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'''[http://www.cracked.com Cracked.com]''', founded in 2005, is a website which purports to be a spin off from the defunct ''[[Cracked]]'' Magazine, founded in 1958. In practice, it has little or no tie to the original, having merely bought the trademark name after ''Cracked'' had long since ceased publication in its original format. In many ways, it is more a knock-off or imitation of ''[[The Onion]]''{{'}}s style than that of the printed ''[[Mad]]'' and ''[[Cracked]]'' of yesteryear.
Relying largely on (ostensibly) humourous list articles, Cracked has become rather famous on the
Small
A print version of the "new" ''Cracked'' existed briefly, in 2005, but is no longer published. For tropes related to the original mag, see [[Cracked]].
For a rundown of who's who on the current column writers:
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131105001302/http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/Jack+Obrien/ Jack O'Brien] (Editor-in-Chief) (2005-)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100808193812/http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/davidwong/ David Wong] (Senior Editor, also the author of ''[[John Dies at the End]]'') (2007-)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130720090550/http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/robertbrockway/ Robert Brockway] (2007-)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130720060749/http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/chris-bucholz/ Chris Bucholz] (2006-)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130720064351/http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/codyjohnston/ Cody Johnston] (2009-)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130722125804/http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/gladstone/ Wayne "Gladstone" Gladstone] (2006-)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130729102628/http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/soren-bowie/ Soren Bowie] (2009-)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130730000908/http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/dan-obrien/ Dan O'Brien (or DOB)] (2007-)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131103002253/http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/seanbaby/ Sean "Seanbaby" Riley] (2009-)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100522210855/http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/michael-swaim/ Michael Swaim] (Though his current priority is videos.) (2006-)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131105001322/http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/Mortal+Wombat/ Christina Hsu (H.)] (2009-)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131105001307/http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/John+Cheese/ John Cheese] (2008-)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131105001313/http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/LukeMcKinney/ Luke McKinney] (2007-)
* Adam Brown, a frequent poster promoted to columnist. (2007-)
* Brendan McGinley, a person
With frequent non-columnist posters:
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* ''[http://www.cracked.com/video_18066_6-types-youtube-videos-there-are-waaay-too-many-of.html Cracked TV]'' (now ''[http://www.cracked.com/video_18184_does-not-compute-worst-lessons-psas-accidentally-taught-us.html Does Not Compute]'') hosted by Michael Swaim, whose content comes primarily from lists compiled by the Cracked forums.
* [http://www.cracked.com/video_18129_if-every-popular-musician-released-their-own-holiday-song.html Cody Johnston] produces somewhat esoteric standalone videos.
* ''[[Agents of Cracked]]'', Cracked's main comedy web-miniseries starring Michael Swaim and Daniel O'Brien.
* ''[[After Hours (web animation)|After Hours]]'', set in a diner where Soren Bowie, DOB, Swaim and Katie Willert discuss pop culture.
* Other regular contributors include ''[http://www.cracked.com/video_18124_worst-morning-person-ever.html BriTaNick]'', ''[http://www.cracked.com/video_16496_why-all-cool-kids-want-dark-knight-action-figures.html Black 20]'', and ''[http://www.cracked.com/video_16937_when-tech-support-goes-horribly-wrong.html Those Aren't Muskets]''.
On top of the regular columnists, Cracked accepts articles from anybody who wants to write one: all you have to do is create a forum account and then post in [https://web.archive.org/web/20140331184701/http://www.cracked.com/forums/topic/27006/i-want-you-to-make-comedy-cracked this thread] to get access to a forum where you can pitch your own potential articles. As such, some of their articles
If you're going to add tropes that have to do with ''Agents of Cracked'' please put them [[Agents of Cracked|here.]]
Reading and/or general association with '''Cracked.com''' will also make you irresistibly sexually attractive.<sup
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== A ==
* [[Accidental Hero]]: [http://www.cracked.com/blog/10-photos-capturing-moments-spontaneous-badassery/ 10 Photos Capturing Moments of Spontaneous Badassery].
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* [[Action Pet]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_19578_5-most-badass-soldiers-ever-happened-to-be-dogs.html This article about 5 soldier dogs].
* [[Action Survivor]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/article_20504_the-5-most-badass-ways-people-escaped-from-slavery_p2.html The 5 Most Badass Ways People Escaped from Slavery] is how Eliza Harris carried several children across a river while jumping from one [[Floating Platforms|moving ice platform]] to another as if it were a ''[[Super Mario Bros.|Mario]]'' game. This is the true story ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'' was based on.
* [[
* [[The Ageless]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_20055_6-unassuming-animals-that-are-secretly-immortal.html 6 Unassuming Animals That Are Secretly Immortal] lists animal species that don't die of old age, such as lobsters and turtles.
* [[
* [[The Alcoholic]]: John Cheese is a recovering alcoholic. More than one article has been written about how much of a struggle it's been.
* [[Aliens Speaking English]]: Called [http://www.cracked.com/article_18721_the-5-stupidest-ways-movies-deal-with-foreign-languages_p2.html The 5 Stupidest Way Movies Deal with Foreign Languages].
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* [[Appropriated Appellation]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_20679_5-famous-symbols-that-were-created-to-be-horrible-insults.html 5 Famous Symbols that Were Created to Be Horrible Insults] explains how the gay-pride pink triangle came from the Nazis, the donkey came from political cartoons dissing President Andrew Jackson, and "Yankee" came from a song written by a British army physician claiming that the rebels were aspiring to a social class they did not deserve.
* [[Archive Binge]]: In "[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-ways-binge-watching-will-ruin-television/ 4 Reasons 'Hemlock Grove' Is Television's Shitty Future]", J. F. Sargent accuses [[Netflix]] and other Archive Binge outlets of encouraging TV writers to drop substance in favor of shallow entertainment with lame [[cliffhanger]] gags to addict viewers into watching one more episode. And there's no threat of mid-season cancellation to keep showrunners honest. ''[[Hemlock Grove]]'' is guilty.
* [[The Aristocrats]]: The #3 [https://web.archive.org/web/20140830001817/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_615_33-plot-twists-cut-from-disney-movies_p2/ plot twist cut from a Disney animated movie].
*:So what do you call your act?
*:''[[The Aristocats]]''!
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**:Oh hey, let's import unwhites to do our labor! Why don't we bring back slavery and dial-up Internet service while we're at it?
** The lead of [http://www.cracked.com/article_20395_5-heartwarming-accomplishments-by-hardened-prison-inmates.html 5 Heartwarming Accomplishments by Hardened Prison Inmates] claims that humans are "capable of some pretty terrible stuff, like robbery and murder and [[U2|Bono]]."
* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: #6 on [https://web.archive.org/web/20140530041648/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_259_if-everything-got-adorable-mascot_p2/ If Everything Got An Adorable Mascot] is Addie the ADHD tornado. "Let us help you learn to cope with... Ohh!!! Shiny!!!"
* [[Audience Surrogate]]: "Make Them Look and Sound Like the Audience, Against All Logic" is #4 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy.html 6 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure You Root for the Right Guy].
* [[Author Appeal]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_19137_6-artists-whose-weird-fetishes-defined-pop-culture.html 6 Artists Whose Weird Fetishes Defined Pop Culture]
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_15895_the-5-most-badass-presidents-all-time_p5.html The 5 Most Badass Presidents of All Time]. Counts as a [[We All Live in America]] too.
* [[Automaton Horses]]: Photoplasty advertises a [[Warp Whistle|whistle]] to summon one in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005152300/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#5 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games].
* [[Autopsy Snack Time]]: #4 of [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-bizarrely-specific-rules-that-exist-in-movie-universes/ 4 Bizarrely Specific Rules That Exist in Movie Universes] mentions cases in ''[[Gone in Sixty Seconds]]'', ''[[Scrubs]]'', and others where it appears a coroner ''can't'' [[Memetic Mutation/Video Games|enjoy]] his [[Fur Affinity|sandwich]] without a corpse in the room. It even links to the page on That Other Trope Wiki.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]:
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** [[Badass Mustache]]: If the subject of one of their articles has awesome facial hair, they ''will'' point it out.
** [[Badass Princess]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_19478_5-real-princesses-too-badass-disney-movies.html ...who are too badass for Disney movies.]
* [[Bad Boss]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20131111152637/http://www.cracked.com/article/89_the-6-most-horrific-bosses-all-time/ These six].
* [[Bag of Holding]]: Photoplasty advertises jeans with such a pocket in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005152300/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#13 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games].
* [[Bait and Switch Comment]]: This is a not uncommon format for article titles, such as "[http://www.cracked.com/article_17093_10-awesome-ads-for-traumatizing-children.html 10 Awesome Ads (For Traumatizing Children)]".
* [[Batman]]. Seriously. He's the [[Frank Miller|god-damn]] Patron Saint of this site. If ''anything'' can have a Batman reference, it will.
* [[Be the Ball]]: The operation of the Morph Ball in ''[[Metroid]]'' is the #27 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
* [[The Beast Master]]: In Photoplasty contest [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_553_28-inspirational-image-memes-revised-honesty/ 28 Inspirational Image Memes (Revised for Honesty)], #5 is "If at first you don't succeed, command an army of birds."
* [[The Bechdel Test]]: Luke McKinney points out in [https://web.archive.org/web/20140830052052/http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-best-moments-in-worst-movies-ever-made_p2/ The 4 Best Moments in the Worst Movies Ever Made] that the movie based on the video game ''Dead or Alive'' "physically beats the shit out of the Bechdel test" "within the first 10 minutes".
* [[Behind the Black]]: In Swaim's normal series you never see his legs, and he once claimed to not have any.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Seanbaby has a HUGE one in the "romance" guides of one Gregory JP Godek. Every article he even tangentially features in devolves into Seanbaby cursing his birth.
** Cody and [[Two and A Half Men]]. If the show comes up at any point in one of his articles, expect it to devolve into pure bile.
