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Chris An

Generalization -- A basic group of ideas, concepts, information (stereotypes).
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Freddie Wong does a great job with using the tone playful mocking, because during his video he continuously jabs at Asian stereotypes as well as the reactions of the other cast members help in bringing out the humor in these stereotypes. The way Freddie stays in character helps in creating a humorous atmosphere instead of a hostile environment, because he does at time provokes the audience, but he makes sure not to cross the line and manages to bring a smile to the audience.

Chris An

Understatement -- When the author does not explain or relay the full magnitude of a situation.
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Ian and Anthony (Smosh) do a fantastic job in captivating their audience with their belittling tone against one another. In the video Ian's handling of the gun situation is very humorous as he continously says to the robber, "You don't have the guts" to shoot anyone. However, the robber does have the guts, but Ian denies it. Ian's belittling of the full magnitude of the gun situation makes this usually tense scene into a fictitious mocking scene as he allows people to get shot.

Chris An

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The tone carefully arranged in which it takes an innocent jubilant confession into a comically cynical scene. At first sight, this seems to be those over-rated elementary loves with the confession note, but out of nowhere it turns into a serious scene as the cop takes the girl away and the boy is just smiling. Although to the audience it seems really wrong and absurd that the little boy would send the girl to jail, but the sequence of each scene makes it nearly impossible to just not smile as the boy changes the words "date me" to "kill the president".

Chris An

Inherently Funny Words -- Words that simply make people laugh.
Vomitory: An entrance cutting through the seats of a theater. Turdiform: Having the form of a bird http://www.inherentlyfunny.com/cat-3-funny_words.html

These words display there tone as being used in a facetious situation. These words are funny because the words in them such as "vomit"ory and "turd"iform are something that stands out to the audience. Moreover, for some strange reason, most of the population is quite amused by the words that apply to the body.Therefore, making the audience smile or atleast chuckle at the sight of these words, even though the word "vomit" and "turd" have nothing to do with the definition of the words vomitory and turdiform.

Jordan Cordova http://www.cartoonstock.com/cartoonview.asp?catref=abrn601
 * Incongruity-- When something is out of place or inappropriate behavior.**

This comic does a good way of showing something that is "out of place." In the classic childhood story of __//Little Red Riding Hood//__, it is well known that the Wolf in fact dresses up as Little Red's grandma and ends up eating her, but this twists the story. Instead of the wolf coming out on top and in fact tricking Red, Red actually is injecting some sort of medication that was meant for her actual grandma. This is out of place because this is in fact NOT the ending of the original story. All audiences that are familiar should be able to share a chuckle at this comic because of how inappropriate behavior that is expected.

Jordan Cordova

**Surprise-- When something is unexpected, an action or ending.**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TkEvBVF5dE

There are many clips that show what a surprise truly is. In all of these short clips, the "victim" of the surprise is just expecting a normal day to day activity when something is altered or changed and scares or "surprises" them. The humor found within this action is in fact the reaction of the person being surprised. Most people will fall, scream, or run away in fear (a.k.a surprise) and seeing another persons downfall is another persons humor. This video in fact portrays surprise in a really colorful way because it shows more than one person being surprised.

Jordan Cordova

**Distortion-Alteration of shape, concept, person, time.**
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This picture shows humor through the alteration of a mans face. The enlarged eyes and mouth and the tiny nose with the caption "Oh Nose," is humor in the mere idea that a human being is not supposed to look distorted. The small nose and over sized other facial features makes the audience laugh by the mere sight of the disfigured man and the witty caption that the creator uses to exaggerate the small nose.

Jordan Cordova

Deviation--To go off topic or off a path.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQb84PNxu5A

In the Disney Pixar children's tale UP, the lively dog Doug is a dog that speaks and has a short attention span. The humor is found when Doug is trying to explain who he was and where he got his collar, when he is quickly distracted by a squirrel and jumps away from the conversation then picks it right back up. Doug goes off topic and this is why it is funny.

Jordan Cordova

**Bathos--An abruption of transition in style from the exalted to the commonplace, producing a ludicrous effect.**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMM5lowqnpY

In this episode of Saturday Night Live, actress Natalie Portman is asked to describe an average day in her life, and she responds with a witty but inappropriate rap. The rap itself is funny to the audiences that are familiar with Natalie Portman's films that she is not the type of person to be singing vulgar language. The fact that this was unexpected and almost a surprise is humorous within itself.