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* ''[[One Over Zero|1/0]]'' declared "war" on another webcomic on September 11th of 2000.

* The [http://www.lefthandedtoons.com/361/ 21 November 2008 Left-Handed Toons (by right-handed people)] subverted this trope by undercutting the punchline ''the day it was posted''.

* Due to a severe case of [[Cerebus Syndrome]], ''[[College Roomies ~~From~~ Hell]]'' is chock full of these. A few examples:

* Due to a severe case of [[Cerebus Syndrome]], ''[[College Roomies from Hell]]'' is chock full of these. A few examples:

** An early running gag has Roger vehemently deny being a werecoyote, despite the fact that nobody accused him of being one. By the time he reveals that he is one, the strip's taken a dark enough turn that a terrible bloodlust, to which his mother has already succumbed, is a major plot point.

** Another early story has April and Roger get possessed by ghosts inhabiting a television set and a hairdryer, respectively, to do battle. Later stories show that Roger is particularly vulnerable to possession by Satan in his werecoyote form, and April's gradual progression to [[Yandere]] and eventually [[Manipulative Bastard]] is implied to be at least partially due to Satanic influence.

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* [http://dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2004-06-07 This] ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'' strip features Greg ''complaining'' about his magic being called a "super power". A few years later, there would be some agreement on that point.

* [http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/080226.html This] ''[[Real Life Comics]]'' strip, which was posted a while before the unfortunately confirmed rumors of [[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'s cancellation started circulating.

** [http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/051026.html This] one even more so. Yeah, [[Who Would Be Stupid Enough|what kind of idiot would the banks have to be to give a loan to someone who clearly can't pay it back?]] OH SNAP.

** [http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/051026.html This] one even more so. Yeah, [[Who Would Be Stupid Enough...?|what kind of idiot would the banks have to be to give a loan to someone who clearly can't pay it back?]] OH SNAP.

* Back in 1999, ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' published a [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/1999/11/03/ strip] about ''[[~~Duke Nukem Forever (Video Game)|~~Duke Nukem Forever]]'', which [[Reverse Funny Aneurysm|became funnier]] with each year of the game's [[Vaporware|famously long]] development (which, back then, had only been over two years.) Almost a decade later, its developer [http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=58519 shut down].

* Back in 1999, ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' published a [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/1999/11/03/ strip] about ''[[Duke Nukem Forever]]'', which [[Reverse Funny Aneurysm|became funnier]] with each year of the game's [[Vaporware|famously long]] development (which, back then, had only been over two years.) Almost a decade later, its developer [http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=58519 shut down].

** Especially good because the strip more-or-less illustrated ''why'' ''[[Duke Nukem]] Forever'' didn't come out when it was supposed to, long before anyone outside the production company knew. The company just kept playing around instead of delivering the ''promised'' game to a distributor (the distributor changed midway); by the time they took the deadline seriously (Take-Two was less patient than the previous distributor), they were no longer able to get the money to complete it.

*** Of course, now that the game is ''actually'' coming out ([http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2010/09/duke-nukem-pax/ and debuted at PAX no less!]), the strip has changed to a [[Hilarious in Hindsight]].

* This 2002 issue of [http://www.krakowstudios.com/krakow/archive.php?date=20020315 Krapow Original].

* A ''[[Ctrl Alt Del]]'' Silly strips made [http://www.cad-comic.com/sillies/20081215 this] joke at the end of 2008, about Death needing to "break his record" of famous-people deaths in 2009. He managed.

* A ''[[Ctrl+Alt+Del]]'' Silly strips made [http://www.cad-comic.com/sillies/20081215 this] joke at the end of 2008, about Death needing to "break his record" of famous-people deaths in 2009. He managed.

* In ''[[~~Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|~~Schlock Mercenary]] '', [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20010121.html this strip] became less funny when Brad failed to survive a similar incident because of his [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to prevent civilian casualties on the ground.

* In ''[[Schlock Mercenary]] '', [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20010121.html this strip] became less funny when Brad failed to survive a similar incident because of his [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to prevent civilian casualties on the ground.

* ''[[Boy Meets Boy]]'': An exorcist mentions going to a horrible alternate dimension -- "[[In a World|a world]] where George Bush is reelected in 2004." [[Your Mileage May Vary|Probably less unfunny-in-hindsight if you like George Bush]]-- [[Flame Bait|and we'll say no more about it]].

* [http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=20&issue=11 This] strip of ''[[~~The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (Webcomic)|~~The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'' revealing the "real Michael Jackson" to be in {{spoiler|Dracula's moon base}} has different connotations now that the 'fake' MJ is dead.

* [http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=20&issue=11 This] strip of ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'' revealing the "real Michael Jackson" to be in {{spoiler|Dracula's moon base}} has different connotations now that the 'fake' MJ is dead.

