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{{quote|''"Have you ever wanted to punch someone but couldn't because you were laughing too hard?"''
|'''Adam Hills'''}}
Not only is Evil [[Evil Is Cool|cool]] and [[Evil Is Sexy|sexy]], but it also gets all the best lines. So much so that even good guys can't help cracking up at the [[Magnificent Bastard]]'s witty comeback or the [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]]'s cutting insult, much to the insultee's chagrin. Occasionally, even the target of the insult can admire the sheer comedy value of the joke, in which case it can border on [[Insult Backfire]]. Compare [[Tough Room]] and [[The One Thing I Don't Hate About You]]. Contrast [[Dude, Not Funny]].
Also compare [[Not Bad]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* In [[Mai-Otome]], Haruka is laughing uproariously over Nao getting Natsuki arrested for indecent exposure [[Show Some Leg|while trying to hitch a ride to Aries]], prompting Yukino to tell her that she's being rude. When Haruka shows Yukino the photo, however, Yukino briefly cracks a smile before quickly clearing her throat, as Natsuki happens to be in the room with them.
== Comic Books ==
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** Halfway through the fight, Bullseye decides he doesn't actually want to kill Deadpool ''because'' he enjoys their fights too much. Seeing as this is [[Ax Crazy|Bullseye]] we're talking about, that's no small feat.
** This also happened in the Joe Kelly era where Bullseye and Deadpool remembered the time they fought over Heinrich Zemo's grave and beat each other with his corpse. They have a laugh about it later. This trope pretty much sums up Deadpool's and Bullseye's relationship.
* In the ''[[Green Lantern]]'' miniseries ''Guy Gardner: Reborn'', Guy, having lost his ring, tries to get powers from the New Guardians (who, for the purposes of this story, are portrayed as [[New Age Retro Hippie
{{quote|'''Tomas''': That was not very enlightened, Gloss.
[[Beat]]
'''Tomas''': But I have to admit, it ''was'' pretty funny. }}
* In one [[Mad Magazine|A Mad Look At]] article, a student tells a teacher an apparently offensive joke. The teacher steps out into the hallway, laughs, then returns to the classroom and reprimands the student for the joke.
* In an ''[[Excalibur (Comic Book)|Excalibur]]'' story, this trope is combined with [[Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor]]. The assassin [[Professional Killer| Arcade]] has kidnapped [[Action Girlfriend| Courtney Ross]], and placed her in a very creative [[Death Trap]]. In a part of [[Amusement Park of Doom| Murderworld]] resembling a comedy club, Courtney is confronted by a [[Tough Room]] full of androids who will kill her if she cannot keep them entertained. Amazingly, she manages to survive this far longer than Arcade expected, due to a hidden talent in stand-up comedy, and his assistant Ms. Locke (watching from their control room) can't help but chuckle a little at her "performance".
== Fan Works ==
* The [[Spice Girls]] fanfic ''[https://www.wattpad.com/story/163260272-astral-journey-it's-complicated Astral Journey: It's Complicated]'' has a few:
** In the Part 1, the narrator's brother is scolded for making a [[Snow White]] joke upon seeing her body after the accident at the pitch. The narrator found the joke funny.
** Around Part 2, Melanie has a heart attack, leaving in an astral form for awhile. Victoria calls Melanie out on her problems over image, causing the narrator to giggle.
** In Part 8, during Melanie's second escape attempt, the narrator, Brandy, Mariah, Victoria, Mel, and the guards at the laundry all found themselves laughing after the results. Melanie wasn't amused though badly hurt.
== Film ==
* In ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
** Combined with [[Throw It In]]. That was the actress's genuine reaction.
* When Paul and Jimmy are being given crap by their rival detectives in ''[[Cop Out]]'', our heroic pair gets off a few insults that even the rivals have to give them credit for.
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'''Robin:''' Well ain't that a little.. yo mama so dumb, they told her it was chilly outside she went and got a bowl!
'''Vivian:''' *cracks up* }}
* In one scene in ''[[Johnny English]]'', a video of the title character in his shower, lip-dubbing to '''[[ABBA|
* In the Malian concert scene in ''[[Spice World]]'', a group of men walks in behind the girls wearing sailor hats and boxers, which gets their attention. Most of them are stunned as they were meant to appeal to a family-originated audience, unfamiliar with Italian culture. Victoria finds herself laughing while trying to explain how tacky it was.
