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[[File:texplainthejoke.jpg|link=Batman|framethumb|350px|<small>It seems jokes are something The Joker doesn't like to kill. [[Hypocritical Humor|Get it? It's because he's a criminal with a comedy theme!]]</small> ]]

# Explaining the joke actually is part of the joke, and by "part of the joke", I mean, "[[Self-Demonstrating Article|have sex with me]]".

# The ''listener'' has only the dimmest idea of what constitutes humor, and will blurt out the punchline to ensure that everyone knows s/hethey'sve got a sense of humor and they were laughing at something funny.

Compare [[LampshadedIf DoubleYou EntendreKnow What I Mean]] and [[Euphemism Buster]] (close cousins of Variant 3), [["Just Joking" Justification]]. Often goes with an [[Incredibly Lame Pun]], and is how such pun can lead to a [[Collective Groan]].

Contrast [[Stealth Pun]] (where absolutely no explanation is given), [[Am I Right?]], and [[No Sense of Humor]]. See also [[Leave the Plot Threads Hanging]]. Not at all like [[Anti -Humor]] jokes, where the whole point is that the listener doesn't get the joke. [[Lampshade Hanging|Oh, wait, did I just explain the joke?]].

{{quote| '''Basketball Coach:''' Now if only Pizza Hut could do something about their free-throw percentage.<br />

'''Player 1:''' Hey!<br />

'''Player 2:''' What?<br />

== Anime &and Manga ==

* ''[[Kenichi: theThe Mightiest Disciple]]'' has a [[Running Gag]] that if anyone comes up behind Miu, she'll throw them. ''Every single time'' this occurs, there's a [[Footnote Fever|little caption box]] that says something like "Miu has a habit of throwing anyone standing behind her". It gets to the point that the caption itself is its own [[Running Gag]].

* In the beginning of the 26th episode of ''[[Excel Saga (Animeanime)|Excel Saga]]'', Excel has an argument with director Nabeshin about making a musical episode (musicals, after all, take a lot of effort to produce). They conduct this argument while singing the melodies of the series' music. At the end of this segment, Hyatt chimes in, noting that it's already a musical (with Hyatt's enigmatic personality, it may be variant 4 or 5, though).

* ''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]]'s'' dub is absolutely rife with bad puns, and sometimes Lampshades this. "Looks like I'm all in one...PEACE! Haha, see, it's funny, because I'm making a "peace" sign!"

* Shown in the Trope Image: in ''Mad Love'', Harley Quinn tries to explain the [[Death Trap]] she built for Batman and how it is humorous (thus meeting Jokers standards for batman having a hilarious death), but it backfires -- partly due to this trope and partly because of Joker's conviction that he is [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You|the only one allowed to defeat Batman]]. Faithfully done in the ''[[Batman: theThe Animated Series]]'' episode based on the one-shot comic.

* Given the stuff he [[Viewers Are Geniuses|thinks he doesn't need to explain]], it's surprising that [[Alan Moore]] does this in the ''[[League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]: The Black Dossier'' story "What Ho, Gods of the Abyss!" The idea that Gussie Fink-Nottle can continue operating without a brain is fairly obviously a comment on [[Jeeves and Wooster (Literaturenovel)|the Wooster set]] being "brainless" to start with; it doesn't need to be followed by Mina and Allan explaining it to each other.

* The punchline of the "Short Circuits" of the first issue of ''[[Mega Man (Comic Bookcomics)|Mega Man]]'' was a [[Mythology Gag]] which is promptly explained in a footnote.

* In an early issue of ''[[Archie Comics Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', Robotnik sends a robot that looks a lot like [[Family Matters|Urkel]] after Sonic, who notes that he "sounds familiar". A footnote immediatly explains that [[Actor Allusion|the same guy plays Sonic]] on [[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog|the then currently]] [[Sonic theSat Hedgehog (TV)AM|running Sonic cartoons]].

* ''[[Avatars II When Qwaritch Takes Revenge (Fanfic)|Avatars II: When Qwaritch Takes Revenge]]'': "It was a long flight so [[Colonel Badass|he]] put on You Could Be Mine by [[Guns N' Roses (Music)|Guns N' Roses]] (get it because that song was in [[Terminator|The Terminator II]] which was also by [[James Cameron]] so its an injoke!)"

* Frequently happens in ''[[Naruto Veangance Revelaitons (Fanfic)|Naruto Veangance Revelaitons]]''

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** The third movie was particularly rotten with this trope. Near the end, it cuts to ''[[The Osbournes (TV)|The Osbournes]]'' and has them deconstruct the running gag of people seeing the spaceship and using sexual euphemisms to describe it (and demonstrating it by calling them boobs for doing the same joke twice). A previous scene features a Japanese exec who speaks subtitled Japanese, but parts of the subtitled sentences are blocked by conveniently placed objects to make the remarks look offensive ("Please eat some shit{{spoiler|take mushrooms}}", "Your ass{{spoiler|ignment}} is {{spoiler|an un}}happy {{spoiler|one}}", "I have a huge rod{{spoiler|ent problem.}}"); the scene ends with Austin(who doesn't understand Japanese, [[Medium Awareness|so is forced to read the subtitles]]) finally getting fed up and suggesting that the conversation switches to English to avoid any more misunderstandings, then flashing a big grin.

{{quote| '''Austin''': "Ladies and gentlement, Mr. Quincy Jones! This is where the film gets its mojo baby!"}}

* Although it was a threat instead of a joke, after the sheriff in ''[[Robin Hood]] Prince of Thieves'' threatens to [[Cut His Heart Out Withwith a Spoon]], his dimwitted henchman Sir Guy of Gisborn doesn't get the comment, so the sheriff says, "Because it's ''dull'', you twit. It'll hurt more!"

{{quote| '''Boy:''' French is friggin' boring. And those French people ... selfish, arrogant baguette munchers!<br />

'''Girl:''' I guess you won't be getting along with my mother too well ...<br />

'''Boy:''' No?<br />

* ''[[Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy|]]'': Ron Burgundy]] plays this well. First he uses subtle innuendo to get across the joke without explaining it. Then he dives right in and explains what everyone was thinking. Despite this, everyone in the film still considers him a smooth individual, making for a third level of funny.

{{quote| '''Shelly (former cheerleader):''' I've got a big story for you, and it's right here. [points to her breasts.]<br />

'''Ron Burgundy''': Well hello... you pointed to your boobies.<br />

'''Ron Burgundy''': We are ...laughing and weenjoying areour veryfriendship, goodand friends.someday Goodwe'll buddieslook sharingback aon specialthis moment...<brwith />much fondness.

* In ''[[Seltzer and Friedberg|Epic Movie]]'', a [[Samuel L. Jackson]] lookalike says the "muthafucking snakes" line (although a PG-13 variant), and then keeps repeating it instead of getting rid of the snakes. Could have worked (just not in that movie), but then after the third time, he says that the fanboys in the Internet love it when he says it.

