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Line 1: {{trope}} {{quote\|''‘I wonder what else lives down here that we don't know about?’ said Carrot. ''‘Well, there's always the invisible squid-like creature that sucks all the air out of—’ Rincewind began, but sarcasm did not carry very well out here. The universe diluted it. The huge, black, solemn eyes in the sky withered it.''~~\|''[[Discworld/The Last Hero\|The Last Hero]]''}}~~ \|''[[The Last Hero]]''}} '''Sarcasm Failure''' is, to put it simply, when a [[Deadpan Snarker\|character]] who you'd ''expect'' would be able to [[Quip to Black\|deliver an irreverent, sarcastic or deadpan comment on just about anything]] fails to do so because of the nature of the current situation. This trope can be [[Played for Drama]] ~~-- if~~—if the writers want to show that a situation is particularly dire, [[OOC Is Serious Business\|having the funny guy go completely serious]] is one way of showing ~~that -- or~~that—or [[Played for Laughs]], by having the character encounter a situation so completely, utterly and patently ''absurd'' that he or she is rendered temporarily incapable of responding coherently. (Basically their Snark short-circuits.) Comedy versions may be reduced to gawking, stuttering or [[Angrish\|incoherent babbling rage]] at the sheer idiocy of it all, a [[Beat]], or just [[Flat What\|greet the situation with stunned incredulity]], often [[Lampshade Hanging\|Lampshaded]] with some variation of "words fail me". Not to be confused with [[Sarcasm Blind]], [[Cannot Convey Sarcasm]], nor with [[Insult Backfire]], though an [[Insult Backfire]] may well take the form of a sarcastic insult that ''fails'' to be appreciated as such. Compare [[OOC Is Serious Business]], [[Flat What]], [[I Have Nothing to Say to That]]. Compare also [[Shoo Out the Clowns]], when this is an indicator the entire story is taking a turn for the serious. {{examples\|Examples of the first kind (serious):}}▼ {{examples}} == Anime and Manga ==▼ ▲~~{{examples\|~~== Examples of the first kind (serious)~~:}}~~ == * In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', {{spoiler\|Albireo Imma, the man with the perpetual [[Cheshire Cat Grin]] who never stopped acting with a strong whimsey, reached a point of utter horror as the ([[Magical Land\|Magic]]) [[Endofthe World As We Know It\|world was about to come to an end]]. [[Telepathy\|Telepathically]], [[Lady of War\|Princess Arika]] made sure to tell him to stop being a defeatist fool}}. This was the only time he ever seemed without his usual joking demeanor (and with [[Eyes Always Shut\|his eyes widened]]).▼ ▲=== Anime and Manga === ▲* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', {{spoiler\|Albireo Imma, the man with the perpetual [[Cheshire Cat Grin]] who never stopped acting with a strong whimsey, reached a point of utter horror as the ([[Magical Land\|Magic]]) [[~~Endofthe~~The End of the World Asas We Know It\|world was about to come to an end]]. [[Telepathy\|Telepathically]], [[Lady of War\|Princess Arika]] made sure to tell him to stop being a defeatist fool}}. This was the only time he ever seemed without his usual joking demeanor (and with [[Eyes Always Shut\|his eyes widened]]). ** More recently, Asakura was rendered completely speechless upon seeing {{spoiler\|several people get wiped from existence}}. * In the first season finale of ''[[Code Geass]]'', when {{spoiler\|Nina completes her super-bomb, Lloyd does this. The fact that the "Pudding Earl" got deadly serious is enough to convince Rakshata that he's not bluffing when he says how dangerous it is.}} * November 11 of ''[[Darker ~~Than~~than Black]]'' is infamous for his [[Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor\|twisted sense of humor]]. However, he has moments when his [[True Companions]] are in danger/has just escaped danger where he becomes serious and sincere. * [[Deadpan Snarker]] [[Unreliable Narrator\|Kyon]] is momentarily reduced to incoherent choking sounds in the ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' [[The Movie\|movie]] when {{spoiler\|Ryoko Asakura}} shows up in class acting like {{spoiler\|she'd never tried to kill him}}. Considering he can ordinarily keep up, verbally at least, with [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien\|Nagato]], [[The Philosopher\|Koizumi]] and [[Motor Mouth\|Tsuruya]], it's a memorable moment. === Comic Books ===▼ ▲== Comic Books == * In the [[DCU]], it's often considered that the ultimate way to show just how bad things have gotten is to have [[The Joker]] stop laughing. Or that something is exceptionally satisfying (possibly disturbingly so) when [[Batman]] smiles. Line 28 ⟶ 29: And from the Ultimate Clone Saga, Jessica Drew puts it well: {{quote\|'''[[Spider-Woman]]:''' No, that's how you know he is serious!