Please for the love of God Pinkie Pie writers...

People who write fanfiction and include Pinkie in it, please take some advice from me. Forced laughter and jokes are horrible, cheap gags are only funny if you're simple minded, if you laugh at whoopee cushions then sure it'll be funny. But like the class clown gets scowls, it gets old eventually, and when a teacher unexpectedly falls out of a chair it's hilarious. Don't plan them, don't set them up and make them predictable, like a good jump scare a joke is most effective when it's least expected.
For example, Fire & Rain caught me off guard constantly.

Bifrost’s lips spread into a grin that sent a cold terror down Rainbow’s back. It was the kind of grin that foretold countless stories that all parents carried of their sons and daughters. It was the destruction of dignity, the harbinger of shame, the crushing of pride. Worse still, she was trapped in a hospital room with nowhere to hide, both princesses of Equestria, and her marefriend, who just happened to be the captain of the Wonderbolts.
“Shut up,” Rainbow preempted her father.
“I didn’t say nothin’!”
“You were gonna.”
“It was a definite maybe.”
“How about you don’t and just pretend you did?”
“Where’s the fun in that?”
“I’ll beat you up.”
“You’d have to catch me first, squirt.”
Rainbow’s cheeks turned bright red. “Don’t call me that in front of them!” she squealed, a hoof waving at the two alicorns and her marefriend.
“Too late,” Bifrost grinned.
Celestia, Luna, and Spitfire stood in silence, their eyes shifting from Rainbow, to Bifrost, and back.
“Sister,” Luna whispered, her hoof giving Celestia’s ribs a light prod, “is this... erm... normal?”
Celestia subtly shook her head, eyes transfixed on the display before her. “I have no idea.”
“Hey,” Bifrost continued, both himself and Rainbow having all but forgotten their company, “everypony starts off as daddy’s little squirt.”
“Dad!” Rainbow sqawked, her face turning red.
“What? It’s just biology.”

^ Did NOT expect, fell out of chair the first time reading, my point is that gags hardly ever work and something unexpected that makes sense, is witty and is NOT completely random will get laughs most every time unless it goes overhead.

Comments

[Nero Shiro]

I didn't get it at first but after reading a little more slowly and letting my beer settle my nerves... it hit me. I mean I understood it. *avoiding another double entendre*

[ToxicTalon]

Well I'm just saying it like it is, some people shake their heads at Pinkie's antics, while people like me want to put their head through a brick wall. I just thought it would be useful for people to know.