Situational Comedy Writing Prompts

"I challenge you to a duel, sir! Pick your weapon and make your peace, for I have trained under the greatest weapon masters in-" "Fisticuffs." "...W-what?" "FISTICUFFS."

"Any spell can be enhanced by saying the incantation and waiting to use it. The longer you wait, the stronger it gets." You prepared a Fireball immediately upon hearing this, and 20 years later you accidentally release it.

The King of Darkness has died to a sudden illness. His lackeys are tearing his realm apart in a massive anarchic free-for-all. The Heroes are now sent to his castle - not to kill him, but to find and actually bother to read his will.

Your secret identity has been found out by the villain, instead of using it against you, the villain goes to your Hero Association and files a case against them for "Child Endangerment" due to the fact that you are 12.

"Don't worry, I've got a guy." You're the guy everyone's got.

Alarms blare throughout the facility. Screams and gunshots echo through the halls. The rookie scientists around you are in panic. You sip your coffee at the breakroom table in peace, "just another tuesday." You state calmy.

"Listen. Those dishes need to be washed, these lights need to be kept on and these bills gotta be paid. I don't care if I'm the only one able to defeat the big bad guy- I'm not working for free."

You're a superhero's sidekick. But he doesn't pay you, so you're also moonlighting as the minion of a supervillain your hero never faces. Until one day, he does.

A group of elves is chatting on the table next to you in their native tongue, and the entire party is staring at the ranger who studied elvish. Veins bulging, jaw clenched, fist tighten around the mug he is holding, and face all red as he desperately tries to not explode into laughter.

Your superpower is that you can conjure anything in your palm provided it only costs a dollar or less. You have been relentlessly mocked for having such a useless power until you realize just how usefull it can be

Years ago your work place accepted a prank delivery to an evil villains lair, ever since that day the villian hasn't left you alone, convinced you were secretly a hero, no matter how many times you explain you were just a pizza delivery driver and it was a prank call.

You wished to find a dragon to slay for its treasure. Now you're not sure how to feel seeing a thumb-sized dragon try to drag its single shiny copper coin with it as it runs away from you.

Your roommate is a hulking demon, a former warlord with millennia of combat experience, and the picture of menace and brutality. You open the door to find them standing stark naked, their brand new tuxedo held carefully in their claws and a desperate plea for help in their eyes.

"But, we summoned you. You *HAVE* to fight for us!" "I don't have to do shit until you present me with a satisfactory contract of employment!"

You make a deal with a demon, expecting to give up your soul or pay some other great price. You are surprised when the demon's demands amount to a mild inconvenience at worst. But the demon still thinks it's a terrible price for mortals to pay.

While magic exists, it’s impossible for it to affect "normies", nor can they witness it. You can cast a huge explosion, but only those magically gifted will be hurt. Buildings & objects constructed by normies are unaffected too. You’ve been waging a secret war with Jerry from HR for years now.

You're an immortal who got tired of living and decided to take a nice thousand-year nap in a coffin 6ft underground. 500 years later, your sleep is interrupted by some inexperienced grave robbers.

Since your phone number is one digit off from the Wizard Tech Support hotline, you get the occasional call. You know nothing of magic, but your computer skills and common sense translate real well.

A hero and villain put aside their differences so that they can spend time with their kids in daycare

The nearest kingdom gave you the title of dragon slayer but in reality the dragon you "slayed" was your girlfriend throwing a fit and you just calmed them down enough to go back to their human form.

You are the king's court jester and you enjoy your job very much, but what not many people now is that you used to be a royal knight. One day a noble, offended by a joke you made, challenges you to a duel.

The witch cursed the princess so that no man would love her. Unbeknownst to the witch, the princess is lesbian and is glad to finally be rid of her annoying suitors.

You are a Superhero, one of many in your city. There's a local Supervillain, who always plays up the comedic side of his vast incompetence, to the point that you and your fellow heroes enjoy seeing him. Today, a new, cocky Superhero killed his minion. The Supervillain's reaction shocked you.

You’re a mimic. You were disguised as a clock when an adventurer decided to take you as loot. You’ve actually managed to enjoy your live ever since as furniture in a small, local tavern. When some ruffians decide to rob the now elderly adventurer however, you finally reveal yourself.

You sell cursed weapons and market them as enchanted. Most people who visit more than once do so in an attempt to return their weapon, but today a rather chipper adventurer has come back to ask for an offhand weapon to go with the cursed blade they purchased yesterday.

After battling your way to the final boss, you see… the merchant that bought your extra items? Anything you sold them can and will be used against you…

You have a single superpower, and you're not even aware of it. You're a Jinx. Specifically, you're a consequences based Jinx. If something someone will do is going to negatively affect you, bad luck afflicts them in such a way that they can't perform that action. The supers community all know.

A mob boss is making veiled threats, but the person on the receiving end of the threats can't read between the lines leading to increasing exasperation on the end of the mob boss

You angered a witch, and in retaliation, she transformed you into an unmovable tree in a public park. Months later, she returns with the sinister hope of reveling in your suffering, only to find that you are not only surviving but thriving and happier than ever before.

Humans are often abducted as exotic pets for aliens. One day, your owner enters with a book and starts trying to speak your language.