}} * Similarily to Spidey, and that smiling fellow from Gotham, [[Deadpool\|yours truly]] is typically a [[Motor Mouth~~\|Motor Mouthed~~]]ed, wise cracking mutant amongst X-Men (shaddap, don't interrupt me) who always knows how to [[Put the Laughter In Slaughter\|put the pancakes in peoples' pancreas]], to such an extent, in fact, that talking non-stop might actually be a distinguished sort-of tactic that I utilize since it distracts and frustrates my opponents to such a degree they cannot focus properly on the fight. HowEVVUHR, when coprolite ''really'' has hit the fan, I will shut my cookie cove, the little yellow boxes will disappear and very, ''very'' bad things happen to those wretched writhing worms who have wrought my wholesome wrath. * Lenny in ''[[Shade the Changing Man]]'' was always good for a snark, no matter how dire the situation. Her [[Sarcasm Failure]] was a result of an author, an unwitting personality plunderer, who had written her into his book, and shocked her enough to drive her to a suicide attempt. * In ''[[Watchmen]]'', even [[Sociopathic Hero\|the Comedian]] can't [[Dead Baby Comedy\|crack jokes]] about {{spoiler\|Ozymandias'}} plan, which also serves as his [[Despair Event Horizon]]. * ''[[New Warriors~~\|Speedball~~]]'': Speedball (a looong time before his Penance days) starts makes a sneeze joke about somebody called 'Ashu' (or similar), but when he starts explaining, he gives up with "even I can't make jokes right now". === Film === * Kup, the grizzled veteran in 1986's ''[[Transformers: The Movie]]'', often told war stories comparing situations to battles he'd been in. Eventually they discover [[Big Bad\|Unicron]] ''devouring their home planet''. {{quote\|'''Hot Rod''': Doesn't it remind you of something, Kup? Line 46: * In ''Manhattan'', [[Woody Allen]] gets dumped when his girlfriend reveals that she's going back to his (married, though soon to be divorced) best friend. You can see him clearly reaching for a standard Woody one-liner, but instead he can only stammer, "I'm... I'm stunned, I'm, I'm, I'm...." === Literature ===▼ ▲== Literature == * You know the situation is either particularly dire or somehow personal when Marco stops making sarcastic jokes in ''[[Animorphs]]''. * Similarly, you know things are bad when Richie Tozier stops cracking jokes in ''[[IT]]''. (Though sometimes [[Averted Trope\|averted]] - as a [[Motor Mouth]] with poor impulse control, he slips up from time to time, notably mouthing off to [[Jerk Jock\|Henry Bowers]] ''twice in a row, straight to his face'' when the big lummox falls over.) * In ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (~~Franchise~~novel)/\|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows~~\|Harry Potter~~]]'', Fred Weasley is reduced to this after he sees that George's ear has been blown off. George, however, is [[Incredibly Lame Pun\|not]]. Immediately [[Lampshade Hanging\|Lampshaded]]: {{quote\|"Pathetic, With the whole wide world of ear-related humor before you, you go for holey?"}} Line 56 ⟶ 55: * Likewise, {{spoiler\|Mad Eye's death}} made the twins shut up. * In ''[[American Gods]]'', Mr. Nancy (Anansi) starts out as a [[Cool Old Guy]] who is perpetually joking. When things start going bad for the old gods, the protagonist notes that Nancy complete stops smiling and telling jokes. Only when things are settled does he return to his former carefree attitude. * In the true-crime book ''Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets'' (upon which ''[[Homicide: Life Onon the Street]]'' was based), one of the recurring observations is that homicide cops can [[Quip to Black\|be very, very snarky on crime scenes]], as they have to deal with a great deal of unpleasantness in their day-to-day working lives and use wit as something of a defense mechanism. This, then, serves to make the discovery of the body of eight-year-old Latonya Kim