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* ''[[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 -Out]]. He tries to do a comedy routine on stage. The audience was disturbed. Also note his obsession with Seaweed Ambassador. Finally, he sure loves his bunny drawings... which look exactly like Rukia's.
** 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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* ''[[Dragnet]]'' - [[Dan Aykroyd]] as Joe Friday
* [[Bruce Lee]] has a few moments as the comically serious in some of his movies
* [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Dumont:Margaret Dumont|Margaret Dumont]] in the films of [[The Marx Brothers]] and others.
* 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.
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* [[Seth Green]] as Oz in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. Also, Giles and Angel.
* Indeed, much of the humor on [[Angel (TV)|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).
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* Sasha Nein from ''[[Psychonauts (Video Game)|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:''' [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Yon_Yonson: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.
{{quote| '''Marcus:''' Hey, Colonel! I guess we ''are'' the support, huh?}}
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** 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 ''[[Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VIII]]'', because [[There Are No Therapists]] on his planet to tell him that getting over your missing sister by ''joining a [[Private Military Contractors|PMC]] at five years old'' isn't a very good idea.
** Similarly, his [[Rule Sixty Three63]] counterpart, Paine from ''[[Final Fantasy X 2 (Video Game)|Final Fantasy X 2]]'':
{{quote| '''[[Genki Girl|Rikku]]''': Doctor P is in the house!<br />
'''[[Knight in Sour Armor|Paine]]''': Stop that. }}
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** 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 ''[[Okami (Video Game)|Okami]]'' is so serious it isn't funny. Come ''[[Okamiden (Video Game)|Okamiden]]'', however, her *ahem* [[Cuteness Proximity|interactions]] with the protagonist [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|Chibi]][[Physical God|terasu]] are hard to watch with a straight face.
* Tombstone in ''[[Freedom Force]] vs. The Third Reich'', as a result of being a [[Nineties Anti -Hero]] trapped in an homage to the [[Silver Age]]:
{{quote| '''Alchemiss''': ''[sarcastically]'' So how did ''you'' spend your sabbatical, Tombstone? Performing in musical theater? Raising puppies? <br />
'''Tombstone''': {{smallcaps|Animals wither in my presence}} }}
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== Other ==
* 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 [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Butte_County_High_School:Butte County High School|Butte County High School]], home of the Butte Pirates. Similarly, their 'plot' section for The Lonely Island song "[http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Jizz_In_My_Pants:Jizz In My Pants#Plot |Jizz In My Pants]]". Or their entry on [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_%28aesthetic%29:Cool chr(28)aestheticchr(29)|"cool"]].
** Also observe their article on "[http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternal_insult:Maternal insult|Maternal Insults]]", also known to normal people as [[Your Mom|yo mamma]]" jokes.
** The [[Musashi Gundoh]] [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Musashi_Gundoh:Musashi Gundoh|article]] also deserves special mention as the editors have solemnly agreed to preserve the article in its current [[Engrish|broken English]] condition, as it remains [[So Bad It's Good|more accurate to the show]] than a properly written article could ever be.
* 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"]].
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