Comedy Writing Prompts

Suddenly, all humans become the last creature or plant they ate. The majority of humans are now sentient lettuce heads or beans, or anthropomorphic chickens and cows. But what concerns everyone most are the people who are still human...

You are a notorious hitman. Seriously one bad mother!@#$er. And this little kid just gave you a big fistful of change to get his bike back from the neighborhood bullies.

After a series of misunderstandings, a dragonborn paladin of noble birth is sent on a quest to save the lost princess (herself) from a vicious dragon (also herself).

Witchcraft is illegal, but you're not a witch! You and your coven- I mean, you and your friends are just exceptionally good alchemists.

So humanity's galactic divisions are all named after sci-fi franchises. The Enterprise for exploration and diplomacy, the Spartans if combat is needed. This is the story of the less honorably named factions, such as the appropriately named "World Eaters"

You have failed and your foes have achieved their long sought goal of reviving their God-king. Everyone expected him to lead the final assault and solidify his rule once and for all. Turns out, he's actually a pretty chill guy and immediately calls the whole thing off.

A AskReddit post which reads: "Superheroes/Supervillains, what's the most awkward situation you found yourselves in during your career?"

You have been kidnapped by aliens to be a zoo animal. They expect you to be upset & try to escape, but you love your new life & become an "ambassador animal" for humanity.

"Silly Rabbit, Trix are for kids!" Well, now the kids have grown up, and they have to team up with thier old foe to get thier favorite cereal one last time.

The whole point of Hell was to torture people for all eternity, or at least that was the point on paper. In practice, everyone's too numb and too used to it to even feel a thing or even be scared anymore

You die and go to hell, instead of burning in a fire hotter than the sun, you sit in a field of flowers and the air smells like your favorite fruit. After asking the devil why hell seems like a paradise, he tells "I'm here because I don't obey the big guy"

One day the most popular (and meanest) girl in the school has a complete attitude change and becomes extremely wholesome and friendly. Then you learn she is possessed by a demon. “Is”. Not “was”.

"Before I ask why you were doing 675 million in a 40, I'd first like to ask how in the world that's even possible."

Doctor Evil is a campy Saturday morning supervillain and usually defeated by pre-teen heroes. Lesson included. He also once took down an entire alien armada by himself because they were ruining his fight with one of his pre-teen foes

You accidentally saved a princess from a tower. Now she won't stop following you, blabbing about "true love."

You're standing at the altar, about to get married to your beautiful fiancée. When suddenly the king of demons bursts through the door of the room, which naturally causes panic. You tried to warn everyone that inviting your sibling to the wedding would mean trouble, but they kept insisting.

You are a superhero and you are sick of it. So you decide to fake your death in the next fight with your nemesis. Unfortunately they have the same plan.

You are a 512 year immortal in a bar, angry because you can’t order a beer. It’s not your fault you took the immortality potion at 12 and have looked the same ever since!

There is a 50/50 chance that leaving the Arch Mage and Head Scientist alone in a room together will result in either a marriage proposal or a doomsday device. More likely both.

Your job is to guard a button that no one may push. Things get complex when both legendary heroes and villains arrive to attempt to push the mysterious button. Everyone seems to have a different idea about what the button does, but they all want to push it.

You and your friend have been “Hero” and “Villain” solely to entertain your town for a long time. Until, that is, an actual hero decides to take your “villain” friend down.

You are a divorce lawyer, the best in your field. You have just received word that you will representing the Greek goddess Hera in her divorce from Zeus.

Several years ago, you thought your girlfriend was joking when she told you she was actually an Elder Goddess, the Mother of Abominations. Now you are a proud stepparent to her vast brood of unspeakable offspring.

"It doesn't matter how much of a 'neuroscientific breakthrough' it is. Using arbitrary code execution to re-code a patient's brain into Pong is definitely malpractice!"

"Why have you created cat girls when we asked you for supersoldiers?" "General, those cat girls are your supersoldiers."

You unknowingly acquired an ancient artifact that carries a most horrible curse. Well, "most horrible" by ancient standards. By today's standards it is a mild inconvenience at worst.

Magical incantations are actually insults in the arcane language; sicker burns mean stronger effects. You are about to be first person in history to cast a "yo momma" spell.

To get the eternal glory of a warriors death, you have to die fighting. You remembered this as the third village in a row surrendered before you could even draw your sword. You are a legendary old viking, and you're getting worried.

When humanity could not find sapient life on other planets for the longest time, they uplifted several Earth animals. Then an alien empire attacked them. Now the descendants of the Emu War are fighting alongside each other.

A pet groomer lands in a fantasy world. Rather than try to be a hero or an adventurer, they open a health spa & salon for beastfolk races.