* [[Better by a Different Name]]:
** Discussed in #4 of [http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-common-movie-arguments-that-are-always-wrong/ 6 Common Movie Arguments That Are Always Wrong].
** Yet it goes on to explain why ''[[Home Alone]]'' and ''[[Die Hard]]'' are [https://web.archive.org/web/20131122054554/http://www.cracked.com/funny-4445-home-alone/ the same movie].
* [[Better Than Canon]]: Invoked: [https://web.archive.org/web/20131107032834/http://www.cracked.com/article/18367_6-insane-fan-theories-that-actually-make-great-movies-better/ 6 insane fan theories that actually make great movies better.]
** [http://www.cracked.com/article_19266_5-movie-fan-theories-that-make-more-sense-than-movie.html 5 Movie Fan Theories That Make More Sense Than the Movie].
* [[The Big Guy]]: Compared to the other columnists, Seanbaby is this physically, Robert Brockway is [[Hot-Blooded|this in personality.]]
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* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: Cezary Jan Strusiewicz's [http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-movie-jokes-you-missed-if-you-only-speak-english/ 5 Movie Jokes You Missed If You Only Speak English] mentions [[Mulan]]'s [[Sweet Polly Oliver|boy name]] being Cantonese slang for "eye candy", a Morse coded ''[[Jerry Maguire]]'' reference in Peter Jackson's ''[[King Kong]]'', and restaurant names in films like ''[[L.A. Story]]'', ''[[From Paris with Love]]'', and ''[[Anchorman]]''. And it's more than movies: it mentions references to ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' and ''[[Dirty Pair]]'' in ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', as well as a Valyrian translation of insults from ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'' appearing in ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.
* [[Bilingual Dialogue]]: Called [http://www.cracked.com/article_18721_the-5-stupidest-ways-movies-deal-with-foreign-languages.html The 5th Stupidest Way Movies Deal with Foreign Languages].
* [[Black Comedy]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20131030041941/http://www.cracked.com/article/188_7-great-products-telling-world-youre-rich-dick/ 7 Great Products for Telling the World You're a Rich Dick].
{{quote|"Perhaps you could pretend the people out in the street begging for food are orcs!"}}
* [[Black Comedy Rape]]
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* [[Bleep, Dammit!]]: The titles of articles about [http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/5-meteor-videos-that-prove-russians-dont-give-f2340k/ meteors] and [http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-video-game-endings-that-are-clearly-f234025ing-with-us/ video game endings] jarringly [[Symbol Swearing|grawlix out]] a certain word starting with F that article bodies use uncensored all the time. Yet [http://www.cracked.com/article_18380_the-6-most-statistically-full-shit-professions.html an article about so-called experts] gets away with an S-bomb in the title.
* [[Blind Weaponmaster]]: One of Jorden Weir's [http://www.cracked.com/article_20653_5-people-whose-major-disabilities-only-made-them-stronger.html 5 People Whose Major Disabilities Only Made Them Stronger] is a blind sharpshooter.
* [[Body Horror]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20121026021206/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_175_when-human-evolution-adapts-to-modern-gadgets_p1/ This] Photoplasty contest.
* [[Bottomless Bladder]]: Photoplasty advertises undergarments and supplements that make this possible in "Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games": [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005152300/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#20 #20] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005152300/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#4 #4].
* [[Box-and-Stick Trap]]: #13 of Photoplasty [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_520_18-things-you-never-noticed-in-famous-pictures-part-2/ 18 Things You Never Noticed in Famous Pictures (Part 2)] takes Kevin Carter's Pulitzer-winning photo of a vulture stalking a crouching Sudanese child and adds a ray of hope by having the child bait a vulture into such a trap. A kid's gotta eat somehow.
* [[Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs]]: Some writers love constructions like this.
** [http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-animals-that-could-take-over-world-if-they-wanted-to/ Animals that could take over the world if they wanted to]
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** Cities that get a lot of tourism are characterized using this in [http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-stupid-travel-myths-everyone-believes/ 5 Stupid Travel Myths Everyone Believes]:
**: By simply walking around, you'll ... see the way they drive (manically), the way they urinate in the street (freely), and the way they urinate while they drive (frothily).
** In [http://www.cracked.com/article_20505_5-shockingly-cynical-tricks-behind-ancient-religions_p2.html 6 Mysteries of Ancient Religions (Easily Explained)], Luke John Smith wrote that "Heron of Alexandria [...] could sculpt impossible statues that cried, bled, cried blood (the next logical step)".
* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_18508_6-terrifying-diseases-that-science-cant-explain.html#ixzz0q9xtIEL6 This article]. "In severe cases, the condition results in difficulty breathing, problems swallowing, ''muscle ruptures and fucking broken bones''."
** And zig-zagged in [http://www.cracked.com/article_19410_5-absurdly-expensive-pieces-junk-food.html this article about luxury junk food]: "Ramen is a bowl of noodles, broth, spices and [[Perpetual Poverty|destitution]] that you'll find in college dorms and poverty-stricken homes across the U.S. "
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** [http://www.cracked.com/article_19957_8-mind-blowing-realities-our-future-full-old-people_p2.html 8 Mind-Blowing Realities of Our Future Full of Old People]" compares making a home safe for senior citizens to childproofing.
**:Plugs have to be covered, gates erected, breakables moved, cabinets locked, knives dulled, bullets replaced with blanks, etc.
* [[Breakable Weapons]]: Photoplasty advertises a product that dulls weapons in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005152300/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#9 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games].
* [[Brick Joke]]: A while back, Daniel O'Brien wrote [http://www.cracked.com/blog/human-clones-do-you-fk-or-fight/ this article], about what to do when alone in a room with your doppelganger. In Agents of Cracked season 2 episode 3, he finds himself in that exact situation, and the doppelganger brings up the article.
** While the article itself is not brought up, the meet-your-doppelganger scenario showed up in Agents of Cracked season 1 episode 7 "Curse of the Idol".
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* [[Buddy Cop Show]] Where [[They Fight Crime]]
** ''[http://www.cracked.com/blog/why-crimes-would-never-get-solved-at-a-tv-police-station/ Why Crimes Would Never Get Solved At A TV Police Station]''
** Called an easy way to involve a [[Token Minority]] in the #1 [https://web.archive.org/web/20140217160039/http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-weirdest-lessons-80s-movies-really-wanted-to-teach-us_p2/ Weirdest Lesson '80s Movies Really Wanted to Teach Us].
* [[Bungled Suicide]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_20236_6-insane-disney-comics-you-wont-believe-are-real.html 6 Insane Disney Comics You Won't Believe Are Real] shows some 1930 [[Mickey Mouse Comic Universe|Mickey strips]] where breaking up with Minnie causes him to attempt suicide several ways but fail each time.
* [[Burn the Witch]]: Being burned is [[Mary Poppins]]'s nightmare according to a Photoplasty: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922181633/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_334_24-nightmares-famous-fictional-characters_p24/#8 24 Nightmares of Famous Fictional Characters]
* [[But He Sounds Handsome]]: In [http://www.cracked.com/blog/this-is-why-you-dont-steal-from-cracked/ "This Is Why You Don't Steal From Cracked"], DOB doesn't know WHO retaliated against the plagiarist, but is probably someone handsome and witty and with just a hint of Spider-Man-like qualities.
* [[
* [[Butch Lesbian]]: Photoplasty [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_581_17-famous-images-as-seen-from-different-angle/?view=article Famous Images, As Seen From a Different Angle] has the linked-Venus lesbianism symbol on [[Wrench Wench|Rosie the Riveter's]] bicep.
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* [[City in a Bottle]]: An article lists [http://www.cracked.com/article_19976_6-isolated-groups-who-had-no-idea-that-civilization-existed.html 6 isolated groups who had no idea that civilization existed]. <!-- CIAB is ignorance; Hidden Elf Village is more isolationism -->
* [[Clark Kenting]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_18617_the-9-stupidest-superhero-secret-identities.html The 9 Stupidest Superhero Secret Identities]. The [[Trope Namer]] is #1.
* [[Classic Cheat Code]]: [[Doom (series)|Doom]] "idspispopd" referenced in a Photoplasty: [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005152300/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#18 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]
* [[Cliché Storm]]: E. Reid Ross wrote in [http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/4-reasons-new-christian-mingle-movie-will-be-hilarious/ 4 Reasons the New Christian Mingle Movie Will Be Hilarious] that the trailer of the film ''[[Christian Mingle]]'' "May Have Set the All-Time Record for Cliches".
* [[Clothes Make the Superman]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] uses Mario's suits to make the point that "there is no problem that a change of wardrobe won't solve."
* [[Color-Coded Armies]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "somebody being the wrong color is a perfectly okay reason to attack them."
* [[Come for the X, Stay for the Y]]: In-universe. [http://www.cracked.com/article_20464_5-words-you-use-every-day-with-shockingly-dark-backstories.html 5 Words You Use Every Day With Shockingly Dark Backstories] links the word "fornication" to prostitutes finding clients in bakeries. It gives as an example the novel ''[[Satyricon]]'' by Gaius Petronius, which "talks about bakers tricking clients into coming for the bread and staying 'thither for the base gratification of wantonness.'"
* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: One article bashes [[Boastful Rap
** You can expect the idiots in the comments section to do this quite a bit- the people who genuinely took the "[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-steps-to-staying-relevant-as-bully-in-modern-world/ Four Steps to Staying Relevant as a Bully]" article as serious advice are a notable example.
* [[Commie Nazis]]: An alliance between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia was narrowly averted according to "[http://www.cracked.com/article_20192_5-insane-what-if-scenarios-that-almost-changed-everything_p2.html 5 Insane 'What If' Scenarios That Almost Changed Everything]".
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* [[Convection, Schmonvection]]: Discussed in the final entry of [http://www.cracked.com/article_18862_6-deadly-injuries-you-think-youd-survive-thanks-to-movies.html 6 Deadly Injuries You Think You'd Survive (Thanks to Movies)].
