Kidnapping Surprise

The setup implies a dramatic or surprising resolution to the kidnapping story, but the punchline is that the victim just woke up, which is completely unexpected and anti-climactic. It plays on the listener's expectation of a more complex or eventful outcome and subverts it with a mundane detail.

• Kidnapping
• Crime
• Sleep
• Fan
• Woke
• Situation

• There was a kidnapping, but he woke up.
• One man walks up to another and says, "Hey, did you hear about the kidnapping at Main Street?" The guy says, "No." The other guy says, "Oh, he woke up."
• Did you hear about the kidnapping at school? Don’t worry, he woke up. In my basement.
• "Knock, knock.""Who's there?""Kid.""Kid who?""Kidnap you!"