== Literature ==
* In ''[[Oryx and Crake]]'' by [[Margaret Atwood]], Jimmy is shocked when he hears that MaddAddam have been genetically engineering mice that eat electrical insulator, parasitic wasps that spread chicken pox, asphalt destroying microbes, etc., but when he hears about the neon-coloured herpes, he thinks it's "pretty funny".
* In ''[[
* There's some sort of variation in the book ''Deadline'' by Chris Crutcher. The main character gets into an argument with the teacher about his school project. His teacher ends up saying "I think now's a good time to take your leave, Mr. Wolf." This causes his brother to stand up and say "Okay, but I don't see what I did." Even someone who hated his brother thought it was funny, but the teacher's opinion was never directly stated.
* One of the ''Soup'' books opens with Rob bringing a note home saying he made a rude remark to the school nurse. She had asked him "Did your bowels move today?" and he answered "Yes, thank you. Did yours?" Once he confesses that he and Soup drew straws to see who would ask, his mother gives him only a halfhearted whipping.
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* Ekaterin Vorsoisson told Miles [[Vorkosigan Saga|Vorkosigan]] that when she was a child, her older brother had a talent for taunting her in such clever ways that she'd find herself laughing at his wisecracks even while trying to hit him for them.
== Live-Action TV ==
* In early episodes of ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'', Brad and Randy were relentless practical jokers, but more often than not, Tim found their antics to be hilarious rather than reprehensible, much to Jill's chagrin.
* In ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'', Sam and Dean try to kill the Trickster, but actually find his punishments, particularly the alien and the frat boy, rather funny at times. Until he goes after them.
* In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', at one point, Giles is talking about how the phases of the moon exert a great deal of psychological influence, and the full moon "tends to bring out our darkest qualities." Xander quips, "Yet, ironically, also led to the invention of the moon pie." Buffy and Willow are [[Tough Room|unimpressed as always]] but Giles almost cracks up.
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* In ''[[Roseanne]]'' episode, “Inherit the Wind”, Rosanne and Dan are told by Darlene on what happened to Becky. After talking to Darlene, Roseanne turns to Dan and this happens.
{{Quote| '''Roseanne:''' Well, now what?
''(Dan is snickering.)''
'''Roseanne''': Shut up, Dan!
'''Dan''': What?
'''Rosanne''': This isn’t funny.
''(Dan tries to keep a straight, though Rosanne sees the humor.)''
'''Roseanne''': This is totally serious.
'''Dan''': Why don’t you go upstairs and talk to her.
'''Roseanne''': Because I figure this is your area of expertise.
'''Dan''': Okay, okay.
''(Dan tries to go to Becky, but he loses his control of laughter.)''
'''Dan''': I didn’t make it.
''(Roseanne goes up to Becky, instead)''
'''Dan''': Honey…
'''Roseanne''': What
'''Dan''': I owe you one. }}
** In “Bird is the Word”, this after Roseanne, Jackie, and Dan got a look at Becky’s gesture and being [[Lampshade Hanging|
{{Quote| '''Jackie''': Say guys, your son just gave Gilligan [[Flipping the Bird|
''(Dan [[Corpsing|
'''Roseanne''': Dan
'''Dan''': Well, he’s the reason they’ll still stuck on that island.}}
* A sitcom called ''The Hughleys'' had an episode where the male lead feuds with his Korean neighbor; at the end, the two men are discussing the pranks they played on each other. Mr. Park criticizes one of Mr. Hughley's jokes (a reference to the stereotype of Asians eating dogs) but admits he thought the '''way''' Hughley did it (apparently ventriloquism, making some food seem to '''bark''') was very funny. Hughley says in return that Park's ultimate prank, jacking into the cable connection to replace the show Hughley wanted to watch, was "absolutely brilliant!"
* While some expressed concern as to whether the sketch was ridiculing Christianity or religious communities in general, controversial Filipino televangelist Eliseo Soriano of ''Ang Dating Daan'' (lit. ''The Old Path'') fame admitted that he found Isko Salvador's [[Parody Religion]] segment in ''[[Bubble Gang]]'' entitled ''Ang Dating Doon'' (lit. ''What Used to Be There'') quite funny, stating that the parody helped popularise the original religious programme it was based on. Salvador, who went by the screen name "Brod Pete" as a play on actor Brad Pitt, reciprocated by [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8rijp7dX0Y praising Soriano] for helping him better understand the [[Bible]].
