Sub Genres
This comedy subgenre uses exaggerated physical humor like falling, slipping, or getting hit with objects.
What is Slapstick?
A joke that plays with words or meanings.
What is Wordplay?
A mischievous character who bends the rules and causes chaos.
Who is The Trickster?
Comedy should avoid making fun of the audience because they may feel this instead of laughing.
What is Offensive?
This comedy mixes humor with love stories and awkward romantic situations.
What is Romantic Comedy (Rom-Com)?
When something in a story gets blown way out of proportion for humor.
What is Exaggeration?
A character who takes emotions or reactions to extreme levels for humor.
Who is The Over-the-Top Exaggerator?
A comedian should not do this with jokes because it makes them less funny.
What is Stealing jokes?
This type of comedy makes fun of society, politics, or human behavior using sarcasm and irony.
What is Satire?
A joke that repeats throughout the story and becomes funnier each time.
What is a Running Gag / Callback?
A character who reacts normally to crazy situations around them.
Who is The Straight Man?
If you stumble or mess up your joke delivery, it may not do this with the audience.
What is Land?
This subgenre focuses on funny situations between close friends who cause chaos together.
What is Buddy Comedy?
A comedy technique where the audience is led to expect one thing but something different happens.
What is Misdirection?
A character who often misunderstands obvious things and creates funny situations.
Who is The Fool?
Good comedy requires this when telling jokes so the audience understands them clearly.
What is Consistency?
This subgenre often involves humor in everyday family life and relationships.
What is Family Comedy?
A classic comedy rule that says jokes are funniest when something happens three times.
What is the Rule of Three?
A character whose personality or behavior is extremely exaggerated for laughs.
Who is The Comic Relief?
Jokes should be this so they are not copied from other comedians.
What is originality?