Wallace and the investigation into the scene of the crime particularly powerful; it's simply noted that there's no jokes, no sarcastic comments, just a lot of grim and serious-faced cops doing their jobs. * In ''[[The Dresden Files\|Small Favor]]'', Harry is unable to deliver any of his trademark snark when confronted by [[The Fair Folk\|Queen Mab of the Winter Court]], and for good reason: he's too damned scared to snark. ** This was later shown to be a good reaction: when he ''does'' start cracking jokes, it annoys her. And because it annoys her, she [[Eye Scream\|freezes the water in his eyes]]. He's reduced to whimpering in pain and crying [[Tears of Blood]] for a while. Line 62 ⟶ 61: * [[X Wing Series\|Wes Janson]] is something of an [[Adult Child]] much of the time. He's always irreverent, always making some quip. [[Beware the Nice Ones\|When he's not, well...]] === Live -Action TV ===▼ ▲== Live Action TV == * ''[[House (TV series)\|House]]'': When the title character starts wearing a serious expression and talking respectfully to the patients and their relatives, it's an extremely ominous sign. Unless he's doing it consciously to mess with the other's heads, of course. Line 69 ⟶ 67: Or just...weird. In the opening of the infamous "Fur & Loathing in Las Vegas", Grissom and Catherine come across a dead man in a furry costume; both of them perceived it to be a dead animal from afar. When seeing what it actually is, both are weirded out. Catherine looks to Grissom for the requisite one-liner, perceiving Grissom to not be weirded out by anything, but Grissom continues to look weirded out silently into the opening credits. ** Horatio in ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' does this also. One such example: when his old friend is blown up and instead of his usual quip he just stares at the smoldering house in horror. * ''[[MASH (television)\|Mash]]'': This show attempted this with Hawkeye, but overdid the seriousness. * The ''[[Futurama]]'' parody, where Hawkeye is a robot (named 'iHawk') who switches between IRREVERENT and MAUDLIN modes, is an indication of the result. {{quote\|'''iHawk (maudlin):''' This isn't a war, it's a murder. Line 96 ⟶ 94: * An inversion of this can be seen with [[The Mean Brit\|Simon Cowell]]. If he stops being mean or sarcastic even with his body language, you ''know'' the person he's watching is good. From ''[[Britain's Got Talent\|Britains Got Talent]]'' alone: Paul Potts, Connie Talbot, Susan Boyle, and Julian Smith. For example, take [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl8JVU6iPtA Hollie Steel]. Simon's not thrilled with her because she looks like a typical wannabe-ballerina, and has his hand over the buzzer. The camera cuts to her beginning to sing, and the next shot is him absolutely shocked. Susan Boyle. From rolling his eyes, to shock, to '''''[[~~Orphaned~~Live Action TV/Awesome/Other Shows\|fawning]]'''''. ** In all fairness though, it's been indicated as fairly likely that these reaction shots aren't always the ones from those contestants, since, you know, it's a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLNRaK1jBUw TV show and everything] (Skip to about 05:20 for the relevant chunk) * As ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' went on Eric got sillier, more erratic and [[Cloudcuckoolander\|just plain damn weird]], but when he did get serious you ''knew'' things were bad. Like the time a prank war caused a ''serious'' fault in the friendship and he was the only one willing to work it out, the silliest thing he did was pick up Rachel and drag her back into the classroom Mr. Feeny had locked them in and sit on her so she could read what he had written. {{quote\|"Lose one friend, lose all friends, lose yourself."}} * ''[[The Middleman]]'' subverts this in "The Vampiric Puppet Lamentation": {{quote\|'''The Middleman:''' Dubbie, did he just turn into a [[Demonic Dummy\|bat puppet]]?