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* One ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' strip has Calvin combing his hair, putting on his dad's glasses and saying, "Calvin! Go do something you hate! Being miserable builds character!" While dad was a bit annoyed, Calvin's mom was laughing hysterically.
* ''[[Bloom County]]'': In one strip, Oliver's father is outside his room, telling him he got a call from the FBI that Oliver had programmed NASA's computers to have the Space Shuttle land in their neighbor's bean field. He breaks up in the Third Panel.
{{quote|'''Dad:''' Actually, that's a pretty good one son...
'''Oliver:''' ''[peeking out of his room]'' Yeah!
'''Dad:''' BUT YOU'RE ''STILL'' IN '''BIG''' TROUBLE!!}}
* In a ''[[Peanuts]]'' strip, Charlie Brown is watching Sally do homework:
{{quote|'''Sally''' ''(writing)'' Ten milligrams equals one centigram. One hundred centigrams equals one gram. [[The Last of These Is Not Like the Others| Ten grams equals one grampa...]]
''[[Beat Panel| (Confused look from Charlie Brown)]]''
'''Charlie Brown:''' Keep going. I can hardly wait to see what comes next.}}
== Professional Wrestling ==
* [[Mick Foley]] ''finally'' gets [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] back for all the years of [[Catch Phrase|"It doesn't matter!"]] During a promo in 2000, Foley tells Rock he's in the upper echelon of [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] Champions, and asks how it makes him feel. Rock barely gets a word out before Foley bellows ''"IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW IT MAKES YOU FEEL!"'' Foley promptly runs around the ring celebrating, and Rock can't help but chuckle at that one.
* [[Jerry Lawler]], who normally sides with Vince McMahon, he thought the antics of DX during their feud with Mc Mahon as this. You can hear Lawler laughing along when DX took over the production truck in 2006 when they messed with Vince’s microphone, and as Vince leaves… well, it was priceless.
** He also got back at [[Wade Barrett|
* When the WWE network launched in 2/24/2014, [[John Bradshaw Layfield|
* When [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owoao5iOdy0 Damien Sandow] came out, dressed as [[Vince McMahon]], [[John Bradshaw Layfield|
* [[Triple H]] had this reaction when he heard [[Shawn Michaels]]'s voice-mail back in 2009. Add the fact, Triple H never heard it before making [[Enforced Method Acting|
* On 7/28/14, [[Chris Jericho]] sings “Bad Boys” a week after [[Stephanie McMahon]] was ‘arrested’ for attacking a Brie, [[Kayfabe|
* In this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeTMkRKqmkw 2013 clip], [[Batista]] was getting ready for his match when a fan jumps in front of him. The fan was chased by security, leaving Batista just stand there laughing.
* The reactions most of the crowd who saw [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAqEsDdjqO4 the advert]... well, Damien was trying to warn [[The Miz]] about it.
== Radio ==
* In ''[[Nebulous]]'', Professor Nebulous reveals that at school, his nickname was "[[My Name Is Not Durwood|Nobulous]]", which causes his assistant Rory to laugh and then say "Ahem... kids can be so cruel".
== Tabletop Games ==
* Avalanche Press, creators of a variety of [[Dungeons
== Theatre ==
* A slightly different version: In a production of ''[[Thoroughly Modern Millie]]'', after Millie reads back Mrs. Meers's monologue and proving she has enough evidence to {{spoiler|send Meersie to prison}}, Mrs. Meers looks at the audience and says "You can clap, that was good."
== Video Games ==
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'''Homestar''': She organized the protest rally!
'''Strong Bad''': Not Marzipan! {softly} Though that's a pretty good one, gotta remember that. }}
* In the original ''[[Resident Evil (video game)|Resident Evil]]'', Jill actually laughs at Barry's "Jill Sandwich" joke, even though she had almost been crushed to death. This is one of the reasons most ''players'' found the joke bad.
== Web Animation ==
* Happened more than once on ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' when Strong Bad gets indignant over a joke but then actually realizes it was kind of funny.
