor in the travelling Heterodyne show [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050914 explains his character]: "Klaus keeps his ''dignity'', or '''tries''' to. ''That's'' what makes him ''funny''."
* Susan from ''[[
* Sakido from ''[[Slightly Damned]]'' spends most of her time brooding, a pass-time which is considerably hampered by living in the same ''dimension'' as her goofy, affectionate brother Buwaro.
* Marth in ''[[Awkward Zombie]]''. Considering that he has to share a house with the characters from the [[Super Smash Bros.|Smash-verse]] ''doesn't'' help.
* ''[[
** On Twitter, the author suggested the same was true of [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Gendo Ikari]], which was followed up with [http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/01-daddy-issues/praise-2/ this strip].
** Gardening, beekeeping, [http://www.shortpacked.com/2010/comic/book-12/05-neww-2010-comics/thanks/ houseworking], and [http://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-1-brings-back-the-80s/06-mrs-greg-killmaster/a-63/ dancing]
** [http://shortpacked.com/comic/book-1-brings-back-the-80s/02-one-upmanship/a-25/ This strip].
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' has Tag, a warship AI serving Tagon's mercenaries who was built from ready templates, reacting to any situation with absolute, deadpan seriousness, while still producing a punchline. The two weeks following [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2007-11-07 this strip] are a good demonstration. Of course, later he began learning sense of humour because it will allow him to understand - and thus predict - other sophonts better, which obviously has a strategical value... and because [[Evil Laughter]], if used correctly, may make him more intimidating.
* Raizel from ''[[Noblesse]]'' is an absolutely quite personification of [[The Stoic]]. Yet his unfamiliarity with modern technology is the primary source of humor early in the series.
* Jones of ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' has never so much as smiled in the entire run of the comic. [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=788 Giving her a party hat] is comedy gold. Topped only by her non-reaction to [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=839 a pigeon dancing across her head]. What makes it even better is that ''[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=476 sometimes]'' she clearly [[Deadpan Snarker|pokes fun at people with the same lack of expression]], and with her perfect poker face [[Poe's Law|it's impossible to tell]] where this ends.
** Sir Eglamore is too serious sometimes. Note that when "[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=665 Jolly Elfsberry]" made the knight play an [[Overprotective Dad]] just to pull his leg, Annie is less than amused by his prancing... until she sees what's going on (the next page) - and then immediately joins this game, barely holding laughter.
* ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'' is this trope applied to an entire webcomic. The main character is an Irish Ninja Doctor, who's friends with a cloned Benjamin Franklin, has a gorilla for a secretary, and has a sidekick in the form of a kid bandito with a gloriously huge mustache and his velociraptor. And it only gets weirder from there. However, the comic never seems to realize how utterly insane it is.
* ''[[Two Guys and Guy]]'' has Frank, who probably best epitomized the trope [http://www.twogag.com/archives/997 here].
== Web Original ==
* The ಠ_ಠ emoticon.
** Failing that, sometimes the classic :/ qualifies too.
* [[Image Boards]] such as /tg/ have humourous mockery of ''[[Warhammer 40
** As well as [http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Angry_Marines THE ANGRY MARINES!!!] ([[Memetic Mutation|always angry, all the time!]]) The only chapter that has a tank that they use to fire their marines directly into the heat of battle, and power feet, for kicking the enemies of the Emprah in the balls.
** And the [http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Pretty_Marines Pretty Marines.] This is what ''Warhammer 40000'' [[Cultural Translation|would be like in Japan]], gentlemen. Search your feelings, you know it to be true.
* The ''[[Whateley Universe]]'' has several such characters. Sometimes, it's Stormwolf, the leader of the Wild Pack, and the most serious, unamused, straight arrow since the invention of arrows. This plays off well against [[Deadpan Snarker]] Phase, comedian Chaka, and the rest of the protagonists in Team Kimba.