~~<br />~~ '''Wendy:''' Man, [[Pulp Fiction\|I don't even have an opinion]]. }} * ''[[Psych]]'' played this straight, then subverted it, when Shawn is targeted by a [[Serial Killer]]. Shawn quickly loses his snark as he was overwhelmed by the pressure. As the situation grows more dire, Shawn convinces Gus that he should joke around for both of them. Which Gus does, resulting in hilariously awkward and terrible prop comedy. Line 112 ⟶ 110: '''Garcia''': No. I can't be my cheery self when you are where you are. }} === Music ===▼ * Music example: [[Dead Kennedys]]' 12" single ''In God We Trust Inc.'' is the bands [[Sarcasm Failure]]. The Single includes rants against the religious right, [[Ronald Reagan]] (''We Got Bigger Problems Now'', sung to the tune of ''California Uber Alles'' from their first album) and against neo-nazis that flocked their gigs after [[Misaimed Fandom\|misunderstanding some of their songs]] (''Nazi Punks Fuck Off'', arguably ''the'' [[Sarcasm Failure]] of the band).▼ ▲== Music == ▲* Music example: [[Dead Kennedys]]' 12" single ''In God We Trust Inc.'' is the bands [[Sarcasm Failure]]. The Single includes rants against the religious right, [[Ronald Reagan]] (''We Got Bigger Problems Now'', sung to the tune of ''California Uber Alles'' from their first album) and against neo-nazis that flocked their gigs after [[Misaimed Fandom\|misunderstanding some of their songs]] (''Nazi Punks Fuck Off'', arguably ''the'' [[Sarcasm Failure]] of the band). * While [[Rammstein]]'s music can be described as [[Indecisive Parody]], they are deadly serious in the self-titled song Rammstein, which is about the [[wikipedia:Ramstein airshow disaster\|Ramstein airshow disaster]]. === Video Games === == Real Life ==▼ * When [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] was elected governor of California, satirical invent-silly-stories newspaper ''[[The Onion]]'' wrote it up in their normal exaggerated satirical manner but with [http://www.theonion.com/articles/muscleman-put-in-charge-of-worlds-fifthlargest-eco,877/ only true statements].▼ ~~== Videogames ==~~ * Throughout ''[[Disgaea]]'', Etna has delivered descriptions of the next chapter that [[Never Trust a Trailer\|are nothing like what happens]]. The one time she did, nobody believed her. Then for the final chapter, when things have hit the fan, her description is ''perfectly'' accurate. Everyone panics. She is less than amused. * ''[[Legacy of Kain]]'' has a particularly amazing example. Throughout the entire, multiple-game-long series, main character [[Our Vampires Are Different\|Kain]] has always spoken faux-Shakespeare dialogue, and he always mocks his opponents; he's the equivalent of the game universe's Dracula, and he's so powerful that in a normal series he'd be a [[Game Breaker]]. However, {{spoiler\|when he sees the Elder God, a horrific Lovecraftian monster responsible for everything he's suffered in the series}}, his only response is a genuinely bewildered, "What in the ''hell''?" It's a sign of how utterly overwhelming the truth is that even [[Badass\|Kain]] can't come up with a good taunt. ** And just before that, you get to see one of the few times Kain genuinely ''smiles'', because {{spoiler\|Moebius is there, and has no idea that Kain is about to kill him. Again.}} As one [[Fauxtivational Poster]] put it, "Kain is smiling. Run for your lives." * Beckett from ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines]]'' id a vampire who spend most of his encounter eith the player being sarcastic. But he suffers [[Sarcasm Failure]] in the endgame, after he (presumably) learns the truth about the Ankharan Sarcophagus. He flees town immediately afterwards. * Garret from ''[[Thief]]'' is usually a prime [[Deadpan Snarker]] and has wry, or at least interested, insights into a lot of things you see during your missions and cutscenes. He usually shuts up during the more frightening areas of the game. The Shalebridge Cradle from the third is especially notable: Garret speaks exactly two lines during the entire mission, and both of them are more to the effect of [[Oh Crap]]. * One of the routes you can take in ''[[Dragon Age 2]]'' is to turn [[Player Character\|Hawke]] into a snarker who turns every situation into a joke, [[Dude, Not Funny\|no matter how appropriate that may be.]] One mission in the second act involves someone stealing [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens\|qunari]] gunpowder, except {{spoiler\|it's not gunpowder, it's a poison gas that makes all non-qunari go insane and kill everything. The elf responsible tries to make bombs to blow up a street to frame the qunari, but instead winds up poisoning lots of people, and doesn't entirely see it as a setback. Upon learning this, Silly!Hawke's response is:}} Line 