Funny Character, Boring Actor/Playing With

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Basic Trope: Comedic characters played by dull actors.

  • Straight: Funny Bob is funny, but the actor who played him, Serious Bob, is boring.
  • Exaggerated: Funny Bob makes jokes that make people's heads explode with laughter onscreen, but his actor, Serious Bob, causes many people to commit suicide or die from boredom when he's offscreen.
  • Downplayed: Funny Bob is hilarious, able to spurt out a joke per minute, but Serious Bob is shy and reserved and can't tell a single good joke.
  • Justified:
    • Serious Bob can't be funny without writers writing all his jokes for him.
    • Serious Bob is shy and reserved, but feels more comfortable playing a character.
  • Inverted: Bob the actor is a very funny man, his character is incredibly dull.
  • Subverted: ???
  • Double Subverted: ???
  • Parodied: ???
  • Zig Zagged: ???
  • Averted: Bob is funny on stage and off stage.
  • Enforced: ???
  • Lampshaded: ???
  • Invoked: Bob intentionally acts unfunny during interviews to keep from having to do more interviews.
  • Exploited: ???
  • Defied: Bob takes improv classes and learns to be more funny on the spot.
  • Discussed: ???
  • Conversed: ???

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