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See also [[It Amused Me]].
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Thirty Days of Night|30 Days of Night]]''
{{quote| '''Denise:''' Neither of you are getting me alone. Neither!<br />
'''Aaron:''' Ah! We share, right? None of us have to be greedy.<br />
'''Gabe:''' Yeah, come on. We'll be good.<br />
'''Aaron:''' Oh, you will? Where's the fun in that? }}
* ''[[Godzilla]]'' (1998)
{{quote| '''[[Nancy Cartwright|Audrey Timmonds]]:''' If he's the first of his kind, how can he be pregnant? Doesn't he need a mate?<br />
'''Dr. Niko Tatopoulus:''' Not if he reproduces asexually.<br />
'''Audrey Timmonds:''' Where's the fun in that? }}
* ''Mr. Nanny''
{{quote| ''[Corinne hits Sean Armstrong with a frying pan]''<br />
'''Sean Armstrong:''' What'd you do that for?<br />
'''Corinne:''' For making a mess, Porky!<br />
'''Sean Armstrong:''' You could've asked me to clean it up.<br />
'''Corinne:''' Sure, but where's the fun in that? }}
* ''[[The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Film)|The Adventures of Baron Munchausen]]''
{{quote| '''Baron Munchausen:''' What's this?<br />
'''Vulcan:''' Oh, this is our prototype. RX, uh, Intercontinental, radar-sneaky, multi-warheaded nuclear missile.<br />
'''Baron Munchausen:''' Ah! What does it do?<br />
'''Vulcan:''' Do? Kills the enemy. [snip] Well, you see, the advantage is you don't have to see one single one of them die. You just sit comfortably thousands of miles away from the battlefield and simply press the button.<br />
'''Berthold:''' Well, where's the fun in that? }}
 
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Chuck]]'' episode "Chuck vs. First Class"
{{quote| '''Chuck Bartowski:''' The review's about me? Shouldn't Shaw be asking me about me?<br />
'''John Casey:''' Where's the fun in that? }}
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' episode "Flesh and Stone"
{{quote| '''The Doctor:''' Can I trust you, River Song?<br />
'''River Song:''' If you like. But where's the fun in that? }}
** The Doctor himself is a serious abuser of this trope both in the revived series and the classic series:
{{quote| ''A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it is by no means the most interesting.''<br />
'''Third Doctor''', ''The Time Warrior'' }}
* ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent|Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'' episode "The Unblinking Eye"
{{quote| '''Detective Alexandra Eames:''' [while observing a suspect in the interrogation room] She could confess, but where's the fun in that?}}
* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' "Mosquito Hunters" sketch.
{{quote| '''Hank:''' Well, I follow the moth in the helicopter to lure it away from the flowers, and then Roy comes along in the Lockheed Starfighter and attacks it with air-to-air missiles.<br />
'''Roy:''' A lot of people have asked us why we don't use fly spray. Well, where's the sport in that? }}
* In the ''[[Star Trek: theThe Original Series]]'' episode "The Squire of Gothos". Kirk asked his captor, "Where's the sport?" in simply hanging him, as he had planned. Instead, Kirk talked his captor into [[Hunting the Most Dangerous Game|staging a "royal hunt"]]. This bought Kirk enough time for a [[Deus Ex Machina]] rescue.
* A variant of this became a [[Running Gag]] in ''[[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]]'' whenever Gordy does his [[Zany Scheme]] and someone (usually Ned) asked him the reason for it while [[Stating the Simple Solution]]:
{{quote| '''Gordy''': Because, this is more fun.}}
 
== [[Stand Up Comedy]] ==
* ''[[Robin Williams]]: Live on Broadway'' (2002)
{{quote| Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court banned the execution of retarded people. People in Texas are going, "Shit, where's the fun in that?"}}
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Ghostbusters the Video Game (Video Game)|Ghostbusters the Video Game]]'' (2009)
{{quote| '''Winston Zeddemore:''' Just once, I wouldn't mind running with these other fools ''away'' from the trouble.<br />
'''Dr. Peter Venkman:''' Where's the fun in that? }}
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]''
{{quote| '''Fructose Riboflavin:''' Bloodless victory'? Where's the fun in that?!}}
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Beast Wars (Animation)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "Beast Wars: Part 1"
{{quote| '''Dinobot:''' Their defence shields are down! Destroy them!<br />
'''Megatron:''' Now where's the fun in that? }}
* ''[[Batman the Brave And The Bold (Animation)|Batman: The Brave andAnd The Bold]]'': The Joker has a song and dance number revolving around this phrase, after Harley asks him if he's going to unmask Batman.
** He also uses this phrase in the episode where {{spoiler|he teams up with Batman}} in reference to being a goodguy.
* ''[[Transformers Animated]]'':
{{quote| '''Ratchet:''' "Why didn't you just use the EMP?"<br />
'''Prowl:''' "Where's the fun in that?" }}
* [[Scooby Doo Mystery Inc]]:
{{quote| '''Shaggy''': Can you give us a straight answer?<br />
'''Mr. E''': Where's the fun in that? }}
* In the [[What If]] episode of ''[[Ben 10 (Animation)|Ben 10]]'' where Gwen was the one the [[Clingy MacGuffin|Omnitrix]] attached itself to, [[Big Bad|Vilgax]] has her restrained and selects from a range of sharp-looking tools to forcibly remove it from her.
{{quote| '''Gwen ''[nervously]'':''' Couldn't you just slip the watch off?<br />
'''Vilgax:''' And what fun would ''that'' be? }}
* Discord of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has this to say about making sense:
{{quote| '''Discord''': '''Make sense'? Aww; what fun is there in making sense?''}}
 
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[[Category:Stock Phrases]]
[[Category:WheresThis TheIndex FunAsked InYou Thata Question]]
[[Category:TropeWhere's the Fun In That?]]
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