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[[File:Nevermore026_0005_9361.jpg|link=Teen Titans (Animation)|frame|She thinks he's funny! No really, she does!]]
[[File:Nevermore026_0005_9361.jpg|link=Teen Titans (animation)|frame|She thinks he's funny! No really, she does!]]




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'Cause you might enjoy some madness for a while."''|'''Billy Joel''', - "You May Be Right"}}
'Cause you might enjoy some madness for a while."''|'''Billy Joel''', - "You May Be Right"}}


{{quote|''You know I'm hilarious. And I'm not going to quit until I [[When She Smiles|get you to smile]].''|'''[[Teen Titans (Animation)|Beast Boy]]''', referring to [[Kuudere|Raven]]}}
{{quote|''You know I'm hilarious. And I'm not going to quit until I [[When She Smiles|get you to smile]].''|'''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Beast Boy]]''', referring to [[Kuudere|Raven]]}}


He's the joker of the group. She's the [[Emotionless Girl]] or perhaps the [[Tsundere]], maybe both. He makes it his mission in life to make her let out one of the most powerful emotional responses. It's a matter of personal pride. If he can break through her shell, he can brag about it for years.
He's the joker of the group. She's the [[Emotionless Girl]] or perhaps the [[Tsundere]], maybe both. He makes it his mission in life to make her let out one of the most powerful emotional responses. It's a matter of personal pride. If he can break through her shell, he can brag about it for years.
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** It's more like he's trying to force her to admit she has her unlady-like moments whenever she does something.
** It's more like he's trying to force her to admit she has her unlady-like moments whenever she does something.
* ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' A [[Gender Inverted Trope|gender inverted]] version occurs, where Misao swears that she'll make her crush [[The Stoic|Aoshi]] smile no matter what.
* ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' A [[Gender Inverted Trope|gender inverted]] version occurs, where Misao swears that she'll make her crush [[The Stoic|Aoshi]] smile no matter what.
* ''[[Galaxy Angel (Anime)|Galaxy Angel]]'' did a story like this, where this group of guys followed Vanilla around, trying to make her laugh. Apparently she finally did, but her laughter wasn't [[Cop Out|shown or heard]] in the actual anime, it was just [[Take Our Word for It|implied]] that she finally did.
* ''[[Galaxy Angel (anime)|Galaxy Angel]]'' did a story like this, where this group of guys followed Vanilla around, trying to make her laugh. Apparently she finally did, but her laughter wasn't [[Cop Out|shown or heard]] in the actual anime, it was just [[Take Our Word for It|implied]] that she finally did.
* ''[[Stellvia of the Universe]]'' Joey wins Akira's heart via this method.
* ''[[Stellvia of the Universe]]'' Joey wins Akira's heart via this method.
* [[Kodomo no Omocha (Manga)|Kodomo no Omocha]]: Gender inverted, Sana always tries to make Hayama laugh, or at the very least smile.
* [[Kodomo no Omocha]]: Gender inverted, Sana always tries to make Hayama laugh, or at the very least smile.
* This is subverted near the beginning of ''[[Ranma One Half]]'', when Akane is feeling down because of her unrequited feelings for [[First Love|Dr. Tofu]]. Because she's sad, she doesn't react violently to anything. You'd think Ranma would try to make her laugh, but he doesn't. Instead, he tries to make her angry again, since he's so used to her [[Tsundere]] side.
* This is subverted near the beginning of ''[[Ranma One Half]]'', when Akane is feeling down because of her unrequited feelings for [[First Love|Dr. Tofu]]. Because she's sad, she doesn't react violently to anything. You'd think Ranma would try to make her laugh, but he doesn't. Instead, he tries to make her angry again, since he's so used to her [[Tsundere]] side.
** Played straight in other instances.
** Played straight in other instances.
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== Live Action TV ==
== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Star Trek Voyager]]'' has an interesting take on this: (male) Neelix tries to make the (male) [[The Stoic|Vulcan]], Tuvok, laugh. Becomes a [[Reverse Funny Aneurysm]] when a transporter accident makes the two of them [[Ho Yay|into one]] in a later episode. I think I need [[Brain Bleach]] for even thinking that.
* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' has an interesting take on this: (male) Neelix tries to make the (male) [[The Stoic|Vulcan]], Tuvok, laugh. Becomes a [[Reverse Funny Aneurysm]] when a transporter accident makes the two of them [[Ho Yay|into one]] in a later episode. I think I need [[Brain Bleach]] for even thinking that.
* ''[[Zoey 101]]'' One episode has Michael determined to get Quinn to laugh at one of his jokes. The only problem is, she doesn't find his jokes funny at all. In the end, she ends up laughing at a pun he makes just to shut him up.
* ''[[Zoey 101]]'' One episode has Michael determined to get Quinn to laugh at one of his jokes. The only problem is, she doesn't find his jokes funny at all. In the end, she ends up laughing at a pun he makes just to shut him up.
* ''[[Faerie Tale Theatre]]'' has the episode "The Princess Who Had Never Laughed," based on a variation of the Norwegian folk tale above: Howie Mandell plays the peasant, who gets the princess to laugh by pointing out the sheer ridiculousness of the people she sees every day of her life, with the punch-line, "and ''she'' says 'Bring me someone who can make me laugh.'"
