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Subtrope of [[Bathos]]. Also related to [[Serious Business]], as comically serious characters have a tendency to indulge in it. Might also be the [[Butt Monkey]] in settings where being serious is seen as an offense.
Compare [[No Sense of Humor]], [[So Unfunny It's Funny]].
Contrast [[Dude, Not Funny]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Karakuri Circus]]'' - Narumi's [[No Sense of Humor|nonexistent sense of humor]] is a problem - because only causing someone to laugh will halt his [[Incurable Cough of Death]]. Crosses over into [[So Unfunny It's Funny]], at times.
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* ''[[Bob's Burgers]]'' - Bob Belcher and his [[The Stoic|emotionless]] daughter Tina.
* Optimus Prime has shades of this in ''[[Transformers Prime]]''. Bulkhead explicitly mentions never seeing Optimus [[The Stoic|laugh, cry or lose his cool]], but funny stuff is made funnier by his completely deadpan reaction to it. After showing a [[LOLcats]]-esque internet meme that actually got ''[[Grumpy Old Man|Ratchet]]'' to chuckle, Jack asked Optimus if he wanted to see something funny, Optimus replied rather bluntly "No."
* Gummy, Pinkie Pie's pet alligator, in ''[[My Little Pony:
** Arguably Twilight Sparkle, she often displays a no nonsense attitude to things, and is a [[Neat Freak]] and [[The Workaholic]] rolled into one. She is also extremely [[Adorkable]] and neurotic, either due to her wackier friends' antics or her [[Super OCD]] nature grating on her sanity.
** Fluttershy may count as [[The Quiet One]] variant. In episodes where she tries to be loud the best she can manage is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BpquDZEyUI a pitiful little squeak] or [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xczDd2_X0DI something resembling] [[Flat Joy]]. What lands her in this trope is the fact she seems to genuinely believe she ''is'' being loud.
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** Cats, too. There's a reason why [[Cats Are Snarkers]] in media.
*** It helps a lot that cats have such humanlike faces that people subconsciously ''think'' cats can [[Cheshire Cat Grin|smile]], heightening the disconnect.
* In response to a glaring mistake on [[Star Wars|StarWars.com]]'s
* Most satirists tend be this way. They would say something that would be really outrageous and silly while keeping a straight face about it.
* [[Roger Ebert]] always finds this style of comedy better than [[Adam Sandler]] style clowning. See the middle of his [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19990711/REVIEWS08/907110301/1023 Great Movie review] of ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'', talking about funny hats not being funny, but not ''knowing'' your hat is funny ''is'' funny.
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