COMIC RELIEF CHARACTERS - Terrible Writing Advice
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Published 2019-05-11
No drama is complete until the comic relief shows up to ruin it. Terrible Writing Advice will show a writer how to utilize a comic relief character to properly sink a story through the use of excessive catch phrases, bumbling slapstick, and just all around annoying your audience at every opportunity.
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All Comments (21)
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Don't forget to feature them in a trailer for a movie, where all the music stops and the character says a joke where nobody laughs. And then cut to "THIS SUMMER"
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You . . . denied the Comic Relief a Love Triangle? That is perhaps the purest form of hatred I have ever seen you give something.
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Villain: *literally burns down an entire town and kills everyone in it* Comic relief character: ZAPPERS! *finger guns* these guys aren't looking too hot.
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these make me want to write the most generic, terrible story ever.
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Make sure for the comic relief character to get a terrible spin off we'll all forget about. looks at Planet Sheen
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Comic relief characters are not allowed to have any depth or development or else you might actually like them.
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"Zappers! Those orphans burned up worse than my odds of finding a date this weekend" Bruh
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"Now I am become comic relief, destroyer of stories."
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A comic relief, but it's revealed that they're actually the victim of a dark curse, tormented by cruel gods into being nothing but an eternal joke, forced against their will to be "funny". That moment when you realize all that slapstick humor was actually legit suicide attempts, but they just won't let him die. ...I think my comic relief character needs a comic relief.
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Scrappy-Doo's greatest joke: Being the main villain of a live-action movie for being disliked in-universe by everyone.😂
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Ron Weasley in the books: Witty, funny, only cracks jokes at the right time Ron in the movies: Idiotic, not funny, straight up stupid
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Imagine in reality YOU are the comic relief; you are barely in the foreground of your best friend's story, unfit and underqualified for success outside of the shadow of someone else. Your only 'value' is tossing awkward one-liners around in conversations to which you weren't invited, hoping to maybe get a chuckle from the lowliest dullards in the crowd, and eye-rolls from the rest.
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"So what do you contribute to the party?" "Absolutely nothing, so if you need to make a sacrifice I'm your guy!"
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"Y'know, I lost my mom when I was 15. I don't think I'll ever be able to be close to another person again." "Well, we can't get your mom back. But, you still have a family, pal." " smirk I guess you're right." hugs out of freaking nowhere: "Geez, get a room you two! AMIRIGHT?!" laughter ensues
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Idea: After the comic relief’s bumbling releases the Dark Lord, the party begins to suspect that the comic relief character is an agent of evil there to sidetrack and sabotage all their progress and turn on him. Twist is, he’s not, and it turns into a thriller where he is forced to flee the party and has to try and fix his mistake, while the party is actively trying to hunt him down.
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My catchphrase is: “I am vengeance. I am the night! -Aling.”
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You could always go the Marvel route, and just make EVERY character the comic relief!
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Sokka from Avatar and Drax from Guardians of the Galaxy are two examples of great characters who also serve the role of comic relief.
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The sad thing is, when done right, comics reliefs are some of my favorite characters
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I love how he clearly despises this trope even in character.