* [[Girly]]. {{spoiler|Literally ''everything'' the two heroines go through becomes one big moment when its revealed that it was all pre-set up by the villains to prepare one of the heroines to lead their uprising.}}

* Most readers of ''[[~~Cuanta Vida (Webcomic)|~~Cuanta Vida]]'' play ''[[~~Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|~~Team Fortress 2]]''. After the recent WAR! propaganda contest on the [http://www.teamfortress.com/ official TF2 blog], the [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3391 runner-ups] were announced, and many of them were hilarious, including [http://www.teamfortress.com/images/posts/runners-up/sticky_bomb_tragedies.jpg this one.] {{spoiler|1=Although, the bottom-left poster isn't quite as funny after reading [http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=202 page 86]}} ...Yeah.

* Most readers of ''[[Cuanta Vida]]'' play ''[[Team Fortress 2]]''. After the recent WAR! propaganda contest on the [http://www.teamfortress.com/ official TF2 blog], the [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3391 runner-ups] were announced, and many of them were hilarious, including [http://www.teamfortress.com/images/posts/runners-up/sticky_bomb_tragedies.jpg this one.] {{spoiler|1=Although, the bottom-left poster isn't quite as funny after reading [http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=202 page 86]}} ...Yeah.

** Oh, yeah, and... a few pages later, {{spoiler|the upper-right poster}} would also apply.

** And now, it seems that {{spoiler|the upper-left poster}} also applies. {{spoiler|Jeez, will Rojo take the BLU demoman's spleen next?}}

* [http://achewood.com/index.php?date=12042006 This] ''[[Achewood]]'' strip suddenly got a lot less amusing when news of a [http://timworstall.typepad.com/timworstall/2007/09/meg-white-sex-t.html sex tape] (link SFW), falsely attributed to be of the real [[The White Stripes|Meg White]], was released almost a year afterward.

** ... nope. Still funny.

* In ''[[~~Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|~~Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', Kat's belongings sometimes have the names of bands printed on them. In [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=718 this page], her shirt reads [[wikipedia:Sparklehorse|Sparklehorse]]. Mark Linkous, who led that band, committed suicide 2 months prior to the page being published. Considering the 30-page buffer kept by the author, it would seem that the page itself was made a few weeks before it happened.

* In ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', Kat's belongings sometimes have the names of bands printed on them. In [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=718 this page], her shirt reads [[wikipedia:Sparklehorse|Sparklehorse]]. Mark Linkous, who led that band, committed suicide 2 months prior to the page being published. Considering the 30-page buffer kept by the author, it would seem that the page itself was made a few weeks before it happened.

** It has been confirmed by [[Word of God]] that this was intended as a tribute.

* [http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=483 This strip] of ''[[A Softer World]]'' illustrates what seems like a rather improbable idea of what causes terrorists to be terrorists. But a later sociological study discovered that many of them don't really care about their cause, and if their mission is actually accomplished they just move on to another extremist group. It concluded that a large proportion really ''are'' {{spoiler|social rejects who can't find friends anywhere else, and are willing to kill for the sake of that bond.}}

* ''[[~~Homestuck (Webcomic)|~~Homestuck]]'' is so full of these, it's getting to the point that laughing at ''anything'' is a dicey proposition. [[Black Comedy|Not that that will stop us.]]

* ''[[Homestuck]]'' is so full of these, it's getting to the point that laughing at ''anything'' is a dicey proposition. [[Black Comedy|Not that that will stop us.]]

** One of the best examples of this is Tavros Nitram. Prior to act 5, he was only ever drawn from the waist up, leading to an in-joke in the community that he was in a wheel chair. Well, act 5 comes around, and guess what...

*** Made even more painful by the fact that his first appearances in act five shows him [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003837 leaping around Prospit.]

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*** [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005948 Speaking of empty suicide threats...] Not to mention, pretty much any interaction Doc Scratch has ever had with any of the kids or trolls just got a billion times creepier in retrospect.

** At first it is merely said that "You [Sollux] [[It Makes Sense in Context|do not under any circumstance eat the MIND HONEY]]. The consequences are highly unpleasant." At this point, you [the reader] might even get a little chuckle out of it; at that point in the narrative, we have seen many characters dislike things for weird reasons that don't seem so bad. {{spoiler|Then Sollux accidentally ingests a bit and destroys his hive (home) with [[Eye Beams]], because those are the aforementioned "consequences". You might find this pretty funny, really. Though it might be horrifying, because of the [[Eye Beams]]. That depends on your interpretation--at this point. But ultimately we find out that at one point in the past, he was ''forced'' to do this and it killed his beloved Aradia}}. The benign, understated, almost wry way the topic was introduced contrasts heavily with its sobering actual meaning.

** In a meta sense, there's a rather cute illustrated fanfic out there about [[Alternate Universe]] versions of the trolls where everyone's blood colour and personality is mixed up. The protagonist is Kanaya, who here has Karkat's blood. She is presented as hemophiliac and gets blood all over her a ''lot''. The title is ''[[~~Red Dead Virgo (Fanfic)|~~Red Dead Virgo]]''. Anyone who's been following recent events in the comic should know what's wrong here...