** Agony Booth's recap of ''Epic Movie'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20131026182257/http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Epic_Movie_2007.aspx?Page=2 makes a nice comparison] of all the joke-explaining:

{{quote| So, don't just tell a joke, tell it twice in a row. That way, it's double-funny. Imagine Leslie Nielsen saying, "[[Airplane!|I am serious, and don't call me Shirley.]] Because, when you said 'surely', I mistook it to mean that you were calling me by the woman's name 'Shirley'. They sound alike and I became confused."}}

* ''[[Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (Film)|Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth]]'', which is either a parody of a parody or a [[Satire, Parody, Pastiche|parody of a parody of a parody]] (depending on whether you think it's a satire of ''[[Scary Movie]]'' or just a satire of ''[[Scream (Filmfilm)|Scream]]'') has a scene similar to the one in ''[[Scream (Filmfilm)|Scream]]'' where the [[Genre Savvy]] guy actually explains to a loungeroom full of teenagers all the rules about horror movies, in which the redhead girl explains all about Parodies and how they work. [[Seltzer and Friedberg|Some people]] could learn something there.

* The first ''[[Harry Potter (Literaturenovel)|Harry Potter]]'' book contains Hermione's amusing tirade, "We could all have been killed -- or worse, expelled. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to bed." Where Rowling's line, buried in the middle of an angry speech, causes a humorous double-take, the equivalent line in [[The Film of the Book]], written by [[Steve Kloves]], not only emphasizes the joke in a glaringly obvious manner, but explains it as well:

{{quote| '''Hermione:''' I'm going to bed before either of you come [sic] up with another clever idea to get us killed. Or ''worse''...'''expelled!'''<br />

** Done a bit too much in [[Harry Potter (Filmfilm)|the movies]], mostly owing to the fact that Harry's observations, while funny in his head, were rather forced when spoken aloud. Another example from the first movie, when Neville gets his Rememberall and it turns red:

{{quote| '''Neville:''' The only problem is, I can't remember what I've forgotten!}}

* In ''[[Sling Blade]],'' Karl can be thought of as doing this when he tries to tell the joke about the two men pissing off the bridge. He gets the parts of the joke out of order and winds up explaining the joke in a way that kills all the humor.

* ''[[The Princess and Thethe Frog]]'' has one, though the other character would have genuinely had trouble ''hearing'' Naveen.

{{quote| "Now you're really into the music! Do you get my joke? Since, well, your head, it is in the tuba."}}

* ''[[The Hangover]]'': Mr. Chow insults [[Zack Galafinakis]] and then explains... "It's funny because he's fat!"

* At the end of ''[[The Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Film)Trilogy|The Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor]]'', the comic-relief sidekick Jonathan declares that he's going someplace where there aren't any mummies to deal with, and adds, "On to Peru!" A caption then "helpfully" informs us that "Soon thereafter, mummies were discovered in Peru." Like we couldn't have guessed that from the context even if we hadn't already heard of Inca mummies.

{{quote| '''Ramona''': I just wanted to move somewhere more chill, y'know?<br />

'''Scott''': Well, it's certainly "chill" here!<br />

'''Ramona''': (Smiles) Yeah.<br />

'''Scott''': ...it's "chill" as in "cold."<br />

{{quote| '''Todd''': Tell it to the cleaning lady on Monday.<br />

'''Scott''': What?<br />

'''Todd''': Because you'll be dust by Monday... because you'll be pulverized in two seconds. The cleaning lady? She cleans up... dust. She dusts.<br />

'''Scott''': So, what's on Monday?<br />

* The African guides pull off a pretty good one in the ''[[George of the Jungle (Filmfilm)|George of the Jungle]]'' live action film:

{{quote| '''Guide ''[to the camera]'':''' Bad guy falls in [[Toilet Humour|poop]]! [[Lampshade Hanging|Classic element of physical comedy]]! Now comes the part where we throw our heads back and laugh! Ready?<br />

'''Other Guides:''' Ready!<br />

''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}KjjVUUO5NAI [&#91;all burst into laughter]&#93; ]'' }}

* In the final spoof trailer for ''[[The Muppets]]'' Pepe says "It's Twilight. Almost time for Breaking Prawn." Not only does he address the audience "Get it?" but then a narrator explains that Pepe is a shrimp, also called a prawn.

* ''[[Discworld]]'' often had characters who after making a pun(e), or other clever word play would usually start to explain the joke before the other character even has the time to react to said joke. [[Anthropomorphic Personification|Death]] tends to be the biggest offender -- beingoffender—being [[The Spock]] of the series. Fred Colon and Nobby Nobbs are repeat offenders, too.

*** The Fool in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Wyrd Sisters|Wyrd Sisters]]'' does this in the ''middle'' of a joke: "Marry, nuncle, if'n I had a Knighthood (Night Hood), why 'twould keep my ears Warm in Bedde."

** Willikins, Sam Vimes' butler, explains a reference in the ''Ankh-Morpork Times''' political cartoon to his employer in ''[[Thud!]]''. Considering it's a reference to ''stakeouts'' in a cartoon about vampires, lifelong policeman Vimes is the last person to actually need the pun pointed out to him.

** ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Witches Abroad|Witches Abroad]]''. Granny Weatherwax tells a joke, [[The Comically Serious|or tries to anyway]]: "So he said, 'Get me an alligator sandwich -- [[Stealth Pun|and be quick about it!]]'"

{{quote| "It is (I hope) obvious that Granny Weatherwax has absolutely no sense of humour but she has, as it were, heard about it. She has no grasp of how or why jokes work -- she's one of those people who say "And then what happened?" after you've told them the punchline. She can vaguely remember the one-liner, "Give me an alligator sandwich -- and make it snappy!" but since she's got no idea of why it's even mildly amusing she gets confused... all that she can remember is that apparently the man wants it quickly."}}

** {{smallcaps|Death}} has a similar problem with the concept of humor, as seen in this lineexchange from ''[[Discworld|Hogfather]]'':

{{quote| '''Death:''' {{smallcaps|Let's get there and sleigh them. Ho. Ho. Ho.}}<br />

'''Albert''': Right you are, Master.<br />

'''Death:''' {{smallcaps|That was a pune, or play on words, Albert. I don't know if you noticed.}}<br />

*** [[Don't Explain the Joke|Because, you know, the jokes are so bad that they aren't funny to anyone else and the people telling the jokes have to explain them.]]

** An even worse example happens in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Reaper Man|Reaper Man]]'': during a meeting between Ankh-Morpork's various leaders, the Alchemists' Guild master mentions how a piece of lab equipment earlier levitated and shattered, whereupon the representative from the Fool's Guild responds "Verily, it was a ''sharp retort''." No one gets it, he explains the joke, and everyone else makes a forced chuckle. Then the alchemist adds, "What makes it even funnier was that it was an alembic." Argh.

