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See also [[Character Exaggeration]].
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== Live Action Television ==
* In [[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]], Wilson's un-shown lower face became this. Originally, he just stood behind a fence on stage. As the show progressed, Wilson was shown out of the house more and set designers went to town finding ways to keep the portion of his face hidden with props. In all these cases, he was never shown, being obscured by at least three props in the scene as he moved around the set.
** Even at the final curtain call, actor Earl Hindman came out holding a miniature fence in front of his face (he did move it, though).
* In ''[[The IT Crowd]]'' the apathetic Roy will always answer the phone with "Hello, IT, have you tried turning it off and on again?" In later seasons they progress to "is it plugged in?", and later still "I'm sick of saying that.. what do you WANT?!" It's worth noting that this advice solves, [[If My Calculations Are Correct]], 72% of computer problems.
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** They occasionally turned it on it's head, for once Pinky thinking the same thing, then discarding it as too absurd, and another time they had an entire conversation about it.
** In one episode told from Pinky's point of view, the viewer sees his train of thought leading up to his non-sequitur, and it makes perfect sense.
* Kenny's frequent deaths in ''[[South Park]]'', one of the original hooks for audience attention. The creators quickly grew tired of the joke, however, and went to extreme lengths to lampshade or subvert the joke. They eventually left Kenny dead for a whole season, then brought him back and only killed him off occasionally. In a later episode, it's revealed that Kenny actually remembers being killed, but his friends don't. His mother gives birth to him again each time, and he matures to his current age overnight.
* [[Phineas and Ferb]] is a show where the great deal of the humour comes from the formulaic plot and its [[Once an Episode]] running-gags and catch-phrases. To keep them fresh, the show will constantly tweak, rotate or make them pointedly absent in funny ways.
== Anime ==
* Many ''[[Megaton Punch]]'' gags are adapation of quick, one-panel visual gags. If [[Filler]] episodes use them just as frequently, it can make a character seem [[Flanderization|overly grouchy or abrasive]]. (Viz Akane Tendo from ''[[Ranma ½|Ranma One Half
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[[Category:Comedy Tropes]]
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