History Main / IWasJustJoking

* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', when Agatha is imprisoned, a cellmate [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060102 says]] that she would have better luck having her [[DoAnythingRobot clank]] try and unlock the door. Before the cellmate can stop her, Agatha says it's a good idea, gives the clank her lockpick (she wasn't having any luck), so it opens up the drain and disappears. Then the cellmate states that she wasn't actually serious.
** The horrible thing is, the clank succeeds in opening the door hours later only to allow the BigBad to reawaken. Really, those clanks are basically DiabolusExMachina when unsupervised.

* One of the most [[DudeShesLikeInAComa memorable scenes]] in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'':
-->'''Asuka:''' I know you tried to kiss me when I was sleeping!\\
'''Shinji:''' No fair! You were awake?!\\
'''Asuka:''' Oh, my gosh, I was just kidding! Did you really kiss me?!!\\
'''Shinji:''' N-n-no, I d-didn't. I-I stopped!

* Koizumi from ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' uttered this at least on one occasion. The thing is, he did it just after one of his countless [[ThePhilosopher philosophical monologues]]. Just as he actually made Kyon feel ''uneasy'' about it, he responds "Just kidding, that's not what I think at all." He also inverts the trope at one point, when suggesting that they deal with Haruhi's latest Reality Warp by convincing her that "It was all just a dream. ''[long pause]'' I wasn't joking, that was my idea."
* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'':
-->'''England:''' God, [American Independence Day] is the worst day ever. I can't sleep for a week whenever it comes around; I just remember things. I feel sick, I feel terrible in the morning, I have nightmares, I can't eat, I can't work (and so on). Good that it's the end of this shit. I figured I might as well join a party or two at the end of this torturous week.\\
'''America:''' Me too, England. Whenever today comes around, I think of your white-eyed chagrined face. And how much of a poor loser you were. And I always feel awesome a week in advance.\\
'''England:''' [[{{Tsundere}} Ah.]]\\
'''America:''' I lied.

* This sets off the plot in ''Anime/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' when Keiichi is asked why Rena is at the dump:
-->'''Keiichi''': Maybe she's looking for that dead body she chopped up a few months back.\\
'''Tomitake''': That was a terrible crime. They're still missing one of the arms.
* In ''Manga/ToLoveRu'', Yui ends up in [[SuggestiveCollision a compromising position]] with [[AccidentalPervert Rito]] while wearing nothing but a dress shirt (it's a long story). As she's been secretly crushing on him for quite a while and thinks that he's trying to seduce her, she heavily implies that she'd be willing to have sex with him. When Rito, being something of a CelibateHero by-way-of ChivalrousPervert, backs off, she claims that her offer wasn't supposed to be serious.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'', Shrek does this to Donkey when Donkey tells Shrek to change his tactics to reason with Artie.
-->'''Shrek:''' You're right, Donkey. ''[grabs tree trunk]'' What about this?\\
'''Donkey:''' Shrek!\\
'''Shrek:''' ''[while giggling]'' Oh, come on. It's just a joke! ''[{{beat}}]'' Still...

* ''Film/SchoolOfRock'' has Dewey Finn look at his band stylist (Billy)'s ensembles, and think it's too much. Then fustrated at the fact that the leader thinks it's not the right style, he goes, "They can just wear their uniforms!" Dewey has a NotListeningToMeAreYou moment hearing Zack (the guitarist)'s song and says absentmindedly, "That's not a bad idea." To which the young boy says, "Not a bad idea? I was kidding!" Later becomes a BrickJoke when they do use their uniforms (stylized to make the band look cooler) at the Battle of the Bands.

* From ''Film/ClearAndPresentDanger'', when Chavez asks, "What are you going to do, just knock on his door?" [[GilliganCut Cut]] to Ryan knocking on a door in the outer wall of Escobedo's compound and handing the guards his business card. Which has on it not just his name and job title, but also [[RefugeInAudacity the Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency]].

