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{{quote|'''Jazmine:''' What's so funny?
'''Robert:''' Oh, nothing. Hilarity just ensued; that's all.
'''Jazmine:''' It '''did'''?!
Alleged consequence of any event in a [[
Traditionally seen in the capsule descriptions of episodes found in programming guides: "Jimbo accidentally glues his boss to a golf cart and hilarity ensues." Outside of these descriptions, though, the phrase is usually used sarcastically, indicating that the consequences are anything ''but'' hilarious. The less charitable might say that hilarity is what happens for those hearing about it afterward.
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90% of the time, when a preview claims 'hilarity ensues', it does not. Perhaps hilarity was ''supposed'' to ensue, or the writers ''expected'' it to ensue, but on the whole the events considered hilarious by the writers of most sitcoms are about as hilarious as shaving your nether-regions with a hedge-trimmer (not [[Comedic Sociopathy|watching someone else do it]], because that actually [[Groin Attack|would be funny]], and more or less so if [[Balls of Steel|they don't even wince]] and enter [[Sarcasm Mode]], saying "that didn't hurt", or "well THAT was fun").
On
Variants include "...with hilarious consequences" (more common in the UK), "wackiness ensues", and "hijinks ensue." In extreme cases "wacky hijinks ensue." Hijinks are often "aplenty." Compare [[Silliness Switch]], when the hilarity is a choice in an otherwise serious medium.
[[Not to Be Confused With]] the [[Web Comic]] ''[[Hijinks Ensue]]''. Or with [[Humanity Ensues]]. When something serious happens and it's not played for laughs, you may end up with [[Reality Ensues]]. If the aforementioned hilarity is a lawsuit, it may be a case of [[
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
* You can summarize most non-action-based episodes of ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' in this manner. Sousuke goes to school; hilarity ensues. Sousuke goes to the beach; hilarity ensues. Sousuke goes on a date; hilarity ensues. Sousuke goes to a festival; hilarity ensues. If you swap out "hilarity" and "violence" as appropriate - or more frequently combine the two - you can summarize ''every'' episode that way.▼
▲== Anime and Manga ==
▲* You can summarize most non-action-based episodes of ''[[Full Metal Panic]]'' in this manner. Sousuke goes to school; hilarity ensues. Sousuke goes to the beach; hilarity ensues. Sousuke goes on a date; hilarity ensues. Sousuke goes to a festival; hilarity ensues. If you swap out "hilarity" and "violence" as appropriate - or more frequently combine the two - you can summarize ''every'' episode that way.
* About half the plots against Loki in ''[[Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok]]'' have this at some point.
* On ''[[
* What happens when you assign a class of untrained, inexperienced, ADHD-afflicted ten-year-old kids to pilot and monitor a [[Zettai Muteki Raijin
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'': A 10-year-old wizard has to teach an all-girls class! It's wacky! [[Genre Shift|At first.]]
* In the first episode of ''[[Mitsudomoe]]'', the class hamster is named Nipples.
* Take a powerful, macho martial artist and throw him into a cursed [[Gender Bender]]
* ''[[School Rumble]]'': High school romance comedy. Idiot delinquent (Harima) has a secret, obsessive crush on an even more clueless classmate (Tenma), who is in love with a complete oddball (Karasuma), who is in love with food (curry). Tenma's [[Yamato Nadeshiko|quiet, gentle]] sister Yakumo, her [[Ojou]] friend Eri, and the [[Hello, Nurse!|hot school nurse]] may or may not have feelings for Harima, depending on the rumors you believe and the time of day. Also, both Tenma and Harima's cousin Itoko think Harima is in a relationship with Yakumo. [[Class Representative|Class rep]] Hanai is loudly in love with Yakumo (thus seeing Harima as his rival), while two or three girls may or may not have feelings for ''him''. And that's just the beginning.
