Actually Pretty Funny: Difference between revisions

** Another story, involving Harley trying to get a glum Joker to smile again has Robin exclaiming that, "A barracuda down the pants IS kinda funny." Batman is not amused however.

** More on the [[Video Game]] side in [[Batman: Arkham City]] is {{spoiler|Joker's [[Backstab Backfire]] just before his death:}}

'''{{spoiler|Joker}}:''' That actually is... pretty funny! }}

* A [[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]] version that may well be inspired by the above ''Batman'' example:

'''Goblin''': Oh God, stop! }}

* In the ''[[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]'', Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm are always taking shots and pulling pranks on one another, but every now and then they have to chuckle at each other's quips.

'''Ben:''' You little... Naw, wait. That wuz a good one. }}

* In the ''[[Bone]]'' series, Thorn is in understandably shocked at learning about her past and her destiny. She shouts "I'm a princess! I have magic powers! What does that make me?" Fone rather unhelpfully suggests "A fairy princess?" Thorn reacts coldly to this remark. Later, Fone tries to apologize, but Thorn says it was actually pretty funny now that she thinks about it.

** This also happened in the Joe Kelly era where Bullseye and Deadpool remembered the time they fought over Heinrich Zemo's grave and beat each other with his corpse. They have a laugh about it later. This trope pretty much sums up Deadpool's and Bullseye's relationship.

* In the ''[[Green Lantern]]'' miniseries ''Guy Gardner: Reborn'', Guy, having lost his ring, tries to get powers from the New Guardians (who, for the purposes of this story, are portrayed as [[New Age Retro Hippie|New Age Retro Hippies]]). He eventually annoys them to the point that Gloss hits him so hard he goes flying off their island.

'''Tomas''': But I have to admit, it ''was'' pretty funny. }}

* In one [[Mad Magazine|A Mad Look At]] article, a student tells a teacher an apparently offensive joke. The teacher steps out into the hallway, laughs, then returns to the classroom and reprimands the student for the joke.

** Combined with [[Throw It In]]. That was the actress's genuine reaction.

* When Paul and Jimmy are being given crap by their rival detectives in ''[[Cop Out]]'', our heroic pair gets off a few insults that even the rivals have to give them credit for.

'''Mangold:''' That's actually clever. }}

* In ''[[Donnie Darko]]'', Donnie is brought before the principal for telling a teacher "to forcibly insert the lifeline cards into [her] anus" (his teacher's words, not Donnie's), and the teacher's distressed recital of that line causes Donnie's father to start laughing and cover it up with a cough.

* ''[[Love Actually]]'' has this in two deleted scenes. [[Emma Thompson]]'s character is called into a parent-teacher conference because her son drew, for his greatest wish, a picture of a world where people's farts are clearly visible. Emma Thompson excuses herself with her son and seems about to lay into him before she announces that it was "bloody brilliant" and takes him off for ice cream. A later scene shows the teacher with her lover, commenting that it took her half an hour before she realized they weren't coming back to which her lover comments that the idea was actually pretty funny and they both start laughing.

* In the [[Steve Martin]] film ''[[Cheaper By the Dozen]]'', Steve Martin is chastising his children for soaking their eldest sister's boyfriend's underwear in meat and then siccing the dog on him.

* In war movie ''The Colditz Story'' the Gestapo liaison asks for prisoners to work for the German Reich in exchange for privileges. One French soldier volunteers saying he'd rather work for twenty Germans than one Frenchman. When asked his job he replies "[[Deadpan Snarker|undertaker]]". Even the Kamp Kommandant laughs at this.

* In the animated black comedy film ''[[Bebe's Kids]]'' during a confrontation in the womens bathroom between Robin and Dorthea, they start cracking Yo Mama jokes and Robin fires off one that makes Dorthea's friend Vivian crack up.

'''Vivian:''' *cracks up* }}

* In one scene in ''[[Johnny English]]'', a video of the title character in his shower, lip-dubbing to '''[[ABBA| Does Your Mother Know]]''', is accidentally showed. While most of the people at the venue it was showed looked on in disbelief, one of the government officials understands that the song is catchy and a family watching the broadcast in their native India is seen laughing.

* An early episode of ''[[Scrubs]]'' had the guy who played Jack from ''[[Will and Grace]]'' be JD's rival for an episode, and he cracked a joke at one point. JD tried to hold his laughter in, but giggled slightly, and admonished himself for it.

* When Jenna shocks Liz on ''[[30 Rock]]'' with her willfully ridiculous diva antics, one of Jenna's entourage has this to say:

'''Liz:''' All right, that’s a pretty good burn, Patrice. }}

* Spin doctor Malcolm Tucker in political satire ''[[The Thick of It]]'' is unremittingly awful in the wittiest way possible:

* A very famous example from ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'': Chuckles the Clown, the host of a children's show, is killed at a circus parade after being attacked by an elephant while dressed as a peanut. The entire episode is full of characters making jokes and laughing about the absurd circumstances, while Mary continually reprimands them and insists that it isn't funny. The episode concludes when Mary is suddenly struck by the humor of every joke she'd heard as she bursts out laughing in the middle of the funeral. Only to burst into tears when the minister assures her Chuckles would ''want'' her to laugh.