** In ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Going Postal (Discworld)|Going Postal]]'', after [[Embarrassing First Name|Moist Von Lipwig]] cons the city into thinking the gods gave him a ton of cash, his business competitor comments that they will handle this in the newspaper by stating that they are interested in "profits, not prophets." Since he's saying this out loud, no one in the room gets it. He tries to explain the joke by repeating it, but it goes over their heads again, so he sighs and remarks that it will look better in print.

* The puns in the later ''[[Xanth (Literature)|Xanth]]'' novels are often explained rather than actually showing their pun nature. Take the "Hippo-Crite". Does it actually do things that are hypocritical? No. It just says, "I never mean what I say."

{{quote| '''Antillus:''' When we get back, you and I are going to have a talk in which you lose your teeth. Because I'm going to knock them out of your head. With my fists.<br />

{{quote| "You mean...oh, I see now -- how marvelous!" Hans Castorp laughed. "What a jokester you are! 'At half past nine' -- did you hear, cousin? Herr Settembrini is saying that it's too early for some of 'last year's participants' to spend a little time at the ball. Ha, ha, how spooky. He means the people who have finally put aside all 'lusts of the flesh' -- [[LampshadedIf DoubleYou Know What I EntendreMean|if you know what I mean]]."}}

* ''[[The Daily Show]]'', actor [[Russell Crowe]] makes a comment that falls flat with the audience and then remarks, "[[Incredibly Lame Pun|And the crowd goes mild]]". After Jon Stewart attempts to correct him on his phraseology Russell is forced to [[Don't Explain the Joke|Explain the Joke]].

{{quote| '''Ted:''' When everything's going OK, I just keep imagining all the terrible things that can happen, but when one of those things actually happens, it's just a rush! I am fearless. Like that film with Jeff Bridges.<br />

'''Dougal:''' I haven't seen that one.<br />

* In the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode "Killed By Death":

{{quote| '''Cordelia:''' Oh, right. Your obsession with protecting Buffy. Have I told you how attractive that's not?<br />

'''CordeliaXander:''' YeahCordelia, well, Isomeone'ves seen yougotta watch her back.<br />

'''XanderCordelia:''' WhatYeah, iswell, thatI've seen supposedyou towatch mean?<brher />back.

'''Cordelia:''' Well, I was using the phrase "watch her back" as a euphemism for looking at her butt. You know, sort of a pun.<br />

*:* In the episode "Gingerbread":

{{quote| '''[[Alpha Bitch|Cordelia]]''': And If you hang with them, expect badness, 'cause that's what you get when you hang with freaks and losers. Believe me, I know. ''[begins to walk away, turns back]'' That was a pointed comment about me hanging with you guys.}}

*:* In "Out of My Mind", Willow teases Buffy about her new-found academic prowess:

{{quote| '''Willow:''' Should I be watching my occipital lobe?<br />

'''Buffy:''' Your what?<br />

'''Willow:''' Occipital, the lobe in the back of your brain? You know, like, should I be watching my back? But, you know, the back of your brain.<br />

**::* Even funnier because the occipital lobe contains the brain's visual processing centers. Which process the watching. Of the back. Of the brain.

*:* Taken to extremes by Anya in "Restless", where, in Giles' dream, she takes up stand-up comedy and is so abysmal at it that she has to explain every joke just to get the crowd to laugh.

{{quote| '''Anya''': And then the duck tells the doctor that there's a man that's attached to my ass! You see, it was the duck and not the man that spoke.}}

* [[Real Time Withwith Bill Maher|Bill Maher]] sometimes feigns a halfhearted explanation of a joke, if there's not enough laughter. Sometimes he still does this when there is (to more laughter).

{{quote| '''Doctor''': Like a car? You see? I locked it ... like a car ...}}

** There's a rare straight example in the last story of the original series, "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S26 E4/E04 Survival|Survival]]", where a shopkeeper fails to understand the joke his friend is telling him, about two friends confronted by a lion, and the Doctor explains "He doesn't have to outrun the lion, only his friend. Then the lion will catch his friend and eat him."

* A variation on ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]'': the Host (who has green skin) tells everyone his name is Lorne, but he doesn't like to use it for obvious reasons.

{{quote| '''Angel''': Right, like Lorne Greene!<br />

''(The others stare at him blankly.)''<br />

'''Angel''':You know, from ''[[Bonanza]]''.<br />

''(The others keep staring at him blankly.)''<br />

'''Angel''': Come on, [[Long Runners|that show had 15 seasons]]!<br />

''[[Rule of Three|(The others keep staring at him blankly.)]]''<br />

* From season one of ''[[How I Met Your Mother (TV)|How I Met Your Mother]]'':

{{quote| '''Robin:''' I got highlights.<br />

{{quote| '''Barney:''' So, what does a guy have to do to get ''laid'' around here?<br />

'''Hula Girl:''' Riiight. 'Cause I'm wearing a lei. ''(walks away from him)''<br />

* Used often in ''[[Monk (TV)|Monk]]'', such as in this example from the episode "Mr. Monk Gets Lotto Fever":

{{quote| '''Disher:''' Glad you like numbers, {{spoiler|Billy}}. You're gonna be wearing some numbers on your shirt.<br />

'''Murderer of the Week:''' Is that right?<br />

'''Disher:''' And they won't be lottery numbers.<br />

'''Murderer:''' I get it.<br />

'''Disher:''' 'Cause you're going to prison.<br />

* Martin from ''[[Frasier (TV)|Frasier]]'' does this sometimes -- "Tomorrow, I'm going to the birthday party of one of my old friends from the force, he'll be 16... Because you see, tomorrow's the [[Leap Day|29th of February]]... It only comes every four years... He's really 64..."

{{quote| '''Martin:''' You know how an Oreo has that soft creamy filling between two hard cookies? That's what keeps them together?<br />

'''Frasier:''' See your point, Dad.<br />

'''Martin:''' Daphne's kind of the centre.<br />

'''Frasier:''' I'll go and talk to her.<br />

'''Martin:''' Now, you and me, we'd be the cookie part.<br />

* Norm Macdonald as Burt Reynolds in the Celebrity Jeopardy sketches on ''[[Saturday Night Live (TV)|Saturday Night Live]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20131024131319/http://snltranscripts.jt.org/99/99cjeopardy.phtml finds] an over-sized cowboy hat backstage. "It's funny. It's funny because it's ah, bigger than, ah...you know, a normal hat." Darrel Hammond's impersonation of [[Sean Connery]] did this [https://web.archive.org/web/20130923191509/http://snltranscripts.jt.org/01/01tjeopardy.phtml frequently:]

{{quote| '''Alex Trebek:''' Where did you get that magic marker? We frisked you in on the way in here.<br />