* In ''Film/{{Clue}}'', a heated argument between Colonel Mustard and Miss Scarlett leads to this unfortunate slip:
-->'''Mustard:''' If I were the killer, I would kill ''you'' next!\\
''[everyone looks at him suspiciously]''\\
'''Mustard:''' ...I said if! ''If!''

* In ''Series/TheAdventuresOfLanoAndWoodley'', when they've horribly damaged a wall close to an inspection in their apartment, as well as the other side of the wall in their neighbour's flat:
-->'''Col:''' ''[sarcastically]'' Oh yeah, what are we going to do? Make the hole big enough for both of us to fit through, patch the wall from Mitchell's side and then just let ourselves out?\\
'''Frank:''' ...That's actually not a bad idea.\\
'''Col:''' ...Yeah, I know!\\
'''Frank:''' But you were being sarcastic.\\
'''Col:''' ...No I wasn't...

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'':
** The episode "The One Where Rachel Smokes" takes its name from a subplot in which Rachel starts smoking in order to get in the important conversations her boss, Kim, and coworker, Nancy, have in the smokers' room. The first time she lights a cigarette, the following transpires:
--->'''Nancy:''' I thought you didn't smoke?\\
'''Rachel:''' Oh, I thought you guys meant marijuana cigarettes, y'know? Y'know what I mean, like doobies? And I actually, I thought to myself, "Wow, those guys are crazy!" But no, I actually smoke the regular ones all, all the time.\\
'''Kim:''' We get high.\\
'''Rachel:''' Oh, me too!\\
'''Kim:''' I'm kidding!\\
'''Rachel:''' Oh, me too!
** Subverted in an episode where Joey tries to come up with a new stage name. Chandler sarcastically suggests "Stalin" in response to "Joe". Joey, not knowing his history, takes him seriously. Subverted in that, while Chandler has this reaction visually, he then encourages Joey to actually use the name. His next audition does not go well.
* The pilot episode of ''Series/{{MacGyver|1985}}'';
-->'''Barbara Spencer:''' Blow an opening. With what? Don't tell me you know how to make a bomb out of a stick of chewing gum?\\
'''[=MacGyver=]:''' Why, you got some?
* Played [[BlackComedy kind of horribly]] on ''Series/TheBigC'' when Cathy finally tells Sean about her cancer and Sean breaks down entirely. In a panic, Cathy blurts out that she was kidding, getting revenge on him for an early scene where he'd made her believe their father had molested him.
* On ''Series/BandOfBrothers'', Martin and Perconte have this exchange in the first episode:
-->'''Perconte:''' ''[showing off his polished boots]'' Now, just think, if you had any class or style like me, somebody might've mistaken you for somebody.\\
'''Martin:''' ''[show insignia on his uniform]'' Oh, yeah, like your fucking sergeant?\\
'''Perconte:''' ''[meekly]'' I was just kiddin'.

* In ''Series/SmartGuy'', when Marcus learns that the "girl" he asked out were actually twins, TJ jokingly suggests that Marcus [[TwoTimerDate create a twin brother]] to get himself out of the situation. Unfortunately, Marcus seemed to take it as an actual idea suggestion from TJ and decides to ask them out, with TJ, horrified, then attempting to tell him that he was just kidding.

* Lighthearted example on ''Series/ThePriceIsRight''; [[http://rare.us/story/the-price-is-right-contestant-gives-his-bid-but-he-has-no-idea-this-is-about-to-happen/?utm_source=AOL&utm_medium=Web&utm_campaign=Partnership Bob Barker is such a kidder...]]

* ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'' has the immortal gem from Vincent:
--> '''Vincent:''' ''Monsters''? They look like ''monsters'' to you?\\
''[[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Heather gasps]]]''\\
'''Vincent:''' Don't ''worry''! [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial It's just]] a ''joke''.
* From ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'':
-->'''Joker:''' Argh! You want me to go crawling through the ducts again?\\

* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'':
-->'''EDI:''' Don't worry, Shepard. I only forget to recycle the ''Normandy''[='=]s oxygen when I discover something truly interesting.\\

* In ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'', Nick berates, insults, and makes fun of Ellis all the time. If Ellis dies or the remaining survivors are just Nick and Ellis, Nick will tell Ellis that all the stuff he was saying about him was just a joke and he says it in a very serious tone.