* [[Covered Up]]: <!-- invoked --> One of [http://www.cracked.com/article_20403_6-famous-songs-written-by-last-person-youd-expect_p2.html 6 Famous Songs Written by the Last Person You'd Expect] is "Red Red Wine", written and originally recorded by [[Neil Diamond]] and popularized by [[UB40]]'s cover.
* [[
* [[Crazy Cat Lady]]:
** Parodied by Christina H., whose column is called "Let Me Tell You About My Cats."
** Pets are #5 of the [http://www.cracked.com/article_16220_6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-get-addicted-to.html 6 Things You Didn't Know You Could Get Addicted To], and this article links it to ''Toxoplasma gondii'' parasites.
** Photoplasty [https://web.archive.org/web/20140901202419/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_581_17-famous-images-as-seen-from-different-angle_p2/?view=article Famous Images, As Seen From a Different Angle] shows a dozen cats on the side of the room that we don't see in James McNeill Whistler's famous portrait of his mother.
* [[Creator Breakdown]]: Several of John Cheese's articles, particularly his recent ones, have been informed by his less-than-happy childhood and personal issues stemming from this.
** DOB's gotten in on this trope, too, on occasion, though not nearly to the extent Cheese has.
* [[Critical Encumbrance Failure]]: A human being able to lift 300
* [[The CSI Effect]]:
*
** Chris Bucholz calls ''[[CSI]]'''s effect on jury instructions one of [https://web.archive.org/web/20141022031604/http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-tv-moments-that-caused-bizarre-real-world-consequences_p2/ 5 TV Moments That Caused Bizarre Real-World Consequences]. The article also mentions criminals' increased care in cleaning up crime scenes, as well as increased enrollment in university forensics courses that may cause a flood of unemployed graduates.
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** In "[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/4-bizarrely-specific-rules-fairy-tale-adaptations-all-follow/ 4 Bizarrely Specific Rules Fairy Tale Adaptations All Follow]", David Christopher Bell claims that recent film adaptations of fairy tales invoke this to invert [[Disneyfication]].
* [[David Versus Goliath]] (no, not Wong): ''Cracked'' cites a few cases.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140902101701/http://www.cracked.com/article/93_the-7-most-badass-man-vs.-beast-showdowns/ The 7 Most Badass Man vs. Beast Showdowns] includes a man driving a bear by kicking in the face and a women driving a way hippo by hitting in the head with a stick.
** [http://www.cracked.com/article_20468_the-6-most-mismatched-battles-ever-won-by-underdogs.html The 6 Most Mismatched Battles Ever Won by Underdogs] describes victories by severely outnumbered forces in Persia, the Ottomans, Korea, Hungary, and the Mongols.
* [[Dawson Casting]]: Diana Cook [[Pet Peeve Tropes|doesn't like]] this trope. She calls out ''[[Glee]]'' in #4 and Oliver Stone's ''Alexander'' in #2 of "[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-unwritten-rules-hollywood-needs-to-stop-following/ 5 Unwritten Rules Hollywood Needs to Stop Following]".
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* [[Death World]]: Having grown tired of jokes about Australia, Cracked has now gone on to imply we live in a [http://www.cracked.com/article_19117_7-horrible-ways-universe-can-destroy-us-without-warning.html Death universe].
* [[Deceptively-Human Robots]]: Michael Swaim consistently refers to himself as "your Host Droid".
* [[Decon Recon Switch]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20140901204755/http://www.cracked.com/blog/3-reasons-its-so-hard-to-make-superman-interesting_p2/ 3 Reasons It's So Hard to Make Superman Interesting] spends a page deconstructing the boring [[Invincible Hero]] and then another reconstructing a hero faced with the [[Sadistic Choice]] of whom to save at any given moment.
* [[Deconstructor Fleet]]: Frequently, the themes for the photoshop contests amount to "Show what X would be like in the real world."
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]] : "Now it's time to check in on the robot body I'm building to put Clippy's mind into, in a segment I like to call 'Checking in on the robot body I'm building to put Clippy's mind into.'"
* [[Depraved Homosexual]]: This appears as #5 in their [https://www.cracked.com/article_15989_hollywoods-6-favorite-offensive-stereotypes.html Hollywood's 6 Favorite Offensive Stereotypes].
* [[Description Cut]]: Quite common. Sometimes an entry will end with something along the lines of 'The only thing crazier than that would be if x happened.' with the next entry being x.
* [[Destructible Projectiles]]: The missile defense systems of Russian and Korean tanks shoot down incoming RPGs. See animations in #7 and #6 of Photoplasty contest "[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_1156_21-incredibly-satisfying-scenes-stuff-getting-destroyed_p3/?view=article 21 Incredibly Satisfying Scenes of Stuff Getting Destroyed]".
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Because much of the content is done by freelance contributors, the lists tend to vary between this and [[Shown Their Work]]. Some of the apparent research failure can be chalked up to [[Rule of Funny]].
** This writer is under the impression comic books [http://www.cracked.com/article_14789_8-least-threatening-comic-book-villains.html stopped updating their villains since the silver age]. Some of those characters have been updated to the point where the fans think that they are some of the better villains like The Riddler and The Penguin.
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** Apparently one of the Cracked writers thinks [http://www.cracked.com/article_18520_the-7-worst-things-that-can-and-did-happen-at-funeral_p2.html the Stonewall Riots] were caused specifically because of [[Judy Garland]]'s death upsetting gay people.
** [http://www.cracked.com/article_19154_the-6-most-ridiculous-things-ever-taxed.html This one] calls [[Peter the Great]] a wimp because he didn't have a beard and was skinny. He was also almost seven feet tall and incredibly strong.
** [http://www.cracked.com/article_19373_5-ridiculous-sex-myths-everyone-believes.html Robert Evans] using Dan Savage as a source to analyze bisexual behaviour. [http://www.afterelton.com/oysters-04-28-2011-dan-savage-biphobic Dan Savage] may be a respected advisor on sex, but he is also infamous for being extremely prejudiced on this particular subject.
** While it still is only a Cracked Topic article [https://web.archive.org/web/20150403231805/http://www.cracked.com/funny-1721-cyanide-happiness/ this] article's first example of an unfunny C&H comic is one where the creators were obviously mocking each other with intentional unfunniness.
** A recent hilarious example happened with [http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-6-greatest-video-games-well-never-get-to-play/ The 6 Greatest Video Games We'll Never Get to Play]. Entry #6 discusses a "zombie game done right", where the game focuses on the "apocalypse" aspects of a zombie apocalypse. What makes it hilarious is that the article came out just as the gaming press was spotlighting a new mod for the detailed combat simulator Arma II caled [[Day Z]]...
* [[Digital Piracy Is Evil]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_18513_5-insane-file-sharing-panics-from-before-internet.html 5 Insane File Sharing Panics From Before The Internet]
* [[Disability Superpower]]:
** Someone with no legs would make a better fighter pilot because G forces wouldn't drain blood to the legs, according to the article [http://www.cracked.com/article_18624_5-people-who-turned-awful-disabilities-into-superpowers.html 5 People Who Turned Awful Disabilities Into Superpowers].
** One of Jorden Weir's [http://www.cracked.com/article_20653_5-people-whose-major-disabilities-only-made-them-stronger.html 5 People Whose Major Disabilities Only Made Them Stronger] is a mixed martial artist missing half of one forearm, making him a lot harder to grab.
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** Which then eventually leads into [http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-ways-you-know-its-time-to-get-married/ this.] Awwwwwww.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Popsicle Pete.
** {{
** [[It Got Worse|He's only the herald]]. And he walks among us already.
** [[Running Gag|Spiders.]]
** Gustave the Giant Crocodile. Robert Evans describes him as "a living, breathing, scream-eating dinosaur that is so sick of his own immortality that he passes the time by destroying life whenever he sees it."
* [[Elemental Embodiment]]: The #8 [https://web.archive.org/web/20140804002112/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games] represents them as hot chicks.
* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]: Several articles list [http://www.cracked.com/article_18387_5-ways-world-could-end-youd-never-see-coming.html things that can end the world], things that can end the world [http://www.cracked.com/article_16817_5-cosmic-events-that-could-kill-you-before-lunch.html when you don't expect it], and things that can end the world ''[http://www.cracked.com/article_17562_5-horrifying-apocalyptic-scenarios-that-have-already-happened.html that already happened]''.
* [[Enforced Method Acting]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_19693_5-amazing-performances-from-actors-who-werent-acting.html 5 Amazing Performances From Actors Who Weren't Acting] and [http://www.cracked.com/article_19099_12-classic-movie-moments-made-possible-by-abuse-murder.html 12 Classic Movie Moments Made Possible by Abuse and Murder]
* [[Enhance Button]]: Parodied in [http://www.cracked.com/article_15849_7-viral-videos-you-didnt-know-were-staged-and-how-they-did-it.html 7 Viral Videos You Didn't Know Were Staged (and How They Did It)]:
{{quote|'''David Wong:''' [W]e turned the ["How I Got My Camera" viral video] over to the 30-man Cracked.com video analysis team, who spent six months processing every pixel of the original upload. After enhancing the image to a level of clarity more than 6,000 times that of the original, they reported that there was a prominent watermark for a site called wittkopp.net in the upper right.}}
* [[Enhanced Remake]]: The #3 [https://web.archive.org/web/20140804002112/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games] is that "new 16-bit microscopes may prove existence of sub-pixel particles".
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: "Here at Cracked, one of our specialties is "not making jokes about the rape of Nanking"".
** [http://www.cracked.com/article_19393_7-ruthless-criminals-who-turned-good-when-nobody-was-looking.html 7 Ruthless Criminals Who Turned Good When Nobody Was Looking]
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* [[Fastball Special]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "your unborn children make awesome weapons." The example given is from ''[[Yoshi's Island]]''.
* [[Fauxtivational Poster]]: Photoplasty contest [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_553_28-inspirational-image-memes-revised-honesty/ 28 Inspirational Image Memes (Revised for Honesty)] parodies Successories and other inspirational glurge posters.
