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-->'''Majima:''' This is the part where you're SUPPOSED TO '''LAUGH!''' ''[brains the henchman with his bat and keeps wailing on the poor guy]'' '''LAUGH, YOU STUPID MOTHERFUCKER!'''[[labelnote: Kiwami Subtitles]] This is the part where ya '''LAUGH'''! ''[attacks the underling with a bat!]'' ''LAUGH IT UP, DUMBASS!''[[/labelnote]]
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-->'''Majima:''' This is the part where ya '''LAUGH'''! ''[attacks the underling with a bat!]'' ''LAUGH IT UP, DUMBASS!''[[labelnote: Original English Dub]] This is the part where you're SUPPOSED TO '''LAUGH!''' ''[brains the henchman with his bat and keeps wailing on the poor guy]'' '''LAUGH, YOU STUPID MOTHERFUCKER!'''[[labelnote: Kiwami Subtitles]] This is the part where ya '''LAUGH'''! ''[attacks the underling with a bat!]'' ''LAUGH IT UP, DUMBASS!''[[/labelnote]]MOTHERFUCKER!'''[[/labelnote]]
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-->'''Majima:''' This is the part where you're SUPPOSED TO LAUGH! (WHACK!) LAUGH, YOU STUPID MOTHERFUCKER!
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-->'''Majima:''' This is the part where you're SUPPOSED TO LAUGH! (WHACK!) LAUGH, '''LAUGH!''' ''[brains the henchman with his bat and keeps wailing on the poor guy]'' '''LAUGH, YOU STUPID MOTHERFUCKER!MOTHERFUCKER!'''[[labelnote: Kiwami Subtitles]] This is the part where ya '''LAUGH'''! ''[attacks the underling with a bat!]'' ''LAUGH IT UP, DUMBASS!''[[/labelnote]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'': In one episode, Smitus monologues about his evil plan and then lets out an evil laugh, while his minions just stare. He gives them an icy glare and says, "You laugh too." The minions all start laughing themselves silly, so much so that they accidentally let the episode's AppliedPhlebotinum out of their ship's airlock.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'': In one episode, Smitus monologues about his evil plan and then lets out an evil laugh, while his minions just stare. He gives them an icy glare and says, "You laugh too." The minions all first let out very awkward forced giggles which Smitus orders "Like you mean it." they then start laughing themselves silly, so much so that they accidentally let the episode's AppliedPhlebotinum out of their ship's airlock.
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* In ''ComicBook/TheCartoonHistoryOfTheUniverse'', UsefulNotes/{{Caligula}}, in a scene based on Suetonius's ''The Twelve Caesars'', bursts into hysterical laughter at a banquet. When a guest asks him why, the emperor says it just occurred to him that with a single word he could have the guest's throat slit. He resumes laughing, pausing briefly to say "You laugh too." The guest complies with a nervous chuckle.
* This is one of ComicBook/TheJoker's recurring schticks, played not for comedy (usually) but for the disturbing way he forces his victims to play along. A particularly memorable occurrence: In the story "Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker", he catches one of his henchmen failing to join in the laughter. He [[BadBoss terminates him with extreme prejudice]] by using a BANGFlagGun (which could have inspired a similar YouHaveFailedMe sequence from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''.) An identical scenario occurs in ''ComicBook/BatmanVsTheIncredibleHulk'', also written by Len Wein.
* This is one of ComicBook/TheJoker's recurring schticks, played not for comedy (usually) but for the disturbing way he forces his victims to play along. A particularly memorable occurrence: In the story "Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker", he catches one of his henchmen failing to join in the laughter. He [[BadBoss terminates him with extreme prejudice]] by using a BANGFlagGun (which could have inspired a similar YouHaveFailedMe sequence from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''.) An identical scenario occurs in ''ComicBook/BatmanVsTheIncredibleHulk'', also written by Len Wein.
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* In ''ComicBook/TheCartoonHistoryOfTheUniverse'', UsefulNotes/{{Caligula}}, in a scene based on Suetonius's ''The Twelve Caesars'', bursts into hysterical laughter at a banquet. When a guest asks him why, the emperor says it just occurred to him that with a single word he could have the guest's throat slit. He resumes laughing, pausing briefly to say "You laugh too." The guest complies with a nervous chuckle.
