A film that imitates the style of a writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.

A fast paced film using buffoonery and horseplay and typically includes crude representations of individuals or groups of people in ridiculous/unlikely situation, and lots reversals of expectations.

A “slice-of-life” piece that maintains a lighthearted tone that focuses on elements of popular romantic ideas like “true love” that typically end with well matched partners being united or reunited.

A film in which the shortcomings, transgressions, etc. of an individual or a group are presented in a exaggerated manner typically with a comic tone.

Uses socially uncomfortable situations or behavior to make the audience “cringe,” but for comic effect.

A Film that take presents itself as a serious documentary, but is actually a satirical piece on that subject.

A comedy that deals with normally taboo subjects, including, death, murder, suicide and war, in a satirical manner

When a film uses physical comedy gags

When the two protagonists meet, but their personalities clash. This is what most of the comedic elements in Romantic Comedy are grounded in as the story progresses.