* In one of the bonus comics for ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'', Girlfriend plays a prank by showing off a positive pregnancy test and shouting "Pregnant". Boyfriend, going through a PregnancyScare, has a heart attack and dies on the spot, leading Girlfriend to chase after his [[GivingUpTheGhost drifting soul]] to explain she was joking.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', when Timmy wished he was a baby:
-->''[Happy Peppy Gary and Happy Peppy Betty rush into the room, trying to close it on an alligator]''\\
'''Gary:''' Somebody sing the "I don't want to get eaten by a gator" song!\\
''[Betty pulls out a ukelele and starts playing]''\\
'''Gary:''' ''I was being ironic!''
* Too many times to count on ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'', when someone (usually the TooDumbToLive characters Kevin and Brittany) takes one of Daria's snide remarks as a suggestion.

* The ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon "You Ought to Be in Pictures" has Porky quitting his job in cartoons so he can be a movie star. When it doesn't pan out, he returns to [[RogerRabbitEffect producer Leon Schlesinger]] and says he was just fooling.

* In ''Larfleeze'', when the Wanderer and Stargrave discuss how they can infiltrate the Council of Ten's army.
-->'''Stargrave''': If they're as confused and indecisive as you describe them, Madame, we can just show up and say "Reporting for duty as requested"!
-->'''Wanderer''': Stargrave, you're absolutely brilliant!
-->'''Stargrave''': No, I'm absolutely sarcastic! It was joke!
-->'''Wanderer''': Joke or not, that's what we're doing!

* In ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'', the titular music sequence happens because the Beast stumbled upon Belle in the ballroom and made a joke about how beautiful everything was looking. Belle jumped at the idea, and [[ShipperOnDeck the servants absolutely refused to let him back down]].

* In ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', Data having NoSenseOfHumour does this a fair bit; one memorable example is where Picard jokes Riker should be taken to the brig because of his actions during [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E4Gambit the episode]]. Data doesn't gets the joke and leads Riker away while he's protesting "Data he's joking, you know that right?".

* After Claire finds a radio in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica'', Steve (who has lost his trust in humanity) sarcastically suggests he call her brother. She does and you play as him in the second half of the game.

* Occurs in ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1483 in this strip]].

* ''WebVideo/SonicTheHedgehog2SpecialEdition'' includes a brief interview with the game's programmers, explaining how this (fictional) UpdatedRerelease came to be:
-->'''Anonymous programmer:''' So [Yuji Naka] just says: "F**k it! Let's just make ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Sonic 2]]'' again!" It turned out that he was being sarcastic. However, we were much too far into development at that point.
* ''Podcast/TheBreakup'': in the episode "The Breakout: Juggalos", rather than exchanging media, Jacob and guest host Megan go to events together in order to have new experiences. They make a number of jokes about Music/InsaneClownPosse on the show proper. Megan later says over social media, "Hey, ICP is going to be in town, let's do another episode!" and has to say the trope name when Jacob responds, "Well, we should buy tickets soon before they're all sold out."

* Gus in ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' is prone to delivering these lines: "What are we going to do, get the entire playground up here?" "What are we going to do, give everyone negative fives?"

* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', "Sarcastaball" starts with one of these. Responding to criticisms that football might be too dangerous for the kids, he ends up sarcastically describing a hypothetical sport (which eventually ends up with professional leagues):
-->'''Randy:''' Why don't we just have the players wear bras! And instead of helmets, they should wear little tinfoil hats, because it's the future, and we shouldn't be so barbaric! And while we're at it, we'll have a balloon instead of a ball, and whoever catches the balloon tries to run while all the other players hug! They'd love it! A sport where safety is all that matters? Why don't we call it Sarcastaball! I would love to be the coach of the Sarcastaball team!
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus'': In the episode "Spins A Web", Arnold suggests that the only way [[ItMakesSenseInContext to rescue Liz from a gung-ho general wanting to use her as bait for a giant mantis]] is a giant spider. Given that he's sitting in a shapeshifting school bus, he really should've known better when Phoebe and Ms. Frizzle take him seriously, despite him using the trope name to deny it.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "WesternAnimation/KnightyKnightBugs", Bugs Bunny is a jester in the court of King Arthur, and jokes about the fact that there is no one foolish enough to fetch the Singing Sword from the Black Knight (Yosemite Sam). Pity that his comedy routine isn't appreciated at the moment, for what it is at least.
-->'''Bugs:''' Yuk-yuk-yuk! Only a fool would go after the Singing Sword! Yuk-yuk-yuk, yuk-yuk-yuk!\\
'''Arthur:''' A good idea... Fool!\\
'''Bugs:''' (''stops laughing'') [[FlatWhat Wha...?]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': In an episode where the characters are supposed to be detectives, Kaeloo finds out that [[GadgeteerGenius Mr. Cat]], who was the villain of the episode, invented a cloning machine. She then tells him it was supposed to be about detectives, and not about sci-fi, and sarcastically asks why he doesn't add a few bazookas... [[AxCrazy so he does.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': In "Monkey Fist Strikes", when Kim raided a TempleOfDoom to find the Jade Monkey, nearly landing in a PitTrap:
-->'''Kim''': [[SpikesOfDoom Spikes.]] Gee, where are the snakes? ''(snakes appear around her)'' I was just being sarcastic!
* ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'': In the episode "Hooked on Sonics," when Antoine bemoans that Sally pays more attention to Sonic than him, Rotor remarks that Sonic is a tough act to follow, and that it would take something major to impress her. When Antoine asks "Like what?", Rotor jokes that he could capture Robotnik and bring him back to Knothole. Later, when they find Antoine missing and evidence of him taking a Power Ring; Rotor promptly goes OhCrap, realizing that [[SarcasmBlind Antoine]] actually took his suggestion seriously.

* Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} had a tradition where, if there was a last minute vacancy on a show, they'd draw lots to find a replacement. The first couple draws were joke draws - generally people who weren't working for CHIKARA and never expected to be there. So cue a match between [=Mike Quackenbush/Lince Dorado/Equinox=] and The [=UnStable (Vin Gerard/STIGMA=], where for various reasons a "logical" third man to team with The [=UnStable=] couldn't be found, so they went with drawing lots to find one. One of the random joke drawings was Wrestling/DaizeeHaze, who not only happened to be at the show, but demanded her right to participate in the match. Despite Gerard and STIGMA's objections she was allowed to participate in the match, and surprised everyone by easily carrying her weight in it.

* The sixth episode of ''Anime/RanmaOneHalf'' is "Akane's Lost Love; These Things Happen, You Know". Doctor Tofu is examining Ranma's cheek, and declares the injury bears the hallmark of an Akane strike. Most telling, according to Tofu, are the directness of impact and the alignment of the ball's stitching. Ranma remarks that even Akane's "junk" has her signature, prompting Akane to admonish Ranma for not paying attention. Doctor Tofu is taken aback, saying that his analyses were made in jest; it surprised him that Akane's foul ball during a girls' game actually begat Ranma's reddened cheek.

* This sets off the plot in ''Anime/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' when Keichii is asked why Rena is at the dump:
-->'''Keichii''': Maybe she's looking for that dead body she chopped up a few months back.\\

* One day during his on-air shift, [=KMET=] DJ Chuck Taylor played the 12″ version of Music/{{Blondie}}'s "Call Me" at 45 RPM instead of 33⅓ RPM and jokingly announced that it was Music/AlvinAndTheChipmunks' latest single. Listeners ended up making enough requests for that "new" Chipmunks release that Chipmunks property owner Ross Bagdasarian Jr. teamed up with Steve Vining to record ''Chipmunk Punk'', an entire album of covers of NewWaveMusic songs performed by the Chipmunks, which included an official Chipmunks cover of "Call Me".