133 ⟶ 125: * ''[[Iji]]'' has the Scrambler, a [[Silliness Switch]] that either turns the game into a [[Blind Idiot Translation]] or makes the lines even crazier ("You promised me a pony... with missiles... I want a missile pony!"). However, near the end of the game, [[Recurring Boss\|Asha]] tries to {{spoiler\|kill your [[Voice with an Internet Connection]], Iji's brother Dan}}. When Iji finally kills Asha, she screams, "That's what you get, you [[Precision F-Strike\|bastard]]! That's what you get for trying to {{spoiler\|kill him}}!" Even with the Scrambler on, this line is almost untouched. === Web Comics ===▼ ▲== Web Comics == * ''[[Looking for Group]]'': Richard can usually be trusted to have a snarky comment or off-beat action in most situations. But after seeing a vision of his past self and asked if it was really him, all he can come up with a simple "Pass". === Western Animation ===▼ ▲== Western Animation == * ''[[Danny Phantom]]'': Happens twice in one episode. At first, it was Skulker, completely ignoring Danny and not saying a word. Later in the episode, it's ''Danny'', who is searching for his sister. He attacks Skulker and demands answers, no quips involved. {{quote\|'''Skulker:''' That's odd, no witty banter? Line 144 ⟶ 134: * In ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'', when the Green Goblin's glider slams into a building while flying backwards, just before impact the Goblin jumps off the glider, does a backflip in midair, and lands on the glider on the other side of the building. {{quote\|'''Spider-Man:''' Okay, wow. Just... wow.}} * When Slade [[Back ~~From~~from the Dead\|returns]] in ''[[Teen Titans (animation)\|Teen Titans]]'' and [[Badass Abnormal\|demonstrates his new powers.]] {{quote\|'''Cyborg''': Whoa! '''Slade''': Whoa? That's it? No clever comment? I was looking forward to that. }} Line 151 ⟶ 141: * In [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]], near the end of the series, {{spoiler\|Sokka and Toph are dangling off an airship. Sokka's space sword and boomerang are gone, and things look really bad for them.}} This may be the only point in the whole series that Toph and Sokka, the two [[Deadpan Snarker\|snarkiest]] characters in the series, are both acting serious. ▲=== Real Life === ▲* When [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] was elected governor of California, satirical invent-silly-stories newspaper ''[[The Onion]]'' wrote it up in their normal exaggerated satirical manner but with [http://www.theonion.com/articles/muscleman-put-in-charge-of-worlds-fifthlargest-eco,877/ only true statements]. === Examples of the second kind (funny): ===▼ ▲=== Examples of the second kind (funny): === === Comic Books === * Lampshaded in one early ''[[Hack Slash]]'' story, just after the normally cynical and caustic Cassie is hit on by a bunch of drunk college kids, and can only manage a sputtered refusal. {{quote\|'''Vlad''': ''I have never seen you without a oneliner.'' '''Cassie''': ''[blushing] Yeah, let's never speak of that again.'' }} === Fan Works ===▼ ▲== Fan Works == * ''[[Turnabout Storm]]'': [[Ace Attorney\|Phoenix]], expert [[First-Person Smartass]], nearly always has a snarky remark about the weirdness around him, especially now that he's stuck in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic\|Equestria]]; but one of Pinkie's comments plain short circuited him. {{quote\|'''Pinkie:''' Hmm... What element could you be?... OH! OH! OH! I got it! ''"Phoenix Wright, with his nifty do, represents the spirit of... '''[[Anime Hair\|HAIR GEL!]]'''''"~~<br />~~ '''Phoenix:''' ... ''(No comment...)'' }} * [[Dragon Ball Abridged]]'s Freeza keeps a mental checklist on how many time he's heard [[Stock Phrases\|certain heroic speeches]]. Eventually, he meets [[Idiot Hero\|Goku]]; Line 168 ⟶ 159: '''Freeza:''' I am ''Lord Freeza'', yes. '''Goku:''' Awesome! Imma deck you in the schnozz! ''([[Beat)]]'' '''Freeza:''' I'm sorry, that's a new one. }} === Film ===▼ ▲== Film == * ''[[Ghostbusters]]'': The normally deadpan Egon Spengler delivers this classic example just after Gozer incarnates as the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man: {{quote\|'''Peter Venkman:''' Egon, what have you got left? '''Egon:''' Sorry Venkman, I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought. }} === Live -Action TV ===▼ ▲== Live Action TV == * In ''[[Friends]]'', Chandler gets one of these when he sees Joey dressed as an elf. {{quote\|'''Chandler:''' So... many... jokes... ([[Laugh Track]]) Must... mock... Joey...