** In a meta sense, there's a rather cute illustrated fanfic out there about [[Alternate Universe]] versions of the trolls where everyone's blood colour and personality is mixed up. The protagonist is Kanaya, who here has Karkat's blood. She is presented as hemophiliac and gets blood all over her a ''lot''. The title is ''[[Red Dead Virgo]]''. Anyone who's been following recent events in the comic should know what's wrong here...

** One of the ongoing jokes, {{spoiler|the flammability of shaving cream}}, takes a considerably dark turn in the 10/25/11 updates, when {{spoiler|CD uses Dad's shaving cream hooked up to a bomb to kill Jade's realself. However, in the following flash, it's revealed that Jade can still go God Tier with her dream self turned into a sprite, so she comes back to life.}}

** John's [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis|enmity]] towards Betty Crocker seems silly at first. {{spoiler|Then it turns out that Betty Crocker is an evil alien empress who has massacred hundreds of planets, working for a [[Humanoid Abomination]], and in an alternate timeline her corporation has branched into virtually everything, and is brainwashing humanity. "The heinous batterwitch has her gnarled claws in everything", indeed.}}

** Dave's [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood]] at the hands of Bro (including but not limited to unnervingly sexual puppets left everywhere, swords that regularly fall out of the fridge or cabinets, and regular fights with Dave that send him falling down the stairs) may have become this now that {{spoiler|we've met Bro's Beta universe counterpart Dirk and not only is he a really nice guy deep down, if every bit as weird as Bro always was, but he's very wary at even the idea of having children because he's convinced he would be a terrible parent.}}

* In [[~~Yu Me Dream|Yu~~+Me: ~~Dream~~]], in Part One, Jake sarcastically tells Lia, “I’m just pretending to be gay for all of the social benefits it brings,” the joke being that so far in the comic, he’s caught nothing but flak for his homosexuality. In Part Two, {{spoiler|1=after we’ve found out that that [[All Just a Dream|everything in Part One was essentially a reality show,]] it’s revealed that the actor who played Jake is actually a [[Word of God|“straight douche”]] who won an Emmy Award for his portrayal of Jake. The commentary on [http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=1383 this page] suggests that he primarily won the award because of the (mis)perception that it’s a huge challenge for a straight actor to play a gay character.}}

* In [[YU+ME: dream]], in Part One, Jake sarcastically tells Lia, “I’m just pretending to be gay for all of the social benefits it brings,” the joke being that so far in the comic, he’s caught nothing but flak for his homosexuality. In Part Two, {{spoiler|1=after we’ve found out that that [[All Just a Dream|everything in Part One was essentially a reality show,]] it’s revealed that the actor who played Jake is actually a [[Word of God|“straight douche”]] who won an Emmy Award for his portrayal of Jake. The commentary on [http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=1383 this page] suggests that he primarily won the award because of the (mis)perception that it’s a huge challenge for a straight actor to play a gay character.}}

* [[Misfile|"Enjoy all the extra time you've got."]] It took on a whole new meaning once you realize that without the misfile, {{spoiler|Emily would've died in the same car accident that sent Molly to the hospital.}}

* [[Walkyverse|Shortpacked!]] had [http://www.shortpacked.com/2009/comic/book-8/05-the-day-that-shortpacked-fell/previously/#comment-12740 this strip]. The panel with Amber saying she's pregnant suddenly becomes really disturbing due to {{spoiler|Faz possibly being Amber's (half) brother}}.

* In ''[[~~El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|~~El Goonish Shive]]'' When Susan starts to explain the [[Noodle Incident|long-unknown]] events that occurred in France, she alludes to the {{spoiler|[[Our Vampires Are Different|not-vampire]]}} that's involved, when Grace calls her {{spoiler|[[Shout-Out|"Susan the Vampire Slayer"]]}}. Yeah, {{spoiler|[[Mercy Kill|guess how that]] [[My God, What Have I Done?|story ended.]]}}

* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' When Susan starts to explain the [[Noodle Incident|long-unknown]] events that occurred in France, she alludes to the {{spoiler|[[Our Vampires Are Different|not-vampire]]}} that's involved, when Grace calls her {{spoiler|[[Shout-Out|"Susan the Vampire Slayer"]]}}. Yeah, {{spoiler|[[Mercy Kill|guess how that]] [[My God, What Have I Done?|story ended.]]}}

* A super-compressed in-universe example in ''[[Batman and Sons]]'': In the first strip of the Loeb tribute, Batman suffers a BSOD when he recalls his last Halloween costume before his parents' deaths--

{{quote| '''Thomas Wayne''': And who are you supposed to be, son?<br />

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* [http://xkcd.com/527/ XKCD] pulls a joke about Steve Jobs losing weight. It turns out his weight loss was due to cancer which proved fatal.

