Comedy Tropes

Tropes seen primarily in comedies, or which are inherently intended to be funny.

Categories:
 * Parody Tropes
 * Room Shuffle
 * Rule of Funny
 * Self Referential Humor
 * Stand Up Comedy
 * Stock Jokes
 * Stock Parodies
 * Rant Comedy
 * Subverted Innocence

Tropes


 * Abhorrent Admirer
 * Absent-Minded Professor
 * Absurdly Bright Light
 * Absurdly Ineffective Barricade
 * Acceptable Targets
 * Accidental Art
 * Accidental Athlete
 * Accidental Dance Craze
 * Accidental Hug
 * Accidental Pervert
 * Accidental Unfortunate Gesture
 * Acid Reflux Nightmare
 * Acquired Situational Narcissism
 * Acronym Confusion
 * Acting Unnatural
 * Actor Role Confusion
 * Actually Pretty Funny
 * Actually, That's My Assistant
 * Adam Westing
 * Admiring the Abomination
 * Adults Are Useless
 * Agitated Item Stomping
 * Agony of the Feet
 * The Ahnold
 * Air Hugging
 * Alien Lunch
 * Aliens Steal Cattle
 * All Balloons Have Helium
 * All Cheering All the Time
 * All Cloth Unravels
 * The Alleged Car
 * The Alleged Steed
 * All Guys Want Sorority Women
 * All Jews Are Cheapskates
 * The All Solving Hammer
 * Amazingly Embarrassing Parents
 * Ambulance Cut
 * Am I Right
 * Amusing Alien
 * Anal Probing
 * And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt
 * And a Diet Coke
 * And That Would Be Wrong
 * And the Rest
 * And There Was Much Rejoicing
 * Angrish
 * Animal Reaction Shot
 * Annoying Laugh
 * Anticlimactic Parent
 * Anticlimax Cut
 * Anti Humor
 * Antiquated Linguistics
 * Anti Sneeze Finger
 * Anyone Remember Pogs
 * Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better
 * Appeal to Obscurity
 * Appliance Defenestration
 * Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
 * The Aristocrats
 * Armor-Piercing Slap
 * Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
 * The Art of Bra Removal
 * Ashes to Crashes
 * Ash Face
 * Asian Speekee Engrish
 * Aside Comment
 * Aside Glance
 * Ass Shove
 * Assumed Win
 * Astonishingly Appropriate Interruption
 * Astronomical Exchange Rate
 * Asymmetric Dilemma
 * At Arms Length
 * Ate the Spoon
 * Attack Attack Retreat Retreat
 * Attack of the Political Ad
 * Attack the Tail
 * Awful British Sex Comedy
 * Awkward Father Son Bonding Activity
 * A Truce While We Gawk
 * The B Grade
 * Bachelor Auction
 * Back to School
 * Backwards Firing Gun
 * Bad Humor Truck
 * Bad Impressionists
 * Bad Job Worse Uniform
 * Bad Liar
 * Badly-Battered Babysitter
 * Bad News in A Good Way
 * Bad News, Irrelevant News
 * Bad Omen Anecdote
 * Bait and Switch
 * Bait and Switch Comparison
 * Bait and Switch Comment
 * Balloonacy
 * Balloon Belly
 * Banana In the Tailpipe
 * Banana Peel
 * Banister Slide
 * Barely Missed Cushion
 * Bar Slide
 * Bathos
 * Beach Bury
 * Bear Trap
 * Bear Trap Bed
 * Beauty Mark
 * Becoming Part of the Image
 * Bedmate Reveal
 * Bedroom Adultery Scene
 * Beef Bandage
 * Be Quiet Nudge
 * Bested At Bowling
 * Best Out of Infinity
 * Beverage Spill
 * Birthday Suit Surprise Party
 * Biting the Hand Humor
 * Bits of Me Keep Passing Out
 * Bizarre and Improbable Golf Game
 * Black Comedy
 * Black Comedy Burst
 * Blazing Inferno Hellfire Sauce
 * The Blind Leading the Blind
 * Blind Mistake
 * Blind Without'Em
 * Dropped Glasses
 * Blood On the Debate Floor
 * Bloody Hilarious
 * A Bloody Mess
 * Boggles the Mind
 * Boogie Knights
 * Book and Switch
 * Boomerang Bigot
 * Boomerang Comeback
 * Born Unlucky
 * Borscht Belt
 * Bottom of the Barrel Joke
 * Bowel-Breaking Bricks
 * The Boxing Episode
 * Brain Freeze
 * Brake Angrily
 * Bread Eggs Breaded Eggs
 * Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick
 * Break the Motivational Speaker
 * Breathe On the Fan
 * Breathless Non-Sequitur
 * Brick Joke
 * Bring My Brown Pants
 * British Royal Guards
 * British Stuffiness
 * Broken Record
 * Brutal Honesty
 * Bucket Booby Trap
 * Bug Splat
 * Bumbling Dad
 * Burger Fool
 * Burping Contest
 * Butt Biter
 * Butter Face
 * By No I Mean Yes
 * By Wall That Is Holey
 * Calling Me a Logarithm
 * Calvin Ball
 * Cannot Keep a Secret
 * Cannot Tell a Joke
 * Can't Get Away With Nuthin'
 * Can't Get in Trouble For Nuthin'
 * Can't You Read the Sign
 * Caption Humor
 * Car Meets House
 * Cardboard Pal
 * Cartoon Conductor
 * Cartoonland Time
 * Caught With Your Pants Down
 * Cavemen vs. Astronauts Debate
 * Ceiling Banger
 * Celeb Crush
 * Centipede's Dilemma
 * Chain Letter
 * Chain of Corrections
 * Chained to A Bed
 * The Chain of Harm (this is usually Played for Drama, or added to horror films. But a slapstick version does exist)
 * Check, Please!
