Situational Comedy Writing Prompts

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Most vampires spend their immortality spoiling themselves and living lavishly. Instead, you've been working the night shift at a Waffle House for 70+ years with no intention of leaving. One of your coworkers asks why.

1,484 upvotes95 comments

A demon has tried to posess you, however it turn out to be weaker than expected. It only manages to take controll a couple of times a day to make a single movement or say a single word. You now have to live with a demonic version of tourettes that's perfectly timed to ruin your day.

1,480 upvotes28 comments

As a joke you had always said "I dedicate this to Hades" as you threw away food scraps from your cooking and cleaning your plates. When you die you find yourself in front of Charon's boat with Hades sitting in it, seemingly very excited to see his most devoted follower in recent times.

1,479 upvotes85 comments

"how can you have HIM as an apprentice! He is too soft!" "Exactly! He's the only one I trained that isn't a power hungry psychopath."

1,473 upvotes40 comments

Your next door neighbor is convinced you're a vampire. You're not. You're just a night guard who is allergic to garlic and gets sunburns very easily. Today, your neighbor invited you over.

1,457 upvotes58 comments

A kid losing a video game, and getting their big brother to beat it for them, as seen from an npc's perspective

1,442 upvotes47 comments

The witch begs your forgiveness for cursing you as a baby; she was young and hot-headed, and would you like her to undo the curse? You aren't sure what to say as this is the first you've heard about any of this.

1,417 upvotes80 comments

“I’m sorry I’m dating, who?!” You say in shock. You just found out your girlfriend was the greek goddess Hera, how? By her ex husband Zeus arriving at your door and threatening you to give her back. This is going to be a long day…

1,413 upvotes51 comments

You own a construction company that especiallise on supervillians hideouts, you make tones of money and usually work in paradise islands, but dealing with your clients and keeping their ideas within OSHA standards is not an easy job

1,380 upvotes18 comments

You got abducted by cultists as you were heading to a restaurant for your date. After two days, the cultists have started a ritual, attempting to offer your soul up to a demon for power. But as the demon appears, it turns out the demon they try to offer you up to is your girlfriend/ex.

1,378 upvotes42 comments

A love triangle where the person at the center of it is not only aromantic and incredibly uncomfortable with the situation, but suspects the two ‘rivals’ are simply looking for a way to spend time with one another, both being too obtuse to realize.

1,352 upvotes22 comments

When the party barbarian is named "Uthgar the Kind" some people don't think he's still capable of ripping someone apart when they piss him off. Those people are very, very wrong.

1,332 upvotes36 comments

"You shall fall dead the day your first child is born!" the young, inexperienced witch had cried casting her curse. Little did she know, to an asexual like yourself, she'd practically granted immortality. Now, every year, on the anniversary of the curse, she tries her best to "fix" things.

1,318 upvotes58 comments

After mistakenly transfering to a high school for monsters, you try to tell them that you're just a regular human. However, because of bizarre coincidences creating apparently inexplicable situations, the school population and teachers come to believe you're actually an Eldritch Abomination

1,297 upvotes73 comments

You work at a retirement home for superheroes who've gotten too infirm and senile to continue their work. The hardest part of the job is keeping them here, instead of gallivanting off on a foolhardy quest to relive their glory days.

1,279 upvotes39 comments

You were terrified when you were sentenced to be thrown into the labyrinth with the Minotaur. That is until the Minotaur charged around the corner and you discovered, to your surprise, that the Minotaur was a calf. You’re not a victim. You’re a babysitter.

1,242 upvotes24 comments

You fell in love with a vampire. You married her on the condition that she would never bite to convert you. Life is good. You get to keep both your love and your humanity. However, you forgot to account for your teething baby daughter biting you.

1,221 upvotes33 comments

You were sure your girlfriend knew your secret identity, so you were happy to flirt with her both in and out of costume. But today she confessed to cheating on you. With you.

1,178 upvotes51 comments

The Fae had faded into near obscurity, until they discovered humans will readily give their name to a barista.

1,174 upvotes33 comments

Before an engagement, the commanding officer ends his speech with “make your ancestors proud”. A subordinate responds “Sir! I’m not proud of my ancestors, can I borrow someone else’s”?

1,165 upvotes51 comments

Nobody could ever call you observant — You’ve been a regular at your favorite bakery for months now, blissfully unaware that it is a shockingly obvious front for a criminal enterprise.

1,148 upvotes43 comments

You are the child of a union between two separate half-dragons. However, genetically, you are fully human. You are about to introduce your fiancé to your extended family - and they haven't believed you to this point about your... diverse family tree.

1,136 upvotes24 comments

"Halt! Our scans show you are harboring an endoparasite and will not be permitted to board!" "A what? Hang on, are you talking about my baby?" "Oh, so you even gave it a name?"

1,121 upvotes132 comments

Winston Churchill once said, “Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” A man with a dog, a cat, and a pig leaves for work, and his three pets talk about him while he’s gone.

1,111 upvotes26 comments

You rush into a church to stop the love of your life from marrying the wrong person. Not paying attention, you shout "I OBJECT" only to realize it's a funeral. The deceased immediatelly rises in perfect health. All eyes turn to you.

1,088 upvotes41 comments

Joshua accidentally angered the witch, and she cursed him so he may never find a wife. 20 years later, Joshua invites her to his and Paul's wedding, just to see her reaction.

1,054 upvotes47 comments

Four roommates. Three are aliens who took human form to learn about human culture. All three are from different plants and think the others are humans. The one human knows this and is trying to hold it together, but loves playing into their gullibility.

1,051 upvotes35 comments

After you, as a superhero, decided to reveal publicly your secret identity, your high school days bully decided to turn criminal since he could beat you. It genuinely doesn't occur to him that you were faking taking his beating way back then.

1,002 upvotes35 comments

You just found out you’re a superhuman. You have everything that comes with that, super strength, speed, and the ability to not need to eat or sleep. This is good until your friends start realizing you haven’t eaten in a while, causing them to have a surprise intervention.

998 upvotes30 comments

"I spent three months meditating in the woods before i got my Druidic abilities," "oh, i was just watering my plants one day and one of them told me my hat was stupid"

994 upvotes21 comments

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