That's an interesting and extensive request! Creating 100 distinct prompts for irony in narratives requires focusing on the three main types of irony: verbal, situational, and dramatic, and then applying those concepts across various genres and scenarios.
Here are 100 command prompts for use with Gemini, specifically structured to elicit narratives centered on irony.
💡 The Irony Prompt Collection (100 Commands)
Part I: Situational Irony (Prompts 1-40)
Situational irony occurs when the outcome of an event is contrary to what was expected.
| # | Prompt Command | Focus |
| 1 | A renowned fire safety expert is ironically trapped in a burning building due to a flaw in their own design. | Expert's Downfall |
| 2 | Write a story about a dedicated environmentalist whose efforts to save a local park result in it being paved over for a 'green energy' plant. | Conservation Backfire |
| 3 | A master thief meticulously plans a heist for a priceless jewel, only to discover the case they broke into holds a simple, mass-produced replica. | The Worthless Prize |
| 4 | A character obsessed with cleanliness and germs contracts a rare, mild illness only after sterilizing their entire life and moving to a sterile bubble. | Cleanliness Contradiction |
| 5 | A tyrannical ruler builds an impenetrable fortress to ensure their safety, but the fortress's complexity is what allows a peasant to accidentally breach it. | Security Failure |
| 6 | A motivational speaker writes a best-selling book on 'The Power of Patience,' but is secretly and violently impatient in their personal life. | Hypocritical Success |
| 7 | An extremely cautious, health-conscious driver is involved in an accident, not with another car, but with a falling fitness advertisement sign. | Caution's Folly |
| 8 | A character dedicates their life to finding an ancient map, which, when finally unrolled, simply says, 'You are here.' | The Trivial Treasure |
| 9 | A town that prides itself on its 'perfect' weather and tourism is ironically hit by a freak, year-long blizzard on the day of its biggest festival. | Climate's Cruelty |
| 10 | The world's most acclaimed food critic dies not from a gourmet meal, but from choking on a stale, pre-packaged snack. | Gourmet's Demise |
| 11 | A philanthropist builds a library to house the town's history, but the construction inadvertently unearths a scandalous, hidden past they wanted forgotten. | Historical Unearthing |
| 12 | A self-proclaimed 'survivalist' spends years preparing for an apocalypse, only to perish from a mundane household accident before the disaster hits. | Premature End |
| 13 | A machine designed to eliminate all human error ironically creates a catastrophic failure by meticulously following an obvious mistake in its programming. | Flawed Perfection |
| 14 | A character avoids all human contact to prevent heartbreak, but their solitary life leads them to an unexpected, profound loneliness that crushes them. | Isolation's Toll |
| 15 | A scientist creates a cure for a common cold, but the 'cure' ironically mutates the cold into a much more severe, but incredibly rare, allergy. | Curing Catastrophe |
| 16 | The main purpose of a character's voyage is to escape their rival, but the rival coincidentally booked the exact same secluded destination. | Unavoidable Rival |
| 17 | A character saves up for years to buy a 'vintage' item, only to discover its value is solely based on it being a 'rare mistake' item from the factory. | Accidental Value |
| 18 | A government passes a strict law to maintain total order, but the law's complexity and loopholes ironically lead to unprecedented chaos and bureaucracy. | Orderly Chaos |
| 19 | A musician writes a haunting, epic song about the beauty of silence, but its popularity makes them deafeningly famous and constantly surrounded by noise. | Silent Success |
| 20 | A character's greatest fear is heights, so they live in a bunker, which ironically is undermined by an earthquake and ends up dangling off a cliff face. | Fear Realized |
| 21 | A famous astrologer predicts a terrible event for the day, but they are the only person to experience a perfectly normal, pleasant, and uneventful day. | Ignored Prophecy |
| 22 | A character invents a perpetual motion machine, but it's only used as a fancy, overpriced, and quickly obsolete paperweight. | The Pointless Invention |
| 23 | A group of adventurers seeks the 'fountain of youth,' only to realize that the fountain's waters only preserve the exact age of the first person to drink it, who was a baby. | Eternal Infancy |