*''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': This is one of ComicBook/TheJoker's recurring schticks, played not for comedy (usually) but for the disturbing way he forces his victims to play along. A particularly memorable occurrence: In the story "Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker", he catches one of his henchmen failing to join in the laughter. He [[BadBoss terminates him with extreme prejudice]] by using a BANGFlagGun (which could have inspired a similar YouHaveFailedMe sequence from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''.) An identical scenario occurs in ''ComicBook/BatmanVsTheIncredibleHulk'', also written by Len Wein.Wein.
* ''ComicBook/TheCartoonHistoryOfTheUniverse'': In a scene based on Suetonius's ''The Twelve Caesars'', UsefulNotes/{{Caligula}} bursts into hysterical laughter at a banquet. When a guest asks him why, the emperor says it just occurred to him that with a single word he could have the guest's throat slit. He resumes laughing, pausing briefly to say "You laugh too." The guest complies with a nervous chuckle.
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** It isn't just laughter. On one occasion, when falling down a seemingly bottomless pit, he urged, "Scream with me!" Guitierrez was very much a LargeHam.
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* A version that is definitely not played for laughs in ''Anime/OnePieceFilmGold''. The BigBad Gild Tesoro will tell people to laugh with him, and forbid them to laugh when he isn't. When one of his subordinates dares to laugh at something without his permission, Tesoro immediately responds by encasing the guy's head in gold and lets him suffocate. [[spoiler: A flash-back show that it come from his DarkAndTroubledPast, where he served as a slave of the [[AristocratsAreEvil World Nobles]] who would punish him for laughing without permission.]]
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* A version that is definitely not played for laughs in ''Anime/OnePieceFilmGold''. The BigBad Gild Tesoro will tell people to laugh with him, and forbid them to laugh when he isn't. When one of his subordinates dares to laugh at something without his permission, Tesoro immediately responds by encasing the guy's head in gold and lets him suffocate. [[spoiler: A flash-back show [[spoiler:A flashback shows that it come comes from his DarkAndTroubledPast, where he served as a slave of the [[AristocratsAreEvil World Nobles]] who would punish him for laughing without permission.]]
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* This is one of ComicBook/TheJoker's recurring schticks, played not for comedy (usually) but for the disturbing way he forces his victims to play along. A particularly memorable occurrence-- In the story "Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker", he catches one of his henchmen failing to join in the laughter. He [[BadBoss terminates him with extreme prejudice]] by using a BANGFlagGun (which could have inspired a similar YouHaveFailedMe sequence from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''.) An identical scenario occurs in ''ComicBook/BatmanVsTheIncredibleHulk'', also written by Len Wein.
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* This is one of ComicBook/TheJoker's recurring schticks, played not for comedy (usually) but for the disturbing way he forces his victims to play along. A particularly memorable occurrence-- occurrence: In the story "Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker", he catches one of his henchmen failing to join in the laughter. He [[BadBoss terminates him with extreme prejudice]] by using a BANGFlagGun (which could have inspired a similar YouHaveFailedMe sequence from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''.) An identical scenario occurs in ''ComicBook/BatmanVsTheIncredibleHulk'', also written by Len Wein.
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-->"Good night! And laugh! And laugh! Just laugh! [[GlamourFailure We love the make laugh. Make more for laughter so as to for laugh.]] Laugh with us. Laugh with us. ''[studio audience joins in unison]'' [[MadnessMantra Laugh with us! Laugh with us! Laugh with us! Laugh with us!]] [[spoiler: Laugh! Laugh! [[WhamLine Laugh and let us in!]]]]"
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-->"Good night! And laugh! And laugh! Just laugh! [[GlamourFailure We love the make laugh. Make more for laughter so as to for laugh.]] Laugh with us. Laugh with us. ''[studio audience joins in unison]'' [[MadnessMantra Laugh with us! Laugh with us! Laugh with us! Laugh with us!]] [[spoiler: Laugh! [[spoiler:Laugh! Laugh! [[WhamLine Laugh and let us in!]]]]"
