Its intricate plot and humorous, intimate portrayal of pre-Victorian dandyism kept gossips busy trying to associate public figures with characters in the book.

Because of the inversion of order created by a devious or witty slave, this stock character was perfect for achieving a humorous response and the traits of the character worked well for driving the plot forward.

These include both humorous and serious variations of the main plot.

Voyeurism is a common plot device in both serious ( e. g. Rear Window, Klute, Blue Velvet, Disturbia ) and humorous ( e. g. Porky's, Animal House, Semi-Pro, Gregory's Girl, American Pie ) films.

The plot of a typical episode is some humorous variation of standard superhero and tokusatsu fare, with the girls using their powers to defend their town from villains and giant monsters.

Some were flashbacks, such as the tale of how everyone met in Unnatural Dykes To Watch Out For, or Serial Monogamy, Bechdel's humorous " documentary " on lesbian relationships, but most have advanced the plot in new and interesting ways, such as Raffi's birth at the end of Spawn of Dykes to Watch Out For.

A shoulder angel is a plot device used for either dramatic or humorous effect in animation and comic strips ( and occasionally in live-action television ).

* In written fiction, Vivian Vande Velde's book The Rumpelstiltskin Problem presents a handful of alternative versions of the tale in a humorous attempt to address perceived plot holes in the story.

According to Professor Noël Carroll, the new genre emphasized sudden shifts between humorous and horrific scenes ; drawing laughs with plot elements that have been traditionally used to scare.

" Although at this stage the question is primarily presented to make a plot point ( the Doctor's name is not Foreman ), the question is later asked for humorous effect many times in the series, and as a dramatic plot device beginning with the conclusion of " The Wedding of River Song ".

The episode featured Shakespearean costumes and mixed the Shakespearean plot with humorous anachronisms and variations on Moonlightings own running gags, including David riding in as Petruchio on a horse with BMW logos embroidered on its saddle blanket and repeatedly launching into the wrong Shakespearean soliloquy until the rest of the cast corrects him on which play he's in, and the Blue Moon office itself serving as Petruchio and Katharina's estate.

In both film and literature, anterograde amnesia is used for its ( often puzzling ) dramaturgical possibilities, and both its humorous and tragic implications, often as a plot device ; more often than not, the story relies on the condition.

The film polarized critics, with some criticizing the conventional and formulaic plot and others praising its light nature and humorous take on its subject.

The plot revolves around the lightweight and humorous sorts of situations and problems a middle-class family experienced in the late 1950s and the early 1960s.

Chadwick's first work for the theatre was The Peer and the Pauper, an imitation of Gilbert and Sullivan operas which were then popular in the U. S. His " burlesque opera " Tabasco was an outlet for his own wry wit, featuring a humorous plot, comically-named characters, and popular-style music.

" and showcased some of the make-up effects, but did nothing to indicate the plot of the picture ( although the audience was indeed warned about the graphic content of the film: a humorous crawl at the end of the preview promises " barf bags " to whoever requested them upon viewing the film ).

IGN rated the game 7. 9 / 10, stating " Perhaps it's because of the goofy main character, a humorous plot line, or some creative ways to present age old puzzles, but you're compelled to play through Tak.

The game described by Namco themselves as a " comical action game ", which takes a light and humorous approach to an otherwise trite theme, by using a lot of humorous elements, both graphics, plot and sound-wise, usually ridiculing or parodying stereotypical elements of Japanese tokusatsu and videogames, in a manner similar to the Konami game series Parodius.

Episode 3: This episode has a humorous love-quadrangle plot in which Eganko comes up with a plan to make Norikazu fall in love with her with a love potion, while simultaneously making Midori fall in love with an egotistical young man from her school.

Reviewers praised its graphics, gameplay, and humorous plot.

Each work reflects its playful title, having a plot matching the work to which it alludes, with a humorous twist.

A shoulder angel is a plot device used for either dramatic or humorous effect in animation and comic strips ( and occasionally in live-action television ).

Both of these books are composed of individual short stories ( which range from farce or humorous anecdotes to well-crafted literary fictions ) set within a larger narrative story ( a frame story ), although the frame-tale device was not adopted by all writers.

