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* The ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' episode "Dee-Dee and the Man" had a rather eccentric {{motor mouth}}ed nun as one of the potential replacements for Dee-Dee.

* Throughout the entirety of ''AGoofyMovie'', [[RunningGag Goofy and Max keep on bumping into the same four nuns]] at various escalatingly unexpected times, including during [[CrowdSong an impromptu musical number on the highway]], at a monster truck rally [[LikeAFishTakesToWater that they seem to be very excited about]], and finally [[SerialEscalation a huge rock concert]] which we must assume is the entire reason they were on the road in the first place.

This could be because "nun" is an {{Inherently Funny Word|s}}, or that their outfits look silly. This trope mostly manifests as "normal" things being made inherently funny due to nuns doing them. Someone boarding a plane? Normal. A nun doing it in her religious habit? Hilarious! Of course, the majority of modern nuns ''do not'' wear habits anymore, preferring plain black or grey dresses instead, maybe including the headdress, but...[[RuleOfFunny that's not as funny.]] [[note]]Some of the more traditional orders still prefer religious members to stay in full habit all the time. [[/note]] Also, the ''[[JustForPun convent]]''ional stereotype of them is that they are very stern, severe and disapproving, thus making them either foils for wackiness going on around them or upping the humor value when ''they'' [[NunTooHoly do something wacky]].

This could be because "nun" is an {{Inherently Funny Word|s}}, or that their outfits look silly. This trope mostly manifests as "normal" things being made inherently funny due to nuns doing them. Someone boarding a plane? Normal. A nun doing it in her religious habit? Hilarious! Of course, the majority of modern nuns ''do not'' wear habits anymore, preferring plain black or grey dresses instead, maybe including the headdress, but...[[RuleOfFunny that's not as funny.]] [[note]]Some of the more traditional orders still prefer religious members to stay in full habit all the time. [[/note]] Also, the ''[[IncrediblyLamePun convent]]''ional stereotype of them is that they are very stern, severe and disapproving, thus making them either foils for wackiness going on around them or upping the humor value when ''they'' [[NunTooHoly do something wacky]].

* ''OnePoundGospel'' - Quite a bit of the humor involves Kosaku's inability to understand Angela's situation and the inherent humor in a bunch of nuns dealing with the chaos typical of Takahashi works.

* The "bowling nuns", [[PerkyGoth Abby's]] bowling team in {{NCIS}}.

* [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]] saved a nun from a vampire. Then she got to try on her wimple.

* ''TheFlyingNun''

* On ''PushingDaisies'', Olive spends a short time in a convent during the second season, where the habits are vibrant turquoise with frills around the faces. There's one episode where the gang has to solve the murder of a nun. HilarityEnsues when the nun tries to run away after being brought back to life.

* ''TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' has London and Mady go to a Catholic School. The nuns there always wear their hats, even when hiking through the woods in tracksuit or coaching the volleyball team.

* ''HelloCheeky'' had a skit about nuns being brought into football crowds to curb hooliganism. Cue the news that 162 nuns have been arrested for assault and disturbing the peace.

* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' has Mike & The Bots doing humorous dialogue for the nuns waiting for a bus in ''Film/{{Soultaker}}''.
** Even better is their treatment of ''Film/GirlsTown'', a 1950s movie about a reform school run by nuns, which is about an hour and a half straight of this trope. Such as when the sisters break up a fight: "Paul Anka's beefy security nuns step in!" Although actually, the movie itself contains a few examples of the trope to start with, such as the nun who gleefully advocates severe asskickings for delinquents.

** Even better is their treatment of ''GirlsTown'', a 1950s movie about a reform school run by nuns, which is about an hour and a half straight of this trope. Such as when the sisters break up a fight: "Paul Anka's beefy security nuns step in!" Although actually, the movie itself contains a few examples of the trope to start with, such as the nun who gleefully advocates severe asskickings for delinquents.

* ''Running Scared'' (1986) - Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines play cops who arrest a priest and a nun who they think are smuggling drugs from Colombia. After they find out they aren't, the nun hits one of them with a ruler.

This could be because "nun" is an {{Inherently Funny Word|s}}, or that their outfits look silly. This trope mostly manifests as "normal" things being made inherently funny due to nuns doing them. Someone boarding a plane? Normal. A nun doing it in her religious habit? Hilarious! Of course, the majority of modern nuns ''do not'' wear habits anymore[[note]]Some of the more traditional orders still prefer religious members to stay in full habit all the time. [[/note]] (preferring plain black or grey dresses instead, maybe including the headdress), but...[[RuleOfFunny that's not as funny.]] Also, the ''[[IncrediblyLamePun convent]]''ional stereotype of them is that they are very stern, severe and disapproving, thus making them either foils for wackiness going on around them or upping the humor value when ''they'' [[NunTooHoly do something wacky]].