* [[Fetish Fuel]]: #3 of [https://web.archive.org/web/20140811105218/http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-emotions-invented-by-internet_p2/ 6 New Kinds of Anxiety the Internet Gave Us] is "The Confusion/Disgust/Arousal of Stumbling Upon Someone Else's Sexual Fetish".
* [[Fetish Retardant]]: In-universe (lacking a better term). [http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-most-misguided-attempts-at-sexy-videos-youtube/ The 8 Most Misguided Attempts at 'Sexy' Videos on YouTube]
* [[Fifteen Minutes of Fame]]: #1 of [https://web.archive.org/web/20140811105218/http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-emotions-invented-by-internet_p2/ 6 New Kinds of Anxiety the Internet Gave Us] is "The Shock of Instant, Unintentional Fame".
* [[Filler]]: The major columnists for the site almost never update on Saturday, so the site tends to link to images from older Photoshop contests to pad out the front page.
** Which [[Fan Dumb|some readers]] ''still'' bitch about like it's a new thing.
* [[Final Death]]: Parodied in a Photoplasty. Inability to start a new game after having lost all lives is the [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_381_22-terrible-ideas-that-would-have-ruined-great-video-games/ #22 terrible idea that would have ruined] ''[[Super Mario Bros. (video game)|Super Mario Bros]]''.
* [[Flame War]]: #2 of [https://web.archive.org/web/20140811105218/http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-emotions-invented-by-internet_p2/ 6 New Kinds of Anxiety the Internet Gave Us] is "The Dread of Stumbling into a Hornet's Nest".
* [[Flipping the Bird]]: Some pictures show people doing that a lot in top-number lists.
* [[Flashmob]]: In "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOfOIQ5ayzI College of DuPage Flash Mob Dance and Pep Rally]", one of [http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-videos-that-will-brighten-your-day/ 5 Videos That Will Brighten Your Day], a half dozen people perform rehearsed dance moves, and then someone outside the group spontaneously joins in the dance fever. "Oh, [[Musical World Hypotheses|life is a musical now]]? OK, I'd better adapt!"
* [[Follow the Money]]: [[Selective Gravity|Levitating]] coins are explained as lighter-than-air currency in the #7 [https://web.archive.org/web/20140804002112/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
* [[Foreign Queasine]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_14979_6-most-terrifying-foods-in-world.html The 6 Most Terrifying Foods in the World].
* [[For Science!]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_16301_6-most-badass-stunts-ever-pulled-in-name-science.html 6 Most Badass Stunts Pulled In The Name Of Science]
* [[For Want of a Nail]]: In [http://www.cracked.com/article_22044_6-tiny-mistakes-that-changed-course-history.html 6 Tiny Mistakes That Changed The Course of History], Alexander Pan mentions little things that decided the fate of the ''Titanic'', the Berlin Wall, and D-Day.
* [[Freudian Slip]]: From [http://www.cracked.com/video_18193_white-people-rapping-about-rape-what-could-go-wrong-5Bdnc5D.html this video]: "I've been your boobs, Michael Boobs. Allow me to boobs you tits".
* [[Fridge Logic]]: Invoked in quite a few articles which consist of thinking about the surprisingly gruesome implications of popular TV shows and movies. <!-- %Don't move this to the Fridge Namespace, since it's an in-work discussion of the concept. -->
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* [[Giant Flyer]]: ''Argentavis'' is #5 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_18445_7-thankfully-extinct-giant-versions-modern-animals.html 7 (Thankfully) Extinct Giant Versions of Modern Animals].
* [[GIFT]]: [http://www.cracked.com/blog/hey-lets-fix-internet/ Hey, Let's Fix The Internet]
* [[God Never Said That]]: NJK did a piece on "[http://www.cracked.com/article_22346_5-stories-everyone-assumes-are-in-bible-but-arent.html 5 Stories Everyone Assumes Are In The Bible (But Aren't)]". It mentions the lack of a link between Sodom and Gomorrah and homosexuality, the seven deadly sins, purgatory, Mary Magdalene's sex work, and the "red goat-man" appearance of Satan.
* [[Go-Karting with Bowser]]: [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario's]] numerous roles are evidence of a multiverse in the #15 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
* [[Good Cop, Bad Cop]]: Parodied [http://www.cracked.com/blog/why-crimes-would-never-get-solved-at-a-tv-police-station/ here] along with [[They Fight Crime]], [[Ripped from the Headlines]] and countless other [[Cop Show]] clichés.
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* [[Grail in the Garbage]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_17314_5-pieces-junk-that-turned-out-to-be-invaluable-artifacts.html 5 Pieces of Junk That Turned Out To Be Invaluable Artifacts]
* [[Groundhog Day Loop]]: [http://www.cracked.com/blog/10-life-lessons-that-tetris-can-teach-you/ 10 Life Lessons That 'Tetris' Can Teach You]
* [[Ground Pound]]: Mid-air direction changes and surviving falls are the #9 [https://web.archive.org/web/20140804002112/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
* [[Growing Up Sucks]]: Daniel O'Brien has written two articles about why growing up sucks; however, both Gladstone and Brockway have written articles explaining why it ''doesn't'' suck. John Cheese, meanwhile, has written at least one from each perspective.
** This is increasingly a focus of the articles; possibly because at least two of the columnists are now parents. There have been at least two articles on the subject of the economy and how tough it is to be not poor anymore.
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* [[Heroes Gone Fishing]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "[[Damsel in Distress|your princess]] can always wait a little longer" to complete a [[Fishing Minigame]].
* [[Heroic Bystander]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_18509_5-unknown-schmucks-who-turned-into-superheroes-in-clutch.html 5 Unknown Schmucks Who Turned Into Superheroes in the Clutch] and [http://www.cracked.com/article_19766_6-nobodies-who-turned-into-superheroes-without-warning.html 6 Nobodies Who Turned Into Superheroes Without Warning.]
* [[Heroic Dolphin
* [[Heroic Mime]]: Mark Hill calls inexplicably mute player characters in plot-heavy games the #4 [http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-reasons-video-games-still-have-terrible-stories/ Reason Video Games Have Terrible Stories].
* [[High-Pressure Blood]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "a person's volume of blood often exceeds 78 liters."
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* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming|Idiosyncratic Titles]]: "''X Normal Description (Weird Criteria)''"
* [[Ignorant of Their Own Ignorance]]: Gladstone lists [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-douches-who-amazingly-dont-seem-to-know-they-suck/ 4 Douches Who Amazingly Don't Seem to Know They Suck]. These include people who use a handicap tag for parking without actually needing one, people who grow weary of their customer service job, drivers who honk at other drivers merging onto a highway, and people who overreact to minor inconveniences.
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: Not everyone does. One of [https://web.archive.org/web/20140712235028/http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-things-movies-always-get-wrong-about-awkward-people_p2/ 4 Things Movies Always Get Wrong About Awkward People] is that people with [[No Social Skills]] necessarily want to be cured.
* [[Immortal Procreation Clause]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_18475_6-horrifying-implications-awesome-fantasy-movie-universes.html 6 Horrifying Implications of Awesome Fantasy Movie Universes] mentions Middle-earth in the time of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', claiming that "no one in the Elfish kingdom is getting any, anywhere."
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: From [http://www.cracked.com/article_18759_6-iconic-jobs-that-are-going-away-forever.html 6 Iconic Jobs That Are Going Away Forever], on axes: "'''Firefighter''': Sorry sir, I need to ax you something. Ahah. [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath|Laugh or I won't save your family]]."
* [[Infinite Flashlight]]: Photoplasty advertises it in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005152300/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#24 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games].
* [[In Name Only]]: There's literally ''nothing'' carrying over from the magazine save for the title.
* [[In the Future, Humans Will Be One Race]]:
**
* [[In Universe Game Clock]]: Taking 10 minutes to climb a stairway is the #11 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games], and accelerated crop growth as seen in farm simulation video games such as ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' series and ''[[Farmville]]'' is #6.▼
** #1 of Pauli Poisuo's [http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-creepy-directions-human-evolution-can-take/ 5 Creepy Directions Human Evolution Can Take] is "We'll All Become The Same Race", where a global melting pot produces [[Ambiguously Brown]] people resembling "the mixed-race people of Brazil."
* [[Insurmountable Waist-Height Fence]]: Photoplasty advertises two variants in "Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games": [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#23 #23] and [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#16 #16].▼
▲* [[In
* [[Interchangeable Antimatter Keys]]: Photoplasty advertises it in [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#22 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games].▼
* [[Insult to Rocks]]:
** Did you call "Shades of Gray", the poorly received [[Clip Show]] [[Season Finale]] of the second season of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', a "piece of shit"? In "[http://www.cracked.com/article_23554_7-humiliating-changes-hit-shows-made-when-they-went-broke.html 7 Insane Things TV Shows Did When They Ran Out Of Money]", JM McNab calls that "an insult to the integrity and efficiency of our body's waste management system."
** One of "[http://www.cracked.com/article_25068_6-hidden-biases-in-everyday-words-you-never-noticed-before.html 6 Hidden Biases In Everyday Words (You Never Noticed Before)]" is that "childish" is an insult. (See for example [[Man Child]].) It cites a letter by two child psychologists to ''The New York Times'' arguing that calling the [[Donald Trump|impulsive 45th President of the United States]] a "child" is an insult to children.
▲* [[Insurmountable Waist-Height Fence]]: Photoplasty advertises two variants in "Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games": [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005152300/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#23 #23] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005152300/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#16 #16].
▲* [[Interchangeable Antimatter Keys]]: Photoplasty advertises it in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005152300/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#22 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games].
* [[Intercourse with You]]: Discussed in an article about [http://www.cracked.com/article_19657_4-evolutionary-explanations-modern-annoyances_p2.html modern annoyances with evolutionary explanations].
