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== [[Film]] == |
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== [[Live-Action TV]] == |
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{{quote|'''Gus:''' That's not irony, Shawn.}} |
{{quote|'''Gus:''' That's not irony, Shawn.}} |
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** And in another episode of ''Psych'': |
** And in another episode of ''Psych'': |
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{{quote|'''Shawn:''' That's ironic, right? |
{{quote|'''Shawn:''' That's ironic, right? |
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'''Gus:''' What's ironic is that you have to keep asking me what irony is. |
'''Gus:''' What's ironic is that you have to keep asking me what irony is.}} |
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⚫ | * In the season 2 finale of ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'', the majority of the cast had a (off-screen) two-hour discussion about whether or not the situation they had found themselves in was ironic. The opening lines to the discussion produces several examples of things which which aren't ironic, including this gem from Caboose: |
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⚫ | * An episode of ''[[King of Queens]]'' had Doug call something ironic and Arthur insist that that's not what irony is. [[Brick Joke|At the end of the episode]], Arthur wakes Doug up in the middle of the night claiming he looked up ironic in the dictionary, and admits he was wrong: he thought "ironic" meant "made entirely of iron". |
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⚫ | * An episode of ''[[King of Queens]]'' had Doug call something ironic and Arthur insist that that's not what irony is. [[Brick Joke|At the end of the episode]], Arthur wakes Doug up in the middle of the night claiming he looked up ironic in the dictionary, and admits he was wrong: he thought "ironic" meant "made entirely of iron". |
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* From ''[[Blackadder]]'': |
* From ''[[Blackadder]]'': |
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{{quote|'''Blackadder:''' Baldrick, have you no idea what irony is? |
{{quote|'''Blackadder:''' Baldrick, have you no idea what irony is? |
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'''Baldrick:''' Yes, it's like goldy and bronzy only it's made out of iron. |
'''Baldrick:''' Yes, it's like goldy and bronzy only it's made out of iron.}} |
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⚫ | ** Herbert Lindenberger, professor of comparative literature and English at Stanford, went on [[NPR]] to explain that the Morisette song had perfect examples of situational irony and cosmic irony. So apparently, it's pretty (drumroll please) ''ironic'' when people claim that the examples in the song are not ironic. According to people who are a lot more educated than most of us. |
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* ''[[Just Shoot Me]]'', "When Nina Met Elliot". After Nina realizes that she was the one who ran Elliot over that day he was going to propose to her girlfriend, the following exchange occurs: |
* ''[[Just Shoot Me]]'', "When Nina Met Elliot". After Nina realizes that she was the one who ran Elliot over that day he was going to propose to her girlfriend, the following exchange occurs: |
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{{quote|'''Nina:''' You know what's ironic? The same day I ran Elliot down, is the same day I ruined his life forever. |
{{quote|'''Nina:''' You know what's ironic? The same day I ran Elliot down, is the same day I ruined his life forever. |
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'''Maya:''' That's not ironic, that's what happened! |
'''Maya:''' That's not ironic, that's what happened! |
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'''Nina:''' So true. |
'''Nina:''' So true.}} |
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** And later, after Elliot's attempt to reunite with the girlfriend turned into a fiasco: |
** And later, after Elliot's attempt to reunite with the girlfriend turned into a fiasco: |
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{{quote|'''Elliot:''' It's ironic, but you running me over that night may have been the best thing that ever happened to me. |
{{quote|'''Elliot:''' It's ironic, but you running me over that night may have been the best thing that ever happened to me. |
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'''Nina:''' Elliot, that's not ironic, [[Completely Missing the Point|that's what happened.]] |
'''Nina:''' Elliot, that's not ironic, [[Completely Missing the Point|that's what happened.]]}} |
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** Ironically, this means that ''none'' of the three of them know what the word means. |
** Ironically, this means that ''none'' of the three of them know what the word means. |
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* Inversion from ''[[Castle]]'': Castle and Beckett are able to identify a murderer because he sends someone to retrieve the victim's mail, which contains evidence that points to him as the killer. Beckett notes that it's ironic that the murderer's efforts to cover for himself got him caught, since the cops weren't planning to check the victim's mail and would never have found the evidence. Castle immediately thanks her for using the word ironic correctly. |
* Inversion from ''[[Castle]]'': Castle and Beckett are able to identify a murderer because he sends someone to retrieve the victim's mail, which contains evidence that points to him as the killer. Beckett notes that it's ironic that the murderer's efforts to cover for himself got him caught, since the cops weren't planning to check the victim's mail and would never have found the evidence. Castle immediately thanks her for using the word ironic correctly. |
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⚫ | * An episode of the short-lived series ''[[The George Wendt Show]]'': When someone said something sarcastic, George responded as if he took him seriously. Someone else then said condescendingly, "He was being ironic," to which George replied, "Actually, he was being sarcastic. But it's ironic that you didn't know that." |
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== [[Music]] == |
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⚫ | ** Herbert Lindenberger, professor of comparative literature and English at Stanford, went on [[NPR]] to explain that the Morisette song had perfect examples of situational irony and cosmic irony. So apparently, it's pretty (drumroll please) ''ironic'' when people claim that the examples in the song are not ironic. According to people who are a lot more educated than most of us. |
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== [[Web Animation]] == |
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⚫ | * In the season 2 finale of ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'', the majority of the cast had a (off-screen) two-hour discussion about whether or not the situation they had found themselves in was ironic. The opening lines to the discussion produces several examples of things which which aren't ironic, including this gem from Caboose: |
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== [[Web Comics]] == |
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{{quote|"The ''irony''! Crushed by a giant gorilla... on my ''birthday''!" |
{{quote|"The ''irony''! Crushed by a giant gorilla... on my ''birthday''!" |
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"That's not ironic." |
"That's not ironic."}} |
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== [[Web Original]] == |
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{{quote|"You're missing the point, man. Was ''Plan 9'' purposefully ironic? ''Troll 2''? ''The Room''? What do those movies have in common?" |
{{quote|"You're missing the point, man. Was ''Plan 9'' purposefully ironic? ''Troll 2''? ''The Room''? What do those movies have in common?" |
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"You have a T-shirt for each of them?" |
"You have a T-shirt for each of them?" |
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"Well, yeah. That." |
"Well, yeah. That."}} |
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== [[Western Animation]] == |
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⚫ | * Inverted in ''[[Frisky Dingo]]'': when former billionaire Xander Crews winds up homeless, the documentarian says it's ironic how he's now living in cardboard boxes produced by the company he used to own. Xander says that's not what irony means, while the documentarian replies that that's ''exactly'' what irony means. |
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* Homer from ''[[The Simpsons]]'': "How ironic. Now he's blind, after a life of being able to see." |
* Homer from ''[[The Simpsons]]'': "How ironic. Now he's blind, after a life of being able to see." |
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