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Arguably a subtrope of [[No Social Skills]] depending on the culture. May overlap with [[Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor]] and [[Sarcasm Blind]]. Also see [[Late to The Punchline]], [[Don't Explain the Joke]] and [[Cannot Tell a Joke]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
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* [[Alan Moore]]'s ''[[Promethea]]'' features a female cop [[Named After Somebody Famous|named]] [[Lucille Ball]] in the supporting cast. She frequently has to say, "No relation" and remind people that she has No Sense Of Humor.
* [[Batman]] himself sometimes falls under this trope, [[Depending On the Writer]].
** Surprisingly enough, the original version of [[The Joker]]. In his first appearance, he was a permanently smiling psychotic gangster with ''no sense of humor whatsoever''. In his first fight with Batman, Bats is actually the one making puns, while Joker is screaming [[I'll Kill You!|"I am going to kill you!"]]
* [[Moon Knight]], also [[Depending On the Writer]]. Rather apt given that he's an [[Expy]] for [[Batman]].
* [[X Men]]: Professor X and Magneto are frequently flanderized as no-nonsense extremists. James [[Mc Avoy]]'s portrayal of Xavier in X-Men First Class is the first attempt to move away from this, although one might simply assume that as he gets older, he will get more serious. Also, Ian Mc Kellen gave Magneto a deadpan, cynical sense of humor which was expanded on by Michael Fassbender.
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* Pedro Camacho from ''[[Aunt Julia and The Scriptwriter]]''.
* In ''[[Warrior Cats (Literature)|Warrior Cats]]'', Rainflower begins scolding Crookedjaw and Oakheart for telling friendly jokes about the queens, making a (quite) boring lecture about how the queens "enjoy helping their Clan". Crookedjaw and Oakheart just roll their eyes at this.
* [[Deadpan Snarker|Asher]] in ''[[Someone
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* In early episodes of ''[[Mork and Mindy]]'', Mork identifies people making [[In Universe]] jokes by saying "Oh, humor -- Ar-Ar!" And almost as often he does that when people aren't joking.
* A common trait for the villains on ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]''. And some non-villains, like the Ood.
* Major Neuheim of ''[[Private Schulz]]'' is a [[Pointy
* Played with in ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', Colonel O'Neill has very specifically stated that [[Spell My Name With an "S"|his name is spelled with two Ls]] on several occasions; this is because there's another Colonel Jack O'Neil in the fictional version of the USAF, one with No Sense Of Humor. This is an in-joke and lampshading of the fact that Kurt Russell's version of the character in the movie (spelled with one L in the credits) was significantly less funny.
** Teal'c almost never tells a joke or laughs (unless you count his occasional plays on earth idioms), with one [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka6tvlewO3c exception]
* Wesley on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' started out this way, but later became a more rounded character as he transitioned to ''[[Angel]]''.
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* An executive for [[Looney Tunes]] once overheard a group of writers laughing at jokes being thought up for a specific Looney Tunes. The executive stormed in and asked what all the laughing had to do with the making of animated cartoons.
** Sounds like Ed Seltzer. He was well-known for having the sense of humor of an underripe potato. They used to use him as a sort of barometer for the quality of their ideas; if he liked it, they were off the mark. Seltzer was, in fact, the specific genesis of the cartoon "Bully For Bugs", when he barged into a brainstorming session and declared, sans all provocation, that bullfights weren't funny, and there were to be no cartoons about them.
* A frequent side effect of [[Asperger Syndrome|Asperger's]] is the inability to understand humour, as well as [[Does Not Understand Sarcasm|sarcasm]], due to their being [[Literal Minded]]. (Or they may understand it but have trouble distinguishing it from sincerity, which leads to similar reactions.) This can be subverted by Aspies themselves, who can [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?|learn to understand humour]] just as well as any other emotion.
** Not exactly. A sense of humour and what's funny or not is acquired; aspies, not being so naturally keen on social interaction, can often develop a rather dark sense of humour, as they do not have the same inhibitions against it.
*** Also, it should be clarified that "understanding humor" and "appreciating humor" are two different things. It is possible to lack an appreciation of humor for reasons other than social ineptness.
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== Western Animation ==
* [[Batman]] in ''[[Batman:
* Adult Ben, as seen in the ''[[Ben 10 (Animation)|Ben 10]]'' episode "Ben 10,000".
* Optimus Prime in ''[[Transformers Prime]]''. It's stated that all Primes are like this -- the Matrix of Leadership, which contains the accumulated wisdom of all past Primes, gives them a sense of responsibility, dignity and gravitas that leaves little room for goofing around.
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