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{{quote|'''Edward Blake / The Comedian''': Once you figure out what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense.<br />
'''Doctor Manhattan:''' [[The Vietnam War|The charred villages, the boys with necklaces made of human ears]]...these are part of the joke?<br />
'''Blake:''' Hey, I never said it was a ''good'' joke. I'm just playing along with the gag.|''[[Watchmen (Comic Bookcomics)|Watchmen]]'' }}
 
{{quote|''[To Moloch]'' I mean, what's so funny? What's so goddamned ''funny?''|'''''The Comedian''''', ''[[Watchmen (Comic Bookcomics)|Watchmen]]'' }}
 
{{quote|I don't need no fucking man servant / trying to follow me around and wipe my ass / Laugh at every single joke I crack/ And half of 'em ain't even funny, like / "Ha! Marshall you're so funny man / You should be a comedian, god damn!" / Unfortunately I am / I just hide behind the tears of a clown.|'''''[[Eminem]]''''', ''Beautiful''}}
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{{quote|''"With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die."''|'''[[Abraham Lincoln]]'''}}
 
{{quote|''"And if [[Commedia Dell 'Arte|Harlequin shall steal your Columbine]],<br />
Laugh, Pagliaccio, so the crowd will cheer!<br />
Turn your distress and tears into jest,<br />
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Laugh at the grief that poisons your heart!"''|English translation of '''Canio''''s ''Vesti la giubba'', from Ruggero Leoncavello's ''[[Pagliacci]]''}}
 
{{quote|'''Warden:''' This is the part where you deflect questions with humour?<br />
'''Alistair:''' I'd use my shield, but I think you'd actually see me hiding behind it.|''[[Dragon Age (Video Game)|Dragon Age]]''}}
 
{{quote|'''Hawke:''' I have a smile on my face. That should be enough for most people.<br />
'''Aveline:''' That doesn't work on me.|''[[Dragon Age II (Video Game)|Dragon Age II]]''}}
 
{{quote|''"I can't help but notice - the closer I get to an uncomfortable truth, the more lame jokes you start making."''|'''[[Iron Man]]''', to [[Spider -Man]]
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