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A hilarious and offensive adult card game for 3+ players.









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A hilarious and offensive adult card game for 3+ players. Its official page can be found [https://www.cardsagainsthumanity.com/ here].


The concept is similar to ''[[Apples to Apples]]'': players draw a number of White Cards (containing words or phrases), while another player, named the Card Czar, draw a Black Card (containing a question or a phrase with at least one fill-in-the-blank space open for suggestions), and the players must submit their White Cards as answers. The difference is that here the answers must be the most ''in''appropriate ones for the question presented, and both sets of cards are full of bizarre, scatological, politically incorrect, and just plain weird suggestions, all of it played for [[Black Comedy]] and [[Refuge in Audacity]].


Extremely popular in fandom circles, due to the creators having released the game under a Creative Commons license, along with a blank PDFs version for customization purposes, making extremely easy to do themed decks running on fannish [[Self-Deprecation]] and [[Memetic Mutation|meme humor]]. Some of the official expansions and boxes have also blank cards for this purpose. Many custom sets can be found and download in [https://web.archive.org/web/20181012133413/https://www.cardcastgame.com/browse CardCast], but googling can bring you some.


'''ATT Notice:''' Those interested in arranging/playing private games on [https://web.archive.org/web/20140801034348/http://pyz.socialgamer.net/index.php Pretend You're Xyzzy], or [https://web.archive.org/web/20180722045055/https://www.decksagainstsociety.com/ Decks Against Society] post on this article's Discussion page.