 * Cheek Copy
 * Chekhov's Gag
 * Cheshire Cat Grin
 * Chew Out Fake Out
 * Chic and Awe
 * Chirping Crickets
 * Chronically Crashed Car
 * Church of Happyology
 * Citizenship Marriage
 * City of Everywhere
 * City of Weirdos
 * Class Clown
 * Cliff Stack
 * Closet Shuffle
 * Cloudcuckooland
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Clown Car Base
 * Clutching Hand Trap
 * Coincidental Accidental Disguise
 * Coincidental Dodge
 * Color Failure
 * Comeback Tomorrow
 * Comedic Sociopathy
 * Comedic Underwear Exposer
 * Comedy As a Weapon
 * Comedy Ghetto
 * Comically Invincible Hero
 * Comically Missing the Point
 * The Comically Serious
 * Comically Small Bribe
 * Comic Role Play
 * Comic Sutra
 * Coming of Age Story
 * Competition Coupon Madness
 * Complaining About Things You Haven't Paid For
 * Confession Deferred
 * Confusing Multiple Negatives
 * Congruent Memory
 * Construction Zone Calamity
 * Contractual Gag
 * Contrived Clumsiness
 * Convenience Store Gift Shopping
 * Convenient Slow Dance
 * Cordon Bleugh Chef
 * Correlation Causation Gag
 * Cosmetic Horror
 * The Couch
 * Could Say It, But...
 * Counter Zany
 * Covered in Gunge (aka Covered in Slime)
 * Covered in Mud
 * Crack Oh My Back
 * Craggy Island Fun Fair
 * Crazy Cultural Comparison
 * Crazy Jealous Guy
 * Crazy Prepared
 * Creator Career Self-Deprecation
 * Cringe Comedy
 * Crosses the Line Twice
 * Crossover Punchline
 * Crotch Grab Sex Check
 * Crowded Cast Shot
 * Crush Parade
 * Cuckoolander Commentator
 * Cue Card Pause
 * Cue O Clock
 * Cue the Flying Pigs
 * Cut a Slice Take The Rest
 * Cutaway Gag
 * Cute but Cacophonic
 * Date Peepers
 * Dating Service Disaster
 * Dead Baby Comedy
 * Black Comedy Rape
 * Dead Mans Chest
 * Dead TV Remote Gag
 * Dead Line News
 * Death As Comedy
 * Deconstructive Parody
 * Deep-Immersion Gaming
 * Defeat By Modesty
 * Defenestrate and Berate
 * Delayed Reaction
 * Delegation Relay
 * Department of Redundancy Department
 * Depraved Dentist
 * Description Cut
 * Did the Earth Move For You Too
 * Did They or Didn't They?
 * Did You Get a New Haircut
 * Different for Girls
 * Digging to China
 * Digging Yourself Deeper
 * Dinner and A Show
 * Dinner Order Flub
 * Dinosaur Doggie Bone
 * Directionless Driver
 * Disaster Dominoes
 * Discriminate and Switch
 * Dish Dash
 * Dismotivation
 * Disgusting Public Toilet
 * Disorganized Outline Speech
 * Disproportionate Restitution
 * Disproportionate Retribution
 * Dissimile
 * Distant Reaction Shot
 * Distracted By the Sexy
 * Distracting Disambiguation
 * DIY Disaster
 * Dodgeball Is Hell
 * Dodgy Toupee
 * Does This Remind You of Anything?