* [[Intimate Healing]]: [http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/5-doctors-who-just-gave-worlds-worst-medical-advice/ 5 Doctors Who Just Gave The World's Worst Medical Advice] retells a [http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/05/17/sacramento-doctor-reprimanded-for-suggesting-oral-sex-to-patient/ CBS13 Sacramento story] about a doctor who saw a woman with an oversensitive gag reflex and prescribed giving fellatio to her husband. [[Nasuverse/Memes|PONOS to MOOTH]], indeed.
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* [[Jump Physics]]: Mid-air direction changes and surviving falls are the #9 [https://web.archive.org/web/20140804002112/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
* [[Jumping the Shark]]: Adam Tod Brown wrote in [https://web.archive.org/web/20140816095054/http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-reasons-sharks-dont-deserve-their-own-week_p2/ 5 Reasons Sharks Don't Deserve Their Own Week] that [[Discovery Channel]]'s Shark Week programming block needs to end because sharks have so many [[Weaksauce Weakness]]es that they have jumped ''themselves''.
* [[Just a Stupid Accent]]: Called [http://www.cracked.com/article_18721_the-5-stupidest-ways-movies-deal-with-foreign-languages.html The 4th Stupidest Way Movies Deal with Foreign Languages].
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* [[Lightning Can Do Anything]]: Lampshaded in the "6 Horrifying Implications of Awesome Fantasy Movie Universes".
{{quote|"In [[Marvel]] world, the odds of winding up with super powers are less than half the chance of being hit by lightning (although to be fair, being hit by lightning in the Marvel universe would probably give you superpowers).}}
* [[Limit Break]]: The #5 [https://web.archive.org/web/20140804002112/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games] is that one in five men can transform under stress.
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]:
** In "[http://www.cracked.com/article_22998_6-wardrobe-life-hacks-that-can-change-your-life.html 6 Wardrobe Life Hacks That Can Change Your Life]", Rachel P. explains how wearing the same clothes every day helps avoid decision fatigue.
** #3 of Maxwell Yezpitelok's [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-legendary-pranks-pulled-off-by-celebrities/ 4 Legendary Pranks Pulled Off by Celebrities] was when ''Harry Potter'' actor Daniel Radcliffe wore the same outfit for months. This way paparazzi bugged him less often because people buying pictures from paparazzi couldn't tell whether they were brand-new or days-old (and thus less valuable).
* [[Loads and Loads of Roles]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_19369_the-6-most-mind-blowing-ways-your-brain-can-malfunction.html The 6 Most Mind-Blowing Ways Your Brain Can Malfunction] mentions the "Fregoli delusion" that several distinct people that someone meets are one person who quickly changes clothes, named after a stage actor famous for quickly changing into different costumes.
* [[Locked in a Room]]: [http://www.cracked.com/blog/most-horrifying-writers-room-ever The Most Horrifying Writers Room Ever].
* [[Long Bus Trip]]: In Mark Hill's [http://www.cracked.com/article_23654_6-hidden-reasons-why-every-website-eventually-sucks.html 6 WTF Reasons Websites Go From Being Awesome To Terrible]" (March 2016), we learn that the predecessor magazine's janitor mascot had been fired some time ago.
* [[Loophole Abuse]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_18753_the-6-most-creative-abuses-loopholes.html The 6 Most Creative Abuses Of Loopholes]. Highlights include buying 12,000+ cups of pudding to earn millions of free airline miles.
* [[Lunacy]]: #5 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate] explains moon fear as the result of a rise in lion attacks on the first few days after the full moon once the lions have become hungrier.
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* [[Made of Explodium]]:
** [http://www.cracked.com/article_17561_6-things-that-shouldnt-explode-but-did-anyway.html Things That Shouldn't Explode But Did Anyway] lists things that seemingly were made of explodium at some point, even an office chair!
** Photoplasty advertises lots of explosive things in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005152300/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#10 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games].
* [[Magic A Is Magic A]]:
** Even fantasy stories need some consistent ground rules on which to build a conflict. [[Hand Wave|Handwaving]] lack of internal consistency with extreme applications of [[Bellisario's Maxim]] is discussed in #3 of [https://web.archive.org/web/20131026104202/http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-common-movie-arguments-that-are-always-wrong_p2/ 6 Common Movie Arguments That Are Always Wrong].
** From [http://www.cracked.com/article_16625_8-classic-movies-that-got-away-with-gaping-plot-holes.html 8 Classic Movies That Got Away With Gaping Plot Holes]: "at least follow the rules you freaking made up."
* [[Magical Defibrillator]]: When used by a teammate in a video game, one of the [http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-bullshit-video-game-healing-methods/ 7 Video Game Healing Methods Least Likely to Actually Work]
* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: Spoofed [http://www.cracked.com/video_18307_the-most-overly-dramatic-break-up-ever.html here] in a [[Trope Overdosed]] video that also includes a [[Spit Take]], [[It's Not You, It's Me]], [[Victorian Novel Disease]], [[Incurable Cough of Death]]...
** [http://www.cracked.com/video_18380_the-dark-secret-behind-quirky-romantic-comedies.html This sketch] mocks this trope thoroughly. Bonus points for actually using the exact name of the trope.
* [[Mayfly-December Romance]]: Discussed in a couple articles.
** [http://www.cracked.com/article_17185_7-awesome-super-powers-ruined-by-science_p2.html 7 Awesome Super Powers (Ruined by Science)], #1: Immortality.
** One of the [http://www.cracked.com/article_19598_6-horrifying-implications-classic-christmas-movies.html 6 Horrifying Implications of Classic Christmas Movies] is that in ''[[Fred Claus]]'', Santa Claus's immortal immediate family suffers from what the article calls the "Highlander Complex": "They will have to watch their friends and relatives wither and die right before their callous, eternal eyes."
* [[Mayincatec]]: ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: The Curse of the Black Pearl'' decorates an Aztec chest with an illustration of an Inca god, as pointed out by Ruy Platt in [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_1104_27-movie-details-that-research-proves-are-b.s._p4 27 Movie Details That Research Proves Are B.S.]
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: Johnny Depp and others in [http://www.cracked.com/article_20413_5-heartwarming-stories-to-restore-your-faith-in-celebrities_p2.html 5 Heartwarming Stories to Restore Your Faith in Celebrities].
* [[Meganekko]]: Katie Willert from After Hours.
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* [[Mirror Scare]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_19361_the-14-ways-to-be-scared-by-mirror-in-movies-5Bchart5D.html 14 different kinds].
* [[Misaimed Fandom]]: <!-- invoked --> [http://www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy.html 6 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure You Root for the Right Guy] lists tools used to [[Averted Trope|prevent]] this reaction.
* [[Mistaken for Racist]]: The author of [http://www.cracked.com/article_19036_too-stupid-satire-how-media-branded-me-as-racist.html this article] explains how a video he made (called "Straya Day") came back to bite him after this happened because of too many people watching it not realizing it was satirical.
* [[Money Spider]]: Monsters having internal gold sacs is one of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ 27 Science Lessons As Taught by Famous Video Games] and one of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games].
* [[Monumental Damage]]: The Statue of Liberty is the #1 [http://www.cracked.com/article_19924_5-iconic-building-that-were-barely-saved-from-destruction_p2.html Iconic Building That Was Barely Saved from Destruction] because "when Lady Liberty gets destroyed, it means the apocalypse is here".
* [[Mood Dissonance]]: Discussed in [http://www.cracked.com/article_18980_the-5-most-badass-musical-instruments-ever-built.html "The 5 Most Badass Musical Instruments Ever Built"]: "If you could kill Bond with your Nanoguitar pick, you'd use the Laser Harp you'd to wipe out the rest of [[MI 6]] in one hellish afternoon of [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|fire, blood, and inappropriately mellow tunes]]."
* [[Mook Maker]]: Photoplasty advertises it in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005152300/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#19 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games].
* [[Most Writers Are Writers]]: Sometimes results in a staggering lack of perspective, both discussed and within the articles themselves.
** [http://www.cracked.com/article_19611_6-things-movies-love-to-get-wrong-about-workplace.html 6 Things Movies Love to Get Wrong About the Workplace] discusses how Hollywood films get other professions wrong by extrapolating from the experiences of Hollywood writers.
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* [[The Movie]]: If [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_249_if-flash-games-got-their-own-movie-adaptations/ Flash games] and [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_143_if-every-website-got-dramatic-movie-adaptation/ other websites] got movies.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]] & [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: Swaim for his [[Shirtless Scene|lack of a shirt]] and DOB for his boyish looks. [[John Dies at the End|John Cheese]] too.
** Seanbaby gets fairly frequent comments from straight men who'd like to have his children.
** Soren Bowie, who regularly has to cull his booty call lists and frequently gets compliments on his handsomeness from guys ([[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?|who also explicitly mention their heterosexuality]]).
* [[Mundane Made Awesome]]: [http://www.cracked.com/video_18219_agents-cracked-season-2-overly-dramatic-trailer.html Agents of Cracked Season 2: The Overly Dramatic Trailer]
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* [[No OSHA Compliance]]: OSHA is mentioned by name in #6 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)].
* [["Not Making This Up" Disclaimer]]:
** On [http://www.cracked.com/article_16073_the-7-ballsiest-sports-cheats-ever.html The 7 Ballsiest Sports Cheats Ever], one of the cheaters looks so much like one they have to use this trope.
** On a [[Mazes and Monsters]] cover; "This is not Photoshop."
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** From [http://www.cracked.com/article_20556_5-animal-rights-campaigns-that-managed-to-screw-over-animals.html 5 Animal Rights Campaigns That Managed to Screw Over Animals], about the dogs rescued from Michael Vick's dogfighting ring:
**: One of the survivors was put in a program called Paws for Tales, where kids too shy to read aloud to human audiences practice their reading skills in front of dogs. No, really. That's not a sarcastic fake program we made up. (And that's not a stock image. That's Jonny Justice, the actual dog we're talking about.)
