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{{quote|The problem having a sarcastic voice is that no-one can tell when you are actually being sarcastic|[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]}}
The [[Inverted Trope|inversion]] of [[Sarcasm Blind]]. Due to some characters' demeanor, it is hard for others to distinguish if they are being sarcastic. In this case it isn't that someone doesn't understand the concept of sarcasm -- it's that someone doesn't understand how to properly use it, despite knowing exactly what sarcasm is. Often they have to alert others that they are in [[Sarcasm Mode]]. May overlap with [[Insult Backfire]] and is closely related to [[Sarcasm Failure]].▼
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▲The [[Inverted Trope|inversion]] of [[Sarcasm Blind]]. Due to some characters' demeanor, it is hard for others to distinguish if they are being sarcastic. In this case it isn't that someone doesn't understand the concept of
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== Comedy ==
* Comedian Arj Barker had a joke suggesting we all use the made-up font Sarcastica when typing sarcastic comments.
== Live-Action TV ==
* Every so often, Sheldon from the ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' says something sarcastic but does it without much inflection. In one episode, Penny wants Sheldon to apologize to Leonard. When Sheldon refuses, Penny invokes this trope by telling Sheldon to apologize sarcastically. Sheldon agrees, and Leonard never realizes Sheldon is trying to be sarcastic.
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''
** Anya Jenkins, maybe. She is very inept handling human relationships and behaviour, so it is hard to tell for the Scoobies whether she is being sarcastic, just
** Oz, the extremely-[[Deadpan Snarker]].
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'''Xander:''' You know, it sounds a lot like your regular voice.
'''Oz:''' I've been told that. }}
* Abed from ''[[Community]]'' (possibly) subverts this twice: Once where he goes out of his way to use sarcastic inflection when being sincere about the importance of inflection, and again where he lets the group know he's about to begin a sarcastic diatribe before doing so, and closes with "Sarcasm over".
* Every so often Brennan and (at one point anyway) Zack from ''[[Bones]]'' (on the off chance that they'd actually use sarcasm).
* Robin and her date have a misuderstanding in ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' in which he turns up in a Halloween costume while she doesn't, as her sarcasm didn't come across in their online conversations.
* The ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLc8RIdRzio Sarcasm 101 with Matthew Perry.]" They know what sarcasm is but they don't all quite get how to do it.
* One sketch on ''[[So Random]]'' features "Possibly Sarcastic Skip", who was born with a disease that makes him soundsarcastic all the time. The sketch is spent trying to determine when he is and isn't being sincere.
* Inverted in a ''[[Kids in The Hall]]'' sketch in which Dave Foley’s character inadvertently insults people due to his speech impediment which causes it to sound as though he’s ''perpetually'' being sarcastic.
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== Video Games ==
* Maybe [[
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FobvIYd0BHU Bowser's reaction] to Mario and friends forgetting to invite him in ''[[Mario Party|Mario Party 7]]''.
* Sten from ''[[Dragon Age Origins]]''. He's extremely stoic and does not seem to make jokes. However you can, at one point, tell him you recognize his jokes and you think he's funny, and he'll become much friendlier towards you as a result.
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''
** Inverted in the episode "Bart of Darkness":
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'''Maude Flanders:''' Uh, I'm right here.
'''Homer:''' Oh, I see! Then I guess everything's wrapped up in a neat little package!
''(after a pause)''
'''Homer:''' Really, I mean that. Sorry if it SOUNDED sarcastic. }}
** Played with in "Bart Has Two Mommies", after [[Sarcastic Confession|telling Marge that]] [[It Makes Sense in Context|Bart was kidnapped by a monkey]]:
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** In the episode "Homerpalooza" two unnamed teens/young adults engage in a form of this:
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'''Teen 2:''' Are you being sarcastic, dude?
'''Teen 1:''' I don't even know anymore. }}
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