Here are a few ideas for funny short-form videos like on TikTok or YouTube shorts.

• I have a condition...

  • “Police! You’re surrounded. Put your hands up!”
  • Man at the end of a hallway is coughing.
  • “Sorry"—more coughing and covering his mouth—“I—I have a condition.”
  • Police hesitate and give each other confused glances. "Huh?"
  • Camera rapidly pans back to hallway man.
  • He pulls out guns akimbo style.
  • “If you run now, then I’ll let you leave with your lives.”

• Video games in movies be like…

  • Close up shot of someone madly mashing a controller.
  • Quick zoom out. The player guy is sitting in a pile of controllers.
  • “Hey, I need some more controllers over here.”
  • Shot of people loading controllers into a washing machine. The foreman shouts back “We’re trying damn it", then to the workers “Get moving boys!”
  • Back to the player guy. He bears a concerned expression while scanning his surroundings. “No, this is all wrong. We’re missing…we’re missing…”
  • Player guy does a double take of a ‘sexy’ controller on the corner of his couch that has a bit of nacho cheese on it.
  • Shot of romancing the controller on a date.
  • Shot of unpacking in a new apartment with the controller.
  • Shot of arguing with the controller and the controller slamming the door on the player guy. Player guy clenches his fist.
  • Shot of player guy being a sergeant raising an army of controllers.
  • Shot of a controller dying emotionally on the battle field in player guy's arms.

• TikTok be like...

  • Shot of girl sighing at laptop.
  • Shot of Google search “how to deal with a break up”.
  • Shot of an old-skool webpage for girl-bosses giving advice about how to channel your inner queen.
  • "Hmm..."
  • Cut to daydream of girl confidently walking, the music playing I’ve got to move on and be who I am.
  • Cut to girl back in her living room, who looks at the camera like 'Nahhh'.
  • Shot of Google search “how to deal with a break up"..."in calories”.
  • Cut to twerking and crying while eating ice cream.

• When there’s a bit of shell in ur egg...

  • Shot of guy bringing some scrambled egg to his mouth with a spoon.
  • Shot of him peaceably chewing.
  • Sudden exaggerated crunching noise. Face of panic.
  • Rush of shots of grimacing, dramatic gulping of water, putting head under the tap, fainting with hand to forehead.
  • Voiceover as this is going on: “All life is suffering. Death is preferable to life. I should never have been born.”

• Doctor Who be like…

  • Shot of Amy walking into a room and Matt, noticing, throwing up his hands to halt her.
  • “Amy...I’m going to need you to stand still." He moves towards her, keeping up his hands. "I'm going to need you to stand very, very still—stiller than you’ve ever stood before. Just don’t move Amy. Don’t...do...anything.”

Edit: Added a 'casual' tag as per the new policy.