 * Dog Walks You
 * Do It Yourself Plumbing Project
 * Don't Explain the Joke
 * Doomed Supermarket Display
 * Doom It Yourself
 * Door Focus
 * Door Judo
 * Door Roulette
 * The Door Slams You
 * Dope Slap
 * Doppelganger Dating
 * Double Entendre
 * Double Standard Rape Male On Male
 * Double Take
 * Do Wrong Right
 * Dragged By the Collar
 * Dragged Into Drag
 * Drawing Straws
 * Dresses the Same
 * Dripping Disturbance
 * Drives Like Crazy
 * Driving Stick
 * Drop the Cow
 * Drop the Washtub
 * Drop What You Are Doing
 * Drunk With Power
 * Duck
 * Dude Where's Our Car
 * Dumbass DJ
 * Dumb Muscle
 * Dynamite Candle
 * Earpiece Conversation
 * Ear Trumpet
 * Easy Come Easy Go
 * Easily Overheard Conversation
 * Eat the Bomb
 * Education Through Pyrotechnics
 * Eek! A Mouse!
 * Efficient Displacement
 * Egocentric Team Naming
 * Either World Domination or Something About Bananas
 * El Nino Is Spanish for The Nino
 * Electric Joy Buzzer
 * Elephant in The Living Room
 * Elvish Presley
 * Embarrassing Cover Up
 * Embarrassing Nickname
 * Embarrassing Old Photo
 * Embarrassing Slide
 * Embarrassing Tattoo
 * Embarrassingly Painful Sunburn
 * Emotionally Tongue Tied
 * Epic Fail
 * Escalating Punchline
 * Escalating War
 * Eskimos Aren't Real
 * Especially Zoidberg
 * The European Carry All
 * Even Beggars Won't Choose It
 * Even Nerds Have Standards
 * Even the Dog Is Ashamed
 * Even the Rats Won't Touch It
 * Everybody Laughs Ending
 * Everyone Chasing You
 * Everything's Better With Bob
 * Everything's Better With Chickens
 * Everything's Better With Monkeys
 * Everything's Better With Penguins
 * Everything Is an Instrument
 * Evil Elevator
 * Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor
 * Evil Is Petty
 * Evil Lawyer Joke
 * Equal Opportunity Offender
 * Exiled to The Couch
 * Explaining the Soap
 * The Exit Is That Way
 * Exploding Closet
 * Explosive Cigar
 * Exposition Diagram
 * Expospeak Gag
 * Express Lane Limit
 * Face Doodling
 * Face Fault
 * Face Plant
 * Facial Composite Failure
 * Failed a Spot Check
 * Failed Attempt At Drama
 * Failing a Taxi
 * Fake High
 * Fake Rabies
 * Fake Real Turn
 * Fall of the House of Cards
 * False Teeth Tomfoolery
 * The Family for The Whole Family
 * Fanservice Extra
 * Fantastic Anthropologist
 * Fantasy Twist
 * Far Side Island
 * Fast-Forward Gag
 * Faux Horrific
 * "Faux To" Guide
 * Fee Fi Faux Pas
 * Feghoot
 * Feng Schwing
 * Le Film Artistique
 * Filth
 * Finagle's Law
 * Hanlon's Razor
 * Finding a Bra In Your Car
 * Fine You Can Just Wait Here Alone
 * Finish Dialogue in Unison
 * Fish Out of Temporal Water
 * Fishing for Sole
 * Flashback Cut
 * Flat Joy
 * Flintstone Theming
 * Flipping the Table
 * Flock of Wolves
 * Flushing Toilet Screaming Shower
 * Fly Crazy
 * F Minus Minus
 * Follow the Chaos
 * Food and Animal Attraction
 * Food Fight
 * Forgot I Could Fly
 * Forgot I Couldn't Swim
 * Forgot to Feed The Monster
 * For Inconvenience Press One
 * Franks 2000 Inch TV
 * Frantic Object Concealment
 * The Freelance Shame Squad
 * Friendly Tickle Torture
 * Freudian Slip
 * Freudian Slippery Slope
 * From the Mouths of Babes
 * Fruit of the Loon
 * Fully Automatic Clip Show
 * Funbag Airbag
 * The Fun in Funeral
 * Fun With Flushing
 * Fundamentally Funny Fruit
 * Funny Answering Machine
 * Funny Background Event
 * Funny Foreigner
 * Funny Money
 * Fun With Foreign Languages
 * Gag Echo
 * Gag Words
 * Gallows Humor
 * Garden Hose Squirt Surprise
 * Gargle Blaster
 * Gasshole
 * The Genie Knows Jack Nicholson
 * Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!