* A relatively minor example, which could become major, in ''[[Wondermark]]'': [http://wondermark.com/775/ this strip] made fun of an internet overuser, and joked about what she would do if the Internet vanished. Less than two months later, the strip's website and several of the sites listed in the comic joined [http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/stop_sopa_what_a_blacked_out_internet_looks_like.php a large-scale Internet blackout in protest of SOPA], a bill that could cause many sites to be [[Banned in China|blacked out permanently.]]

* The [[Mega Crossover]] [[Fanfic|fan]][[Web Comic|comic]] ''[[Roommates 2007 ~~(Webcomic)~~|Roommates]]'' has/had a [[Running Gag]] about [[Labyrinth ~~(Film)~~|Jareth]] failing to do good despite his intentions and efforts... after the [[Wham! Episode|Dark!Jareth arc]] that got some pretty heavy subtext. {{spoiler|As a fictional character he can't defy the story and his role in it, doesn't matter how desperately he may try.}}

* The [[Mega Crossover]] [[Fanfic|fan]][[Web Comic|comic]] ''[[Roommates 2007|Roommates]]'' has/had a [[Running Gag]] about [[Labyrinth|Jareth]] failing to do good despite his intentions and efforts... after the [[Wham! Episode|Dark!Jareth arc]] that got some pretty heavy subtext. {{spoiler|As a fictional character he can't defy the story and his role in it, doesn't matter how desperately he may try.}}

== [[Web Original]] ==

* In September of 2009, [http://cdn-www.cracked.com/phpimages/photoshop/1/8/8/3188.jpg?v=1 This image], by [http://www.cracked.com/ Cracked.com] member nicknosh, came 25th in a Photoshop contest based on the theme "If Video Games Were Realistic". Less than a year later, Rock Band 3's "Pro Mode" was revealed, which uses a controller that has many buttons lined up with all the complexity implied by the image, and one that also works as a real guitar.

* In the third edition of "Things I Am not Allowed to Do at the ''[[Protectors of the Plot Continuum]]''" was the line "I will not unleash [[Star Trek Voyager ~~(TV)~~|macroviruses]] in HQ". Three guesses (and the first two don't count) what the League of Mary Sue Factories unleashed in Headquarters over a year later, with massive loss of life.

* In the third edition of "Things I Am not Allowed to Do at the ''[[Protectors of the Plot Continuum]]''" was the line "I will not unleash [[Star Trek: Voyager|macroviruses]] in HQ". Three guesses (and the first two don't count) what the League of Mary Sue Factories unleashed in Headquarters over a year later, with massive loss of life.

* ''[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/212859 Cancer's Passion]'', a short cartoon on [[Newgrounds]], features a hotdog vendor whose mother is in a cancer clinic, with her death at the end serving as part of the punchline. The hotdog vendor's voice actor lost his real life mother to leukemia less than two years after the cartoon was made.

** ''[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/136826 Fun With Suicide]'' by the author Livecorpse is much darker in retrospect as he committed suicide several months later. Even moreso by the fact that one of the options is "Suicide by Cop", considering that he was on the run from the police when he died.

* The fan-fiction writers for the site Ghostbusters West Coast have a particularly bad record for this. One story had [[Michael Jackson]] as a werewolf who got savagely beaten up by the main characters and then arrested for murder, and another had a character explaining that he almost ran over an old man because "I thought you were Ted Kennedy."

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB53He_pTpo This] in-character video response to a Youtube cartoon features one of the characters complaining about the inaccuracies of how ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' is portrayed. Halfway through, he utters the line "If [[Gary Gygax]] was dead, he'd be rolling around in his grave right now!" Gary died soon after.

* [[~~The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|~~The Nostalgia Critic]] did a scathing review of ''[[Moonwalker]]'' about two and a half months before [[Michael Jackson]] died. While that in itself was just a coincidence, and the movie was bad, there are some moments that are awkward now:

* [[The Nostalgia Critic]] did a scathing review of ''[[Moonwalker]]'' about two and a half months before [[Michael Jackson]] died. While that in itself was just a coincidence, and the movie was bad, there are some moments that are awkward now:

** The villain in "Smooth Criminal" wants to get all of the kids of the world addicted to drugs. As it turned out, a small pharmacy worth of drugs was found at Neverland Ranch. And while Jackson was legally cleared of child molestation, he was [[Convicted By Public Opinion]] before [[Dead Artists Are Better]] took effect.

** The villain in "Smooth Criminal" wants to get all of the kids of the world addicted to drugs. As it turned out, a small pharmacy worth of drugs was found at Neverland Ranch. And while Jackson was legally cleared of child molestation, he was [[Convicted by Public Opinion]] before [[Dead Artists Are Better]] took effect.

** "And I have to say this is easily the best part of the movie because it starts out with Michael Jackson's best scene. People trying to kill him." His death was reported as a homicide; his physician was eventually convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Later, in his commentary for this review, half of the jokes Doug cracks are about how awkward some of his jokes have become since Michael's death. But the joke about how the best scene has people trying to kill him is not mentioned.