| 24 | The sole survivor of a shipwreck lands on a seemingly deserted island, only to realize it's a closed-off luxury resort he couldn't afford a ticket to. | Exclusive Stranding |
| 25 | A town bans all forms of art to promote practicality, which ironically leads to a booming black market for subtle, essential design elements like attractive hinges. | Practical Art |
| 26 | A character spends their life training to be a bodyguard, only to be hired by a client who is so boring and safe that they only guard an empty closet. | Unused Skill |
| 27 | A historian attempts to erase all record of a scandalous ancestor, but the only surviving document is a heartfelt memoir praising the ancestor's scandals. | The Unsinkable Past |
| 28 | The one person who believes they are cursed and avoids all good fortune is the only winner in a lottery they accidentally bought a ticket for. | Unwanted Luck |
| 29 | A cult worships an ancient artifact said to grant ultimate power, but the artifact's true power is to simply make anyone who touches it relentlessly cheerful. | Cheerful Power |
| 30 | A character tries to achieve perfect invisibility, only to discover the process makes them emit a loud, distinctive 'whistle' whenever they move. | Loud Invisibility |
| 31 | A detective solves a difficult case by following an incredibly complex, false lead, while the true, obvious clue was overlooked by everyone. | Accidental Deduction |
| 32 | A gardener dedicates their life to growing a rare, exotic plant, only to discover the plant is an incredibly common, easily grown weed in a foreign country. | The Common Treasure |
| 33 | A teacher emphasizes the importance of reading maps, but gets lost trying to find the lecture hall where they are giving the lesson on navigation. | Navigational Humiliation |
| 34 | A character saves a large sum of money for retirement, but inflation makes their nest egg only enough to buy a single, uncomfortable park bench. | The Bench Fund |
| 35 | A famous actor known for dramatic, tear-jerking performances is ironically unable to cry in real life, even at the most tragic moments. | Dry-Eyed Dramatist |
| 36 | A character creates a perfectly encrypted, unbreakable diary, only to forget the simple four-digit password they chose. | Encrypted Forgetfulness |
| 37 | A group builds a statue to honor a hero's 'selfless sacrifice,' only for the statue's sheer weight to cause the ground to collapse, revealing the hero's hidden treasure hoard. | The Selfish Shrine |
| 38 | A politician campaigns on a platform of total honesty, but is ironically elected solely because the public believes their sincere honesty is a clever, manipulative tactic. | Manipulative Honesty |
| 39 | A character believes that all animals are malevolent and spends their life avoiding them, only to be rescued from a life-threatening situation by a flock of pigeons. | Avian Salvation |
| 40 | The single goal of a character is to become irrelevant and forgotten, but their intense efforts to be unmemorable ironically make them a quirky, legendary figure. | The Legend of Irrelevance |
Part II: Dramatic Irony (Prompts 41-70)
Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something the characters do not.
| # | Prompt Command | Focus |
| 41 | A character proudly tells their friend they've found the perfect secret hideout, unaware the audience knows the location is scheduled for demolition tomorrow. | The Doomed Retreat |
| 42 | A king is preparing for a grand, celebratory feast, but the audience knows the royal chef is secretly poisoning the soup, believing it's the king's rival's bowl. | The King's Last Meal |
| 43 | Write a scene where a detective mocks the 'obvious' red herring in a case, while the audience has already seen that the red herring is the real killer. | Ignored Truth |
| 44 | A character is ecstatic about a letter they just received from a long-lost love, but the audience knows the letter was written 50 years ago, and the author is deceased. | Delayed Devotion |
| 45 | A character trusts their loyal pet implicitly, giving it a key to a secret passage, but the audience knows the pet is actually controlled by the antagonist. | The Traitorous Pet |
| 46 | A scientist dismisses a peculiar, recurring glitch in their lab equipment as minor, while the audience knows this glitch is a countdown to a massive explosion. | The Fatal Flaw |
| 47 | A protagonist sneaks into a building, believing the security system is off, but the audience knows the system was secretly upgraded and is recording everything. | The Unseen Camera |
