Rule of Funny/Quotes

"We're gonna keep doing this sketch. Y'know why? Because it's funny. And in my business, you never cut funny."

—King Kaiser, My Favorite Year

Eddie: You mean to tell me you could've taken your hand out of that cuff at any time?!
Roger: No, not at any time; only when it was funny!

—Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

"We try not to think too much about the floating baby head . . . It makes us laugh, 'nuff said."

—Jeff "Swampy" Marsh

Major Monogram: That doesn't even make any sense.
Dr. Doofenshmirtz: It doesn't have to, I've got a monster truck!

—Phineas and Ferb, "Phineas and Ferb's Musical Cliptastic Countdown"

Dan Aykroyd: "Are there any local residents whom you've seen acting strangely?"
Stewie: "Well, there's a pedophile up the street that nobody seems to be doing anything about, but it's mainly because he's so funny."

—Family Guy

"I'll go where the humor takes me, and if that happens to create gross inconsistencies, then so be it."

—Rich Burlew, author of Order of the Stick

The Lobe: Freakazoid! Why is it taking us so long to fall?!
Freakazoid: 'Cause it's funny!
The Lobe: No, it's not! It's just stupid! It's as dumb as that Handman episode!

—Freakazoid!, "Virtual Freakapoop"

Eric: I forgot my mom's birthday.
Hyde: Really? 'Cause I remembered your mom's birthday.
Eric: If you remembered, then why didn't you tell me?
Hyde: How would that be funny?

—That '70s Show

"Lots of things happen in cartoons that you just don't see in the real world. That's part of the fun of cartoons."

—Toon

"Why'd I have Sorin say that? It was funny. Really, end of story."

—Mark Rosewater, Tales From the Pit

Mega Man: If I were to guess, I would say that it was done using that unique property of highly random humor in which a character can spontaneously do just about anything as long as it's part of the joke.
Dr. Cossack: Like the sudden appearance of a chalk board?
Mega Man: Exactly. I call it the gag reflex.

—Bob and George

"Suspect has left the vehicle, I will pursue him in my yellow Bumblebee car and run him over, because that's funny."

—videogamedunkey, GTA Online