 * Getting the Boot
 * Ghost in The Machine
 * Giant Eye of Doom
 * Gibberish of Love
 * Gift Giving Gaffe
 * Gift Shake
 * Gigantic Gulp
 * Gilligan Cut
 * Girlfriend in Canada
 * Girl Scouts Are Evil
 * Girl Watching
 * Girls Have Cooties
 * Give Geeks a Chance
 * Give Me a Sign
 * Giving Up the Ghost
 * Glad You Thought of It
 * Global Ignorance
 * Glove Slap
 * Gone Behind the Bend
 * Gone Swimming Clothes Stolen
 * Gonna Need More Trope
 * Good Angel, Bad Angel
 * Good News, Bad News
 * A Good Old Fashioned Paint Watching
 * Goofy Suit
 * Gosh Hornet
 * Got Volunteered
 * Go Ye Heroes Go and Die
 * Grave Humor
 * Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress
 * Gravity Is a Harsh Seamstress
 * Gravity Is Only a Theory
 * Grilling Pyrotechnics
 * Groin Attack
 * Gross Up Close Up
 * Groupie Brigade
 * Guilt By Association Gag
 * Guys Are Slobs
 * Had the Silly Thing In Reverse
 * Ha Ha Ha No
 * Ha Ha Only Serious
 * Hairstyle Malfunction
 * Hammerspace Hair
 * Hand Off
 * Hands Go Down
 * Hanlon's Razor
 * Hard Head
 * Harpo Does Something Funny
 * Hash House Lingo
 * Have I Mentioned I Am Sexually Active Today?
 * Haven't You Seen X Before
 * Head Desk
 * Head-Tiltingly Kinky
 * Helium Speech
 * Hellistics
 * Help Help Trapped in Title Factory
 * He-Man Woman Hater
 * Heroes Gone Fishing
 * Hideous Hangover Cure
 * High Dive Hijinks
 * Empty Swimming Pool Dive
 * Hilariously Abusive Childhood
 * Hilarious Outtakes
 * Hilarity Sues
 * Hint Dropping
 * Historical Hilarity
 * Hit Me Dammit
 * Holding Both Sides of the Conversation
 * Hold Up Your Score
 * Hollow-Sounding Head
 * Hollywood Dateless
 * Homemade Inventions
 * Home Porn Movie
 * Homoerotic Subtext
 * Horrifying the Horror
 * Hot Guy Ugly Wife
 * Hot Potato
 * House Amnesia
 * How Did That Get in There
 * How Did You Get It
 * How Did You Know? I Didn't.
 * How Is That Even Possible?
 * How Much Did You Hear
 * Huge Rider Tiny Mount
 * Human Doorstop
 * Human Ladder
 * Human Mail
 * Human Traffic Jam
 * Human Snowball
 * Humor Dissonance
 * Humorless Aliens
 * Hurricane of Euphemisms
 * Hurricane of Excuses
 * Hurricane of Puns
 * Hyde and Seek
 * Hyperventilation Bag
 * Hypocritical Humor
 * I Ate What?
 * I Banged Your Mom
 * I Broke a Nail
 * I Call Him "Mister Happy"
 * I Can Explain
 * I Can't Hear You
 * Identical Panel Gag
 * Idiot Ball
 * Idiot Hair
 * Idiot Hero
 * I Fell for Hours
 * If It Was Funny the First Time
 * If I Were a Rich Man
 * Ignore the Disability
 * Ignoring By Singing
 * I Have This Friend
 * I Know You Know I Know
 * I Like My X Like I Like My Y
 * I'll Never Tell You What I'm Telling You
 * Ill Take Two Beers Too
 * Imagine Spot
 * Imagine the Audience Naked
 * I Meant to Do That
 * I'm Going to Hell For This
 * Immediate Self Contradiction
 * Immune to Drugs
 * I'm Mr. Future Pop Culture Reference
 * Impersonation Paradox
 * Implausible Deniability
 * Impossible Insurance
 * Impossible Leavening
 * Impossibly Compact Folding
 * Improbably Predictable
 * Improv
 * I'm Standing Right Here
 * I'm Taking Her Home With Me
 * I'm Thinking It Over
 * Incredibly Lame Fun
 * Incredibly Lame Pun
 * Incredibly Long Note
 * Indexing Ensues
 * Indulgent Fantasy Segue
 * Inept Talent Show Contestant
 * Inflationary Dialogue
 * Inherently Funny Words
 * Initiation Ceremony
 * Innocent Innuendo
 * In One Ear, Out the Other
 * Insane Troll Logic
 * Insistent Terminology
 * Inspector Oblivious
 * Instant Home Delivery
 * Instant Leech Just Fall in Water
 * Instant Seiza
 * Insult Comic
 * Insult Misfire
 * Insurmountable Waist Height Fence
 * Intentional Engrish for Funny
 * Interrupted Intimacy
 * In That Order
 * In the Local Tongue
 * Invincible Classic Car
 * Invisible Holes
 * I Resemble That Remark
 * Ironic Echo Cut
 * Ironic Fear
 * Iron Butt Monkey
 * I Say What I Say
 * Island Help Message
 * ISophagus
 * Is That What They're Calling It Now?
 * Is This Thing Still On?