** There was also the example in the ''TMNT'' review where NC made fun of Master Splinter's voice. NC was instantly showered with insulting messages from fans of his voice actor, [[Mako]]. NC addressed this later, acting surprised by the backlash [[Oh Wait|since it wasn't like the guy died or any- oh come on!]]. It's even worse when he said that it was like [[The Karate Kid|Mr. Miyagi]] had smoked a million cigarettes. Mako's cause of death? Esophageal cancer. (It may not count since Mako died after NC's review, but NC didn't know until after the review). At least he was able to get an amusing segue out of it.

** There was also the example in the ''TMNT'' review where NC made fun of Master Splinter's voice. NC was instantly showered with insulting messages from fans of his voice actor, [[Mako]]. NC addressed this later, acting surprised by the backlash [[Oh, Wait!|since it wasn't like the guy died or any- oh come on!]]. It's even worse when he said that it was like [[The Karate Kid|Mr. Miyagi]] had smoked a million cigarettes. Mako's cause of death? Esophageal cancer. (It may not count since Mako died after NC's review, but NC didn't know until after the review). At least he was able to get an amusing segue out of it.

** And it happened again during the review of ''Sidekicks'', where Jonathan Brandis's character has frequent daydreams about fighting alongside Chuck Norris. The Critic comments that the kid seems more mentally ill than daydreaming, and he was right. He found out later that Brandis committed suicide in 2003. The next time Brandis popped up in a review -- ''[[The Neverending Story (~~Film~~)|The Neverending Story]] 2'', where his character also seems mentally unstable -- he was interrupted by an elephant in the room so he could comment upon this.

** And it happened again during the review of ''Sidekicks'', where Jonathan Brandis's character has frequent daydreams about fighting alongside Chuck Norris. The Critic comments that the kid seems more mentally ill than daydreaming, and he was right. He found out later that Brandis committed suicide in 2003. The next time Brandis popped up in a review -- ''[[The Neverending Story (film)|The Neverending Story]] 2'', where his character also seems mentally unstable -- he was interrupted by an elephant in the room so he could comment upon this.

** His review of ''[[The Room]]'' ends with {{spoiler|the seahorses chasing him down because all viewings of the movie have been outlawed.}} For a while, the review was inaccessible because the movie's creator filed a copyright claim and had it taken down.

** In his collab review of ''[[Alone in The Dark]]'' with [[Atop the Fourth Wall ~~(Web Video)~~|Linkara]] and [[The Spoony Experiment ~~(Web Video)~~|Spoony]], at one point, one of the heroes jumps into the scene and starts shooting some possessed people. The guys point out that he had no idea that they were possessed, so he might as well be shooting innocent bystanders. To illustrate, the next few clips of the hero shooting are interspersed with clips of 90s Kid, Dr. Insano, Chester A. Bum, and Ma-Ti walking in and getting shot. {{spoiler|In ''[[Suburban Knights]]'', the last one gets [[Killed Off for Real]].}}

** In his collab review of ''[[Alone in The Dark]]'' with [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] and [[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony]], at one point, one of the heroes jumps into the scene and starts shooting some possessed people. The guys point out that he had no idea that they were possessed, so he might as well be shooting innocent bystanders. To illustrate, the next few clips of the hero shooting are interspersed with clips of 90s Kid, Dr. Insano, Chester A. Bum, and Ma-Ti walking in and getting shot. {{spoiler|In ''[[Suburban Knights]]'', the last one gets [[Killed Off for Real]].}}

** Possibly the fastest onset of a funny aneurysm-much of the jokes in the review of ''Dunston Checks In'' are derived from insisting "Monkeys Aren't Funny!" The Monkees' lead singer Davy Jones died of heart failure the following day of the review's posting on Blip.

* [[~~The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|~~The Angry Video Game Nerd]] example: In the NES [[Superman]] review, he makes a big deal about how part of the plot of the game involves Clark being sent to investigate an unexplained drop in stock prices, and how it was a ludicrous element to include in a superhero game. Funny then. Cringe-inducing for anybody with a 401(k) in the wake of the stock market dropping 1,000 points over the course of thirty minutes.

* [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]] example: In the NES [[Superman]] review, he makes a big deal about how part of the plot of the game involves Clark being sent to investigate an unexplained drop in stock prices, and how it was a ludicrous element to include in a superhero game. Funny then. Cringe-inducing for anybody with a 401(k) in the wake of the stock market dropping 1,000 points over the course of thirty minutes.

* During a late night chat on [[Lord Kat]]'s livestream (circa September 2010), a conversation between [[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony]], Sean Fausz, and Skitch was interrupted by a sudden ''THUD'', after which Spoony's line went quiet.<ref> (He later explained that he dropped his laptop and ran out of the room because his dinner had caught fire on the stove.)</ref> After many unanswered queries of "Spoony, you okay?" and about five minutes of silence, Skitch jokingly speculated that Spoony had "dropped dead from a heart attack"; Sean replied, "Oh, well. [[Sibling Team|Miles]] will find him and give him a eulogy." A little over a month later, Spoony began suffering from fainting spells and making frequent trips to the hospital...because of an unknown heart condition. Ouch.

