obvious gag

Examples (10)

• It was an obvious gag from the opening scene.
• Everyone groaned at the obvious gag the host cracked.
• By the third act, the film leans on the same obvious gag yet again.
• He set up the punchline so heavily that the obvious gag landed flat.
• On social media, that meme is just an obvious gag recycled daily.
• We tried to avoid the obvious gag and went for something subtler.
• She laughed anyway, even though it was an obvious gag.
• The writer subverts the obvious gag by delaying the punchline.
• Critics dismissed the trailer as a string of obvious gags.
• In rehearsal, we cut the obvious gag because the audience saw it coming.