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== Comic Books ==
* Larry Elmore used this in his classic ''Snarfquest'' comics that appeared in ''[[Dragon (magazine)]]'', citing that his manner of plotting the episodes was to figure out the ending goal of the characters then throw out the plan and write/draw the ''stupidest'' possible way they could get there.
* [[Don Rosa]] uses this trope from time to time as a justification for breaking realism in his otherwise painfully serious comics. He even mentions it (though not by name) in one of the comment pages for ''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]]'', when he had retroactively added [https://web.archive.org/web/20131127184954/http://duckman.pettho.com/drinfo/eisner.jpg the Eisner comic award] he won for the series in its last chapter, hanging on Scrooge's wall. [[Donald Duck]] [[Lampshade Hanging|even remarks]] that it has to be fake, since they're living in the 50s and the award reads "1995" with big letters. Rosa compares his relationship with the rule to the below-mentioned joke in Roger Rabbit.
* [[Squirrel Girl]] breathes this trope. How else can you explain how a girl with a tail who has the power to [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|talk to squirrels]], can defeat super villains like Thanos ([[Magnificent Bastard]]), [[Doctor Doom|Dr. Doom]] ([[Crazy Prepared]] Personified) and [[Deadpool]] (Deadpool)?
* [[Deadpool|I'd]] have to say that I'm, myself, pretty much the incarnation of this trope. I mean, I never stop talking even when I'm getting beaten to a pulp, and most of the stuff I say goes straight into the [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] section... Also, mention that [[Symbol Swearing|percent sign, skull, colon, ampersand, swirly thingy, dollar sign, semicolon]] Squirrel Girl again, and I'll make rabbit leg roti, wrapped in rognonade with cherry and carrot puree out of you! Either that, or curry with rice.
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{{spoiler|Daedalus: I wanted to hear what he had to say, but that was pretty funny so you get a pass.}} }}
* This very much governs ''[[Brat Halla]]''. It tends to hew surprisingly closely to accurate Norse mythology within the confines of its premise... except when it would be funnier not to. Thus, Tyr is a pacifist, Fenrir is a rock star, half the dark elves are poser goths and emo kids who hang around coffee shops, and the closest thing the comic has to a [[Big Bad]] is the eye Odin sacrificed to the Well of Mimir, imbued with sentience and severe abandonment issues.
* In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131018162447/http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com/2008/08/15/the-computers-of-the-gods/ Jayden and Crusader]'' this is referenced by a simple Saxon/Norse superstition being used in the 21st century, and turning out to be true for only the comic in which it is mentioned.
** Later the Artist of J&C himself cited the Rule of Funny regarding his [https://web.archive.org/web/20131020103344/http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com/2008/12/08/page-101/ own work]
* As does the webcomic ''[[Bob and George]]'' where this is called [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/040527 "The Gag Reflex"].
* In ''[[Stickman and Cube]]'', Humour is one of the main guiding forces of [[The Verse]], the other being Necessity, that is to say, stuff happens according to what is funny or needed at the time.
* The ''[[The Wotch]]'' spin-off webcomic ''Cheer!'' features a pie catapult with an automatic targeting system [https://web.archive.org/web/20081005131728/http://cheer.thewotch.com/index.php?date=20070822 designed to maximize laughs].
* [[Homestar Runner|Teen Girl Squad.]] "[[Wave O Babies]]."
** "Three noses!?"
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* ''[[Questionable Content]]'' - "[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1425 I have no idea whether this comic actually makes sense. All I know is I could not stop laughing as I drew the last panel.]"
* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' exists for this and [[Rule of Romantic]]. Slightly prone to [[Cerebus Syndrome]].
* A [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade is hung on it]] in ''[[Nodwick]]'', when [https://web.archive.org/web/20100819081338/http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/gamespyarchive/index.php?date=2002-06-13 Nodwick is asked to lift a five-ton obelisk].
* Apparently ''[[Dominic Deegan|Donovan Deegan]]'' has been {{spoiler|1=[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2010-01-12 pretending to suck at orcish]}} ''for over twenty years'' purely because of [[Invoked Trope|this]] [[Lampshade Hanging|trope]]!
** According to [[Word of God]] the entire Wild Edges functions on [http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2010-07-01 this rule.]
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