** Also in Spoony's Deadly Premonition LP he gives the line "I think my heart's about to explode!"

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** This [http://www.theonion.com/articles/earthquake-sets-japan-back-to-2147,2240/ Onion article] isn't quite as funny in the wake of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

* A meme on 4chan is to post a picture of a living star, pretending them to be dead with the text "Goodnight, sweet prince". The most famous is the one on the [http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Goodnight_Sweet_Prince right...]

* [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/comedy-goldmine/jokes-with-realistic.php This] [[Anti Humor]] article is unpleasant, especially since the current Pope has been (as of this writing) alive and Pope-ing for over half a decade.

* [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/comedy-goldmine/jokes-with-realistic.php This] [[Anti-Humor]] article is unpleasant, especially since the current Pope has been (as of this writing) alive and Pope-ing for over half a decade.

* Several [[Youtube Poop|Youtube Poops]] have involved [[Billy Mays]] getting killed... well, [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_billy_mays guess what?]

** Speaking of Billy Mays YTP's, "Mark3611's" video, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fGT6S1NzTc Billy Mays Sells Zorbees in a Bad Mood]", throws in a final joke by overlaying Billy saying "A year's supply of powder!" with an image of cocaine and a razor. Well, given the results of a [http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/07/florida.mays.cocaine/ certain autopsy...]

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* [http://www.overheardeverywhere.com/archives/002023.html This] Overheard Everywhere quote, posted in December of 2007.

** And now [http://www.overheardeverywhere.com/archives/000630.html this one] too.

* Woot.com's deal of the day for April 4, 2009, was for a set of four solar-powered lights; the product description began "What if the end of the world was tomorrow? Well, it probably wouldn't matter, because there would be no one left to notice." Their product descriptions are usually odd snarky things like that...but late on April 4, 2009, North Korea launches a rocket over Japan, an action which many nations are condemning as long-range missile testing and "provocative." Not quite [[The End of the World As We Know It]] yet, thank goodness...but right now, it's a little scary.

* Woot.com's deal of the day for April 4, 2009, was for a set of four solar-powered lights; the product description began "What if the end of the world was tomorrow? Well, it probably wouldn't matter, because there would be no one left to notice." Their product descriptions are usually odd snarky things like that...but late on April 4, 2009, North Korea launches a rocket over Japan, an action which many nations are condemning as long-range missile testing and "provocative." Not quite [[The End of the World as We Know It]] yet, thank goodness...but right now, it's a little scary.

* [[Yu-Gi-Oh ~~the~~ Abridged Series|Little Kuriboh]] followed a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] (the proposal video) with a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] (Tristan's jab at said video)...and sent them both into [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]] when he announced he and Safty would be getting an annulment.

* [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Little Kuriboh]] followed a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] (the proposal video) with a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] (Tristan's jab at said video)...and sent them both into [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]] when he announced he and Safty would be getting an annulment.

** Could someone post a link mentioning their annulment?

** There's not much out there (understandably), but he talks about it [http://littlekuriboh.livejournal.com/112889.html here] on his livejournal account.

* When [[SF Debris]] was commenting on the episode of ''[[Star Trek Voyager ~~(TV)~~|Star Trek Voyager]]'' "Meld", there is a scene where, after mind-melding with a sociopath, Tuvok needs to test his self-control. He does this by spending a few moments with a holographic Nelix. SF Debris comments on this, "Doesn't this say a lot? What will be most likely to drive myself into a homicidal rage? Seeing my children get killed? Watching my wife get raped? [[Star Trek (~~Film~~)|The destruction of my home planet?]]" We know now that {{spoiler|Vulcan getting blown up does tend to drive Vulcans mad with rage.}}

* When [[SF Debris]] was commenting on the episode of ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek Voyager]]'' "Meld", there is a scene where, after mind-melding with a sociopath, Tuvok needs to test his self-control. He does this by spending a few moments with a holographic Nelix. SF Debris comments on this, "Doesn't this say a lot? What will be most likely to drive myself into a homicidal rage? Seeing my children get killed? Watching my wife get raped? [[Star Trek (film)|The destruction of my home planet?]]" We know now that {{spoiler|Vulcan getting blown up does tend to drive Vulcans mad with rage.}}

* One of the pieces Seanbaby did for the Cracked.com website was an explanation of [[World of Warcraft]] in terms of [[Super Mario Brothers]]. Specifically, he suggested that ''World of Warcraft'' is like a version of [[Super Mario Brothers]] in which there are multiple players, but they don't do as well as a single player would because they collectively aren't as smart and they get in each other's way. Anyhow, the most recent installment of SMB, [[Super Mario Brothers]] [[Wii]], includes multi-player and is advertised as a family game -- and yes, the characters can get in each other's way. [[Tropers/Anonymous Mc Cartneyfan|Anonymous Mc Cartneyfan]] is almost positive that someone at [[Nintendo]] read Seanbaby's piece and thought, "Hey, that's a great idea!"

