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OOoooo! Look at me Marge! I'm making people happy! I'm the magical man from happy land! In case you couldn't tell, I was being sarcastic!

— Homer ‧ The Simpsons

Painterly smiling white mask beside a pointing yellow glove on orange.
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The speaker acts out happiness so extravagantly that the performance announces its own insincerity. The final explanation makes that even more obvious. Calling himself a magical man from happy land turns cheerful helpfulness into an irritated caricature, with sarcasm spelled out after the fact.

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