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* [[Aborted Arc]] (nearly all forced on the writers by the network.

* [[Addiction Displacement]] (Bill tries to take up chewing tobacco in order to quit smoking)

'''Teacher:''' And don't say "damn".

'''Jimmy:''' All right, but what the f- (''show cuts to the next scene'') }}

* [[A Day At the Bizarro]]: "Space" and "Sinking Ship"

* [[The Ditz]]: Matthew

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: In "The Real Deal", Bill and Lisa try desperately to get Jerry Seinfeld to appear on their show so it won't get cancelled... which bears a suspicious resemblance to the real life situation that ''[[News Radio]]'' was in at the time.

* [[Fauxtastic Voyage]]: "Balloon"

* [[Feng Schwing]]: Bill's apartment, but {{spoiler|later revealed to actually be his gigolo neighbor's place}}

* [[Flowers for Algernon Syndrome]]: "[[Literary Allusion Title|Flowers for Matthew]]"

* [[Foil]]: Dave and Bill are an excellent example.

* [[Human Popsicle]]: "Space"

* [[Hypno Fool]]: How Joe cures Mr. James of his fear of hippies.

* [[I Know Kung Faux]]: Joe Garelli is an expert in "Joe-jitsu".

* [[I'm a Man, I Can't Help It]]: What all of Beth's boyfriends told her. Not just that they are a slave to their sex drive, but that they get sick if they don't.

* [["Kick Me" Prank]]: Bill puts a "Spaz" sign on Matthew.

* [[Knife-Throwing Act]]: Dave Nelson was once a knifethrower named The Great Throwgalli.

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]

* [[Large Ham]]: Oh dear god, Bill.

* [[Lost Him in a Card Game]]: Bill in "Presence"

* [[The Main Characters Do Everything]]: WNYX is supposed to be a busy New York City radio station, but the eight main characters seem to do every job. The electrician sits in on story meetings and sometimes goes on the air. The show originally had [[Ghost Extras]] in the background to suggest that there were other employees, but eventually gave up on that.

** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] and [[Handwaved]] in "Kids", when Dave calls Joe, Matthew, and Bill into his office to make them confess which one of them has been leaving porn magazines in the break room.

'''Dave:''' Because ''somebody'' gave those people the impression they're not allowed ''in'' the break room.

'''Bill:''' Well, Dave, I consider that room to be a private sanctuary where I can escape from all those horrid little people whose names I don't know! }}

* [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]]: When Matthew reveals in "The Real Deal" that he is a virgin, the rest of the staff refuses to believe him.

* [[Must Have Caffeine]]: Dave

** While most characters are usually seen doing their job at some point in the episode, even if only slightly, it's incredibly easy to forget what Matthews job is. Be you don't know, eh?

*** In one episode Matthew is asked what his job is and he doesn't even know. Ironically he was asking for the afternoon off because of how hard work is.

* [[Video Wills]]

* [[Wacky Marriage Proposal]]: Parodied in "Our 50th Episode", played straight in "Wino"

* [[Warrior Poet]]: Between his seventeen-page love letter to Lisa, and his knife throwing skills, Dave is the closest the show will ever get to one of these.

* [[Welcome Episode]]: The pilot (Dave). Lovitz gets one too when he joins the cast.

* [[What If]]: "Space" and "Sinking Ship"

* [[Wondrous Ladies' Room]]: Jimmy turns the men's room into a luxe club after the guys find out how nice the ladies room is. {{spoiler|Matthew ruins it by going to the bathroom.}}

* [[You Look Familiar]]: David Cross, Brian Posehn, Bob Odenkirk all appeared as different characters in different seasons.