 * I Take Offense to That Last One
 * It Came From the Fridge
 * I Think You Broke Him
 * It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"
 * It Runs On Nonsensoleum
 * Its a Costume Party I Swear
 * It's Been Done
 * Its Raining Salesmen
 * Its the Best Whatever Ever
 * Its the Principle of The Thing
 * It Tastes Like Feet
 * I Want My Mommy
 * I Was Beaten By a Girl
 * I Was Just Joking
 * I Will Tear Your Arms Off
 * I Would Say If I Could Say
 * The Jail Bait Wait
 * Japanese Ranguage
 * Japanese Tourist
 * Jar Potty
 * Jaw Drop
 * Jewish Complaining
 * The Jinx
 * Juggling Loaded Guns
 * Jump Ill Catch You
 * Jump Rope Antics
 * Jury Duty
 * "Just Joking" Justification
 * Just Like Making Love
 * Just the Introduction To The Opposites
 * Juxtaposition Gag
 * Kent Brockman News
 * Kick Me Prank
 * Kids Prefer Boxes
 * Kissgusting
 * Kitchen Sink Included
 * Klatchian Coffee
 * Knew It All Along
 * Knocking On Heathens Door
 * Knock-Knock Joke
 * Know-Nothing Know-It-All
 * Know Your Vines
 * Kung Fu Jesus
 * Lamaze Class
 * Lame Excuse
 * Lampshaded Double Entendre
 * Lame Rhyme Dodge
 * Lampshade Wearing
 * Larynx Dissonance
 * Last Day to Live
 * The Last Horse Crosses the Finish Line
 * The Last of These Is Not Like the Others
 * Last Place You Look
 * Last Second Word Swap
 * Late to The Punchline
 * Laughably Evil
 * Laugh Track
 * Laugh With Me
 * Law of Disproportionate Response
 * Laxative Prank
 * Layman's Terms
 * Leap Day
 * Least Rhymable Word
 * Leaving Audience
 * Left It In
 * Let's Mock the Monsters
 * Letting the Air Out of The Band
 * Let Us Never Speak of This Again
 * Lifes Work Ruined
 * Light Bulb Joke
 * Lightmare Fuel
 * Line-of-Sight Name
 * Lint Value
 * List of Transgressions
 * Literal Ass Kicking
 * Literal Ass Kissing
 * Literal Junk Food
 * Literal Metaphor
 * Little Girls Kick Shins
 * Little Jimmy
 * Little-Known Facts
 * Living Crashpad
 * Living in A Furniture Store
 * The Loins Sleep Tonight
 * Long List
 * Long Neck
 * Long Speech Tea Time
 * Lost Him in A Card Game
 * Lost the TV Remote
 * Lost Wedding Ring
 * Loud of War
 * Low Speed Chase
 * Maam Shock
 * Made From Real Girl Scouts
 * Made in Country X
 * Made Myself Sad
 * Made of Explodium
 * Malfunction Malady
 * Mall Santa
 * Man in A Bikini
 * Man-Made House Flood
 * Matchlight Danger Revelation
 * Mattress Tag Gag
 * McNinja
 * MD Envy
 * Meatgrinder Surgery
 * Medium Shift Gag
 * Men Are Uncultured
 * Merit Badges for Everything
 * Metaphorgotten
 * Metaphoric Metamorphosis
 * Mid Battle Tea Break
 * Midnight Snack
 * Mind Your Step
 * Minor Injury Overreaction
 * Mirror Routine
 * Mismeasurement
 * Misplaced Sorrow
 * Missed Him By That Much
 * Missing the Good Stuff
 * The Missus and The Ex
 * Mistaken Age
 * Mistaken for Pedophile
 * Mistaken for Servant
 * Mister Seahorse
 * Mistook the Dominant Lifeform
 * Mobile Shrubbery
 * Mobile Suit Human
 * Mocking Music
 * Mock Guffin
 * Moment Killer
 * Monkey Morality Pose
 * Monkeys On a Typewriter
 * Most Common Card Game
 * Most Definitely Not a Villain
 * Motionless Makeover
 * Motivation On a Stick
 * Motorcycle Dominoes
 * Mouse Trap
 * Movie Making Mess
 * Multitasked Conversation
 * Mundane Ghost Story
 * Mundane Object Amazement
 * Murphy's Bed
 * Musicalis Interruptus
 * Must Make Her Laugh
 * Mutilation Conga
 * My Favorite Shirt
 * My Friends and Zoidberg
 * My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels
 * My Little Panzer
 * My New Gift Is Lame
 * Don't You Like It
 * My Sensors Indicate You Want to Tap That
 * Mystery Box
 * My Verbin' Noun
 * Naked Apron
 * Naked People Are Funny
 * Naked People Trapped Outside
 * Namesake Gag
 * Nausea Dissonance
 * Nautical Knockout
 * Necktie Leash
 * Need a Hand Or A Handjob
 * Neon Sign Hideout