** Strong Bad has to respect it when normally [[Dumb Muscle]] Strong Mad gets a witty retort:
{{quote|'''Strong Mad:''' (holding up a grease-stained Blubb-O's bag) [[No Indoor Voice|YOU'RE NOT ON THE LIST!]]
'''Strong Bad:''' The list? You're looking at a greasy bag of fast food!
'''Strong Mad:''' DON'T BE SO HARD ON YOURSELF!
'''Strong Bad:''' Wait, what? Strong Mad, did you just make a joke?! That was pretty good! }}
== Web Comics ==
* Tycho and Gabe of ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'' are friendly rivals rather than enemies, but they still mock each other mercilessly. They have very different tastes, but occasionally, one will admit "That was actually pretty clever."
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' has an interesting one when a man is torturing Torg for information.
{{quote|'''Torturer:''' Just tell us what we want to know, and we'll stop.
'''Torg:''' [[Torture First, Ask Questions Later|YOU HAVEN'T ASKED ME ANYTHING YET]]!
''Torturer starts laughing''
'''Torg:''' Hey!
'''Torturer:''' Sorry, I couldn't help myself. Anyway, we want to know where [[Mad Scientist|Doctor Steve]]'s lab is.
'''Torg:''' I don't know that! I couldn't tell you if my life depended on it!
''Torturer starts laughing''
''[[Gallows Humor|After a moment, Torg starts laughing too]]'' }}
* Ben's father has to laugh about "dingle-choad" in [https://web.archive.org/web/20110417174836/http://bukucomics.com/loserz/go/243 this strip] of ''[[Loserz]]''.
* In ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'', [[Magnificent Bastard|Xinchub]] laughs at Tagon saying "[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2004-03-04 innocent Marines]". Tagon agrees that that's actually funny.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130817194834/http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2011/07/01/346-kirbys-comic/ This] [[Brawl in the Family]] Comic.
* Black Mage has a moment of this near the end of ''[[8-
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' has a scene [https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080609 where] Zeetha chuckles before acting insulted by a well-deserved burn from Higgs — "Heh. Good one. ''Hey!''"
== Web Original ==
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'''Trevor''': Nooo...okay.
'''Spoony''': Okay, that was good. }}
* [[Proton Jon]] of [[Let's Play]] [[Berserk Button|hates]] [[Invisible Block|Invisible Coin Blocks]]. Yet, in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnXthO_O-Aw#t=05m38s this] [[ROM Hack]], he encounters an inventive use of them that's
{{quote|'''''[[No Indoor Voice|YOU SON OF A BITCH!!!]]''''' *chuckles* Okay, that ''was'' kinda funny.}}
* From a ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'' playthrough by [[Hellfire Commentaries]]:
{{quote|'''NTom:''' What's a moray?
'''FTA:''' When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie, that's [[Incredibly Lame Pun|a moray]].
'''NTom:''' ''(clapping)'' Well done,
* From the [[Riff Trax]] of ''[[300]]'', the guys let out a barrage of [[Punctuated!
{{quote|'''Bill''': When he sits down to meal of juice, toast, milk, and Trix cereal--
'''Mike''': Uh oh, where's he going with this?
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'''Kevin''': Wow!
'''Mike''': Wow, you pulled it out! Nicely done. }}
* At the end of the first season of ''[[Commodore HUSTLE]]'', the villain Geoff, who's determined to ruin [[Loading Ready Run]] because of their comedy's reliance on the [[Groin Attack]], is {{spoiler|kicked in the balls by Paul's ball-kicking robot, Mr. Ballsmotron. As he collapses,}} he says "That... was
* Subverted in ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged]]''. Frieza makes a [[Double Entendre]] pun while handing out a [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] to Nail. Nail starts to chuckle, and Frieza assumes this trope is in effect. Then Nail tells him the real reason he's laughing: because Nail suckered Frieza into wasting time while a plan by the good guys to use the dragonballs and thwart Frieza was being played out.
== Western Animation ==
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** Again in "Itchy And Scratchy And Marge", Marge is watching one of the kids' cartoons after it supposedly leads Maggie to attack Homer with a hammer. She is left in disgust by the violence, while Homer, despite still suffering from head injuries, is tittering quietly to himself. After she issues a complaint to the studios, they respond by making a squirrel caricature of her being killed by the stars, leaving Homer in hysterics.