* One episode of ''[[Frasier]]'' has Frasier chastise his family for laughing hysterically at the [[Ignore the Disability|unusually large noses]] of two guests, [[Not So Above It All|only for himself to crumble after a barrage of unintentional nose-related wordplay]].

* During ''Australian Idol'''s 2004 season, an [[Hopeless Auditionees|auditionee]] was singing "[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|Somewhere Over the Rainbow]]". [[Mean Brit|Ian Dickson]] gave a glowing review of the performance - by the dog she had brought in as a prop - then turned to her and said, "You on the other hand..." The contestant laughed and took the rejection well.

* In an episode of ''[[Dead Like Me]]'', after Roxy tries to stab Mason for stealing food from her.

'''Rube''': Never mind. }}

* In ''[[Roseanne]]'' episode, “Inherit the Wind”, Rosanne and Dan are told by Darlene on what happened to Becky. After talking to Darlene, Roseanne turns to Dan and this happens.

* Any parent/guardian/educator finds themselves in this sort of situation at least once a year. One of your children or class acts up in a way that if you were a casual onlooker would be totally hilarious, but because of your position you still have to mete out the proper punishment.

* From an Australia vs Zimbabwe cricket match.

'''Eddo Brandes '''(Zimbabwe): Because every time I fuck your wife, she gives me a biscuit. }}

** McGrath's teammates were in hysterics.

*** [[Funny Aneurysm Moment|Probably not]] [http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=584399 anymore].

** There are quite a few famous examples of such retorts in cricket. For example, in a match between England and Australia:

'''Ian Botham''' (England): My wife's fine, but the kids are retarded! }}

** Or even this. Greg Thomas, a Welsh bowler, to Sir Viv Richards after bowling several deliveries missed by Richards:

'''Sir Viv Richards''' (After hitting the ball for six on the next delivery) : You know what it looks like, man - go and fetch it! }}

** [[Overly Long Gag|One more for luck]]. Australia's Mark Waugh (twin brother of then-captain Steve Waugh) to England debutant Jimmy Ormond:

'''Jimmy Ormond''' : Maybe not, but at least I’m the best cricketer in my family. }}

* This was George Bush's response when Vladimir Putin brushed off allegations of human rights abuses in Russia by referencing the fact that at least they didn't have Dick Cheney shooting people in ''their'' forests.

* When [[Osama Bin Laden]] worked a reference to ''The Pet Goat'' into one of his videos, some members of [[George W. Bush]]'s [[Hatedom]] smirked.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NW3RLnXmTY This guy tells the story of a defiant black reverend] who makes a joke that gets even the ''Ku Klux Klan'' to laugh, of all people. (Also counts as a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] and [[Badass Pacifist]].)

* Bill O'Reilly made a joke that the cover of [[Earth (The Book)]] features a picture of [[The Daily Show|Jon Stewart]] and [[Stephen Colbert]]. The cover actually features Jon and a monkey. Colbert liked it.

* In the middle of the Enron debacle, which created power outages in California, Jeff Skilling, the CEO of the company, made a joke at a meeting: "What's the difference between California and the Titanic? At least when the Titanic went down, the lights were on."

== Video Games ==

* From ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]'':

'''Gilder''': Hm, I kind of like that. I should remember that for later. }}

* In the ''[[The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police|Sam and Max Freelance Police]]'' game ''Abe Lincoln Must Die!'', Sam is being put down by Chuckles, the President's body guard:

'''Max''': I just call 'em like I see 'em, Sam. }}

* From ''[[Dragon Age]]: Origins,'' when Morrigan happens to ask Alistair about his training:

'''Alistair:''' I ''thought'' you'd like that. }}

** Pretty much everything Alistair says turns out like this. He is actually one of the very few comic relief characters in an otherwise serious work who is actually funny and not [[The Scrappy]]. That he is perfectly aware how dire the situation and how vital their fight are helps a lot.

* Occurs in ''[[Lufia|Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals]]'', except that it wasn't really funny, or even a joke. [[Distressed Damsel]] Jessie just can't help laughing when her captor calls her boyfriend Guy an idiot.

* In ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People|Strong Badia the Free]]'', when Strong Bad asks about the incomplete effigy the protesters have set up:

'''Strong Bad''': Not Marzipan! {softly} Though that's a pretty good one, gotta remember that. }}

 

* Happened more than once on ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' when Strong Bad gets indignant over a joke but then actually realizes it was kind of funny.

** Strong Bad has to respect it when normally [[Dumb Muscle]] Strong Mad gets a witty retort:

'''Strong Bad:''' The list? You're looking at a greasy bag of fast food!<br />

'''Strong Mad:''' DON'T BE SO HARD ON YOURSELF!<br />

* Tycho and Gabe of ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' are friendly rivals rather than enemies, but they still mock each other mercilessly. They have very different tastes, but occasionally, one will admit "That was actually pretty clever."

* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' has an interesting one when a man is torturing Torg for information.

'''Torg:''' [[Torture First, Ask Questions Later|YOU HAVEN'T ASKED ME ANYTHING YET]]!<br />

''Torturer starts laughing''<br />

== Web Original ==

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgZXiy1wC24#t=02m35s This video] featuring iJustine and a terrible date.

* The Youtube song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaGgpGLxLQw Beware the Believers], produced by creationists to promote a [[Documentary of Lies]], has sane fans - mainly because the [[Straw Man Has a Point]].

* Even though most of the movies reviewed by [[The Nostalgia Critic]] are bad, he admits that there are occasionally one or two funny jokes.

** Similarly, he said the protective collar worn by The Guardian in ''[[Highlander: The Source|Highlander the Source]]'' was an ingenious idea for the series. Sure, they never use it again, but still. He also praised some of the lines and scenes, such as the Guardian's "There can be only ME!".

** And more literally, during his ''Phantasmagoria2: A Puzzle of Flesh'' LP.

'''Spoony''': Okay, that was good. }}

* [[Proton Jon]] of [[Let's Play]] [[Berserk Button|hates]] [[Invisible Block|Invisible Coin Blocks]]. Yet, in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnXthO_O-Aw#t=05m38s this] [[ROM Hack]], he encounters an inventive use of them that's [[Actually Pretty Funny]].

* From a ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'' playthrough by [[Hellfire Commentaries]]:

'''FTA:''' When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie, that's [[Incredibly Lame Pun|a moray]].<br />

'''NTom:''' ''(clapping)'' Well done, [[Actually Pretty Funny|that is actually well deserved]]. }}

* From the [[Riff Trax]] of ''[[300]]'', the guys let out a barrage of [[Punctuated for Emphasis]] jokes with Bill ending thus:

'''Mike''': Wow, you pulled it out! Nicely done. }}

* At the end of the first season of ''[[Commodore HUSTLE]]'', the villain Geoff, who's determined to ruin [[Loading Ready Run]] because of their comedy's reliance on the [[Groin Attack]], is {{spoiler|kicked in the balls by Paul's ball-kicking robot, Mr. Ballsmotron. As he collapses,}} he says "That... was [[Actually Pretty Funny]]."

** In yet another episode (where Homer becomes an astronaut), Marge chastises Bart for writing on the back of Homer's head, but when Homer turns and inadvertently shows her the message ("Insert Brain Here"), she has to hold back her laughter.

** After Chief Wiggum 'kills' Homer's homicidal toupee in a Halloween special:

'''Marge''': May I remind you that two people are dead? Oh, wait, I just got it! ''(Laughs.)'' }}

** They're watching a Rainier Wolfcastle movie, and he's just snapped the neck of a jet fighter pilot in mid-flight after jumping onto the plane:

'''Bart''': [[Inverted Trope|Mom, a man just died.]] }}

** During a parole hearing, Chief Wiggum is forced to admit this about one of Sideshow Bob's remarks, after [[Late to The Punchline|finally getting the joke]].

'''Wiggum''': Ha ha, oh, now I get it. Ha, that's good. }}

** During Sideshow Bob's campaign for Mayor, Bart has this reaction to Bob's suggestion that "Councilman Les Wynan should do more thinking and less whinin'!" despite knowing that Les Wynan doesn't exist.

 

* This exchange in ''[[South Park]]'':

'''Cartman's Mom:''' That's not funny, boys. Eric's not fat, he's [[I Am Big Boned|big-boned]].<br />

'''Kyle:''' [[Innocent Innuendo|He must have a huge bone in his ass then!]]<br />

* On ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'', when Mrs. Gerkin launches into an [[Evil Laugh]] over her [[Zombie Apocalypse]], Jimmy asks what's so funny. She points to two of the zombies who keep running into each other. Jimmy admits he's amused.

* In ''[[Archer]]'', the mainframe is infected with a virus that shuts down all the computers. And displays [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSShJL7QQ58&feature=related an animation of a cartoon pirate with a catchy tune].

'''Archer:''' Do you not? }}

** And in "White Nights":

'''Archer:''' ''(sarcastically)'' Oh, ha ha...''(beat)'' OK, actually that was pretty good. }}

* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', the [[Big Bad]] Discord makes Pinkie Pie laugh by [http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i212/Kerrah_photos/Boogie.gif doing a little dance] on the head of an image of Twilight Sparkle. [[Memetic Mutation|The fans certainly found that animation amusing.]]

* The [[Recess]] episode, "The Hypnotist", ends with Principal Prickly looking at his picture that he doodled a goatee on while "[[Man Child| hypnotized into a child]]", and he considered growing a goatee himself.

** In “Good Ole T.J.”, when the class was being assigned a study on ancient civilization leading to this:

'''Miss Grotke''': We're talking about thousands of years ago, TJ...not hundreds (''chuckles'').}}

** In “Mama’s Girl”, Finster tries to calm down the student body when they were laughing about Spinelli calling Ms. Grotke ‘mama’, but only to give in the laughter herself.