* ''[[Faerie Tale Theatre]]'' has the episode "The Princess Who Had Never Laughed," based on a variation of the Norwegian folk tale above: Howie Mandell plays the peasant, who gets the princess to laugh by pointing out the sheer ridiculousness of the people she sees every day of her life, with the punch-line, "and ''she'' says 'Bring me someone who can make me laugh.'"
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== Video Games ==
== Video Games ==
* ''[[Castlevania Judgment]]'' Grant occasionally makes it his goal to get an emotional reaction out of Alucard. This example [[Just Friends|isn't romantic]]. No, it isn't.
* ''[[Castlevania Judgment]]'' Grant occasionally makes it his goal to get an emotional reaction out of Alucard. This example [[Just Friends|isn't romantic]]. No, it isn't.
* ''[[Dragon Quest IV (Video Game)|Dragon Quest IV]]'' Subverted where a King will only give a special piece of equipment needed to defeat the [[Big Bad]] to someone who can make him laugh. ("For the good of the kingdom.") Your party hires a comedian and everything and then...the comedian scolds the king because your party is trying to save the world and nobody will ever laugh again if they don't. ''And it works!''
* ''[[Dragon Quest IV]]'' Subverted where a King will only give a special piece of equipment needed to defeat the [[Big Bad]] to someone who can make him laugh. ("For the good of the kingdom.") Your party hires a comedian and everything and then...the comedian scolds the king because your party is trying to save the world and nobody will ever laugh again if they don't. ''And it works!''
* ''[[Elite Beat Agents]]'' Leo's episode is about his efforts to get the [[Emotionless Girl]] Lisa to smile, and thus inspire artwork. In the good ending, {{spoiler|the [[Fauxtastic Voyage|"special tunnel"]] finally does the trick.}}
* ''[[Elite Beat Agents]]'' Leo's episode is about his efforts to get the [[Emotionless Girl]] Lisa to smile, and thus inspire artwork. In the good ending, {{spoiler|the [[Fauxtastic Voyage|"special tunnel"]] finally does the trick.}}
** By the way, that's Leonardo da Vinci and the subject of the Mona Lisa.
** By the way, that's Leonardo da Vinci and the subject of the Mona Lisa.
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== Visual Novels ==
== Visual Novels ==
* ''[[Fate Stay Night]]'' [[Gender Inverted Trope|gender inverted]]. Tohsaka realizes that she ''never'' sees Shirou laugh and that he rarely smiles. It makes her mad because while he likes making others happy he never actually enjoys himself. Ayako also notes this early on. Tohsaka decides they'll take a day off to make him enjoy himself. {{spoiler|With good reason, because as a person who never lives for himself, after he turns into Archer he becomes bitterly resentful of his life. She likes Archer, but doesn't want Shirou to become like him.}}
* ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' [[Gender Inverted Trope|gender inverted]]. Tohsaka realizes that she ''never'' sees Shirou laugh and that he rarely smiles. It makes her mad because while he likes making others happy he never actually enjoys himself. Ayako also notes this early on. Tohsaka decides they'll take a day off to make him enjoy himself. {{spoiler|With good reason, because as a person who never lives for himself, after he turns into Archer he becomes bitterly resentful of his life. She likes Archer, but doesn't want Shirou to become like him.}}
* ''[[Kanon]]'' [[Deadpan Snarker|Yuichi]] often does this to [[Hot Chick With a Sword|Mai]], claiming that [[Emotionless Girl|getting any kind of reaction from her at all is like winning a medal]].
* ''[[Kanon]]'' [[Deadpan Snarker|Yuichi]] often does this to [[Hot Chick with a Sword|Mai]], claiming that [[Emotionless Girl|getting any kind of reaction from her at all is like winning a medal]].




== Western Animation ==
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Teen Titans (Animation)|Teen Titans]]'' does this with Beast Boy and Raven. It turns out in the [[Prequel]] episode "Go!" that he got her to laugh during their first meeting, and he's been trying to replicate that ever since. He's succeeded three times: said prequel episode, an encounter with her "happy side" during a [[Journey to The Center of The Mind]] episode, and when he had a cold and lost control of his powers every time he sneezed. Notably, her happy side told Beast Boy that she always finds his jokes funny; her mildly irritated, [[Deadpan Snarker]] reactions to his jokes may be more about maintaining her emotional reserve than being genuinely annoyed.
* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' does this with Beast Boy and Raven. It turns out in the [[Prequel]] episode "Go!" that he got her to laugh during their first meeting, and he's been trying to replicate that ever since. He's succeeded three times: said prequel episode, an encounter with her "happy side" during a [[Journey to the Center of the Mind]] episode, and when he had a cold and lost control of his powers every time he sneezed. Notably, her happy side told Beast Boy that she always finds his jokes funny; her mildly irritated, [[Deadpan Snarker]] reactions to his jokes may be more about maintaining her emotional reserve than being genuinely annoyed.




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