** After Burns’ song, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nYbKipNtac See My Vest], Lisa is shock to hear that Burns plans on killing a littler of greyhound puppies for his tuxedo. Lisa scolds Bart, in which Bart replies… “''Sorry. You gotta admit, it's catchy''”.
** In "Homer’s Night Out", a copy of the photo of Homer with Princess Kashmir is seized from one of the boys by his father. When the child leaves to his room, the father looks and plans on sending a copy of photo via fax.
** In "Lisa’s Date with Destiny", this classic line…
{{Quote| '''Skinner''': Oh, you think this stolen "H" is a laugh riot, don't you? Well, I'll tell you something that's not so funny. Right now, Superintendent Chalmers is at home crying like a little girl.
''Students and some of the teachers begin to laugh''.
'''Skinner''': Well, I guess it is a little funny.}}
** "Tales from the Public Domain" had this one with a viking
{{Quote| '''Krusty''': And if your idea of a first date is burning down her village, you just might be... a Viking!
''Many in the crowd laughs''.
'''Viking''': That's what I get for seating up front.}}
** In “Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song”, Seymour explains that if he’s in a stage of panic, he gets the hiccups as he tries to calm the crowd of students and teachers. When the hiccups arrive, Elizabeth Hoover and Edna Krabappel laughed along with the students.
** In "Blazed and Confused", when Bart showed the haircut Jack Lassen did to him, it resulted in laughter from Homer, Lisa, and Maggie. Averted on Marge, who was the only one who didn't find it funny.
* ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]''
** In the climax of "Operation: T.H.E.S.H.O.G.U.N.", Numbuh Four bursts into Shogun Roquefort's throne room, only to find the villain sprawled out on the floor, Numbuh Two having defeated him already. Numbuh Two apparently has made a [[Face–Heel Turn]], and starts to threaten Numbuh Four. Numbuh Four nervously starts to plead with his friend, saying he'll fight him if he has to... And then Numbuh Two bursts out laughing, saying he couldn't believe Numbuh Four actually believed him. Then Roquefort chuckles, and says, "You gotta admit, that was kinda funny...". Unfortunately, [[Dude, Not Funny| Numbuh Four is ''not'' amused, as he crowns Roquefort on the head with a loose chunk of cheese, knocking him out.]]
** In "Operation: B.U.T.T." after Numbuh One quits the team (for no apparent reason) his teammates are upset, confused, and in Numbuh Three's case, crying. Then they find out that the reason was that [[The Dragon| the Delightful Children from Down the Lane]] had blackmailed him, threatening to put a photograph of his bare behind in the school paper. All of a sudden, they start to get the giggles, and Numbuh Two starts making all sorts of jokes about a big butt, until Numbuh Five (who was usually the first one to call him out for his bad jokes) bursts out laughing. (They get over it in time to help him fight the villains later, however.)
** In "Operation: C.A.N.Y.O.N.", Numbuh One pauses before ordering the team to attack the Toiletnator, who's in the middle of a typical bad guy rant, because, "I just think it's kind of funny when [he] does stuff like this!" (And ''then'' they beat him up.)
* This exchange in ''[[South Park]]'':
{{quote|'''Stan:''' Come on, fatass, we have to go!
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'''Cartman's Mom:''' (Laughs harder)
'''Cartman:''' Mom, ''seriously''!
'''Cartman's Mom:''' That's not funny, boys. Eric's not fat, he's [[I Am Big Boned|big-boned]].
'''Kyle:''' [[Innocent Innuendo|He must have a huge bone in his ass then!]]
'''Cartman's Mom:''' (Laughs hysterically)
'''Cartman:''' ''GOD DAMN IT, MOM!'' }}
** In ''Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo'', Mr. Garrison claps along with the kids as Cartman sings "Kyle's Mom is a Bitch".
** ''Eat, Pray, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaginal_flatulence Queef]'' had the women of South Park getting back at the men by [[Fart| queefing]] and using queef jokes. In one scene, Sharon and Shelly are laughing after the former queefs at the table.
* Gaz from ''[[Invader Zim]]'' is usually disdainful of her brother's obsession with Zim, but in one episode when Zim is sent into absolute hysterics after Dib hits him with a muffin (which she had initially dubbed "horrible") she snickers and comments that "Actually, that ''was'' kind of funny."