}} Line 189 ⟶ 178: '''Contestant:''' [[Hentai]]! '''Ben Bailey:''' ... ''([[Aside Glance]])'' '''Ben Bailey:''' ... ~~[[Sarcasm Failure\|~~The correct answer]] was ''henna.'' }} ** Although if you had [[Hentai]] drawn on your body, I'm sure you'd ''want'' it to be temporary. * In one episode of ''[[Dad's Army\|Dads Army]]'', the platoon are covered in mud after saving Pike from a bog and are marching back into town when they spot Hodges (the local greengrocer/ARP Chief Warden and Captain Mainwaring's rival), Mainwaring mentions that he's probably got some "smart-alek remark" and tells the platoon to march smartly and just ignore him. Hodges is practically quivering with anticipation at being given such a prime opportunity to try and take the wind out of Mainwaring's sails, only for him not to think of anything to say as the platoon marches past un-snarked. The verger (who was with Hodges at the time) remarked that he looked like he was about to have a heart attack. * A gag-oriented version occurred on ''[[Penn ~~and~~& Teller: Bullshit!]]'' during the episode on fast food. When the issue of the "Soda Tax" was raised they cut to a scene of Teller fiddling with a wide array of props. Penn went on to explain that the two of them found the concept of taxing the sales of soft drinks made with government-subsidized ingredients so asinine they couldn't come up with a magic trick to adequately express it. * Certain news stories on ''[[The Daily Show]]'' can get this reaction out of Jon Stewart. His reaction to Newt Gingrich using a "describe yourself in one word" question to describe himself as "cheerful" (after using an entire debate prophesying doom, gloom and general unpleasantness if he's not elected)? Walk off the stage. * ''[[The Rachel Maddow Show (TV)\|The Rachel Maddow Show]]'': Rachel Maddow was reduced to this in an attempt to respond to a somewhat poorly worded Republican speech, as seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxHoWEdcbcM here.] {{quote\|'''Rachel Maddow''': I know that I am paid to talk for a living. I am incapable of doing what I'm paid to do right now.}} === Newspaper Comics ===▼ ▲== Newspaper Comics == * A ''[[Dilbert]]'' comic ended with Dogbert telling Dilbert that "I'd mock you, but the challenge is gone." === Recorded and Stand Up Comedy ===▼ ▲== Stand Up Comedy == * Occurs during [[Jeff Dunham]]'s routine with his puppets Peanut & Jose Jalapeno on a Stick. Peanut and Jose begin conversing in Spanish, and Jeff asks them to stop because it leaves him left out. The usually smart-assed Peanut is reduced to a "HUH?!", and when Jeff's explanation is that he can't speak Spanish, Peanut stops his sarcastic comment before it can even begin to just stare at him. === Video Games === ~~== Videogames ==~~ * Played with in ''[[Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney]]''. ".......Ack! I've run out of snide comments!" * ''[[The World Ends With You]]''. After {{spoiler\|Beat betrays the Reapers for Neku}} in the first day of the third week, [[Those Two Bad Guys\|Kariya and Uzuki]] warn him that 'he's treading on thin ice'. The character responds triumphantly that it couldn't possibly happen; Shibuya is ''too hot for there to be any ice for him to tread on''. Despite both Neku and Kariya being prime [[Deadpan Snarker~~\|Deadpan Snarkers~~]]s, [[Sarcasm Failure]] immediately strikes everyone present. * Also in ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines]]'', Beckett suffers a humorous form of [[Sarcasm Failure]] if you end up having a discussion on Kindred origins with him as a [[Mad Oracle\|Malkavian]]. While the 'normal' player characters have theories he's already well-acquainted with, the Malkavian ones are a bit more... Unique. {{quote\|'''Beckett:''' ...Can't say I've heard that one before...}} * Throughout ''[[God Hand]]'', Gene has a mocking quip for pretty much every scenario... ''except'' the first time he meets the Mad Midget Five. After a stunned second, the best he can do is to choke out, ''"Douchebags!"'' === Web Animation ===▼ * ''[[Homestar Runner]]'': Strong Bad suffers from second degree [[Sarcasm Failure]] several times; the most common causes would be the title character and Coach Z.