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** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek "Dalek"]]: Henry van Statten's "[[{{Pun}} in-tru-da window]]" joke is met with dead silence, to which he clarifies "In-tru-da window, that was ''funny!''" at which point his goons get the message and join in.
** In [[Recap/DoctorWho2010CSAChristmasCarol "A Christmas Carol"]], Kazran Sardick does this and likewise follows it up with a "[[CallBack That was funny!]]"
** In [[Recap/DoctorWho2010CSAChristmasCarol "A Christmas Carol"]], Kazran Sardick does this and likewise follows it up with a "[[CallBack That was funny!]]"
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** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek "Dalek"]]: "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek Dalek]]": Henry van Statten's "[[{{Pun}} in-tru-da window]]" joke is met with dead silence, to which he clarifies "In-tru-da window, that was ''funny!''" at which point his goons get the message and join in.
** In[[Recap/DoctorWho2010CSAChristmasCarol "A "[[Recap/DoctorWho2010CSAChristmasCarol A Christmas Carol"]], Carol]]", Kazran Sardick does this and likewise follows it up with a "[[CallBack That was funny!]]"
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* In ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', after finding out his interns don't really find his jokes funny, he tells them to only laugh when they are. When they stop laughing at his jokes, he orders them to start laughing with him again when he makes jokes.
* ''Series/TheWatch2021:'' During an Assassin's Guild meeting, Dr. Cruces occasionally cracks jokes, then orders the other assassins to laugh. Problems ensue for one poor sod who laughs too hard.
* ''Series/TheWatch2021:'' During an Assassin's Guild meeting, Dr. Cruces occasionally cracks jokes, then orders the other assassins to laugh. Problems ensue for one poor sod who laughs too hard.
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-->"Good night! And laugh! And laugh! Just laugh! [[GlamourFailure We love the make laugh. Make more for laughter so as to for laugh.]] Laugh with us. Laugh with us. (''Studio ''[studio audience joins in unison'') unison]'' [[MadnessMantra Laugh with us! Laugh with us! Laugh with us! Laugh with us!]] [[spoiler: Laugh! Laugh! [[WhamLine Laugh and let us in!]]]]"
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-->'''[[{{Mooks}} Guard]] at the Boiling Rock:''' ''[referring to Chit Sang]'' He wants to know what he did. ''[to [[DressingAsTheEnemy the disguised Zuko and Sokka]]]'' Isn't that cute? ''[{{beat}}]''\\
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-->'''[[{{Mooks}} Guard]] at the Boiling Rock:''' ''[referring to Chit Sang]'' He wants to know what he did. ''[to [[DressingAsTheEnemy the disguised Zuko and Sokka]]]'' Isn't that cute? ''[{{beat}}]''\\''[beat]''\\
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* In ''WesternAnimation/KickButtowski'', [[RoyalBrat Gordon Gibble]] snaps his fingers every time he want his henchmen to laugh at something he just said. [[InsufferableGenius Ronaldo]] demands the same thing from his pit crew the episode "Mellowbrook Drift". At one point he says: "Laugh harder!" On another occasion, he stops them, stating "It wasn't ''that'' funny!"
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* In ''WesternAnimation/KickButtowski'', ''WesternAnimation/KickButtowskiSuburbanDaredevil'', [[RoyalBrat Gordon Gibble]] snaps his fingers every time he want his henchmen to laugh at something he just said. [[InsufferableGenius Ronaldo]] demands the same thing from his pit crew the episode "Mellowbrook Drift". At one point he says: "Laugh harder!" On another occasion, he stops them, stating "It wasn't ''that'' funny!"
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* ''Fanfic/PreciousLikeStarlight'': Adam orders Vaggie to laugh at [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor his joke about Lute's mutilated state]] but even he could easily tell it was being faked, telling her to work on it.
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* ''Fanfic/PreciousLikeStarlight'': Adam orders Vaggie to laugh at [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor his joke about Lute's mutilated state]] but even he could easily tell it was being faked, telling her to work on it.