-->'''Wolverine:''' "By my count, there are only a few thousand of them. Cover me -- I'm going in." * Extends his claws*
-->'''Cyclops:''' "Okay."
-->* Pause. Wolverine puts away his claws.*
-->'''Wolverine:''' "I was just kiddin'."
-->'''Cyclops:''' "... Me too."

* In the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "WesternAnimation/KnightyKnightBugs", Bugs Bunny is a jester in the court of King Arthur, and mocks the knights for being too cowardly to fetch the Singing Sword from the Black Knight (Yosemite Sam).

** This is November 11's CatchPhrase in . His sense of humor is rather... Dark, shall we say, to which the deadpan addition of this sentence usually doesn't help much.

* Koizumi from ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' uttered this at least on one occasion. The thing is, he did it just after one of his countless [[ThePhilosopher philosophical monologues]]. Just as he actually made Kyon feel ''uneasy'' about it, he responds "Just kidding, that's not what I think at all." He also inverts the trope at one point, when suggesting that they deal with Haruhi's latest Reality Warp by convincing her that "It was all just a dream. ''[long pause]'' I wasn't joking, that was my idea."

* One day during his on-air shift, [=KMET=] DJ Chuck Taylor played the 12″ version of Music/{{Blondie}}'s "Call Me" at 45 RPM instead of 33⅓ RPM and jokingly announced that it was Music/AlvinAndTheChipmunks' latest single. Listeners ending up making enough requests for that "new" Chipmunks release that Chipmunks property owner Ross Bagdasarian Jr. teamed up with Steve Vining to record ''Chipmunk Punk'', an entire album of covers of NewWaveMusic songs performed by the Chipmunks, which included an official Chipmunks cover of "Call Me".

* In ''Smart Guy'', when Marcus learns that the "girl" he asked out were actually twins, TJ jokingly suggests that Marcus [[TwoTimerDate create a twin brother]] to get himself out of the situation. Unfortunately, Marcus seemed to take it as an actual idea suggestion from TJ and decides to ask them out, with TJ, horrified, then attempting to tell him that he was just kidding.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'', Skipper does this almost deliberately with Gloria.

** ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightDualDestinies'': At one point in the final case, Phoenix gets a letter from Maya, who had completely misinterpreted the bombing of Courtroom No. 4 in the first case, assuming that he was in a trial held in an "exploding courtroom". [[spoiler:Phoenix remembers this when they're forced by Aura Blackquill to start a retrial of an old case, but all the courtooms are full...except for the "exploding courtroom"; Courtroom No. 4, which had been sealed off due to safety concerns and hadn't been used to hold trials since.]]

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'': In Case 4 at one point it seems that Phoenix is completely out of leads, so the prosecutor tauntingly suggests that they [[spoiler:[[MakeTheDogTestify cross-examine the killer's parrot]]]] just for the sake of comic relief. [[http://youtu.be/2GGsRlRVTCA?t=8m48s Phoenix decides to take him up on his offer.]] While it turns out that [[spoiler:[[CrazyPrepared von Karma had retrained the parrot]]]], Phoenix is able to get out enough info to continue with the case anyway.

* Inverted in ''Literature/TheCaskOfAmontillado''. Fortunato tries to invoke this on Montresor — ""Ha! ha! ha! — he! he! he! — a very good joke, indeed — an excellent jest. We will have many a rich laugh about it at the palazzo — he! he! he! — over our wine —he! he! he!" —in one of his last-ditch attempts at saving his life, but it fails.

-->-- '''Prince Adam''', ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|2017}}''

* In one of the bonus comics for ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'', Girlfriend plays a prank by showing off a positive pregnancy test and shouting "Pregnant". Boyfriend, going through a PregnancyScare, has a heart attack and dies on the spot, leading Girlfriend to chase after his [[WingedSoulFliesOffAtDeath drifting soul]] to explain she was joking.