▼ ▲== Web Animation == ▲* ''[[Homestar Runner]]'': Strong Bad suffers from second degree [[Sarcasm Failure]] several times; the most common causes would be the title character and Coach Z. * Anyone interacting with [[The Ditz\|Goku]] in ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged]]'' soon learns to tune down on the sarcasm, [[Sarcasm Blind\|because he never gets it anyway]]. It goes especially hard on Frieza, who suffers a [[Villainous Breakdown]] from having to deal with his idiocy. === Web Comics ===▼ * ''[[8-~~Bit Theater (Webcomic)\|Eight~~ Bit Theater]]'':▼ ▲== Web Comics == ▲* ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)\|Eight Bit Theater]]'' This happens to Black Mage a ''lot'' when he spends too long around Fighter or Red Mage. And notably, Fighter's mention of becoming the "[[Shout-Out\|Drown]][[Final Fantasy X\|ball]]" Champion reduced the ''omniscient'' wizard Sarda to muttering under his breath at the sheer absurdity of it. Line 229 ⟶ 213: * ''[[Erfworld]]'': In [http://www.erfworld.com/book-2-archive/?px=%2F2010-07-08.jpg this] strip, they ''are'' in a deadly serious situation...but what finally makes [[The Jester\|Jack]] [[Beat Panel\|stop joking]] is Parson's absurd suggestion that they might actually ''win''. === Web Original ===▼ ▲== Web Original == * ''[[The Nostalgia Critic]]'' This happens to the Critic a bit, at which point the [[Running Gag]] of him [[Lampshade Hanging\|literally aborting the joke]] occurs. Thinking about this (perhaps a little too much) leads to wondering how often these are unintentional and put in during editing, vs. how many of these are pre-scripted. Fantastically done in the ''[[Bio-Dome]]'' review {{quote\|'''Joey Lauren Adams''': (affectionately) "There is something about a man who can lick his own back..." Line 239 ⟶ 222: * [[Retsupurae]] and [[Nausea Fuel\|The Ultimate Challenge]]: {{quote\|"I am sure that someone wants me to come up with something witty to say to [http://www.viddler.com/explore/retsu/videos/108/ this guy], but ''he is just faaaaat.''"}} * [[The Nostalgia Chick]] got her best moments of this in her ''[[Beauty and ~~The~~the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas]]'' review. The [[Plot Hole~~\|Plot Holes~~]]s are so great that she can only reply sometimes by breaking down crying. ** "What....-ever, just end!" * Mark, of ''[[Mark Reads Twilight]]'' and ''[[Mark Reads Harry Potter]]'' fame is often completely lost for words when he reads something particularly painful or an amazing plot twist is revealed. At said points, he will usually resort to either gifs or keyboard smashing. * ''[[Bad Movie Beatdown\|Film Brain]]'''s review of ''Mega Piranha'' eventually turned out a scene where the only response was "[[Beat\|...]] I got nothing." * During particularly horrifying, [[Mind Screw\|baffling]] or [[You Fail Logic Forever\|flat-out stupid]] moments of [[~~MS Ting~~MSTing\|Fan Fiction Friday]], [[Topless Robot\|Rob]] may only manage a horrified response or a [[Flat What]] rather than the usual [[Raiders of the Lost Ark\|face melting]], [[Scanners\|head explosion]], [[Star Trek: The Next Generation\|Picard]] [[Face Palm]] or [[Tangled\|angry Maximus]]. === Western Animation ===▼ ▲== Western Animation == * In ''[[The Ant and the Aardvark]]'' cartoon "Technology Phooey," the Aardvark's quicksand trap backfires on him, prompting him to quip "I'd say something right now, but it would only be censored!" * The ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' episode "Almost Got 'Im" involves several members of Batman's [[Rogues Gallery]] telling each other stories of their most brilliant attempts to kill Batman that ''almost'' succeeded. [[The Joker]], who is saving his story for last, spends most of the episode quipping at and mocking the other villains' attempts. However, [[Dumb Muscle\|Killer Croc]]'s 'brilliant plan' is so dumb Joker can only stare dumbfounded at him, with this sort of "what-the-hell-is-this-guy-even-''doing''-here" expression frozen on his face. Line 253 ⟶ 235: {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Narrative Devices~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Index Failure]] [[Category:~~Sarcasm~~Narrative ~~Failure~~Devices]]▼ [[Category:Oh Great a Snark Index]] ▲[[Category:Sarcasm Failure]]