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** ''[[Xkcd]]'' had [http://xkcd.com/16/ an old strip] encouraging Python fans to celebrate the group by making up their own surreal, Pythonesque jokes rather than endlessly [[Incredibly Lame Pun|parroting]] their lines.
** ''[[Xkcd]]'' had [http://xkcd.com/16/ an old strip] encouraging Python fans to celebrate the group by making up their own surreal, Pythonesque jokes rather than endlessly [[Incredibly Lame Pun|parroting]] their lines.
** An episode of [[Loading Ready Run]]'s ''[[Commodore HUSTLE]]'' involved a D&D group with a "no Monty Python" rule.
** An episode of [[Loading Ready Run]]'s ''[[Commodore HUSTLE]]'' involved a D&D group with a "no Monty Python" rule.
** ''Stolen Pixels'' [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comicsandcosplay/comics/stolen-pixels/6002-Stolen-Pixels-84-Left-4-Dumb-Part-6 #84]: (a boomer zombie [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot|pukes]]) "I didn't think zombies knew Monty Python".
* [http://zanyvgquotes.com/ Zany VG Quotes]'s ''[[Zero Wing]]'' page says, "It's dead, Jim," and has a link to the infamous intro that simply says "Oh hell, you already know what this one is." At one point there was a snarky comment about it being time to stop wearing the AYB t-shirts and repeating it all the time. Notable because the entire All Your Base fad can be traced back to a [[Zany VG]] project.
* [http://zanyvgquotes.com/ Zany VG Quotes]'s ''[[Zero Wing]]'' page says, "It's dead, Jim," and has a link to the infamous intro that simply says "Oh hell, you already know what this one is." At one point there was a snarky comment about it being time to stop wearing the AYB t-shirts and repeating it all the time. Notable because the entire All Your Base fad can be traced back to a [[Zany VG]] project.
* In ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Simpson Tide", Bart sings a portion of the song "Do the Bartman" and Ralph Wiggum comments that it "is so 1991".
* In ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Simpson Tide", Bart sings a portion of the song "Do the Bartman" and Ralph Wiggum comments that it "is so 1991".
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* In ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]: Mind over Mutant'', Cortex says over an intercom at one point "No, you can't [[LOLcats|haz cheezburger]]. It's a stupid meme anyway..."
* In ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]: Mind over Mutant'', Cortex says over an intercom at one point "No, you can't [[LOLcats|haz cheezburger]]. It's a stupid meme anyway..."
* The entire concept is embodied in a ''[[The Man Show]]'' sketch of their "Museum of Annoying Guys" (faux Latinate name: "Jokus Repeatus Shut the F Up-us"). "It's the beat a [[Catch Phrase]] to death guy."
* The entire concept is embodied in a ''[[The Man Show]]'' sketch of their "Museum of Annoying Guys" (faux Latinate name: "Jokus Repeatus Shut the F Up-us"). "It's the beat a [[Catch Phrase]] to death guy."
* According to the image and caption for [[Fauxtivational Poster]], [[TV Tropes|this wiki]] has declared [[Demotivator]]s to be unnecessary.
* According to the image and caption for [[Fauxtivational Poster]], [[TV Tropes]] has declared [[Demotivator]]s to be unnecessary.
* It's been old hat since about the mid-[[The Nineties|1990s]] to observe that [[MTV]] [[Network Decay|doesn't play music videos]] anymore.
* It's been old hat since about the mid-[[The Nineties|1990s]] to observe that [[MTV]] [[Network Decay|doesn't play music videos]] anymore.
* ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'''s [[The Cake Is a Lie]] meme got discredited by the time the sequel rolled around, through massive overuse. The following media has mentioned that:
* ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'''s [[The Cake Is a Lie]] meme got discredited by the time the sequel rolled around, through massive overuse. The following media has mentioned that:
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