* For a time, the [[Tourettes Guy]] videos were considered a Funny Aneurysm ''series'' after news about its star's death appeared in August of 2007. About 2 years later, it was then revealed that the Tourettes Guy was [[He's Just Hiding|in prison the whole time]], and a new video was released in late 2009 following his release from prison.

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** Well, by the end of ''Recreation'', {{spoiler|"now" is officially [[Face Heel Turn|over.]]}}

** In ''Revelation'', Tucker tells Tex and Church not to come and ask the other Blues or the Reds for help if they die again, as they usually do, when they go to arctic Freelancer Base. {{spoiler|A couple episodes later, The Meta stabs a two-foot spike into Tex's helmet.}}

* [[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee]] did a [[Sarcasm Mode|completely fake]] joke review of [[~~Duke Nukem Forever (Video Game)|~~Duke Nukem Forever]] a while after said game was cancelled. Fast forward a few months, and the review has been voted the #1 fan-favorite. A few days afterward, [[~~Duke Nukem Forever (Video Game)|~~Duke Nukem Forever]] was announced to be [[Un Cancelled]] at PAX 2010.

* [[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee]] did a [[Sarcasm Mode|completely fake]] joke review of [[Duke Nukem Forever]] a while after said game was cancelled. Fast forward a few months, and the review has been voted the #1 fan-favorite. A few days afterward, [[Duke Nukem Forever]] was announced to be [[Un Cancelled]] at PAX 2010.

** [[Your Mileage May Vary|Then again]] some people find this [[Hilarious in Hindsight|hilarious and fitting.]]

* [[Charlie Brooker]]'s old 2001 Zeppotron site [http://www.zeppotron.com/unnovations/archive.html Unnovations] has proved eerily prescient (please note these were not serious in any way):

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* In the [http://socksmakepeoplesexy.net/index.php?a=ff04 Final Fantasy IV] article of The Rise And Fall Of Final Fantasy, Pitchfork explains, in a very sardonic manner, why a number of aspects of the game wouldn't fly had it been released as a new game (as opposed to an [[Updated Rerelease]]) in 2007. When he got to Golbez, he said "[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:Man_in_Black.jpg No flowing white locks. Doesn't show enough skin.]"

* In the wake of the Arizona shooting, the "Slipping" scene in Dr. Horrible is very uncomfortable.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROMCPCBgsU0&feature=related This] [[Super Smash Bros Brawl]] [[~~Bowsers~~ Kingdom|Parody video]] from Dec 22, 2007 has one [[Super Mario RPG ~~(Video Game)~~|character]] comment at 1:15 "If I'm somehow not in this game, I'm blowing up Japan." kinda awkward considering the earthquake they had recently.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROMCPCBgsU0&feature=related This] [[Super Smash Bros Brawl]] [[Bowser's Kingdom|Parody video]] from Dec 22, 2007 has one [[Super Mario RPG|character]] comment at 1:15 "If I'm somehow not in this game, I'm blowing up Japan." kinda awkward considering the earthquake they had recently.

* ''[[Big Brother]] 13'' US is probably the most slanted season in ''[[Big Brother]]'' history, with twists that obviously benefit the veterans (All fan favourites) and safeguards in the form of competitions they've already played in left and right, as well as the most ''obviously'' slanted challenge for [[Creator's Pet|Brendon]] to return to the game. After a sudden flip around causing one of the fan favourites to be voted out, a bunch of people on sites begun to think about how the producers would bail out the two remaining veterans, resulting in one user making [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-zWvFGg3ck&feature=channel_video_title this video] making fun of how they assumed production worked. This became a [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]] when you consider within a week...almost all the events described to slant the season happened in the most blatantly contrived bailout in ''[[Big Brother]]'' history. Among these...Pandora's Box offering $5,000 to Porsche, restarting the duo twist, conveniently pitting Jordan and Rachel (The remaining veterans) with each other, and a literal ''copy'' of the first Head of Household competition (That Rachel won) for the veto. But with a different prop. One almost wonders if they got the idea for it after watching that video!

* [http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2875010 A SomethingAwful thread] entitled "tim russert is the most handsome man on television" was posted on June 13th, 2008 as a joke topic. ''Barely'' three hours later the news broke that Tim Russert had passed away. Needless to say it surprised everyone, and it's become a minor [[Memetic Mutation|meme]] that if someone dies, the topic will have a title similar to "[Person] is the most handsome man on television".

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPYromrN7OI This College Humor video] after Steve Jobs' recent passing.

* [[Sonichu ~~(Webcomic)~~|Chris Chan]] has long been an [[Acceptable Target]] due to his, well let's just say oddness. After his father's passing, some no longer enjoy taking jabs at him.