* The entirety of ''[[To
* Tons of examples in ''[[One Piece]]''. The rather off-the-wall thought processes of the Straw Hats and plenty of other characters make everything comedic fodder. The idea behind a stretchy hero is, in the first place, to make serious situations funny.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[Deadpool|Me]] in... well, any- and everything I happen to appear in actually. I've considered attempting to usurp the throne of Hilarityensusia, but I've concluded that it's probably, like, a
* Similarly, ''[[Tiny Titans]]''. Especially at Wayne Manor and Pet Club.▼
* The ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'' series. Video game elements, and ex-boyfriends as evil bosses? Hilarity indeed! Balanced by the relationships, which are all treated really nice.▼
==
* Used frequently in the summaries of [[Fan Fiction]]. Can sum up the first part of the ''Prolecto'' series, though it's deconstructed later on. "Girls get turned into Succubi, Hilarity ensues. Emphasized by the character of Kayla, who is stark-raving mad.
▲* [[Deadpool|Me]] in... well, any- and everything I happen to appear in actually. I've considered attempting to usurp the throne of Hilarityensusia, but I've concluded that it's probably, like, a LOT more appropriate to be the court jester, instead. Now, if I could only find a way to by-pass his [[Joker Immunity]] and off [[The Joker]]...
** http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6721353/ {{context}}▼
▲* Similarly, [[Tiny Titans]]. Especially at Wayne Manor and Pet Club.
▲* The [[Scott Pilgrim]] series. Video game elements, and ex-boyfriends as evil bosses? Hilarity indeed! Balanced by the relationships, which are all treated really nice.
== [[Literature]] ==
* Referenced in the ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[
* In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', one of the short stories can best be described as "Harry has a day off.
* In ''[[The Pale King]]'', [[David Foster Wallace]] gets [[Mistaken for Special Guest|mistaken for David F. Wallace]] due to a screw-up with the IRS's records and has to spend his first few days in the Peoria REC [[Feigning Intelligence|attending meetings he knows nothing about]]. The ''other'' David gets stuck in a bureaucratic nightmare because the IRS already has records of him arriving and won't allow him to register.▼
==
▲* Referenced in the ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Jingo|Jingo]]'': "Any homely featured man who for whatever reason has to [[Disguised in Drag|disguise himself as a woman]] will inevitably become [[Attractive Bent Gender|attractive to otherwise perfectly sane men]], with, as the ancient scrolls say, hilarious results." Unfortunately, laws of reality had to go against {{spoiler|Nobby}} and admit defeat.
▲* In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', one of the short stories can best be described as "Harry has a day off. [[Hilarity Ensues]]." It's [[Crowning Moment of Funny|glorious]], too.
▲* In [[The Pale King]], [[David Foster Wallace]] gets [[Mistaken for Special Guest|mistaken for David F. Wallace]] due to a screw-up with the IRS's records and has to spend his first few days in the Peoria REC [[Feigning Intelligence|attending meetings he knows nothing about]]. The ''other'' David gets stuck in a bureaucratic nightmare because the IRS already has records of him arriving and won't allow him to register.
* Referenced frequently by early seasons of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''. Any time it appeared that plot threads were about to converge, Joel would shout, "Looks like we're on a collision course with ''wackiness!''"
* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'': "And next week, Dan falls into a vat of human dung, with hilarious consequences."
* ''[[Veronica Mars]]'': Veronica charges extra if
* ''[[Firefly]]'':
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'''Wash''': Wacky fun. }}
* ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]'': [[Villain Protagonist|Hyacinth]] tricks Richard into stealing a car, and then she blames him, but neither of them is known to suffer any legal consequence.
* ''[[
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** Also in episode "Tough Love":
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* In the "Save Our Bluths" episode of ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]''
* The ''[[Father Ted]]'' Christmas special begins with Ted finding [[Away in
* Referenced in ''[[
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* Evoked by name in an episode of ''[[
* ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode "The Trouble with Tribbles." Lieutenant Uhura takes advantage of her shore leave to buy an incredibly adorable alien animal which is basically just an incredibly friendly ball of fluff with a purr. The whole rest of the episode is one long Hilarity Ensues.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==▼
▲== Newspaper Comics ==
* ''[[FoxTrot]]'' uses a similar phrase to describe the typical plot of an episode of ''[[Frasier]]''. Jason complains to Andy that the restaurant where he's scheduled an impressive party is removing foreign cheeses from its menu, finishing with "I just know madcap hijinks will come of this!"