** Early in "[http://www.cracked.com/article_21674_5-movies-kids-that-stole-their-plot-from-adult-movies_p2.html 5 Movies For Kids That Stole Their Plot from Adult Movies]", Mark Hill and JM McNab intentionally switch the setups of ''[[The Santa Clause (film series)|The Santa Clause]]'' and ''[[An American Werewolf in London]]'', assuming that readers will get the joke. But later, when comparing Wizard from ''[[Taxi Driver]]'' to Clyde from ''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]'', they comment on the former's video-game-character-like name and feel the need to point this out:
{{quote|(No, we didn't get the names mixed up -- Clyde is the video game villain, Wizard is the cabbie. Go figure.)}}
* [[Not the Nessie]]: Photoplasty [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_581_17-famous-images-as-seen-from-different-angle/?view=article Famous Images, As Seen From a Different Angle] depicts an elephant swimming and putting its trunk above the water as a snorkel, forming the famous photo of the Loch Ness monster.
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* [[Obvious Rule Patch]]: Plenty of them resulted from events described in Xavier Jackson's [http://www.cracked.com/article_20717_5-dumb-ways-people-have-won-at-sports.html 5 Dumb Ways People Have Won at Sports].
* [[Old Media Are Evil]]: Though most Cracked writers are [[Rule of Funny|perfectly willing]] to make fun of the internet too, articles like [http://www.cracked.com/article_18458_6-subtle-ways-news-media-disguises-bullshit-as-fact.html 6 Subtle Ways The News Media Disguises Bullshit As Fact,] [http://www.cracked.com/article_17318_7-clearly-fake-news-stories-that-fooled-mainstream-media.html 7 Clearly Fake News Stories That Fooled The Mainstream Media,] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20131113220306/http://www.cracked.com/article/87_5-awesome-cases-internet-owning-mainstream-media/ 5 Awesome Cases of The Internet Owning The Mainstream Media] show a pretty strong bias. Old entertainment media fares no better than news media, with articles like [http://www.cracked.com/article_18460_5-reasons-oscars-matter-even-less-than-you-thought.html 5 Reasons The Oscars Matter Even Less Than You Thought] and [http://www.cracked.com/article_17608_6-cheap-acting-tricks-that-fool-critics-every-time.html 6 Cheap Acting Tricks That Fool The Critics Every Time.]
* [[Old Shame]]: [[Conversational Troping|Conversed]] in [http://www.cracked.com/article_15826_six-musicians-with-pasts-they-hope-youll-forget.html ''Six Musicians With Pasts They Hope You'll Forget'']
* [[Older Than They Think]]: <!-- In-universe -->
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** [http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-forms-modern-depravity-way-older-than-your-grandpa/ 6 Forms of Modern Depravity (Way Older Than Your Grandpa)] shows late medieval Scottish rap battles, Japanese Edo period celebrity culture associated with the Kardashians, the [[Furry Fandom]] in ancient Rome, medieval Catholic acceptance of gay marriage, and late medieval treehuggers in India.
* [[Once Per Episode]]: A bust photo of a large-breasted woman with only a single button closed on her shirt and [[Vapor Wear|nothing underneath]] is shoehorned into the majority of the lists, which usually hang a [[Lampshade Hanging]] on it when she appears.
** They eventually ID'd her in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131101225153/http://www.cracked.com/funny-212-boobs/ this] article. Her name is Kate, and she [http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i23/jeff_bennion/Cracked/cleavage1.jpg has a face.]
** It stares into our souls.
* [[One-Hit Kill]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "no matter how strong and powerful you are, some scrub will take you out with a death spell."
* [[One-Man Army]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_19306_the-6-most-epic-one-man-armies-in-history-war.html The 6 Most Epic One Man Armies in the History of War].
* [[One of Us]]: Or at least one of ''them''. Seeing how [http://www.cracked.com/article_19549_5-old-timey-prejudices-that-still-show-up-in-every-movie.html this page] mentions TV Tropes twice and links to it three times, this is a safe bet of at least one editor.
* [[One Size Fits All]]: Photoplasty advertises one-size-fits-all armor in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005152300/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#6 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games].
* [[Only You Can Repopulate My Race]]: In the 2011 [[All CGI Cartoon]] ''[[Rio]]'', Blu is the last blue macaw left. The article [http://www.cracked.com/article_19796_6-disturbing-unanswered-questions-from-childrens-movies_p2.html 6 Disturbing Unanswered Questions from Children's Movies] shows what would probably happen in the next generation: [[Brother-Sister Incest]] in the next generation would result in infertility.
* [[Orange-Blue Contrast]]:
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* [[Parallel Porn Titles]]:
** Video: [http://www.cracked.com/video_16737_do-you-have-what-it-takes-title-porn.html Do you have what it takes to title porn?]
** [http://www.cracked.com/article_16355_the-10-most-misleadingly-pornographic-movie-titles.html The 10 Most Misleadingly Pornographic Movie Titles]
** ''Girth, Wind and Fire''. [http://www.cracked.com/article_15830_15-most-sexually-unappealing-porn-titles.html An article about unappealing porn titles] notes that a much better title would have been ''Sperm, Bend & Tie Her''.
* [[Parody of Evolution]]: The #14 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games] is an allusion to Rudolph Zallinger's illustration "The March of Progress" done with game sprites.
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* [[Pink Product Ploy]]: Mocked in "[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-pointlessly-women-specific-products/ The 5 Most Pointlessly Women-Specific Products]".
* [[Planet of Hats]]: This is #3 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die_p2.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)].
* [[Poe's Law]]:
*
** Alice Jane Axness writes in "[http://www.cracked.com/blog/in-defense-lena-dunham-people-who-hate-her/ In Defense of Lena Dunham and People Who Hate Her]" that a certain TruthRevolt article, which accuses Dunham of having sexually assaulted her younger sister when both were less than eight years old, is "so mired in the hatred of women that it reads more like a really terrible attempt at satire than anything."
* [[Police Are Useless]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that police cars in a BeatEmUp are just for decoration. "Only trust your fists; police will never help you."
* [[The Pollyanna]]: What Pollyanna calls "the glad game" and others call "counting their blessings" is a coping mechanism that Felix Clay calls "trivializing adversity" in [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-ways-we-dont-realize-we-suck-at-coping-with-adversity/ 4 Ways We Don't Realize We Suck at Coping With Adversity].
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* [[Race Lift]]:
** "Make Them American, Even if They're Not" is #3 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy.html 6 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure You Root for the Right Guy].
** In [http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/the-5-most-insulting-defenses-nerd-racism/ The 5 Most Insulting Defenses of Nerd Racism], J.F. Sargent defends the practice of sacrificing fidelity to the source comics in superhero films.
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** The regeneration in first-person shooters since ''[[Faceball 2000]]'' is the #23 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
** One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is to "duck and cover and stay put until you are fully healed."
* [[
* [[The Reptilians]]: Chris Bucholz's interview with Councilman Malok in "[http://www.cracked.com/blog/how-world-works-explained-by-our-lizard-people-rulers/ Lizard People Secretly Run the World and We Have Proof]" paints the reptilian shadow government as benevolent and a vast improvement over the horse people that they replaced.
* [[Required Secondary Powers]]: Discussed in [http://www.cracked.com/article_17185_7-awesome-super-powers-ruined-by-science.html 7 Awesome Super Powers (Ruined by Science)] and [http://www.cracked.com/article_20241_6-awesome-superpowers-that-would-suck-in-real-life.html 6 Awesome Superpowers (That Would Suck in Real Life)]. For example, being able to throw lightning would require immunity to effects on sight and hearing similar to those of stun grenades, and force fields would need immunity to [[Not the Fall That Kills You]].
* [[Retronym]]: One of Winston Rowntree's [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209220354/http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-reasons-we-fall-in-love-with-piece-pop-culture_p2/ The 4 Reasons We Fall in Love With a Piece of Pop Culture] is that it's "porn", which he defines as any cultural work "that you seek out to animalistically fill a specific need." He runs through a bunch of [[:Category:It's Not Porn, It's an Index|things jokingly called porn]], coining the retronym "Sex Porn" in the process.
* [[Reverse Polarity]]: This is #4 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)].
* [[Ribcage Stomach]]: The #8 [http://www.cracked.com/article_19512_16-real-old-timey-photographs-that-will-give-you-nightmares_p2.html Real Old-Timey Photograph That Will Give You Nightmares] is of an amusement park's souvenir shop whose decoration invokes this.
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* [[Rubber Band AI]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_15902_the-15-most-annoying-video-game-characters-from-otherwise-great-games.html Listed as the number 2 most annoying video game character (Anyone who does it).]
* [[Rule of Cool]]/[[Rule of Funny]]: Cracked has refined these into a logical heuristic, frequently stating that given a lack of concrete evidence as to what happened, we are forced to assume the most bizarre, awesome, and/or ridiculous scenario.
* [[The Rule of First Adopters]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_673_22-terrible-ways-we-would-use-sci-fi-technology/ 22 Terrible Ways We Would Use Sci-Fi Technology] is using a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' replicator to make a sex toy. It wouldn't be a stretch from [https://web.archive.org/web/20140728040659/http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/scanning-the-future-of-3d-printed-sex-toys-nsfw real-life 3D printed sex toys] though.
* [[Rules of the Road]]: Several in [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_390_32-alternate-interpretations-common-warning-signs/ 32 Alternate Interpretations of Common Warning Signs]
* [[Running Gag]]: Many themes recur over similar articles, usually referencing particularly popular articles.
** Praise of Theodore Roosevelt's super-human powers in the art of violence now spans topics, articles and lists.
** Many of the articles feature an outlandish assumption on the part of the writer, in the formula: "Reports do not say if [X crazy thing] happened, so we're forced to assume it did."