* On an episode of ''[[Mission Hill]]'', Kevin French is brought to the principal's office for using the word "douchebag" in class, which is such awful profanity that the principal is too polite to say it out loud and instead writes it down on a piece of paper. Kevin and his older brother, Andy both crack up immediately when they see how the word's written all neatly and ''in cursive''. Cursive, people.
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* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', the [[Big Bad]] Discord makes Pinkie Pie laugh by [http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i212/Kerrah_photos/Boogie.gif doing a little dance] on the head of an image of Twilight Sparkle. [[Memetic Mutation|The fans certainly found that animation amusing.]]
** In the episode "Baby Cakes", Pinkie Pie becomes the victim of a running gag. The only way the foals she's baby sitting will quiet down is if flour gets dumped on her (in one case while she was soaking wet). At the episode's end, the foals do the flour gag to themselves to cheer up ''Pinkie''. She admits they were right, that ''is'' funny.
** In an earlier episode, "Griffon the Brush Off", Pinkie applies this to her love of pranks. She won't pull a prank on someone who's sensitive enough to take even a harmless prank seriously, which is why she aborts a prank when [[Shrinking Violet|Fluttershy]] winds up the one it would have hit.
* In an episode of ''[[Sabrina the Animated Series]]'', Sabrina gets her wisdom teeth removed by magic with the result that she starts being brutally honest to everyone around her. In one scene, Sabrina responds to one of Gem's insults with "Oh, real funny, Gem! ...Actually, it was pretty funny."
* ''[[Bob's Burgers]]'',
** In the second episode, Bob has been complaining about Linda's nagging by calling her things like "Nagatha Christie", which makes her mad, until he calls her "Secretary of Nagriculture", which causes her to laugh and admit that "that was a good one."
** In another episode, Linda scolds Tina for telling her not to "have a crap attack". Bob has no idea what that is supposed to mean, but he thinks it is very funny.
* On one episode of ''[[Family Guy]]';, two mob thugs come to beat up Joe Swanson, bringing a message from their boss that if he doesn't pay his debt to them, he'll make Joe into a "Swanson frozen dinner." Joe can't help chuckling a little at that.
** In "Stewie's First Word", Stewie was having a bad day. When he learns that cookies wouldn't be offered at the church due to Lent, Stewie finally has enough and shouts a [[Precision F-Strike]] at church. Unlike before, this catches the attention of the church, especially the Giffin Family rather than just Brian. While Lois is left in shock and subjected to public shaming, Chris thought it was hilarious.
{{Quote| '''Chris''': Hey, Stewie said his first word. And it was a swear.}}
* An episode of ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' had Gerald get his tonsils removed. Before, he had an amazing tenor singing voice, given a role to sing the ending lyric of "Moonlight Bay". After, his voice is so raspy and baritone that, during rehearsal, it distracts the other kids and gets them all hysterical. Mr. Simmons tries to calm them down saying "It wasn't that funny," but then admitted "OK, it was.... ''pretty'' funny." To his credit, he tried to look serious and understanding the whole time.
* One episode of ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]" has Karen show Plankton a montage of all his humiliating defeats by Krabs. The last one, where Plankton
* The [[Recess]] episode, "The Hypnotist", ends with Principal Prickly looking at his picture that he doodled a goatee on while "[[Man Child|
** In “Good Ole T.J.”, when the class was being assigned a study on ancient civilization leading to this:
{{quote|'''TJ''': Ancient? You mean like back when Finster was a kid?
'''Miss Grotke''': We're talking about thousands of years ago, TJ...not hundreds (''chuckles'').}}
** In “Mama’s Girl”, Finster tries to calm down the student body when they were laughing about Spinelli calling Ms. Grotke ‘mama’, but only to give in the laughter herself.
* ''[[King of the Hill]]'' episode, "The Son That Got Away", Bobby was goofing around with one of the songs in music class by adding Connie into the lyrics, much of the dismay of the teacher though Connie herself thought it was funny.
** In "Bobby Goes Nuts" Bobby uses a [[Groin Attack]] on Hank, while the latter was trying to test him the proper tactic on self-defense. Hank is clearly upset with this, so is both Peggy and Bill. Khan, however, found it funny that Bobby did that to his own father.
* In the ''[[Clone High]]'' episode, “Film Fest: Tears of a Clone”, Principal Scudworth thought the riot the students took part was impressive.