Unlike the similarly named language game Pig Latin ( a form of playful spoken code ), Dog Latin is more of a humorous device for invoking scholarly seriousness.

After the Apocalypse review ( see Concept reviews below ), the Ed Comment particularly came to be used as a device for humorous or ironic censorship.

The basis of their difference is unexplainable ( a source of a humorous episode ), and for all practical matters they are distinguished with aid of a small handheld device ( visator ).

* Non sequitur ( literary device ), an irrelevant, often humorous comment to a preceding topic or statement.

In addition he uses repeated words and phrases, often with a humorous intent ; the influence of the caccia is evident in this device.

But it is characteristic of him, we are told, `` his little artifice '', to be able to introduce `` into a fairly vulgar and humorous piece of hackwork a sudden phrase of genuine creative art ''.

There is evidence to suggest, in fact, that many authors of the humorous sketches were prompted to write them -- or to make them as indelicate as they are -- by way of protesting against the artificial refinements which had come to dominate the polite letters of the South.

Time-servers, though the periphrastic expressions are, they may nevertheless be handsome or ironic or humorous.

They are usually humorous or good-natured.

There have been many different and contradictory attempts to classify traditional ballads by theme, but commonly identified types are the religious, supernatural, tragic, love ballads, historic, legendary and humorous.

Comedy horror is a type of horror film in which the usual dark themes are treated with a humorous approach.

The history of comic strips also includes series that are not humorous, but tell an ongoing dramatic story.

Despite their name, comic books are not necessarily humorous in tone ; modern comic books tell stories in a variety of genres.

Its subjects are automobiles and repair, and it often takes humorous turns.

1452 under the heading of termis of venery & c. extends to 70 items, and the list in the Book of Saint Albans ( 1486 ) runs to 165 items, many of which, even though introduced by the compaynys of beestys and fowlys, do not relate to venery but to human groups and professions and are clearly humorous.

Not surprisingly there are also comic-strips / graphic novels in the humorous fantasy genre, including Chuck Whelon's Pewfell series and the webcomics 8-Bit Theater and The Order of the Stick.

Modern cozy mysteries are frequently, though not necessarily in either case, humorous and thematic ( culinary mystery, animal mystery, quilting mystery, etc.

The game contains several humorous references to pop culture, like some of Duke's lines that are drawn from movies like Aliens, Dirty Harry, Evil Dead II, Full Metal Jacket, Jaws, Pulp Fiction, and They Live ; the mutated women begging " Kill me " are also a reference to the latter.

The use of emoticons can be traced back to the 19th century, and they were commonly used in casual and humorous writing. They are used mainly in text messages and emails.

Modern scholars such as Lee Hollander explain that Lokasenna was intended to be humorous and that the accusations thrown by Loki in the poem are not necessarily to be taken as " generally accepted lore " at the time it was composed.

Some promote a cause, others recognize historical events not officially recognized, and others are " funny " holidays celebrated with humorous intent.

As is common on other internet forums, simple faux-HTML tags and action tags, such as < sarcasm > and < backs away slowly >, respectively, are sometimes used for a humorous effect.

Countless web-sites are devoted to the collection of Internet humor, and every day e-mail crosses the world, containing the text of humorous articles, or jokes about current events.

Rube Goldberg's machines, intentionally overly-complex solutions to simple tasks or problems, are humorous examples of " non-KISS " solutions.

Nash wrote humorous poems for each movement of the Camille Saint-Saëns orchestral suite The Carnival of the Animals, which are sometimes recited when the work is performed.

They are often used in the punch line of a joke, where they typically give a humorous meaning to a rather perplexing story.

The humor Plautus offered, such as “ puns, word plays, distortions of meaning, or other forms of verbal humor he usually puts them in the mouths of characters belonging to the lower social ranks, to whose language and position these varieties of humorous technique are most suitable ,” matched well with the stable of characters.

Examples of this are Winston Churchill, to whom many political quotations of uncertain origin are attributed, and Oscar Wilde, to whom anonymous humorous quotes are sometimes attributed.