Types of humour

If talking about comedy , then its really hard to actually try and group it into specific category, as you may never know what people would actually laugh at. But according to the source I've gather on the Internet, there are attempts at this to provide a clearer path in my decision making :

Alternative comedy : The most common form of comedy nowadays , which include satire , slapstick , observational or improvisation,... Very easy to work with and its effective at all age range, however , I feel it always work better through the medium of sound rather than visual , and consider my animation wont have dialog , it may be a bit challenging. 

Anecdotal comedy:   Comedy based on personal stories that can be true or slightly embelished . Again 
would work better through sounds and dialog

Dark comedy : Comedy based on subjects of terrorism, violence and other matured themes. Its typically not my style to go with , as I would like to steer from being political in my works.

Blue comedy : Sexual-theme jokes.

Character comedy : comdey derives from a character invented by the performer, which often use stereotype.

Other genres would include :

slapstick 
Joe picks up a large plank. Fred behind him says "Hey Joe, careful with that plank!" Joe turns round saying "What?" and whacks Fred in the face with the plank.

parody
Parody is where a work deliberately mimmicks the style of another for comic effect or ridicule.

spoof 
Spoof is light parody or gentle imitation. Is it not necessarily intended to ridicule or make fun of the thing being spoofed but the comedy happens in the recognition of the piece being spoofed. For instance, a woman in glasses with tied up hair who is obviously beautiful anyway takes off her glasses and then unties her hair and shakes it loose. As she does, her wig falls off. We all recognise the Hollywpood moment and so this is funny not just because her wig falls off but we are fully aware of the reference and know that usually this is not supposed to happen.

satire
Satire is where a section of society or politics is deliberately mimicked and mocked in order to poke fun at them and point criticism using humour. e.g. Catch-22 is a satire of war.

irony
Irony is where the opposite of what is expected happens or where someone says the opposite of what they mean. The lack of harmony between something that is expected and the reality (so if you moved jobs from being a dustman to being in a bank but were being paid less then some would point out a certain irony.)

sarcasm
sarcasm is where an insult or quick remark is fired at someone with the intention of causing injury. It is often used in repsonse to an initial statement or comment in order to pour scorn on the stated idea or statement. Sarcasm often features irony (for instance, someone drops a tray and someone else shouts "Ooh, that was SO clever.")

farce 
This is where comedy is achieved through exaggeration and extreme characters in preposterous circumstances that seem to spiral out of control and become ever more ludicrous.

Surrealism 

Throwing together completely disjointed concepts and random ideas to weave together something bizarre.

Something is funny because, It is expected or it is unexpected ,familiar or unfamiliar. I  would definitely be more leaning toward creating an unexpected situation. Another think I'd like to try is to refer to pop culture reference, and make some kind of a parody/ spoof from it , like Star wars, which there is a concept popping up in my head already