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Line 17: '''Disclaimer:''' The '''Department''' '''Of''' '''Redundancy''' '''Department''' does not share the opinion of anything written on this page, including [[Overly Long Gag\|overly long gags]], overuse of ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' quotes, [[Pothole\|pot holes]], [[Overly Long Gag\|overly long gags]], and use of [[The Page For Redlinks Exists Now So We Put This Link Instead Of The Page For Redlinks\|redlinks]]. {{examples\|Examples and various cases that are exemplifying the trope include:}} * [[Department of Redundancy Department/Advertising\|Advertising using media to promote products to you on media]] * [[Department of Redundancy Department/Film\|Filmed Movies Using Film]] * [[Department of Redundancy Department/Literature\|Literature Stories Written In Books By Authors]] Line 25 ⟶ 26: * [[Department of Redundancy Department/Western Animation\|Western Animation Moving Pictures Made In The West]] * [[Department of Redundancy Department/Real Life\|Real Life Non-Fictional World Of 3-D]] ~~== Advertisements using TV to promote products to you on television ==~~ * Almost any asthma medication ''has'' to use the phrase "like an inhaled corticosteroid" at least 5 times within the commercial. Sheesh, we GET IT! * Nationwide Insurance's new{{when}} mascot: The World's Greatest Spokesperson In The World! * [[The Monkees]]' Kool-Aid [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFDzQZZc-4A commercial] from 1970, in which Micky Dolenz exclaims, "Hey, let's make some new sugar-sweetened Kool-Aid with the sugar already in it!" * DOMESTOS: KILLS ALL KNOWN GERMS DEAD ** Likewise, on the other side of the pond, "Raid: Kills Bugs Dead". * There's a school in south Florida called CBT College. The "C" stood for "College". The College of Business and Technology College. Way to ruin your credibility before the commercial even starts... See also UOIT - the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. They've been trying to drop "institute" as redundantly redundant to "university" by rebranding as OntarioTech University, Oshawa... but officially? See also UMUC - the University of Maryland University College. See also the University of California system where the college name is usually an acronym (like UCI or UCSD). You will see on the campus website statements like UCI University (university of California university) or "California's UCI" * Or the crown jewel of them all, [http://www.criminologyprize.com/dynamaster/file_archive/071015/809e6fe2524d66f5ab5092b3dc9386c8/Symposium2007-eng-www.pdf California's UCI University]{{Dead link}} * The label on [https://web.archive.org/web/20160729025344/http://www.bestplasticcleaner.com/2polish.jpg this product], a polish for acrylic, reads ''FINE SCRATCH REMOVER: Removes Fine Scratches''. You know, in case it wasn't absolutely clear. * Taco Bell once touted a new menu item in a TV commercial as a "grilled carne asada steak". Since "carne asada" translates as "grilled steak", they essentially were advertising a "grilled grilled steak steak". Delicious. ** They've also described part of their Bacon Cheesy Potato Burrito as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLjB2sZ2tA0 "bacon topped with bacon".] * [[Head On]]: Apply Directly to the Forehead. [[Head On]]: Apply Directly to the Forehead. * [[Head On]]: Apply Directly to the Forehead. ** "[[Lampshade Hanging\|Advertising/HeadOn, I can't stand your commercials,]] [[Placebo Effect\|but your product is amazing!]]" * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMrg0KArRvo Ronseal Quick-Drying Woodstain] protects and is rain-proof in about thirty minutes. Which means in about thirty minutes, your wood's rain-proof and protected. So if you've got wood to stain, and you want it to dry quickly, use [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMrg0KArRvo Ronseal Quick-Drying Woodstain]. ** [[Catch Phrase\|It]] [[Trope Namer\|does]] [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. * A commercial for Boston Pizza has a man suffering from "turkey brain" after eating too many Christmas leftovers. He describes his symptoms as "the confusion, the sluggishness, the excessive napping, the confusion..." * An ad campaign that began in 2011 encourages you to "Take a Cheetos break With Cheetos". * A Vevo banner ad on Youtube advertising Lady Gaga's performance on "Saturday's [[Saturday Night Live\|SNL]]". * "If you don't have an iPhone, well... you don't have an iPhone." * "In Mexico we speak Spanish, mostly because it's the language we speak." * A Target commercial showed a music teacher singing about all the clothes his students will need for the new school year. Denim was on it 4 times. * A 1980s print ad for Elephant brand floppy disks promoted the need to make backups by explicitly referring to the