'''Sean Connery:''' I didn't have it in my pocket.<br />

'''Alex Trebek:''' That's disgusting. Please.<br />

'''Sean Connery:''' I bet if you frisked me, you would have found it.<br />

'''Alex Trebek:''' All right, that's enough.<br />

** One of the many [https://web.archive.org/web/20131026074117/http://snltranscripts.jt.org/97/97iupdate.phtml highlights] from Norm Macdonald's term as ''[[Saturday Night Live|Weekend Update]]'' anchor:

{{quote| '''Norm Macdonald''': Who are safer drivers? Men, or women? Well, according to a new survey, 55% of adults feel that women are most responsible for minor fender-benders, while 78% blame men for most fatal crashes. Please note that the percentages in these pie graphs do not add up to 100% because the math was done by a woman.<br />

''[uneasy laughter, groans]''<br />

'''Norm Macdonald''': For those of you hissing at that joke, it should be noted that that joke was written by a woman. So, now you don't know what the hell to do, do you?<br />

''[laughter increases]''<br />

** When Wayne ends up in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131026060724/http://snltranscripts.jt.org/93/93tmelrose.phtml Melrose Place:]

{{quote| '''Jake:''' What are you doing in Amanda's apartment?<br />

'''Wayne:''' Hi Jake. Jake, I'm, ah, I'm the new handyman.<br />

'''Jake:''' What do you mean?<br />

'''Wayne:''' You know, I'm unclogging her pipes.<br />

'''Jake:''' What are you getting at?<br />

'''Wayne:''' I've been having sexual intercourse with Amanda, repeatedly in different positions for many, many hours.<br />

** [[John Cleese (Creator)|John Cleese]] and Michael Palin explained the main premise of the Dead Parrot sketch from ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' while performing it on ''[[Saturday Night Live (TV)|Saturday Night Live]]''. Fans of the sketch probably seem to think it is surreal due to a) not understanding British culture and b) not understanding that customer service is much, much better now than it was when the sketch was originally made.

*** Case in point, the parrot itself is not actually that important to the sketch. A sketch with the same premise was written for another show by Graham Chapman and [[John Cleese (Creator)|John Cleese]] about a car.

{{quote| '''The Hotness''': I've got a risotto to heat up, and there's a certain little lady called Vicci who wants to play with fire... by that, I mean my cock and balls.}}

{{quote| losers, characters, and ne'er-Drew-wells. I mean ne'er-''Drew''-wells. ''[points to Drew]'' Hell, I mean that guy right there.}}

* On ''[[Filthy Rich and& Catflap]]'', deluded failed light entertainer Richie Rich makes a poor joke implying that his minder, Eddie Catflap smells. When Eddie remains silent, Richie feels the need to explain the joke ("Because ''you're'' so smelly.") Eddie bluntly responds that he got the joke, he just didn't think it was a very good one. Hence the lack of laughter.

* On ''The Rotten Tomatoes Show'', while reviewing the baseball movie ''Sugar'', Brett Erlich says "And he tries to steal home, [[LampshadedIf DoubleYou EntendreKnow What I Mean|if you know what I mean]]. By having sex with her."

* ''[[Leverage (TV)|Leverage]]'' does this, in "The Runway Job". And if ''[[No Social Skills|Parker]]'' thinks you're going too far, you already did:

{{quote| '''Eliot''': Dated a ''lot'' of models. Lot of private fashion shows, [[LampshadedIf DoubleYou EntendreKnow What I Mean|if you know what I mean]].<br />

'''Parker''': Yes, yes.<br />

'''Eliot''': Most of the dresses ended up on the ground.<br />

'''Parker''': Yup, I get it, [[All Men Are Perverts|you're a guy]].<br />

'''Eliot''': It means they were naked.<br />

{{quote| '''Lily:''' This place knows things about me nobody knows.<br />

* Anytime someone tells a joke on ''[[Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (TV)|Garth Marenghi's Darkplace]]'', it'll probably end up like this, probably with Thornton delivering the over-done line. For instance, in an episode where a character is killed by a screwdriver:

{{quote| '''Sanchez''': Let's all go for a drink.<br />

'''Liz''': As long as it's not a screwdriver!<br />

[[Oh, Cisco|(everybody laughs)]]<br />

* A certain skit on ''[[The Kids in The Hall]]'' featured Kevin McDonald and Dave Foley as a burlesque comedy duo, with Dave's character as the overly literalist straight-man. Two lines into [[Abbott and Costello]]'s "[[Who's Onon First?]]" routine, Dave's character interrupts and says, "Oh, I see what your problem is! You're confused by their names because they all sound like questions!" and proceeds to go on spouting excessively detailed descriptions of all the baseball player names.

{{quote| '''Kevin''': So, I understand you manage a baseball team!<br />

* In an episode of ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', Cameron attempts to imitate House by holding his red coffee mug, leaning on the white board and asking "Foreman, are you going to contribute? Or are you too busy stealing cars?" Everyone one stares at her blankly, prompting her to say, "I'm being House. It's funny."

* From ''[[Star Trek: the Next Generation (TV)|Star Trek theThe Next Generation]]'', when LaForge is telling a joke to Data, the android.

{{quote| '''LaForg:''' ...so the guy staggers to his feet, and goes back to the girl, right? Well, she smiles, looks him straight in the eye, and says, "Just try that in hyperspace!"<br />

''(LaForge laughs while Data remains silent)''<br />

*** Another example took place in the [[Star Trek: Voyager|Voyager]] episode "Workforce", where the crew is brainwashed by an alien society and used as part of its...[[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|well, yeah]]

{{quote| '''Jaffen:''' ...So, the man kept making these rude comments - all of them about my father - and he couldn't figure out why I wasn't insulted. Finally, I just had to tell him I'm ''Norvalian''; I don't ''have'' a father.<br />

'''Tuvok:''' ''(laughs raucously)''<br />

'''Jaffen:''' It wasn't that funny, Tuvok.<br />

'''Tuvok:''' On the contrary! The man was ignorant of how your species procreates. His attempt to disparage you ultimately humiliated ''him''. Irony is often a source of humor.<br />

* On ''[[Bones (TV)|Bones]]'', Temperance Brennen has long had trouble understanding humor. So when she does understand a joke, she's quick to point out to anyone, including the teller of the joke, ''why'' it's humorous. For example, in the episode "The Predator in the Pool," she asks FBI Supervisory Special Agent Andrew Hacker if he is allowed to date her (due to regulations prohibiting relationships between agents and consultants). Hacker says he got permission, from himself:

{{quote| '''Hacker''': In fact, I not only granted permission, but I insisted that I see you socially.<br />

** The final episode of the entire series throws in a subversion. {{spoiler|Once again Alice doesn't get the joke or Geraldine's attempts to explain, but then the camera pans back to reveal Geraldine's new husband, Harry, who very drily explains the actual mechanics of the joke's humour (in just about the most unfunny way possible). Alice finally gets it and bursts into hysterical laughter, leaving Geraldine speechless with disbelief.}}

{{quote| '''Pete:''' If only there were some way for you to... interact... with Vanessa, that did not involve invasive surgery. Perhaps some kind of... I don't know... social ritual... one involving the charing of food or the enjoying of... filmed entertainment with mayby some duds that have been milked. [[[Beat]]] I mean a date.<br />

* Exemplified in this ''[[Human Giant]]'' sketch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=[[D 27 Wt FZ]]}}D27WtFZ-aaI

{{quote| '''Greg:''' So a man with a wooden eye walks into a bar and as you can imagine he feels very self conscious--<br />

* The teaser for a ''[[Cheers (TV)|Cheers]]'' episode had Woody not falling for a prank call, even though the caller {{spoiler|revealed to be Frasier}} tries to explain it to him... and vice versa.