{{quote|[http://www.cracked.com/article_15963_5-works-art-that-can-probably-kill-you.html The text does not mention whether
** ''[[Wikipedia|[Citation needed].]]''.
{{quote|[http://www.cracked.com/article_17612_p2.html ...which means if you put a jellyfish in the space shuttle, and it fired its stingers at the moment of takeoff, it would travel back in time
** The word "Baffling" is often used in titles of articles.
** Similar to their love of Roosevelt is their love of [[Nikola Tesla]], and their complete and utter ball-crushing hatred of Thomas Edison. Like Roosevelt, this is because the things you could make up about either man in favor of their position on said man are only slightly less exaggerated than real life.
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** Ke$ha's debauchery is becoming a fairly common theme...
** "Gary Busey crazy" was often used when mentioning something they considered insane. Often including an image of the man himself.
** Whenever they are in doubt of what picture they should use for an article, they will frequently use reuse the same photo of a woman's large [https://web.archive.org/web/20210309101432/http://cdn-www.cracked.com/phpimages/article/1/0/6/19106.jpg cleavage].
** Several articles have been devoted to the over-the-top mean, weird, or just plain laughable antics of world dictators, especially North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il.
** They also [[Sarcasm Mode|love]] spiders.
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* [[The Scream]]: Photoplasty [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_581_17-famous-images-as-seen-from-different-angle/?view=article Famous Images, As Seen From a Different Angle] shows what the figure in Edvard Munch's painting was screaming at: [[Superman]].
* [[Screw Yourself]]: Mentioned in a few articles, including one by Dan O'Brien that's [http://www.cracked.com/blog/human-clones-do-you-fk-or-fight/ almost entirely about the subject]. Said article is referenced when Dan meets his counterpart from Broked.com's [[Similar Squad]] in ''Agents of Cracked''.
{{quote|'''BOD''': You know, I remember reading somewhere that there are only two truly meaningful things you can do with your doppleganger when you're locked in a room. You can [[Mirror Match|fight them]]... Or f*** them.
*Dan takes a fighting stance*
'''BOD''': Wrong answer. }}
* [[Scunthorpe Problem]]:
** [http://www.cracked.com/article_20562_6-spectacularly-failed-attempts-to-be-politically-correct.html 6 Spectacularly Failed Attempts to Be Politically Correct] tells how Microsoft banned an Xbox 360 user from Xbox Live for being from Fort Gay, West Virginia.
** Seen on ''Cracked'' itself in the comments section, due to a word filter that targets a given word sequence even as part of a larger word. For instance, the racial slur "Jap" is rendered as "J*p" so that it'll also catch "Japs" and turn it into "J*ps", and consequently the comments on an article about Japanese subcultures talked about "j*pan" (in lowercase). This makes writing "j*panese" a bit of a problem. "Cum" is also banned, so you can't say "doc*mentary". "Cock" is banned as well, which is a problem since most of the site is made of dick jokes. "Spic" makes it a problem writing the word "susp*cious". We could list a whole bunch of examples. Basically, their filter s*cks d*ck.
** The main problem is that the article will usually curse up a storm, while the comments section is censored. The problem is why they would ''need'' to censor it at all when the site's main demographic is 18-34 year old males who wouldn't be offended by cursing. Now you can say that it's the server's policy not to host foul language, but again: why is it that the article can say "fuck shit piss" all they want while the community is treated like children? Do they really think that a site like that is going to be visited by 8 year olds?
*** The issue isn't about profanity, but appearance. They most likely don't want to look like a den of hate, which is why most of the censoring is centered around slurs.
* [[Seen It All]]: Losing the ability to be surprised by entertainment is one of [https://web.archive.org/web/20140902040804/http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-warning-signs-that-youre-finally-getting-older_p2/ 5 Warning Signs That You're Finally Getting Older]. Entertainment will ruin your life with or without tropes.
* [[Seinfeldian Conversation]]: The series ''After Hours'' is built on this trope.
* [[Self-Deprecation]]: Everyone who contributes to Cracked are always most likely to take a cheap shot at people that are like them, or Cracked itself. The main contributors are also likely to talk about how much of an asshole they are, the sad fact that they write internet articles, and that they work at a headquarters that serves gruel-like slop and doesn't have indoor plumbing.
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* [[Serial Killer]]: There are [http://www.cracked.com/article_19737_5-terrifying-serial-killers-who-happened-to-be-animals.html two] [http://www.cracked.com/article_18483_the-5-creepiest-serial-killers-who-were-animals.html lists] of serial-killer ''animals''.
* [[Serious Business]]: ''[[Rad]]'', a film where the entire culture of a town is built around BMX, is cited in "[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-weirdest-lessons-80s-movies-really-wanted-to-teach-us/ The 4 Weirdest Lessons '80s Movies Really Wanted to Teach Us]" as the most ridiculous example of a hobby that saves the world.
* [[Severely Specialized Store]]: Photoplasty advertises a store that sells only three things, like those in ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' series, in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005152300/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#25 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games].
* [[Sexy Whatever Outfit]]: Parodied.
* [[Shameless Self Promoter]]: ''Pick up [http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Going-Kill-Everybody-Terrifyingly/dp/0307464342/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1249601995&sr=8-1 "Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody"] on book stands now.''
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** And of course, David Wong will never let us forget that [[John Dies at the End|he wrote a book once]].
** And now with the release of the first ''Cracked.com'' book they've been even more blunt with no less than two full articles advertising it.
** Now that the Cracked Store is open, every week there are several articles promoting products for sale there.
* [[Shapeshifter Mode Lock]]: Daniel Dockery's collection of Transformers figures in [http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-movie-franchises-that-need-help-from-their-own-games/ 5 Movie Franchises That Need Help (From Their Own Games)] are unable to change back to their vehicle alt-modes.
* [[Shoplift and Die]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is to avert this by putting a basket on the shopkeeper's head. "Robbery is easier than you think."
* [[Shown Their Work]]: "[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-movies-that-put-insane-work-into-details-you-didnt-notice/ 7 Movies That Put Insane Work Into Details You Didn't Notice]", J.F. Sargent explains how, for instance, the films ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' and ''My Cousin Vinny'' avert [[Hollywood Law]].
* [[Single Biome Planet]]: Part of #3 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die_p2.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)].
* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: [http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-people-you-should-have-to-face-in-hell/ Apparently] Adam is Gladstone's.
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tV4-Q6dBf4 This is may be the greatest example of this trope ever.]
* [[Space Is an Ocean]]: Mentioned by name in #2 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die_p2.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)].
* [[Species Surname]]: In [[Funny Animal]] world, [[Justin Bieber]] is a beaver. This is illustrated in a Photoplasty ("[https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215709/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_268_19-things-old-people-suspect-about-modern-culture_p19/#14 19 Things Old People Suspect About Modern Culture]")
* [[Spiky Hair]]: Photoplasty advertises hair gel that makes it possible in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005152300/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#17 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games].
* [[Spinoff Babies]]: In [http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/5-reasons-classic-american-summer-doesnt-exist-anymore/ 5 Reasons the Classic American Summer Doesn't Exist Anymore], Mark Hill compares mid-2010s teen unemployment to this phenomenon:
{{quote|The teen unemployment rate is 27.3 percent, an all-time high that's staggering compared to the national American rate of 6 percent. We are officially going through the ''Muppet Babies'' reboot of the Great Depression.}}
* [[Springtime for Hitler]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_20660_5-classic-movies-made-by-people-who-wanted-them-to-fail_p2.html 5 Classic Movies Made by People Who Wanted Them to Fail] mentions the 1955 romantic dramedy ''[[Marty]]'', starring Creator/ErnestBorgnine, which was expected to fail (and save the studio a bundle on income tax) but when its ugly actors ended up resonating as more authentic to viewers, it ended up winning four Academy Awards and a Palme d'Or. The article describes its production as having "literally started out as the plot of ''[[The Producers]]''."
* [[Sprint Shoes]]: Photoplasty advertises 30 Second Energy in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005152300/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#8 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games].
* [[Stealth Parody]]:
** "[http://www.cracked.com/article_19420_6-classic-songs-that-were-supposed-to-be-jokes.html 6 classic songs that were supposed to be jokes]" discusses several examples from music.
** ''Cracked'' has done some of their own. For example, Robert Brockway's "[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-things-you-learn-from-lifetime-screwing-up/ 5 Things You Learn From a Lifetime of Screwing Up]" is probably a parody of David Wong and John Cheese articles.
* [[Stock Footage]]: Swaim's co-host in Cracked TV, "Clippy", which consists of out-of-context clips from films or viral media, such as "Orientation guy from ''The Hudsucker Proxy''", "Still-lives of fruit alongside Holocaust survivors", and "Clips of chips."
** Chips clips? ''[[
** Not to mention "Clips of ''CHiPs''".
** Gladstone changes his shirt in one episode to match stock footage.
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** And then Clippy came back.
* [[Stockholm Syndrome]]: ''Cracked'' accuses ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' of this in [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_528_23-romantic-movies-revised-honesty/ 23 Romantic Movies Revised for Honesty] and [http://www.cracked.com/article_19285_5-romantic-movie-gestures-that-were-actually-dick-moves.html 5 Romantic Movie Gestures That Were Actually Dick Moves].
* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: The Photoplasty contest "[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_1156_21-incredibly-satisfying-scenes-stuff-getting-destroyed/?view=article 21 Incredibly Satisfying Scenes of Stuff Getting Destroyed]" celebrates the fun of watch something explode, with examples including demolition of bridges, dynamite mining, and more. "Feel free to touch yourselves."
* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders|Stupid Sexy Soren!]]
* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: The Strid is a segment of the River Wharfe in Yorkshire that will murder you. [http://www.cracked.com/article_19705_the-5-most-spectacular-landscapes-earth-that-murder-you.html This article] compares it to "exactly how water works in a video game".
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* [[Take That]]: The tendency to mock [[Mad Magazine]] has continued, especially since the magazine's sales figures have been in decline whilst "Cracked" has enjoyed a reasonable amount of success as a website. [http://www.cracked.com/blog/cracked-eases-mads-transition-into-obscurity/ This article] is a good example, which, upon closer reading, can be seen as a [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] towards Mad.