{{tropelist|[[And Now For Something Completely Different]]. Instead of listing the tropes that appear in the work, we're going to list all the cards, and identify the tropes, works, and other notable subjects in each one.}}
{{tropelist|[[And Now For Something Completely Different]]. Instead of listing the tropes that appear in the work, we're going to list all the cards, and identify the tropes, works, and other notable subjects in each one.}}
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== White Cards ==
== White Cards ==
* '''Advice from a wise, old black man.''' - [[Magical Negro]]
* '''Advice from a wise, old black man.''' - [[Magical Negro]]
<!-- * African children. -->
<!-- * '''African children.''' -->
* '''Agriculture.''' - [[Call to Agriculture]]
* '''Agriculture.''' - [[Call to Agriculture]]
<!-- * All-you-can-eat shrimp for $4.99. -->
<!-- * All-you-can-eat shrimp for $4.99. -->
* '''All of this blood.''' - [[Bloody Hilarious]]
* '''[[Amish|The Amish.]]'''
* '''[[Amish|The Amish.]]'''
<!-- * Amputees. -->
<!-- * Amputees. -->
<!-- * An asymmetric boob job. -->
<!-- * An asymmetric boob job. -->
<!-- * The art of seduction. -->
<!-- * The art of seduction. -->
<!-- * Auschwitz. -->
* '''Auschwitz.''' - [[POW Camp]]
<!-- * A bag of magic beans. -->
* '''A bag of magic beans.''' - [[Jack and the Beanstalk]]
* '''A ball of earwax, semen and toenail clippings.''' - [[Nausea Fuel|Nausea Fuel]], [[Noodle Implements]]
* '''A ball of earwax, semen and toenail clippings.''' - [[Nausea Fuel]], [[Noodle Implements]]
<!-- * Balls. -->
<!-- * Balls. -->
* '''[[Barack Obama]].'''
* '''[[Barack Obama]].'''
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* '''A box of biscuits, a box of mixed biscuits, and a biscuit mixer.''' - A variation on [[Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs]]
* '''A box of biscuits, a box of mixed biscuits, and a biscuit mixer.''' - A variation on [[Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs]]
<!-- * The Boy Scouts of America. -->
<!-- * The Boy Scouts of America. -->
* '''The Care Bear Stare.''' - ''[[Care Bears]]''
* '''The [[Care Bear Stare]].''' - ''[[Care Bears]]''
<!-- * Catapults. -->
<!-- * Catapults. -->
<!-- * Children on leashes. -->
<!-- * Children on leashes. -->
* '''The chronic.''' - Dr. Dre, possibly.
* '''The chronic.''' - Dr. Dre, possibly.
<!-- * Chunks of dead hitchhiker. -->
* '''Chunks of dead hitchhiker.''' - [[Chunky Salsa Rule]]
<!-- Civilian casualties. -->
<!-- Civilian casualties. -->
<!-- * Classist undertones. -->
<!-- * Classist undertones. -->
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* '''Darth Vader.''' - ''[[Star Wars]]'', [[Cyborg]]
* '''Darth Vader.''' - ''[[Star Wars]]'', [[Cyborg]]
* '''Dead parents.''' - [[Parental Abandonment]]
* '''Dead parents.''' - [[Parental Abandonment]]
* '''[[Destroy the Evidence|Destroying the evidence.]]'''
* '''Destroying the evidence.''' - [[Destroy the Evidence]]<ref>possibly, there is nothing that implies it meets the 'good guy requiremenet'</ref>
* '''The Devil himself.''' - [[Satan]]
* '''The Devil himself.''' - [[Satan]]
<!-- * Dick Cheney. -->
<!-- * Dick Cheney. -->
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* '''[[Friends with Benefits|Friends with benefits.]]'''
* '''[[Friends with Benefits|Friends with benefits.]]'''
* '''Fucking a corpse back to life.''' - [[I Love the Dead]]
* '''Fucking a corpse back to life.''' - [[I Love the Dead]]
<!-- * Funky fresh rhymes. -->
* '''Funky fresh rhymes.''' - [[Totally Radical]]
* '''The gays'''. - [[:Category:Queer As Tropes|Queer As Tropes]]
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<!-- * The gays. -->
<!-- * A gentle caress of the inner thigh. -->
<!-- * A gentle caress of the inner thigh. -->
<!-- * German dungeon porn. -->
* '''German dungeon porn.''' - [[Europeans Are Kinky]]
<!-- * Getting naked and watching Nickelodeon. -->
<!-- * Getting naked and watching Nickelodeon. -->
* '''GoGurt®.''' - [[Product Placement]]
* '''GoGurt®.''' - [[Product Placement]]
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* '''Hip hop jewels.''' - [[Everything's Sparkly with Jewelry]]
* '''Hip hop jewels.''' - [[Everything's Sparkly with Jewelry]]
* '''[[The Bible|The Holy Bible.]]'''
* '''[[The Bible|The Holy Bible.]]'''
<!-- * The homosexual agenda. -->
* '''The homosexual agenda.''' - [[Conspiracy Theory]]
<!-- * Horse meat. -->
* '''Horse meat.''' - [[Foreign Queasine]]
* '''Hot Pockets®.''' - [[Product Placement]]
