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Of course, it's all for the best. Constantly chuckling characters would drive viewers insane (a [[Laugh Track|constantly chuckling audience]] does nothing of the sort, [[Sarcasm Mode|of course]]), especially if they're [[Humor Dissonance|laughing at a joke the viewer doesn't find funny.]]

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* Yorick from ''[[Y: The 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.

* 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}}).

* This is noticably averted in ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', where this trope is a pet peeve of the writers. Anytime a character on the show is intentionally telling a joke, only the actor playing the character telling the joke is told the joke beforehand. Thus, the other characters listening to the joke will laugh, or at least smirk, at the joke since [[Enforced Method Acting|this is the first time the other actors have heard it.]]