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* In ''Film/GodzillaXKongTheNewEmpire'', the Skar King forces his slaves and minions to join him in laughing at Kong's prosthetic tooth. He gets violent upon noticing that Suko, the young ape who brought Kong to the Skar King's domain, isn't laughing enthusiastically enough.
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** This trope is actually PlayedForDrama in the UsefulNotes/{{P|layStation2}}S2-only Tsukiotoshi-hen. When [[spoiler:Keiichi, Rena, and Shion]] all plan out how to kill Satoko's uncle, [[spoiler:Shion]] comes up with the idea of using Satoshi's bat as a way of having Satoshi get revenge on Teppei and starts cracking up. Rena follows, but Keiichi is hesitant, so they both [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPkF2_EakeM&feature=related urge him to laugh too]] and look progressively more insane and threatening. He finally goes along with it, indicating his tenuous grip on sanity at this point.
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** This trope is actually PlayedForDrama in the UsefulNotes/{{P|layStation2}}S2-only Platform/{{P|layStation2}}S2-only Tsukiotoshi-hen. When [[spoiler:Keiichi, Rena, and Shion]] all plan out how to kill Satoko's uncle, [[spoiler:Shion]] comes up with the idea of using Satoshi's bat as a way of having Satoshi get revenge on Teppei and starts cracking up. Rena follows, but Keiichi is hesitant, so they both [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPkF2_EakeM&feature=related urge him to laugh too]] and look progressively more insane and threatening. He finally goes along with it, indicating his tenuous grip on sanity at this point.
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** A non-villainous example happens in the episode "Pranks a Lot": When [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick are caught visible by being splashed in water, Mr. Krabs points out that he pulled his share of pranks when he was their age. He then says this trope before he starts laughing, and [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick follow along.
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** A non-villainous example happens in the episode "Pranks "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E20SpongeBobMeetsTheStranglerPranksALot Pranks a Lot": Lot]]": When [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick are caught visible by being splashed in water, Mr. Krabs points out that he pulled his share of pranks when he was their age. He then says this trope before he starts laughing, and [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick follow along.
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** ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Guns of the Patriots]]'': This is [[LaughingMad Laughing Octopus]]' CatchPhrase and is absolutely NOT PlayedForLaughs.
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** ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Guns of the Patriots]]'': This is [[LaughingMad Laughing Octopus]]' CatchPhrase catchphrase and is absolutely NOT PlayedForLaughs.
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** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek "Dalek"]]: Henry van Statten's "[[IncrediblyLamePun in-tru-da window]]" joke is met with dead silence, to which he clarifies "In-tru-da window, that was ''funny!''" at which point his goons get the message and join in.
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** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek "Dalek"]]: Henry van Statten's "[[IncrediblyLamePun "[[{{Pun}} in-tru-da window]]" joke is met with dead silence, to which he clarifies "In-tru-da window, that was ''funny!''" at which point his goons get the message and join in.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', Farquaad and Fiona's wedding comes with placards telling the congregation how to react. When it's revealed Shrek has feelings for Fiona, the guards turn them over to say "Laugh".
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'', Farquaad and Fiona's wedding comes with placards telling the congregation how to react. When it's revealed Shrek has feelings for Fiona, the guards turn them over to say "Laugh".
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---> '''Flying Dutchman:''' What a night be this. Crew! [[LargeHam Howl with me, so that we might set the seven seas, ABLAZE with fear!]] Awoooo!\\
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** A non-villainous example happens in the episode "Pranks A Lot": When [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick are caught visible by being splashed in water, Mr. Krabs points out that he pulled his share of pranks when he was their age. He then tells them to laugh with him, causing [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick to laugh along nervously.
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** A non-villainous example happens in the episode "Pranks A a Lot": When [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick are caught visible by being splashed in water, Mr. Krabs points out that he pulled his share of pranks when he was their age. He then tells them to laugh with him, causing says this trope before he starts laughing, and [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick to laugh along nervously.
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** Much, ''much'' earlier -- before Creator/ToeiAnimation got the rights to the series, in fact -- Studio I.G.'s one-off {{OVA}} featured a BigBad named Ganzack who played this trope much straighter.
