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{{quote|'''Superman''': Is everything okay?
'''Wonder Woman''': Well, I'm sort of missing Flash's obligatory joke about Grodd having made a monkey out of us.
'''Superman''':
'''Wonder Woman''': Obligatory!
|''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League]] Unlimited'', "Dead Reckoning" }}
In certain situations, characters (and writers, it seems) just ''have'' to make certain puns. And they're usually the same ones. But [[Tropes Are Not Bad]], as in many cases the audience may feel disappointed or even slightly confused if the obligatory joke fails to come up.
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Nonetheless, many writers try to inject some freshness into the obligatory, by lampshading or overt and deliberate subversion.
* Anything involving a primate is going to involve lines like "Monkeying Around" or Making a Monkey('s uncle) out of someone," and "Monkey Business".
** We're just going to make it easy and say that whenever a situation with an animal comes up, somebody will have to quote a saying or phrase having to do with it.
* Anything involving honey, molasses, maple syrup, etc. will be described as a "sticky situation."
* A person [[Bound and Gagged]], or even just bound, will be described as "a little tied up right now."
* If an animal of some kind is biting someone, an onlooker will be prompted to ask, "What's eating you?"
* Any hand-related pun when dealing with hand monsters or [[Literal
* Cat-related jokes are sometimes ''cat''astrophic or ''cat''holic. They may leave you ''cat''atonic.
* Any time electricity is involved, you know someone will quip about a "shocking" situation.
* Similarly, expect [[An Ice Person]] to be surrounded by an abundance of "Ice to meet you," "Take a chill pill," etc. jokes.
* Whenever identical twins appear as part of a main cast or as recurring characters, someone ''will'' eventually ask who the older one is, even though this is only truly important if they are royalty.
See also [[Incredibly Lame Pun]], [[Bond One
{{examples|Examples:}}▼
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* ''[[The Spectacular Spider
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* Sirius Black taking every opportunity to make "serious"/"Sirius" puns in ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fanfics, to the point that in many later works, the characters ''start out already tired of them''.
== [[Film]] ==
* Meta-example, [[Stan Lee]] is certain to make a [[Cameo]] in ''every'' [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] movie for as long as he is able.
* Every film (and some [[Expanded Universe]] stories) in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' franchise will have someone [[Tempting Fate]] by saying, "I have a bad feeling about this."
== [[Literature]] ==
*
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* On ''[[QI]]'', giving the obvious-but-incorrect answer causes an alarm to ring and the panelist to forfeit points. Obvious riffs such as these sometimes trigger the klaxon as well.
* ''[[Castle]]'' uses the "tied up right now" variant when the eponymous character had bound himself to a chair [[It Makes Sense in Context|to see whether he could free himself]]. [[Playing
* After the first act of the Jaye P. Morgan episode of ''[[The Muppet Show]]'', where Morgan wears a ruffled bird outfit, we have this exchange between [[Statler and Waldorf]]:
{{quote|'''Statler:''' Ooh, Jaye P. Morgan is terrific!
'''Waldorf:''' Yeah, but that last number was for the birds!
'''Statler:''' You had to make that joke, did you?
'''Waldorf:''' Well, one of us had to, and I lost the toss!}}
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* Michael Caesar of ''[[The Boondocks]]'' often makes obligatory bad jokes about current events or whatever the topic of the day is about. His best friend Huey's response is usually to [[Beat Panel|stop and glare at him]], [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|and then walk offscreen without saying a word]]. Caesar usually quips that he needs a better audience.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* [[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee's]] review of ''[[No More Heroes]]'' opened with the song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4pkNcE8nsM "No More Heroes"] by The Stranglers, which he cut short stating it was too obvious.
* [[
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* On [http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=1119 this page] of ''[[Dinosaur Comics]]'', T-Rex complains about the overuse of the phrase "a whale of a good time" in conjunction with literal whales.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In the ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' episode "Doctor's Disorders", Penelope Spectra tries to get a sample of Danny's DNA to make a perfect body for herself. When she's not looking, Danny swaps it out with something from his dad's uses hankerchief. The result is Spectra turning into a Jack Fenton-shaped snot monster. Danny comments, "There's a 'You blew it' pun here somewhere, but I'd rather not." When the fight begins, Spectra growls, "Let's boogie!" to which Danny replies, "That's ''exactly'' the kind of pun I was trying to avoid with the 'You blew it' comment!"
* In a particularly silly episode of ''[[Batman:
* The page quote was used in ''[[Justice League (
* In one episode of ''[[
* In the ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'' (''U.S. Acres'' segment) "Secrets of the Animated Cartoon", Orson explains that it is required by law to do a [[The Take|a take]] whenever you're scared, and then goes on to explain [[Double Take]]s, [[Spit-Take]]s, and [[Late to The Punchline|Delayed Reaction Takes]]. In the next scene he claims that a chase scene in a cartoon also requires the [[Painted Tunnel, Real Train]] gag.
* In ''every'' version of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', someone will, at least once, use the word "rat" in a negative way, and then [[Insult Friendly Fire| have to apologize to Splinter.]]
== [[Video Games]] ==
* It's lampshaded in ''[[Strong
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'''Strong Bad''': ''(sighs) "You can say it, Homestar..."''
'''Homestar''': ''"Just hangin' around."'' }}
* ''[[Starcraft]]'' has a meta-example. If you claim it's ''[[War Craft]]'' [[In Space]], someone is sure to counter this claim by saying, "it's far more sophisticated!"
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[[Category:Comedy Tropes]]
[[Category:Obligatory Joke]]
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