* '''Hot Pockets®.''' - [[Product Placement]]
* '''Inserting a mason jar into my anus.''' - [[Ass Shove]]
* '''Inserting a mason jar into my anus.''' - [[Ass Shove]]
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* '''[[Michael Jackson]].'''
* '''[[Michael Jackson]].'''
* '''A micropenis.''' - [[Teeny Weenie]]
* '''A micropenis.''' - [[Teeny Weenie]]
* '''The morbidly obese.''' - [[:Category:High Fat Index|High Fat Index]]
* '''The morbidly obese.''' -
<!-- * Mr. Clean, right behind you. -->
<!-- * Mr. Clean, right behind you. -->
* '''Muhammad (Praise Be Unto Him).''' - [[Islam]]
* '''Muhammad (Praise Be Unto Him).''' - [[Islam]]
<!-- * Multiple stab wounds. -->
<!-- * Multiple stab wounds. -->
<!-- * My humps. -->
* '''My humps.''' - [[Black Eyed Peas]]
<!-- * My inner demons. -->
<!-- * My inner demons. -->
<!-- * My relationship status. -->
<!-- * My relationship status. -->
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* '''Necrophilia.''' - [[I Love the Dead]]
* '''Necrophilia.''' - [[I Love the Dead]]
<!-- * Not giving a shit about the Third World. -->
<!-- * Not giving a shit about the Third World. -->
* '''Object permanence.''' - The inverse concept of [[No Ontological Inertia]] (but ''not'' the subject covered in [[Ontological Inertia]])
* '''Object permanence.''' - The inverse concept of [[No Ontological Inertia]] (but ''not'' the subject covered in [[Ontological Inertia]])
* '''An [[Oedipus Complex|Oedipus complex]].'''
* '''An [[Oedipus Complex|Oedipus complex]].'''
<!-- * Old people smell. -->
<!-- * Old people smell. -->
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* '''Pedophiles.''' - [[Would Hurt a Child]]
* '''Pedophiles.''' - [[Would Hurt a Child]]
* '''Peeing a little bit.''' - [[Potty Failure]]
* '''Peeing a little bit.''' - [[Potty Failure]]
<!-- * Penis envy. -->
* '''Penis envy.''' - [[All Psychology Is Freudian]]
<!-- * Pictures of boobs. -->
<!-- * Pictures of boobs. -->
* '''[[Police Brutality|Police brutality.]]'''
* '''[[Police Brutality|Police brutality.]]'''
* '''Pooping back and forth. Forever.''' - [[Memetic Mutation]], [[Toilet Humor]]
* '''Pooping back and forth. Forever.''' - [[Memetic Mutation]], [[Toilet Humor]]
* '''[[The Pope]].'''
* '''[[The Pope]].'''
<!-- * Powerful thighs. -->
* '''Powerful thighs.''' - [[She's Got Legs]]
<!-- * Prancing. -->
<!-- * Prancing. -->
* '''Praying the gay away.''' - [[Cure Your Gays]]
* '''Praying the gay away.''' - [[Cure Your Gays]]
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<!-- * Repression. -->
<!-- * Repression. -->
* '''The rhythms of Africa.''' - [[Jungle Drums]]
* '''The rhythms of Africa.''' - [[Jungle Drums]]
* '''[[Robert Downey, Jr.]]
* '''[[Robert Downey, Jr.]]'''
* '''[[RoboCop]].
* '''[[RoboCop]].'''
<!-- * Sarah Palin. -->
<!-- * Sarah Palin. -->
* '''A sausage festival.''' - [[Double Entendre]]
* '''A sausage festival.''' - [[Double Entendre]]
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* '''Teaching a robot to love.''' - [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]]
* '''Teaching a robot to love.''' - [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]]
* '''[[Teen Pregnancy|Teenage pregnancy.]]'''
* '''[[Teen Pregnancy|Teenage pregnancy.]]'''
<!-- * The Tempur-Pedic® Swedish Sleep System™. -->
* '''The Tempur-Pedic® Swedish Sleep System™.''' - [[Product Placement]], [[Sleep and Wakefulness Tropes]]
* '''Testicular torsion.''' - [[Groin Attack]]
* '''Testicular torsion.''' - [[Groin Attack]]
* '''Throwing a virgin into a volcano.''' - [[Virgin Sacrifice]]
* '''Throwing a virgin into a volcano.''' - [[Virgin Sacrifice]], [[Appease the Volcano God]].
* '''A tiny horse.''' - An inversion of [[Cool Horse]].
* '''A tiny horse.''' - An inversion of [[Cool Horse]].
<!-- * '''The Trail of Tears.''' -->
<!-- * '''The Trail of Tears.''' -->
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<!-- * White-man scalps. -->
<!-- * White-man scalps. -->
<!-- * A windmill full of corpses. -->
<!-- * A windmill full of corpses. -->
<!-- * Women in yogurt commercials. -->
* '''Women in yogurt commercials.''' - [[Men Buy From Mars, Women Buy From Venus]]
<!-- * The World of Warcraft. -->
* The [[World of Warcraft]].
* '''YOU MUST [[Construct Additional Pylons|CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS]].''' - ''[[Starcraft]]''
* '''YOU MUST [[Construct Additional Pylons|CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS]].''' - ''[[StarCraft]]''