 * Nerd Nanny
 * Never Work With Children or Animals
 * New Job Episode
 * Newhart Phonecall
 * The Nicknamer
 * Nobody Here but Us Birds
 * Nobody Here but Us Statues
 * Nobody Touches the Hair
 * No Can Opener
 * No Fourth Wall
 * No More for Me
 * No One Else Is That Dumb
 * Non Sequitur Distraction
 * Non Sequitur Thud
 * Non Specifically Foreign
 * Nonverbal Miscommunication
 * Noodle Implements
 * Noodle Incident
 * No Sense of Humor
 * No Snack for You
 * Not a Date
 * Not Me This Time
 * Not My Lucky Day
 * Not On the List
 * Not Quite Forever
 * Not Rare Over There
 * Not Really a Birth Scene
 * Not So Above It All
 * Not So Dire
 * Not So Great Escape
 * The Not-So-Harmless Punishment
 * Not-So-Innocent Whistle
 * Not That There's Anything Wrong With That
 * Not This One, That One
 * "Not Wearing Pants" Dream
 * Now You Tell Me
 * No You Hang Up First
 * Nuclear Family
 * Nuns Are Funny
 * Obligatory Joke
 * Oblivious Janitor Cut
 * Oblivious Mockery
 * Obsessed Are the Listmakers
 * Obvious Object Could Be Anything
 * Obvious Pregnancy
 * Of Corpse He's Alive
 * Of Corsets Funny
 * Of Course I Smoke
 * Offscreen Crash
 * Offscreen Reality Warp
 * Oh Crap
 * Explain Explain Oh Crap
 * Mass Oh Crap
 * Oh, Cisco
 * Oh God, With the Verbing!
 * Oh Wait
 * Oh Wait, This Is My Grocery List
 * On Three
 * Once Acceptable Targets
 * Once More With Volume
 * Once Per Episode
 * One Scene, Two Monologues
 * The One Thing I Don't Hate About You
 * One Two Punchline
 * Only Sane Man
 * On Second Thought
 * The Operators Must Be Crazy
 * Orphaned Punchline
 * Our Slogan Is Terrible
 * Oven Logic
 * Overly Long Airplane Banner Gag
 * Overly Narrow Superlative
 * Overly Long Gag
 * Overly Long Name
 * Overly Long Scream
 * Overly Polite Pals
 * Overly Pre-Prepared Gag
 * Overreacting Airport Security
 * Overused Running Gag
 * Ow My Body Part
 * Packed Hero
 * Pain Powered Leap
 * Panicky Expectant Father
 * Paranoia Gambit
 * Parental Hypocrisy
 * Parental Obliviousness
 * Parents Walk in At The Worst Time
 * Parking Payback
 * Parodic Table of the Elements
 * Parodied Trope
 * Parody
 * Pass the Popcorn
 * Passing Judgment
 * Pastiche
 * People Fall Off Chairs
 * Percussive Prevention
 * Perfectly Cromulent Word
 * Personal Raincloud
 * Persona Non Grata
 * Pervert Revenge Mode
 * Pet the Dog
 * Pet Heir
 * Phlebotinum Induced Stupidity
 * Phoney Call
 * Piano Drop
 * Piano Key Wave
 * Picture Day
 * Pie in The Face
 * Pinball Gag
 * Pity the Kidnapper
 * Plank Gag
 * Planning With Props
 * Please Dump Me
 * Please Get Off Me
 * Politeness Judo
 * Popcorn On the Cob
 * Popping Buttons
 * Population X and Counting
 * Porky Pig Pronunciation
 * Porn Stash
 * Potty Dance
 * Potty Emergency
 * Potty Failure
 * Powder Gag
 * Practical Joke
 * Prank Date
 * Prank Injuries
 * The Pratfall
 * The Precious Precious Car
 * Preemptive Shut Up
 * Premature Aggravation
 * Pretty Fly for A White Guy
 * Priceless Ming Vase
 * Primal Scene
 * The Problem With Pen Island
 * Produce Pelting
 * Proportional Article Importance
 * Punch Line
 * Punch Punch Punch Uh Oh
 * Punch Spin Gape
 * Punctuated Pounding
 * Purely Aesthetic Era
 * Put Off Their Food
 * Quick Draw Decision
 * Queer People Are Funny
 * Rage Against the Author
 * Raging Stiffie
 * Rake Take
 * Rant-Inducing Slight
 * Rapid-Fire Comedy
 * Rapid Fire Interrupting
 * Rapid Fire Name Guessing
 * Reactive Continuous Scream
 * Reading the Stage Directions Out Loud
 * Real Dreams Are Weirder
 * Record Needle Scratch
 * Recurring Joke Joke
 * Red and White Comedy Poster
 * Red Boxing Gloves
 * Redundant Romance Attempt
 * Reflexive Response
 * Refuge in Vulgarity
 * Remonstrating With a Gun
 * Removable Steering Wheel
 * Repeat After Me
 * Replacement Flat Character
