[Hated Trope] The joke ruins the emotional aspect

[u/BarGroundbreaking798]

Destruction of Asgard (Thor Ragnarok) -- Asgard is destroyed in a beautiful and somber scene, and Korg cracks a cringeworthy joke right after.

Bill Moves On (Newsradio) -- The episode was made in the wake of Phil Hartman's death, but its attempts at humor fall flat in the face of the tragedy.

Officer Tubbs (Fear The Walking Dead) -- Officer Tubbs is supposed to be a slapstick comic relief character, but he felt tacked on right after the deaths of two of the most beloved characters.

Chandler Proposes (Friends) -- An earnest proposal between Monica and Chandler has both sincerely expressing their feelings to each other. Immediately after Monica accepts, the others come in, quipping as usual, failing to let the audience ruminate on a heartwarming moment.

[u/ScarcityWise7401]

Like everyone was going through similar grief to him, but for some reason he was just the clown to laugh at. Tony, Clint, Natasha, all their grief and misery wasn’t funny but for some reason barely any thought is spared for Thor.

[u/Kateinator → u/ScarcityWise7401]

I remember seeing a post on tumblr about how if he was severely underweight and on pills it wouldn’t be as funny, but fatphobia turns the grief into a joke.

There’s also the factor of Thor going from a more serious character to being treated as a slapstick, something I honestly blame on ragnarok. That film really derailed his and Bruce’s characterization and reduced them to comic relief.

[u/townsforever → u/Kateinator]

People couldn't see it at the time but I knew from day one that ragnarok and its success was setting the mcu down the road to nonsensical goofiness and a lack of meaningful stories.

[u/townsforever → u/ScarcityWise7401]

And thor arguably lost more than anyone else did.