== Real Life ==
* Any parent/guardian/educator finds themselves in this sort of situation at least once a year. One of your children or class acts up in a way that if you were a casual onlooker would be totally hilarious, but because of your position you still have to mete out the proper punishment.
* From an Australia vs Zimbabwe cricket match.
{{quote|'''Glenn McGrath''' (Australia): Why are you so fucking fat?
'''Eddo Brandes '''(Zimbabwe): Because every time I fuck your wife, she gives me a biscuit. }}
** McGrath's teammates were in hysterics.
*** [[Funny Aneurysm Moment|Probably not]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110909135602/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=584399 anymore].
** There are quite a few famous examples of such retorts in cricket. For example, in a match between England and Australia:
{{quote|'''Rodney Marsh''' (Australia): So how's your wife and my kids?
'''Ian Botham''' (England): My wife's fine, but the kids are retarded! }}
** Or even this. Greg Thomas, a Welsh bowler, to Sir Viv Richards after bowling several deliveries missed by Richards:
{{quote|'''Greg Thomas''' : You seem to have trouble locating the ball. Let me help you - it's red and looks like this. (Holds up cricket ball)
'''Sir Viv Richards''' (After hitting the ball for six on the next delivery) : You know what it looks like, man - go and fetch it! }}
** [[Overly Long Gag|One more for luck]]. Australia's Mark Waugh (twin brother of then-captain Steve Waugh) to England debutant Jimmy Ormond:
{{quote|'''Mark Waugh''' : There’s no way you are good enough to play for England.
'''Jimmy Ormond''' : Maybe not, but at least I’m the best cricketer in my family. }}
* This was George Bush's response when Vladimir Putin brushed off allegations of human rights abuses in Russia by referencing the fact that at least they didn't have Dick Cheney shooting people in ''their'' forests.
* When [[Osama Bin Laden]] worked a reference to ''The Pet Goat'' into one of his videos, some members of [[George W. Bush]]'s [[Hatedom]] smirked.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NW3RLnXmTY This guy tells the story of a defiant black reverend] who makes a joke that gets even the ''Ku Klux Klan'' to laugh, of all people. (Also counts as a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] and [[Badass Pacifist]].)
{{quote|(paraphrased): "I promise you that we're gonna do the same thing to you that you do to that chicken [dinner]. So you better think real hard before you touch that chicken." So he looked at me and looked at the Klan. Then he picked picked up the chicken and he kissed it... Even the Klan was laughin'! "You gotta admit, that was funny!"}}
* Bill O'Reilly made a joke that the cover of [[Earth (The Book)]] features a picture of [[The Daily Show|Jon Stewart]] and [[Stephen Colbert]]. The cover actually features Jon and a monkey. Colbert liked it.
* In the middle of the Enron debacle, which created power outages in California, Jeff Skilling, the CEO of the company, made a joke at a meeting: "What's the difference between California and the Titanic? At least when the Titanic went down, the lights were on."
* During a monologue about his artificial right foot, Adam Hills talked about how his family would constantly crack jokes about it. The best came from his brother who broke up an argument between Adam and a (much shorter) friend by saying "You two are both the same - because you both need to [[Incredibly Lame Pun|grow a foot]]!" Adam commented, "Have you ever wanted to punch someone but couldn't because you were laughing too hard?"
* Comedian/motivational speaker John Bytheway has a bit where he laments the [[Never Heard That One Before|lame jokes people make about his last name]]. He then tells a story where an airport security guy asked him if he was going to name his son "Owen", which actually got a chuckle out of him.
* In 1992, [http://youtu.be/YhQoXDLDIHM?t=2m35s Gennifer Flowers] was giving a press conference regarding Bill Clinton; John Melendez was sent by [[Howard Stern]] to ask about her sex life with Clinton. Many of the press conference including Flowers herself was left snickering.
* [[Chuck Norris]] was quite flattered and amused by the countless "[[Chuck Norris Facts]]" ascribed to him, so much so that he capitalised on the meme by incorporating it in some of his works, among them a [[Gameloft]] mobile game based on the actor and a reference in ''[[The Expendables 2]]''. Though being a staunchly conservative Christian, he doesn't take kindly to said facts which make irreverent references to God and/or [[Jesus Christ]].
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