** [http://www.cracked.com/blog/why-its-time-to-stop-paying-attention-to-lady-gaga/ This,] aimed squarely at [[Lady Gaga]].
** [http://www.cracked.com/article_19493_4-reasons-zooey-deschanel-can-stop-pretending-shes-dork.html Kristi Harrison] seemed to start the [[The Scrappy|whole attitude]] the other writers have towards Zooey Deschanel.
** "[http://www.cracked.com/article_21978_6-nightmarish-things-people-did-fun-before-electricity.html 6 Nightmarish Things People Did for Fun Before Electricity]", Dimitra Nikolaidou compares the mummy craze in 19th century England to [[The Learning Channel]]. More specifically, to its [[Network Decay]].
* [[Technology Marches On]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_19325_6-technologies-conspicuously-absent-from-sci-fi-movies.html 6 Technologies Conspicuously Absent From Sci-Fi Movies] explores technologies widely available when several well-known science fiction films were first published that would have completely [[Trope Breaker|broken]] their plots: bicycles, night vision goggles, unmanned combat vehicles, Wi-Fi, GPS, and cell phones.
* [[Testosterone Poisoning]]: Mentions of anything remotely [[Badass]] will [[Running Gag|generally]] include comments relating to testicular fortitude completely unironically. [[Rule of Funny|Probably intentional]].
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** [http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-7-most-hilariously-badass-magazine-covers-ever/ And these].
* [[The Tetris Effect]]: AKA [http://www.cracked.com/blog/when-video-games-get-stuck-in-your-head/ "When Video Games Get Stuck In Your Head"]
* [[Throw-Away Guns]]: In the 2006 film of ''[[Casino Royale]]'', a bad guy throws his empty gun at [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]]. Bond promptly [[Catch and Return|catches it and throws it back]]. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Into his face]]. The clip is #007 of "[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_1180_the-17-most-unintentionally-hilarious-movie-fight-scenes_p2/?view=article The 17 Most Unintentionally Hilarious Movie Fight Scenes]".
* [[Throw It In]]: <!-- invoked --> [http://www.cracked.com/article_20096_6-iconic-movie-scenes-that-happened-by-accident.html 6 Iconic Movie Scenes That Happened by Accident] cites Viggo Mortensen's broken toe in the film of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', among others.
* [[Time Is Dangerous]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_18564_6-time-travel-realities-doc-brown-didnt-warn-us-about.html 6 Time Travel Realities Doc Brown Didn't Warn Us About].
* [[Time Stop]]: Declared to be the ultimate super power in After Hours' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNbeyRwT8Uo "The Best Super Power (Is Not What You Think)"]. Specifically, the Zack Morris "Time Out" from [[Saved by the Bell]].
* [[Tim Taylor Technology]]: Mentioned by name in #4 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)].
* [[Took the Bad Film Seriously]]: J. F. Sargent lists Kate Beckinsale's performance in the 2012 remake of ''[[Total Recall]]'' among [http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-amazing-performances-hiding-in-terrible-movies/ 5 Amazing Performances Hiding in Terrible Movies], calling her character's lack of [[Genre Blind]]ness in action sequences "the only thing that works in this whole movie".
* [[Toothy Bird]]: The toothlike serrations inside a penguin's mouth, used to grip fish, are #3 of the [http://www.cracked.com/article_19871_the-7-most-terrifying-mouths-in-nature_p2.html 7 Most Terrifying Mouths in Nature].
* [[Top Ten List]]: ''"The leading source of list-based humor."''
* [[Tough Act to Follow]]: <!-- invoked --> "[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-works-art-so-good-they-ruined-their-whole-genre/ 5 Works of Art So Good, They Ruined Their Whole Genre]" calls ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', [[David Bowie]]'s ''The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust'', the film of ''[[Fight Club (film)|Fight Club]]'', two [[Bob Marley]] albums, and ''[[Animal House]]'' tough acts to follow in their respective genres.
* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]:
*
* [[Training Montage]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_17417_6-awesome-80s-movie-montages-that-make-no-damn-sense.html Mocked]. ▼
** Summarizing the whole plot is the #3 [http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-annoying-ways-trailers-trick-you-into-seeing-movies/ Annoying Way Trailers Trick You Into Seeing Movies].
▲* [[Training Montage]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_17417_6-awesome-80s-movie-montages-that-make-no-damn-sense.html Mocked].
* [[Translator Microbes]]: Called [http://www.cracked.com/article_18721_the-5-stupidest-ways-movies-deal-with-foreign-languages.html The 3rd Stupidest Way Movies Deal with Foreign Languages].
* [[Trapped in Another World]]: One of the [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-realizations-that-will-ruin-science-fiction-you/ 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You].
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* [[Trope Overdosed]]: This is largely because of their numerous media related articles. Many lists feature tropes.
** They even occasionally ''link to this website''. [[Tropes Will Ruin Your Life|So after you're done reading Cracked]]...
** And then came [https://web.archive.org/web/20140927083657/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_143_if-every-website-got-dramatic-movie-adaptation_p1/ TV Tropes: The Movie]...
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20131106112149/http://www.cracked.com/funny-4848-tv-tropes/ The TV Tropes topic].
* [[Turns Red]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_19260_5-soldiers-whose-horrific-injuries-only-made-them-angry.html 5 Soldiers Whose Horrific Injuries Only Made Them Angry]
* [[Tropes Will Ruin Your Life]]: In [http://www.cracked.com/blog/exploring-internet-in-11-days-epic-online-odyssey/ An Epic Online Odyssey], [[TV Tropes]] plays the part of [[wikipedia:Charybdis|Charybdis]], with [[YouTube]] serving as [[wikipedia:Scylla|Scylla]].<ref>[[All Blue Entry|Blueness]] not in original; that would have just been cruel.</ref>
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== V ==
* [[Vendor Trash]]: Photoplasty advertises a vendor that [[We Buy Anything|buys everything]], specifically naming items that substitute for [[Money Spider]], in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005152300/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#11 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games].
* [[Verbal Tic Name]]: According to [http://www.cracked.com/article_21418_5-ways-life-with-tourettes-way-weirder-than-you-expect.html 5 Ways Life With Tourette's Is Way Weirder Than You Expect], some people with [[Hollywood
{{quote|Soon, it wasn't uncommon for him to introduce himself at a party and be greeted with "Oh, you're Butterscotch Dinosaur Pussy!"}}
* [[Very Loosely Based on a True Story]]: Photoplasty contest [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_1050_26-inaccurate-movies-theyll-make-about-recent-history/ 26 Dramatic Movies They'll Make About Modern History] varies between this and [[Based on a Great Big Lie]].
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** Seanbaby took this [[Up to Eleven]] with [http://www.cracked.com/blog/exploring-the-mysteries-of-the-mind-with-the-sims-3/ this].
** Robert Brockway has gotten in on the action with [http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-ways-fallout-new-vegas-made-me-worse-person/ Fallout: New Vegas]
* [[Viewers Are Geniuses]]: One of the [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-reasons-no-one-laughed-at-your-joke/ reasons no one laughed at your joke] is "They Didn't Have Enough Information to Get It". It states that the best practice for an [[Inside Joke]] that relies on knowledge of something obscure like ''[[Rocky (film)|Rocky IV]]'' or ''[[Battlestar Galactica
* [[Vindicated by History]]: In-universe. [http://www.cracked.com/article_18645_6-great-novels-that-were-hated-in-their-time.html 6 Great Novels that Were Hated in Their Time]
** And Neville Chamberlain.
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* [[The Watson]]: #4 of [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-realizations-that-will-ruin-science-fiction-you/ 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You] is that science fiction needs a "straight man" to whom the setting's rules are explained.
* [[Waxing Lyrical]]: Brockway is fond of this. ''Especially'' if the song in question is ''[[Awesome Music (Sugar Wiki)|Life is a Highway]]''.
* [[We Buy Anything]]: Photoplasty advertises such a shop in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005152300/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#11 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games].
* [[Welcome to Corneria]]: "Psychology: People tend to say the same thing over and over" is the #9 [https://web.archive.org/web/20140804002112/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
* [[Whale Egg]]: [[Pokémon]] coming from eggs is the #27 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
* [[What If]]: Many of the Photoplasty contests.
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* [[You Can Panic Now]]: A staple article topic is a list of mundane items and activities that can kill/maim you.
** And conversely, things which are hyped as dangerous by films/television/news media etc., and in fact are not nearly as dangerous as made out to be.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Photoplasty advertises hair dye in impossible colors in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005152300/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#7 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games].
* [[Youngest Child Wins]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_19762_7-random-things-you-wont-believe-are-shortening-your-life.html #6 on this list] shows that the older children will have more health problems than the younger ones based on order of birth.
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* [[Zero-G Spot]]: Shot down in [http://www.cracked.com/article_18547_6-reasons-space-travel-will-always-suck.html 6 Reasons Space Travel Will Always Suck].
* [[Zombie Apocalypse]]:
** One of ''Cracked'''s [http://www.cracked.com/article_15643_5-scientific-reasons-zombie-apocalypse-could-actually-happen.html favorite] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131106114303/http://www.cracked.com/article/136_5-reasons-you-secretly-want-zombie-apocalypse/ subjects] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131106105723/http://www.cracked.com/article/126_5-popular-zombie-survival-tactics-that-will-get-you-killed/ for] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131107055326/http://www.cracked.com/article/164_6-characters-who-show-up-in-every-zombie-movie/ lists] [http://www.cracked.com/article_16717_6-signs-youre-about-be-attacked-by-zombies.html and] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131225070359/http://www.cracked.com/funny-38-zombies/ parodies].
** Deconstructed in David Dietle's [http://www.cracked.com/article_18683_7-scientific-reasons-zombie-outbreak-would-fail-quickly.html 7 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Outbreak Would Fail (Quickly)]. For one thing, maggots and gut flora would devour the undead.
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