 * Retroactive Wish
 * Rhyming List
 * Ridiculous Future Inflation
 * Ridiculously Long Phone Number
 * Ridiculous Procrastinator
 * Ridiculympics
 * Right Behind Me
 * Right in Front of Me
 * Right On Queue
 * Right Through the Wall
 * Ringer Ploy
 * Road Apples
 * Road Runner vs. Coyote
 * Roadside Wave
 * Road Sign Reversal
 * Road Trip Across the Street
 * The Roast
 * Roofless Renovation
 * Rubber Face
 * Rube Goldberg Device
 * Rule of Three
 * Rules of the Road
 * Rummage Fail
 * Rump Roast
 * Running Gag
 * Running Into the Window
 * Running On the Spot
 * Runs With Scissors
 * The Runt At the End
 * Rushed Inverted Reading
 * Russian Humour
 * Satire
 * Saw Star Wars Twenty Seven Times
 * Scary Flashlight Face
 * Scooby Stack
 * Scrabble Babble
 * The Scream
 * Screaming At Squick
 * Screams Like a Little Girl
 * Screeching Stop
 * Screwball Comedy
 * Screwball Serum
 * Secret Handshake
 * Security Cling
 * Seinfeldian Conversation
 * Self-Deprecation
 * Self Induced Allergic Reaction
 * Self Offense
 * Senseless Phagia
 * Senior Sleep Cycle
 * Sequel Snark
 * Sequential Symptom Syndrome
 * Seven Minute Lull
 * Severely Specialized Store
 * Sexual Karma
 * Shake Someone Objects Fall
 * Shaped Like Itself
 * Share the Male Pain
 * She Cleans Up Nicely
 * Shoehorned First Letter
 * Shopping Cart Antics
 * Short Cuts Make Long Delays
 * Shower of Awkward
 * Shrug Take
 * Shut Up Scary Thing
 * Shy Bladder
 * Side Bet
 * Signed Up for The Dental
 * Signs of Disrepair
 * Simpleton Voice
 * Singing in The Shower
 * Sit Comic
 * Skewed Priorities
 * Skippy Rules
 * Slapstick
 * Slapstick Knows No Gender
 * Slippery Skid
 * Slippery Soap
 * Slow-Loading Internet Image
 * Smart Ball
 * Smith Will Suffice
 * Snark Ball
 * Sneeze of Doom
 * Snipe Hunt
 * Soap Punishment
 * Social Services Does Not Exist
 * Somebody Doesn't Love Raymond
 * Something Else Also Rises
 * Something That Begins With Boring
 * Sophisticated As Hell
 * Sorry to Interrupt
 * So Unfunny It's Funny
 * Spit Take
 * Spoof Aesop
 * Springtime for Hitler
 * Standardized Sitcom Housing
 * Stand in Parents
 * Start My Own
 * The State Room Sketch
 * Stealth Pun
 * Stereo Fibbing
 * Stereotype Reaction Gag
 * Sticky Situation
 * Stink Bomb
 * Stock Punishment
 * Stock Underwear
 * Goofy Print Underwear
 * Stoners Are Funny
 * Stop Drowning and Stand Up
 * Stop Poking Me
 * Stop Saying That
 * Storm in A Teacup
 * Straight Man
 * Straight Man and Wise Guy
 * Strange Minds Think Alike
 * Strip Poker
 * Stripper Cop Confusion
 * Strongly Worded Letter
 * Stuck On a Ski Lift
 * Stupid Crooks
 * Stupid Sexy Flanders
 * Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion
 * Subways Suck
 * Such a Phony
 * Suddenly Bilingual
 * Suddenly Fluent in Gibberish
 * Sue Donym
 * Sugar Apocalypse
 * Suggestive Collision
 * Suicide As Comedy
 * Super Fun Happy Thing of Doom
 * Super Zeroes
 * Surprise Jump
 * Surprise Slide Staircase
 * Surreal Humor
 * Sustained Misunderstanding
 * The Swear Jar
 * Swivel Chair Antics
 * Tablecloth Yank (specifically when a character can't pull off the trick)
 * Tabloid Melodrama
 * The Take
 * Aside Glance
 * Double Take
 * Eye Take
 * Flip Take
 * GASP
 * Glasses Pull
 * Shrug Take
 * Spit Take
 * Wild Take
 * Take a Number
 * Take Off Your Clothes
 * Taking It Well
 * The Talk
 * Talking in Bed
 * Talking in Your Sleep
 * Talking Poo
 * Talking With Signs
 * Tampon Run
 * Tandem Parasite
 * Telegraph Gag STOP
 * The Tape Knew You Would Say That
 * Tar and Feathers
 * Tarot Troubles
 * Tastes Like Purple
 * Terrible Interviewees Montage
 * Testes Test
 * Testosterone Poisoning
 * Textbook Humor
 * Thanks for The Mammary
 * That Came Out Wrong
 * That Poor Plant
 * That Was Objectionable
 * There Is No Rule Six