* [[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (TV)|"It's like puddle, but spelled differently!"]]

{{quote| "[[Take That|The flies were especially attracted to the]] [[Dan Brown]] books. ([[Beat]]) 'cause they're shit."}}

* In a season four ''[[Criminal Minds (TV)|Criminal Minds]]'' episode, "Masterpiece", Dr Spencer Reid attempts to explain a joke that totally bombs:

{{quote| '''Reid''': ''(to a lecture hall full of college students)'' How many existentialists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?<br />

'''Rossi''': Don't.<br />

'''Reid''': ''(smiles at Rossi in attempted reassurance)'' Two. One to change the lightbulb and one to observe how it symbolizes an incandescent beacon of subjectivity in a netherworld of cosmic nothingness. ''(Reid laughs, everyone else in the room is silent)'' Um, an existentialist will question -<br />

* In ''[[Scrubs (TV)|Scrubs]]'', after Elliot accidentally gives a patient an orgasm during an exam:

{{quote| '''J.D.''': I've never heard a woman make sounds like that before.<br />

'''Elliot''': Oh, I'm sure you haven't.<br />

* [[Daniel Tosh]] violated this rule on [[Tosh.0|his show]] when he showed a picture of dozens of Chinese packed shoulder to shoulder into a swimming pool. He said that that must be the shallow end. "([[Beat]]) Get it? Because they're short!"

{{quote| He said "how many sugars do you like in your tea?"<br />

I said "Forget about the sugar, have a spoonful of me!<br />

{{quote| '''[[The Notorious B.I.G.|Biggie]]:''' "If Fay' have twins, she’ll probably have two ‘Pacs ...Get it? [[Tupac Shakur|Two...Pacs]]?"}}

{{quote| Keep on finding gold and jewels, just lay off the quack.<br />

{{quote| Swine flu guy gets some bacon strips<br />

And for the robot, a bag of really small chips<br />

* ''[[The Far Side]]'' had its infamous [[Cow Tools]] cartoon, which absolutely zero people got. Gary Larson ended up having to explain it (which can be viewed on the [[Cow Tools]] page). Of course, [[No Such Thing Asas Bad Publicity|all the debate over it ended up boosting Larson's circulation]].

{{quote| '''Jon Culshaw''': ''(as [[The Apprentice (TV series)|Alan Sugar]], as the coroner in the Diana inquest)'' "Your task was to try to prove a conspiracy by Prince Philip to kill Diana. You've offered no real evidence and wasted my time. I have no choice -- You're Fayed!<br />

{{quote| '''Rameesh:''' Ted, do you like kids.<br />

{{quote| '''Grytpype:''' That would certainly deter them.<br />

* In ''[[Mary, Mary]]'' after Mary and Bob light their cigarettes, they both exclaim, "Mmmm--that's ''real'' coffee!" Tiffany is puzzled by this, and demands an explanation of this private joke:

{{quote| '''Bob''': We once heard this announcer on television. It was late at night and I suppose the poor joker was confused from having to talk about so many products all day. Anyway, he started to do a cigarette commercial. He sucked in and smiled and said "Mmmm---that's ''real'' coffee." (Tiffany does not react) You see, it ''wasn't'' worth going into.}}

* Whoever wrote the [[Cutscene|cutscenescutscene]]s for the earlier ''[[Harry Potter (Videovideo Gamegame)|Harry Potter]]'' games had a tendency to murder [[JKJ. K. Rowling]]'s wit by reformatting her jokes into the most obvious, overstated manner possible. Combined with the bad voice acting and the occasional [[Captain Obvious]] moments ("This leads to the dungeons."), the result borders on [[So Bad It's Good]].

* ''[[Portal (Video Gameseries)|Portal]]'', in the end credits song.

{{quote| '''GLaDOS:''' Maybe you'll find someone else to help you. Maybe Black Mesa... THAT WAS A JOKE. HA HA. FAT CHANCE.}}

* ''[[Portal 2 (Video Game)|Portal 2]]'' has both antagonists pull this one on separate occasions. GLaDOS because she's a [[Deadpan Snarker]] and {{spoiler|Wheatley}} because he's genuinely stupid. The latter is adorned with heavy [[Lampshade Hanging]].

{{quote| '''GLaDOS:''' Remember in the last test chamber when I was talking about smelly garbage taking up space? I'm sorry, but that was a metaphor. I was talking about you. You didn't react at the time, so I wasn't sure that you understood, which would have made this apology sound insane. That's why I had to call you garbage a second time just now.<br />

* ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Video Game)|Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'': "I'm on cloud control! Ha ha! Get it? Instead of "crowd," I said... Aww, never mind."

* The Wii version of ''[[Sonic Colors (Video Game)|Sonic Colors]]'' plays this out right for laughs:

{{quote| Eggman: "Nothing will stop me now!I know I said that before but really, this time nothing will stop me!"<br />

Orbot: Er...boss..."<br />

*Orbot points to behind him. The camera pulls back to reveal Sonic.*<br />

Sonic: "Who you calling nothin'?"<br />

Cubot: * Scratches head* "Huh...?"<br />

Orbot: "Since the boss said nothing's going to stop him and Sonic here is going to stop him, it's basically like the boss is calling Sonic nothing.<br />

* ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'' features a subverts to this if one were to present wrong evidence to him at one point:

{{quote| Moe: "What are showing me that for? It's not like it's going to LORE Y'A to the truth! HA HA HA"<br />

Maya: "What...?"<br />

Moe: "You know? "LORE Y'AA"<br />

Maya: "Oh! I get it! You know Nick? Your a lawyer and he said LORE Y'AA! It fits in to both his sentence and the context of the people his talking to as well!<br />

** Though the first game itself really had a problem with underestimating the player's ability to recognize its myraid [[Punny Name|Punny Names]]s. Thankfully this stopped in the sequels.

* An example of Variant 1 happens in ''[[Adorable Desolation]]''. [http://adorabledesolation.comicgenesis.com/d/20090227.html Shopclerk doesn't get it,] she doesn't explain it. She laughs even harder when he realizes he's missing something. He's not even sure what he's not getting.

