Brick Joke Examples?
4.5BRAINROT SCOREBrick Joke A joke or running element that is set up early in a work and then pays off much later, usually after the audience has forgotten the setup. The delayed return is what makes it funny.
Origin:Wiktionary states that the term was coined on the TV Tropes wiki and was inspired by an older pair of jokes, the first ending with a man tossing a brick into the air and the second, seemingly unrelated, ending with a dog catching the brick. It cites uses from 2016 (The New York Times), 2020 and 2021. No exact date for the coinage is documented here.
First Seen:Unknown (coined on TV Tropes; earliest dated citation on Wiktionary is 2016)
Peak Era:2010s-2020s (TV and film criticism)
Aura Impact:+2 Aura (Using It Correctly In Context)
EXAMPLE USAGE
""The bowling ball from the first episode finally rolled back in the finale, the best brick joke of the season.""
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