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* [[Black Comedy]]: Emo's jokes often consist of him cheerily discussing tragic or depressing events that have happened to him, or violent actions he himself has committed.
* [[Black Comedy]]: Emo's jokes often consist of him cheerily discussing tragic or depressing events that have happened to him, or violent actions he himself has committed.
{{quote|{{spoiler|"My Cat gave birth to kittens, and My dad took me and the kittens down to the lake and we drowned them, and I was crying my eyes out because I couldn't get them to skip."}}}}
{{quote|{{spoiler|"My Cat gave birth to kittens, and My dad took me and the kittens down to the lake and we drowned them, and I was crying my eyes out because I couldn't get them to skip."}}}}
* [[Gingerbread House]]: In his performances on [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s 2018 tour, [[Emo Philips]] invoked the original trope namer:
* [[Gingerbread House]]: In his performances on [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s 2018 tour, he invoked the original trope namer:
{{quote|My ex-wife called me up and told me she needed fifty thousand dollars to remodel her house to better suit her personality. I asked her, "Does it have to be ''real'' gingerbread?"}}
{{quote|My ex-wife called me up and told me she needed fifty thousand dollars to remodel her house to better suit her personality. I asked her, "Does it have to be ''real'' gingerbread?"}}
* [[Jive Turkey]]: Yes. Really. He will occasionally stick tidbits of urban slang into his routine to throw you off. Needless to say, it's played for laughs.
* [[Jive Turkey]]: Yes. Really. He will occasionally stick tidbits of urban slang into his routine to throw you off. Needless to say, it's played for laughs.