* ''[[Dinosaur Comics (Webcomic)|Dinosaur Comics]]'' does this quite a bit. For example, [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20090415171830/http://qwantz.com/archive/000548.html Programming Advice: Jokes Explained].

* ''Dinosaur Comics'' author Ryan North once took the concept to its comedic height in his [https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003224/http://www.insaneabode.com/roboterotica/jokesexplained/jokes.html Jokes Explained website]. The Comic Irregulars continued with [http://www.mezzacotta.net/singles/jokes_explained_explained.php Jokes Explained Explained,], [http://www.mezzacotta.net/singles/jokes_explained_explained_explained.php and so on], and [http://www.mezzacotta.net/singles/jokes_explained_explained_explained_explained.php so forth].

* Double lampshading in [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20050305.html this] ''[[Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|Schlock Mercenary]]''.

* [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0605.html This] ''[[OrderThe of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'', although you could just say he's rubbing it in.

{{quote| '''Belkar:''' Get it? Because he said "Fire!" and then you used a "Fire"-ball, and now they're all dead!<br />

* ''[[Concession]]'': [http://concessioncomic.com/index.php?pid=20071130 "See, it's funny because you're a pedophile."]

* ''[[Questionable Content]]'' has explaining the joke of explaining the joke in [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=316 This] ''[[Questionable Content]]''this strip].

** It's not the first time Leo did that: [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=269\ that]. Also the final panel could be considered the creator explaining the comic's joke.

* ''[[Chugworth Academy]]'' has [https://web.archive.org/web/20120508020843/http://chugworth.com/archive/?strip_id=65 a] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120508021201/http://chugworth.com/archive/?strip_id=71 gag] where an extremely apathetic [[Straight Man and Wise Guy]] act has the [[Dope Slap]] replaced by the narrator Explaining The Joke.

* ''[[Scandinavia and the World]]'' seems to be guilty of this quite often.{{context}} <!-- MOD: If it happens "quite often', it shouldn't be difficult to find at least one example. -->

* In ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|8-Bit Theater]]'', Red Mage explains his already [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Incredibly Lame Puns]]s about [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/04/22/episode-275-clash-of-styles/ Drizz'l] and [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/06/21/episode-298-a-natural-response/ Astos].

* ''[[Punch an Pie]]'': [[The Ditz|Karen]] [http://www.punchanpie.net/daily/20070606.html demonstrates].

* The ''[[Ron Planet]]'' webcomicweb comic has one: "Ron Planet Astronauting: 'Cause planets are in space!"

** In the [[PvP]] arc when Robbie starts his own brewery, one of the first buildings they look at is an incredibly bad choice - so much so, that Max quote's Harold Ramis' line from ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' about the firehouse more or less verbatim. Then, hearing him, Robbie barges in talking about how great the building is, and namedrops the movie, just to be sure that the dozen readers outside the actual target market get the joke.

{{quote| '''Crimson 57:''' We'd like to apologize beforehand, in case this causes any inconvenience.<br />

'''Eeb #2:''' Hey, that's funny! Because one would think that getting melted alive was ''more'' than just an "inconvenience".<br />

* [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]] falls into this all of the time when targeting comedies, oftentimes substituting explaining a joke rather than pointing out why it isn't funny. This is most blatant in his review of the [[Super Mario Brothers]] movie when he calls out the movie's use of a [[Who's Onon First?]] joke by asking whether or not it's supposed to be a [[Who's Onon First?]] joke.

* ''[[Homestar Runner (Web Animation)|Homestar Runner]]'' goes through several layers of this, along with an implied Type 1 and unnecessary [[Lampshade Hanging]], when Strong Bad reads through a computer catalog.

{{quote| '''Catalog (as read by Strong Bad)''': The Roomy-Vac is a real power-HOUSE... Get it? Oh, you don't? Well, because it's the size of a... Oh, you were kidding? You do get it? Pretty good, huh? No?<br />

{{quote| '''Zaboo:''' You like my helm ? It's + 5 sexterity... Get it ? It's like "dexterity" but... with "sex", in the front. Like a prefix... I'm kind of a linguist.}}

* ''[[DoctorDr. HorriblesHorrible's Sing -Along Blog]]'':

{{quote| '''Captain Hammer:''' 'Cause she's with Captain Hammer. And ''these'' -- ''[lifts fists]'' -- are not the hammer. ''[walks out]''<br />

'''Dr. Horrible:''' ...<br />

* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'':

{{quote| '''Joey:''' ''"Man, that is one girl I'd like to play card games with. And by "play card games" I mean "have sex"."''}}

** Marik combines this with [[Late to Thethe Punchline]] after Melvin telling Bakura 'I always knew you wanted me inside you Bakura'.

{{quote| '''Marik:''' Oh I get it he was implying that you wanted me to sleep with you.}}

{{quote| '''Goku''': Hey, King Kai.<br />

'''King Kai''': What the hell, Goku?<br />

'''Goku''': I just realised. While trying to introduce the blooper special, we're ''making'' bloopers for it. Isn't that funny?<br />

{{quote| '''Vegeta''': Now it's time to reveal my '''giant monkey'''... ''[camera over his crotch, crowd gasps]''...form ''[camera pans to face. Crowd sighs in relief]''.<br />

{{quote| '''Frieza''': Oh forget about it, he's already on a direct course for Planet [[Earthshattering Kaboom|S.O.L]].<br />

'''Zarbon''': ...Planet what?<br />

'''Frieza''': ''[long-suffering sigh]'' Planet-<br />

{{quote| '''Krillin''': Geez, these aliens are scary. Especially that one in the front-looks like a total fag.<br />

'''Gohan''': Krillin!<br />

'''Krillin''': What? A [[Fun Withwith Acronyms|Freaky Alien Genotype]]. What'd you think I meant?<br />

'''Gohan''': Oh. I thought you were calling him a derogatory term for a homosexual.<br />

* ''[[Jo JoJoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]: [[The Abridged Series]]'':

{{quote| '''Joseph:''' Do you know where the building in this photo is?<br />

'''Bartender:''' Depends. Do you know where my foot will be if you don't order anything?<br />

'''Joseph:''' (sigh) Alright, we'll have four iced teas-<br />

* One common stock gag on news aggregator [[Fark]] is for a submission to ''woodenly'' summarize what happens in a news article using increasingly ''stretched'' [[Unusual Euphemism|Unusual Euphemisms]]s for a ''prominent'' [[Toilet Humor|"impolite"]] concept, then ''stiffly'' [[Anvilicious|drop the anvil]] in the last word. Penis.

* [[The Spoony Experiment (Web Video)|"Space Mountain is my penis."]]

