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YMMV/HilariousInHindsight

Contrast FunnyAneurysmMoment (when something that was once amusing or awesome is now tinged with tragedy thanks to a RealLife or in-story tragedy), DudeNotFunny (when something is considered in bad taste to mock or even mention, no matter what the circumstance), and HarsherInHindsight (when something dramatic or depressing is now worse due to a RealLife or in-story tragedy).

Contrast FunnyAneurysmMoment (when something that was once amusing or awesome is now tinged with tragedy thanks to a RealLife or in-story tragedy), DudeNotFunny (when something is considered in bad taste to mock or even mention, no matter what the circumstance), and HarsherInHindsight (when something dramatic or depressing is now worse due to a RealLife or in-story tragedy).

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!Sub-categories:

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* HilariousInHindsight/{{Advertising}}
* HilariousInHindsight/{{Anime}}
* HilariousInHindsight/{{Comedy}}
* HilariousInHindsight/ComicBooks
* HilariousInHindsight/FanWorks
* HilariousInHindsight/{{Film}}
* HilariousInHindsight/{{Literature}}
* HilariousInHindsight/LiveActionTV
* HilariousInHindsight/{{Music}}
* HilariousInHindsight/{{Other}}
* HilariousInHindsight/ProfessionalWrestling
* HilariousInHindsight/VideoGames
* HilariousInHindsight/WebComics
* HilariousInHindsight/WebOriginal
* HilariousInHindsight/WesternAnimation
** HilariousInHindsight/MyLittlePony
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Note this is ''not'' merely something that seemingly predicts something else. For example, black US presidents in fictions are not this trope. A black US president in fiction who has an EmbarrassingMiddleName name would be.

[[AC:Fan Works]]
* In Chapter 77 of ''FanFic/Hottie3TheBestFanFicInTheWorld'', which involved {{fusion|Dance}}, all three [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Crystal Gems]] fused into one being. A few months later, the ''Steven Universe'' episode "Giant Woman" aired on TV, and then came Opal.

[[AC: Fanfiction]]
* ''Fanfic/AllInTheFamily'' has a character named Acacia Castro-Avila whose FamousAncestor is supposedly FidelCastro himself. This is HilariousInHindsight when you realize that a year after the fanfic was published, FidelCastro was revealed to have had [[ReallyGetsAround many lovers]].

[[AC:RecordedAndStandUpComedy]]
* Jack [=McBrayer=]'s routine in the 2012 Just for Laughs festival, in which he reads entries from his childhood diary, "or, as boys call it, a journal." Entries include:
** 1985: Listened to Music/MichaelJackson's "We Are the World" and though "He is such a good singer, and so good with kids" (also counts as a FunnyAneurysmMoment due to the molestation charges that would ruin him, though the fact that he was found not guilty does make it funny, but it still kind of hurts).
** 1997: While on vacation in Paris, sees Princess Diana in the next car. "Mom is chasing her so I can take a picture. Oh. ''Oh.''"
** 2004: Tina Fey sends him a copy of the script for ''Series/ThirtyRock'', which sounded good, but he was more interested in Matt [=LeBlanc's=] new sitcom ''Series/{{Joey}}''.
** 2008: Meets Tiger Woods and thinks "He's so much like me. A very nice guy and shy around the ladies."
** 2012: Gets invited to Alec Baldwin's wedding ceremony, and decides to surprise him by bringing some photographers.
*** That last one he tore out and said "To the graveyard." In another reading, he says "I will burn this immediately."

** 2008: Meets Tiger woods and thinks "He's so much like me. A very nice guy and shy around the ladies."

This is the opposite. It's when a later event, such as a current event or something that happened in the series, contrives to make something ''funnier'' than it originally was. This is what your literature teacher would call "[[LifeImitatesArt Life imitating Art]]". There's a decent list in this [[http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1752468 College Humor]] feature and another one in this [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19146_8-absurd-jokes-that-predicted-real-life-events.html Cracked.com]] feature.

-->-- '''ChuckPalahniuk'''

** 2008: Meets Tiger woods and thinks "He so like me. A very nice guy and shy around the ladies."

[[AC:Stand Up Comedy]]

** 1985: Listened to MichaelJackson's "We Are the World" and though "He is such a good singer, and so good with kids" (also counts as a FunnyAneurysmMoment due to the molestation charges that would ruin him, though the fact that he was found not guilty does make it funny, but it still kind of hurts).

** 2004: Tina Fey sends him a copy of the script for ''ThirtyRock'', which sounded good, but he was more interested in Matt [=LeBlanc's=] new sitcom ''Series/{{Joey}}''.

Note this is ''not'' merely something that seemingly predicts something else. For example, black US presidents in fictions are not this trope. A black US president in fiction who has an unfortunate middle name would be.

** 1985: Listened to MichaelJackson's "We Are the World" and though "He is such a good singer, and so good with kids".

** 2004: Tina Fey sends him a copy of the script for ''ThirtyRock'', which sounded good, but he was more interested in MattLeBlanc's new sitcom ''Series/{{Joey}}''.

This is the opposite. It's when a later event, such as a current event or something that happened in the series, contrives to make something ''funnier'' than it originally was. This is what your literature teacher would call "Life imitating Art". There's a decent list in this [[http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1752468 College Humor]] feature and another one in this [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19146_8-absurd-jokes-that-predicted-real-life-events.html Cracked.com]] feature.

!!Sub-categories:

** HilariousInHindsight/MyLittlePony

Almost all examples of HavingAGayOldTime are an example of this trope.

Also note that some examples that might not seem funny to one, might seem funny to another. It depends on attitudes towards DeadBabyComedy and GallowsHumor.

Contrast FunnyAneurysmMoment, DudeNotFunny, HarsherInHindsight.

Contrast FunnyAneurysmMoment, DudeNotFunny, HarsherInHindsight, [[{{Tearjerker}} Heartbreaking In Hindsight]].