History Main / CollectiveGroan

* On ''ThomasTheTankEngine'', in "James & the Queen of Sodor". Percy wrecks James' coat after miraculously avoiding damage during his dirty jobs all day. James remarks to the others that he'll be cleaned up and "[[IncrediblyLamePun Red-ier than ever!]]" The episode closes on one of these.

->''Gaming groups, like all tight-knit groups of people, have their collective quirks.(...) Some - the highest echelon of geeky humour of all [[hottip:*:Because the point of humour is of course to make the listener groan.]] - [[IncrediblyLamePun engage in punning.]]''\\
--''Annotation for [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0368.html this]] Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids strip''

This is often a sign that you're dealing with an IncrediblyLamePun, making it a very common LamePunReaction. {{Feghoot}}s take it even further; a Collective Groan is [[SoUnfunnyItsFunny the desired response]].

Also has been known to happen to the BearerOfBadNews.

On the other hand, sometimes it's just a ToughRoom.

* In TheCluefinders 3rd Grade Adventures, we get this little one in the opening.

* ''{{The 4400}}'': Not an in-show example, but in the season three bloopers, two scenes are put back-to-back to get this effect.

-->'''Santiago:''' Superstition!
-->'''Leslie:''' Lost city?
-->'''Joni:''' Monster?!
-->'''Owen:''' ...peanuts?
-->'''All:''' '''''OWEN!'''''

-->'''AltText''': If the internet were an auditorium, I'd be on stage grinning proudly against a chorus of groans.

This is often a sign that you're dealing with an IncrediblyLamePun, making it a very common LamePunReaction. {{Feghoot}}s take it even further; a Collective Groan is [[SoUnfunnyItsFunny the desired response]].

Frequently the response to an IncrediblyLamePun.

** Used several other times, as well, such as when he makes a joke about the death of [[TheCrow Brandon Lee.]]

->''Gaming groups, like all tight-knit groups of people, have their collective quirks.(...) Some - the highest echelon of geeky humour of all [[hottip:*:Because the point of humour is of course to make the listener groan.]]" - [[IncrediblyLamePun engage in punning.]]''\\

->''Gaming groups, like all tight-knit groups of people, have their collective quirks.(...) Some - the highest echelon of geeky humour of all [[hottip:*:Because the point of humour is of course to make the listener groan.]]" - [[AWorldwidePunomenon engage in punning.]]''\\

* Played straight four times, then subverted in the HomestarRunner short "Senorial Day", when Bubs lets loose [[HurricaneOfPuns a string of bad puns]], then an apparent non sequitur, which leads an off-screen audience to groan after each bad pun, and give a collective "Huh?" after the non sequitur.

* ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'', the "Dirty Fork" sketch. A man in a restaurant politely complains about his fork being dirty, leading to a great deal of anger and violence. At the end of the sketch:

* WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic had a moment where, in the "Top 11 animated nostalgic hotties", he commented that [[{{Thundercats}} Cheetara]] gave new meaning to the term "fast pussy". Booing ensued, to which he responds [[ObligatoryJoke "I had to! I had to!"]].
** There are plenty of other moments where an offscreen audience booed at him. Particularly terrible jokes in NC, WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick and WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall tend to be followed by a StockSnippet of canned booing.

* From YellowSubmarine:

** While reviewing ''TheSpirit'' with [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]], [[WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] cracks a pun that doesn't just get the booing but also a caption to apologise:

* During his review of the ''DirtyDancing'' game, [[TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] makes a somewhat tasteless joke about the abortion scene from the movie (it involves ''TraumaCenter''). Cut to stock footage of a booing audience, to which Spoony responds "What? It's in the movie!"

* ''[=~Monty Python's Flying Circus~=]'', the "Dirty Fork" sketch. A man in a restaurant politely complains about his fork being dirty, leading to a great deal of anger and violence. At the end of the sketch:

--''Annotation for [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0368.html this]] DarthsAndDroids strip''

* ''{{iCarly}}'': Done numerous times in ''iDream of Dance''.

* From the end of the penultimate season 2 episode of ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'':

* Infamously, from ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':

* ''{{Community}}'' is especially fond of this, normally in conjunction with paper balls being thrown at the target of the groans. It's become a running joke that anytime Britta mentions social justice in any way the whole group boos and groans.

* In one arc of ''{{Peanuts}}'', Linus ran for class president, and was very nearly a shoo-in. Then he started talking about "[[CloudCuckooLander the Great Pumpkin]]," and this trope (or rather, a collective "UGGH!") resulted.

* In GuildWars, before the Venta Cemetery mission, Koss mentions to a group of refugees that their path home will be a tad more "difficult" than they expected. Naturally there's a bit of disappointment.
* ''{{Kingdom of Loathing}}'' has a segment in the Haunted Gallery where you go through a series of paintings, and the game proceeds to snark the hell out of them or reinterpret them in...interesting ways. One such is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:David_-_The_Death_of_Socrates.jpg David's ''The Death of Socrates'']]. You walk past the scene in question, where Socrates has just told an {{Incredibly Lame Pun}} and everyone around is [[CollectiveGroan groaning]] and slamming their heads into the wall.

* ''{{Community}}'' is especially fond of this. It's become a running joke that anytime Britta mentions social justice in any way the whole group boos and groans.

** While reviewing ''TheSpirit'' with FilmBrain, {{Linkara}} cracks a pun that doesn't just get the booing but also a caption to apologise:

* TheNostalgiaCritic had a moment where, in the "Top 11 animated nostalgic hotties", he commented that [[{{Thundercats}} Cheetara]] gave new meaning to the term "fast pussy". Booing ensued, to which he responds [[ObligatoryJoke "I had to! I had to!"]].
** There are plenty of other moments where an offscreen audience booed at him. Particularly terrible jokes in NC, NostalgiaChick and AtopTheFourthWall tend to be followed by a StockSnippet of canned booing.

* In ''ImSorryIllReadThatAgain'', the ''audience'' was wont to do this at any and all puns. It's worth to note that the writers often predicted this, and made the following dialogue reflect it.

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* [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]] causes this occasionally.
-->'''The Doctor:''' The power cable generated an electrical field and confused their tiny metal minds. You might almost say they've had a complete "metal" breakdown.
-->'''Jamie:''' [groans]
-->'''The Doctor:''' I'm so sorry, Jamie.

* The four do a lot of this in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'', mostly 'not' in response to puns.