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Max's mouth worked. Lila could tell it was all the snappy one-liners that Max was thinking of but not saying. Smart, sassy Max who always had something to say about anything. [...Lila] hadn't wanted to reduce Max to a silent parody.

I'm a sarcastic douche about everything, but I can't be one about Godzilla.
cruzzercruz commenting on this article concerning Godzilla (2014)

"...I-I jus- I don't know. I really, honestly don't know what to say. Uhhh, if comedy is tragedy plus time, I need more ***ing time. But I would really settle for less ***ing tragedy to be honest with you."

"Yeah, get used to this, people. I get a feeling that a lot of these 'jokes' are beyond commenting on and I'll just have to respond with facial expressions."
Chris "Rowdy C" Moore, TV Trash review of Brickleberry

"I've been on my feet for 72 hours. I can't negotiate sarcasm."
The Equalizer, "Dead Drop"

Beat: Ha! You're the idiots, yo. I ain't treadin' on thin ice!
Uzuki: Huh?
Beat: Shibuya ain't cold enough for ice, stupid!
Uzuki: ......
Kariya: ......
Neku: ......

"...I got nothing."
Tony Stark, Iron Man 3 (after Pepper gets a moment of awesome)

"Do you have a thing about kung? Sexually, I mean?"
Kin stared into the giant grey eyes and at the mottled skin, and the snappy remark died in her throat.

Angel Dust: Oh, harder daddy!
Sir Pentious: [gasps] Son?!
[Angel's face drops quietly]

I understand why all of you who voted for the exploitation of Eddie Guerrero [as Gooker Award winner] did so; I may not agree with it, and I may – no, make that I DO – wish that I had never offered it up as a nominee for the infamous Gooker Award. I always want WrestleCrap to be a home for comedy, a place you can come on Fridays, unwind and get ready for the weekend with a cheap laugh.

Such won’t be the case today. Instead, you’ll likely get pissed off and just sit and shake your head in anger. I can almost guarantee you as I work on this, I will.

On the marquee of this site, it says, “The Very Worst of Professional Wrestling.” Truly, this induction is the very embodiment of that tagline. The seemingly never ending exploitation of the late, great Eddie Guerrero is the absolute worst of pro wrestling, bar none.

Chica: Hey um... Freddy? This is just occurring to me, but why do we got six chairs, when there's only four of us?
Freddy: Y'know, I... don't actually have an answer for that.
Foxy: Not even a sarcastic one?
[Beat]
Foxy: Tell me to shut up!
Freddy: Shut up...
Foxy: Ah, the balance has been restored!

"Sometimes you're gobsmacked, or laughing, because it's fun. Other times, you so brilliantly bring the focus of the show in to talk about evil people, that I found myself in a place where jokes do not exist, and the only response I can have is '...oh my God, that's so fucked up...'"
Miles Grey, Behind the Bastards, "The Dumbest Colonizer in History"

Wasp: Okay, stop. What is that?
Thor: 'Tis some kind of... of... (Beat) That is a very big head.
M.O.D.O.C.: I am M.O.D.O.C.! I am the ultimate in human-machine interface! I am designed only for conquest!
Wasp: Whatever you say, freak show.
M.O.D.O.C.: BE SILENT!
Thor: ...Like a frost giant's head on an infant's body.

Zenkichi: Hey! Yuubaru, you're being ridiculous! You're the one that asked, now what do you mean she has no merit towards fine arts?!
Yuubaru: Artists have to be ridiculous Hitoyoshi-kun, okay! If you're not ridiculous, you can't call yourself an artist!
Zenkichi: (internally) No way... that was so stupid I don't have a comeback!
Medaka Box, chapter 8

Keiko didn’t have a quip. She always had a quip.

Joker: Card gone wild, Joker!
Diamond: One hard gangsta, Diamond!
Club: You can find me at the, Club!
Spade: Have your pet neutered or Spade!
Heart: Owowowow, I'm hurt! I mean, Heart!
All: And together, we're... the Mad Midget V!
Gene: ...Douchebags!


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