** Within Team Kimba, there's Ayla, who while not lacking a sense of humor, is not exactly the type of person who takes jokes well when he is the punchline. Ayla's status as The Comically Serious was eventually [[Lampshaded]]. See the [[The Comically Serious/Quotes|quotes page]]
* Agent Washington from ''[[Red vs. Blue|Red vs. Blue: Reconstruction]]'' behaves like an actual agent from a secret military in the future. Contrasts well with the whacky mishaps the main cast. The red and blue armies also do this, by tying Caboose up in the brig and putting Grif and Simmons in front of a firing squad.
** Earlier in the series, Tex also qualifies. Though to a lesser degree. Her toughness was played for action and being a badass, rather than humor.
* This is the entire point of ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131113123808/http://averagecats.com/ Average Cats]'' - it's hilarious precisely because the captions are matter-of-fact and serious. The captions also sometimes venture into [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]. They never stop being mock-serious.
* The ''[[Protectors of the Plot Continuum]]'' universe is ruled by the Laws of Comedy, which require that any character who thinks they have dignity immediately loses it.
* Batman (of course) in ''[[I'm a Marvel And
* [[Star Wars|Darth Vader and two Stormtroopers]] celebrate the rennovation of [[Disney Theme Parks]]' Star Tours with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4_dZPVg8KI a trip to Disneyland].
* Lampshaded when Team Four Star did an abridged version of ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged]]'', which covered the entire first season in ''2 minutes''. Tien's only line in this is "I'm the only serious character in this show. That's the joke".
* Chiaroscuro Themyst from ''[[Sinai
== Western Animation ==
* Squidward in ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''.
** Hence, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130713090757/http://acciobrain.ligermagic.com/snapeward.jpg this].
* Batman. Batman, Batman, Batman.<ref>na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]!</ref>
** Batman often plays the Comically Serious role on ''[[Justice League]]''.
** In the episode "Flash and Substance", Batman passes the Unfunny torch to fellow JLU member Orion.
** Even in the [[Grand Finale]] of ''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League Unlimited]]'', where he threw himself hopelessly at a villain who could take punches from ''[[Superman]]'', he was laughing at the Bat's sheer tenaciousness. Of course, in lieu of better ideas, which is what Batman normally does, what else was there to do?
** Who can forget the ending of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_Ynj4i0Gmw This Little Piggy] when Batman is forced to ''sing''? And actually has a great voice!
** In "Kid Stuff" when the Justice Leaguers are de-aged into childhood Batman still keeps up his grumpy demeanor. This becomes ''actual'' unfunny at the end of the episode, when he mentions that he stopped being a child at the age of 8 -- [[Death
** A rare Batman laugh came when Harley Quinn told him how The Joker will love her for successfully putting Batman in a [[Death Trap]]. However, it was more an [[Evil Laugh]] meant to freak Harley out.
** ''[[Batman:
** In one Kids WB commercial, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqH5WZhaKEw Batman was forced to sing the Jigglypuff song from] [[Pokémon]]. The look on his face was priceless.
* Bill the Caveman, from the ''Terrible Thunder-Lizards'' sections of ''[[Eek!
* ''[[
** In the same vein as Batman, Zuko's [[Perpetual Frowner|perpetually frowning]], serious demeanor leaves him wide open to many a humorous moment, partially to being paired with his foil of a [[Cool Old Guy|jolly uncle]].
** Subtly acknowledged later in the series when Sokka asks Zuko if he's happy now that he's foiled Sokka's plan, and Zuko replies, deadpan, "I'm never happy." Sokka and Zuko [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vr9xPqGD8o work together] in this role almost as well as Zuko and Iroh.
** Another female example is the [[Emotionless Girl]] Mai, similarly foiled with being accompanied by a cheerful, bubbly [[Cloudcuckoolander]].
** Sokka started out as a stern, down-to-earth, warrior-in-training, but his
** Not even Azula, the [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] [[The Chessmaster|Chessmaster]] and [[Magnificent Bastard]], can work her way out of this one. One episode displays that Azula + social ineptitude = win.
** In ''[[
* Raven, the [[Deadpan Snarker]] of ''[[Teen Titans (
* Lemongrab of ''[[
* Benson from ''[[
* Hank Hill, of ''[[King of the Hill]]''.
* ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' - Jack himself.
* Al Gore on ''[[Futurama]]''.
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** He's even better in his animated ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]'' ad starring Bender:
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'''Al Gore''': [[Sarcasm Mode|Yes, I play a streetwise pimp. With a hybrid pimpmobile]]. }}
* Cosgrove from ''[[Freakazoid!]]'', taking everything seriously to the point of ridiculous.
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'' - Marge and Lisa Simpson. The episode "Brother From Another Series" revealed that this trope is why Sideshow Bob became Krusty the Clown's sidekick instead of his brother Cecil. As [[Hates the Job, Loves
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* Craig from ''[[South Park]]''.
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** Also the German people, they may have terrible jokes but their completely serious blunt deliver actually make it a bit funny.
* ''[[Family Guy]]'' - Meg, Brian, and Lois Griffin.
* ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'' - The Brain.
* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'''s Perry The Platypus: a serious crimefighter and always professional about his work, even if his [[Mission Control]] can be a [[Cloudcuckoolander]], his [[Arch Enemy]] is a [[Large Ham|scenery-chewing]] [[Harmless Villain|joke]], and he's a [[Everything's Better
* Six in ''[[Generator Rex]]'' is this at times.
* ''[[Bob's Burgers]]'' - Bob Belcher and his [[The Stoic|emotionless]] daughter Tina.
* Optimus Prime has shades of this in ''[[Transformers Prime]]''. Bulkhead explicitly mentions never seeing Optimus [[The Stoic|laugh, cry or lose his cool]], but funny stuff is made funnier by his completely deadpan reaction to it. After showing a [[LOLcats]]-esque internet meme that actually got ''[[Grumpy Old Man|Ratchet]]'' to chuckle, Jack asked Optimus if he wanted to see something funny, Optimus replied rather bluntly "No."
* Gummy, Pinkie Pie's pet alligator, in ''[[My Little Pony:
** Arguably Twilight Sparkle, she often displays a no nonsense attitude to things, and is a [[Neat Freak]] and [[The Workaholic]] rolled into one. She is also extremely [[Adorkable]] and neurotic, either due to her wackier friends' antics or her [[Super OCD]] nature grating on her sanity.
** Fluttershy may count as [[The Quiet One]] variant. In episodes where she tries to be loud the best she can manage is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BpquDZEyUI a pitiful little squeak] or [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xczDd2_X0DI something resembling] [[Flat Joy]]. What lands her in this trope is the fact she seems to genuinely believe she ''is'' being loud.
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== Other Media ==
* The stereotype of the [[Germanic Depressives|Germans]] being what it is, this seems a rather inevitable result.
* Thanks to a combination of attempted clinical tone and strange or even downright silly subjects, [[The Other Wiki]] occasionally dabbles in this trope. For example, their page for [
** Also observe their article on "[
** The [[Musashi Gundoh]] [
* Some of the ESRB's detailed writeups about game ratings are simply absurd, especially since they're coming from an organization devised to objectively rate games.
** They have been known to highlight features like [[Scribblenauts|the ability to "attach steaks to babies to attract a lion"]].
** Most of the unfunny comes from ESRB descriptions of sexual content, such as [[Heavy Rain|shower cutscenes that show "a male character's bare butt"]], [[Street Fighter|flexed]] gluteus, and [[
*** "[[Mass Effect 2|Unzipping a space blouse.]]"
* Part of the reason why animals like [[Everything's Better
** Cats, too. There's a reason why [[Cats Are Snarkers]] in media.
*** It helps a lot that cats have such humanlike faces that people subconsciously ''think'' cats can [[Cheshire Cat Grin|smile]], heightening the disconnect.
* In response to a glaring mistake on [[Star Wars|StarWars.com]]'s
* Most satirists tend be this way. They would say something that would be really outrageous and silly while keeping a straight face about it.
* [[Roger Ebert]] always finds this style of comedy better than [[Adam Sandler]] style clowning. See the middle of his [https://web.archive.org/web/20130315192719/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=
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