Department of Redundancy Department, "and what goes on when it goes on!" * A magazine advertisement for a ''[[Duel Masters]]'' card-pack series (specifically, "Survivors of the Megapocalypse") states "Attack with the Billion-Degree Dragon and watch your opponent run like someone who is under attack and is frightened by that attack!" == Anime Cartoons from Japan and Manga Comics from Japan == Line 170 ⟶ 142: * In the [http://zelda-queen.livejournal.com/18688.html MST] of ''[[My Inner Life]]'', Zelda Queen makes paging the Department of Redundancy Department a [[Running Gag]]. * [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1706782/StaraptorEmpoleon StaraptorEmpoleon] uses this so often it might as well be her [[Signature Style]]: "[[Lovable Sex Maniac\|What I really wanted was sex]]. "[[That Makes Me Feel Angry\|And I want sex...]]", I shuddered and [[Captain Obvious\|fell to the ground backward because she pushed me down]]." * Deliberately invoked in ''[https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-31525-15/CaptainBoulanger+from+the+quill+of+Belle+Black.htm from the quill of Belle Black]'', a period ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fanfic, which includes a Ministry of Magic decree which, in the course of six clauses, abolishes "The Department for the Committee for the Regulation of the Bureau for the Administration of the Department of Magical Finance and Taxation", "The Committee for the Regulation of the Bureau for the Administration of the Department of Magical Finance and Taxation", ''and'' "The Bureau for the Administration of the Department of Magical Finance and Taxation". == Music Composed of Musical Notes Performed Musically by Musicians == Line 305 ⟶ 277: [[Fate/stay night\|People die]] [[Captain Obvious\|if they are killed.]] [[Gratuitous Japanese\|Kyon-kun, denwa!]] [[The Grim Adventures of Billy ~~and~~& Mandy\|DESTROY US ALL!]] [[Suzumiya Haruhi\|We've entered an endless recursion of time.]] ** [[Say My Name\|Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness...]] Line 435 ⟶ 407: * [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Redundancy This] hilarious [[Uncyclopedia]] page. * [http://www.sydlexia.com/ Syd Lexia] created a list of [http://www.sydlexia.com/top100vb.htm The Top 100 Virtual Boy Games Ever]. [[Author Appeal\|ALL of them are]] [[Virtual Boy]] ''[[Wario Land]]''. * ~~From~~ ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series~~\|Yu-Gi-Oh~~]]'' ~~the~~has ~~Abridged~~one of ~~Series~~Marik's many [[Catch Phrase]] ~~movie~~s: {{quote\|'''Anubis:''' You're going to die. And then you'll be dead. Because I killed you.}}▼ ** Also from [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series\|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]], one of Marik's many [[Catch Phrase\|catchphrases]]: {{quote\|'''Marik:''' Foolish fool!}} :* In the movie: * An impressive one from [[Code MENT\|Code]] [http://youtu.be/xgIwF77nzJM?t=2m54s MENT]: ▲{{quote\|'''Anubis:''' You're going to die. And then you'll be dead. Because I killed you.}} * [http://youtu.be/xgIwF77nzJM?t=2m54s An impressive example] from [[Code MENT\|Code MENT]]: {{quote\|'''"One":''' Haha!! [[I Have You Now, My Pretty\|You are mine and there is no escaping me!]] [[Say Your Prayers]] Cornelia, for I am going to shoot your robot, and then shoot you! After I shoot your robot, then I'm going to shoot you! After I shoot your robot I am going to shoot you. But first the robot, and then you, in that order. Not the whole thing, just the last part; that's the order that I meant. [[Overly Long Gag\|Because that would mean I would kill yo]]-yeah you know what? It don't matter. '''Cornelia:''' [[Get On With It Already\|JUST DO IT ALREADY!]] }} Line 454 ⟶ 426: * All of the articles on [[The Wiki Rule\|Bulbapedia]] about [[Pokémon]] species have page titles that appear as "(insert Pokémon name here) Pokémon". ** Justified as you could be searching for the cards of the same name, or an [[A Dog Named "Dog"\|unnicknamed]] mon owned by a particular trainer character. * [[Marz Gurl]] points this out in her ''[[Land Before Time]] XII]]'' review after this line: "Many changes had occurred on this Day of Changes.". * Happens a lot with [[The Irate Gamer]]. His quotes page has multiple examples. * According to [[wikipedia:Leather jacket\|Wikipedia]], "A leather jacket is a type of clothing, a jacket made of leather." Line 468 ⟶ 440: {{quote\|'''Nerd:''' They just cut out the logo with cheap paper and they glued it on...with glue.}} * [[Wikitravel]] and [[Wikivoyage]]. A [[Broken Base]] as [[The Other Wiki\|WMF]]-hosted Wikivoyage is a community of authors who abandoned Wikitravel after the owner of the domain name sold out to Internet Brands for $1.7 million dollars.<!