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** Also, F.F. Woodycooks. Now who wants ice cream?
* [[Completely Missing the Point]]: NAMBLA isn't a bad organization... because they don't have serial killers as members.
* [[Crossover Punchline]]: A stereotypical 80's comedian introduced in an episode is shown on an episode of ''[[Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist]]'' doing the show's typical shtick of having a comedian deliver some of his punchlines at a psychiatry session.
* [[Dead Baby Comedy]]: Broadcast on HBO, the show pushed the envelope of taste on many occasions.
* [[DVD Commentary]]: The show's [[DVD|DVDs]] all contain creator commentaries. Many of them feature the cast members performing impromptu bits in various characters.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: "Racist in the Year 3,000" is about the last white human in the universe, who's equally racist against all manner of aliens because they're not white either.
* [[Finger in Thethe Mail]]: Parodied in a sketch in which a kidnapper calls the wealthy father of the boy he's kidnapped and demands to know whether he received his son's toe in the mail to prove his serious intent. Except he forgot to mail the toe. And he appears to have accidentally removed his ''own'' toe, instead of one of the kid's. And he's already released the kid. And the police are able to track his call while he's dithering about all of this. The kidnapper ends up trying to sell the father his own toe for $50.00. Obviously, [[Stupid Crooks|he's not a very effective kidnapper]].
* [[Global Ignorance]]: In the pilot episode, David reveals that Bob believes that there are only five U.S. states, and one of them is called "Chim-Cham." In another episode, a group of kids on an MTV show claim to have traveled all over the world, showing a crayon map of the places they have gone. The "world" is in the shape of the continental United States, divided up into countries such as "Germany" and "Europe."
* [[Gory Deadly Overkill Title of Fatal Death]]: The Return of the Curse of the Creature's Ghost!
* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: Used in the "Pallies" sketch in a parody of when movies are edited for television.
{{quote| Anthony: "I'll tell you what, the both of yous can grab one of my '''BOOKS''' and '''MOTHER-FATHERS, CHINESE DENTIST'''"}}
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Tom Kenny]], before becoming a well known [[SpongebobSpongeBob SquarePants|voice actor]], was a regular cast member.
* [[Incredibly Obvious Bug]]: In a sketch, an undercover police officer uses a variety of very poorly disguised cameras and microphones in an attempt to bust a criminal.
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: A few sketches. One in which the only survivor of a plane crash reveals that he ate all of the other survivors only hours after they landed. In another episode, a popular restaurant chain is revealed to be selling human meat.
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* [[The Musical]]: One episode includes an entire musical based on an old traveling salesman joke.
* [[Overly Long Gag]]: The Everest sketch involves a character repeatedly falling into some shelves and knocking over his mother's thimble collection, again and again and again. In the commentary, the cast recalls how agonizing it was to reset the stage each time.
* [[Retroactive Recognition]]: [[Sarah Silverman]], [[Jack Black]], [[Twenty Four24|Mary Lynn Rajskub]], Paul F Tompkins, and Brian Posehn all got their start here. Also somewhat applicable to [[Arrested Development (TV series)|David Cross]] and [[Breaking Bad|Bob Odenkirk]]. The show also features the very first appearance of Puscifer, Maynard James Keenan's avant garde side project band.
* [[Rock Opera]]: Parodied with ''Jeepers Creepers'', "The Biggest Failure in Broadway History."
* [[Scary Black Man]]: The Men's Club of Allah.
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