{{quote| '''Fartinidus:''' Spartans! My name is Fartinidus, which is a clever play on the name of the hero from the movie Meet the Spartans, which in turn was making fun of Leonidas, from the movie 300, which was popular.<br />

'''Random Everygirl:''' Wait! I'm just a lonely single girl trying to make it in the big city! You see I used to be quite comically overweight, but then my cowboy friend gave me a makeover! He's gay! Like in that movie, Brokeback Mountain!"<br />

* ''[[Wondermark (Webcomic)|Wondermark]]'' blog "The Comic Strip Doctor" once [http://wondermark.com/the-comic-strip-doctor-recontextualization/ demonstrated] what's up with ''[[Garfield]]'':

{{quote| How could a comic that incorporated any of the following panels ''not'' be funny? Somehow, ''[[Garfield]]'' manages. And the secret, it turns out, is through overkill: Here, the punchline is set up twice and delivered twice (visually and through dialogue).}}

{{quote| '''Chief Wiggum:''' Save it, Ma Peddle.<br />

'''Lou:''' Ma Peddle?<br />

'''Chief Wiggum:''' It's a reference to Ma Kettle, a movie character from the 1940s.<br />

*:* Inverted in "The Last Temptation of Krust" during the family's visit to a comedy club.

{{quote| '''Comedian:''' I finally got around to reading the dictionary. Turns out the zebra did it.<br />

''[crowd laughs]''<br />

'''Homer:''' I don't get it.<br />

'''Lisa:''' Dad, the zebra didn't do it, it's just a word at the end of the dictionary.<br />

'''Homer:''' I still don't get it.<br />

'''Lisa:''' It's just a joke.<br />

**:* This is a legitimate technique to recover from flat jokes in real life...as long as your audience is [[Genre Savvy|aware of this scene]].

*:* And there's the time Skinner and Chalmers try to do [[Abbott and Costello]]'s "[[Who's Onon First?]]" routine, with Skinner (in Costello's part even) explaining exactly what the gag is at the first opportunity.

{{quote| '''Chalmers:''' "Well, Seymour, it seems we've put together a baseball team, and I was wondering; who's on first?"<br />

'''Skinner:''' "Yes, not the pronoun, but rather a player with the unlikely name of 'Who', is on first!"<br />

**:* [[Hypocritical Humor|Get it? Because Lou Costello is supposed to be the one who DOESN'T understand what's going on while Bud Abbot is the one trying to tell him who's on first. Instead. The idiot explained the joke!]]

{{quote| '''McBain''': You ever notice how men always leave the toilet seat up? <pauses, but nobody laughs> That's the joke.<br />

*:* From "Girls Just Want to Have Sums":

{{quote| '''Bart''': I can finally walk around with Bart Jr. out. <pulls out frog and kisses it><br />

*:* From "I'm Going to Praiseland":

{{quote| '''Wiggum''': This place is more like "Crazeland" <confused murmurs from crowd>. Instead of "Praiseland" <crowd gets it><br />

*:* In "Homer the Moe", Homer is in charge of Moe's Tavern briefly, and ends up taking one of Bart's prank calls.

{{quote| '''Bart''': Uh, yeah, I'd like to speak to a Mr. Tabooger, first name Ollie<br />

'''Homer:''' Ooh, Bart, my first prank call! What do I do?<br />

'''Bart''': Just ask if anyone knows Ollie Tabooger<br />

'''Homer:''' I don't get it<br />

'''Bart''': Yell out "I'll eat a booger"<br />

'''Homer:''' What's the gag?<br />

* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' in Omashu, the Gaang is trying to guess the name of an Earthbender. Sokka comes up with:

{{quote| '''Sokka''':Wait! I got it! He's an earthbender, right? So, what about. . . Rocky! You know? Because of all the rocks?}}

*:* Sokka also gives us this gem:

{{quote| '''Aang''': Hey guys, I think this river is polluted.<br />

'''Sokka''': Well that explains why I can't catch a fish around here. Because normally my fishing skills are off the hook... Get it? Like a fishing hook.<br />

* Occasionally done by O'Farrell on ''[[Fillmore!]]''. This one followed a [[Chase Scene]] in which the perp was caught with a roll of bubble wrap.

{{quote| '''O'Farrell:''' I'd say you two ''wrapped'' this case up rather nicely. Bubble wrap, that is! Get it? It's basically a play on the word "wrap"...}}

* ''[[The Emperor's New Groove (Disney)|The Emperors New Groove]]'':

{{quote| '''Kuzco:''' Okay, I admit it. Maybe I wasn't as nice as I should have been, but, Yzma, do you really want to ''kill me?''<br />

'''Yzma:''' Just think of it as, you're being let go, that your life's going in a different direction, that your body's part of a permanent outplacement.<br />

'''Kronk:''' Hey, that's kinda like what he said to you when you got fired!<br />

*:* A similar thing happens in ''[[Bolt (Disney)|Bolt]]''.

{{quote| '''Mittens:''' That wasn't the deal! We had a deal!<br />

'''Bolt:''' The deal just expired.<br />

* On ''[[Arthur (Animationanimation)|Arthur]]'', the eponymous character was called upon to decide where the family should take their trip. Arthur decided upon Washington, D.C.:

{{quote| '''Arthur's father:''' That's a ''capital'' idea! ''(chuckles)'' Washington's the nation's capital.<br />

*:* Another scene had Arthur's father tell a joke to Muffy's parents. The viewers come in when he delivers the punchline: "The snail said, 'Look At that S-car go!" He proceeded to explain that "S-car go" sounds like "escargot," the French word for, "snails." Muffy's father replies that he already knew that, but still didn't find the joke funny.

{{quote| And if you find yourself with some young sexy thing, <br />

You'll have to do her with your ding-a-ling! <br />

*:* This might be a subversion though, since the explanation is probably funnier than the joke itself.

:*** [[Don't Explain the Joke|He's saying you can't say penis. On TV. While saying penis. On TV.]]

*:* In one episode, Brian catches a rerun of ''[[One Day At a Time]]''. Mocking Schneider's comic schtick, he announces that he's there to:

{{quote| Fix your sink Ms. Romano, and by "fix your sink" I mean I'll have sex with you, and by "I have sex with you" I mean I'll fix your sink. And by "sink" I mean your reproductive organ. And by, "reproductive organ" I mean the thing between your knees, and by "the thing between your knees"? I... I guess that one's kind of self-explanatory.<br />

*:* [[Funny Foreigner]] Fouad does this all the time.

{{quote| '''Guy:''' Hey, Fouad, can I buy you a cup of coffee?<br />

'''Fouad:''' Ho, ho, ho, yes, it's funny cause it's free... anyone can have.<br />

'''Guy:''' That's right...<br />

'''Fouad:''' Ohhh ho ho ho!<br />

'''Guy:''' That's the joke.<br />

...<br />

'''Peter:''' I think Fouad is an illegal immigrant. I cannot stand by while he steals wages and opportunities from citizens. I mean this is an American company, you don't see Nike or Microsoft or General Motors or Ford or Boeing or Coca Cola or Kellogs profiting from non American labor.<br />

*:* In the episode where Stewie goes to the performing arts school, his antagonist Olivia puts down a performance of his by giving an appraisal: "[[The Weakest Link|You are the weakest link. Goodbye.]]" Stewie then expounds ''very'' sarcastically about how ''totally'' not grossly misapplied, inappropriate, and uncreative it was (in an attempt to shame her and castrate the comment).

