Comically Missing the Point: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''"I started to walk down the street when I heard a voice saying: 'Good evening, Mr. Dowd.' I turned, and there was [[Not-So-Imaginary Friend|this big white rabbit]] leaning against a lamp-post. Well, I thought nothing of that, because when you've lived in a town as long as I've lived in this one, you get used to the fact that everybody knows your name."''

* A [[Running Gag]] in the ''[[Adrian Mole]]'' books is self-proclaimed intellectual Adrian completely missing the point of whatever book he's reading. For instance, after finishing ''[[Animal Farm]]'' he declares "From now on I'm treating pigs with the contempt they deserve. I am boycotting pork of all kinds."

* The Sci Fi novel ''[[Malevil]]'' has an amusing example: Fulbert of La Roque and Emmanuel of Malevil are having a pissing contest over who has authority in the region after [[World War III]]. Religion is their primarily weapon, Fulbert appoints himself priest of La Roque and so Emmanuel is elected as priest of Malevil. When Fulbert announces he is appointed as ''Bishop'', Emmanuel decides to respond with sarcasm and his own ridiculous claim. He digs out ''600 year old documents'' from the [[Hundred Years' War]] claiming that the Lord of Malevil is [[Feudal Overlord]] over La Roque and that he inherits the title and power by virtue of owning the property before the war. His friends unfortunately rally under the idea that they now have the "legal" right to overthrow the evil priest.

{{quote|'''Ron:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|She needs to sort out her priorities]].}}

:* This said, being expelled from school probably ''is'' a [[Fate Worse Than Death]] to Hermione. And if Harry and Ron thought about it, it would be for them too.

* ''[[Supernatural]]'s'' Castiel is made of this trope, at least whenever dealing with the quote-happy smartass Dean.

{{quote|'''Castiel''': I don't understand that reference.}}

 

== [[Music]] ==

* Grobnar Gnomehands, resident [[Spoony Bard]] and [[Cloudcuckoolander]] of ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'', is the ''king'' of this trope. One memorable incident has him meet [[Neverwinter Nights|the previous game's]] bard, the kobold Deekin Scalesinger. It's fairly well known in the D&D mythos that [[Fantastic Racism|kobolds hate gnomes]]. Deekin sings a piece of doggerel about butchering gnomes, and ''Grobnar turns into a music critic''. [[Neverwinter Nights 2/Funny|The exchange has to be read to be believed.]]

 

* Masayuki occasionally in ''[[A Profile]]'', though it's not always played for laughs. But one that ''is'' goes like this:

{{quote|Masayuki: So, you have multiple personalities, huh? Awesome, I can have a threesome this summer!}}

* The Judge from the ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' games falls into this trope many, ''many'' times. From case 5 of this first game, this is his response to being told that a witness was using another character as his "puppet"...

{{quote|'''Judge''': Wait, you mean [[Manipulative Bastard|the witness]], a man of his stature... [[Literal-Minded|plays with puppets]]?}}

'''Egon:''' No, Ray, [[Captain Obvious|''Mrs. Rogers'' is Wat]].}}

:* This quickly becomes an [[Explain, Explain, Oh Crap]] moment, seeing as they told Mrs. Rogers to go to the Firehouse, where they assumed she'd be safer...

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