-- https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/business/media/once-a-profit-dream-wikitravel-now-bedevils-owner.html --> They took their content with them, but that doesn't remove it from the old site. Search engines which provide online search have been penalising and punishing this redundantly redundant content ever since, hurting and harming the site. * In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdavaK3d4Pc "The Battle of Philippi"] by ''[[Historia Civilis]]'', the Second Battle of Philippi is explained as being so-named because... it was the second battle of the conflict, and it took place ''near'' Philippi. == Western Animation Animated by Westerners and geared towards Western audiences who enjoy Animation == * ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' has the following exchange between Walker and Danny: * Walker to [[Danny Phantom\|Danny]]: "I'm your judge, executioner, jury, executioner, jailer, and if necessary your executioner." When Danny pointed out Walker said "executioner" three times, Walker replied that he loved that part of the job. {{quote\|I'm your judge, executioner, jury, executioner, jailer, and if necessary your executioner.}} * In [[The Fairly OddParents]] episode "That Old Black Magic", Timmy told an Anti-Fairy to "Stop hurting my mom and ruining my day... and hurting my mom!"▼ ** He loves that part of the job. * [[Mad Scientist\|Dr. Doofenshmirtz]] of ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' once bought two pet crocodiles, each named Susan. He named them after each other.▼ ▲* In ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'' episode "That Old Black Magic", Timmy told an Anti-Fairy to "Stop hurting my mom and ruining my day... and hurting my mom!" ** Professor Kevin Destructicon, to whom Doofenshmirtz was once apprentice to, intended to set the sun on fire. Even Doof understood the redundancy of this redundant idea.▼ * ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'': ▲ [[Mad Scientist\|Dr. Doofenshmirtz]] ~~of ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''~~ once bought two pet crocodiles, each named Susan. He named them after each other. ▲ Professor Kevin Destructicon, to whom Doofenshmirtz was once ~~apprentice~~an toapprentice, intended to set the sun on fire. Even Doof understood the redundancy of this redundant idea. When Doofenshmirtz made [[Evil Knockoff\|evil clones]] of Perry to [[Start X to Stop X\|fight fire with fire]], he explained that, by fire, he meant [[Captain Obvious\|Perry the Platypus]] and that the other fire also meant Perry the Platypus.<ref>He got the idea while HE was on fire.</ref> In "Doof Dynasty", there is a Redundant Scribe of Redundantness, who names things redundantly. Those things include, but are not necessarily restrained to, the Unclimbable Mountain of Unclimbableness and the Uncrossable River of Uncrossableness. Also, this exchange from "Isabella and the Temple of Sap". {{quote\|'''Hippy'': Its over at the Old Abandoned Old Abandoned Amusement park over on the next hill. Line 483 ⟶ 459: '''Hippy''': Yes. '''Isabella''': ....alright. }} ::* And then, later; {{quote\|'''Isabella''': Oh, I get it! It was actually called the "Old Abandoned Amusement Park", and now ~~its~~it's old and abandoned.}} * ''[[The Powerpuff Girls~~\|Mojo Jojo~~]]'' isMojo ~~so repetitive he shows~~Jojo's itstyle ~~even~~of ~~when~~speech ~~trying~~involves todoing ~~deny~~this itfrequently. ** [[Amnesiac Hero\|The amnesiac Bubbles]] nails his speech patterns perfectly when she believes herself to be him in "Los Dos Mojos" ([http://www.rowdyruff.net/transcript_ldm.shtml slightly-edited transcript] courtesy of [[RowdyRuff.net]]'s Alan Back): * Pinkie Pie of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' lapses into this pretty often. [[Cloudcuckoolander\|Likely because her usual train of thought is best described as a crumpled Mobius strip.]]▼ {{quote\|'''Bubbles:''' I am not Bubbles! Bubbles is not who I am! I am the one, the only, single solitary doer of dastardly deeds! Purveyor of pestilence! Interloper of lawlessness! Menace to mankind! I am bad! I am evil! I am Mojo Jojo! ([[Evil Laugh]]) '''Mojo (irritated):''' [[I Resemble That Remark\|I do not talk like that! The way I communicate is much different.]] [[Hypocritical Humor\|I do not reiterate, repeat, reinstate the same thing over and over again. I am clear, concise, to the point!]] I—}} ▲* Pinkie Pie of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' lapses into this pretty often. [[Cloudcuckoolander\|Likely because her usual train of thought is best described as a crumpled Mobius strip.]]. {{quote\|"Maybe Gilda isn't a big, mean, grumpy, mean meanie-pants. Maybe I'm just a big, jealous, judgmental, jealous jealousy-pants."}} * ''[[Invader Zim]]'': "They've locked down their fortress. With locks!" * ''[[Futurama]]'' season 2 episode 3 starts with the title "Futurama" and the caption "From the makers of Futurama".