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 * Zardoz: the penis is evil.
 * Many pages which reference the Red Dwarf character Ace will contain the in-show response to his arrival. The page itself has three and its Crowning Moment of Awesome several. The Ace even lampshades it. What a guy.
 * This Is a Drill with Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann references, and Grappling Hook Pistol with Batman.
 * Mind Screw potholed near Neon Genesis Evangelion.
 * The the page for Attack of the The Eye Creatures' duplicates every instance of the the word "the the ".
 * Any mention of the Reavers from Firefly invariably leads to the description of them raping you to death, eating your flesh and sewing your skin into their clothing. If you're lucky, they'll do it in that order.
 * Any mention of anything remotely sexy from Firefly will lead to someone going to their bunk...
 * This has popped up in Fetish Fuel discussions from other fandoms as well.
 * Is there an entry on this wiki that mentions Metal Gear Solid without either linking to Even the Guys Want Him or mentioning Snake's ass?
 * Metal Gear Solid, huh? Or an entry which doesn't mention the series' love of Parrot Exposition?
 * Also, "We think" on many entries about the series, particularly Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty.
 * Candle Jack, who we don't need to remind you is th
 * Jeez, hasn't * anyone* learned better than to say "Candle Jack" around here yet?! You'd think that by now all the idio
 * For WMG: "Character X is a Time Lord."
 * Character X is Haruhi.
 * "Series X is an Alternate Universe of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
 * "X is powered by Spiral Energy.
 * Anyone who is a sufficiently Large Ham will get his name spelled in all-caps. Examples include:
 * Brian Blessed
 * Dan Green
 * Batman the Brave And The Bold's Aquaman.
 * Spelling Captain Gordon, Defender of Earth in bold and with full title.
 * Ciaphas Cain, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!
 * Othar Tryggvassen, Gentleman Adventurer!
 * Frank Miller: whores, repetition, and the word goddamn. And repet-- OW!
 * Twilight's sparkling vampires.
 * Every separate page in the Final Fantasy series is described as "The (number) entry in the (ridiculous adjective depicting massive body harm)ly popular Final Fantasy series".
 * There seem to be a lot of crunches, as well. One has to wonder how you make your toe do exercise crunches.
 * Suzumiya Haruhi: "We've entered an endless recursion of time... Kyon-kun, denwa..." and it keeps going for a thousand more lines.
 * Check out the Department of Redundancy Department for a long running gag.
 * Questioning Zordon's rules, especially with a Jerkass course of action, will usually result in a variation of "...and that is why you're not a Power Rangers" on the Power Rangers Just Bugs Me page.
 * Almost every entry in Wearing a Flag on Your Head will make some reference to AMERICA somehow. Even if it's discussing something IN BRAZIL, or AUSTRALIA, or SOME OTHER COUNTRY.
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 * The page for Assassin's Creed II seems intent on reminding you that you FIGHT THE POPE!
 * The D.N.Angel page pointing out that the series has lots and lots of Ho Yay.
 * Deer being described as in season and tasting good smoked and/or made into sausage on the Disney Animated Canon Just Bugs Me Page.
 * Check out the Department of Redundancy Department for a long running gag.
 * The episode recap of Rassilon, and (name of exotic alien planet) being potholed to BBC Quarry.
 * The summary of Wario Ware is filled with really short instructions similar to the ones found ingame. (GAG!)
 * CSI: Miami. Like you didn't... * Sunglasses Pull* see it coming. YEEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!.
 * Whenever anyone mentions Paranoia someone is bound to respond with one of the in-game catchphrases.
 * Speaking badly of Alpha Complex and Friend Computer is a treason, you commie mutant traitor!!
 * Metagaming is grounds for summary execution. Both the above tropers should report to Friend Computer.
 * Lampshading the tropers' excessive use of the word Egregious, especially by linking it to All the Tropes Wiki Drinking Game.
 * Whenever a page has Letter Bee on it (Truthfully, it needs more recognition), expect to see the word Heart bolded, probably because in the manga, that's how it is.
 * Check out the Department of Redundancy Department for a long running gag.
 * Whenever anyone mentions just how Badass Mickey Mouse is in the Kingdom Hearts series, they will assure you that, yes, they are talking about that Mickey Mouse.
 * No matter the subject matter, there's a good chance there is an entry mentioning how the Sonic the Hedgehog comic book used that trope. Although this may not have been intended as a running gag, it has emerged as one.
 * On The Princess and the Frog page 'in other words, perfect Disney tradition!' seems to be one since it's been potholed to this very page.
 * Use of the "it's definitely not Stonkers" gag on at least one It Just Bugs Me page that has nothing to do with Video Games nor the ZX Spectrum.
 * A comment that something is for the greater good...
 * Followed by the echo, "The greater good"...
 * Followed by the response: "SHUT IT!!"
 * Not as known as the other examples, but for some reason some dickhead keeps bringing back the Perfect Trumpet Thingy on its Nightmare Fuel page.
 * The doctor, (no, not THAT doctor)
 * On the Burn Notice page, Larry. (yes, dead Larry)
 * Want a long running gag? Check out the Department of Redundancy Department.
 * We're almost certain that Alan Moore isn't actually Rasputin using a fake name. Almost.
 * As you'll see on The Quiet Man page, the main character of that movie is Sean Thornton... I mean John Wayne.
 * The pages on the Fallout series would like to remind you that Vault 13, Arroyo, Vault 101 and the Mojave Wasteland are all okay places to live. Texas, on the other hand...
 * Forum Game ITT: We Are All Pokemon Trainers. The frat Mon party. That is all.


 * For WMG: X never wanted to be a Y anyway. He wanted to be... A LUMBERJACK!
 * Also for WMG: Everything in the series was just X's dying dream/hallucination
 * It is not uncommon to see "Necrophilia is awesome" on the Warp That Aesop page
 * Look on the pages referencing the Pokémon anime and try to find a page that doesn't get Botch's-- ahem Butch's name wrong. It will, without fail, be followed by "THE NAME IS BUTCH!"
 * There are some articles on this site that tropers can't get enough of potholing to.
 * Has it been mentioned that the Department of Redundancy Department has a long running gag?
 * Welcome to Corneria!
 * I like swords.
 * Armbar!
 * When Batman appears on a character page, one must always note that HIS PARENTS ARE DEEAAAAAAAD!!!
 * Everyone is a Time Lord. Everyone.
 * Statler and Waldorf being at the bottom of the page, with a full list on the page. Includes the page itself.
 * "The mind boggles..."
 * Every Fire Emblem page must ask if the characters in their images are Marth and/or Roy. This is usually averted or played with when it is one of them. Subverted with Ike, however.
 * Any time Tony Stark is mentioned, someone has to point out that he was able to build his Powered Armor IN A CAVE! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!
 * Any trope related to Those Wacky Nazis usually begins with telling us that, with few exceptions, most people consider the Nazis to have been very, very bad people.
 * Whenever anyone mentions Hedy Lamarr from Blazing Saddles it must always followed up with 'That's "Hedley!"', a running gag borrowed from the movie itself.
 * By the way, how about the Department of Redundancy Department?
 * Following the film's lead, every mention of the villain of Deadpool is given as " Ajax Francis".


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