*:* "I don't know who to feel worse for, Meg or the pig!" "I feel worse for the pig!"

*:* Lampshaded In the episode "Screwed the Pooch" when Peter is playing poker with Carter and his celebrity friends.

{{quote| '''Michael Eisner''' Are aces high or low?<br />

'''Peter:''' They go both ways.<br />

'''Bill Gates:''' He said they go both ways!<br />

(Eveybody starts laughing)<br />

'''Ted Turner:''' Like a bisexual!<br />

'''Michael Eisner:''' Thank you Ted, that was the joke. }}

* From ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'':

{{quote| '''Klaus''': I'd buy you ten muffin kiosks if I still had my human body. I'd do ''lots'' of things if I still had my human body. Because, you know, I'd have a penis.}}

*:* Also from ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]''

{{quote| '''Stan''' (showing Steve his favourite example of wood-burning): "'You Want It When?'" (laughs) "'You Want It When?'! Get it? It expresses disbelief at an unreasonable deadline."}}

*:* Also happens in "Can't Stan You," when Stan convinces the government to force his neighbors out of their houses.

{{quote| '''Stan:''' There goes the neighborhood! (laughs) [[Discriminate and Switch|Ordinarily that would have racist implications]], [[Lampshade Hanging|but I've actually done something far worse]].}}

*:* Played for laughs with Steve a few times through "Live and Let Fry:"

{{quote| '''Stan:''' That's what transfat is? The stuff that makes everything taste wonderful? Why doesn't the city council just declare war on flavor?! Like the English did years ago.<br />

'''Steve:''' (Aside to Francine) Their food is atrocious.<br />

'''Francine:''' I miss Lady Di.<br />

'''Steve:''' (Aside to Stan) She was the people's princess--<br />

{{quote| '''Prisoner''': Hey Gary, I got a worm for your right here... I'm talking about my penis...}}

*:* {{spoiler|Bird then tears off the guy's penis so he and Gary can eat it.}}

* ''[[Clerks the Animated Series]]'': The [[Overly Long Gag]] explaining Caitlyn's charity kissing booth [[Dissimile|which costs nothing, isn't for charity, has no booth, is more than just kissing, and doesn't require customers to be male]] ends with "Dude, she's cheating on you."

{{quote| '''Cartman:''' Eh, too bad drinking scotch isn't a paying job, or else Kenny's dad would be a millionaire. [Silence] I said your dad would be a millionaire, get it?! Kenny?! Your family is poor, Kenny!! Your family's poor!!!}}

*:* Several of the Intervention-style captions in "Crippled Summer": "Mimsy has put the black mamba snake in the wrong canoe"; "Nathan's frustration with Mimsy has caused a momentary lapse in judgment. He has played the B flat himself, thus causing his plan to literally backfire on him."

{{quote| '''Announcer:''' And now, the woman who '''[[PunA Worldwide Punomenon|Mom]]'''[[PunA Worldwide Punomenon|opolizes]] the robot industry...<br />

'''[[Idiot Hero|Fry]]:''' I get it!<br />

'''Announcer:''' ..."Mom"!!<br />

*:* and...

{{quote| '''Bender:''' You may have to metaphorically make a [[Deal Withwith the Devil]]. And by 'devil', I mean 'Robot Devil', and by 'metaphorically', I mean 'get your coat'.}}

{{quote|'''StarfireBeast Boy:''' OhHey Iguys, see.why It is humorous becauseare ducks lackso thefunny? large[beat] brainCuz' capacitythey're requiredalways for tellingquacking jokes. [giggles]<br />!

{{quote| '''Phineas''': Dad, can I borrow your glasses? I can't see my entree. (beat) You know, beause it's so small.<br />

{{quote| '''The Beak''': All right, let's wrap this up. Hey, my first superhero pun.<br />

'''Spectators''': Well, don't quit your day job, Mr. Comedian.<br />

Actually, I thought it was pretty clever.<br />

Yeah, because, see, it wrapped around the legs.<br />

If you didn't like that one, maybe this'll be a hit.<br />

Yeah, see, because-- Because he hit him.<br />

{{quote| ''Wire'' you doing this to me? Get it? Wire? Cause I'm in wire?<br />

{{quote| I guess for ''you'' it'll be a walk in the park. <beat> Heh heh, cause you're going to the park.}}

{{quote| Kid in leaves: Hi, I'm [[Punny Name|Russel.]]<br />

{{quote| '''Lucius''': We will fight over the [[Bottomless Pit|Abyss of Nothingness]]! To the winner goes victory! The loser gets...nothing! Get it? Abyss of Nothingness! Nothing!}}

{{quote| '''Cyril:''' I've got one bullet left.<br />

'''Spelvin:''' Does he?<br />

** In season 2, episode 1 of ''[[Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist]]'', Dr. Katz tries to explain a joke to Julie, noting that "it works on so many levels." Stan tells him "You gotta stop explaining the joke. If you do that, life's not worth living."

* In [[The Princess and Thethe Frog]], after Lawrence gets thrown into a band:

{{quote| '''Naveen:''' Lawrence! Glad to see you're finally getting into the music! Do you get my joke? Because your head, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|it is in a tuba.]]}}

* "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140103174746/http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1779769 Turn that everyman into a BEVERYMAN! Bevery stands for BEVERAGE!]"

** "[https://web.archive.org/web/20100529041149/http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1910868 It plays movies instead of books.]"

{{quote| ''You have lot of well-wishers here tonight, and a lot of them would like to throw you down one... a well. [[Mood Whiplash|They wanna murder you in a well]], which seems a bit harsh, but that's what it says here on this cue card''}}

* Many stand-up comics use this as part of their act, especially to single out a heckler to explain the joke ''very slowly'' to them. Examples include [[Stephen Wright]] (who already has a notably slow delivery), [[Ron White]], and [[Daniel Tosh]] (his trademark involves explaining a particularly complicated or obtuse joke). Also helps to SPEAK VERY LOUDLY, in case they don't understand English in a normal (ie, amplified through microphone) tone.

{{quote| '''President Obama''': "I wanna make clear to the Fox News table...that was a joke. That was not my real birth video. That was a children's cartoon. Call Disney if you don't believe me; they have the [[Take That|original long-form version]]."}}

* [http://notalwaysright.com/the-genie-ate-the-punchline/13625 This] entry from [[(The Customer is) Not Always Right]].

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