 * There Was a Door
 * Thermometer Gag
 * They Just Don't Get It
 * They Killed Kenny Again
 * Thing-O-Meter
 * Think Unsexy Thoughts
 * Thirty Minutes or Its Free
 * This Banana Is Armed
 * This Billboard Needs Some Salt
 * This Is No Time to Panic
 * This Trope Is Bleep
 * The Snack Is More Interesting
 * The Three Certainties in Life
 * Throw It In
 * Throw the Book At Them
 * Throw the Pin
 * This Is Going to Be Huge
 * This Is My Side
 * Ticket Line Campout
 * Tied Together Shoelace Trip
 * Tinkle in The Eye
 * To Be Continued Right Now
 * Toilet Humour
 * Tongue On the Flagpole
 * Too Fast to Stop
 * Took a Level In Dumbass
 * Too Many Halves
 * Too Much Information
 * Too Spicy for Yog-Sothoth
 * Top Ten List
 * Torso With a View
 * Totem Pole Trench
 * Tough Room
 * Tour Guide Gag
 * Trampoline Tummy
 * Transparent Closet
 * Trash Landing
 * Trash of the Titans
 * Tree Buchet
 * Trick Dialogue
 * Trivially Obvious
 * Trojan Gauntlet
 * Tropaholics Anonymous
 * The Trope Formerly Known As X
 * Troublemaking New Pet
 * The Trouble With Tickets
 * Trust Building Blunder
 * Truth-Telling Session
 * Turn Your Head and Cough
 * Twenty Percent More Awesome
 * Twerp Sweating
 * Twin Switch
 * Two Faced Aside
 * Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
 * Two Rights Make a Wrong
 * Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
 * Unacceptable Targets
 * Uncomfortable Elevator Moment
 * Undignified Death
 * Un Entendre
 * Un Evil Laugh
 * Unlikely Spare
 * Unnecessary Time Precision
 * Un Paused
 * Unpronounceable Alias
 * Unsatisfiable Customer
 * Unscrewed Salt Shaker
 * Unsettling Gender Reveal
 * Unsuspectingly Soused
 * Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist
 * Unusual Euphemism
 * Uranus Is Showing
 * Urine Trouble
 * Useful Book
 * Useless Spleen
 * Vacuum Mouth
 * Ventriloquism
 * Verbal Backspace
 * Verbal Backpedaling
 * Vetinari Job Security
 * Villains Out Shopping
 * Visual Pun
 * Vocal Dissonance
 * Vomit Chain Reaction
 * Wacky Cravings
 * Wacky Fratboy Hijinx
 * Wacky Marriage Proposal
 * Wacky Racing
 * Wafer-Thin Mint
 * Waking Non Sequitur
 * Walk Like an Egyptian
 * Wallet Moths
 * Wallpaper Camouflage
 * Wasn't That Fun
 * Wasteful Wishing
 * Watch Out for That Tree
 * Watch Where You're Going
 * Water Hose Rodeo
 * Wax On Wax Scream
 * We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties
 * We ARE Struggling Together
 * We Have Those, Too
 * Weird Trade Union
 * Well Intentioned Replacement
 * Well, This Is Not That Trope
 * We Need a Distraction
 * Show Some Leg
 * We Sell Everything
 * We Should Get Another Tape
 * What Are Records
 * What Did I Do Last Night?
 * What Does This Button Do?
 * What's a Henway?
 * What the Fu Are You Doing
 * Wheel of Decisions
 * Where Where
 * Where Did We Go Wrong?
 * Which Restroom Dilemma
 * White Dude Black Dude
 * Who Even Needs a Brain?
 * Who Is Driving
 * Who's On First?
 * Who Would Want to Watch Us?
 * Whoopee Cushion
 * Why Are You Looking At Me Like That
 * Why Thank You X
 * Wildlife Commentary Spoof
 * The Window or The Stairs
 * Wiper Start
 * With Catlike Tread
 * With This Ring
 * Witness Protection
 * Wondrous Ladies' Room
 * Won't Take Yes for An Answer
 * The World Mocks Your Loss
 * Worrying for The Wrong Reason
 * The Worst Seat in The House
 * Worth It
 * Wrongfully Attributed
 * Wrong Parachute Gag
 * X Called They Want Their Y Back
 * X Days Since
 * Xylophone Gag
 * Yawn and Reach
 * Yellow Snow
 * You Are a Tree Charlie Brown
 * You Can't Miss It
 * You Get Me Coffee
 * You Have Got to Be Kidding Me
 * You Make Me Sic
 * Your Brain Won't Be Much of a Meal
 * Your Costume Needs Work
 * Your Other Left
 * Your Television Hates You
 * You're Drinking Breast Milk
 * Zany Scheme
 * Zany Scheme Chicken