40 Jokes Tweeted About Kim Jong Il’s Death

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s death was breaking news around the world this weekend. While serious news organizations pondered the implications of said news, and offered commentary on the leader’s life and career, the mood on Twitter was a bit lighter. In fact, the social network lit up with Kim Jong Il jokes, from the first moments that the news was made public. Immediately we saw “He’s not IL, he’s dead” jokes. But others were even more creative.

Below are 40 of our favorite humorous tweets about Kim Jong Il’s death, most of which came in the initial moments after the news broke.

MikeBullard1010 Mike Bullard
Kim Jong-il is ironically survived by his brothers Veree and Terminal-Lee

PeytonsHead Peyton’s Head
I had Kim Jong Il in my Fantasy Dictator league. The playoffs are this week. I’m so screwed.

AriFleischer Ari Fleischer
Word on the street is that Kim Jong-il was secretly a Packers fan and couldn’t handle the news. Pass it on…

dubpool Dub Pool
Hold up! Re-translation just coming through from N. Korea: Kim Jong-il actually died of fatigue while listening to Train. #MakesSenseNow

samyoungman Sam Youngman
In addition to all the torture he endures in hell, KJI should get some sort of Satan’s cherry on top for those exaggerated golf scores

SidewaysTrav Travis
Kim Jong Dead. Not just Il.

GerryDuggan Gerry Duggan
In lieu of flowers the family of Kim Jong Il asks you to starve a person to death in his memory.

robdelaney rob delaney
Rick Perry & Michele Bachmann SCRAMBLING to find out who Kim Jong Il was.

DeathStarPR Death Star PR
Kim Jong Il is dead. Who will be brave/insane enough to build Earth’s first Death Star now that he’s gone?

JohnFugelsang John Fugelsang
Kim Jong II is dead & things aren’t looking so hot for his official lookalikes either.

drgrist David Roberts
Raise your hand if you heard about Kim Jong-Il and thought, “What would Herman Cain do?”

jas508 Julie
Man, I keep writing “Kim Jong Il is still alive” on all my checks.

piersmorgan Piers Morgan
Not a great year for tyrants.. BinLaden, Gadhafi, now Kim Jong-il #RestInPurgatory

OMGFacts OMGFacts
Kim Jong-il travelled by train because he was terrified of flying. He died on Dec. 17 while riding a train.

paulverhoeven Paul Verhoeven
The UN needs to remember to throw all of Kim Jong Il’s jewelry into a volcano.

gaberivera Gabe Rivera
If anyone has a copy of Kim Jong-il narrating “The Crazy Ones”, now would be an excellent time to reveal it.

TSAgov Agent Smith
Damnit. Kim Jong is dead. Now we have to find a new role model for State oppression. #TSA

neilgrayston Neil Grayston
Waiting for North Korea to announce Zombie Kim Jong-Il as Supreme Leader. Waiting. So. Hard.

jimgeraghty jimgeraghty
Boy, Kim Jong Il will do anything to get the world spotlight on him, huh?

ThePresObama Barack Obama
Kim Jong Il is dead but we still have to take care of Kourtney Jong Il and Khloe Jong Il before we can rejoice.

TheFunnyRacist The Funny Racist™
Korean leader Kim Jong Il has passed away. His son, Kim Jong Healthy, is set to become the new ruler.

Johnny_Detroit Johnny Detroit
Tim Tebow loses so God strikes down Kim Jong-il to balance the universe.

robfee Rob Fee
The worst thing about Kim Jong Il dying is that I’m 70% sure he was my Secret Santa

ChasLicc Chas Licciardello
North Koreans to commemorate Kim Jong Il’s death with a hunger strike. It began about 50 years ago.

PaulBegala Paul Begala
Wait, Kim Jong is dead? I thought he was just il.

dannyoneil Danny O’Neil
David Stern will pause this evening for a moment of silence for fellow dictator Kim Jong Il. #NBA

drgrist David Roberts
Picturing Andy Rooney trapping Kim Jong-Il in a corner: “And what’s the DEAL with these CLOUDS …”

SPORTSbyBROOKS SPORTSbyBROOKS
Quaddafi, Bin Laden, Kim Jong. Tough year for Ukrainian hookers.

JoelHeyman Joel Heyman
I did it. I outlived Kim Jong ll. I beat death, I will live forever.

joshuatopolsky Joshua Topolsky
Counting down the moments until a republican presidential candidate says Obama botched Kim Jong Il’s natural death.

workforfood Diego Zambrano
? Kim Jong Il ? Khaddafi ? Osama Bin Laden ? Saddam Hussein ? Internet Explorer

Ernst_Bloach O
what about all the kidnapped hotties in kim jong-il’s compound? who’s going to reeducate them? *raises hand*

GregMitch Greg Mitchell
And now we’ll find out that Kim Jong il, like Gaddafi, had the hots for Condi Rice.

moshekasher moshekasher
There are more “Kim Jong Il was ill?” tweets being produced right now than there is food in North Korea.

mrtimlong Tim Long
I’m confused: CNN says Kim Jong-Il is dead, but N. Korean press says he’s currently fighting a 100-ft. tall U.S. super-robot.

DrewFromTV Drew Carey
Kim Jong Il reported dead. Dorothy to be home soon. #dingdong

Jocohner Joey Cohn
Kim Jong died without telling North Korea what the secret ingredient in the Krabby Patty formula was

erikmal Erik Malinowski
Has Hitler weighed in yet on the death of Kim Jong-il? I bet he’s yelling angry things at his staff.

DrunkSocialite Drunk Socialite™
What makes the Kim Jong-iL jokes even better is the fact that more than 90% of people are still ignorant by mistaking Koreans for Chinese

NathanWurtzel Nathan Wurtzel
Kim Jong-Il was a filmmaker, right? In Memoriam part of this year’s Oscars is gonna be a-w-k-w-a-r-d.