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- In Seinfeld, when George's fiance Susan dies they keep making jokes about it but this trooper just didn't find it funny.
Tanto: That's kind of the point. These guys are not nice people. They weren't going for the serious, emotionally-weighty aspect of the scene.
Do we even need this, anyway? Seems to me it's pretty well covered by Mood Whiplash and Narm.
Lord TNK: This is a Super-Trope covering those and a few others.