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* In ''VideoGame/Yakuza1'', before the fight between Kiryu Kazuma and Goro Majima, the latter gets smacked the head by one of the baseballs spat out from the nearby baseball cages. He and his underlings laugh at it, except for one unlucky guy who promptly receives the full brunt of Majima's AxCrazy wrath involving a [[BatterUp baseball bat]].
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* In ''VideoGame/Yakuza1'', before the fight between Kiryu Kazuma and Goro Majima, the latter gets smacked in the head by one of the baseballs spat out from the nearby baseball cages. He and his underlings laugh at it, except for one unlucky guy who promptly receives the full brunt of Majima's AxCrazy wrath involving a [[BatterUp baseball bat]].
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* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'': Naga teaches a couple of villain of the week in the OVA to laugh an evil and noble laugh like her. By the end of the episode, the three laugh together in a twilight.
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* This is one of ComicBook/TheJoker's recurring schticks, played not for comedy (usually) but for the disturbing way he forces his victims to play along. A particularly memorable occurrence-- In the story "Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker", he catches one of his henchmen failing to join in the laughter. He [[BadBoss terminates him with extreme prejudice]] by using a BANGFlagGun (which could have inspired a similar YouHaveFailedMe sequence from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''.) An identical scenario occurs in ''Comicbook/BatmanVsTheIncredibleHulk'', also written by Len Wein.
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* In ''Film/TheMuppets'', the antagonist was unable to laugh, but that did not stop him from leaning over to his henchmen and simply ''saying'' "maniacal laugh" whenever he wanted them to crack up.
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* In ''Film/TheMuppets'', ''Film/TheMuppets2011'', the antagonist was unable to laugh, but that did not stop him from leaning over to his henchmen and simply ''saying'' "maniacal laugh" whenever he wanted them to crack up.
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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2030 SCP-2030]] is a twisted "hidden camera" show called "Laugh Is Fun", in which [[BodyHorror bizarre and horrible things]] happen to people, only for those involved to [[MoodWhiplash laugh it off when the host shows up]]. Each episode ends with the host making a monologue that ends with something like this:
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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': ''Website/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2030 SCP-2030]] is a twisted "hidden camera" show called "Laugh Is Fun", in which [[BodyHorror bizarre and horrible things]] happen to people, only for those involved to [[MoodWhiplash laugh it off when the host shows up]]. Each episode ends with the host making a monologue that ends with something like this:
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* This is one of ComicBook/TheJoker's recurring schticks, played not for comedy (usually) but for the disturbing way he forces his victims to play along. A particularly memorable occurrence-- In the story "Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker", he catches one of his henchmen failing to join in the laughter. He [[BadBoss terminates him with extreme prejudice]] by using a BANGFlagGun (which could have inspired a similar YouHaveFailedMe sequence from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''.) An identical scenario occurs in ''Comicbook/{{Batman}} [[CrossOver vs.]] the Comicbook/IncredibleHulk'', also written by Len Wein.
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* This is one of ComicBook/TheJoker's recurring schticks, played not for comedy (usually) but for the disturbing way he forces his victims to play along. A particularly memorable occurrence-- In the story "Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker", he catches one of his henchmen failing to join in the laughter. He [[BadBoss terminates him with extreme prejudice]] by using a BANGFlagGun (which could have inspired a similar YouHaveFailedMe sequence from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''.) An identical scenario occurs in ''Comicbook/{{Batman}} [[CrossOver vs.]] the Comicbook/IncredibleHulk'', ''Comicbook/BatmanVsTheIncredibleHulk'', also written by Len Wein.
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* ''Literature/SmallGods:'' Whenever [[BigBad Vorbis]] cracks a joke, everyone around him laughs along, even when the jokes aren't funny (and since it's Vorbis, they never are) because their lives depend on it.
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* ''Series/TheWatch2021:'' During an Assassin's Guild meeting, Dr. Cruces occasionally cracks jokes, then orders the other assassins to laugh. Problems ensue for one poor sod who laughs too hard.