Comedy Writing Prompts

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You are the only human employee at a company staffed by a multitude of alien species. Your colleagues seem to be having a difficult time properly understanding who, or what, your guide dog is.

429 upvotes37 comments

"Your blood pressure is so high!" "I've been feeling very stressed lately." "What have you been so stressed about?" "My blood pressure."

428 upvotes21 comments

You’re one of the worst supervillains of the century, and everyone fears you. Everyone except a certain Make-A-Wish child who has just requested to meet you.

427 upvotes91 comments

You soon learn why the aliens have asked for you specifically. They aren't aliens, they're your dumb friends and their prank has gotten REALLY out of hand.

425 upvotes8 comments

You fell out of a plane. You survived, but you landed in the middle of a cult's summoning circle. Now you've got this super-crazy group of followers with ties in practically everything who keep calling you their god.

422 upvotes28 comments

The empress sentences you to be thrown to "The Beast", a giant doglike monster. She recently got a new Beast when her old one died. The Beast turns the corner and turns out to be a puppy. You're not food. You're a babysitter.

422 upvotes12 comments

As President of the Universe you often have wannabe Overlords and Dictators break into your house and demand your title. Your policy is to just give it to them. None have lasted longer than a week before returning it.

420 upvotes16 comments

The genie says, "There are 3 restrictions. No wishing for more wishes, resurrections, or love." You make your wish. The genie says, "There are now four restrictions."

419 upvotes52 comments

You have developed a reputation for being an expert matchmaker. Whenever you're around, people who meet each other end up falling in love. But what no one else sees is that Cupid has been trying to shoot you with an arrow for a long time now, and all you've been doing is dodging them.

416 upvotes19 comments

You and your twin brother were adopted by different families. He ended up to becoming a supervillain, so every other day, while going about your business, you get beaten up by superheroes. It is time to put an end to this…

401 upvotes25 comments

A scientist whose inventions are too good, they become dangerous. A paper towel that is so absorbent it can drain a lake with one roll, an insecticide that makes the species extinct, or a solar powered device that absorbs all light. He is now placed on house arrest to not invent anything.

396 upvotes15 comments

List of things to do, "Ring check, dinner with my parents and hers check. Plan to tell her I'm secretly a 150 year elf check. Plan to tell her she needs to defeat my eldest sister in open combat to prove her worth. Work in progress. She's from Texas I'm sure she'll be fine."

393 upvotes11 comments

"Hello. I'm here to kill your leader in single combat to claim chiefdom over your people." "Whoa! Do you really think we are that primitive and salvage!?" "Yes. Isn't this how it works?" "Well... Yes... But you are being very rude about it!"

350 upvotes16 comments

"Why is it that you can never spell my name correctly?! It's not even difficult. Are you stupid?!" The customer berated the cashier. "Our barista is a fairy. I'm making sure she doesn't get your name. Don't worry I'll make sure I get it perfect next time. Have a nice day"

331 upvotes15 comments

Humans spread across the galaxy millennia ago and in that time the origins of humanity have become lost to history. While there are many competing theories, it is universally agreed that the most ridiculous one is that humans originated on a remote trash-world called "Earth".

320 upvotes16 comments

Elves have never been affected by narcotics, making elves incredibly judgmental of human drug use. However, one special human drug is the exception, affecting elves far more than any other creature: caffeine.

317 upvotes31 comments

The ancient abomination layed its tentacle over your forehead. Finally, after all the perils and dangers suffered, the secrets of the universe would be revealed to you. It digs the tip of its tentacle into your brain and it appears...Never Gonna Give You Up Official Video plays on your mind.

309 upvotes10 comments

The superheroes have had enough of minimum wage, no benefits, no 401k plans, and being forced to pay high taxes. They decide to protest the unfair circumstances and surprisingly, the villains support their cause.

307 upvotes8 comments

Who wants to be a millionaire but all the contestants are billionaires so it’s more like a threat

294 upvotes10 comments

"So the generals have met up, and they have agreed that this battle has been cancelled."

290 upvotes12 comments

A supervillain is trying to get his wife to the hospital, but the superheroes are intervening because they believe he has kidnapped her.

281 upvotes0 comments

As a prank a witch detached your cock and suctioned it to the shower in the girl's dorm. Neither of you expected how frequently it was going to be used, nor knew that it couldn't get soft again!

280 upvotes14 comments

The dragon didn't realize it misheard the definition of "hoard" until it had already amassed an army of nomadic steppe warriors.

267 upvotes9 comments

Turns out every lender has been rejecting you because your kid has an unpaid tab at some little girls' lemonade stand. Your kid's status as a "big mean stupid head" is really hurting your credit. You need to fix this. But how?

263 upvotes15 comments

A member of the Thieves Guild is trying to sneak into a noble’s castle, but she’s dummy thicc, and the clap of her ass cheeks keeps alerting the guards.

260 upvotes3 comments

"It took me a long time to get your father to propose, I dropped hint after hint. As humans like him say 'if it was a snake it would have bitten him'...so one day I bit him. And that's how we got engaged."

258 upvotes11 comments

"For my final wish, I wish porn wasn't so unrealistic." "Granted! Reality is now far more like porn!"

257 upvotes14 comments

"There he is, the elusive 10th dentist. Do whatever it takes. We need him to approve Colgate."

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The next generation of world leaders have their own hobbies for stress relief as they all log-in to their favourite mmo. It just so happens that they've ended up in the same guild in the same game but have no clue as to each other's real identity.

248 upvotes12 comments

"I plead the Fifth!" "First of all, we're in hell. Second, you're not an American Citizen."

245 upvotes19 comments

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