COMIC RELIEF CHARACTERS - Terrible Writing Advice

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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[draxiss]

You . . . denied the Comic Relief a Love Triangle? That is perhaps the purest form of hatred I have ever seen you give something.

[SmartAlec]

Comic relief characters are not allowed to have any depth or development or else you might actually like them.

[theimperviousfirecracker]

these make me want to write the most generic, terrible story ever.

[soy]

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"

[babyvision]

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.

[watchspotting]

"Now I am become comic relief, destroyer of stories."

[blueflare]

Make sure for the comic relief character to get a terrible spin off we'll all forget about.

_looks at Planet Sheen_

[AlgaeNymph]

"So what do _you_ contribute to the party?"

"Absolutely nothing, so if you need to make a sacrifice I'm your guy!"

[smjaiteh]

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.

[popstarchamp]

Scrappy-Doo's greatest joke:
Being the main villain of a live-action movie for being disliked in-universe by everyone.😂

[Samuel_Freakin_Adams]

Sokka from Avatar and Drax from Guardians of the Galaxy are two examples of great characters who also serve the role of comic relief.

[Alex-]

My catchphrase is: “I am vengeance. I am the night! -Aling.”

[casualcyberguy]

How to write an episode of terrible writing advice

[melonyrobinson]

Thank you Sokka, for being a comic relief AND a good character

[apertureAI-jwiz]

I love how he clearly despises this trope even in character.

[firockfinion]

So the author hates the comic relief character because he hates himself...

I sense a meta plot brewing throughout these episodes...

[Greywander]

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.

[nathanwise]

In summary, make a comic relief CHARACTER, not a COMIC RELIEF character.

[GMMReviews]

You could always go the Marvel route, and just make *EVERY* character the comic relief!

[ctopusCompetely]

I'm pretty sure I subconsciously no longer think of Skillshare as an actual man-made service, but as a nebulous force of power that has passed through the eons altering the very courses of fate tied to whatever planets it happens to grace with its omnipotent presence.