<!-- NEXT: A monkey smoking a cigar. -->
<!-- NEXT: A monkey smoking a cigar. -->


== Black Cards ==
== Black Cards ==
* '''Alternative medicine is now embracing the curative powers of _____.''' - [[Snake Oil Salesman]]
* '''And the [[:Category:Academy Award|Academy Award]] for _____ goes to _____.'''
<!-- * Here is the church / Here is the steeple / Open the doors / And there is _____. -->
<!-- * How did I lose my virginity? -->
* '''I drink to forget _____.''' - [[Drowning My Sorrows]]
* '''I got 99 problems but _____ ain't one.''' - [[Jay Z]]
* '''I'm sorry, Professor, but I couldn't complete my homework because of _____.''' - [[A Dog Ate My Homework]]
* '''It's a pity that kids these days are all getting involved with _____.''' - [[The New Rock and Roll]]
* '''Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's _____.''' - [[Notable Commercial Campaigns]]
* '''[[MTV]]'s new [[Reality Show|reality show]] features eight washed-up celebrities living with _____.''' - [[Network Decay]]
* '''This is the way the world ends / This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but with _____.''' - [[T. S. Eliot]]
* '''Today on [[Maury]]: "Help! My son is _____."'''
* '''TSA guidelines now prohibit _____ on airplanes.''' - [[Overreacting Airport Security]]
<!-- * What ended my last relationship? -->
* '''What is [[Batman]]'s [[Guilty Pleasures|guilty pleasure]]?'''
<!-- * What's a girl's best friend? -->
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<!-- * What's that smell? -->
<!-- * What's that sound? -->
* '''What's the next Happy Meal® toy?''' - [[McDonald's]]
<!-- * Why can't I sleep at night? -->

<!-- NEXT: _____. That's how I want to die. -->


==Tropes and stuff from places other than White and Black Cards==
==Tropes and stuff from places other than White and Black Cards==
* [[Crosses the Line Twice]]: despite some kerfuffles about sanitizing the game by removing some controversial cards, the general aim of the game is this trope
* [[Fan Translation]]: the official site host some them for 20 languages (some language have more than one translation for [[Separated by a Common Language|regional differences]])
* [[Our Product Sucks]]: The website that sells the game shows reviews of the game, and it doesn't cherry pick the good ones and use only those. However it does use the good ones first.
* [[Our Product Sucks]]: The website that sells the game shows reviews of the game, and it doesn't cherry pick the good ones and use only those. However it does use the good ones first.
* [[Refuge in Audacity]], the game.
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* [[Take That, Audience!]]: {{quote|Cards Against Humanity is a party game for horrible people. Unlike most of the party games you've played before, Cards Against Humanity is as despicable and awkward as you and your friends.| Cards Against Humanity website}}
* [[Take That, Audience!]]: On their [http://cardsagainsthumanity.com/ official website]:
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{{quote|"Cards Against Humanity is a party game for horrible people. Unlike most of the party games you've played before, Cards Against Humanity is as despicable and awkward as you and your friends."}}
* [[Toilet Humour]]: the suggested method to select the first Card Czar is to choose the one who most recently pooped.


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Latest revision as of 21:42, 16 May 2021

A hilarious and offensive adult card game for 3+ players. Its official page can be found here.

The concept is similar to Apples to Apples: players draw a number of White Cards (containing words or phrases), while another player, named the Card Czar, draw a Black Card (containing a question or a phrase with at least one fill-in-the-blank space open for suggestions), and the players must submit their White Cards as answers. The difference is that here the answers must be the most inappropriate ones for the question presented, and both sets of cards are full of bizarre, scatological, politically incorrect, and just plain weird suggestions, all of it played for Black Comedy and Refuge in Audacity.

Extremely popular in fandom circles, due to the creators having released the game under a Creative Commons license, along with a blank PDFs version for customization purposes, making extremely easy to do themed decks running on fannish Self-Deprecation and meme humor. Some of the official expansions and boxes have also blank cards for this purpose. Many custom sets can be found and download in CardCast, but googling can bring you some.

ATT Notice: Those interested in arranging/playing private games on Pretend You're Xyzzy, or Decks Against Society post on this article's Discussion page.

And Now For Something Completely Different. Instead of listing the tropes that appear in the work, we're going to list all the cards, and identify the tropes, works, and other notable subjects in each one.

White Cards


Black Cards


Tropes and stuff from places other than White and Black Cards

"Cards Against Humanity is a party game for horrible people. Unlike most of the party games you've played before, Cards Against Humanity is as despicable and awkward as you and your friends."

  • Toilet Humour: the suggested method to select the first Card Czar is to choose the one who most recently pooped.
  1. ↑ possibly, there is nothing that implies it meets the 'good guy requiremenet'
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