* [http://safr.kingfeatures.com/idn/content.php?file=aHR0cDovL3NhZnIua2luZ2ZlYXR1cmVzLmNvbS9CYWJ5Qmx1ZXMvMjAxMS8wOC9CYWJ5X0JsdWVzX3RzLjIwMTEwODI4XzUyNS5naWY=&tok=bc2681ceeac416835d92ebd39a610b47 This] ''[[Baby Blues]]'' strip describes this trope perfectly.
== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* Three words: Big. Dick. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo7t9cn7dBo&feature=related Johnson]▼
== [[Recorded and Stand
* Referenced and parodied by [[Bill Bailey]] right at the beginning of ''Part Troll'' when explaining why he can't tell traditional jokes. He tends to bail out because:
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* Stephen K. Amos claims that his entire life can be summed up in the phrase, "A black family moves in next door to a white family... Hilarity ensues!"
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==▼
* "Hilarity ensues" is a good way to describe what happens when Orks go to war in ''[[Warhammer
* Tends to pop up whenever anything involving ''[[Paranoia]]'' is discussed. Indeed, the latest{{when}} release features slogans down the bottom, including one ''requiring'' hilarity to ensue.▼
* Actively invoked in ''[[Teenagers
==
▲* Three words: Big. Dick. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo7t9cn7dBo&feature=related Johnson]
▲== Tabletop Games ==
▲* "Hilarity ensues" is a good way to describe what happens when Orks go to war in ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' because, to the Orks, it really is hilarious -- they're having a great time, and the bigger the stuff they blow up, the more fun it is. To say that everyone else in the galaxy does not reciprocate the Orks' feelings on warfare and Ork invasions would be an understatement. For another perspective, an Ork Waaagh!, or campaign, is referred to in the background as a mix between a [[Crazy Awesome|holy war and a pub crawl.]]
▲* Tends to pop up whenever anything involving ''[[Paranoia]]'' is discussed. Indeed, the latest release features slogans down the bottom, including one ''requiring'' hilarity to ensue.
▲* Actively invoked in [[Teenagers From Outer Space]], where, should the mood be getting too serious, it's expected that the players make it funnier. There are actual instructions in the rule book to also interupt any romantic moment getting too romantic with...anything.
* This is endemic in ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'', be it the [[Cruel Player Character God]] sort of hilarity (let's flood the baron's bedroom with lava!), the "made an engineering mistake" sort of hilarity (watch the dorfs attempting to outrun the well overflowing because you forgot to prevent a water pressure backup!), or one of the infamous [[Disaster Dominoes|tantrum spirals]]. Just bear in mind that Losing is Fun. Then go back to [[Evil Laugh|laughing]] as goblins attempt to invade and get turned into [[Chunky Salsa Rule|goblin salsa]] when they hit your wall of weapon traps loaded with giant swinging axe blades and huge serrated steel discs.
* [[Good Bad Bugs]] often leads to this. In ''[[Makaitoushi Sa Ga|Makaitoushi
* Weapons that allow the player to [[Wreaking Havok|throw about objects or people at will]], like the [[Half-Life|Gravity Gun]] or [[Halo|Gravity Hammer]].
* ''[[Magicka]]'' oh so much. Easily accessed nuke spells, no mana bar, squishy player characters, and friendly fire? Check, check, check, and check. Seriously. Go watch [[Yogscast]] and [[Total Biscuit]] play Magicka together. Half the hilarity is from watching them kill one another. Both on purpose AND by accident. And a majority of the deaths are Simon's fault.
* ''[[Solatorobo]]'' is this in spades. It happens a few times in the main storyline, but at least 90% of [[Sidequest
* A lot of ''[[
== [[Web
* ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this at the end of this [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail155.html Strong Bad Email]. "And his first guest... is hilarity!"
* "Hilarity ensues" is one of the
* Thomas Wilde and Dan Birlew's [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/gamecube/file/535836/2204 ''Resident Evil'' Plot Analysis] frequently uses the phrases "hilarity ensues" when giving the preliminary outline to the plot of a game. Since the games involve zombies, mutants, [[Corrupt Corporate Executive
▲* Used frequently in the summaries of [[Fan Fiction]]. Can sum up the first part of the Prolecto series, though it's deconstructed later on. "Girls get turned into Succubi, Hilarity ensues. Emphasized by the character of Kayla, who is stark-raving mad.
