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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 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

[To Moloch] I mean, what's so funny? What's so goddamned funny?

—The Comedian, Watchmen

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

"With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die."

—Abraham Lincoln

"And if 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

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

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

"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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-{{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 />
+{{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?<br />
+'''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 (Comic Book)|Watchmen]]'' }}
+'''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''''', ''[[Watchmen (Comic Book)|Watchmen]]'' }}
+{{quote|''[To Moloch]'' I mean, what's so funny? What's so goddamned ''funny?''|'''''The Comedian'''''|''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]'' }}
+{{quote|I don't need no fucking man servant
-{{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''}}
+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]],<br />
+{{quote|''"And if [[Commedia Dell'Arte|Harlequin shall steal your Columbine]],''
-Laugh, Pagliaccio, so the crowd will cheer!<br />
+''Laugh, Pagliaccio, so the crowd will cheer!''
-Turn your distress and tears into jest,<br />
+''Turn your distress and tears into jest,''
-Your pain and sobbing into a funny face - Ah!<br />
+''Your pain and sobbing into a funny face - Ah!''
-Laugh, Pagliaccio,<br />
+''Laugh, Pagliaccio,''
-At your broken love!<br />
+''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]]''}}
+''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 />
+{{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 (Video Game)|Dragon Age]]''}}
+'''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.<br />
+{{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 (Video Game)|Dragon Age II]]''}}
+'''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]]
+{{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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