Bad Joke

''BAD-UM TSS! I hate you so much. ''

A joke that's unfunny and falls right on its face or has to be described to be funny, which then results in it becoming unfunny. You can usually find a Bad Joke when the rimshot (also known as the "BA-DUM TSS!" sound) plays or when There's A Heckler In The Crowd. Unfortunately, Bad Jokes also exist in real life and are much more common than good jokes. Apparently, Bad Jokes are so bad that they don't even make the Easily Amused consider thinking about even cracking the slightest of a smirk. And once you've gone that low, you know you've gone low.

Telling nothing but Bad Jokes all the time is a very effective way to quickly earn people's hatred for you, especially if they could see the punchline come from so far away, you didn't even think about telling them the joke yet. A Bad Joke in fiction usually warrants a forced laugh at best and a crowd's worth of boos at worst. It's groan-worthy and sometimes understandable if a non-comic-type character has terrible humor, bad news if the Comic Relief is feeling off, and a dagger to the Comedian's career's heart if they can only push out rotten material. The only real way to counter a Bad Joke is by using that joke as Good Joke Bait.