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Relying largely on (ostensibly) humourous list articles, Cracked has become rather famous on the Internet. Its lists, which can be written by anyone, are rooted in fact (usually) and coated in humour, dispensing interesting historical and scientific trivia surrounded by dick jokes (always). It has about a half dozen full-time columnists on payroll, who dish out weekly and biweekly articles on serious subjects from the cultural effects of the Internet, to Choose Your Own Adventure Gonzo-styled articles about visiting the zoo while on an amount of drugs capable of killing most men, to action reporting while getting kidnapped by pirates.
Small-time celebrities including [[Seanbaby]] and Michael Ian Black have written articles for Cracked, with Seanbaby now part of the column staff. The website plays host to numerous Internet sketch groups, webcomics (such as [[Subnormality]], White Ninja and [[Daisy Owl]]), and has its own caption contest. It has taken on an encyclopedic "Cracked Topics" project, where Cracked readers submit articles on a variety of subjects, from Steven Seagal to [[Punk Rock]] (including one about [https://web.archive.org/web/20131106112149/http://www.cracked.com/funny-4848-tv-tropes/ TV Tropes]).
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]].
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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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* 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 were written by denizens of [[TV Tropes]].
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>[''[[wikipedia:wikipedia:Citation needed|citation needed]]'']</sup><!-- It's a joke. Please don't remove.%% -->
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== A ==
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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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** [[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)]".
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* [[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.
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* [[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.
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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.
* [[The Tasteless But True Story]]: Happens in almost every article. Especially in the "Images You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped" articles.
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** 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.
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* [[The CSI Effect]]:
** Explained as arising from the misconception that government agencies are staffed by geniuses, according to "[http://www.cracked.com/article_18960_5-things-tv-writers-apparently-believe-about-smart-people_p2.html 5 Things TV Writers Apparently Believe About Smart People]".
** 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.'"
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** [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]
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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!"
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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]]."
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* [[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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20141004163333/http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-reasons-you-should-be-in-mixed-race-relationship_p2/ 5 Reasons You Should Be in a Mixed-Race Relationship], Christina H proposes worldwide miscegenation to promote cultural understanding and calls it "The Only Thing That Will Literally Get Rid of Race".
** #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."
* [[In-Universe Game Clock]]: Taking 10 minutes to climb a stairway is the #11 [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], and accelerated crop growth as seen in farm simulation video games such as ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' series and ''[[FarmVille]]'' is #6.
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== J ==
* [[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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** 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]
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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."
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* [[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.
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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 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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** [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:
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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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* [[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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