* [[Sonichu|Chris Chan]] has long been an [[Acceptable Target]] due to his, well let's just say oddness. After his father's passing, some no longer enjoy taking jabs at him.

* Even on [[This Very Wiki]], there's one. The fact that one of our tropes is called [[Macekre]] seems very irreverent now that Carl Macek is dead.

* On radio sites [[Digital Spy]] and elsewhere, people were speculating that Dave Berry would be the future breakfast show presenter on 95.8 Capital Radio London and that there would be 100% national Capital Radio. The first one came true, and an [[Internet Backdraft]] occurred. It's safe to say people would rather have a presenter who was "in touch" with their audience, like Simon Nicks, aka [[Known Only By Their Nickname|Nicksy]], Darren Spence, Wayne Tunnicliffe, Jacqui Blay or Rick Vaughn, '''not''' a celebrity who they can't relate to (and the fact Jacqui provides [[Ms. Fanservice]] [[Even the Girls Want Her|for everyone]] too, helps).

* Also, in December 2010, someone ([[No Name Given|whose name was never revealed]]) wrote on [[Twitter]]: "predictions for 2011... Twitter will be super-regulated #ladygaga". This may have been considered funny/highly speculative at the time, but not now that the [[wikipedia:2011 British privacy injunctions controversy|2011 Twitter gagging order row]] has happened, and it's definitely uncomfortable to read, particularly as this got quoted around a few football forums too.

* [[Dick Figures]] has the episode "Pleasure Cruise", where Red and Blue are having a vacation on a cruise ship and they end up trying to save it and the passengers from a terrorist who plans to blow it up after being mistakened for secret agents. Although they defeat the terrorist, the bomb blew up before they could act, causing the ship to sink. On Jan. 13, 2012, the ship Costa Concordia has been grounded with several dead and missing. [[Too Soon|The episode was uploaded on Youtube at Jan. 12]].

* Depending on your opinion, this may also qualify as [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] too: the endless promotion for a then-unknown [[~~Kesha (Music)|~~Kesha]] on [http://www.key103.co.uk Key 103 Manchester], a British radio station's web site. Bizarrely, she was listed on the regular presenters' list too... although not now!

* Depending on your opinion, this may also qualify as [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] too: the endless promotion for a then-unknown [[Kesha]] on [http://www.key103.co.uk Key 103 Manchester], a British radio station's web site. Bizarrely, she was listed on the regular presenters' list too... although not now!

* Shellyfae's page on modelmayhem.com (possibly [[NSFW]], although [[Your Mileage May Vary]]), and her [[Twitter]] feed, are one entire [[Funny Aneurysm]] moment.

* During the ''[[~~Rifftrax~~]]'' commentary of ''[[Terminator]] 3'', either Mike Nelson or Kevin Murphy (I forget which) makes an offhand comment about Heath Ledger dying. Although this was released back in 2006 while he was still alive, anyone who's heard it after the unfortunate events of Jaunary 2008 when Ledger died of a sleeping pill overdose has to just cringe.

* During the ''[[Riff Trax]]'' commentary of ''[[Terminator]] 3'', either Mike Nelson or Kevin Murphy (I forget which) makes an offhand comment about Heath Ledger dying. Although this was released back in 2006 while he was still alive, anyone who's heard it after the unfortunate events of Jaunary 2008 when Ledger died of a sleeping pill overdose has to just cringe.

* [[~~Edds World~~]] had a joke about Tom getting cancer in the future because of a laser he got hit by. It's lost some of its humor as the real life Edd has died because of cancer.

* [[Eddsworld]] had a joke about Tom getting cancer in the future because of a laser he got hit by. It's lost some of its humor as the real life Edd has died because of cancer.

** It's not the only one about him. In ''[[~~ASDF Movie (Web Animation)~~|THE TWENTY MINUTE ASDFMOVIE]]'', an angry potato tells the "I like trains" kid, "I am an angry potato and I hope you die of cancer!" Edd Gould voiced the "I like trains" kid.

** It's not the only one about him. In ''[[Asdfmovie|THE TWENTY MINUTE ASDFMOVIE]]'', an angry potato tells the "I like trains" kid, "I am an angry potato and I hope you die of cancer!" Edd Gould voiced the "I like trains" kid.

* [[~~Face Book~~]] had one which concerned ''the site itself''. The fact that someone registered the domain in March 2002 is one such thing, even though the content was not social networking, it was just domain-parking.

* [[Facebook]] had one which concerned ''the site itself''. The fact that someone registered the domain in March 2002 is one such thing, even though the content was not social networking, it was just domain-parking.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCrh4tUwytQ A] [[The Land Before Time]] [[Youtube Poop]] by [[Jittery Dragon]] has one. In a moment when Ducky dies, a title card pops up with a picture of her in black and white which says "Ducky... She died for your sins" which is funny... that is until you realize that her original voice actress, Judith Barsi, was murdered by her father a few months before the first movie was released.