▲** http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6721353/
▲* Thomas Wilde and Dan Birlew's [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/gamecube/file/535836/2204 Resident Evil Plot Analysis] frequently uses the phrases "hilarity ensues" when giving the preliminary outline to the plot of a game. Since the games involve zombies, mutants, [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Corrupt Corporate Executives]], and vast amounts of death, it's safe to say this is ''slightly'' ironic...
** I hadn't realized I used it so much. It's Fark's fault. - Thomas Wilde
** Wilde's usual writing style usually has an extremely sarcastic tone to it, so it's not so much ironic as two tons of [[Deadpan Snarker]].
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** Which is a lie. It ensued, all right. [[Blatant Lies|Just not for Tucker...]]
* The entirety of ''[[Kickassia]]''. Yes, all of it.
* ''[[
* So, a guy suddenly breaks up with his girlfriend and is force (along with the others in his apartment) into the dangerous, violent world of male prostitution in ''[[Manwhores]]''. Somehow,
*
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* [http://gigaville.com/comic.php?id=15 This] ''[[The Last Days of Foxhound]]'' comic, a subversion in that Octopus happens to be correct.
* [
* From ''[[Looking for Group]]'': "Once [the fire] reaches your eyebrows, that's when hilarity really ensues."
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130601061134/http://www.pvponline.com/2009/11/16/the-incident-part-one/ This] ''[[
* In [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0434.html this episode] of ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'', Xykon uses the phrase to describe his murder of Roy's father's master, Archmage Fyron. From his point of view, it actually was hilarious.
** Technically, he referred to [[Mugging the Monster|running into an archmage]] while trying to rob a "librarian". But he won.
* ''[[New School Kids]]'' has this as the missing events during the ''Yeahijinks'' comic.
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''[[Ctrl
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141018185900/http://revfitz.com/msi187.html This]''Mr. Square'' is a self parody on it's weekly updates, "I'm deppressed blah blah something random" followed by a panel with nothing but "Hillarity Ensues!"
* ''[[Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic]]'' characters bring hilarity in rather regularly. Especially when [[The Loonie|Charlotte]] or [[Cloudcuckoolander|Cap'n Fang]] are allowed to run wild.
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'''Lucas''' (thinks): I'm in a room with the end of the world! }}
* ''[[The Stupiders]]'' - In fact, it says so right on the [http://www.stupiders.com website's homepage!]. You can't get anymore straight forward then that!
== [[Western Animation]] ==▼
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''
▲== Western Animation ==
▲* ''[[The Simpsons]]''
** Moe gets on a soap opera, only to be led to think his character will be killed off. He decides to have Homer spoil the future plot events on live broadcast. All the plot summaries written seem to end with "...with sexy results".
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'''Moe''': Ooh! That's unexpected. What else?
'''Homer''': Well, Sister Bernadette will leave the convent and start a softball team... with sexy results. }}
* Lampshaded in the "Sweet Smell Of Success" episode of ''[[
▲** In one ''Simpsons'' comic, Bart convinces professional [[Butt Monkey]] Milhouse van Houten that [[Mad Scientist|Professor Frink's]] dumpster has rendered him (Milhouse) invisible. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]], because when Bart's thought bubbles include the phrase "hilarious hijinks", he concludes he spends way too much time reading program descriptions in the TV guide.
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▲* Lampshaded in the "Sweet Smell Of Success" episode of [[Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends]]:
▲{{quote| '''Bloo''': But imagine what would happen if someone spotted me and I became a big celebrity! That would lead to all manner of crazy and hilarious consequences, don't you think?}}
== [[Real Life]] ==
* A lot of times, little kids manage to pull this off. When a three-year-old calls Uncle Bob fat or says that Grandpa sure has a lot of gray in his hair, it tends to be kind of funny. When ''you'' do it, expect to get a lot of [[Death Glare|death glares]] aimed your way.
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