| 48 | Two characters exchange vows, each convinced the other is a spy from a rival faction, but the audience knows both characters are retired bakers pretending to be spies. | Spies Who Aren't |
| 49 | A traveler is desperate to find a hidden spring for water, passing a simple, labeled water fountain because they believe it's a trap, as the audience knows. | The Simple Solution |
| 50 | A character is celebrating their new promotion, which the audience knows is a temporary position set up to be a scapegoat for an impending corporate failure. | The Scapegoat's Party |
| 51 | The entire community is praising a newcomer for their 'genius' solution to a complex problem, but the audience knows the solution will backfire horribly in the finale. | Praised Doom |
| 52 | A character is trying on a costume for a play, bragging about how unrecognizable they are, but the audience knows the costume belongs to a famous escaped convict. | Stolen Identity |
| 53 | A group is stuck in a dark forest, discussing how a hidden map is their only hope, while the audience can clearly see the map lying crumpled at their feet. | The Nearby Map |
| 54 | The hero meticulously avoids the one path that leads to danger, but the audience knows the 'safe' path actually leads to the lair of the final boss. | The Misguided Safe Path |
| 55 | A parent is confidently telling their child a comforting bedtime story about a harmless monster, but the audience knows the real monster is hiding under the bed. | The False Comfort |
| 56 | A character believes they've won a fortune by investing in a new stock, but the audience has seen a news report that the entire company is a massive Ponzi scheme. | The Fake Fortune |
| 57 | A character finds a powerful 'lucky charm' and relies on it heavily, while the audience knows it's the harmless, discarded packaging of a powerful curse artifact. | The Empty Box |
| 58 | A medieval knight prepares to fight a fearsome dragon, unaware that the 'dragon' is a harmless, oversized lizard wearing stolen, abandoned metal scrap, as the audience knows. | The Junk Dragon |
| 59 | A character carefully hides a valuable secret in an old chest, locking it with a complex mechanism, but the audience sees a small child simply walk off with the key. | Unsecured Security |
| 60 | A historian lectures on the 'foolishness' of past societies, using an example where they themselves are making the exact same mistake, which the audience recognizes. | The Recursive Error |
| 61 | A character is searching frantically for a lost wallet, convinced it was stolen, while the audience saw them absentmindedly put it in their own hat. | The Hat Wallet |
| 62 | A desperate character signs a contract with a shadowy figure for a wish, believing they've outsmarted the fine print, but the audience sees the truly catastrophic clause. | The Hidden Clause |
| 63 | A character is loudly complaining about a rude neighbor, unaware that the neighbor is standing directly behind them, which the audience can clearly see. | The Eavesdropping Neighbor |
| 64 | A group of space explorers boasts about their advanced, secure communications, while the audience knows their entire signal is being openly broadcast on a public frequency. | The Public Secret |
| 65 | The protagonist is searching for a rare key to unlock a door, convinced the key is hidden far away, but the audience knows the key is literally painted onto the door. | The Painted Key |
| 66 | A character tries to discard a dangerous magical object in a bonfire, believing it will destroy it, but the audience knows the fire only activates its true power. | Ignited Power |
| 67 | A character is bragging about their perfect, airtight alibi for a crime, while the audience sees a security tape on a monitor showing them at the scene. | The Video Alibi |
| 68 | A patient is convinced their illness is psychological, as the doctor assures them, but the audience sees a rare parasite crawling in the water on the nightstand. | The Real Illness |
| 69 | A character finds a cryptic note warning of betrayal, and trusts the person who gave it to them, while the audience knows the note-giver is the actual traitor. | The Trustworthy Traitor |
| 70 | A character spends an entire scene agonizing over a moral choice, believing they have a free choice, but the audience knows their fate was sealed long ago by another character. | Fated Choice |
Part III: Verbal Irony (Prompts 71-100)
Verbal irony occurs when a speaker says one thing but means the opposite (often sarcasm or understatement).
