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{{quote|''"Wow, what a terrific audience."''|'''Jimmy''', ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]''}}
 
If a character in any given show is constantly cracking wise and making wry observations, no matter how clever and funny they are, they never elicit so much as a smirk from any of the other characters. While in real life genuinely funny and charming people are social darlings, in TV land they're more seen as annoying losers.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Yorick from ''[[Y: theThe Last Man]]'' peppers his speech with pop culture references, to which 355 reacts with indifference and Dr Mann with snarkiness. This can be read as either an example or a subversion of the trope, depending on how funny you think he is.
 
== Commercials ==
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Exception: Supporting characters on ''[[Raines (TV)|Raines]]'' frequently smile or chuckle at the title character's one-liners.
* ''[[Sports Night]]'' subverts this quite nicely with most characters, especially Danny. Whenever anyone makes a joke, or just an amusing comment, the other characters actually laugh!
* John Crichton from ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]''. Though, to be fair, none of his audience knows [[Fish Out of Water|what the hell he's talking about]].
{{quote| '''D'argo''': Are you mocking me?<br />
'''John''': D'argo, I mock all of us. }}
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** In early episodes, the other friends were shown chuckling at Chandler's jokes once in a while. In fact, you can see the others laugh less and less at Chandler as the series goes on, and get more and more irritated with his quips.
*** If you've ever known someone who jokes to the degree that Chandler does, [[Truth in Television|you'll understand this fully.]] It's not just the jokes themselves, it's the [[Hurricane of Puns|constant nature of them.]]
* Although ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' is almost always making sarcastic quips, none of the characters in-universe find them funny. Justified in that he's either mocking them or [[Crossing the Line Twice]] at a patient's expense.
** They do occasionally avert this trope, but only when it's a plot point (as in the episode where Foreman {{spoiler|contracted an infection which made him giddy}}).
* ''[[MASH]]'' has a lot of witty one-liners, mostly done by Hawkeye, but there wasn't many times when people were laughing. Most probably because the [[War Is Hell|situation]] they were in and Hawkeye was like an early Chandler.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* The Flash in ''[[Justice League (Animationanimation)|Justice League]]'' is sometimes deliberately subject to this trope. He's surrounded by a number of [[Comically Serious]] characters, and he tends to have a [[Silver Age]] sense of humor. When he gets his [[Day in The Limelight]], the audience finds out he's actually quite capable of being serious and practical.
* Numbuh Two in ''[[Codename Kids Next Door (Animation)|Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' often finds his attempts at [[One-Liner|One Liners]] met with groans, complains, or outright assault from his fellow agents (especially Numbuh Five).
* Krusty the Clown of ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'' might be an example of this. He tends to alternate between this trope and [[So Unfunny It's Funny]].
* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', Aang tells Bumi that he comes from "Kangaroo Island". Bumi replies "Kangaroo Island? I hear that place is really hopping!" After a long [[Beat]] Sokka bursts out laughing.
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'': Pinkie Pie attempts to cheer up the crying Cake Twins with a standup act. This elicits [[Chirping Crickets]], and Pinkie dropping the trope name.
 
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