This could be because "nun" is an {{Inherently Funny Word|s}}, or that their outfits look silly. This trope mostly manifests as "normal" things being made inherently funny due to nuns doing them. Someone boarding a plane? Normal. A nun doing it in her religious habit? Hilarious! Of course, the majority of modern nuns ''do not'' wear habits anymore[[note]]Some of the more traditional orders still prefer religious members to stay in full habit all the time. [[/note]] (preferring plain black or grey dresses instead, maybe including the headdress), but...[[RuleOfFunny that's not as funny.]] Also, the ''[[IncrediblyLamePun convent]]''ional stereotype of them is that they are very stern, severe and disapproving, thus making them either foils for wackiness going on around them or upping the humor value when ''they''[[NunTooHoly do something wacky]].

This could be because "nun" is an {{Inherently Funny Word|s}}, or that their outfits look silly. This trope mostly manifests as "normal" things being made inherently funny due to nuns doing them. Someone boarding a plane? Normal. A nun doing it in her religious habit? Hilarious! Of course, the majority of modern nuns ''do not'' wear habits anymore[[note]]Some of the more traditional orders still prefer religious members to stay in full habit all the time. [[/note]] (preferring plain black or grey dresses instead, maybe including the headdress), but...[[RuleOfFunny that's not as funny.]] Also, the ''[[IncrediblyLamePun convent]]''ional stereotype of them is that they are very stern, severe and disapproving, thus making them either foils for wackiness going on around them or upping the humor value when they ''do'' [[NunTooHoly do something wacky]].

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* ''Le Gendarme'' series of French films had several eccentric nuns on motorcycles aiding the eponymous policeman.

* One character tells a lewd joke about "dwarf nuns" in ''HouseOfLeaves''. [[TooMuchInformation And we'll leave it at that.]]

* ''RunningScared'' - Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines play cops who arrest a priest and a nun who they think are smuggling drugs from Colombia. After they find out they aren't, the nun hits one of them with a ruler.

* The British film ''Film/NunsOnTheRun'' cranks the zany up to 11 by having two men crossdress as nuns to escape criminals.

Monks, TheVicar (or occasionally a priest of another stripe) can become this trope, especially if for some reason he's in full robes doing something improbable (even less likely, as vicars and priests haven't worn robes on day to day activities for hundreds of years. Many do still wear ''cassocks'', though.) There's something about the way long billowy clothes ''move'' when the wearer is in action.)

This could be because "nun" is an {{Inherently Funny Word|s}}, or that their outfits look silly. This trope mostly manifests as "normal" things being made inherently funny due to nuns doing them. Someone boarding a plane? Normal. A nun doing it in her religious habit? Hilarious! Of course, the majority of modern nuns ''do not'' wear habits anymore (preferring plain black or grey dresses instead, maybe including the headdress), but...[[RuleOfFunny that's not as funny.]] Also, the ''[[IncrediblyLamePun convent]]''ional stereotype of them is that they are very stern, severe and disapproving, thus making them either foils for wackiness going on around them or upping the humor value when they ''do'' [[NunTooHoly do something wacky]].

* ''Film/{{Airplane}}!'' has a gag where a nun is seeing reading the magazine "Boy's Life[[note]] The official magazine of the Boy Scouts of America[[/note]]", followed immediately by a boy reading "Nun's Life", with a cover featuring a nun riding a surfboard.

* ''Series/CallTheMidwife'': A lot of the comedy comes from their interactions, and how they don't match up to the stereotype of nuns. Sister Julienne is spirited and [[FascinatingEyebrow snarky]]; Sister Evangelina is a BattleaxeNurse (and [[DeadpanSnarker also snarky]]); Sister Bernadette [[spoiler:''runs off with the local GP'', though they do have to [[EarnYourHappyEnding earn their happy ending]]]]; and Sister Monica Joan is just... [[CloudCuckoolander strange]], full stop.
-->'''[[BattleaxeNurse Sister Evangelina]]''': ''[telling Jenny about enemas]'' High, hot and a hell of a lot!

* The Gendarme series of French films has a group of motorcycle riding nuns appear at least once in each film. Usually near the climax.

Monks, TheVicar (or occasionally a priest of another stripe) can become this trope, especially if for some reason he's in full robes doing something improbable (even less likely, as vicars and priests haven't worn robes on day to day activities for hundreds of years.) There's something about the way long billowy clothes ''move'' when the wearer is in action.)

[[caption-width-right:232:A nun on a motorcycle? Hilarious!]]