| # | Prompt Command | Focus |
| 71 | A character surveys a chaotic, disastrous mess and utters the line: "Well, this is just splendid." Detail the preceding events. | Splendid Disaster |
| 72 | Write a dialogue between two characters where one consistently uses sarcasm to convey praise, and the other genuinely misunderstands it as criticism. | Misinterpreted Praise |
| 73 | A character is introduced to a famously unhygienic restaurant and remarks, "Oh, I hear the standards here are impeccable." Focus on the staff's reaction. | Impeccable Standards |
| 74 | A character is forced to eat the worst meal of their life and, with a straight face, tells the chef, "I've never had a more memorable dining experience." | Memorable Meal |
| 75 | A character, having just survived a terrifying near-death experience, dramatically sighs and says, "That was a real walk in the park." | Understated Terror |
| 76 | Write a character's internal monologue while they are verbally complimenting a rival's painfully ugly outfit with exaggerated sincerity. | Fake Compliments |
| 77 | A scientist's elaborate, months-long experiment fails in a spectacularly simple way. Their only comment is, "A slight miscalculation, I see." | The Slight Error |
| 78 | A character is trying to fix a complex machine that is sparking, smoking, and actively falling apart, muttering, "Just a little maintenance required." | Minor Maintenance |
| 79 | The main character is trapped in an impossibly small, dark space and yells out, "This is so roomy! I could live here!" Describe the echo. | Spacious Confinement |
| 80 | A mentor is observing a student make a rookie mistake that endangers everyone and dryly notes, "Such a brilliant display of foresight." | The Brilliant Mistake |
| 81 | A character receives a gift they clearly despise (e.g., a clown portrait) and says, "You shouldn't have. Really, you shouldn't have." | Unwanted Gift |
| 82 | Write a military leader's speech to troops after a crushing defeat, using only positive, overly optimistic, and ironic language to describe the retreat. | The Victorious Retreat |
| 83 | A character is forced to complete a task that is clearly designed to be boring and repetitive, commenting, "This is truly stimulating work." | Stimulating Labor |
| 84 | The protagonist is arguing with an overly aggressive and thick-headed antagonist, concluding, "Your powers of persuasion are simply overwhelming." | Overwhelming Persuasion |
| 85 | A character finds a tiny, broken, rusted piece of junk and exclaims, "The treasure of the century! We're rich!" Detail the reaction of their companion. | The Century's Treasure |
| 86 | A villain, having been easily defeated by the hero, weakly states, "Well, that was a fair and balanced contest." | Fair Contest |
| 87 | A character is wading through knee-deep mud in a torrential downpour and says to their companion, "What lovely weather we're having today." | Lovely Weather |
| 88 | Write a scene where a judge is clearly biased, and the losing lawyer sarcastically compliments the judge's "unwavering commitment to impartiality." | Impartial Justice |
| 89 | A character's pet has completely destroyed their apartment. The owner surveys the damage and says, "You've been a very good boy/girl." | The Good Pet |
| 90 | A character is given a simple task that turns out to be unexpectedly complex and difficult. They report back, "It went exactly as planned." | The Planned Mess |
| 91 | A character is sitting on an extremely uncomfortable, spiky chair, assuring the host, "Oh, this is wonderfully cushioned." | Cushioned Comfort |
| 92 | Write a short story where a character uses only ironic statements, leading to a profound, yet misunderstood, philosophical realization. | The Ironic Philosopher |
| 93 | A character is presented with a ridiculous, impossible request and responds, "Yes, that sounds like a perfectly reasonable expectation." | Reasonable Expectation |
| 94 | A famous oracle makes a vague, unhelpful prediction to a supplicant, who then thanks them for their "unrivaled clarity." | Unrivaled Clarity |
| 95 | Two rival nobles are forced to share a small carriage. Their entire conversation is a battle of polite, yet deeply ironic, insults. | Ironic Insults |
| 96 | A character is stuck waiting for hours in a government office and mutters, "I really admire the efficiency of this establishment." | Efficient Bureaucracy |
| 97 | The protagonist is forced to rely on their clumsy, bumbling sidekick for a critical mission, saying, "I have absolute faith in your delicate competence." | Delicate Competence |
| 98 | A character has been completely betrayed by a close friend. The character simply says, "Such a surprising act of loyalty." | Loyal Betrayal |
| 99 | A character is trying to navigate a maze of confusing, contradictory signs and maps, commenting, "The directions here are perfectly clear." | Clear Directions |
| 100 | A character is told a secret that is already known by everyone else in the room. They respond with an overly dramatic gasp: "No way! I am shocked!" | The Shocking Secret |
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