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*** This is doubly disturbing [[Fridge Horror|when you consider]] several of the lines the turrets utter upon "death" such as "Whyyyyyyyy?!" and "I don't hate you."
** In co-op, the player characters are robots so that when they die due to ineptitude or griefing, the deaths are [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|funny rather than scary]].
** [[G La DOSGLaDOS]] even references this trope; she says that Chell's fucked up situation of being help captive and asleep for an...unknown amount of time is humorous because;
{{quote|'''[[G La DOSGLaDOS]]''': Comedy is tragedy plus time. So when you think about it, its actually pretty funny. }}
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]'' has an Orc Dark Brotherhood member that recounts his murder of a five-year old if you talk to him before your first contract. While this sounds horrible, it's actually quite hilarious in the way that he recounts it.
{{quote|'''Gogron gro-Bolmog''': The great thing about killing a target up close and personal is you can talk to 'em before you do it! You know, say something scary! For example, this one time I had a contract to kill a little Nord girl at her birthday party. She asked me if I was the jester! So I said to her."No, I am a messenger of death." You should have seen the look on her face! Ha ha ha ha! Anyway, she won't be seeing age six!}}
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