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{{trope}}
A pretty common [[Real Life]] reaction to something especially funny is for someone to end up character gripping their stomach in pain, often while laughing hard enough to weep. As in real life, so in fiction: '''Laughing Themselves Sick''' is the most common physical response a character can have to an in-universe [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]. Some characters may remain standing, while others may have to sit down or will even roll around on the floor; the
[[Die Laughing]] is a related trope (though hopefully not ''too'' related) where the character in question actually dies while laughing, though not necessarily ''because'' of it.
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== [[Fan Works]] ==
* In the ''[[Worm]]/[[Luna Varga]]'' crossover fic ''[[Taylor Varga]]'' by "mp3.1415player", Amy and Taylor end up rolling on the floor laughing more than once over the plans they make. The habit spreads to the Family as a whole, whenever they do something to boggle the city.
* Also found in another fic by "mp3.1415player", the ''[[Worm]]/[[Doom (series)|DOOM]]'' crossover ''[[Taylor is DOOMed]]''. During a sidestory set in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', both Xander and Taylor's minions have this response to watching the black ops squad dispatched by the Watcher's Council utterly fail at fighting vampires hand to hand. One of the demons mentions that several of the smaller minions have actually injured themselves laughing at their antics. When Xander expresses surprise that it was possible, the demon admits that it was a surprise to them, too.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' does this often depending on the episode.
** In "[[SpongeBob SquarePants/Recap/S4/E5 Selling Out - Funny Pants|Funny Pants]]", SpongeBob laughs so hard so often that he seems to pull something; Squidward is so tired of the annoying laughter that he takes the opportunity to convince his coworker that he's wearing out his "laugh box". On Squidward's bunk advice, SpongeBob manages to go 24 hours without laughing, only to then find that he can't laugh anymore. This leaves him in a deep depression until Squidward comes clean, which causes them to both laugh heartily - but Squidward finds it far funnier than Spongebob did, to the point where his laughter actually lands him in the hospital! Turns out laugh boxes are a real organ, and his was so barely-used that it gave out. Spongebob was thankfully kind enough to donate a part of his own... which gives Squidward the same exact annoying laugh and drives him insane.
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