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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.
'''Doctor Manhattan:''' [[The Vietnam War|The charred villages, the boys with necklaces made of human ears]]...these are part of the joke?
'''Blake:''' Hey, I never said it was a ''good'' joke. I'm just playing along with the gag.
|''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]'' }}
{{quote|''[To Moloch]'' I mean, what's so funny? What's so goddamned ''funny?''|'''''The Comedian'''''
{{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''}}
{{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]],
''Laugh, Pagliaccio, so the crowd will cheer!
''Turn your distress and tears into jest,
''Your pain and sobbing into a funny face - Ah!
''Laugh, Pagliaccio,
''At your broken love!
''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?
'''Alistair:''' I'd use my shield, but I think you'd actually see me hiding behind it.
|''[[Dragon Age]]''}}
{{quote|'''Hawke:''' I have a smile on my face. That should be enough for most people.
'''Aveline:''' That doesn't work on me.
|''[[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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Latest revision as of 22:43, 2 June 2024
Edward Blake / The Comedian: Once you figure out what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense. |
[To Moloch] I mean, what's so funny? What's so goddamned funny?
—The Comedian, Watchmen
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I don't need no fucking man servant —Eminem, Beautiful
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"With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die."
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"And if Harlequin shall steal your Columbine, —English translation of Canio's Vesti la giubba, from Ruggero Leoncavello's Pagliacci
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Warden: This is the part where you deflect questions with humour? |
Hawke: I have a smile on my face. That should be enough for most people. |
"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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