Comedic Punchline Analysis.

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Why is it funny?
What certain elements make it funny?
Is it the situation?
Contrast
Expectations
Does it have to do with status?

Comedy Analysis Sync sketch 

Please relate it to the following topics

1.  Status.

2.  Contrast.

3.  Expectation.

4.  Timing. 

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Movie of discussion: Wreck-It Ralph

Source material (Video clip)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8I1BRCcD6g

         In this shot, the main protagonist Ralph is approached by King Candy, a pompous regent within the Sugar Rush game. Due to bad experiences with King Candy himself, Ralph immediately becomes irate; charging after the diminutive character with the intent of 'beating the belly out of' him. In an attempt to pacify Ralph, King Candy promptly equips himself with oversized glasses out of hammerspace and utters the stock phrase "You won't hit a guy with glasses, would you?" In response, Ralph nonchalantly takes said glasses and strikes him with the glasses. This is immediately called out by the King Candy, who remarks "You hit a guy with glasses..." which makes him giggle and mutter "Well played." and thus distracting him enough to be grappled by Ralph himself.

        This scene plays out the "You won't hit a guy with glasses, would you?" scenario in which a character who doesn't typically don glasses does so regardless in a bid to prevent a potential assailant from attacking them, only for the assailant to strike them regardless. What makes this notable, however, is that Ralph attacks Candy by lightly bludgeoning him with the spectacles, therefore hitting him 'with glasses', hence what King Candy immediately notes out of the punchline and thus gets him amused.

        Status immediately plays out by the arrival of King Candy himself, and Ralph's mood souring into pure rage upon the former's presence. Within the context of the film, this is an immediate whiplash, as prior to this, Ralph was bonding with a bratty, yet sympathetic character named Vanellope von Schweetz. The expectation is filled just as immediate as the typical punchline, with Ralph hitting Candy; but with the additional, subversive usage of 'the glasses' itself, which is distinct enough for Candy himself to acknowledge. It's a quick gag in an otherwise tense scene, as this is promptly followed by a scene in which King Candy manipulates Ralph into straining said friendship with Vanellope, and being an otherwise goofy moment helps add a sense of levity within a transition between a heartwarming scene to a tense and somber one.