Dude, Not Funny: Difference between revisions

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* In ''[[One Piece]]'', when Arlong's name is brought up, Brooke makes an [[Incredibly Lame Pun]] based off his name in front of Nami with Usopp kicking him suddenly for it. It should be noted that Brooke was present when the crew ran into Hatchan again and Usopp explains briefly to the crewmembers who didn't know about Nami's past about how her hometown was under the control of Arlong. So it is possible that Brooke had forgotten about the name or did not realize just how bad Arlong had treated Nami.

** Also, the joke Sanji [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIl1tUK6Q6s makes here] about [[Double Entendre| Robin's "docking"]]. The [[Death Glare]] she gives him shows she is ''not'' amused.

** Also, during the Punk Hazard Arc, Smoker and [[Number Two| Tashigi]] are victims of a [[Freaky Friday Flip]], courtesy of Trafalger Law's Ope-Ope Fruit powers. Luffy literally falls over laughing at the sight of this, but Smoker clearly does ''not'' find it funny.

 

* In [[Platypus Comix]]'s ''[[Family Guy]]'' parody, Herman calls his mistaking the fire station's lunch bell for a fire alarm "funnier than beating a homeless man to death." After the [[Cutaway Gag]] that features Herman finding enjoyment in physically abusing a homeless man, Herman's companion tells him in-universe that he didn't find the scene funny.

 

* The movie ''[[Heathers]]'' had an in-universe example when Veronica's boyfriend J.D. cracks a joke at the funeral of {{spoiler|two of their victims that they made look like a double-suicide}} and the little sister of one of the boys killed turns to look at them while crying. It's at that point, Veronica begins to realize how messed up she's becoming under J.D.'s influence.

* In ''[[American Psycho]]'', Patrick pretends to be offended by a racist joke one of his associates tells, though he's actually a virulent racist himself.

* In ''[[The Starving Games]]'' (a rather forgettable parody of ''[[The Hunger Games]]'') the lottery is disrupted due to the official drawing lots that have been given juvenile 'gag names" like "Hugh Janus" and "Dean Gullberry". The assembled crowd seem to think this is [[Actually Pretty Funny]] until she angrily reminds them what will happen to whoever is selected. And it was clearly not funny in [[Box Office Bomb| the meta sense either.]]

 

* In one scene from [[Stephen King]]'s novel ''[[Christine]]'', a bunch of high school hoods are cruising and drinking beers after a school basketball game, and complaining that their team lost. At one point, one of the hoods complements the athleticism of the school's basketball star (in one of those "The rest of the team sucks, but this one guy is a good player" sorts of ways), who just happens to be black. The leader of the gang sneers, retorting, "I hate that fucking spade." This prompts one of the newer gang members to make a racial joke, to which the rest of the gang reacts with this. Specifically, the gang leader says, "I said I hated ''that'' spade. I got no problem with the rest of them..." and threatens to toss the "fucking bigot" out of his car at high speed. The new guy shuts up quickly.

* Nicko Heap in ''[[Septimus Heap]]'' often gets criticized for this, havinbg an habit of not understanding the seriousness of a situation.

 

* In the ''[[Friends]]'' episode "The One with the Girl who Hits Joey", Chandler has a fight with Monica, and proposes to her out of guilt. Monica says no, and the rest of the gang teases Chandler:

{{quote|'''Joey:''' Hey Ross, will you pass me that knife?

* In ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'', one sketch, where an undertaker suggests cannibalism as an alternative to interment or cremation ends with the studio audience storming the stage in disgust (which, of course, is part of the show).

 

* In ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'' during the mission on Sur'Kesh, the party crosses paths with a rampaging yahg. Shepard and Garrus can't resist the opportunity to crack jokes about the last yahg they encountered, which teammate Liara T'soni {{spoiler|replaced as Shadow Broker}} after she and Shepard killed him. Liara does not find their wisecracking funny:

{{quote|'''Shepard:''' Watch out, there goes the next {{spoiler|Shadow Broker}}.

* In ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'', Guy is surprisingly afraid of women for the first half or so of the game, though to be specific, every tiem a woman comes into close contact with him, he recoils in fear or starts screaming. Everyone, even in-game laughed at this and thought it funny, but also wanted to help him get over his gynephobia. Then the truth comes out to ''why'' he's so afraid of women. {{spoiler|His sister and the maids from his childhood home threw themselves onto Guy to protect him as they were all killed by invading soldiers, and when Guy came to, he was smothered in a pile of dead bodies.}} Nobody was laughing after ''that''.

 

* The web-comic ''[[Fans]]'' featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20131003110237/http://www.faans.com/crossover/ a murder investigation involving a crossword puzzle convention.] When crossword fan Hilda makes a comment about the case while putting on her glasses, Marc shouts "[[Memetic Mutation|YEEAAAAAHH!]]", a la the Roger Daltrey shriek from "Won't Get Fooled Again" in ''[[CSI: Miami]]''. He gets roundly chewed out for it.

* ''[[Questionable Content]]'' had an arc where a dude Angus started making jokes about suicide to Faye, whose father killed himself in front of her when she was a kid. When she tells him off, he initially doesn't believe her, and Faye realizes that her constant sarcasm has "set an unfortunate precedent". Angus also calls out Faye for making jokes at his friend Marigold's expense.

 

* [[Newgrounds]].com has an entire collection for flash submissions called "BASTARDS" that is devoted to this trope.

* In [[The Nostalgia Critic]]'s review of ''[[The Room]]'', Mark tells Johnny about a girl he knew who was dating several guys at the same time. One of them finds out and beats her up so badly that she ends up in hospital. Johnny's response is to laugh and say "What a story, Mark"! The critic comments on this, saying "That's not funny, you sick fuck".

{{quote|93. Nerve gas is not funny.}}

 

* ''[[Family Guy]]'':

** Peter invokes it in the episode "Back to the Woods". After James Woods steals his identity, Peter takes revenge by stealing Woods's identity and ruining his career by stating on [[David Letterman]]'s show that he's working on a comedy based on 9/11 called ''September 11, 2000-FUN!''. The film, he claims, focuses on a window washer who sees the plane coming toward him while he wipes the window of the Twin Towers and exclaims, "Aw, c'mon!"

'''James Woods''': What?! [[I Take Offense to That Last One|I would never work with]] [[Take That|David Spade!]] }}

* In the [[Grand Finale]] of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', Aang, having been told that he must kill Fire Lord Ozai, says he can't go around wiping out people he doesn't like. Sokka responds that [[Omniscient Morality License|he can because he's the Avatar]] and Aang angrily tells him that this isn't a joke.

 

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