History Main / NoSenseOfHumor

* AlanMoore's ''{{Promethea}}'' features a female cop [[NamedAfterSomebodyFamous named Lucille Ball]] in the supporting cast. She frequently has to say, "No relation" and remind people that she has No Sense Of Humor.

* Light from ''DeathNote'' lacks any sort of sense of humor. Although he does make a [[CannotConveySarcasm "joke"]] about wanting to trade away half his life for shinigami wings.

* Creed Diskenth of ''{{Blackcat}}''.

* Resident synthetic intelligences EDI and Legion from ''MassEffect2''. Though EDI [[SarcasmFailure certainly tries.]]

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** Vulcans are renown for having No Sense of Humor, though many of them are {{Deadpan Snarker}}s instead.

* The Horned King from Disney's ''TheBlackCauldron''.

* XMen: Professor X and Magneto are frequently flanderized as no-nonsense extremists. James McAvoy's portrayal of Xavier in X-Men First Class is the first attempt to move away from this, although one might simply assume that as he gets older, he will get more serious. Also, Ian Mc Kellen gave Magneto a deadpan,cynical sense of humor which was expanded on by Michael Fassbender.

* Colonel O'Neil of ''{{Stargate}}''. Used for a joke in the [[{{StargateSG-1}} television series]] (see below).

A character with NoSenseOfHumor is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin incapable of enjoying jokes, comedy, or humor]] of any sort. Maybe the character is TheStoic turned UpToEleven, or an otherworldly being with no notion of comedy, or the victim of a traumatizing accident -- whatever it is, this person will not (or ''cannot'') respond to humor, tell jokes, or even recognize when something is funny at all.

Some characters with NoSenseOfHumor maintain their seriousness by sheer force of will. Others might have a conceptual understanding of humor, but simply treat it as an odd curiosity or with a clinical detachment. Oftentimes, such a character is [[TheComicallySerious placed in absurd situations to elicit laughs from the audience.]]

Arguably a subtrope of NoSocialSkills depending on the culture. May overlap with EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor and DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm. Also see LateToThePunchline, DontExplainTheJoke and CannotTellAJoke.

* {{Batman}} in ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' is thought by many to have no sense of humor, but that's a false perception influenced by his extremely introverted personality.
* Adult Ben, as seen in the ''{{Ben 10}}'' episode "Ben 10,000".

A subtrope of NoSocialSkills. May overlap with EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor and DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm. Also see LateToThePunchline, DontExplainTheJoke and CannotTellAJoke.

** In ''GoingPostal'', Adora Belle Dearheart tells Moist Von Lipwig that she has no sense of humour due to her embarrassing name.
** In ''Making Money'', the head bank clerk Malvolio Bent has "no sense of humour whatsoever. It has been proven by phrenology." It becomes more apparent when one considers [[spoiler:his background as the child of a clown, being laughed out of the arena during his first performance (which failed), fleeing from the circus and vowing never to laugh again]].

* From ''{{Animorphs}}'', Andalites. All of them besides Ax.

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* An {{egregious}}ly cliché [[StrawmanPolitical blanket accusation]] of defenders of DeadBabyComedy. It will usually be coupled with some ranting about PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad and a bit of ParodyRetcon sprinkled in.
* Germans are often stereotyped as having NoSenseOfHumor. In reality, GermanHumour is a bit more complicated; Germans definitely do have a sense of humour, and enjoy comedy, but their ideas about what is funny and what isn't can vary greatly from those of English speakers.
** And German people think the English have no humor, or at least this special "English Humour"...
** This trope was parodied by UN Ambassador [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/391553/july-11-2011/tip-wag---john-lennon---german-humor Hans Beinholtz]] whose sense of humour was...dry, to say the least.
* [[NunsNRosaries Nuns]] can fall under this, depending on the nun.
* An executive for LooneyTunes once overheard a group of writers laughing at jokes being thought up for a specific Looney Tunes. The executive stormed in and asked what all the laughing had to do with the making of animated cartoons.
** Sounds like Ed Seltzer. He was well-known for having the sense of humor of an underripe potato. They used to use him as a sort of barometer for the quality of their ideas; if he liked it, they were off the mark. Seltzer was, in fact, the specific genesis of the cartoon "Bully For Bugs", when he barged into a brainstorming session and declared, sans all provocation, that bullfights weren't funny, and there were to be no cartoons about them.
* A frequent side effect of [[AspergerSyndrome Asperger's]] is the inability to understand humour, as well as [[DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm sarcasm]], due to their being LiteralMinded. (Or they may understand it but have trouble distinguishing it from sincerity, which leads to similar reactions.) This can be subverted by Aspies themselves, who can [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove learn to understand humour]] just as well as any other emotion.
** Not exactly. A sense of humour and what's funny or not is acquired; aspies, not being so naturally keen on social interaction, can often develop a rather dark sense of humour, as they do not have the same inhibitions against it.
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* OptimusPrime in ''TransformersPrime'' it commented on that Primes are built without emotions.

** Surprisingly enough, the original version of TheJoker. In his first appearance, he was a permanently smiling psychotic gangster with ''no sense of humor whatsoever''. In his first fight with Batman, Bats is actually the one making puns, while Joker is screaming [[{{ptitledoyhdqmn}} "I am going to kill you!"]]

* The warship A.I. Tag from ''SchlockMercenary'' was originally created with no sense of humor, but has tried to learn it to better understand his opponents.

* Agent K in ''MenInBlack'' quips that FBI agents are not allowed to have a sense of humor.

* A great number of editors {{Wikipedia}} have no sense of humor and will remove even the subtlest, driest joke just because.

* A great number of editors have on {{Wikipedia}} have no sense of humor and will remove even the subtlest, driest joke just because.

* A common trait for the villains on ''DoctorWho''. And some non-villains, like the Ood.