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* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: The early issues (of the magazine format) were very different. The humor was "lighter and softer", the tv/movie satires were less biting, and most notably, they had contributions by famous humorists of the day (Bob and Ray, [[Danny Kaye]], Sid Caesar, Andy Griffith, Stan Freberg, etc.). It wasn't until the sixties until it gained its traditional format it's most known for.
* [[Emphasize Everything]]: '''Dialogue''' in the magazine tends to have '''several words''' bolded for '''no particular reason''', and '''almost every sentence''' ends in an '''exclamation point'''!
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* [[Everything's Better with Monkeys]]: One recurring sketch in the "Fundalini Pages" (a slapdash collection of mini-gags at the front of the mag) involves randomly adding monkeys to certain famous photos. Taken [[Up to Eleven]] with an ''entire issue'' featuring nothing ''but'' monkeys.
* [[Fan Service]]: Dave Berg's and Mort Drucker's women, or at least until old age took its toll on Dave's drawing skills.
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{{quote|Minus five percent? How can you get -5% on an exam?
He spelled his '''name''' wrong! That's S-H-'''O'''-T, Horseshot! }}
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: The ''[[Mad]]'' Magazine parody of [[The Incredible Hulk (TV series)|''The Incredible Hulk'' TV series]] in the 1970s included a panel where Dr. Banner was asked about his name change from the comic book "Bruce" to the TV show "David", going with the explanation "Bruce sounds too feminine"... while a TV in the corner replayed footage of Bruce Jenner winning an Olympic decathlon gold medal. Forward to 2015, where the world discovered <s> Bruce</s> Caitlyn Jenner is a [[transgender]] woman.
* [[Hotter and Sexier]]: The magazine got considerably more vulgar in the late 1990s, leading to the departure of some veterans such as longtime artist Jack Davis. Lampshaded in the first "hotter and sexier" issue, which had Alfred E. Neuman [[Cheek Copy|photocopying his ass]].
* [[In That Order]]: The send up of "Conquering the Planet of the Apes", as the intelligent ape addresses his army:
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* [[Ludicrous Gibs]]: Used frequently in ''Spy vs. Spy'' ever since Peter Kuper took over. Also, many of the Tom Bunk/Michael Gallagher collaborations.
* [[Mascot]]: Subverted with the ugly Alfred E. Neuman.
▲* [[Morse Code]]: ''Spy vs. Spy'' contained one token line of code, "BY PROHIAS", the author's Morse signature.
* [[Never Speak Ill of the Dead]]: Averted; Mad Magazine often likes making fun of or criticizing even recently deceased people. Discussed in the Lion King parody (when Simba, watching Scar [[Critical Research Failure|flee into exile]], tells his subjects to never speak well of him again, and [[The Simpsons]] in attendance note that people spoke well of Richard Nixon after his death) and the Michael Jackson death, in which MAD denounces the world essentially canonizing him as a saint and calls his death the stupidest event of the year.
* [[No Dialogue Episode]]:
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